Thanks for this Punditman! I don't know what role if any right wing magic or satanic rituals may play in putting this completely crazy madman in power. However, I know that the foolish US/Israeli attack on Iran has raised the price of oil and gas, fertilizer, helium and many other essential elements of supply for industry and agriculture, all of which is likely to accelerated already existing stagflation in most finance capitalist countries into recession and potentially depression. And now, if Iran doesn't back down within less than 48 hours (and it won't) Trump is threatening to bomb Iran into the stone age. "All hell will break loose!" Though it is not yet known for sure, many believe that Trump started this war both because of pressure from Netanyahu who has lobbied for an American attack on Iran for many years and in order to “change the channel” from the Epstein files which increasingly were revealing that Trump had been illegally involved with underage girls provided to him by Jeffrey Epstein. The fact that Trump was well known to his friend Epstein’s paramour, Gislaine Maxwell, the daughter of a known Mossad agent, it is quite possible that Mossad holds information about Trump’s connections with underage girls which would be explosive for Trump were they to be known. Netanyahu may have been using this Mossad information against Trump. Of course, if this were the reason for starting an unwinnable war with Iran, it in turn would be wholly reprehensible and could lead to Trump’s impeachment or worse. Considering his initial objective of creating regime change in Iran through decapitation of Iranian leaders which some say Trump expected to see happening within three or four days of those decapitations, this can only be seen as foolhardy to the maximum degree.
One (of many!) problems with the Democratic Party is that its messaging is chronically fragmented. For decades now, polling has been good enough to segment the voters by issue – Group 1 is focused on health care, Group 2 on alternative energy, Group 3 on education, etc. Former California Gov. Jerry Brown was pointing out 30 years ago that this allows candidates to build a majority based on segmented issues, but that can leave the officeholder with no clear mandate for governance. The campaign consultants in the US are paid on a model that allows them to take a cut of campaign media buys. And focusing on advertising for a variety of more narrow issues brings them more money than relying on broad campaign narratives because it requires making many more ads.
Trump in his own way managed to establish a broad narrative which basically was “I’m going to burn everything down and give you a non-stop reality-TV show while doing it.” The Democrats have to get much better about building a broad, distinct narrative while dramatizing it by highlighting specific issues and visibly fighting against Republican nonsense and crimes. The Dem Congressional leadership is stuck in 1980s calculations in which the Democrats had to try to compete in more conservative Southern and Midwestern states by trying to cobble together positions that would sound “centrist.” While the Republicans have spent over 30 years focusing on howling at the moon to the point that Trump’s mobster schtick became a winning brand.
Maybe Punditman's best ever. I do believe that the US government shutdown last fall might be an example of what you are suggesting. For nearly two months it controlled the message in the states and had Republicans in Congress and the White House struggling to find a counter message. From my standpoint they never did.
Rather, capitulation came in the form of half a dozen Democrats complaining that the rest of the party was being mean and not accomplishing anything. They voted with the Republicans to call off the first revolt that had Trump and his sycophants flummoxed. We briefly had the Magick and then gave it away. I truly believe that Republicans, for the first time in 2.0, were on the verge of compromise.
Thanks for this Punditman! I don't know what role if any right wing magic or satanic rituals may play in putting this completely crazy madman in power. However, I know that the foolish US/Israeli attack on Iran has raised the price of oil and gas, fertilizer, helium and many other essential elements of supply for industry and agriculture, all of which is likely to accelerated already existing stagflation in most finance capitalist countries into recession and potentially depression. And now, if Iran doesn't back down within less than 48 hours (and it won't) Trump is threatening to bomb Iran into the stone age. "All hell will break loose!" Though it is not yet known for sure, many believe that Trump started this war both because of pressure from Netanyahu who has lobbied for an American attack on Iran for many years and in order to “change the channel” from the Epstein files which increasingly were revealing that Trump had been illegally involved with underage girls provided to him by Jeffrey Epstein. The fact that Trump was well known to his friend Epstein’s paramour, Gislaine Maxwell, the daughter of a known Mossad agent, it is quite possible that Mossad holds information about Trump’s connections with underage girls which would be explosive for Trump were they to be known. Netanyahu may have been using this Mossad information against Trump. Of course, if this were the reason for starting an unwinnable war with Iran, it in turn would be wholly reprehensible and could lead to Trump’s impeachment or worse. Considering his initial objective of creating regime change in Iran through decapitation of Iranian leaders which some say Trump expected to see happening within three or four days of those decapitations, this can only be seen as foolhardy to the maximum degree.
Much to ponder. Might our dilemma be that we, for and by the people challenges powers of capitalist interests?
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing that insight and the conversation about the magick aspect of it.
One (of many!) problems with the Democratic Party is that its messaging is chronically fragmented. For decades now, polling has been good enough to segment the voters by issue – Group 1 is focused on health care, Group 2 on alternative energy, Group 3 on education, etc. Former California Gov. Jerry Brown was pointing out 30 years ago that this allows candidates to build a majority based on segmented issues, but that can leave the officeholder with no clear mandate for governance. The campaign consultants in the US are paid on a model that allows them to take a cut of campaign media buys. And focusing on advertising for a variety of more narrow issues brings them more money than relying on broad campaign narratives because it requires making many more ads.
Trump in his own way managed to establish a broad narrative which basically was “I’m going to burn everything down and give you a non-stop reality-TV show while doing it.” The Democrats have to get much better about building a broad, distinct narrative while dramatizing it by highlighting specific issues and visibly fighting against Republican nonsense and crimes. The Dem Congressional leadership is stuck in 1980s calculations in which the Democrats had to try to compete in more conservative Southern and Midwestern states by trying to cobble together positions that would sound “centrist.” While the Republicans have spent over 30 years focusing on howling at the moon to the point that Trump’s mobster schtick became a winning brand.
Maybe Punditman's best ever. I do believe that the US government shutdown last fall might be an example of what you are suggesting. For nearly two months it controlled the message in the states and had Republicans in Congress and the White House struggling to find a counter message. From my standpoint they never did.
Rather, capitulation came in the form of half a dozen Democrats complaining that the rest of the party was being mean and not accomplishing anything. They voted with the Republicans to call off the first revolt that had Trump and his sycophants flummoxed. We briefly had the Magick and then gave it away. I truly believe that Republicans, for the first time in 2.0, were on the verge of compromise.