THE CONFIRMATION CIRCUS BEGINS

       So, today kicks off the formality of rubber-stamping Executive Branch nominations conducted after every 'election' by the US Senate. They usually start with the nominees that the Madison Avenue PR firms consider most controversial so that said Senators can grandstand and put on performances for their constituents. In reality, these proceedings are decided by closed-door meetings in advance and the whole carnival is about as realistic as a TV quiz show.

       Pete Hegseth is the first of these characters to appear this week, nominated to head the Pentagon and oversee the Military-Industrial Complex. Hegseth is considered controversial; not because he's wholly unqualified, a White Supremacist, involved in a crackpot religious cult, or because he's advocated War Crimes. Apparently, in Hegseth's case, some females have come forward with allegations of sexual impropriety. In American Trash Culture, that is far more serious than any of the other issues, which the Media duly will ignore. 

      Will Hegseth be confirmed? Probably. Will it make much difference? Probably not. It's difficult to imagine the Pentagon being run worse than it already is. The Defense Department is one the worst of Beltway Swamps and a clown like Hegseth is the perfect clueless patsy to put as head of it so that the Deep State can operate there unobserved. 

    The Republican Establishment nominated Steve Feinberg, CEO of Cerberus Capital Management (a Bush Family front) to be Hegseth's Top Deputy, so we know who'll be overseeing things. The other nominations for the Pentagon include Michael Duffey who'll be in charge of Weapons and Procurement. Duffey is a longtime Pentagon/Deep State spook and point-man with Defense Industry lobbyists. Emil Michael, the former CBO at WEF Strategic Partner Uber was picked to head Research and Engineering. Michael has considerable ties to other Corporate Oligarchies but little experience in R&D. 

    Elbridge Colby, grandson of the former CIA Director is a member of the very Deep State organization WestExec Advisors, where he collaborated with Antony Blinken among others. WestExec is a 'consulting firm' that specializes in facilitating Regulatory Capture of various agencies and is the main trafficker of Revolving-Door political operatives. A ferocious anti-Russia and anti-China hawk, Colby will be in charge of Pentagon Policy-Making.

    Keith Bass, the CIA's former medical director who was appointed by Obama in 2011 to their medical division despite having no medical experience and subsequently fired by Biden for gross negligence and incompetence, was selected by Team Woke to head the pentagon's massive healthcare bureaucracy. Revolving-Door bureaucrat, Joe Kasper, is set to be Hegseth's Chief-of-Staff. Daniel Driscoll, a crony of JD Vance, was chosen to head the Department of the Army; while Florida Swamp megadonor John Phelan was chosen to head the Department of the Navy. The chieftain of the Air Force hasn't been chosen yet, but the candidates so far are about the quality we'd expect. 

    Are we all tired of winning yet? Small wonder that the phrase Drain the Swamp was heard so little during the 2024 Campaign. Not to worry, though, there are more Hearings coming up this week until the Media loses interest and everyone else gets passed without comment or discussion.