June 14, 2025
Greetings America and Friends Everywhere,
Sammy Baugh played for Washington and was one of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks ever, but in 1940, he lost in the championship game 73 – 0 against Chicago. He threw eight interceptions that day.
Today, on No Kings Day, Donald Trump had a worse day than Sammy Baugh. He spent tens of millions of American tax dollars to fund a birthday party/ military parade for himself. He expected a crowd of 200,000, but his allies at Newsmax said only 10,000 showed up.
In contrast, organizers of No Kings Day did not spend in the tens of millions. They relied on people organizing themselves, and they somehow prepared for more than 1800 rallies. There were more people on the streets of San Diego than Washington, DC. Same for Dallas, Seattle, New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. Taken together, more than five million people participated in No Kings Day.
Trump had a worse day today than Sammy Baugh’s horrendous 73 – 0 championship game. Orange Clown likes to go to MMA matches. In today’s analogy, he is Ben Askren taking a flying knee and being knocked out cold seven seconds into a fight. No Kings Day would be Jorge Masvidal in this case.
Why does this matter? Trump supporters are not logos-based. They are ethos-based, and they operate with the psychology of identification. Trump huffed and buffed and wanted to come across as stronger than Joseph Stalin, but he wound up looking like a total fag on a world stage. Have you watched Jurassic World? Or Godzilla, King of Monsters? They teach us about the rule of alphas. Basically, you have a dominant leader with many, many followers. There’s a pecking order, and if the alpha is ever defeated, the guy who defeats him becomes the new alpha.
No Kings Day did not have a dominant alpha leading it. It was rather laissez-faire in many ways. Nonetheless, Trump looked clearly defeated. His followers who need the “strong man image” will not be able to fake it tomorrow. They will feel humiliated by their alpha’s collapse. Many will have an “Einhorn is a man” moment, and they will rush to their bathrooms. They will scrub themselves of the orange filth they feel in their mouths and on their bodies. They will burn their MAGA gear in a metal bucket. The lucky ones will learn to use pure logic, and start to think on their own. The unlucky ones will repeat the cycle. They will look for the next hero of the day to follow. They will look for another demagogue to analyze every single syllable from …
Donald Trump, trying to look tough, starting a fight in a cowboy bar …
“12 Day War” Heads to Day 13
It would be funny if lives weren’t being lost and millions of other lives threatened. As soon as I heard “12 Day War”, I laughed. “Never get involved in a land war in Asia.” Hasn’t anyone learned anything from The Princess Bride? It’s one of the classic blunders a person could make! Iran is in Western Asia. We’re talking about missiles flying all over the Middle East. These guys have been at war for centuries. Trump was naïve if he thought he’d have B-2 bombers go in, drop some bunker busters, then everyone was going to have a “cake and ice cream” party the next day. They were going to party into the night swaying around a camp fire singing Kumbaya joined in hands in a large, festive circle. Nah. This is what I expected. We’ll be lucky if we look back and call this the “12 Year War”. The war in Afghanistan lasted 20 years, after all. What’s next? Perhaps Trump goes in against a Sicilian when death is on the line? Wouldn’t surprise me …
— Space Ghost
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