Guest Post by Jim Kunstler
So much chatter in the news media these days about who will be “Joe Biden’s” running mate in 2024 — not that there’s anything wrong with his current sidekick — but I’ve got half a mind to throw my own hat in the ring. That’d make two of us with half a mind and a shot at the so-far elusive ideal to govern least… and therefore govern best!
Alas, I lack the connections and the ground-game of a seasoned pol such as Liz Cheney, the current favorite, who dragged her esteemed old daddy, Dick Cheney (“George W. Bush’s brain”) up to Capitol Hill this week, for to schmooze up the Progressive caucus and raise morale among the walking dead. Where Dick Cheney treads, you know war can’t be far behind. That must be what America really needs to pep her up in these days of sagging poll numbers and inflating dollars. War, the ivermectin of politics!
But shall it be a foreign war or a civil war? Isn’t that the question? From the looks of things around “Joe Biden’s” White House, where a weird concrete fortification is being hoisted up on the north lawn as I write, it looks like they’re planning for action on the home front, perhaps a full-out assault by the lurking forces of white supremacy — painted savages in horned head-dresses screaming MAGA-MAGA-MAGA as they loot Dr. Jill’s walk-in closet.
The Attorney General, Mr. Garland, has been warning us about this Satanic host of backward-facing demons. They breed like botflies in the red state hills and hollers, swarm and buzz in the school board meetings, caress their AR-15s in prostrate worship of their Trump bobbleheads, scheming to deprive BIPOCs of their votes. They’d like to tie Democracy to the back bumper of a Ford Alpha F-150, drag it over seven miles of broken Southern Comfort bottles, and feed whatever’s left to the hogs. They must be stopped!
Except… what if they fail to materialize? Maybe a foreign war would play better on social media and The View. Our arch-enemy, Vlad Putin, election-meddler supreme, is fixing to invade Ukraine, we’re told. Obviously, that would interfere with “Joe Biden’s” plan to make Ukraine America’s fifty-first state. When Sec’y of State Tony Blinken mentioned that to Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister blew mineral water through his nose all over the conference table. Would a friendly little tussle over that sad-sack country lift America’s animal spirits… like, get the economy firing on all cylinders? Roust up all those work-force dropouts who disdain fine jobs waiting for them in the Amazon warehouses and the fry-lanes of Mickey-D? Put the brakes on all this fentanyl snorting…? All this porn-watching…? Turnaround America’s long sickening slide into its own Hollywood fantasy of the zombie apocalypse?
Well, I must be frank: probably not. Probably only hasten America’s journey to the political pits of hell (and Ukraine’s to its special sub-hell). What would be our strategy in this war over Ukraine? Arm Ukraine with the all the latest US gee-whiz fighting gear and let them have a go at the Russian army poised along the border of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts? That’ll work, I’m sure. Call it Operation Russian Roulette. You see, it is not a generally-accepted fact among world military professionals that Ukraine has — how you say? — a well-disciplined, experienced fighting force. I hope that does not offend.
If that doesn’t seem like a viable game-plan, do “Joe Biden,” Tony Blinken, and Lloyd Austin really suppose we would transport x-number of US troop divisions six thousand miles from Kansas to slug it out with those Russian divisions poised at the edge of their own homeland? Have a look at the world map and contemplate the logistical picture. Not so favorable for us, wouldn’t you agree? A long way to re-supply our boys, gals, and theys in uniform with fresh Kit-Kat bars.
Okay, say that dog don’t hunt, what else then? Default to our trusty old ICBMs, waiting patiently in their rusty silos lo these many decades for the chance to do their thing? That is, turn the world into an ashtray? I give you: Dr. Strangelove re-made as a documentary…. We are livin’ the dream, all right.
How’s this for an idea: just leave Ukraine alone. If Russia intends to dominate it, so what? For most of our lives Ukraine was a virtual province of Russia, so to speak, and it didn’t hurt us none. Ditto our grandparents and all the ranks of our ancestors. And now it’s a problem? Could it be possible that Ukraine is just none of our business (in the most literal way)?
Meanwhile the business of Covid-19 flares spectacularly in omicron drag — but not vary harmfully — around the world, presaging a welcome end to this contrived global emergency, and the member nations of the Western Civ club (including many also enlisted in NATO) drive yet-deeper on their experiment in tyranny even as the end of Covid is in sight. Despite overwhelming proof that the mRNA vaccines don’t work, and actually induce much serious harm to people, Western Civ still strives insanely to vaxx-up every last citizen. The Supreme Court shot down “Joe Biden’s” vaxx mandate for businesses yesterday, and the “president” actually declared that companies should ignore the decision and compel employees to get vaxxed anyway.
If that is not something like peak insane, what is? At least, among the cohort in our land who are susceptible to that madness, which is actually not a majority of the people in this land. Hence, I have news for you: we are now at the turning point. Americans are rejecting blue insanity. We are fixing to drag that old blue dog to the doghouse, where it can cool out for two years before we put it down for good. And a couple more things: “Joe Biden” is done running for president, and Liz Cheney is done running for Congress. Welcome back to reality. Let the sun shine in.
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And Trump is all done running for President. He just doesn’t know it yet. The evil ones who pick the candidates are done with him for now.
Trump is double jabbed and boosted, he will be on the brown side of the grass by then.
Saline. Get real.
It’s become abundantly clear that their scheme is to back dissident (i.e. non-woke, uncowed) citizens into a corner with all of their ‘white supremacy and racism at every turn’ bullshit until they (we) rebel. At that point, the Gestapo crackdown begins. Did you notice Chief Shit Myself announced a new agency at the DOJ to expand surveillance on ‘domestic terrorists’? That’s us.
They’ve been pushing that line of excrement harder than ever lately, and no worries for them if no red neck terrorists comply with their wishes, just as they invented Al Qaeda and ISIS, they will fabricate some antifa scum into a facsimile thereof, complete with MAGA hats just like Juicy Smellit did but bigger, and use that as an excuse for ever more boot to face action.
If they can push the narrative that an antifa agents provocateur in a buffalo horn hat and a bunch of middle age MAGA hats walking around the capitol rotunda was an “insurrection”, then they will stoop at nothing to fulfill their agenda.
They’ve been pushing it but no one is buying it. Xiao Bi Dung has lost everyone but the hardest and dumbest core Prog fuques.
has anyone here heard of the Pale of Settlement and wondered if a certain group wants what they consider their land back?
Perhaps because the wise among them realise that their continued existence in the land gifted to them in 1917/26/48 is untenable, especially now they’re all but done with the USA, which itself is circling the drain.
It would certainly put them closer to where the power will reside in the future.
Brought to you by Pfizer.
“Welcome back to reality. Let the sun shine in.” – Heading back to reality? No I don’t think so, the march towards peak insanity will continue on. The forces of evil have set in motion their “Final Solution” of mass extermination and they’re not about to stop until they achieve their goal. This ain’t over by a long shot.
Politics are the refuge of the dumbest among us. Sort of like most teachers — unable to deal with anything in the real world that doesn’t require conning, shucking or jiving. We politely put up with these idiots until they push us too far. While they have dreams & visions of an “insurrection”, which they can use as an excuse to mobilize the sociopaths in law enforcement that don’t thing critically, this will never come. Instead, they have reminded 2/3 of the American population just why the Constitution & Bill of Rights were written: to protect decent, free people from psychotic lunatics hell-bent on enslaving people and causing mass death. Thank you, woke generation … you’ve capped off an impressive run of idiots who have stirred up a hornet’s nest which should last for a couple of decades. Your days are over and you are going to be dismantled, brick by worthless brick.
Hey Liz, why dontcha take Pops Dickie on a bird huntin’ trip.
Take the Benelli’s, the Mossbergs, the Remington pump actions,
and walk next to Daddy-O through a tall ass grass field, and try to see if’n you can rustle up a fowl or two.
Now, be kind to the old man, if you DO kick one up, and let him fire first.
You know, because pheasant, grouse, duckies, geese and quail (not Dan) all make for some good grub,
if properly field-dressed, cleaned of all lead shot, and then prepared in the kitchen.
The kitchen. You know, where any gal with political ambitions really ought to be. Barefoot.
With a toddler or three hanging on their leg.
I knew the second omicron was announced (invented) in South Africa that it would swim across oceans in a matter of days and then magically be everywhere.
A freaking miracle.
Omicron’s a bust. SUPPOSEDLY there is a new combo, probably made with your tax Dollars infecting our Zip brethren. The bat variant of Marburgh virus combined with the bat Corona virus.
This is supposedly what has their goon squads welding apartment building doors shut over there right now. These vaccines are not going to do squat to stop that if true.
But at least it will aggravate the living hell out of supply chain issues, so we’ve got that going for us, eh?
I wish I could be half as optimistic as Jim. As this 4th turning careens toward a climax in 5+/- years, the intensity will only ratchet up, not down. New, improved vaccines are on the way from the drug pusher cartel and will only make health matters worse, not better. Supply chains will fail even more spectacularly precipitating a melt down in global financial markets. A war here or there may be thrown in for good measure and mountains of debt will be liquidated. China may look down their ports and in 30 days we’ll look like Russia in 1920. Look at it as a Western dumpster fire clearing out the rot and decay in every nook and cranny of society everywhere to make way for new growth. Buy ammo, bourbon and popcorn, it’s going to get dicey.
Either that or we will spend our way to unimaginable prosperity for all. Take your pick.
I thought the Progs were going to tax us to prosperity? The Zips ARE already locking down their ports and air travel. Won’t stop Dementia Joe from sending our lambs to the slaughter at the New & Improved 1936 Olympics.
Money quote: “…among the cohort in our land which who are susceptible to that madness…which is not actually a majority of the people in this land”. An unsubstantiated statement not obviously describing the actual state of affairs. Maybe mot people are sane and want to preserve their own liberty, and yada yada, but MOST people are ACTING as if they will pay any price, bear any burden to preserve the senseless idiots now running everything worth running.
Pay most attention to what people DO, not what they say. Lookin’ at you, Kunstler. Schlichter. Hanson. Most of my family and neighbors.
“But shall it be a foreign war or a civil war? Isn’t that the question?”
Why choose just one? Puts an interesting spin on the concept of a two-front war.
Wasn’t there a Mrs. Potatohead?
Timely advice from Tactical Wisdom….
Heed the Warning Signs
As massive formations from four additional Russian Army Groups are heading to Ukraine, President Biden gives a speech calling anyone who opposes his radical agenda a domestic enemy, a mysterious wall goes up around the White House, and the FBI arrests 10 members of the Oath Keepers, I thought it was good time to catch up. Let’s talk about indicators.
Crocodile Dundee (even though he is a fictional character) would be brandishing his “this is a knife” somehow.