Lol, Gaetz filed a lawsuit to stop the release but fucked that too:
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) lawsuit against the House Ethics Committee was rejected for technical reasons and must be refiled before the court takes any action, the court docket shows.
This is what happens when daddy bails you out over and over for everything including countless speeding and drunk driving charges. Sooner or later the chickens come home to roost.
Thank you, Kay-El. But what is utterly incomprehensible is that MAGA will rally around him just because of that report, or say that it's just a hit job, despite ALL of the evidence. They'll simply say, "They all do it. Our boy Matty isn't any different."
As long as he was willing to vote for the MAGA agenda and be an obnoxious defender of Trump, they'll have his back regarding his personal life and drug use.
What I don't understand is Gaetz has one particular event that should have been huge House scandal. Gaetz had been showing pornographic or nude pics on the House floor for years. Not one single Speaker or congressperson of either party filed a complaint. Not one.
Can't wait to read your take on it:-) Also watching the "Family Values" crowd to rush to his defense. "Tonight on Tucker, we have unfairly accused Matt Gaetz...", etc. I'd love to see an interview with his parents.
Thanks to dear old dad who bails Pervey out of everything including seven DUIs. How so many of these deviants and criminals keep getting reelected is such bullshit including the biggest idiotic, criminal, pervert of them all. It's going to be a long fucking four years.
Spoon, see Joel's post re contacting FL Gov Ron DeSantis (& FL DoJ). If enough of us can crosspost, maybe the 🔥🔥🔥and 👀👀👀 will push them to prosecute Gaetz. FO time for the sex pest.
I read the report. The last page is a rebuttal by the minority that covering up the truth would have been the honorable thing to do. Astounding.
Biden's DOJ dropped the ball, over and over. The Ethics Committee actually attempted to do its job, in Good Faith. We now live in a world where Bad Faith trumps Good Faith. If civilization is to survive, Good Faith better get off its ass.
You go Kay-EI!! The report is frightening for a stunod like Gaetz to become AG… wTF was Trump thinking? No reason for answering, we all know that Trump a career criminal wastrel, has zero ability to think!!
He was thinking, most likely, "that huge bribe from Matty's Daddy sounds SOOOO good, sure, he can be AG, what does an AG do anyway? Where's my hamberder?"
When you connect the dots of Grandpa Befuddled pants you can see his remarks are made with intent. In a power struggle between Trump and Musk who wins? Godzilla or King Kong? And what happens to America?
Grampa Befuddlepants is not enough of a thinker to play things out. Musk takes issues that relate to his personal wealth and figures out how to explain them to Grampa in a way that it looks like other countries are trying to make Trump's BSD look small. Trump obligingly starts talking about making the Western Hemisphere (and hemisphere adjacent) his personal Warsaw Pact.
I just sent an email to Governor Ron DeSantis to tell him that, based on what's in the House Committee's report on Matt Gaetz, the State of Florida's Justice Department must - should immediately - open an investigation to determine if Gaetz should be indicted and brought to trial.
I reminded DeSantis that in the U.S. only the President is above the law.
"We're gonna own that canal - a beautiful canal. Very powerful canal many people say. We should have never given it to Erie, PA. Horrible, horrible decision. But, we're taking it back."
Who the fuck do Trump and friends think they are? Just because we have enough ignorant people in the US that voted for him doesn’t mean the world belongs to him!! This makes my blood boil!! All the bad guys are winning!!
They are emboldened by the backing of Putin in every one of their schemes. Greenland I imagine has long been in Putin's sights, he's just not stupid enough to go after it himself but he now has 2 allies in the Oval Office that will be more than happy to help him.
This Greenland thing is F'ing insane! It belongs to Denmark. So if Denmark has a military, we'll ... go to war ... over Greenland? The oligarch greed will cross a line (or poots). Unintended consequences may ensure.
Our NATO allies will be obliged to defend Denmark. Article 5 provides that NATO members are not required to assist another member who attacks another nation, but are required to defend a member who is attacked.
Ledeen, Wolfowitz, Feith, Perle, Bolton, Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and the neocons who perpetrated the illegal invasion of Iraq should have gone to jail for all the death and destruction, not to mention the $trillions that went to contractors. Unconscionable.
If there is ever a REAL investigation into the events of 9/11/01, The Project for a New American Century (PNAC) should be Exhibit A.
Cheney The Dick made $39.5 billion from his no-bid contracts for his two wars for fun and profit. It's a fking travesty that they escaped justice. Both should have been tried in the International Criminal Court, but the US is not a signatory, which is another fking travesty.
Mary, that's sickening that Cheney made almost $4 billion on no bid contracts. Not at all surprised. The Military Industrial Complex rolls on. I blame Cheney. Bush was too stupid to do anything except be mad about Sept. 11. I'm sure Cheney made sure that Bush "blamed the right cause or country".
Oodles of cash, as did Larry Silverstein who insured the towers for twice the value under the guise of a terrorist attack. All three towers would have been cheaper to tear down and build again, rather than the cost to abate all the asbestos in them, which was disclosed to Silverstein in his purchase of the buildings six weeks before the attacks Grace! The corruption that exists in this country is insane!
Follow the Yellowcake Road. When former Ambassador Joseph Wilson shot that idea down as a lie, Scooter Libby outed Wilson’s wife Valerie Plame as a CIA operative, thereby endangering lives. And Trump pardoned that fucker Libby. For all their jingoistic flag waving, conservatives are the real threat to national security.
The MAGAs often gleefully pointed out that "he kept us out of wars" in his first term. That's out the window now. Watch him piss away treasure in pursuit of his typically idiotic and vindictive whims and his love of bullying weaker players while sucking up to dictators.
I am hoping to high heaven that enough sane people in our chain of command will not carry out any of his insane and inane ideas. It is a right to refuse an illegal order.
However, the authority to use nuclear weapons rests solely with the president. There would be no one to stop him if he flips out and decides to attack, unless the military is willing to stage a coup. His Cabinet certainly wouldn't do anything.
Maybe there's another Mark Milley in the chain of command; i.e., someone who insists that a "nuke" order be routed through him, so he can stop it. IOW, bypass Hegseth, should it come to that.
If there is such a person in the chain of command, Trump would just get rid of him. Trump is itching to use nukes and he probably doesn't care where they're used. Maybe Iran, maybe Canada or Mexico, maybe the EU. He'll have the authority and he can't wait to wield it.
The military is treated to nothing but Faux News as their source of information. The enlisted are true to MAGA. He will fire generals who don't get in line. There is no one to protect the military if they try to do the right thing. Sorry to say.
It will be interesting if MAGA tries to court martial anyone who disobeys. I wonder how much the creeping corruption of MAGA has reached into the military legal system; hopefully less so than our judiciary.
Just watched on YouTube when Charlie Chaplin was given the lifetime achievement award and he was so touched with emotion. The audience gave him a much deserved long standing ovation.
Trump has resurrected everything bad from our past: the rise of the Robber Barons, nepotism and the spoils system, internment camps, the rise of fascism in the 1930’s, racism and restricted rights for women. He has also looked at world history to find its worst practices: Mercantilism, an economic practice from the 16th to the 18th centuries of using trade protection (e.g., tariffs and other trade barriers) as a form of economic warfare. Mercantilism was thoroughly debunked by Adam Smith in the 18th century. His book, “The Wealth of Nations” gave rise to modern economics, something they apparently don’t teach at Wharton. Now he has rediscovered Imperialism. What wonders await us? As my European friends are saying, “Canada and Mexico border on stupidity.”
In this time the Robber Barons are armed with reality twisting AI. To deceive. A reality written by the mentally twisted, like this goofball Curtis. When the incoming Vice President, and potential future President, admires an evil "genius" like Curtis, the nation is truly at risk.
Heather Cox Richardson has a few choice words to say about the Orange Shitstain's latest dicta on the role of the President and how it harkens back to the 1880s. She's written a number of columns about it recently.
First, WTF? Trump is president elect, not president yet. And he is upsetting the apple cart perhaps irreparably. Dear God, what is a “soft” invasion of Mexico? Sounds like being a little bit pregnant. And Greenland? Wow. I’m sure more than a few Europeans are shaking their head. And Greenland, go f**k yourself Donnie. As for Panama, are we planning another invasion? And when Egypt doesn’t play nice with the Suez… Here is a corker. Trump and GOP go on and on about some mythical energy dependence (we aren’t) then tell Europe buy our oil/gas exports or else TARIFFS! What the Actual F**K. Here is the history lesson kiddo’s. It comes from the Peloponnesian Wars: Athens lost the whole enchilada when its allies from the Persian war came to fear Athenian power and its ruthless use (the Melian dialogue comes to mind). When Trump threatens. When Trump leans to heavily on NATO allies. When Trump conducts his ‘soft’ invasions, stand by, our Syracuse moment is at hand. And Gaetz, wow GOP, are you so depraved in your lust for power you can’t even call this pedo to account?
40 years ago as a poli sci grad seminar, I used the Melian Dialogue to introduce my last seminar paper (IR class). I was critiquing U.S. policy in Central America, specifically Nicaragua.
For 32 years I taught high school in the San Joaquin Valley and many students of mine were immigrants from El Salvador, a consequence of those wars. My students knew opportunities existed here but still missed their home country and family left behind.
I know who you meant, Jeff! Thank you for helping me hang on to what little sanity I have left! You’ll be pleased, I hope, to know that in this house the go-to response to whining has become, “boofuckinghoo.”
Maybe Lenin or Marx or whoever said it was right, "We will destroy you from within". Whatever Xi and Vlad have on him and his minions must be juicy. They are masters at Compromat and Maskirovka. They don't have to do a lot of people. Just DJT and some "Thought Leaders" - Elon, Tulsi, and a few more. What better way to push these and other countries if not into their arms, at least further away from us. Oh, and fuck him and them. I hope DJT's head is heavy with the crown, knowing at some point whatever they will out whatever they have. Sleep with Donny, sleep well....
That phrase is generally misunderstood. Americans of course tended to take it as meaning "We will kill you off" but in Russian it means rather "We will attend your funeral [we will outlast you]"
ok everybody, stop reading the Gaetz Report — which I've been too busy writing this post to look at — and pay attention to me now
Lol, Gaetz filed a lawsuit to stop the release but fucked that too:
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) lawsuit against the House Ethics Committee was rejected for technical reasons and must be refiled before the court takes any action, the court docket shows.
His dad wasted money sending that little perv to law school
I would assume law school would teach you to not use Venmo to pay for sex and drugs for chrisakes.
His dad wasted money having him.
What his dad wasted was something else, the name of which I prefer not to say in such polite company
Funny, I never think of this as polite company. More like fun company. It's ok to say sperm or cum or jizz
This is what happens when daddy bails you out over and over for everything including countless speeding and drunk driving charges. Sooner or later the chickens come home to roost.
Delusional parents, make for delusional children Susan!!
Affluenza
I’ll agree to that Susan!!
Too late!😂😂
Here it is folks: https://ethics.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Committee-Report.pdf
'Christ got this': Steve Bannon cites Jesus to defend Matt Gaetz's alleged sex crimes. Bannon is sick in the head.
Ya think?
Bannon? Crazy?
You gotta feel for Stevie 3-Shirts. That flea dip he was subjected to in prison clearly accelerated his brain rot.
Surprised Steve Bannon didn't burst into flames at the word "Christ". The word
"sacralizious" comes to mind.
I thought Stevie sobered up while in prison— I guess not.
He's probably making up for lost time.
Bannon is a sponge brain fourth stage alcoholic.
I think Bannon says that kind of shit for his listeners.
Oh, fer chrissakes! Jaysus.
Thank you, Kay-El. But what is utterly incomprehensible is that MAGA will rally around him just because of that report, or say that it's just a hit job, despite ALL of the evidence. They'll simply say, "They all do it. Our boy Matty isn't any different."
As long as he was willing to vote for the MAGA agenda and be an obnoxious defender of Trump, they'll have his back regarding his personal life and drug use.
Geez, this reprobate really embraced and elevated the "ease" into SLEAZE. Good riddance.
Thanks Kay-El. Superb detective work.
What I don't understand is Gaetz has one particular event that should have been huge House scandal. Gaetz had been showing pornographic or nude pics on the House floor for years. Not one single Speaker or congressperson of either party filed a complaint. Not one.
Old white man’s club, boys will be boys, yada, yada.
Thank you
Thank you 🙏🏻💙✌🏻
Thanks. Looking forward to reading it all.
Read and weep, thanks Kay-EI!!
Can't wait to read your take on it:-) Also watching the "Family Values" crowd to rush to his defense. "Tonight on Tucker, we have unfairly accused Matt Gaetz...", etc. I'd love to see an interview with his parents.
C'mon, folks.
Gaetz is a rich, white man and one of the official bros.
He won't be charged with shit.
Thanks to dear old dad who bails Pervey out of everything including seven DUIs. How so many of these deviants and criminals keep getting reelected is such bullshit including the biggest idiotic, criminal, pervert of them all. It's going to be a long fucking four years.
Rome 465AD.
Idk, maybe 455 -- we're only on our first shadow emperor...
Well it is Floriduh.
At least Gaetz won't be AG or a congressman. I'm sure he will show up elsewhere in Trumpworld, since his values are so closely aligned with theirs.
Spoon, see Joel's post re contacting FL Gov Ron DeSantis (& FL DoJ). If enough of us can crosspost, maybe the 🔥🔥🔥and 👀👀👀 will push them to prosecute Gaetz. FO time for the sex pest.
Has DeSantis ever actually gone after a Republican? Party over country, party over decency.
I think there just might be hope in this case. Gaetz might be rich and white, but there's an awful lot of folks that really don't like him.
I read the report. The last page is a rebuttal by the minority that covering up the truth would have been the honorable thing to do. Astounding.
Biden's DOJ dropped the ball, over and over. The Ethics Committee actually attempted to do its job, in Good Faith. We now live in a world where Bad Faith trumps Good Faith. If civilization is to survive, Good Faith better get off its ass.
Really? Said my piece and going to find it.
You go Kay-EI!! The report is frightening for a stunod like Gaetz to become AG… wTF was Trump thinking? No reason for answering, we all know that Trump a career criminal wastrel, has zero ability to think!!
He was thinking, most likely, "that huge bribe from Matty's Daddy sounds SOOOO good, sure, he can be AG, what does an AG do anyway? Where's my hamberder?"
You think Trump THINKS????
Dubious…made mention of Trumps illiteracy and lack of frontal cortex issues forever!
Gaetz would have been a perfect criminal AG for a criminal “president”
“All the best people!”—Donald Trump
I’m not reading it. I’m waiting for you to explain it to me tomorrow, in the colorful language I’ve grown accustomed to.
Jeff, I'm paying attention! But can I go to the bathroom now please? Please?
Heard that McCarthy engineered this whole thing… (still has friends dontcha know) 😏🏛️
"War of the Assholes".😆😆
I guess some ppl are still working remotely....
When you connect the dots of Grandpa Befuddled pants you can see his remarks are made with intent. In a power struggle between Trump and Musk who wins? Godzilla or King Kong? And what happens to America?
Shit from both of them rains down upon us. That's how it works.
Grampa Befuddlepants is not enough of a thinker to play things out. Musk takes issues that relate to his personal wealth and figures out how to explain them to Grampa in a way that it looks like other countries are trying to make Trump's BSD look small. Trump obligingly starts talking about making the Western Hemisphere (and hemisphere adjacent) his personal Warsaw Pact.
I gave you my undivided attention, Jeff. Lol. Saw the comment that the report was out after I read your post. You're still our FAVORITE!!
Glad to see Merrick Garland once again did his job.
Thanks Merrick.
🫡
I rely on people like you to read that kind of thing for me
Ha! Heard all I ned to know about Gaetz! He's a mega sleeze, guilty as he;;, just hike is idol. He'll continue to fit in nicely
100%. I love your Substack.
I just sent an email to Governor Ron DeSantis to tell him that, based on what's in the House Committee's report on Matt Gaetz, the State of Florida's Justice Department must - should immediately - open an investigation to determine if Gaetz should be indicted and brought to trial.
I reminded DeSantis that in the U.S. only the President is above the law.
Don't hold your breath.
The statutes of limitations have run on state charges. Gaetz is off the hook.
Good on you Joel!!
1. When is Orange Fuckwit planning to go after the Erie Canal?
2. Elump is the perfect amalgamation of Elmo and Trumpenstein
"We're gonna own that canal - a beautiful canal. Very powerful canal many people say. We should have never given it to Erie, PA. Horrible, horrible decision. But, we're taking it back."
😂😂😂
The Erie Canal flows through NY state, not PA.
Right, but trump won't know that. He's such a dufus he will think it's in PA somewhere...
Lol, yeah I know. That's why I put it in quotes as something DJT would say. Guess I wasn't clear that it was him speaking:-)
🤣🤣
😂
Professor Timothy Snyder says he’s going to call them both “Mumps” and what we will be going through is “The Mumps Syndrome”!
Hahahaha! I saw that. Perfect
i do like Elump!
Yes! I refer to them as #elump as wella
What about “Trusk”?
World of Warcraft?
Yours is the only news I can stomach. This is hilarious, in a not hilarious way.
Who the fuck do Trump and friends think they are? Just because we have enough ignorant people in the US that voted for him doesn’t mean the world belongs to him!! This makes my blood boil!! All the bad guys are winning!!
They are emboldened by the backing of Putin in every one of their schemes. Greenland I imagine has long been in Putin's sights, he's just not stupid enough to go after it himself but he now has 2 allies in the Oval Office that will be more than happy to help him.
You definitely see the big picture Jayme, it’s all for the puppet master! Putin pulls the strings of two of his painted wooden puppets!!
This Greenland thing is F'ing insane! It belongs to Denmark. So if Denmark has a military, we'll ... go to war ... over Greenland? The oligarch greed will cross a line (or poots). Unintended consequences may ensure.
Our NATO allies will be obliged to defend Denmark. Article 5 provides that NATO members are not required to assist another member who attacks another nation, but are required to defend a member who is attacked.
Dumbass doesn’t know what he’s getting himself and the US into if he thinks it’s OK to go to war with Denmark over Greenland.
WTF is a “soft military invasion” of Mexico anyway? Canada and Mexico should be thinking of annexation of the U. S.!!
They'd be doing us a huge favor, Patrick!
I saw it explained as the insertion of undercover assassins.
I don’t think these undercover guys have a chance against the well armed drug lords.
🤯🤯🤯
And sometimes I think, "I wish!"
Ledeen, Wolfowitz, Feith, Perle, Bolton, Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and the neocons who perpetrated the illegal invasion of Iraq should have gone to jail for all the death and destruction, not to mention the $trillions that went to contractors. Unconscionable.
If there is ever a REAL investigation into the events of 9/11/01, The Project for a New American Century (PNAC) should be Exhibit A.
Cheney The Dick made $39.5 billion from his no-bid contracts for his two wars for fun and profit. It's a fking travesty that they escaped justice. Both should have been tried in the International Criminal Court, but the US is not a signatory, which is another fking travesty.
He navigated the war, not the Bushes, 1 & 2. For a ling time we did not see Dickie. Why? He was hiding in a bunker pulling the levers! That SOB!
He endorsed Kamala. Trying to right a wrong?
Dave #Fail ! Cheney and Bush are war criminals imo.
Possibly but obviously, Liz convinced him that it was the absolute right thing to do!
Props for the PNAC mention, Mary. Exhibit A totally escaped public notice. Why Darth Cheney can never be normalized.
During the Bush Ii administration I cut out and saved a comic from the newspaper showing the devil wearing a tee shirt with the letters “WWCD?”
Then Kamala’s team pranced around with those thieves like all was forgiven.
Mary, that's sickening that Cheney made almost $4 billion on no bid contracts. Not at all surprised. The Military Industrial Complex rolls on. I blame Cheney. Bush was too stupid to do anything except be mad about Sept. 11. I'm sure Cheney made sure that Bush "blamed the right cause or country".
Cheney made almost $40 billion from no-bid contracts.
Mary, oops, $40 billion. TX for correction
Indeed Mary!!
Can you say, “Halliburton?”
Oh, this is why we should be letting Liz Cheney handle Patel herself. How many millions did her dad, that creep pocket?
Oodles of cash, as did Larry Silverstein who insured the towers for twice the value under the guise of a terrorist attack. All three towers would have been cheaper to tear down and build again, rather than the cost to abate all the asbestos in them, which was disclosed to Silverstein in his purchase of the buildings six weeks before the attacks Grace! The corruption that exists in this country is insane!
Billions.
Home of the $5k toilet seat!
The powerful do not go to jail in this country, unless they f’ck the rich & powerful, like Madoff did
THIS!
Exactly Lynn!!
Yes, they should have. In my case, I left the GOP forever. The MAGA makes the forever, more like forever AND forever again.
H13thDoc, 1,000 percent agree!
100% HI2!!
No shit. Remember when Gdubya admitted to the big lie he and prez Cheney used to invade Iraq? No one gave a shit. No one.
Follow the Yellowcake Road. When former Ambassador Joseph Wilson shot that idea down as a lie, Scooter Libby outed Wilson’s wife Valerie Plame as a CIA operative, thereby endangering lives. And Trump pardoned that fucker Libby. For all their jingoistic flag waving, conservatives are the real threat to national security.
I forgot about that part of the story. Too much fuckery, too little time. Thanks for the reminder.
The MAGAs often gleefully pointed out that "he kept us out of wars" in his first term. That's out the window now. Watch him piss away treasure in pursuit of his typically idiotic and vindictive whims and his love of bullying weaker players while sucking up to dictators.
Trump didn’t his 1st term either. We were still fighting in Afghanistan & Africa
So what , no wars, but a total bungling of the Covid crises cost more lives than all of our wars
Yeah, MAGAs grasp at straws alla time or outright lie.
Kudos for the scene from The Great Dictator. Going to watch the film today.
Perhaps the rest of the world will decide to quarantine us.
Any bets on the first country Trump nukes?
I am hoping to high heaven that enough sane people in our chain of command will not carry out any of his insane and inane ideas. It is a right to refuse an illegal order.
However, the authority to use nuclear weapons rests solely with the president. There would be no one to stop him if he flips out and decides to attack, unless the military is willing to stage a coup. His Cabinet certainly wouldn't do anything.
Maybe there's another Mark Milley in the chain of command; i.e., someone who insists that a "nuke" order be routed through him, so he can stop it. IOW, bypass Hegseth, should it come to that.
If there is such a person in the chain of command, Trump would just get rid of him. Trump is itching to use nukes and he probably doesn't care where they're used. Maybe Iran, maybe Canada or Mexico, maybe the EU. He'll have the authority and he can't wait to wield it.
If he manages it,hug your family closely and say goodbye to Mother Earth.
Denise, I posted before I read yours.
Maybe that’s when Tech bros 25th amendment old Trumpy.
By that time it would be too late and the attack would have been launched.
Shades of "The Dead Zone." Yikes!
Nancy Pelosi was so concerned that 1.0 convict might use nukes that she had a secret meeting with Ret. Gen Mark Milly. He assured
her that he (Milly) somehow put himself between 1.0 and the launch command.
Well, good luck with that.
The military is treated to nothing but Faux News as their source of information. The enlisted are true to MAGA. He will fire generals who don't get in line. There is no one to protect the military if they try to do the right thing. Sorry to say.
It will be interesting if MAGA tries to court martial anyone who disobeys. I wonder how much the creeping corruption of MAGA has reached into the military legal system; hopefully less so than our judiciary.
And there ends my knowledge. Hadn't thought about that yet. Hmmm
I did watch the Caine Mutiny with Bogart. Maybe I should just ask the internet because it always has the best answers 😁.
You’re well informed so I assume you know that the Caine Mutiny is fictional. There has never been a mutiny in US Naval history
My point exactly. A movie and the internet are entirely reliable.
One of my favorites, Charlie Chaplin is totally amazing in this classic film!
Just watched on YouTube when Charlie Chaplin was given the lifetime achievement award and he was so touched with emotion. The audience gave him a much deserved long standing ovation.
The U.S. treated Chaplin like shit during the McCarthy nightmare. Would it be illegal to desecrate Joe McCarthy's grave?
That man will never live in peace where his soul went and neither has Cohn’s.
To desecrate McCarthy's grave would be a profound act of courage and sheer balls.
Musk wants to nuke everyone but Russia… Mars is the only place that he could claim ownership of Linda!!
Clearly tRump isn't writing his truth social posts. Absolutely not. It's clearly Elon or some other asshole who now has the keys to the kingdom.
Ben Meiselas pointed out that the words were ones that Stephen Miller uses
T is the Zombie president.
Trump has resurrected everything bad from our past: the rise of the Robber Barons, nepotism and the spoils system, internment camps, the rise of fascism in the 1930’s, racism and restricted rights for women. He has also looked at world history to find its worst practices: Mercantilism, an economic practice from the 16th to the 18th centuries of using trade protection (e.g., tariffs and other trade barriers) as a form of economic warfare. Mercantilism was thoroughly debunked by Adam Smith in the 18th century. His book, “The Wealth of Nations” gave rise to modern economics, something they apparently don’t teach at Wharton. Now he has rediscovered Imperialism. What wonders await us? As my European friends are saying, “Canada and Mexico border on stupidity.”
Exactly. He’s Taking America Back(wards).
Promises made. Promises kept.
In this time the Robber Barons are armed with reality twisting AI. To deceive. A reality written by the mentally twisted, like this goofball Curtis. When the incoming Vice President, and potential future President, admires an evil "genius" like Curtis, the nation is truly at risk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin
If we allow the nuts to manifest their version of reality, humanity is toast.
And this. Just say no.
https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
Heather Cox Richardson has a few choice words to say about the Orange Shitstain's latest dicta on the role of the President and how it harkens back to the 1880s. She's written a number of columns about it recently.
She's not a fan.
They are aiming for The Gilded Age Part 2
The only thing that putz learned at Wharton was how to cheat & grift
He learned that from his father. He didn't learn a thing at Wharton.
Tim, more history to investigate. Thx for the info.
Invade Mexico? 😂😂😂 The cartels should unite and meet 'em at the border.
Oh, and you can bet the cartels will.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Would watch that.
The Gaetz bit is a sideshow, meant to divert our attention from what is significant. Gaetz is the sacrificial lamb, nobody likes him anyhow.
He’s being Madison Cawthorn-ed.
Never let a good crisis go to waste, or in this case investigation Catherine, what goes on behind the curtain is the question!!
First, WTF? Trump is president elect, not president yet. And he is upsetting the apple cart perhaps irreparably. Dear God, what is a “soft” invasion of Mexico? Sounds like being a little bit pregnant. And Greenland? Wow. I’m sure more than a few Europeans are shaking their head. And Greenland, go f**k yourself Donnie. As for Panama, are we planning another invasion? And when Egypt doesn’t play nice with the Suez… Here is a corker. Trump and GOP go on and on about some mythical energy dependence (we aren’t) then tell Europe buy our oil/gas exports or else TARIFFS! What the Actual F**K. Here is the history lesson kiddo’s. It comes from the Peloponnesian Wars: Athens lost the whole enchilada when its allies from the Persian war came to fear Athenian power and its ruthless use (the Melian dialogue comes to mind). When Trump threatens. When Trump leans to heavily on NATO allies. When Trump conducts his ‘soft’ invasions, stand by, our Syracuse moment is at hand. And Gaetz, wow GOP, are you so depraved in your lust for power you can’t even call this pedo to account?
40 years ago as a poli sci grad seminar, I used the Melian Dialogue to introduce my last seminar paper (IR class). I was critiquing U.S. policy in Central America, specifically Nicaragua.
For 32 years I taught high school in the San Joaquin Valley and many students of mine were immigrants from El Salvador, a consequence of those wars. My students knew opportunities existed here but still missed their home country and family left behind.
It is a case of might makes right, and, to me, mirrors the hubris of national power awry.
David, great post. Lots to Google for history lesson.
I know who you meant, Jeff! Thank you for helping me hang on to what little sanity I have left! You’ll be pleased, I hope, to know that in this house the go-to response to whining has become, “boofuckinghoo.”
Maybe Lenin or Marx or whoever said it was right, "We will destroy you from within". Whatever Xi and Vlad have on him and his minions must be juicy. They are masters at Compromat and Maskirovka. They don't have to do a lot of people. Just DJT and some "Thought Leaders" - Elon, Tulsi, and a few more. What better way to push these and other countries if not into their arms, at least further away from us. Oh, and fuck him and them. I hope DJT's head is heavy with the crown, knowing at some point whatever they will out whatever they have. Sleep with Donny, sleep well....
Kruchiev said that. "We will bury you"
That phrase is generally misunderstood. Americans of course tended to take it as meaning "We will kill you off" but in Russian it means rather "We will attend your funeral [we will outlast you]"
And with Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense and commanding the armed forces, what could possibly go wrong??