Appetite For Destruction

 

I am back with another shot of truth to be injected into your system. (At least it’s not an experimental mRNA ‘vaccine,’ right?)

Today’s Democrats partake in, wallow in-- and support-- crime, fraud, grift, graft, and disdain of America. Those who support them do so out of some combination of ignorance, resentment, jealousy, or suicidal empathy. Oh, and basic mental illness. This insanity poses an existential threat to the republic for which many of us still stand. The examples of insanity are legion.

Many Democrats are okay with killing innocent babies who survived abortion procedures, but apparently not narco-terrorists who survived a first missile strike. How is it possible for any human to simultaneously hold those two beliefs? The late, great P.J. O’Rourke had the best take on the ‘progressive’ mindset, writing: “Consider how much you'd have to hate free will to come up with a political platform that advocates killing unborn babies but not convicted murderers. A callous pragmatist might favor abortion and capital punishment. A devout Christian would sanction neither. But it takes years of therapy to arrive at the liberal view.”

The Democrat’s candidate to become mayor of Nashville actually said she wanted to be mayor of Nashville “because I hate this city, I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music. I hate all the things that make Nashville apparently an 'IT CITY' to the rest of the country." She hates everything about the city she wished to run. Guess she wanted to fundamentally transform it.

She received 77% of the Music City residents’ votes.

How could this happen? How could/did we get here? Actually, it was almost inevitable because we grew to be too successful, and thereafter too soft. This is a historical pattern oft repeated. We no longer had to work that hard on a daily basis to survive—and have had no Great War or Depression of late to challenge us and demand our focus. Ironically, the very success that our Founders, ideals, and free-market capitalist system bequeathed to us led to so many today disdaining our Founders, ideals, and free-market capitalist system. And to radical leftists taking control of academia and mainstream media. Because they could. Because the rest of us let them.  

 

And so the wealthy refuse to procreate while the world’s poor reproduce at astounding rates. Folks who point out massive fraud and corruption are mocked and despised, whether it be DOGE, government whistleblowers, or regular folks. Fewer seem upset by the massive fraud and corruption itself. Excellence, nee competence, punctuality, discipline and control are deemed racist. Along with highways, math, IDs, and almost everything else on Earth.

Even the Pope lauds Islam, despite the fact that it’s adherents murder countless thousands of Christians around the globe every year.

So, in this Depraved New World, crime is excused and punishment is considered evil. The achievers are despised, the indigent lauded. Christianity is considered passé, silly, or even hateful, while academia and media brand Islam as the official Religion of Peace™.

In the not-so-jolly new England, rapists and stabbers run wild and free, whilst those who publicly criticize them—or the government that has tolerated these (unpunished) crimes for years upon years now—are ‘visited’ by constables or sent to prison.

Appetite for destruction? Inarguably so. And yet progressives say, “Yum, give us more!”

An Ode To "Fossil" Fuels

 

Memo to anti-fossil fuel groups like Extinction Rebellion and Rising Tide-- and the individuals that comprise them:

So, you are for the rapid transition from fossil fuels such as oil and gas to “sustainable green energy” fuels like wind and solar? Or even the near immediate banning of their production and use?  Well, you better not travel anywhere in a car! Or truck, bus, plane, boat or train. In fact, you better not own an automobile-- or a motorcycle, ATV, boat, etcetera, etcetera. Because if you do you are a hypocrite of the highest order whose every opinion and utterance is automatically invalidated.

Oh, and you better not buy anything in any store, either. Or online. Because all goods arrive-- whether to a retail outlet or to your front door-- via cars, vans, trucks, planes, boats, or trains. And the vast majority of those goods are at least partially made from petroleum products…or in factories or on farms powered by “fossil fuels.”

So don't be a hypocrite. Just starve-- or freeze-- to death in your tent on stolen land. And shut the hell up.

We’d all like to have clean, sustainable energy in perpetuity. But that energy has to be affordable without government subsidies. And it has to actually be “clean,” and not destroy or poison large tracts of land in other countries, utilize slave or child labor to be produced, or be controlled by enemies of the U.S.

It was no coincidence that the discovery and use of fossil fuels occurred almost simultaneously with the onset of mass production, which led to sharp decreases in the cost of goods. And resulted in increasing prosperity, freedom, and leisure time for those in the developed nations.

Conversely, alternative energy sources have a mixed record at best. Wind turbines/farms are the ultimate bird dicers and the turbines themselves are made out of petroleum. And they don’t produce energy when the wind doesn’t blow. And when it does, it is often hard to efficiently transfer the energy to The Grid.

Fossil fuels and capitalism have done more to raise standards of living—and life expectancy— around the world, than any other contributing factors.

So, “Extinction Rebellion,” if you wanted to rebel against extinction, you should consider protesting unfettered abortion, medical-assistance-in-dying (MAID), mandatory unvetted experimental mRNA “vaccines,” increasingly lower fertility/birth rates, and the declining rates of marriage, among other things. A “Rising Tide” may lift all boats, but it doesn’t float mine.

Diversity, Immigrants, And Rescuing The Last Best Hope

 

The notion of America being “a nation of immigrants” is-- and always was-- a little bit misleading. According to Mark Steyn, even as late as the 1990s, the majority of the people in the United States were descendants of those here before the Declaration of Independence. That's right, as recently as three decades ago, most U.S. citizens were descendants of Europeans who arrived here prior to July 4th, 1776. Now, thanks to many possibly well-meaning but misguided Republicans, and Democrats searching for a dependable permanent electorate, we are ever more like a nation of third world Muslim tribes who have no familiarity with, nor fondness for, freedom, entrepreneurship, or limited government of, by, and for the people. The bigger the government, the smaller its citizens.

Our ancestors once sailed here on the Niňa, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria— and, of course, the Mayflower. But the flower of our youth has wilted, the melting pot has been cast aside, and the liberty ship is sailing away. The shining city on the hill is plagued with rampant crime, homelessness, sloth, dependency, and hopelessness. The land of the free and the home of the brave is turning into the land of the wee and the home of the depraved.

I don’t like this any more than you do. But there is an answer to this problem that is at once easy and hard: refuse to tolerate it! Decline to nod along with your Aunt Karen as she recounts how the Reagan administration was good for the rich but not so good for the poor and middle class. (Not true.) Don’t let your professor indoctrinate you. Don’t be taken in by fake news (which is the overwhelming majority of what gets called “news” in the mainstream media. Get involved with local politics.

And tell the truth. Always and no matter what, consequences be damned.

Swamp dwellers, Democrats and Republicans alike, view The Truth as an existential threat. Because it is. To them. But it is just what can set us free again. Eventually. If we hold firm to our beliefs.

As I have repeatedly noted on this site, diversity is neither a value nor a virtue. As Steyn has repeatedly stated over the years, “diversity is where nations go to die.”

The choice is clear: we can be a nation of (illegal) immigrants or a nation of citizens. If we choose the former, we won’t be a nation much longer, period.

 

The Midterms Are Looming-- And With Them The Specter Of Death For A Representative Republic

 

Republicans better get their act together—and quickly. That said, I’m also urging pigs to fly.

I say this because the last, best hope for the Last, Best Hope will have expired on Tuesday, November 26th, 2026 if they do not. And I, for one, I'm not holding my breath. At this point, I fully expect Republicans to lose the House and possibly the Senate, effectively ending Trump's presidency and the MAGA Revolution. I know this opinion won't sit well with a great many of you, but, sadly, I believe it to be the truth.

One might logically ask how this would be possible given that many of the views and policies Democrats promote are unpopular with the majority of Americans, and the fact that Republicans currently hold the House, Senate, and presidency. There is at least a three-part answer to that query: rampant cheating on the part of Democrats, idiocy on the part of a misinformed electorate, and extreme cravenness on the part of Republicans.

If Republicans do blow it, they will have squandered their last chance to fundamentally transform the nation back to its founding ideals. The only hope for the country was for Trump and his administration to somehow defeat the endlessly vast Deep State and all the major institutions that are arrayed against them. Unfortunately, at this point, the only possibility to achieve even a partial victory would be to nuke the filibuster and pass a full slate of election laws to prevent industrial scale fraud and cheating by the Democrats. (After which, they could theoretically reestablish the filibuster.)

But Republicans prefer losing to leading... and will now likely get their wish in perpetuity. Unfortunately for the American people, Democrats love to win almost as much as they disdain the citizens whose lives they are likely about to wreck. Open borders, rampant crime and corruption, and an even more gargantuan Welfare State will see to that. Unlimited spending, disincentives to work, and other Marxist policies will eventually destroy the economy as certainly as Gavin Newsom uses hair gel or that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning. Despite his flaws and occasional unforced errors, sans Trump, there is no one to even effectively fight THE GIANT LEFTIST BLOB, let alone have a chance at winning.

The new and even more radicalized Democrats, citing Trump, will end the filibuster should they feel the need, dispense with the Electoral College, re-open the borders, make Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico states, retake full control of the military and intelligence agencies and re-weaponize them, and make criticism of the government a crime. For starters.

That's what’s at stake.

For a nation unaware that its effective demise is potentially now only months away.

“But Eric, if you say Republicans aren't fully committed to their bit, and they haven’t passed much of Trump’s agenda, why does it matter who’s elected?” For the same reason it matters if your daughter is dating an unstable monster or a generally decent yet somewhat timid and underachieving lad.

I am on record as stating, years ago, that I did not believe the country could be restored to its former glory after the Obama administration fundamentally transformed it by taking a wrecking ball to it and its founding principles. And then, with Trump’s ascension and the burgeoning MAGA Movement, I saw a tiny glimmer of hope. I let myself fantasize about equal justice under the rule of law, a more limited government of, by, and for the people, a renewed respect for productivity and excellence—and those who came before us. A restoration of pride and sanity.

But it appears it was all only a fantasy, ephemeral, due to the staggeringly vast corruption and rigid ideology of our media, academia, Blue State governments, “charitable” organizations, the Deep State, and, increasingly, major religions. And the aforementioned and unforgivable weakness of RINOs.

On July 4^th, 1776, we declared our independence. On November 3^rd, 2026, more than a quarter of a Millenium later, we may render that declaration null and void, effectively declaring our dependence on an ever-more bloated-- and permanent-- one-party state. In doing so, we would also overturn the Emancipation proclamation and sign off on our unwavering fealty to the Democrat Party. You can rest assured Democrats will approve of this slavery just as heartily as they did the enslavement of others in the 19^th Century.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz-- Staggeringly Incompetent Leader And Somali Fraud Apologist

 

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (A.K.A. “Tampon Timmy,” “Jazz Hands,” and “Comrade Walz”), deflected blame for his state’s staggering fraud during a recent interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker. Welker asked Walz if he takes responsibility for allowing over $1 billion in taxpayer funds to be stolen from his government via various state programs.

Walz hilariously stated that he does “take responsibility for putting people in jail,” adding that “Governors don’t get to just talk theoretically. We have to solve problems.” Well, he isn’t big on putting criminals in jail—or keeping them there—but maybe he was talking optimistically about incarcerating Islamophobes or political opponents.

The several massive fraud scandals appear interwoven, and all seem to involve Somalis at this point, whether it be the Feed Our Future Children hoax, Medicare scams, or the ever-burgeoning autism graft. Yet Walz, like Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, reflexively leapt to the defense of the Somalis, saying that people should not “demonize” Minnesota’s Somali population, which, along with Michigan’s, is the largest in the nation. Walz: “I will note, it’s not just Somalis. Minnesota is a generous state. Minnesota is a prosperous state, a well-run state. We’re AAA-bond rated. But that attracts criminals.”

So, the staggering fraud, grift, graft, and deception isn’t just among Somalis? Walz is admitting it goes much deeper than that? Is every state government entity, “charity” organization, and minority group involved in fraudulently bilking the North Star state citizen-taxpayer out of his or her money?! At this point, it wouldn’t surprise many.

Minnesota is no longer prosperous or well-run, explicitly because of Walz’s leadership…or lack thereof. And I very much doubt that criminals care much about its soon-to-be-former AAA bond rating. But they are certainly laser-focused on its “generosity.” The state has long leaned liberal, at least in terms of its leaders and urban areas. As far back as the 1980s, many permanently and deliberately unemployed folks travelled from cities such as Chicago to Minneapolis for its “generous” welfare benefits, courtesy, of course, in large part to the state’s taxpayers. Some were observed getting off buses, looking around, and saying, “We in Moneyapolis now!”

Incredibly, things are even worse today. To the extent that someone like Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) can “marry” her brother, come to the states, get elected…and then incessantly bitch about everything American…while listening to Muslim prayers being broadcast across her district five times a day.

No sane person could think that this is moral. This benefits nobody but the likes of Rep. Omar and other criminals. But, due to excessive tolerance and suicidal empathy—and perhaps more nefarious reasons-- no Democrat anywhere in the country is ever truly held accountable for their actions. Don’t expect Walz to be, either. In fact, if he decides to run for an unprecedented third term, it wouldn’t surprise me if he won.

Minnesota, the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes, is now the Land of Ten Thousand Frauds. And many times more idiots.

Other than the lakes thing, I guess that makes it a lot like Washington, D.C.

Republicans? Voters?

Scotland Considers Assisted Suicide

 

Scotland is currently considering legislation that would legalize assisted suicide. This led John Keenan, Bishop of Paisley, to warn that passage of the bill could mean Catholic care organizations like the Little Sisters in Greenock would be forced to allow assisted suicide in their homes or face defunding or closure.

Bishop Keenan further stated (of the proposed bill): “It will also not exclude a person whose primary motivation for their request is among [the] following nonterminal conditions: eating disorders; intellectual disabilities, including but not limited to [Down] syndrome; mood disorders, including but not limited to depression; anxiety disorders; the receipt of any disability or sickness-related benefits, including but not limited to Adult Disability Payment, or any equivalent welfare payment; loneliness or social isolation; financial hardship or low income; feelings of being a burden to others; poor or unsuitable housing conditions; any other mental health condition or developmental disorder that is not a terminal illness.”

If this proves true, we will have passed the point of no return.

Didn’t get that promotion at work? It’s okay, medical professionals are here to end your life!

Lose your Tam O’ Shanter? Spill your Guinness? Bad day at the track? No problem, authorities will see to your demise.

Son come out as straight? Daughter says she’s converting to Judaism? Not to worry, we can snuff you out.

Is your favorite kilt ripped and stained? Did your camera malfunction just when you had Nessie framed for the perfect photo? Why put up with the pain and shame when you can simply end it all?

Let dad down? Wife left you for her gynecologist? Worried about global warming/climate change? Why not do the world a solid and exit, stage left, if you know what I mean?

Experiencing insomnia? Got a touch of agoraphobia? You know what to do.

Dumb as a post? Let’s spell it out for you: Medical Assistance In Dying, or MAID. Can you spell M-A-I-D?

Should this be the criteria determining eligibility for assisted suicide, the vast majority of those comprising today’s Democrat party would qualify.

It is expressly okay to make fun of a horrifying bill (and ethos) for three reasons: 1) It is often the most effective way to illustrate absurdity and evil, 2) First Amendment/free speech rights, and 3) Because the alternative is to get so depressed that one might consider……never mind.

 

 

 

 

 

Migrants Becoming Conquerors As Western Nations Continue To Deny Reality

 

The only reason a person or people would stay in a country they openly despise is because they wish to conquer it.

Muslim “migrants” are a rapidly increasing share of the population of most (formerly) Western nations. In America, every state in the union has at least one Mosque, most have dozens. There are well over 100 Muslim elected officials, 39 of them in Michigan alone. Recently, in Dearborn, Michigan, nearly everyone in a crowd chanted “Death to America.”

More than 100 years ago, Henry Ford allegedly said that his company’s Model T, made in Dearborn, was available in “any color the customer wants, as long as it’s black.” The city’s current mayor seems to be implying that its residents are free to choose any religion, as long as it’s Islam.

Liberalism/progressivism/wokeism/leftism has so diseased a great many people's minds that they are no longer able to reason. Today’s “liberals” become so besotted with empty virtue signaling and/or become so afraid of disagreeing with their tribe’s conventional “wisdom” that they are incapable of rational thought or effective discernment.

The way to win a war without bloodshed is to capture people's minds first. Souls and bodies inevitably follow. After that has been achieved, it is easy to capture their country.

Already, Muslim calls to prayer ring out across many of our cities. What would residents of, say, Detroit, Minneapolis, and Paris have said about this in, say, the 1950s? In some areas, Muslims have attempted to restrict the sale of pork and alcohol products, and even the rights of dog owners to go on walks in areas they inhabit. In others, they have complained of Christmas decorations. And, of course, countless Christian churches across the old and new worlds have been vandalized and destroyed.

Get ready to dispense with music. And to make sure your womenfolk’s bodies are entirely hidden from the gaze of our beloved “migrants.”

Welcome to the Fourth Caliphate, brought to you by tolerance, inclusiveness, and diversity.

Inshallah.

 

Cardinal Hails "The End Of Christendom," Says It Won't Be A Defeat

 

During the General Assembly of the Italian Bishops in Assisi, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, said of the increasing secularization of the West: “What is fading is an order of power and culture, not the living force of the Gospel. The believer of today is no longer the custodian of a Christian world, but the pilgrim of a hope that continues to make its way into hearts. In this horizon, the end of Christendom is not a defeat, but a kairòs: the chance to return to what is essential, to the freedom of the beginnings, to that ‘yes’ spoken out of love, without fear and without guarantees.”

To be clear, what is fading in the increasingly secularized West is the power of Christian churches, in large part due to their incessant pandering to secular culture. The believer of today is no longer the custodian of a Christian world because that world’s leaders have willingly ceded it to everyone else. The pilgrim of a hope in progressives’ hearts is fervently wishing that they will not be judged for any of their acts, no matter how detrimental to themselves, society, or the Christian Church. The end of Christendom is not a defeat for the hyper-secular… and is indeed a victory for Islam. One that the new pseudo-Christians have handed to them on the proverbial silver platter. In this depraved new world, one can say “yes” to anything without guarantee of condemnation…or eternal life. Is that trade-off worth it?

Zuppi noted that freshly minted Pope Leo XIV has stressed synodality and the promotion of “unarmed” peace in a troubled world. Yet everyone with a cerebral cortex knows that, if we weren’t armed, we’d all be forced to worship Xi Jinping or Allah. Probably not a good thing for Christendom.

The zany Zuppi referred to Pope Francis’ expression “change of epoch,” and observed that many are now immersed in a different cultural context, one in which faith is only one possibility among others. He claimed that while Christianity does not disappear for these folks, it is situated within a more personal form of adherence and reiterated that the Church is called to love without reserve and to recognize no form of enemy within society. (“Sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll!”)

In other words, Zuppi would fundamentally transform the Christian Church as Barack Hussein Obama fundamentally transformed the (formerly) United States.

Progressives, Marxists, and Muslims will always aggressively defend themselves. If Christendom will not, it will be a devastating defeat for it, no matter what Zuppi and his ilk say. And for the world. There will be precious few freedoms at the beginning of this new Dark Age. But there will be plenty of fear, guaranteed.

 

Chicago Mayor Says Imprisoning Violent Criminals Is "Racist" And "Immoral"

 

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently stated that imprisoning violent criminals is racist and immoral.

Appearing at a news conference alongside Illinois Governor J.B. “Big Pants” Pritzker, Johnson opined that society needs to find ways of dealing with violent criminals that don’t involve incarcerating them. The Large One said, “The addiction on jails and incarceration in this country, we have moved past that. It is racist. It is immoral. It is unholy and it is not the way to drive violence down.” He added, “We cannot incarcerate our way out of violence.”

No, it is racist to clearly infer that minorities (blacks?) cannot help but commit acts of violence. It is immoral to let repeat violent offenders out where they can continue to murder, rape, rob, and assault innocent, law-abiding citizens. And it is unholy to believe otherwise, as Democrats are wont to do, routinely taking the side of violent criminals against American citizens.

Asserting that “we cannot incarcerate our way out of violence” is akin to saying that removing cancerous organs and tissue from our bodies won’t help prolong our lives, or that we cannot eat our way out of starvation. It is obvious that both of these statements are false, or at least likely so. When criminals are incarcerated, they cannot commit crimes, at least not the murder, rape, robbery and assault of innocents. Period.

Period.

The Left has an insatiable desire to force others to believe—and parrot—outright lies. It is not hyperbole to say that this is an existential threat to society. It’s propensity to aver that the most preposterous lies are facts, the most improbable impossible beliefs true, will wreak havoc on a nation. Putting people in prison will not reduce crime? “Trans” women are women? Trump colluded with Russia? The Coronavirus came from a wet market/pangolin/but definitely not from the Wuhan virology lab, etc., etc. These notions, incessantly pushed by the mainstream media, are nothing but flat-out lies. And have proven to be nothing but flat-out lies.

But no one will be held accountable and similar lies and hoaxes will continue to be peddled…until Republicans grow a spine and become cis-male again. Or at least until they find their inner morality and purpose. Don’t hold your breath. Non-MAGA Republicans’ favorite activity seems to be pre-emptively surrendering. This craven proclivity is as pathetic as it is dangerous. In fact, it, too, is a crime.

 

Thanksgiving Thoughts

 

On this Thanksgiving Day, let’s take a moment to reflect on the biggest division there is, that between those who express and espouse gratitude and those who are forever entitled and bitter. But Eric, why do this, on this of all days? Because this dichotomy determines almost everything else. The difference between gratitude and entitlement is akin to the difference between, say, Mother Teresa and Michelle Obama, “O Holy Night” and “Santa Baby,” Scheel’s holiday advertisements and nearly everyone else’s.

And it is no exaggeration to state that it largely determines the course of one’s life. Suffice it to say that those with genuine gratitude tend to lead happier and more productive lives than those without, while doing more for others, as well. So those of us blessed with gratitude should be particularly thankful for that.

Leftists do not care for gratitude, family, or faith. They prefer to sow division, anxiety, fear, and hate. Because the former lead to a lesser need for the big government that gives them power, while the latter does the opposite.

Here’s wishing a happy and blessed Thanksgiving to all of my readers.  

I am grateful for you.

The Progressive Ten Commandments

 

A federal judge recently ordered 14 public schools in North Texas to quit displaying the Ten Commandments. US District Judge Orlando Luis Garcia, a Clinton appointee, ordered the schools to remove the Commandments after Texas passed a law requiring schools to display them, saying that the law violates the Constitution’s Establishment Clause. Yet, progressivism is nothing but an unbroken series of mostly unwritten commandments passed down from our education system, entertainment industry, and news media. Our children/students are indoctrinated every day, told in no uncertain terms that they cannot deviate from these Commandments without revealing themselves to be hateful, bigoted, intolerant, fascists. Naturally, this led me to codify them and put them on paper. You’re welcome.

The Progressive Ten Commandments:

1)      Thou shalt have no other gods but Progressivism

2)      Thou shalt make idols of drag queens

3)      Thou shalt not misgender anyone nor take their preferred pronouns in vain

4)      Thou shalt keep Kwanza and Earth Day holy

5)      Honor your birthing parents whatever their genders; And Karl Marx

6)      Thou shalt not murder…unless it be babies or conservatives

7)      Thou shalt commit adultery; diversity!

8)      Thou shalt steal only from the rich or businesses

9)      Thou are encouraged to bear false witness against Republicans, especially if thou art a “journalist”

10)   It is perfectly acceptable to covet the cash and possessions of anyone better off than yourself, as it is to covet fame, power, and your neighbor’s wife or manservant

And a bonus commandment: 11) Diversity is King, so anything goes!

 

Target Policy Asking Employees To Smile And Greet Customers Considered Cruel And Unusual Punishment By Some

 

The headline from something called “The Wellbeing Whisper” read, “Target’s Forced Smile Policy Deepens Rift With Workers and Shoppers.” Huh?

I almost never side with Target, but this time I must. The story revolves around Target’s new “10-4” policy, which urges employees to smile, make eye contact, and greet customers within prescribed distances-whether they feel like it or not. I was in retail management for 27 years. If an employee cannot—or will not—even smile and greet a customer in close proximity to them, they don’t deserve to have a job that involves interaction with customers. And they don’t deserve unemployment or welfare in my opinion, either. Or any other type of income redistribution. If the person being paid and otherwise compensated can’t even smile or say “hi” to customers that are in their store to hand over their hard-earned money, they aren’t going to be consistently competent and professional, let alone go above and beyond their position’s expectations.

Yet the article cites Allison Wiltz, a psychology Ph.D. and freelance journalist, who makes the preposterous assertion that “They [employees] shouldn’t lose the ability to make money or provide for themselves or their families just because they can’t muster up a smile.” It states that “surface acting,” or simply pretending to feel a certain way, “drains both emotional and physical resources; leads to exhaustion, lowered job performance, and reduced customer loyalty,” and even “emotional exhaustion.” I am emotionally exhausted after reading such complete bullshit. And I am not being paid for this. But wait, there’s more! Wiltz claims that mandatory smiles can “exacerbate racial and gender biases.” She claims that, for women, “the expectation to smile on demand is intertwined with relation expectations, making compliance a heavier emotional load.” Wiltz has obviously never met my wife. Also, pleasantly greeting customers, which is what you are being paid to do, subjects you to a “heavier emotional load?” Bullsh*t.

The indefinite article went on (and on) to state: “The mental health implications are serious. Emotional dissonance-when employees must hide their true feelings-has been linked to depression, anxiety, and even suicidal thoughts in service industry workers. In one large-scale study of ‘pink-collar’ jobs, women subjected to emotional display rules and requirements to hide emotions had a 36% higher risk of depression. That risk spiked further when employers failed to provide health and safety information or support from colleagues. Forced cheerfulness, especially in the face of aggressive customers, compounds the strain.” That is so much horse hockey. Most studies show that “faking it till you make it” works more often than not. In other words, if you make an effort to feel better, smile and think good thoughts, you will most often quickly end up feeling better and more positive. In this case, as in most, a win for all involved.

No matter. The article even more preposterously continued: “Layered onto this is the racial dimension of customer bias in service encounters. Research rooted in aversive racism theory illustrates that the responses of majority customers to minority employees are often less positive, driving satisfaction scores and loyalty. When service scripts-such as Target’s 10-4 policy-are rigidly enforced, they tend to magnify these biases rather than mitigate them, especially if managers interpret compliance through a biased lens.”

Oh, bleep off.

Aversive racism theory? Illustrates that the responses of majority customers to minority employees are often less positive? That is the exact opposite of what I have seen, what I have experienced. For many years now.

And finally, “For Target, the path to regained loyalty does not lie in policing faces but in restoring the commitments that once made it a favorite of diverse shoppers. It means re-engaging with DEI in ways that resonate with real experiences, protecting employees against emotional harm, and fostering authentic interactions that benefit workers and customers alike.”

Our Father who art in heaven…

Smiling and greeting customers could cause “emotional harm?” My experience, as a customer and service employee, has been just the opposite. Yet customer service has gotten dramatically worse since the COVID lockdowns, with a few exceptions. For example, Hy-Vee, the wildly successful grocery store chain, touts its customer service with the motto: “A helpful smile in every aisle.” That is hyperbole but still an indicator of how it wishes to treat its customers.

So, imagine the emotional harm Hy-Vee is causing their new-- and legacy-- employees! Of whom the company has hired tens of thousands in recent years.

I thank God I don’t have to smile and greet anyone here. Can’t imagine the emotional damage that would cause.

Mamdani Is So Yesterday...Or Soon Will Be

 

Democratic Socialist (i.e. Marxist) Muslim Zohran Mamdani is now the mayor of New York City. Many find it shocking that such a person is now in control of the country’s—and world’s—financial capital. But an upstate city just upstaged The Big Apple by electing a full-blown Communist. 20-year-old Hannah Shvets, a student organizer and member of Communist Party USA, was elected to the Ithaca Common Council on November 13th in the Democratic stronghold’s Fifth Ward. With the collapse of the old Democrat Party, and the blessing of the crazed, young, history-challenged radicals that now control it, Socialists, Marxists, and Communists are suddenly getting elected all across the fruited plain.

Many other, um, let’s say “diverse” characters are in the on-deck circle.

For example, far-left Democratic New York City Councilman Chi Ossé is reportedly planning to primary House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in 2026. Ossé is an openly queer Buddhist as well as a Marxist.

A Michigan furry who has made comments disparaging Charlie Kirk, Elon Musk-- and America-- is allegedly planning on running for US Congress. Samuel Smeltzer would be seeking the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s 7th District in the 2026 midterms, hoping to challenge Republican incumbent Tom Barrett for his congressional seat in Washington. Smeltzer is an open and outspoken member of the “Furry” community who campaigns under the name “Elyon Badger” while wearing a badger mask. Mr. Badger, pronouns unknown, believes in taxing the rich and says he is “100% serious” about his candidacy.” Smeltzer/Badger also told The New York Post, “I want to change things and make things better. I’m sick of Trump. I’m bullying the old f**ks out of my way.”

So you have a newly-elected Virginia attorney general, Jay Jones, who once openly mused about assassinating his political rival—and watching his children perish. He’s the chief law-enforcement officer of the state that produced Washington, Jefferson, and Madison. And you have Graham Platner, a freshly minted Senator from Maine who sports a Nazi Totenkopf, or “Death’s Head,” tattoo…and yet who once proclaimed himself a Communist.

And, of course, there are an ever-growing number of elected officials who are members of the LGBTQ community-- and a few others who are simply proven perverts.

Diversity and intersectionality are two in the pantheon of (non-Christian) gods Leftists worship. The more non-white, non-Christian, non-heterosexual boxes one can check, the better they like you, merit and character be damned.

Our culture and mores are changing so fast, I have constructed a guide (below) to help folks determine who their next Representative might be…or should be. Give your candidate 1 point for each of the orientations, genders, affiliations, ethnicities, and kinks with which they identify. Whoever has the highest total is the winner. Or should be. Right?

Sexual Orientation/Gender:   Religious Affiliation:        Political Affiliation:     Ethnicity:        Bonus Kink:

Gay/male                                   Muslim                               Marxist                        Indigenous      Pedophilia

Lesbian/female                         Pagan                                 Communist                 Chinese            Necrophilia

Pansexual/anogender             Luciferian                           Socialist                       Somali             Furry

Trans/fluid                                 Satanist                              DSA                              Pakistani         Golden Showers

Other/X                                      Wiccan                               Green                         Venezuelan     Drag Queen  

None                                          Unitarian                            Libertarian                 Canadian         Auto-erotica                                        

 

 

 

 

 

England Takes A Knee

 

Put a fork in England, she is toast. “The king is dead! Long live the Sultan!”

Shaun Remmer, a now former teaching assistant from the North Yorkshire town of Thirsk, was recently relieved of his job after he was “snitched on” for hoisting the Union Jack in his hometown. Remmer recently put up around 150 British flags across Thirsk, intending for them to symbolize the “unity” of Britain.

Whereas, Remmer says, numerous neighbors have stopped him in the street to shake his hand and thank him for putting up the flags, apparently a few took offense and reported him to his place of work, eventually leading to him losing his job. (Care to guess who these folks were?)

Yet, Palestinian flags and LGBTQ flags are fine to fly, in fact are nearly ubiquitous in certain areas of the U.K.-- and America, as well. (See also: college campuses, Minneapolis, etc.)

What kind of country bans its own flag from being displayed by its own citizens on account of a few complaints from those in a certain demographic group? (Whether they be Karens or Muslims.) Or because of a handful of radical leftists with suicidal empathy-- or a desire to destroy-- for that matter?

Sadly, the answer is an embarrassed one. A weak one. One that has lost its history, its way, and its mojo. And, inevitably, a soon to be extinct one.

“Rule, Brittania!” was a song set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740. It was a defiant assertion that Britons would never be slaves. But many Britons have now been fooled. They are ruled by incompetent leaders who are more afraid of being branded “Islamophobic” than they are upset at the cruelty being imposed on their young, native-born lasses…and their otherwise rapidly aging citizens alike. They are effectively enslaving those citizens with pernicious and overbearing laws and regulations, even as they are sentencing them to eventually become second-class citizens to the rapidly increasing Muslim population.

England appears utterly enervated, its leaders totally committed to a depressing denouement. It is the nation version of Joe Biden.

“Drool, Brittania?”

           More’s the pity.

Protestant Minister "Marries" Four Men

 

A “Protestant minister” in Berlin said she conducted a “poly wedding” for four men at what the Daily Caller characterized as a “summer pop-up wedding event outside a Kreuzberg church.”

According to the Berliner Zeitung, the allegedly Protestant minister, Lena Müller, 33, posted that “four young men said ‘yes’ to each other” and stood under “God’s colorful blessing.” This despite the fact that Germany does not recognize multi-partner marriages. (Intolerant Fascists!)

I’m not sure God would bestow his blessing on these particular nuptials, colorful or not. Especially insofar as the Bible clearly states His belief mandate that marriage should be between one man and one woman. But perhaps He has become much more “hip” and “woke” in the last couple of millennia. Or not.

People like this “minister”—and those who claim to be “Spiritual” but not religious, and folks who speak of “my truth” are akin to those who purport to want to “save our democracy” from Trump/Republicans/Conservatives/anybody who doesn’t agree with them. How so you ask? In that the latter don’t really want to save our democracy (representative republic), they want to save their bureaucracy and enhance their power. And that the former eschew the concept of objective truth and morality and actually desire to make them—and Christianity—comport with their wishes and actions. No matter what they may be.

What’s next to defile the divine unity of one male and one female? Will we soon be okay with “blessing” the sexual union of Three Men and a Truck? Three women and two men (a full house, females over males!) Five guys, three gals? Two “trans” women, three cis-women, three “trans” men, and two cis-men? Four anogenders, five demifluxers, and a goat?

If there are no standards, if nothing is deemed immoral, and if there is a mindset of “absolutely anything goes”……any society or nation so afflicted soon goes away. Permanently.

There is a reason Western Europe is being successfully invaded. By Muslims. When a nation forgets or willfully erases its past and no longer believes in itself or its raison d'être, it opens up a void that must be filled by something else. Often, that something is antithetical to that nation’s previous identity and well-being. This might seem ironic but quickly becomes a fait accompli.

The same thing could happen here in the U.S. Already is, in fact.

Tolerance is neither a “virtue” nor always good. Diversity is not necessarily our strength.

It is, however, our destiny.

 

The Pope, Immigration, And Abortion

                The University of Notre Dame has ixnayed and expunged the school’s historic Catholic mission from its staff values and instead chosen to adopt a “refreshed” set of generic concepts like “community.” Instead of staff being required to “understand, accept, and support the Catholic mission” of the university and “foster values consistent with that mission,” the staff is now encouraged to simply “treat every person with dignity and respect” and “work together.” Gotta treat those pedophiles, murderers, and radical Islamic types with dignity and respect! Maybe we can work together to create a college—and a nation—where there are absolutely no restraints on personal behavior and no consequences for anyone’s actions!

                 This nicely dovetails with the views of those currently heading up the Vatican, most of whom are profoundly progressive, explicitly ideological, and marginally Catholic at best. Simply put, they are there to “fundamentally transform Catholicism.” And Christianity. They are virtue-signaling apostates who would destroy a great religion to appear tragically hip. Wittingly or unwittingly, they are doing the Devil’s bidding…and sowing the seeds of destruction rather than redemption. This Pope, like the last one, is undoing tradition, rewriting the Catechism, and re-interpreting the Bible. He has granted audiences to gay couples, transgenders, and those who are staunchly pro-abortion. Pope Francis stated that “all religions are a path to God,” a stunning and direct contradiction of the word of God Himself…and His Son, as set down in the Bible. Seems like Pope Leo concurs. Leo has deliberately interjected himself into politics, chastising the Trump administration for its immigration and border policies. He has openly called for unlimited and unvetted immigration and the absence of border walls, though Vatican City would never even consider taking down the stout walls that surround and protect the home of the Pope.  

So perhaps the Pontiff should consider the fact that, if people endeavor to enter a new country and profess to be offended by its culture—as is the case with many Muslims-- they are not there as refugees, but as invaders and would-be conquerors. One would think that a Pope would know this as well or better than anyone. If those immigrants were truly fleeing poverty, war, or oppression, they would naturally express gratitude towards the new country, not be offended by it. Reason and sanity must replace suicidal empathy if the West is to survive.

Given his Progressive bona fides, Pope Leo XIV, an American, might not be too upset that the Philadelphia City Council recently adopted a resolution by councilmember and abortion activist Kendra Brooks that recognizes abortion as a “human right.” Killing the unborn (and perhaps those just born) is a “human right?” Does that seem right? Logical? Ethical? Does it comport with a civilized society? Of course not. It conflicts with the notion that each of us have been granted the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” by our Creator—America’s founding principle. Also, if abortion were a “human right” that was universally exercised, there wouldn’t be any humans—and hence no need for human rights at all. Therefore, that is self-evidently not the case.

God help us. Please.

 

Democrat Party Base Now Angry White Women

 

Mollie Hemingway-- author, political pundit, frequent guest on Gutfeld!, and editor of The Federalist, recently appeared on FOX News and stated that the Democrat Party’s base is now primarily made up of angry women.

Hemingway is clearly correct, as any honest person that hasn’t lived incommunicado in a Wikiup deep in the Brazilian rainforest for the past, say, 30 years would have to admit.

Whenever I see a Prius Subaru vehicle on the road with more than four bumper stickers, I know there is a 95% chance its owner is a member of the far-left community. If one of the bumper stickers states, “You can’t hug your kids with nuclear arms,” “Visualize world peace,” or “Charlie Kirk deserved to die,” I know there is a 99.7% chance the vehicle is owned by a female. An overweight white one with glasses. Sorry, ladies, I have conducted unimpeachable studies that show that 997 out of every 1,000 vehicles whose bumpers sport these stickers are owned by an overweight “non-male” with glasses. The science is settled. (I used to point this out to my wife. She doubted me. Then she didn’t. We are still married.)

Here is a recent comment from far-left podcaster Jennifer Welch: “Kudos to Bernie, to AOC, to Zohran, and to that woman out in somewhere Middle America saying, ‘F-ck Charlie Kirk. He was a racist. He was a piece of sh-t.’” Welch went on to essentially call for more and better violence against conservatives.

Sad. Tragic, really. The feminine grace is largely gone. The feminine mystique is no longer. The idea of the “gentler sex” has been rendered fake news. Feminism-- and a sheer rabid hatred of reality-- has killed these notions off. And done grievous, if not irreparable harm—to relations between the sexes, the foundation of human life since the time of Adam and Eve. (As always, there are exceptions to these observations. Thank you, God.)

Rosie O’Donnell, Kathy Griffin, Maxine Waters, Rashida Tlaib, AOC, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren, Jasmine Crockett, Mazie Hirono, Whoopie Goldberg, Michelle Obama, Ilhan Omar, Joy Reid…Jennifer Welch…I could go on and on. These are not just obnoxious and ignorant “non-males,” they are bad people. Liars. Hypocrites. Knowing projectionists. And obviously deeply unhappy, if not truly disturbed. Post-modern women such as these have—knowingly or not-- purged the fun, romance, and contentment from their own lives, and are the cause of great bewilderment, sadness, and disillusionment for countless men. (Not that men are blameless.)

It is vitally important for people, especially women, to realize and acknowledge two inarguable truths: first, that women have it worse-- and are far less free and opportunity-laden—in nearly every other country other than the United States; and two, that despite having greater career opportunities, fewer children, and less time spent with a committed male in recent years, the angrier and less content a great many women have become. I mean, WTH?! These are all things feminists claimed they wanted, so what gives?

Maybe if we quit using terms like “trans women” for men and “non-males” for women we could begin to heal again. It would be best for humanity if we once again were to recognize and celebrate the uniqueness and divine complimentarity of the male and female binary. Perhaps we could even experience something akin to a second Genesis. And get right with our Creator again.

Before it may become too late to do so.

 

Six Democrats Openly Call For Military And Intelligence Services To Disobey President Trump's Orders

 

Nov. 18 should henceforth be recognized as far more dangerous than Jan. 6 ever was. Far more shocking. And an actual attempt at fomenting an insurrection, a coup. The “Nov. 18ers” should be forever shamed and discredited.

Rather than hundreds of unruly Trump supporters strolling through the Capitol Building, many of whom were subsequently incarcerated for doing so, we have just witnessed six sitting Democratic lawmakers openly urge members of the military and intelligence community to defy direct orders from the President of the United States.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) posted a video to social media Tuesday morning in which she and five of her fellow traitors congressional Democratic colleagues called for the military and the intelligence community to “stand up” to President Donald Trump and his administration. In other words, to defy his orders if desired. To defy the orders of the Commander-in-Chief. The video features Slotkin, the infamous and always grating Sen. Mark Kelly (AZ)-- and Reps. Jason Crow (CO), Chrissy Houlahan (PA), Chris Deluzio (PA) and Maggie Goodlander (NH).

In the video, Kelly and Crow stated, “This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens.” Later in the video, Kelly, Slotkin, and Deluzio said, “Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders.”

To be clear, the Seditious Six are pitting the intelligence community and military against the duly elected Commander-in-Chief. (All of whom are themselves citizens.) Should their pleas be acted upon, this would not only result in an actual attempted insurrection or coup, but could provoke a civil war. They added, “whether you are serving in the CIA, the Army, our Navy, the Air Force, your vigilance is critical. And know that we have your back. Because now more than ever, the American people need you. The American people do need our military and intelligence services, just not the weaponized ones that the Obama and Biden administrations created. The American people don’t need the half-a-dozen subversive, traitorous clowns who appear in this video. And they certainly don’t need them pushing to further divide the nation-- and the military and intelligence services that are sworn to serve it.

Houlahan noted that “Americans trust their military,” while Deluzio asserted “that trust is at risk.” It is, but only if enough members of the military act at the behest of the Seditious Six.