Comments on: The Art Of The Distraction http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 02 May 2026 07:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214381 Kick Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:59:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214381 nypoet22 17 Nice article and totally accurate... right down to the "spare pair of underwear and socks," although I personally would by no means put a limit like that on undergarments. :) nypoet22
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Nice article and totally accurate... right down to the "spare pair of underwear and socks," although I personally would by no means put a limit like that on undergarments. :)

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214357 nypoet22 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 04:19:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214357 caddy, your thoughts? caddy, your thoughts?

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214356 nypoet22 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 04:18:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214356 had a good read over at guardian UK, which applies the same to Israel as Ukraine. anyone who doesn't at least partially see it this way, doesn't really see it at all: Can Europe switch to a ‘wartime mindset’? Take it from us in Ukraine: here is what that means | Oleksandr Mykhed https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/27/europe-wartime-mindset-ukraine-nato-kyiv-russia?CMP=share_btn_url had a good read over at guardian UK, which applies the same to Israel as Ukraine. anyone who doesn't at least partially see it this way, doesn't really see it at all:

Can Europe switch to a ‘wartime mindset’? Take it from us in Ukraine: here is what that means | Oleksandr Mykhed

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/27/europe-wartime-mindset-ukraine-nato-kyiv-russia?CMP=share_btn_url

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214354 MtnCaddy Sat, 28 Dec 2024 01:02:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214354 …which makes me glad that I’ll be saying for the rest of my life, <i>I’m grateful to my Army and I’m glad that in return I left my Army in a slightly better condition than I found it.</i> …which makes me glad that I’ll be saying for the rest of my life, I’m grateful to my Army and I’m glad that in return I left my Army in a slightly better condition than I found it.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214353 MtnCaddy Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:54:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214353 ‘Twas a splendid deal! I defended democracy out in the Mojave Desert at Ft. Irwin NTC. In return they delivered me from 15% unemployment rate in my Detroit in 1982, and I got college money and lifetime health care out of it. That’s why I say to “Thank you for your service” that I feel like I got the better of the deal. ‘Twas a splendid deal! I defended democracy out in the Mojave Desert at Ft. Irwin NTC. In return they delivered me from 15% unemployment rate in my Detroit in 1982, and I got college money and lifetime health care out of it. That’s why I say to “Thank you for your service” that I feel like I got the better of the deal.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214352 MtnCaddy Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:50:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214352 Because of course the VA does that for Honorably Discharged Army Veterans. Oh, and there was college money… Because of course the VA does that for Honorably Discharged Army Veterans. Oh, and there was college money…

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214351 MtnCaddy Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:46:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214351 Oh, feel free to keep typing DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED DRUGGIE, said the Honorably Discharged EXCELLENT SOLDIER whose rent has been paid for 8+ years while I get through some surgeries at the VAH. No really! I don’t think that you’re smart enough to have loaded up the phrase but that’s typical of Trumpanzies. Oh, feel free to keep typing DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED DRUGGIE, said the Honorably Discharged EXCELLENT SOLDIER whose rent has been paid for 8+ years while I get through some surgeries at the VAH. No really! I don’t think that you’re smart enough to have loaded up the phrase but that’s typical of Trumpanzies.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214350 MtnCaddy Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:40:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214350 Michale, I am not kidding and I’m willing to engage. But you have to give us <i>something </i>besides Junior High School-level put-downs. I mean, really? That is NOT the way of the Warrior. As you’re now a big bad law enforcing pillar of the community, why not SHARE some of what got you to this point? Michale, I am not kidding and I’m willing to engage.

But you have to give us something besides Junior High School-level put-downs. I mean, really? That is NOT the way of the Warrior. As you’re now a big bad law enforcing pillar of the community, why not SHARE some of what got you to this point?

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214349 MtnCaddy Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:24:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214349 Michale, I made an exception and did NOT scroll through all your above posted column inches — look that term up and you’ll automatically be the smartest guy in whatever TruthSocial thread that yer currently dwelling in. I sussed you out as just another garden variety troll when first I started hanging out in Weigantia back in 2019. I note how you disappear for years when Repugs lose. I notice you stayed because Trump won but I have to ask, WHAT are you trying to accomplish with calling Weigantians bad names? By crowing just because Trump (finally) won? Are you interested in actually h changing hearts and minds, or are you just being a dick? Unfortunately, when you post you usually suck up the oxygen down here in Weigantia. That kind of sucks. So stop, please. I’m not the only guy who wants to hear from a COGENT CONSERVATIVE but Dude you’ve failed to fill the bill. YOU know why you’re right so why not sharing that instead of acting like you’re in Junior High School. I’ve seen your picture — congrats on losing the weight — so it’s clear that you’re old enough to do better. So whaddup Michael. You COULD help me refine my Progressivism but you have to give me some reality to work with. C’mon you can do this for Weigantia! Michale,

I made an exception and did NOT scroll through all your above posted column inches — look that term up and you’ll automatically be the smartest guy in whatever TruthSocial thread that yer currently dwelling in.

I sussed you out as just another garden variety troll when first I started hanging out in Weigantia back in 2019. I note how you disappear for years when Repugs lose. I notice you stayed because Trump won but I have to ask,

WHAT are you trying to accomplish with calling Weigantians bad names? By crowing just because Trump (finally) won? Are you interested in actually h changing hearts and minds, or are you just being a dick?

Unfortunately, when you post you usually suck up the oxygen down here in Weigantia. That kind of sucks. So stop, please. I’m not the only guy who wants to hear from a COGENT CONSERVATIVE but Dude you’ve failed to fill the bill.

YOU know why you’re right so why not sharing that instead of acting like you’re in Junior High School. I’ve seen your picture — congrats on losing the weight — so it’s clear that you’re old enough to do better.

So whaddup Michael. You COULD help me refine my Progressivism but you have to give me some reality to work with. C’mon you can do this for Weigantia!

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214348 MtnCaddy Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:57:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214348 Look, even Trump and the GOP exercising power and completely trashing Murica would at least give the electorate something to go on. Something to assess. Look, even Trump and the GOP exercising power and completely trashing Murica would at least give the electorate something to go on. Something to assess.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214347 MtnCaddy Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:53:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214347 I for one am pulling for the GOP to toss that silly Filibuster. Let those Repugs have free rein to show us THEIR version of Murica. And when if/when it fails the 90% of us then maybe Dems will get to show us THEIR version of Murica. The Filibuster is NOT in our Constitution — which was clearly set up to perpetuate white supremacy and therefore obstruct progress towards FORMING A MORE PERFECT UNION. So instead of silly conjecture let’s see what happens WHEN THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. Enough with fucking around let’s get something something SOMETHING besides INERTIA. Besides STASIS, cuz stasis sucks for all but the millionaires. Jeeze! I for one am pulling for the GOP to toss that silly Filibuster. Let those Repugs have free rein to show us THEIR version of Murica. And when if/when it fails the 90% of us then maybe Dems will get to show us THEIR version of Murica. The Filibuster is NOT in our Constitution — which was clearly set up to perpetuate white supremacy and therefore obstruct progress towards FORMING A MORE PERFECT UNION.

So instead of silly conjecture let’s see what happens WHEN THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. Enough with fucking around let’s get something something SOMETHING besides INERTIA. Besides STASIS, cuz stasis sucks for all but the millionaires. Jeeze!

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214346 Michale Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:37:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214346 And Tampon Tim NOBALLZ Walz decided to step back into the limelight.. <B>162 years ago, 38 Dakota men were hung in the largest mass execution in our nation’s history. The sacrifice of these riders reminds us to recommit to accountability and healing for the Dakota people.</B> -NO BALLZ WALZ Which explains perfectly exactly why he and Headboard Harris couldn't win an election for county dog catcher.. :eyeroll: Stay out of the limelight, NoBallz... You just embarrass yourself and the state of Minnesota... 0209 And Tampon Tim NOBALLZ Walz decided to step back into the limelight..

162 years ago, 38 Dakota men were hung in the largest mass execution in our nation’s history.

The sacrifice of these riders reminds us to recommit to accountability and healing for the Dakota people.
-NO BALLZ WALZ

Which explains perfectly exactly why he and Headboard Harris couldn't win an election for county dog catcher..

:eyeroll:

Stay out of the limelight, NoBallz... You just embarrass yourself and the state of Minnesota...

0209

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214345 Michale Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:03:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214345 Basement Biden was asked if he had any regrets from his administration.. Like Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris' answer when asked a similar question on THREE separate occasions, Basement Biden missed a HUGE opportunity... Or, as CNN's Scott Jennings said <B>"The fact that he didn't say 'I regret that 13 American service members lost their lives in Afghanistan' to me, that he can't muster the courage to say that now is a disgrace. Beyond that, he's leaving office in disgrace. Less than 30% of the American people think the country is on the right track. That's lower than on election day. And what's happened since Election Day? He pardoned his son, Hunter. He commuted the sentences of a bunch of evil killer thugs on federal death row. Not all of them, just the ones that he wanted to. He didn't even make a principled stand on that. And then he went on vacation, which is where he is right now. This is a failed, disgraced president, and he has never, ever owned up to what happened in Afghanistan and the role that played in destroying those families' lives and destroying his own presidency." </B> This is beyond the pale... THIS is the POTUS that you people tried to convince yourself was "sharp as a tack"... :eyeroll: It's well documented that Basement Biden's senility and dementia was already quite noticeable in 2020. At least noticeable to anyone with more than 2 brain cells to rub together.... It's a tribute to Democrat stoopidity that they thought they could pass off this befuddled and senile old man as a viable Presidential candidate. Then they compounded their stoopidity by thinking that Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris was the solution.. :eyeroll: It's very difficult to see how Democrats can plumb the depths of stoopidity any deeper than they have with this clown stunt.. But that's the nice thing about Democrats.. Just when you think they CAN'T get any dumber or any more depraved, they up and surprise you that they can even go deeper into the depths of depravity and stoopidity.. :D 0208 Basement Biden was asked if he had any regrets from his administration..

Like Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris' answer when asked a similar question on THREE separate occasions, Basement Biden missed a HUGE opportunity...

Or, as CNN's Scott Jennings said

"The fact that he didn't say 'I regret that 13 American service members lost their lives in Afghanistan' to me, that he can't muster the courage to say that now is a disgrace.
Beyond that, he's leaving office in disgrace.
Less than 30% of the American people think the country is on the right track. That's lower than on election day. And what's happened since Election Day? He pardoned his son, Hunter. He commuted the sentences of a bunch of evil killer thugs on federal death row. Not all of them, just the ones that he wanted to. He didn't even make a principled stand on that.
And then he went on vacation, which is where he is right now.
This is a failed, disgraced president, and he has never, ever owned up to what happened in Afghanistan and the role that played in destroying those families' lives and destroying his own presidency."

This is beyond the pale...

THIS is the POTUS that you people tried to convince yourself was "sharp as a tack"... :eyeroll:

It's well documented that Basement Biden's senility and dementia was already quite noticeable in 2020. At least noticeable to anyone with more than 2 brain cells to rub together....

It's a tribute to Democrat stoopidity that they thought they could pass off this befuddled and senile old man as a viable Presidential candidate.

Then they compounded their stoopidity by thinking that Token DEI Hire Headboard Harris was the solution.. :eyeroll:

It's very difficult to see how Democrats can plumb the depths of stoopidity any deeper than they have with this clown stunt..

But that's the nice thing about Democrats.. Just when you think they CAN'T get any dumber or any more depraved, they up and surprise you that they can even go deeper into the depths of depravity and stoopidity.. :D

0208

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214344 Michale Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:46:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214344 The Democrat Party has completely and utterly collapsed.. <B>“Following a huge bevy of losses for the Democrats, the party's reputation has been decimated, while President <B>ELECT</B> Trump appears to be growing stronger.”</B> noted insightful researchers after conducting post-election focus groups with former Democrats and apathetic voters. After suffering a second defeat to President <B>ELECT</B>Trump, this time in a much more pronounced fashion, Democrats who actually have more than 2 brain cells to rub together have recognized that their party's reputation is severely damaged. The phrase “in a terrible state” suggests that the party’s public perception is unappealing to many constituents and requires urgent action to rectify, rather than being something that can be saved for later. On the other hand, overly optimistic Democrats (<I>{{{cough, cough}}}</I> Weigantians.. <I>{{cough}}</I> claim that everything is going well, asserting that 2024 was competitive despite Harris losing both the popular vote by a considerably great margin and losing <B>ALL</B> of the swing states. These brain-dead Democrats believe that more anti-Trump sentiment will steer the party towards success. There seems to be no concern for how the party is viewed publicly. You Democrats ALWAYS take the wrong lessons from a loss and double down on the stoopidity that got you to where you are in the first place.. Please, Democrats.. Don't EVER change.. :D 0207 The Democrat Party has completely and utterly collapsed..

“Following a huge bevy of losses for the Democrats, the party's reputation has been decimated, while President ELECT Trump appears to be growing stronger.” noted insightful researchers after conducting post-election focus groups with former Democrats and apathetic voters.

After suffering a second defeat to President ELECTTrump, this time in a much more pronounced fashion, Democrats who actually have more than 2 brain cells to rub together have recognized that their party's reputation is severely damaged. The phrase “in a terrible state” suggests that the party’s public perception is unappealing to many constituents and requires urgent action to rectify, rather than being something that can be saved for later.

On the other hand, overly optimistic Democrats ({{{cough, cough}}} Weigantians.. {{cough}} claim that everything is going well, asserting that 2024 was competitive despite Harris losing both the popular vote by a considerably great margin and losing ALL of the swing states. These brain-dead Democrats believe that more anti-Trump sentiment will steer the party towards success. There seems to be no concern for how the party is viewed publicly.

You Democrats ALWAYS take the wrong lessons from a loss and double down on the stoopidity that got you to where you are in the first place..

Please, Democrats.. Don't EVER change.. :D

0207

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214343 Michale Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:17:01 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214343 <I>Donald Trump is a master at deflecting attention. </I> Yep he is... And Weigantia and Weigantians fall for it EVERY TIME... :D 0206 Donald Trump is a master at deflecting attention.

Yep he is...

And Weigantia and Weigantians fall for it EVERY TIME... :D

0206

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214342 Michale Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:15:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214342 Well, boy howdy now... Democrats and Trump/America haters are talking insurrection here.. :D <B>Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president. This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. “No person shall … hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” This disability can be removed by a two-thirds vote in each House. Disqualification is based on insurrection against the Constitution and not the government. The evidence of Donald Trump’s engaging in such insurrection is overwhelming. The matter has been decided in three separate forums, two of which were fully contested with the active participation of Trump’s counsel. </B> https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5055171-constitution-insurrection-trump-disqualification/ President <B>ELECT</B> Trump is completely and unequivocally **INNOCENT** of insurrection... FULL STOP... END TRANS... Therefore this whacked out idea of Democrats is simply moronic on it's face Just another example of PTDS and Trump/America hate the permeates the 2-celled brains of Democrats. 0205 Well, boy howdy now... Democrats and Trump/America haters are talking insurrection here.. :D

Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now

The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president. This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. “No person shall … hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” This disability can be removed by a two-thirds vote in each House.

Disqualification is based on insurrection against the Constitution and not the government. The evidence of Donald Trump’s engaging in such insurrection is overwhelming. The matter has been decided in three separate forums, two of which were fully contested with the active participation of Trump’s counsel.
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5055171-constitution-insurrection-trump-disqualification/

President ELECT Trump is completely and unequivocally **INNOCENT** of insurrection... FULL STOP... END TRANS...

Therefore this whacked out idea of Democrats is simply moronic on it's face

Just another example of PTDS and Trump/America hate the permeates the 2-celled brains of Democrats.

0205

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214341 Michale Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:10:35 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214341 <I>What if the normal media just began to ignore Trump's pronouncements and tweets, </I> That has as much chance of happening as YA'ALL ignoring President <B>ELECT</B> TRUMP... Let's face reality here, people.. OBJECTIVE Reality.. Ya'all are so coked up on PTDS and hating President <B>ELECT</B> Trump, ya'all couldn't ignore him if ya'all's life depended on it... That's what happens when ya'all have nothing but hate for those who don't toe ya'all's America hating line.. :eyeroll: Oh crap, where was I?? Oh yea, that's right.. :D 0204 What if the normal media just began to ignore Trump's pronouncements and tweets,

That has as much chance of happening as YA'ALL ignoring President ELECT TRUMP...

Let's face reality here, people.. OBJECTIVE Reality..

Ya'all are so coked up on PTDS and hating President ELECT Trump, ya'all couldn't ignore him if ya'all's life depended on it...

That's what happens when ya'all have nothing but hate for those who don't toe ya'all's America hating line.. :eyeroll:

Oh crap, where was I?? Oh yea, that's right.. :D

0204

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214339 John M from Ct. Fri, 27 Dec 2024 03:30:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214339 "[Trump] has the attention span of a coked-up hummingbird" Excellent! Nicely done. And yes, the B.S. quotient about annexing any of those three countries or territories is 100%. And again, we wonder why the mainstream media (we know who they are) continue to parrot the president-elect's nonsense as if it were serious foreign policy, even if it's framed as 'speculative'. What if the normal media just began to ignore Trump's pronouncements and tweets, printing them on the inside back pages or at the bottom of the screen with no leading teasers or links - what if you had to *hunt* for news of what the president said, because 99.9% of it is indisputably lies, B.S., or senile nonsense? Wouldn't that make for a happier, more contented 55% of the country that doesn't think DJT is the second coming of Christ? (Hint: he isn't). "[Trump] has the attention span of a coked-up hummingbird"

Excellent! Nicely done.

And yes, the B.S. quotient about annexing any of those three countries or territories is 100%. And again, we wonder why the mainstream media (we know who they are) continue to parrot the president-elect's nonsense as if it were serious foreign policy, even if it's framed as 'speculative'.

What if the normal media just began to ignore Trump's pronouncements and tweets, printing them on the inside back pages or at the bottom of the screen with no leading teasers or links - what if you had to *hunt* for news of what the president said, because 99.9% of it is indisputably lies, B.S., or senile nonsense? Wouldn't that make for a happier, more contented 55% of the country that doesn't think DJT is the second coming of Christ? (Hint: he isn't).

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/26/the-art-of-the-distraction/#comment-214338 MtnCaddy Fri, 27 Dec 2024 01:05:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25921#comment-214338 Best is watch what Trump <i>does</i> and pay no attention to what he <i>says</i> — which is just the latest shiny object. Best is watch what Trump does and pay no attention to what he says — which is just the latest shiny object.

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