What explains it?
In our more cynical moments (roughly from 6:30 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.), we ascribe ulterior motives to Jake Tapper for co-authoring the book about the Democrat(ic) party’s cover-up of Joe Biden’s disabling senescence. (But it’s a great read!) Journalism heretic Bari Weiss pinned the tail on the donkey: “How did ordinary citizens see more than people with White House press passes?”
It’s the human condition, transcending political party and what else have you: We have biases, we want them confirmed. That’s the problem with sycophancy.
Too many Republicans believe Nancy Pelosi caused January 6 and that John McCain was a traitor in Vietnam — a verdict rendered only after the senator crossed Donald Trump. Troubles the Squire to say, but our side seems to be a buyer’s market for bullschittery. Currently flooding our social media in-box here at the Werkes is a fanciful tale how Trump press secretary Caroline Leavett put that smug late night host Stephen Colbert to rights. We’d love to see it. He needs it; she could do it. So where’s the video?
Late Show host Stephen Colbert faced a bitter outcome when he attempted to humiliate Karoline Leavitt with “direct punches.” However, with her brilliance and intelligence, Karoline Leavitt successfully countered all the attacks aimed at her. In the end, Colbert was left embarrassed and silent in the face of Leavitt’s resolute responses. The entire audience stood up to applaud her, a true warrior.
No video cuz never happened
Photos digitally doctored. Text, pure fantasy! Didn’t bother 90% of the 455 commenters who (like the Monkees) saw her face and now they’re a believer. Typical is a certain Kenneth Stankowitz, who enthuses, “It’s about time … Kudos to her for handling that situation with grace and poise!” How Mr. S. deduces Karoline’s grace and poise is difficult to imagine, since there is no video. Because it never happened.
More evidence of fakery: a rival Facebook meme has another Trump employee pole-axing Mr. Colbert: “Pam Bondi FLIPS The Late Show upside down — Stephen Colbert left SHAKEN, apologizes backstage as show faces possible suspension.” Sorry, kids. Colbert’s show does not face suspension. Another tell: Colbert doesn’t invite conservatives.
→ Now Karoline Leavitt is on The View (NOT)!
→ Study from the Media Research Center found that 81% of all political jokes told on major late-night comedy shows in 2023 targeted conservatives.
Sell crazy somewhere else
We see a lot of fakery from a site called ALLOD (“America’s Last line of Defense.”) Logo right on its image reads, “SATIRE.” Makes no never mind. The Kool Aid drinkers go chug-a-lug. Keeps the Snopes website working overtime (soon to be tax-free!) knocking down ALLOD’s mischief. Typical Snopes correction: “Whoopi Goldberg Is [not] ‘Losing Her Mind’ because of new Fox News show with Roseanne Barr.” A particular favorite seems to be NFL team owners threatening to fire players for kneeling before a game.
ALLOD is having the last laugh. It’s the work of a liberal trickster named Christopher Blair. He’s mocking the gullibility of MAGA cultists. “Blair had made up stories about California instituting sharia, former president Bill Clinton becoming a serial killer, undocumented immigrants defacing Mount Rushmore, and former president Barack Obama dodging the Vietnam draft when he was 9.” All to fist bumps from the gullible. (More here)
Blaska’s Bottom Line: We might be guilty of shooting straw dogs here except that there must be a buyer’s market for this tomfoolery. Yes, we know! As good Republicans we should be pushing to make Canada the 51st state. But Voltaire warned, “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
13 responses to “A buyer’s market for nonsense”
To the people who bought the “insurrection” myth:
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”
Richard Feynman
Even bigger fantasy hoax perpetuated and preceded all this was the clinton campaign russia russia russia hoax that 100 percent tainted 45s entire 1st term. People won pulitzer prizes for this now exposed hoax. Jan 6 was not caused by nancy but her and mayor of dc not calling for national guard and fencing might have stopped it. Trump should have called it off as well once he knew this was likely an explosive event. Out of hand Rioters fed disinformation fueled the most deadliest day ever in usa history. Yes agree alot of crap out there, have to sift through the nonsence.
We write ad infinitum about the liberal hoaxes (Hunter’s laptop is another). Is that really an excuse to buy into more tall tales? You telling The Squire that MAGA would’ve been satisfied and Trump placated if only Nancy had ringed the Capitol with 12,000 National Guardsmen, bayonets drawn behind 12-foot high razor wire? Can we really blame the fire department for the arsonists?
Ray “We gotta go in there” Epps surely would not have been placated! Nothing to see here move along.
The biggest hoax is that TACO is some great savior of the country. Let’s cut grannies food assistance, the Musk DOGE BS, but get no pushback on blowing 50mil on a stupid parade for his birthday. a 400mil jet that in the end goes to the trump foundation. That no one is going to cut Medicare, Social Security Then you wonder why town halls get out of hand?
More people die in Milwaukee on a Friday night. More died in the Bonus Army uprising. Such drama.
Most excellent “Whaddabout”! Goal posts on rollers.
For me to fully respond, would go over word limits. My comments we fair putting some blame on trump for holding that mess of a rally and rest on rioters and nancy nor bowser did not cause it. yes i do believe national guard and fencing would have placated it 100 percent.
You don’t think Donald Trump et al would have gone ballistic at Nancy’s “Police State”? We’d still be hearing this very day “What are the Democrats afraid of? The people?” I suppose you blame the rape victim for not carrying Mace.
WMDs in Iraq still has my vote for hoax of the century.
lI read online that Leavitt is appearing on the Jack Parr show to explain the claim that a clone/robot replaced Biden in the WH. tune in at 10.
… and that it was really Charlie Weaver.
I remember when fat Charlie Weaver became skinny Charlie Weaver on the Hollywood Squares. And then not long after, dead Charlie Weaver. His grandkids are the famous Arquette siblings.