Every eighty years America's oligarchs have tried to bury democracy. Three times they failed. This time they've dismantled the election's guardrails before the votes are even cast…
Another excellent commentary. but you lost me with the visual of trump playing chess. i'd say checkers would be more appropriate, but even that would stretch his capacity and strain credulity. maybe tic tac toe?
Now let’s go after these criminals with State Grand Juries, investigations, exposure of crimes and jail time for those involved and participating in these criminal acts violating our Constitution, election laws, espionage laws and all other related matters of fraud.
Who in their right mind re-marries [elects again] a "Killed-in-action Service Person Hating," Ultra-Violent, Kiddie-Raping, Wife-Raping, Draft-dodging, Stranger-Raping, Racist, Felonious, Bisexual [not that there's anything wrong w/ that,] Lying, COVID-facilitating, Thief who loves only Gold?
77,300,000 American Morons is who. Family. Friends. Co-workers. Strangers. Russians. Chinese. Israelis. N. Koreans. Saudi Bone Saw Hitmen.
Objectively Trump, with the complicity of the Republicans and some Democrats, has deconstructed the United States of America. at home with our civil liberties and prosperity, and in the world, we are no longer respected, and in Trump's mind, which is the mind of a felon in prison, fear is a substitute for respect.
So he uses Whiskey Pete Hegseth and craven, sycophantic Generals and flag officers, to try and intimidate the world into submission. Just as he uses the insatiable and gluttinous American population, to intimidate the leaders of the world into submission.
And it works, or shall I saw working for the time being, because he and the oligarchs that finance and support him, are killing the goose that laid the golden egg, and they can't stop.
They are like real estate developers and sharks, if they stop borrowing, building and swimming they suffocate.
The United States is doomed, the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics applies to human societies as well, fo we are part of the physical world.
The oligarchs and Trump are destroying the very thing that creates and sustains them, human effort and motivation.
Take AI for instance. The various industries are breathlessly adopting AI and Robotics, as they save the variable costs of labor.
But with the disemployment of labor, the population becomes restless and angry, and there is no one earning wages to provide the goods and services provided by robotics and labor.
Henry Ford, raised the wages of his employees, to enable them to buy the vehicles that they produce.
Who can afford to buy the products of the automotive industry today. In 1966 I bought a new Mustang for $2,000 (had a neat 289 cu in motor and cruised at 70 mph. In 1980 I bought a new Maverick, for $2,500 (both were financed for three years), it had a weak inline six a fully loaded VW van passed me on a mountain.
The morbidly rich have a problem, their need for oxygen is starving the fishes that feed them.
Just as humans are killing the ecosystem that sustains them, they are parasites that kill the host.
The 2nd law of thermodynamics. You can’t win, your can’t break even and you can’t get out of the game.
Well, it seems that Smitty (Trump) has traded in his "Russia, Russia, Russia" refrain to "China, China, China." Rather perplexing (not) that the Democrats and the Republicans seem to always use the same tactics. And that word "rigged?" Let's see: 2000 (rigged by Supreme Court/Bush/Florida), 2008 (uh, we better be cool because the optics with this black dude will reveal us for the racists we are so we'll lay low), 2016 (Bernie Sanders totally ripped off by the DNC, further Bernie said the system is rigged). 2020 (Trump says the same thing), 2024 (all kinds of weirdness).
I may may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I AM the sharpest of the dull ones and where there is smoke, there be fire. This shit show is cranking up...big time.
Accurate, honest, and true! Thankyou for exposing the grift,
Lies and corruption with in our government and oligarchic owned media platforms. Time for grand jury investigations, public exposure of these crimes, jail time for their crimes and this must include oligarchs, politicians, federal agents and corrupt government officials who violate our constitution and laws.
It sounds like you are anticipating international implications. I wonder what might be in the works. Actual manipulation of votes? Help with surveillance or agitation? Do you expect a version of martial law? What kind of response is possible beyond street protests?
Thanks again Thom I think you have captured the situation correctly again. Most everyone who reads and comments in this space wants to see democracy revived, the rich pay their share and our modern day trusts broken up. But does the general public really care? That is, will some of the 89 million eligible voters who didn't bother to vote last time bother to vote this time? Trump laid the groundwork to stop midterms in his primetime address. Either to prevent them from taking place or abrogating the results if he doesn't like them. My guess is he will try to prevent us from voting at all. If you don't play the game you can't lose. If we get to vote will enough people be motivated enough to vote against him? Or will they vote against themselves again?
When billionaires are making huge uptakes of cash, they are about to do something. And when the government is simultaneously outlaying large sums of money (and debt) for military and domestic policing, something is up. Trump, above all else, doesn't want a Congress that could expose him to prosecution, along with a number of his business cronies and Epstein clients.
Violence must be a last resort. But there does not seem to be any doubt that the wealthy and powerful (which translates as capable of employing power through direct physical force) have already used violent tactics and coercive methods via the justice system and economic strategies and will not hesitate to direct their 'muscle' and security apparatus to quell any resistance as soon as it has a chance of challenging their great corporate power. There is probably n chance that we can get through this without a great deal of ugliness and no small amount of violence in certain quarters. Civil war is not out of the question at all for the zealots, fascists, and fanatics. Be prepared or at least as resolute and brave as possible. We absolutely MUST overwhelm them with numbers and be willing to use sacrifice to implement boycotts and defiant measures against excess wealth.
(FDR) “He challenged his era’s oligarchs head-on, saying, “They hate me, and I welcome their hatred.”” Can we imagine a Schumer, a Gillibrand, a Jeffries saying anything remotely as pointed, courageous, and confrontational as that? No, we cannot. They and their ilk have “pragmatically”, incrementally facilitated, and are now beholden to, the very oligarchs who now gather to destroy us. They’d rather torpedo the idealists in their ranks than confront the enemy at the door. We desperately need to develop legal, political, social systems in which frauds like POSOTUS and his greedy supporters cannot thrive, prosper, and grow ever more powerful despite their known, ongoing, and obvious criminality and corruption. Neither the Democratic (corporate) establishment (James Carville suggests we “lie down and play dead”) nor the derelict (corporate) MSM have proven up to the task. Whether in primaries or general elections, vote accordingly. Support independent media. Demand more.
I believe that not only will Trump try to suppress voting ahead of the election. I think he will try to create an emergency and confiscate voting machines and voting results after the election.
I hope our state attorneys generals will prevent this from happening.
Another excellent commentary. but you lost me with the visual of trump playing chess. i'd say checkers would be more appropriate, but even that would stretch his capacity and strain credulity. maybe tic tac toe?
I’d like to see him do Hop Scotch!
A little beside the point, perhaps a little it irrelevant - but I just really want to see him do it. HA!
Now let’s go after these criminals with State Grand Juries, investigations, exposure of crimes and jail time for those involved and participating in these criminal acts violating our Constitution, election laws, espionage laws and all other related matters of fraud.
If he could understand tic tac toe, he would play against Musk, who would always have to be X, and they would both cheat to win or sue when they lose.
Great piece, Mr. H.
Who in their right mind re-marries [elects again] a "Killed-in-action Service Person Hating," Ultra-Violent, Kiddie-Raping, Wife-Raping, Draft-dodging, Stranger-Raping, Racist, Felonious, Bisexual [not that there's anything wrong w/ that,] Lying, COVID-facilitating, Thief who loves only Gold?
77,300,000 American Morons is who. Family. Friends. Co-workers. Strangers. Russians. Chinese. Israelis. N. Koreans. Saudi Bone Saw Hitmen.
SANITY NOW!!! SERENITY NOW!!!. INTERVENTION NOW!!!
#VOTE #DRAFT Oligarchs' scions #RELEASE Mitcho's corpse
Well put, the state must move us forward, if the federal government are the criminals.
Grand Juries now, expose the criminals and frauds, prosecute and punish the perpetrators.
Objectively Trump, with the complicity of the Republicans and some Democrats, has deconstructed the United States of America. at home with our civil liberties and prosperity, and in the world, we are no longer respected, and in Trump's mind, which is the mind of a felon in prison, fear is a substitute for respect.
So he uses Whiskey Pete Hegseth and craven, sycophantic Generals and flag officers, to try and intimidate the world into submission. Just as he uses the insatiable and gluttinous American population, to intimidate the leaders of the world into submission.
And it works, or shall I saw working for the time being, because he and the oligarchs that finance and support him, are killing the goose that laid the golden egg, and they can't stop.
They are like real estate developers and sharks, if they stop borrowing, building and swimming they suffocate.
The United States is doomed, the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics applies to human societies as well, fo we are part of the physical world.
The oligarchs and Trump are destroying the very thing that creates and sustains them, human effort and motivation.
Take AI for instance. The various industries are breathlessly adopting AI and Robotics, as they save the variable costs of labor.
But with the disemployment of labor, the population becomes restless and angry, and there is no one earning wages to provide the goods and services provided by robotics and labor.
Henry Ford, raised the wages of his employees, to enable them to buy the vehicles that they produce.
Who can afford to buy the products of the automotive industry today. In 1966 I bought a new Mustang for $2,000 (had a neat 289 cu in motor and cruised at 70 mph. In 1980 I bought a new Maverick, for $2,500 (both were financed for three years), it had a weak inline six a fully loaded VW van passed me on a mountain.
The morbidly rich have a problem, their need for oxygen is starving the fishes that feed them.
Just as humans are killing the ecosystem that sustains them, they are parasites that kill the host.
The 2nd law of thermodynamics. You can’t win, your can’t break even and you can’t get out of the game.
Well, it seems that Smitty (Trump) has traded in his "Russia, Russia, Russia" refrain to "China, China, China." Rather perplexing (not) that the Democrats and the Republicans seem to always use the same tactics. And that word "rigged?" Let's see: 2000 (rigged by Supreme Court/Bush/Florida), 2008 (uh, we better be cool because the optics with this black dude will reveal us for the racists we are so we'll lay low), 2016 (Bernie Sanders totally ripped off by the DNC, further Bernie said the system is rigged). 2020 (Trump says the same thing), 2024 (all kinds of weirdness).
I may may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I AM the sharpest of the dull ones and where there is smoke, there be fire. This shit show is cranking up...big time.
Accurate, honest, and true! Thankyou for exposing the grift,
Lies and corruption with in our government and oligarchic owned media platforms. Time for grand jury investigations, public exposure of these crimes, jail time for their crimes and this must include oligarchs, politicians, federal agents and corrupt government officials who violate our constitution and laws.
It sounds like you are anticipating international implications. I wonder what might be in the works. Actual manipulation of votes? Help with surveillance or agitation? Do you expect a version of martial law? What kind of response is possible beyond street protests?
Thanks again Thom I think you have captured the situation correctly again. Most everyone who reads and comments in this space wants to see democracy revived, the rich pay their share and our modern day trusts broken up. But does the general public really care? That is, will some of the 89 million eligible voters who didn't bother to vote last time bother to vote this time? Trump laid the groundwork to stop midterms in his primetime address. Either to prevent them from taking place or abrogating the results if he doesn't like them. My guess is he will try to prevent us from voting at all. If you don't play the game you can't lose. If we get to vote will enough people be motivated enough to vote against him? Or will they vote against themselves again?
When billionaires are making huge uptakes of cash, they are about to do something. And when the government is simultaneously outlaying large sums of money (and debt) for military and domestic policing, something is up. Trump, above all else, doesn't want a Congress that could expose him to prosecution, along with a number of his business cronies and Epstein clients.
Violence must be a last resort. But there does not seem to be any doubt that the wealthy and powerful (which translates as capable of employing power through direct physical force) have already used violent tactics and coercive methods via the justice system and economic strategies and will not hesitate to direct their 'muscle' and security apparatus to quell any resistance as soon as it has a chance of challenging their great corporate power. There is probably n chance that we can get through this without a great deal of ugliness and no small amount of violence in certain quarters. Civil war is not out of the question at all for the zealots, fascists, and fanatics. Be prepared or at least as resolute and brave as possible. We absolutely MUST overwhelm them with numbers and be willing to use sacrifice to implement boycotts and defiant measures against excess wealth.
(FDR) “He challenged his era’s oligarchs head-on, saying, “They hate me, and I welcome their hatred.”” Can we imagine a Schumer, a Gillibrand, a Jeffries saying anything remotely as pointed, courageous, and confrontational as that? No, we cannot. They and their ilk have “pragmatically”, incrementally facilitated, and are now beholden to, the very oligarchs who now gather to destroy us. They’d rather torpedo the idealists in their ranks than confront the enemy at the door. We desperately need to develop legal, political, social systems in which frauds like POSOTUS and his greedy supporters cannot thrive, prosper, and grow ever more powerful despite their known, ongoing, and obvious criminality and corruption. Neither the Democratic (corporate) establishment (James Carville suggests we “lie down and play dead”) nor the derelict (corporate) MSM have proven up to the task. Whether in primaries or general elections, vote accordingly. Support independent media. Demand more.
I believe that not only will Trump try to suppress voting ahead of the election. I think he will try to create an emergency and confiscate voting machines and voting results after the election.
I hope our state attorneys generals will prevent this from happening.
Thom - I have recommended your new book who killed the American dream to David Hogg and all of his followers on Substack
I don’t get it!
What are Democrats playing at?
Do they want to lose the Midterms?