Coming soon to your city? The Hock Ptui victory tour!

In what country does the loser of an election get to do a victory lap? Why, in the Excited States of America, of course. Better believe it folks. Yesterday on "X", Kamela Harris (aka Worst. Candidate. Ever.) announced that she was going to visit herself on 106 US cities (and one in the 51st state) to promote her new book, 107 Days. 

In the announcement, the fragrant Ms Harris (aka Hock Ptui) said,

"107 Days is my candid and personal account of the shortest presidential campaign in modern history. Over the next few months, I will travel our country to share behind-the-scenes moments, lessons learned, and how we keep moving forward together. I'll see you out there."

This is a case of doubling down on a history of failure. Readers may recall that the previous Dimocratic female candidate did a similar tour, which bombed at the box office. Ms Harris' announcement has received the social media scorn which it richly deserves.

One person comment called it "a book full of word salad. A must read, I’m sure." Another said, "You spent over one billion dollars in 107 days and you still lost." Another said simply, "It's over. Get over it."

Death by defenestration: only in Russia?

Thanks for the question. Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the Thirty Years' War. 

The word comes from the Neo-Latin de- (down from) and fenestra (window or opening).[ According to Tim Zadorozhnyy, writing in the Kyiv Independent, defenestration is Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's favourite method of getting rid of his opponents.

The latest example cited by Mr Zadorozhnyy is the unexplained death, just today, of a top Russian oil executive. Andrei Badalov, vice president of Transneft, Russia's largest state-controlled pipeline transport company, died after falling from the window of his apartment in Moscow. TASS, the Russian state news agency, citing law enforcement sources, claimed the preliminary cause of death was suicide. 

Unlike in the US of A, where such things never happen, this is common in Russia. While Russian authorities often label these falls as suicides or accidents, others suggest something more deliberate may be at play. Ivan Stupak, a Ukrainian military analyst and former security service officer, told the newspaper it's likely that Russia's own security services are behind many such deaths. 

"They can pressure a person in one way or another," Mr Stupak said. "It's a well-known tactic — either you kill yourself, and your family is left in peace with what they have, or they start arrests, imprisonments, and leave everyone destitute." 

Since early 2022, dozens of Russian businessmen, state officials, and industry leaders have died under questionable circumstances. While many of these cases have officially been labeled as suicides, others involve alleged murder-suicides, mysterious accidents, or unexplained falls. Here are other examples.

In April 2022, Vladislav Avayev, vice president of Gazprombank, one of Russia's largest banks, was found dead in Moscow alongside his wife and daughter. Preliminary findings claimed Mr Avaev shot them before turning the gun on himself.

Just days later, former Novatek gas producer executive Sergei Protosenya, his wife, and daughter were discovered dead at a villa in Spain. Spanish media reported that Mr Protosenya allegedly killed his family and then hanged himself, but the case has not been closed.

Mr Stupak suggested that not all of the deaths are politically motivated. Some may stem from internal business rivalries. "Apart from business disputes, it could also be a case of unpaid debts, borrowed money, or even embezzlement," he said. The most striking pattern is the recurrence of deaths caused by "falling out of a window." Since the "suicides" mentioned above, at least seven similar incidents have been reported. 

In September 2022, Ravil Maganov, chairman of Russia's second-largest oil firm Lukoil, died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow. While Lukoil's official obituary cited a "serious illness," state media later reported he had allegedly committed suicide.

That same year, United Russia lawmaker Pavel Antonov was found dead at a hotel in India, lying in a pool of blood beneath his window. Indian police said Mr Antonov fell from the third floor, and local media reported that he had been "depressed" over the recent death of a friend, who had died in the same hotel days earlier. 

Most recently, on 6 February 2025, Russian singer-songwriter Vadim Stroykin died during a raid by Russian security forces. OVD-Info, a human rights group, reported that Mr Stroykin fell out of a 10th-floor window of his St. Petersburg apartment while officers were conducting a search linked to his alleged donation to Ukraine's Armed Forces. Russian media called the death a suicide. 

Then there's the example of Valery Prigozhin, who went from being Putin's chef to "rebel-in-chief". "Look at what happened with [him]," said Mr Stupak. "He could've been poisoned somewhere in Africa, and they could have easily blamed it on spoiled bananas. But they chose a demonstrative, public execution."

Mr Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner Group, died along with other Wagner leaders in a suspicious plane crash inside Russia in 2023. The crash came two months after Prigozhin led a brief rebellion against the Kremlin. 

"So, this could be a warning to others," Mr Stupak added, "showing what happens if you don't pay your debts, refuse to hand over business shares, or go against Putin.... This shows just how ruthless the regime can be," he added. "Either you mysteriously die, or you end up behind bars.... Those who refuse to cooperate," he said, "end up either in prison or out the window."

Why this is relevant to Americans. By extension, the term "defenestration" is used to describe any forcible or summary removal of an adversary. Can you think of any American politician who, if she couldn't best an opponent by legitimate means would resort to having them killed? Can ya? Huh?

Step foward Hellery Clinton, presidential wannabe and poster-child for overweening ambition. So many people believed that she would stop at nothing to eliminate her rivals that "The Clinton Body Count" gets its own entry in Wikipedia.

The libtards of Wiki call it a conspiracy theory, of course, centred on the belief Mr and Mrs Slick Willy secretly had their political opponents murdered. 50 or more people who crossed the Clintons -- the Wiki lists their names -- died in tragic accidents or by suicide. Like that of Jeffrey Epstein.

Such allegations have been circulated since at least 1994, when a film called The Clinton Chronicles  accused Bill Clinton of multiple crimes, including murder. Additional promulgators of the theory include Christopher Ruddy, Marjorie Taylor Greene and the current POTUS. 

According to the Congressional Record (1994), Linda Thompson, the compiler of the original list, "admitted she had 'no direct evidence' of Clinton killing anyone. Indeed, she claimed the deaths were probably caused by 'people trying to control the president' but refused to say who they were. M Thompson died in St. Petersburg FL on 10 May 2009, after overdosing on medication posted to her by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. (Source: Wikipedia.)

Further reading: "The murder of Sergei Magnitsky explains why Putin invaded Ukraine and why he MUST be stopped!" WWW 7/2/24 and "RIP Alexei Navalny, died today from APD" WWW 16/2/24,

It's not just simple "confusion"

It's not that they're confused. It's just that they've adopted (and expect all of so adopt) "Newspeak".

For those readers unfamiliar with the term, George Orwell coined that word for his dystopian novel 1984.  "Newspeak" is the fictional language of Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. To meet the ideological requirements of Ingsoc (English Socialism) in Oceania, the Party created Newspeak, which is a controlled language of simplified grammar and limited vocabulary designed to limit a person's ability for critical thinking. 

Newspeak thus limits the person's ability to articulate and communicate abstract concepts, such as personal identity, self-expression, and free will, which are "thoughtcrimes" (a Newspeak word), acts of personal independence that contradict the ideological orthodoxy of the Party. 

Mr Orwell wrote 1984 in 1943. By the real1984, Newspeak was well established as the language of liberal "democracy". The use of the phrase "mostly peaceful demonstrations" by the liberal commentariat to characterize race (and other) riots is a classic example of how the lickspittle media substitute their "truth" for reality to make the masses believe that "black" is "white", and truly white.

Senile Joe hands out Anti-American awards

Walt is not the only one bestowing honours and awards for achievements in 2024. Yesterday Senile Joe gave the Medal of Freedom on failed 2016 Democrat presidential candidate, and well-known election denier Hellery Clinton. Yes, we have a photo.

Other recipients of the nation's highest civilian honour were poster-child for TDS Liz Cheney, and pinko billionaire George Soros, the kingpin of progressive politics, who’s poured billions into funding far-left causes, soft-on-crime DAs, and anti-Israel campus protests.

The medal, along with $1.98, will get you a coffee at McDonald's.

VIDEO: Which twin has the Toni?

There was some talk [including here on WWW. Ed.] that when Senile Joe inevitably dropped out, the Dumbocrats would turn to 3-time-lose Hellery Clinton. Of course they didn't. But don't be surprised if the Indo-Jamaican Candidate [What happened to "Manchurian"? Ed.] starts lightening to appear not quite so POC-ish.

Image scraped from Blazing Cat Fur.

Much will be made, in the days and weeks to come, of Ms Harris' "successful" record as a prosecutor in California. True enough, she piled up a lot of convictions. But, as Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) pointed out during the Democratic primary debates in 2020, a lot of it was on the backs of the poor disadvantaged People of Colour. 

 

And yet America's first female Indo-Jamaican vice-president claims to be a great friend of "racialized" people like her goodself. Wif friends like dis, dey don' need no enemies!

"Mirror, mirror on the wall..."

Mr and Mrs William Clinton were A-list guests at last night's White House state dinner, which honoured Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A spycam in one of the ladies rooms caught Hellery checking her makeup in the mirror.

Originally posted to X by @realCarola2Hope, and reposted on Breitbart News.

Formerly "Demented Joe", now "DESPERATE Joe"

President Brandon must be desperately trying to stave off the electoral disaster into which he's leading (?) his party. Could there be any other reason for enlisting election denier Hillary Clinton  to build infrastructure, raise money, and mobilize voters for his election campaign?

Breitbart News calls Hellery "a twice-failed presidential candidate [and] a longtime election denier:" Why do they say that?

* 2016: Claimed the Supreme Court “took away a presidency” in Bush v. Gore. 

* 2017: Alleged she would not “rule out” questioning the legitimacy of the 2016 election. 

* 2020: Claimed the 2016 presidential election was not conducted legitimately, saying, “We still don’t really know what happened.” 

* 2020: Claimed Stacey Abrams “would have won” Georgia’s gubernatorial race “if she had a fair election” and that Stacey Abrams “should be governor” but was “deprived of the votes [she] otherwise would have gotten.”

They quote NBCs as saying "People close to Hillary Clinton anticipate she’ll be a tireless campaigner for the Biden campaign, rallying Democratic voters by laying out the stakes and explaining why a Trump victory could subvert America’s democratic norms. [Seriously? Walt]

"She is also well positioned to caution voters that if they support a third-party candidate, they may cut into Biden’s margin and flip the election to Trump, Democratic strategists said. Clinton’s role is only expected to grow in the new year, but for now, she is filling a space that at a later point in the campaign season former President Barack Obama will join." [SERIOUSLY? Walt]

FiveThirtyEight polling shows Crooked Joe is the least popular president in modern US history, with a -18 approval rating. No wonder many Democrats asked him not to run for re-election. But he says he has to do it. Why? Because if he doesn't, the Democratic candidate for president is likely to be... wait for it... Mrs Bill Clinton. Yikes!

Less than a year away from disaster, what will the Democrats do?

I guess by now you've all seen the video of President Brandon appearing to get lost while laying a wreath at a Veterans Day ceremony on Friday. If not, you can see it, along with some comment from Sky News Australia's "The Sunday Showdown", here.

The Democrats have a problem -- an incumbent President who is eligible for a second term, potentially even worse than the first.

Still, Senile Joe insists that's he's going to seek re-election, notwithstanding that every poll and virtually every pundit predicts that he'll get thrashed.

The Democrats who are not Dumbocrats know this. Behind close doors, even those who are in thrall to the Deep State, expressing their confidence in Senile Joe's ability (and sanity), are wracking their alleged brains to find a way to dump him, while there's still time to nominate someone with a chance, however slim, of pulling their nuts out of the fire... so to speak.

Further reading: "Lefties beg Brandon 'Don't run, Joe!'", WWW 13/7/22. And yes, they've been casting about for alternatives since before the could've-been-worse results of  the mid-terms. The pleas to leave are much louder now, for it's certain that when Brandon drowns in the Trump tsunami, he'll take others -- Denocratic governors, Democratic senators, and Democratic Congresspersons -- with him. Walt predicts that the 2024 elections could result in a Republican double majority which would last for at least eight years. (Lifetime pct .988.)

What to do, then? How about if Brandon retires now "to spend more time with his family" (possibly in a federal facility of the barred kind)? 

That would give the lovely and fragrant Kamala Harris -- America's first almost-black female vice-president -- almost a year to climb out of the deep hole in the approval ratings into which she's dug herself. If you don't recall how she managed it, check out the VIDEO in "If Brandon dies, this woman would become President", WWW 2/5/23.

Maybe not such a good idea when it comes to electability. Some people still feel sorry for Poor Old Joe, and believe the mess he's in was made by the Boy. But when it comes to Ms Harris, people just laugh.

But hang on! Walt thought of a solution, the latest in a long line of brilliant but under-appreciated ideas. See "How Brandon can get rid of the Three Witches", WWW 18/8/23. In a nutshell [? Ed.], Senator Dianne Feinstein (the eldest witch) would retire, then Camela would resign and Gavin Newsom would appoint her to serve out the rest of Not-so-Feinstein's term.

Are you still with me? Ms Harris's resignation would leave the Veep position open, so Crooked Joe could appoint Crooked Hellery Clinton to the position, which would be a springboard to a third try for the presidensity after Brandon steps down at the end of this year, as predicted by my goodself last January. 

It was a fine plan, IMHO, which Gavin Newsom screwed up by appointing Laphonza Butler as the new senator from California after Ms Feinstein obligingly died. The Fonz's only qualifications for office seem to be that she is (a) black, (b) a woman, (c) a Democrat and (d) President of EMILY's List, a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights. How California is that!

Why would Governor Newsom make an appointment which offers no support whatever to the Democrats' 2024 campaign? Surely it has nothing to do with Mr Newsom's own presidential ambitions. His name was mentioned when the Dumbocrats were beating the bullrushes for a candidate in 2020, but he chickened out. My guess is he intends to sit idly by while the Dems implode, in order to present himself after a decent interval as the right man to lead the Party as it "builds back better". Dream on, Gavin, dream  on.

How Brandon can get rid of the Three Witches

Double, double toil and trouble; 

Fire burn and caldron bubble. 

Cool it with a baboon's blood, 

Then the charm is firm and good. 

 As a young lad [back before the earth's crust cooled. Ed.] I was compelled to read Macbeth. The only part that sticks in my mind is the first two lines of this quattrain (IV.i 35-38), uttered by the Three Witches.

In his quest for re-election -- Joe Brandon needs to deal with his own Three Witches (three Democratic witches) who are queering his already slim chances. They are (in order of repulsiveness) Senator Dianne Feinstein, presidential wannabe Hillary Clinton, and Vice-President Kamala Harris.

In "An unlikely solution to the problems with Harris and Feinstein" (LA Times, 14/8/43), columnist George Skelton, outlines Senile Joe's problems with Ms Finesteing and Ms Harris, to wit:

"President Biden has a problem. So does Vice President Kamala Harris. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is a problem. There’s a solution for all of this. Biden’s problem is Harris. She’s a burden — a drag on his reelection prospects. 

"Feinstein, 90, is a problem for California because she’s no longer capable of fully representing the nation’s most populous state — a world-class economic power — in the Senate. 

"A reader emailed me with the remedy: Feinstein could resign from the Senate and Gov. Gavin Newsom could appoint Harris to replace her. Biden then could find a more popular running mate, one more acceptable to voters as a potential successor."

Wow! What Mr Skelton has given us is 2/3 of a brilliant plan to keep Brandon and the Dumbocrats [sounds like 50's singing group. Ed.] in power. But the pundit hasn't pushed his idea to its logical conclusion. He should have read "Waiting for Hellery" (WWW 10/8/23).

In that little essay, I mooted the possibility that Mrs Bill Clinton is waiting for Crooked Joe to founder further in the public opinion polls, getting set to primary him as soon as the starting gun is heard. I said that she has two chances -- slim and none -- of ousting Brandon. What I failed to consider was the possibility that, if Ms Harris can be pushed back into California (as Mr Skelton suggests), Mr Biden could than appoint La Clinton as his "new" Vice-President!

How brilliant is that?! In one swell foop, Brandon could remove the threat of a Clinton challenge to his nomination. Not only that. Some voters worried about his failing health could be reassured by the prospect of Mrs Bill succeeding them. 

But wait (as Vince Offer used to say), there's more! Suppose Brandon tells Hellery that she wouldn't have to wait for him to expire of old age, as he would retire voluntarily shortly ("a decent interval") after his re-election. 

He could put his guarantee in writing -- if he can still write more than his name -- and with that in her pocket Mrs Clinton could hit the campaign trail at Joe's side, confident that she will at last become America's first female feminist President. 

So there you are, Dumbocrats, the solution to all your problems. Don't bother to thank me. Watching a rerun of Clinton vs Trump will be thanks enough!

Footnotes: Report seen on Global TV News this morning:

"Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly to Category 4 strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years, causing “significant and rare impacts” including extensive flooding."

Just a coincidence, no doubt...

The Babylon Bee's take: "Deaths Caused By Hurricane Hilary To Be Labelled Suicides", 18/8/23.

Waiting for Hellery...

It's been a quiet day on Lake Kashagawigamog. Walt has been The Choice, Wapo Bob Woodward's account of the run-up to the 1996 presidential election. It's a pretty even-handed account, published a couple of months ahead of polling day, so Mr Woodward's liberal bias wouldn't be mocked in the event that Bob Dole won... which he didn't.

The book is interesting and relevant this year, though, because there are some parallels to be drawn. The mid-term elections of 1994 had gone badly for the Democrats, who lost control of both the House and the Senate. Slick Willy Clinton had been revealed as a vision-less liar and a philanderer, incapable of setting a course for the nation and sticking to it.

He was "under water" in the polls, on everything from trust to competence. There were murmurings of dissent within his own party, even talk of his being primaried. The Republicans were on the attack, led by Newt Gingrich with his "Contract with America". Bob Dole was quietly -- too quietly, some said -- making the way of the Democratic transgressors hard in the Senate.

As Mr Woodward tells it, as 1995 faded to black, the smart money was on the Republicans to win in 1996. The big question was who would lead them to victory, and unlike in 2023 the answer wasn't obvious. 

Senator Dole was seen as the most likely, but he was old, with all the charisma of a bed of kelp. [Woodward didn't write that. Bob did! Ed.] And he didn't seem to have the fire in his belly, compared with Angry Newt. Several others were testing the waters, and a surprising number, including California Governor Pete Wilson and General (Retd) Colin Powell decided that discretion was the better part of valour. 

This year is different. Today's poll on the landing page of Breitbart News lists no fewer than 14 candidates (13 men and 1 real woman) who would like to make sure that when Senile Joe Biden next falls down, he won't get up again. President Trump leads the Republican race by a country mile, but there are those who say that while he may win the GOP nomination, he'll lose the election. Walt says "In your dreams!"

Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle, not many have gone public with their desire to supplant President Brandon. Jumping into a campaign against an incumbent president takes a lot of jam (or the feminine/trans equivalent). So far there are just two. Though their campaigns may be considered long shots, his opponents argue that the country is heading in a bad direction, and it’s time for change.

Foremost (of the two) is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The notorious anti-vaxxer and environmental lawyer launched his campaign in April, saying he wanted to "end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power." Although the 2024 cycle is in its very early stages, Mr Kennedy appears to be doing better in the polls than previously anticipated. His stature grew considerably during the recent hearings on the weaponization of the FBI, when many viewers stopped noticing his odd voice and paid attention to the truths he had to tell.

First out of the gate was writer and speaker Marianne Williamson. The self-help author and motivational speaker ran unsuccessfully for the Dumbcratic nomination in 2020, coming up short and dropping out before the Iowa caucuses. She's running again on the premise that "this country is on the wrong track." Who could argue with that?!

I mention Ms Williamson because she epitomizes the kinf of ultra-liberal, feminazi Karen who finds a natural home in today's Democratic Party. In Chapter 9 of The Choice, we read that Hillary Clinton was that way inclined herself.

Having found the first 2 1/2 years of Bill's presidensity more than challenging, his spouse reached out to Jean Houston and Mary Catherine Bateson, two New Age nutjobs who were into things like spiritualism, along with their feminism. Ms Houston encouraged Hellery to have spiritual conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi, but Mrs Bill declined to try communicating with Jesus.

Apparently a lot of this stuck somewhere in Mrs Clinton's alleged mind, for she continued to "channel" Eleanor Roosevelt through the 2008 primary loss to the Prez and the 2016 election loss to the Donald. Sources say it was hard to dissuade her from trying again in 2020, until it was pointed out to her that she was already 73 years old and should make way for someone younger... or older!

Mrs Bill has been strangely silent so far this year. But it seems to Walt that she's like a firehorse... a very old firehorse. When she hears the bell, she wants to run. There are those who would prefer Hellery to AOC or any member of the squad, or the Pretendian Elizabeth Warren. 

Not many Democrats truly like Hillary Clinton. They can understand why Slick Willy looked outside his marriage for comfort and sex. But they are afraid of Hillary. She knows where the bodies are buried, and I mean that both figuratively and literally.

Stay tuned.

Waiting for the 8th - Looking for GOP wins in Arizona

As I said on Friday, the Democrats are pulling out all the stops to prevent electoral disaster -- the loss of both the state house and a Senate seat -- in Arizona. They can see that the Republicans have momentum [catchword of the year. Ed.]. But don't take my word for it. Consider this report which appeared on Friday on the Clinton News Network.

Republican momentum in Arizona deepens Democratic worries over Senate

Nowhere in the country has the struggle between election denialists and democracy defenders [The phrase "election denialists and democracy defenders" perfectly encapsulates the Dumbocrat party line. Only they are the champions of democracy while those who think they stole the 2020 election are in denial. Walt] played out in more vivid detail than in Arizona, where Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s ability to hold off late momentum from Trump-backed GOP nominee Blake Masters will be key to Democrats’ hopes of defending their narrow Senate majority. 

Now running for a full six-year term, Kelly – a retired astronaut and the husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords – entered the race in an enviable position as a formidable fundraiser with a personal brand that lent him bipartisan appeal in Arizona, where a third of the electorate are independents. But the economic headwinds facing Democrats, as well as President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings, [!!! Walt] have complicated his political fortunes. 

Republicans need a net gain of just one seat to pick up control of the Senate on Tuesday, and Democrats are already on defense in Nevada, Georgia and New Hampshire. Arizona has emerged as one of the most important battleground states in the nation – not only for Senate and governor this year and likely the next presidential contest – but also because it is the fulcrum of key demographic changes that are testing the reach of both parties. 

As I said, the Dumbocrats are shit-scared. So they brought out the big guns, not just the Prez, obviously annoyed to be awoken from his retirement slumber, but Hellery Clinton. How desperate do you have to be to think that adding their shrill voice to the democracy-is-doomed chorus will save the furniture for Mr Kelly and their gubernatorial candidate, Katie Hobbs. Listen to what Ms Lake and Mr Masters had to say, in conversation with Sean Hannity.

Walt predicts a win for Kari Lake. As for the state house, you pick `em. Lifetime pct .988. I'll see you on the beach.

Aha! THAT explains it!

Seen today on the Yahoo landing page. Submitted to "True Headlines" by Agent 3.

Surely you didn't think we were going to give you the URL! We note, though, that stories about Hellery are beginning to appear more frequently, as if she might be ready to supplant Demented Joe when his time comes. Hmmm.

Matt Taibbi on "Justin Trudeau's Ceauşescu Moment"

When one of my favourite political writers -- the one who called Donald Trump the "insane clown president" -- likens Justin Trudeau to Nicolae Ceauşescu, the late Communist dictator of Romania, I take notice. And that's what Matt Taibbi did in his Substack blog TK News yesterday. Under the headline "Justin Trudeau's Ceauşescu Moment" is the subhead "Denouncing truckers for 'unacceptable views,' Canada's Prime Minister skipped town rather than face evidence of his own unpopularity. Is neoliberalism finally cracking?"

For those who have forgotten, Nicolae Ceauşescu was President of Romania from 1974 to 1989. His second decade was characterized by an increasingly erratic personality cult, nationalism and a deterioration in foreign relations with the Western powers as well as the Soviet Union. In December of 1989, in the face of something like the Canadian truckers' freedom rally in the city of Timișoara, the Communists gathered a rent-a-mob in Bucharest to show their presumed support for the régime. Then this happened.

   

For three minutes (2:45 to 5:45) the crowd shouts insults and deprecations at the President. (I don't understaned Romanian, so am not sure if the F-word was used or not.) Mr Ceauşescu offers the people a generous bribe -- a 10% increase in the minimum wage -- to be quiet and cease their opposition. And he urges them to rise up to defend Romania against the intervention of "foreign agents". 

"Better to die in battle, in full glory than to once again be slaves upon your ancient ground, and we must fight to live free and independent!" Someone in the crowd responds, "He's right. Let's rush the stage!"

   

Even if you don't understand Romanian, you can hear that at about the 8-minute mark of this video (the second part of his speech) people are starting to shout back at the Communist dictator. Just before the clip ends, you can see him waving his hands in gestures that clearly say "no, no, no! I don't want to hear that!" After this speech he ran away, but was caught and was executed four days later, still wearing the same clothes. 

I would be surprised if Blackie McBlackface knew anything about the Communist tyrant's fall from power, but he has smart people pulling his strings, who certainly advised him that it was better to go to ground -- an "undisclosed location" in the Laurentians? -- rather than risk a similar confrontation with Canadians who were already waving "Fuck Trudeau!" flags on Parliament Hill.

That's Matt Taibbi's point. For neoliberalism or  "liberal democracy", the bloom is off the rose. The real people (as distinguished from the liberal elites who rule Ottawa, Washington, Paris and London) are fed up. But, just like Ceaușescu, the rulers don't want to admit or even hear that. Mr Taibbi writes:

There may be no real-world comparison between a blood-soaked monster like Ceaușescu and a bumbling ball-scratcher like Joe Biden [I love that phrase!], or an honorarium-gobbling technocrat like Hillary Clinton [that one too!], or a Handsome Dan investment banker like Emmanuel Macron, or an effete pseudo-intellectual like Justin Trudeau. 

Still, the ongoing inability of these leaders to see the math of populist uprisings absolutely recalls that infamous scene in Bucharest. From Brexit to the election of Donald Trump to, now, the descent of thousands of Canadian truckers upon the capital city of Ottawa to confront Trudeau, a consistent theme has been the refusal to admit — not even to us, but to themselves — the numerical truth of what they’re dealing with. 

Trudeau is becoming the ultimate example. Truckers last month began protesting a January 22nd rule that required the production of vaccine passports before crossing the U.S.-Canadian border. Canadian truckers are reportedly 90% vaccinated, above the country’s 78% total, a key detail that’s been brazenly ignored by media in both countries determined to depict these more as “anti-vax” than “anti-mandate” protests (which seem to be about many things at once, but that’s another story). 

When an angry convoy descended upon the capital, Trudeau dismissed them in a soliloquy that can only be described as inspired political arson: The small fringe minority of people who are on their way to Ottawa, who are holding unacceptable views that they are expressing, do not represent the views of Canadians…who know that following the science and stepping up to protect each other is the best way to ensure our rights, our freedoms, our values as a country. 

 A near-exact repeat of the “basket of deplorables” episode, Trudeau’s imperious description of “unacceptable” views instantly became a rallying cry, with people across the country lining the streets to cheer truckers while self-identifying as the “small fringe minority.” Everyone from high school kids to farmers and teachers and random marchers carrying jerrycans of fuel joined in as Trudeau’s own words were used to massively accelerate his troubles.

I'm tempted to copy and paste the rest of Mr Taibbi's article but imagine I'd hear from his lawyers. Suffice to say that he has hit the liberal nail right on its pointy head. The people are speaking. Will the liberal elites listen? They'd better, lest they wind up like Mr Ceaușescu.

Further reading: "The Week Canada Liberated the United States", by Joel Pollak, Senior Editor of Breitbart News, 11/2/22.

Biden reveals Afghanistan exit strategy

Readers with longer memories than those of the lickspittle media may recall that when President Trump announced his plan to bring American forces home from Afghanistan by May 2021, the fiercest critics of his plan were two presidential wannabes: Sleepy Joe Biden and Hellery Clinton. Both of them were strong supporters of the US invasion of that country following 9/11, for which followers of the Prophet Mohammed were blamed.

You would have thought that once the Taliban was (supposedly) defeated, its leader killed, and democracy restored, there would have been no need for the US of A to continue to occupy that shithole, wasting 1000s of American lives and billions of US dollars on... may we be frank... a mission which was none of America's business in the first place. That argument was put forward by such voices of reason as Dr Ron Paul and (ahem) yr obdt servant. To no avail. 

Osama Bin Laden was killed ten years and a fortnight ago, not in Afghanistan but in Abbotabad, in neighbouring Pakistan. The Prez was the Commander-in-Chief at the time, Sleepy Joe was the 2IC and Mrs Bill Clinton was Secretary of State. We can all remember the photo of Hellery and the Prez and assorted hangers-on watching the report on the Clinton News Network.

Some folks thought the end of the adventure nigh. So it was, but not for American troops, only Canadians who wrapped up their combat role in 2011, and withdrew the last of their "training personnel" in 2014.

You might think that when the Canucks -- not known for suicidal tendencies -- pulled out, the Americans would see the handwriting on the wall and start packing. But noooooo... In 2014 the Prez still had another two years in office, and the well-known brave warrior John Kerry was Secretary of State. They saw fit to stay the course, lest the flickering candle of democracy be snuffed out again. It wasn't until President Trump got elected (in the last free and fair presidential election) that talk of a "drawdown" even began.

On the campaign trail in 2020, Sleepy Joe opposed President Trump's plans for withdrawal, saying that to bring our brave boys (and girls and in-betweens) home in May was to risk letting the Taliban retake control, yada yada yada. 

But everything would be different four months later, see? So President Biteme's plan, announced a few days ago, is to complete the withdrawal by September 11th. Geddit? The 20th anniversary of 9/11? Geddit now? 

You would expect that Hellery Clinton, having by now gotten over the humiliation of not being chosen by the Democrats for the task of defenestrating Trump, would be supportive of the alleged President's new plan, and all his other plans. You would be wrong. 

Apparently the Taliban, not content with finally forcing the Americans to leave Afghanistan, have taken to attacking other Afghans,just as they did before the US invasion. Mrs Clinton told her network, "This is what we call a wicked problem. There are consequences both foreseen and unintended of staying and of leaving."

Asked about Sleepy Joe's decision, Mrs Clinton said, "Our government has to focus on two huge consequences", notably the resumption of activities by extremist groups and a subsequent outpouring of refugees from Afghanistan. She said the potential collapse of the Afghan government and a possible takeover by the Taliban could result in a new Muslim civil war. (OK, she didn't include the word "Muslim", but we know who's fighting who, right?)

 Mrs Bill also said it was important to protect the "many thousands of Afghans" who had worked with the US and NATO during the "conflict". She advocates the creation of a large visa programme to provide for any refugees who get out of the shithole alive, provided they are allowed to settle no closer than 1000 miles to Chappaqua NY.

So, campers, circle the date on your calendars. 9/11/21.  (Non-American readers please substitute 11/9/21.) It's the first real date President Biteme has given for the achievement of any of his many plans. Let's see if the withdrawal from Afghanistan really happens... Hellery Clinton notwithstanding.

Political headline of the month

Yes, it's from the Babylon Bee.

Obama not crazy about leading Dem presidential candidates

Walt is starting to see commercials on the idiot's lantern (read: TV) for Michael Bloomberg, who apparently has thrown his kippah into the ring for the Dumbocrat nomination for the presidensity. By my count, that makes four more or less serious contenders, not counting Pete Buttgag, who surely can't be taken seriously. The five are: two old millionaire Elders of Zion, a still older Gentile who has been (NB) vice-president, and, inevitably, Fauxcahontas. A possible late entry, not counted here, is Hellery Clinton, who declares that she's willing and able to "win again".

Which of these potential losers does former President Barack Hussein Obama support? In "Waiting for Obama", Politico reveals that the Prez isn't crazy about any of them, and once warned that he would intervene to stop Senator Bernie Sanders from winning the Democratic presidential nomination.

The title of the Politico piece -- "Waiting for Obama" -- is an infra-dig reference to a spoof that appeared in Garry Trudeau's [no relation to Mr Socks. Ed.] Doonesbury comic strip back in 1987. For a week, two characters in the strip discussed their hopes for Mario Cuomo to announce his intention to become the primary candidate for the Democratic party nomination for the 1988 election.

The burden of the Politico piece seems to be that President Obama thinks he would do better against Still-President Trump than any of the wannabes who are covertly seeking his endorsement. Some of them, he thinks, could destroy the Dumbocrats through their calls for radical change to America's social and political systems in the name of "social justice". His warnings are seen as a swipe at candidates like Senators Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Politico claims the Prez has said in private he'd speak out against Mr Sanders if it looked like he could actually win. "Back when Sanders seemed like more of a threat than he does now, Obama said privately that if Bernie were running away with the nomination, Obama would speak up to stop him," the report says. However, the report quotes an Obama spokesthingy as saying the former president has stated that he would get behind the Democratic nominee regardless of who it is.

One adviser said that while they personally had no knowledge of this, the threat of a Sanders nomination would likely be cause for action. "I can't really confirm that," the adviser said, regarding the possibility of Obama trying to stop Sanders. "He hasn't said that directly to me. The only reason I'm hesitating at all is because, yeah, if Bernie were running away with it, I think maybe we would all have to say something. But I don't think that's likely. It's not happening."

It's not just Mr Sanders that the Prez dislikes. He's against the other, lesser-known, farther-out candidates too. At an Obama Foundation Summit event in October, the founder took aim at political "wokeness" and cancel culture. Weeks later, at a gathering of the Democracy Alliance, Mr Obama warned 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls that most voters do not want to "tear down the system."

Mr Obama dismissed far-left positions as not being popular among average Americans, even if they make waves on social media. "Even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision," he said, "we also have to be rooted in reality and the fact that voters, including the Democratic voters and certainly persuadable independents or even moderate Republicans, are not driven by the same views that are reflected on certain, you know, left-leaning Twitter feeds."

The same Politico report talks about Mr Obama's relationship with Creepy Joe Biden, whom he has not yet endorsed, despite Mr Biden's having served as vice president in the Obama administration, routinely touting on the stump their "special relationship". That's not how the Prez tells it. Politico says Mr Obama recalled to one candidate who came to him for advice how he himself had a bond with the voters that has since faded. He reportedly added, "And you know who really doesn’t have it? Joe Biden."

So who's left? Ryan Lizza, author of the Politico report, writes: "Over the next year, Obama, according to his closest advisers, will start to emerge with slightly bolder colors. The boldest might be riding into a battle unfolding on his own side, if he did lead a potential stop-Bernie campaign. But absent that unlikely development, one adviser suggested that Obama could also be pulled into the primary and forced to play a major role if Democrats failed to pick a nominee before the convention."

"A major role"? Such as what? The Prez can't be the Democratic candidate because Americans already made the same mistake twice. But there's nothing to bar his lovely and fragrant wife from accepting a draft, especially in a brokered convention. Michelle Obama is female (check), black (check), "woke" (check) and (most important) not any of those others. You read it here first!

VIDEO: The faces of the unhinged mob that is the "Democratic" left

Aren'tcha getting tired of seeing the mob violence on TV -- supporters of a political ideology being attacked, not just verbally but physically, by their opponents for refusing to embrace correct policies and correct thought? Dear readers, we're not talking about fascists stomping communists and Jews. We're talking about the antifa nutjobs assaulting law-abiding citizens, including Congressmen, for such politically incorrect actions as showing supporter for Brett Kavanagh. The Democratic Party has been taken over by hysterical "social democrats", anti-trumpers and other "resisters" who have said, and now shown, that they will stop at nothing to oust the democratically elected President of the United States.

The future promises... or threatens... more of the same. That's the message of a 57-second spot released yesterday by the Republica National Committee. The video features such leading Democrats as Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and "Mad Maxine" Waters (D-CA), former Attorney General Eric Holder, and, of course, Hellery Clinton.



What you saw are scenes of an unhinged mob, incited to violence by the champions of democracy and free speech... as long as you agree with them. If you want to hand the reigns of power to those people, vote Democratic in next month's mid-term elections. If not, don't be intimidated! For sanity, law and order, vote Republican!

Disclaimer from Ed.: Walt has received no financial or other consideration from the Republicans or anyone else for posting this message.

Further reading:
"Rap Sheet: ***594** Acts of Media-Approved Violence and Harassment Against Trump Supporters", Breitbart News, 5/7/18
"A Crush Of New Polls Show Democrats In A Free Fall", by Rod Thomson on Dr Rich Swier's website, 10/10/18.

VIDEO: Hillary Clinton's Farewell Speech

Ed. here. It's been some time since we've dipped into the ole mailbag to answer readers' questions -- maybe because since the coming of e-mail we don't get bagsful of letters any more -- so let's do it today. From St-Louis-du-Ha-Ha QC (you can look it up), O. Leo Leahy writes: I did the math quiz you posted yesterday, and every time I did it the Math Wizard told me my favourite movie is Hillary Clinton's Farewell Speech. That might well prove to be my favourite, but I've never seen it. I guess it must be a new movie? Can you tell me where I can see it?
Yes, Leo, we can certainly help you with that. In fact, we can do even better. Here, complete and uncut, is... Hillary Clinton's Farewell Speech.



OK, it's a bit short and there's no title or credits, and sorry about the video quality, but that's really Mrs Bill Clinton, giving (via a live feed from New York) closing remarks at the Makers Conference in Los Angeles earlier this week. It sure sounds to us like we won't be hearing from her any more -- a consummation devoutly to be wish'd. You're welcome.

Simple math quiz reveals your favourite movie... every time!

Walt doesn't hear all that often from Agent 5, but the messages we get are always interesting. This one is no exception. It's a simple math exercise -- it only takes about ten seconds -- which is guaranteed to reveal your all-time favourite movie. Amazingly, it really works! Walt and Poor Len Canayen [and Ed.! Ed.] have tried it, and we all got the right answer, the first time!

Do not cheat. Do your math, then scroll down to the list of movies below to see if the math wizard has correctly read your mind.


1. Pick a number from 1 to 9.

2. Multiply that number by 3.

3. Add 3.

4. Multiply by 3 again.

5. Your total will be a two-digit number. Add the first and second digits together to find your favorite movie of all time in the list of 17 movies below.


Scroll down for your movie


Movie List


1. Gone With the Wind
2. E.T.
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
7. Jaws
8. Grease
9. Hillary Clinton's Farewell Speech
10. Casablanca
11. Jurassic Park
12. Shrek
13. Pirates of the Caribbean
14. Titanic
15. Raiders of the Lost Ark
16. Home Alone
17. Mrs. Doubtfire


Now, isn't that something? Велике дякую, 5!

Oprah for President in 2020?

Well... why not? Who else have the Democrats got? Nancy Pelousy? Joe Hasbin? Bob Eager? Obviously they can't run Hellery Clinton again, so those wonderful folks who brought you "Hillary 2016" last night floated a trial balloon -- a large one -- for a run by one of the World's Richest Women. She war born in the USA -- no "birther" problem there -- on the wrong side of the tracks (check) and is 100% black, not just black-when-necessary-but-not-necessarily-black, like the last Democrat to occupy the Oval Office.

Oprah is also a certified ["certifiable"? Ed.] gliberal, with hyuge media exposure, just like the other one... Whoopie something-or-other. She's also a member of one of America's most bullied minorities -- the chronically overweight. Of course she's never held elected office, but just over a year ago President Trump proved that needn't be a hindrance. In fact, in an interview with Larry King some years ago, The Donald said Ms Winfrey was a great woman, yada yada yada, and might make a good running mate for Himself.

The idea of Oprah Winfrey running for the presidensity sounds to me like a Hollywood liberal dream. I watched the enraptured crowd at the Golden Globes [I always thought that referred to part of a leading lady's anatomy. Ed.] last night, and that's what I saw -- the Hollywood liberal establishment. Lots of (((Jews))) (but no (((Harvey Weinstein)))) and lots of empowered women, but almost no persons of colour (that I could see) or California Republicans (an endangered species).

The people practically wetting themselves when the heavily bespectacled Queen of Spades ["Queen of Daytime TV", shurely! Ed.] started ranting about revolution are the same people who told Americans to vote for Hellery Clinton, and threatened to move to Canada if she lost. She did; they didn't. That's all ye know and all ye need to know.

Don't know where this one (above) originated, but I saw it on Blazing Cat Fur, always good for a laugh at the lefties' expense.