{"id":4640,"date":"2021-01-10T17:12:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T17:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2021-01-10T17:12:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T17:12:47","slug":"we-fought-the-good-fight-and-we-lost-this-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/2021\/01\/10\/we-fought-the-good-fight-and-we-lost-this-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"We Fought The Good Fight And We Lost\u2014This Battle."},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-34157\" class=\"post-34157 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-culture\">\n<p class=\"title\">[Taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"postmetadata\"><span class=\"text-by\">BY<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" title=\"View all posts by Briggs\" href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/author\/briggs\/\" rel=\"author\">BRIGGS<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"text-on\">ON<\/span>\u00a0<a title=\"7:04 am\" href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2021-01-07T07:04:18-05:00\">JANUARY 7, 2021<\/time><\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"sep\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"commentcount\">(\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comments\">37 COMMENTS<\/a>\u00a0)<\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=FamedCelebrity&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1047935416182235136&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwmbriggs.com%2Fpost%2F34157%2F&amp;siteScreenName=%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1047935416182235136\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The riots ran rampant over the summer. Black Luciferian Menaces and Antifa ran amok\u2014stealing, looting, burning, beating, and even killing. Murder. Do you recall declaring cities \u201cautonomous zones\u201d? The terrorizing of citizens?<\/p>\n<p>All with the\u00a0<em>open<\/em>\u00a0and loud support of the media, government, academics, corporations, everybody in the elite.<\/p>\n<p>The flaming riots were called \u201cmostly peaceful protests\u201d. We were told not to worry about it, because people had insurance. We were told the riots were good. And necessary.<\/p>\n<p>AOC,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1334184644707758080\">speaking for many<\/a>, said (ellipsis original):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Activists take that discomfort w\/ the status quo &amp; advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small &amp; grows.<\/p>\n<p>To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable\u2026 that\u2019s the point.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fredo, brother of New York\u2019s Godmother, at CNN said this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=FamedCelebrity&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1267993131451953154&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwmbriggs.com%2Fpost%2F34157%2F&amp;siteScreenName=%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1267993131451953154\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The elite was united:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=FamedCelebrity&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1346970454381256704&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwmbriggs.com%2Fpost%2F34157%2F&amp;siteScreenName=%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1346970454381256704\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Capitol was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipTerzian\/status\/1347031691962036226\">overrun and occupied<\/a>. In March, the nation\u2019s Capitol was on fire:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=FamedCelebrity&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1267291110197657600&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwmbriggs.com%2Fpost%2F34157%2F&amp;siteScreenName=%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1267291110197657600\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No shots were fired then. Not by law enforcement. There was only applause. The mayor, following many others, to honor her city\u2019s lawlessness and burning had \u201cBlack Lunatic Murderers\u201d painted on the city streets. Nancy Pelosi led the House in reverent kneeling to their new masters, an act repeated by all the best people everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>The riots and mayhem continue in Portland, even to today.<\/p>\n<p>The National Guard was never called anywhere. The rare calls for law and order were angrily dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>The best the elites could come up with to quell the disorder, including Thief Biden, was the chant \u201cDefund the Police\u201d. Strange that none of the elite was saying that yesterday when Congress had an unarmed Air Force veteran shot and killed.<\/p>\n<p>We all saw the large crowd press their way into the Capitol following Trump\u2019s rally. Some say that this group contained Antifa infiltrators. This may be so (and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1346981060979150848\">then there\u2019s this tell<\/a>). There was certainly a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PartyPrat\/status\/1346974002980417539\">large share of LARPers<\/a>. Anyway, it\u2019s all irrelevant today. Our elite have decided these were all deplorables, and that perception will become \u201creality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the crowd, by doing very little, by remaining inside the tourist ropes inside the building, even, forced the startled regime into hiding. Their first reaction was fear. This is a good sign, and we should take comfort in it. It shows how weak our rulers really are.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction from the left was as expected, and of not much interest. Except to note that this time the National Guard was called in, and even supported by other states\u2019 contingents\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xctlot\/status\/1347000160392409090\">like New York\u2019s<\/a>. The corporate part of our government,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NEWS_MAKER\/status\/1347031160174604294\">Facebook<\/a>, Twitter and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xctlot\/status\/1347000160392409090\">YouTube<\/a>, began pulling down and forbidding videos of the protest, just as they didn\u2019t do in their sponsored summer riots. The color revolution concluded, as these things do, by silencing the opposition. Trump was removed from all social media. Questioning government will soon be illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Never mind all that. It was what happened on the ostensible right that concerns us.<\/p>\n<p>They went into hersterics. Laura Ingram gibbered. Erik Erickson called for our side to be shot. Yes. Ben Shapiro, like many who forget the Boston Tea Party and other historical events, said protest is \u201cun-American\u201d. Cernovich wondered what grift would be left to him.<\/p>\n<p>Ted Cruz, safe behind men ready to do violence on his behalf, and echoing many, said \u201cViolence is always unacceptable\u201d. Rod Dreher peed himself. Twice. Ross Douthat tsked tsked so hard doctors aren\u2019t sure they can save his tongue. David French disappeared up his own backside. Dan Crenshaw switched his eye path to the other side. Sohrab Ahmari, after being forced to endure the sight of a Confederate Flag, did a number two to Derher\u2019s number one.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Kristol grew tumescent posting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1346960427327115265\">revenge fantasies<\/a>. Marco Rubio could not be placated until somebody found his choo-choo, and he stopped annoying the adults. Rich Lowry looked to Rubio in admiration for his tantrum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1346926138057220103\">Boris \u201cLock \u2018Em Down\u201d Johnson<\/a>, a damned foreigner, lectured us on proper behavior. Will somebody buy this poor man a comb? Nigel Farage joined Boris in his disapproval. As did many other foreigners anxious to curry favor with our rulers.<\/p>\n<p>The Turtle announced the fix as if it were news, which caused Guy Benson to gush, and Wesley J. Smith to concur.<\/p>\n<p>On and on and on it went, in the most disgusting display of cowardice and abject surrender we\u2019re likely to see in our lifetimes.<\/p>\n<p>This shows, again, why conservatives always lose. As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FamedCelebrity\/status\/1346944493258485764\">I said on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0(all my tweets die of coronavirus after seven days), a handful of people emulated in the most minor way the actions of the violent left, the summer riots that were cheered and excused by every authority, and the Big Con rushed to the microphone in tears to condemn and surrender.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ELuttwak\/status\/1346921507532857345\">Edward Luttwak<\/a>, a respected man who knows more than anybody\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/22293\/\">about coups<\/a>, reminded us archly that Nixon, when he had his election similarly stolen from him, \u201cpatriotically\u201d surrendered for the good of the nation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acosta\/status\/1346948396456800259\">The Lincoln Project<\/a>\u00a0called for Trump\u2019s immediate removal from office, which must have had Pence heavy breathing.<\/p>\n<p>This call became a cacophony with every polite organization saying Trump should be removed via the 25th Amendment. We still don\u2019t know how this will play out\u2014but Trump did run away.<\/p>\n<p>He conceded, not officially but in effect yesterday evening, when he told the supporters he welcomed to go home. He had a chance, he had a moment, and he chose not to fight. This could be because, as some say, he was forced out. Or because the fight wasn\u2019t in him. Either way, his supporters were left out in the cold, in every sense of the word.<\/p>\n<p>The conclusion was early this morning, when Surrendering Pence made the steal official. Trump put out that the transition of power will be happen.<\/p>\n<p>We fought the good fight, and we lost. Some of us will be in deep kimchi because of this, but there are no regrets.<\/p>\n<p>This is all too fresh to say what will be the result of all this, and there is much left out of the story. One thing is certain. They will be coming for us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update\u00a0<\/strong>Did I say they\u2019ll be coming for us?<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=FamedCelebrity&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347193832287449091&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwmbriggs.com%2Fpost%2F34157%2F&amp;siteScreenName=%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347193832287449091\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>To support this site and its wholly independent host using credit card or PayPal (in any amount)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/site-donations-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click 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But if not, someone else will rise to the occasion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193845\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193845\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-b6e515a302784a8af2e6ddbdc8e679dd-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6e515a302784a8af2e6ddbdc8e679dd?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6e515a302784a8af2e6ddbdc8e679dd?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Ann Cherry<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193845\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T07:35:16-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 7:35 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>They didn\u2019t \u201cbreach the capitol\u201d yesterday, they were let in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moonddng\/status\/1346924307692318723?s=21\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/moonddng\/status\/1346924307692318723?s=21<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was a set-up.<\/p>\n<p>Police encircle and prevent Trump supporters from leaving their hotels:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ObVMGPGHRe8\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ObVMGPGHRe8<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193847\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193847\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-ddfe33aaef11348d3587ee87a78235c7-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddfe33aaef11348d3587ee87a78235c7?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddfe33aaef11348d3587ee87a78235c7?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Mike H<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193847\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T08:14:59-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 8:14 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Americans, eager to get on with their lives and fearful of cultural-Marxist ostracism, have been kicking the conservative-sellout can down the road for generations.<\/p>\n<p>All that denial got torched yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>It is not a stretch of imagination to envision the Uniparty presently causing American blood to flow in torrents down the gutters of the Deep State. That is the bad news. The good news is that this will not affect most Americans, who will merely be coerced into submission at rather a faster pace than before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193848\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193848\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-26bcaa0abf85b0eb8cfdcf2c059acfb0-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/26bcaa0abf85b0eb8cfdcf2c059acfb0?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/26bcaa0abf85b0eb8cfdcf2c059acfb0?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Pistol Pete<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193848\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T08:27:18-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 8:27 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>No one fought a good fight. There was a moment of hope but it was like a vapor in a breeze. Almost no leadership turned out for the fiasco, just a large rabble of lost souls. No plan or direction. Trump played out his part also, ran the clock out..<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was our best hope, we had close to a million people on site and did nothing. yes we are the party of politeness and civility \u2013 Ha, fools, they are at war with us and we wanna sit down and have tea with them, discuss our feelings.<\/p>\n<p>We did not lose this country, we gave it away along with our freedom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193850\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193850\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-d91f602d2c6ed2486c42aca0610461b0-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91f602d2c6ed2486c42aca0610461b0?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91f602d2c6ed2486c42aca0610461b0?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Dean Ericson<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193850\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T08:38:31-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 8:38 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Either Trump has some super-duper ace plan up his sleeve to redeem his\u2026 rally, and turn things around, or that was the lamest piece of generalship imaginable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193852\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193852\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-d91f602d2c6ed2486c42aca0610461b0-1\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91f602d2c6ed2486c42aca0610461b0?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91f602d2c6ed2486c42aca0610461b0?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Dean Ericson<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193852\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T08:55:40-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 8:55 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Trump: \u201cWe are the party of Law and Order \u2013 Go Home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why did he call for the rally in the first place? And say, \u201cIt\u2019s going to be wild!\u201d He had to know what was going to happen, calling for a million of his troops to advance deep into enemy territory, Washington DC. And then this big fizzle? If there isn\u2019t some plan here that redeems it, we\u2019ve been had. The fat lady hasn\u2019t sung yet, but you can hear her warming up in the wings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193853\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193853\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-ebb6cd7405a7f7ed53f982f91dd25c81-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ebb6cd7405a7f7ed53f982f91dd25c81?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ebb6cd7405a7f7ed53f982f91dd25c81?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Exring<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193853\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T08:57:53-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 8:57 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Divide and Conquer+No Leaders = Defeat. The Troops show up but there is NO ONE to lead. In some defense of POTUS Trump, a Sea of Lance Corporals and a General do not make an effective Military Force!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193854\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193854\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-0d0dc1d5d4154ed3eba0ff29e2b62e6e-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d0dc1d5d4154ed3eba0ff29e2b62e6e?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d0dc1d5d4154ed3eba0ff29e2b62e6e?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Simon Platt<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193854\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T09:03:55-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 9:03 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Hey! Boris Johnson is a native New Yorker!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s normally we Englishmen who complain of his being foreign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193855\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193855\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-2ae990f95136fa56d5cfeaeca6958a72-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ae990f95136fa56d5cfeaeca6958a72?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ae990f95136fa56d5cfeaeca6958a72?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\"><a class=\"url\" href=\"http:\/\/themcchuck.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow ugc\">McChuck<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193855\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T09:56:45-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 9:56 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Last night, Congress declared war on the American people.<br \/>\nThey drew first blood.<br \/>\nSo be it.<br \/>\n\u201cFreedom\u2019s just another word for nothing left to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193856\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193856\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-69a41d09889c807388571dd952bdf281-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69a41d09889c807388571dd952bdf281?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69a41d09889c807388571dd952bdf281?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\"><a class=\"url\" href=\"http:\/\/dryohoauthor.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow ugc\">Robert Yoho<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193856\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T10:19:53-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 10:19 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>The inevitable consequence of profligacy is currency debasement. That it has not happened yet is a miracle. No amount of theorizing about infinite digital wealth created from nothing will turn aside this juggernaut. We have forgotten so much other history, but we will be soon forced to reckon with this as it repeats itself.<\/p>\n<p>On the hopeful side, there is now a small market cap (600 billion now) system, Bitcoin, which is immune from degradation. It cannot be destroyed by any government, is utterly independent and robust, and depends on no counterparty. All other encrypted coins have founders who can control their supply. Bitcoin is divisible and portable. Its acceptance dwarfs that of other digital systems. It has already run-up, but the trend is inexorable after what has happened. No other system in history has its structural integrity.<\/p>\n<p>What happens next is unknown, but currency ruination is painful. Predictable disaster preparation involving bug-out bags, weapons, and food supplies may not help. It is a black swan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193857\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193857\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-c934f50bdb4dca6a7645d06e022264fc-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c934f50bdb4dca6a7645d06e022264fc?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c934f50bdb4dca6a7645d06e022264fc?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Sheri<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193857\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T10:44:03-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 10:44 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>The schools are right, according to the wussy cowards out there\u2014America is an evil country that killed First People and stole their land. They enslaved blacks. And THEY DID NOT NEGOTIATE A PEACEFUL, WONDERFUL SEPARATION FROM ENGLAND WHERE WE ALL REMAINED BFFs. Violence was involved and we never should have fought a war for a free country. That was soooooo wrong. Thank you Trump, Hannity, and a multitude of other cowards for showing us America is a brutal, vile country founded out of the violence of a revolutionary war. Keep tearing those statues to the evil imperialists that started this god forsaken country. It\u2019s the right thing to do. Submit to the evil and learn to love it.<\/p>\n<p>Dean: Agreed. The Right is NOT the party of law and order. The party of law and order does not give away an election. They don\u2019t stand with the thieves proudly. All of which the Republicans did, so they are not law and order whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>Exring: I hope there is no leader. The violence is greater and more widespread without a leader. It is true mob rule. This is apparently what Americans want since they had zero interest in law and order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193858\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193858\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-f14c62bc012768f6c0d94e69856b99ba-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f14c62bc012768f6c0d94e69856b99ba?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f14c62bc012768f6c0d94e69856b99ba?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Dennis<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193858\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T11:05:23-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 11:05 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Spot on about the hypocrisy of the way months of endless BLM and Antifa rioting was treated by politicians and the media, versus how a handful of people let into the Capitol building are being treated as an \u201cinsurrection\u201d, and used as an excuse to still try to remove Trump from office before Jan 20. The real coup attempt is coming from the left (and I suspect the whole thing was a setup designed precisely to disrupt effort in Congress to contest certification and put the media focus instead on a few alleged troublemakers rather than on election fraud. Right on cue as soon as Congress came back the GOP capitulated even further on the cert process. If they were real \u201cinsurrectionists\u201d, then why did they just lark about the building doing things like taking selfies in Pelosi\u2019s office instead of smashing sh*t and burning it down? What a farce. The whole thing was an op designed to be used to try to discredit Trump supporters and the right in general, and to make the GOP establishment and fellow travelers kowtow and engage in more hand-wringing about \u201cour dumbocracy and norms,\u201d etc.).<\/p>\n<p>If nothing else, the event of the last two months since the election have brought out in clearer relief who among the alleged right are merely grifters, phonies, LARPers, etc. \u2013 from GOP politicians, to legacy media like FOX, NRO, TAC, etc., podcast and social media celebrities, many candidates for lustration\u2026and good riddance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193859\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193859\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-28b186c184b548be86622080848a0269-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28b186c184b548be86622080848a0269?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28b186c184b548be86622080848a0269?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\"><a class=\"url\" href=\"http:\/\/telearb.net\/\" rel=\"external nofollow ugc\">Paul Murphy<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193859\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T11:10:41-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 11:10 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Now what?<\/p>\n<p>One idea? Mr. Trump could use his own money and connections to start a national multi-media news service dedicated to rebalancing media coverage. That would start by buying and staffing some existing services (especially small town newspapers and radio\/tv) , building a social media site to replace the google\/twitter\/facebook combination, and committing the entire thing to honest journalism coupled with free experession.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193860\" class=\"pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<div class=\"comment-body\">\u00a0Pingback:\u00a0<a class=\"url\" href=\"http:\/\/neorxn.com\/2021\/01\/07\/we-fought-the-good-fight-and-we-lost-this-battle\/\" rel=\"external nofollow ugc\">We Fought The Good Fight And We Lost\u2014This Battle. | Reaction Times<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193861\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193861\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-c934f50bdb4dca6a7645d06e022264fc-1\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c934f50bdb4dca6a7645d06e022264fc?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c934f50bdb4dca6a7645d06e022264fc?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Sheri<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193861\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T12:11:51-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 12:11 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Paul Murphy: The horse is out of the barn, too late to shut the door. You can\u2019t put the toothpaste back in the tube. And you can\u2019t fix this without violence. The PATRIOTS in 1776 understood this. Apparently, the idiots today do not. Keep on shutting the door and hoping the horse comes back and you won\u2019t actually have to deal with reality. Learn to love being subjects and tortured by those who stole the election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193862\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193862\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-99a5ae46496826164140c0f17de3f76c-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99a5ae46496826164140c0f17de3f76c?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99a5ae46496826164140c0f17de3f76c?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Sander van der Wal<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193862\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T12:41:46-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 12:41 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Not the first battle, more like the first skirmish. And this is global, as I don\u2019t believe the Europeans will let pass a change to get the election results they desire. World Cyber War I.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193863\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193863\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-7ed13bc12d71800b6fbfb85d04794e66-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ed13bc12d71800b6fbfb85d04794e66?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ed13bc12d71800b6fbfb85d04794e66?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Uncle Mike<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193863\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T13:00:49-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 1:00 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Best post of the year. So far.<\/p>\n<p>The two-faced hypocrite lying sack leg-peeing Ruling Elite are quaking in their Gucci boots today. We The People have really had enough of their bullcrap. And they know it.<\/p>\n<p>Boycott \u2019em. Cut off their money. And if they send their storm troops into your town, well, the jig is up. The governed do not consent. The walls are crumbling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193864\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193864\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-f14c62bc012768f6c0d94e69856b99ba-1\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f14c62bc012768f6c0d94e69856b99ba?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f14c62bc012768f6c0d94e69856b99ba?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Dennis<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193864\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T13:32:20-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 1:32 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u201cWe the people have really had enough\u2026The governed do not consent. The walls are crumbling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is that why so many sheeple nearly a year into a PCR test-induced pseudo-pandemic are still walking around in face muzzles and meekly acquiescing in allowing schools, businesses, jobs, and all normal life and social interaction to be destroyed in the name of Covid as the oligarchs and politicians just consolidate more power in their own hands?<\/p>\n<p>No, there will be no \u201cinsurrections\u201d or \u201ccivil wars\u201d\u2026the American people of today are too weak and cowed \u2013 Nietzsche\u2019s Last Men who fear nothing so much as the loss of their banal bourgeois pleasures and comforts and material possessions, and for whom a risk-free life is the highest goal (I think this explains the easy acquiescence to Covid mandates and regs said to be done in the name of \u201ckeeping us safe.\u201d Even the most minuscule risk of death from a fairly routine respiratory virus strikes fear in the heart of the Last Men, for most of whom life on Earth is all there is or ever will be, so they cling to it ever more desperately, no matter how pointless and joyless their efforts make the actual living of life).<\/p>\n<p>The system will have to collapse by other means, probably just natural inertia\u2026it may be a long drawn out decades long process like that of the USSR, and probably won\u2019t happen until very long after I am gone, but it will crumble eventually\u2026a society built on utter lies cannot sustain itself indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>The best one can hope for in the near term is to cultivate one\u2019s own garden and try to find a way out if you have the means. I\u2019d give anything to be able to up stakes and leave this sinking hole, because the only other viable way out right now may be by means of long term residence in a literal hole in the ground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193865\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193865\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-2b5d8ce5983a7b1421b0b546070859e1-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b5d8ce5983a7b1421b0b546070859e1?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b5d8ce5983a7b1421b0b546070859e1?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Amateur Brain Surgeon<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193865\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T14:15:22-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 2:15 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>ABS watched Tucker \u201cThe Cucker\u201d Carlson last night and laughed when he made this claim:<\/p>\n<p><i>Political violence begets political violence. That is an iron law. We have to be against that, no matter who commits the violence or under what pretext, no matter how many self-interested demagogues assure us the violence is justified or necessary. We have a duty to oppose all of this, not simply because political violence kills other people\u2019s children, but because in the end it doesn\u2019t work.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>(Well, so much for the colonialists going to war against the British Crown)<\/p>\n<p>As Christopher Caldwell has amply documented in his book, \u201cThe Age of Entitlement,\u201d Civil Rights Legislation was a direct result of blacks rioting all over hell and creation in the 1960s America which changed the idea of \u201cCivil Rights\u201d into the revolutionary doctrine of Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>Page 28, Mr. Caldwell avers\u00a0<i>The riots were the civil rights movement \u2013 not the whole of it, certainly, but an important element of it.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>He is a conservative with his eyes wide open which is why he would never be asked to appear on Tucker the Cucker.<\/p>\n<p>The Capitol Building and what has gone on inside it lo these many years is, to ABS at Least, a Whited Sepulchre teeming with spiritually dead persons, white on the outside with evil being done on the inside as The Turtle and his buddies and Schumer and his tribe work to dispossess Historical America (and all whites) of their legitimate posterity.<\/p>\n<p>And yet still, most whites have not the first clue how much the political class hates them and desires their elimination by any means necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, electing a new people is working \u2013 ABS was 12 years old in 1960 when America was 90% white and Christian but now it is becoming Yugoslavia. But, if it becomes an idea that whites must simply be killed because they are evil, then, that will be done.<\/p>\n<p>Keep voting though\u2026 that is sure to work<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193866\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193866\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-7ed13bc12d71800b6fbfb85d04794e66-1\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ed13bc12d71800b6fbfb85d04794e66?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ed13bc12d71800b6fbfb85d04794e66?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Uncle Mike<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193866\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T15:06:07-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 3:06 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>The people who stormed the Capitol building were Antifa infiltrators. It was a false flag operation. Even so, the fat is in the fire. There will be no peace, no matter who calls for it. We have gone over the edge.<\/p>\n<p>Many of you wanted this. Your wish is granted. The non-violent option has come and gone. Shoulda coulda woulda, but now it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193868\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193868\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-5a742e6c7bfa5af7f96f5921c062026e-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a742e6c7bfa5af7f96f5921c062026e?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a742e6c7bfa5af7f96f5921c062026e?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Johnno<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193868\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T18:00:56-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 6:00 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>If there\u2019s any lemonade to be made from this, it\u2019s this \u2013<\/p>\n<p>STOP. PARTICIPATING. IN. AMERICAN. DEMOCRACY.<\/p>\n<p>STOP. VOTING.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no \u2018Vote Harder Next Time!\u2019 icing on the cake here.<\/p>\n<p>You saw it with your own eyes. The system from top to bottom is illegitimate. Every Check and Balance failed. Trump was your opportunity to test it out. So he\u2019s been useful if only to learn the truth. You\u2019ve got the results. Stop providing legitimacy to it with your participation. It\u2019s over.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, I guess you can continue to support some local level stuff, like who gets to be your sheriff. But outside of what you can directly control in your vicinity, it\u2019s time to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p>STOP. VOTING. REPUBLICAN. STOP. BUYING. THEIR. BOOKS. UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA &amp; YOUTUBES.<\/p>\n<p>Support only those who have remained consistent and truthful. Ignore the rest. There\u2019s nothing more to expect from these. They\u2019re done.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll continue to bleat out, \u201cPEACE! PEACE!\u201d But what they really mean is that only those with the blessings of the state can engage in violence. So sit there and take it. Unless it\u2019s somebody with a State badge doing something, you must not, because to be in possession of a State Badge means your violence is legitimate. But because you are not recognized, you must be a good little sheep and go back into your pen. Because, after all, if you are dead, then who is going to continue subscribing to their Patreon, buying their books of watching their videos to generate ad revenue? They need you peaceful and alive to continue to fund their living. You can\u2019t have your market going on suicide runs here. I mean\u2026 just think of how badly this will reflect on them! They might have to put up with a bunch of mean tweets labelling them violent instigators! They can\u2019t have that! That\u2019s career-ending! It\u2019s bothersome! They\u2019ll have to suffer such slings and arrows! They might never be able to post on Facebook again! They\u2019ll be shamed in their Wikipedia entries! Won\u2019t someone please think of the poor career conservatives?<\/p>\n<p>Well, okay, let\u2019s give them what they want! Let\u2019s all be SOOOO PEACEFULLLL that we refuse to even engage in their Grima Wormtongue politics ever again.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s step one. If you can accomplish that, then you\u2019re ready to do what\u2019s next. But if you can\u2019t get over that barrier, you\u2019re going nowhere. Because you have to be at least this tall to ride what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193869\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193869\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-f14c62bc012768f6c0d94e69856b99ba-2\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f14c62bc012768f6c0d94e69856b99ba?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f14c62bc012768f6c0d94e69856b99ba?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Dennis<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193869\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T18:20:53-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 6:20 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u201c But outside of what you can directly control in your vicinity, it\u2019s time to withdraw. STOP. VOTING. REPUBLICAN. STOP. BUYING. THEIR. BOOKS. UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA &amp; YOUTUBES\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spot on John. At least Trump has had the salutary effect of laying bare the fraud and corruption that lies the heart of the system, and recent events have exposed a lot of pseudo-right grifters and a RINOs for who they truly are.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d recommend Rolf Dobelli\u2019s recently released book, \u201cStop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, a Calmer, and Wiser Life,\u201d for anyone hoping to try to detox from the endless cycle of news noise and BS over the coming months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193870\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193870\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-677d25daa45b81670c24449b8b0cdee3-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/677d25daa45b81670c24449b8b0cdee3?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/677d25daa45b81670c24449b8b0cdee3?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Milton Hathaway<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193870\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T18:41:04-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 6:41 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>You certainly have a way with words, Professor.<\/p>\n<p>I really hope Trump stays visible and doesn\u2019t shut up in the slighest. If nothing else, someone needs to keep the troops rallied for 2022. I had some fleeting hope in others, like Ted Cruz, but its clear now that all of them are pre-owned swamp dwellers. (I never had any hope for Pence from the beginning, he speaks fluent mush.)<\/p>\n<p>The one glimmer of hope is that its a safe bet the Demonacrats will overplay their hand badly. Liberals can only win the battle slowly, by boiling the frog. With total control of government (minus SCOTUS?), I predict they go full blast, and the frogs will finally jump. But, as always, it will be pocketbook issues, like higher taxes and 401k confiscation, not principled conservatism, that finally triggers the revolt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193871\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193871\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-677d25daa45b81670c24449b8b0cdee3-1\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/677d25daa45b81670c24449b8b0cdee3?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/677d25daa45b81670c24449b8b0cdee3?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Milton Hathaway<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193871\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T18:55:05-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 6:55 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Stop voting? No way.<\/p>\n<p>But I would agree that we need to stop vote-by-mail. Is there an example of any place in the US with 100% vote-by-mail that ISN\u2019T hopelessly deep blue?<\/p>\n<p>One could make a convincing argument that if Trump had used every means a president has at his disposal to prevent the lockdowns, he would have won in a massive landslide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193872\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193872\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-f4299fafa3a82b6dd0755edbec9a2923-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4299fafa3a82b6dd0755edbec9a2923?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4299fafa3a82b6dd0755edbec9a2923?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\"><a class=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/ed-bonderenka.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow ugc\">Ed Bonderenka<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193872\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T19:16:34-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 7:16 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>I keep thinking, there\u2019s gotta be another way.<br \/>\nI find it hard to believe God intends to let this stand.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I know\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193873\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193873\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-79229c7138781525ba597a6346e242d4-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79229c7138781525ba597a6346e242d4?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79229c7138781525ba597a6346e242d4?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Rudolph Harrier<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193873\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T19:19:17-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 7:19 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Milton,<\/p>\n<p>He did win in a massive landslide. To believe otherwise is to believe that Biden has been by far the most popular candidate in the history of the nation, who won with many suspicious voting patterns which no one is allowed to question. You even know that Biden\u2019s win was illegitimate because you want to stop vote by mail.<\/p>\n<p>What you mean is that the president could have won with an\u00a0<i>even more<\/i>\u00a0impressive landslide, to the extent that not even this year\u2019s blatant level of fraud would have led to a Biden victory. But even if that is true, is that really the game you want to play in the future? That Republicans need to have record breaking levels of support just to have a\u00a0<i>chance<\/i>\u00a0to break through the fraud? And even if that is true this year, what\u2019s to stop the dems from ramping up the fraud to the point where even\u00a0<i>that<\/i>\u00a0level of support isn\u2019t enough?<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve got three options:<\/p>\n<p>1.) Reform the system. However, this is impossible since neither party supports it (a handful of Republicans do support reform, but the majority of them and all of the establishment have gotten on the \u201cthere has not even been a hint of fraud\u201d train).<br \/>\n2.) Join in the fraud yourself. It\u2019s an acknowledged part of the process.<br \/>\n3.) Walk away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193874\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193874\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-5a742e6c7bfa5af7f96f5921c062026e-1\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a742e6c7bfa5af7f96f5921c062026e?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a742e6c7bfa5af7f96f5921c062026e?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Johnno<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193874\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T19:51:08-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 7:51 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u201cStop voting? No way. But I would agree that we need to stop vote-by-mail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stop Vote-By-Mail??? Never! You want people to get sick and die??? Don\u2019t worry, there will always be room for another pandemic if things aren\u2019t going the desired way.<\/p>\n<p>But why stop at the Mail? You\u2019ll soon be voting through Facebook and Twitter. Much safer! Contact-less! All from the convenience of your phone. Hell, just set it to automate and it\u2019ll vote for you every term! It\u2019ll figure out who you prefer based on your Youtube and Search history. What could go wrong?<\/p>\n<p>Actually, let\u2019s just let Technocracy and Cyberdyne run the show. Don\u2019t worry your pretty little head about it. Just keep working at your assigned tasks, wear your mask, and if you feel the need to complain, there is an empty toilet into which you can yell in to as much as you like (which will also be bugged by the NSA).<\/p>\n<p>You guys are playing on the enemy\u2019s field where they control all the variables.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s Step 1 \u2013 Get off the field.<\/p>\n<p>That will be your first demonstration of actual courage. To go along with it when you know it doesn\u2019t do anything is no different than wearing those useless masks. It\u2019s a demonstration of your subordination. A sign of your loyalty to the Party that just so happens to wear red or blue depending on how it is feeling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193875\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193875\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-5a742e6c7bfa5af7f96f5921c062026e-2\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a742e6c7bfa5af7f96f5921c062026e?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a742e6c7bfa5af7f96f5921c062026e?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Johnno<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193875\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-07T20:10:52-05:00\">January 7, 2021 at 8:10 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u201cI keep thinking, there\u2019s gotta be another way.<br \/>\nI find it hard to believe God intends to let this stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>God doesn\u2019t. However, He warned us and we didn\u2019t listen. So we decided to do things the hard way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1947, Professor William Thomas Walsh authored a book about Fatima, titled Our Lady of Fatima, at the end of which he recounts in an epilogue an interview he had conducted with Sister Lucia of Fatima the year before.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the seer in 1946 about the Blessed Mother\u2019s earlier request that Russia be consecrated by the Pope together with the bishops in the world to Her Immaculate Heart, Sister Lucia told Professor Walsh:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Our Lady wants is that the Pope and all the bishops in the world shall consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart on one special day. If this is done, she will convert Russia and there will be peace. If it is not done, the errors of Russia will spread through every country in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes this mean,\u201d Walsh then asked, \u201cin your opinion, that every country, without exception, will be overcome by Communism?\u201d And Sister Lucia answered: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the translator of this interview, Father Manuel Rocha, was later to reveal, Walsh then asked explicitly about the United States of America, adding: \u201cand does that mean the United States of America, too?\u201d Whereupon Sister Lucia responded once more time with \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is to say, the seer of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, which have been approved by the Catholic Church, predicted that the United States, under certain conditions, would also become Communist.<\/p>\n<p>This answer might have sounded somewhat unrealistic in 1946, just after the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War. However, today, in light of these revolutionary riots that seem to change America in a very deep way, they might strike an even stronger tone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/blogs\/fatima-seer-lucia-believed-usa-would-become-communist-without-marian-consecration-of-russia\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/blogs\/fatima-seer-lucia-believed-usa-would-become-communist-without-marian-consecration-of-russia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those certain conditions of course meant that the Pope and world\u2019s bishops were to publicly perform a Consecration of Russia, akin to baptising or exorcising a specific individual. That time was requested around 1929. But because we human beings with our clever politics and understanding of geopolitical strategy always know better than God\u2019s own Holy Mother, we decided we\u2019ll ignore her, do things our own way, then pretend we did what was asked and well, here we are\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican was filled with Mike Pences and RINOs long before America had \u2019em. Little wonder now that most of the dopes we call \u2018bishops\u2019 vote Democrat. But well, charity with other people\u2019s money is good business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193882\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193882\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-6870d17607cc1a2f293fd210aaba4f68-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6870d17607cc1a2f293fd210aaba4f68?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6870d17607cc1a2f293fd210aaba4f68?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Albert Jay Nock<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193882\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-08T04:02:53-05:00\">January 8, 2021 at 4:02 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Johnno \u2013 interesting, in a macabre sort of way. There has always been a sense of inevitabililty to it.<\/p>\n<p>I think I\u2019ve reached the end of my tether. I don\u2019t have kids, I\u2019m no longer with my one true love and I\u2019m in my 40s. I\u2019m going down fighting, no interest in living like this the rest of my life. I\u2019m going to hatch a plan. At least in the US you have guns and some people who understand freedom, a tradition of it \u2013 I\u2019m in the UK, it\u2019s a joke here. Really. They aren\u2019t just getting on the trains, they are helping the drivers fix problems with the engine and giving it a lick of paint on the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193884\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193884\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-5dba3a22bac91c2805fee21332ca7cf2-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5dba3a22bac91c2805fee21332ca7cf2?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5dba3a22bac91c2805fee21332ca7cf2?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Pat Cusack<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193884\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-08T07:50:30-05:00\">January 8, 2021 at 7:50 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Didn\u2019t you Americans \u201ccoin\u201d the phrase \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d???<br \/>\nSo, stick to your \u201cguns\u201d Guys &amp; Gals. It ain\u2019t over yet. How many times did Trump say something like, \u201cThe Best is yet to come!\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Trust in God is not meant to be easy, and it can\u2019t work if you stop doing it! Stopping becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193888\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193888\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-9d44163c8aef21b6b676a7e49f6f2529-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d44163c8aef21b6b676a7e49f6f2529?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d44163c8aef21b6b676a7e49f6f2529?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">George Christiansen<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193888\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-08T10:25:48-05:00\">January 8, 2021 at 10:25 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Not exactly sure where the alleged lost battle is. The media is portraying Deplorables badly again?<\/p>\n<p>There does seems to be an utter lack of historical perspective and imagination going around like false positive Covid results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got three options:<\/p>\n<p>1.) Reform the system. However, this is impossible since neither party supports it (a handful of Republicans do support reform, but the majority of them and all of the establishment have gotten on the \u201cthere has not even been a hint of fraud\u201d train).<br \/>\n2.) Join in the fraud yourself. It\u2019s an acknowledged part of the process.<br \/>\n3.) Walk away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not personally advocating for anything, but I still cannot find that bit where Ben Franklin convinced Jefferson and Co to just wait for the next election to vote in a better King.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the defeat is simply folks having to face the fact that their entire \u201cbattle plan\u201d was to try and shame the shameless into defeat. In which case there was no chance of victory anyway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193889\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193889\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-d91f602d2c6ed2486c42aca0610461b0-2\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91f602d2c6ed2486c42aca0610461b0?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91f602d2c6ed2486c42aca0610461b0?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Dean Ericson<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193889\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-08T11:04:30-05:00\">January 8, 2021 at 11:04 am<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Now we\u2019re seeing Trump\u2019s brilliant plan: send your dupes to Washington, with no plan and no leadership, tell them to go wild, and when the hair-brained scheme fails spectacularly, killing some, denounce your own dupes and call for their prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>If this were a comedy it would be funny.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cWe condemn it \u2014 the president and this administration \u2014 in the strongest possible terms. It is unacceptable and those that broke the law should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193892\" class=\"pingback even thread-even depth-1\">\n<div class=\"comment-body\">\u00a0Pingback:\u00a0<a class=\"url\" href=\"http:\/\/realfactchecks.com\/the-republic-has-no-clothes-some-lessons-from-storming-the-capitol-from-the-stream\/\" rel=\"external nofollow ugc\">The Republic Has No Clothes: Some Lessons from Storming the Capitol (from The Stream)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193894\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193894\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-2b5d8ce5983a7b1421b0b546070859e1-1\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b5d8ce5983a7b1421b0b546070859e1?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b5d8ce5983a7b1421b0b546070859e1?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Amateur Brain Surgeon<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193894\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-08T12:45:56-05:00\">January 8, 2021 at 12:45 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Dear Dean. Trump is a world class egoist and one imagines he was excited at the size of the crowd and understood it as his adoring legions coming to worship him and not a rally for Liberty, honor, truthfulness etc.<\/p>\n<p>He has always been all hat and no cattle and ABS is ashamed to confess he is among millions of men buffaloed by his bluffing, BS ing, and braggadocio because ABS so wanted Trump to be a man of action rather than who he is, a man of acting.<\/p>\n<p>He leaves the American stage a world class sissy, especially after having his lawyers make all of those charges publicly, and with his incessant tweeting that this fraud would not stand.<\/p>\n<p>Hell, he even had Mike Pompeo, in November, publicly saying that Trump would still be POTUS come February.<\/p>\n<p>Bye Bye Trump, go back to wrestling Vince McMahon and living the life of debt so damn large the banks wouldn\u2019t foreclose on you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193896\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193896\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-2b5d8ce5983a7b1421b0b546070859e1-2\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b5d8ce5983a7b1421b0b546070859e1?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b5d8ce5983a7b1421b0b546070859e1?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Amateur Brain Sugeon<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193896\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-08T12:55:18-05:00\">January 8, 2021 at 12:55 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Unless it is Art Garfunkel, life imitates art.<\/p>\n<p>Consider, Trump is channeling Bluto, and, collectively, his supporters are Otter:<\/p>\n<p>Otter (Tim Matheson):\u00a0<i>Dead! Bluto\u2019s right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now, we could fight \u2019em with conventional weapons. That could take years and cost millions of lives. No, in this case, I think we have to go all out.\u00a0<b>I think this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody\u2019s part.<\/b><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><i><\/i><i>We\u2019re just the guys to do it\u2026<b>LET\u2019S DO IT!<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193899\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193899\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-6870d17607cc1a2f293fd210aaba4f68-1\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6870d17607cc1a2f293fd210aaba4f68?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6870d17607cc1a2f293fd210aaba4f68?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">Albert Jay Nock<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193899\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-08T16:27:07-05:00\">January 8, 2021 at 4:27 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>ABS \u2013 I think I agree. I thought he was a man of action, and now I think I was wrong. The protest was a terrible idea, there was no clear thinking at all, for that and for the whole election investigation. I\u2019ll admit that getting things done when all the gov agencies are plotting against you is difficult \u2013 maybe it\u2019s even more difficult than it seems and he really tried? But for sure, while the Dems are emotional childish morons of course, the people pulling their strings are not \u2013 they are smart, and no doubt, they spanked the Trump team on this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-193902\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-193902\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-85a2cd25609ff8385501035a067bbf25-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85a2cd25609ff8385501035a067bbf25?s=48&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85a2cd25609ff8385501035a067bbf25?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><b class=\"fn\">86General<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wmbriggs.com\/post\/34157\/#comment-193902\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-08T21:24:10-05:00\">January 8, 2021 at 9:24 pm<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Dennis and Johno \u2013 Spot on. We need to tend our own garden and stop engaging. Because it\u2019s pointless. The game is rigged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Taken from here] BY\u00a0BRIGGS\u00a0ON\u00a0JANUARY 7, 2021\u00a0\u2022\u00a0(\u00a037 COMMENTS\u00a0) &nbsp; The riots ran rampant over the summer. Black Luciferian Menaces and Antifa ran amok\u2014stealing, looting, burning, beating, and even killing. Murder. Do you recall declaring cities \u201cautonomous zones\u201d? The terrorizing of citizens? All with the\u00a0open\u00a0and loud support of the media, government, academics, corporations, everybody in the elite. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/2021\/01\/10\/we-fought-the-good-fight-and-we-lost-this-battle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Sigue leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">We Fought The Good Fight And We Lost\u2014This Battle.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4641,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4640\/revisions\/4641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthcounts.com\/blogtraducciones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}