Posted On: Monday - May 8th 2023 8:54PM MST
In Topics: General Stupidity
Anyone remember the John Kerry Blue-Squad campaign against Red-squad leader George W. Bush for President in '04? Yeah, it probably didn't matter who won that one, as it would have been the SOS with Kerry
During that campaign, the Vietnam War was brought up. For men of their their ages, the 90-10 years during which America was heavily involved in war in Vietnam was a part of young adulthood, whether via their participation or non-participation. That's been the case for Presidents starting with Bill Clinton and ending with GW Bush. Well, then too the current President was of age then, but that's because he's extra-old for a President.
During the Vietnam War, George W. Bush was Stateside in the Texas Air National Guard, doing basic training, then flight training - 2 years active duty and 4 years part time duty. There was criticism of his non-participation in the war, but this was unwarranted. Bush had inquired about being deployed in either Europe or Southeast Asia but didn't have the 500 flight hours required. You'll likely recall that CBS TV anchorman Dan Rather himself doctored-up a memo to disparage Lieutenant* Bush's service. That was the Lyin' Press in action, but it was still kind of a no-no to be so blatant about it in '04-'05, so he was fired or resigned. Also, I don't call anyone a slouch who could fly the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger* fighter/intercepter. Those "Century Series" fighters all are big rockets with men on top. (Ever seen and/or touched the wings of an F-104? They are thin little appendages, is all...)
Part of John Kerry's campaign's touting of his leadership ability involved his having been in the military as a Navy (Reserve) Swift (river) boat commander. There was plenty of controversy regarding his being awarded a Bronze Star, Silver Star and 3 Purple Hearts. You will likely remember the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. They questioned the missions and the medals, the 3 Purple Hearts all given to Kerry for minor injuries (piece of shrapnel in an arm, another small one in his thigh, and contusions to the forearm. "Contusions" are deep bruises.) I won't get involved here in whether Lieutenant* Kerry deserved his medals.
Kerry left Vietnam to go back to the US to start campaigning for national office. Though he'd been in the war, as a veteran he demonstrated against it once back home, leading protests in 1971. I have no problem with that either.
In the Presidential campaign of '04, John Kerry wanted to demonstrate his leadership ability - when he accepted the Democratic nomination, he saluted and said, "I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty." - and at the same time get support from his (still, then) anti-war squad of the UniParty by touting his participation in anti-war demonstrations. That included talk of his tossing his medals away.
That's the interesting part and point of this post. The picture above shows John Kerry, sent by I don't know who, really, to be the American emissary at the recent coronation of the new English King.*** He's got his left chest decked out with ribbons and medals. Right now, John Kerry is the "Climate Czar" (more on the Era of American Czars), but you can't earn medals fighting the Climate Crisis™, can you?
Regarding the coronation of not-so-Bonnie King Charles, Spencer Brown at Townhall reports that Viewers Noticed Something Strange About John Kerry at King Charles' Coronation.
Dressed in a suit, the former Secretary of State was weighed down with service medals from the United States military...the medals he previously was publicly proud to discard as a show of his allegedly strongly held convictions.Well, what do we mean by discard. The veterans against the war talked in terms of "giving back" the medals to the country.
When asked whether he'd returned a Bronze Star, a Silver Star, and three Purple Hearts he received for his combat service, Kerry replied that he had and "above that, [I] gave back the others."For more on this, I refer the reader to the fairly reliable and not-so-biased New York Post and a story of theirs from 2004, 33 years after Kerry's protests - it's now been over half a century. Ed Robinson wrote the article: TALE OF TAPE SHOWS KERRY DID TOSS MEDALS. There's confusion in there, but no matter what way you look at it, John Kerry has done some lying, one way or another.
Kerry was a leader among anti-war veterans and led them in a protest in Washington, D.C. According to news reports in 1971, "many veterans were seen throwing their medals and ribbons over the fence in front of the U.S. Capitol," and a handful of outlets "reported that Kerry was among these veterans," according to ABC News.
Is it possible those medals, tossed into the big crowds in 1971 were not lost, and John Kerry just found them again on ebay? Is there some sort of Lost & Found for stuff like this? You know, it's always best to try to get misplaced items back by searching intensely right away, as I wrote about in a post on Lost & Founds 3 summers ago. Even if there is no theft, the "chain of custody" of an item can get broken pretty quickly. 52 years later, I wouldn't have much face the Veteran's Lost & Found would have my medals.
I kid there, because, as you may also figure, that's not what happened. This politician John Kerry lied. He may have lied in '04 or earlier about his having "tossed" the medals. If he didn't lie about that, then what are these new ones for, and where are they from?
You know, after the election 18 1/2 years ago, I didn't want to hear about John Freaking Kerry again. I know you probably didn't either. So sorry!
* Lieutenant was both of these men's highest attained rank.
** Yeah, that's where Jimmy Hendrix got his song title from.
*** This British royalty stuff is a subject that Peak Stupidity not only makes no effort to know about, but actively tries to avoid. I don't care about the politics, and I don't care about the celebrity aspect. As I recall, those damn people have been in the tabloids and People-style magazines since I was a kid.
Comments:
The Alarmist
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 6:33PM MST
PS
So, all-White casting is fine for commercials promoting White deaths.
So, all-White casting is fine for commercials promoting White deaths.
Hail
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 11:32AM MST
PS
I was finally able to access the all-White commercial. Thanks, Mr. Smith --- I think.
It is disturbing.
The top commenter says the Canadian company running the ad used the voice of this White woman -- born 1985, died by assisted-suicide 2022 -- to promote their "business." The claim made is the person knew the woman had been talked into the operation after years of health struggles, but didn't in fact want to die. (I think there is a metaphor for our civilization in here.)
I was finally able to access the all-White commercial. Thanks, Mr. Smith --- I think.
It is disturbing.
The top commenter says the Canadian company running the ad used the voice of this White woman -- born 1985, died by assisted-suicide 2022 -- to promote their "business." The claim made is the person knew the woman had been talked into the operation after years of health struggles, but didn't in fact want to die. (I think there is a metaphor for our civilization in here.)
Moderator
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 11:30AM MST
PS: I was thinking of Trump too on that, Mr.Blanc, but there was that interruption by MaoBama. What was Trump's deal? I know he didn't get to Vietnam.
Moderator
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 11:28AM MST
PS: "New Yorkers Look For Alternative Methods of Suicide After Gas Stoves Are Banned " Hahhaaa! Truly LOL'd, I did.
Now, with these new clean-burning engines, can we even use a car in the garage anymore, worst case scenario? Imagine sitting there for days, with just too damned little Carbon Monoxide to do the trick, and finally succumbing to dehydration... That's a tough way to go.
I blame Californians for that one.
Now, with these new clean-burning engines, can we even use a car in the garage anymore, worst case scenario? Imagine sitting there for days, with just too damned little Carbon Monoxide to do the trick, and finally succumbing to dehydration... That's a tough way to go.
I blame Californians for that one.
MBlanc46
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 11:24AM MST
PS A politician lied? Oh noes! I’ll never be the same. Speaking of presidents who might have gone to SE Asia, I believe that Donald Trump would have been elegible.
Adam Smith
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 11:22AM MST
PS: Greetings, Mr. Hail,
https://i.ibb.co/Ws0GcY1/You-Tube-Screenshot.png
It didn't make me login or verify that I wasn't suicidal. I simply hit the “I understand and wish to proceed” button to watch the video.
Happy Tuesday!
☮
https://i.ibb.co/Ws0GcY1/You-Tube-Screenshot.png
It didn't make me login or verify that I wasn't suicidal. I simply hit the “I understand and wish to proceed” button to watch the video.
Happy Tuesday!
☮
Hail
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 11:16AM MST
PS
Mr. Smith, Youtube has blocked me from viewing your all-White commercial link, with these words:
_______________
!!! --- The following content may contain SUICIDE or SELF-HARM topics. Viewer discretion is advised. (Learn more)
Talk to someone today
988 - Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Free · Confidential · Hours: Available 24 hours
______________
.
I guess it then prompts you to sign in and verify that you are -not- suicidal to proceed.
That is the first time I've seen this particular warning. Interesting.
Mr. Smith, Youtube has blocked me from viewing your all-White commercial link, with these words:
_______________
!!! --- The following content may contain SUICIDE or SELF-HARM topics. Viewer discretion is advised. (Learn more)
Talk to someone today
988 - Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Free · Confidential · Hours: Available 24 hours
______________
.
I guess it then prompts you to sign in and verify that you are -not- suicidal to proceed.
That is the first time I've seen this particular warning. Interesting.
Adam Smith
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 11:12AM MST
PS: Almost forgot...
I found a TV commercial with an all White cast...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGQieHW8rQU
I guess commercials with only White people still exist.
Who'd a thunk it?
☮
I found a TV commercial with an all White cast...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGQieHW8rQU
I guess commercials with only White people still exist.
Who'd a thunk it?
☮
Adam Smith
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 10:55AM MST
PS: Good afternoon, everyone,
https://i.ibb.co/nPXdkS1/John-Kerry-Seen-Unloading-Private-Jet-From-Transport-Jet-at-Climate-Conference.png
Mr. Moderator, in the story from the New York Post
https://nypost.com/2004/04/26/tale-of-tape-shows-kerry-did-toss-medals/
It says...
“But in 1984, he told the Globe he still had his own medals but had tossed away another soldiers’ medal.”
Not that any of that matters all that much. I'm sure the people of “government” could always issue him some new medals to wear to the pomp and circumstance if he couldn't afford to buy some from a collector or something.
In case anyone is interested...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvShkZHqe1I
https://www.hhscougars.org/apps/video/watch.jsp?v=55330
Dr. Hail Asked,
“In John Kerry's fifty-some-year-long public career, at what point did he say he discovered his Jewish ancestry, which he then began to tout and celebrate and boast about?”
Not sure how true this is...
https://archive.is/Yi9gh
“The details of this lost family connection fill in a missing piece of a puzzle that first took shape 10 years ago, when a Globe reporter researching a profile informed Kerry that he had an Austrian grandfather who changed the family name from Kohn to Kerry and their religion from Jewish to Catholic. At the time, Kerry said he knew nothing about this paternal history, and the family has spent years tracking down more information.”
So, I guess Kerry was informed of his chosenite roots in 2003.(?)(If this story is to be trusted)
About the fat man flashing his junk in front of the ladies in the YMCA bathroom...
“We are grateful that 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰 and 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 prevailed so that Ms. Glines and the community can move on in peace.” - in a statement from his attorneys.
Seems his attorneys have no idea what either of those concepts are.
Oddly enough, I added “Trans woman is cleared of flashing her penis at three women using Ohio YMCA after judge ruled she's too FAT for her genitals to be visible” to my daily stupid ideas list yesterday after I read it somewhere. It landed right between these two headline ideas...
The Validity of the Public Debt Shall Not Be Questioned!
14th Amendment emerges as last-ditch fix to ward off default
-and-
Will Reparations Talk Lead To A Race War?
I also found this idea nearby...
New Yorkers Look For Alternative Methods of Suicide After Gas Stoves Are Banned
The ban, hailed as a victory for environmentalists, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote cleaner energy sources. But for the average New Yorker, it means bidding farewell to a popular method of suicide.
Anyway... Cheers to another great day!
☮
https://i.ibb.co/nPXdkS1/John-Kerry-Seen-Unloading-Private-Jet-From-Transport-Jet-at-Climate-Conference.png
Mr. Moderator, in the story from the New York Post
https://nypost.com/2004/04/26/tale-of-tape-shows-kerry-did-toss-medals/
It says...
“But in 1984, he told the Globe he still had his own medals but had tossed away another soldiers’ medal.”
Not that any of that matters all that much. I'm sure the people of “government” could always issue him some new medals to wear to the pomp and circumstance if he couldn't afford to buy some from a collector or something.
In case anyone is interested...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvShkZHqe1I
https://www.hhscougars.org/apps/video/watch.jsp?v=55330
Dr. Hail Asked,
“In John Kerry's fifty-some-year-long public career, at what point did he say he discovered his Jewish ancestry, which he then began to tout and celebrate and boast about?”
Not sure how true this is...
https://archive.is/Yi9gh
“The details of this lost family connection fill in a missing piece of a puzzle that first took shape 10 years ago, when a Globe reporter researching a profile informed Kerry that he had an Austrian grandfather who changed the family name from Kohn to Kerry and their religion from Jewish to Catholic. At the time, Kerry said he knew nothing about this paternal history, and the family has spent years tracking down more information.”
So, I guess Kerry was informed of his chosenite roots in 2003.(?)(If this story is to be trusted)
About the fat man flashing his junk in front of the ladies in the YMCA bathroom...
“We are grateful that 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰 and 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 prevailed so that Ms. Glines and the community can move on in peace.” - in a statement from his attorneys.
Seems his attorneys have no idea what either of those concepts are.
Oddly enough, I added “Trans woman is cleared of flashing her penis at three women using Ohio YMCA after judge ruled she's too FAT for her genitals to be visible” to my daily stupid ideas list yesterday after I read it somewhere. It landed right between these two headline ideas...
The Validity of the Public Debt Shall Not Be Questioned!
14th Amendment emerges as last-ditch fix to ward off default
-and-
Will Reparations Talk Lead To A Race War?
I also found this idea nearby...
New Yorkers Look For Alternative Methods of Suicide After Gas Stoves Are Banned
The ban, hailed as a victory for environmentalists, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote cleaner energy sources. But for the average New Yorker, it means bidding farewell to a popular method of suicide.
Anyway... Cheers to another great day!
☮
The Alarmist
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 10:54AM MST
PS
The medals themselves are commercially available, or at least they were in the early ‘00s when mine went missing during a move.
Re the F-104, the world’s highest scoring ace, Eric Hartmann (252 kills in WW2), and former head of the Bundesluftwaffe was sacked for resisting US pressure to buy the Starfighter, based on its reputation as a widow maker. The Century series were a colorful lot, to say the least.
The medals themselves are commercially available, or at least they were in the early ‘00s when mine went missing during a move.
Re the F-104, the world’s highest scoring ace, Eric Hartmann (252 kills in WW2), and former head of the Bundesluftwaffe was sacked for resisting US pressure to buy the Starfighter, based on its reputation as a widow maker. The Century series were a colorful lot, to say the least.
Moderator
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 10:06AM MST
PS: "Local trans-woman has been cleared of flashing penis at an Ohio YMCA, after judge rules the trans-woman is too fat for genitals to be visible." I admire that judge. With the political pressure on him, he was caught between a rock and a hard place, or maybe it's between a cock and a soft place ... guy's got the wisdom of Salomon, I tell ya'.
How many differently-politically-inclined people he pissed off with this decision maybe too many to be counted on one hand, plus one ... maybe he's not quite like Salomon... more like the judge in "Idiocracy", which is pretty damn appropriate for the present era.
If you really want me to view that picture from the "Daily Mail", I will, Mr. Hail, but remember I don't get paid for this. ;-}
Having a "large time", haha. You reminded me of an old, old - not as old as John Kerry, but old, Atlanta Rhythm Section song:
"Well, I'm proud to be livin' in the USA, playin' for the ARS
Might not be your cup of tea, but I can guarantee you this
We'll have us a large time, a knock down, drag out ball
We'll have us a large, large time, you all."
"We played Macon, GA with Lynyrd Skynyrd, it was a rock 'n' roll hoedown.
Van Zant let that Freebird fly, don't you know he wasn't foolin' around.
We had us a large time, you shoulda heard those guitars squall.
We had us a large, real large time, you all ... sure had a ball!"
How many differently-politically-inclined people he pissed off with this decision maybe too many to be counted on one hand, plus one ... maybe he's not quite like Salomon... more like the judge in "Idiocracy", which is pretty damn appropriate for the present era.
If you really want me to view that picture from the "Daily Mail", I will, Mr. Hail, but remember I don't get paid for this. ;-}
Having a "large time", haha. You reminded me of an old, old - not as old as John Kerry, but old, Atlanta Rhythm Section song:
"Well, I'm proud to be livin' in the USA, playin' for the ARS
Might not be your cup of tea, but I can guarantee you this
We'll have us a large time, a knock down, drag out ball
We'll have us a large, large time, you all."
"We played Macon, GA with Lynyrd Skynyrd, it was a rock 'n' roll hoedown.
Van Zant let that Freebird fly, don't you know he wasn't foolin' around.
We had us a large time, you shoulda heard those guitars squall.
We had us a large, real large time, you all ... sure had a ball!"
Hail
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 9:28AM MST
PS
- The movement marches on -
HEADLINE: "Local trans-woman has been cleared of flashing penis at an Ohio YMCA, after judge rules the trans-woman is too fat for genitals to be visible."
The obese trans-woman is the former "Darren Glines," who recently began using the name "Rachel Glines."
Here is a (fully-clothed) photograph of trans-woman Rachel Glines (f.k.a. Darren Glines), the obese individual who has been having quite a "large time" at local YMCAs:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/06/19/70669751-12054769-image-m-54_1683396417810.jpg
- The movement marches on -
HEADLINE: "Local trans-woman has been cleared of flashing penis at an Ohio YMCA, after judge rules the trans-woman is too fat for genitals to be visible."
The obese trans-woman is the former "Darren Glines," who recently began using the name "Rachel Glines."
Here is a (fully-clothed) photograph of trans-woman Rachel Glines (f.k.a. Darren Glines), the obese individual who has been having quite a "large time" at local YMCAs:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/06/19/70669751-12054769-image-m-54_1683396417810.jpg
Hail
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 9:10AM MST
PS
By the way: in John Kerry's fifty-some-year-long public career, at what point did he say he discovered his Jewish ancestry, which he then began to tout and celebrate and boast about?
By the way: in John Kerry's fifty-some-year-long public career, at what point did he say he discovered his Jewish ancestry, which he then began to tout and celebrate and boast about?
Hail
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 9:10AM MST
PS
That John Kerry is in the news in the 2020s, at about age eighty, is another one of those things where the subtext is more interesting than the actual points made pro and con.
1.) This man has been on stage for fifty years. What would his people have thought of someone born in the 1890s who was still somehow at the fore in the early 1970s?
2.) People are still talking about controversies of the late 1960s and early 1970s. These are now past fifty years in the "rear-view mirror" but somehow will still elicit active outrage or passions, really only lightly repackaged. This would be like people in the early 1970s bitterly arguing over "war guilt" for World War One, or the injustices of the U.S. 1910s interventions in Latin America, or who was to blame for the Ludlow Massacre of 1914 and other strike-related violence of the 1910s and earlier.
It's like all subsequent history departs from that era, late 1960s and 1970s. All subsequent people are captive to that era. We still peg our year-counting system to the approximate year Jesus was born, but a better system to reflect things as they are might put Year Zero at about 1965.
That John Kerry is in the news in the 2020s, at about age eighty, is another one of those things where the subtext is more interesting than the actual points made pro and con.
1.) This man has been on stage for fifty years. What would his people have thought of someone born in the 1890s who was still somehow at the fore in the early 1970s?
2.) People are still talking about controversies of the late 1960s and early 1970s. These are now past fifty years in the "rear-view mirror" but somehow will still elicit active outrage or passions, really only lightly repackaged. This would be like people in the early 1970s bitterly arguing over "war guilt" for World War One, or the injustices of the U.S. 1910s interventions in Latin America, or who was to blame for the Ludlow Massacre of 1914 and other strike-related violence of the 1910s and earlier.
It's like all subsequent history departs from that era, late 1960s and 1970s. All subsequent people are captive to that era. We still peg our year-counting system to the approximate year Jesus was born, but a better system to reflect things as they are might put Year Zero at about 1965.
Moderator
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 5:52AM MST
PS: Thanks, Mr. Ganderson. I wasn't that concerned either to look into the ranks any further, but I did read up on both of these men's time in the military.
Ganderson
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 4:46AM MST
PS. Just a side note: naval and Air Force ranks are different: in the AF there are two lieutenant ranks Second Lieutenant (O-1) and First Lieutenant (O-2). In the Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade is (0-2) and Lieutenant is (O-3); or the equivalent of a Captain in the USAF, USMC, or the Army. Dunno which of these either of those two chuckleheads were. I suppose I could look it up…
Moderator
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 3:01AM MST
PS: Thanks for the comment, TIaB. The new US military is hardly Americans at all. That's probably for the best, especially in regard to their future use against the American population. (One might say, they will be more willing to shoot regular Americans, but I speak of their incompetence.)
They had Dr. Jill in the back by the porta-potties? I'd have just skipped out, were it me, and gone to some pubs to see if I could find and actual Englishmen
They had Dr. Jill in the back by the porta-potties? I'd have just skipped out, were it me, and gone to some pubs to see if I could find and actual Englishmen
To Illegitimacy And Beyond
Tuesday - May 9th 2023 1:29AM MST
PS Traitors in gov is nothing new and notice how they never leave the place that gave them such a high living standard.
McNamara didn't have the elite Mexican KKK Cholowaffen and that is why Vietnam was left unsettled.
Even Black Sabbath knew that the Warpigs leave all that fighting to the unwashed serf peasant taxable units while they are safe in the rear with the gear.
The new fabulous military will give new meaning to that time.
The whole waive the rules UK Paki Kebab Shack celebrating something that is long gone is almost as hilarious as peasants cheering a golden carriage.
Big dumb Ivan the vodka swilling lout (/s) had a revolution over the golden carriage and what came after that was even worse.
Did ya hear about Jill "Drapes" Biden sitting in the last row by the toilets?
How historic and illustrating how perfidious Albion really feels about the Chiquitastan banana.
McNamara didn't have the elite Mexican KKK Cholowaffen and that is why Vietnam was left unsettled.
Even Black Sabbath knew that the Warpigs leave all that fighting to the unwashed serf peasant taxable units while they are safe in the rear with the gear.
The new fabulous military will give new meaning to that time.
The whole waive the rules UK Paki Kebab Shack celebrating something that is long gone is almost as hilarious as peasants cheering a golden carriage.
Big dumb Ivan the vodka swilling lout (/s) had a revolution over the golden carriage and what came after that was even worse.
Did ya hear about Jill "Drapes" Biden sitting in the last row by the toilets?
How historic and illustrating how perfidious Albion really feels about the Chiquitastan banana.
Oh, yeah, 2 summers ago when we were watching TV at a motel (kid wanted to watch Olympic swimming - remember it was in '21 called the "2020 Olympiad", WTH?), there was one commercial with all White people. It was an article for headache medicine, very fitting after all the Blackety-Black! stuff before it. They probably made bank on that medicine!
Here it is:
"TV and the 2021 Olympiad"
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=2004
"- After 4 or 5 commercials with mixed-race or mostly black characters, I was amazed to see one with all White people. It was for migraine medication. Now that is some great ad placement, marketing gurus!"