The Keystone State might elect a rock troll out of the Hobbit movies – more about the latest in elf opera doings later – and that’s cool with the regime media. I expected more out of the state from which my family sprang, but here we are.
It’s fall, which means football, and I don’t care about the game – at all. But now it’s more than just a matter of taste in entertainment. Is watching and caring about the NFL and college football a kind of collaboration with the enemy? Does it draw your attention away from the battle for liberty, and does giving them your eyeballs and dollars support people and institutions that hate you and want you disenfranchised, enslaved, or worse? Yeah, it does. But here’s the thing – do we want to be a bunch of tiresome scolds nagging people about how they choose to spend their time? A conundrum…
Okay, so there have been three episodes of The Rings of Power, the billion buck take on Middle Earth lore that is currently on Amazon (speaking of entertainments that distract you from the grim reality). There are lots of complaints about it, and here’s mine – the first two episodes were boring, though the third was mildly interesting. Can we just get entertainment that’s….good?
Heart Attack Shrek Is A Wreak
Okay, what is that weird lump on the back of John Fettermen’s neck? It looks like his spine is about six months pregnant – worst case, he can wait a couple months until after the election to go to a blue state and abort it just before it crowns. Regardless, what the hell is up with this freakish goon?
Put aside that he can’t form a coherent sentence. Put aside that it sure looks like the media is tossing him softballs in interviews where he has to read the answer off a teleprompter. Put aside that his debate plan is to do it right after mail-in voting has been going on for several weeks. This dude is a mutant.
But the regime media is cool with it. Hey, Dr. Oz is from New Jersey heh heh. Also, crudité.
Of course, the regime media is doing its job – covering for those in power. It’s almost a waste of time to point that out because the fact that institutions fail to do their job is something we just assume. Moreover, you cannot shame them into performing – if they performed, they would be shamed worse by their blue bubble buddies. So, just make a note and remember it for when we take power and the Fredocons insist that we should not use our power to destroy our enemies. Yeah, we should.
So, this is our ruling the caste. Then again, the mental condition of this character from Of Mice and Fetterman is not really an issue any more than that of Diane Feinstein or President Daddyshowers. They are both totally checked out too and it doesn’t matter. His puppet masters will ensure he votes left on every issue, so it’s not even necessary to have a guy with a good head on his shoulders or, in this ogre’s case, two.
Sportsball Is Back And I Don’t Care
Yeah, I think sports are boring. It’s a personal choice and not one shared by most folks. But here’s the thing – you see the country going down and flames and then you see that what gets people excited are the exploits of their local ball or puck platoon. It grates – don’t you people see the crisis happening? We can’t afford bread, but here are the circuses! Gorge yourself on the sight of men running into each other!
But it’s more than just a distraction – supporting the NFL and supporting the colleges is supporting institutions that actively hate you. And not just a little – a lot. The NFL is part of the ruling caste and it despises you. The only reason it stopped letting its kneeling minions disrespect you – that’s what it was, a calculated insult – was a few of you gave up on watching and it cost them a fraction of their dough. And colleges – well, we need to destroy academia.
But, and it is a big “but.” But it’s also a problem if we get so wrapped up in politics that we can’t let our people have a little entertainment. Leftists do politics 24/7, and that makes them insane and some of their followers exhausted. We hardcore cons do not want to be the scold caucus, eternally angry that everyone else is not as perpetually outraged as we are despite the fact that it is manifest to us that they should be. We need to understand human nature, and human nature states that people need a break. And it also states that people can lose perspective and act like fanatics when they are emotionally invested, as we are.
So, I’m going to devote my time (when I’m not writing amazing conservative action novels like INFERNO, which I am releasing in October) to owning the libs. But if you need a break, watch your silly football game. Only remember that we’re in a fight, and don’t be lulled into submission. We need you fighting when the game is over.
New Tolkien – Lord of the Meh
Speaking of lulling the masses, Amazon spent a whole Schiff-ton of money making a new Lord of the Rings show. I loved the Lord of the Rings movies – magnificent. I thought the Hobbit movies were annoying. And I think the new one is…okay, I guess.
There has been lots of talk about the diversification of the cast (it’s happening too with the new Game of Thrones show) and to the extent it is offered as “Here racist, this elf is Latinx – deal with it!” it’s pretty stupid. It’s jarring only to the extent that the left is making a big deal of it: “The dwarf chick is black and your bourgeois minds are gonna be broken!”
No one cares. We just want a good show, and the black dwarf chick is perfect. It’s a show about orcs and hobbits, for heaven’s sake.
Now, the super-woman thing is super-tiresome. You know the cliche – 110-pound girl takes on a dozen 300-pound dudes because reasons and CGI. There’s one scene where the elf maiden leaps all over the place battling a creature that could be John Fetterman if it held innocent black pedestrians at shotgun-point. All the other warriors are flummoxed but not her. Grrrrl power!
Yawn.
The show is visually amazing. The content? Eh. Everyone in the first two shows was stiff as a board. They relaxed a little in episode three and a hint of fun creeped in. Hopefully, it will keep improving.
And hopefully all the visuals and magic and sword fighting on screen will not distract us from the fact that our garbage ruling class must be overthrown at the ballot box this November.
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