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Through the King’s Keyhole [1]

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Date: 2025-01-13

By David Glenn Cox

“All along the watchtower princes kept the view. While all the women came and went barefoot servants too.” I hate to repeat myself but good does not always defeat evil. Evil defeats it’s self and good triumphs and takes all the credit for the victory.

The King defeats the evil hand of American justice and will reign forever on the pages of history as that monumental day. When the illusion of America died. Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. The King is declared guilty but not responsible, due to his privileged station above the law. Write this down, if we survive this it could be important to remember someday, like the Enabling Acts.

Former Jail inmate and hoodlum about town Steve Bannon. Says, he’s gonna take down Elon Musk Personally! (Going to shank Flounder in the chow line.) Oh boy, ten days out and they are already fighting PUBLICALLY! Can you imagine what’s really going on? This is the tip of the iceberg above the water. Tough and gritty meets rich and shitty. It’s all patronage! Whoever can kiss the most ass and covet the most authority wins. So obviously, Steve Bannon sees Elon kissing all over his favorite shiny orange ass and becomes enraged. Declaring, unhand that ass! That’s my ass to kiss, not yours!

An Interloper and a foreigner to boot. Never trust a foreigner with billions of dollars! Oh, the agony, as poor Renfield went to prison for the king. And now, the king is sharing spiders at lunch with someone else. He’s no longer a favorite of the King. The scruffy guy on the moped is kicked to the curb by the rich guy with the flashy cars and deep pockets. Poor Steve is getting sand kicked in his face by the bully at the beach. Steve says, Elon in a Racist and truly evil. And Steve should know about that better than most.

This is literally a peek through the King’s keyhole. The struggle for power begins and already, some are unhappy with the division of spoils. Factions begin to form around the power centers. Moles listening and reporting. The walls have ears. We can’t talk here. The West Wing meets West Side Story. When you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet all the way!

Be careful not to make too many enemies, too quickly. Elon being a newcomer and Renfield an old timer has connections and potentially friends of some sort, I suppose. Elon being a newcomer in this circle, where everything is still new and all shiny. This is the big, big time be careful who you fuck with. You could find yourself driving a dumpster through eternity or playing pinochle with Jimmy Hoffa. It’s a mighty good thing we have the police and the Justice Department around to protect Elon.

In some lawless third world countries, where justice has been compromised. A fellow could get himself murdered in broad daylight and his attacker could get clean away. Keep that in mind as you go about your busy day. You’re not rolling dice with the boy scouts here. Some workmen could plant a kilo of cocaine at your house or Kiddie porn on your computer. The Nazis had the worst luck with civil aviation and important personages flying in airplanes that blew up. That’s why Hermon Goering, the head of the Luftwaffe, had his own personal train.

Vladimir Putin says he’s ready to talk right away. But this is the patronage system, and the game has changed. Time was; when the King really needed Vlad’s help. Now, he doesn’t. The King has broken the back of American Justice and now rules unfettered. What does he need you for…now? What’s in it for me? Now, the Russians couldn’t give him enough to top what the King already has. Why should I stick my neck out for you now? It looks like you are losing. Why don’t I sit back and do nothing and take the credit when you fall? Then pick up the spoils at bargain prices once you’re gone like Saddam.

The King threatens to sick the Army on the people unaware. The same power which authorizes that action also authorizes arresting the King. There are times when law and justice can really come in handy. Because once it’s gone, it’s predator and prey. Maybe today was a good day but of tomorrow, no one can tell. Always kiss your spouse before you leave the house, just in case. And pay your security team well, just in case.

Life in the snake pit swimming with the piranha. They taught us in business school never to bet your business on just one customer. Because that customer will use that advantage to advance themselves and not you. Forever asking for more and more, while returning less and less.

Elon is special. He’s the King’s special friend. Elon’s not like Michael Cohen or Rudy Giuliani or Bill Barr or Mike Lindell or any one of a thousand others. Elon is special. The nail which sticks up gets hammered down. You meet the same people on the way down you met on the way up. Only this time, they have knives and baseball bats.

A fortune teller would explain it as the law of the jungle. The cat who thinks he’s smarter than everyone else in the jungle by petting the King, gets eaten by the pack first.

“Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside”

― John F. Kennedy

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