The Sixth Annual Idiot of the Year Awards; Ranking the most accomplished fools of 2025.

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  

Starfleet Academy – GrrrGraphics

. . . "This new Trek seems to have forgotten that and concentrated instead on identity and intersectionality. There are very few white males in the Academy. Some of the characters don’t seem to be qualified to be there in the first place. They don’t strike me as ‘the best of the best.’ Getting into the Academy used to be notoriously difficult. Now there’s a ‘sensitive’ Klingon. Some of the behavior is not in line with Academy discipline. Some are way overweight and one main character is a downright criminal—a charming criminal, sure, but why is HE in the Academy? It’s not clear."

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  "An idiot is someone who’s convinced they aren’t one. That exempts me from the category. If you gather a bunch of idiots and put them in charge of the world’s major nations for a decade, you get roughly what we have now. Today is my favorite day of the year. My job for twelve months is to spot fools and prove that they are fools. My job today, one day a year, is to gather the biggest fools of all into a single ranking. The 2025 crop has easily surpassed all previous ones. Once again, I have the honor of presenting to my friends at The American Spectator the nominees for the 2025 Idiot of the Year Award — and I can’t wait to read your votes in the comments." . . . 

Here's a sampling. More at the link. 

Zohran Mamdani, the Democrats’ new icon. With economic ideas that would make a first-year economics student blush, Mamdani has become the new Democratic darling; everyone wants to be like him. My suggestion: they start by throwing themselves to the ground, butt up in the air, pointing away from Mecca.

Pete Buttigieg, attempting to convert to the faith of common sense (still a long way to go).  After spending his entire career relentlessly promoting identity politics and “wokeism,” now that he’s out of power, he’s suddenly realized that the left will never win another election if it doesn’t distance itself from these obsessions that divide society. It’s not that he’s had a change of heart; he just wants to win elections. Buttigieg’s conversion miracle was wrought by Saint Donald Trump. 

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