The Post-Partisan Emporium

  A Brief History of the Apocalypse How a lunatic and a grifter changed the world Radio Far Side The question arose as to why the US is obsessed with Israel, as clearly enunciated by  Ted Cruz to Tucker Carlson . If you haven’t seen this interview, it gave me the willies listening to a US Senator declare that the interests of Israel are superior to all other concerns in the US CONgress. This cult-like obsession with Israel is a distinctly American phenomenon, and only appears in the American political landscape in the early 1900s. There is a single, identifiable source for this bizarre geopolitical worship cult, and perhaps getting it out in the open can help begin the healing process. It all begins in England (of course) with a rather unhinged fellow by the name of John Nelson Darby. This unbalanced preacher type developed the concept of “dispensationalism,” in which God’s Plan was divided into three parts, and the third and final act was upon us. He said that devout Christia...

  The Woking Dead vs. the People Dead and still winning Donald Jeffries The Right- both “awake” and in conservative slumber- are still rejoicing over Donald Trump’s glorious election to a second term as president. He won  every  swing state, we are told repeatedly. Or is it battleground state? I get confused. I guess either one works. Think Hamas and Hezbollah. Trump certainly seemed like a winner at first, bull rushing around with autopen in hand, writing executive orders and breaking the china. But what exactly has changed? Well, the stock market has collapsed. This is almost exclusively due to Trump’s ass backwards policy of implementing- or constantly threatening to implement- tariffs on other countries. That would be fine, and a good way to protect American industry. Except that our industry is gone. Shipped offshore. Outsourced for cheaper foreign labor, under NAFTA and other disastrous trade deals. You have to build new factories, and start actually making products...