Am I the Only One Not Dancing On Thomas Massie's Grave?

When does a political movement become a political tribe? When do we favor proper nouns over principles? Does every political movement morph into The Democrat Party where every thug and loser is rewarded so long as they are blindly loyal to their leaders?

The ultimate insult is that Massie has been called a RINO, equating him with Cassidy and Romney and Thune. Those deceivers are Democrats in drag. They see the GOP as the Dems ' junior varsity squad, ever willing to step into the limelight to do battle with The Wretched Americans. 

That would not be Thomas Massie. He has a voting record. He has cred.

Thomas Massie’s Turning Point USA Rating

Turning Point Action’s lifetime scorecard for Representative 

Thomas Massie (R‑KY‑4) is 86.76 out of 100, with a 

2026 live session score of 90.20 Turning Point Action. 

This score reflects his performance on a range of conservative

 policy issues tracked by the organization.

Key Issue Scores (Lifetime) Turning Point Action

• American Culture: 88.24%

• Big Tech & Free Speech: 75.00%

• Border Security: 86.36%

• Election Integrity: 85.00%

• Educational Freedom: 100.00%

• Second Amendment: 100.00%

• Health & Medical Freedom: 85.42%

• Taxes and Spending: 83.13%

Notable Points:

• Massie’s highest scores are in Educational Freedom and Second Amendment, 

• both at 100%.

• His lowest score is in Big Tech & Free Speech at 75%, 

• which may reflect more moderate or nuanced positions on tech regulation.

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• The 2026 live session score (90.20) is slightly higher than his lifetime average, 

• indicating strong performance in recent legislative activity.

I agree that Massie should have voted for the Save Act, and on this failure 

alone he should have been challenged. But who would challenge Massie, 

and what did he bring to the table?

Apologies for going to the AP, but the stopped clock was right once more: 

"Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL, 

ran on his military service and loyalty to the president..."  

What else do we know about Massie's slayer? Nothing.

Or if there is anything else, he has kept it to himself. 

The military service part does not matter. Trump Puppet was the 

entirety of his campaign.

I am glad to see the Crenshaws fall by the wayside, but Massie is not 

Crenshaw. 

If Trump Nation cannot make that distinction, 

then a political movement is now a political cult.

 

Repost From May 17, 2025: In Defense of James Comey, The King Of Scumbags

 James Comey is a rotten human being and perhaps the best poster child for dirty cop disease, but I am of the strong opinion that he should be given a pass on the "86 47" post.

Had he posted "187 47," I might have seen this differently. "187" is a specific code for homicide used by many police agencies.  I know of no other common use for this number.

"86" is a more flexible number. Its origin is imprecise, but it is at least a century old and probably stems from the hospitality industry. Anyone who has worked in a restaurant is familiar with the term. "Eighty-six shrimp cocktails" means the house has run out of boiled shrimp. Usually, "86" refers to something already depleted, but yes, it can be used to suggest that an item be temporarily discontinued. The wilted lettuce might prompt a "should we eighty-six the garden salad?" query. Taverns and casinos have generalized the term to reference persona non grata customers. 

One can advocate for Donald Trump's removal without suborning homicide. Impeachment might be one such lawful maneuver. And one can legally make the case that Trump is a pariah, and could be expressed as "86 47". The numerical sequence might also reference a time after Trump departs from office in 2029. "86 47."  Comey did not specifically reference homicide. Thus, leave James Comey alone!

I don't mind defending scumbags, but Comey makes this a nauseating task. I would much rather defend Diddy or Ghislaine, or Osama Bin Laden. Comey is just too too too fake suave. Look what James found while walking the beach in a moment of quiet reflection! The deep and earnest reflector reflected once more on his ponderous and reflective, and yes, reflective insights that he once more shared with humanity, however undeserving the naked apes might be. Thanks for the insightful reflections and reflective insights, you deep and ponderous and insightful and reflective giant piece of shit.

SPLC: Indicted!

Happy Schadenfreude Wednesday, everyone!

SPLC was funding its own opposition? Not surprising. There was a certain someone long supportive of Democrat causes who happened to be instrumental in organizing Unite The Right! Remember? 

There is so much to despise about the SPLC! Which is worse? Their vicious truth-be-damned character assassination or barely-concealed grifting? I say the character assassination is worse because it led to the literal assassination of Charlie Kirk. Who cares if George Clooney or Tim Cook or corporate big shots get duped? The victims have money to burn, and it is human nature to lash out at those who expose the flim flam instead of those who promote the fraud. Don't expect any high fives from the fleeced.

Oh, let's take a moment and celebrate this day! Yes, the suck factor is still at 9, but who cares? Today, the SPLC is being brought to justice. Let us all embrace the schadenfreude!

The Supreme Court Got It Right, Tariffs Are A Tax And It Is Okay To Disagree With Your President You Obsequious Jerk!

1. Tariffs are selective sales taxes. The Peter Navarros who call tariffs "tax breaks" are outorwelling Orwell.

2. Only Congress can levy taxes per the Constitution. This should have been 9-0.

3. Trump's tariff by whim is reckless and irresponsible.

4. Mexico and Canada--especially Canada--do not deserve to be punished for trading with US consumers.

5. I dreaded the day when the neopopulists would root for proper nouns over principles. I am sickened by the fanboys who support anything Trump promotes. Tariffs are good not because we have evaluated the pros and cons of these selective taxes in detail but good because Trump installed them. Ugh.

6. Yo puppy dog, put down the Kool-Aid. It's okay to disagree with your president. 

What Is the Difference Between a Wife and an AI Assistant?

 The AI assistant is wrong sometimes.

Rest In Peace, Larry Sinclair

I am sad that Larry Sinclair has passed away. He is the most underrated historical figure of our era. Had Joe Biden not used his uber-corrupt influence to disappear Sinclair in 2008, America might not have coronated her first crackhead president. And if there had been no Sinclair, Scranton Joe would not have wormed his way onto the ticket and we would never have had the disaster that was the Biden presidency.

My first Kindle selction would be Larry Sinclair's only book. I hope to reread it and reprint the living hell Sinclair was subjected to for sharing his revellations. Rest in peace, Larry. You left us plenty to talk about. (And talk we will).

Homicide On The High Seas

It was a nice honeymoon. I was no fan of the tariffs, especially those placed on Mexico and Canada but it was Christmas morning almost every day. Then we have homicide on the high seas. 

You can call it what you like but it is wanton murder. Trump bounded the legal hurdles by designating bad people terrorists. It's still homicide no matter what else we call it.

Does anyone know the identities of the eleven victms? No, but we are told that they are terrorists. If we don't know their identities, then how can we know they are terrorists? And how can we be certain that they were transporting drugs on the high seas? The word of a deeep state thug? If there was any evidence of drug transport, it was destroyed with the act of homicide. Who cares? Shut up and wave the MAGA pennant!

We were warned that the "enemy combatant" thing was a slippery slope. We didn't care. Now it seems a president can murder anyone he deems a terroist no matter how flimsy the evidence. But if the homicide plays well at Gallup, I guess we can expect more widows and orphans.

Homicide does not set well with me. I am funny that way. Can't wait for another Trump fanboy to cheer on the murder and then proclaim his Christian faith in the nest breath. 

I have long been critical of the brain dead Dems for their blind loyalty. From years of open espionage to blatant influence peddling to broad spectrum lawfare to martial law wrapped in a health care package, to the mandating of a highly toxic vaccine, there is never a jump-off point for the cow-brained Dems. They just keep on guzzling the Kool-Aid. Now I have to ask myself if I have a MAGA jump-off point.

And oh, by the way, will Venezuela be the next Iraq? It sure feels that way. Then again, it could be Mexico. Or any other Hemisphere neighbor who meets with the murderer-in-chief's disapproval. Wasn't MAGA about rejecting America's role as the world's police force? Another long, long war?

Honeymoons end.

    MURDER BY ANY OTHER NAME

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In Defense of James Comey, The King Of Scumbags

James Comey is a rotten human being and perhaps the best poster child for dirty cop disease, but I am of the strong opinion that he should be given a pass on the "86 47" post.

Had he posted "187 47," I might have seen this differently. "187" is a specific code for homicide used by many police agencies.  I know of no other common use for this number.

"86" is a more flexible number. Its origin is imprecise, but it is at least a century old and probably stems from the hospitality industry. Anyone who has worked in a restaurant is familiar with the term. "Eighty-six shrimp cocktails" means the house has run out of boiled shrimp. Usually, "86" refers to something already depleted, but yes, it can be used to suggest that an item be temporarily discontinued. The wilted lettuce might prompt a "should we eighty-six the garden salad?" query. Taverns and casinos have generalized the term to reference persona non grata customers. 

One can advocate for Donald Trump's removal without suborning homicide. Impeachment might be one such lawful maneuver. And one can legally make the case that Trump is a pariah, and could be expressed as "86 47". The numerical sequence might also reference a time after Trump departs from office in 2029. "86 47."  Comey did not specifically reference homicide. Thus, leave James Comey alone!

I don't mind defending scumbags, but Comey makes this a nauseating task. I would much rather defend Diddy or Ghislaine, or Osama Bin Laden. Comey is just too too too fake suave. Look what James found while walking the beach in a moment of quiet reflection! The deep and earnest reflector reflected once more on his ponderous and reflective, and yes, reflective insights that he once more shared with humanity, however undeserving the naked apes might be. Thanks for the insightful reflections and reflective insights, you deep and ponderous and insightful and reflective giant piece of shit.

Donald Baby, Where You Been All My Life?

Finally! We now have a president who is willing to tackle financial malfeasance, lock horns with the political establishment, dismantle the bureaucratic state, fire corrupt and/or incompetent personnel, drain the damn swamp, and step on the toes of our ruling class. No, he has not brought about world peace just yet, but Week 4 of his presidency isn't over.

Trump is doing what we hoped Reagan would do. He is doing what we thought Gingrich would do. He is doing what we were certain George Bush and both houses of Congress might at least attempt to do. Forget those disappointments. Trump is doing it.

As an aggregate news site editor, I have trouble keeping up with Trump. Yes, it is easy to find worthy news stories but each "breaking news" item is displaced by another headline an hour later followed by another and another and another. Perhaps more important than anything else, perhaps more substantial than anything else, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps, Trump's greatest achievement is his breaking the news cycle and recreating it to his liking.

"Trump fires inspectors general." That might be the biggest story of another administration. The most substantial action spanning four years. For Trump, it was another day at the office. Not even a day. IG's equal old news, move on an hour later. 

It is happening! It is finally happening! Searches for "bleach bit" are up and so is my mood. NGO's are falling like dominos and so too is my despair. It will only get better when Trump gets all of his appointments in place. 

This isn't Utopia, this is something much better. Keep it coming, Donald. Keep it coming.

God Reigns! Trump Rules!

Christmas in November! As we await the next Deep State countermove, we have to take some time to celebrate our collective efforts and our answered prayers.

Please enjoy our victory and, more importantly, our enemies' defeat. Schadenfreude might never again be so appropriate or taste so sweet. 

We win!

Election Prediction: Tomorrow's Election Will Not Determine The Fate Of Our Nation

 I read "The Fourth Turning" a few years back and since then I have listened to several Neil Howe interviews and other discussions on the subject that did not include Mr. Howe. At times, Howe clarified, other times he speculated, and other times he put a finer point on a pointed topic. 

I scratched the surface of other historical cycles, one being the lifespan of fiat currencies. If this pajama historian was more committed to academic rigor, he would be able to source all of his comments. I can't tell you where this number originates but I was told the average life of a fiat currency is 52 years. That sounds right. We might not be able to verify the number but we know that fiat currency always arrives with an expiration date. 

On August 15, 1971, President Nixon via executive order, ended the dollar convertibility to gold, securing a legacy of significance if not outright malevolence. All of history, all of the world, and all of life can be viewed through the lens of currency. The strength of currency does not determine everything but it influences everything. Everything.

Birth rates, literacy rates, the number of women in the workforce, the viability of organized religion,  short-term vs. long-term investment strategies, the likelihood of war, the pronounced skewing of income and wealth, national debt, the clout of the managerial class, the zeitgeist...all things shaped by the strength or weakness of a currency.

A lot of people are saying that 2024 is the most important election in history. No, that would be 2020. It was then that we learned that the deep state is deeper than we had imagined and that they are more vicious than we could imagine. It was a gut punch, a shock to witness a presidential election stolen in plain view. As stunning as the steal was, it did not prepare us for the follow-up mass censorship, mass cancellation, intimidation, harassment, lawfare, contrived litigation, and even incarceration inflicted upon those who investigated or reported or protested the steal. Oh and let's not forget the assassination attempts and the coordinated legal attacks directed against the unrepented denier-in-chief.

The deep state is brazen. Cheating has a way of escalating and even as the veil is lifted, the political thugs practice their craft for all to see. Just one example: when the voter rolls of a state or municipality exceed the adult population of a city or state, corruption has crept in. Dems are openly committing election fraud with no fear of consequence.

Had the deep state not stolen the 2020 election, would they be any worse off? Trump seemed to get played at every turn. Pence, Sessions, Barr, Wray. The shadow government had binders and binders of Quislings and shills and moles. So much for that business savvy that allowed DJT to look into a man's eye and read his character like Don Corleone. A second Trump term would have probably seen more administrative hobbling and we would be left to celebrate the professed effort more than the result. An echo of the Reagan years.

Leftists always overplay their hand. Why? Because they are Leftists. They will first try to inflate Harris's vote count and bury Trump votes. Should that fail they will disrupt the voting in Red areas. They will use every technique they used in 2020 and showcase some new tactics as well. 

 

I strongly believe that if we had an honest election, Trump would win in proportion to the size of crowds at their respective rallies. An epic landslide. A Red Tsunami. Sadly, clean elections are long ago and far away.

Should election theft fail, Judge Merchan will send Trump to jail to better facilitate assassination. And there will be other assassination attempts as well. There will be efforts to decertify the election. The tail might wag the dog. It will not be business as usual.

Civil strife is preceded by enhanced bureaucracy and unmanageable government debt which are preceded by a failed currency. We have those things by the boatload. To paraphrase Rudyard Lynch, we are in a doctor's waiting room anticipating test results, and who knows what else? These things only happen to people of other times and other places. Probability? Inevitability? Fate? 

Tomorrow's presidential election might not matter at all.

 

A COVID Story I Have Delayed Sharing

 "Bittersweet" does not quite capture the breadth of feeling. It was vaguely synchronistic. Yes, it was sad. Yes, it validated my perspective and made me feel a little bit proud. It is hard for me to explain the significance of the meeting and I might fall short in that effort. I found a new friend and the friendship lasted about an hour.

This writer does not ordinarily use his real name. I have not taken any measures to conceal my identity and a sleuth could reveal everything about me in seconds. It's not the sleuth that worries me. The nosy neighbor or the office politician is more concerning. In this story, I want to protect the identity of the Health Care Professional, hereafter referred to as HCP. We don't want to cause problems with HCP's coworkers or peers or superiors or subordinates or regulators. In protecting the identity of HCP, I am assigning the pronoun they and I have delayed telling this story so that Alice Kravitz will not be able to pinpoint the day in question. 

Let me briefly restate my recent history. In December 2021 I was terminated from a job I held for thirteen years because I resisted my employer's vaccination mandate. Prior to COVID, I was not a vax refusenik. I believed that vaccinations, like antibiotics and chlorinated drinking water, were twentieth-century marvels. Then we were hit with the Coronavirus. Every facet--every minute detail of that narrative--was bogus. It was presented by the Consensus Media with enhanced consensus.

I played along with the herd, standing six feet from humanity and constantly wearing a snot rag on my face. Being a homebody, I did not necessarily feel inconvenienced by the shelter-in-place orders. Working on the fringes of health care I was deemed an essential employee which meant that I could legally drive through the empty streets with a sense of ownership I had not known since the days following the Marathon bombing. In some ways, COVID was even better than April 2013 because the police, possibly reluctant to don mask and glove and exchange paper with a doomsday vector, allowed the scarce driver to move as fast as he pleased.

Historians might refer to this era as the golden age of horseshit. Lie stacked upon lie, stacked upon lie. Dissidents would be silenced. Heretics would be canceled. Doctors with sterling resumes would have their practices threatened. Careers would be wrecked. Businesses would close. Surfers would be jailed. Churches would be regulated in seating and singing and parking and handshaking. It wasn't the worst of times but it sure as shit wasn't the best of times either.

I declined the mandated vax. I lost my job. I landed on my feet. I paid a lawyer and was able to recover my unemployment benefits. I would continue to see healthcare professionals (HCP's). One appointment stands out.

HCP started the conversation by telling me how much they respected me for rejecting the COVID vaccination. HCP then informed me that they had enjoyed a lifetime of good health but that changed immediately after they received their prophylactic regimen. 

Here I have to explain that I used to work as a mental health counselor. For reasons that I partly understand and partly do not comprehend, people find me "approachable". Even away from the workplace, people sometimes share more information than I would expect them to. 

HCP provided a lot of personal health data and I can usually hold my own in shallow medical conversation. What I can tell you is that HCP was hit with multiple, possibly unrelated, health problems, some more serious than others. HCP is enduring a life-threatening complication. The prognosis is grim.

HCP ignored some professional standards by sharing this information with a patient. That does not bother me. I am honored that HCP would treat me as an equal. Under different circumstances, HCP's behavior might be viewed as inappropriate. Under these circumstances, I regard HCP's advice and support as noble and brave and a display of the heights of healthcare delivery.

HCP would enter into the record that they had advised me to get jabbed repeatedly, but privately HCP confirmed the wisdom of my decision. The focus of the visit returned to the patient and I can say that HCP performed to the standard. The ice had been broken and I was unusually quick to reveal details about myself  I might have otherwise abbreviated. We also discussed my own recent losses and concerns for my loved ones' emotional welfare, topics I always avoid.

We managed to discuss death and dying in an unusually relaxed and candid way. Not just mortal coil kinds of stuff but burial plot prices, tombstone prices, logistics...totally unexpected topics. When you share secrets, especially secrets regarding mortality, a bond can form. Instant friendship. Instantly old friends. HCP even ragged on me about inflating my current job title, something only an old friend or relative might do. It did not seem out of place.

I cannot tell you how often I have reflected on this meeting. The breadth and depth of feelings are difficult to summarize. Yes, I like to be right. Yes, I love to be right and I like confirmation that I am right, but on matters related to the vax, I want to be wrong! Tin foil hat kind of wrong, Flat Earth kind of wrong. NESARA/GESARA kind of wrong. My friends and relatives who got Pfizered or Modernaed outnumber the refuseniks by a factor of at least 20 to 1. Sometimes it sucks to be right.

I never again saw my instant friend, one of the best allies, colleagues, cohorts, and, buddies I have ever known. Health care professionals are stalked more frequently than most people and I would not want to set off any alarms. Also, private contact with a patient can land the HCP in trouble. I am concerned about HCP's welfare but frankly, it is none of my business.

I seem to have a talent for recruiting or attracting stellar treaters. This interaction was special. In an era when we can't trust most doctors anymore, HCP boldly delivered truth and candor. For that, I shall be forever grateful.

 

Fort Sumter?

This writer is thinking 12 thoughts at once and that is never good. He has no sense of comparison but he would describe his inner monolog as orderly and repetitive and repetitive. If his inner dialog (usually a monolog but now and then there is some Q and A) were a cable TV station it would be C-Span II or C-Span III. Today, it is a press conference staffed with hecklers.

There is no shock this time. Who did not expect an assassination attempt?

The consensus media were slow to respond to the story and then they all reported that Trump was rushed offstage after hearing "loud noises".

Was the Secret Service complicit?

Clif High predicted a mega-event (I can't speak his language so I use the term mega-event) on or around July 15. He also said the release language will continue for several months.

The power of prayer. I don't have reliable stats but, Trump is possibly the most prayed-for person in history. Out of the blue someone texted me an Amanda Grace video this past Tuesday that was mostly a prayer service for Trump and his family.

And his family...this writer's wife, upon learning of  Trump's close call, immediately voiced concern for the safety of Trump's family. 

Is this Fort Sumter? 

Happy Birthday, Bob!

 May 24, 2024, is Bob Dylan's eighty-third birthday.

I don't want to sound like an aged Boomer inflicting demographic imperialism on the rest of humanity one more time. This is a political blog and we try not to wander off the reservation too frequently.

Sticking to politics, I want to thank Bob profusely for many, many things especially his apolitical life. Too many artists and entertainers spew Leftist verbiage because they want to be stylish or because they happen to be idiot savants who know nothing about anything outside their polished craft.

I could name a dozen actors who I once admired and respected but who are now repulsive to me. Think Robert Deniro. "Taxi Driver", "The King of Comedy", "Good Fellas"...I can't even look at these masterpieces anymore. Deniro is a ruling class suck-up and his moronic comments taint his lifetime of work. He just had to go and ruin it for me.

Could there ever be a greater disconnect between a star's contrived persona and their true essence than what Bono has displayed? The compassionate, sensitive, Christian artist is also a World Economic Forum participant. Is a greater contrast between essence and affect possible?

Well yes, it is possible. Man of the people/blue collarish/Nebraska-folkie/if Pete Seeger-and-Bob Dylan-had-a-love-child, Bruce Springsteen seems to have topped them all. Witness his flying above all of us on Air Force One with America's first Soros-puppet president. Larry Sinclair did it better, Brucie. Oh and let's not forget the sweet time Brucie had with Barry and Tom Hanks and Richard Branson on Branson's private yacht. That was one exclusive circle-jerk. And I used to love your music. I used to think--get this--I used to think you were real.

I can't feel you anymore
I can't even touch the books you've read

That brings us back to Bob. Bob was on hand for Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. It is believed that that was Dylan's last protest of any kind. He sat out the peace marches and the no-nukes fad. Rush Limbaugh once ignorantly, ignorantly, ignorantly stated that Bob was "some kind of big environmentalist". Not publicly, he wasn't. Bob has been politically agnostic since at least the mid 60's. 

...Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull, I dreamed...

...Spouted out that liberty is just equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow...

...In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach...

Ah, but he was so much older then. We were to see another side of Bob Dylan that was no longer preachy, or sophomoric or even vaguely partisan. Interestingly, the same album that gave us "My Back Pages" also provided "It Ain't Me Babe", a song that could be read as a rejection of guru status. Bob kept things in perspective.

Thanks for not ruining the enjoyment of your life's work, Bob. Happy Birthday, friend.

Sometimes The Comments Are More Revealing Than The Video

I for one would rather have a gay president than a cokehead-in-chief. Something about mixing nuclear codes and crack pipes that seems a bit offsetting.

So, Tucker Carlson interviews Larry Sinclair and the comments overwhelmingly focus on Obama's sexuality. Did you catch the part about you know who hitting the pipe? Did you catch the part about who supplied the powder for his playmate? Did you catch the part about whose alleged gay lover was murdered?

A distant second commentary is "why would Tucker talk to that guy?" Maybe because that guy has been ignored, cancelled, defamed and abused for fifteen years. Goes back to this editor's rule of thumb: Show me a story that is suppressed, and I will show you a story that is probably true. Extreme measures were applied to silence Larry Sinclair. Therefore, his story is likely truthful.

Not many comments about the tragic slaying of Donald Young. That is unfortunate.

Conspicuously missing from the interview is the Biden factor. That too, is unfortunate.

Once more the news coverage--or lack thereof--is the big story, but that too is missed by the pundits and commentators. There is depth and to the Sinclair saga, but "Brokeback Obama" is the depth of the tweets.

Larry Sinclair, Tucker Carlson, And We, The Scattered Davids Armed With Pea Shooters

Errata: A previous version of this article erroneously stated that Larry Sinclair had not set foot in Delaware prior to his arrest in that state. The bogus charges brought by Attorney General Biden stem from a prior stay at a Delaware motel. Corrections made 9/7/2023.

1. Larry Sinclair might be the most underrated and underreported figure in US history.

2. Speculatively, I do not believe Obama would have chosen Joe Biden as his running mate in 2008 were it not for Larry Sinclair.

3. Had Biden never served as vice president, he would never have become president.

4. Had Biden never become president the US might not have blown up the Nord Stream pipeline, we might not be funding a proxy war in Ukraine, we might not have discussed the increased probability of nuclear war, we might not see a global de-dollarization movement, we might not experience runaway inflation, product shortages, and endure economic calamity on the home front. "Let's go Brandon" would not be part of the zeitgeist.

5. I am not entirely buying Tucker Carlson's newfound integrity, his midlife professional crisis, his great awakening or whatever he is now selling. Once a Foxhole, always a Foxhole. Thanks for coming to the party 15 YEARS too late, Mr. Moneybags Journalist!

6. The suppression of the Larry Sinclair story challenges the integrity of every Con, Inc. luminary, including Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and Mark Levin.

7. The Sinclair saga unmasked the news media as suppressors of truth. It would usher in an era where news media would attack independent voices rather than evaluate the legitimacy of their stories.

8. At this site, we posed the question "If Mitt Romney's choir director, who openly bragged about having sexual relations with Romney, was gunned down days before the launching of Mitt's presidential campaign, would the story make national news?" It's a rhetorical question. Kind of like asking do Black lives matter? Yes, Black lives do matter unless your name is Donald Young. Will Carlson "go there"?

An overview: In 2008, Larry Sinclair attempted to steal the national spotlight by declaring that he had twice performed oral sex on Barack Obama. More significantly, he reported that Obama smoked crack cocaine during each encounter.

The news media tried to ignore Sinclair. He would be dismissed as a Clinton dirty trick, sometimes referred to as "the Hillary guy." 

Suddenly, Larry Sinclair was removed from the public's view, He would be transported to Delaware to face charges that he previously defrauded a Rodeway Inn. These charges would later be dropped but coupled with the hijacking of Sinclair's websites as well as the instant discontinuance of his Social Security disability payments, the Hillary guy would be silenced until after the November election.

Despite his wrongful incarceration and further abuses, Larry Sinclair would write "Barack Obama & Larry Sinclair: Cocaine, Sex, Lies & Murder?" It would be the first Kindle purchase and I have to say, it did not disappoint. In 15 years of media shunning and harassments innumerable, Sinclair has not changed his tune.

Here, I speculate a little bit. Why did Barack Obama select Joe Biden as his running mate? With a name like Barack Hussein Obama, the Dems wanted a mainstream white person to "balance the ticket." Hillary or Gore would have wrecked Obama's food-taster budget. Bill Richardson might have been a little too ethnic and Joe Lieberman was a little too tribe. Why not John Kerry? Or John Edwards? Why not some 40-year-old who would be well-groomed and well-recognized for 2016? Why Joe Biden?

Joe Biden performed terribly in his presidential primary efforts because he was not popular or particularly likable. Journalists who like the word "charisma" left it on the shelf when discussing Joe. Biden's intellect was not respected by his fellow senators. But Biden was a team player. And yes, Biden played ball.

In 2008, Joe Biden's late son, Beau, served as Attorney General for the state of Delaware. Would the Biden Family fabricate charges against an innocent man to silence him until after the election? Would the Bidens engage in brazen criminal recklessness to ultimately rig a presidential election? Is that how Joe Biden muscled his way onto the ticket?

Could I prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the Bidens conspired to illegally incarcerate an innocent man? I couldn't. Could I present a preponderance of evidence that would suggest that Joe Biden had used Stasi tactics to unlawfully jail a political dissident and help rig a presidential election, all for the price of becoming the Democrat vice-presidential nominee? It has already been done.

When Larry Sinclair needed a lifeline, Republican stalwarts and Conservative icons dutifully tossed him their bricks. We, the scattered Davids armed with pea shooters would be effortlessly ignored by the army of Goliaths. Larry Sinclair deserved better treatment than we could provide. Maybe, just maybe, the upcoming Carlson interview will provide a morsel of justice for this wrongly persecuted man. We can dream, can't we?

How and why did Reason.com morph into Ruling Class sycophants?

How and why did Reason.com morph into Ruling Class sycophants?

Has "Reason" Surrendered its Brand?

If you know the answers to these questions, please clue me in. 

Strange things happen when one becomes a proper noun. There are vast differences between republican and Republican, democrat and Democrat, conservative and Conservative. Likewise, nouns and adjectives play under a separate set of rules. We bear witness to a Democratic Party whose raison d'être is rigging elections.

Whereas the Libertarians might not be as blatantly antithetical to their moniker as the Democrats, they are not what they used to be. This writer realizes the oxymoronic "establishment libertarians" have charted a different course in recent years, but he has not educated himself on the details.

Let's narrow our focus to Reason.com. "Reason" magazine was started in 1968. The Reason Foundation was founded in 1978. Unlike other magazines and other foundations, Reason transitioned and flourished on the Internet. Reason.com.

Checking in with Reason from time to time is like tuning into the History Channel after taking a Rip Van Winkle nap. The history has been replaced by pawn shop merchants, trash pickers and aliens. Yes, we can get glimpses and gleanings of history through antique and collectibles speculation but what happened to Genghis Khan? 

Reason.com is as unconditionally anti-Trump as the mainstream media. They don't seem particularly sympathetic to victims of illegal alien violence. Likewise, they don't shed many tears for children who are groomed and conned and castrated. Reason.com is allergic to discussions of election fraud because they "believe in the rule of law". 

Most disturbingly, Reason.com routinely attacks the designated enemies of the orthodox press. Trump, DeSantis and now Robert Kennedy Jr., have found themselves the target of a caged monkey tossing his droppings at passersby. Given the polarity of the times, hit pieces are also not what they used to be, and it might be preferential to be struck by Reason scat than by the emanations of an 800-pound gorilla. The action says more about the monkey than the sidestepping mark.

Reason.com posted "RFK Jr.'s long con" on YouTube. 

Shortly thereafter, Tom Woods penned Respectable Libertarians Attack RFK and it was reposted at lewrockwell.com. 

Reason itself interviewed RFK maybe two weeks ago and asked him about some of the very issues Wolfe raises in her video from yesterday, but the Wolfe video either ignores his responses or (in one case) actually misrepresents them.

RFK, she says, “frequently implies that the establishment is corrupt at best, evil at worst.”

Oh, no! How can he say such a thing about our beloved Jerome Powell, Nancy Pelosi, and Lindsey Graham!...

Then this: “He wildly extrapolates from little grains of truth” — and as these words are being uttered, his excellent book The Real Anthony Fauci appears on screen.

We encourage you to watch the entire video. The upshot is that RFK Jr., this establishment prince, has betrayed his tribe. Point taken. 

Now, let's return to the simian casting feculence. When and why did Reason.com start parroting legacy media? When and why did they start pledging allegiance to the establishment? How and why did Reason.com morph into Ruling Class sycophants?

 

Killing Occluded Information Links

Clickbait comes in many forms. Usually, it involves a deceptive or sensationalized link. Think of the old days when people physically shopped at grocery stores. The checkout line would offer "National Enquirer" "Weekly World News" or other publications featuring attention-grabbing headlines that often did not match with the embedded story.

The tabloids were notorious for their blunderbuss headlines. When you sell your product from a newsstand or vending machine you have to get the passersby's attention. Sometimes the article lived up to its billing and sometimes it fell short. The paying customer was okay with the pocket change risk.  Ask Rupert Murdoch about this marketing scheme and the conversation might rapidly transition to his family's vast fortunes. 

Seductive, sensational, and bogus headlines found greener pastures on the Internet, and it remains an endless summer. Let's sidestep the "I am shocked, shocked I tell you" phase and accept for now that deception is part of the terrain. Let's move on to a more obnoxious form of clickbait.

I hate occluded clickbait. That is, I hate titles like "Hollywood Reacts to beloved star's Death." The editor has intentionally withheld the star's identity to prompt you to click on the link. What is irritating about this ploy is that the site has already captured your attention but now the webmeister intends to maximize your onsite clicks. They are slowing down your consumption of information to improve their standing with search engines. That is rude and insulting.

This writer is especially hostile to slide shows. Slide shows disrupt the flow of information. Material that might take seconds to scan and possibly dismiss just as quickly becomes an ordeal. The slides are arranged in such a way as to maximize clicks. A scroll down a long article would probably yield one site-based click. Arranged into a slideshow, the site can record dozens and dozens of coins in this digital currency.

Imagine a restaurant where the waiter's compensation is based on the number of trips to your table. Instead of serving the entree and leaving, the waiter has divided your burger and fries into 30 equal-sized portions. Want another bite? Just summon the waiter. 

You just wanted a quick lunch and then get back to work. Now, the afternoon is dragging on and you only tested a third of your food. Yes, the waiter is prompt and only a few times did he add a commercial message before delivering the next morsel but your time is limited. 

You consider voicing your concerns to management, but you know the deal. Management supports the paid incremental service because it satisfies the search engine gods.  Without search engine grace, no one will even know of the bistro's existence. The best way to satisfy the gods is to increase the number of "internal links".  Rather than expand into desserts or takeouts or new product lines, management has chosen to prolong your dining experience. Waiter happy. Boss happy. Search gods happy. If you are an idiot, you might also be happy.

Slideshows are an elevated form of obnoxious. Occluded Information Links (OIL) are almost as bad. Yes, we expect this sort of thing from msn. We don't expect it from Daily Caller.  

The following links are all from today's Daily Caller home page.

ESPN Laid Off Female Host Days Before Her Wedding To NBA Player

If the female host (you mean hostess?) was famous enough to be mentioned in your article, should she not be mentioned by name? Same for the "NBA Player"?

 

From the same page: 

 

Former Member Of Popular Band Says He Wasn't Credited For His Contributions

We were nice enough to visit your site, and this is how you extend your gratitude? I submit that this is more than a personal annoyance. This shows disrespect for the reader and disrespects the information as well. Truth might not be assaulted but it is certainly insulted. 

 

Back to the NBA, also from the same page: 

 

The Plot Thickens! NBA Star Makes Cryptic Moves, Adding Speculation That Elite Talent Is Headed To Iconic Franchise

Speaking of cryptic moves, Daily Caller is hiding the info once more.

 

The unimpeded flow of truthful information is an ongoing struggle. Today's chosen battle is the shunning of Daily Caller. We will still link to them if someone else points us to one of their articles, but why, oh why, would we ever again visit their homepage?

 

Bye-bye  DC.

What Is A Celebrity?

Who said a celebrity is someone who is famous for being famous?

According to Bing:

The term originates from an analysis of the media-dominated world called The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America (1961), by historian and social theorist Daniel J. Boorstin. In it, he defined the celebrity as "a person who is known for his well-knownness".

Hmmm.

Circa 1976, when most American homes still only had access to three or four channels, and the fuse was still burning on what would be a cable explosion, Dick Cavett mused aloud at the dilution of fame. He had watched a recent version of a delightfully wacky game show called "Celebrity Sweepstakes" that featured six--what else?--celebrities. Cavett stated that he could only identify one or two of the acclaimed celebrities while reminding the audience, "...and I'm in the business."

Then we had cable TV and The Internet and more Internet and YouTube and Twitter and even more social media. The celebrity concept seemed to change with each technological advance. An evolving paradigm, if you will. 

Predictably, the species has grown to Malthusian proportions. The numbers swell with the absence of anything resembling excommunication or retirement. There are no ex-celebrities. In 1969, Pope Paul VI removed over two dozen saints from the canonical roster of holy people. Recently, we have seen monument toppling, renaming of institutions, and even disinterment of fallen soldiers. Cancel culture has not struck celebrityship. Even if you are the third banana in a short run sitcom that ceased production several decades ago, you are still in the club. Once a celebrity, always a celebrity.

With that in mind, let me direct your attention to GLAAD's recent call for censorship.

Let us put the content of the letter on the proverbial back burner and examine the celebrity signatories. Get ready to scroll.

Abby Wambach
Adam Eli
Aitch Alberto
AJ Shively
Alan Cumming
Alejandra Caraballo
Alejandra Ghersi
Alex Clark
Alexandra Gutierrez
Alisa Ramirez
Allie Leonard
Allison Goldfrapp
ALOK Vaid-Menon
Alyssa May Gold
Alyssa Milano
Amber Ruffin
Amber Tamblyn
Amy Schumer
Amy Landecker
Andrew Polk
Angelica Ross
Annaleigh Ashford
Antoni Porowski
Aparna Brielle
Arden Myrin
Arewa Basit
Ariana DeBose
Ariana Grande
Arisce Wanzer
Avan Jogia
Barbie Ferreira
Bebe Rexha
Bella Ramsey
Ben Barnes
Benito Skinner
Benj Pasek
Bethany Cosentino
Bethany Leavel
Billy Eichner
Billy Porter
Bob the Drag Queen
Bobby Berk
Bonnie Milligan
Brad Oscar
Bradley Whitford
Brandi Carlile
Brandon Matthews
Brendan Hines
Bretman Rock
Brian Smith
Brigette Lundy-Paine
Brittany Tomlinson
Busy Philipps
Caesar Samoya
Camila Cabello
Camille A Brown
Cara Delevingne
Chani Nicholas
Chella Man
Chelsea Handler
Cheyenne Jackson
Chris Perfetti
Christa Miller
Cleo Wade
Colton Haynes
Corey Jantzen
Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia McWilliams
Cynthia Nixon
Cyrus Veyssi
D’Arcy Carden
Dakota Fanning
Dan Levy
Darren Criss
David Shatraw
David Oulton
Debra Messing
Deepica Mutyala
Demi Lovato
Des McAnuff
Devery Jacobs
Diana Maria Riva
Diane Guerrero
Diipa Buller-Khosla
Dylan Mulvaney
Ed Droste
Eddie Ndopu
EJ Marcus
Elegance Bratton
Eliot Rahal
Elle Fanning
Elliot Page
Emily Hampshire
Emily V. Gordon
Emma Hunton
Erin Reed
Estefania Pessoa
FLETCHER
Freddy Thomas
Gabrielle Union-Wade
Gigi Gorgeous
Glennon Doyle
Gottmik
Grace Kuhlenschmidt
Griffin Dunne
Haley Baldwin Bieber
Hannah Gadsby
Harry Lambert
Hayley Kiyoko
Hilary Montez
Ilana Glazer
Indya Moore
Isaac Mizrahi
Jackie Bazan
Jacob Tierney
Jai Rodriguez
Jameela Jamil
James Blake
James Scully
Jaymes Vaughan
Jamie Lee Curtis
Janaya Khan
Janelle Monáe
Janet Hubert
Jazz Jennings
Jeannie Mae-Jeninks
Jenna Lyons
Jennifer Kerr
Jeremy Fall
Jessica Betts
Jillian Mercado
Jinkx Monsoon
Joe DiPietro
Jonathan Van Ness
Jonathan Bennett
Jonny Pierce
Jordan Stenmark
Jordan Firstman
Jordan Roth
JP Saxe
Judd Apatow
Justin Baldoni
Justin Tranter
Kal Penn
Kamar de los Reyes
Karamo Brown
Kate Reinders
Katherine LaNasa
Kathryn Grody
Kellie Overbey
Kelly Devine
Kendrick Sampson
Kevin Harrington
Kevin Cahoon
Ki Griffin
Kimber Elayne Sprawl
Kimberly Drew
Kristin Chenoweth
Lachlan Watson
Laith De La Cruz
Laura Terruso
Lauren Jauregui
Laverne Cox
Lena Dunham
Lena Waithe
Lena Hall
Lilly Singh
Lily Rabe
Liv Hewson
Liza Koshy
Lola Tung
Lorin Latarro
Lovell Adams-Gray
Lucky Bromhead
Mae Martin
Mae Whitman
Maggie Boccella
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Mandy Patinkin
Marc Jacobs
Marc Kudisch
Marieme Diop
Martha Plimpton
Matt Bernstein
Matt McGorry
Matt Walton
Medalion Rahimi
Meena Harris
Megan Crabbe
Michael D. Cohen
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Michelle Buteau
Midori Francis
Miriam Silverman
Moj Mahdara
Molly Bernard
Mona Chalabi
Montego Glover
Munroe Bergdorf
Nate Wonder
Nats Getty
Neila Karassik
Nicholas Ferroni
Nico Carney
Nico Santos
Nico Tortorella
Nicole Maines
Niecy Nash-Betts
Nik Dodani
Ocean Vuong
Olly Alexander
Our Lady J
Padma Lakshmi
Patrick Stewart
Patti LuPone
Peppermint
Phillip Picardi
Phoebe Robinson
Poorna Jagannathan
Rachel Cargle
Rafael Silva
Ramy Youssef
Randy Shulman
Raquel Willis
Richa Moorjani
Rob Holysz
Robert Horn
Rory Dahl
Rosario Dawson
Rupi Kaur
Sam Smith
Sander Jennings
Sandy Rustin
Sara Bareilles
Sara Ramirez
Sarah Ramos
Sasha Velour
Scott Turner Schofield
Shawn Mendes
Shea Couleé
Shea Diamond
Sherri Saum
Sinead Burke
Solomon Hughes
Stephen Kunken
Susie Park
T. Oliver Reid
Taika Waititi
Tan France
Tatiana Maslany
Tess Holliday
Tiffany Namtu
Tommy Dorfman
Tracee Ellis Ross
Travis Alabanza
Tunde Adebimpe
Vivek Shraya
Wanda Sykes
Warren Carlyle
Wayne Cilento
Wilson Cruz
Yves Mathieu East
Zoë Chao
Zooey Deschanel

Without consulting IMDB, how many of these names do you recognize?

I could identify 6 of these by name and the name produces a picture in my mind. 

I could list a show or movie associated with 5 of the listed. 

There are about a dozen names that are familiar but do not bring trigger any mental  association.

I am not trying to be intentionally daft and granted, I do not consume pop culture as ravenously as I did years (decades actually) ago. Still, I could identify more YouTubers or Civil War generals or past winners of the Indianapolis 500 than I can name from this list. 

How many can you identify?