NO FEAR OF THE EVIL EYE: Envious Rage as the Path to Fascist Power
Tenth installment: Chapter Ten of Part I: Envy. Forum comments welcome! I really appreciate them!
ENVIOUS RAGE AS THE PATH TO FASCIST POWER
If there is one thing all those not on the Left politically are seriously sick and tired of, it’s the constant, unending, and ubiquitous anger of those on the Left.
If there is one word that should be banished from news headlines these days, it is outrage. Every day without fail now, you’ll see multiple headlines reporting on some lefty group being in a state of “outrage” over something that offends them.
Particularly funny are has-been Hollywood “celebrities” trying to regain some of their lost fame sounding off with obscenities and schoolyard insults, when their temper-tantrums are of no real concern to normal people.
All this stops being funny when the anger and outrage turns into violence or the threat of it. I’ve never forgotten the first time it happened to me.
THE RED-OCHERED WOMEN OF THE HIMBAS
The Himbas are a tribe of nomadic cattle herders in far northern Namibia. Himba women make a paste of butter fat and red ochre clay called “otjize,” to protect their skin from the burning African sun and braid their hair for beautification.
The Himbas’ exotic practices are not for tourists. This is the way they live as one of Africa’s most genuinely traditional peoples. Living on the move in remote roadless regions, it takes an effort to find them. But when you do, coming with an attitude of respect, you will be welcomed with smiles and hospitality in return. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #66 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
HALF-FULL REPORT 10/16/20
POTUS explained what happened at his rally in Des Moines on Wednesday evening:
FLASHBACK FRIDAY – WITH MBUTI PYGMIES IN THE CONGO
August, 1971. The gentle Mbuti people live in the Ituri rainforest, one of the world’s densest jungles, in northeastern DR Congo. They are among the most ancient of all human populations, with their ancestors having hunted in these forests for over 60,000 years. The tallest among them is under five feet.
It was on my first visit to Africa that I was able to spend time with them. They live in scattered bands of a few dozen each, always on the move in search of game, sleeping in small makeshift huts of branches and leaves, and far away from villages of Bantus who always try to enslave them.
Their music is hypnotic. To the beat of drums of hollowed-out logs, they sing with a polyphonic complexity that is extraordinary. I’ll never forget the performance they gave for me. Alas, no tape recorder – much less videocam back then! (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #65 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
THE SWAMP THING
The giant billboard atop the Whiskey a Go Go nightclub on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, used to advertise the DC Comics television show Swamp Thing, was altered by a conservative group of street artists known as "The Faction" before dawn Thursday morning (10/15). They put Biden’s face on top of the monster, and the words “Joe Biden is” above, and “Hide your kids, hide your wife,” below DC Swamp Thing. Classic!!
THE COMING COUP
As if 2020 were not insane enough already, we now have Democrats and their ruling class masters openly talking about staging a coup.
You might have missed it, what with the riots, lockdowns and other daily mayhem we’re forced to endure in this, the most wretched year of modern times. But it’s happening. We know it’s happening because the Dems have told us.
In his famously exhaustive discussion of conspiracies, Machiavelli goes out of his way to emphasize the indispensability of “operational security”—i.e., silence—to success. The first rule of conspiracy is, you do not talk about the conspiracy. The second rule of conspiracy is, you do not talk about the conspiracy.
So why are the Democrats—publicly—talking about the conspiracy? Here’s why.
SKYE’S LINKS 10/15/20
Art of the Deal:
Rubino: Well Played, Mr. President. Sorry To Have Doubted You
Instant Karma – I LOVE this!
NY GOP Foils TikTok Pranksters with Fee, Reaps $16K from Trump Haters
Distrust in upcoming election accuracy is at a record high:
Poll: Confidence in Accuracy of Upcoming Election Matches Record Low
The 'Crats are crazed:
Another Coup? Trump Slams "Crazy Nancy" After Speaker Unveils 25th Amendment Panel
Pelosi invests big bucks in CrowdStrike, a key mover in the Russia Russia Russia conspiracy against Trump:
Pelosis Take Big Stake In CrowdStrike, Democrat-Connected Linchpin Of Russia Probe
There’s more – here we go!
TAKING YOUR KIDS ON A GREAT ADVENTURE
When he was 10 years old, I took my son Brandon to Indian Tibet for one of the great whitewater experiences on the planet, running the Zanskar River through the crest of the Himalayas. That was 27 years ago and he’s never forgotten it to this day.
Taking your kids on a great adventure not only bonds you with them in a deep and unique way, it opens the world to them as a place of magic, excitement, and wonder that stays with them for the rest of their lives. And for the rest of your life too.
In the summer of 2021, we’ll explore Indian Tibet again – the remote Himalayan regions of Lahaul, Spiti, Ladakh, and Zanskar – where traditional Tibetan culture still flourishes as it no longer does across the border in Chinese Tibet. I am proud to say that Brandon will be leading the expedition. I’ll just be along for the ride. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #64 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
YUGE OCTOBER SURPRISE FOR LYIN’ JOE
This is the NY Post’s cover this morning (10/14). An explosion of media headlines followed. Here’s a delicious quartet:
Joe Biden's links to Burisma 'as damaging as can be,' Giuliani says
Senate Panel Investigating Hunter Biden Emails Showing Introduction Between Joe Biden, Burisma
‘Smoking Gun Email’ Shows Joe Biden Did Meet with Son Hunter’s Ukraine Partners
Joe Biden's corrupt, debauched, coke-addled son Hunter has been found to have sold access to his dad's office for tens of thousands of dollars. And Vice President Joe Biden, who's now running for president? He's been caught red handed, lying to us about not knowing a thing.
DEMS CAN’T DEMAGOGUE UNFLAPPABLE AMY
They came, they questioned and they got nothing. It’s almost enough to make you feel sorry for Democrats. Almost.
With a history of vicious misbehavior and the political calendar limiting their ability to smear Amy Coney Barrett, Dems on the Senate Judiciary Committee were reduced to being annoying nags and finger-wagging scolds. They fumed and sputtered about the possibility that the court might be called on to make key ballot rulings after the election and hoped she would not participate. No luck. They all struck out.
Their basic problem is that Barrett came across as an appealing Superwoman. Flanked by her husband, six of their seven children and her six siblings, she was flawless in answering those questions she could and in politely sidestepping the traps.