"Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a hypernationalistic speech at the Acropolis in Athens Wednesday in which he lauded the supposed superiority of Western civilization while stoking more fears about immigration.
“The heroes of the West are those who choose to remain faithful to their duty precisely when it is most difficult and painful to do so,” Rubio waxed. “We take the West’s conception of these things—heroism, honor, duty—we take these things for granted. We assume that these somehow are universal to all people in all times and in all places. They are not. They are the product of a distinct character, a distinct character which arose here—and shaped the whole story of the civilization that came after it. The civilization that we must fight to defend today with the same passion as our forefathers did.
“Over time, we in the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional. We felt embarrassed that our achievements set us apart from the rest of the world,” Rubio continued. “Our prosperity somehow became a source of guilt. We no longer believed we deserved and had earned our greatness. The word nationalism became a dirty word. And so we tore down our monuments, we condemned our own history, and in too many places we taught our children to be ashamed of the countries they would inherit. In the process we opened our borders, and outsourced our industry, and allowed our militaries to wither and to decay. And with every passing year, we seem to outsource more of our sovereignty.”
Rubio went on to warn against immigration, amplifying the xenophobia that is a central tenet of both the MAGA movement and the larger international far-right."
I am 48. I have never NOT known a world where christofascist pieces of shit WEREN'T trying to take the fuck over. When I was a tween, I asked my mom if she would vote for Jesse Jackson and she said she would NEVER vote for a minister*. I sure as fuck would not in the primary but I vote blue no matter who.
*30 years later I had to tell her she was NOT voting for Marianne Williamson.
My BIL remembers watching a teenaged Glen Campbell play guitar on a kids show out of Albuquerque, K Circle B Time. "He was just sitting there, shredding away on guitar." After that, he moved to LA and was part of the Wrecking Crew.
Memories of 40+ years ago when I needed to laugh I'd change the channel to see Gene Scott sitting in his chair screaming into the camera that he wasn't going to preach until he got $50,000 in pledges for the night...and he'd have his singers repeat the same song "I WANT TO KNOW THAT JESUS WELCOMES ME THERE" until he got those pledges...
I'm home from the work cave for 45 minutes, and have seen Nicolle talk about how that $6.6B MD Pentagon contract with that weird Anduril guy has the Trump sons in the background, watched Brendan Ballou (legal eagle) talk about his day in court arguing to get an injunction against Trump selling subscriptions to Twooth Social to get early 'access' to government info (*cough*, market manipulation cough*), and then a later panel LOLing at Troy Jackson in the debate last night deadpanning to Susan Collins that 'ya' can't eat road salt'.
If we control the Hormuz Strait and gas prices are still sky high, FOTUS must be deliberately doing this. What else could it be if he is to be belived?
You stupid libs. You keep saying that our glorious leader the proven rapist Trump has no idea what he is doing, but look at the brilliant plan he has laid out to end the Iranian war.
Iran can bomb Los Angeles or San Diego (maybe both if you push hard enough) so all will be "squarsey" and then Iran will accept Dementia Don's surrender.
And you all just try to make is sound like President Obama was so great getting a better result through diplomacy and didn't cause the death of a single "loser" or "sucker" in our military!
So I guess Iran will have to mail a bomb to a sleeper cell in SoCal, and they'll take an Uber to deliver the weapon? Or have some guys do a reverse Kon-Tiki with a nuke on board?
All I see here is the desperate scheming of people who aren't even important in this administration, being spread online in an effort to convince us that voting is pointless.
Guitarist and luthier famous for his clear Lucite guitars Dan Armstrong was born on this day in 1934. The guitars were known to be heavy, but they had great sustain. Here are The Faces performing "Stay With Me" with Ron Wood playing one of Dan's guitars:
"We guess the only real difference between the proven rapist Trump and the TV evangelists who preceded him is that when those guys had sex or money scandals, they were sometimes shamed out of their jobs."
A very good article, Dok, and I appreciate the point, but the above statement is why I think the better comparison between the proven rapist Trump and the various grifts of the right is talk radio.
Basically Dementia Don has adopted Rush Limbaughs playbook. Talk fast and loud, never admit you were wrong, and yell down anyone who brings up facts.
Add to that a few adds for uncomfortable pillows, god or crypto, and your apocalypse rations and it would be impossible to tell the difference from the average demented rant of Trump and an hour of Sean Hannity.
When truth is not important, what stops you from saying whatever you want? At least the televangelist seemed to have some small amount of morals, like they once actually read the Bible.
It is very interesting to me, though, if you compare what the televangelist were saying in the 1980s about what the antichrist would be like and compare it to the proven rapist Trump, it is almost like they had a point.
I’ve been in a rabbit hole (well, several) lately about the English Civil War and Charles I. So of course I’ve been reading up on Oliver Cromwell and his Puritanical beliefs. You know, the whole Popery hatred, closing the theatres, and general misery of 1650s England.
And I’ve come to a conclusion.
I’d rather live with THAT than the neo-scamvangelist bullshit going on. At least Cromwell at al were sincere in their beliefs and not just blatant grifters and assholes. Say what you will about the man, but Cromwell got shit DONE. Often at the point of a (sometimes metaphorical, sometimes not) sword, but he did.
—-
Phantom…not quite pain, but feeling in my leg today. Like my right foot is permanently twisted at the ankle. That plus depression today kinda sucks. I’m dreaming of the day I get to walk again—after my stump heals, I’m off the wound vac, and I get clearance to start the prosthetic process. I know I’m gonna cry. (Plus my brother has already said that he’s going to be there when I take my first steps unless he’s offshore or out of state.
I think tonight is gonna be hot dogs (with chili) and plenty of retro gaming. I’ve never played Super Mario 3 or Legend of Zelda on a 55-inch monitor before, but theres a first time for everything! And a couple episodes of The Pitt tonight as well…
I kind of agree about Cromwell, et al. They were evil, but they lived it. His elite cavalry, the Ironsides, would expel a trooper for cursing, blasphemy, using tobacco, or for having extramarital sex.
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a hypernationalistic speech at the Acropolis in Athens Wednesday in which he lauded the supposed superiority of Western civilization while stoking more fears about immigration.
“The heroes of the West are those who choose to remain faithful to their duty precisely when it is most difficult and painful to do so,” Rubio waxed. “We take the West’s conception of these things—heroism, honor, duty—we take these things for granted. We assume that these somehow are universal to all people in all times and in all places. They are not. They are the product of a distinct character, a distinct character which arose here—and shaped the whole story of the civilization that came after it. The civilization that we must fight to defend today with the same passion as our forefathers did.
“Over time, we in the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional. We felt embarrassed that our achievements set us apart from the rest of the world,” Rubio continued. “Our prosperity somehow became a source of guilt. We no longer believed we deserved and had earned our greatness. The word nationalism became a dirty word. And so we tore down our monuments, we condemned our own history, and in too many places we taught our children to be ashamed of the countries they would inherit. In the process we opened our borders, and outsourced our industry, and allowed our militaries to wither and to decay. And with every passing year, we seem to outsource more of our sovereignty.”
Rubio went on to warn against immigration, amplifying the xenophobia that is a central tenet of both the MAGA movement and the larger international far-right."
https://newrepublic.com/post/216345/marco-rubio-praises-western-superiority-warning-immigrants
wow -- Fox Business is now treating Trump's completely made up economic boasts as though they are factual. Note the citation here -- "The White House"
Reminder that the entire US economy is about $32t. If we really had $21t flowing in, you'd notice it
Fox thinks their viewers are really dumb
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mxcu7iqlzc2v
Hint--19th Century Fox KNOWS that their viewers ARE that fucking brainwashed!
I am 48. I have never NOT known a world where christofascist pieces of shit WEREN'T trying to take the fuck over. When I was a tween, I asked my mom if she would vote for Jesse Jackson and she said she would NEVER vote for a minister*. I sure as fuck would not in the primary but I vote blue no matter who.
*30 years later I had to tell her she was NOT voting for Marianne Williamson.
I wonder if Trump and Bibi worry they might run out of innocent homicide victims to maintain political office . . .
My BIL remembers watching a teenaged Glen Campbell play guitar on a kids show out of Albuquerque, K Circle B Time. "He was just sitting there, shredding away on guitar." After that, he moved to LA and was part of the Wrecking Crew.
He was a brilliant guitarist, especially on the 12 string.
https://youtu.be/H6SdtRjiXh0?si=7ypERNaku7M_J2aJ
More Than One Kind Of Love
Memories of 40+ years ago when I needed to laugh I'd change the channel to see Gene Scott sitting in his chair screaming into the camera that he wasn't going to preach until he got $50,000 in pledges for the night...and he'd have his singers repeat the same song "I WANT TO KNOW THAT JESUS WELCOMES ME THERE" until he got those pledges...
He was fascinating to watch in a Jerry Lewis telethon sort of way.
GET ON THE PHONE!
I have seen similar moneybegs.
I'm home from the work cave for 45 minutes, and have seen Nicolle talk about how that $6.6B MD Pentagon contract with that weird Anduril guy has the Trump sons in the background, watched Brendan Ballou (legal eagle) talk about his day in court arguing to get an injunction against Trump selling subscriptions to Twooth Social to get early 'access' to government info (*cough*, market manipulation cough*), and then a later panel LOLing at Troy Jackson in the debate last night deadpanning to Susan Collins that 'ya' can't eat road salt'.
*slurps large adult beverage*
Salt is a rare commodity.
/s
But you can't eat road salt.
In a way... potassium chloride has what plants crave... potassium.
Sodium chloride is salt normally.
Also too, I just got an ad for Bo French's competitor in TX!
Hoo boy, somebody needs a map.
We are expecting another Paxton ad burst in Minnesota this weekend.
It's been a special sort of day.
If we control the Hormuz Strait and gas prices are still sky high, FOTUS must be deliberately doing this. What else could it be if he is to be belived?
I have a real problem with trad athletes. I don't think they should be allowed to play.
not until they have each had a searching genital examination!
Stephen Miller is having a chart prepared for inspecting little boys' scrotums.
and rectums too!
Men in men's sports? OUTRAGEOUS!
Did you know that 100% of the rapists in Mens Professional Sports are MEN!!!
ew
Keep politics and religion out of sports? The devil you say.
You stupid libs. You keep saying that our glorious leader the proven rapist Trump has no idea what he is doing, but look at the brilliant plan he has laid out to end the Iranian war.
Iran can bomb Los Angeles or San Diego (maybe both if you push hard enough) so all will be "squarsey" and then Iran will accept Dementia Don's surrender.
And you all just try to make is sound like President Obama was so great getting a better result through diplomacy and didn't cause the death of a single "loser" or "sucker" in our military!
So I guess Iran will have to mail a bomb to a sleeper cell in SoCal, and they'll take an Uber to deliver the weapon? Or have some guys do a reverse Kon-Tiki with a nuke on board?
𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 — 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦.
𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬’𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵.
𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀
https://shorturl.at/Gkmrw [Democracy Docket]
If you can't trust Howard Lutnick with ballots, who can you trust? I was going to ask his whistleblower, but he dead.
Remember when lame duck Gov. Jared Polis told us he was commuting Tina Peters's prison sentence in part because of her remorse? Good times.
I will not miss Polis at the fuck all.
The proverbial shit is going to hit the metaphorical fan if the Depraved Despot does any such thing the first week of November.
With what? The Department of Commerce doesn't have people for a job like that.
This is where Hegseth's loyalist generals come into play.
Because the Secretary of Commerce tells them to?
I really don't see it.
Well, then try to play along.
I'm sorry, what?
All I see here is the desperate scheming of people who aren't even important in this administration, being spread online in an effort to convince us that voting is pointless.
Guitarist and luthier famous for his clear Lucite guitars Dan Armstrong was born on this day in 1934. The guitars were known to be heavy, but they had great sustain. Here are The Faces performing "Stay With Me" with Ron Wood playing one of Dan's guitars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTe0aTxARj0
And here are The Flamin' Groovies playing "Slow Death" with Cyril Jordan on a Dan Armstrong guitar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL3pP29N-Wc
Finally, here's a clip of Spirit playing "1984" with Randy California playing one of the guitars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du1fM0pSGwY
"We guess the only real difference between the proven rapist Trump and the TV evangelists who preceded him is that when those guys had sex or money scandals, they were sometimes shamed out of their jobs."
A very good article, Dok, and I appreciate the point, but the above statement is why I think the better comparison between the proven rapist Trump and the various grifts of the right is talk radio.
Basically Dementia Don has adopted Rush Limbaughs playbook. Talk fast and loud, never admit you were wrong, and yell down anyone who brings up facts.
Add to that a few adds for uncomfortable pillows, god or crypto, and your apocalypse rations and it would be impossible to tell the difference from the average demented rant of Trump and an hour of Sean Hannity.
When truth is not important, what stops you from saying whatever you want? At least the televangelist seemed to have some small amount of morals, like they once actually read the Bible.
It is very interesting to me, though, if you compare what the televangelist were saying in the 1980s about what the antichrist would be like and compare it to the proven rapist Trump, it is almost like they had a point.
Politics can make anything legal, see genocide for one . . .
I’ve been in a rabbit hole (well, several) lately about the English Civil War and Charles I. So of course I’ve been reading up on Oliver Cromwell and his Puritanical beliefs. You know, the whole Popery hatred, closing the theatres, and general misery of 1650s England.
And I’ve come to a conclusion.
I’d rather live with THAT than the neo-scamvangelist bullshit going on. At least Cromwell at al were sincere in their beliefs and not just blatant grifters and assholes. Say what you will about the man, but Cromwell got shit DONE. Often at the point of a (sometimes metaphorical, sometimes not) sword, but he did.
—-
Phantom…not quite pain, but feeling in my leg today. Like my right foot is permanently twisted at the ankle. That plus depression today kinda sucks. I’m dreaming of the day I get to walk again—after my stump heals, I’m off the wound vac, and I get clearance to start the prosthetic process. I know I’m gonna cry. (Plus my brother has already said that he’s going to be there when I take my first steps unless he’s offshore or out of state.
I think tonight is gonna be hot dogs (with chili) and plenty of retro gaming. I’ve never played Super Mario 3 or Legend of Zelda on a 55-inch monitor before, but theres a first time for everything! And a couple episodes of The Pitt tonight as well…
Birb *love* the people and culture of Anglaland.
Birb is beeeg Anglophile.
As an American budgie, Brib is just not fond of their military.
Just don't make us have to put the chains in the harbor up at West Point.
Don't bring yr boats, ok thx.
Hey, Chili Dogs should hit the spot.
I kind of agree about Cromwell, et al. They were evil, but they lived it. His elite cavalry, the Ironsides, would expel a trooper for cursing, blasphemy, using tobacco, or for having extramarital sex.
That’s 95% of a modern soldier’s activities
THIS. (Or so a Marine medic once told me.)
“We know “
The Irish ☘️
What's the bloodiest conflict in human history?
The English Civil War.
The bit in Ireland.
https://youtu.be/btn3JKLJysc?si=1TRtp6SNs6Tc1Lbc
All The Way From America
Bow ba bow ba bow BOW