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Tucker 1, US Military 0

Kurt Schlichter observes that a military incapable of defeating a single talking head is unlikely to fare well against the Chinese military.

Let’s understand something – the military has been running on empty for a long time. Thirty years ago right now, I was in Saudi Arabia in the wake of the Gulf War, the high point of American power. The military was rebuilt by visionaries who embraced high standards and focused on warfighting rebuilt the devastated post-Vietnam military and proved the concept in those sands by annihilating a relatively powerful nation’s entire force in six weeks of air war and 100 hours of ground war. We were not woke. We were not politically correct. We were just unbeatable.

Fast forward to 2021, as our military is are still chasing bandits around the Hindu Kush, as our forces still in Iraq are still getting rocketed and as we are still pouring troops into Syria for some damn reason. The Chinese are eating our lunch in the Western Pacific, but our military leadership pretend it’s 1945 and that the U.S. is still dominant. It thinks we’re unbeatable, but there’s no Chester Nimitz out there, and the Chinese are deadly serious, even as our leadership pretends boys can become girls and that paying for their snip surgery will make us more combat-ready.

When the Chinese choose to do it, they will take Taiwan. They will screen their flanks by wiping out our regional bases and they will sink every U.S. ship within range that hasn’t already been knocked out of action by colliding with a cargo boat. By the way, read the investigation of the utter incompetence and total failure of leadership that led to those two devastating and fatal collisions in recent years. Sickening – a total failure of leadership starting at the top.

The Chinese are a serious military, devoted to one thing: winning the coming war against the United States. Our military leadership is not serious. It has lost its edge and devoted itself to social experimentation while cheerleading itself into thinking everything is A-okay. It’s not.

This comes from the top, but unfortunately the commander-in-chief is busy with a Matlock marathon while the people pulling his puppet strings are interested only in ensuring that the military is fully absorbed into the ranks of the woke institutions. How can you expect a civilian leadership in China’s pocket to prep to fight it?

Even worse, the Trostkyites running the current Not-Administration are desperately trying to launch their revenge war against Russia, which has already withdrawn its ambassador to the United States in response to the neoclowns’ latest diplomatic catastrophe while their puppet government in Afghanistan collapses.

I may or may not be correct about the 2033 collapse of the political union, but regardless, I see zero chance the United States makes it to 2040 intact.

Mailvox: the HoloJoe isn’t real

It was interesting to read this in my inbox not long after concluding last night’s Darkstream devoted to President Greenscreen:

People are saying that there is something wrong with the latest Biden presser outside the White House. They draw attention to the white fluffy microphone, but I think there is a much more damning bit of evidence that may fall through the cracks – which is why I’m writing this e-mail.
 
Long story short, check out the recent video where Biden’s hand obscures the boom microphone and look at the leftmost black mic on the left screen. Compare it with the video on the right side of the screen. Since the video loops back and forth, it’s easy to see that they’ve made a major mistake. They have confused the two black mics.
 
In the video on the left, Biden’s hand is to the right of that black mic. In the video on the right, Biden’s hand is to the left of that black mic.
 
If the images were consistent, Biden’s hand would be obscured by that black mic in the video on the right. Instead, he is the one obscuring it with his hand.
 
That’s because they screwed up and focused on the wrong black mic. It’s not surprising since it’s hard to spot this inconsistency without repeated watching and looping of the footage. Notice the sudden jerky movement of one of the black mics in the video on the left that confirms which black mic is which.
 
The HoloJoe isn’t real.

It’s genuinely hard to find competent help these days. Even, apparently, for the Deep State.

Mailvox: Ice is not nice

Another old medical standby is vaporized by the evidence:

As the official old guy, you might be interested that what we were always taught to ice injuries and use the RICE protocol turns out to be as accurate advice as a low-fat high-grain diet or clear soda and crackers for a cold.

Just recently discovered this myself through this article.

The inventor of the RICE protocol has even admitted he was wrong.  From the forward to Gary Reinl’s book, ICED!  The Illusionary Treatment Option

Almost 40 years ago, I coined the term RICE (Rest. Ice. Compression. Elevation.) as the treatment for acute sports injures (The Sportsmedicine Book, 1978, page 94).  Subsequent research shows that rest and ice can actually delay recovery.  Mild movement helps tissue to heal faster, and the application of cold suppresses the immune responses that start and hasten recovery.  Icing does help suppress pain, but athletes are usually far more interested in returning as quickly as possible to the playing field.  So, today, RICE is not the preferred treatment for acute athletic injury.

– Dr. Gabe Mirkin, M.D.

Another example of something that makes perfect sense when you stop and think about it, but I never did because literally everyone my whole life told me use RICE for injuries.  And of course I advised others the same way.

I never iced anything but a badly sprained ankle, but mostly because I simply didn’t like icing. And I figured out very quickly on that the best way to avoid post-exercise stiffness was a) a hot shower, b) movement, and c) stretching. While we had ice baths on the university track team, I never once took one. I mean, why would you ever get in an ice bath when they’ve got perfectly good jacuzzis next door? 

Castalia Library goes big

People have been asking when the second volume of Plutarch would be available as a one-off for non-subscribers. Both Library and Libraria editions are now available. Pictured below is the stunning Libraria edition.

The Plutarch volumes are massive and VERY expensive to ship, especially internationally. It’s taking the bindery a while to pack them, since both volumes are shipping together, but they’re working on them now and they have implemented a new tracking system that should make life considerably easier on those who are still waiting for their books to arrive. So, if you are still waiting on your books like me, just be patient. They are aware of the issue and it is being resolved.
Now, here is the intriguing thing about our delivery challenges. It struck me as very, very odd that a company that has been in the business for decades would be having so many difficulties with the international shipping, even in the Age of Covid, so I had a long conversation with one of the executives at the bindery. One particularly interesting thing I learned is that this is all entirely new to them….
In other words, the market is 2-3 times bigger than I had estimated, and we are already the market leaders on the international front. So this is all very good news from a strategic perspective. And in other good news, we have worked out an arrangement with a Big Four publisher that will permit Castalia Library to produce a set of a very important author’s works that every reader of this blog will instantly recognize. At least one of the books will be part of the subscription. So, if you haven’t subscribed yet, this is most certainly the time to do so!
Also, instead of waiting until all of the Junior Classics are published in hardcover, we plan to do the first five or six in leather this year for reasons related to production efficiency. If you’re still waiting for your hardcovers, or your hardcovers were damaged in shipment, we’ve forwarded your information to the printer and they have assured us they will be taking care of the problems soon. And please note before you comment that this blog is not tech support and I do not even live on the same continent where the books are printed, bound, and shipped. 

President Greenscreen

Actually, forget green screens. I’ve seen Skyrim mods with more realistic 3D animations than these recent Biden videos. This doesn’t looks like deepfaked video to me, it looks more like a 3D animated model with video genlock. At this point, if you still unironically believe Joe Biden is the President of the United States, you’re simply not paying attention.

The Breath of the Gods

 The Breath of the Gods

In this episode Professor Rachel Fulton Brown reveals the mystery of the Trinity hidden within Tolkien’s account of the Valar—and shows why, to create the world, the Ainur had to enter into it. Keys to the mystery are shown to lie in Owen Barfield’s explanation of spiritus and in Dorothy Sayers’s explanation of metaphor. You will never think about the Trinity the same way again—especially if you know what it is like to write a book (or a joke or a poem or a play or anything you might make with words).

Aladdin is racist too

The Devil Mouse is now practicing Zero History on its own intellectual property. It’s a bold move, Cotton.

Now Aladdin is racist. So much so that Disney+ added a warning label before the film starts.

“This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversations to create a more inclusive future together.”

And here’s where it gets funny.

“Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe. To learn more about how stories have impacted society visit Disney.com/storiesmatter”

When did Disney become educational?

First off, when did Disney suddenly become a Civil Rights movement? We coulda sworn we went to Disneyland and waited in line for two hours to be entertained–not for an “education.”

But maybe that’s the issue that Disney and other major corporations can’t seem to understand. They’re suddenly switching lanes (without putting on their signal, I should add) and trying to educate when they should just be creating a fun environment. Disney+ wants to say they’re focused on inspirational themes while half the children in Disney films have dead parents.

It’s not a question of the converged corpocracy not understanding anything. Converged organizations simply have very different goals than outsiders who don’t understand the concept of corporate cancer grasp. A converged organization always sacrifices its ability to perform its primary objective, so it should come as no surprise that a converged entertainment company like the Devil Mouse is increasingly losing its ability to entertain anyone. 

You. Had. One. Job.

Apparently the concept of “take pictures of pretty women in swimsuits” is now beyond the ability of the converged Sports Illustrated organization:

Sports Illustrated has revealed the first ever black and Asian transgender model to grace the pages of its annual Swimsuit Issue.

Though the iconic magazine doesn’t launch until July, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Instagram account has been unveiling one model a day throughout the month of March — and this morning, they made waves with the announcement that Chicago-born model, dancer, actor, and activist Leyna Bloom, 27, is joining the likes of Lais Ribeiro and Josephine Skriver in the 2021 edition.

Leyna, who is the second trans model to pose for SI Swim, opened up to Good Morning America about her boundary-breaking accomplishment, gushing: ‘I never imagined that I would be born in a time when something like this would happen for someone with my skin tone and for someone with my background.’

Meanwhile, at even-more-converged Marvel, it’s not enough for Captain America to be black. Now he’s also a twinkie:

Marvel Comics Introduces A Gay Captain America For June 2021

Announced last week, Marvel Comics will celebrate the 80th anniversary of Captain America with a brand-new limited series this June titled The United States Of Captain America. Written by Christopher Cantwell with art by Dale Eaglesham, this series will see Steve Rogers teaming up with Captain Americas of the past—Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, and John Walker—on a road trip across America to find his stolen shield. Throughout the group’s journey, they’ll discover everyday people from all walks of life who’ve taken up the mantle of Captain America to defend their communities, beginning with Marvel’s newest hero, Aaron Fischer.

Aaron Fischer is described as “the Captain America of the Railways – a fearless teen who stepped up to protect fellow runaways and the unhoused” and that “Marvel Comics is proud to honor Pride Month with the rise of this new LGBTQ+ hero.”  

DC, meanwhile, is determined to keep up with the Devil Mouse-owned competition:

DC has announced that they will be launching an initiative this June to celebrate and promote LGBTQ+ Pride, which will consist of variant covers, new releases, and an 80-page anthology tome. Detailed in a recent blog post on the publisher’s website, the “DC Pride” anthology series will include profiles and appearances by some of DC’s most well-known LGBTQ+ characters and the actors who play them in other media. 

Curfew or sharia

Either way, the UK is committing societal suicide after permitting its own mass invasion, which began in 1948:

Will UK implement 6pm curfew for men?

As yet there are no set in stone plans to implement a curfew of any form.

However, there have been calls for steps to be taken to protect women following the tragic disappearance of Sarah Everard.

Today Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has said a curfew on men “wouldn’t be on the top of the list” of measures the Welsh Government would consider as it would be only a “temporary intervention”.

Mr Drakeford told BBC Breakfast: “If there were a crisis, and you needed to take dramatic action that allowed that crisis to be drawn down, then, of course, you’d be prepared to consider all measures that would make a difference. But the sort of measure, the curfew measure that you describe, it could only ever be a temporary answer and therefore it’s not at the top of our list. There are other things that we can do and should do and we’ll work hard with our third sector organisations, our local authorities in Wales. People need to be safe and to feel safe, and that’s absolutely the sort of society we wish to create here in Wales.”

Men have since been asking on social media how they can help women feel safe, with a number of actions shared by women.

These include

  • Crossing to the other side of the road instead of walking behind a woman
  • Don’t make comments
  • Keep your distance and if needing to overtake, give space
  • Walk your female friends home
  • Don’t stare
  • Where possible, remove your face mask
  • Don’t stand by when inappropriate behaviour or comments are taking place.

Perhaps they might also consider passing laws that make rape and murder illegal? Notice that they don’t even consider doing the two things that would actually protect English and Welsh women, which is to repatriate all of the foreigners and issue cute pink .22 revolvers to every woman over the age of fifteen.

Officially the old guy

One of the hard things about veterans’ sports is that it’s only a matter of time before the old guy retires. It’s strange, because it’s not like anything changes all that much, but somehow, it’s never quite the same once a player stops showing up for practice. Sometimes it’s a job, sometimes it’s family circumstances, but usually it’s an injury of some sort that is the cause. Sometimes it’s serious and there is no choice. More often, it’s a nagging minor injury that the player simply can’t manage to shake, and which reminds him of his mortality.

Soccer is a young man’s game. Veteran status over here begins at 32. I was already quite old for a player when I joined my current team 10 years ago, but somehow I’ve managed to hold my own despite slowing down a little and being moved from striker to the wing. I even scored a few goals in the most recent season, including one game-winner. But I was never the oldest on the team, in fact, I’ve never been the oldest player on any team dating back to when I first started playing at the age of 7 for the North Suburban Soccer Association.

I am 11 months younger than my teammate S, a tough defender who deceptively looks about 10 years younger than his 53 years – he also looks exactly like the Bond actor Christopher Walz – although unfortunately, he is now my former teammate, having announced his retirement from the club to the team tonight. So, as of now, I am officially “the old guy”.

I don’t know how long I’ll be able to keep playing. When I was 45, an opposing player of the same age and I agreed that we would try to play until 50. Five years later, we both had a good game against each other, and declared that we could easily make it to 55. But tonight, after S’s announcement, the end of the road suddenly feels as if it is looming just a little bit closer than before.

I’ve been very, very lucky. I’ve been fortunate to play at a higher level than I ever imagined, to play against better competition than I ever expected, and to have been a part of five championship teams since I moved to Europe. There are still few things I enjoy more than the intoxicating thrill of finding the open space, kicking the ball and seeing it flash past the keeper into the back of the net. I don’t want to stop. I have no intention of stopping. But I know that Father Time always wins in the end.

Nevertheless, I’ll play as long and as hard as I can, until it comes time for me to take off my jersey for the last time and pass the burden of being the old guy onto the next player in line.