TRUMP ELIMINATES OPPOSITION IN HIS EFFORT TO BECOME DICTATOR

on tuesday of this past week, instead of the cbs late show featuring stephen colbert, coming on at 11:35, nothing was aired. blank screen. no explanation given. no alternative programming in it's place. what was up?

on thursday at the beginning of the show host colbert announced that the upcoming season of the show ending next spring would be it's last. the show was being cancelled. again no explanation offered. as far as i know, it's not because of low ratings. colbert is a facorite darling comic of liberal america. his specialty has long been mocking 'conservatives'. 

he first rose to prominence as part of the cast on jon stewart's daily show on the comedy channel. then he was given his own 1/2 hour slot on the channel following the daily show, which was a great success leading to his recruitment by cbs to take over the coveted position of hosting's it's own late night show.

his time at cbs has roughly coincided with the successful political career of trump. now i didn't watch him much in his early years at cbs because frankly there at the pinnacle of american corporate media there is more censorship of comic material and as a result it's considerably less biting and generally less clever or lamer. but lacking better alternatives i've taken to once again often tuning him in to get a few good belly laughs in before settling in for the night. so i can attest that his recent material has savagely mocked prominent republican officials with trump easily being his #1 target. his impressions of trump's vacuous ignorant deceitful pompous pronouncements are just killer. he pulls no punches in attempting to eviscerate trump's character.

it's been recently reported that rather than fight a frivolous law suit by trump, cbs caved in to him because if they didn't he had the power to stop a big business deal they wanted to make. (details about this in the common dreams article linked below) that being the case, i've made the obvious inference that trump, notoriously thin skinned and intolerant of being publicly ridiculed (a prominent example of this is his decades old feud with rosie o'donnell), has managed to force cbs to drop the late show with stephen colbert.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/cbs-late-night

i've begun re-reading david cay johnston's devastating biography of trump (The Making of Donald Trump) that focuses on his business dealings culminating with his 2016 presidential campaign. as johnston immodestly but factually asserts early in this book, he's one hell of an excellent investigative journalist and writer who previously focused on the way that the super wealthy influence governmental policies which facilitate their further enrichment at our (public) expense, in books like FREE LUNCH and PERFECTLY LEGAL.

The Making of Donald Trump exposes trump as a ruthless, and i mean a very very ruthless criminal conman. he's obviously not the brightest pebble on the beach, but he has an uncanny knack for self promotion, evading accountability, and as his astonishing political rise and resiliency show, an ability to consistently fool the foolish and thus attract a very sizable, demonstrative, and loyal following.

what's also become clear is that trump's desire for wealth and ambition for power is virtually limitless. in this regard he seems to be very like the criminal invisible government which pulls the strings of the official government, and it's partner in crime, the corporate lamestream media. perhaps having this in common is a perfect recipe for fascism.

in this very entertaining and informative youtube video johnston gives a synopsis of his book, and also points out that a crucial element in trump's 'successful' business and political career has been the utter vapidness and incompetence (with rare exceptions) of the lamestream media, which is well known for it's fondness of sensationalism, something trump excels at providing them: (skip the 2nd half q and a)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19KI_2X2Sfs

french-israeli-jfk relations: something rotten in denmark!

 i've been watching a lot of katie halper youtube videos lately and been very impressed with her and them. in the link below, the role of israel in the middle east as a sort of hired thug acting on behalf of 'western' imperialist powers is very succinctly elaborated. also, the featured speaker in this clip, ken mccarthy, briefly discusses how the jfk administration sought to rein in zionism, which probably was another reason the criminal establishment (invisible government) had the brothers killed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxRihR3zxxI

https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Battle-Against-Zionist-Extremism-ebook/dp/B0DBRW6PHS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OTR3PN65YBT6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.wI8RYdg6g3ykOUEQGy7Fqr2RLZQEOZk2-Gt29_xOoXE.v8VjG2HjmhnFfsIHkEl0N_56RXziTcdnvRPttZNrJMM&dib_tag=se&keywords=jfk+and+rfk%27s+secret+battle+against+zionist+extremism&qid=1752812097&sprefix=jfk+and+rfk%27s%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1

MAGA cruelty explored and explained?

here are 2 videos put out by some obviously intelligent sheeple seeking to better understand and perceive the disaster that has befallen america under donald trump and his unmerry band of nutty supporters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T8jF8BEeCM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cq0PHxTZtw

chutzpah

below is a comment i left to a recent common dreams article regarding an israeli war crime whose victim was a dual citizen of america and palestine:

 'If President Trump will not even put America first when Israel murders American citizens, then this is truly an Israel First administration." -from the article

when, if ever, has the american government stood up to israel? this is nothing new. perhaps most outrageously there was the time in 1967 when israeli armed forces attacked and tried to sink an american spy ship in the mediterranean. it’s been speculated that had they been successful, the attack would have been blamed on egypt (a false flag) to provide an impetus to drag america into that israeli war of aggression (the ‘6 day war’) anyhow, the ship was very nearly sunk, over 30 killed, over 170 wounded. the lame and obviously false explanation for the attack (the official narrative) was that it was all a big mistake, and no one was held accountable.

chutpah is a hebrew word, isn’t it? it’s quite apt in relation to israel and zionism. it means ‘extreme self-confidence or audacity’. they’ve always gotten away with bloody murder, war crimes, colonialist abuse of the indigenous population, so why shouldn’t they keep doing so?

the surreal mystery is what gives them such power? how do they get away with such audacious criminality with absolute impunity? what hold do they have over the ‘western’ alliance led by america such that they’re effectively the tail that wags that great big dog? is it just that they have the most money? in a world of perfidy and corruption, are they it’s top dogs, admired and feared by the rest? i’d love to know the answer. i may never know it, but i have hope that some day, the sooner the better, whatever that power is, it will dissipate, and zionism will die in utter disgrace, and that there will finally be some reckoning and justice, some truth and reconciliation.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/settler-violence-west-bank

winners and losers / no easy way out

Arguably the most dystopian aspect of life in modern America is the extremely low regard for scientific facts and opinions held by a great many people including the current ruling political party and it's supporters. Including many of the most 'successful' (wealthy) among us like the current president and his former fan boy and benefactor Elon Musk.

Have u seen Musk in a t shirt with the message 'occupy Mars'? Apparently the purportedly world's richest man thinks colonizing an alien planet whose environment is wholly unconducive to Earth life is no big challenge, which is indicative of his extreme ignorance and hubris.

It's not just Trump and Musk. Apparently a lot of billionaires and the like hold similar views, as do their megamillions of supporters. Oblivious to our existential crisis. Oblivious to a lot of things, and believing a lot of nonsense, like faith based religious claims which are patently absurd. Embracing an irrational world view.

It's too late now, but if there's one fundamental change that theoretically could stop us from destroying ourselves, it would be making sheeple be rational, so as to appreciate science and replace ignorance with knowledge.

Where r magic wands when they're needed?

A good place to start performing this miracle is by attacking religious dogmatism. That would be very upsetting to the lives of a great many sheeple and to the whole society/culture. Not to mention for the fool(s) who would try to lead such an intellectual revolution.

Nobody (virtually) wants to upset the status quo which has made our species so privileged, such wealthy 'winners'. Especially those who have become the biggest 'winners', the mega wealthy. For if scientific facts and opinions begin to receive due respect, everything will radically change, especially for clueless billionaires.

But unless or until such a change is made, we 'winners' will all ultimately be losers, if and when our species goes extinct. As someone who clearly sees this coming and is doing virtually nothing to avert it, arguably I'm worse than the likes of Elon Musk, or no better.

I wish I didn't have to point these things out: if climate disruption makes our planet Earth inhospitable to life as we know it, as scientists have been trying to warn us, we can't all just pick up our lives and colonize Mars or some other planet. Being wildly 'successful' like Elon Musk and Donald Trump doesn't make one wise or intelligent; clearly these men aren't.

Believing in ancient 'holy' books and embracing the dogmatic worldviews they espouse, as seems to be the common denominator among all of the world's most ignorant sheeple and powerful political parties, is a recipe for disaster, for our near term extinction. As is the forlorn hope that an omnipotent benevolent God exists who can and will save us from our own folly if we all pray hard enough for His intervention. There is no easy way out of this predicament for me or u or anyone.