randomness unexpectedness had serendipity clobber the notion of coincidence have appealed to him since a boy

his latest example is from Rick Perlstein’s Nation Books publication 2001 Before The Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

                                                               happened to turn to page 117

he read while sitting on the pot

                                 since he was one of eleven family members the bathroom provided him some small semblance of privacy

“Things intensified. On April 14 (1961) the New York Times splashed a sensational story on page 1: an officer stationed in Germany, General Edwin Walker, was indoctrinating his troops with Birch literature. Then the Times thundered against him on the editorial page. On April 17 Walker was removed from his post.”

    hmm

             Secretary of Defense Hegseths Holy War Pete fetishes  Department of War  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-zRVOep_mLA  &  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACHXFu10EPw

                    seems to him indoctrination

Walker was byebye in a matter of three days

0849,  Tuesday,  5  5. 26

pull-quote regarding the John Birch Society

                                              “The GOP establishment’s efforts to court this fringe and keep it in the coalition allowed it to gain a foothold and eventually cannibalize the entire party.”  https://www.niskanencenter.org/how-the-john-birch-society-radicalized-the-american-right/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVrukS7AR-D/

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/06/pete-hegseth-defense-religion-christian-00192117