Guest Post by Jim Kunstler
Can you picture what will be? So limitless and free… Desperately in need of some stranger’s hand… In a desperate land…. — The Doors
Welcome to the season of chaos, sponsored by the Party of Chaos, America’s Democratic Party, owner and operator of the shadowy “Joe Biden” regime, dedicated to wrecking what’s left of the country — and the rest of Western Civ with it. Do you think I exaggerate? Consider for a moment that your personal ruin — the loss of your freedoms, your livelihoods, and your posterity — is at stake behind the more general demolition of our society.
We are barreling into an election that will determine the composition of Congress. There is much chatter about whether this election will be allowed to happen. Signs and portents point to a grievous loss of power for the Party of Chaos. Power is all they care about — certainly not the public interest or the common good — and a particular sort of power: the power to coerce, persecute, and punish.
It is obvious in everything they do, from the FBI swat-team home invasions of select opponents and the gross mistreatment of the January 6 defendants, to the craven censoring of public speech, to the imposition of medical tyranny and the deadly fraud of Covid shots, to the degenerate insults of their race-and-gender hustles, to their assault on the value of our money, to their sabotage of the oil-and-gas industries, to their treasonous abandonment of border control, to the deliberate perversion of policing and public order, to their promulgation of a faithless and unnecessary war, sharply against our national interests, in faraway Ukraine.
Adults understand that politics is a crooked business, but through the whole of US history until now filters existed in the public arena that allowed for enough sorting out of truth from untruth to enable the formation of a reality-based consensus — which, in turn, allowed daily life to operate coherently. The Party of Chaos has thrown the kill-switch on that crucial function by corrupting the news business and subverting the new social media. The result is a public culture of pervasive and immersive lying, and a stupendous institutional failure of the courts to correct any of that behavior.
Case-in-point: the John Durham Special Counsel Investigation on the origin of the RussiaGate fraud. It now apparently terminates in the prosecution of the tiniest minnow (Igor Danchenko) in that vast inland sea of corruption. Some of the figures who carried out the perfidious seditions of RussiaGate are still employed in the Department of Justice and the FBI, and to this day are active in the continued cover-up of the crimes committed to overthrow President Trump, notably: Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and others.
Mr. Durham is supposedly among the highest officers of the federal courts charged with enforcing a very particular region of criminality. His staff must be marinated in evidence of the RussiaGate misdeeds — reams of which have been independently documented in the public record, ranging from (just for example) the nefarious activities of figures like Nellie Ohr, wife of DOJ higher-up Bruce Ohr, working as go-between with Christopher Steele and the FBI, to the spectacular failures of Judge James Boasberg and his FISA court, not to mention the well-known machinations of Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Andrew McCabe, Rob Rosenstein, Dana Boente, James Baker, Andrew Weissmann, Jeannie Rhee, Aaron Zebley, Brandon Van Grack, Robert Mueller, and other top officials who worked sedulously against the public interest. All these remain apparently off-the-hook for their sketchy activities.
How did that happen? If the Party of Chaos loses control of its Congressional majority, Mr. Durham may have to answer that question. And until he does, American justice will remain a deeply broken institution that citizens can’t trust. In that light, how is our country any better than the most overt petty despotisms around the world? How does it deserve the citizens’ respect or even compliance?
The stakes in the midterm elections are huge for the Party of Chaos, and its worker bees may be capable of any duplicity to throw it off the rails. In my soon-to-drop next podcast, blogger Tom Luongo (of Gold, Goats, and Guns) introduces a surprising twist: the election takes place, he says, but the Party of Chaos finds a way to delay the announcement of the results via procedural shenanigans that go on for weeks after November 8, leaving the country in a state of anxious limbo. What an idea! Such a strategy would wreck the last shred of public trust in elections without having to cancel, postpone, or overtly overthrow the process. It would also invite just the sort of public protest that the Party of Chaos can spin into another insurrection narrative.
I’m strangely confident that there is a hidden column of people that love this country who will not allow this final insulting scam to succeed. Its appearance among us will shock and amaze the multitudes. The rule of the Woke Jacobin maniacs will end. And even though we’ll have to live through the wreckage they brought about, we’ll move about this strange new landscape of hardship in the light of reality-made-visible, seeing clearly what has happened and knowing what we must do to revive our country.
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JHK back to his shining optimism today. Good on him!
from NtroP
It’s good to have hope…however unrealistic..
I hope 260 kilotons doesn’t land on my FACE!!!
I know. Pretty friggin unrealistic hope!!!
Yes, Russia nuking DC or a complete collapse of the US.
Competing undesired likelihoods.
We have allowed this to happen, from Chappaquiddick Teddy’s Mary Jo to Hunter Biden’s minor niece on Porn Hub and likely before.
They don’t even bother to hide their criminality anymore.
No doubt many/most of our “elite” politicians their principle enablers had major skeletons in their closets, but at least they pretended to be virtuous.
Why should they hide it if they’re commie progs?
They will never be held legally accountable.
When considering the horror(s) of President Putin nuking Washington D.C. I cannot help but wonder if such an act would really be a bad thing.. Add NYC and ALL of California as targets of mercy for the American People and we may have a chance of surviving the Leftist nightmare we currently find ourselves trapped in.
Land on your face? It won’t if we talking Nuclear – assuming conventional nuclear and not EMP it will detonate above the surface – not EMP high but well above your face – good news if you are close enough you will just vaporize
I hope for nuclear annihilation of the west, and that somehow russia and the rest of the world can somehow avoid it with some high-tech ace up their sleeves.
The west deserves to burn. The rot is too deep. I would give a fck if a giant flash erupted a mile above my head at this point.
But an EMP… that is an entirely different animal, and a fate I wouldnt wish on anyone. Imagine all plumbing ceases, highways instantly jammed, all the crazies running out of meds all at the same time, and disease running rampant across the land, with the worst looting and some of the more barbaric human cruelties imaginable. An EMP would be, imo, the worst possible scenario.
Then we collectively should count on it.
Hope for the best, plan for the wurst.
Bad shit is coming fast, ladies and germs.
Entirely a different animal? You said nuclear annihilation, yet an EMP is worse?
Yes..on the same way I’d rather drop dead from a widow maker cardiac event than a lingering cancer.
“Falcon”, Nukes would be quicker,I believe is his meaning. Emps would be long drawn out collapse,violent anarchy, pain and suffering. still sy empwould be better even if painful, might give the world a chance to take back their collective rights om their leadership that has become too insane and technologically powerful. it’d also be better for the planet in the long run.
Blacks would lose access to their EBT and Snap cards. Pandemonium….
Street kids or homeless kids would not get free meals at schools. Scum parents are out whoring and taking drugs, and won’t either adopt them out or take care of them.
I actually hope if they start lobbing those things across continents that the first one drops right on my head. Don’t care to be around for the aftermath.
JHK is like Rocky Balboa. No matter how many times you put him on the canvas he just keeps getting back up, and like Don Quixote he tilts at windmills.
High compliments to Mr Kunstler, Nelson, and well deserved if you ask Auntie.
Does JHK write as well as Cervantes? Hmmm. And Jim is a fantastic wordsmith, yes? !Si!
JHK’s optimism is to keep you optimistic and to keep you in line. You fell for it sucka! Chip
At least Mr Kunstler has retained his sense of humour regarding the utter corruption of the USSA’s national government and the criminally psychotic machinations by the Demoncrap Party.
And then there is the Repugnant-can’t party with such luminaries as lame-schmuck Liz Cheney endorsing Dem candidates willy-nilly or the simply embarrassing Herschel Walker in Georgia. They really want you to feel the insult deep down inside.
Oh, and John Fetterman sez hi!
‘Oh, and John Fetterman sez hi!’
but it took him 5 minutes and 3 trys to do so
LMAO, peeps in PA got a couple of doozies for certain in the senate race. I’m guessing either there are no candidates outside the box or no one knows who the fuck they are, “never heard of him”.
Kunstler is a retard… “If the Party of Chaos loses control of its Congressional majority, Mr. Durham may have to answer that question.” Durham will answer absolutely NOTHING. Just like he has to date. If you are looking for justice in the Government, or US Federal courts, you are pissing in the wind. And Tom Luongo, mother fucker please. How fucking lame. Please quit posting Kunstler articles. He’s part of the deep state and absolutely full of fucking shit… Chip
JK,
Very much appreciate your forthright essay on what the
US population is facing. The people you named have indeed
gone off the deep end toward total corruption. While I do not
wish anyone harmed that is within the criminal corral, I
would like them stripped of their ill gotten gains. I may be
part of the “waiting for Gadot” crowd. I wish I could be
optimistic, but with the gates of hell wide open? I am not sure
this is a good option for us. Then, the next day I do want to
be optimistic. I belong in the confused group, ever waiting for
Gadot.
I appreciate the glimmer of hope.
Everybody needs a little dope I mean hope now and then.
If the November 2022 election was fair the left/deep state would lose control of the House and the Senate. Then if McCarthy and McConnell are not too compromised there would be investigations into issues the left/deep state would find intolerable. As a result I predict the election will not be fair. They are going to cheat because at this point they have to. As pointed out in this article, so many people have violated so many laws I do not see how they can allow a fair election. There is going to be a lot of trouble as a result. I hope people are prepared for that.
They are
oooh, investigations!
Yea; nothing like a committee to get to the bottom of things.
After 2020 is there any fucking doubt? Chip
What few American Citizens we have left in this country, which is being destroyed immigrants and traitors, need to WTFU and realize that there is no length the liberals will not go to to destroy what is left of America, including belligerently stealing the November election. We are at war with the liberals and the sooner the public realizes that the sooner we can begin what is necessary to reclaim our country.
There will be no waking up of more than 10% of the population. We are well and truly fucked. Go it on your own as long as you can but be ready to assume the position under your school desk… Chip
Handing “the big guy” nuclear codes is like the old video of African thugs handing a full-auto AK to a chimp.
What could possibly go wrong?
Looks like Shitcago on any given day.
ALL The Monkey needs now, Marksmanship displayed?
A Badge. And a Uniform.
No way in hell they let “the big guy” anywhere near the “football”.
Strange confidence indeed, Jim, that there’s a ’hidden column’ (busy loving a country that no longer exists) about to muscle up some ‘shock and awe’ and end the insane Woke agenda. Really?
Your enfilade of Patriots will suddenly appear, disembowel the national organs of the executive/legislative/judicial bureaucracies encrusted with unelected career barnacles; defenestrate indoctrination in CRT and sexual perversion from schools, government, and media; root out the racist reign of corporate HR equity gatekeepers; bring back consequences for crime; and, end the eternal bias in all forums against individual responsibility by reclaiming every trophy given to a loser just for showing up.
Jim, this ‘hidden column’ that buoys your hopes for a return to sanity from the Party of Chaos, does it fart rainbows?
If a rainbow farting brigade actually does materialize (as I believe it will), don’t fall for the ruse. It’s just the mother of all JUDAS GOATS.
Psuper Psyop 666 is fixing to go to work. And it’ll look like exactly what everyone is hoping (and begging) for.
Yes, be wary of enticements and traps. As for traps remember “the second rat gets the cheese.” Be the second rat.
Good stuff. I too am baffled as to the source his hope.
Can’t be Jeebus, since he is a Jew.
EVERY government and cultural institution is against us. Name one that is not!
But, yet, if only we generate a Big Red Tsunami this November, then everything will be better? Weak Sauce!!
Q, Trump, Kunstler, Cruz, Beck, Paul, McCain, Romney, HWB, GWB, McConnell, Graham, Ryan, Boener, Durham, Rice, Cheney, and I could go on and on. Are we starting to see a pattern here???? Wake the fuck up people. The “chosen” from the electorate are NOT GOING TO SAVE YOU!!! Chip
Why can’t it be “Jeebus”? He was Jewish too. I agree, though, that the chances of the McConnell GOP doing anything with their victory to improve things are zero.
Jim K is fake, phony, opposition. Slightly better than a NEOCON but he’s that way to keep conservatives hanging on just like Trump, Q, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, et al. Dung’s comment is PERFECT. No one, short of Godly intervention, is going to turn the tide on the corrupt US Government, PERIOD FULL STOP… Chip
PLEASE down voter, vote HARDER, and vote your way the fuck out of it! LMFAO… Chip
If you don’t vote harder 2022! Then you are the problem. ;0
“I’m strangely confident that there is a hidden column of people that love this country who will not allow this final insulting scam to succeed. ”
Yeah. Just like the The Last ‘Resident President’ election.
FEAR – – – NO CHOICE. EVERYONE with 1/2 a brain voted for the big mouthed Dolt.
(Believe it was Grover Cleveland that was FIRST called “The Do Nothing” president) THIS time? he’ll be running again, With ‘Family Guy’ Ron as his VP candidate.
ALL the ‘Assaults’ on him? Distractions/Cover….Coulda had ‘Social Media Capabilities’ in the Blink of an eye, Yesterday….MANY, MANY, would have ‘Volunteered’ EVERYTHING to support him.
Response? Crickets. “It’s what’s for Supper”. Soon. Does ‘Truth Social’ EVEN work yet?
EVERY OTHER (IF Not ALL) ‘stories’ about him, (drumpf) ? 25th Amendment!!!
Which brings US to….
YET brandon got “The Most Votes In History”. ALSO? “The Most Secure…” So there’s THAT.
His last little ‘Spooktacular’, bathed in RED Light, Fist Clenched, And Shaking?
Think We ALL got to witness his first SOLID shit. Live. As he can be.
….. F,G,H . J,K ….. Q . S ..V,W,X.Y, & Z
12 letters of the alphabet, NOT in either ‘Party’ Name. SOLE Distinction.
The UNIPARTY. VOTE HARDER! ALL OF THEM?
EXEMPT: Kill/Sterility Shots/Insider Trading, Etc…. (Real Shame that nanny couldn’t get any ‘republicans On Board’ for THAT Effort) ALL that ‘bipartisan’ EFFORT to ‘Legalize’ PROPAGANDA ON AMERICAN SOIL. On Americans. Let’s NOT FORGET the same ‘bipartisan’ EFFORT to ‘Legalize’ Aerial Spraying. Of GOD KNOWS What. Sneaking Suspicions, but that’s OK.
bill gates is gonna have MOSQUITOS ‘Vaccinate’ US.
“Adults understand that politics is a crooked business, but through the whole of US history until now filters existed in the public arena that allowed for enough sorting out of truth from untruth to enable the formation of a reality-based consensus…”
Amazing. Your Vocabulary. Kudos, Well Done. MUST be ‘Selective Reading’? Wishful Thinking?
Shit Show. From BEFORE the ‘Official’ Git Go.
Do Your ‘Civic Duty’ and vote if Ya wanna, DONE beating my head against the wall. ‘OFFICIAL’ as of Yesterday. NEVER felt such a sense of Peace, Serenity, & Tranquility…MIGHT even be a a Prayer ?
The Original Full Version
“God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen. ”
STILL workin’ on the ‘Courage’ Thingy. THIS is as close as i’ve gotten.
LAST Turning, One Way. Or The Other.
“The ENDING Of The PRETENDING? BARELY STARTED.
Probably warmer weather than usual.
Warmer WATER than usual. SIX of those, each two times as powerful as the puny 50 megaton TSARA BOMBA, detonated daisy chain like along the eastern seaboard of the USA…
…Hooo AAHHH!!!
Admin should strategically relocate.
SOON!!!
(Stucky might only get a few inches of water in his basement, and become the temporary owner of beachfront property!!!)
Those are what will make the Deagel numbers come true. Of all weapons and scenarios, those seem to have the highest probability of fulfilling the Deagel prediction (for the U.S., anyway).
That sub – with those 6 100 MT weapons – put out to sea earlier this week if I recall.
100 Mega Tons. It is hard for a human mind to comprehend, in full, just what that equates to. Seeing it on screen won’t do it.
A 1500’+ wall of water coming at you might.
A TRUE doomsday weapon.
I keep wondering the same thing. I’m not holding my breath.
Bits of gravel and grains of sand strewn across nearly 4 million square miles do not comprise a “column”.
A column, at this point, could be 10 groups of 3 per team. Regardless, please review how a true resistance to abuses of liberty operates, begins, grows and “wins”.
Over history, “power” (growth and extension, mainly from technological advancement of weaponry) has shifted from “individual” to Sovereign multiple times.
For the past (at least) 200+ years or so, no individual could possibly challenge a Sovereign (well, Captain Nemo maybe – but again, only because he advanced tech ((the Nautilus)) before the State/Sovereign).
Today, whether you believe it or not, ONE ASSHOLE could destroy the planet by putting deadly genetics in common hosts. This can be done by almost anyone at this point with minimal training and less than $25K. THIS IS THE GIANT FEAR OF ALL GOVS and this time it’s not just that a citizen invents a Super-Sub prior to all govs doing the same – it’s that today’s “Captain Nemo” will create something MUCH more destructive and potentially planet-ending due to tech advancement.
That “ONE ASSHOLE” quickly morphs into A PISSED OFF CITIZEN the day he is “Josey Wales’d”. Maybe gov kills their family or destroys/confiscates their property or livelihood. The “citizen” may not even be from the U.S.. It may take decades to simmer to the surface, but at some point…the abuses of liberty will manifest via subversive defense from a very small group or even, a single individual.
And those defenses will, most likely, be overwhelming due to shifting power-concentration-structures.
This is an interesting notion. Please explain into what the power-concentration structures might shift and what “subversive defense” might constitute in actuality; hopefully, it isn’t a lone nut with some “potentially planet-ending tech. Me, I like the simple monkey wrench and “Irish democracy” defense, but I’ve been out of the USA for 25 years, so what I think of “defending” is a place and time that like the Road Warrior for the agéd Feral Child with respect to Max “exists now only in my memory” and those of others of my cohort (born 1946-early boomer). Nevertheless, I wish all of you the best in what I now see at best as a salvage operation of a once truly great society.
There will be surprise(es) in or by November, alright but I’m willing to bet they are black and fly
How is a 70’s pimp gonna change anything?
Superfly blaxploitation. Lol don’t think that’s what she meant but funny.
we have to make it through October first
icymi, there’s a prediction tribulation starts TODAY, although I think such predictions are frowned upon
How many times do I have to shout it? The tribulation is a script and you’re the actor. Self-fulfilling bullshit recycled over and over to keep one docile. Religion is a pillar of control. Come Lord Jebus and don’t forget my tiny hat…
Today? The tribulation starts ……. TODAY?? TODAY??????
Tribulation begins with releasing of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; the first horseman (false prince of peace) comes riding on a White Horse.
*** NEWS FLASH *** NO WHITE HORSES WERE SEEN IN THE SKIES OF NEW JERSEY!
Of course, that doesn’t mean Jack or Shit. He could have appeared elsewhere. So, you people in other states and other countries —> anybody see a fucken White Horse in the sky??
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Hey clbrto, you very funny man. Make me laugh. Love you much. Keep it up.
woman
Saw a bunny and a turtle yesterday… does that count?!?!?
Allegorically , you know , like Plato’s cave, or The Matrix ? I see the allegorical four horsemen of the apocalypse quite clearly . The Burning Platform has perhaps the most, actually sane , tell it like it is , straightalking set of writers around , its a shame the comment section seems to be a competition, among those that are probably its most loyal members, to see who can be the most cynical .For the record its my opinion that we have been in the tribulation now for quite some time but in life it is not what happens to you but how you deal with it that is most important to your spiritual growth .
I bet democrats retain control of both houses of Congress. It is who counts the votes now not who you vote for.
This is the only sane prediction I’ve seen so far. We live in a day and an age of “whataya gonna do about it”. So far the answer has been “nothing”. So what would stop them from continuing on with what they had succeeded in doing since 2018? The answer is self-evident.
Exactly…still mailing out millions of paper ballots to random addresses and still have electronic voting machines tabulating the value of a Dem vote as 1.25 per vote. It would need to be a 75% consensus to make a difference and there will always be 40% idiots who will vote any senile, pedophile into office if a (D) is after the name on the ballot.
Polls are indicating otherwise. Of course Hillary was the polling leader then Trump so probably be decided by the WEF in the end.
At this point does it even matter?
Not in the slightest. How many times have you barreled down the highway and a tap on the brakes saved you from crashing into a traffic jam? Yeah, me neither.
They do not control enough counties to hold the house and there is no way they are going to be able to cheat in enough districts to win. They will maintain at least 50 senate seats and may even gain one for a real majority.
Wellstone was wacked 20 years ago this month.
Now 2 independent candidates for the same district die mysteriously 2 years apart.
Both running against the same incumbent, Angie Craig-D…………
R.I.P. Paul and family
His “Luongo” comment seems like something very likely on any list of possibilities. They have imposed a police state and if not used, what was the point of their doing it in the first place?
The election will be held. The demos will fix/steal and prevail. They will say it was because the supreme court overturned Roe v. Wade so everyone voted demo. Bank on it.
Best not to “bank” on much of anything. “Book it, Dano!” Yeah, well, remember back when Mr. Potatohead was installed as prez and loads of folks were sure he’d be gone in six months? If you put money on that, well…
Will be still be alive on the last day of November?
If so …. THAT will be a surprise.
Ahh, that last little bit of hope, that bargaining to hold onto hope that your government hasn’t completely fallen into utter ruin.
I think they will.be sending us ebola from Uganda with love this winter
This is all to cover up and distract from the COVID debacle. They have killed and injured hundred of thousands of people and they needed a distraction. What better distraction than a few tactical nukes flying around. Evil Mfers, they will be judged in the end.
here is an october surprise–
ben sasse,the anti-trump “conservative” senator from nebraska is reportedly going to announce his resignation from the senate to become the prez of the u of florida —
the board that selected him is full of desantis people–
imo desantis is playing w/fire w/this move–
The Fourth Turning promised something big…I think the end of the world as we know it qualifies.
will there be a NUCLEAR DETONATION SURPRISE in ukraine? would it surprise anyone? how often is this subject brought up by everyone in power in amerika nowadays?
this writer would not be surprised one bit if such a thing took place. the leadership of this nation is absolutely evil and megalomaniacal. they think there is no limit to what they can do and that all will be supported by the mass of amerikans.
I really wish I had Kunstler’s optimism.
All you have to do is say , “I’ve got Kunstler’s optimism.”
Kunstler is far too optimistic. No one is coming to save us.
It’s better to be a realist so it is probably a sign of wisdom that you thought better of your prior post
I’m curious as to what kuntzler believes, in his usual optimistic mode, who these stalwarts will be to protect the results of the election.
It ain’t gonna be the goper unipary.
Trump says he will grab the pussy only to come up with a hand full of balls. It happened at Mar-a-Lago.
Some say it was cross dressing Rudy Giuliani that was groped but Rudy is only Trump’s attorney.
The Party Of Chaos is the Uniparty. There was a Republican majority during Trump’s first two years (House, Senate, Presidency) and what happened?
Exactly.
Maybe that mysterious Russian sub will make a tsunami on the east coast washing the scum away.