The "Rick & Gene Show" Gets Loopier (or) The Great Election Sting!

In my recent five-part SALON series about the true origins of QAnon, I wrote about the loopiness of a "Christian Patriot" radio show called THE B2T SHOW. In the most recent episode, you can watch 100% undiluted clinical insanity unfold before your eyes as a Christian seer calling herself "Amanda Grace" reveals what the Lord God Yahweh told her about Donald Trump's 2020 landslide victory.  But wait... that's not all!!! The venerable hosts of the show, Rick and his weird friend Gene, help Amanda explain to their viewers that wicked "destroyers" disguised as postal workers thwarted Trump's reelection by tainting, shredding, and switching vital pieces of pro-Trump ballots. Their proof? Why, the voice of God appeared in Amanda's skull at 3:00 A.M. and told her all of this, of course. What else?

"Now, the Lord usually repeats himself before something's about to happen. I've noticed this."

--Amanda Grace, THE B2T SHOW, 11-4-20

Also in this thrilling new episode, Rick & Gene insist that Trump's "white hats" (i.e., the mythical angels that are constantly helping Trump from behind the scenes even though, for some reason, they failed to help the Great Man get reelected) have cleverly set up the Democrats with a "blockchain watermark system" on every ballot. As a result, Biden and his cohorts will be arrested lickety-split. At one point in the episode, Rick even insists--with an utterly straight face--that without voter fraud, the electoral map would have been completely red. In the upper left-hand corner of Rick's personal map, one can see Biden's face with a "zero" right next to it. These "Christian Patriots" seriously believe that Biden received zero legitimate votes in 2020. Zero.

Allow me to quote from my own article for a moment:

This is the mentality you're dealing with. No amount of logic, common sense or reason can combat such convoluted delusions. These people are clearly the product of incessant brainwashing, and yet they think everyone else in the country is mind-controlled to such an extreme degree that people who do not support Trump are either A) soulless demon-worshippers or B) poor unfortunates incapable of understanding the obvious truths being unveiled by geniuses like "Rick B2T" and his pal "Gene." On Nov. 18, 1978, hundreds of "True Believers" in Guyana held similar beliefs, only seconds before they literally drank the Kool-Aid.

Needless to say, the divinely inspired predictions promoted so heavily by THE B2T SHOW will fail to come about just like every other prognostication these clowns have farted out of their noxious mouths over the course of the past four years. Eventually, they will have to dream up a new prediction to explain why the previous one never came true. And so on, and so on, and so on....

So, if you're feeling in a particularly masochistic mood, click HERE for over an hour of pure American madness.

Monsters in America

In the event that you're tired of staring at that other map, I suggest purchasing this one for your office wall....

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The Mindfuckery Continues Apace...

 "As far as I'm concerned, we've already won."

--Donald Trump, 11-4-20

CLICK HERE TO READ MY NEW EVERGREEN REVIEW ARTICLE ENTITLED "DONALD TRUMP'S OPERATION MINDFUCK."

THE GUARDIAN: "The Occult's Return to Art"

From Hettie Judah's 11-4-20 GUARDIAN article entitled "The Occult's Return to Art: 'Before, You'd Have Been Laughed Out of the Gallery'":

There is a surge of interest in spirituality and mysticism at the moment, currently manifesting in both art practice and gallery programming, which extends to exhibitions such as Tantra at the British Museum, and The Botanical Mind at Camden Art Centre. In truth, things have been a bit witchy, a bit shamanic, in the art world for a few years. But this wave feels different: heavier, darker, more engaged. Rather than the hipster witchery of a few years ago, this new spirituality is rooted in explorations of feminism, anti-colonialism and alternative power structures.

It is also, perhaps, a response to the fear and anxiety of the current moment. “I think this surge in esoteric beliefs tends to show up in moments of crisis, when things are feeling uneasy and unsettled on a good day, and bereft of hope on the worst of them,” says S Elizabeth, author of The Art of the Occult. Growing up surrounded by richly decorated tarot cards and zodiac posters designed by Alphonse Mucha, Elizabeth sees the occult and art as inseparable.

As well as offering the consolations of ritual, Elizabeth describes the occult as a source of anti-authoritarian power. Much of the art in her book is by women, many – such as the Swedish theosophist Hilma af Klint or the surrealist mystic Remedios Varo – marginal figures in their time....

To read the entire article, click HERE.

OPERATION MINDFUCK, FULL STEAM AHEAD!

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"Donald Trump’s Operation Mindfuck" by Robert Guffey "...despite this initial success, within a year after his election, Trump had lost a great deal of his support. His approval ratings were at their lowest ebb in November of 2017 when the very first QAnon post appeared on 4chan."   Art by Christopher Panzner. Images from "Thus Spake Zarathustra" series.

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"Donald Trump's Operation Mindfuck" in THE EVERGREEN REVIEW

The editors of THE EVERGREEN REVIEW recently commissioned me to write an overview of the Trump administration and made the mistake of saying, "There's no maximum word length" (a very dangerous thing to say--at least to me). As a result, THE EVERGREEN REVIEW has now published my latest article, "Donald Trump's Operation Mindfuck," a comprehensive piece specifically written to be an extension of my recent five-part SALON series about the true origins of QAnon. To read "Donald Trump's Operation Mindfuck," click HERE.