Global Revolt. Sort Of.

The last few days the results of the EU elections came in and the “far right” parties did extremely well across the various countries of the Union.  There was a coinciding drop in the Green and Far Left parties across the EU.  And the national far right parties in France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Italy and even Belgium are all either increasing or have already become major parties.

Europe is not the United States.  But the same policies; runaway immigration, green policy sticker shock and woke repression, are souring the populaces of these countries against Leftist governments.  Of course, the globalists are fighting tooth and nail to suppress this revolt.  The various leftist and “centrist” parties band together to try and quarantine these populist parties and label them racist, fascist, reactionary and illegal.  Germany keeps threatening to shut down their AfD (Alternative for Germany) party for being anti-immigrant.

But slowly and surely it seems that things are swinging away from these policies.  Last year the Netherlands voted Geert Wilder’s party into power because they’re tired of the immigrants and the green assault on prosperity.  The Dutch are hardly xenophobic fascists.  They’ve just had enough of the madness.  And it looks like France is getting sick of it too.  After the French gave the highest vote total to their far-right party in the EU vote, Macron dissolved the French parliament and will call for new elections.  It is expected that Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party will end up with the largest number of seats in the body and there is a slight possibility they could cobble together a coalition.  Italy already has a populist right government.  So do Austria and Hungary.  Even Belgium; the very heart of the globalist bureaucracy, has a growing populist right party.  Even in the lefty haven of Sweden the right has come to power although what passes for the right in Sweden still looks like woke communists from where I stand.

Now don’t get me wrong.  None of this progress means Europe is becoming conservative.  This is like the spasmodic flailing that a drowning man experiences just before he expires and sinks to the ocean floor.  I think the chances of any of these countries escaping the grip of their leftist elites at this point are vanishingly slim.  It would take a miracle.  But it does show that they haven’t completely lost all instinct for survival.  And it might allow for a real revolt when things become even more desperate.

It is interesting that the United States, England and France are all about to have major elections within months of each other.  What I’m interested in seeing is what tell-tale clues can be gleaned from the results of the elections and the reactions of the citizens to these results.  In each case there will be quite different results and different reactions but, in each circumstance, we may learn a lot about what the future holds based on these reactions.

For instance, in the United States I’m expecting Joe Biden to be re-elected.  And I expect this result to produce widespread shock, anger and disillusionment with the political system here.  And that disillusionment may be a better result for bringing about change than a Trump win.  But a Trump win would also be an opportunity to learn about the state of our country.  Could the elites be very worried by how angry the populace has become over their manipulation of the government?  An honest election might show that to be likely.  So, there are things we could learn from this election either way.

And likewise with the British and the French.  Each of these countries is suffering from stress and are very angry at their leaders.  With the correct new leadership large changes are possible.  So, I look forward to all this activity.  But I confess I’m impatient for the results to be known.  I don’t want the drama.  I just want to read the end of the book.

Make It Stop!

(Apologies to the estates of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Simonides)

Half a league, half a league,

Half a league onward,

Into the valley of boredom, I crawl.

O stranger, tell the readers of OCF that

I lie here, obedient to their reading preferences.

This summer and fall will be well-nigh unbearable.  How many thousands of stupid posts by moronic pundits and half-witted lefty hacks will I have to read.  And how many polls of the “swing states” will we see announcing that the electorate is finally waking up to this or that inane platitude about the race?

How many more times will some hysterical Democrat-water-carrier wring his hands and beg Joe Biden to stand aside and let Gordon Gecko look-alike Gavin Newsom jump into the race?  And at the same time how many more progressive lickspittles will wax rhapsodic about Joe Biden’s towering intellect and astounding oratorical skill?

Of course, I will be rewarded by the weekly comedy of Biden fumbling over one syllable words or his feet.  And every once in a while, we’ll have the Benny Hill-like hilarity of Joe being dragged away to the nearest bathroom before his pants explode.  Sure, this stuff is great.  We all need a good laugh.

But all in all, we’re all just marking time until we find out whether the Democrats are going to fake the November election results or let Trump win as he obviously would under an honest election.

Some of you might say I’m whining.

Well, I am!

You see, I’ve been trying to come up with an alternate strategy for getting through the five months before the election.  I keep thinking I can replace political news with book and movie reviews and photography and science articles.  And maybe I could but I find that I’m spending too much time reading the political news to also keep up with these other areas and so it’s a vicious cycle of dependence.  Alas, alack.

Well, maybe I’ll learn and straighten up and fly right.  After all the universe is full of interesting things.  Like:

  • Colliding neutron stars giving rise to stellar sized ejection clouds of pure gold.
  • Rising tides of “far right” parties in Western Europe.
  • Government warnings about the deadly “bird flu” and the miraculous appearance of an amazing vaccine!
  • Nigel Farage running on the Reform UK Party ticket and predicting Reform will replace the Tories.

So, I’ll stop whining now and start looking for things to write about that don’t include the words Biden, Trump, Washington or boring.

So, let’s start with Farage.  A recent article lays out his read on how the Tories abused the gift he gave them in the Brexit issue and instead governed as leftists.  And now that they’ve burned away their whole voter base, he wants to replace them with the Reform UK party.  Of course, in the upcoming election this year Labor will be the primary recipient of the Tories’ implosion.  Labor will be the majority party.  But if Reform can get a decent handful of seats, they can begin the long process of replacing the Tories and giving the English people a party that actually represents the opinions of the people.  Interestingly, the election this year is on July 4th.  Maybe if Reform gets off to a good start on the Fourth of July some of that magic might infect our politics too this November.

At the very least the founding of the Reform party should be a lesson for our country.  The Republicans have been fake conservatives for long enough.  Someone should either dramatically reform it or start a legitimate conservative third party to drive it out of business.

09JUN2024 – OCF Update – It’s a Rainy Morning Sunday, That’s Got Me Without Knowing What to Write

 

A rainy Sunday at the Compound.  I’m stuck in the house and getting on Camera Girl’s nerves, I can tell.  Next week will be very busy.  Tuesday will be a marathon of work until the wee hours.  I will be with the people, in all their gritty and idiosyncratic splendor.  So, I must get some things done today.  I’ve got photos and quotes to get uploaded and scheduled.  And I’ve got some scheduling things to figure out for my writing.  I’ve been so busy lately with work that I haven’t been able to do any fiction writing at all.  And that bothers me a lot.  As you get older the number of creatively productive hours in a day or a week decreases.  So, I need to make some time budgeting decisions to maximize my results.

But life rolls on.  And the now incredible increases to the cost of living are biting ever harder at my meager resources.  I was looking at some repairs on the swimming pool and wondered if outright replacing the lining might make some sense.  But when I heard the estimate, I was gob-smacked.  Yikes!  So, I’ll pay the piratical repair costs for patching for this year and decide about replacement next year when I get rich.

But just to assert our rights as Americans to waste money we went to the Chinese restaurant for dinner.  Sure, the cost was up about 50% from what I remember it to be.  But it made Camera Girl happy and it spared her having to cook last night.  And they have really fresh and delicious food at this place so it was a treat.

I was reading how McDonald’s might be pulling out of California all together.  And on one of the talk shows the socialist pundit was putting a brave face on it and saying that this would open up opportunities for Mom and Pop shops.  I was thinking, “Sure mom and pop get a really good deal on food prices compared to a behemoth like McDonald’s and they’ll definitely be able to outcompete McDonald’s on rental costs, utility costs and paper and plastic consumables.  Oh yeah!  It’s gonna be a paradise for small businesses in California.

Something that TomD commented about my Here and Now post.  He stressed that our present ruling class is not just more of the same.  He stressed that they’re really working to destroy us, “The progressives want us disarmed, private vehicles gone (except elite), and everyone on the dole and living in huge Soviet style arkologies. Males castrated.”

And I agree with that characterization.  They differ from the past in what they are attempting to accomplish.  Our former elites wanted us as factory wage slaves.  The new elites just want us gone.  And they think they can get the job done quietly and efficiently by eliminating our means of livelihood.  They impoverish us and then weaken us with drugs, illicit and prescription, that they flood the environment with and stupefy our children with a digital narcotic.  We’re being eradicated with poison like roaches.

Well, it won’t be easy but we have to learn how to avoid the traps and organize to assist each other in surviving.  Alright, enough of that.  Finish with something good.

 

I was watching the Coen Brothers version of True Grit the other day.  They’re a couple of nihilistic film makers but they did a remarkable job with this film.

 

Guest Contributor – TomD – 09JUN2024 – Not Your Grandpa’s Elites

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TomD

I don’t know.

I do agree that crooks, incompetents and charlatans have been in American politics forever but I suspect that they had no real interest in destroying the society in which they lived.

The progressive Dims? Not incompetents, that’s for sure. But I do believe that they largely hate the US and wish to tear it down to replace with a socialist authoritarian utopia. Utopia for the elite. For you and me, not so much.

The progressives want us disarmed, private vehicles gone (except elite), and everyone on the dole and living in huge Soviet style arkologies. Males castrated

Guest Contributor – War Pig – 09JUN2024 – When the CO’s In a Skirt

war pig

 

They poisoned the well and they also shot themselves in the foot. The US DEPENDS on mostly White, hetero teenagers to fill our military. That’s the majority demographic in the US. Sponsoring combat video games and financing and supporting Top Gun movies can only go so far. The gender agenda is indeed poison. I can imagine the reaction if any of my commanding male officers had shown up at formation in a female officers skirt.

Those who do still join rapidly become disillusioned and leave after their first enlistment. Fewer and fewer make it a career. Reenlistment bonuses are high but that’s not enough. Most of them cannot stand their current C-in-C. They saw running from Afghanistan with our tails between our legs as betrayal. Making the Taliban the best equipped military in the region with our abandoned weapons was close to treason. All Biden taught Russia, China, North Korea and Iran is that if you string it out long enough, America will quit. Even if America wins all the battles, the enemy can outlast our cowardly and self serving politicians.