A Mafia Don does mafia deeds. And Europe rises. And those backstabbing our own side.

This midweek posting reiterates some history (and hysteria) -related points that I've put on soc.media, hoping some folks will pay attention to off-angle perspectives that are (I assert) more accurate and useful than most standard ones you're seeing.  

More important are the Newer Deal Propopsals that I'll reiterate below. For example, how to smash the mad right's current, hypocritical fad-riff about Voter ID. And ways to ensure this madness never happens again.

But first...

    

== The Standard Pattern of Mafiosi ==

As usual, no one heeds underlying patterns. Like what's happening with Trump's bluster threats vs. Iran. Leveraging cynically off the recent courage and sacrifice of the Iranian people.

Superficially, there will be enough of a "nuclear deal" for Trump to crow about, though it will be functionally no better than what Obama got out of the mullahs. And that will just be surface stuff. For show n' brags.

Prediction. Just as the brilliantly-executed and tactically perfect Maduro raid was commanded by Hegseth to stop short and leave Maduro's gang in charge*, any action re Iran will leave the Ayatollahs protected. The very last thing that mafia bosses ever do is liberate commonfolk from gangsters. Instead, they coerce the local gang to switch loyalties and pay vigorish to the New Boss. Hence, the people of Iran will benefit no more than those of Venezuela did, but oil commissions will go to Trump.

The same thing will happen when Pete (Filthy Fingers) Hegseth sends the brilliant men and women of the US military (whom he berated as "too fat and woke to fight") into Havana. Only there, the installed capos will swarm in from Miami.

* A pattern also followed by George Bush Sr. when he left Saddam in charge of Iraq, to murder a million southern Shiites, rather than just liberate everyone, as Gen. Schwarzkopf begged. Same pattern. That of mafiosi.

== Europe stand up! But offer help, not churlish ingratitude ==

This parade float is fair! Yes, it is tIme for Europe to rise up and defend vs Trumpists & Putinists! And yet, I resent those who are slagging “The U.S.” in general.

 

Americans (including we in the increasingly involuntary satrapy of California) are struggling with our Confederate siblings, cousins and neighbors, who are having another of their generational, murderously psychotic episodes (now phase 8 of our 250 year civil war.) 

Hence, we could use help from those we saved - one lifespan ago. Not broad-brush yammers from ingrates whose nations prospered under the American Pax that gave the world its best 80 years, compared to any other era... compared to ALL other eras. Compared to all other eras combined. (Disagree? Then tabulate and refute it.)

Want Europe to stand up more? Great! In fact, it’s about time.

Might you have to carry civilization forward, if True America fails and the Confederate-psychopath-Putinist traitors win this dangerous round?

Yes, you might, and God bless you. And Canada/Australia/NZ/Japan and the rest.

In that case, many of us (not me) will flee to you. Just as your best fled to us, in the 1930s & 40s etc. 

(I won’t run. I will stay and I will die on this hill. Or until we reach Appomattox.)

Help us if you can. We have a right (that we earned) to ask for it.

But I will not abide churlishly-generalized and sanctimoniously masturbatory, reductionist America-bashing. Our mad side may kill our good side, in this round of our bipolar civil war. Especially if you self-righteously backstab us, instead of helping.

But this blue light is what gave the world hope.

And it will be remembered that way, by history, even if a red and gray psychotic wave drowns the flame.

== And in the U.S. we have our own backstabbing sanctimony junkies ==

Again and again, I see folks on our own (blue American) side of this civil war, jerking off to sanctimony rather than standing up, the way our ancestors did, in earlier phases of our recurring psychotic (confederate outbreak) civil war, and closing ranks.

"Pelosi, Schumer... all the Dem politicians are weaklings and Republicans-lite!"

Bull and FU. This is Kremlin-generated splitter crap. Anyone swallowing it is an ignoramus who knows nothing of how vigorously Pelosi/Schumer/Sanders/Warren etc. strove to get stuff done, during their narrow window of opportunity in 2021-22. They sure as heck worked (and now work) harder than any of their couch-sitting critics. Or even those who are admirably in the streets, demonstrating.

And yes, I am looking at ALL of you who undermine the DemParty with this 'weak' crap. Nothing is more sure to weaken us.

Do we need better generals for this phase of the US Civil War? As fiercely effective as Washington, Grant, Sherman, Tubman, FDR and MLK? Sure. We seem to be getting some, e.g. Newsom and Kelly and several women House members like J. Crockett. Anyway, they are not the problem.

YOU are, if you swallow this stuff. And if you don't pounce on it and slap silly those who keep saying it.

Try actually knowing something. Start here.

And now that I've driven away all the preeners...

== If you want a way to actually win... ==

... to actually win this latest - horrific - phase of the American Civil War, (before the mad Putin Party gets a chance to spring their bigger-9/11 on us)... here's a checklist of fixes:

(1) that will sell well to most voters

(2) that can pass quickly, almost the moment we get a good Congress… with some of the measures even immune to Trumpian vetoes! And

(3) that will PRAGMATICALLY reverse the treason-evisceration of the USA, ensuring that this never happens again. Want to see how to do all of that?

Including the best (so-far unused) answer to the mad-right's miserably hypocritical "Voter ID" riff.

== Hey Decent Republicans? Tick-tock, tick-tock ==

Time's almost up!

Sane US conservatives have 2 weeks - maybe 4 - to gather the courage, honor and decency to step up for their country and our children. By registering as candidates to 'primary' corrupt-insane MAGA/Foxite servants of Murdoch/Putin and Trump.

After that? After that, there'll be nothing to salvage from the undead, gone-treasonous party of Lincoln. And American conservatism will have the deepest possible hole to climb out of.

Even so, all of YOU out there should heed these practical steps to keep YOUR vote... and make it effective.

== And finally, a lagniappe for Britain ==

Now that Brexit is a topic again... Heed these signs that were waved by the REMAIN crowds during Brexit.

Britain-IN? An inspiring rallying cry!