Certain natural events – however seemingly insignificant – achieve so perfectly a higher symbolic meaning, that it is hard not to see in them a divine message.
AHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH! AHAHAHAHHA! Ohhhhhh, as someone who grew up with horses, including American Quarterhorses, I have soooo much to say about this!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
First of all: this American Quarterhorse of Daddy Wilhelm’s has absolute SHIT conformation. Angela Merkel is 5’5”, and although Quarterhorses can be as small as 14.3 hands/57 inches, this one looks like a little 13-hand-something runt (observe how bent Merkel’s legs are!), as if he could be the dubious result of crossbreeding with a Shetland pony. And obviously Markel’s signature squatty physique is only too painfully showcased by his stumpy stature.
Secondly, he looks even more like the product of a dubious redneck inbreeding operation thanks to his weak, slopy hindquarters: AQHs are bred to be the fastest horses of any breed in a quarter mile race, propelled by a powerful, square hip, which also enables them to turn or stop with ease and balance. This one looks like he’d be bested by a class of kindergartners in a 5-yard dash, and miserable to ride upon.
Then we have his face - he seems to be sporting a vaguely Roman nose (not at all becoming for a Quarterhorse) and a small, peevishly-placed eye, suggesting a devious, truculent personality and a troubled mind. He’d as likely throw you off and brutalize you with his hooves, as let you ride him anywhere. Also, his knees look weird.
I think I read in an interview with its creator that he wanted to take this old concept of the aristocratic leader/king on a horse and sort of give it a 21st century democratic vibe. In another century, she would have held a majestic, fearsome horse with the reins in one hand, the other hand brandishing a sword - these days are over, so we have a rather runty-looking, absolutely uninspiring boring horse (looking like a horse bureaucrat would look if horses had bureaucrats) with an absolutely pedestrian leader not even leading the horse.
This is what an Anglo-Saxon queen sounds like, a real leader, one of England's greatest:
"My loving people,
We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm: to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you on a word of a prince, they shall be duly paid. In the mean time, my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over these enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people."
I don’t know doo-dah about horses, and even I could tell this horse looked all wrong. And as for Merkel…her face, the posing of her hands….all of it. Perfectly hideous.
I came back to this post a second time just to enjoy the comedy. And am laughing so hard, I have tears in my eyes. I think this may be E.'s best post ever.
I would hardly call it magnificent, except that my sarcasm meter is going off the charts. Why the signature Mao jacket and pants? Why that Kim family bland stare? No saddle? It looks as if a constipated Merkle action figure was placed on a pre-made horse - like a GI Joe on a My Little Pony. If the statue lasted 200 years, no one would be able to figure out why it was made. Maybe they'd think it was Pop Art.
Yes, it is magnificent. Believe me. It perfectly reflects the statewomanship of a great leader of the German people. She, almost single-handedly, was the chief architect of the process that has transformed the leading country in Europe into ... what would I say, the laughing stock of the World?
Yep, poor, poor Pfizer... I just feel so sorry for them. That said, I do feel bad for the folks who work at the plant that was damaged, never easy for the people who keep a facility like that running when something like that happens.
Indeed. A funny moment made even more hilarious. - Reading your comment made me wonder: do they use biodegradable, vegan, ethically sourced glue? ‘Cause let’s face it, superglue isn’t exactly environmentally friendly.
Irina, this is a fantastic point. To protest the carbon cost of all this gluing, I may have to glue myself to some of these Letzte Generation people - but using a more environmentally friendly glue than theirs!
this whole story is like a fractal of embedded omens and hidden meanings. Merkel atop the horse of state with no means to control it, the misplaced faith in technology to overcome the lack of talent and technical ability, all of this in front of some dingy school building from the 1960s repurposed as a "temple" to Europe, and then of course it all comes crashing down after some impotent repairs and a whitewashing fail to fix it.
An omen, indeed. Future generations might refer to it in awed voices, like the dreadful omens in 'Julius Caesar'. "When beggars die, there are no comets seen: The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes." And later, just before battle, Cassius notes that the eagles that had accompanied their army had fled,
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Speaking of architecture, Javier Milei uses comparative architecture in Buenos Aires to great effect as a means of criticizing socialism. He did this in his interview with Tucker, but he has also mentioned it in the one or two clips I've seen of his speeches.
'The equestrian statue showed the ex-chancellor life-size on a quarter horse, dressed in her typical trouser suit and her hands shaped into the famous "Merkel diamond", looking east.'
That's explained in the linked article. Because she doesn't need stuff like that to ride a horse! So it won't become a caricature of all other equestrian statues!
That statue really does sum up nicely the crappy pastiche that our politicians/government agencies use too. It looks like 2 separate statues that were then stupidly joined together using “new fangled “ technology, I mean what could go wrong?
I particularly like that they captured Merkel wearing her favorite Mao collared shirt. so fitting.
AHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH! AHAHAHAHHA! Ohhhhhh, as someone who grew up with horses, including American Quarterhorses, I have soooo much to say about this!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
First of all: this American Quarterhorse of Daddy Wilhelm’s has absolute SHIT conformation. Angela Merkel is 5’5”, and although Quarterhorses can be as small as 14.3 hands/57 inches, this one looks like a little 13-hand-something runt (observe how bent Merkel’s legs are!), as if he could be the dubious result of crossbreeding with a Shetland pony. And obviously Markel’s signature squatty physique is only too painfully showcased by his stumpy stature.
Secondly, he looks even more like the product of a dubious redneck inbreeding operation thanks to his weak, slopy hindquarters: AQHs are bred to be the fastest horses of any breed in a quarter mile race, propelled by a powerful, square hip, which also enables them to turn or stop with ease and balance. This one looks like he’d be bested by a class of kindergartners in a 5-yard dash, and miserable to ride upon.
Then we have his face - he seems to be sporting a vaguely Roman nose (not at all becoming for a Quarterhorse) and a small, peevishly-placed eye, suggesting a devious, truculent personality and a troubled mind. He’d as likely throw you off and brutalize you with his hooves, as let you ride him anywhere. Also, his knees look weird.
Oh, THANK YOU for this, Eugy!! 😆
excellent comment
Additionally, she looks stupid on a horse. No one who looks like that ever rides a horse.
I think I read in an interview with its creator that he wanted to take this old concept of the aristocratic leader/king on a horse and sort of give it a 21st century democratic vibe. In another century, she would have held a majestic, fearsome horse with the reins in one hand, the other hand brandishing a sword - these days are over, so we have a rather runty-looking, absolutely uninspiring boring horse (looking like a horse bureaucrat would look if horses had bureaucrats) with an absolutely pedestrian leader not even leading the horse.
I think she would look like being in her element riding a broom .
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is what an Anglo-Saxon queen sounds like, a real leader, one of England's greatest:
"My loving people,
We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm: to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you on a word of a prince, they shall be duly paid. In the mean time, my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over these enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people."
Compare this to the Merkel frump!
It IS a boring horse!
sturdy and placid, like Frau Merkel
Thinking on it further, she does have a horse face.
I CONCUR.
and She looks stupid off a horse !
So she’s not a Horsey woman?
If Merkel sat on Jacinda it would have made more sense as an art statement.
Knowing all this makes it even more perfect.
You're right CyngeRouge, I thought it was just Merkel, but horse doesn't look right either.
Reminds me of Quick Draw McGraw.
I don’t know doo-dah about horses, and even I could tell this horse looked all wrong. And as for Merkel…her face, the posing of her hands….all of it. Perfectly hideous.
The horse’s ass is a large improvement over her face .
You are spot on! THIS—- thing is not an American Quarter horse and I wouldn’t pay a plug nickel for it, whatever “breed” it turned out to be.
And yes, divine intervention seems to have won the day.
Now do Fauci! 😝
A Donkey were more like it!
This is so good on so many levels!
The magnificent image of an equestrian Merkel!
Using recycled materials that are not fit for purpose!
The timing of the collapse!
The timing is the best.
Thank you very much for this.
I came back to this post a second time just to enjoy the comedy. And am laughing so hard, I have tears in my eyes. I think this may be E.'s best post ever.
Agreed! I'm enjoying the comments so much. In this dark world, in these dark times, we discover a common bond & humor to delight the soul!
you beat me to it, going to say the headline was the best laugh I've had in months
This must have been an attack by the Russians ,THE SAME AS THE PIPELINES .
Metaphor of the year. It didn't even survive the decaying corrupt civilization that produced it.
What's the quote, "You'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh..."
No, a heart of recycled concrete.
Clever.
I would hardly call it magnificent, except that my sarcasm meter is going off the charts. Why the signature Mao jacket and pants? Why that Kim family bland stare? No saddle? It looks as if a constipated Merkle action figure was placed on a pre-made horse - like a GI Joe on a My Little Pony. If the statue lasted 200 years, no one would be able to figure out why it was made. Maybe they'd think it was Pop Art.
Yes, it is magnificent. Believe me. It perfectly reflects the statewomanship of a great leader of the German people. She, almost single-handedly, was the chief architect of the process that has transformed the leading country in Europe into ... what would I say, the laughing stock of the World?
Yes, it's a magnificent statement, but a really bad peice of art.
if she would have lost 75 pounds before riding it ,it may still be standing .
Reminds me of the George Floyd mural wall lighting strike.
Or the Pfizer plant that was hit by a tornado
I expect they got government compensation for what they have 'suffered' though!
Yep, poor, poor Pfizer... I just feel so sorry for them. That said, I do feel bad for the folks who work at the plant that was damaged, never easy for the people who keep a facility like that running when something like that happens.
Really?! Do you have a photo? I'd love to see that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/tornado-struck-pfizer-plant-ripped-warehouse-drugs-stored-rcna95384
Another act of God!
God will eventually punish those monsters far more severely than that!
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/george-floyd-mural-struck-by-lightning-in-toledo-ohio/
An act of God, no doubt.
Who, hopefully has a sense of humor. When the Burning Man mess flooded, there was a double rainbow photographed over it all. :D
https://imgs.search.brave.com/BrFIjEq66eLD9QW1aTAU6XAntZTT01zBjChKkOtYU_0/rs:fit:500:0:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLmlu/c2lkZXIuY29tLzY0/ZjU1YTJkMWI3Y2Vk/MDAxOWM3YTZmYT93/aWR0aD03MDA.jpeg
Why doesn't God act on all [Pfizer plants like that .?
God just shows us how it's done. He's relying on us to take up the reins (pun intended) for the rest of the story.
hahhaaa do a web search for defaced GF murals and it appears to be an enjoyable endeavor around the world LOL
The store called the cops on Floyd after he used funny money to buy cigarettes. Another tobacco-related death.
I know. the left is so virtuous but the only ones they can express their adoration for are hardened criminals.
To be renamed "And the horse you rode in on"
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
hahaha
I feel sorry for the horse - despite the fact it is not real.
I have the same feeling.
She should have been riding a German Panzer instead of a horse .
Me too!
I suppose it is too much to ask to have the ruins remain on the ground until nature (and Germany) heals and reclaims them entirely.
The only thing missing would have been a climate activist glued to the sculpture at the moment of collapse.
Indeed. A funny moment made even more hilarious. - Reading your comment made me wonder: do they use biodegradable, vegan, ethically sourced glue? ‘Cause let’s face it, superglue isn’t exactly environmentally friendly.
Irina, this is a fantastic point. To protest the carbon cost of all this gluing, I may have to glue myself to some of these Letzte Generation people - but using a more environmentally friendly glue than theirs!
... and biodegradable, vegan, ethically sourced glue does not stick.
Nobody said being woke was easy.
They could have spray painted it, that would only improve it.
That's perfect.
They should plant a sign next to it
“From the earth it came and to the earth it shall go”
A truly biodegradable wonder
Too perfect and too funny!
A perfect metaphor, perfectly described.
So, how should we interpret not having reins on the horse! 😂😂
this whole story is like a fractal of embedded omens and hidden meanings. Merkel atop the horse of state with no means to control it, the misplaced faith in technology to overcome the lack of talent and technical ability, all of this in front of some dingy school building from the 1960s repurposed as a "temple" to Europe, and then of course it all comes crashing down after some impotent repairs and a whitewashing fail to fix it.
This comment is as golden as the essay itself!
Truly.
and a whole eternity better than Merckel
The repairs remind me of when Tutankhamen's sarcophagus was damaged and some lunatic Arab tried to glue it back on:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30931369
Should have gotten a metallurgist.
Or the Monkey Christ Restoration. Perfection!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thte1AlRPaE
An omen, indeed. Future generations might refer to it in awed voices, like the dreadful omens in 'Julius Caesar'. "When beggars die, there are no comets seen: The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes." And later, just before battle, Cassius notes that the eagles that had accompanied their army had fled,
"And in their steads do ravens, crows, and kites
Fly o’er our heads and downward look on us
As we were sickly prey. "
Speaking of architecture, Javier Milei uses comparative architecture in Buenos Aires to great effect as a means of criticizing socialism. He did this in his interview with Tucker, but he has also mentioned it in the one or two clips I've seen of his speeches.
I noticed the position of her hands as well. Illuminati much??
'The equestrian statue showed the ex-chancellor life-size on a quarter horse, dressed in her typical trouser suit and her hands shaped into the famous "Merkel diamond", looking east.'
Not to mention her old CCP style outfit (non descrpt tunic and pants).
Hillary Clinton started the Communist dress trend. Now she's wearing large & flowing MuMu's! Same woman, just heavier.
Hillary has piano legs, so she always preferred pants to skirts
Remember when she wore a shower curtain for a talk show appearance?
In America they will use a real stuffed horse with Faussi on it .
I call that hand position Early Communist China Supplication.
Good eye!
Yeah I wondered that too. Was it significant? And who rides a horse with their hands like that?
A metaphor for not understanding how to control?
That's explained in the linked article. Because she doesn't need stuff like that to ride a horse! So it won't become a caricature of all other equestrian statues!
Excellent point!
Hollywood could not have written a better ending to this grotesque tribute to Ms. Merkel.
Hollywood can't write shit anymore.
that's all many of them wrote to begin with
Angela - thanks for all the immigrants you allowed to come in so a great country and economy could be destroyed. The NWO salutes you.
If I'd been astride a horse when I saw this, I would have fallen off with laughter.
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That statue really does sum up nicely the crappy pastiche that our politicians/government agencies use too. It looks like 2 separate statues that were then stupidly joined together using “new fangled “ technology, I mean what could go wrong?
I particularly like that they captured Merkel wearing her favorite Mao collared shirt. so fitting.
A very deserving end to the statue of one of the worst politicians in the world.
Leading the charge to ruin...