Are Gaetz, Hegseth, and Gabbard shock troops for Trump’s war against the Deep State? From Patrick Lawrence at unz.com:
Bird in the Hand – by Mr. Fish
Donald J. Trump’s second four years in the White House are shaping up to be more fun than a barrel of monkeys, as the old saying goes. I have it from several sources, who cannot be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, as the old saying at The New York Times goes, that Trump’s cabinet nominees already resemble a barrel of monkeys. And my sources have been “verified by The New York Times,” I will have you know.
Let’s leave all those liberal authoritarians, still smarting from their failure to sell Americans a bottle of snake oil labeled “Joy and Good Vibes,” to their predictable freakout as Team Trump runs onto the field. It is fun to watch, but you don’t want to partake of it. Remember, empire was not on the ballot Nov. 5: There was no voting against it and there never will be so long as America runs one. Trump and his people are simply going to run the imperium differently—more crudely, more in-your-face, in some cases with more immediate brutality—but an imperium it will remain, just as it has long been.
We must remember our Wilde at this moment. “In matters of great importance,” the estimable Oscar wrote, “style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.” It is the same with the empire managers, and leave all thought of sincerity out of it. Bush II ran a nasty one, Obama a nice one, Trump I a nasty one, the addled Biden got all mixed up and ran a nice and nasty one, and Trump II… you can finish the thought.
The only kind of upset worth nursing at this point is an upset with a 70–year story behind it.
An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar Wilde
Revengeance?
It sounds like a great idea. (H/T-Gandhi)
What’s good for the goose is good for gander or for my enemies the LAW. (General Óscar Benavides)
This just in from Deep Purple:
The Flight of the RAT