God Bless Charlie Kirk! Jimmy Kimmel, a Jerk! The Demo Party Cirque! Putin Going Berserk!
By Robert Eringer
When John Lennon preached peace & love, he could not foresee Charlie Kirk.
“Gen Z Political Violence: Shocking Survey Data Reveals Dangerous Trend” (Regent University)
John Lennon, too, was cut down by an assassin’s bullet.
The Beatle who wrote All You Need is Love would have been mortified by Gen Z’s casual embrace of violence.
An August 2024 survey by Citizen Data found that nearly half of Gen Z and about 2 in 10 millennials found it acceptable to “forcibly occupy public buildings” or “kill or physically harm” elected officials, respectively.
What happened? We know. Most of us, anyway.
While parents weren’t watching, the militant Left hijacked education and turned classrooms into indoctrination factories.
Lennon imagined a world without war, a world where disagreements didn’t devolve into bloodshed. Having lived through the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK, he would have abhorred a repeat of such violence.
At 20 we think we know everything. Most of us grow out of it. Some never do.
Sadly, Churchill had it right a century ago: “The story of the human race is war. Except for brief and precarious interludes, there has never been peace.”
Indeed, if humanity stood on trial before a universal court, it would be sentenced to death many times over, guilty of outrage after outrage, genocide after genocide.
I cannot help those around me who today cheer violence. They are too far gone in their deranged beliefs.
My faith isn’t in people. It’s in the unconditional love of dogs.
God bless Charlie—for trying. Like Jesus, he preached. Like Jesus—and John Lennon—he was struck down.
May God help the rest of us.
“Charlie Kirk funeral hits capacity as 200K people turn out” (NY Post)
The REAL American spirit
“Tearful Erika Kirk says she forgives Charlie's 'assassin' in devastating farewell at memorial” (Daily Mail)
'He [Charlie] wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life,' Erika said, sparking roars from the crowd and a standing ovation.
'That man, that young man, I forgive him,' Erika Kirk said while breaking into tears.
Liberal Dems, through rhetoric—incendiary and celebratory—just created a New Age Christ.
If they don’t feel it yet, they will in 14 months.
“Russia, China, and Iran, Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division” (NT Times)
Russian state media is linking the assassination to Ukraine, claiming co-conspirators near the stage cued the shooter with hand signals.
Iran, predictably, blames Israel, saying the murder is a distraction from Gaza.
China, the most restrained of the trio, paints the USA as a hopelessly divided country.
And China isn’t wrong.
You can be sure the Axis of Evil will keep driving wedges between the Left and Right, hoping to destabilize what’s left of democracy.
The FBI ought to be infiltrating Antifa (now rightly tagged as terrorists) and militant transgender cells (a fast-growing violence-prone fringe), while the media should be shining a light on these amorphous groups—exposing their members, their funding, and their activities.
“Jimmy Kimmel goes nuclear over ABC canceling him for outrageous Charlie Kirk comments” (NY Post)
“I've never seen him this angry. Ever. It's bad.”
Waah!
What a crybaby. Not even an ounce of class.
Kimmel could probably use a year in a monastery to learn about humility. Johnny Carson warned comedians about political preaching. To my ears, Kimmel is not a comic; he’s a woke activist on a shaky platform that ABC affiliates longer wish to support. Freedom of speech is a right, not employment.
Here’s hoping Jimmy goes the way of ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon: sidelined, forgotten, irrelevant.
Speaking of ego…
“Howard Stern insiders skewer his titanic 'ego' and expose his backstage diva demands” (Daily Mail)
“His mindset is always ‘there's no one else but him.’”
“If he comes into the office, he's quickly escorted in with security and quickly escorted out. There's no interacting with other talent,” the insider said.
“His security team there treats him as if he's of presidential status.”
Another candidate for a monastery.
“Harris says Buttigieg ‘first choice’ for VP in 2024 but proved ‘too risky’” (The Hill)
Unbelievable: The Kameleon just admitted she discriminated against gays!
Which makes her not only a bigot but stupid as well.
“AOC is plotting a run for president in 2028” (The Independent)
Chuckle, oink, barf.
Forget Goofy Gav, porky Pritzker, and asinine AOC. The Dems’ only ticket is Shapiro/Whitmer.
And if Democrats want to keep their mentally challenged patients from running the asylum they’ve commandeered, they’ll need a stronger House Minority Speaker than Hakeem Jeffries to whip the crazies in line.
First order of business: expel the congresswoman who openly flouted immigration laws.
“EXCLUSIVE: Ilhan Omar DID marry her brother and said she would 'do what she had to do to get him "papers" to keep him in U.S.', reveals Somali community leader” (Daily Mail)
ChatGPT:
The U.S. takes sham marriages—those entered into for the purpose of evading immigration laws—very seriously. Here’s the breakdown:
Criminal Penalties
Felony offense under 8 U.S.C. § 1325(c).
Punishable by:
Up to 5 years in federal prison, and/or
Up to $250,000 in fines.
Immigration Consequences
The foreign national can be deported (removed) and found inadmissible for any future immigration benefits.
Permanent bar to U.S. residency or citizenship.
“No More Masked ICE In LA; Gov. Newsom Signs ‘No Secret Police’ Act” (Deadline)
Goofy Gav can sign whatever he wants. It remains to be seen if state, county, or city police dare to do anything about it.
“Candace Owens' blistering new attack on Brigitte Macron after she was sued for claiming French first lady is a man” (Daily Mail)
I’ve studied conspiracy theory for a long time. When you go down that rabbit hole, you gotta be careful to grab ahold of the truth when you recognize it and hang on tight. Otherwise, you end up in a free fall and drive yourself crazy.
“Head of MI6 says there’s ‘absolutely no evidence’ Putin wants to negotiate with Ukraine” (NY Post)
Mad Vlad seeks only victory in Ukraine. Everything else is a time-waster.
The good news, according to Sir Richard Moore: “Putin has sought to convince the world that a Russian victory is inevitable. But he lies. He lies to the world. He lies to his people. Perhaps he even lies to himself. Bluntly, Putin has bitten off more than he can chew.”
Perhaps that’s why…
“Russian warplanes breach NATO airspace in ‘dangerous provocation’ over Estonia” (Politico)
Polonium Putin is dusting off Sun Tzu’s Art of War: "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak."
But Vlad’s misadventure in Ukraine has already backfired spectacularly by cementing Ukraine’s national identity and accelerating its march West, in addition to driving Sweden and Finland into a NATO now on high alert. Exactly the opposite of the tyrant’s grand design.
This is not lost on the oligarchs. They’d prefer the old days: weekends in the South of France, penthouses in London, shopping sprees in New York. Putin’s blunders put all that on ice. Which is why, behind Kremlin walls, talk of replacing him grows ever louder.
“Russia recruits 20,000 Cuban mercenaries to fight against Ukraine as casualties soar” (The Express)
Yup. Desperate.
“FBI ‘Arctic Frost’ probe targeted nearly 100 GOP groups — including Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA: docs” (NY Post)
For this, Deep Tonsils called in from Bourbon & Blues in Virgin, Utah…
And finally…
“Duchess of York wrote to ‘supreme friend’ Epstein after vow to cut contact” (The Telegraph)
Caption: Prince Andrew yesterday: The face of getting caught out (yet again)
What a week… whew!
And so should you.
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