Ah, the shenanigans that occur when the corporate media is allowed to call elections.

Who remembers the following classic?

L. O. effing L.

Going further back, there’s this gem:

Some states are still counting votes, recounts are expected in at least two states, and there may even be lawsuits coming. Considering this, it might be interesting to see what develops in the coming days, and what of it passes through the filter of legacy media.

The Associated Press has just called the Presidential election for Joe Biden. While legal challenges are now underway, it appears as though it may be Biden’s victory. The cheap seats are cheering and high-fiving each other. However, seasoned Democrats don’t seem so cheerful.

One needs only see what’s happening in the Senate, House, and Governor’s races to see why. Depending on how a Georgia runoff election goes on January 5, Republicans may end up with one more seat in the Senate, securing their existing majority. Republicans have so far gained 8 House seats, while Democrats have only gained 3. Of the 11 elections for state governor, 8 of the winners were Republican, with Republicans gaining a state, which a Democrat lost.

While Democrats envisioned an undeniable slam-dunk victory, the opposite happened, with Republicans making gains. This puts a bit of a shadow over the post-Trump celebrations, as does Trump’s judicial legacy of three successful Supreme Court appointments.

However, there’s another reason why the partying should be slightly reserved, and Newt Gingrich put it nicely:

It would be hilarious if, after all the spitball flinging and elbow-bumping, it turns out Trump won, anyway. Not that I’m counting on it, but it would be a hoot, wouldn’t it?

In any case, a Biden presidency would be tolerable if he could be prevented from putting his worse policies into effect. Which would include, by the way, mandating facemasks for everyone leaving their home, and threatening fracking which would increase America’s dependence on foreign energy (but hey, Biden has been profiting off foreign energy, so at least he gets off well).

It’s tempting to end with the quip “You get what you vote for”, but we probably actually didn’t. We all know they had no intention of letting us have it our way. While that’s not anything new, what’s worse is the potential precedent this sets: the new approach where you call someone racist until you win.

It’s the 5th of November again (at least, it still is where I am). It’s a day that’s significant for certain web communities, which has to do with how much they like the movie V for Vendetta, which features a mysterious character in a Guy Fawkes mask. The character’s mysterious appeal has endeared him to the web group, Anonymous, who has used him as a sort of mascot character.

While the character from the movie might be interesting, the historical figure of Guy Fawkes is one whose ideals would easily conflict with those of Anonymous. If they were to learn about him, they may even wish to seek out a different spokesman.

Guy Fawkes was a Catholic terrorist who wanted to blow up the British parliament building so that he could help usher in a Catholic theocracy in the UK. His plot was thwarted, and Guy Fawkes was sentenced to be executed, though he would attempt to commit suicide in an effort to escape that outcome.

It’s for this reason the British recognize the 5th of November as the day Guy Fawkes was defeated, and they even developed a nursery rhyme to commemorate the occasion:

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November
Gunpowder treason and plot
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot

That’s the basic form. There are more lyrics, some of which are quite scathing. One would get the idea that the British didn’t view him as a hero, at all.

One could ask Anonymous to pick a new spokesman. But if they did, they’d probably manage to scrape up one that’s somehow even worse.

But there are some winners among the possibilities.

Gap posted a tweet calling for unity amidst a divisive election. As part of this statement, Gap posted an image of a red and blue sweatshirt.

But then, under pressure from the Twitter mob, Gap took down the tweet. It seems like the Twitterati weren’t as interested in unity as Gap might have hoped.

You might notice something about the tweets that responded:

“I don’t think a zipped hoodie is going to cut it when everyone is this tired, broke, and scared,”

patient9five7 on Twitter

While there are broke people everywhere, leftists tend to be more outspoken about it.

“Sorry I’m not zipping myself to people who don’t believe I’m deserving of basic human rights,”

Allie_F on Twitter

Another common left-wing sentiment is that the right doesn’t believe certain people deserving of basic human rights, though this sentiment is born out of a mischaracterization of right-wing ideals.

Interestingly, the Twitter users who were the most outspoken about inequality between races and classes are the ones that seem the least interested in a message about unity.

Having spent plenty of time among right-wingers, I consider it safe to say that they’re not racist or classist, and what’s more, they are not characterized by divisiveness regarding race or class.

In fact, based on my observations, the right can largely be characterized by a desire to hold an open dialogue in a free-speech environment.

Rather than fighting, the right would prefer to take it easy. They’d be the ones who want to hang out, drink beer, and talk about things. You know, like normal people. But that’s hard to do when the other side is plugging up their ears and hurling the nastiest insults that someone else can imagine for them.

The right wants dialogue, and the left wants to shut down any discussion that isn’t their talking points. When the left shot down Gap’s call for unity, that really illustrated it well.

When only one side listens, only one side learns.

It’s been a couple days since Election Day, and we still don’t have results. But based on what we’ve seen so far, something seems suspicious.

For one thing, there are six states that still haven’t given us a definitive winner. Three of which happen to be important battleground states where Trump has an apparent lead. It might just be a coincidence, but it seems kind of odd that Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina have just a few percentage points more to go to reach their conclusion, and the three so happen to favor Trump. It so happens that all three happen to fall short of the same call, and the margins are about the same.

It’s almost as though they were somehow shy about declaring Trump the winner.

Of the other three, one is Nevada. While this one is showing a narrow Biden lead, the count has stalled at about three-quarters of the vote counted, and another is Alaska, whose votes have also stalled, but everyone seems to be ignoring them.

More suspicious still is that the state of Arizona was prematurely called for Biden, but votes have appeared that were still yet to be counted, from areas favoring Trump. These votes may be enough to flip the state in Trump’s favor, but the corporate media is ignoring it. In fact, they’re treating it as though it were the crown jewel of Biden’s victories.

Trump is expected to dispute some of the state results in court, and he might actually have a case. But if he goes that route, could you imagine the media storm surrounding it? We’d have court battles while both sides proclaim victory. And if Trump wins through the courts, it’s easy to imagine that we’d be given a treat in the form of legacy media attempting to use it to delegitimize a Trump reelection for four years.

Not that legacy media is doing a good job of maintaining its relevance, considering that they now mainly exist to prey on old people and the gullible.

It’s kind of like the 2000 election, except with a handful of states, not just one. As an American, I find it embarrassing. We fancy ourselves a shining beacon of how constitutional republics work, but we’re bad at determining the results of an election in one day. This in spite of the enthusiasm over mail-in ballots.

In the state of Pennsylvania, it was decided by the PA Supreme Court that mail-in ballots could be counted until Friday, even without a clear postmark. That’s spurious, considering that for votes to be valid, there needs to be a proper chain of custody. If there’s no postmark, can we be sure the votes passed through the postal service and not some shady individuals?

Trump has threatened a lawsuit over the continued counting of votes in Michigan, with protestors calling for an end to the count.

We were warned this could get crazy, and we might see far more in the weeks ahead.

Polling has closed, and most of the votes have been counted, but Trump has a strong lead in the remaining battleground states, with the exception of Nevada, which leans Biden, and Wisconsin, which is close. Trump has taken the important state of Florida, a state which has sided with the winner of presidential elections since 1996.

Based on this information, Trump is on track to win the 2020 presidential election.

If you’re up for some amusing reading, go ahead and take a look at how traditional media is attempting to handle this. Their expectation of a clear, slam-dunk victory has just collided with reality, with the result being an impressive fragmented cloud of debris.

When comparing the offerings of the corporate mainstream information media with the reality that is right in front of the general population, I had suspected that these legacy information outlets are either doing a bad job of attempting to deceive us, or have spent so much time in their hermetically-sealed echo chambers that they have no idea what’s going on. In either case, it looks bad for them.

But in the context of this election, it’s even worse for the media, as it’s a referendum against them and their constant, obsessive attacks against President Trump, and their continual lies about “Russiagate”, and refusal to cover the story of Biden’s laptop, and the spurious connections the Biden family has with overseas energy companies (while the Bidens threaten US energy).

Of course, it’s also a referendum against social media’s abuse of power, and the Democrat’s callous response to the coronavirus with life-destroying shutdowns.

The race hasn’t been decided yet, but it’s strongly likely that Trump won. This is a phenomenon that the corporate media warned us about, calling it the red mirage, wherein an apparent Trump victory after election day can be challenged by mail-in votes that may turn the election to Biden. If that sounds suspicious, that’s because it comes off as an obvious attempt to cast doubt on the results, and tell the people not to believe their eyes.

We knew that they were going to pull this. But, vexingly, there isn’t much that ordinary people can do about it. Except, of course, continue to make the case to our parents and grandparents that legacy news outlets aren’t the same ones that they remembered from decades past, and are not to be trusted.

Regardless of who won, the free-speech and pro-constitutional elements of the intellectual dark web still have a lot of work ahead of them. This victory, if won, would be a significant step. But it wouldn’t mean that the Dark State wouldn’t try some other avenues to keep their plans in motion. If they’re effective strategists, they’ll have a backup plan, as should we.

It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee.

A demonstration group is planning on gathering across from the White House for an event in which they’ll watch the election in progress, and prepare to act accordingly. The name of the group is Shutdown DC, which should give some indication of their intentions.

The group is creepily warning of a “coup”, but as is often the case with leftist extremists, there is a twist, and this time, it involves pointing the finger at their grievance in an obvious attempt at victim-blaming.

Shutdown DC says, “Trump will only be able to successfully launch a coup if his donors, the media and the Republican Party establishment goes along with his attack on democracy,” They then added, “We’re going to put Trump’s enablers on notice: We hold you accountable for facilitating Trump’s historic attacks on democracy.”

Because a “coup” is an overthrow of existing government, Trump cannot achieve a coup, seeing as he is the executive of the existing government.

Natch, businesses in DC have responded to the prospect of leftist riots by preemptively boarding up. After all, if a bunch of pampered babies historically respond to not getting what they want by throwing arson-fueled, violent temper tantrums, eventually the grown-ups around them are going to learn to respond accordingly.

But it’s not just the livelihoods of underpaid Subway employees that are in danger, as the group is considering taking over government buildings. What’s more, Gary Bauer, chairman for Campaign for Working Families PAC, reported receiving an “unsettling call” in which leftist activists have stated their intentions of targeting Trump supporters, including having maps with addresses of groups and people.

It’s obvious that the intention of groups like Shutdown DC and Antifa isn’t merely to voice opposition, it’s to intimidate. They are determined to get what they want, if not through due process or the electoral system, then through other, more disruptive means. More chilling still is that they view you as an enemy, if you so much as voice opposition to them or their goals.

Rioters are the militant arm of the left, which the career politicians can implicitly enable while keeping their own images squeaky-clean. They are aware that if supporters can be attacked and donors can be doxxed, enough of them might back down to make a difference.

However, the militant left and their Dark State enablers are underestimating Americans. We know what it’s like to experience pain when we do what we do. We’re the ones who get nicks and burns from a hard day at work. We’re the ones who take the risk of getting injured while skateboarding, or similar recreational activities. We’re the ones who play outside even if there’s a possibility of breaking a bone or getting sick, because that’s a risk intrinsic to living life.

The militant left is composed of a bunch of lanky kids or overfed marshmallows whose view of injury and combat are informed by movies and video games. Because of this, when they see someone screaming because they were hit by a car (after playing in traffic), or when they see someone bleeding out after they were shot, it’s much different from how they imagined it would be. They have to greatly outnumber their opposition in order to get some damage done, which would make them the NPCs in a game mechanics perspective.

My advice is that if you can reasonably avoid confronting the militant left, avoid them. It may be a one-sided fight in your favor, but fights like this are best avoided. What’s more, corporate media loves to take any resistance to them and turn it in their favor, so don’t give them more to work with. We’re used to being held to a higher standard, anyhow.

Of course, if they attack your home or family, that’s a different story. Sadly, it seems like the militants’ intention is to provoke a response by doing just that.

It’s hard to avoid an escalation when the militant left wants it. We have to remain strong.

Above is an example of a meme produced by a leftist. While such low-information influencing is pretty shallow and easy to see through for the appeal to ignorance that it is, it does provide something of value, albeit in a way they didn’t intend. What they’ve provided is a window into their own thinking.

What the meme above shows is that leftists, when producing memes to share among themselves, actually do believe themselves to be the oppressed underdog. The case for that can be made, if one were to put aside the left’s institutional control of academia, banking cartels, labor unions, the tech industry, social media, Hollywood, the corporate music industry, television networks, government intelligentsia, the Internal Revenue Service, and the mainstream information media.

Leftists have an obvious victim complex. However, while most victim complexes are developed, the left is interesting in that their victim complex is cultivated. This is exemplified by their continual grievances through social justice causes: women are said to be underpaid even though the gender wage gap has been thoroughly debunked many times, racial minorities are said to be under onerous systemic oppression in spite of institutional programs specifically-designed to give them a hand-up, and elements of sexual diversity are said to be repressed, even though corporate entities are going well out of their way to accommodate them.

On the surface, belligerent complaining about a problem that’s greatly exaggerated if at all existent makes little sense. However, when a significant portion of the population is convinced of the problem’s persistence there is political ground to be gained. In light of this, it becomes abundantly evident that the social justice issues are being propped up for their own self-continuation.

In nature, animals that feel sufficiently threatened usually run. However, if it becomes evident to them that they cannot escape, then they turn violent. The same is true of people. The higher-ups of the Dark State realize this, and see the value in convincing their constituency that there is a threat, and not only that, that there is an enormous right-wing conspiracy that threatens to undermine decades of civil-rights progress, and that the outlook is grim. From there, it’s a trivial thing to drive them to fanaticism.

Thus, we see the militant bloc of the extreme left in ANTIFA, who can easily agitate demonstrations held by less-dangerous groups. As riots continue out of control, the militant pawns do the dirty work of committing the acts of terrorism that drive the docile into fearful submission, all the while the upper-class enablers continue on without getting their hands dirty.

The unpaid influencers of the extreme left have no idea how powerful the left really is. If they did, it would become evident to them that they are not the resistance, nor are they a group of rebels, nor are they anti-establishment in any way. The main difference between them and their corporate counterparts is that the corporate influencers are actually being paid, and quite enough to live well.

If you want some fuel to think about how powerful the left really is, compare where the world is now to where it was a year ago. A virus emerged on the scene. The virus turned out to be about as bad as one we already had. But we didn’t shut down entire countries over the flu.

With the assistance of the corporate media, the left was able to shame people into wearing masks in public, and feed into the panicked hysteria with sensationalized stories. With the assistance of social media, anyone who so much as said the wrong thing about the virus was immediately censored. Having developed lists of industries arbitrarily deemed “non-life-sustaining”, smaller businesses all over the world were closed, many of them never to open again.

Even now, countries are responding to an increase in coronavirus cases with renewed shutdowns, in spite of the World Health Organization recommending against lockdowns, and warning that such shutdowns would lead to an increase in global poverty and child starvation.

Odds are, you or someone you know had their household income reduced or eliminated over the left-wing response to the coronavirus. If so, this puts you in a pretty good position to understand the kind of power the left really has, and how callously they’ll wield that power, even to the detriment of the vulnerable.

And through it all, they have the backing of legions of snots out to justify anything they do with memes.

It takes no courage to criticize one who will not punish you for it.