Peace in the Middle East–Dream On
Donald Trump is taking a victory lap for getting Hamas to release the Israeli hostages after two years of “war.” Can you say, “Pyric victory.”
Sorry, but this is just a pause in hostilities so both sides can regroup.
Hamas has no hostages, so now Israel can blow-up stuff with impunity. Also, thanks to Trump, the United States now has troops in the middle of this mess in Gaza. That can only mean that when some of our guys die, that we will green light even more bombardment of Gaza in the name of vengeance.
Hamas is ok with folks getting killed in Gaza. They are hoping that enough wanton destruction will force their Arab Brothers to retaliate. Dream-on baby. Iran and its proxies may funnel arms into the conflict, but most other nations will sit it out.
What has really happened is that Trump, Israel, and Hamas have just agreed to a genocide program to rid Israel of Palestinian Christians. Nobody speaks for them, and nobody cares.
If you weren’t paying attention, you may have skipped the part about Hamas publicly executing people just hours after the Israeli hostages were released. There are no coincidences. Hamas will not disarm or relinquish power. They have only learned to play in their own backyard.
Peace only comes through victory. This war is not over, just paused. I predict that it will continue, just via more subtle means.
Civilians always suffer, but even more so when combatants don’t wear uniforms.
It is stupid that we are involved in this war.
Other Thoughts
Israel is one of the biggest lobbying organizations in Washington D.C. That coupled with the false theology found in many Christian churches that have swallowed the lies of premillennial dispensationalism have created an environment where the current nation called “Israel” is the same nation as that found in the Bible. This is fantasy.
As a result of this false equivalence, many Evangelicals believe that national Israel can do no wrong, and whatever they do is in accord with God’s will, prophetic or otherwise. Thus, Israel is given a pass on behavior. For them, to question or oppose any actions by the current government based in Jerusalem, is to oppose God Almighty.
In fact, for many, to criticize Israel is to prevent the return of Christ. Yep, oppose Israel, prevent or delay the Second Coming. Of course, these same Evangelicals also believe that the price of Christ returning is that two thirds of all Jews will perish in wanton slaughter which somehow causes the rest to believe in Jesus. Good luck with that.
Thus, folks like Ted Cruz support Zionism so that Jews will die which results in Jesus returning to rule. This makes Jesus the king of a ball of radioactive slag not king of a world that has believed the Gospel and been transformed by it. And we think Liberals are mentally ill. Good grief.
Mamdani = Trump …. No Seriously hear me out
For those of you paying attention or not, Zohran Mamdani is running to be the next Mayor of New York City. If you believe the polls, he is going to win. The current Mayor Eric Adams is running but had to be pardoned by Trump and is deeply unpopular. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo is running, but again he is pretty unpopular. A token whacko Republican, Curtis Sliwa (founder of the Guardian Angels), is running, (I say whacko because he is running as a Trump disciple in an area where Trump is very unpopular).
Mamdani is a full out socialist, actually I would even say he is bordering on being a communist. Some of the things he supports are fare-free city buses, city owned grocery stores, $30 an hour minimum wage, free public child care, massive increase in affordable housing units, public safety reform (aka decriminalization), and a tax increase on corporations and those earning more than 1 million annually.
So how is he like Trump?
Isn’t it obvious? The democrats are undergoing their own “MAGA” transformation. Sure, Mamdani’s ideas are wild and crazy, and without much of a doubt I can say they will not work/be put into place. However, what makes him similar to Trump is he is speaking directly to a growing base of people in this country…. The left behind.
Trump did this same exact thing. He ran an unorthodox campaign, speaking while wearing a red hat saying “Make America Great Again.” It was simply an acronym MAGA but he was speaking directly to a group of people as well … ones who believe they are subsidizing other people’s lazy, drug/alcohol, criminal, and homeless lives. It worked, as he was nominated by a major party from a pool of what seemed like 20 really good candidates.
When I say unorthodox, I really mean it. He is a populist not a conservative by any means. He has no issue with the spending/debt levels in this country. He wants tariffs on all other countries, no tax on tips, ending all global conflicts, removing all illegals, and bringing factory jobs back just to name a few. Please tell me what political box he fits into? The answer is none.
In the opinion of this blogger, Mamdani is doing something similar. While it is a whacky agenda, he is very likely to win election next month. First, to stop him, Cuomo or Adams must have dropped out already. In essence they are splitting the liberal vote with Mamdani 3 ways. Then factor in Sliwa taking the conservative/center right vote and Mamdani only needs about 29% or so to guarantee victory. This parallels Trump’s victory in the primaries in 2016. When neither Ted Cruz nor John Kasich refused to drop out, all Donald needed was 34% to keep winning primaries. Cruz and Kasich and their supporters never understood this and as a result Trump was the nominee.
Negative campaigning and attacking his socialist agenda is well and good, but at this point in the campaign, Mamdani’s supporters aren’t going to switch allegiances. Again, similar to Trump.
I know some folks on the Right are beaming with glee. They are happy to see New York City suffer. This is their Superbowl or World Series win. Do not be so sure. Folks, while his policies may not win, and yes New York City may well go into a spiral, the folks who can leave will leave. They will re-locate just like many “California Conservatives” have over the years. It’s a bad thing because CA has gotten bluer and bluer while the surrounding states have somehow gotten bluer and bluer as well. Do not fool yourselves, this is not a good outcome. Seeing people suffer is never good.
Mamdani is not a person, he is a way of life we do not need in this country. He is a modern-day Santa Claus. His followers all figure there “has to be something in that bag for me.” The words “free”, and “government run” are what he knows, how will he pay for it? That isn’t for him to answer, he will be on to the next office by then. Leaving the taxpayers holding the bag.
Just remember back a few years. It was claimed that Trump was running in the wrong primary, he was a liberal plant, he can’t win. His policies make no sense. He wears a stupid red hat. One by one, other candidates dropped out, then he got nominated. But he still wasn’t to be taken seriously. Hillary barely engaged with him, kind of half-assed debated him. No one really gave him much of a chance. He won. Shocked the establishment. Then 8 years later he won again, pulling off in my opinion a bigger shocker.
My point? If Trump can win the presidency, Mamdani can win the mayorship of New York City. If Mamdani can win the mayorship … Gavin Newsom can win the presidency as well. Say what you want but if I told you 25 years ago Donald Trump would be president, you would have thought I was insane.
Ignore the New York City results at your own peril Republicans. Fear not, AOC will be only a 1-term congressman, you said. Gavin will never be governor, you said. Mamdani can never win the New York Mayor primary, you said. Crazier things can happen.
The Chief
Joe Rogan Might be Surprised … I am not
So, I came across this opinion article that quoted the Joe Rogan Program about the “Left’s response to the Charlie Kirk Murder.”
“The fact that they were cheering when he died, normal people — housewives, moms, f–king people working at banks, in various industries, celebrating a man getting shot in front of his kids, in front of the whole world. What the f–k is wrong with us?”
Those remarks came during his discussion this week with The Red Clay Straws, a country band. Rogan went on to clarify that he was talking specifically about the left’s response. “People on the Left, they’re supposed to be ‘progressive.’ These are supposed to be the kind, compassionate inclusive people that are celebrating gun violence, like public execution — that’s insane.”
Don’t get me wrong, Rogan is not wrong about that take in the slightest. There were many a person on the Left in all careers of life cheering or applauding the death of Charlie Kirk. However, there are many on the Right who would have a similar reaction if it was a Left leaning person or Democrat killed as well. Don’t even attempt to argue that point with me. I watched Jorge Riley spew absolute hateful BS at CRA and Sac County GOP meetings unchallenged. I received an email from Tony Andrade (rip) after Barack Obama got elected showing a watermelon garden and Kool-Aid in front of the White House. Again, unchallenged by the so called Right. A former CRA member about my age called for the firebombing of Planned Parenthood. A colleague of mine had an ear-to-ear grin when I asked “what if it were AOC instead of Charlie Kirk?” Trust me, the whack jobs are on both sides.
What the F**k is wrong with us is not the wrong take, it’s the correct one. But it applies to both sides.
To attack the Democrats, use this logic on them. They viewed Kirk as a Hitler, check out who they mourned….
Rogan speaks for a great many people who are just plain gobsmacked by the left’s capacity to excuse violence, which was evident this week after the death of Assata Shakur, a well-known leftist radical and convicted cop killer whose poetry was praised by those mourning her passing. Kirk, on the other hand, is not being remembered fondly by the left, which is of course their right—but when you have kinder things to say about an actual killer than you do about someone who merely used provocative language, it communicates something about your priorities.
Yikes. But again, check out similar martyrs; George Floyd, Michael Brown, and Daniel Abrego Garcia. That’s who you are going with?
Folks before you say Rogan is far right, he actually is fairly middle of the road, just like Bill Maher is not far left, he is an old school liberal.
The mainstream is starting to take notice of both sides veering further away from “the middle.” For example, there is a growing belief Israel is going too far and the US is allowing them to bring instability to the Middle East. Another is the rise of drug abuse, homelessness, and crime in our large cities making them uninhabitable. How about college campuses being allowed to have anti-Israel protestors take over entire lecture halls? All while the “leadership looks the other way or joins them.” How about allowing BLM/Antifa to take over a couple city blocks in Seattle or “Chaz/Chop” and allowing them to burn down businesses in the name of “outrage or feelings.” How about BLM rioters destroying city blocks because again feelings.
I am intrigued by what the future holds politically for both parties. While some will point to AOC or Gavin Newsom being the future of the Left, or DeSantis or JD Vance being the future on the Right, what about a person like Sen John Fetterman, a Democrat who supports Israel? Or Sen Rand Paul of Kentucky who is more of an old school conservative/libertarian type? It’s odd to think about because the way we are going politically seems to be inching further and further apart as opposed to closer to the center in terms of positive change.
The Chief
PS at my High School (Jesuit High) we had a speaker about a year after 9/11 address the student body, he called President George W Bush a war criminal, and in the same sentence called Saddam Hussein a humanitarian. In college in Marin County, the department chair for the Business School, upon seeing my Bush/Cheney 04 shirt said she wanted me “sent to Iraq and have my head blown off.” The incident, caught on video, was sent to the Dean of the business school, he claimed it was a violation of school policy for recording her without her permission. So, we sent it to the President of the University. He claimed it was freedom of speech. Folks, in both cases, they were wrong. The setting was public so the idea of being illegally recorded with an open camera doesn’t apply. Second, the First Amendment does not cover hate speech. This crap has been allowed at college campus’ forever. I will say it was nice seeing a sea change. Too bad it took the murder of Charlie Kirk for this to happen. But I too share the views of Joe Rogan. What the F**k is wrong with people.
Ford CEO Jim Farley Sums up his Generations Failures
The CEO of Ford recently held a conference where he made remarks to his employees about a future with Ford. He revealed he had a personal “epiphany” about “essential economy.”
Most people I know that have an “epiphany” either found God, their soul mate, or came to a realization of something later in life they wish they knew. In the case of Farley, it was this half-baked nonsense below.
Speaking with Bloomberg’s David Westin at Michigan Central Station, Farley said he came to this realization during the United Auto Workers strike of 2023, when he was especially struck by stories from young factory employees. Many of them said they could not support themselves by working at Ford alone. “When I met with my entry factory workers, they were saying [they] had to have three jobs.” He said they would also work at places like Walmart and an Amazon fulfillment center: “‘You know, I get six hours of sleep, and I got three jobs.’”
This would be a surprise to no one who is a millennial and below, but to those like Farley and the older generations, it’s a foreign concept. Working multiple jobs just to eke out a living is very common now, it shouldn’t have to be this way. Its neither a Democrat or Republican issue, it’s a bipartisan one.
To further enhance my point about Farley’s generation, check out this verbal diarrhea.
In the short term, Farley said, Ford’s signature element in its new labor agreement was to get full wages to entry-level workers. But beyond that, he began looking at the labor shortage in trade work, starting with technicians. Farley described a revelation about the erosion of what blue-collar work used to represent—stability, pride, and a single income that could support a family.
A signature element! There you have it folks, he wants full wages to entry level workers! My goodness, stop the presses. He now cares about the labor shortage for trade jobs? Interesting, I’ll address this a little later.
Farley was blunt about the nationwide labor shortage. He estimated the U.S. is short roughly 400,000 technicians and a similar number of factory workers, repeating talking points he has been citing in his push on the essential economy. He warned that millions of well-paid jobs are going unfilled because they require specialized skills. Putting the salaries for these jobs at $100,000 and above, Farley argued that they require training. “You can’t work on a diesel F-150 if you haven’t been trained for five years, at a minimum five years,” Farley noted. It’s not a demand problem—there’s plenty of work—but a dire shortage of young people choosing and staying in the trades.
More verbal diarrhea. This Farley dude must have the worst breath in history. Those jobs start at 100k? I highly doubt it. Sure, they require skills but why would it take 5 years to be trained on this? Why not start out with an easy area, and progressively build up to more difficult specialized work? This is something Farley cannot compute.
As for a solution, Farley offered a nothing burger.
Farley called out declining investment in skilled trades, poor productivity, and bureaucratic hurdles as key obstacles facing the essential economy. He challenged large employers and community leaders to act, advocating for more robust apprenticeship and vocational education programs, and lamented the lack of progress at federal levels despite President Trump’s push to de-emphasize four-year degrees in favor of trade schools.
“I see a lot of momentum with mayors, county leaders,” Farley said. “They get it. But they’re in the same boat we are. They don’t have a lot of resources. They’re struggling to get these projects done.” He said there’s a general attitude of frustration, a sense of “How the hell do we fix this?”
More bunk. Community leaders do not wish to act. If they did, why not get rid of needless and useless red tape, environmental reviews, committee hearings, permitting, community meetings, and NIMBYism prevents investment by communities. No one wants a factory near them. Worse yet, the process in certain states takes years to even be close to shovel ready!
As far as large employers, well Farley, fat cats like you have eaten up all free cash flow by mandating “dividends and share buybacks” as ways to juice returns for yourself and shareholders. Simply put, you have no capital to deploy so you count on a city or municipality to do so!
As far as vocational school, apprenticeships, and trade schools; your generation is the reason for these jobs going unfilled. For years in High School, 20 years ago for me, I heard your generation telling us if we didn’t go to college that we were failures. Turning a wrench or working in a factory was for screw ups. What did we get? A generation with 6-figure student loan debt and worthless job prospects. We all work in government jobs as paper pushers. Hence permitting takes forever. We told our kids “learn how to code” now those jobs are going away.
Even if you work in a factory, you are not viewed as an asset, you are a liability. If you are actually a worker not a contractor or vendor, you do not make 100K, I guarantee it. Your healthcare is likely watered down garbage, and you are likely pressured about working harder and faster constantly. When the economy slows down you get “laid off” or the plant might be idled. Worse yet, due to zero investment by the company in the factory you work in, one bad quarter means it could be shut down, and your job shipped 3 states over or to a whole other country. Gotta keep the investors happy! While the county or city suffers due to a loss of working-class jobs. But hey, Amazon is hiring at $20 an hour plus benefits!
Farley and his generation have screwed this country up so badly and now they are trying to quickly cover their tracks. Ha! What a joke! This will be part of a series that I will dive deeper into. The 90-day calendar is killing us. We are suffocating our own future generations for nothing but higher bonuses and salaries for Farley and his ilk. If you work at a factory, do not believe Farley for a minute, they will shut the plant down if it saves money, they could care less about you having to work 3 jobs to get by.
Matt Dowd Disciple Shoots Up ICE Facility
Well, another day, another unhinged Democrat decides to shoot up completely innocent people. Nice work Matt Dowd. You successfully radicalized another whack job! Dowd, as you may recall, was terminated from his job as a propagandist on MSNBC not long ago. He thought Charlie Kirk deserved to die based on his beliefs.
The bullets fired and unspent had anti-ICE messages on them. Similar to Charlie Kirk’s killer’s bullets. Dowd you are doing great! Let’s all come together and turn down the rhetoric, huh? It doesn’t matter that the shooter likely has no connections to Matt Dowd, all that matters is Dowd and his ilk on the far left made ICE agents out to be the Gestapo or Nazis, and as a result, innocent people are being threatened and shot at. For the sake of journalism, a trait Dowd will never be accused of having, this whacko had such a bad aim that he shot detainees not ICE agents. Wild plot twist there. Hell, Dowd can’t even get folks to shoot the targeted folks he calls Nazi’s.
Sure, I understand that Matt Dowd didn’t fire the bullet nor was he at the scene, but in my opinion, he is just as guilty as the shooter. The statements he made for years on MSNBC, along with this fellow “journalists,” have caused folks to become radicalized. Your hateful rhetoric about the President, Republicans in general, folks who hold different beliefs then you, folks who practice organized religion, and the everyday working man. As a result, the whackos (they exist on both sides) have taken up arms and are using them.
Now Dowd and his ilk want to use the “thoughts and prayers” and “let’s come together as a country and turn the temperature down” to try to take the moral high ground. Dowd, you have blood on your hands! You wanted this, and you got it. There are now innocent people just working at their jobs being shot at by your disciples!
Let me address the whack jobs here for a minute. President Trump quite literally ran on this, he said he was going to deport the folks here illegally, especially the criminals. It’s a breath of fresh air seeing an elected actually do what he promised! This should not have come as a surprise to anyone with an IQ north of single digits. Mayors and governors not allowing the feds to do their jobs are seeing the National Guard deployed there. It’s about safety, not deporting the guy who mows your lawn every other week!
We will continue to call every shooter a Matt Dowd disciple, even though he is off the air. He wanted this, and he will get what he deserves. Innocent people should never be gunned down, but in Dowd’s twisted fantasy land, he wanted this.
The Chief
Matt Dowd Lied, Charlie Kirk Died
Matt Dowd is a former talking head on MSNBC, a very large network that reaches millions each day. He is a hateful, evil person who masquerades as a commentator. Dowd has zero redeeming qualities in life. The only, and I literally mean only thing, he has going for himself is he was Former President Bush’s Chief Strategist for the 2004 election. He since shed his Republican label and became Independent, he then re-registered as a Democrat. However, at MSNBC, “former Republican” is a title that gets you job security as no actual Republican would want to work at that network.
Dowd would spew his verbal sewage daily about Trump/Republicans in general. In the case of Trump or other electeds, while I disagree with the things that are said about them, I guess it’s the First Amendment, right? Honest criticism, I’m ok with, but in the case of Dowd, it was pure hate speech. Yes, I believe Dowd is evil. He made statements about someone who was not elected.
I am not sure the exact timeline of events, but it has been odd watching the change at cable news networks. It used to be actual news, now it is quite literally politics and mass shooting coverage on a continuous loop. Commentary has been added and name calling has taken a front seat. Republicans have been called; Hitler, rapists, racists, Fascists, dumb, stupid, idiots. It has expanded to include things that are flat out false like Republicans taking away Social Security, health care, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, welfare, work from home, free vaccines, etc. The problem is none of those are true.
To be clear, I know Matt Dowd didn’t fire the gun, but his constant inflammatory statements caused someone to. Here is the actual trash spewed by Dowd after the shooting went down.
During his appearance on Katy Tur Reports, Dowd suggested that Kirk’s rhetoric may have contributed to the violence that claimed his life. Kirk, 31, had a history of rightwing provocation an d Christian nationalism, and frequently espoused bigoted rhetoric about Islam, women , LGBTQ+ communities and people of color.
“Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions,” Dowd said, adding: “You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and then not expect awful actions to take place.”
Dowd also speculated about the circumstances of the shooting, saying: “We don’t know if this was a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration. So we have no idea about this.”
So, his opinions warranted someone to murder him? Really Dowd? Maybe it was a celebratory bullet that was shot? How does your brain even come up with this trash? You obviously do not have a functioning brain. Imagine if he was reporting on a rape investigation? Dowd(probably): I’ve got to see a photo of what the victim was wearing as she may have wanted it or brought it on herself.
Dowd issued this statement after MSNBC terminated him, to their credit they did so immediately and yanked him off the air.
Writing on Bluesky, he said: “My thoughts & prayers are w/ the family and friends of Charlie Kirk. On an earlier appearance on MSNBC I was asked a question on the environment we are in. I apologize for my tone and words.
Let me be clear, I in no way intended for my comments to blame Kirk for this horrendous attack. Let us all come together and condemn violence of any kind.”
That last sentence, yikes. His comments were intended to stir up hate, and evil on this earthly plane. He is only sorry that he got fired. He is trying desperately to save face; no major network will touch this guy for a long while. He and his comments are all over the internet and social media. Make no mistake Dowd and his ilk have been saying and doing this type of thing for about 20 years. This murder is the fruit of their labor. As I have chronicled in other blog posts, how many political shootings need to happen before this rhetoric is changed? Heck, a deranged whacko fired a bullet at the local ABC10 affiliate in Sacramento because he thought someone at that office was responsible for cancelling Jimmy Kimmel! Oh, and the shooter had a note essentially naming Kash Patel and Pam Bondi as targets too. Notice how Dowd stirred up the hornets’ nest and is now doing the “we need to come together as a country” BS? Violence is terrible. The shooter is evil. Stop spending time trying to figure out if he is a Republican, Democrat or Independent. Stop the rhetoric and the shootings likely subside.
You see Dowd and his ilk didn’t fire the bullet, but as mentioned above, they stirred up the hornets’ nest. We have too many people who are mentally whacked in this country, and sadly with easy access to firearms, this will continue to occur. We have people who watch way too much tv; specifically, political type shows/news. These folks are also in deep corners of the internet where conspiracies and flat out untruths are being told as gospel. These folks become radicalized and then you get; January 6th, political assassinations, mass shootings, and Charlie Kirk being killed. The really sad thing is some folks cheered Kirk’s death, others took to social media and lost their jobs over what they said. Celebrating someone’s death who isn’t Putin, Hitler, the Ayatollah or Castro is just plain wrong.
One day I hope this all changes for the better, but I do not see it happening.
The Chief
Charlie Kirk: Autopsy on the Fly
If this is America, I am happy I have no wife or kids. It was Friday and the news of the day was Charlie Kirk’s killer was caught. I was on a shuttle to the rental car lot in Seattle when this news broke.
The ensuing “autopsy on the fly” as I call it left me speechless. This is something news agencies and political groups have become famous for lately. I call it “trying to justify a wrong.”
I communicate with my friend group mostly through WhatsApp, here is a sampling of messages that were coming through. Mind you I do not subscribe to hivemind, so friends of varying backgrounds are in these chats.
#1 The killer’s parents were MAGA… so he must have been a Republican!
False, and this is a horrible jumping to conclusions. Turns out the kid had become radicalized on the internet/news media and took action. He is not a Republican or MAGA. Sadly, he brought unwanted attention to his family. I can guarantee you that they are/were being looked at as accomplices to the crime.
#2 The killer’s roommate was a male to female trans lover.
True, but really how is this relevant? Sure, there was a “Charlie Kirk hates this person’s lifestyle component” but it doesn’t mean the roommate had anything to do with it.
#3 Kirk trafficked in hate speech, and he deserved it.
Again, unnecessary commentary. If you don’t like his views/beliefs change the channel. Last time I had cable, there was a ton of channels to watch, surely something else would pique your interest.
#4 Utah’s universities are deeply conservative
Whether this is true or not again, I’m not seeing relevance here. Texas is a red state; Austin is very blue.
The point of this blog is simple. Check out the mental gymnastics done here to try to place blame on an ideology rather than the shooter themselves. Folks, does it really matter if Charlie Kirk was killed by a; Republican, Democrat, Independent, straight, gay, trans, male, female, non-binary, etc.? It doesn’t. A wife is without her husband; she is now tasked with raising 2 children aged 1 and 3. These children could very well grow with hate in their hearts when they find out their dad was murdered simply for having an opinion that differed from the garbage spewed on tv and the internet.
Nowadays, it’s more important to be first than to be right. What happened to Charlie Kirk should scare everyone. The subsequent media reaction should as well. The killer was a radicalized Leftist. His roommate being trans just made him collateral damage. The text exchange confirms it. The roommate/lover didn’t care much for Kirk nor his views yet was furious when he heard his roommate/lover killed him. This is the correct response. Unfortunately, the killer’s family, friends, and acquaintances are getting a full proctology exam. No stone will be unturned here and there will be more arrests; mark my words. The old man who claimed to have shot Kirk was just arrested because when authorities detained him and searched his phone they found images on underage naked children.
Folks, does it really matter the personal life/beliefs of the person who pulled the trigger? It doesn’t. It won’t bring back Kirk, and now a family is more known for their son being a killer than anything else.
Sad all around.
The Chief
Thoughts on Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk was killed the other day. It was coincidence that I was in Utah when it happened. It does seem weird that shortly after I drove thought metro Salt Lake City that my brother in Christ was murdered.
Shortly after the Fox News alert, I got a text from “The Chief” informing me that it was a fatal shot. Chief stated that anyone viewing the video knew Kirk was dead. He told me the delay in announcing the death was to inform next of kin. As usual, my staff is Really Right.
Charlie Kirk was doing what he loved, arguing presuppositional apologetics with young skulls full of mush. Charlie was effective in removing the blinders from the minds of young people. He was quick on his feet and gentle in his rebukes to followers of the failed philosophies of our age. His mission was to turn the hearts of our youth toward the reality of God.
I find it remarkable that this unapologetic Christian has been praised by Protestants, Roman Catholics, and even Jewish folks of all stripes. In the wake of his death, people have been spontaneously doing what Charlie advocated, taking back our institutions. People praising his murder on social media are finding themselves unemployed and outcasts. People are seeing a chance to fight back via peaceful means and taking it. Chief was right that Charlie was just a guy with a microphone and a message that is older than our civilization.
Charlie’s methodology of discourse follows in the footsteps of folks you probably haven’t hear of like Cornelious Van Til, Rousas John Rushdoony, and Greg Bahnsen. Charlie Kirk argued that you need to stay consistent with your worldview assumptions. This, in essence, is using a presuppositional apologetic. Bahnsen called it “pushing the antithesis”. Don’t let folks borrow capital from a Christian worldview to prop up their failed philosophy. Look on YouTube for some videos of actor Kirt Cameron doing the same thing long before Charlie Kirk was old enough to shave.
Charlie Kirk touched the lives of many people and his reach on social media will allow his message to reach people long after he is laid to rest. Charlie’s message is eternal because the God that he knew is eternal. Charlie was able to communicate that love with boldness. Charlie will be missed. “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” This has always been the truth.
Charlie, thanks for fighting the good fight. Well done thou good and faithful servant. Enter into God’s rest. (see Matthew 25:23)
Charlie Kirk RIP
Those calling for blood in the streets got what they wanted today. Charlie Kirk (he was a Republican, but affiliation doesn’t matter here) was killed today while speaking at Utah Valley University. Ironically reports/video show he was fielding a question about deaths from mass shootings when the fatal bullet was shot. Do not watch the video footage, it is gruesome. It pierced his main artery in his neck, his body went limp, and a literal river of blood shot out. It looked as like something from a horror/sci-fi/war movie. I texted the Blog Father “no chance he lived.”
Kirk leaves behind a wife, and a 1- and 3-year-old. Also, online footage of his death will be circulated/still on the interwebs likely into eternity. Imagine when those kids grow up, they can view the video of their father shot and killed. Oh, also the ensuing comments celebrating his death.
But this blog is not to memorialize Charlie Kirk or attack the left. It’s to make a point that we live in the equivalent of a Banana Republic or third world country.
Folks, just in the past roughly 12 months we have had; 2 attempts to kill Donald Trump, 2 Minnesota State electeds shot, 1 fatally, a judge murdered by a Sheriff in Kentucky, The United Health CEO murdered, and an arson at the house of PA Gov Josh Shapiro. The violence is condemned, thoughts and prayers are offered up, pro-gun vs anti-gun happens, then right back to where we started. Oh, prior to these events, Gabby Giffords was nearly killed, and Steve Scalise likely would have been killed had the secret service and Sen Rand Paul not been present at the scene of that shooting.
I guess it’s now ok to kill folks you don’t agree with politically? That seems to be the message sent on all forms of media, electronic and televised.
Trust me when I say this, it’s not representative of all Americans, it’s a growing fringe on both left and right…. Yeah, even the right.
When at the gym, I will occasionally have the news on in front of me, granted subtitles skew the content a little bit, but both sides are playing to the extreme. Online media is the same exact way, who cares about being righ,t its more important to be first.
The root causes of this issue are as follows; we have so many shootings in this country we have become numb to it under the guise of “violence happens” in that part of town. Check out the local news at night. We allow violent video games, I know, I know, research shows no correlation but there has to be something there, our young people are the trigger pullers in most cases now, and violent video games were a thing in my youth, and still are to this day. This de-sensitizes you to death, oh, and in some of these games, you are the “bad guy” shooting at the police…. Where have we seen that before? Political nonsense being spewed on tv and electronic media is another form. Now imagine consuming many hours of this garbage and thinking it’s gospel. Again, I’m talking left and right. This is the straw that stirs the drink.
I overheard a fellow Republican at a CRA meeting say “The DNC is a great spot for a terror attack… think of how great it would be with that scum gone.” I objected and was told by another member to “shut up.” Yep. Again, CRA is a “right leaning organization.” I do not think many sane people advocate blowing up a mass of the population unless they have multiple screws loose.
Similar statements, but not political in nature. I work with someone who has never missed early morning and prime time tv. They had this one several years ago; Russia had been massing troops at the Ukraine border at the time. “Come on Putin, move in and fire a bullet, I want the stock market to go down and have people panic sell so I can buy on the cheap.” Yeah, he wanted a war and people dying in large numbers so he could buy a stock cheap. Digest that for a minute. Innocent people…. Dying. Or this great hit from the same guy regarding Chipotle’s e-coli outbreak a decade ago. It is was caused by an investor who is short (betting the stock goes down) the stock. So let me get this straight, some guy somehow instructed a huge storefront operation to get high numbers of people sick…. On purpose, mind you. This is tin-foil hat right/left wing BS. It also shows a big disconnect from reality.
Fear not, the left does it as well, but what scares me is the right is now starting to have more and more fringe actors like the ones mentioned above. This creates a scary situation. For example, Sean Hannity. I caught his opening monologue yesterday and boy I wish I hadn’t. He has been lost since Rush Limbaugh died and it shows. He dedicated the beginning to not Charlie Kirk but going off about how deranged and mad the left is. Sean, we know this. A deranged, Palestinian supporting leftist attempted arson on Democrat Josh Shapiro’s home. Shapiro is Jewish. Monologues like this do not help, they actually hurt. It stirs up folks who have no view of humanity.
A final word comes courtesy of Alexandria O’Casio Cortez.
“From the moment I was elected, I have felt that I accept a certain level of risk in doing this job,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters. But she added that security protocols for members of Congress are “for a bygone time. … They’re not designed for a digital threat environment era.”
AOC and several other members of Congress have cancelled outdoor events and are thinking of hiring private security. The type of thing yesterday should scare lots of people, but not for the reasons you think. Charlie Kirk is really a “JAG” (Just a guy) if you think about it. He is a relative unknown outside of the political spectrum. He isn’t elected. Has no voting record outside of “he voted.” He was murdered. In front of his family. A sniper from long distance, in what appears to be a long thought-out and planned attack.
How do we stop this?
We really can’t. Political rhetoric, especially on the podcast fringe from both sides. Some of what I think is the solution is the same as Brian Kohberger. When this perp is arrested simply declare you caught the guy. Do not name him or put out any info. Try him after you have an airtight open and closed case that not even the public defender’s office even really wants to touch. No plea bargain. Federal terrorism/hate crime charges. Death penalty! Upon conviction, again as an unknown to the world population, make it clear any appeals are expedited to a judge immediately. The goal here is a needle/electric chair/firing squad within 5-7 years of conviction. This may not stop the shooting, but it helps to remove the scum and the attention they want from this earth. As opposed to Kohberger who like I mentioned will be around awhile to continue to seek out attention for what he did.
The Chief
PS Matthew Dowd formerly of MSNBC fame, I’m coming directly for you next week in this space.
Trump/DC/Epstein Part 2: Electric Boogaloo
Why Epstein? Why is this still being talked about in the news media? I’m talking mainstream, far left, far right, and all over the internet.
None of this makes sense honestly.
Whose fault is it? Trump’s. Yep, go ahead CRA folks, throw your insults and other things my way. Your newfound BFF, Trump, is solely to blame for this. It was easily handled, but he chose to pull a “Covid Donald” as I call it. Playing to both sides of his MAGA base. If there is one thing Trump is very, very bad at its controlling a situation.
1/3 of the problem is Trump’s MAGA Base. Who are MAGA you may ask? I will define them for you. MAGA are not representative of the Republican Party. MAGA includes conspiracy theorists, new found “conservatives”, vaccine deniers, and a slew of 1 issues candidates that could careless about Party.
How is this Trump’s fault? He should know his MAGA folks better than most. These conspiracy theorists and election deniers are something else. They play in all far left/right corners of the internet. Also he has 1 in his cabinet, Dan Bongino of Fox News fame. Bongino has been pushing the hardest to make the files public. Vaccine deniers fit in this group as well, I’m not talking Covid, I’m talking these folks who are ok with Florida doing away with mandatory vaccinations. Read what Measles can do to a young child, polio, etc. Oh, RFK jJ. is in his cabinet spouting this BS by the way. The newfound conservatives comment refers mostly to CRA types who hated Trump calling ,him a Democrat etc. who suddenly turned once he became popular as president. The one issue people began coming out of the woodwork eight years ago. They love some of Trump’s policies but they really don’t know why.
2/3 of the problem is the far left. They hate Donald with a vengeance, and will do anything to get him gone. The rumor started by Musk that Donald is “in the Epstein files” was liquid gold for them. They picked it up and ran with it. Now they are getting right-wing whackos to support releasing the files via congressional vote. Margorie Taylor Green and Thomas Massie being 2 of them.
3/3 of the problem is Trump himself. Trump has been odd and erratic sense Covid. Really, he has been all over the place on things. He was all about releasing the files, Pam Bondi claimed they were all on her desk, then they weren’t. Then they released the video with a minute or so missing, and basically claimed a judge was holding up releasing the files. Then Trump declared “If you are a supporter of mine and you want the files released; I do not want your support anymore.” Yep, smart play to the base by releasing an obviously doctored video, then say you are done with them. He is now calling it a “Democrat hoax.”
“The confused and badly failing Democrat Party did nothing about Jeffrey Epstein while he was alive except befriend him, socialize with him, travel to his Island, and take his money!” Trump posted. “They knew everything there was to know about Epstein, but now, years after his death, they, out of nowhere, are seeming to show such love and heartfelt concern for his victims. Does anybody really believe that?
“The now dying (after the DOJ gave thousands of pages of documents in full compliance with a very comprehensive and exacting Subpoena from Congress!) Epstein case was only brought back to life by the Radical Left Democrats because they are doing so poorly, with the lowest poll numbers in the history of the Party (16%), while the Republicans are doing so well, among the highest approval numbers the Party has ever had!” Trump added.
The president asserted that the DOJ “has done its job, they have given everything requested of them. It’s time to end the Democrat Epstein Hoax, and give the Republicans credit for the great, even legendary, job that they are doing.”
I call that a steaming pile of BS! If it’s a hoax, why was Epstein convicted and sentenced? Why is Ghislaine Maxwell rotting in prison? Why was she convicted? Seems like an easy pardon case here.
Just to be clear here. I do not think it was a hoax. I do think this whole thing is true. I do think we are seeing a coverup by a President who ran on transparency and breaking up the Swamp. Just to be clear, I do not think Trump’s name appears in anything bad. I do think he ran in some of those social circles, so his name is likely there. I do believe there are a number of very powerful folks on that list, not just government folks. I’m talking financiers, CEO’s, etc. Someone powerful got to Trump, and he flipped.
Trump has handled this whole thing wrong; it’s a damn shame too. Look at all his momentum in his first 4-5 months. Best President of all time? Could have been! Then he decided to play in this and the tariff stuff. He blunted his momentum bigtime. Congress is fighting him because he flipped.
Trump, release the files. Do it. Take a gigantic straw to the Swamp and have Stormy Daniels assist with draining it. Watch the swamp rats run, and your base go nuts. There is still time.
The Chief