Even if they kill me, I’m surely gonna die laughing:
“A Crock of Schmitt”
Maledictions
Nazis, the AfD, and “Christian” Democrats
Many German Christians, like their American co-religionists, seem much less Christian to an outside observer than they pretend to be….
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Excerpted from Der Spiegel’s newsletter Die Lage am Abend, September 24, 2026:
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Was Realpolitik zwischen CDU und AfD aber noch für Auswüchse haben kann, zeigt sich nun in Heidenau im Kreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge.
Dort fordern Stadträte von AfD und CDU in einem fraktionsübergreifenden Beschlussantrag, Stolpersteine »im öffentlichen Straßen- und Gehwegbereich« künftig abzulehnen. Viele Bürger, Angehörige und Initiativen, heißt es in dem Antrag, würden diese Form der Erinnerung an Opfer des Nationalsozialismus als »nicht angemessen« empfinden. Und, sinngemäß: Wer gedenken will, soll auf den Friedhof gehen.
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Just what excesses the realpolitik between the CDU and AfD can still produce is now being shown in Heidenau in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge.
In a bipartisan motion, city councilors from the AfD and CDU there are calling for a ban on the placement of Stolpersteine (stumbling stones, i.e., ten-centimeter concrete cubes bearing brass plates inscribed with the names and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution) “in public streets and sidewalks.” The motion states that many citizens, relatives, and public initiatives consider this form of remembrance for victims of National Socialism “inappropriate.” In essence, it argues that those who wish to commemorate (the victims of Hitler and his National Socialist Regime) should go to the cemetery.
Muskery, Muskerei
Turns out Elon Musk has TWO hats:
For visiting Washington, DC:
Trump Was Right About Everything
For visiting Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt:
Hitler hatte in allem Recht
Balogun
Three things need to be said:
- Folarin Balogun wanted to play. He’s devoted his young life to the pursuit of excellence in his sport, and shouldn’t be blamed for the corruption of those who govern the tournaments he and the national team participate in.
- The foul was serious, but did not appear to have been intentional. He probably shouldn’t have been shown a red card. For better or worse, though, the referee is the referee. That should have been the end of it.
- FIFA is, at best, a rickety institution, and Donald Trump could fuck up an anvil. We may not be able to stop him from wrecking things he doesn’t understand, but not even a comic book patriotism requires us to endorse his desecrations.
A Few Mottos for Our Ongoing Trumpification
The United States: E Pluribus Stultitia
The Department of Health and Human Services: Nil satis nisi malum
The Supreme Court: Unequal Injustice Under Law
Harvard: Falsitas
The Emperor of Filth
No, Donald Trump won’t succeed in pulling the temple down on his head when he goes, as Samson supposedly did, but with any luck he will terminally embarrass the priests of American Exceptionalism, who’ve attempted since our founding to ban all history not in service to their myth. If the United States of America has been remarkable for anything, it’s been for its aspirations rather than its achievements, and no one has made that truth more inescapable than Donald Trump, the emperor of all the filth our apologists have tried, since our Constitutional Convention, to sweep under the rug of their self-righteousness.
Unbidden Bits—March 17, 2026
Does Donald Trump have any idea what’s meant by the wages of sin? No, he doesn’t. He does know from years of experience, though, that no matter what anybody says, it can’t have a goddamned thing to do with taxes.
Days Of Infamy
The only thing that’s saving Trump’s attack on Tehran from more apt comparisons to Pearl Harbor is the observation that the Khamenei regime was an order of magnitude more odious than his own. The fact remains that Trump likes taking things that don’t belong to him or to the United States, including the lives of innocents. He needs to go.
Almost Imaginary Poll
On a scale of one to ten, ten being the most comfortable, how comfortable are you waking up to the news that Pete Hegseth has just started WWIII?
Republicans: MAGA! MAGA! SIS. BOOM. BAH!
Democrats: Well….
Independents: (sic) Where’d you hear that?
The Retreat From Stalingrad 2026
