{"id":318028,"date":"2025-11-06T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=318028"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:36:50","slug":"lets-talk-aboutdick-cheneys-posthumous-glazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=318028","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s talk about\u2026Dick Cheney\u2019s Posthumous Glazing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Off-Guardian \u2013 Nov 5, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>This was going to be a discussion thread for the on-going elections \u2014 and we will get to that \u2014 but then Dick Cheney died and distracted me.<\/p>\n<p>Or, rather, the people praising and whitewashing his \u201cpatriotism\u201d and \u201cservice\u201d distracted me.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not surprising but it is nauseating\u2026<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jennifer and I send our condolences to the Cheney family on the passing of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Our thoughts are with his loved ones. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QYTsrXfR5J\">https:\/\/t.co\/QYTsrXfR5J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAgovernor\/status\/1985780038227157355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dick Cheney: \u201cIn our nation\u2019s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump. He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cEPBinl0tF\">pic.twitter.com\/cEPBinl0tF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RpsAgainstTrump\/status\/1985688640199008413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dick Cheney was a patriotic American who loved his country.<\/p>\n<p>While we strongly disagreed on most policy issues, his patriotism was clear when he returned to the House Floor to commemorate the first anniversary of January 6th. We all saw then how proud Vice President Cheney was to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1985750085020549512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>These are the same people who claim to be so worried about civil rights and \u201cthe future of the American democracy\u201d, mourning the author of the Patriot Act, Gitmo and \u201cadvanced interrogation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The same people weeping crocodile tears for the war-dead in Gaza and Ukraine, praising Cheney\u2019s \u201cassertive foreign policy\u201d and the millions of bodies strewn across the Middle East as a result.<\/p>\n<p>The same people so performatively appalled by terrorism glazing one of the architects of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the naked hypocrisy that enrages me, I think, and the fact so many are blind to it.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not glad Cheney\u2019s dead. Practically speaking he\u2019s an outdated part in the grand machine, of no real use or power for years, and karmically speaking it never sits well to dance around a funeral pyre.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026but I\u2019m sure he\u2019s looking up at all of us right now and wishing maybe he\u2019d been a bit nicer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p>In other discussion-worthy news, the first general election of Trump 2.0 kicks off today, with the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey up for grabs, along with the mayoralty of New York City and other sundries.<\/p>\n<p>They will be rigged, irrelevant or both of course, in the grand scheme of things. Existing as narrative weather vanes rather than real expressions of popular will.<\/p>\n<p>In those terms, the one most interesting to watch is the one with by far the most coverage: The NYC Mayoral race and the \u201cMuslim socialist\u201d that has been miles ahead in the polls for months.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re trying to paint Zohran Mamdani as some kind of anti-establishment figure, but generally speaking anti-establishment figures don\u2019t get flattering stories<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNWSQi0Ocbk\/?hl=en\"> on the front cover of TIME<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is doing his part, naturally, by threatening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/11\/4\/mamdani-promises-to-stand-up-to-bullies-after-trump-funding-threat\">withdraw federal funding should Mamdani win<\/a>. The most basic form of briar patch reverse psychology, but it works.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not he wins, by how much, and how the rest of the Democratic Party reacts could tell us a lot about the future of American *ahem* \u201cdemocracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But what do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Discuss in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Support Off-Guardian:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/offguardian\">Ko-fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/offguardian\">Subscribestar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=CKFB3MH8CGB9U\">Paypal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2025\/11\/05\/lets-talk-about-dick-cheneys-posthumous-glazing\/\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This really is the end of an era. 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