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This is why the reality show 'Bigg Boss' should be dismissed

'Bigg Boss' is the whole package: a cringe-fest of a show, a case study in human behavior, and a test bed for the temperament and emotional ability of (controversial) celebrities as they are forced to survive without the comforts of home. Salman Khan's movie hits are even played on a monthly jukebox. It's an odd exhibition. Where else can you witness folks getting out of bed and listening to happy music? And where else can you observe a society vice's elite normalization and trivialization? Anupama

Sexist remarks, conflicts, backbiting, and misogyny are almost as common on Twitter as they are on the television show. So much so that, at a time when India is mourning the Hathras gangrape case, a slumping economy, and a new coronavirus, 'Bigg Boss' and its current and former participants dominate top Twitter topics. Read this article for more info about Bigg Boss 15.

Sidharth Shukla, the show's thirteenth and most competitive season champion, has a legion of SidHearts who make it a point to trend hashtags in his name virtually every day. They serve as a safety net, always ready to protect their idol, even when he goes crazy with his aggression.

Another well-known contender, Shehnaaz Kaur Gill, is a close friend (or so we think) of Sidharth. 'Shehnaazians,' as her fans are known, are still fighting SidHearts. Because of the tag 'SidNaaz,' this can be explained. On Twitter, users as young as 12-13 years old compete to prove who, amongst Sidharth and Shehnaaz, "used" the other during the show's run. Despite the fact that the two actors have always vouched for their unshakable bond and friendship, Sidharth's followers call Shehnaaz by vulgar names, while Shehnaaz's supporters call Sidharth by disgusting names.

Even the SidNaazians can't win. The only ones that lose are Sidharth and Shehnaaz. The 'Bigg Boss 14' fraud came soon after the TV TRP fake. According to reports, the producers of the voyeuristic show sought to leverage on the previous season's success and urged Shukla to liven up the otherwise uninteresting bunch by adding spice and 'something good.'

Hina Khan, Season 11's runner-up, and Gauahar Khan, Season 7's winner, were both welcomed as'seniors.' And then something unexpected happened. Gauahar developed a friendship with Sidharth, the same boy she had been bashing on Twitter all season. The hashtag #SidHina was born after Sidharth and Hina made a fool of themselves.

However, when a video of Hina throwing shade at Shuklajee became public at the end of their run, the hashtag met a terrible end. On the other hand, Sidharth remained the same. He screamed at loud levels, fought like his S13 self, flirted like a pro, and screamed like a pro. In the early weeks of the show's run, his debut on Bigg Boss 14 enhanced TRPs, and the channel gave him an unceremonious send-off for the same reason. And there are more people looking at it.

As people get more curious, the number of social media battles will rise. That is exactly what happened. Some "blue ticks" on Twitter stood up for the Khan couple after a contestant, Rubina Dilaik, shouted "women strength" on television — on a subject that had nothing to do with gender. Bigg Boss sided with Hina and Gauahar once more after Sidharth's team lost a task owing to "bahumat" (read: majority).

@intelligentshipper

This is why hellers are so stupid.  They have a hierarchy.  And sitting right on top of that hierarchy is usually the most articulate person, who can spin the dumbest yarn but make it look like she is super smart.  This particular hierarchy in this corner of tumblr has @intelligentshipper  and the sad thing is, younger more impressionable idiots listen to her with wide, googly eyes.  Because they are too stupid to know she is speaking out of her rectal cavity.  She will use pie charts and graphs [no, I am not joking] to prove that destiel and/or Castiel are relevant and important.  Like feces, this creature goes by many names.  @GhostofBobby is one of them.

See, there's the freak's little chart.  I told I wasn't joking.  The thing with her method of operation, is that she uses these diagrams to impress a heller but frighten away any layperson who doesn't understand numbers.  That's why she calls herself ''intelligent''.  She is most definitely not.  She insists that there is a ''Secret Bibro's Council'' [I am not joking about that either].  Well, I am not hiding your nonsense in the anti tags.  I use the main tags to show your crimes and cruelty against J2.  Whatever I am doing is not a secret because I am afraid of no one.  So you are obviously not talking about me.      

Now, why am I interfering with this ugly freak?  By the way, I have seen her picture.  She is indeed, as ugly on the outside, as she is on the inside.  If you want to see how hideous this beast is, she has a YouTube account called Intelligent Shipper.  The account didn't do so well, perhaps because the ''millions of destiel shippers'' who watch Supernatural, didn't know she was on YouTube.  That has to be the only reason.  Cant be any other reason.  But go listen to her nonsense, though.  Just for a laugh at the very least.  Anyway, I digress.  Why did this beast tick me right off?  I did a post about demographics when I first pitched up.  She and another unimportant freak @tinkdw  came onto my post to tell me off.  Then she put together charts to prove me wrong.  This grown woman has the air of a scammer - someone who spins words to confuse you.  And she seems to target young shippers who don't know any better.  After awhile, Tumblr started to misbehave and I couldn't access my account.  So I told another bibro friend of mine, who happens to be a tinhat, about my dearly departed account via a message.  This is what appeared on my own post when Tumblr apologized and corrected the glitch.

So this slithering snake in the grass, was on a tinhat blog.  Any guesses why?  Because she is the worst heller out of the lot.  She looks at other people's posts and when she finds something that can threaten destiel's status,[or should I say, perceived status] instead of confronting the OP, [in this case, the tinhat blog], she runs back to her own blog and prepares a counterargument that the OP doesn't know about, because lurking is a heller thing to do, and therefore cannot defend herself.  This time she left this message on my post, thinking that I will never return to find it because of my terminated account.  When she realised I wasn't gone, she disappeared.  She never contacted me again.  Now this nasty person decided to look through my post.  I was actually wondering why she was so quiet.  She was not making her presence know, like a true reptile.  She found a wonderful subject:  Statistics.  Her most major turn on after Misha Collins.  A fan wrote something in the comments of my post.  Instead of going after me, this overgrown cow goes after this commenter.  The commenter was reduced to almost tears when she realized what this thirsty freak had done.  Just look at this.

The commenter in question, tried to speak her peace but these beasts basically ambushed her.  Because nobody has a more gang mentality than hellers.  Tink and ''intelligentshipper'' [is the name her attempt at trolling?] are bonafide gang leaders.  The commentor messaged me and told me that, for my own sake, I should block this freak.  I got her to calm down [I am sure she was crying] and go to bed.  She is probably asleep right now.  I could feel how upset she was.  I told her I will deal with this Misha-pushing menace because by the looks of it, she does need to be dealt with.  She doesn't behave like a rational grown woman.  When you see her hideous face on YouTube, you will see exactly what I am talking about.  She is a fully grown heller beast. 

Then, and wait for this one, this creature who clearly bribed her way to a passing grade, uses only her own blog and the contents thereof to prove that ALL destiel shippers have other tags that generally predominate their blog.  WOW!  Fortune 500 companies must be kicking her door down to gain access to her...intelligence.  Even on my demographic post, she did the same thing, although she inserted her favorite thing into the subject: graphs.  She said that she is not a child.  Well duh! I know what you look like, ugly bag of nuts, you are about as old as I am.  And because she is old, and everyone in her group are old [thank goodness children are not near enough to her] it must mean that EVERY heller is her age.  This person bugs me because she has a really horrible way about her.  She sneaks behind people's backs.  She backbites.  She actually used baseball stats to prove Cas is good for ratings.  No, I am not making that up either.  How stupid are the people who listen to her?  Tinkdw is like a loud, obnoxious bedroom dog, and therefore not worth my time and venting.  This heller mobilizes other hellers and only is a fool or a dishonest person will be her friend.

Intelligentshipper, if you want to run your ugly mouth off [and it is a very ugly mouth, I have seen it] come after me.  You don't look for comments on my posts and then post a nonsensical rant about it on your own blog.  The commenter was so upset, that I had to literally stop what I was doing in order to calm her down.  That is not how you treat another human being, especially when she was right and you were wrong.  The OP of the chart in question, was attacked so many times, she deleted the chart.  That is how your kind operates.  Bullying.  Try it with me.  You will regret it.  Don't toy with me or any of my friends.  Do the honorable thing and speak to my face if I said something you considered wrong, or shut your big mouth and back off.  Don't slither behind me, serpent.  I have no patience for spineless freaks. 

Jerry's eccentric neighbor and Seinfeld's moocher, Cosmo Kramer is a well-known character in sitcom history. Widely recognized for his harebrained schemes and physical comedy gags, he stole the show nearly every time he dashed into Jerry's apartment. However looking back, some classic Kramer moments on Seinfeld don't really hold up. In other words, the writers didn't do him justice and could have easily avoided tone-deaf writing in favor of a more coherent character.

RELATED: Seinfeld: 10 Times Kramer Was The Most Hated Character On The Show

Here are ten Cosmo Kramer quotes that are no longer politically correct and therefore seen as unacceptable today.

10 "Well, You're As Pretty As Any Of Them, You Just Need A Nose Job."

Early on in season three, George went out with a woman named Audrey who in the first place was way out of his league. But, because he was overly concerned with looks and had a superficial understanding of beauty, he couldn't get himself to stop thinking about her nose.

Later the same day at Jerry's, Kramer made an off-hand remark about Audrey needing a nose job and sugarcoated it with, "well, I was just trying to help out." Audrey was humiliated, Jerry and George were stunned and Elaine was the only one who rebuked Kramer for his offensive remark. Unsolicited comments of such nature are hurtful, and, no matter what the intention is, they lead to shame and humiliation, like in Audrey's case.

9 "I Mean, What Am I Supposed To Tell Him? How Much There Is For Him To Live For? Why Should I Lie To Him?"

Newman made his first-ever appearance as a voice-over character in the episode "The Revenge." He was unemployed, single, and, from what's seen in the episode, he didn't have a helpful friend, either.

Kramer dashes into Jerry's apartment to tell him he doesn't want anything to do with their Newman anymore because of his attitude. The men discuss their neighbor's misfortunes at length, and yet, none of them take an active interest in him. All warning signs must be taken seriously, and Jerry and Kramer should have proceeded to help Newman to get the assistance he needed.

8 "You're Getting Heavy. Yeah. You Look Like You've Put On 5... 10 Pounds."

All hell breaks loose in season five's episode "The Non-Fat Yogurt" when the gang suspects the new yogurt shop is making misleading claims about the fat content in their yogurt. The troublemaker of the gang, Kramer points out Elaine's weight gain rather insensitively. As Jerry stands up to object, Kramer shows little care for his feelings and adds, "I'll tell you something else. You're looking a little chunky yourself, buddy."

RELATED: Seinfeld: 10 Most Shameless Things Kramer Ever Did

Although Cosmo's observation turns out to be true, making crude remarks about people's weight is never okay and he should have been careful with his words.

7 "She Changed Her Hairstyle. It's Terrible. No, We're Done."

Season six's "The Kiss Hello" is another instance of how superficial Kramer's personality was. As soon as his girlfriend Wendy changed her hairstyle, he ended things with her and never looked back again.

Kramer was a fickle person who was more concerned with the outward appearance of the girls he dated than he should have been. This time around, however, he cranked his superficiality up a notch and ended things because his girlfriend had her hair cut.

6 "You Know... Get Out."

Of all the people in the City, Kramer was the only one the Soup Nazi seemed to respect. Their friendship meant he could drop in any time and keep Yev Kassem entertained with his rambling stories of the day. Kramer praised the Soup Nazi's strict ordering mechanism and helped him bully people who were unaware of the same.

Kramer had no business ordering a part-Spanish man out of the Soup Nazi's restaurant. Instead of standing up for the guy and asking his good friend, Yev to cut him some slack, Kramer ordered him to leave the premises.

5 "I'm Gonna Capture This."

Seinfeld's finale disappointed fans on many accounts, one of which was Kramer filming a carjacking victim in the fictional town of Latham, Massachusetts.

RELATED: Every Seinfeld Finale, Ranked

It was Kramer who had jumped up and down the plane and caused it to crash land in the first place. As the gang made their way into the town to recover from the shock of the crash landing, they witnessed a helpless boy getting mugged at gunpoint. Kramer turned on his camcorder and started to film the robbery. The rest of the gang followed his lead and made cruel jokes about the boy. They were put in jail for violating the Good Samaritan Law, and their trial turned into a media circus.

4 "And You Must... You Look Exactly Like Jerry. You Don't See This? Oh, You're Like Twins. This Is Eerie."

Quite shockingly, this was first thing that came out of Kramer's mouth when he met George's new girlfriend Janet in "The Cartoon." Everyone looked visibly uncomfortable, but, surprisingly, Janet took it all in her stride. While she didn't seem to mind the unpleasant remark, George was visibly upset—but that didn't deter Kramer from suggesting George was secretly in love with Jerry while everyone stared at him in disbelief.

3 "We'll Kidnap The Dog, We'll Drop Him Off Upstate."

In "The Engagement" when a loud Yorkshire Terrier kept her up all night, Kramer, the vile rogue suggested they kidnap it and drop it off upstate. He enlisted Newman's help, and together they rode in a rental car to commit the crime.

After driving for a while, Kramer abandoned the dog in Monticello at a stranger's doorstep. But, before he walked off, the dog tore a tag off his shirt. It found its way back to the owner, and the three dognappers were traced in no time. However loud this dog may have been, dognapping is not only inexcusable but a felony as well.

2 "You Know How There's Some People You Worry About Whether You're Going To Hurt Their Feelings? With Her, I'm Looking Forward To It. I'd Like To Get It On Video, Watch It In Slow Motion And Freeze Frame It."

...says Kramer in season three's "The Dog" while badmouthing his girlfriend, Ellen to Jerry and Elaine. She wasn't made out to be a nice person, but since when did it become okay to trash-talk a partner much less make a big speech about looking forward to inflicting pain on them?

Kramer's backbiting encouraged Elaine and Jerry to name-call Ellen as well. Confiding relationship problems in friends is one thing, but making a boastful remark about hurting one's partner is quite another.

1 "Hey! Stay Away From The Chicken. Bad Chicken. Mess You Up."

Season eight's "The Chicken Roaster" is a prime example of Kramer's uncivilized behavior. In the episode, Kenny Rogers Roasters sets up a chicken place right across the street from Kramer's place. A menacing red light comes off of its chicken sign, beams straight through Kramer's window and his apartment becomes a "red planet" of a hot mess.

Now, Kramer does go down to the restaurant to complain, but, after they dismiss him, he schemes to put the place out of business by "takin' it to the streets." He hangs a bad chicken banner from his window and drives the customers away. Come to think of it, there were plenty of civilized ways to resolve the conflict, and it was uncouth on Kramer's part to yell out his window and scare people like that.

NEXT: Seinfeld: 10 Ways Kramer Got Worse & Worse

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Defining An Elder Staesman ..

Even Experienced Self-Styled Leaders, Must Earn The People's Respect, To Qualify.

Google, in credible search for befitting definition of an Elder Staesman, has this to say .......

"An experienced and respected member of an organization or profession is sometimes referred to as an elder statesman" Collins Dictionary.

We have had to cope with the ignorance of political leaders, who in spite of handsomely rewarding themselves, at our expense, while in office, want an undeserving double of earning community and national respect.

As a result of the curse of always having self-centred leaders, Federal and States, it will amount to a waste of time, reeling out names, we know already.

Only very few leaders, can answer to the tag of Elder Staesman or Woman. This is not out of unwilling reward for the leaders we have had, but to serve as a reminder, that statesmanship, has pre-requisites.

In the definition offered by Collins Dictionary above, two key words stand out, "Experience and Respect". No matter how, someone, honoured to lead may try, once he or she, cannot promise these two key requirements, he or she must accept an ordinary status.

As a true Yoruba born, I am trained to accord respect to our elders, including those honoured to lead, in whatever capacity.

Chief Obafemi Awolowo led a section of Nigeria, like his counterparts, in other regions. His legacies, experience and astute leadership, earned him his respect. It is a fact, not contestable, that he would have taken that to Federal level, if allowed.

Looking up North, Alhaj Aminu Kano, Alhaj Musa Yar'Adua, and a few others, will live in the hearts of the people for time to come. They were respected for loving the people. They may not be Harvard or Cambridge certified, but they have experience of the needs of their people.

Eastwards, Chief Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe, will always be remembered for his politics of leverage, whenever there was political stalemate. He was nicknamed the Bride, for a reason of holding the aces of resolving political and leadership stalemate.

Many called it political compromise, but those with deeper thinking ability, will attest to a fact, that he helped steadied the national political ship, and sustain our fragile unity.

The absence of his like species, accounts, for the political and leadership instability in the East now. He had experience and was respected.

The case of the West, in spite of availability of many suitable candidates to qualify for the elder statesman and woman status, the evils of spite, backbiting and destructive politics, meant, after Chief Obafemi Awolowo's exit, the positions remain vacant.

From the military circles, we will remember the likes of General Murtala Muhammed, Adekunle Fajuyi, Tunde Idiagbon, and a few others. They lived and died for the nation, and the people.

No matter your touted respect, if your game is always about destroying your own people, you will never earn the respect of the people. A leader, and an elder statesman, must avoid being seen, and proved, as selfish.

Some bad leaders, have seen respect and true honours withdrawn, by the people, as very spiting and ungrateful. They must have been looking in their mirrors, seeing their fake doubles only.

All the leaders cited, could walk the streets, in their days, and never had to worry about insecurity. They knew the streets are lined, except for some evil few, filled with majority, that will value them staying alive.

The case of General Murtala Muhammed clearly demonstrated this position. When the anti-people coup planners took his life, nationwide, the nation was thrown into uncontrollable mourning.

Our nation is suffering the existence of such self-less leaders. What we have now, are "dealers", not leaders.

The majority of current self-styled leaders, are making appearances, for the obvious reasons, power, graft and position, that will always come back to destroy them.

So as not to be accused of partisanship, I will leave known people-centred individuals in the present dispensation out till they finish their terms. Since all tenures, are known to suffer expiration, we will wait to lay bare, our views about them, at the right time.

There is a threat of another letter from tireless, troublemaker, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. He has experience, as military and civilian Head of State, and President, but he is suffering loss of respect.

Remember, to answer an Elder Staesman, you must have both experience and respect. A lacking of either, reduces any chance of qualification. Such a leader, cannot expect a change of rules, to suit, just because it's about them.

Who and what exactly, does Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, think he is, outside the people that gifted him opportunity to demonstrate quality leadership, but frittered the great opportunities, on platters and grounds of graft, ego trips and mischievous tendencies.

Every time we dig for what transpired in every evil occurrences, his handwriting and footprints, always expose the dangerous parts he played in the calamities.

He made sure Nigeria did not have an Awo President.

Just recently, his name featured, amongst names of cabals, who stopped seeing an MKO Abiola President.

He will never accept the Afenifere of the good old days, as good enough to direct Yoruba's affairs. Not to talk of seeing a possible Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, as capable Yoruba leader.

No one is saying all these people are good. But, must whatever is good in the eyes of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, be what will be good for Nigeria and Yorubas?

You are declared to be banished from a community, and go on to announce yourself, capable of leading an orchestra, won't you need back-up, for your song to make meaning?

And isn't it said, that as one advanced in age, he should cease hostilities of battles, and wars? If the one caught stealing, is not feeling shame, how about members of his or her family?

The name Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is now synonymous with controversies, long letters, and open mischievous outings. Even, when his opinions make great sense, his past antecedents, rob him of originality and rich contents.

Now, the trending news, is one about Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, threatening, a release of a latest, upcoming letter bomb, which will chase President Muhammadu Buhari out of office!

Barring his terrible records, can he envisage that happening now in a nation, that is growing in wisdom per day, of the deceits of politicians, and the existence of selfish individuals? In spite of the damning reports of Halliburton, and other dug dirts, has he accepted a wrongdoing?

A reason we will want him zip up for now, is a fact that he cannot be exonerated from the huge mess created. Where he is not directly responsible, he is behind the selection of the ones, found wanton, causing our present pains. The records attest to this, dating back several decades.

His vituperations, each moments, are nothing but distractions. He needs to engage qualified therapists, very knowledgeable, in supporting people about coping with life outside office. This is the diagnosed ailment.

Plus a possible fear of the unknown, of what the second term pregnancy of President Muhammadu Buhari's tenure, will give birth to!

Chief olusegun Obasanjo, can keep his memoirs, or another 160 page letter. He can't say anything new, from his usual narratives, of "no one, can be as good, or better than Chief Olusegun Obasanjo"!

He should encourage quality company, and listen to opinions of people around him. He needs to announce full retirement now from our politics. If needed, we know where to find him.

We are bored stiff.

One key question of the Trump presidency in its first week is: who is actually going to perform the tasks associated with the job?

While the liberal comedians and right-wing pundits agitate themselves about crowd sizes, odd tweets, and imaginary voter fraud, Politico and The Hill supply some data points about the all-important paper flow in Washington. Steve Bannon, the former Goldman Sachs executive-turned-Breitbart News chief, is running the government, while the president argues with actresses. Politico reports that the executive orders Trump has been signing were prepared and coordinated by Bannon. Various Cabinet secretaries and congressional leaders were not consulted, according to the story. Such procedural corner-cutting is not inconsequential when it comes to spending $25 billion of taxpayer funds or running the CIA. Jefferson Morley The Puppet Presidency Begins As Bannon Takes The Reins January 27, 2017 3:16 pm / 2 Comments / Campaign 2016, Media, Politics, Top News, US, White House The Puppet Presidency Begins As Bannon Takes The Reins Share this on Facebook0Tweet about this0Share this on Google+0Share this on Linkedin0Share this on Reddit0Print this pageEmail this page TAGS BREITBART CONGRESS DONALD TRUMP ELECTIONS EXECUTIVE ORDERS MIKE PENCE POLITICS REPUBLICANS RONALD REAGAN STEVE BANNON Republish Reprint Reprinted with permission from AlterNet. One key question of the Trump presidency in its first week is: who is actually going to perform the tasks associated with the job? While the liberal comedians and right-wing pundits agitate themselves about crowd sizes, odd tweets, and imaginary voter fraud, Politico and The Hill supply some data points about the all-important paper flow in Washington. Steve Bannon, the former Goldman Sachs executive-turned-Breitbart News chief, is running the government, while the president argues with actresses. Politico reports that the executive orders Trump has been signing were prepared and coordinated by Bannon. Various Cabinet secretaries and congressional leaders were not consulted, according to the story. Such procedural corner-cutting is not inconsequential when it comes to spending $25 billion of taxpayer funds or running the CIA. But whatever the eventual costs, the current reality seems to be that Bannon—not his White House rivals, chief of staff Reince Priebus or Vice President Mike Pence—decides what piece of paper gets put in front of Donald Trump’s pen. The “Breitbartization” of the White House comes as no surprise to people at the conservative news site. “I’m surprised it took this long,” one Breitbart reporter told The Hill. “There are a number of people on staff who clearly have resumes that would lend themselves to the administration. These two are ideologically in line with Bannon. They’re people he can trust. It makes sense.” The two are Breitbart immigration operative Julia Hahn and Breitbart’s national security propagandist, Sebastian Gorka. Hahn is expected to join the White House as an aide to Bannon. Gorka will also relocate to the White House, likely with a spot on the president’s National Security Council, according to Business Insider. Neither has much relevant experience. So far Trump is rubber-stamping the agenda of a radical Congress on Capitol Hill. But that is not the most distinctive feature of the Trump interregnum. An “interregnum” is a period when normal government is suspended. That is clearly the case in Washington. The Trump administration is not normal American government, not in its ethos or allegiance to democratic norms; it is an interruption. And Bannon is the interruptor. The Republican congressional leaders may be radical; they are also spineless. When House Speaker Paul Ryan was asked about the president’s bogus claims about electoral fraud, he shrugged and said, “I’m a policy guy.” As Trump wobbles and wheezes, Bannon is stepping forward. On the fifth day of Trump’s presidency he called a reporter to denounce The New York Times as “the opposition” who, he emphasized, deserved “humiliation.” Bannon projects the image of a strong, if flabby man. He’s a winner in the mold of Trump but perhaps more intelligent, an ordinary guy, a Seinfeld fan. He is also a self-proclaimed revolutionary from Wall Street, imbued with the animal spirits of capitalism and the racial chauvinism of the so-called alt-right. Compared to Bannon, Pence and Priebus are out of his league. They want to play with piety and politics. Bannon wants to remake the globe. Pence worries about the morals of gay people. Bannon wants to depose German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Bannon’s unsurprising emergence as first among equals in the White House is a signal moment in the Trump interregnum. Compared to Trump, he looks presidential. As the citizenry starts to pierce the smokescreen of Bannon’s taunting and Trump’s fibs, they will have to pay attention to how the White House actually works. Traditionally, the American presidency has two leadership functions, neatly summarized in a sign I saw in a friend’s kitchen: “El hombre reina; la mujer gobierna.” The man reigns; the woman governs. The message is gendered (as they say), but the wisdom it expresses is common sense. Leadership of a household or a nation-state has two dimensions: the ceremonial function of embodying a functioning collective and the practical function of getting things done. As performed by the last four presidents, the position of the chief executive of the U.S. government was akin to that of the CEO of the world’s largest non-profit. While their politics varied widely, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Bush Sr. all did the same basic job. These presidents presented themselves as the embodiment of the nation while presiding over a vast network of executive branch agencies. They reported to a fractious board of directors (Congress) and a vast service audience (the American people). Whether Republican or Democrat, these presidents organized their staff to receive, screen, and distill information and policy choices coming in from Cabinet agencies, the armed services, and scores of independent federal agencies. These presidents used the information to direct the governmental actions according to their political calculations and beliefs, and to negotiate with Congress and the courts for money and legitimacy. This executive aspect of the Oval Office job does not much interest Trump. He is a marketer by trade, with some genius for developing and executing dubious real estate deals. His attention span is legendarily short. He is passionate about a few issues (immigration, regulation, murder in Chicago) but has no interest in public policy as a daily task. Trump delights in the ceremonial presidency, as demonstrated by his ramblings about crowd size, popular vote margins, and standing ovations. Trump may be losing his mind in public, but he is a master of the ceremonial presidency. Or he is an emperor with no clothes. Or both. Masha Gessen notes that Trump, like his friend Vladimir Putin, understands the “lie is the message“; Trump’s false statements serve as true messages to his supporters. His lies disrupt and distract his opponents and burnish his image as the reigning power. While his opponents bicker about facts, he floats higher: El hombre reina. It is a tragedy. It is a farce. It is, according to the Washington Post, a story of backbiting, ego contests, and confusion. Yet there is no doubt Trump and Bannon are projecting a strong and clear message to their supporters: The president is on the job. He’s a break from the liberal past. His critics are contemptible and petty. You can read all about it on Breitbart News: America is in control of its borders. … Voter fraud is under investigation. … Madonna has been banned from a Texas radio station. … Milo is courageously fending off oppressive gay leftists. … America is getting greater, one Border Wall Construction Co. T-shirt at a time. One would have to go back to Ronald Reagan to find a president as disinterested in daily decision-making as Trump is likely to be. Trump resembles Reagan in key ways, both in his appeal and his politics. The difference is that Reagan was conservative, not radical. The Reagan team sought to capture the existing federal government structure on behalf of the conservative movement. The Trump team is seeking to dismantle the existing government structure and traditions of government in a way that is not normal. When Reagan came to Washington, the top management team of the State Department did not resign en masse. Under Trump, they just did. They are not partisans but public servants. They would be glad to hand off to a new administration. They want no part of Trump. Bannon can claim a victory of sorts. The Washington establishment is being routed. And indeed it is. The normal administration of the American government has ended. The interregnum has begun. Jefferson Morley is AlterNet’s Washington correspondent. IMAGE: Senior staff at the White House Kellyanne Conway, Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon (L-R) applaud before being sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence in Washington, DC January 22, 2017.  REUTERS/Carlos Barria

in case youre wondering how much backstory I'm putting into tbc

i'm doing six hours and counting of research on mkultra for this. good fucking god!!! luke's going through it.

we also get a thalia mention.............

i'm cooking up something u all woul not BELIEVE rn .

cooking up more perluke but i also want to write some slightly fucked up luke/reader where both have eds. what first……..

putting this poor boy through hell brb

i love just being absolutely crazy about fictional characters. like this document is fully seventeen pages long and its not even any of the Actual Fic yet. good fucking god