Welcome to 2024<\/b><\/p>\n
Yeah, it\u2019s one of those<\/em> years\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n Bryan Zepp Jamieson<\/i><\/p>\n January 1st<\/sup> 2024<\/i><\/p>\n www.zeppscommentaries.online<\/i><\/p>\n It was a year for the books. Worldwide we saw the rise of climate dislocation, with more floods, more droughts, more storms and yes, even more blizzards. This, in turn, sparked economic dislocation, higher rates of disease, and increasing rates of migration. Humanity is rising to the occasion with fascism on the rise worldwide, including the most unlikely places on Earth\u2014Israel and the United States. There is no philosophical system of government more poorly suited to deal with a global climate crisis. As a rule, such regimes resort to war, invasion, and mass incarceration as ways of dealing with poor crops and panicked populations. And fascists promise they alone can fix it. They\u2019re lying, of course.<\/p>\n With a super El Ni\u00f1<\/span>o blossoming, expect wild weather to continue at least into summer. Chances are decent that you\u2019ll be one of the lucky ones and the weather will remain reasonably tranquil. But you\u2019ll be reading about a lot of strange events.<\/p>\n 2023 closed with something of a bang, with Japan recording a 7.6 earthquake on her western shore last night, which resulted in tsunamis as high as three meters. Too early to know about casualties, but there are reports of moderate damage. And the sun popped off with an X5 flare, the strongest of this eleven-year solar cycle. Fortunately, the resultant Coronal Mass Ejection isn\u2019t aimed at us. It could have caused some problems otherwise. Neither have anything to do with climate change, but it was nature\u2019s way of saying, \u201cHey, heads up, assholes!\u201d<\/p>\n Oh, it\u2019s going to be an election year! Oh, happy happy, joy joy! Not just here, either. The Conservatives in the United Kingdom have to call an election by December whether they want to or not, since even a super-majority Parliament has to have one at least every five years. The Tories don\u2019t want to, of course, but the population has finally realized what an utter catastrophe Brexit has proven to be, and all the plutocratic and Putin propaganda in the world can\u2019t unring that bell. And since even Tories have enough sense not to bah humbug the voters with an election at Yule Time, and summers are a rotten time for such, they\u2019ll call it either in late spring or early autumn. If Labour can manage not to shoot themselves in the foot (and that is something they are true marvels at) then they should win back Parliament. How desperate are the Tories? They\u2019re talking about bringing back Boris Johnson, or even Liz Truss! They\u2019d be better off digging up Winston Churchill and running HIM.<\/p>\n In the US, things are a bit more problematic. Trump cannot possibly win an election legitimately. But he and the Republicans are liars, cheats and thieves, and knowing that this is their last best chance to consolidate power and establish a fascistic forever rule in America, they are going to pull out all the stops.<\/p>\n Fox News has learned that telling really blatant lies can be very expensive\u2014three quarters of a billion dollars and counting. But more indirect lies that don\u2019t smear individuals are still safe. The other day, they raised the question: Will it affect Trump if he\u2019s indicted? Of course, he already HAS been indicted. Four times, 91 counts. But they\u2019re trying to pretend that didn\u2019t actually happen and Trump is the victim of a smear campaign to make him out like some sort of criminal. Fox learned to be cautious. They didn\u2019t learn to be honest.<\/p>\n You\u2019re going to see some of the nastiest, most vile tactics America has seen since the 1930s, and for similar reasons. The soul, even the very existence of the nation is at state. Republicans know if they don\u2019t steal this one, they are done as a viable political movement for at least a generation. Democrats will have to fight back with everything they have. They can\u2019t bring polite petitions and debate skills to a gunfight. They don\u2019t have to fight dirty, but they have to fight fucking HARD. Republicans will steal your country out from under you and essentially make a slave of you. Never forget that.<\/p>\n Social media will continue to evolve, or in the case of Ex-Twitter, devolve. Between massive propaganda operations and AI deep fakery, expect a lot of misinformation and disinformation. Because the National Association of Zealots and Ideologues have spent billions trying to dismantle America\u2019s educational system and turn it over to the zealots, Americans under the age of about 50 fare very poorly when it comes to critical thinking skills. Conspiracy theories are rife, and such types are the most gullible people on Earth. You can sell anyone even the most absurd nonsense if you dress it up as secret knowledge the authorities are trying to hide from you. And smears will be rife. Already are rife. There\u2019s no evidence to impeach Biden. The \u201cliberal media\u201d barely exists at all. Trump is not a victim. The Democrats are not out to rape children or take away your guns. The fact that they haven\u2019t should tell you that.<\/p>\n People, stop believing bullshit. They aren\u2019t telling you these things for your benefit. Quite the opposite. They need gullible and stupid people until they don\u2019t. Then your value will drop to roughly that of a used condom.<\/p>\n It\u2019s going to be a rough year, and it will sicken and depress many of you. You\u2019re in a fight not of your choosing or making. If you win, you stand to get back the free and wealthy world you grew up in. Lose, and you find yourself powerless and captive, and in the camps if you protest.<\/p>\n Get ready. It\u2019s going to be a bitch-kitty of a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to 2024 Yeah, it\u2019s one of those years\u2026 Bryan Zepp Jamieson January 1st 2024 www.zeppscommentaries.online It was a year for the books. Worldwide we saw the rise of climate dislocation, with more floods, more droughts, more storms and yes, even more blizzards. This, in turn, sparked economic dislocation, higher rates of disease, and increasing … <\/p>\n