#if i see another blazed post saying voting for biden is the only option in gonna go monkey mode of someone

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Is it leftist infighting? Or is it leftists (socialists communists anarchists etc.) trying to tell you that American liberal parties are not even close to being left and that voting for genocide because you can't imagine a better world is a dumb practice?

Like genuinely I don't see much fighting between like a maoist communist and a anarchist against borders, they have different philosophies sure, but I think any genuinely anti-capitalist and anti-imperial political ideology is gonna point out that American Democrats are just a fascist and war hawkish as Republicans

Idk the people I see complain the most about infighting are the type that will call you a psyops for saying you're not gonna vote Biden in the fall

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SMART BOMB

The completely unnecessary news analysis

by Christopher Smart

September 21, 2021

NOW YOU CAN COMPOST YOUR FAMILY — FOR REAL

There are some people who just don't like the idea of getting buried, even after they're dead — so they get cremated. And there are folks who can't fathom getting shoved into a blazing oven after years of purchasing expensive moisturizers. Well, hold onto your cotyledons, there is now a third option: composting. (We are not making this up.) Just like backyard composting, your body, along with some wood chips and straw, can turn into enough soil to fill a pickup. It takes about six months. Think of it, your family could use the compost for a memorial tree planting. Future offspring and relatives would drive by the beautiful foliage and say, “Hey, look, there's Uncle Billy.” As the world and cemeteries get more crowded, composting is looking like a better ecological strategy with spiritual benefits (ashes to ashes, dust to dust and all that). And think of the green-house emissions it would mitigate. What if every person who died was now a tree. Imagine a scrub oak in California dubbed, “The Gipper,” or a bald cypress in Texas called LBJ.” This could change many afterlife plans. In the near future, folks might do a lot of thinking about what tree they want to nurture after they move on to the world of compost. On the other hand, you could become a flowerbed.

10 REASONS UTAH IS THE HAPPIEST STATE IN THE U.S.A.

In case you needed telling, Utah is the happiest state in the country. But to make it official, the website WalletHub.com gave Utah the top spot after factoring in a whole bunch of stuff. As usual, the staff here at Smart Bomb wanted to get to the nitty-gritty, so we analyzed WalletHub's algorithms to find the essentials.

Utahns are happy because:

1 – We can eat as much ice cream as we want and nobody will roll their eyes.

2 – We know there'll always be a “next season” for the Utes.

3 – When we get down, we just go to Chuck-A-Rama.

4 – Utahns know someone else will make the hard decisions for us.

5 – We take half-gallon cool cups of Diet Coke everywhere we go.

6 – Utahns have “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” to sin for us — guiltless joy.

7 – The LDS Church does not use tithing to fund capital projects, like malls.

8 – Six days a week we can count on warm beer at the State Liquor store.

9 – We have a special place for secret political meetings — Krispy Kreme.

10 – And climate change is in the Lord's hands, so we don't worry about it.

DEMS TO ERASE WHITE AMERICA WITH IMMIGRANTS

Democrats are continuing their heinous conspiracy and want to let all those Haitian refugees swarm into the U.S. where they will all become citizens and vote for Democrats. That ain't all, when their kids grow up they will be voting Democrat, too — it's like cancer. Beginning to see a pattern here? And what about the invasion from Central America after hurricanes Etta and Iota in 2020? Here is what GOP strategists have assured us for a long time: Democrats are bringing in black and brown people by the millions who will dilute America's whiteness. Even Tucker Carlson says so. It's only fair then that Red States adopt voting restrictions to keep 'em from voting. Or as Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Fox News firebrand Laura Ingraham: “The revolution has begun — a silent revolution by the Democrat Party and Joe Biden to take over the country... They are allowing this year, probably 2 million, maybe another million into this country... You’re talking about millions and millions and millions of new voters, and they will thank the Democrats and Biden for bringing them here.” And don't listen to Democrats who say this is white supremacy, we're just tryin' to keep this country the way God meant it to be — white. As for Mexican food — well, that's different.

Post script — And that'll do it for another week here at Smart Bomb where we keep track of Facebook so you don't have to. In George Orwell's classic novel, “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” the protagonist, Winston, is watched by Big Brother on “tele-screens.” Published in 1949, it appears prescient — but it seems like we are Big Brother watching ourselves for the likes of Facebook and others who are only too happy to keep tabs on us. But, oddly, it also reminded the staff here at Smart Bomb of the modern-day Republican Party. In Orwell's book, “The Party” is forcing adoption of a new language, called “Newspeak,” to rewrite history and keep party members in line by eliminating words it doesn't like. Thinking outside The Party's constrictive dogma is a “thoughtcrime,” enforced by the Thought Police. Flash forward to Jan. 6, 2021 and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. According to congressional Republicans — save Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger — said insurrection never happened and insisting it did is a “thoughtcrime.” Not agreeing with “The Big Lie” that Trump won reelection also is a “thoughtcrime.” Of course, our analysis takes a little artistic license, but we're fairly sure the political climate in this country today would scare the pants off Orwell.

Alright Wilson, we know that you and the guys in the band have committed your share of thoughtcrimes, albeit under the cloak of darkness. Just because you think Big Brother is watching, doesn't necessarily mean you're paranoid and sometimes, as Amy Winehouse once said, it's back to black. So, pick it Wilson:

Darkness, darkness Hide my yearning For the things I cannot be Keep my mind from constant turning Toward the things I cannot see now Things I cannot see now Things I cannot see Darkness, darkness Long and lonesome Ease the day that brings me pain I have felt the edge of sadness I have known the depth of fear Darkness, darkness, be my blanket Cover me with the endless night Take away, take away the pain of knowing Fill the emptiness of right now Emptiness of right now, now, now Emptiness of right now

(Darkness, Darkness — The Youngbloods)

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Election What Ifs

WED JUL 01 2020

Things are about the same as the last entry.  Trump is still getting killed in the polls, even losing to Biden in states like Texas and Florida. The virus is still spiking higher and higher in the US.

The EU, this week came out and officially banned any travelers from the US, because we’re doing so badly.

The BLM protests continue on, though it’s getting harder and harder to find news about it, because the media has decided not to cover it as much as they had back in early June.

The science on the effectiveness of masks alone to stop the spread of SARS CoV2 is very solid now, meaning that while social distancing and hand washing are still quite effective... masks are the silver bullet.  This virus does really spread mainly through people speaking, singing, shouting, and breathing in close proximity to one another.

But thanks to Trump’s anti-mask stance, all the idiots who worship him still refuse to wear them.

Meanwhile, Trump is now doubling down on being a white supremacist, calling for those who would deface statues of old racist figures to serve jail time, among other things.

On the right, talk of a coming Civil War 2 is louder than ever, while on the left, it’s talk of a second American Revolution.

What’s really coming depends on the elections in November, which will decide not only the President, but also the balance of power in Congress, and state governments.  Whatever mix that winds up being will determine what we do next with all the anger that’s been stirred up on both the left and right.

But the elections themselves... now four months away... depend very much on what happens over the next four months.

We have a virus that’s gonna make it extremely difficult to hold normal elections, and has already been used over the past month as an excuse for unprecedented voter suppression (closing most polling places and forcing people to travel miles and stand in long lines for hours).  

We also have an abnormally high level of, “police state,” like activity going on in all fifty states with cops feeling free to beat protesters down, gas them, and haul them in for no reason, with little to no push back from higher authorities.

If Trump was smart, he would lean into these two things to steal the election... shutting down most polling places due to the virus, and then brutalizing and arresting any large groups of minority voters waiting in lines on the grounds they were violating curfew, or something.

With an election result he could claim was legit, he could probably keep the military under his command and stay in power... to dismantle what remains of our democracy down the road.

But...

Back in March, I was thinking that if Trump was smart, he’d just lean into the pandemic, let the CDC run the show, claim credit as we successfully flattened the curve, and work the, “war time president,” vibe of bringing everybody together against a common threat.

That would have assured him an easy victory in November, especially since the Democrats handed him the favor of nominating Biden instead of Bernie as his opponent.

But, Trump is not smart!

He not only missed that golden opportunity, after his impeachment, to gain wartime president status... without a war... but managed to fuck things up so badly that now Biden... who he should have been able to mop the floor with... is a formidable opponent who he stands no realistic chance of beating.

You might think, well, he wasn’t smart enough to play the pandemic to his advantage because he’s bad with science... and reassuring people... and stuff, but voter suppression backed by police brutality... THAT, he understands!

And I might almost grant you that point, except that this second plan is way more difficult, now that he’s invested so much into calling the pandemic a hoax.

Add to this that, due to his mishandling of the BLM protests, he’s now awoken GenZ... who had slept through the primaries... and they are now hell-bound and determined to vote this guy out.

Yes, they are talking about revolution in the streets, but they’ve also now taken to mocking Millennials for never voting... which is a signal both new, and very encouraging.

Basically, the GenZ approach to Trump now, is simply to attack him on every channel that gets material results.  So... online assaults to fuck with his rally attendance, and corrupt his campaigns data gathering abilities.  On the street, bravely sparring with police, and posting videos of that... and at the actual polls in November.

What this all means is that it’s kinda too late for Trump to pull off stealing the election through voter suppression, because not only are voters wide awake to it... but a huge influx of first time voters, predominantly white (and thus largely immune to suppression tactics) are champing at the bit to destroy him.

So... if he can’t steal the election, is there still a path for Trump to win a second term legitimately?

For the sake of argument, let’s assume that there is.  Despite the fact that he’s been impeached and now, the country is imploding in on itself with a 1918 pandemic, a 1930s depression, and a 1960s race riot, all at once... he somehow manages to win just enough electoral votes to squeak by legitimately.

In this case, my first question is, who controls the Senate now?

Because if Democrats get the edge... or if it’s evenly split but Mitch McConnell is gone... then new impeachment hearings will begin.

In such a case, he will be forced to resign before becoming the only President to be impeached twice, and possibly the first to be convicted and removed.

But... what if he does hold on to the Senate, and Mitch does survive to remain Senate Majority Leader?

In that case, it will simply take until 2022 for the Senate to flip, leaving McConnell the minority leader and then it’s full steam ahead to Trump’s second impeachment, and inevitable resignation.

What I’m saying here, is that Trump is already in such bad shape, in July of 2020, that he’s lost the option to steal the election, and, can only hang on by a thread if he manages to squeak out another win, with a resignation guaranteed before he can finish that second term.

The people simply will not stand for four more years of this ass hole.

Okay, what if he loses, but refuses to step down?

If he loses, the military (along with the rest of the federal government) will be backing the President Elect, because of their oath to defend the constitution, which mandates a peaceful transition of power to the President Elect on January 20th.

He can refuse all he wants to step down, but he’ll be forced to step down if necessary, and won’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of fighting back.

Okay, but what if he stirs up right wing militias to come out guns blazing to fight in the streets, killing everybody to avenge what they see as a coup?

Short answer, the military will squash them in a couple day’s time.  After that, any remaining militant Trump supporters will be considered terrorists and be hunted down by the FBI. 

Okay, but what if hardcore Trumpists get into office on the state and national level to create chaos and mayhem within our democratic system?

They already did that.

And I’m gonna leave it there for tonight, because it’s time for bed.