Posted On: Tuesday - March 21st 2023 7:36PM MST
In Topics: US Feral Government Geography Race/Genetics alt-right ctrl-left
I am just guessing here, but I think the Peak Stupidity audience might be expecting mud wrastling based on our title. I am very sorry to inform you that we have no such video entertainment. Bikini pictures would be some consolation, but I don't see that as a fair contest. MTG has 15 1/2 years on AOC, 48 y/o vs. 33 y/o. Even at 33 for AOC, one may not have been impressed.
Wait, who the heck are these 2 initialed people, you may ask? Good question. The naming by 3 initials has been trending, steeply, for a few years now. You've got your JLo's and such for short in the entertainment biz. Then, too, initials for Presidents got started, when, with JFK? Of course that's THE biggie, but LBJ was common, RMN, nah, didn't roll off the tongue*, and that was pretty much the end of it. Then you, have your AMLO down in Mexico, El Presidente there since the end of'18. He is Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The Latin American crowd kind of likes those long series's of family names, and it was pretty endearing to hear a young Venezuelan lady reel off about 10 of them one time, Marissa de La Costa, Rodriguez Valencia Ramirez Hossenfelder Lopez .. [wait, Hossenfelder?!] del Boca Vista Gomez... "OK, but what do you want me to put below your picture in the yearbook ...?"
These 2, MTG and AOC, aren't leaders of the Free World** though, but the latter IS Puerto Rican, if that helps... No it doesn't really, because she has the 3 names due to hyphenation. She, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, is the daughter of Sergio Ocasio-Roman (known as SOR) and Blanca Ocasio-Cortez (known as BOC), the former being her Puerto Rican Father born in the Bronx and the latter being her Puerto Rican Mother born in Puerto Rico. Why she uses the Mom's hyphenated last name over the Dad's is another question, but this hyphenation crap cannot work out for more than 3 generations. After that, even the initials will be too long to remember
MTG, Marjorie Taylor Greene, uses her maiden last name along with her married last name, like lots of women might do. Using one's initials aside, that's standard American practice, though, per more info below, she may end up dropping the "G".
We'll use the abbreviations ourselves here for most of the post to reduce word count. Getting to the point of this post, these 2 well-known 3-lettered Congresswomen are a hell of a contrast in ideology and American-ness. Slightly coincidentally, both of them represent the 14th District of their States.
Georgia is composed of many small counties, 159 of them. The 14th district in is in the northwestern corner of the State, and is made of 10 1/2 counties (the 1/2 being the western portion of Cobb Country). The biggest city in this district is Rome - where MTG current hails from - with 37,000 residents, the next 2 decent-sized cities being Dalton and Calhoun. The whole district has 737,000 residents, with the '21 demographics shown here:
77.5% WhiteGeorgia's Congresswoman from District 14, MTG, is a 49 y/o White woman who's had 3 children, 1 son and 2 daughters, from her 27 year marriage to businessman/accountant Perry Greene. Just before the end of last year, Mr. Greene filed for divorce. (I'm neither a tabloid reader nor a marriage counselor, but my guess is that being married to a well-known woman who is seen as a radical and being seen one's self as just "Large Marge's husband" is not a fun time.)
10.8% Hispanic
8.9% Black
1.4% Two or more races
1.0% Asian
0.4% other
AND
59.7% urban
40.3% rural
Surprisingly, the voters of this 14th Congressional District, though electing a fire-brand like MTG (we haven't even gotten to that part yet), voted Trump for Trump in '16 by only a 5 percentage-point margin and Biden in '20 by a very slight 0.25 percentage points. Just guessing here, but could those far-from-hard-Conservative numbers be do to the western portion of Cobb County? It's just too damned close to Atlanta for comfort.
New York City alone has 14 of the State's 26 Congressional Districts in it! The 14th district includes the eastern part of The Bronx and part of north-central Queens.*** It has 750,000 residents with the '21 demographics shown here:
47.3% HispanicNew York's Congresswoman from the 14th District, AOC, is, as we noted, full Puerto Rican. That's a territory and one we sure don't need. (As Donald Trump would say, Puerto Rico has been a terrible, terrible deal...) She has not been married, but (per wiki) "During the 2018 election campaign, Ocasio-Cortez resided in Parkchester, Bronx, with her partner, web developer Riley Roberts. They got engaged in April 2022 in Puerto Rico."
22.8% White
16.9% Asian
11.0% Black
1.4% Two or more races
0.6% other
AND
100% urban
0 rural
AOC looks like good baby-making material, physically, at least (at most?) She ought to get hitched soon, because she's 33 and It's not nice to fool Mother Nature! It's not in my plans to keep up with this, though, as, again, Peak Stupidity is not a tabloid. I don't care too much what this broad does outside of the House of Representin'.
Note the stark difference in the demography and geography of these 2 14th Congressional Districts. Those 2 maps on the right-hand sides are pretty much to the same scale, from my guesstimates. The total populations are within a couple of % of each other, as you'd expect for proportional representin'. However, the population densities vary by a factor of 125!
MTG's district: Population of 737,000 in 3,623.8 square miles for ~205 people/mi2.
AOC's district: Population of 750,000 in 28.6 square miles for ~26,000 people'mi2.
That's a whole different way of living, between Queens/The Bronx in NYC and rural land and small towns in northwestern Georgia. Different ways of living require different politics, I suppose. That might be one lesson to be drawn here. That alone would be A-OK too, as long as there weren't people with these politics in positions to mandate them for everyone else.
It's not the only lesson, though one would have to sort out the previous from this next factor by looking at other districts and their voting and representation. That 77% White in MTG's 14th vs the 23% in AOG's 14th means a lot too. Regarding the latter, those other races and ethnicities, even most of that 17% Asian, are simply not up for ideas of Liberty and rule of law, or those Citizenship in the Nation merit badges. You can't assimilate anyone to the olde American values under those numbers.
We've gone over the hard-core Conservative positions of MTG in our post How to use Wikipedia. I like everything about the politics of this MTG, and I like her spirit just as much. Then, AOC there in New York is someone I'd rather forget entirely, for the sake of my blood pressure. We do like making fun of her, as did an 8 y/o imitator.
While MTG promotes God, guns, and freedom, AOC is an avowed Socialist****, Socialism being a gateway ideology to Communism. While MTG supports actual Americans, AOC is a flat-out traitor:
She recalled, "I was the only Spanish speaker, and as a result, as basically a kid – a 19-, 20-year-old kid – whenever a frantic call would come into the office because someone is looking for their husband because they have been snatched off the street by ICE, I was the one that had to pick up that phone. I was the one that had to help that person navigate that system. [Straight outta' Wiki]Therefore, Representatives MTG and AOC respectively on the alt-right and ctrl-left, are like oil and water. No, again, mud, oil, whatever, we just DON'T HAVE ANY VIDEO! All I got of direct confrontation is this from May of '21:
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber on Wednesday afternoon, the latest of several confrontations Greene has had with her Democratic colleagues.In case you are immediately figuring, "hey that MTG sounds like a bitch", well, this is from CNN, so you only read one side of the story. There was a twitter feud between the 2 Reps, if that's your thing. Per Newsweek last summer, AOC Rips Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'Insurrection' Claim as Roe Feud Heats Up. Again you get to read one side, but then MTG was quite right to use the "I" word to show the ridiculousness of its use in referring to the J6 Political Prisoners STILL HELD in the African dungeons of the Federal Shithole. Thanks for turning me on even further to MTG, Newsweek dude.
Ocasio-Cortez left the House chamber late Wednesday afternoon ahead of Greene, who shouted “Hey Alexandria” twice to get her attention, according to the Washington Post who reported this first.
Greene caught up with Ocasio-Cortez and began shouting at her and asking why she supports antifa, a far-left activist group, and Black Lives Matter, falsely labeling them “terrorist” groups.
Greene shouted at Ocasio-Cortez that she was failing to defend her “radical socialist” beliefs by declining to publicly debate her. Ocasio-Cortez did not stop to respond to Greene and only turned around once and threw her hands in the air.
On the Kung Flu PanicFest issues, MTG has continued to shine, while AOC has remained a typical dullard. CNN was very concerned 3 days after the
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, a Delaware Democrat, was shown approaching the group of colleagues and offering blue surgical masks. The video, shot from inside a safe room where the lawmakers gathered during the chaos, was published on Twitter by Punchbowl News.I know, Mark, but to the ctrl-left, EVERYTHING is political.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Oklahoma Rep. Mark Wayne Mullin, Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry, Texas Rep. Michael Cloud and California Rep. Doug LaMalfa were captured unmasked and gathered closely together. They all refused the masks.
Mullin can be heard saying, “I’m not trying to get political here.”
Another conflict, this time between MTG and some other Congressbroad, reminded me of my own travails, reported here in Showdown in Tuba City. Revolt(ing) dot TV reported on Rep. Cori Bush moving her U.S. Capitol office after Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene “berated” her.
On Friday (Jan. 29), Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri made the announcement that she would be changing her office at the United States Capitol after getting into a heated exchange with GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia earlier this month.You can catch the lies of these Lyin' Press fools right away, from the sub headline, which read "Apparently, the conflict stemmed from the fact that Taylor wasn’t wearing a mask on her face." OK, now wait a minute. MTG wouldn't have berated Cori Bush for wearing a mask, as she'd respect Bush's right to be a Hysteric. No, I now know who started this "berating". American Pravda indeed!
Apparently, the conflict stemmed from the fact that Taylor wasn’t wearing a mask on her face while in one of the government building’s hallways. The fallout was immediately taken very seriously by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who quickly ordered the location change for Bush to feel more safe.
“A maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene & her staff berated me in a hallway. She targeted me & others on social media. I’m moving my office away from hers for my team’s safety” Bush tweeted Friday.
Finally, regarding the experime... clots sh ... oh, yeah, vaccine, that's the ticket. MTG (from CNN, and you can tell the bias from the wording just after her name):
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has publicly cast doubt on and spread misinformation about the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines, revealed Tuesday that she has not been inoculated against the virus, answering a question she has dodged for months.Yep. Now, here's AOC:
“I haven’t been making it public, but I started making it public because it’s such an issue. I’m not vaccinated,” the Georgia Republican said during a phone town hall.
She continued: “I believe it’s up to every single American to make that choice on their own, and the government has no business to tell Americans that they should take the Covid vaccine or not.”
In order to encourage community members in Corona to get their COVID-19 shot, Queens/Bronx Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has launched an outreach campaign with a video series featuring community leaders in the area.Corona is the neighborhood, as in the old Paul Simon song, not the old term for the disease. (Too many jokes and confusion with the cheap Mexican swill, so they dropped the term.)
Corona was one of the first neighborhoods to be hit by COVID-19 and quickly became one of the most impacted areas in the country. Now that the vaccine is available to all New Yorkers over 16, with some New York City-run vaccine sites accepting walk-ins, Corona’s vaccination rates still lags when compared to the rest of the city — with only 20 percent of the population fully vaccinated as of Friday, April 30.
“I encourage everyone to get the COVID-19 vaccine. It is safe, effective, and free for all. You do not need to have health insurance and no one will ask about your immigration status,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “There is also now no appointment necessary for you to get your COVID vaccine at city-run sites, so you can just walk up. This vaccine is the first step in getting our community reopened and keeping all our loved ones safe.”
That was in April of '21. 6 months later, in October, we could have read Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets Pfizer booster jab (revealing outfit in the NY Post image for this one). 3 months after that, yahoo informed us AOC Is Latest Member of Congress to Get Sick With COVID. Dang it all! She should have kept on her mask down in DeathSantis' foolhardy State of Florida during that drag queen show she attended. AOC is all better now though... physically... the rest is unsalvageable.
Who is the winner of the epic battle of the Congresspersons MTG and AOC? Two of our judges have recused themselves due to something about "big knockers, so you know, it's hard... to call it ..." Knockers or Knot, this contest is over, with MTG having knocked out AOC many times. Will AOC get back up out of the mud?
The next and MUCH SHORTER post on these 2 3-initialed ladies will explain why we need some type of national divorce that MTG herself has written about recently.
* Although, per Richard Nixon and The Greatest Comeback - Pat Buchanan, the insiders referred to him in writing as RN. Why not "Mr. Nixon", "the President", or "that Dick-head", I have no idea. It must have been the cool thing.
** Well, it was at the time, for the most part.
*** The gory details are that the Queens portion includes the neighborhoods of Astoria, College Point, Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and Woodside. The Bronx portion of the district includes the neighborhoods of City Island, Country Club, Van Nest, Morris Park, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, Schuylerville, and Throggs Neck. Nobody cares! Who wants to go there?
**** No kidding on this. [From Wiki:]
Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and embraces the democratic socialist label as part of her political identity. In an interview on NBC's Meet the Press, she described democratic socialism as "part of what I am. It's not all of what I am. And I think that that's a very important distinction." In response to a question about democratic socialism ultimately calling for an end to capitalism during a Firing Line interview on PBS, she answered: "Ultimately, we are marching towards progress on this issue. I do think that we are going to see an evolution in our economic system of an unprecedented degree, and it's hard to say what direction that that takes." Later at a conference she said "To me, capitalism is irredeemable."Granted, I don't know whether she sees the Crony Capitalism (Fascism) as "Capitalism", or she is truly against free markets and the whole thing.
Comments:
Moderator
Saturday - March 25th 2023 1:28PM MST
PS: "double-post; how?" Taken care of finally, Mr. Hail.
Moderator
Saturday - March 25th 2023 11:33AM MST
PS: "I realize now that I didn't include much or any of that in my discussion of why the turnout was lower than it should have been at the anti-war protest of one month ago today. (See "Scenes from the anti-war rally in Washington, Feb. 19, 2023"). Clearly that may have dissuaded some. In fact, some of the comments on this very site suggested as much." Yep, I agree it likely did.
Moderator
Saturday - March 25th 2023 11:32AM MST
PS: Mr. Hail, sometimes I too can see that the whole set-up on TV (on those occasional times when I'll be in front of one) is purely entertainment. I can't tell about some of these people, though. Some of them may believe what they spout but still not have real principles - they know it's red meat for their specific constituencies, so it keeps them in office.
"The equivalents of Lawrence Dennis today, where are they? For Marjorie Taylor Greene is no Lawrence Dennis." It's a different world, with less serious people in general.
Mr. Corrupt, was it that they could tell you from a test it was a Coronavirus but not which strain? I know nothing about how one tests for viruses.
"The equivalents of Lawrence Dennis today, where are they? For Marjorie Taylor Greene is no Lawrence Dennis." It's a different world, with less serious people in general.
Mr. Corrupt, was it that they could tell you from a test it was a Coronavirus but not which strain? I know nothing about how one tests for viruses.
Moderator
Saturday - March 25th 2023 11:25AM MST
PS: "Do I take the new transmission apart to fix the roll pin so this transmission doesn't grenade itself in a few thousand miles?" Adam you're a more courageous mechanic than a guy I know who's been at it 50 years. He won't take apart transmissions. (Maybe he did years ago.)
"Do I take it to our transmission guy and let him go over it first? Do I change the chains now while the transmission is out of the car? We were trying to fix it cheap and easy. But, we also want our friend to have reliable transportation." I hope you get this car working for him. What would we do without youtube?
"Do I take it to our transmission guy and let him go over it first? Do I change the chains now while the transmission is out of the car? We were trying to fix it cheap and easy. But, we also want our friend to have reliable transportation." I hope you get this car working for him. What would we do without youtube?
Al Corrupt
Friday - March 24th 2023 7:24PM MST
PS
Moderator/Hail…
I actually did hear of Corona virus prior to C19 being identified as I was very Ill with some sort of infection causing my lungs to not function very well… among the various flu and rhinoviruses tested for were results (negative) for Covid (the original, not the new version).
Moderator/Hail…
I actually did hear of Corona virus prior to C19 being identified as I was very Ill with some sort of infection causing my lungs to not function very well… among the various flu and rhinoviruses tested for were results (negative) for Covid (the original, not the new version).
Adam Smith
Friday - March 24th 2023 9:51AM MST
PS: Good afternoon, Mr. Moderator,
"If the tranny goes, I guess that's the end for this car, eh?"
Well, when I first found the shattered transmission case I kinda thought so too. Time to part it out, I thought. The VR6 engine (supposedly?) has (only?) 120,000 miles on it. (I can honestly report that the engine has great compression on all cylinders which leads me to believe that the reported mileage is likely correct.) Plenty of life left in it.
https://i.ibb.co/jRscgV9/VR6-1-8T.jpg
The car is a little beat as the car itself has high miles. (Needs a little paint work, interior is a little rough but not too bad. As far as I know most everything works.) We were trying to fix it cheap for a friend who needs reliable transportation to and from work. Unfortunately, these cars are a bit expensive to maintain properly. (For example the timing chains, yes chains, are located on the back side of the engine. To change the timing chains you have to take out the transmission. Most people remove the motor to change the timing chains as it is just easier that way.)
But!! We found a (hopefully good?) transmission in Murrayville for $350 +tax. It's in the shop as we speak. The transmission moves freely by hand and even shifts through the gears, which is encouraging.
Now, I just have to decide a few things. Do I take the new transmission apart to fix the roll pin so this transmission doesn't grenade itself in a few thousand miles? Do I take it to our transmission guy and let him go over it first? Do I change the chains now while the transmission is out of the car? We were trying to fix it cheap and easy. But, we also want our friend to have reliable transportation.
What to do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJJ-66uwStg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF68oY3DfrY
☮
"If the tranny goes, I guess that's the end for this car, eh?"
Well, when I first found the shattered transmission case I kinda thought so too. Time to part it out, I thought. The VR6 engine (supposedly?) has (only?) 120,000 miles on it. (I can honestly report that the engine has great compression on all cylinders which leads me to believe that the reported mileage is likely correct.) Plenty of life left in it.
https://i.ibb.co/jRscgV9/VR6-1-8T.jpg
The car is a little beat as the car itself has high miles. (Needs a little paint work, interior is a little rough but not too bad. As far as I know most everything works.) We were trying to fix it cheap for a friend who needs reliable transportation to and from work. Unfortunately, these cars are a bit expensive to maintain properly. (For example the timing chains, yes chains, are located on the back side of the engine. To change the timing chains you have to take out the transmission. Most people remove the motor to change the timing chains as it is just easier that way.)
But!! We found a (hopefully good?) transmission in Murrayville for $350 +tax. It's in the shop as we speak. The transmission moves freely by hand and even shifts through the gears, which is encouraging.
Now, I just have to decide a few things. Do I take the new transmission apart to fix the roll pin so this transmission doesn't grenade itself in a few thousand miles? Do I take it to our transmission guy and let him go over it first? Do I change the chains now while the transmission is out of the car? We were trying to fix it cheap and easy. But, we also want our friend to have reliable transportation.
What to do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJJ-66uwStg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF68oY3DfrY
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Hail
Thursday - March 23rd 2023 9:55AM MST
PS
- "January Six'er Mass Trials, Lack of" -
- "MTG 2020s vs. Lawrence Dennis" 1940s -
Another interesting thing about the January Six'er trials is how they are strung out over a period of 2.5 years, which makes the latest trials and convictions appear with regularity in the news.
I think the January Six trials will have been going on, by the time Attorney General Garfinkel is satiated, longer than the "war crimes" trials the USA and USSR ran starting in late 1945 against their surrendered enemies.
I guess the idea here is a few mass-trials with hundreds of defendants each all within a few months would somehow look intolerably embarrassing. This slow-burn process intimidates anti-Regime elements while also not having the embarrassment of outright mass trials of political dissidents.
I have been critical of Marjorie Taylor Greene, but it's he is one of the only ones who speaks out publicly in favor of the targeted protestors. There was a time when men of conviction would have called these trials a sham.
There is a classic book from the 1940s by an intellectual and right-libertarian lawyer, Lawrence Dennis, who savaged the U.S. government for trying to do a mass-sedition trial against dozens of anti-war dissidents on extremely dubious grounds and in violation of law and good sense. I read the book (called "A TRIAL ON TRIAL") years ago (and since then, a few others like it) and remember it being excellent, remember being impressed by the intellectual rigor and courage of conviction--which rolls directly against the WWII narrative that has since been etched in stone by narrative-weavers (but that's another story).
The equivalents of Lawrence Dennis today, where are they? For Marjorie Taylor Greene is no Lawrence Dennis.
- "January Six'er Mass Trials, Lack of" -
- "MTG 2020s vs. Lawrence Dennis" 1940s -
Another interesting thing about the January Six'er trials is how they are strung out over a period of 2.5 years, which makes the latest trials and convictions appear with regularity in the news.
I think the January Six trials will have been going on, by the time Attorney General Garfinkel is satiated, longer than the "war crimes" trials the USA and USSR ran starting in late 1945 against their surrendered enemies.
I guess the idea here is a few mass-trials with hundreds of defendants each all within a few months would somehow look intolerably embarrassing. This slow-burn process intimidates anti-Regime elements while also not having the embarrassment of outright mass trials of political dissidents.
I have been critical of Marjorie Taylor Greene, but it's he is one of the only ones who speaks out publicly in favor of the targeted protestors. There was a time when men of conviction would have called these trials a sham.
There is a classic book from the 1940s by an intellectual and right-libertarian lawyer, Lawrence Dennis, who savaged the U.S. government for trying to do a mass-sedition trial against dozens of anti-war dissidents on extremely dubious grounds and in violation of law and good sense. I read the book (called "A TRIAL ON TRIAL") years ago (and since then, a few others like it) and remember it being excellent, remember being impressed by the intellectual rigor and courage of conviction--which rolls directly against the WWII narrative that has since been etched in stone by narrative-weavers (but that's another story).
The equivalents of Lawrence Dennis today, where are they? For Marjorie Taylor Greene is no Lawrence Dennis.
Hail
Thursday - March 23rd 2023 9:47AM MST
PS
Moderator wrote, on the impending total of one thousand more Jauary Six'ers put on trial:
"the big idea is to keep ANY more protests by the right from even being planned."
I realize now that I didn't include much or any of that in my discussion of why the turnout was lower than it should have been at the anti-war protest of one month ago today. (See "Scenes from the anti-war rally in Washington, Feb. 19, 2023"). Clearly that may have dissuaded some. In fact, some of the comments on this very site suggested as much.
Moderator wrote, on the impending total of one thousand more Jauary Six'ers put on trial:
"the big idea is to keep ANY more protests by the right from even being planned."
I realize now that I didn't include much or any of that in my discussion of why the turnout was lower than it should have been at the anti-war protest of one month ago today. (See "Scenes from the anti-war rally in Washington, Feb. 19, 2023"). Clearly that may have dissuaded some. In fact, some of the comments on this very site suggested as much.
Hail
Thursday - March 23rd 2023 9:39AM MST
PS
double-post; how?
double-post; how?
Hail
Thursday - March 23rd 2023 9:39AM MST
PS
I want to say that I fully agree with and endorse MBlanc's comment about the pair of Ocasio-Cortez and Taylor Greene.
Neither of these people should probably be in a serious national legislature; both are in the USA's in part because of the past fifty years of ascendant feminist ideology. Yes, that even applies to MTG.
I have an occasional hobby of watching the major Fox News talkers, sometimes just skimming the videos of thee full broadcasts, but always with an eye on seeing the framing they are doing. Invariably what they do is this: Leading with red-meat outrage often related to one of Wokeness' tentacles, then speak out against extreme-Wokeness per se, then say things to the effect that Wokeness is a threat to classic feminism and the older (classically understood) Black moral-superiority doctrine (my term), which are intolerable offenses against God and man (to summarize the point and gist of their framing). To accomplish the latter, what they do is bring on guests that back them up, often by merit of their own rung in the Wokeness pantheon (ironically). MTG is often a guest playing exactly this role. Tucker Carlson used to favor the black con-woman Candance Owens, too.
I want to say that I fully agree with and endorse MBlanc's comment about the pair of Ocasio-Cortez and Taylor Greene.
Neither of these people should probably be in a serious national legislature; both are in the USA's in part because of the past fifty years of ascendant feminist ideology. Yes, that even applies to MTG.
I have an occasional hobby of watching the major Fox News talkers, sometimes just skimming the videos of thee full broadcasts, but always with an eye on seeing the framing they are doing. Invariably what they do is this: Leading with red-meat outrage often related to one of Wokeness' tentacles, then speak out against extreme-Wokeness per se, then say things to the effect that Wokeness is a threat to classic feminism and the older (classically understood) Black moral-superiority doctrine (my term), which are intolerable offenses against God and man (to summarize the point and gist of their framing). To accomplish the latter, what they do is bring on guests that back them up, often by merit of their own rung in the Wokeness pantheon (ironically). MTG is often a guest playing exactly this role. Tucker Carlson used to favor the black con-woman Candance Owens, too.
Moderator
Thursday - March 23rd 2023 8:49AM MST
PS: I had a blues melody in my head while reading your lyrics, Fred. Nice job with that!
Moderator
Thursday - March 23rd 2023 8:47AM MST
PS: "For Want of a Nail" - that's one of the most instructive poems/stories for anyone to take to heart. Keep letting the little things slide, or making them crappy, and the big things fail soon enough. Thanks for your very specific version. If the tranny goes, I guess that's the end for this car, eh?
"O/T-Slimeball Cohen revealed that he paid porn skank with his own funds and Trump never paid it back. (honk!)" I haven't kept up with this story, other than recently knowing that this is the deal behind the plan to indict Donald Trump. Mr. Cohen used his own skank funds, then? This would just be a personal matter between Mr. Trump and this Slimeball Cohen (of whom I know nothing and really don't care to.) Thanks of the comment.
SafeNow, I got stories. I hope you've got some good ones. Wouldn't the Korematsu case have to do with internments during wartime? Oh, yeah, I forgot, it's always wartime for America. Sort of like Jimmy Buffett's "It's 5 O'Clock somewhere." Just saw that on a T-shirt this morning.
"O/T-Slimeball Cohen revealed that he paid porn skank with his own funds and Trump never paid it back. (honk!)" I haven't kept up with this story, other than recently knowing that this is the deal behind the plan to indict Donald Trump. Mr. Cohen used his own skank funds, then? This would just be a personal matter between Mr. Trump and this Slimeball Cohen (of whom I know nothing and really don't care to.) Thanks of the comment.
SafeNow, I got stories. I hope you've got some good ones. Wouldn't the Korematsu case have to do with internments during wartime? Oh, yeah, I forgot, it's always wartime for America. Sort of like Jimmy Buffett's "It's 5 O'Clock somewhere." Just saw that on a T-shirt this morning.
Moderator
Thursday - March 23rd 2023 8:39AM MST
PS: "And, while I generally support women bearing and nurturing the next generation, I do not support suggesting that Mx Ocasio-Cortez reproduce." Haha, Mr. Blanc. Regarding women in politics, I sort of agree. I do like to see MTG in there mixing it up. No, it doesn't get laws made or repealed, but it does give people encouragement.
Mr. Hail, it's really astounding the they are still going after the J6. After talking to someone just today about protests over a Trump arrest, I realize the big idea is to keep ANY more protests by the right from even being planned.
Mr. Hail, it's really astounding the they are still going after the J6. After talking to someone just today about protests over a Trump arrest, I realize the big idea is to keep ANY more protests by the right from even being planned.
Fred the Gator
Thursday - March 23rd 2023 8:15AM MST
PS I wrote the following in 2020, because it was either laugh or cry. I also sang it, even though I can't sing and I never bothered to write a well-defined melody. But everyone knows how to play blues progressions and pretty much anything that goes along with that is fine. :-)
For those few who might be wondering, Corona-Chan is the Japanese anime girl representing the coronavirus. You can find thousands of Corona Chan images without half trying. My favorite is where a nurse is wrapping her up with toilet paper and she says, "You think that will defeat me? Adorable...."
Corona-Chan Blues
Well Corona-Chan's comin' for me, I just don't know what to do....
Yeah that mean gal's comin' for me, I don't know what I'm gonna do....
And after she's done wit' me, no doubt she'll be right after you.
She walk on little cat feet, you don't even know she there.
Corona-Chan walks on cat feet, and suddenly she be right there.
And you're dead before you know it... somehow that just don't seem fair.
I'm 65 years old, and I weigh 300 pounds.
Yeah got that bad high blood pressure and I weigh 300 pounds.
If that Corona-Chan catches up with me, she's sure to lay me in the ground.
Well my heart go ticky-ticky and sometimes it pains me sore
Yeah my heart go ticky-ticky and sometimes it sure pains me sore
Sweet-talkin Corona-Chan promise it won't pain me no more....
They say they got some treatment, chicken soup and witchy-weed....
Yeah they say there's a good treatment, that hot chicken soup and rasta-man weed
But Corona-Chan she laughin' she say sure that ALL you need.
I go down to the bar, it say Corona-Chan been here
Yeah I go down to the bar, it say Corona-Chan been here
And maybe if you lucky, we open up again next year
I sit on the street corner and play de blues all day
Yeah I sit on the street corner and play de blues all day
But the po-lice man come tell me gotta go indoors to play
'Cause we all got them mean low-down bad Corona-Chan blues!
For those few who might be wondering, Corona-Chan is the Japanese anime girl representing the coronavirus. You can find thousands of Corona Chan images without half trying. My favorite is where a nurse is wrapping her up with toilet paper and she says, "You think that will defeat me? Adorable...."
Corona-Chan Blues
Well Corona-Chan's comin' for me, I just don't know what to do....
Yeah that mean gal's comin' for me, I don't know what I'm gonna do....
And after she's done wit' me, no doubt she'll be right after you.
She walk on little cat feet, you don't even know she there.
Corona-Chan walks on cat feet, and suddenly she be right there.
And you're dead before you know it... somehow that just don't seem fair.
I'm 65 years old, and I weigh 300 pounds.
Yeah got that bad high blood pressure and I weigh 300 pounds.
If that Corona-Chan catches up with me, she's sure to lay me in the ground.
Well my heart go ticky-ticky and sometimes it pains me sore
Yeah my heart go ticky-ticky and sometimes it sure pains me sore
Sweet-talkin Corona-Chan promise it won't pain me no more....
They say they got some treatment, chicken soup and witchy-weed....
Yeah they say there's a good treatment, that hot chicken soup and rasta-man weed
But Corona-Chan she laughin' she say sure that ALL you need.
I go down to the bar, it say Corona-Chan been here
Yeah I go down to the bar, it say Corona-Chan been here
And maybe if you lucky, we open up again next year
I sit on the street corner and play de blues all day
Yeah I sit on the street corner and play de blues all day
But the po-lice man come tell me gotta go indoors to play
'Cause we all got them mean low-down bad Corona-Chan blues!
Peak Lucidity
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 8:52PM MST
PS Sandy isn't from the Bronx and her architect father never struggled, boobs and a cute face don't move me.
Remember those sweaters from the 1980's with your three initials?
I thought that was the source of the abbreviations and sometimes names are too long like FLiegerAbwehrKanonen or GEheimeSTAatsPOlizei.
I trust no minion of the state and ol' Freddy Zarathustra (Nietzsche) was right, everything the state says is a lie and everything it has is stolen.
O/T-Slimeball Cohen revealed that he paid porn skank with his own funds and Trump never paid it back. (honk!)
Remember those sweaters from the 1980's with your three initials?
I thought that was the source of the abbreviations and sometimes names are too long like FLiegerAbwehrKanonen or GEheimeSTAatsPOlizei.
I trust no minion of the state and ol' Freddy Zarathustra (Nietzsche) was right, everything the state says is a lie and everything it has is stolen.
O/T-Slimeball Cohen revealed that he paid porn skank with his own funds and Trump never paid it back. (honk!)
Adam Smith
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 7:53PM MST
PS: Good evening, gentlemen,
Thank you all for the interesting comments.
Luv, luv, luv the old truck, Dieter! Thanks!
Mr. Hail, I heard of coronaviruses long before 2020. Not sure when, but I’d say more than a decade, maybe two. (Sometime between 2000 and 2010.) If what you say (that a “large majority of people sucked into the Panic in early 2020 believed there had never been something called a "coronavirus" before”) is true, then it’s little wonder that mass society was so easily worked into a panic.
I’m under the impression that Puerto Ricans (as well as Cubans, Dominicans, Nicaraguans, and probably others) follow the Spanish practice of using the last names of both parents. A child born would be given a first and middle name and then the first last name of the father followed by the first last name of the mother. Both men and women carry their two family names. Both are equally important and are mandatory for any official document.
Mr. Blanc, you probably know about this,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_racial_conflict_in_Forsyth_County,_Georgia
(We occasionally go shopping in Cumming. The dentist is there too.)
So, check this out. I have a 2001 Volkswagen Golf in the shop. I was told that it made a loud noise in the transmission and that it immediately would no longer go into gear. They said they think it needs a clutch...
https://i.ibb.co/p06JzPT/02J.png
Gonna need more than a clutch. Turns out this is a common problem with these 02j transmissions.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140520040155/http://www.vwtransaxles.com/diff.html
http://kansascitytdi.com/02j-trans-repair/
For want of a better roll pin the cross shaft came loose.
For want of a secure cross shaft the case was shattered.
For want of an unshattered case the transmission was lost.
I hope all of you have a great evening!
☮
Thank you all for the interesting comments.
Luv, luv, luv the old truck, Dieter! Thanks!
Mr. Hail, I heard of coronaviruses long before 2020. Not sure when, but I’d say more than a decade, maybe two. (Sometime between 2000 and 2010.) If what you say (that a “large majority of people sucked into the Panic in early 2020 believed there had never been something called a "coronavirus" before”) is true, then it’s little wonder that mass society was so easily worked into a panic.
I’m under the impression that Puerto Ricans (as well as Cubans, Dominicans, Nicaraguans, and probably others) follow the Spanish practice of using the last names of both parents. A child born would be given a first and middle name and then the first last name of the father followed by the first last name of the mother. Both men and women carry their two family names. Both are equally important and are mandatory for any official document.
Mr. Blanc, you probably know about this,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_racial_conflict_in_Forsyth_County,_Georgia
(We occasionally go shopping in Cumming. The dentist is there too.)
So, check this out. I have a 2001 Volkswagen Golf in the shop. I was told that it made a loud noise in the transmission and that it immediately would no longer go into gear. They said they think it needs a clutch...
https://i.ibb.co/p06JzPT/02J.png
Gonna need more than a clutch. Turns out this is a common problem with these 02j transmissions.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140520040155/http://www.vwtransaxles.com/diff.html
http://kansascitytdi.com/02j-trans-repair/
For want of a better roll pin the cross shaft came loose.
For want of a secure cross shaft the case was shattered.
For want of an unshattered case the transmission was lost.
I hope all of you have a great evening!
☮
SafeNow
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 6:18PM MST
PS
Regarding the next wave of Jan6 prosecutions, I have posted this before, but it is, a Ron would say, made relevant again by recent events. Korematsu (the WW II case ruling that it is legal to intern Japanese Americans as a group) was NOT “overruled!” by Trump vs. Hawaii. “Overruled by history,” Roberts weaseled. Group internment is today the law of the land, if you can claim emergency justification. See y’all at the internment camp. I hope we at least wind-up in the same dorm, we can share stories, Mrs. SafeNow has already heard all of mine.
Regarding the next wave of Jan6 prosecutions, I have posted this before, but it is, a Ron would say, made relevant again by recent events. Korematsu (the WW II case ruling that it is legal to intern Japanese Americans as a group) was NOT “overruled!” by Trump vs. Hawaii. “Overruled by history,” Roberts weaseled. Group internment is today the law of the land, if you can claim emergency justification. See y’all at the internment camp. I hope we at least wind-up in the same dorm, we can share stories, Mrs. SafeNow has already heard all of mine.
MBlanc46
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 1:31PM MST
PS Coincidently, last summer, on the day job, I worked on a very Leftist political/economic book, one of the focuses of which was Rome, GA, in the 1960s and 1970s. According to the author, the place was very RACIST!!! As far as these two ladies go, neither of them should be in the US Congress. Women have more important things to do than to involve themselves in politics. I understand that that view might appall even some on the Right, but the feminization of Western societies and their general decline are not unrelated phenomena. And, while I generally support women bearing and nurturing the next generation, I do not support suggesting that Mx Ocasio-Cortez reproduce.
Dieter Kief
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 10:52AM MST
PS
PS
To M
The long nobility names function also as an on the spot IQ-test. You're already slightly intimidated when approaching somebody with a name the not that bright have a hard time keeping in mind - and now imagine talking to a roomful of such people - as in diplomacy - - there you have it: The not so bright lose oversight and - intuitive contact and - their voice, finally.
Strange: I haven't read so far about that in anthropology or cultural history or some such. Somebody could analyze this stuff...
It would be worth it, I'd hold. - Your idea to seperate the higher from the lower nobility is right in this train of thought.
PS
To M
The long nobility names function also as an on the spot IQ-test. You're already slightly intimidated when approaching somebody with a name the not that bright have a hard time keeping in mind - and now imagine talking to a roomful of such people - as in diplomacy - - there you have it: The not so bright lose oversight and - intuitive contact and - their voice, finally.
Strange: I haven't read so far about that in anthropology or cultural history or some such. Somebody could analyze this stuff...
It would be worth it, I'd hold. - Your idea to seperate the higher from the lower nobility is right in this train of thought.
Hail
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 10:41AM MST
PS
Moderator wrote:
"I didn't know the number of Political Prisoners was that high. They've been arrested at different times, under different charges, for different highly unusual sentencing durations, etc."
I take it you haven't heard that the U.S. "Justice Department" announced publicly, a few days back, that they will be arresting a fresh wave of January Six'ers, between 750 and 1,250 in number, in coming months.
Yes, Attorney General Garfinkel's office said it would be between 750 and 1,250 fresh arrests and prosecutions in spring 2023. That in addition to the well-known number of about 1,000 prosecuted to date. The total therefore will reach up to 2,250, by their numbers.
Much about the January Six prosecutions was strange, but this slow-roll, and this pre-announcement of a coming wave of further prosecutions with a specified number of people to be arrested, is unprecedented. (Imagine a world where arrests over the BLM riots of mid-2020 had two years' worth of constant prosecutions and jailings.)
Moderator wrote:
"I didn't know the number of Political Prisoners was that high. They've been arrested at different times, under different charges, for different highly unusual sentencing durations, etc."
I take it you haven't heard that the U.S. "Justice Department" announced publicly, a few days back, that they will be arresting a fresh wave of January Six'ers, between 750 and 1,250 in number, in coming months.
Yes, Attorney General Garfinkel's office said it would be between 750 and 1,250 fresh arrests and prosecutions in spring 2023. That in addition to the well-known number of about 1,000 prosecuted to date. The total therefore will reach up to 2,250, by their numbers.
Much about the January Six prosecutions was strange, but this slow-roll, and this pre-announcement of a coming wave of further prosecutions with a specified number of people to be arrested, is unprecedented. (Imagine a world where arrests over the BLM riots of mid-2020 had two years' worth of constant prosecutions and jailings.)
Moderator
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 10:09AM MST
PS: I didn't even address your comment that addressed the most basic point of this post. I will write more about these political women in a subsequent post.
Gotta do some work this afternoon, so I'll probably not be back on until late in the evening. (Another Paul Simon song).
Gotta do some work this afternoon, so I'll probably not be back on until late in the evening. (Another Paul Simon song).
Moderator
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 10:07AM MST
PS: I meant to add: The virus that causes the disease Covid-19 is A coronavirus, but no, not the only such one. The term "corona" or "the corona" (usually the latter for the stickiness itself) were used a lot during that Spring of '20. You will know more than me, when it faded out and when "Covid-19" "Covid" "The coof" and the rest edged it out, Mr. Hail. Of course, I like "Kung Flu" and "Flu Manchu", the latter more, but I didn't make up either, even independently.
Regarding Mr. Sailer, most science subjects are not his thing, but he'll make the effort to learn on the scientific subjects that lie behind some of the noticing that are his interests. I don't think he claimed to know much about this "corona" (this particular one or any), but I just don't know why he thought the Mainstream Media had their shit together on "the science". Why believe them on this topic, while knowing they are stupidly or purposefully wrong on so many others?
I didn't know the number of Political Prisoners was that high. They've been arrested at different times, under different charges, for different highly unusual sentencing durations, etc. Thanks for this info and also for your interesting comments.
Regarding Mr. Sailer, most science subjects are not his thing, but he'll make the effort to learn on the scientific subjects that lie behind some of the noticing that are his interests. I don't think he claimed to know much about this "corona" (this particular one or any), but I just don't know why he thought the Mainstream Media had their shit together on "the science". Why believe them on this topic, while knowing they are stupidly or purposefully wrong on so many others?
I didn't know the number of Political Prisoners was that high. They've been arrested at different times, under different charges, for different highly unusual sentencing durations, etc. Thanks for this info and also for your interesting comments.
Moderator
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 9:58AM MST
PS: To Mr. Hail regarding the use of "Corona". As you wrote later on, this is a technical term that wouldn't have be3en used by anyone outside the field of Virology/infectious disease or at least someone who is the middle of studying microbiology. The term describes the shape of the virus molecule. (No, it's not any kind of creature, it exists below the level of a cell.)
I thought that passage was weird, too, or ironic, as I'd heard of that neighborhood only (via inference) from Paul Simon's "Me and Julio" - "Goodbye to Rosie, the Queen of Corona... see you, me, and Julio down by the school yard." - great tune, BTW. I would not have given a rat's ass to know where it is or anything about this neighborhood, but this was Miss AOC's neighborhood of concern, for those poor unvaxxed constituents.
I thought that passage was weird, too, or ironic, as I'd heard of that neighborhood only (via inference) from Paul Simon's "Me and Julio" - "Goodbye to Rosie, the Queen of Corona... see you, me, and Julio down by the school yard." - great tune, BTW. I would not have given a rat's ass to know where it is or anything about this neighborhood, but this was Miss AOC's neighborhood of concern, for those poor unvaxxed constituents.
Moderator
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 9:50AM MST
PS: Thanks, M and Mr. Hail for the info. on the naming. At some point, you've got to make it such that your average person can remember your "handle" without a struggle.
It wasn't related to this post, so I didn't insert anything, but I'm kinda sick of those entertainers who have their 3 names, and I don't mean women using their maiden names in the middle. "Anthony Michael Hall" ... well, a bunch of them aren't coming to me now, but you all know. It's one thing to distinguish one's self from another with the same very common name, but this is pretentious IMO.
Hell, they either want us to use 3 names, or they want us to use only one, as in "Madonna" or "Sting".
I wonder if the saying and writing of "JFK" started due to his having a fairly famous Dad and 2 brothers in politics. (One, RFK, I didn't mention in the post.) Well, if you KNOW you're gonna be really important, you may want to start this, so they'll be a ready-made airport ID code for you. Over at Little Rock - Adams Field, they couldn't exactly use "Hildabeast Field", but the ID could be changed from KLIT (Yes, like clit) to KHBI. (HildaBeast International - but you gotta have customs services to be an international airport and possibly regularly scheduled flights out of the US.)
It wasn't related to this post, so I didn't insert anything, but I'm kinda sick of those entertainers who have their 3 names, and I don't mean women using their maiden names in the middle. "Anthony Michael Hall" ... well, a bunch of them aren't coming to me now, but you all know. It's one thing to distinguish one's self from another with the same very common name, but this is pretentious IMO.
Hell, they either want us to use 3 names, or they want us to use only one, as in "Madonna" or "Sting".
I wonder if the saying and writing of "JFK" started due to his having a fairly famous Dad and 2 brothers in politics. (One, RFK, I didn't mention in the post.) Well, if you KNOW you're gonna be really important, you may want to start this, so they'll be a ready-made airport ID code for you. Over at Little Rock - Adams Field, they couldn't exactly use "Hildabeast Field", but the ID could be changed from KLIT (Yes, like clit) to KHBI. (HildaBeast International - but you gotta have customs services to be an international airport and possibly regularly scheduled flights out of the US.)
Hail
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 8:53AM MST
PS
RE: M, on hyphenated names:
"Try looking at the names of Spanish nobility, or French (pre-revolution). I suspect there's something of the same reasons for doing this. For the nobility, it was to flatter notable ancestors..."
One of the top Biden officials has two boys, both (afaik) full-biological children of both parents. To one son, they gave the mother's birth-surname as the boy's permanent surname. To the other son they gave the father's surname in the usual paternally inherited way. This is a new kind of surname-distortion. These boys are now young-adults; I wonder what it was like psychologically when they became aware of what their parents had done.
There was also the case of a family of hardcore feminist ideologues, the one giving her daughter her own surname (despite being married to a man, the father) and the daughter doing the very same for her own daughter's surname, therefore keeping the surname of the original female feminist-ideologue ancestor. This family broke the male-surname-inheritance tradition two generations in a row, creating a female-surname-inheritance custom of their own (which raises interesting questions on the real goals of feminist ideologues).
RE: M, on hyphenated names:
"Try looking at the names of Spanish nobility, or French (pre-revolution). I suspect there's something of the same reasons for doing this. For the nobility, it was to flatter notable ancestors..."
One of the top Biden officials has two boys, both (afaik) full-biological children of both parents. To one son, they gave the mother's birth-surname as the boy's permanent surname. To the other son they gave the father's surname in the usual paternally inherited way. This is a new kind of surname-distortion. These boys are now young-adults; I wonder what it was like psychologically when they became aware of what their parents had done.
There was also the case of a family of hardcore feminist ideologues, the one giving her daughter her own surname (despite being married to a man, the father) and the daughter doing the very same for her own daughter's surname, therefore keeping the surname of the original female feminist-ideologue ancestor. This family broke the male-surname-inheritance tradition two generations in a row, creating a female-surname-inheritance custom of their own (which raises interesting questions on the real goals of feminist ideologues).
Hail
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 8:33AM MST
PS
- Blue Jeans Williams vs. MTG/AOC -
There was a politician in the late 19th century called "Blue Jeans" Williams, I think of Indiana; he caused controversy by favoring the workingman's legwear of the day so much that he acquired it as a nickname, even into a career in Congress. I presume he grudgingly changed into a proper suit for the floor of Congress, but otherwise he was often seen in blue jeans.
He had political views to match his personal clothing style (and of course was a Democrat; "of course" to those familiar with the parties of the era; no Republican politician of the day would favor his style).
Basically Blue Jeans Williams was a populist, a little before the so-called Populist Party came around, was highly informal for his day, and style and substance mingled in the public mind inextricably, which we also see with these people today (AOC and MTG and many others, not to mention Blompf).
Farmers and such people often liked Blue Jeans Williams (as you might expect), but many commentators thought he demeaned the various offices he attained by his reverse-ostentatiousness of parading around in blue jeans, and maybe a slouch hat to match, like he'd stepped out of the mines or was just off the Chisholm Trail. When Blue Jeans Williams retired from politics, people began to celebrate that the small wave he seemed to have inaugurated, towards excessive casualness of dress and speech, had faded and would not likely return. That was about the early 1880s.
Other loosely comparable figures coming in the next few decades include the populist William Jennings Bryan, and any number of socialists of the day, like Debs. (-- n.b., virtually all socialists and labor-movement figures of the era, certainly those of Christian origin, were also aggressively "pro-white" --). I don't know that any of these other populist of dissident figures quite matched Blue Jeans Williams in personal style.
And while to the European mind all Americans tend to be (seen as) sartorial-spiritual Blue Jeans Williamses, probably all Western societies had versions of these men in that era.
In this more degenerate time (by which I really mean the 2010s and the 2020s so far, a somewhat-awful decade), the analogues to people like Blue Jeans Williams seem to be the social-media-personality politicians. Then there is the embarrassing John Fetterman, a man who was clearly channeling a figure like Blue Jeans Williams (even if unaware of him, very likely) in his (Fetterman's) consistent refusal to wear anything but an wrinkled and unwashed-looking hooded sweatshirt on the campaign trail. (Fetterman remains hospitalized for depression as of this writing). These 2020s versions of people doing this act are embarrassing pale imitations.
- Blue Jeans Williams vs. MTG/AOC -
There was a politician in the late 19th century called "Blue Jeans" Williams, I think of Indiana; he caused controversy by favoring the workingman's legwear of the day so much that he acquired it as a nickname, even into a career in Congress. I presume he grudgingly changed into a proper suit for the floor of Congress, but otherwise he was often seen in blue jeans.
He had political views to match his personal clothing style (and of course was a Democrat; "of course" to those familiar with the parties of the era; no Republican politician of the day would favor his style).
Basically Blue Jeans Williams was a populist, a little before the so-called Populist Party came around, was highly informal for his day, and style and substance mingled in the public mind inextricably, which we also see with these people today (AOC and MTG and many others, not to mention Blompf).
Farmers and such people often liked Blue Jeans Williams (as you might expect), but many commentators thought he demeaned the various offices he attained by his reverse-ostentatiousness of parading around in blue jeans, and maybe a slouch hat to match, like he'd stepped out of the mines or was just off the Chisholm Trail. When Blue Jeans Williams retired from politics, people began to celebrate that the small wave he seemed to have inaugurated, towards excessive casualness of dress and speech, had faded and would not likely return. That was about the early 1880s.
Other loosely comparable figures coming in the next few decades include the populist William Jennings Bryan, and any number of socialists of the day, like Debs. (-- n.b., virtually all socialists and labor-movement figures of the era, certainly those of Christian origin, were also aggressively "pro-white" --). I don't know that any of these other populist of dissident figures quite matched Blue Jeans Williams in personal style.
And while to the European mind all Americans tend to be (seen as) sartorial-spiritual Blue Jeans Williamses, probably all Western societies had versions of these men in that era.
In this more degenerate time (by which I really mean the 2010s and the 2020s so far, a somewhat-awful decade), the analogues to people like Blue Jeans Williams seem to be the social-media-personality politicians. Then there is the embarrassing John Fetterman, a man who was clearly channeling a figure like Blue Jeans Williams (even if unaware of him, very likely) in his (Fetterman's) consistent refusal to wear anything but an wrinkled and unwashed-looking hooded sweatshirt on the campaign trail. (Fetterman remains hospitalized for depression as of this writing). These 2020s versions of people doing this act are embarrassing pale imitations.
Hail
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 8:30AM MST
PS
To comment directly on these two tiring personalities:
I believe both Greene and Ocasio-Cortez represent a shrillness and moral-unseriousness, which makes me uncomfortable, a little ashamed, and more than a little annoyed.
I say the above while trying to view them entirely separated from their views or political positions. Just the energy they bring.
Not a brand-new or novel insight, but both these women seem to me more like "social-media personalities" than sober politicians as one would usually find in past eras.
Am I being too negative?
.
To comment directly on these two tiring personalities:
I believe both Greene and Ocasio-Cortez represent a shrillness and moral-unseriousness, which makes me uncomfortable, a little ashamed, and more than a little annoyed.
I say the above while trying to view them entirely separated from their views or political positions. Just the energy they bring.
Not a brand-new or novel insight, but both these women seem to me more like "social-media personalities" than sober politicians as one would usually find in past eras.
Am I being too negative?
.
Hail
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 8:05AM MST
PS
Total appearances of the word "coronavirus" in Steve Sailer isteve blog history:
-- 2000-2009: Zero.
-- 2010-2019: Zero.
-- Jan. 2020 (main blog): Zero from Steve Sailer himself in main blog entries.
-- Jan. 2020 (comments): The first appearance of the word "coronavirus" in the Steve Sailer comments was on Jan. 20th, from the prolific commenter J.Ross.
J.Ross' inaugural salvo of what became Steve Sailer's most controversial and self-damaging period ever (his pro-Panic position) was just after the PRC did its lockdown gambit. It was also fifty long weeks to the day before the "storming of the Capitol," called by Regime people the January Sixth Insurrection. (The latter is soon to have some 2,250 political prisoner in all, per the Merrick Garfinkel In-Justice Dept.'s latest directive; up to 2,250 held in jails or prison of varying terms, or to be raided and arrested in coming weeks; some thousands more were reportedly harassed or fired from jobs; that is of circa 75,000 to 100,000 total participants in the rally over the election dispute, and exclusive of the several thousand informants and agents of the FBI, etc.)
-- Feb. 2020: The first time "coronavirus," the word, appears in the main blog written Steve Sailer himself.
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Summary: Steve Sailer's nearly twenty-year blogging career up to 2019 often went into science-related topics but the word "coronavirus" came up a grand-total of zero times before 2020, even in the comments.
"Influenza," however, came up dozens of times in the 2000s and 2010s on I-Steve blog.
Colds and Flus ("flu-like illness") are caused by a range of viruses including coronas and influenzas and others, so this was a case of highly tilting the scales towards one specific virus type, a leftover of other virus panics of past eras (real or inflated; but a virus-panic is probably necessarily inflated by definition), including the leftover mythology around the 1918-19 pandemic.
With the Panic of the early 2020s and how it worked, I always believed there is something magical in the naming, a key part of the story.
Total appearances of the word "coronavirus" in Steve Sailer isteve blog history:
-- 2000-2009: Zero.
-- 2010-2019: Zero.
-- Jan. 2020 (main blog): Zero from Steve Sailer himself in main blog entries.
-- Jan. 2020 (comments): The first appearance of the word "coronavirus" in the Steve Sailer comments was on Jan. 20th, from the prolific commenter J.Ross.
J.Ross' inaugural salvo of what became Steve Sailer's most controversial and self-damaging period ever (his pro-Panic position) was just after the PRC did its lockdown gambit. It was also fifty long weeks to the day before the "storming of the Capitol," called by Regime people the January Sixth Insurrection. (The latter is soon to have some 2,250 political prisoner in all, per the Merrick Garfinkel In-Justice Dept.'s latest directive; up to 2,250 held in jails or prison of varying terms, or to be raided and arrested in coming weeks; some thousands more were reportedly harassed or fired from jobs; that is of circa 75,000 to 100,000 total participants in the rally over the election dispute, and exclusive of the several thousand informants and agents of the FBI, etc.)
-- Feb. 2020: The first time "coronavirus," the word, appears in the main blog written Steve Sailer himself.
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Summary: Steve Sailer's nearly twenty-year blogging career up to 2019 often went into science-related topics but the word "coronavirus" came up a grand-total of zero times before 2020, even in the comments.
"Influenza," however, came up dozens of times in the 2000s and 2010s on I-Steve blog.
Colds and Flus ("flu-like illness") are caused by a range of viruses including coronas and influenzas and others, so this was a case of highly tilting the scales towards one specific virus type, a leftover of other virus panics of past eras (real or inflated; but a virus-panic is probably necessarily inflated by definition), including the leftover mythology around the 1918-19 pandemic.
With the Panic of the early 2020s and how it worked, I always believed there is something magical in the naming, a key part of the story.
Hail
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 8:00AM MST
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- "The Coronavirus"; or, Covid vs. Corona as names -
I don't know if the children who have aged into a kind of semi-adult consciousness of the world in the past three years are aware of this (much less those who come into the same ten years from now), but no one had EVER HEARD the word "coronavirus" before January 2020. Outside a small circle of virologists, anyway, this was not just an obscure word but simply an unknown word, like the technical names of certain star-groups in the sky.
I see some dictionaries claim "coronavirus" was coined in the 1970s, but it was simply not part of anyone's consciousness of things before January 2020.
The large majority of people sucked into the Panic in early 2020 believed there had never been something called a "coronavirus" before, because the word simply never appeared. This is why most languages ended up with the word "Corona" itself taking the dominant position.
You often would also see references in media and commentary to "the coronavirus" -- that is to say, with definite article 'the'; as if there were only one in all history that somehow (and this one, like a lightning bolt from angry gods above, was sent down to Earth in late 2019 to an exotic bat cave or raccoon den, then spread by reckless anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers, misinformation-spreaders, Virus Deniers, and unknowing virus-carrying zombies; triggering memories of many virus-outbreak or zombie movies in the minds of man).
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- "The Coronavirus"; or, Covid vs. Corona as names -
I don't know if the children who have aged into a kind of semi-adult consciousness of the world in the past three years are aware of this (much less those who come into the same ten years from now), but no one had EVER HEARD the word "coronavirus" before January 2020. Outside a small circle of virologists, anyway, this was not just an obscure word but simply an unknown word, like the technical names of certain star-groups in the sky.
I see some dictionaries claim "coronavirus" was coined in the 1970s, but it was simply not part of anyone's consciousness of things before January 2020.
The large majority of people sucked into the Panic in early 2020 believed there had never been something called a "coronavirus" before, because the word simply never appeared. This is why most languages ended up with the word "Corona" itself taking the dominant position.
You often would also see references in media and commentary to "the coronavirus" -- that is to say, with definite article 'the'; as if there were only one in all history that somehow (and this one, like a lightning bolt from angry gods above, was sent down to Earth in late 2019 to an exotic bat cave or raccoon den, then spread by reckless anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers, misinformation-spreaders, Virus Deniers, and unknowing virus-carrying zombies; triggering memories of many virus-outbreak or zombie movies in the minds of man).
Hail
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 7:52AM MST
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Peak Stupidity main entry wrote: "Corona is the neighborhood, as in the old Paul Simon song, not the old term for the disease."
The word "Corona" is actually the standard name for the 'disease' in most languages.
(note, it is arguable whether it -is- a specific disease distinguishable from other flus, whether it ever required the "Big Scary New Name" treatment, and I would say 'No').
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Peak Stupidity main entry wrote: "Corona is the neighborhood, as in the old Paul Simon song, not the old term for the disease."
The word "Corona" is actually the standard name for the 'disease' in most languages.
(note, it is arguable whether it -is- a specific disease distinguishable from other flus, whether it ever required the "Big Scary New Name" treatment, and I would say 'No').
Hail
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 7:30AM MST
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"Corona was one of the first neighborhoods to be hit by COVID-19 and quickly became one of the most impacted areas in the country. Now that the vaccine is available to all New Yorkers over 16, with some New York City-run vaccine sites accepting walk-ins, Corona’s vaccination rates still lags"
This is a strange and surreal passage.
"Corona was one of the first neighborhoods to be hit by COVID-19 and quickly became one of the most impacted areas in the country. Now that the vaccine is available to all New Yorkers over 16, with some New York City-run vaccine sites accepting walk-ins, Corona’s vaccination rates still lags"
This is a strange and surreal passage.
M
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 7:25AM MST
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"this hyphenation crap cannot work out for more than 3 generations. After that, even the initials will be too long to remember"
Try looking at the names of Spanish nobility, or French (pre-revolution). I suspect there's something of the same reasons for doing this.
For the nobility, it was to flatter notable ancestors (so they would will you money or land). It also separated you from the common herd, who would have one name (or maybe an " of "
"this hyphenation crap cannot work out for more than 3 generations. After that, even the initials will be too long to remember"
Try looking at the names of Spanish nobility, or French (pre-revolution). I suspect there's something of the same reasons for doing this.
For the nobility, it was to flatter notable ancestors (so they would will you money or land). It also separated you from the common herd, who would have one name (or maybe an " of "
Dieter Kief
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 7:20AM MST
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Ha-heh!
M.A.N. - for many boys(and men) born before 1970 lets say, an iconic brand. It means: Motorfactories. Augsburg. Nürnberg.
I laughed quite a bit about this one too!
Ha-heh!
M.A.N. - for many boys(and men) born before 1970 lets say, an iconic brand. It means: Motorfactories. Augsburg. Nürnberg.
I laughed quite a bit about this one too!
Moderator
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 6:12AM MST
PS: Haha, MAN Truck & Bus, headquartered in Munchen (I know I'm missing some dots there). That is evil, alright!
Yeah, the girl was very cute in that. I think I detected the faint voice of her Dad helping at one point.
Yeah, the girl was very cute in that. I think I detected the faint voice of her Dad helping at one point.
Dieter Kief
Wednesday - March 22nd 2023 5:55AM MST
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Root cause of all eveil: The Old White M.A.N. - - -
here is photographic proof
https://twitter.com/FranzBranntwe10/status/1637913221595119617?s=20
PS Mod. - AOC impersonator-girl marvellous - thx. for reposting it!
Root cause of all eveil: The Old White M.A.N. - - -
here is photographic proof
https://twitter.com/FranzBranntwe10/status/1637913221595119617?s=20
PS Mod. - AOC impersonator-girl marvellous - thx. for reposting it!