The confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services were yesterday and they offered some interesting insights into how the world has changed over the last few years. In many respects, it was a blast from the past, with the more ridiculous performers dusting off their old routines. Elizabeth Warren, for example, did her angry chicken dance in the hallway after she did her raging old crone routine in the committee room.
Warren and the other senators who took the opportunity to make fools of themselves for the cameras during the hearing were a reminder not only that things have changed, but why they have changed. Warren’s act was just an act. It was clear at certain points that she did not understand the words she was reading from her script, but it was clear she practiced delivering them with the correct angry face. If her handlers had required it, she would have accused Kennedy of colluding with Bigfoot.
That is one reason why we are here. The public, at some point over the last few years, began to turn on this sort of performative politics. According to recent polling, the Democratic Party has its lowest approval rating ever. Meanwhile Trump is enjoying his highest approval ratings. The reason for that is Trump, whatever you may think of him, is a candid and sincere form of politics. People like Elizabeth Warren are just paid performers who will say anything for a buck.
Of course, the fact that Kennedy was there at all is remarkable. Not long ago, Kennedy was a fringe character trafficking in “conspiracy theories.” At least that was the accepted narrative around him. Most people no longer accept that narrative. For many, if not most people, he is now part of this general questioning of those narratives. No one benefitted more from Covid than RFK Jr., because all the trusted sources for public health abrogated that trust, thus validating Kennedy’s critique.
Once you start questioning the official narratives, you inevitably start questioning the people responsible for those narratives. In the case of Kennedy, that means the public health establishment, which plays an enormous role in life. In fact, it is one of the key pillars of the managerial system, right there with “first responders.” There have been libraries full of televisions shows and movies about the glories of the public health experts saving the day. People are now questioning those claims.
If you looked closely, you could see it in the hearing. One of the Senate performers mentioned the “conspiracy theory of Lyme disease.” Kennedy has been open to the possibility that it turned up fifty years ago as the result of a lab leak. Not far from where it first made its presence was a military laboratory that specialized in using insects to carry infectious diseases. That is the connection at the heart of the “conspiracy theory of Lyme disease”, which should sound familiar.
Up until a month ago, the “lab leak theory” regarding the Covid panic was a conspiracy theory, one that can still get you banned from YouTube. Now it is the official position of the United States government. Just a few years ago, being open minded about the causes of Lyme disease would have been disqualifying, but it was overlooked entirely in this hearing and Kennedy was even allowed to point out several so-called conspiracy theories that have turned out to be true.
This hearing was possible because the world has changed. Suddenly, as if someone flipped a switch, it is cool to question the narratives. A big reason for that is Donald Trump, who survived one conspiracy after another, including one involving a would-be assassin who just happened to be in a Blackrock commercial. One thing Trump proved is that there is a limit to how many coincidences people can tolerate before they start thinking about alternative theories.
That aside, what the Kennedy hearing reveals is that the moral authority of the people behind the official narratives is crumbling. Elizabeth Warren can carry on like a crazy old church lady all she likes, but no one believes her. In fact, no one believes any of these people because they have lied too much. It turns out Lincoln was right. You cannot fool all the people all the time and once you set off down that road, it leads to a place where you cannot fool anyone at all.
Perhaps one day when the AI historians are writing us stories about the American empire, one narrative will be about how the body of lies necessary to maintain the managerial system simply became unsustainable. It moved from condemning those questioning the more outlandish claims from the authorities to condemning anyone who questioned anything, even when their doubts were confirmed. In such a world, no one can trust anyone and the system collapses.
What probably comes next is asking what else about the past is a lie? Did the CIA sell drugs in the United States to fund covert operations? People like Maxine Waters were condemned for making the claim. It is most certainly true, by the way. They worked with the Mexican drug cartel in the 1980’s to fund the Contras. Here is an interview with a former high ranking DEA agent on that subject. Amazon also did a much longer treatment of this topic last year.
What all this points to is that we are heading into one of those clearings of history in which we exit one forest of lies and must evaluate that time, before we can enter a new forest of lies. The Russians went through this after the Cold War. There was a great reexamining of what had happened under communism. The United States did not have this period after the Cold War but is about to have it now. To close the door on the past, you must revisit the body of lies that is the past.
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We all know that it was Al Gore at the heart of the Bigfoot coverup.
I could not listen to the hearings for long — had to come back to them. The shrieks, bleating of lies, and sheer fact that the most mendacious, pusillanimous creatures infest the heart of our government was just too sickening. Obviously these are weird theater kids, grown old. No one else could garner this much ‘outrage’ while at the same time personifying the rot, offshoring, and celebration of the ‘first female Admiral’ — in fact a fat J-ish guy in a wig ….that has long undermined the nation. I mean, really, these criminal geezers are clearly triggered by any threat… Read more »
The New York Post has been pushing so hard against RFK Jr. And claimed that the stunning and brave Congresspeople totally wiped the floor with him. It’s totally bizarre considering the rest of their coverage on Trump and so obvious that a lot of people in the health “care” field are panicking and pulling out all the stops to get this guy out of the picture.
‘Obviously these are weird theater kids, grown old. No one else could garner this much ‘outrage’ while at the same time personifying the rot, offshoring, and celebration of the ‘first female Admiral’ — in fact a fat J-ish guy in a wig’
lol
It’s a gauge. How much they can cram down our throats sans objection. Insufficient objection? Bring on the crippled tri-sexual dwarves.
Right off I assumed the ‘leak’ from Wuhan was probly controlled release. We owe the Pangolin Community an apology.
conspiracy theory of Lyme disease The one I’ve been wondering about is another new tick-borne disease that causes an allergy to red meat. I had never heard of it until an acquaintance of mine came down with it several years ago. I want to make clear that I have never heard anything at all regarding a conspiracy around this disease, nor any evidence that would suggest such a conspiracy. It just seems to me that an allergy to red meat is a very weird result of a tick bite. It seems highly complicated, highly specific and lacking in any real… Read more »
Off topic, though maybe considered by some a “conspiracy theory”…
Can’t wait to learn the demographics of the people manning air traffic control at DCA last night, and the demographics of the Black Hawk crew.
I won’t be surprised if the Dark Lord of Diversity had something to do with it. If it had been white men all around we would already know their names and faces. It’s kind of like with a shooter: if they don’t show you who it was that means it was a non-white. (Could be a tranny or woman in this case)
Bad, bad, bad think!! I have to confess that is the first thing that popped into my head this morning when I saw the news.
That was my first thought, and my second was that the deep state needed to do something to try to derail Trump’s momentum.
One thing I’ve always wondered about: why are there so many younger bald men? If you look at pictures from before the 2000s, most younger men had hair; enough to comb it. Now you walk around and I see a large minority of men with the skinhead look. Was it like this in the 80s? 70s?
I live near The Villages and I see better heads of hair on the old folks than I do on the heads of my coworkers.
I wish RFKJ would ask that question…
The look was not fashionable in the 70’s/80’s. It is much harder to age a guy with no hair. If a guy is in their mid-30’s with already lost hair and it’s starting to salt and pepper, a younger look will be achieved by simply shaving it off.
I suspect the chronically poor nutrition of the late 20th century is somewhat involved with the hair loss/early grey effect. (But only somewhat).
I considered that balding guys in previous eras hid their bald spots with comb-overs. (My dad did. Sigh.) Now the skinhead look is much more accepted and fashionable. Both my brother and I went bald in our twenties. Quite a few of our acquaintances did too, and we’ve rarely made fun of bald guys…but I suspect that in times past every friend group had “the bald guy” (who was really just thinning) just like they had “the fat guy” (who was only 20 lbs overweight). My shampoo in my youth was Pert Plus. I blame that piece of mass-produced factory-made… Read more »
I have a friend who was extremely, extremely good looking, the sort of guy who walked in a bar and the women just flocked to. He was totally bald by the time he was 25 or so and just shaved it all off. I don’t think it was too much of a problem in his life, but I remember looking at him and just thinking that God giveth and God taketh away…
The Villages? Based on what I hear goes on in that den of sin, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the geezers are wearing pieces to make themselves look a bit younger for the ladies.
“why are there so many younger bald men?” My money is on sodium benzoate and other subliming preservatives. I did a 4-year stint as production manager of a place that used a lot of preservatives, and my hair thinned through that time, then stopped thinning when I left. The production staff who worked with the stuff all had severe hair loss, but for one hispanic guy. The company that manufactured the preservatives we used absolutely reeked of the stuff, even in the front office, and most of the guys there were balding or beyond. Other facilities that were high users… Read more »
<i><b>Sir, do you now, or have you ever, supporter this onesie!!!</i></b>
Shouted with flying spittle and a thick brooklyn accent.
Life advice about arguments that I give people who work for me: if you get visibly and audibly angry, you lose. If they’re screaming, and you remain calm, you’re winning. Once the screamers realize you’re staying calm while they scream, it tends to lead to even louder screaming as they double down on the strategy. It’s incredibly difficult to reel rage back in. Any 3rd party witness to the argument will side with the calm person, even if they don’t necessarily agree with their argument. The GOP learned this the hard way in 2023 when they engaged in performative theatrics… Read more »
Among adults i’d agree with your statement, but we live in a society of never ending teenagers. If what you state is true, most of woke wouldn’t have happened. I used the tactic you talk about when arguing with a girlfriend, and you are right, but that is when they turn on the tears. Who does the 3rd party side with then?
What I’ve noticed is it’s much easier to stay calm and composed when you have command of the facts.
I remember the first time I heard the term “gain of function” and thought it was totally bizarre – “we need to make these super powerful biological weapons so we can…. Make a vaccine in case the BAD GUYS make the exact same super powerful biological weapon.” You can think about this for about 12 seconds and realize it makes no sense whatsoever, and the obvious conclusion is that “gain of function research” is just the label they apply to bioweapon research. Of course tracks to Fauci’s recent pardon, which is backdated to 2014, when the CIA took over Ukraine… Read more »
“Did the CIA sell drugs in the United States to fund covert operations?”
Yes. Nor is that all that “they” have done. And it has been copiously documented:
https://www.alibris.com/Operation-Gladio-The-Unholy-Alliance-Between-the-Vatican-the-CIA-and-the-Mafia-Paul-L-Williams/book/28973726?matches=8
Pocahantas on the war path again.
Princess Runs Her Mouth.
It was shocking how fast the Soviet Union fell. But the credibility of their system had been eroding for decades. It looks like we are going through something similar. Thank God enough Americans have finally got Street Smart.