Saturday, April 19, 2025
Trump and his Project 2025 backers are nationalists, isolationists, who seem to think we’d be better off all on our own and keep everything here (except wars, they love the financial benefits of wars to them). Isolationism is impossible in this modern world-wide economy. Protectionism is nonsensical when nearly every nation in the world depends on international trade, even us. We can’t possibly produce everything we need to survive and grow.
I wonder when Muskovich’s flunkies who do his bidding are going to realize that what they’re doing is going to have a negative impact on their future? They aren’t billionaires, they likely aren’t even millionaires. Their proximity to power has no lasting value. They’re dupes.
It amazes me that Congress is going to stand by while Trump neuters them. Their decisions are dust in the wind. He cares no more about their responsibilities under the Constitution than he cares about the Constitution itself. We no longer have three co-equal branches of government. We have Trump.
I’m swiftly coming to the conclusion that the best days of both America and the Internet are behind us. Both have failed to achieve their potential. Both have been corrupted by bad actors and capitalism.
If you’re a college student supporting Palestine prepare to be deported. Dissent is no longer tolerated, the 1st Amendment no longer is respected. If you dare challenge Trump, prepare to be harassed, persecuted, and investigated.
Trump has proven the he hires and fires not based on DEI, not based on merit, but based solely on loyalty to himself. Even patriotism isn’t a metric he cares about. Loyalty, obedience, and the willingness to debase yourself for him.
Spring is springing.
For years I’ve wondered who “they” were. You know, “They’re coming for your guns”, “They hate Jesus”, “They are the deep state”, “They want to destroy the country”. Now we know. “They” are the MAGAts who slavishly follow Trump.
Putin wants Trump to destroy the federal government and leave everything to the states. Why? Because it’s easier to conquer one state at a time than it would be to conquer a United States. He’ll take the red states first. When you’re starving you’ll take food from anyone.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Russia may want to conquer us politically, but China has already conquered us in the marketplace. Look at all the things you use. I bet a majority of them are made in China. If China cut off exports to the US the few things left on the shelves would be sold for hundreds of dollars. It goes to show how ridiculous the promise to bring back American manufacturing is. We can’t make many of the things we import from China, and because of our wages (which honestly should be higher) would make prices prohibitively expensive, especially for us normal people.
Monday, March 17, 2025
Several authors have warned us in their fiction of what is happening now. It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, Steven Jonas' The 15% Solution, and Looking Backward:2000 to 1887, written in 1888 by Edward Bellamy, are prime examples. But we haven’t learned from history or literature. So now, this.
We are no longer the United States of America. Political and ideological differences divide us.
Nor are we America. Three countries share that name.
We aren’t even North America, as that includes Canada, who must regret that association.
So who are we? What are we?
What are we becoming?
The Criminal in Chief has invoked emergency war powers. Supposedly this is geared toward Mexican gang members but don’t be surprised when it’s applied to dissidents and anyone else who displeases the emperor.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
I asked ChatGPT to present an argument supporting fascism over democracy. It sounds reasonable, even logical. This is the sort of state sponsored propaganda we can expect to encounter in the next few years. “A Call for Strength and Order in a Time of Chaos Citizens, For too long, we have been told that democracy is the highest form of government, an unquestionable good that guarantees liberty and prosperity. Yet, in practice, we have seen it descend into dysfunction, weakness, and division.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
In the debate over our place in the universe and what life and consciousness are, there is one possibility that rarely gets addressed and yet is just as probable as any other hypothesis. The question “why” is in valid and has no meaning in the conversation of reality. It is because it is. No reason, no motivation, no purpose, no predetermination. This universe exists because it’s the version that became existent.
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Despite dealing with lifelong depression, various addictions (cocaine was the worst), and a life that had no direction and thus no accomplishments, I’ve never been suicidal. I’m too curious about tomorrow. But when I see where this world is headed, I almost, almost, wish I could be. I’m an old white man. This world has been ruined by old white men. Our country is being torn apart because white men are losing their privileged status.
What does Deep Seek see as the worst case scenario for Trump’s reign?
Predicting the “worst-case scenario” for any political figure’s tenure involves a high degree of speculation and depends on various factors, including domestic policies, international relations, economic conditions, and unforeseen events. However, based on Donald Trump’s first term (2017–2021) and his stated policies and tendencies, here are some potential worst-case scenarios that critics might raise concerns about for a hypothetical second term (assuming the question refers to a future scenario):
It’s important to note that these scenarios are speculative and represent concerns raised by critics. Supporters of Trump might argue that his policies could lead to positive outcomes, such as economic growth, stronger national security, and a more assertive U.S. presence globally. The actual trajectory would depend on a wide range of factors, including congressional dynamics, global events, and public response.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country. We’re scared now. The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals. They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals.
Sunday, January 19, 2025
If Muskrat was willing to spend so much money buying the shit show that will be the Grump presidency, it doesn’t speak well for his business acumen. We can’t even claim to have the best government money can buy. From here on I pledge to be less devoted to the concept of a united states and more willing to entertain the notion of letting the South secede. Values are more important than tradition.
Monday, January 13, 2025
I sincerely respect the integrity of those journalists resigning from their companies in protest over their owner’s obsequence with Trump’s comments. But I have to wonder what took them so long. Were they hoping the papers would change course? Were they unaware of the destruction Trump will cause? Science is us asking questions for which we currently have no answers. Religion is (pretending they) have answers that cannot be questioned. I’m not afraid of not knowing.