Joe Biden, who has abdicated a large piece of his presidential duties to Kamala Harris, finally got around to addressing Congress and, by extension, the American people, tonight.
I chose not to watch, due to the likelihood that Biden would be promising the moon in the way of governmental handouts while also playing the blame game by calling out Republicans, police, Wall Street, whites in general and white men in particular – all the usual suspects in Democratic harangues.
Instead of enduring this pap, my time was spent creating an internet snapshot of America, doing some quick browsing and capturing the temperature of the propaganda dispensers.
Make no mistake, this is not an exercise in satire. These are real headlines I saw, no matter how absurd they sound.
It began with my browser starting page offering up promos for some stories I might find worthwhile.
From smithsonianmag.com, I got “The Unmistakable Black Roots of Sesame Street.” They weren’t talking about a bad dye job at the local beauty parlor.
This item was the second pick on the first line of capsules and photos. Taking the sixth spot, on line two, from marieclaire.com was “The Unbearable Whiteness of Ballet.”
Of 21 promo items on the page, not a single one appeared to have input from what generally would be described as a traditional or conservative viewpoint.
I guess this should be understandable since I watched some CNBC investment television this afternoon trying to monitor the Federal Reserve news, and saw at least three times an ad for some sort of new drug for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Wall Street and capitalism’s cable channel is eager to virtue signal.
Said ad was an ode to woke-ism, showing a couple of men repeatedly, including sitting at the end of a pier lovingly stroking each other’s hands. Along the way there were two black guys twirling drumsticks and the ad concluded with a black guy wearing a stethoscope, presumably a doctor or male nurse, giving the whole thing minority legitimacy.
But back to the internet and our peek at how manipulators are attempting to program your thought process.
I stopped by CNN.com tonight and found, predictably, a Bidenfest orgy to the greatness of the guy finally getting in front of a microphone for more than a few minutes. “Jobs, jobs, jobs” screamed a huge headline, and it wasn’t a reference to the late Apple computer guru, first name Steve.
Over at MSNBC more hero worship was on display. “America is on the move again.” Why, yes, people are moving out of deep blue states such as California and New York in record numbers, seeking lower taxes and better living conditions elsewhere in red states such as Texas and Florida. But this headline did not refer to that.
Last stop, Foxnews.com, which has gone left. “Blue-Collar Blueprint” was the major headline, although a side item promo quoted pollster Frank Luntz: “I don’t remember a time in my lifetime when people are more divided than they are right now.”
Earlier today on zerohedge.com, a site I highly recommend for anyone wanting a daily digest of the news and stories the lamestream media will bury, there was an item both sad and illustrative. In a 5:40 p.m. post the headline read: “Biden Administration To Ban Menthol Cigarettes . . . Because They’re ‘Racist’ ?”
Repeat, this is not satire. Both the Washington Post and New York Times had headlines about the planned move. Supposedly blacks disproportionately smoke menthol cigarettes, so the cigarettes are purported to be a racist ploy by manufacturers.
Nanny-staters like Joe Biden are going to push for legislation to protect those who could protect themselves simply by choosing not to smoke or not to purchase menthol cigarettes.
Side note: One of my brother’s friends (he was white) in our old neighborhood grew up smoking Kools (menthol cigarettes) and drinking R.C. Cola. It wasn’t diet cola, either. But when he died at an early age we’re pretty sure it was the Kools that did it to him, not the soda.
In view of the fact that manufacturers since 1966 have been required to warn people that cigarettes in general can kill them and people still smoke, a lot, I’m thinking banning menthol cigarettes will shift smokers to other brands and/or create quite a black market (no pun intended) for anyone willing to buy up menthol cigarettes now and sell them later at massive markups.
This menthol ban should be about as effective as the “Just Say No” anti-drug campaign, which is to say not very much so.
And there you have it, the final entry in a not-so-pretty snapshot of the pathetic state of this country, no matter how much happiness malarkey Biden dispensed tonight.
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