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  1. 44 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

    SEC not there to protect people from making stupid investments.

    Of course, the SEC is not there to protect democracy from corporate networks anchored in fascist-theocratic propaganda and election conspiracy theory -- owned by a wannabe dictator. Nope. Not the SEC function.

    Same with Corporate America ...

    Same with the mainstream media ...

    Same with American universities ...

    Same with the Supreme Court ...

    Same with Merrick Garland's DOJ ... 

    Seems it is no institution's job to take on fascism and theocracy.  

    But, there is all that American "freedom" and "free markets."

    Till they're suddenly gone.

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  2. The NCAA ain't going to do jack shit. Neither is ESPN or anyone else.

    The SEC SEC SEC is the Southeastern Confederacy conference, that much is obvious.

    I'll say it again. The UT-OU SEC move was not about $$$ only. Far from it. Football is the smokescreen.

    The UT-Austin move to the SEC was orchestrated at the very top, above Del Conte and Hartzell. It's a post-BLM MAGA move by Abbott, BOR and Big Money Donors to align UT with the Confederacy and the fascist theocrats. 

    I find it sickening. Disgraceful. F*ck the BOR and Big Money Donors. 

     

     

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  3. 29 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    they don't have control of the DOJ, they don't have control of the military or national guard. 

    With all due respect, I would not count on any of the above. 

    Why should we assume that MAGA-Trump-Bible-Fascist consciousness has not infiltrated the military, national guard, police forces, intelligence or the DOJ? .... To the same extent as rest of US population.

    -- After all, they all are exposed to the same religions and social media/mainstream media that MAGA idiot fascists are.

    -- Abbott seems to have no problem sending the Texas Guard to the border. 

    -- The police have long been ready and willing to crack heads on "leftists" and "protestors."

    -- Don't forget that during W's war crime spree, the majority of Americans supported the use of torture by CIA-Military. NSA surveillance is already unchecked on us. Can't even count on the intelligence agencies to not turn anti-democratic.

    One thing we better hope is the majority of the Top Brass Pentagon are not MAGA and keep the military under control. Or use the military to reign in any violence from Trump-loving police and MAGA insurrectionists on and after the election.

    If the military go MAGA, game over. Democracy is finished. 

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  4. 1 hour ago, bolverk said:

    This is an important read. 

    How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation
    Their claims of censorship have successfully stymied the effort to filter election lies online.

    Thanks.

    File that under New York Times plays right into Trump-MAGA's hand ... while disseminating its own "disinformation."

    -- Calling J6 a "riot" instead of the obvious thing it was: a violent insurrection.

    -- Using the dry "neutral" term "disinformation" instead of the more accurate and alarming term "propaganda" (subsets of which are lies and disinformation). 

    -- Never once mentioning that propaganda is standard tactic of fascist regimes preceding takeovers. NEVER! 

    -- Quoting Stephen F*cking Miller using "something out of dystopian sci-fi novel" to describe efforts to reign in his propaganda. Ya know, they could have quoted an insight from Orwell, Ray Bradbury, or other sci-fi writers with insights. But, nope, Stephen Miller, a f*cking fascist.

    -- Concluding with a sentence from Trump that trashed Biden, uttering propaganda that positioned himself as a beacon-like defender of free speech

    I could go critiquing the article, but it is the same old crap. The New York Times playing right into the hands an orange simian fascist lunatic ... under the guise of "objective" reporting. Lulz. 

     

     

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  5. I appreciate wit and comedy, like most humans on Planet Earth.

    But, sadly, I have come to realize these "political" comedians (Maher, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah, Seth Myers, Jon Stewart, etc.) are little more than corporate/media/comedy approved court jesters, tricksters, and clowns.

    -- They are like late night ice cream, snacks, or junk food. They might taste great, but are little more than sugar hits and calories that require more exercise the next day.

    In effect, the comedians are simulacra (copies in which original is no longer present) of critique that mask the near total absence of he systematic critique of the true conditions that produced MAGA-GQP Trump.

    In addition to the obvious racism and fascism (mostly ignored in media), there is the ideological and media consumption of our future overlords:

    -- TV's endless idiocy

    -- Worship of celebrities, billionaires, and football players.

    -- World Wrestling crap

    -- Religious fanaticism, creationism, fundamentalism (all with 99.99% free pass in media)

    -- Anti-science building for 40-50 years with the religious fanaticism

    -- The History Channel showing Ancient Aliens, conspiracy lunacy, Nostradamus and apocalyptic "End Times" biblical prophecy shows for f*cking decades.

    -- Paranormal and pseudoscience hit shows like The X-Files and in numerous Hollywood films. Bigfoot Hunter and Ghost Hunter shows, to name a few more.

    -- The near total absence of legit science (and its many meanings for humanity) in the media. The Science Channel is filled with idiot world shows more than real science. Sagan's and Tyson's Cosmos series are great, but nowhere near anough.

    -- Not much on legit environmentalism, except for Attenborough's great docs from BBC. 

    -- The list is endless in our 24/7 media spectacle. Any evidentiary and empirical standards are mostly non-existent.

    All amplified by social media into a virulent malignant cancer in pop consciousness

    TLDR: Comedians ain't saving us, but enjoy the late-night sugar hits. 

  6. Note how Fascism and Fanatical Religion are ignored as threats for impending apocalypse in these two toons.

    -- When, in reality, those are the TWO BIGGEST HORSEMEN of the Apocalypse. (After I wrote this, I saw the Jesus cartoon above, but my point still stands)

    Happens all across our culture. All over Surly. Been happening for decades.

    -- That's why Margaret Atwood wrote The Handmaid's Tale in the 1980s after seeing Reagan and Falwell take over the GOP.

    Though I can see "fascism" and "theocracy" are appearing more in Surly and in some mainstream media, the bottom line is those terms are too scary or are in willful denial by the media and our nation's leaders, corporate execs, university leaders, and even Democrats. "Fascism" and "theocracy" should be in the headlines every day when discussing MAGA, GQP, Trump, Bannon, Christian Nationalism, etc.

    How can we defeat what we fail to fully identify?

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  7. 46 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

    No way W is saying anything.  Dotard is the only reason he’s not the worst and most hated former President in history.

    And yet, tons of Surly posters voted for W, twice! I am sure he's still a god in Dallas. (For the record, I have never been a Republican and did not vote for Reagan, the Bushes, or Trump.)

    W is a liar, war criminal, and evangelical idiot whose "Compassionate Conservativism" was a sham and mask for the his "Faith-Based Initiative" -- i.e. let's get the government in the theocracy business and end the wall between Church and State. His idiocy, evangelicalism, divisiveness, war crimes, and sports ownership paved the way for Trump, big time.

    And now this Rembrandt of Dallas has a book of paintings: Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants. Of course, his White House policies were far from Y Pluribus Unum. I am sure SMU and his library will be celebrating this genius. Hell, they'll build him a museum or art gallery!!

    If W really believes in the title of his book, he should be denouncing Trump/MAGA/GQP all across the media landscape. He would have a platform in all major media. And yet he says nothing. 

     F*ck W and the Trump-loving fascists in Dallas and its burbs.

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  8. 8 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    NYT and WaPo are not (and never have been) "liberal".  Don't promulgate a stupid far-right-wing talking point.

    Did you not see the quote marks I put around "liberal" in my post? Of course, the Post and Times are not really liberal, but they remain damn near sacred texts for the mainstream liberals. Have been for decades.

    So please don't say I am "promulgating a stupid far right talking point." I left Texas 30 years ago and am not some conservative living in the burbs and lamenting "what went wrong since W" was elected.

    Atheist. Never a Republican. And since Reagan and Falwell joined hands in holy matrimony, I have been saying the ultimate GOP-Evangelical goal is a theocracy since my time on the 40 ... back when the Cactus Cafe was cool and the Continental Club was still a legit dive bar. 

  9. 8 hours ago, bolverk said:

    Don't get me wrong. I'm not defending WaPo, but I see why the author homed in on the Mean Girl branding to carry a centralizing theme throughout the profile. It probably just made it more fun to write. 

    Thanks for posting some of the article. (The original link would not open for me). 

    Instead of MAGA Mean Girl ... why not Fascist Fan Girl? That should be fun to write. 

  10. "MAGA Mean Girl" to describe Bobert? How f*cking cute! And stupid. With a glam shot as if she is a model.

    This is exactly how the Washington Post and New York Times work to normalize and mainstream fascism, theocracy, and overall idiocy in the political system. I seriously doubt the article accurately describes Bobert's beliefs and ideology as fascist/theocracy, which they are by any dictionary not tossed out of a Texas high school library.

    We can accurately attack Fox News as a MAGA-GQP propaganda network. But the "liberal" Post and Times have played a massive role in the unwillingness of the mainstream media to use terms like fascism and theocracy to describe MAGA-GQP. Same with that lame Texas Tribune. 

    Always #bothsides ... which equals #nosides ... in a choice between fascism and democracy.

    Those papers are one reason we are in such a f*cked situation. 

     

     

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  11. 20 hours ago, Rimbo said:

    On top of this, the GOP has lost any kind of policy directive

    Come on, dude. How can you possibly think this? 

    How could you say this to women? People of color? Educators? LGBTQIA? IVF doctors and reproductive doctors? Scientists? Atheists? Environmentalists? ... the list keeps growing. They are passing laws and attacking standards all over the country and own the Supreme Court (plus many federal judges).

    The GQP has a crystal clear "policy directive" and it is obvious. It's called fascism and theocracy. An idiot-world Team USA ruled by Christian fanatics, racists, barbarians, and billionaires ... with an overweight orange-faced simian at the top of the heap ... with tiny hands on the nuclear buttons. And 45-50% of America is fully on board.

     

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  12. 21 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    Guys, if Donald Trump is reelected there is no way in hell Chubb is selling any of his assets. He'll be having his political opponents rounded up and imprisoned. You think some fucking CEO is going to risk that over pawning his fucking plane? 

    Or maybe Chubb and its CEO are MAGA? Maybe they just want to help Trump win in November? Or expect big favors if Trump wins? 

    Don't forget that numerous German corporations/business leaders lined up behind Hitler in Nazi Germany. Same thing will happen here if Trump is re-elected.

    I'm betting Chubb is MAGA. Like a lot of CEO/Corporate Boards. 

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  13. Y'all are leaving out the elephant in the room: religion (Whatever brand of church along the border). 

    Fundamentalist Franklin Graham is doing evangelical tour all along the US-Mexico Border. 

    https://bigbendsentinel.com/2024/03/06/franklin-grahams-god-loves-you-tour-makes-a-stop-in-presidio/

    Bottom line: Religious believers are generally much more conservative (though not all believers) on many issues (abortion, etc.) and those vote R.  Especially in Texas.

    I guarantee there ain't no "liberal-leftist-democrat" or "Science Loves You" tour along the border! 

     

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  14. 2 hours ago, BrickHorn said:

    Consider it the Second Law of Sociological Thermodynamics. It takes constant work to organize mankind in a way that bucks the trend of increasing fascist entropy.

    This guy gets it.

    Entropy, regression, reversal, going backward, terrified of tomorrow, fighting against the future. Luddites ... Unabomber ... MAGA-GQP ... anti-science ... religious fanatics/holy warriors (all-stripes) ... endless dystopian scenarios in Sc-Fi. The goal is always to GO BACKWARD ... into the past ... toward a mythical yesterday ... living in state of nature ... the good ole days of alleged spiritual purity ... worshipping the sacred texts, etc. There shall be no progress or anything that challenges the oral myths, ancient scrolls, sacred texts! It's being going on for centuries.

    -- In the USA, it has always been present in the SEC Deep South and the deeply religious. Across America, it has picked up steam in the aftermath of Apollo moon landings (the peak of scientific reverence in America) and the evangelical revivalism in the 1970s.

    Hell, didn't any of y'all see or read Fight Club? Tyler Durden and the Space Monkeys are the fascists of the non-future. As Durden prophesied:

    "You’ll hunt elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center, and dig clams next to the skeleton of the Space Needle leaning at a forty-five degree angle. . . . You’ll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life, and you’ll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. Jack and the beanstalk, you’ll climb up through the dripping forest canopy and the air will be so clean you’ll see tiny figures pounding corn and laying strips of venison to dry in the empty carpool lane of an abandoned superhighway stretching eight lanes wide and August-hot for a thousand miles. This was the goal of Project Mayhem, Tyler said, the complete and utter destruction of civilization."

    I can see the kudzu vines swinging from Reunion Tower in Big D. Crosses atop the ruined decaying skyscrapers, lots of visions are easy to imagine in Texas.

    MAGA and GQP are little different than the Space Monkeys and Project Mayhem, with the addition of the religious fanaticism.

    Donald Trump is their Tyler Durden! 

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  15. 15 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

    years of mainlining Fox News

    Indeed. Fox News is a full-on fascist propaganda network (in support of the violent overthrow of democracy by MAGA-GQP), protected by the First Amendment and the very freedom the fascists will crush when in total political power. End of story. Especially in Texas.

    It's not unlike the newspapers that lined up behind the Nazis/Hitler in 1930s Germany. 

     

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  16. 2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

    It’s the new way of America thanks to Trump

    We no longer have a shared reality 

    An insurrection was a tour of the capital 

    A phone call asking election authority to find more votes is just a perfect call

    Words have no meaning 

     

    With all due respect. This started with Reagan-Bush.  

    Don't forgot Bush 1 said on 1988 campaign trail: "I'll never apologize for the America, I don't care with the facts are."  Kicks off Alt-Fact culture and is elected in a landslide.

    His son W is a evangelical fanatic and got the theocracy stuff rolling... and remains a god in Texas and for many on this site. 

    Fact is: Reagan and the Bushes ushered in this world. 

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  17. 6 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Those dumbasses think they’re the only ones who are armed. Big mistake.

    A friend -- deeply involved in Leftist America activism -- has told me face-to-face more than once: 

    "The Far Left is heavily armed. Very heavily!"

    Adding on, "the MAGA fascists will be very surprised!"

     

  18. 14 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    NAR is coming into the mainstream. @BevoAbyss I’m sure knows all about them. Psycho shit. 

    Yep. But it's not hard. Being a long-time atheist, I have learned that there are endless permutations of religion, just like deadly viruses and pandemics that run amok in the natural world. And speaking of the natural world, it's no surprise Dominionists want to destroy it. They believe the destruction of the natural world will hasten the Second Coming. This book ("Divine Destruction") reveals their anti-environmental ideology and was rather eye-opening, to say the least. And they influenced W's eco policies.

     

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  19. 4 hours ago, Dnaguy said:

    fundamentally do not understand how the federalists society, fascists, conservative catholic bloc, and Crow disciples think that this leads to a better America.

    Or maybe they don’t and they just want to hoard their billions. And their calculation is that they’ll be the ruling class / on the winning side of any civil conflict. It’s so dystopianly unAmerican 

    With all due respect, I am not sure what is so hard to understand. Plus, I just don't get all the confusion in Surly over what is going down in America. Right before our eyes. (Guess it's because my family did not go to Sunday School and church.)

    The Billionaires and Bible-thumpers have long embraced in America, at least since the Communist Revolution. 

    -- Billionaires don't want no Commies/Socialists snatching their money and the Bible-thumpers don't want no Atheists attacking their fact-free belief in God. Of course, the rich and religious have schemed together for millennia to maintain power.

    -- The Billionaires believe Wall Street and the stock market should rule America and the Bible-thumpers believe God and the Church should rule America .... and thus they both believe they have financial and divine rights to rule everyone else.

    -- Corporations and billionaires will let fascism and theocracy reign supreme if it ensures profits and wealth. The Bible-thumpers want to rule a medieval America, which is the true direction of their belief system. The goal is a theocracy taking America backward by the centuries. Dominate women, LGBTQIA, and people of color first, then the rule the educators, doctors, scientists, atheists....

    -- To control the masses and maintain power, the Billionaires and Bible-thumpers sell two related dreams — 1) you can get rich in this life and 2) you can live forever in the afterlife. But ya gotta believe in us! Trust us!

    It's a seductive brew, but 100% toxic. This toxic brew is leading directly to a fascist theocracy. The Bible-thumpers have been saying it is the goal for decades.

    What's not to understand?

  20. These fanatics have been coming for abortion and reproductive rights for decades. And they are not stopping there. A theocracy was and is the goal. I saw the origins of this medieval madness at UT in late 1980s-early 1990s.

    -- Back then, there were various student groups with tables in the "Free Speech" area on the West Mall. Every weekday, numerous student groups with Xeroxed pamphlets and manifestos. Here's what I 100% clearly recall.

    Reagan Worship and Religious Fanaticism at UT

    There was a little student group of Christian Creationist-Evangelical-Fundamentalists with a table and with their little manifestos railing against the "sin" of abortion, sex, evolution, and so on. All based on the myths and cherry-picked verses of the Bible. These women/men were dead serious, no facts or logic could reach them, they were already fanatical true believers ... even as students at UT.  

    -- Their God was the ultimate law-giver ... and they were on Earth to make it so ... in Texas and America and beyond. There were in favor of a Christian-ruled "theocracy" for America. Said it right to my face as we discussed various topics.

    -- And, oh, did they love them some Ronnie Reagan and Jerry Falwell. LOVED them. Hell, those dudes were WORSHIPPED, just like Trump today. This was GQP-MAGA in the origin stage.

    -- I saw the UT frats, sororities, and business schoolers loving/worshipping them some Reagan, too. Same as 60% of America cheered on "Morning in America" and Bible-thumping all across the land.

    Anyone not brainwashed by Sunday School knew this was BIG trouble if the Religious Right ever got widespread power. 

    UT Leftists and Libertarians Argue Over Capitalism

    Yet, the tables of leftists, with their secular religion of Marxism (and new found "relativism"), were only seriously worried about corporations and capitalism. Meanwhile, the libertarians were loving some Reaganomic trickle-down BS capitalism. So, liberals and libertarians argued endlessly over capitalism (and still do), while the Christians worked to seize power. With the fall of of Communism, the Christians felt destined to rule the world.

    No doubt, 98% of the UT frats/sororities/libertarians voted for W twice in 2000 and 2004 and enabled where we are today. Many are Surly posters.

    Meanwhile in 2024...

    Four decades later, the Christian fanatics have the power. These evidence-free idiots are running the f*cking State of Texas and the SEC South, have their guy as the Speaker of the House, own the Supreme Court, they got abortion stopped in many states, and are implementing a fascist theocracy across America led by Trump ... and whoever comes after him.

    Secular society is in BIG TROUBLE. It may not survive. And the Christian fanatics and puritans will be the ones who destroyed it.

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