Biden’s response when asked about the impact of the dictator remark on US-China relations:

“The idea of my choosing and avoiding saying what I think is the facts with regard to the relationship with ... China is, is just not something I am going to change very much,”

Like huh ? Would honestly recommend looking up the video of this one cause it’s even more baffling hearing it. Then goes on to say:

"I don't think it's had any real consequence”

How can he just decide that’s the case, wasn’t the vibe I got when the Chinese FM spokesperson described it as an “open provocation”.

This circus would be hilarious if the clowns did not have nukes and the biggest military in the world following their commands.

I mean, at some point as a head of state you probably just ignore anything he says.

Every now and then they produce idiocy like this for their internal usage, and then they seem to really be completely surprised when the rest of the world take note.

Parenti Quote

I wish we had a Parenti bot. Nonfalsifiable Orthodoxy etc etc.

During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the churches in the USSR were empty, this demonstrated that religion was suppressed; but if the churches were full, this meant the people were rejecting the regime's atheistic ideology. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist system; if they didn't go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of consumer goods demonstrated the failure of the economic system; an improvement in consumer supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them.

If communists in the United States played an important role struggling for the rights of workers, the poor, African-Americans, women, and others, this was only their guileful way of gathering support among disfranchised groups and gaining power for themselves. How one gained power by fighting for the rights of powerless groups was never explained. What we are dealing with is a nonfalsifiable orthodoxy, so assiduously marketed by the ruling interests that it affected people across the entire political spectrum.

― Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

I personally prefer "Jim Crow Joe".

Fun fact: entire F-22 program cost 80 billion dollars so far, and for that price, their complete list of air victories is:

- One (1) weather balloon