From Saying Men Don't Pander (To Women) To Totally Pandering (To A Woman)

 

Right after posting The Macho Response 2025 (Laughter At The Idea Of EVER Returning To Before) Bill Maher does a Real Time segment on Father's Day, detailing how horribly America's treated men in my lifetime. For the crimes of previous generations. And how society's made icons of males who, under pressure, pander to women. Hint: "Men" don't pander. We acknowledge when The New York Times offers bullshit like Eight Enchanting Novels About Witches, nod, and then keep that shit moving. It's just not worth our time.

  

Glenn Greenwald says, in his lifetime, he's before never seen a journalist demand to hear what a politician knows about a country he plans to attack - the one thing TMR's been insisting we do to Donald Trump - starting with Palestine. It's a tactic that's time has come.

The release of Mahmoud Khalil is a reminder that, not only doesn't Donald Trump know anything, but he isn't even fulfilling a president's first responsibility, which is to defend the Constitution. I'd keep an eye on that guy if I were you, because he can affect the lifetimes of future generations.

And finally, speaking of affecting the lifetimes of future generations, the fact there's now an 'SNL' display should totally explain why legendary bassist, Carol Kaye, wants nothing to do with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Her work is foundational to everything they do, and even who we are, so she can say - with authority - except to crassly exploit her contribution, the Hall's never known why they exist. Just as MTV forgot what the "M" was for. So she wants nothing to with it. And I applaud her for saying so. That was the right thing to do AND The Macho Response.

The Cock's In Front (Because It's More Impressive Than The Balls Will Ever Be)

 

The New York Times Opinion Section has three articles that, pretty much, sum-up what the United States suffers from. The first says "Charisma Rules the World," which should tell you truth, honesty, and facts mean nothing - if the Trump administration hasn't made that clear enough already. This is evidenced by the second article, "It’s Not Just Trump Voters. Both Parties Are in Denial." And both of those fully support this third, "The Clintons and Kamala Harris Descend on a Hamptons Wedding of Liberal Royalty," an expose' on a gathering of the ugly, disgraced, and horrible - but extremely charismatic - Democrats, who not only lost the last election but have brought the nation low over my lifetime. 

Charisma not only explains the rise of Hitler, but how even a self-declared "idiot" like Joe Rogan is treated as intellectual royalty (much less, buffoons and liars like Trump or Hillary): people may "seek truth," but being in the presence of charisma makes them feel OK about being diverted from it. They'd rather be "in" with whoever's currently popular.

This is how we have "debates" between Bill Maher and Sean Penn - the man who denied Bill Clinton is a rapist and, more recently, insisted on RussiaGate vs. a propagandist for lies surrounding Harvey Milk. Both are full of shit - but they're quite charismatic - before a public, so unaware, these two can actually have careers peddling such dangerous nonsense.

But - always more disturbing - is who and what's behind them all. Because the charismatic always work for someone. And it's usually some damaged souls with no charisma what-so-ever. This is why, in the end, Steve Bannon and Co. needed Trump to lie for them: 

The true messengers of evil got nothin'.

 

Democrats: Take Us To Your Leader That's Handing Out The Marching Orders

"Trump Is ‘Weird,’ Vance Is ‘Creepy.’ Finally, the Democrats Start Name-Calling." 

 - Jessica Bennett, The New York Times, July 2024 

 The Democrats don't get it: if Donald Trump calls someone a name, that's just roasting them. He's one guy. But - when all the Democrats start saying the same thing at the same time - that makes living in America like finding yourself at a really bad party, that all of a sudden starts turning into a sinister and dangerous cult, just because you wanted to check the headlines. 

You don't hear every NPC conservative screaming 'fake news' just because Trump says it. 

 In order to be trustworthy, the Democrat's cultists have to show they can think for themselves.

 

Putting The Cart Before The Horse (Is The Easy Way To Make A Life Harder)

Political partisanship appears to cause almost every major writer, who sees the world as I do, to forget or ignore (or maybe they were already oblivious to) Andrew Breitbart's admonition that politics lives downstream from culture. So - by putting the emphasis on the wrong people: politicians - they've pointed their readers in the wrong direction, in almost the exact same wrong way, to end up telling the exact same wrong story, over and over again:

Francis Wheen discovered - almost immediately - he blew his NewAge thesis by attaching Margaret Thatcher to it.

Christopher Locke revealed the weakness in his argument, through the Republican-to-hate of the moment, George W. Bush.

And Kurt Andersen of The New York Times (of course) spirals down the drain by being unable to resist the zeitgeist, and attaching Donald Trump to his, otherwise sound, theories.

They're all wrong, with TMR's point being - even if they weren't - we wouldn't have any of them without a NewAge MOVEMENT, and that puts the ball back in the court of an Oprah or Deepak or Shirley MacLaine or Arianna Huffington or Gary Lachman or any of the other frauds and cult leaders assisting The Democrat Party in distorting reality, and thus, the American way of life.

 

Ain't Newspapers 'Sposed To Make The Comfortable Uncomfortable? (Part I)

"The story of this 'meme queen' hints at how hard it will be to bring people like her back to reality'" 

As usual, The New York Times devotes it's vast resources to discussing QAnon bullshit ("a New Age eccentric who could use some time away from screens") when they know QAnon's NOT what's really going on. But, they're not gonna tell you what's really going on, directly - you gotta suss that out for yourself - because "media" rules and journalism's dead. This article is the nonsense that keeps the ignorant chattering - and that's all that matters: it's the height of distraction, perfectly executed.

Think about it: She's the NYT's example? That obscure woman is the one who's gonna show us all how hard it is to bring people back to reality? Really? All because she's a NewAge Republican? Oh. My. God. In no particular order:

Guess who else is a NewAge Republican?

   

And he's the real thing, too - a true NewAge quack - dragged before the U.S. Congress, once, for selling "magic beans" on American television.

But while the NYT complains of message-spreaders, and how hard it is to bring people back, they haven't devoted one inch of space to worrying one minute that, over all these years, nothing has gotten through to this man - who has an internationally released TV show hawking quackery - and no one has ever seriously tried to get through to him. Not Oprah. I never expected it of the NYT.

If they did, they'd have reported his wife, Lisa Oz, also has a little untreated problem recognizing "up" from "down" - as evidenced by Wikipedia listing her credentials as "Author, radio and television personality, Reiki master" - as though "Reiki master" was a real thing, and not the acknowledgement she's a kooky cult member. Which, in that, she's not alone nowadays.

Journalist Chris Cuomo Is Setting Back Science Embracing Homeopathy And 'Oxygenated Herbs' As Coronavirus Treatment 

If this is who America gets it's fake news from on CNN - and the NYT hasn't busted THAT story wide open - then, what good is it? And - if the New York Times would rather pick on some poor woman than Chris Cuomo and his high-end luxury NewAge bullshit wife - then, who is the NYT even for, anymore?

 

Oprah Brought The NewAge Left To Power (And Now They Deny What They Are)

Ben Rhodes, in The New York Times: 

"We Are Not a 'Cabal,' Just Critics of Trump"

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury,....

Detonator

So, is everybody enjoying a(nother) Golden Age of American Solipsism? Feeling that up-down, side-to-side motion alright? Stomach drop? Good, that means you’re paying attention.

It doesn’t mean you know what’s going to happen next – they should know that by now - which is my only very-important point. Keep reading anyway.

This is politics. But it ain’t Oprah’s Golden Age of American Solipsism, Part II. That was President Obama, with the false “Hope” and the swagger, and nobody gets a car. (Sand castles, people, washed away with the waves.)

No, this is Trump’s Golden Age of American Solipsism – not even the Republican’s - so there’s less room for crystal balls than usual. Though “The Most Trusted Woman In America” (after making The Secret a best seller) IS coming along for the ride - via 60 Minutes – without a peep from our, oh, so fact-and-science-loving media.

Which means, long before most Democrats were ready, our highly-mediated roller coaster had us already locked-in and left the gate. We’re Fact-Free, and going down.

The result, of course, is what woke me from my stupor: my friends developing this nasty habit, post-Trump, of cornering me with hysterical predictions of doom and almost making me spill my beer. Not cool.

And, to make matters worse, they’re not telling me what “may” (or may not) happen, or what “could” (or could not) occur, but what they KNOW FOR A FACT is going to happen. In the future. (Which doesn’t include buying me another beer.) And it’s all based on the best available, cherry-picked, and highly massaged information they get from the combined forces of Left-wing hate blogs, comedy shows, MSNBC, CNN, and (for some reason) Rachel Maddow.

And THAT is because they refuse to watch FOX, or read anything even slightly-conservative, except as hate speech. Even if it’s gay and uninformed. Not the Rachel Maddow standard.

Yes, my friends are people who have to be convinced, lovingly, compassionately, patiently, and with a pair of tongs, this is not how critical thinking works. And they don’t think that’s strange.

And why would they? The media itself doesn’t find any of this the least bit bizarre. Defying reality, it’s currently defending what it does. Or doesn’t do. Which is good, because – like cops, caught between blacks and the zeitgeist - I couldn’t.

I mean, don’t get me wrong, I understand the need for a fair, sharp, robust media. (And cops.) We need that. But, if you can find one, please send it to America, courtesy of TMR, with a note saying we pay well.

See, rather than “the media” (or my wild-eyed friends) I keep being amazed by journalists like John Carreyrou, the Wall Street Journal’s “lone wolf” who didn’t swallow Elizabeth Holmes’ easily-debunked Theranos story, while all the others did. Swallow it. Whole. For months. Years even. To tout a miracle. To promote a woman. To run a little feel good flim-flam on America. It was like a Golden Age of American Solipsism Special, since we weren’t fully in one, like now.

The best part was how the media, these compassionate people – all - not only were willing to put lives at risk, to tell that specific story (Theranos WAS supposed to be medical tech) but they took some. Or, at least, one seemingly-good guy took his own. And the rest – including, and especially, the woman “the media” was so desperate to promote as Silicon Valley incarnate, while Silicon Valley let them - marched on with their story, right over his dead body. Don’t worry: the Golden Age of American Solipsism passed by it a long time ago.

And see, THAT’s our media. Armed with a narrative. Did you see the movie/horror story, The Big Short? Wasn’t that a great tale of insight, and bravery, on behalf of the American people? A story of epic proportions, that couldn’t be given away. Huh?

Bernie Madoff? Would’ve been “Breaking News” for somebody. A lot of somebodies.

That rape-y “spiritual advisor” at Whole Foods? They’re really leaning on him, am I right?

The “Hot Yoga” guy who, for years, had/made women in Los Angeles masturbate him in public - as he sat atop a dias - but, still, most of the articles I saw were debating if the heat improved the practice.

This is the media that has the nerve to attack Trump, and scare my friends silly while doing so. The media that knows what’s going on, and will gladly tell you so. They can trust them. They KNOW it. They saw it on the TV. They should hold on tight for these turns.

Who you can’t trust are those pesky Russians. The NYT (finally) said so – long after their totally credulous articles on pet psychics.

And, speaking of Russia, Rasputin himself, Steve Bannon – ooh, he’s bad. Really, anyone but professional politicians running government is probably not the best idea. Might be KKK. But that’s crazy talk. This is America.

Look at Utah Senator Orrin Hatch. Blessed with the name, Orrin, you couldn’t find a more upstanding individual, to uphold the standards and honor of the American people, if you tried. But try anyway: I saw him with his Big Boy choo-choo train hat on, so he’s obviously helping to run this ride.

I knew it when he asked Congressman Tom Price, Trump’s candidate for the head of Health and Human Services, if he would uphold DSHEA (the crazy law allowing supplement manufacturers not to prove their products are safe, or even work, before going on supermarket shelves) and Price said “Yes” - to not a peep from our guardians in the media. Why, Ol’ Orrin didn’t even look around. It went right over, or under, their heads.

Oh yeah, that’s when I KNEW the Senator from America’s number one supplement manufacturing state was up top, probably murmuring a saying from Joseph Smith, with his hand, not on The Bible or The Book of Mormon, but the “release” lever for somebody’s life. Just like Theranos.

Just like Oprah did, with Dr. Oz, seeing how the media’s always been so aggressively trying to call-out fraud and all. Fully HALF of Oz’s information was found to be wrong and he’s still on television. Doing fine. Feeling no heat whatsoever. Because we simply are moving too fast. I think, maybe. Or are we?

Yep – it’s getting to me now: feeling whoozy – so I better get off. Can I get off? Is observing a Golden Age of American Solipsism the same as being on it? Can you dose yourself with LSD and not forget you took it? TRUMP-Grade, Media-Saturated, LSD? I don’t know. I simply don’t know. But I do, still, know this:

We have no idea what’s going to happen next – and the ride’s just started: somebody actually could start doing their job,…
 

Why Everyone Lies But Me (I'm Not Involved In Cults)

These poor deceitful fools, I'm usually 5-10 years ahead - and, since they can't keep the truth quiet forever, even amongst themselves - eventually, I always win: 

“LIKE most children of the Reagan era, I grew up with a steady diet of media warnings about the perils of religious cults — the gurus who lurked in wait for the unwary and confused, offering absolute certainty with the aftertaste of poisoned Kool-Aid. From the 1970s through the 1990s, from Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, frightening fringe groups and their charismatic leaders seemed like an essential element of the American religious landscape. 

Yet we don’t hear nearly as much about them anymore, and it isn’t just that the media have moved on. Some strange experiments have aged into respectability, some sinister ones still flourish, but over all the cult phenomenon feels increasingly antique, like lava lamps and bell bottoms. Spiritual gurus still flourish in our era, of course, but they are generally comforting, vapid, safe — a Joel Osteen rather than a Jim Jones, a Deepak Chopra rather than a David Koresh. ”

And that's the cult world I've been writing about for almost a decade - to massive denials from all quarters - only to have The New York Times now detail how the liars pulled it off:

They're all, collectively, still lying to anyone who will listen - which ain't ever going to be me.

Don't be surprised,...