Wednesday, July 9, 2025

The More Things Change...

...the More Things Stay the Same!

75 comments:

Les Carpenter said...

The absolute truth.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

"The More Things Change"...

The more evidence piles up that donald trump is a moron and definitely not a strategic genius practicing "the art of the deal".

Good video, Les. I watched and agree with what she said. I recommend this channel. btw, have you abandoned the "Rational Nation" identity? That's not who you are any more? Just wondering.

Les Carpenter said...

No Dervish I have retained the Rational Nation USA moniker on my site. However given the resurgence of tRump I must seriously consider if I should rename my site. Given the nation's huge irrational decision to reelect tRump the 34 count Felon and insurectionist.

Actually Dervish I have, for 4 1/2 years been studying Buddhism, consciousness/awareness, dependent origination, impermanence etc. It has resulted in a transformation in my experience of life and it has been a blessing.

Once one finally sees through the societal and tribal conditioning sponsored by the Christian Church and western European capitalist nations it changes one's perspective.

Put simply while I'm not dumb I sure was mistaken when I believed the bullshit republicans and conservatives have spewed since RWR.

BTW, if you go to the site of the women who did the above video you can listen to her vocal artistry. The song is entitled Lies In God's Country.

Les Carpenter said...

Thanks for the link. I think I listened to her a couple times i the past. Time to revisit.

Anonymous said...

AOC and the other Anti-Americans, anit- Jews, etc claim ICE breaking the laws in arresting illegalize that were encouraged by Biden to break the law!

While Obama’s policy allowed certain undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to remain in the country. Critics claim it encouraged more migration.
Critics argue that Biden's policies, such as halting border wall construction and changing deportation priorities, have signaled a more welcoming stance to migrants.
And as we all know, or should know, that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer both have supported immigration reform efforts that critics say have contributed to the perception of an open border.
President Trump is calling on Democrats in Congress to stop the heated language toward U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and agents for Customs and Border Protection , after a gunman opened fire upon Border Patrol agents at an annex facility in McAllen, Texas,

The Department of Homeland Security reported earlier in July that assaults against ICE officers and other federal immigration agents have risen nearly 700% in comparison to 2024.Specifically, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Democrats like. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,and her “Squard” should set up a meeting with ICE and CBP agents. And Los Angles Mayor Karen Bass appears more interested in accommodating society’s most dysfunctional elements than in defending the rights and well-being of the law-abiding majority. From her indulgent, accountability-free approach to homelessness policies to her resistance to enforcing basic public order, every major decision emerging from City Hall prioritizes political posturing over public safety.come to an agreement that the illegles need to be sent home.Yet Bass doubles down on policies that handcuff police while empowering repeat offenders. Instead of restoring confidence in public safety, she blames “systemic” issues and promotes reforms with no connection to the real-world dangers people face.
Law-abiding citizens, those who simply want to raise families and run businesses, are increasingly left to fend for themselves
Bass remains preoccupied with resisting federal immigration enforcement. Rather than cooperate with agencies like ICE, even in cases involving violent offenders, she clings to Los Angeles’s sanctuary city policies, turning the city into a haven for those avoiding legal accountability.
What began as a political position on immigration has expanded into a full-blown worldview: one where enforcement is oppression, lawbreakers are victims, and accountability is taboo. Bass has turned Los Angeles into a sanctuary not just for undocumented immigrants, but for total chaos itself
It’s clear that the Democrats are on the verge of an open shooting war with the rest of America,

Joe Conservative said...

An absolute narrative.

Joe Conservative said...

Read some Homi Bhabha

Joe Conservative said...

Her's is the white guilt-pride narrative.

Joe Conservative said...

Read Homi. He doesn't sling the guilt-pride.

Joe Conservative said...

The obvious defect... where does "capitalism" fit into her "colonialism" argument?

Joe Conservative said...

Yes, Capitalism is capitalism's "unspoken rule". Don't speak ill of capital (or you're a COMMIE!)

Joe Conservative said...

...and yes, capitalism is "secularized Christianity/ Calvinism". (Max Weber).

Joe Conservative said...

...and secular white guilt-pride is the original sin of capitalism.

Joe Conservative said...

You're in a bubble, Les. Break free by exercising a non-Marxist critique of Capital.

Joe Conservative said...

...and beware of the Foucaultian (and liberal enlightenment) temptation to attribute original "sin" to "power".

Joe Conservative said...

Power is merely the mechanism by which informal systems become formal.

Joe Conservative said...

...it establishes the "protocols" of who answers to who. And today, Western Civilization (and most of the world) answers to US (DJT is re-distributing that power back to the Nations of the Pre-WWII Power Consensus)... it why the UniParty opposes him so strongly.

The point is, that with the Internet, the "new power protocols" need for technofeudalism are firmly in place.

Joe Conservative said...

Sovereignty now lies in the Cloud, not nations. The "network State".

Joe Conservative said...

...and America runs the network.

Joe Conservative said...

...a very strict system of FORMAL power relationships.

Joe Conservative said...

Rationality is over rated. It's why we need more schizo-analysis. To deterritorialize established categories and establish new lines of flight for re-territorialization (Deleuze & Guattari "Anti-Oedipus/ A Thousand Plateaus")

Joe Conservative said...

Is that "rational" or just "creative destruction" ala capitalism?

Generation from opposites.

Joe Conservative said...

aka - Trumpism.

Joe Conservative said...

Nothing beats tearing down a morality-based theologically based religion like Christianity and throwing out the moral components (leaving you with capitalism) where instead of "avoiding sin" ,the moral injunction is transformed into the secular capitalist injunction to "Enjoy!". Individualism unleashed!

Joe Conservative said...

The good news is that radical individual's are powerless and all their communications networks are monitored by the NSA.

Joe Conservative said...

As they say at Arby's "We have the Meats!"

Les Carpenter said...

Christianity has been about power and controlling peoples minds every since the Roman Empires adopted the religion to use it as a mechanism of political control. The evil influence of the RCC remains in force today influencing political decisions and the lives of people. It's time the triad of monotheistic religions wither and die.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

^^ This is one way to get your comment count up ^^

Joe Conservative said...

It was the world's 1st "corporation".

Joe Conservative said...

...or merely signs of one thought prompting the next.

Joe Conservative said...

btw - Still getting 90 hits/ minute from Vietnam. Should I turn on Adsense now? lol!

Les Carpenter said...

The underground is bustlingp.

Joe Conservative said...

...and full of FBI agents writing reports.

Les Carpenter said...

MAGA, dismantling democracy AND civil society piece by piece.

Clearing the way for more thugs, white collar criminals, con men and women, and... back to the future.

Joe Conservative said...

Democrats pushing street violence, murder, and civil war...

Les Carpenter said...

And THAT is total bullshit. Always has been. But the morons of MAGA and the FOTUS love to push the tRump bullshit narrative of division.

Cons are taking over the minds of the gullible out of touch people.

Joe Conservative said...

Antifa, burn a Tesla, key a Tesla...Yep.

Les Carpenter said...

Yada, yada, yada.. .

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

"btw - Still getting 90 hits/ minute from Vietnam. Should I turn on Adsense now? lol!"

The problem is easily fixable, but you'll never do what is required. Which is to remove your tinfoil hat.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Minus: Nothing beats tearing down a morality-based theologically based religion like Christianity and throwing out the moral components (leaving you with capitalism)...

AKA republicanism.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

...burn a Tesla...

On January 1, 2025, at approximately 8:39 a.m. (PST), an IED exploded in a Tesla Cybertruck parked outside the main entrance of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada ... An ex-girlfriend who was a nurse who served military veterans and dated Livelsberger on and off from 2018 to 2021 said that he identified as "politically moderate" but leaning conservative... [wikipedia]

The suspect who rented the Cybertruck that exploded outside of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year's Day has been identified as U.S. Army Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, 37, a Special Operations soldier who was on leave from his base in Germany, investigators said.

Livelsberger allegedly supported President-elect Donald Trump, the official who had been briefed on the investigation said.

A relative of Livelsberger recalled that he had been a Trump supporter during his first term and remembered him saying that "Trump was a soldier's best friend". In one of the letters police say were found on his phone, Livelsberger expressed support for Donald Trump and the president-elect's allies, Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He also expressed disdain for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and income inequality and expressed a concern about homelessness, according to the letters. link

Maybe he was very secretly Antifa?

Joe Conservative said...

AKA Unipartyism. Clinton sold the DNC to Big Pharma and Green Energy in the 90s.

Joe Conservative said...

And how many TRANtifa dealership attacks were there?

Joe Conservative said...

Hey Jerry!

Joe Conservative said...

Why would I want it to stop? It promotes my website to the algorithm.

Les Carpenter said...

Ahh, the algorithms. Allowing them to program people's desires. Increasing their grasping and constant looking outside themselves for fulfillment.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

"Trantifa" is imaginary. So... Zero.

Thersites said...

That's what the internet was built to do...

Thersites said...

Make people identify with one product one minute, and a different product the next.. Schizo-Consumerism.

Thersites said...

Acxiom!

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

There is also the fact that something that never began can't stop.

I was referring to your delusions. But you clearly love those and would resist treatment to stop them.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Anonymous: Obama’s policy allowed certain undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to remain in the country. Critics claim it encouraged more migration. Critics argue that Biden's policies, such as halting border wall construction and changing deportation priorities, have signaled a more welcoming stance to migrants. And as we all know, or should know, that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer both have supported immigration reform efforts that critics say have contributed to the perception of an open border.

What the "critics" say is a deliberate strategy to spread the (fake) word that people should try to enter the United States illegally when a Democrat is president. The right weaponized illegal immigration with lies. Lies that ENCOURAGE people to come to the country illegally when a Democrat is president.

republican oligarchs love illegal immigration. It seems they stupidly believed donald's lies about only deporting criminal illegal immigrants. Due to the right's constant fear mongering and lying about illegal immigrant murderers. Everyone wants to deport murderers and other criminals. Especially when they are targeting the hot young White women!

Joe Conservative said...

Trantifa is VERY real. As is Antifa.

Joe Conservative said...

What treatment would you recommend? Lobotomy? Shock therapy? Maybe a Neuralink with a direct connection the the SPLC for monitoring?

Joe Conservative said...

Wow, anchor babies don't act as a magnet for the immigration of relatives. Whodda Thunkit?

...those NASTY lying critics.... and their LIES!

Joe Conservative said...

gtfu Derv. Your arguments only work on 3rd graders.

Les Carpenter said...

That's because most 3'rd grader are smarter than most of the MAGA cult.

Joe Conservative said...

...or have been indoctrinated in the neoracist white guilt-pride ideology in school.

Rattrapper said...

Be very careful of what you study, Leslie. Buddha is a dead man who never came back to life. Jesus, on the other hand, not only brought people back to life, but he also rose from the dead. I left Buddhism long ago for a much better deal and don't regret it. You're poking a spiritual Lion in His Eyes, Leslie. It's not going to go well for you.

Rattrapper said...

Yes.

Rattrapper said...

MAGA is dismantling the Democrats. MAGA is reassembling Democracy and rebuilding it back to its intended original form.

Rattrapper said...

Dervy had one too many Haribo gold bears.

Rattrapper said...

Someone slipped a fake Haribo gold bear into Dervy's stash.

Les Carpenter said...

Yes! It is astonishingly clear that YOU have been conditioned and indoctrinated by the lies of the facist regime of El Donaldo Trumpinski.

Joe Conservative said...

Go read "My Two Mommies" to your grandkids, Les.

Les Carpenter said...

Only if THEY want me to. In which case I would do so.

Unlike you.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

...cuz I'm not insane.

Les Carpenter said...
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Joe Conservative said...

I'm not the one queering my grandkids because I think they'd be happier living in an Idiocracy.

Joe Conservative said...

:)

Les Carpenter said...
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Les Carpenter said...

Is that so?

Les Carpenter said...

Living in the past I see. Makes sense I guess. What with tRump the Orange FOTUS taking American society back 150 years socially and intellectually.

Joe Conservative said...

If your kids want the Queer indoctrination, you're all for it. THEY exercise the judgement, and their enabling gradnparents support it. so who are the adults in THAT relationship?

Joe Conservative said...

Lindy knows best!