As I get older and less receptive, I am saddened to note the increasing importance of Schadenfreude as part of my life mission.
Despite my better judgement, I spent some time yesterday watching highlights of US Attorney General Bondi's Congressional Reality Show on TV. American politics is really none of my business, but decency and the future of the planet are certainly worthy of focus.
If
the facts are against you, argue the law.
If the law is against you,
argue the facts.
If the law and the facts are against you, pound the
table and yell like hell
― Carl Sandburg
It seems to me that, years from today, people all over the world may remember that there was once a very strange woman who postured and smirked and overacted her way through a very serious, very noble and very visible forum, and committed the most public career suicide in history.
I can only assume that she is getting paid an awful lot of money and has the promise of a very big piece of cherry cake. I doubt whether anyone will remember her name.
Speaking of names, I have a little list of them, and I have a special bottle of wine put aside for Prizegiving Day.
Sitting smugly in Festung Europa watching with popcorn.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to stop watching this stuff (again). What is left of my head cannot remember which way is up.
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ReplyDeleteIf you have a strong stomach for gallows humour - and can look past (not easy) some of its more horrific features - I have to admit that world politics today is vastly entertaining. It is hard to believe how degenerate - pusillanimous, corrupt, pig-ignorant and depraved - world 'leadership' has become - especially in the West. The Doomsday Clock boffins have set the timer closer to 'midnight' than it has been set before; the effects of climate change are no longer deniable even by the most blinkered (one wonders if the wilfulness of their blindness would extend to poking their own eyes out); the consequences economic vandalism of the Neo-Cons are being visited upon everyone except the vandals themselves...
I'm a fortnight short of seventy-five years old. I sometimes wonder which will go 'foom!' first: me or the planet. It'll be a near thing, methinks. We are living in interesting times, are we not?
Cheers,
Ion
Hi Ion - the principal figurehead has degenerated into that problem kid at school who will burn the place down rather than admit he didn't do his homework.
DeleteYou're lying. No, I'm not. That's another lie. No it's not. Etc.
Mystifying.
Whatever else, I suspect that Hitler was - you know - basically pretty smart. That's the bit of the roleplay which is missing this time. The Almighty Festering Lard Barrel doesn't know anything at all - he has perfected ignorance to new levels - yet his disciples cheer to the echo if he breaks wind. This cannot possibly be because anyone believes him, surely? Is it just that he once had a sort of TV show? Is it simply that they cannot get over the fact that the USA once elected a black president?
Since everyone seems to be suing everyone, I was toying with the idea of suing the US Govt for making my old age wretched. I am prepared to bet (a sporting 10p) that the 2026 mid-term elections will not take place in any recognisable form - there are too many stooges terrified of what might happen next. Bannon is already going public on the need for the polling stations to be staffed by the masked faithful of the ICE Stormabteilung.
Oh yes - he's on the list.
Meanwhile, Fox News dutifully reports that Bondi "scorched" the Members at the hearing. Fox News is on the list too.
It's amazing to me to what extent people will degrade themselves in service to a demented geezer / career criminal.
ReplyDeleteBob - agreed - incomprehensible. I can only wish you all the very best. I used to be a sort of battered optimist - I seem to be running out of things to believe in. Greed and hatred seem to be all we have left.
DeleteCommitted career suicide? Not sure about that, if there were signs of any change back to something we might think is normal I'd agree but I haven't seen any yet.
ReplyDeleteIt's not happening very quickly, I fear, but how would you rate her long-term prospects, after the Incumbent Embarrassment has gone (and he can't live for ever, can he? - though I am reminded of the situation of the President in Woody Allen's "The Sleeper"...)? Would you trust this person to clean the toilets, for example, without offending the customers?
DeleteMrs Truss' recent appearance with Ms Bondi's boss reminds me that the former was also a recipient of this important award. The speed with which our system ejected Mrs T makes me wonder whether it might actually be better than the American set up, which seems slower off the blocks. May I say that forums such as this where rational discourse continues help counter one's sense of bewilderment?
DeletePsalamanazar - thank you for this - I confess I was unaware of That Idiotic Woman's having crawled out of the skirting board again. In the interests of limiting the damage to my mental stability, I had a very brief dalliance with wondering just what she thinks she personally could get out of this. She cannot have any concept of promoting any kind of collective good, and is far too stupid to think beyond some increase in personal fame and influence. Are there some people that are so far out of whack that they just become interesting for that reason alone? Did she ever do anything useful in her entire existence? - I understand that the residents of her former political constituency never noticed if she did...
DeleteIt was a surprise to realise that I had almost forgotten her - I mean, I'd have remembered if someone had mentioned her, but nobody does (normally). It is a comfort to find that one of the few benefits of advancing senility seems to be that I cannot remember some things which used to distress me.
I think one has to balance one's dislike of seeing anyone making him or herself ridiculous, undignified or worse against the fact that 'comeuppance' is a proper object of satisfaction. V topical.
DeleteJust be glad you all can watch from afar. Many of my gamer friends I am sure voted for this Almighty Festering Lard Barrel, which is one of the main reasons I haven't been gaming much recently...
ReplyDeleteYou have my wholehearted sympathy. It's all right David - we know who they are...
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