The shiver

Feel the love. (At first glance I thought they were holding hands, but she is holding her purse, almost protectively.)
Feel the love. (At first glance I thought they were holding hands, but she is holding her purse, almost protectively.)
Most of us are equipped with defense mechanisms, a part of our central nervous system that picks up subtle clues and signals in the behavior of others and warns us of danger. Women are highly adept in detecting even the most subtle of hints from men as they scheme to find ways to mate with them. Men are not quite so subtle in that game, but are indeed adept in other matters of survival.

I have had reactions to a few people in my time that I would categorize as “a wave of revulsion.” It could be mere flight or fright, but since I am only dealing with images of certain people on a TV screen, actual flight is not an issue. One such memorable moment was in January of 1990. The US had invaded Panama, and the Secretary of Defense, Richard Cheney, was giving a press conference. As I watched him, the hair on my neck stood up, my senses went on the defensive, and I felt revulsion. This was an evil man.

I have had the same reaction to George H.W. Bush, but oddly not his son, George W. Bush, who while certainly a sociopath, is not terribly threatening due to lack of a serious nature. The elder Bush is a different presentation, a man who manages to put on shows of human emotion, and not very effectively. His wife, Barbara, a lineal descendent of Franklin Pierce, seems an arrogant socialite, and her professions of human values never go deeper than to matters that affect the well-being of her class. She too makes me ill, but is not threatening. Just disgusting. That she is the breeder behind two governors and one president is the result of mechanizations far beyond her genetic contribution. It is her husband’s connections, the fact that the Bush family is the public face of an otherwise anonymous aristocracy, that placed her mediocre offspring in positions of power. She’d be the last to realize that, of course.

Another man who produces the creep reaction is John Kerry. I’ll never forget the night that he accepted the Democratic nomination for president, walking on stage, saluting, and “reporting for duty,” as instructed by his advertising advisers. He could not pull it off, as he does not have human charisma. As I watched him droll on giving his acceptance speech (he was the beneficiary of a PSYOP that took down Howard Dean), one thought came to mind: BOTOX. He’s been made to look human.

Kerry’s history is riddled with clues as to his true identity. His “service” in Vietnam consisted of attacks on poorly defended villagers, but his position in the line of authority allowed him to speak to the people at the top, including General Elmo Zumwalt. He was easily exposed during the “Swift Boat” controversy because his war record, like George H.W. Bush’s, consisted of manufactured heroics. He did not defend himself well during the controversy, most likely because he knew he was vulnerable and hoped the matter would not catch fire. In the end, the Swift Boat strategy undid him, but I doubt it mattered much. A man of such shallow personality would easily have been exposed by other means. The year 2004, as with so many other post-war presidential contentions, was between two men of the same party masquerading under different labels.

Other hints: Skull and Bones. That’s a secret fraternity at Yale, and I don’t mean to go all dark and satanic on the reader, but it’s creepy. The best summary I’ve read of the purpose of such societies is not that S&B itself is some factory for future leaders, but rather that it is a place where potential future leaders are compromised. Initiation rites often include illegal behavior, perhaps even craven matters such as grave robbery or other acts of indecency, duly documented in society annals. Once done, the new initiate is forever compromised. Then, if drawn into the leadership class, they are serviceable. It would appear that the best candidates for leadership are the ones who fail to pass the audition.

(Watch Kerry’s reaction to the unexpected question from the late Tim Russert – he immediately moves back, becomes evasive, and moves to change the subject, and quickly. He also unwittingly sticks his tongue out, twice. Unfortunately, Russert played catch and release too often in his shortened career.)

Yet more hints: Reserve Lieutenant John Kerry, then an anti-war protester, was asked to testify before Congress in 1971. Real anti-war protesters needed not apply. Later, Kerry would toss his fake-gotten medals over a fence before the Capitol. The most important feature of this demonstration was that cameras were present and caught the young man in his fervent anti-patriotic behavior. The best way to control opposition is to lead them, and that is where Kerry ended up, the public face of Vietnam Veterans Against the War.

True war opponents often had shortened lives and certainly did not go on to become senators, presidential candidates, or Secretaries of State, nor were they asked to appear before Congress. There was no inexplicable suicide or mysterious hit-and-run in John Kerry’s future. No siree. He was reporting for duty when he tossed those medals.

The reason I bring up John Kerry is that he is so creepy. That’s all. He’s a socialite now married into the aristocracy alongside “Bar”, as George HW refers to Barbara. He’s transparent and shallow. His demeanor is one of a man of expectations far beyond his abilities – a quiet acceptance that good things will come his way without great effort. Translation: He’s a highly privileged aristocrat.

Oh yeah, and a creep. Did I mention that? He’s a creep. He causes a wave of revulsion.

17 thoughts on “The shiver”

  1. A US Sec. of State rattling the sabers is hardly new. Until someone proves that Mossad didn’t gas Syria we should stay the hell out of there.

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  2. 1) I suggest you have no idea of the depth of depravity of our ruling class. Just what I’ve seen of murder – millions of people killed in my lifetime. Then there is pedophelia, organized crime, child abuse, serial killers, snuff films, satanic cults buried in secret societies – Kerry is just a glance into this world, his murderous Vietnam stint, empty marriage to a rich heiress (his only means of access to the ruling class) after divorcing a woman who had grown tired of politics and suffered severe depression (and who lived out her life in Bozeman).

    2) The direction of money and weapons is from the US to Israel. Unless Israel represents bizarro world (and I don’t deny that possibility), power goes back to the source of the money, which suggests that AIPAC’s power is derivative, and that it could easily be crushed. Ergo, I regard AIPAC as a front for various US policy goals, among them acting as a weapons depot, carrying out terrorism that the US must separate itself from, and policing the region at US behest. Under the US umbrella, Israel is allowed to carry out its own local policy objectives, among which are land thefts, the West Bank and Southern Lebanon, and Golan Heights at the present. Control of water of the region is high on their list. Most acts of terrorism against Israel are probably false flag events.

    3) I’ve come to accept that the Ashkenazi Jews are Khazak in origin, while also having Semitic DNA. This suggests a great interbreeding among Germanic people’s who adopted the Jewish faith and who are primarily of Eastern European origin. Ashkenazi do not share Jewish traits such as the protruding nose and Jewfro. The Palestinians, on the other hand, are true Semitic peoples, so that the true anti-Semites in the region are Israelis.

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    1. I mostly don’t care what you talk about in the comments. Sometimes what I write is not interesting to people.

      The “Cadillac” thresholds are indexed to inflation, but healthcare costs have historically increased at a faster pace than inflation, so it will hit an increasing number of employers each year. The intent of the tax is to force consumers with the best health plans to have to pay more costs out of pocket, which, in theory, would force them to make more cost-conscious decisions when it comes to expensive tests and frequent doctor’s visits.

      That’s utter nonsense and the insurance companies know it. If people are stressed by the cost of insurance, they refuse to pay extra for non-covered procedures. Again, they know this.

      What I see is insurers who, let’s not forget, wrote the damned bill, getting us to lower our expectations. They want to get rid of “Cadillac” policies (in other countries called “basic care”) because they don’t want the comparisons out there, some people getting very good care, others not. Best to lower everyone down to shitty coverage. They’ve already been scaling back coverage here in Colorado and started right after ACA passed.

      They’ve got a plan. It’s their bill, after all. Obama and Baucus were just water boys.

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      1. Well, Obama/Baucus care is a big deal to a lot of us folks. We need the skinny on this stuff. You’re the resident expert. Hell, I don’t have a clue, and neither do most folks until we get the first bill for shitty coverage.

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        1. Certain coverages are mandatory, called “preventive care,” like an annual physical, mammogram, other tests. They will cover everything else subject to deductibles, co-pays and maximum out-of-pocket. If you have a $5,000 deductible and $10,000 out-of-pocket maximum with a 40% co-pay, they pay nothing until you incur $5,000, and then 60% after that until the 40% adds up to another $5,000. At that point, they pay everything. So essentially, the policy covers $7,500 of the first $17,500 in any year. So add your monthly premium to that outlay, say $300 a month, and you are guaranteed to pay $8,600 before the insurance company pays $1.

          You can buy other deductibles, co-pays and out-of-pocket maximums. Most people will opt for the lowest premium, and find out later they are woefully under-insured.

          Here is what they have done in Colorado, perfectly legal under ACA: If you visit a doctor for, say, a sore throat or some other ailment, the visit is not covered AND it does not apply against deductible or out-of-pocket. As far as the insurance company is concerned,it never happened. So, in addition to everything above, if you visit a doctor for non-covered non-preventive condition, just add it to your medical expense for the year. The insurance company does not pay a penny.

          That’s a real curve ball. No doubt there are others coming.

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  4. The NY “The Sun” kicks some Kerry ass.

    Quote: “Until recently, it would have been unimaginable to conceive of John Kerry as the strongman of the National Security Council. This is the man who attended political catechism classes from the North Vietnamese to memorize and repeat their accusations against his country of war crimes in Indochina, and, inter alia, ran for president in 2004 asserting that while he had voted to invade Iraq in 2003, he was not implicated in that decision because he did not vote to fund the invasion once underway. (Perhaps Thomas E. Dewey would have been an upset presidential winner in 1944 if he had proclaimed his support for the D-Day landings but advocated an immediate cut-off of funds for General Eisenhower’s armies of liberation.)”

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      1. You are so full of shit. Freedom of speech means the ability to say things your government or employer do not like hearing. It’s not shooting off your yap on a right wing radio show where everyone agrees with you. We don’t have freedom of speech (ask the Dixie Chicks) and you don’t realize it. That’s a right wing thing.

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          1. They were severely punished by a monopolistic US corporation, adding evidence that US government policy is really US corporate policy. They were punished. OK? Losing airtime on US stations is not the end of the world. In US client states, people that speak up get their heads chopped off. But still, people are punished and marginalized in this country for uttering thought crimes.

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            2. I also read books, hundreds of them. I’ve got a wide knowledge base. You don’t.

              [Example: anyone who questions the official 9/11 story is immediately taken off the air and ridiculed. Charlie Sheen, for example, was removed from a highly successful sitcom franchise. Dan Froomkin had to publicly grovel and apologize for merely mentioning a 9/11 skeptic in a piece at Huffington. Anthony Weiner and Peter Torricelli were scandalized out of office. If the official 9/11 story is true, anyone questioning should be able to speak freely and evidence will prove them wrong … If we have free speech. However, questioning the official, story is a thought crime. We do not have free speech.

              Do you ever question what you think?]

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