Things are spinning fast and anyone with sense is justifiably worried about War Secretary Pete "DF" Hegseth's demand that 800 top generals and admirals drop every other duty, in order to fly - expensively - to Quantico, congregating in a single place for an unprecedented 'meeting.'
I'll weigh in about that below... along with some advice for you in such times.... plus maybe half a dozen terms that all of you ought to Google. Tonight. But first...
Ronan Farrow dissects the farthest right groups seeking to bring down every aspect of the nation we've known. The one that I've dealt with for over a decade is the most 'intellectual' - the circle jerk of chain-masturbatory neo-monarchists whose current, disposable guru - Mencius Moldbug Yarvin - pushes the blatantly insane notion that 'democracy has failed', even as such ingrates wallow in a sea of gifts and wonders and good things poured into their laps by the most successful, free, prosperous and rapidly advancing society the world ever saw, by far.
If America is currently in 'crisis' it's not because of some 'failure' or a 'generational turning.' It is for one reason only. The economy, science, jobs... everything except the cost of housing... was doing fine. No, this is a psychic-schism... phase 8 or 9 of a cultural rift - for or against modernity - that goes all the way back to 1778. See Civil War Phases. And the 'crisis' is purely sabotage.
== Fort Sumter did lead (eventually) to Appomattox ==
But back to Farrow's concise list of extreme right clusters. The others he mentions - violent thugs and Book of Revelation fetishists - largely consist of enraged males who feel left-behind by the nerds and good-natured average folks they bullied, back in middle school. A negative sum, sadistic pleasure that they seek to regain by drinking our tears.
And while they are ingrates, like the neo-monarchists, at least one can see a dismally nescient reason for their reflexive wrath.
In contrast, the Yarvinists include very rich and pretentiously well-educated 'preppers' or "accelerationists" who are plotting actively to murder a nation that gave them everything and to trigger an 'Event' that will slaughter at least 90% of the world's population.
That - and no less than that - is how they hope to prove their superiority and to restart the 6000 year feudal era of harems.
Surrounded by flatterers and sycophants, they style themselves as smarties. And some of the techies do have some narrow mental proficiency, though I could demolish their constructs in 5 minutes and offer to do so, with 5% of our net worths on the line.
And hence their cowardly isolation within a circle-jerk of lackeys and fellow ingrates who scheme to wreck us all. A Nuremberg rally from which their rationalizations distill down - effectively - into one crystal clear sound. The sound of a call summoning (eventually) a ride from Uber-Tumbrels.
== We know you ==
And so my few words to them.
We... will...remember... you.
Not just me, but tens of thousands already, with caches ready to spill to millions of wakened others. Your cult will be recalled, after the embers settle. Every one of you who survives and claims a rightful place of lordship or monarchy.
What then comes will not be A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ. The people will ally with the surviving nerds who know bio, nano, nuclear, cyber and the rest. And who know the schematics of every prepper stronghold. And yes, every name, even those who took pains to remain in shadows. (Want proof?)
We... will...remember... you.
And you will not like us when we're mad.
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Note: Before calling this 'meeting,' DF* Hegseth fired or reassigned most of the JAGs** who advised generals what's legal. JAGs could excuse generals from illegal orders and now they are gone. (Trump also fired most of the Inspectors General in most agencies, who did the same thing on the civilian side. And dang the dems for not protecting them by law, when they had the chance!) Without JAGs, the officers coming to Quantico (at great expense) will be helpless and those who don't come will be - at minimum - fired.
And this after DF and TS have reamed out the counter-terrorism and counter-spy experts and put putative Moscow agents in charge of both. The way that Bush did before 9/11 but far more extensively.
All those scenarios are lurid and likely beyond the capabilities of Dirty Fingers* Pete. But perhaps a coerced "Fuhrer Oath" swearing of loyalty to Dear Leader? Look up ALL of them up and be educated. Be ready!At minimum it is part of the gone-mad right's all-our war vs ALL fact using professions, from science and teaching, medicine and law and civil service to the heroes of the FBI/Intel/Military officer corps who won the Cold War and the War on terror.
Faced with plummeting polls in both Russia and the USA, both Putin and Trump are getting desperate for a Hail Beezelbub play. So get canned goods. Watch harbor cams to see when the Navy puts to sea. If you see San Diego or Norfolk with no carriers in port, alert the rest of us!
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* DF = Dirty Fingers because Hegseth has repeatedly and publicly said "I haven't washed my hands in over a decade." Because "Germs are a myth." And TS = Two Scoops, my nickname for a solipsist who insists that: "At dinners everyone gets one scoop of ice cream. Except me. I get two."
JAG = Judge Advocate General. Along with the inspectors and auditors, part of the ten thousand cadre of primly neutral men and women who have kept us a nation of laws. Now look up one more name: Roger Taney, to understand why we'll get no help from the Constitution's bulwark Court.
You have your google assignments, in order to actually see what's going on.
8 comments:
Yarvin and company talk a lot about IQ and think that the world should be run by those with high IQs. Of course they see themselves as part of that group. However they ignore the importance of EQ. They are setting up the rule of ingenious fools who are bad at understanding others.
And the best possibility for the meeting of Hegseth and the generals is that it is an exercise in breast beating and propaganda. I'll be surprised if they do something as blatant as loyalty oaths. Sackings however are likely. I suspect they are seeking to somehow gain personal loyalty from the generals and admirals. It is likely bto backfire.
"Well, we're in it now." - Capt John Sheridan, shortly after announcing the secession of the Babylon 5 station from the Earthforce Alliance.
This meeting holds some very unpleasant possibilities, but I'd hazard a guess that, between them, 800 senior US Army officers have a few brain cells to rub together, and I would be *very* surprised if they aren't aware of JAG procedures in general, if not the specifics.
Above all, they are aware of the oath they swore to uphold *and defend* the US Constitution. That implies an active duty. So, if the TS resident expects he can demand a personal oath of fealty, he might find the response to be a little more robust than a polite refusal, or submissions of resignation.
Indeed, one official is quoted as saying they 'expect a few surprises', and 'aren't letting their guard down'.
I think they know how to handle themselves.
As for Hegseth and his apparent obsession with 'warrior ethos', I don't know the extent to which its spread through US Army personnel, but here's what Robert Fisk (no relation) had to say about it nineteen years ago. (Do note that it replaced the 'Soldiers Creed', drawn up after some Vietnam-related atrocities were committed.)
We are not privy to what is afoot, and will not be in the room where it will happen. Meanwhile, watch the seas, David. You're closer to San Diego than I am!
I've heard effective quotient to be defined as the sum of all quotients, less EGO, which is all Trump and Hegseth have. Crazy as it would be, loyalty oaths are a distinct possibility.
Seeking such oaths would arguably be sedition. They might arrest Trump and Hegseth for that. And I don't think it would be covered by Presidential immunity. It would not be part of the President's duties.
Yep. They're not that stupid.
... or are they?
As our host has pointed out the sidelining of the JAGs is a danger sign. It suggests that something illegal is being planned. Rather like the way that a large number of changes in the Pentagon just before the previous coup attempt was a danger sign.
Oh, dismissing JAG has got flashing red lights all over it. As I said below, though, senior officers should have picked up a fair smattering of the legalities.
... and who's to say what pro bono advice they've obtained from ex-officers?
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