The Left's War On Joy

  American Thinker

Wokeism aims to decrease the human population simply by reducing the joy that makes life livable in a hard world. We must understand and resist.

Life under leftism image by Pixlr AI.

"The average Western household is hardly aware of busybodies’ plans to ban or sabotage convenience appliances, from dishwashers to leaf-blowers. They also don’t know that, for years, the water flow in US showerheads is restricted so that they don’t fully enjoy their showers. In the same way, in Europe, vacuum cleaners are less powerful than required for best performance.

"A recent article in the National Review entitled “The War on Things that Work“ describes a crusade by what the article calls “the Environmentalist Left” against “convenience” and against “things that work”.

"But even more than convenience, the people behind the ungodly and anti-human ideology of Wokeism are after things that we, the humans, crave. “They” are after our joy.

"The justification to reduce joy is often, although not solely, “Climate” or “limited resources,” but this nihilistic ideology invariably seeks and finds the rationale to oppose the things that make humans happy." . . .

Detransitioner Chloe Cole Stuns Congress, This Is 'One of Biggest Medical Scandals' in U.S. History

 RedState

This is madness. Anyone who advocates for this kind of stuff is simply macabre. She also said that her parents were coerced using the latest progressive line, “Would you rather have a dead daughter or a living transgender son?”

"Nineteen-year-old Chloe Cole brought a strong (and heartbreaking) message to Congress Thursday, saying that the so-called “gender-affirming” care she received “ruined” her childhood and has caused lasting negative consequences which she will live with forever. President Biden, along with his transgender Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, has forcefully advocated that such care be given to minors even when the long-term effects of surgeries and hormone treatments are largely unknown.

"What is known, however, is that 15-year-olds who aren’t old enough for a cigarette, a tattoo, a beer, or a driver’s license should not be allowed to opt to disfigure their bodies simply because they’re having complicated adolescent feelings.

"Speaking before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, Cole was harshly critical of the medical establishment and the toll their advice has taken on her life:

I used to believe that I was born in the wrong body. And the adults in my life, whom I trusted, affirmed my belief, and this caused me lifelong, irreversible harm.

I speak to you today as a victim of one of the biggest medical scandals in the history of the United States of America.

I speak to you in the hope that you will have the courage to bring the scandal to an end and ensure that other vulnerable teenagers, children and young adults, don’t go through what I went through.

. . .

US women spark fury with ANOTHER listless rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner at World Cup - as Holland's players proudly sing their anthem with arms wrapped around each other |

  Daily Mail Online  . . ."By comparison, the Dutch team sang proudly to their anthem, Wilhelmus, with the players wrapping their arms around each other before the game began in Wellington, New Zealand.

" 'All 11 Dutch women sang their anthem. Too bad we can't match them,' one fan said on Twitter." . . . 

Holland's team

America's team

America’s biggest problem is ‘poor leadership’: poll

America’s biggest problem is ‘poor leadership’: poll (nypost.com). Not just our President; it is in the silliness that runs across all of government: Newsom of California, the teeny-bopper AOC; Maxine Waters, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, Mitt Romney and, well...all those scowling Democrats at the State of the Union and at the confirmation of a Republican Supreme Court Justice from Alito on to Kavanaugh.

Reading Winston Churchill's World War Two has shown me how a government of competent people can save a nation from disaster. What the US has for citizens today from our President down to the Women's soccer team and the hordes looting businesses into bankruptcy spells the end of the nation our forefathers gave us. The Tunnel Dweller 

 The biggest Potemkin village nowadays is the pretense that Biden is really in charge of the federal government and national policy. Major media outlets assiduously avoid even recognizing the curtain hiding DC’s actual power brokers. Who is actually making the decisions? NY Post

"For that sake, McConnell should make plans to retire from office, and the GOP leaderships should frankly push him towards that, because clearly his health is on the wane and he doesn't need to take either himself or his party to Dianne Feinstein and Joe Biden levels."

These are the people launching us into WW3 against Putin. pic.twitter.com/u3wifgyLyQ

— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) July 26, 2023

Neurosurgeon I know just texted me in response to the McConnell video saying it’s obvious that McConnell just suffered from an acute stroke.

“You can see it in the eyes. Dead eyes. Forgets where he is and who he is. Cognitive breakdown. Common in stroke patients”

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 26, 2023

 Biden’s pooches remind us of the saying that people and their dogs are alike - American Thinker  . . ."It's also no surprise when the mean neighbor has an aggressive dog that occasionally goes beyond barking and heads straight into biting territory.

"In the White House, the mean neighbor is Joe Biden. After all, Democrats boast about how vicious he is, apparently to show that he’s conscious and he cares:. . ."

OH MY: Jill Biden’s Ex-Husband Reveals How the Vicious Biden Crime Family Has Bullied Him for Years - Says He Wants to Protect Trump (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cullen Linebarger   . . ."I can’t let them do this to a president that I love and respect. I can’t let them do this to our country. This is why I’ve come forward. This is the only reason I’ve come forward."

The Democrats’ Dilemma: How to Convince Joe Biden to Drop out of the Race - American Thinker    

If the Democrat establishment succeeds in getting Biden to resign or drop out of the race and the choice is between Gavin Newsom and Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer would, in all likelihood, be the preferred nominee as she will be a formidable presidential candidate pitted against Donald Trump.  But finding a new candidate to replace Joe Biden is the easy part, getting him to resign or drop out of the race without triggering a political firestorm may prove to be far more difficult.

All noticed by the Babylon Bee: Senators Excited Thursday’s Lunch Will Now Include Pudding With Their Strained Peas | Parody    "Members of the Upper House shuffled excitedly down the hall on their way to lunch Thursday after hearing Congressional chefs were prepping something special in addition to their usual meal of strained peas and blended cube steak.

"Oooo! I hear it's chocolate pudding!" exclaimed Senator Dianne Feinstein. "I haven't had chocolate smooshsmosh since Otto von Bismarck made his trek across the Delaware and another thing why are the lights in here so bright and where's Dorothy with my whacking stick…."

"Senator Mitch McConnell was seen padding toward the cafeteria with a sparkle in his eye after hearing about the addition to the meal, which interns call a "big deal" for the aging senators who look forward to little added treats to their standard lunches.

"I sure do   love……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. pudding." Senator McConnell told reporters."

Biden Put Down After Biting Another Baby | Babylon Bee  . . ."He had just become too dangerous and unpredictable," said Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who is black and also gay. "It's a sad day, but we made sure he got to enjoy his favorite things before the end came. Playing ball in the backyard, having his tummy scratched…everything he loved." . . .

Race to salvage sinking cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles including 350 Mercedes as it burns out of control in North Sea after fire 'caused by electric car'

  Daily Mail Online   "The race is on to prevent the sinking of a cargo ship off the Dutch coast which is carrying almost 3,000 vehicles, including 350 Mercedes-Benz, as it burns out of control with an electric car believed to be behind the deadly fire.

At least one crew member died and others were injured after fire ripped through the Fremantle Highway, a 18,500-ton car-carrying vessel. Rescue helicopters and boats evacuated 23 crew members from the Panamanian-registered ship.

Officials have said there are 'many' wounded. Some suffered broken bones, burns and breathing problems and were taken to hospitals in the northern Netherlands, emergency officials said." . . .

. . ."Ms Versteeg added that the ship is carrying 2,857 cars, of which 25 are electrical.

"She said this 'made the fire even more difficult. It's not easy to keep that kind of fire under control and even in such a vessel it's not easy.'

"The ship's Japanese owner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha, said it was working in cooperation with the local authorities of the Netherlands, a salvage company and a ship management company."

The bashing of Barack Obama -

 Susan Daniels; American Thinker

He added: "It's no coincidence that these 'banned books' are often written by or feature people of color, indigenous people, and members of the LGBTQ+ community[.]"

. . ."Obama was mocked mercilessly on Twitter.  One commenter questioned how books like Gender Queer improved Obama's life.

"The Daily Wire snapped at Obama with an article by Amanda Harding: "Barack, If you'll sit down and read 'Gender Queer,' then defend making it available to kids, I'll do you the favor of running ads all over the country to let people know.  You'll never do it because you know it would disgust normal people that your party wants kids to read it," Robby Starbuck, a former GOP candidate for Congress in Tennessee, wrote, referencing a book that includes illustrations of same-sex sexual activity.

"The rumor is that pedophile Frank Marshall Davis taught Barack Obama more than any books that Obama is encouraging school libraries to stock on their shelves."

Obama: 'I Make Love to Men Daily'  . . ."Given the admitted bisexuality of Obama's Hawaiian mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, and Obama’s mental indulgence in the same, the honest critic has to think hard about this excerpt from “Pop,” a poem Obama wrote about Davis while in college."

Obama Comes Out Against Parent Attempts To Keep Highly Sexualized “LGBTQ+” Books Out Schools, Calls It “Banning” (legalinsurrection.com)

These are the books he’s talking about pic.twitter.com/DRthIVhLw2

— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) July 17, 2023

Watch the United States’ National Anthem play for their first match | 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™

US women’s team refuse to sing national anthem before World Cup draw with Netherlands (yahoo.com)

The most stinging rebuke came from prominent journalist and media personality, Megyn Kelly, who said before the reigning champions’ second game of this World Cup, that they were damaging the country with their behaviour.

Megan Rapinoe doing her "look at me everyone" schtick

U.S. women’s soccer blasted for anthem stance

 U.S. women’s soccer blasted for anthem stance (msn.com)

"The United States Women’s National Team started off the 2023 Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 win over Vietnam. But they also created controversy over their national anthem stance in the process. During the pre-match ceremony, the United States national anthem played over the stadium speakers in Auckland, New Zealand.

"But as it played, the majority of the players on the team chose not to sing the national anthem or put their right hands over their hearts for the playing of the song. A Newsweek report found that most of the U.S. women’s soccer team remained silent during the national anthem, with their fists behind their backs. Only five players placed their hands over their hearts, and only three of the starting 11 sang along.

"Because of this, the women’s team has been subject to criticism and has drawn the ire of many in the media, including Megyn Kelly, who ripped their actions as “disgusting.” Kelly addressed this on her SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show on Monday and absolutely tore into the team." . . .

Tom Brady delivers message to U.S. women’s soccer team - pennlive.com

FOX Soccer on Twitter: " FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED AT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP! We gave them what they wanted: Democrat-controlled government, Biden as President; open borders to all, good and bad; why do they still make a production out of their self-proclaimed distaste for this nation? TD

"Reason #242 why nobody wants to watch U.S. female soccer; most players on the team hate their own country. If you hate your own country so much, why not renounce your citizenship and move elsewhere? Loving one’s country goes beyond politics and social issues, a fact sorely missed by these narcissistic activists."

"We were rooting for Vietnam. Sorry they lost."

Tiến Quân Ca 🎶

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED AT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP! 🇻🇳 pic.twitter.com/gflhypkC0r

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 22, 2023

People furious as U.S. women's team refuses to sing national anthem (nextimpulsesports.com)

. . ."This isn’t necessarily a new decision, either. Several players chose to remain silent during the national anthem in 2019 as superstar Megan Rapinoe told Yahoo! Sports that she was probably never going to sing the national anthem again due to racial injustice and systematic oppression in the United States." . . .

 

The Bidens' German Shepherd 'is a one-dog crime wave'

 Twitchy

 "After biting people, Major was sent away like an unwanted grandchild."

"A lot of people seemed relieved that President Joe Biden was bringing a dog back to the White House after Donald Trump and his abnormal four-year term without any pets. You can't trust a man who doesn't have a dog, right?

"The first dog was named Major, and he was a major problem. After biting people, Major was sent away like an unwanted grandchild.

"Now the Bidens have Commander, but the New York Post reports that Commander has sent at least one person to the hospital for a bite. The Secret Service seems to be the preferred snack of the Biden dogs." . . .

A puzzling suggestion from Mitt Romney -

 American Thinker

. . ."Mr. Romney concluded his puzzling suggestion with this statement, in part: 

Our party and our country need a nominee with character driven  by something greater than revenge and ego....

"If the senator were truly a man of principle, not personal pique, he would recognize that former president Trump has, all along, been driven by dedication to the well-being of the American people -- not an entrenched oligarchy, and is opposed by a political force motivated by revenge -- and greed.  How many millions of tax dollars are to be expended by partisan prosecutions intent on preventing the American people from choosing their next president -- $25 million, $40 million?

"Sen. Romney's purposeful obtuseness to the persecution by prosecution of a former president by a political enemy for that enemy's political advancement, to the injury of Mr. Trump, should cause voters to press the delete button on any and all public comments from the Utah senator -- starting with his call, in The Wall Street Journal, for an anti-Trump coalition of 40% of voters to thwart the rightful support for Mr. Trump of 60% of GOP voters.

"Sen. Romney's stratagem to block the former president from being our next president may well suit the ambitions of the Despotic Clique but makes no sense.  But the past seven or eight years have made clear to the American people, Trump Derangement Syndrome is irrational in its origins -- and, thereby, a threat not only to the spirit of American democracy, but to national security.  Rallying round the besieged candidacy of Donald J. Trump is very much in the national interest."

Not in this small town

  Sloan Oliver  So CMT canceled Aldean? Perhaps CMT should be canceled as was Bud Light. 

"Hold on, if Aldean released the song back in May, why is he just now being accused of racism, pro-lynching, etc.?  Simple: Democrat voters (and their media) move from outrage to outrage.  Today, the mob is angry at Aldean, not because of the video (they don’t care about it) but because he isn’t one of them."  

"Biden voters are frothing mad at Jason Aldean’s latest video, “Try That in A Small Town.” Aldean’s video highlights the lawlessness that Antifa, BLM, and other Democrat groups carried out during the summer of 2020, all while his lyrics tell Dems they better not try such craziness in small town America. 

"A little background, recall after George Floyd died of a drug OD (May 2020); Democrat cities erupted in months of destructive riots, firebombing of courthouses, car hijackings, murders, etc.  It was frightening to watch the daily destruction by Democrat thugs as they torn down statues, vandalized and looted businesses, turned over and torched vehicles, and beat anyone unlucky enough to stumble upon their mayhem. 

"It was such mayhem that Aldean’s song and video addresses.  His lyrics support small-town values along with law enforcement. He tells those unlawful Dems that they best not try such antics in small towns like Forsyth, GA and Macon (Aldean’s home town) because the people living there won’t put up with such nonsense. You’d think such a message would resonate and for most of the country, it does.  The problem is the woke Left is constantly enraged at everything.  They claim that Aldean’s video is, wait for it… racist.  Of course, it’s racist; everything’s racist to leftists.  CMT (Country Music Television) considered it so racist they pulled it from circulation." 

'The View' hosts slam Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' song (pagesix.com)

Truth Bombs: From paintings to China money, White House story on Hunter Biden keeps unraveling

  Just The News

The president isn’t the only administration official to have his public statements on the matter challenged by conflicting evidence.

"Joe Biden has repeatedly denied any involvement with his son Hunter's business dealings, though recent revelations appear to have undercut that claim. But the president isn’t the only administration official to have his public statements on the matter come under scrutiny in the face of conflicting evidence.

"As House Republicans, led by Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, rigorously pursue investigations into the Biden family, their findings appear to have substantiated links of the commander-in-chief's prior involvement in the first son's endeavors, seemingly contradicting the claims of the elder Biden and his subordinates.

"Here are some of the most glaring statements from the commander-in-chief and his subordinates on the first son's dealings that have collided with contrary evidence.

Hunter Biden's art work sales

"During a July 9, 2021, press briefing, then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki addressed Hunter Biden's sale of artwork and concerns that his works may present conflicts of interest with the administration.

" 'After careful consideration, a system has been established that allows for Hunter Biden to work in his profession within reasonable safeguards," she said at the time. "Of course, he has the right to pursue an artistic career just like any child of a president has the right to pursue a career. But all interactions regarding the selling of art and the setting of prices will be handled by a professional gallerist adhering to the highest industry standards, and any offer out of the normal, of course, would be rejected out of hand."

"And the gallerist will not share information about buyers or prospective buyers, including their identities, with Hunter Biden or the administration, which provides quite a level of protection and transparency," she continued.

"The first son's art has appeared in the Georges Bergès Gallery in SoHo, with some works listing for as much as $85,000. Despite the alleged safeguards, the younger Biden did ultimately learn the identity of at least two buyers, including one who donated to his father's campaign.

"Business Insider reported that Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, whom President Biden tapped to serve on the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, purchased some of Hunter's art at an unspecified time. She gave $13,414 to the Biden campaign and $29,700 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation

"President Joe Biden himself, as well as numerous former Intelligence Community officials asserted that the Hunter Biden laptop story, which broke in late 2020, bore the hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation." . . .Full article here.