{"id":2574,"date":"2021-01-04T21:21:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T02:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coldfury.com\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2021-01-04T21:22:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T02:22:12","slug":"something-like-a-war-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/something-like-a-war-is-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"“Something like a war is underway”"},"content":{"rendered":"

So let’s win it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Things are shaking loose. Secrets are flying out of black boxes. Shots have been fired. The center is not holding because the center is no longer there, only a black hole where the center used to be, and, within it, the shriekings of lost souls. Will the United States go missing this week, or fight its way out of the chaos and darkness?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If it’s ever to get out at all, it can only do it by fighting.<\/p>\n

Whatever occurs in this strange week of confrontation, Joe Biden will not be leading any part of it. Where has he been since Christmas? Back to hiding in the basement? Did the American people elect a ghost? Even if this storm blows over, could Joe Biden possibly claim any legitimacy in the Oval Office? And then what happens with the rest of the story \u2014 which is an epic economic convulsion sharper than the Great Depression \u2014 as time is unsuspended and the year 2021 actually unspools?<\/p>\n

Only the bare outlines of this week\u2019s fateful game are visible. Mr. Trump has not conceded the election. An action will play out in congress under rarely-used constitutional rules as to how the electoral college votes are awarded to whom. The rancor around this action is already epic. Few of the political players are beyond suspicion of dark deals and shifty allegiances. Persistent rumor has the president laying out a royal flush of deadly information about his antagonists, enough to make heads explode among the formerly cocksure and vaporize the\u00a0narrative\u00a0they\u2019ve been running for four years.<\/p>\n

A whole lot of people are converging in the nation\u2019s capital at midweek, maybe even the touted million. It is a moment, possibly, not unlike the Bastille in Paris, 1789. They will be clamoring right outside Congress as the electoral vote ceremony proceeds. If the battle is not joined in the chamber, it\u2019s a little hard to believe the crowd will just heave a million sighs, trudge back to their cars, and drive quietly home.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not nearly as hard to believe as it should be, more’s the pity. Then again, Ol’ Remus’ sage advice about staying away from crowds keeps coming to mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So let’s win it. Things are shaking loose. Secrets are flying out of black boxes. Shots have been fired. The center is not holding because the center is no longer there, only a black hole where the center used to be, and, within it, the…<\/p>\n

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