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For past two years now, sites like this have been in the crosshairs of daily attacks. This suggests that decentralized digital activism is beginning to exert some measurable influence. Given that any would be dictator or authoritarian regime wishing to stay in power, truth always becomes the enemy. Right now, every pillar of American society, from the government to the press, is being torn down. This recent breach might have cost me around four years of worth of posts, but it’s only a temporary setback. They will eventually go back up starting with this last post made before the site was hacked in early April of 2026. It was around a year ago I made a comment about a relatively new Trump administration as being a collection of idiots. Now year on, it seems that label was almost too complimentary as these people make idiots look like Einstein. Real Estate guys as chief negotiators to end war-torn conflicts, Cos-play influencer running Homeland like the Gestapo, Fox news host directing a fabricated war (Wag the Dog), Health dept run by an antivaxxer, Education dept by someone determined to dismantle it, Dept of Justice with a political enemies list, EPA, FBI it’s an endless collection of totally corrupt or incompetent people overseeing the dismantling of voting rights and American infrastructure only because they are Trump loyalists or MAGA maniacs. Trump blames allies for not helping him in his made-up war, expecting countries to donate warships with personnel into a Killzone in the Strait of Hormuz when his own navy knows how vulnerable they are in that narrow strip of water, that’s why they are NOT there. This is the “genius” of Trump on display which is why everything he touches fails unless it’s a grift because with him it’s always “concepts” of a plan mixed with a whole bunch of lies. Remember DOGE, how did that work out. Thousands lost their jobs in every government agency and it turns out very little saved if anything while millions of Americans are now left more vulnerable including vets and it was the same with USAID. Global Est: 750,000+ people die as a direct consequence of America 1st policy and they wonder why America is suddenly off everyone’s travel & buy list. Compare that to a billion$ a day war in Iran killing thousands including children in multiple countries in the middle east which achieves nothing except a massive hit to the global economy and if not resolved soon most likely a full-on global recession. This is the IQ level of the current Trump administration implementing policies that have the opposite effect to their message which only make their enemies stronger and America weaker. When you dismiss all the brains of the outfit and bring in the clowns don’t expect any good outcomes.

Republicans and the MAGA mob will not be judged by history kindly. There will come a time when MAGA merchandise is unsaleable and anyone seen wearing the red hats will be shunned everywhere around the world and maybe just maybe that will be the light bulb moment when these people feel a sense of shame or at least experience what it’s like to be an outcast. That would be the ultimate irony! Especially the Republican party who sold their soul and every principle they ever held while actively overseeing their country’s demise with incompetence on steroids. Outside of that corrupt system there is a large majority of Americans who feel a great sense of shame when their President makes stupid childlike comments in social media posts together with disgusting remarks. Insulting allies along with criminal behaviour and the endless barrage of lies which isolates America even further from the world. Almost 40% of a nation, brain washed with propaganda from birth, living in a closed eco system to believe any hardship they endure in life always originates from those “commie” liberals or anyone who is different from them & never the real cause. This also applies to those who hide their bigotry behind so called Christianity.

When you are this far gone, truth doesn’t matter anymore, your identity is so entangled in the fiction that to admit a mistake would be to disappear. Be it science, economics, foreign policy or anything else you care to name the lie becomes the ground you walk on. This Administration will not last forever and sooner or later the world will correct itself and most of these people are going to end up before the justice system. If given the chance Trump will pardon himself along with his whole administration before leaving office but hopefully, they won’t stand up against some of the breaches of state laws or at least be put to a legal challenge. If justice takes its course, then in an ideal perfect world they should be given the choice of jail or “the walk of shame” Game of Thrones style in front of a million person no kings protest televised to the nation which should include all the pardoned insurrectionists. That would be a fitting end to the Trump regime with him leading the parade alongside all the republicans that refused to remove him from office when the evidence was overwhelming. It would be also fitting that all his family assets gained unlawfully during his presidency be seized and his proposed presidential library hotel be turned into accommodation for homeless people. This coming July the American empire will hit that milestone 250 yr mark, a time in history when most empires have collapsed and it will not be due to the swords of its enemies, but will collapse under the weight of its own greed, sold piece by piece by the very people sworn to protect it.

A new movie came out on Netflix called Don’t Look Up over the holiday season which is meant as a parody but sadly could be seen as real reflection of society as it has evolved in today’s world. A society where Reality TV, Celebrity and Social media shape people’s thought process. Gone are the days where a scientist is revered for producing a vaccine to cure polio. These days a tick tock video of woman teaching her cat to dance might carry more weight. So this movie is about that, a society that has lost it’s way in what is real and what they just choose to believe. Hopefully it might influence some people to rethink their priorities. Especially when we get weekly reminders of what Climate Change actually means along with over 50yrs of “sit tight and access”.

While New Zealand might be the gold standard in terms of covid response, the delta strain has tested them as well as everyone else due to it’s much higher transmission rate in a younger demographic. However the recent new outbreak in Australia once again highlighted the dangerous folly of trying to place a political philosophy up against Science. Our neighbouring state NSW run by a conservative government was initially slow to react to an outbreak. Follow this by only going into lockdown “lite” a week too late and the result of that turned the state into what looked like becoming another “Florida”. This is the state that criticised others for locking down too hard & early only to find out the harsh reality of what it really costs if you don’t.  In any crisis, critical thinking is the key element to a solution not political philosophy. There are no silver bullets to some of these problems but critical thinking and science are the only weapons we have, not opinions. Last week 4Corners aired it’s two part report on the other toxic gift Australia gave America  in “The Murdochs” which in destructive terms may be even worse than the pandemic. Creating the democracy destroyer in the evolution of Fox News. Something I have posted about previously, as this is the ultimate example of how misguided “Opinion” can really be when it decides it can arbitrate on what it chooses to be the truth rather than reporting the truth. Sometimes science can make specific predictions with limited information. While “Opinions” on the other hand are just rolling the dice as they are using an inbuilt prejudice rather than thinking with an educated mind. As NDT said, the ultimate judge, jury and executioner on truth, is Nature. Part one below and Part two here.