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[Trump announces midterm convention for Republicans in Dallas in September]

It looks like the POSOTUS is giving a gift to the Democratic Party:

Trump announces midterm convention for Republicans in Dallas in September

As per this article:

"President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of November's midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress."

And, further along in this same article:

"Democrats have said the GOP convention will be a chance for them to tie Republican House and Senate candidates to Trump, whose approval rating is underwater."

And so, it appears that the Democrats know they're being given a gift. Now, we'll see if they actually know how to utilize this gift.

[Karl Rove Predicts Iran Will Try to Hurt Trump in Midterms]

In simple terms, the Iranian theocracy has won this little war. And, they know they are now stronger than they've ever been. And so, it's now just a matter of them extracting the reparations they want from us, and they also know time is on their side.

The POSOTUS believed he had the military capability to force a regime change in Iran simply by ordering a short bombing campaign. But, the result of his failed bombing campaign is that the Iranian theocracy now has the capability to severely weaken the Turd Reich. And, although the Iranian theocracy can not actually destroy the Turd Reich outright, they can easily weaken it by occasionally restricting the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz.

Therefore, I see no reason for the Iranian theocracy to come to any kind of a final agreement with the Turd Reich prior to the U.S. Midterm elections.

The original interview this article is based upon is behind a WSJ paywall. But, this is a short summary:   

Karl Rove Predicts Iran Will Try to Hurt Trump in Midterms

As per this article:

"Legendary GOP operative Karl Rove predicted the Iranians would try to hurt President Donald Trump in this fall's midterm elections by creating problems during a Fox News hit over the weekend.

Rove made the point shortly after anchor Paul Gigot observed that Trump "has some persuading to do to convince the public" that the United States' war with Iran has been successful."

And, as per further along in this article:

""Well, even if it happens, I'm not convinced that it's going to be that dispositive, that that's going to determine the outcome, the election, [it] will help, obviously. But look, we're not the only ones who know this. We're not the only ones paying attention to oil prices," replied Rove. "Remember, all of these negotiations with Iran need to be completed by the middle of August. The Iranians are not dumb. They know that the fall campaign starts in earnest on Labor Day. I would not be surprised to see them attempt to have an influence on the outcome by creating problems in mid-August, and causing oil prices to rise and uncertainty to grow.""

And so, I'm obviously not the only one who suspects the Iranians are going to continue to toy with the POSOTUS and his Turd Reich.

[Tom Emmer Decides The Real Problem Is Being Called A Racist, Not Being One]

Unfortunately, this MAGAt represents a congressional district with a Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI) of R+10:

Tom Emmer Decides The Real Problem Is Being Called A Racist, Not Being One

"He said this out loud. Weird flex, Tom. "

As per this article:

"House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) apparently decided this was the week to stop mincing words. At a recent event, Emmer declared he was "done being even the least bit careful" before informing his Somali-American constituents that they "don't assimilate" and should "go the hell back to where they came from" if they don't.

Emmer represents Minnesota's 6th District, home to one of the largest Somali-American communities in the country. Emmer does not appear to have considered the irony of telling his own constituents to leave.

"Guess what? There is nothing racist about calling out a criminal," he said. "So when I say that..."House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) apparently decided this was the week to stop mincing words. At a recent event, Emmer declared he was "done being even the least bit careful" before informing his Somali-American constituents that they "don't assimilate" and should "go the hell back to where they came from" if they don't.

Emmer represents Minnesota's 6th District, home to one of the largest Somali-American communities in the country. Emmer does not appear to have considered the irony of telling his own constituents to leave.

"Guess what? There is nothing racist about calling out a criminal," he said. "So when I say that...""

This article continues on about this particular incident in detail. But, you get the idea. In the Turd Reich under the POSOTUS, they don't have to hide their identities behind their ol' KKK white hoods anymore.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Points Out The Delicious Irony In Donald Trump's Reflecting Pool Fiasco]

I think AOC explained this situation well:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Points Out The Delicious Irony In Donald Trump's Reflecting Pool Fiasco

"The New York Democrat also explained why the debacle was predictable."

As per this article:

"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) waded into the controversy surrounding the algae- and peeling paint-plagued Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Tuesday.

Asked by the MeidasTouch Network for her take on the fallout from President Donald Trump's troubled $14 million renovation project, the New York Democrat suggested the problems were predictable given the current White House's anti-science agenda.

"I mean, when you defund science research, when you don't really understand the first thing about science, yeah, they talked a bunch of smack," she said.

Ocasio-Cortez then zinged: "They said they had to repaint the pool and now they've turned the place into a swamp. They turned it into an actual swamp."

The "swamp" of Washington, D.C., was, of course, what Trump repeatedly vowed to drain during his three presidential campaigns."

So, it looks to me like it's time for a remake of that old Swamp Thing movie. Perhaps the people at The Onion would be interested in taking the project on. After all, they seem pretty flush with cash these days.

'Tis the 27^th day of the Season of Confusion in the Year of Our Lady of Discord 3192, and time to not give a damn about celebrating the Confusloth Whollyday.

Carry on.

Hail Eris!

All Hail Discordia!

In simple terms, the Iranian theocracy has won this little war. And, they know they are now stronger than they've ever been. And so, it's now just a matter of them extracting the reparations they want from us, and they also know time is on their side.

The POSOTUS believed he had the military capability to force a regime change in Iran simply by ordering a short bombing campaign. But, the result of his failed bombing campaign is that the Iranian theocracy now has the capability to severely weaken the Turd Reich. And, although the Iranian theocracy can not actually destroy the Turd Reich outright, they can easily weaken it by occasionally restricting the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz.

Therefore, I see no reason for the Iranian theocracy to come to any kind of a final agreement with the Turd Reich prior to the U.S. Midterm elections.

[Italy's Meloni says Trump 'made up' story that she 'begged' him for photo at G7]

The Ego has landed. Again:

Italy's Meloni says Trump 'made up' story that she 'begged' him for photo at G7

As per this article:

"Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said she is astonished after President Donald Trump told Italian TV she had "begged" him for a picture with her, in comments that have provoked an open row between the two leaders.

Meloni said Trump's comments were entirely "made-up", and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has cancelled a trip to the US early next week."

And, that's why he's it's the POSOTUS.

[Trump calls for impeachment of Senate Democrat who called ending Obama's Iran deal 'bad mistake']

The POSOTUS just can't handle constructive criticism:

Trump calls for impeachment of Senate Democrat who called ending Obama's Iran deal 'bad mistake'

As per this article:

"President Trump on Sunday called for the impeachment of Democratic Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), after the lawmaker criticized his decision to pull out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in his first term.
 
"Senator Jack Reed, a Dumocrat from R.I., lied when stating the the Deal we just made is not as good as the Obama disaster known as the JCPOA. Reed is either an outright fraud, or incompetent," Trump wrote in a Sunday post on Truth Social.

"The Obuma Deal was a road to a Nuclear weapon for Iran, cash and all, one of the worst and dumbest (hence Dumocrats!) Deals ever made by the U.S. Our Deal is a WALL against Iran ever having a Nuclear weapon, the complete opposite of Obuma. Impeach Jack Reed!" he added.
 
A sitting senator cannot be impeached but can be expelled through a resolution that requires a two-thirds majority vote."

Now we replenish our popcorn supplies, sit back, and watch how many members of the Republicult™ eagerly jump on the Impeach Jack Reed Bandwagon.

[After White House bout, UFC fighter disparages Michelle Obama as 'a man']

Here's yet another example of a white trash MAGAt hero preaching to his choir:

After White House bout, UFC fighter disparages Michelle Obama as 'a man'

The former first lady and her husband, former president Barack Obama, have frequently been the targets of racist insults.

As per this article:

"UFC fighter Josh Hokit used his post-bout interview Sunday night at the White House to disparage former first lady Michelle Obama.
 
In a post-fight interview, the heavyweight fighter praised President Donald Trump for hosting the event, which was intended to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
 
He then insulted the mother of one of his rivals, thanked Jesus and ended by shouting: "And lastly — Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?""

After all, that's what MAGAtry is all about. There may be a Presidential Medal of Freedom coming this asshole's way in the near future.

For decades, my rule of thumb has been that no matter how bad a 'Merican president is at his job, his approval ratings will not drop below 33.3%, or roughly 1/3 of the people polled. (I freely admit, my rule of thumb is little more than my opinion, based upon my observation of 'Merican politics.)

Still, given how unimaginably bad this POSOTUS is at his job, his aggregate approval rating has yet to drop to that level.

So, while I don't doubt there are a few members, here and there, who are becoming disillusioned enough to distance themselves from the Republicult™, I'm not optimistic there will ever be anything resembling a mass exodus. I'm more inclined to believe this cult will simply rebrand itself. Again.

[Trump has a new, surprising take on the higher cost of living: 'I love the inflation']

I think the Republicult™ would have reacted much differently to this statement, if a Democratic President had made it:

Trump has a new, surprising take on the higher cost of living: 'I love the inflation'

As per this article:

"Asked about the new report that the consumer price index in May had jumped 4.2% over the last year, the president took a surprisingly optimistic tack with the challenging news. Trump didn't dismiss the affordability issue as a "hoax" that was started by Democrats, as he has done previously. Nor did he claim that he was bringing down the cost of living.

Instead, after the government said that inflation spiked to the highest level since April 2023, Trump praised the numbers.

"You know what I really love?" Trump said. "I love the inflation.""

However, I'm not seeing any outrage among the brain-dead faithful. So, I'm taking the lack of it as just more proof that the Republicult™ really is a cult, in every sense of the word.

Before the dark ages, empires controlled the flow of knowledge, until the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. These non-interesting parts of History between the well documented established orders contained unbroken lineages of familial bloodlines and religious orders which absolutely kept secrets from the rest of us.

Conspiracy theories are a defining feature of our Discordian mythology. It's one of the things that drew me to this religion, as I find many popular conspiracy theories to be highly amusing.

However, those of us who, for our amusement, occasionally claim the be members of the Illuminati, The Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria (A.I.S.B.) - the World's Oldest and Most Successful Conspiracy, need to be aware that not every force that drives civilization originally sprung from a conscious, organized conspiracy. I submit that describing how our various previous civilizations operated, and how our current one operates, is more difficult than that. And, believing in conspiracy theories can lead to paranoia.

In the Republicult™, belief Trumps facts.

  Valid, thanks.
Focusing more on the Ancient Astronomy.

I'm dumbfounded by the Antikythera Mechanism. The mathematics and raw data collection involved in that must have been quite a feat.

It's ironic that it was the disaster of a shipwreck that brought this ancient device to the attention of posterity. Only a fraction of what we humans achieve survives for any length of time.

  Would I be considered one of the crazies if I were to point out that the ye old super geniuses would make discoveries while being funded by patrons, who would then use their status and authority to monopolize information to reinforce their control schema over the peasantry? 

  Wouldn't this topic not only show the sophistication of people back then, but also the potential of foresight that they would understand their position over the illiterate masses, and naturally, they would want to guarantee and maintain their lineage's position of security and power over time.

Isn't that ultimately the motivation behind an interest in such antiquity, to connect the dots on how it may be relevant today? 

The ruling classes of antiquity already had all of society's status and authority. And, as very few outside of the ruling classes were literate, I doubt they even consciously thought they had a need to "hoard knowledge" for the sole benefit of maintaining their power.

I don't know when the term "class warfare" was coined. And, I don't know if it even had any real meaning back in the days of tribes, clans, feudal system kingdoms, etc. However, if discussing "class warfare" is your intent, you may want to initiate a new topic on the subject up on the Aneristic Illusions Board.