Who needs Hell when you have Davos?
Eighty years on from both the completion of C.S. Lewis’ classic science-fiction parable That Hideous Strength, and the Dumbarton Oaks Conference which led to the creation of the UN, have the worst totalitarian nightmares of Lewis’ imagination finally come to pass for real?
Try to imagine a world in which democracy is wholly dead, having been replaced by its own deliberate inverted simulacrum, a surface-deep regime—an atheistic, science-worshipping, globalist technocracy—in which hideous non-human creatures tempt a fallen elitist ruling class into entering irrevocably into the satanic realm of post-humanity, facilitated by hubristic feats of industrial and mechanical engineering.
If this all sounds like something stolen from a science-fiction novel, then that’s because it is—the novel in question being 1945’s That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis, which (publication schedules being what they are) he had actually finished writing some time prior to the end of WWII. It is a horrific and satirical prediction of what Lewis presciently perceived the post-war world most likely had in store for an unsuspecting humanity that naively thought democracy was about to triumph forever with the looming twin defeats of Germany and Japan: namely, a new form of ‘benign’ globalist dictatorship in disguise.
and this,
Thus, it could be said the wannabe post-humans of NICE in Lewis’ parable have already created a satanic, anti-Christian secular counterreligion of their own. This ‘religion’ comes in the shape of their progressive, Positivistic sociology and scientism. And it simply opens them up to subsequent even further temptation at the hands of the Macrobes, rather than the initial impulse for humanity’s new leaders to sin against creation coming from the demons as such. In his novel, Lewis puts it like this:
From the point of view which is accepted in Hell, the whole history of Earth had led up to this moment. There was now at last a real chance for fallen Man to shake off that limitation of his powers which mercy had imposed upon him as a protection from the full results of his fall. If this succeeded, Hell would be at last incarnate. Bad men, while still in the body, still crawling on this little globe … would have the diuturnity and power of evil spirits. Nature, all over the globe of Tellus, would become their slave; and of that dominion no end, before the end of time itself, could be certainly foreseen.
RTWDT.
Remember when the propagandist media said the frankenfauci flu came from bat soup and ivermectin was ineffective because it was a horse dewormer and Trump told everyone to take drink aquarium cleaner and the vaxxxines were safe boosters were even better and masks worked and 6 feet apart worked and Jan 6 wasn’t staged and recently the illegal alien invasion… Read more »
Just as I figured the rain mostly went south of us and we got a grand total of .55″ but we’ll take since it was much needed.
With all the discussion about the Bridge collapse here and on the tube I forgot to mention that today’s OC topic is a must read! Please RTWDT.
Well, this can’t be good: World’s first-ever global emissions tax takes a step closer to reality We can’t even get our local governments to run properly. I can’t even imagine the havoc a global government could wreak on our economies and societies. I wonder how it’ll be enforced? If a country opted to not be herded into the madness, would… Read more »
Just finished the pressure ball therapy on my shoulder. Hubby came home to find me finishing up my rosary, laying on the floor, calves on a stool to rest the back, and a pressure ball under my neck and shoulder. Today was much better than before. Other than one period where I almost couldn’t feel my fingers, the numbness and… Read more »
Qatar is a complete dilemma to me. The US has a huge base there on the Persian Gulf. Why didn’t we build it in the UAE or Bahrain, both of whom have been solid allies to America ? Qatar has been lovey-dovey with the mullahs in Iran forever and have served as proxy for them in various adventures. The UAE… Read more »
They have to get all of that bridge debris cleaned up and re-dredge to get that port up and running. What a job. Cutting up all of that steel, craning it up onto barges.
The bridge collapse is symbolic of what the groupofCons party, led by Peter Popoff Johnson and Luntz McCarthy before him, and lyin Ryan before him, and the boozer crying drunk boehner before him, and the current fossilized Kentucky Swamp Turtle along with the other party led by the Kenyan-wooden dummy puppet, and the salami skinned pelosi. and the gigantic NY… Read more »
Bottom of that bridge was 185 feet above the water.
I am sure the terrible bridge collapse will be the first thing on the evening news. Can’t begin to imagine how anyone who happened to be nearby and saw it go down will be shaken for quite some time. The brain will not forget having seen the nightmare.
For what it’s worth…a commenter on the Professor’s channel: So I’m Longshoreman at the port of Baltimore and was working Dundalk a couple of hours before this happened, I was told by my union brothers that the ship lost power a couple times while we were discharging and loading the ship. They knew the ship had a power problem before… Read more »
Since the usual suspects were so quick to say no foul play was involved in the bridge collapse makes me think foul play was involved. 2020 was most secure election ever. trump colluded with Russia. the 4 year mantra. Epstein committed suicide. Trump wants a bloodbath if he’s not elected. the wooden dummy is as clean as a freshly fallen… Read more »
Well my sister and her boy have about cleaned out their old antique store. All that remains is the remains themselves. 😉
I saw this headline over at CFP, and thought WTH??? Qatari Royal invests $50 million in Clinton-loving Newsmax, and Wash Post somehow blames Trump. As far as I know, the only thing Newsmax likes about the Clintons is how far they can throw them. But then I click on the link and realize the first headline was a typo: Qatari… Read more »
The Francis Scott Key Bridge was a key component of the I-695 loop around Baltimore similar to the Sam Houston Tollway. Traffic problems there are enormous. The main span of 1,200 feet (366 m) was the third longest span of any continuous truss in the world.[2] It was the second-longest bridge in the Baltimore metropolitan area, after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. On March 26, 2024,… Read more »
Tedtam; Any thoughts? 😉
The renter called because of no cooling. Oddly enough they didn’t know anything about the missing coil or the line set that was removed all the way to the evap coil in the basement.
Spotted over yonder;
My oldest daughter grinding valve’s and setting valve height on a set of 454 heads for a customer. She’s been doing valve’s since she was 7 years old, She’s 10 now and I very rarely have to check her work.
Altogether now,…Awww,… 😉
Everybody including, harbor police, EMT/Fire, bridge and tunnel operators are all on the same radio frequency as all the vessels guided by harbor pilots. The Mayday call was said to have saved a lot of lives. Also, because of the E-Z Pass gates at either end of the bridge, they knew immediately what vehicles were on the bridge. I can’t… Read more »
I thought this was an interesting table from Decision Desk HQ:
Supposedly, the MAYDAY from the ship went out in time for the bridge to be shut down to regular traffic.
The rain finally made it, ’bout dang time but I’m afraid we’re not going to get that 1″-2″ the weather guessers promised. It looks like most of it is going to be south of us as usual.
I’ve been streaming a Baltimore local television outlet.
They interviewed a man who is employed by the same road repair contractor. His friend is the man in critical condition in the hospital. It was a seven man crew, typically in four work trucks. The other person rescued was a State inspector, who apparently refused medical treatment.
Six still missing.
Well we’re all saved and especially anyone in Baltimore I just heard that Pete Booty Juggs is on his way to the disaster area.
What a pathetic little weasel,…my apologies to all the self respecting weasels out there. ~SPITS~
Hubby told me he saw a news story about the hail storms decimating the acres of solar panel farms, and the concern of the locals of chemicals from those damaged panels leaching into their drinking water. On a related note, I read a story about how the windmills are destroying aquifers because their construction required very deep drilling for the… Read more »
And here I thought that Mharper’s cats woke her up every morning for breakfast….
Morning, all y’all chickadees! I started a shopping list yesterday, item #1 is an alarm clock. All the ones I used to rely on had given up and quit working — such as my little rocking horse clock that neighed like the dickens when the alarm went off. So I had rummaged around and taken a clock from upstairs, the… Read more »
Oh thank gawduhhh The mayor of Baltimore said the accident does not appear to have been intentional. More important it does not appear to be a terrorist attack
And then Mr. C. takes on the obvious turbo-cancer in young folks trend. “Experts” are baffled, looking for an environmental cause. As Mr. C. ponders, did that “cause” come from a needle? Looking at the map, Australia has been extremely hard hit with this unexpected upward spike in unexpected cancers. Australia was the most draconian, jab-forcing, vaxx authoritarian country anywhere… Read more »
Childers takes on some legal aspects of Trump’s bond issues, which I did not know before: Reuters’ ‘billionaire donor’ facade was a red herring. But, from reading the story, it turned out liberals were just waiting for some billionaire to step up to the plate, so they could be criminally indicted for exceeding campaign finance donation limits. It was always a trap.… Read more »
Today is the four year anniversary of the C&C. Childers answers a few self-generated questions for his readers. As usual, his prose has me cackling, to wit (to answer “Covid is over, what next?”: But, what now? What’s the next mission? Oh, it’s nothing too hard. Now we must get some justice, justice for the injured, justice against the criminals who caused… Read more »
This is the kind of outside the box thinking that this country needs.
(shifts gears) Dereck Chauvin DID NOT murder George Floyd.
Just how possible/likely izzit that someone in the engine room sabotaged the ship?
I don’t know at all. Who said it: ‘never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.’
Yes, there was some repair work in progress on the bridge pavement.
Reports are that the ship notified authorities that it lost propulsion. All lighting on the ship goes dark just before hitting bridge.
Bonecrusher
All ships coming into or going out of port has a local Pilot/Harbor Master with them. So not only is the Captain, sonar operator in deep trouble, so is the pilot.
I have learned from one source that Maersk is the operator of the ship in B’more; begging the question: How does a company like Maersk make this kind of mistake?
If you weren’t part of the mob, why would you want to be president of Mexico?
I cannot imagine the horror the people experienced on that bridge, 180’ above the water. I don’t know if it’s possible to survive the plunge much less the entanglement of beams and concrete cascading down around them, but that water would be cold! Prayers for all.
Mexico has elected some really stupid men to be president in the past. Their primary focus is to maintain the appearance of normality while narco-terrorists, criminal syndicates, corrupt unions and complicit corporations steal everything in sight. But this Obrador clown is utterly blind to his own idiocy. He’s starting to make Biden look almost sentient. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s… Read more »
RE: Shannon’s video @ 6:06 AM
There was some kind or repair or maintenance crew working there. You can see flashing lights from stationary vehicles to the right of center of the bridge.
Dang Y’all beat me to it. I was going to mention the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore but y’all are on top of it.
All I can say is that there is a Harbor Pilot in a heap of trouble! How do you run smack bad into a bridge support?
Mornin’ Gang
Here’s video of bridge collapse.
There are ships trapped in the port and ships blocked from the port. The port is likely to be closed for at least a week IMHO.
I have not yet heard who the vessel operator is. They had a real bad, very expensive day. Whoever the insurance company was is not happy.
Good morning couch dwellers.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore got struck by a container ship and collapsed into the water. The bridge is no more.