Tag: JD Vance

Well that’s… encouraging

Don’t know about anyone else, but that’s not the sort of thing I like my American politicians to say (and yes, he did say it in an interview). In fairness to him, he did also say in the course of that interview that he’s also OK with the opposite of that outcome, i.e. building a new and better world that thrives and outlasts him, but actually, now that I think about it, I don’t find that too reassuring either, given what he would probably consider that new and better world would look like… He also said this:

“Do I think that we’re in the end times? I don’t know,” Vance told 22-year-old podcaster Bryce Crawford nearly an hour into a lengthy video interview released Monday. While admitting his fascination with the theories, the VP said that “I think that it’s probably bad for me, spiritually, to focus too much on it.” […]
As Vance sat beside a propped-up edition of his new book on his religious journey, including his conversion to Catholicism, he said that “I think that there are… things about the world that make me feel like not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us, but again, I try not to focus too much on it.”

JD? Jimmy? Mate? Many people think you’re WORKING WITH the Antichrist. You know, the guy you once called “America’s Hitler”? Him. Also, the kind of casual way you brought up the end times and being OK with helping bring them about? That suggests to me you are focused on it more than you should be. J. Divans could be president tomorrow if Mushroom Cock should choke on his morning covfefe and hamberder, and to be honest that almost bothers me more than Trump still being in power.

Yea verily, JD saith unto us…

It wasn’t enough for Mushroom Cock to snark at the Pope; J. Divans felt someone more qualified should join in.

Vance is, of course, currently the most famous Catholic convert in the US, and we know he is because he’s written that book about it and kids will probably have to read it in school… so obviously someone who only became a Catholic in 2019 is far more adept than Bob Prevost, who was born into Catholicism and has been a Catholic for, what, over 60 years longer than Vance at judging matters of faith. I mean, the Pope’s statement could well be criticised cos it’s not like the church has been historically afraid of violence and war… but the warmonger and nouveau Catholique Vance is probably the last person to be making any such criticism.

And a lot of people have been judging him accordingly. Vance put out this bullshit at a Turning Point USA event where he was fairly roundly heckled and at which he already wasn’t a big drawcard:

Only about a quarter of the 8000 seats in this space had bums on them, apparently, and the crowd outside protesting him was pretty substantial too. Erika Kirk was supposed to be there with him but pulled out because of death threats or something. Apparently J. Divans could look after himself, though…

Indeed, I am reminded of the chihuahua that lives a few doors down from me. Lola is J. Divans, but she’s a lot funnier than him, and, though this is debatable, possibly less stupid…

But which faith?

J. Divans has a new book:

This is the story of the First Bitch’s journey from atheism to Catholicism. Apparently there’s one slight problem, though, which is that the lovely cover art actually depicts a Methodist church. Apparently it is from somewhere in JD’s native Appalachia, but it is… not of his religion. I wouldn’t have known had someone else not mentioned it online, admittedly; I did do a quick Google search which suggests Catholics are less than one percent  of the Appalachian populachian, so it may just have been awfully difficult to find an actually Catholic structure… but surely there’s at least one? Something else for Pope Leo to snipe at him about, I suppose…

Tariffs for the Vatican!

Pope Ghosts JD Vance at Vatican, Sends Top Cardinal to Lecture VP on Compassion

Vice President JD Vance flew to Rome hoping to meet with Pope Francis. Instead, the Pope skipped the meeting entirely—and sent his top cardinal to deliver a pointed message about compassion and care for the vulnerable.
Vance was greeted not by the pontiff, but by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State. In a statement, the Vatican said the meeting covered global conflicts, political unrest, and “difficult humanitarian situations,” with a clear focus on “migrants, refugees, and prisoners.”
The conversation sounded more like a lecture than a diplomatic exchange. And the Pope’s absence was hard to ignore.
While Sky News reported that Vance had a brief, private encounter with the Pope at his residence, there were no details, no photos, and no official mention. The real meeting—the one on the schedule—never happened.
The message? Clear enough: the Pope isn’t backing down from his public criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.

Old Frank was in hospital for a while there but, as the article notes, he’s out now and doing his public duties and met Charles and Camilla recently, so this is a very deliberate snub, meeting the leader of the opposition but not one of his highest-profile converts. Obviously the Catholic church still leaves much to be desired, but still nice to see. I suspect Mushroom Cock would declare the US to now be sedevacantist with regards to the church for this insult, if only he knew how to spell it…

But on the plus side…

So J. Divans and his wife decided to go to Greenland, presumably in the service of Mushroom Cock’s burning desire to conquer the place (despite the fact that his owner in the Kremlin apparently isn’t too keen). This would’ve been fine, I’m sure, except that no one seems to have checked to see what Greenland thought of this…

…And they didn’t think much of it, to be sure. The government never actually issued an invitation to them or anything (neither did Denmark, which still owns the place), this just seems to have been the Vances’ idea, and they are, frankly, not welcome. Usha has apparently decided to stay home (EDIT the next day: no she didn’t, after all, she’s in the photos of the event) but James David has insisted on going to check out the US military base there… Honestly, this is just dick swinging, isn’t it? More to the point, it’s J. Divans trying to keep in with the clown in the Oval Office; much as his tour of Europe a few weeks ago was him showing he could mix with Nazis just like Edolf could and did before him, this is him trying to assert himself and remind people that he exists, and let Trump know he’s available to toady for him wherever and whenever. Cunt. I’m pleased to see the good people of Greenland not putting up with his shit, and I am greatly enjoying the story being spread on Danish television that representatives of the US government were doorknocking in Nuuk to promote the Vances’ visit and asking would people be interested in a personal visit from them, and apparently everyone told them to fuck off, hence why the itinerary was slashed. I don’t know if this is in fact the case and the White House are obviously denying it, but I love it anyway…

Roll out the red… rug?

Marco Rubio is in Canada for the G7 summit and, well, Canada did not lay on the warmest welcome for him… this is kind of magnificent, it’s almost ruder than not laying out a red carpet at all. Mind you, I’ve not seen a lot of media coverage of this event, which did make me wonder if this photo were, in fact, real. This sort of thing isn’t that hard to fake, after all…

…Oh. Look at that, another photo of it from another angle.

More crucially, though, I saw someone credit the photo to AFP, whereupon I had the brilliant idea of trying to find it on AFP’s website…

…Which I soon did. So, evidently authentic. I wonder if THAT’s why I’m seeing so little coverage of it from the media…

Good question, JD

I saw this on Threads last night:

Now, this is an eight year old tweet, which I’m not sure the original poster realised and evidenly neither did some of the responders, but never mind. This was J. Divans back in his “America’s Hitler” days of loathing Mushroom Cock before being content to become America’s Himmler himself, not the present day model. Either way, this is a bizarre question to ask and I’m puzzled by what his purpose was in asking it even back then…

Well said

I wish he hadn’t apologised, cos I think this is hilarious:

The Western Australian premier, Roger Cook, has apologised after calling the US vice-president, JD Vance, a “knob” at a pre-election event in Perth.
At the West Australian’s Leadership Matters event on Tuesday morning, at which Cook was the guest speaker, a journalist asked the premier to finish the sentence: “JD Vance is a …” Cook replied: “Knob.”
Cook then said: “You’ve got to have one unprofessional moment, don’t you? That was it.”
His description won him laughs and a round of applause from the audience.
Cook is vying for a third Labor term in office, with the state to go to the polls on Saturday.
Cook later said he was just having fun, telling reporters at a press conference after the function: “It was a light-hearted, non-professional moment and I didn’t mean any offence.”

Frankly, if “knob” is the nastiest thing anyone calls J. Divans this week, he’ll be doing well. And, let’s face it, Cook wasn’t wrong, and professionalism is wasted on that couchfucker anyway…