HMS Defiant: A BITTER BITTER LAUGH

Thursday, September 24, 2026

A BITTER BITTER LAUGH

I see that Ukraine has been in a very secret Fall Counter-offensive and now it can be revealed to the Western media that this highly classified assault has swept dozens of Russians from as much as 120 square kilometers! Who do you suppose they kept from knowing anything about this counteroffensive?

It’s a lot like a disease deadly beyond belief that you have to be most carefully tested for in order to learn if you caught it.

Secret counteroffensives?

7 comments:

Michael said...: As this bit of propaganda was aimed at the "'Slava Ukraini'" crowd I offer this classic quote:

“No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”
― H.L. Mencken; September 24, 2026 at 5:15 PM
HMS Defiant said...: It’s like insisting that OVERLORD was top secret and the Germans didn’t know about it until some idiot let the cat out of the bag at a Christmas Party in 1944.; September 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Michael said...: But,But,But SLAVA UKRAINI!! It MUST BE TRUTH!!

As I said in the above quote.

And add Einstein's quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

Propaganda is cheap as the past two years or so has pointed out in Ukraine.

Time will tell how much of our Iran "Truth Social" style information was truthful.

Meanwhile we get to "enjoy our energy prices" as winter and fuel oil-natty gas will become a real-world issue.

But,but,but Iran was about to get a nuke (since mid 80's) and Trump told us many times how their nuke program was "DUST".

As much as I was interested in my family history about the Great Depression and Weimar Germany (grandparents both sides) I didn't want to LIVE it.; September 24, 2026 at 8:02 PM
HMS Defiant said...: Have you noticed that our economy is roaring along and the rest of the world is slowly learning that the olde world order is dead?; September 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
HMS Defiant said...: I’m looking for a treaty of eternal peace and friendship with China and maybe Putin. We could call it the Blood and Steel Pact for a change. Ditch the losers and take over the world, Pinky!; September 25, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Michael said...: Care to share some data that show your comment has legs, sir?

Roaring along? Please define your successful roaring.; September 25, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Michael said...: And they all lived together without envious eyes and a total lack of greed.

PLEASE...; September 25, 2026 at 8:07 AM

Truth: Clear and Simple

"If a mural of a young, innocent woman killed in cold blood divides your community, you have a shitty community."

—The Drunk Republican

"The Law is too important to be left to the judges."

—D.C. Whalen

“The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.”

—Tom Wolf

“Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom."

—Friedrich Hayek

“Equity” means “ruining everything but pretending it’s for fairness.”

I seek no better warrant than my own conscience.

Nothing is achieved before it is thoroughly attempted.

Nemo me impune lacessit

I stick to wholly natural foods like croissants and cream puffs, and chocolate eclairs, and french toast with slathers of butter and maple syrup. Natural. That’s how I am.

What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

I knew from elementary school that I would live to see the first man land on the moon. I did not expect to see the last one.

In the wake of Mueller investigation: “Democrats lost an election they rigged, and now Democrats have lost an investigation they rigged.”

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." - H.L. Mencken

"Any company that has a commitment to diversity necessarily lacks a commitment to excellence, or even basic competence, and which will eventually have very negative consequences for its products and services."
— Vox Day

Others have noted that once you fail to select for competence you get incompetents. It is the same with selecting for excellence. Once you no longer make it the focus of your effort it quickly goes away.

There are three co-equal branches of government; the judiciary is not supreme.

I used to have this mental illness where l thought logical arguments could help reason with someone.

— maro @ProofofMaro

The difference between socialism and communism is that socialists will take your money and give you nothing while communists will take your money and shoot you.

— Sir Winston Churchill

A Great Victory

“You may triumph on the fields of Pelennor for a day, but against the Power that has now arisen there is no victory!“

When you think about it, the Wise in conclave, decided that the thing to do after this great but meaningless victory was to advance deep into enemy territory and fight a battle that they knew they could not win.

Using a 1955 World Atlas they found in a ruin, islamic terrorists selected the leading industrial city in America on which to target their wrath and their first atomic weapon. They picked Detroit.

“118 years from the first flight of fixed wing aircraft to flying helicopters on another world. Very impressive achievement of the West. Recall that Egypt's hydraulic civilization lasted virtually unchanged for over 4000 years and they were the leading light of civilization for most of that time.

“I shall not undeceive future generations. I could not tell the truth without giving great offense. Let the world admire our patriots and heroes.” —- Charles Thomson

An exclusive group I belong to: people for malicious decency.

Thursday, September 24, 2026

A BITTER BITTER LAUGH

7 comments:

NO GARDENING, NOT EVER