Category: elections

The same voting rights as you

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Ah, democracy!

As Winston Churchill once noted:

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried.

But it isn’t perfect, as… er… Winston Churchill once noted:

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Both statements can be true. And both statements probably are.

The issue of allowing every vote to count the same is – of course – both the biggest strength and the biggest weakness of the democratic system. Because everyone should be equal, but then you end up having the same voting rights as… well… as this person:

Honestly, who inconsistently capitalises the word “Vinegar”?

OK. OK.
Obviously, that’s not the real problem here. The problem is ethanoic acid fumes.

No, no, no. The problem is not that either. The problem is that this person’s vote is going to effectively nullify your vote in any upcoming election. Because it’s unlikely that you’ll be intelligent enough to read this blog, but stupid enough to vote for the same party that they do.

And the worst bit of it? They are not alone. Remember this?

More fuel load incoming. Heavy metals via Geoengineering. Today are heat warnings danger to humans and environment….hmmmm I wonder why…….metals create a magnifying glass effect burning everything with the sun rays and absorbing all the moisture.

All for “climate change” and the “sustainable goals”. The WEF/UN/BILL GATES ERADICATION OF ALL LIFE ON THIS EARTH. DOWN TO ZERO EQUALS ZERO LIFE ON EARTH. That will eventually also include all the politicians who execute the devils orders.

And this?

Weather manipulation and gas like artificial fog is what is making people sick and this combined with 5G is killing all trees, insects and nature, contaminates all water sources.

And this?

Many people have been having dreams lately but as always umlungu [white people] will say “it’s climate change” and the sheep will believe umlungu over us.

And all of these people?

All those evil pilots spraying us and never ever ever telling anyone about the poison. And the airport people that load the planes. Those dudes are evil.

And suddenly, your vote is worth absolutely nothing. Worse than nothing, if such a thing was possible in an election process.

Yes, Churchill was absolutely right. The only issue being that no-one in their right mind would waste five minutes of their precious time on any of these Vinegar-inhaling moonbats.

Time to regret

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This is what pushed them over the edge. An AI depiction of Trump as Jesus Christ.

Not the illegal ICE kidnappings and separation of families. Not the state-sanctioned murders of America citizens. Not the everyday corruption and insider trading. Not the Venezuela incursion. Not the repeated late night social media rants of a demented despot. Not the rising petrol price. Not the constant BS at the press conferences. Not the nonsense of the tariffs and the cost to American people. Not the demolition of the East Wing of the White House. Not the insidious slide towards dictatorship. Not the desperate pandering to Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu. Not the war on Iran. Not the bombing of the girls’ school and the deaths of 120 schoolchildren. Not the 38,000 times he’s mentioned in the Epstein Files.

Nope.

It was the fact that he published that image above that upset them.

And that really is all you need to know about Trump’s supporters.

No votes

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Politicians, eh? Poorly regarded, often duplicitous, generally loathsome individuals.

But even in the cesspit of politics, some are definitely much more punchable than others.

Top of that list, standing tall above all the others (metaphorically at least, he’s apparently only 5’3″, even in his big shoes) is one Mehmet Vefa Dag, the Turkish-born leader of the Truth and Solidarity Movement Party. If you look him up, you’ll find that he’s known for his “controversial” and “outspoken” views. Basically “controversial” and “outspoken” here means the never-ending stream of anti-Semitic and homophobic nonsense and make-believe bullshit that constantly spews from his foul mouth.

Last year, the Western Cape High Court found him in contempt of court for failing to stop publishing defamatory content regarding Curro Holdings, leading to a 90-day prison sentence. In response, Dag described himself on social media as a “political prisoner”, “the new Mandela,” and “the real president of South Africa.”

“South Africa has now started to play with stones,” he ranted on X. “You will not be able to prevent this by throwing me in prison. Now, thieves should truly fear the Truth and Solidarity Movement.”

Lol. Ok, sweetheart.

He’s been particularly vocal over the last couple of weeks, probably because he was standing in the Dunoon by-election in the Cape Town municipality on Wednesday. There he was on site last weekend, handing out free food and drink – something that a lot of people do in townships out of the goodness of their hearts, rather than to buy votes – under the banner “Stop Hunger. Stop Starvation in Dunoon.”

The election was on Wednesday, with 7 parties contesting for the seat. So, did he win?

Well, no. To be fair, the ANC held the ward, albeit that the EFF and DA in second and third will be happy enough with their improved performances in this ANC stronghold.

But there, right behind the Big Three was… er… not Mehmet Dag, but the SA Communist Party.

However, in fifth place – no mean feat for… I’m sorry? Ah. No. That wasn’t him either. Fifth was the African Transformation Movement (ATM), formed with the backing of the South African Council of Messianic Churches in Christ (SACMCC). Cheating a bit with God on their side, but not even He could pull ahead of the Commies.

Sixth, then?

Nope. In a radical, angry, poverty-stricken, 90% black African township, the Organic Humanity Movement, running on their “Guiding Principles” of:

Liberty
Protection of Life
Respect for the Earth
Self-Reliance
Continuous Progress, and
National Sovereignty

managed a whole 7 votes.

And that was still 7 more than Mehmet.

Seriously:

Not a single vote. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Dololo.

Absolutely hilarious.
Absolutely delicious.

It quite literally couldn’t have happened to a more disgusting person.

Mehmet took a couple of days off social media to lick his wounds, but he’s back today, shouting about his party’s NATIONAL SHUTDOWN DAY on Wednesday 15th April*:

The movement, led by President Mehmet Vefa Dag, is organizing this action as a protest against the current administration and President Cyril Ramaphosa.

What? The ANC administration that got [checks numbers] 2,363 more votes than you did last week?

Ok.

Obviously, I can imagine that the entire country will be brought to its collective knees by this action. Make sure you stock up on food and essentials, because there surely won’t be a shop open anywhere in South Africa.

Unless, of course, everyone ignores Mehmet again, like they did last Wednesday.

Isn’t it weird when some people just won’t take a hint?

I guess that South Africa just has to keep on hinting.

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* Incidentally, more important things which will also be happening on Wednesday 15th April include:

National Banana Day A – get creative in the kitchen and enjoy what monkeys have known all along: the banana is a fabulous food!
National Glazed Spiral Ham Day – offering an ideal opportunity for individuals, families and groups to show their appreciation for and celebrate this delicious food.
Titanic Remembrance Day – commemorating the 112th anniversary of the passenger liner sinking like the hopes of a shitty political party.

Politician’s election promise actually comes true

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I know. I know! A politician’s election promise coming true. Incredible scenes.

Politicians are known for being somewhat dishonest and duplicitous at the best of times, but when there’s an election coming up, it’s easier just to take everything they say with a large shovel of salt. Especially when they are unlikely to win the election, and therefore don’t have to deliver on the fanciful promises that they made in the run up to the vote.

The recent US election was actually very close (until it wasn’t), with wild pledges and assurances being flung around by everyone concerned.

[An aside: there are numerous examples of people believing election promises (or believing that those election promises didn’t apply to them) on this subreddit. So many heartaches, so much schadenfreude.]

But how about this? One of the surely more outlandish claims from the eventual losing candidate has actually come to pass! She didn’t make an election promise for herself to deliver upon, though. She told us what the other guy was going to do. And the right-leaning press said it was nonsense:

Yeah, I mean, it does seem a bit much.

But then what we think of as reality has been horrifically skewed and rearranged over the last few months.
And yesterday, the orange shitgibbon said this:

He then went on to praise the National Guard for restoring order in LA before they’d even got there:

I love the line “For those keeping track”, because to be fair, a lot of people have understandably given up on that right now.

But then they did get there:

…fulfilling Harris’ election promise.

I know. I know! A politician’s election promise coming true. Incredible scenes.

I wish I hadn’t…

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To cut a long story slightly shorter: I have been sleeping with the dog.

Not like that. Get out.

But the beagle is very bandaged up and not very mobile. From Wednesday, she’s going to be less bandaged up, but also not very mobile, but that’s another story. Anyway, she’s still trying to navigate the slings and arrows of her current situation, and quite regularly getting herself stuck. Either lying down, sitting down or standing up.

And so, at the moment, I’m spending my nights downstairs on a spare mattress and helping the beagle each time she gets stuck. It happens quite a lot each night.

It’s not been fun, I’ll be honest. My sleep is so disturbed that my smartwatch can’t even detect that it’s happened. Perhaps because it’s not really happening. And so I’ve been grabbing an hour or two’s nap during the day to try and keep myself going.

This morning, I couldn’t do that, because of reasons, and so I sat with the dog and I read the world news.

Dear lord. It’s not pretty out there, is it?

Because of the situation described above, and perhaps because of just a reasonable amount of self-preservation, I haven’t really been keeping too up to date with the situation in the USA. And of course, it’s always difficult to find objective, unbiased views when wanting(?) to learn about these things, because these days, the world is more polarised than a pair of expensive sunglasses.

But it’s easier to make judgements about the rights and wrongs, and about how I feel about what’s going on, when the actual information is coming directly from the goons themselves. In years to come, historians are going to have an absolute field day with all those primary sources.

They really just put it out there, don’t they?

The scary bits for me are twofold. OK, threefold. But the first fold is a fairly obvious one. Still, I guess that it shouldn’t be overlooked.

The fact that the (apparently, potentially) legitimately elected President of the USA is… well… like that.

250 years of democracy and it’s evolved to give us… him? What went wrong?

Obviously, a lot went wrong: there are many, many factors in how this came about, but honestly… what an absolute disaster for the entire world (minus Russia and China, obviously).

Number two – and I use that term with all of its meanings – that they are so open, so brazen, so completely shameless and unabashed about the things that they are doing and the way that they are doing them. Everyone keeps referring to that guy in Germany in the 1930s, and terrifyingly, that’s quite reasonable, but there have been plenty of other examples before and since and none of them have been pleasant, and none of them have worked out well. The thing is that many of those examples weren’t elected: they seized power via non-democratic means and then held on – and on, and on.

This twat won an election (apparently).

And that brings me on to the third fold. His supporters. It’s a cult. It’s just a well-managed cult of frighteningly stupid, easily-led people.
I don’t use the c-word lightly, but if it looks, smells and quacks like a cult… well…

It doesn’t seem to matter how outrageous the claim or the story (or the lie) that is used to justify the action: it’s lapped up like manna from heaven. There is literally not a second given to even contemplate questioning the motive or think critically about the situation.

Orange man good.
Weird – and I mean really weird – billionaire good.

That’s a cult. And it’s running one of the most powerful nations on earth. It’s unbelievable.

Ah Jesus.

I don’t think I’m going to surprise anyone in making the somewhat radical statement that I really don’t think that this is going to end well. And it’s going to be f******g miserable while it gets us there, as well.

I read the news today, oh my.

I wish I hadn’t.