August 22, 2025: Rise of Barbarism, The Lizard King, Potemkin Regimes

 

“Every state has its Alabama”

-----Quotations of Chairman Joe

Our Caesar Disgustus, greeting his paramour as swine greet the morning swill, presented a clearly disgusting, albeit entirely predictable, spectacle. But this outrage, such as it was, pales in comparison to the grovelling, the kneeling and scraping, of the leadership of Europe before the Golden Swine that immediately followed the debacle in Alaska.

I am currently rereading Jose Ortega y Gassett's “Revolt of the Masses”, material assigned in my 20^th Century History course back in my college days. The author laments the twilight of European leadership in the world which he, quite rightly it presently appears, saw a century ago as a great loss. The rise of mass man posses the most curious and contradictory of circumstance, apparent freedom with rise of barbarism. The thesis could be reduced to a simple sentence: What good is power to the people if the people turn out to be dolts?

This is the conundrum of our times.

The rise of Mass Man produced first the Soviet experiment in Russia and then Fascism in Italy, Germany and Spain. Ortega y Gassett was writing in defense of the Spanish Republic as he saw the rising tide of fascism about to engulf his own country.

Ortega points out that Moscow and New York are mere lunar lights, reflecting ideas originating in Europe, communism from Germany's Marx, capitalism from Scotland's Smith. The world order founded at Bretton Woods in the aftermath of the Second Great War created a certain peace but did not pass the torch to superior economic or political understanding.

Instead the baton was passed to those least likely to not only follow leadership but to lead. And, therein, lies the greatest threat to the modern world.

What we are witnessing, especially within the United States, is the vertical rise of barbarism; not barbarians at the gates but a barbarism from within our own ranks; a growing celebration of ignorance; a destroying and defacing of statues; an iconoclasm worthy of ISIS or the Taliban. Jim Morrison's “Celebration of the Lizard”.

“I am the Lizard King;

I can do...Anything”

-----Jim Morrison and the Doors

This is the age ushered in by our Caesar Disgustus, the hollow Golden Swine before which the “Generation of Swine” and its larvae genuflect and kneel prostrate.

Disgustus claims for himself the trophy of a world cup competition; declares himself the champion at all his golf courses; bestows upon himself numerous awards; declares himself head of the Kennedy Center and pledges to honor himself at next year's awards.

Disgustus declared himself “in charge of America, and in charge of the world”.

“I am the Lizard King

I can do...anything”.

He is cleansing our museums of our history and re-writing the history books; he is flaunting the law with impunity as our legal institutions bow and scrape before him; he is assaulting our colleges and universities demanding to dictate curriculum and discipline faculty; he is bleaching the bureaucracy of all remnants of independent reporting, firing those who publish inconvenient truth and replacing them with hopeless political hacks.

I am the Lizard King

I can do...anything”

And so, in the wake of the “Disastah in Alaska” Europe's heads of state met with our erstwhile Caesar, the Golden Swine in his Golden Palace, in an effort to avert total capitulation to Vladimir Putin.

Bowing and scraping, Europe's most formidable personages acted as if tRUMP were holding one of his obscene cabinet meetings, genuflecting before the Emperor, profuse in praise, telling him how thankful they all were that he had brought the war criminal Putin back unto the world stage.

This is unseemly. This is disgusting.

Caesar Disgustus went on SEEN Hannity's show shortly thereafter to tell the nation how powerful Russia is and that it was a mistake for Ukraine to start a fight with a nation ten times it's size. Disgustus was wrong on both counts.

I'm reminded of the first maladministration during which Disgustus was presented with a map of the United States showing all the counties in the country colored red in which he prevailed and those won by Hillary Clinton. Of course, the map was about 90 percent red. Disgustus, predictably for a seven year old mentality, interpreted the graphic to prove he had won by overwhelming landslide and couldn't possibly have lost the popular vote. Of course cows and other livestock vote, so too the grasses and trees. So it is with his view of Europe; Russia a vast territory of 11 time zones made even greater by impressing a globe upon a flat surface appears huge compared with Ukraine. This is how tRUMP sees power. This is his central error, his grievous miscalculation.

As noted earlier in these columns (1), Russia is not a world power. This much Ukraine, the poorest of Europe's nations, has amply demonstrated. Russia's GDP, it has been pointed out is bested by Italy and Spain. It is worse than that. Russia's GDP is, as I have pointed out, smaller than that of New York City!

Much has been made of Russia's nuclear threat. It is said to possess a slightly larger number of warheads than the United States. But the U.S. Spends as much on maintaining its nuclear stockpile as the Russian Federation spends on its entire military. The question begs; in what condition is this vaunted military prowess. One can reasonably conclude that it is in the same condition as the rest of the Russian Potemkin Military, stilts supporting a Potemkin Regime about to collapse. Already the Russians are moving ordnance to the front using donkey's and carts and men to the field using moped scooters.

The emerging Potemkin regime in Washington confronts the Potemkin Regime of Moscow and Europe trembles at the prospect.

Yes, every state has its Alabama. But the United States, until recently, didn't put George Wallace in the White House. Yes Europe has its Hungary, its Romania, its Serbia. But it cannot let these states distract from the central charge put before it; to reassert itself and forcibly do so. Ukraine can win this war with or without the United States; and so can Europe. Russia is back on its heels, its economy is collapsing, already the official prime interest rate is 21 percent, and god knows what the real rate is. Unemployment is rising, inflation is out of control. Russia cannot protect its oil refineries, nor its oil and gas pipelines. It cannot protect its military supply lines. It cannot protect anything. It has lost a million men in this war with no end in sight. It is time to call Putin's bluff.

It is time for Europe to reassert its role in World Affairs. The United States has proven itself, at last, unequal to the task. Europe must rediscover its central place in world affairs knowing that America is hopelessly incompetent and Russia is hopelessly ignorant. Europe must tell both the U.S. And Russia to go to hell, that no agreement at the 'border', that is about Ukraine, will be acceptable that does not involve the repatriation of all territory illegally and illegitimately taken by Russia since 2014, that ALL land must immediately be returned and that Russia must pay reparations to be determined by international tribunals. Moreover, Russia must yield up Putin and his henchmen responsible for these outrages for trials on war crimes at the Hague.

And, Europe must tell our Orange Turd in no uncertain terms that he does not 'rule the world', that his a complete incompetent with no justification for being in the Oval Office or, for that matter, on this planet. That Europe will organize, to the best that it can, a world-wide boycott of all trade with the United States until such time as the Orange Turd and his minions are removed from power. Already much is underway as the world re-configures itself around U.S. Imperial interests. Europe must not only embrace this movement, it must lead it.

Impeach and Imprison

1. Protagonist: May 30, 2023: Paper Tiger, No Joseph Stalin, A Vassal State

August 16, 2025: Disastah in Alaska, How NOT to Negotiate, Disgustus Got Nothing

 “I am embarrassed for my country”

------tRUMP biographer David Cay Johnston

Donald tRUMP is, in Mark Twain's memorable phrase, an innocent abroad. That is, he is an ignoramus trying to negotiate environments which are totally foreign.

Always exaggerating his over-matched skills, and believing his own press releases tRUMP, under siege of the Epstein Scandal and desperate to change the subject, proceeded to Alaska to meet his man-crush Vladimir Putin in search of the holy grail.

The 'holy grail' in this instance is his comical attempt to get a peace deal in Ukraine both to make good on a central campaign promise and set the foundation for his bogus claims to the Nobel Peace Prize.

In truth, he doesn't give a damn about his campaign promises, his economic policies make that clear enough. But he pants after the Nobel Prize because it was awarded to Obama and since he believes, as much as he believes anything, that he is far more deserving than anyone else, especially America's first black president and, therefore, he is entitled to it.

And so, north to Alaska.

tRUMP chronicler Michael Wolff appeared today on a Daily Beast podcast “Inside the Mind of Donald tRUMP”(1) wherein the principals openly speculated upon whether Donald could reliably find Alaska on a map. Leading up to the encounter our intrepid Caesar twice declared that he was going to Russia to meet his paramour. The problem, of course, is that Disgustus hasn't a clue what the outcome of such 'negotiations' would entail.

Caesar Disgustus hasn't a clue, never did and never will.

Negotiations are about detail and tRUMP has a pronounced aversion to detail. This is compounded by his steadfast unwillingness to delegate anything he deems important and his 'management' of Putin is, in his fevered mind, of utmost importance. This, predictably, is a prescription for disaster.

Caesar Disgustus is constantly painting himself in a corner. If he has any pronounced skills at all it is his ability to squirm his way out of tight places. He does this by diversion, blame, and spectacle, criterion that fits this summit to a 'T”.

Our modern Houdini currently finds himself under siege by the Epstein Scandal, a child trafficking enterprise that threatens tRUMP in ways that have yet to be discovered. Clearly, he his worried about where the facts, if ever revealed, will lead. To that end he has had his personal attorney and Deputy Attorney General meet with Maxwell to discuss what she would reveal were she to be brought before congressional committees, or a grand jury or two. Hours later, it was announced that she was being transferred from a maximum security penitentiary in Florida to what is referred to as “Club Fed” in Texas, a minimum security facility complete with tennis courts and golf greens. Later, it transpired it that she would be allowed out in the general community on work release. Clearly Dementia Don is in panic. His behavior, once again, betrays his protestations.

Reports are that he has been roaming the halls of the White House telling aides that he need a really big distraction. Ergo, a Putin Summit.

As is his wont, there was no preparation for this encounter. Disgustus has such an inflated view of himself that the really believes he can dominate any setting. This is the kind of hubris that led to the awful embarrassment at Helsinki 7 years ago. But, learning nothing from experience, our Orange Caesar prepared for the meeting by applying more facial foundation than Tammy Faye Baker thinking, no doubt, that this would put Putin back on his heels.

To this end, tRUMP first announced that this encounter would produce a 'deal' and then backtracked, under pressure from our allies, to the more modest goal of getting a 'cease-fire'.

When dealing with international diplomacy any meeting of a 'council' or of two or more principals only occurs after lengthy negotiations by lower level experts and diplomats laying the groundwork for a document already agreed upon. The meeting of the heads of state are purely ceremonial as pleasantries are exchanged, dinners served, and joint press releases issued. None of this occurred. The preparation, if one could call it that, his Foreign Minister wearing a CCP shirt under his jacket, the 'president' of the United States standing there eager as the family dog to greet his master. The rest of the debacle was even uglier.

Disgustus got nothing, save getting the Epstein Scandal off the front pages for a day or two. He got nothing. Not even a cease fire.

Michael Wolff, surveying the wreckage, said that the aftermath leaves tRUMP with two possible courses of action. He could try to force some wholly unpalatable solution down the throat of Zelenskyy and our Allies or he could simply walk away and leave Ukraine to it's inevitable fate. There is a third alternative: Caesar Disgustus, his ego wounded, gets angry and decides to back Ukraine against Russia in a full court press of Putin's forces in Ukraine. But this is counterbalanced by the stark realization that to do this would involve confessing error; confessing that he had 'misread' Putin, that his 'buddy' isn't who he thought he was. This course of action would involve having to go back to NATO, hat in hand, and confess his sins. Our Caesar Disgustus has not been known to attend confession.

And, therein, the tragedy.

Impeach and Imprison

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1. Wolff, Michael. “Inside the Mind of Donald Trump” The Daily Beast podcast. August 16, 2025.

August 12, 2025: Shooting the Messenger, Dumbing Down America, Puncturing the Facade

 

He has shot the messenger. Caesar Disgustus has shot the messenger.

Confronted with facts he finds distasteful, our faux Caesar simply dismisses those who bring the message replacing them with hopeless sycophants and unconscionable political hacks. This is the hallmark of every kakistocracy, of every dictatorship. In his unquenchable thirst for power, Disgustus is dumbing down America.

Disgustus has fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and replaced her with a yet another Maggot. She was fired because she had the temerity to not only publish statistics showing not only a lower number of jobs created but a revised number of jobs created in the previous two months. Numbers that show the economy produced little more than thirty thousand jobs in the two months previous and an anemic report for last month. Numbers that show that the economy has stalled, that the tariffs are taking their tole, that DOGE has done its worst and the numbers are beginning to show it.

Unemployment, as inflation, are lagging indicators. It takes months for economic trends to work their way through the economy. It doesn't turn on a dime. Heretofore Disgustus and his Maggots have been dismissing fears that his ignorance would do lasting harm to the U.S. Economy. Now the numbers are beginning to emerge and fear is gripping the White House.

Several years ago, I wrote a column analyzing tRUMP's management 'style'. (1) I would add here that another characteristic of his 'management style' is, when confronted with inconvenient and uncomfortable truth, to shoot the messenger. This wholly predictable outcome happens because the truth punctures, or threatens to puncture, an elaborately constructed facade, a mirage that takes not only a great deal of resources but a great deal of energy to create and maintain. Witness the constant stream of lies and falsehoods as well as the pounds of cosmetics that have gone into the enterprise. Witness his need to be surrounded and supported by a horde of sycophants singing his praises as is he were some kind of Messiah in our midst.

Now we have the summary dismissal of a central figure in our economic forecasting, a debasement, literally, of the currency. A debasement of an agency upon which markets move and investments are made. Is there no doubt that the Federal Reserve is next? If this is allowed to stand, if this emerging celebration of ignorance continues it will not be long before the world will demand that the financial world move from the dollar as the world's reserve currency. Already things are moving in this direction.

Ignorance is being imposed upon the system and the consequences will be frightening.

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1. See Protagonist: August 2, 2017: Hollow to the Core, Ode to Ralph, Only Confusion Now

August 1, 2025: Turd In the Bowl, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, In Plain Sight

 

August 1, 2025: Turd In the Bowl, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, In Plain Sight

Will no one flush this turd? It has been ten years now since our orange-tainted Caesar Disgustus descended his elevator at tRUMP Tower to address a pre-paid audience and rail against immigrants and howl at the moon. The madness, which has proven contagious has spread throughout the republic. For a decade now he has stunk up the village forum with a foul stench that has made it increasingly difficult to breath. Nevertheless, his Maggots, drawn to the stench as Maggots will, enthusiastically sing his praises. My god, a band of plumbers must be called to flush this turd and get the offal and his maggots safely down the soil pipe and into the cesspool before, gassed by the stench, all reason is lost.

There is hope on the horizon. For most of the past month the sordid relationship between our erstwhile Caesar and Jeffry Epstein has dominated the headlines. Ever since the Muskrat, Elon published his 'tweet' that tRUMP was all over the Epstein files, the world of Maggotry has gone apocalyptic.

Steeped in conspiracy theories by the likes of Alex Jones your Maggot, a deeply paranoid soul prone to see perfidious Democracy behind every bush and beneath every bed, had become convinced that Disgustus, returned to power, would release the “Epstein Files” and reveal, once and for all time, the evil cabal that is the Democratic Party; an evil political enterprise led by blood sucking pedophiles of which the Clinton's, Obama's and now the Biden's are principal criminals.

But, alas, it was Elon, the darling of the idiot wrong, who has come forward and proclaimed that it is our very own Caesar Disgustus whose name is all over the criminal record.

Enter Ghislaine Maxwell, consigliere to Jeffrey Epstein and convicted participant in his child sex trafficking operations. Spotting an opportunity she let it be known that she was willing to testify before any Congressional Committee about what she had witnessed should the opportunity present itself. Maxwell was about to lower her hammer upon the numb skull of our pretend and pretentious leader.

This led first to Pam Blondie, our so-called 'attorney general' to declare that although she had the list of Epstein's clients on her desk weeks before that there are, in fact, no such lists; and our bug-eyed director of the FBI, Cash Pray-tell to declare much the same thing. Maggotry howled in protest.

Pray-tell sent his minion to the federal prison in Florida to discuss with Maxwell the nature of her testimony which later emerged as a complete exoneration of our Orange Turd in exchange for transfer from a maximum security prison to a 'club Fed' facility in Texas complete with putting greens and tennis courts. Word is that she will be released on work detail and spend only nights in the joint, much as Epstein had done while he served time in the aughts, time during which he continued to abuse young girls.

Once again, the fix is in in plain sight. A truly disgusting spectacle.

Impeach and Imprison