Abridged Transcript, On Point (my favorite Public Radio Show)Part I MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Ruth Ben-Ghiat is back with us today. She’s a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University. She writes a Substack newsletter on threats to democracy called Lucid, and she’s author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. And throughout this year,Continue reading “The End Of The Story”
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Revisionism Begins
Lindbergh was absolutely an antisemite…this is revisionism. Trying to make Trump look like Lindbergh. Disgusting.
Nordic Model Fade
The international tax rate race to the bottom. The sixth prince of hell is consuming Earth. Lucifer: prideMammon: greedAsmodeus: lustLeviathan: envyBeelzebub: gluttonySatan: wrathBelphegor: sloth Technology massively increased production and should have made the human condition far better. It has not. If we produce twice as much today as we did in the 1970’s but weContinue reading “Nordic Model Fade”
Malign Intentions
11:45 “Unfortunately the country that seems to be doing the worst, where the institutions seem to be faltering most dramatically, is the United States, so the country that is traditionally perceived as the leader of the democratic world, that has actually been a model for a lot of the rest of the world, you knowContinue reading “Malign Intentions”
Very Bad Sign
These completely over-the-top-crazy cabinet picks might be a way to compile an enemies list; I saw this done with “human relations meetings” in a couple organizations. The meetings were not about identifying problems, they were about identifying potential troublemakers so they could be pushed out and replaced with cronies. Anybody who starts saying we cannotContinue reading “Very Bad Sign”
1939 But Worse
Too late….we lost. FDR did not get reelected, the fascist did. It is the end of America. Nothing can save us except the one thing we will never do…a military takeover ending with Trump and his many cronies in Guantanamo and never allowed to hold any office or engage in subverting democracy again. Ever. TheContinue reading “1939 But Worse”
The Manosphere Demon
Mammon, one of the seven princes of hell, may presently be the god of this world, but it is likely Lucifer, who represents pride and was in first place for millennia, who may have taken over the manosphere centuries ago when money became so powerful. Peter Binsfeld’s 1589 system of classification of demons put prideContinue reading “The Manosphere Demon”
The Last Thanksgiving
16:56 “-we want a big tent, we want all the customers and all the readers and everybody we can get-” 27:06 “-parts of dismantling social security or Medicare, all these things that people really aren’t going to want, or whatever is going to happen to the affordable care act, – that’s the question, right? DidContinue reading “The Last Thanksgiving”
Only Space Force
The military has only one option if the services hope to survive in any form they now resemble; remove Donald Trump and his cronies to Guantanamo before he takes office. There is very little chance of that happening and this is almost certainly the end of America. Elon Musk wants to end most of theContinue reading “Only Space Force”
This Is Not The End Of History, This Is The End Of America
11:40 “American power is still the most dynamic force in the world game – powers, great powers don’t fall because of military defeats or economic defeats, they fall because of psychological defeats.” 12:20 “The loss of cohesion, of solidarity, of values, that hold together a society in a common goal – this brings us toContinue reading “This Is Not The End Of History, This Is The End Of America”
Ice on the Moon 