Showing posts with label cancel culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancel culture. Show all posts

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Maryland, My Maryland, and the Sandwich of Shame

The "Krista Club"
From the Carroll County Times, A ‘public shaming’ sandwich: Carroll business owner has unique response after employee’s racist posts resurface
When Matty Wess, 47, of New Windsor, saw that one of his employees was taking heat online for her years-old, racist social media posts that had resurfaced, he took a unique approach to addressing the situation.

Wess, who owns Uncle Matty’s Eatery in New Windsor, decided to whip up a sandwich and name it after her. He said he aimed to create a “public shaming” sandwich with profits heading toward a good cause.

An Uncle Matty’s Eatery employee said that by Friday afternoon, the restaurant had sold 22 “Krista Club” sandwiches. The fried chicken sandwich is topped with bacon and cheddar and comes on a brioche bun with a side of pickles and chips. It sells for $16.99 and will remain on the menu until the end of August. Profits from every purchase will be used to purchase items that will be donated to The Gateway School.

Krista Schultz

Krista Schultz’s racist posts gained public attention this week when Carroll County Public Schools board member Kristen Zihmer rescinded her appointment of Schultz to the school system’s family life committee on Wednesday.

Wess said that while he condemns the post Schultz made, he wanted to defend his employee on a personal level. He believes all people should be allowed to learn from their mistakes.

Schultz serves on the Carroll County Republican Central Committee and was reelected in July. Zihmer had appointed her to serve on the public school committee that examines and discusses all instructional materials proposed for the school system’s health curriculum. Zihmer said she was made aware of the posts this week, which led her to revoke her appointment. Zihmer declined to comment for this story.

On Tuesday, a Facebook page, CCPS Parents for Honest Education, whose administrators are anonymous, shared what it said were screenshots of Schultz’s posts. The Carroll County Times could not independently verify the legitimacy of the posts.

One screenshot of a comment Schultz appears to have made on Facebook in 2019 says, “It was a good rap song. … Colored folks listen to it.” Another screenshot is of a meme Schultz appears to have posted in 2019 that shows a photo of a Black woman and white man together with text that says, “I ONLY DATE BLACK GIRLS BECAUSE I HATE MEETING FATHERS.”

Schultz posted on Facebook on Tuesday: “I have taken accountability for my actions, learned from my experiences, matured, and I don’t take any of it back because it has made me who I am today. So if some miserable, liberal, coward (who hides behind a couple Facebook pages anonymously) wants to try to throw something in my face from 10, 15, or 20 years ago… go for it… It motivates me.” She could not be reached for comment for this article.

The sandwich looks good, (if it really looks like that in real life) but it costs $16.99, which is a shame. 

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Was There a Conspiracy to Kill Kirk?

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Patel: You Won't Believe How Strong a Case We Have Against Charlie's Assassin ... And Maybe More? Matt Margolis at PJM sees Charlie Kirk Murder Investigation Expands "According to a report from the Washington Free Beacon, federal investigators are now digging into at least seven social media accounts that showed apparent advance knowledge of the September 10 shooting." Hat Hair's Dave Strom asserts There IS Evidence of a Conspiracy to Kill Charlie Kirk and John Sexton hears 'It Was Me': Tyler Robinson Confessed in Online Chat. Bonchie at RedState hears the FBI is Investigating Seven People for Alleged Foreknowledge of Kirk Murder, Including Big Ideological Signs. From LifeZette, Bongino Reveals FBI Probing Possibility of Others Helping Charlie Kirk’s Assassin. Sundance at CTH hosts Deputy Director Dan Bongino Outlines Updates on Charlie Kirk Murder and His Emotional Struggles During Investigation. Ace, FBI Investigating a Conspiracy of Violent Far-Left Transgenders Who Proclaimed That Charlie Kirk Would be Murdered on September 10th and Who Admitted Their Role in the Conspiracy: "We F***ing Did It!" and The Trans-"Ally" Antifa Assassin Confessed to His Trans Pals "Washington Post:" Grummz @Grummz "He told everybody on Discord that he did it. Every Antifa Discord server is in full panic right now. Because I’m pretty sure the gov will be looking very very hard at private servers that are stirring up political violence. Don’t bother scrubbing, Discord saves everything even if you delete. I am looking forward to all the Antifa mods collectively crapping their pants today." Quote Nick Sortor@nicksortor "BREAKING: Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson appears to have CONFESSED to friends in a Discord chat shortly before turning himself in, per WaPo “Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this. im surrendering through a sheriff . . . Show more" FWIW, I'm not convinced it was a conspiracy. It may be, but it also may be that the assassination chatter in this online crowd spurred Robinson to do it to impress them. So the FBI needs to look hard at this group.

Stacy McCain sees a Plot Twist: Did Lance Twiggs Just Become the World’s Most Famous Transgender? and Demonic Forces, Transgender Terrorism and Other ‘Random Coincidences’. TechnoFog at substack, Tyler Robinson - the trans-allied assassin. From Twitchy, Andy Ngo Shuts Jessica Riedl DOWN for Trying to SHAME People for Noticing Kirk's Assassin Has a Trans BF. Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "Brian @JessicaBRiedl, he’s not a roommate (oops!), but rather the Antifa assassin suspect’s lover. And federal and state investigators are probing if Robinson’s support for trans may have inspired him to take direct action, as Antifa and Trantifa have been demanding. I’ve attached a rallying cry from a Los Angeles antifa ringleader as one of thousands of examples:" Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Left's Narrative on Charlie Kirk Imploded Over the Weekend...and They're Crashing Out Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson "Step 1: "Woah, woah, let's not just assume it was a leftist who did it just because it looks that way and leftists are celebrating it." Step 2: Lie about it being a MAGA false flag until it's no longer tenable Step 3: "Why are we still talking about this? We need to move on."" Matt Margolis, Kash Patel Destroys the Left’s Favorite Lie About Charlie Kirk’s Killer, "The left’s refusal to abandon false narratives even amid official FBI findings reveals a dangerous obsession with twisting the truth for political gain. The facts show that Tyler Robinson was a radicalized leftist, not a MAGA supporter. Denying this only deepens division and dishonors the truth." Dave Strom at Hat Hair says Let's Applaud Tyler Robinson's Family and His 'Partner' For Standing Up When It Counted.

Veep JD Vance hasn't reached the "turn the other cheek" phase yet. From Ace, JD Vance Guest Hosts the Charlie Kirk Show: "This is not a 'both sides' problem". At RCP, J.D. Vance: There Is No Unity With Those Who Celebrate Charlie Kirk's Assassination, Or Groups Who Fund Them. Sundance hosts JD Vance Closes Charlie Kirk Podcast with Powerful Message. Daffey Thoughts thinks If you disagree with the Left then they hate you and want you dead. John Kass maintains Democrat Assassination Culture Killed Charlie Kirk. At Althouse, "From where does all this hatred, violence, and moral vacuity arise?" ""Why did the shooter inscribe his bullets with 'anti-fascist' messaging, cruel taunts, and trans jargon?" Asks Victor Davis Hanson, in "Was the Current Madness Birthed in the University? America’s descent into violence and moral chaos—from Kirk’s assassination to suppressed crime truths—traces back to the toxic ideologies nurtured in universities" (American Greatness)." Matt Vespa thinks you should Watch Randi Weingarten Get Obliterated for Peddling Total Nonsense About Charlie Kirk's Assassination. Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays "Wait until the haters of Charlie Kirk find out their anger is based entirely on quotes taken out of context and flat-out lies about what he said. Cognitive dissonance will glue most of the haters to their original positions, with word-salad explanations of how they have been proven wrong yet they are really right. But some will experience unbearable sadness and deep shame over their actions this week. That's coming." Larry Correia @monsterhunter45, "Somebody reminded me of a useful concept some of my newer readers don't know about, and it correlates to what the left has been doing all week to Charlie Kirk. About ten years ago my fans came up with "Straw Larry". Whenever a Caring Liberal would blunder in to scream at us about how Larry Correia was a racist, sexist, transphobic, whatever, and he said (insert thing I never said) my fans would go, oh no, that's not Larry, that's Straw Larry. Common mistake. Happens all the time. . . : At PJM Cathy Salgado details The Actual Charlie Kirk 2nd Amendment Quote Lefties Lie About and ‘Stop Killing Us,’ Straka Tells Lefties Screaming ‘Nazis’, Threatening Rally Goers. Driscoll at Insty cites AXIOS: How Charlie Kirk’s killing sparked unfounded theories about Groypers. Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav "The Southern Poverty Law Center put a (target) on Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA earlier this year."

Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Repeat: the answer isn’t “pick up the microphone that Charlie Kirk was holding.” The answer is to use the full authority and force of the law to restore conditions in which people can speak without fearing for their lives." Quote Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Charlie Kirk tried to win hearts and minds through open debate with all comers; his enemies found it intolerable and assassinated him. One reaction, a bad reaction, is private violence, which is unjust except in defined cases, such as immediate self-defense and defense of others. LifeZette reports Stephen Miller Vows DOJ, DHS Crackdown on Left-Wing Groups Promoting Violent Action. Mollie @MZHemingway, "Who are these women who are going out of their way to hurt the very young Miller children at their home?" Quote Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords "Just four days after the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, @arlingtondems are “chalking” messages of hate towards @StephenM and @KatieMiller just blocks away from their home. I asked them to explain “Miller is preying on families” and all were too cowardly to respond." Capt. Ed hears Justice Barrett: Political Assassination Should Be 'Foreign' to the American Experiment.

Justine Bateman @JustineBateman, "Don’t know if people who live outside of LA can know how significant this is." Quote Barbara Sharp "Turning out for Charlie Kirk in Beverly Hills…." Kian Simone @kiansimone44, "POWERFUL! Thousands of Canadians in Calgary sing the American National Anthem at a memorial for Charlie Kirk." Grummz @Grummz "I see this on bluesky. They think this is just another blip on the timeline. They don’t understand the entire thing just branched hard." Quote Nick Monroe @lobsterlooker, "Replying to @lobsterlooker "There are people out there who don't understand. There's no return to the status quo. Charlie Kirk's death permanently changes the direction of things going forward." T. Greer, Bullets and Ballots: The Legacy of Charlie Kirk "What did Charlie Kirk mean to the Young Right?" At Splice Today, Mark Judge has Some Difficult Thoughts on Charlie Kirk. "My point is the safety of my friends on the right. Don’t speak at a college unless security is tight. Don’t enter a kill zone where you’re an easy target." Ben Domenech at Spec World Charlie Kirk saw himself as holding back a revolution. "The murdered activist exemplified a belief in the American values of civil debate." SabreMom, We all need to be Charlie now. "Keep your kids from becoming another Tyler Robinson."

Kevin Bass PhD MS @kevinnbass, "As a former leftist myself, you must understand that the left will never stop until they achieve victory. They will not leave you in peace. They will not coexist. The only two options are roll over and be crushed or crush them, over and over, relentlessly, constantly, forever. As soon as you stop crushing them they will come back and start trying to crush you again. They may hide it but that is what they are doing, always and forever. There is no peace. There is either crush or be crushed by the left. This is the truth. Do you understand?" Fusilli Spock @awstar11 "You called it “a war” the day before the assassination and said your side should use “any means necessary.” So STFU about unity you two-faced cheerleader for violence." Quote Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT, "Pay attention. Something dark might be coming. The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent." Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_ "*young man gets murdered in front of his family; tons of psychos celebrate his murder* “What if this leads to something dark?”" Driscoll, AND YET, NO STORE OWNER BOARDED UP HIS WINDOWS THIS WEEKEND. From the College Fix, NYU adjunct: Charlie Kirk not a ‘victim,’ MAGA = ‘liars’ who should be ‘excluded from public discourse’. Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson, "New Yorker writer claims, astonishingly, to be unaware of a single leftist celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder." Da Caller, Dem Mayor Orders Flags To Full Staff Post Charlie Kirk Assassination, Firefighters Say No. At Shooting News Week, David Hogg Tries to Make Yet Another Tragic Shooting All About Him. Johnny St.Pete@JohnMcCloy "WOW. Hell Yeah Senator Burchett calling out CNN to its face as if THEY weren’t relentlessly attacking Trump. “Well what are YOU ALL doing about it..if you really wanted this to change YOUR EDITORIAL BOARD WOULD SAY WERE NOT GONNA PUT THIS STUFF OUT” - @timburchett He then points out their horrific ratings and that is why NOBODY watches them and she has the audacity to get offended and pretend they don’t run propaganda directed at Trump/Conservatives day in and out. Clearly everybody is over the Mockingbird media."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25, Louder With Crowder: Scott Jennings drops all the receipts on Dem rhetoric that killed Charlie Kirk, also, Erika Kirk fights back tears issuing battle cry after Charlie’s assassination, Dana Loesch: Charlie Kirk’s Assassin Caught.

At his NYPO gig, Insty writes Charlie Kirk’s murder will break the left’s hateful cancel tactics, From Fox, Washington Post columnist fired over social media posts after Charlie Kirk's assassination, "Karen Attiah says outlet accused her posts of 'gross misconduct'" Quote 'doctoring'. Capt. Ed, WaPo Editor: I Got Fired Over Charlie Kirk. Bonchi at RedState, WaPo Editor Fired for Justifying Charlie Kirk Assassination, and Her Double-Down Is Even Worse. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Let me explain this to the leftists suddenly deeply concerned about cancel culture. Digging up decade old tweets of jokes or hacking a political donation to get someone fired is cancel culture. People getting fired for currently, openly cheering murder is not cancel culture." Ace, Washington Post Fires Left-Wing Extremist DEI Savage for Dancing on Charlie Kirk's Grave, Suggesting His Assassination Is Warranted. Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug, "You made up a quote to dehumanize a man who was just murdered I'm so happy you were fired! And I hope you never find gainful employment again! Stop dehumanizing conservatives Our society can't tolerate people who celebrate the murder of innocent people anymore." Michigan News, Office Depot Fires Employee Who Refused To Produce A Charlie Kirk Poster Because It Was ‘Propaganda. NYPo reports a NJ surgeon who ‘cheered’ Charlie Kirk’s murder resigns — as suspended nurse who called him out is reinstated. Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "For those uncomfortable with communists being fired, please understand this is as NICE as the Right will be from now on. You can see it in incidents like this. This has happened many times in the past few days. Previously, nobody would have touched this animal." Guy Benson at TownHall considers the question Should the Ghouls Publicly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Assassination Lose Their Jobs? EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "We “cancelled” the Dixie Chicks by not buying their music or going to their concerts. You canceled Charlie Kirk by assassinating him. We are not the same." Cathy Salgado, State Department Revokes Visa for Rapper Who Mocked Assassination of Charlie Kirk. Jeremy Kauffman @jeremykauffman, "People lost their jobs in 2020 for: - Reading an MLK letter out loud - Showing a Shakespeare film from 1965 - Snapping fingers (interpreted as) - Sharing data that riots were unpopular - Teaching the proper pronunciation of Chinese - Donating $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse." Quote Jeremy Kauffman @jeremykauffman, "I actively cataloged some of the worst behavior during 2020's cultural revolution. Here's a round-up of 25 egregious firings, investigations, and excesses from 2020, so you can remember just how bad things got." At Calling All RushBabes, The Left Cannot Learn or Admit Error. Free speech does not include freedom from consequences.

VodkaPundit at PJM reports a Possible Kirk-Related Bomb on Fox News Van Fizzled, But That's Not the Weird Part... It was those sneaky Lutherans again. Just kidding. The suspects' names are Adeeb Nasir, age 58, and Adil Justice Ahmed Nasir, age 31. . . On Sunday, the FBI served a search warrant in Salt Lake's Magna neighborhood west of downtown, but only after evacuating neighboring homes. It's a good thing, too, since the search found explosives, explosive-related components, firearms, illegal narcotics, and drug paraphernalia." John Sexton, Two Men Arrested for Attempted Firebombing of News Van in Utah.


Steve Cortes at Am Great, Zelensky’s Incentive Problem: Unmasking the Media’s Darling. "Polling shows Zelensky trailing rivals, mired in corruption woes, and stalling peace talks—his halo fading fast at home and abroad."

Ace cites Joe Manchin: Obama and Biden Destroyed "the Guardrails" That Make Peaceful Democracy Possible, "He also says that Biden was an anger junkie incapable of controlling his temper. And that's before he lost most of his executive function to dementia. (That's my addition at the end, he didn't say that.)"



Shipwreckedcrew, has hopes Is The Supreme Court About To Clarify President Trump's Authority To Fire Executive Branch Officers? "District Judges and the D.C. Circuit have invited a Supreme Court response as Early as next week with their continuing efforts to block the President's personnel decisions." And, Congress Created "Expedited Removal" To Speed Up Routine Deportations -- But Federal Judges Know Better, "A District Judge Has Determined That Expedited Procedures For Removing Illegal Aliens Make Her Unhappy -- So She Blocked Their Use." Florida News reports Court upholds Florida law that bans noncitizens, non-residents from gathering ballot initiative petitions.

Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman "I honestly didn't know that the Emmy's were still a thing." Quote New York Post @nypost, "‘Hacks’ star Hannah Einbinder slammed for crude Emmys speech: ‘F–k ICE and free Palestine’ https://trib.al/gfYLLnM" From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25, Twitchy, John Ondrasik Speaks Some Brutal Truth to Actress Who Shouted 'Free Palestine' at the Emmys'. John Ondrasik @johnondrasik, "Sweet Hannah would have been raped, murdered, her body desecrated, all filmed and uploaded to FB for the @TheEmmys to see, if she had attended the Nova Concert in Israel." Quote Variety @Variety, "Hannah Einbinder on saying "Free Palestine" in her Emmys acceptance speech. "It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."

A few more relevant links can be found at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25. 


Sunday, September 14, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Kirk Killer Had Trans Partner

So, we don't have another trans killer, just a trans-adjacent killer. From NYPo, Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson lived with transgender partner: source. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Charlie Kirk Assassin Lived With Transgender Partner. PJM's Matt Margolis thinks This New Development About Charlie Kirk's Assassin Is Huge. Da Mail, Tyler Robinson's roommate who tipped off FBI is identified as family refuse to deny transgender motive for Charlie Kirk assassination. Andy Ngo at Ngo Comment is Unmasking 'Luna': Charlie Kirk Assassin Suspect's Alleged Lover Is Confirmed to Be Trans "I investigate the evidence confirming that Tyler Robinson's room mate, who authorities believe was actually his romantic partner, is trans." Sundance at CTH, Assassin’s Transgender Roommate is Cooperating with The FBI "Originally the information came from Fox News journalist Brooke Singman who stated, “Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson lived with his transgender partner, sources tell me. The individual, who is a male transitioning to a female, is fully cooperating with the FBI. Sources tell me the FBI had texts and other communications between Robinson and the individual that helped FBI authorities solidify that Robinson was indeed the shooter.”" At NewsWax, Pres. Trump Tells Rob Schmitt Kirk Alleged Killer Had Trans 'Girlfriend'. From Bravo Blue, The Charlie Kirk Assassination— Beware the Experts "Chickens are coming home to roost."

Stacy McCain notices After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination, Democrats Double Down on ‘Fascist’ "Jonathan Turley recites some recent history: "For years, Pelosi and other Democrats have blamed President Donald Trump and Republicans for their “inciteful rhetoric.” In seeking Trump’s impeachment, Pelosi bellowed that the use of “words such as a cry ‘to fight like hell’” produces violence and added, “words matter. Truth matters. Accountability matters.” . . . When a mob destroyed statues, Pelosi brushed aside the criminal conduct and said, “People will do what they do.” Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley "For years, Nancy Pelosi blamed Republicans for their rhetoric, declaring “words matter. Truth matters. Accountability matters.” No longer. Now she insists that “we can’t take responsibility for the minds that are out there and how they hear it"..." RCP cites Capehart: "I Am Very Concerned" About What The Reaction To Charlie Kirk's Assassination Will Be. Norm McDonald, please check in. From Campus Reform, MTSU College Democrats appear to say 'There is no reason to feel sorry' for murdered Charlie Kirk. At the College Fix, Vandals spray-paint ‘Kill all Charlie Kirks’ on Seattle Central College sign and Middle Tennessee State dean fired after saying she has ‘ZERO sympathy’ for Charlie Kirk’s death. I have zero sympathy for her. ABC15, Professor at ASU says conservatives feel unsafe on campus. "After the murder of Charlie Kirk, ASU students and faculty share feelings of shock and concern." Ward Clark at RedState, Ohio BBQ Joint Co-Owner Makes Foul Statement About Charlie Kirk - Now, He Meets the Backlash "On Thursday, several of Lucius Q's business partners announced they had cut ties with the restaurant. Lucius Q later announced it had parted ways with Sharpe. Cincinnati's TQL Stadium, home to Major League Soccer's FC Cincinnati and is a former Lucius Q vendor site, took to social media saying it had terminated its relationship with the restaurant." Twitchy catches NBC News whining Teachers Are Being Fired Just for 'Sharing Opinions' About Killing of Charlie Kirk, How does it feel? Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre, "This is a fun way to say government schools are teaching children to murder republicans." Quote NBC News @NBCNews "Following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk this week, educators across the country have found themselves facing swift termination or potential discipline after sharing opinions on social media about the killing. The Toronto Sun reports a Scarborough teacher accused of showing Charlie Kirk murder video to kids, "The teacher has been removed from the classroom at Corvette junior Public School while the TDSB investigates the allegations." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Carolina Panthers Staffer Fired After Trashing Charlie Kirk on Social Media. 𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒@Antunes1, "Demons are melting down after finding out they got fired for mocking Charlie: “I can’t pay my rent” FAFO" Cam Higby @camhigby, "He RIPPED the sign off my table just after saying that I am “destructive” to society and that someone must stop me. What did the sign say? “People shouldn’t be killed over opinions - R.I.P. Charlie”" But, at NYPo, NJ nurse suspended without pay for calling out doctor who ‘cheered’ Charlie Kirk’s death: suit. At RCP, Secret Service Faces New Scrutiny After Agent Cheers Charlie Kirk’s Murder. Amy Curtis at TownHall, Cenk Uygur Loses His Mind When Dave Rubin Reads His Own Words About Charlie Kirk Back to Him. Dave Rubin @RubinReport, "I’ve been trying to be as reconciliatory as possible, but it’s hard when the people who call us all Nazi’s pretend they had nothing to do with any of this. So I just read Cenk’s video titles about Charlie and Trump back to him. It went as well as you would expect." jimtreacher.substack.com @jtLOL "CNN put a reporter on an old lady's lawn because she had a Trump fan page on Facebook and they thought she was colluding with Russia. Too late to close the barn door now, Pete." Quote Peter Baker @peterbakernyt "Right-wing influencers and at least one Trump official are encouraging people to scour the internet and expose those seen as celebrating Kirk's assassination, leading to suspensions, firings and investigations." At the Chicago Boyz, They Live. "There is the great, well-memed scene in the movie “They Live” where Michael J. Fox (my mistake, it was Rowdy Roddy Piper) puts on the special glasses revealing the seemingly normal people around him to be ghoulish aliens. Well, it seems a lot of conservatives over the past few days have put on their own glasses and discovered that a lot of seemingly normal people want them dead. As one person quipped on X, “It used to be that parents checked their kid’s social media feed, now parents need to check their teacher’s feed as well.”" From Twitchy, NYT Publishes What Streamer Who Was to Debate Charlie Kirk 'Would Have Said'. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican "I don’t post memes often, but the one sent by a close friend was too good to not post:"

Bob Wasinger at Am Great thinks Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Is a Turning Point for America. "Charlie Kirk’s death should remind Republicans that without making family formation affordable, they risk losing a generation to radicalism and despair." Peggy Noonan at WSJ, Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Feels Like a Hinge Point. "What a disaster for the young. It will forever shape their understanding of politics in America." posts Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling, "(Warning: long rant) My liberal friends are completely oblivious about how radicalizing the last week has been for tens of millions of normal Americans. Zero clue. I’m not talking about people who are “online”; I mean regular, everyday Americans. “Normies.” People who scroll through Facebook posts and Instagram reels from the Dutch Bros drive thru line. Political moderates who have water cooler chats about Mahomes touchdowns and Bon Jovi concerts, not Twitter threads or Rachel Maddow monologues. Millions of them. Tens of millions. They’re logging on, they’re engaging, and they’re furious. And I’ll be candid: They blame you guys. They blame the left. Regardless of whether you believe it to be justified, they think you’re the bad guys here. And they are reacting accordingly. . . " Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "This is a message to the center-Left. I'm assuming it still exists. Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, you guys may be the only faction in American politics who can move to prevent a hot civil war from happening. Because the hard Left is doubling down. They're creating a myth that Tyler Robinson was a right-winger who shot another right-winger for being insufficiently right-wing; never mind that this doesn't make any goddamn sense. They're still dancing in Charlie Kirk's blood while they do this. Conservatives (I'm not one of them, but I can see them from here) are furious. Many think the second American civil war has already begun, waged as a stochastic-terror campaign of assassination attempts against prominent Republicans." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "They could have hit the brakes after the softball shooting. They didn't. They could have hit the brakes after the SPLC shooting, but they didn't. They could have hit the brakes after the Rand Paul beating, but they didn't. They could have hit the brakes after the 2 Trump assassination attempts (3 if you count the guy on stage in 206 with a knife) they didn't. And now, after a successful assassination of, like, an influencer, they are blaming the same people. This is different. If they aren't going to change over this, they aren't going to change over anything." Quote Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "No one wants to say this, because I get it... But the American Media wants it to happen again. There is no other explanation for running cover like this. The American media is trying to get more people killed. x.com/MrAndyNgo/stat…" Josh Hammer at Hat Hair, The Martyrdom of My Friend Charlie Kirk. Insty at substack, When the Preference Cascade Becomes a Flood. "Everything is becoming clear.. . . Charlie’s views — uniformly disparaged by the press as “far right” — are in fact mainstream, generally held by the majority of people. His assassination has caused people to step forward, and realize that the normal-American community is a huge majority." Jonathon Turley atop Da Hill, ‘Prove me wrong’ — Charlie Kirk and the age of rage. At Irrational Fear, The Assassination on Campus, "When Leftist Monoculture Turns Deadly." Mark Tapscott at Insty says it TURNS OUT I WAS RIGHT ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK: "His pastor, Mark Driscoll, explains that Charlie Kirk was preparing to become a full-time evangelist and apologist for Christianity, just as I suggested might well have been the case had he lived." Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "Crowds are now chanting “we are Charlie Kirk” in South Korea. This movement is worldwide.." Inevitable West @Inevitablewest, "BREAKING: More than one MILLION patriots conquer London for a Tommy Robinson march They just made a million Charlie Kirks."

Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "I had a major realization about decentralized conspiracies tonight, stimulated by the way that the murder of Charlie Kirk is turning out to have been a colossal blunder for the Left. I've previously pointed out that Antifa is not organized like an old-school conspiracy, a unitary power structure with one person or a small committee planning strategy from the top. Rather, it's organized as a network of interlocking directorates. Horizontally coupled. No one person can give orders to everybody; rather, the organization is nudged from outside by aboveground political leaders that it considers allies in the Communist project. Individual directorates or chapters develop their own tactics and targets in response to the nudges. The obvious disadvantage of this topology is that Antifa loses some of the ability to do strategic coordination that a unitary conspiracy would have. The advantage is that it's more resilient against single-point attacks, and the links to the aboveground organizations that nudge and sponsor it are completely deniable. Which is pretty important to one of the sponsoring organizations when it's a mainstream political party..." Sundance asks and answers Why Doesn’t the FBI Stop the Violent, Organized, National Activity of Antifa? How can a group within America openly threaten police, use violence against police, throw Molotov cocktails, bricks and explosive fireworks at police. Use batons, shields, bats and physical violence against police and federal law enforcement; destroy vehicles, set cars on fire, destroy property, trash and block the streets and create chaos…. Completely without being stopped? It doesn’t matter where it is happening, that’s irrelevant. Think plainly and simply. How does any individual or group get to do this without being arrested? It doesn’t make sense, unless…. …. Unless…. The group conducting the violence cannot be arrested. . . . The only thing that makes sense is that the FBI wants this activity to take place." Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachy "The FBI and DOJ spent 5 years and over a billion dollars hunting down and prosecuting one by one every single person who came with 50 yards of the capital on Jan 6. 1200 prosecutions: the largest ever for a single event! The Antifa-DSA terror investigation needs to dwarf that. Arrests in the 6 figures."

Friday, September 12, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Charlie Kirk's Killer Caught?

Of course, we're still talking about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. As far as actual progress towards identifying and arresting the actual killer, the authorities have video surveillance of a person dressed in black shirt and jeans with sunglasses and a hat and wearing Converse sneakers accessing the rooftop from where the shot was fired. It seems likely he concealed the rifle in his pants, causing him to limp. After the assassination, he is seen leaving the building and jumping down, and running off into the neighborhood with a rifle wrapped up. A footwear impression, a palm print, and forearm imprints were found where he left the building. Surveillance photos have been published, and the authorities as asking for tips. An older 30.06 Mauser rifle was found in the woods nearby, reportedly with one fired shell casing, and some unfired shells reputedly etched with transgender and antifascist symbols. I can't imagine the shooter can evade law enforcement too much longer, unless he goes into the hills and lives off the land like Eric Rudolph. Stacie McCain, FBI Press Conference Scheduled on Developments in Charlie Kirk Case UPDATE: Has 4chan ID’d the Killer? From NYPo, Charlie Kirk shooter is of ‘college age,’ authorities reveal they have video but will not release it yet. Matt Margolis at PJM, Is a Breakthrough Coming in the Hunt for Charlie Kirk’s Assassin? Kagan.Dunlap @Kagan_M_Dunlap, "BREAKING: The FBI has just released the photos of the Person of Interest in the assassination of Charlie Kirk Anyone who has tips should call 1-800-CALL-FBI." Sundance at CTH, FBI Releases Pictures of Charlie Kirk Assassin Suspect – Seeking Public ID Assistance and Utah DPS and FBI Provide Update to Investigation of Charlie Kirk Assassination. Twitchy,  FBI Releases Pics of 'Person of Interest' Connected to Charlie Kirk Assassination; Updated. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, WSJ, Crowder: Kirk Assassin Engraved Trans and Antifa Messages on Ammo: UPDATE: FBI Releases Photo. Jeff Charles at TownHall, New Bombshell Report Reveals Disturbing Details About Kirk Assassination. Bonchie at RedState, New: Leaked Memo Reveals Disturbing Details About Kirk Assassin, Engravings on Recovered Rounds. Ace, WSJ: Recovered Rifle & Ammo Are Scrawled with Transgender, Antifa Messages; CNN Hides This Fact From Its Few Viewers By Calling the Cult Slogans "Cultural Phrases" "The FBI recovered some fairly clear pictures of the newest trans terrorist. This trans terrorist scrawled antifa and transgender death cult slogans on his gun and ammo -- exactly like the last trans terrorist child-murderer did." Hat Hair's John Sexton reports an Anonymous Official Downplays Reports of Statements Engraved on Ammunition. "Admiral" Levine, is that you? VodkaPundit at Insty cites ERIC S RAYMOND: "I don’t know anything other than public information about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. However, a primer follows about patterns in past political assassinations. I will sketch what scenarios an intelligence analyst would come up with looking at this one. The first and most important rule in this kind of investigation is: when you hear hoofbeats, think horses not zebras. In political assassinations, as an ordinary murders, the correct suspect is usually the most obvious suspect. Airport-thriller-style convoluted plots and false-flag ops pulled off by unlikely people or organizations are rare in the real world . . . " Insty say A FRIEND WRITES: “I hold open the possibility that Kirk’s murder was performed by foreign intelligence in an attempt to sow internal discord. So I’m not yet ready to blame the Left for the murder itself. However the *celebrations* on the Left are not a product of foreign intelligence. And everyone engaging in them, or excusing them, deserves far more than just blame. . . ” Ian at the Bugscuffle Gazette is adhering to the 72-hour Rule "Nothing that comes out in the first 48 to 72 hours should be taken at face value. Let the dust settle, allow the fog to clear, and wait for things to be checked and cross-checked, eh?"

OK, that was quick. Just in from the Peacock, Suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing identified: Sources "A family member saw the photos of the suspect and turned him into police, two senior law enforcement officials say . . . 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson." And, Trump says Charlie Kirk shooting suspect is in custody. I assume this will be most of tomorrows news. 

From the Free Bacon, RIP Charlie Kirk: American Patriot, Faithful Christian, Ardent Zionist. Spiked says Charlie Kirk was a better anti-fascist than most of the left, "His rage against Hamas and its barbarous Jewphobia was moral clarity in action."  Reddit Lies @reddit_lies "Charlie didn't "Live by the sword" he was shot while encouraging literally anyone to disagree with him in good faith." Insty, YES: “Charlie Kirk was killed in the open—on a stage—while doing what Americans are supposed to do best: debating, disagreeing, and sharpening one another in public.” Professor Ornery Dragon on  The Assassination of Charlie Kirk "A friend pointed out on Facebook that when it is your M.O. to call all your political opponents “literally Hitler” or “actually Hitler” or any other similar phrase, it is just a small step from there to justifying killing your political opponents because they are “literally Hitler.” Kirk’s murder is being justified by a number of commentators because they consider his views radical and thus worthy of murder. That is sick and disgusting." Hat Hair's Duane Patterson, What to Write When You're Staring at a Blinking Cursor on a Blank Screen. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, People Mourn Charlie Kirk's Assassination; UPDATE: Student Posted Death Threat Yesterday and Words Are Violence, They Say. Alpha News @AlphaNewsMN, "Minnesota Democrat Erin Maye Quade shares posts trashing Charlie Kirk as a "racist" and "white nationalist" who "radicalized Trump supporters to violence" just hours after he was assassinated. Maye Quade is a sitting state senator from Apple Valley." At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, The Charlie Kirk Assassination And The Failure Of Woke. From Althouse, Charlie Kirk's pitch to students was "be a conservative because that will allow you to speak your mind, to truly be free, and to buck this oppressive system of liberalism all around you...."  cites Ezra Klein, "Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way. He was showing up to campuses and talking with anyone who would talk to him," and "Charlie is already in paradise with the angels"/"We take comfort in the knowledge that he is now at peace with God in heaven." "Said RFK Jr. and Donald Trump." Holden Culotta @Holden_Culotta "Mike Rowe: “It feels like somebody … shot the First Amendment.” “I think something extraordinary is going to happen in the days and weeks ahead.” . . ." Bob Hoge at RedState, Man Who Was Questioning Charlie Kirk As Fatal Shot Rang Out Speaks—'It's Hard to Grapple With'. Ashley McCully at PJM thinks Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Video Is the New Falling Man for a Social Media Age.

Matt Vespa notices The NYT's Obituary for Charlie Kirk Is an Absolute Disgrace. Brad Slager at RedState, The Intent of the Charlie Kirk Assassination Continues With the Media's Reaction: They Demand Our Silence. At Da Signal, ‘Mainstream’ Liberal Media Covered Themselves in Shame After Kirk’s Assassination and One Thing the Left Can Do If It Wants to Prove It Actually Opposes Political Violence, "SPLC Must Remove Turning Point USA From 'Hate Map.'" VodkaPundit at Insty, SOME PEOPLE WANT WAR. MAYBE THAT’S WHAT THEY’LL GET, I DON’T KNOW: Jennifer @babybeginner. "URGENT. FYI. After Charlie Kirk, on the sky app there are people asking for the next person to be targeted. These include JK Rowling, Matt Walsh, Trump, Ben Shapiro, Libs of TikTok, Elon Musk, and Andy Ngo. I took as many screenshots as I could." NYPo, Bluesky posters threaten Trump, Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro immediately after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, sick images show. James Woods @RealJamesWoods, "TMZ erupting in cheers." Quote Tim Sharp "Listen to this video of @TMZ announcing the death of Charlie Kirk. You can audibly hear the staff cheering as the receive the news that Kirk has died. It is seconds before it is relayed to the on air host. Disgusting." Capt. Ed, TMZ Backpedals: We Weren't Laughing About Charlie Kirk's Assassination. Trust Us. A Driscolly post at Insty, CAROLINA PANTHERS FIRE EMPLOYEE AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK’S FATAL SHOOTING: "The Carolina Panthers have fired an employee in the team’s communications department due to an insensitive social media post about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, a source familiar with the team’s decision said Thursday." Insty, WE HAVE RAISED UP A CLASS OF DANGEROUS PARASITES: Michele Tafoya @Michele_Tafoya "So many “educators” are celebrating. This explains the national report card." Quote Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Joanna Schveder, a teacher at @CHUHSchools posted that she hopes Charlie “never finds rest and always suffer in eternity. That’s karma.” Any comment @CHUHSchools?" Jim Treacher, Murder Is Wrong, Even If You're Angry About Losing a Debate Or all of them. The Telegraph, Oxford Union president who debated with Charlie Kirk appears to celebrate shooting. At the Freep, Matt Continenti asks Who Will Stop America’s Slide Into the Abyss? Mark Steyn sees The Unravelling Accelerates. Insty, INVERTING THE CLAUSEWITZ CLAUSE: Western Lensman @WesternLensman "Anderson Cooper: Far right podcasters are profiting off rhetoric saying there’s a war targeting conservatives. Dan Goldman: That’s incredibly dangerous. These far right podcasters need to realize this is not war. Chris Murphy, two days ago: We’re in a war to save the country."

Roger Simon at Am Ref thinks the Ramifications of Charlie Kirk Assassination Could Be Huge "Martin Luther King Size." Dave Strom, It's Getting Harder and Harder Not to Hate the Left, But... "We can't let hate fill our hearts." At PJM Stephen Kruiser discusses Assassination and the Watershed Radicalization of the American Right. VodkaPundit at Hat Hair VIP, Thursday Essay: Charlie Kirk's Assassination Changes Everything. According to Mark Hemingway at Da Fed, The Left Has Never Been Held Accountable For Political Violence — And That Must Change. Nick Freitas has a video, My Response To The Left… Ian Bruene @J_Von_Random, "I'm putting a marker down: I think we are going to have a whirlwind of "purges" of a completely non-violent nature for the next couple weeks to a few months. At the end of that a lot of evil-presenting people will have theoretically been taught a serious lesson (assuming they are capable of learning). And things will function better because the sabots have been removed from the machinery of society. In this time leftists will probably kill a few more people in their panicked thrashing, but the effect will simply be an even more strident "No. You *WILL* behave from now on, this is not a discussion." from the American people. The switch has been flipped. I've never seen anything close to think kind of anger and fed-upedness. And being Americans we aren't going to do stupid flashy dramatics. We're going to be as civilized about it as humanly possible." Francis Turner at Hombre d'Oliver is Making Lists "Of People Who Won't Be Missed." "The US is not yet quite at the stage of death squads rounding up the usual suspects and giving them a dose of General Pinochet’s Helitherapy." Othman @OthmanOnX, "If you want to directly contribute to holding Democrats accountable for celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder, DM me. We need (virtual) manpower." Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah, "MAGA just published a hit list of people they're calling "Charlie's Murderers." It's a list of about a dozen people who MAGA does not believe properly eulogized a white supremacist nationalist online. I'm on the list. . . " DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Hello, Ms. Jones. You built your name on falsifying data, so playing the victim now follows the same pattern. Democratic politics reward grievance, we all know that. So I’m writing you as someone who has actually been doxxed and death threatened from the ends of the earth. Verifiable facts. More verifiable than yours. Only today, when the consequences of your side’s rhetoric come into view, do you finally protest. That timing tells the story. If you had faced genuine pressure before, you would have condemned the dangerous language your allies have normalized. Instead, you indulged it. And used it to cry victim. . . " Ace, Oh No! This Is Just Turrible! "JTLOL posted this: jimtreacher.substack.com @jtLOL "The real victims are the people who posted gleeful celebrations of Charlie Kirk's cold-blooded murder, under their own names" -- journalists, typing away at this very moment. Little did he know, the report had already been filed: Wired exclusive: "Right-Wing activists" are naming, shaming, and doxxing the assassin-cheerleaders, and some of those assassin-cheerleaders are getting, they claim, death threats!" planefag @planefag "Conservatives pushed back against using "cancel culture" tactics for *years.* Overnight, that has flipped 180 degrees. We're not talking about big public figures, either. Just normies on social media. I can't emphasize how big a vibe shift this is. It's seismic." John Sexton at Hat Hair VIP, Crossing the Rubicon: Slate Says the Right's Response to Political Assassination is 'Ominous' and More Person of Interest Photos Released and What to Make of the Backlash (Update) jimtreacher .substack.com @jtLOL "They said the worst part of the Charlie Kirk assassination was the right's response. And I disagreed." Raymond Ibrahim at PJM on Charlie Kirk’s Murder: Stop Calling Evil "the Left". Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius "Today is, I think, a very appropriate day to revive this famous quote from the late, great Charles Krauthammer: “To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.” ... So if you think someone is stupid, you go to where they live and try to convince them of their stupid errors. Like Charlie Kirk did. But if you really, truly believe someone is "evil," you kill them. Like what some stupid, evil person did to Charlie Kirk. I don't know how we break this unholy paradigm." Insty, ALEX WROTE THIS JUST A FEW HOURS BEFORE CHARLIE KIRK WAS ASSASSINATED: "I am seeing many people who are saying that the murder of Iryna Zarutska is radicalizing them. . . . And now to the list we must add: 5. People should be able to engage in civil discourse on a college campus without worrying about taking an assassin’s bullet to the neck. Whatever happens next, if Kirk’s assassination doesn’t harden our resolve, then we’ve already lost."


Ace,  But Trump Didn't Lower Prices Yet!: Inflation Comes In at Negative 0.1%, Meaning Prices Came Down in July in Absolute (not Just Relative) Terms. "Trump has been making the case for months that we are no longer in Biden's "transitory inflation" phase. Jerome Powell never pre-emptively raised interest rates due to Biden's inflationary spending, and actually lowered them just before the election to boost Biden's chances, despite inflation still being well above the target rate. Meanwhile, he refuses to lower interest rates for Trump, despite 1, inflation near the 2% target, and 2, signs of a weakening job market. Well, inflation for July had been "expected" by "experts" to come in at 0.3%, for an annualized rate of 3.6%. Instead, they came in at -0.1%, meaning prices went down, and if this rate were annualized, prices would come down 1.2% for the year. As I've said, the fed fears deflation because people will tend to sit on their money if they know their money increases in value just by hoarding it. Will he finally reduce rates? Allegedly he's considering doing so for later this month, but just by a small amount. 0.25% or 0.5%. He's a left-wing deep state ideologue so he'll do whatever he can to push us into recession." PJM's Greg Byrnes explains Trump's Baby Bonds. Only a few years left to get pregnant!




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Thursday, February 11, 2021

Disney Princess Cancelled for Godwin's Law Violation

She compared leftists to Nazi's: Hot Air, Baby, No-Da: Hollywood Canceling Conservative Actor Over Social-Media Postings? UPDATE: What About Her Co-Star?

Looks like Gina Carano has gotten kicked to the Tinseltown curb, and not just by Disney, after provocative social-media postings. The former MMA star got fired from her role on The Mandalorian, lost her representation, and even her publicists have dumped her. The final straw appears to be an Instagram message that hyperbolically compares the treatment of Republicans in today’s America to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany:

 

“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” a Lucasfilm spokesperson said in a statement. “Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”

Carano shared several offensive posts on her Instagram stories Tuesday night, including one that likened contemporary political differences to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany.

 

“Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children,” Carano wrote Instagram. “Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views.” The post originated on a different Instagram account.
Let’s just stipulate an important point for the kids reading this post. When you feel the need to make an analogy about life in the United States and find yourself reaching for Nazi Germany … stop. Nothing about life in the United States compares to what happened to Jews under Hitler. Godwin’s Law is not supposed to be a rhetorical goal, but an all-too-accurate prediction about the eventual stupidity into which political debates devolve.

I agree, it's entirely unfair to compare leftists to Nazi's; they haven't killed 6 million Jews, yet. But leftist never compare their opponents to Nazi's do they, and if they do they suffer the consequences immediately, right?  Oh wait,


Apologies for the tweet. Pedro Pascal is the star of Mandalorian, and a devout leftist. I'd boycott Apple TV, but then I already am.


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