Mr. Yuck - Original photo by Jonathan Ernst, Reuters
Steve Timmer
by Steve Timmer
Jun 14, 2026, 11:30 AM

J. D. Vance is a Fatuous Bastard ™

J. Davenport Vance wins a Fatuous Bastard™ for this interview, claiming that World War II ended with negotiation:

Anyone who is not a fumbling, ahistorical idiot knows that in May, 1945, Adolph Hitler shot himself in his Berlin bunker and Germany SURRENDERED a few days later UNCONDITIONALLY.

They also know that the Japanese SURRENDERED UNCONDITIONALLY to Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allies on September 2nd of 1945, on the deck of the Missouri, anchored in Tokyo’s harbor.

There are countless other examples of wars ending by complete success on one side and surrender on the other. Our Civil War, for example. The South made overtures to negotiate peace, which failed, and it ultimately surrendered. In fact, to regain voting representation in Congress, the southern states had to accede to the Reconstruction Amendments.

Remember, the Fatuous Bastard™ award aims to recognize and celebrate all the incels and other assorted misfits who were stuffed in lockers in high school and never got over it, the overweening, overcompensating pseudo-intellectual fools who mistake a thesaurus for a thought, the basement dwellers whose fingers are as orange as their hero, the . . . well, you get the idea.

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