Tea at Trianon: General Milley, John Kelly, and the Coup Against President Trump

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

General Milley, John Kelly, and the Coup Against President Trump

From Dr. G's Briefing:

Kamala Harris stood there at the podium with the Seal of the Vice President in front of her residence at the Naval Observatory. It was a very unusual location. As was the “urgent” nature of her announcement which had been trumpeted across the media. Was she going to resign and be replaced by Gavin Newsom? Had Biden decided to vacate the Oval Office and make her President before the election? No.
Harris stood there in front of an entrance that looks very similar to the entrance to the West Wing, behind an emblem that looks almost exactly like the Great Seal of the President, to call Donald J. Trump a Fascist. Again.
Despite being told at the Convention - which confirmed her anointing as her party’s candidate without one American have voted for her as the nominee - that this was to be a campaign of “joy” and #vibes, despite all the giggling “interviews” on heavy political shows like the “Call Her Daddy” podcast and Oprah, Kamala's message has rapidly reverted to the refrain we have become so familiar with over the last nine years, from Hillary to Biden, to Maddow and Scarborough: “He’s Hitler!” “He’s a threat to Democracy!” “He’ll be a dictator!” So much for joyous vibes.
Without wanting to sound overly cynical and inured to the mendacity of the Democrats, such behavior is only to be expected from the likes of career politicians for whom lying comes as easily as breathing.
Hillary doesn’t even blink as she still says today that the Russians “stole” the 2016 election from her, the “best candidate.” Joe Biden still maintains that he knew nothing about his son’s business dealings with shady characters from Ukraine, China, and elsewhere, despite the fact that we now have photographs of then-VP Biden hanging out with Hunter’s “business associates.” (Read more.)