Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Thoughts for the Day 20240116

  • Trump caucus win in Iowa:
    • In his victory word-salad (long-term COVID?), did D. Trump remember to thank Putin for his generous behind-the-scenes support?
    • "Low voter turnout" translates to "all the moderate Republicans stayed home rather than vote for MAGA candidates."
    • Prediction: After Iowa caucus victory, local GOP will run wild.
      • Expect increased violence against all who are not white, male, and heterosexual.
  • Are evangelicals actually expecting their God of Abraham to descend from the heavens and restore white supremacy?
    • BTW all the Old Testament patriarchs we revere kept slaves.
  • In an interview with Christine Amanpour, Robert Pape identifies the racist "Great Replacement Theory" as the prime motivator for the January 6th insurrection.
    • Pape analyzed 400 arrested traitors to generate this profile:
      • White
      • Male
      • Over 45
      • Upper middle-class 
        • businessmen 
        • professionals
        • career civil-service
    • Observation: The January 6th rioters had the income and status to take time off from their jobs to participate in the overthrow of the newly-elected administration.
      • Marx and Engels are laughing from their graves.

“There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” --The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

 







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