“Somebody is lying” is honestly the cleanest possible opening for modern war coverage.
The public gets wars now the same way medieval peasants got news about dragons: contradictory rumors, royal proclamations, and emotionally unstable men shouting from towers. Except now the towers are social media accounts at 2:13 a.m.
The agency’s number was seventy-three percent. The secretary’s number was twenty-seven. The president’s number was eighteen, nineteen.
There is a fourth number. It came from the polling unit this morning. The narrator has not forwarded it. He is aware this is a reason. He is aware it is not the only reason.
“HOW STUPID DO THEY THINK WE ARE” — new flash fiction:
She watched the whole testimony. Two hours and forty minutes. Coffee going cold.
A congressman asked about casualties. The defense secretary said the numbers were accurate. The congressman asked for the numbers. The defense secretary said the numbers were accurate.
She wrote it down. She needed it outside her head.
Mr. Rather: Stand by for another major change in the next hour. That's Trumps methodology. Chaos and more lies. Disgusting. With the recent supreme court and state rulings the elections are now rigged and Trump's police will threaten voters and count ballots. Gee ! I wonder who will be declared the winner. Maybe Iran's government doesn't look that bad compared to us now.
Thank you for your analysis of where the US stands, in this quagmire. While you are still providing your opinion, you are providing the facts which inform your opinion.
It will be interesting to see how the U.S. responds to actual damage caused by the Iran war of choice entered into by the T. Rump criminal enterprise. My guess is that inflation and recession will cause much more pain to the notoriously fickle American electorate as Iran continues to engage in unconventional warfare using relatively cheap and quickly produced weapons to neutralize expensive and difficult to replace systems upon which the U. S. defense establishment relies. One of the most effective methods used in Viet Nam to control rivers was to place captured U.S. ordinance in the river channel connected to shore controllers with Christmas tree wire. When the target approached-Boom! My father developed countermeasures to detect and sweep the ordnance but the war ended before they could be fully deployed.
Lies, pretense, and deception work in U.S. politics but not in global politics. The more Trump is befuddled, demonstrating he can't make it right by who he is or what he does, the more substantiated the observation and his demonstration of weakness. It will take its toll. The global narrative will impact the U.S. narrative, and that is powerful. War is the great exposure.
This idea seems in tune with G W Bush’s moronic notion that great Presidents have wars. ‘Win’ or ‘lose’ war politically and socially represents only one thing: abject failure.
He always has an agenda. This is the purpose of talking to him, to push an agenda through deception.
And one thing I noticed lately is his repeating of words, like recently when he explained what he meant by "by sea". On the surface it seems stupid. But I think what he's trying to do is find a way to repeat the word multiple times so it sticks in your head. It's part of his technique. THIS is the word I want you to remember, and THIS is the image that I'm placing in your head.
There was a video I watched once of three children being asked questions, and the viewer was supposed to guess which one was lying. I correctly guessed and I think the reason was that I noticed that the other two children were just reacting to the questions, while the one who was lying was making an effort to put an image or idea into the questioner's head. THIS is how I want you to see it.
While we watch and read in suspension of disbelief, the President continues his obvious physical and mental decline and his Congressional cohorts resort to rigging State election districts to thwart a political shift in Washington. Meanwhile the other political side continues to play by rules that no longer exist and aren’t upheld by the courts when legally challenged. The illegal and unnecessary Iran war/conflict/skirmish by any name is still disrupting the entire world and destroying the respect and power our country has maintained for centuries. All for distraction from the obvious madman driving across the drained reflecting pool and erecting golden images of himself while he controls the false narrative of our prosperity, backed by loyalists who both loathe and adore him but remain controlled by him. There is only one end to the madness but it isn’t in sight. Even the hope of free and honest elections is fleeting. C’mon, “lawmakers” this isn’t a film with an unbelievable plot. Our situation is dire and when the lights go up again, it will still be very dark in our country.
“Somebody is lying” is honestly the cleanest possible opening for modern war coverage.
The public gets wars now the same way medieval peasants got news about dragons: contradictory rumors, royal proclamations, and emotionally unstable men shouting from towers. Except now the towers are social media accounts at 2:13 a.m.
The agency’s number was seventy-three percent. The secretary’s number was twenty-seven. The president’s number was eighteen, nineteen.
There is a fourth number. It came from the polling unit this morning. The narrator has not forwarded it. He is aware this is a reason. He is aware it is not the only reason.
“HOW STUPID DO THEY THINK WE ARE” — new flash fiction:
https://rossboulton1.substack.com/p/how-stupid-do-they-think-we-are?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=2leuaj&utm_medium=ios
She watched the whole testimony. Two hours and forty minutes. Coffee going cold.
A congressman asked about casualties. The defense secretary said the numbers were accurate. The congressman asked for the numbers. The defense secretary said the numbers were accurate.
She wrote it down. She needed it outside her head.
“THE BRIEFING” — new flash fiction
https://rossboulton1.substack.com/p/the-briefing?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=2leuaj&utm_medium=ios
Three guesses who’s lying and the first two don’t count.
Hint: his initials are DJT 🤔
Mr. Rather: Stand by for another major change in the next hour. That's Trumps methodology. Chaos and more lies. Disgusting. With the recent supreme court and state rulings the elections are now rigged and Trump's police will threaten voters and count ballots. Gee ! I wonder who will be declared the winner. Maybe Iran's government doesn't look that bad compared to us now.
Thank you for your analysis of where the US stands, in this quagmire. While you are still providing your opinion, you are providing the facts which inform your opinion.
And it’s you!
If Iran has retained 70% of missiles, they're doing better than us, who've spent 50% of our anti missile defenses.
It will be interesting to see how the U.S. responds to actual damage caused by the Iran war of choice entered into by the T. Rump criminal enterprise. My guess is that inflation and recession will cause much more pain to the notoriously fickle American electorate as Iran continues to engage in unconventional warfare using relatively cheap and quickly produced weapons to neutralize expensive and difficult to replace systems upon which the U. S. defense establishment relies. One of the most effective methods used in Viet Nam to control rivers was to place captured U.S. ordinance in the river channel connected to shore controllers with Christmas tree wire. When the target approached-Boom! My father developed countermeasures to detect and sweep the ordnance but the war ended before they could be fully deployed.
Lies, pretense, and deception work in U.S. politics but not in global politics. The more Trump is befuddled, demonstrating he can't make it right by who he is or what he does, the more substantiated the observation and his demonstration of weakness. It will take its toll. The global narrative will impact the U.S. narrative, and that is powerful. War is the great exposure.
TRUTH all the way, thank you Dan and your team for making that happen! Because we can't rely on regular news casts for much of anything anymore!
Anyone who believes him or his sycophants is definitely not paying attention.
I heard you were part owner of the NM property that bordered Zorro Ranch. Any comment on that? Is it true?
How does any war justify “bragging”?
This idea seems in tune with G W Bush’s moronic notion that great Presidents have wars. ‘Win’ or ‘lose’ war politically and socially represents only one thing: abject failure.
He always has an agenda. This is the purpose of talking to him, to push an agenda through deception.
And one thing I noticed lately is his repeating of words, like recently when he explained what he meant by "by sea". On the surface it seems stupid. But I think what he's trying to do is find a way to repeat the word multiple times so it sticks in your head. It's part of his technique. THIS is the word I want you to remember, and THIS is the image that I'm placing in your head.
There was a video I watched once of three children being asked questions, and the viewer was supposed to guess which one was lying. I correctly guessed and I think the reason was that I noticed that the other two children were just reacting to the questions, while the one who was lying was making an effort to put an image or idea into the questioner's head. THIS is how I want you to see it.
While we watch and read in suspension of disbelief, the President continues his obvious physical and mental decline and his Congressional cohorts resort to rigging State election districts to thwart a political shift in Washington. Meanwhile the other political side continues to play by rules that no longer exist and aren’t upheld by the courts when legally challenged. The illegal and unnecessary Iran war/conflict/skirmish by any name is still disrupting the entire world and destroying the respect and power our country has maintained for centuries. All for distraction from the obvious madman driving across the drained reflecting pool and erecting golden images of himself while he controls the false narrative of our prosperity, backed by loyalists who both loathe and adore him but remain controlled by him. There is only one end to the madness but it isn’t in sight. Even the hope of free and honest elections is fleeting. C’mon, “lawmakers” this isn’t a film with an unbelievable plot. Our situation is dire and when the lights go up again, it will still be very dark in our country.