tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post7509729419227302281..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: GaslightingAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-38484905517769371082022-08-07T15:00:13.737-05:002022-08-07T15:00:13.737-05:00That's the prime feature of the gaslighting pr...That's the prime feature of the <a href="https://pjmedia.com/columns/chris-queen/2022/08/06/gaslighting-how-the-mainstream-media-tries-to-drive-you-to-the-left-n1618882" rel="nofollow">gaslighting process</a>, sf. You can't sell sh*t w/o the accompanying stink.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-72600010126178522672022-08-03T15:07:23.766-05:002022-08-03T15:07:23.766-05:00Sounds like an adventure! I love living room camp...Sounds like an adventure! I love living room camping! ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-442378230677219522022-08-03T10:52:03.744-05:002022-08-03T10:52:03.744-05:00The historic democrat bills are crammed full of po...The historic democrat bills are crammed full of pork and corporate welfare.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-72077755549167584582022-08-03T10:51:14.956-05:002022-08-03T10:51:14.956-05:00I see that your logic is still challenged. You hav...I see that your logic is still challenged. You have just brought up a completely different subject than what we were discussing.<br /><br />Corporate welfare? I am against it. Democrats apparently are not, their bills that are going to give Joe Biden his historic win or Graham full of corporate welfareSilverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52583077799789419622022-08-03T09:39:29.756-05:002022-08-03T09:39:29.756-05:00This is something I pointed out with GWB's tax...This is something I pointed out with GWB's tax cuts and Trump's tax scam- that these failed trickle down policies don't work AND, once these failed policies are corrected, the wealthy isn't just gonna roll over but would pass it on.<br /><br />The more wealthy corporations bleed from us in corporate welfare, the more it will cost us when and if we stop it.<br /><br />I know you want it both ways but GOP plutocratic policies have really screwed things up.RJWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-86185370886274898402022-08-03T09:00:28.603-05:002022-08-03T09:00:28.603-05:00Ronald, you have some logic problems, causing you ...Ronald, you have some logic problems, causing you to make bad inferences. Let me help you out<br /><br />First, I will agree with you on the GOP and Wall Street journal observation that this breaks the tax pledge. It does not, because it is not a tax. We agree on that<br /><br />Having said that, it is well established economic tenant that businesses pass their taxes onto the consumer. That is just how it works. Businesses are after all, in business to make money, a profit.<br /><br />Lastly, making the previous two observations, does not advocate for or argue against taxing corporations.<br /><br />That is your lesson in logic for the day. No need to thank me<br />Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-83862655391832178172022-08-03T08:38:09.765-05:002022-08-03T08:38:09.765-05:00“Does anyone with an IQ over 80 really think corpo...“Does anyone with an IQ over 80 really think corporations are going to just eat the feel-good 15% minimum tax on corporations?”<br /><br />So much for chastising a media of ‘’ No analysis, no criticism, no debate, just all propaganda all the time”.<br /><br />Let’s review the week of your instructed logic on this reverse trickle down gaslighting, that a taxation on the wealthy is a taxation on everyone.<br /><br />Republicans take to Twitter using this point with “Democrats want to raise taxes on almost every American.”<br /><br />Gaslighting machine Wall Street Journal echos “This gives the lie to Democratic claims that no one earning under $400,000 will pay more taxes under the bill, a promise Mr. Biden also made in his campaign. The reality is that the Schumer-Manchin bill is a tax increase on nearly every American.” And of course, Fox News joins goes full throttle.<br /><br />By your instructed logic, wealthy corporations and billionaires should pay nothing at all because that would be a taxation for the working class. By your instructed logic, reigning in corporate welfare, closing loopholes, and going after corporate tax cheats is a Biden tax.<br /><br /><br />RJWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-30172391317105187512022-08-03T07:55:46.430-05:002022-08-03T07:55:46.430-05:00Why I haven't been participating much in this ...Why I haven't been participating much in this thread....<br /><br />A rough couple of days here. Electrical outage following <b>major</b> and unusually-destructive thunderstorms Monday evening. This house came with a wired-in generator, so we were able to save all the freezer items, make morning coffee, operate the garage door, have AC. We ran the generator for only a few hours at a time: the generator is gasoline-powered and a big-time fuel hog (1/2 of the generator's fuel gobbled down in only three hours). <br /><br />That one night without power -- Monday night -- was hugely disruptive: Warren's dog Smokie wasn't satisfied until ALL of us, dogs and humans, were rounded up and sleeping in the living room. The only one in the room to get any rest was my hard-of-hearing dog Callie. Storms never bother her.<br /><br />Everything is back on this morning. The internet service here is intermittent, however. And I have a lot of catching up to do -- both virtual and real life.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-81579544396343341702022-08-02T20:36:25.652-05:002022-08-02T20:36:25.652-05:00Does anyone with an IQ over 80 really think corpor...<i>Does anyone with an IQ over 80 really think corporations are going to just eat the feel-good 15% minimum tax on corporations?</i><br /><br />And...hell no. Just like they aren't going to eat any wild increase on the "minimum wage"...which the Constitution seems to be silent on setting the value of labor....CIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261660740601698500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-49348308178741860362022-08-02T20:31:11.195-05:002022-08-02T20:31:11.195-05:00Doesn't matter who.
I get that, from your per...<i>Doesn't matter who.</i><br /><br />I get that, from your perspective. But for the larger audience, who are quick on the trigger to dime out any Democrat......piss on 'em. Own those 11 votes as party members/supporters. CIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261660740601698500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-24882362536771615092022-08-02T19:46:21.942-05:002022-08-02T19:46:21.942-05:00Does anyone with an IQ over 80 really think corpor...Does anyone with an IQ over 80 really think corporations are going to just eat the feel-good 15% minimum tax on corporations?<br /><br />Corporations do not pay taxes. The just pass them along to consumers. Congress will raise the price of everything with this bill.<br /><br />But on the positive side, green energy scammers will really lap up billion$ government subsidies.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-38376873335108588152022-08-02T19:34:03.994-05:002022-08-02T19:34:03.994-05:00Doesn't matter who. I've pretty much come...Doesn't matter who. I've pretty much come to view all politicians of all parties, with a few exceptions, and one lumpen blob of excrement.<br /> <br />At least the Democrats have the reality-defying balls to call their inflationary pork bill the "Anti-Inflation Act." Gotta admire their cunning exploitation of voter ignorance.<br /><br />I also admire how they are pumping more billion$ in order to make the "Affordable Care Act" actually affordable... for people making up to 4X the poverty rate.<br /><br />The Reason Roundtable podcast roasts it all pretty good<br /><br />https://reason.com/podcast/2022/08/01/does-the-democrats-new-inflation-bill-have-anything-to-do-with-inflation/Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-4495361978753695932022-08-02T19:20:30.721-05:002022-08-02T19:20:30.721-05:00The bills seems to have just passed, with 11 GOP n...The bills seems to have just passed, with 11 GOP no votes (Crapo, Lankford, Lee, Lummis, Paul, Risch, Romney, Shelby, Tillis, Toomey, Tuberville)CIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261660740601698500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10430859868287358862022-08-02T18:49:05.638-05:002022-08-02T18:49:05.638-05:00I am so sick of the gaslighting going on and on an...I am so sick of the gaslighting going on and on and on. It is worse than anything I have ever known, worse than a chronic illness. It is sick! And I cannot stand it the fire so I am getting out. Full Stop!Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845520038316676855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-60766817145286571222022-08-02T18:32:41.956-05:002022-08-02T18:32:41.956-05:00Apologies for off-topic, but the burn pit bill wil...Apologies for off-topic, but the burn pit bill will come up for a vote tonite or tomorrow in the Senate, and Republicans are voting for it, after their amendments are defeated.<br /><br />In other words, all this fuss and bother for nothing, and they still have not explained in plain English--using the text of the bill--what the hell they were objecting to.<br /><br />I was arguing to give them a chance, and I was wrong. Repubelicons are shitbagsSilverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-34614152260815651692022-08-02T16:13:10.732-05:002022-08-02T16:13:10.732-05:00:)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlhLwk9PoGca_dLWrFBmUEilWaGR4ETesSjrGT9nISpfXHurgvltJkVUrCnhPlzJSQNGA9vu6-nLRP7c3rXM5xj-wIJv9ypsFFb24oTaMDvOYDJqCQmyIZUUr_YoWfFnK-p5wa9D51QaM-ybpUKZ8QcXKs-w4JKjI1DCy7YZRZeBVtvNaz_4WXceQ/s784/16.png" rel="nofollow">:)</a>-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-80123055999900419492022-08-02T16:10:06.494-05:002022-08-02T16:10:06.494-05:00^^Gasbag w/busted regulator^^^^Gasbag w/busted regulator^^-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-82515069695020045162022-08-02T15:40:09.569-05:002022-08-02T15:40:09.569-05:00
Our Country won’t be United until.
1. Trump must ...<br />Our Country won’t be United until.<br />1. Trump must be indicted and convicted.<br />2. Massive voter turnout to assure the Republicans lose seats in 2022.<br />3. Massive voter turnout in 2024 to assure Democratic control of Congress and the White House.<br /><br />Then we can talk about expanding the Supreme Court, enforcing a code of ethics, and impeaching the corrupt perjurers and insurrectionist Justices.<br /><br />Even after jumping these hurdles, we must never forget the threat of fascism is always lurking in our radicalized Right. <br /><br />Trump just emboldened them to come out of the woodwork.<br /><br />Americans need to understand the struggle against fascism will never end, because its racist authoritarian roots run deep in our culture.<br /><br />We defeated General Lee, but the racism and treason of the Confederacy are still among us.<br /><br />We defeated Hitler and Mussolini, but Nazis and fascism are still among us only now they are called Republicans Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-92077681006242538592022-08-02T15:14:11.955-05:002022-08-02T15:14:11.955-05:00btw - If there's no "recession", I w...btw - If there's no "recession", I wonder what happened to those 670,000 job openings that <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm" rel="nofollow">disappeared out of the BLS report</a> last week. Producers discouraged by the lack of currently hirable people, maybe?-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-77163247125270926202022-08-02T13:21:41.271-05:002022-08-02T13:21:41.271-05:00With the destruction of history, contemporary even...<i>With the destruction of history, contemporary events themselves retreat into a remote and fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations and untenable reasoning.</i><br /><br /> -Guy Debord (1931-1994)Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-35867270266437787622022-08-02T12:49:53.095-05:002022-08-02T12:49:53.095-05:00I wonder how long it will take the MSM to "re...I wonder how long it will take the MSM to "recuperate" Trumpism.<br /><br />from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacle_(critical_theory)#:~:text=Recuperation%2C%20a%20concept%20first%20proposed%20by%20Guy%20Debord%2C,any%20subversive%20works%20or%20ideas%20by%20mainstream%20media" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a><br /><br /><i>Features and aspects of the Spectacle<br /><br /><b>Recuperation</b><br />Main article: Recuperation (politics)<br />As early as 1958, in the situationist manifesto, Debord described official culture as a "rigged game", where conservative powers <b>forbid subversive ideas to have direct access to the public discourse. Such ideas get first trivialized and sterilized, and then they are safely incorporated back within mainstream society, where they can be exploited to add new flavors to old dominant ideas.[14] This technique of the spectacle is sometimes called recuperation.[15]</b><br /><br />To survive, the spectacle must maintain social control and effectively handle all threats to the social order. Recuperation, a concept first proposed by Guy Debord,[15] is the process by which the spectacle intercepts socially and politically radical ideas and images, commodifies them, and safely incorporates them back within mainstream society.[15] More broadly, it may refer to the appropriation or co-opting of any subversive works or ideas by mainstream media. It is the opposite of détournement, in which conventional ideas and images are reorganized and recontextualized with radical intentions.[15]<br /><br />Debord discusses the close link between revolution and culture and everyday life, and the reason why conservative powers are interested in forbidding them "any direct access to the rigged game of official culture." Debord recalls that worldwide revolutionary movements that emerged during the 1920s were followed by "an ebbing of the movements that had tried to advance a liberatory new attitude in culture and everyday life," and that such movements were brought to a "complete social isolation."[16]</i>Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-15010885858707688492022-08-02T12:11:56.074-05:002022-08-02T12:11:56.074-05:00Much as the DNC is corporate Capitalism's and ...Much as the DNC is corporate Capitalism's and the UniParty's "party of <a href="https://youtu.be/7ucF2IeJTfE" rel="nofollow">recuperation</a>", hence earning the title of "Gaslighter's Supreme"!Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-14411228511147108452022-08-02T11:49:31.793-05:002022-08-02T11:49:31.793-05:00C l,. I don't know what point you're tryi...C l,. I don't know what point you're trying to make. The only point I am trying to make is that I want an honest press, that examines everything, and questions everything, regardless of where it comes from, or which party.<br /><br />Trump and the media were locked in some kind of horrible pornographic love-hate mutually beneficial sweaty and brace. They made each other and they benefited off of each other.<br /><br />Trump is an unhinged blowhard, so I mostly blame the press. I've said it many times, and I'll say it again. If the press had played Trump straight up instead of getting down into the mud with him, they're reporting would have been much more effective, and he probably would have gone down in flames sooner<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-32911992550085059602022-08-02T10:34:03.567-05:002022-08-02T10:34:03.567-05:00It's called the culture industry.It's called the <a href="https://youtu.be/J_qm4DtPQMM" rel="nofollow">culture industry</a>.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-68105657633901437062022-08-02T09:00:30.413-05:002022-08-02T09:00:30.413-05:00...but then, selling gaslight for ad revenue is th......but then, selling gaslight for ad revenue is their very function in our hypernormalised hyper-reality.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.com