The photos of the "crowds" at the tank parade remind me of when Bill Hicks would come on stage in an almost-empty club, scan the room slowly, and announce "I've had more people in bed than this" ...
When the president sends a cabinet member on TV to announce "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
This is from 2022 but it was absolutely right. The practiced buffoonery of Trump 1, all the "just kiddings" and "seriously but not literallys" absolutely succeeded in desensitizing people who are hardly paying any attention to the harder stuff they always intended to do next. ...
The basic fallacy in chasing votes by being "tough on immigration" is that the modal American's position on the issue is "Deport the Bad ones and keep the Good ones," and they alone know who is which, and that simply does not translate into workable policy. So this kind of gestapo stuff horrifies some of the same people who cheered when Trump promised to do it. There are true sociopaths who love this, but "No, I meant only the BAD immigrants! Not my coworker/friend/neighbor!" is as likely a reaction as enthusiasm. You cannot do immigration policy that satisfies these people because what they want is nonsensical.
So by the time center-left parties fully commit to chasing the far right by "getting tough" on immigration, the backlash has already begun to build and they walk right into it. "I thought you people wanted this!" No, they want something impossible and convinced themselves they'd could have it - the "eat whatever you want AND lose weight!" of immigration policies.
It is hard to grasp but large masses of Americans are both racist/xenophobic AND not racist/xenophobic enough to applaud what Trump is doing. It's goldilocks shit, they want a level of racism/xenophobia calibrated exactly to their personal preferences, and you just can't make that policy. Don't try. ...
AP: Trump extends olive branch, invites Musk to White House cellar to taste some brand new amontillado ...
mk says:
I haven't listened to hip hop since Fear of a Black Planet. Heard about the Killer Mike album about three weeks ago and haven't been able to stop listening. It's excellent.
John Magnum says:
I see a celebration of life!
StoneFoxx says:
Killface for President!
FMguru says:
Album of the year 2013, IMHO. (The Coup was a close runner-up).
The video for "Reagan" is excellent as well.
I'm glad Reagan dead too, Mike.
Comradde PhysioProffe says:
Dude, what the fucke is uppe with this shitify crappe???? Can't you just post fucken Youtubes that anyone can listen to without signing uppe for some goddamn crappe??
Amanda says:
SKEET ON HER FACE!
Sean says:
Yeah, KILLFACE 2016!! "I like the one with the stork, you know, about the pickles?"
Both Sides Do It says:
"Kanye had it damn near right / Bush hates poor people be they black or white"
Killer Mike is so fucking great
"Anywhere But Here" is as insightful sociologically as "Reagan" is politically
And "Don't Die": "I don't give a fuck about no motherfuckin Forbes List / as far as I'm concerned it's a motherfuckin whores list"
so fucking great
El-P produced this at the same time as Cancer for Cure. A pretty good 2012, for ol' El-P.
CaptBackslap says:
Yeah, it's probably my #2 album of last year (behind Channel Orange, ahead of Bloom).