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"our democracy" (i'm sure)

friday, december 5th, 2025

By now, whenever you hear anyone invoke the phrase “saving our democracy,” that should be a signal that they are intent on destroying this republic, and with that, your natural rights to free speech, economic liberty, and public order. What began in 2016 as a simple, high-level plot to take out Donald Trump and squash Trumpism — a grassroots revolt against those very high-level DC insiders —turned sharply in 2017 into a long-running cover-up operation that spawned a multiplying cycle of seditions, treasons, and betrayals of the public — as the insiders desperately tried to evade culpability for each previous act — and finally blossomed into a rolling coup with crypto-Jacobin overtones as the insiders’ useful idiots were recruited to run with the ball of color revolution. How do empires fall? Not by war, but by unbalanced minds disconnected from reality.

For those who can’t quite wrap their minds around this game, a color revolution is the surreptitious overthrow of an elected government by concealed parties. Neocons in the US State Department developed the practice of color revolution on many countries over the years. Mr. Obama added a layer of gnostic Marxists to the personnel mix at State, and these wannabe revolutionaries built a fantastic matrix of NGOs outside State to marshal the useful idiots with jobs and salaries. The NGOs, in turn, were connected to international moneybags, with strange agendas of their own such as the megalomanic climate change crusader Bill Gates and George Soros’s Open Society Foundation, which funds anarchist district attorneys, the defense of election fraud, mass illegal migration, internet censorship, and money-flows into Antifa, the Left’s street fighters.

The motives of these players might appear murky, but at this point they can be boiled down to 1) staying out of jail, and 2) retaining control of their empires. Hillary Clinton, for instance, surely wants to stay out of jail for her RussiaGate caper, and retain the ill-gotten lucre of the Clinton Foundation she lives off. At 95, George Soros himself is probably beyond caring about all this, but his son Alex, 38, carries on, and recently cemented his alliance with the Clinton Foundation by marrying the former Mrs. Anthony Wiener, Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s long-time wing-gal. You can vote your way into socialism & communism,, but you have to shoot your way out.

The Democratic Party plays an increasingly curious part in this rolling coup as all its efforts look evermore insane and self-extinguishing — the bootless government shutdown being the latest exercise. The party can no longer meaningfully represent organized labor — since labor moved to faraway lands — so it attempted to replace that earnest bond with fronting for women and minorities. This has resulted in two problems. 1) women taking over the actual machinery of the party has transformed mere politics into never-ending psychodrama and boosted the amplitude of political dirty-fighting to dangerous new levels; and 2) cultivating minority groups has led to an orgy of race-and-gender hustles that amount to gigantic racketeering operations (i.e., making money dishonestly).

All of that sound, fury, and roguery is now dedicated only to staving off the party’s collapse and thwarting Mr. Trump’s attempt to restore something like regular order in public affairs, which the Democratic Party calls “authoritarianism.” Regular order is something that healthy male psychology takes an interest in, since it entails defense of the culture, in this case, Western Civ and its heritage. That implies the uses of strength as opposed to the stratagems of weakness. It must acknowledge and rely on classic virtues such as fortitude, prudence, and a preference for what is — as opposed to wishes and fantasies.

Psychodrama dispenses with all that for the sake of emotional gratification, often mis-characterized as empathy or caring. It can transform easily into sadism — as you can see now with the calls for violence and murder against Trump-adjacent persons. Meanwhile, be aware that the cries for “saving our democracy” come from the people opposed to regular order in elections, that is, voter ID, voting on election day only, with results reported out at day’s end, paper ballots and no electronic counting machines, and no mail-in ballots (except for people out of the country on election day). All of these stipulations are observed in other nations of Western Civ, and beyond, even in lands where people go about half-clothed.

The current psychodrama, of course, is the latest installment of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The Democrats are flogging it with Wile E. Coyote zeal. I suspect it is an Acme booby trap for the ages and it is being carefully laid by Mr. Trump, the Roadrunner, to blow up un the Dems’ faces when all the documents are finally sorted out. Anyway, it has nothing to do with the real-world problems that the US faces, such as runaway financialization of the economy, a broken medical system, mass job layoffs, the collapse of education, surging mental illness, the drug plague, and the sinking middle-class.

We’re entering a new phase in the ongoing color revolution, the coup against America, and it’s liable to be the final phase in which all the mystery gets wrung out, the motives are revealed, and the players are correctly sorted and labeled according to their deeds. No new psychodrama will avail to stop what’s coming.

© 11.14.2025 by James Howard Kunstler, "ClusterFuck Nation".

A Day In The Life.

Up at 7:30a on Friday, a cold 31°F, cloudy, VERY windy morning, I upped the heat, made coffee, fired-up the Win-7 Pentium HP Desktop to let its 32 million lines of code load, had a couple smokes in the garage and checked the leftover errands list. I scanned the weather -- snow squalls arriving shortly from the Midwest's Winter Storm 'Bellamy' -- and news, tuned into the "CP Show LIVE" at 9, and relaxed for the morning. I still feel a "carb overload" hangover from yesterday's leftover turkey (tryptophan).

No, I've never done, and do not now do, any Godless Black Friday shopping deal crap. Not my cup 'o Tea.

If I'd have known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.

I listened to the sub-host on the "CP Show LIVE", had a late breakfast, got a grocery delivery from Weis Market (Enola PA, via Prime), and did a couple of condo chores. After a 6hr nap, The sun finally broke thru, just in time fort sunset. I had dinner, watched the evening news, switched to Discovery's "Gold Rush" until 12 midnight. Lights out.

Up with the alarm at 6a on Saturday, a cloudy, cold 28°, just getting light morning, I upped the heat, made coffee and had some smokes in the garage. I scanned the news and weather, had breakfast and got ready for the day. Sis and Ben are stopping by at 10a, and we'll caravan down to our friends' Cedar Farm Nursery for their Fall Open House.

Sis and Ben arrived around 10, and I took them down the back road route, only getting lost once, since I hadn't been down this way in many years, but we made it just fine to the nursery. Cold and windy, we said hello to all of our former employees, friends, looked at all their "rare, unusual and hard-to-find" (my company's phrase) plant material offerings, got some BBQ Beef, BBQ Ham, BBQ Turkey and Fries to take home. We left around 12noon, and I made it home, had a BBQ Beef and Fries, and fell asleep on the LR couch for almost 4hrs. Sherry called just after I'd been up for30-40mins, drinking more coffee, and I watched some news, and Discovery's "Expedition Unknown" until 1a. Lights out.

★★★ WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ★★★

• Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations between 1 and 2 inches and ice accumulations around
a light glaze.

• Lancaster and York Counties.

• From 3 AM to 1 PM EDT Tuesday.

• Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions will impact the Tuesday morning commute.

• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS: Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

Up at 8:30a on Sunday, a cloudy, dark, snow/sleet forecast, 36° morning. I upped the heat, made coffee, scanned the weather and news, and settled-in until 11a, when the penultimate F1 Grand Priz in Qatar, comes on ESPN. Sleet and rain blew thru the area around 11, but most of it passed to our north. Good F1 race. I got ready for the day, started the 1st of 2 loads of laundry, and scanned the weather maps and forecast for this area. After a late lunch, I watched History's "American Pickers" and TWC's Local York Forecast, until 11:30p, then bagged it for the day.

Awake and up at 8:45a on Monday, a bright, sunny, 36° morning. I upped the heat, made the new Kona Coffee from Monarch Farms (Hawaii), and tuned into the "CP Show LIVE" -- damned sub-host is still there -- and scanned the news and weather headlines -- Nor'easter coming. I skipped breakfast, got ready for the day, checked the 4 stops I need top make, and left around 12noon, for points south of York.

On the trip, I got a "Low Tire Pressure" warning screen on my dash, for all 4 Jeep's new Pirelli Tires, so when I got home at 1:30, I charged-up the battery for the emergency tire inflator unit I have, and got L/S 2 of 4 tires back up to 36psi. The battery was still on charge as it got dark around 4:30. Too damned cold to stay outside; I'll get the other two tires done in the morning, snow and ice permitting.

No nap today. After dinner, I watched the evening news, and switched to Motor Trend's "Iron Resurrection" and The Weather Channel for updated storm forecasts, until 12:30a, and unplugged.

Awake and up at 5:15a on Tuesday, it was already snowing lightly, with an inch down so far. I upped the heat, made coffee and scanned the weather maps and news headlines. I tuned into the "CP Show LIVE", and it was a "Best Of" compilation of episodes. My email still is on/off, but mostly off. The IMAP Server mechanism/tool) is at fault, and I can't fix it, after numerous attempts. I may have to abandon Thunderbird, which I've used since 2009, and try another email program. I'm not ignoring anyone. I have a recurring software, and possibly a hardware, problem.

SPAR Assembly Co called at 4:15p, to reschedule the chair assembly and installation, to Thursday, 10a-1p, due to the morning snow/ice. No problem. I heated-up the morning's remaining Kona Coffee, and watched TWC to see if any more Winter Storms were in the offing. Sherry called to wish me a happy B-day, and a plan together for Thursday. I had Pit Ham and fries, for dinner, watched the news, switched to Discovery's "Gold Rush" until 11:45, and bagged it for the night.

December's "Harvest Moon"

Awake at 6:39a, and finally up at 8, I upped the heat, made Kona Coffee, fired-up the Ol' HP Pentium to get the weather and news headlines, I tried to check email, but it was MIA, again. Low Memory warnings, Low Disk Space warnings. Crap. A sunny, clear, but a very cold 38°, forecast to get even colder -- welcome to Winter! -- for the next 10 days, I've been wearing my Turkish Cotton Bathrobe, and with condo temps at 75°, I'm doing fine. There's still a lot of leftover snow and ice, right out my office-sunroom windows, and more snow/cold is forecast for Friday and beyond. Swell.

I tuned into the "CP Show LIVE" from 9-12, got ready for the day, and used the AutoJoe keep inflating my new Pirelli Tires to 36psi, from a cold 30psi. I think the battery is slowly failing after 3yrs, and I'll have to order a replacement. A friend, Caleb, stopped by next door, and offered his tire inflator, and got all 4 tires aired-up to 36psi in a few minutes.

I ran a couple nearby errands, did a clean-up on the Jeep's interior, had a large lunch, and took a 2hr nap on the LR couch. I closed the condo before dark, had dinner and watched the evening news, then switched back to "American Pickers" until 12:30a. Lights out.

Up at 7:30a on Thursday, a cloudy, windy, very cold 29°, with snow showers forecast, morning. I upped the heat, made coffee, tuned into the "CP Show LIVE", from 9-12, and waited for the techs from SPAR Assembly Co, to call -- 10a - 1p -- to get my new office chair assembled and installed, from the recent Staples purchase. Tuesday was a washout for their installation schedule here, from the 1-2" morning snow in Lancaster, so I hoped today would work. My Thunderbird email program wasn't working, again. I got ready for the day,

Sherry needed to get her Hyundai inspected, so I picked her up at the dealership, after she took it in for service, we had some nice time together until around 4p, and we drove back to get it and she got on her way home. I finally got a call from the lead installer at SPAR, that he was still tied-up in Lancaster, and would be at my condo between 10a-12noon, tomorrow. After 2 aborted app'ts, I have my doubts. If they're not there in that timeframe, I'll open the damned crate and assemble it myself.

I had dinner, watched the news and switched to History's "The unXplained" and TWC's "Deadline To Disaster" until midnight, and unplugged.

Tomorrow starts a new week, herew in the "Journal", and it's clear, except for some minor stuff. Hopefully, Sherry's week will clear out some time for us, like we used to have.

New York Times Op-ed Writer Slams Whites: 'You lost;' 'Your culture sucks'

Reacting to invasion (im)migration trends years ago, Ambassador Alan Keyes put it bluntly.

And if ever there was proof of this, and the low quality of many post-1965 newcomers — and of the lie of “diversity” — it’s a viral video posted by one Wajahat Ali.

Mr. Ali is a Pakistani-descent Muslim whose parents came to the U.S. in 1965 and lived the American dream — and an un-American scheme. That is, they served prison time in the mid-2000s for conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering for defrauding Microsoft out of millions of dollars.

Some say Ali weaponized this experience, playing the victim.

What’s for sure is that it didn’t stop him from becoming a Daily Beast columnist and New York Times op-ed writer. And that status didn’t stop him from something else:

He went on a bigoted anti-white tirade on social media in which he made clear that he’s an enemy within who hates the Western people who founded our country. As he said in his video, which is making the rounds:

You have lost. You lost. The mistake that you made is, you let us in in the first place. It has to do with brown people, and I am going to say this as a brown person:

There’s a lot of us—like, a lot. There is like 1.2 billion in India, there is more than 200 million in Pakistan, and there’s like 170 million in Bangladesh. Those are just the people there; I ain’t even talking about the folks who are expats or immigrants. There’s a bunch of us — and we breed. We’re a breeding people, and the problem is, you let us in in 1965.

There was a few us beforehand, but once you let one of us in, you know what happens with brown folks? Our grandmother comes, our grandfather comes, our uncle comes, our aunt comes, her cousin comes, a second cousin comes, her third cousin comes [and then they marry each other?]. Then we had kids, a bunch of kids. And then guess what?

Some white women — you know, the Western Civilization women, the pure women, the American women ... the “rust belt” women, the real women — they like some of us brown folks. We don’t take them; they come to us. So we’re embedded; we are everywhere, we are everywhere. I travel this country, and I’m going to speak as a brown person, brown people are everywhere. There will be a Patel motel or there will be a daisy[?] restaurant everywhere.

I want you to realize this: You have lost. Your story is a s****y story, filled with misery. It’s filled with bland chicken. It’s filled with terrible terrible, terrible dry a** meat. Your music sucks. All your culture sucks. Nobody ... that’s why the kids, like listen to black people in their music. That’s why the kids love Latinos. Your parties suck, because they’re monochromatic. Our parties have better food, better music, better-looking women.

Here is Ali’s video: