{"id":3786,"date":"2021-01-23T19:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T19:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2025-07-10T05:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T05:01:44","slug":"the-shiny-moment-of-the-magas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/2021\/01\/23\/the-shiny-moment-of-the-magas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shiny Moment of the MAGAs."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/9de17cbeb5c947e1fafe22957c44f9f6-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3805\" style=\"width:349px;height:232px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Have fun storming the Capitol! . (Photo by Jon Cherry\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Or, how to polish a turd.<br><br>So last week on my trusty <em>200 inch crystal vew-visio monitor<\/em> I watched with amusement as some of you humans in the US tried to change your form of government the old fashioned way. By breaking into government buildings and murdering your officials, then afterwards  presumably have a nice box-lunch and set up a new government. <br><br>Some of you may understand that I&#8217;m just visiting this planet. I&#8217;ve seen things like this before. Many times before. This is the way transitions from one warlord to another are handled on most planets. Governments just <em><strong>are<\/strong><\/em> you know?. People don&#8217;t question them since questions reduce the flow of petty luxuries and too many questions can get one liquidated into places where important pieces of their bodies can be painfully snipped off of them. Before they are liquidated in a very literal sense.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lexx - 15 Years Anniversary - Theatrical Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Hs6uUN6FEQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More relevant than you poor Earthlings can imagine!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><br>Of course, the default existence of most sentient beings has reared it&#8217;s ugly head, that of rule by whomever has the most bone clubs, the most spears or atomic weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/giphy_2001.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3788\" style=\"width:665px;height:394px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Moonwatcher had it right. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><br>Democracy is a rare thing in a violent galaxy. <br><br>Most of the time when the quaint experiment of Democracy is attempted, it fails fast. <br><br>The Earth polity known as the United States somehow preserved  a democratic-ish government for over two hundred revolutions of the planet around its sun. That&#8217;s pretty amazing! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">So, on the Earth date of January 6th, 2020, democracy in the United States (almost) came crashing down when the outgoing President of the nation asked his supporters to march to the US Capitol building and make it &#8220;really hard&#8221; for representatives to ratify an election he lost. Thereby cementing himself into history as the US&#8217;s first attempted tyrant dictator. <br><br>&#8220;<em>We\u2019re gathered together in the heart of our nation\u2019s Capitol for one very, very basic and simple reason, to save our democracy.&#8221;&nbsp; <\/em>he said. Yeah right! sez I. <br><br><em>&#8220;Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump! <\/em>&#8221; They chanted<br><br>&#8220;<em>And we fight. We fight like Hell and if you don\u2019t fight like Hell, &#8221; he said &#8220;You\u2019re not going to have a country anymore. So we\u2019re going to,  walk down Pennsylvania Avenue,<\/em>  <em> love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we\u2019re going to the Capitol and we\u2019re going to try and give\u2026 The Democrats are hopeless. They\u2019re never voting for anything, not even one vote. But we\u2019re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones, because the strong ones don\u2019t need any of our help, we\u2019re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.<\/em>&#8220;<br><br>The translation to this astounding word-salad  is,<em> Democrat votes are no longer legal in Trump-World. Go get em! <\/em>And &#8220;love Pennsylvania Avenue?&#8221; Le-gross! I didn&#8217;t think Humans could do that to a road!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">His supporters did storm the Capitol building while the Legislators was in session. They didn&#8217;t &#8220;love Pennsylvania Avenue&#8221; than goodness!  Even MAGAs have standards.  In fact many of his supporters were already at the Capitol, suggesting the whole thing was planed from the beginning. Of course the President had been asking his supporters to flood their nation&#8217;s capitol for weeks, and a lot of far right wing groups like the Proud Boys were planning to be there en-mass. so who would have thunk it? <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elizabeth from Knoxville, committing treason\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HGqrTFOw9iI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Of course she&#8217;s not from Knoxville.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It didn&#8217;t go well for everyone. &#8220;Elisabeth from Maryland&#8221; became the unwitting (and witless) poster child for the &#8220;revolution. So did this character. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/136934743_10159325974739314_8137445943797525220_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3794\" style=\"width:383px;height:658px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>I&#8217;m just an ordinary patriot.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I mean, he&#8217;s colorful and loud. His defenders say he&#8217;s a really nice person, so what if he breaks into the US Capitol building wearing that costume, allegedly shouting that the Vice President should be hunted down and killed. People make mistakes! <br><br>Well, for this mistake he&#8217;s traded one costume for another. A nice orange one. <br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-at-2021-01-21-11-40-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3797\" style=\"width:326px;height:552px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Look where I am, Mom! <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">There&#8217;s a pandemic going an and wearing face coverings is thought to be ordinary, polite even! These jokers didn&#8217;t bother with that because Freedom. Thank goodness since the Capitol has cameras all over the building and this made identification so much easier. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-at-2021-01-21-11-50-47.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3798\" style=\"width:421px;height:696px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>&#8220;We did it! We got a <em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">go directly to jail <\/span><\/em>card! Wait &#8211; WHAT?&#8221; <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-at-2021-01-21-11-56-38.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3799\" style=\"width:463px;height:347px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>A funny thing happened to me&#8230;&#8230;.. Now where are the barbarian<\/strong> <strong>wimin?<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">And so it goes. One of the more astounding things is how surprised Trump supporters were when they got nabbed. It&#8217;s not like the cops are smart enough to check out all the rad videos they posted during the break in! Whups!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-at-2021-01-21-12-04-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3801\" style=\"width:270px;height:462px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>&#8220;We are heading to the Capitol right now and, maybe we will, break down the doors. And commit a Federal offence<\/strong>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scenes of Chaos Captured Inside US Capitol as Crowd Challenges Police\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qc0U755-uiM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Reporter\u2019s Footage from Inside the Capitol Siege | The New Yorker\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/270F8s5TEKY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/136934743_10159325974739314_8137445943797525220_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3794\" style=\"width:206px;height:355px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Now, naturally when the MAGAs discovered that breaking into Congress and threatening to kill people is kind of a federal no-no. They claimed it was ANTIFA or Black Lives Matters or some other group who dressed up in lots of MAGA swag and broke into the building. As if most left wingers in the US would stand and listen to Trump and his little minions speak on a cold January morning. Or run out and disguise themselves with lots of expensive Trump swag. According to MAGAs, Left wing people in the US are all living in Mom&#8217;s basement, have no jobs and no money. Kind of seems strange they would travel to Washington DC to take part in a protest that they won. <br><br>Oh, and this fellow? he actually lives with Mom! Really! I did not make that up! And he must eat only organic food! Gonna be hard for him in the Federal slam! All those baloney sandwiches! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Now; Rudy&nbsp;Giuliani; that once paragon of &#8211; something. The legal genius extraordinaire did his part to whip up the crowd. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/3500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3808\" style=\"width:399px;height:239px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>It seems to me, we don\u2019t want to find out three weeks from now even more proof that this election was stolen, do we?<br>This has been a year in which they have invaded our freedom of speech, our freedom of religion, our freedom to move, our freedom to live. I\u2019ll be darned if they\u2019re going to take away our free and fair vote. And we\u2019re going to fight to the very end to make sure that doesn\u2019t happen.&nbsp;<br><br><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1346847382768676864\" target=\"_blank\">Let\u2019s have trial by combat!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br><br>Of course, Rudy tried to distance himself from his own statements after the coup attempt failed. <br><br><em>\u201cI was referencing the kind of trial that took place for Tyrion in that very famous documentary about fictitious medieval England,<\/em>\u201d Mr. Giuliani said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Yeah, Rudy, tell us another one! <br><br>I mean, it&#8217;s not a bad thing to dive deep into fantasy world if you are a MAGA. Paul M. Davis writes in his astounding lawsuit to overturn the election \u201cGondor has no King,\u201d, \u201cto invoke a very appropriate quote from the J.R.R. Tolkien epic classic, \u2018Lord of the Rings.&#8217;\u201d His contention seems to me that since the Putsch he attempted with his little MAGA friends failed. The courts should install Donald Trump as king of America (since he&#8217;s the only duly elected official because &#8220;everyone knows.&#8221;)  The courts also need to ditch every member of Congress and install loyal Trump &#8220;stewards,&#8221; presumably until an election with no pesky opposing party can be held. <br><br>I suppose it&#8217;s no big stretch to believe Game of Thrones and Tolkien&#8217;s worlds  are real if one is a MAGA.  <br><br>Oh and yeah.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/capitol-violence\"> The FBI collected your pictures. <\/a><br><br>Be good Funseekers. <br><br>The Odd Emperor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Wapo&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/interactive\/2021\/jan-6-insurrection-capitol\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/interactive\/2021\/jan-6-insurrection-capitol\/\">s excellent analysis and coverage. <\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jWJVMoe7OY0\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jWJVMoe7OY0\">The New York Time&#8217;s &#8220;Day of Rage&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or, how to polish a turd. So last week on my trusty 200 inch crystal vew-visio monitor I watched with amusement as some of you humans in the US tried to change your form of government the old fashioned way. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/2021\/01\/23\/the-shiny-moment-of-the-magas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","WB4WB4WP_MODE":"","WB4WP_PAGE_SCRIPTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_STYLES":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FONTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_HEADER":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FOOTER":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3786"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4379,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786\/revisions\/4379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}