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The Index reflects the state of delirium
in a particular country using a 1 to 10 count, with 10 denoting the highest
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When meeting of powers that include no
single representative of the Syrian people concludes by
saying that the solution should be owned by Syrians, when women are
still dismissed as objects in a variety of ways, from lack of
provenance of certain hygiene products, to criminalizing
abortions, when planes keep
falling out of the skies at the whim of some faith-drunk nitwits who
think that looking and living like cavemen is cool, and when some
western European countries think that it’s good idea to elect fascists as
leaders again, IGD levels are unlikely to take a downturn anytime soon. In fact,
they will keep climbing higher and higher as the prophetic heralds of the
coming global meltdown.
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The Deliricon
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A Russian Withdrawal: A sexual
counter-reproduction practice endorsed by the Russian Orthodox Church as well
as Russia’s perennially presumptive and presumptuous potentate, Vladimir Putin,
that experts describe more as a redeployment than an actual withdrawal, which
explains why it often fails to prevent pregnancy, or to make the sexual
experience more often to those on the penetrated end of the not-so-delicate
process.
(The) Numbing Element: A tragic
development which came about, in part, as a result of policies advocated by
Realists, but to which the Realists, ironically enough, point by way of
showcasing their sense of humanity.
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The Delirica
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Obama the Imperialist: Think about it…
The Obama administration has been militarily intervening in Syria since
mid-2012. At first, it did it indirectly by training rebel groups in Jordan so
they could secure the Jordanian border, and apply occasional pressures on the
Assad regime in Damascus to spur advances in the ongoing talks with Iran. Then,
when the Islamic State emerged on the scene, the involvement became more
direct. In both cases, the goal was achieve policy goals that have little to do
with the goals of the Syrian rebels, and came, in fact, at the expense of these
goals and the wellbeing of most Syrians. Add to the mix, President Obama’s
dismissive attitude vis-à-vis Syrians and Arabs, which he has exhibited
repeatedly, and what other conclusion can one draw? An arrogant attitude and
policies of intervention that care little for the aspirations and fate for the
natives: that’s the quintessence of imperialism. But that’s what Realist
policies produce. By reneging on America’s exceptionalism, and seeking to
“normalize” it,” its power, values and history notwithstanding, America became
a classical imperialist entity. Finally, America has become what people like
Noam Chomsky has accused her of being for decades. It took leftist realists to
accomplish that.
But American exceptionalism is the product
of its unique historical experiences, and is an objective fact. Whether this
fact inspires pride, fear, hate, envy or all of the above in one is irrelevant,
and informs more about the person involved than America itself. By trying to
run away from that, the Realists turned America’s exceptionalism against her, as
a result, both she and the world are less secure for it.
On the dispensability of
murderous assholes: At this stage, there are really no strategic
reasons for keeping Assad in power in Syria. Russia and Iran are not keeping
him there out of a strategic necessity, but to make a point: namely that they
have defeated the American drive for regime change in the country. For that’s
how they have packaged this entire Arab Spring phenomenon, and not just the
conflict in Syria. For Russian and Iranian leaders, all the revolutions of the
Arab Spring came as result of a Western-American conspiracy to topple regimes
and impose new leaders that are friendlier to the West and more accommodating
of its interests. Keeping Assad in power is their way of telling their people
and their sympathizers around the world: we have defeated America. Given the
chance, and just to rub it in and make more of a point, they might even
nominate Assad for a Nobel Prize down the road. Then they will dispense with him,
to let the people of Syria and the region who’s really in charge. Since none of
these “calculations” matter to President Obama, he will do nothing to counter
this narrative.
No it isn’t: This is how
fascism comes to America. I beg to differ, Mr. Kagan. This is not how
fascism comes to America, for the current phenomenon cannot be reduced to the
shenanigans of Mr. Trump, just as fascism could never be reduced to the
shenanigans of a Mussolini and a Hitler. Fascism is a symptom of a much deeper
malaise than the desires and machinations of one man of a small set of men, and
their ability to manipulate the public debate. Fascism, hence Trumpism, is
mainly about that the very thing you, Mr. Kagan, have so cavalierly chosen to dismiss: those
pesky socioeconomic problems that are affecting the lives of more and more
Americans today. The fact that many of these Americans seem to also lack the
necessary skills and education needed to find suitable employment in today’s
modern economy is another aspect of the problem. The challenges to existing
worldviews and values systems posed by scientific and technological
breakthroughs and the world increasing interconnectivity represent a third
element that needs to be considered in our analysis. And there are other
elements that warrant considerations as well, but the personal element to which
Mr. Kagan is referring is the least important of all when it comes to
understanding the phenomenon. Albeit, it might represent the most important
element to consider when it comes to planning and running a counter-Trump
campaign.
So long as people keep trying to
understand the Trump phenomenon by focusing on Mr. Trump, they will fail to do
so, and that will affect their ability to stand up to it. At this stage, it seems that pundits on the
right as well as those on the left are as clueless to what’s going in America
as people like Chomsky as to what’s going on in their own brains, not to
mention the world. With that, America’s leadership crisis seems worse than we might
have previously thought. But America is not the only country suffering from the
fascist fallouts of societal and leadership dysfunction. Austria
comes to mind.
And according to Ehud Barak, Israel
is no exception either. “There are no serious leaders left in the world who
believe the Israeli government,” Mr. Barak reportedly said. But the problem is
even worse, and can more effectively summarized by the first part of Barak’s
sentence: “There are no serious leaders left in the world.”
The Daily Delirynth
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Missing from the Headlines: Shell Oil Spill
Near Louisiana Dumps 90,000 Gallons of Crude Oil Into the Gulf of Mexico, Assad's forces
have 'used sarin nerve gas' for the first time since Syria's notorious 2013
massacre, and 60,000
people died in Syrian govt’s prisons in 5 years: Monitor. Everything gets
spilled these days: crude oil, nerve gas, people…
Delirial Developments: Pro-Assad
militias battle each other in Qalamoun, while government
troops move into Eastern Ghoutah’s breadbasket taking advantage of rebel
infighting there, the ISSG meeting in
Vienna proposes aid drop to besieged areas in Syria, the famous Damask
Rose withers, and Russian Foreign
Ministry spokesperson does the Kalinka.
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| Actor F. Murray Abraham, right, and Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline arrive for a briefing in the Capitol Visitor Center on the importance of resettling Syrian refugees. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) |
Refugeenomics: Refugees will
repay EU spending almost twice over in five years – report “Investigation
into impact of refugees in Europe finds rising public debt will be offset by a
much greater rise in GDP.” The
economic impact of refugees on their host societies is much more complicated
and positive on the overall than the initial fears and prejudices they
invariably tap into. Just ask actor, F. Murray Abrahams: Word on the
Hill: Actor’s Fight for Syrian Refugees is Personal. Indeed, not
only are refugees not free loaders, they soon became part of the wealth
generation machine of their host countries. They give back and they give back
aplenty: Syrian
refugees give new life to struggling city of Malmö “Migrants fleeing war in
the Middle East have brought a vibrant culture and a trade revival to Sweden’s
third city.”
It’s the 21st
Century, but… This is the 21st century indeed, yet we still have to deal
with girls having to miss
school on account of their menstrual cycle or lack of clean toilets, and we still
have to deal with wife battery in
the nauseating manner of this fucking asshole. And of course, we still have to deal
with assholes committing mass murders, assholes justifying it, and all manner
of assholes exploiting it, including the Obama administration and its
particular brand of realist assholes.
Meanwhile, Muslim women prove that they
are way cool even as most of their men continue to struggle with the concept: America’s first
Muslim clothing store says Islamic fashion isn’t just for Muslims, Muslim woman's cheeky selfie with
anti-Islam group goes viral.
Phantom Withdrawal: Despite supposed
withdrawal, Russia building up new base in Syria, Pentagon says. Russians don’t
really withdraw, they reposition and redeploy, come back, until they are kicked
out.
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| Altamir Ilyich Benderrovsky – Head of the Popular Socialist Front for the Liberation of Alaska. His famous statement “As with Crimea so with Alaska” received thunderous applause and a standing ovation at the Russian Duma last summer following a much ballyhooed meeting with Russian potentate Vladimir Ilyich Putin. |
Give
Back Alaska: Putin Is Being
Pushed to Abandon His Conciliatory Approach to the West and Prepare for War. Alastair
Crooke wants US to offer more concessions to Russia. Why not give Alaska back.
Unlike Syria, the Russians have actually owned the place at some point.
Like Father Like Son: Syria army
commander 'poses next to dead bodies'. The image
above is of a father, a major general in Assad’s armies, Issam Zahreddine, and a son, an
officer in the same army. The father is known for his ability to kill and
torture with relish, and for occasionally having his photo taken showing him
stamping on the corpses of dead rebels or ISIS members, or standing by their
hoisted remains. The son is known for defending and justifying his father’s
horrible deeds as being part of their “patriotic and religious duty,” thus
promising to carry on the struggle for another generation. For ours is
primarily a culture where fathers keep churning up sons in their spitting image
and liking, so that the fuckery can continue from one generation to the next.
Just consider this other father-son duo (below) and the fuckery they both did.
We may not be coming after you
anytime soon, but… U.S. Warns ISIS
Capital: Get Out Now, get of Raqqah out of the decency of your heart.
The Exotic Observations &
Propositions of Delirian Mundi
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Known to those
of his followers seeking his canonization and entry into the Valtheon of
Deliriology, as Agnus Mundi, and to his detractors as Ranae Dei and even
Capra Satanae, Delirian Mundi’s writings, mixing satire and philosophical
reflections, continue to be polarizing, inspiring both adulation and
ridicule. Bearing this in mind, we, the editors at DDGD, continue to publish
these previously unknown series of “exotic observations and propositions,” as
Delirian himself referred to them, as part of our continuing commitment to
instigate debate over sensitive issues.
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* One can indeed change oneself by running
away from the task, but only to the worse.
* Evil is what ordinary people end up
doing when they allow themselves to believe that their ordinariness immunizes
him against the possibility of committing evil. Good, on the other hand, is
what ordinary people do when they stop bullshitting themselves.
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The
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Cartoons: The Cauldron
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Reversed Polarity
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A
delirium-inducing celebrity-related thingy, imagined even real, real even when
imagined, and completely irrelevant, even when maintaining the appearance of
purpose. Notice: All celebrities appearing here, even the
fictitious ones, are real, but not necessarily actual, and all their statements
and quotes, especially those deemed libelous, for whatever unenlightened
reason, are their own, even when they are factious but somehow actual, and have
absolutely nothing to do with the author of this blog, or the editors of ЯP, no
matter how delusional he/they may seem at times, or happen to be, for real.
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| Finally, Unmasked and Uncovered! Qim QarDaeshian’s last fig leaf has fallen. |
Following on the heels of our previous
edition’s interview with renowned public intellectual, Qim Qardashian, which
some have found as “shocking” and “unusually audacious,” even by the sultry
cuddly poultry’s quixotic standards, comes this no less jarring revelation: KIM KARDASHIAN:
SECRET AGENT WOMAN.
Yes Officials in Iran have actually accused
Mrs. QarDaeshian “of being a spy who posts revealing photos on Instagram in an attempt to
corrupt young people.” For his part, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali
Khamenei, said, through his spokesfiend, Nukedealis Ashamenei, that he “would
have no problem whatsoever having this particular spy shag me if by doing so I can
save the vulnerable youths of my befucked nation.”
When DDGD’s ЯeveЯsed
Polarity (ЯP) did
the interview with Mrs. QarDaeshian, it expected that this would mark the first and last time that it will have to stoop to such lofty lows, but the delirium
was strong in this one, and so here we go again.
“What do you make of this, Mrs.
QarDaeshian?” We asked the protagonist during a quick snapchat interview. “I
don’t know,” she replied. “Now that my cover is really blown, I guess I just
have to roll with it, retire and dedicate myself fulltime to pursuing my career
as a reality TV star, even as I continue to pursue a triple PhD in handjobology,
deliriology and voodoonomics.” But, the mega sign of our current disenchantment
with the current global order added, “I have to admit that I have learnt much
from my years as an agent of imperialist cultural supervision, and I am indeed
quite proud of what I have managed to accomplish with the little I had to show
for it.”
With this Reversed Polarity believes that
we have probably seen everything from Mrs. QarDaeshian, or so one hopes.
As for Iran’s ability to keep itself safe
from the QarDaeshian Influence, the
battle seems to be already lost.
A woman teacher in the
capital said: “This is a country where prostitutes freely advertise on social
media and look for customers in the streets, but educated and professional
women end up in jail.”
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Vere Stultum
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A series of
post-postmodern takes on the "classics," new and old, starring the
world’s and history’s most (in)famous public figures. Notice: All
characters in these scenes even the fictitious ones are real, and all their
statements, especially those deemed libelous, are their own and have
absolutely nothing to do with the author of this blog, no matter how
delusional he may seem at times, or happen to be, for real.
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Mourning: Act 3 - Scene 2
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Hassan
Nasrallah
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Let’s sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings…
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Fighter 1
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Who is he talking about?
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Fighter 2
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Commander Badreddine who’s just been martyred in Syria.
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Fighter 1
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I see. But isn’t he exaggerating a little. After all, the man was a
fucking asshole. I mean he was sexting my neighbor’s wife from the “battlefield”
all the time. I doubt he ever had a chance to actually fight. He let husband
do all that. I mean the man was fighting under him, how sick is that?
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Fighter 2
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How do you know all this?
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Fighter 1
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She showed me some of his… messages. We’re sorta having an affair.
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Fighter 2
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Doesn’t that make you an asshole as well?
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Fighter 1
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That may be. But you’ll never hear anyone speaking about me as a
king, even if I were martyred.
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Fighter 2
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Yeah, I know. I guess you and I are more like “close the wall up with
our Shia dead” types.
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Fighter 1
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Which is why I say “fuck it.”
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© Ammar Abdulhamid 2016
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The idea of making a new government in Syria from only Syrian input will just continue the nonsense in the Middle East.
ReplyDeleteSo is the idea of trying to do so without Syrian input. The optics of having a conference on Syria without a single Syrian present on the 100 year anniversary of Sykes Picot is a bit too jarring, and quite telling about the moment at hand.
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