Twenty minutes, there was four policemen there. Nobody give fire back. Nothing. Like they froze. I don’t understand why.
Shmulik Scuri
December 14, 2025
Bondi Beach terror survivor describes how cops ‘froze’ during 20-minute shooting rampage | New York Post
Why do you need a gun? The police are there to protect you.
Oh. Yeah. This is why.
See also, Dial 911 and Die.
The Somali community has been engaged in massive, endemic, systematic fraud against the American taxpayer for years. We’re going to discover ultimately, and we are in the throes right now of a full-throated all-hands-on-deck federal investigation. Is that the scope, scale, size and sheer magnitude of the fraud eclipses anybody’s worst nightmare.
According to official government records, 90 percent of Somali households with children are on federal welfare. The real number is probably 100 percent, because federal records always under count. You’re talking about a population that has been imported into Minnesota in which virtually every single member of that population is receiving welfare from the federal government, this could very well end up, Laura, being the greatest financial fraud scandal in American history.
Stephen Miller
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
December 13, 2025
Stephen Miller: We’re in the throes of a full-throated, all-hands-on-deck federal investigation into Somalis
We live in interesting times.
Even if we dial rhetoric back by 50%, to compensate for the likely political exaggeration, it is still a big deal. I wonder if we can get some prison time for a bunch of politicians out of this. I’m rather down on politicians. I think sending lots of them to prison will make the world a better place.
Heavy sigh. It is so sad:
Brown University shooting live updates: 2 dead, 9 injured | AP News
A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching for the suspect.
Officers scattered across the campus and into an affluent neighborhood filled with historic and stately brick homes, searching academic buildings, backyards and porches for hours late into the night after the shooting erupted in the afternoon.
I hope they quickly find the murderer and justice is delivered.
I wonder what more could have been done to prevent this. Rhode Island has an A- (12th in the nation) grade from Giffords Law Center. </sarcasm>
If only someone had returned fire in the first few second after the shooting started.
1 dead in U-Haul truck explosion in Idaho parking lot: Officials
One person is dead after a U-Haul truck appears to have accidentally exploded in a parking lot in Idaho early Saturday, according to officials.
The explosion caused damage within the blast radius including to a Courtyard Marriott and Old Navy, according to the Lewiston Fire Department and City of Lewiston Police Department.
See also the video of the debris and surrounding area.
The explosion was heard and felt several miles away. Perhaps because we use a U-Haul trailer for Boomershoot some people were concerned I or other Boomershoot staff were involved in the explosion. The answer is no. I was in Idaho at the time, but about 30 miles away in the bed of my camping trailer at the time the truck blew up.
If you watch the video, you will see a much better view of the truck. The blast is odd. All the explosions I have seen 10’s of thousands of explosions (most of them were made with the same explosive type and detonated under similar conditions). But none of them left debris at “ground zero”. There might be a crater with dirt falling back in. There might be objects driven into the earth. But there is nothing of relatively low density left at the center of the explosion. There is a clean spot where everything is removed down to the hard dirt. This explosion does not look like that. I suspect this was a gas (as in propane, gasoline vapor, etc.) explosion of some sort. It was not a conventional explosive or even a black powder pressure cooker type of explosion.
Here is a better YouTube clip of Ry’s Quote of the Day:
I don’t think you and I were ever in the position of, you know, asking grandfather, what did you do in the war, right? But if someone asked me that question later, I don’t want to go, well, I watched on TV and it was pretty cool, man.
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The people at the Kev Independent were just like asking that question over and over was like, “Why? Why are you doing that? Why?” It’s like, “Because I hate bullies.”
Ry Jones
November 2, 2025
If you don’t want to listen to the first 25 minutes to get the complete context the short story is Ry volunteers to drive “cars” (usually some sort of small truck or van) from Central Europe to Ukraine. They are configured as electronic warfare, command and control, medical transport, etc. You can participate via the fundraiser.
Ry was a huge technical and labor contributor to Boomershoot for many years.
Interesting:
Peter Schiff says only an unlikely government intervention can save Bitcoin
Schiff is again warning that holders of the digital currency are in for a grim awakening — and an unlikely Bitcoin price rally is their only hope. He notes that Bitcoin can only hit a new all-time high if the U.S. government steps in and buys massive amounts of it for its strategic reserve — a move he believes is highly unlikely.
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He has only recently doubled down on his long-term prediction that Bitcoin is on track to drop well below $88,000 by 2026, as the asset, aside from losing a significant amount of value in its retreat against the dollar, has struggled to assert resistance against gold.
That is an easy prediction to verify as valid:
Bitcoin is a faith-based asset. It has no substance other than many people believe in it. If enough people stop believing it is something of value its value will drop to, essentially, zero.
Has that time come? I don’t know. Other “experts” say no:
Peter Brandt predicts Bitcoin to hit $200K by Q3 2029 – Cryptopolitan
Brandt said that he remains a long-term bull, despite the recent market downturn, viewing the current sell-off as a healthy reset that may open the door for future profits.
Brandt challenged forecasts from figures such as BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes and Tom Lee, who have predicted that BTC will at least hit $200,000 by the end of the year. Notably, in October, Hayes and Lee reaffirmed their belief in the forecast.
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Brandt believes that the current sell-off is a beneficial moment. He claimed that “this washout is the best thing that could have happened to Bitcoin.” Other commentators like Rational Root agree with him, pointing out that such falls in the past have made room for new market highs. Historically, such “reset phases” have frequently preceded sharp price hikes.
Reality is tough. Really tough. And accurately predicting the emotional direction and magnitude of a large population may be an unsolvable problem.
Brandt has his biases. He owns a fair amount of Bitcoin and advising others to buy it benefits him. I have my biases, I don’t own, and never have owned, any Bitcoin. It has always seemed untrustworthy to me. I view Bitcoin as far less trustworthy than paper money. And, except for certain currencies, and short time periods I don’t trust them. So, my advice* is to get whatever money you can out of Bitcoin as soon as you can and convert the cash into something having real value such as gold, ammo, guns, land, or even buildings or an underground bunker. If paper money were trustworthy, my status as a multi-trillionaire would mean I could now retire in comfort. But I cannot.
* I am not a financial advisor. My advice is, at best, that of an amateur.
Democrats are looking ahead with hope that the anger in their party boils over so they can focus on hammering Republicans over health care. Next month, Republicans will give Democrats a vote on extending the enhanced ACA subsidies. It will almost certainly fail, and Republicans are preparing an alternative plan they can put on the floor to vote for instead. Nevertheless, it will give Democrats another opportunity to go on offense.
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said while it’s “definitely a disappointment” the shutdown didn’t end with the outcome Democrats preferred, people should be directing their anger at those imposing higher health care costs on Americans.
Igor Bobic, Jennifer Bendery, and Arthur Delaney
November 11, 2025
Why Democrats Caved In The Shutdown Fight | HuffPost Latest News
What I don’t see discussed in the media in plain language is the consequences of these higher premiums. Except for U.S. New & World Report, the wording is all, at best, very circumspect:
5 Consequences If ACA Premium Subsidies End in 2026 | AJMC
The return of the subsidy cliff would likely lead to “coverage churn,” where individuals cycle in and out of insurance due to fluctuating income. This instability not only undermines continuity of care but also disrupts the broader insurance market by reducing the number of healthy, continuously insured individuals.
What expiring ACA subsidies could mean for consumers and the economy | Mizuho Insights
In the absence of subsidies, the U.S. healthcare system will confront lower volumes, tighter margins, and renewed financial pressure across the board. For a sector already navigating demographic shifts, labor shortages, and cost inflation, the withdrawal of federal support could prove a defining headwind in the years ahead.
What the End of Obamacare Subsidies Could Mean for Your Health Coverage | TIME
Insurers across the market—not just those relying on ACA subsidies—are bracing for the effects of the expiration, as volatility is expected.
The shutdown is about to end. Will millions lose their health insurance?
Without the pandemic-era subsidies, ACA health insurers could face the prospect of serving a larger share of high-cost enrollees, Corlette said.
“We could be in for a stretch where insurance companies have to raise their premiums again to reflect a smaller and sicker market,” Corlette said. “So 2027 premiums are likely to be even higher, and some insurance companies may decide this is not a market they want to continue being in.”
Hospitals Face a ‘Slow Train Wreck’ if ACA Subsidies End, Expert Warns | Health Care | U.S. News
Could the loss of these subsidies destabilize insurance markets, and if so, what kind of consequences could we see for patients and for providers?
We already know that insurance companies are bracing for a market that is much smaller, has fewer enrollees but is also much sicker than it has been.
That’s because insurance companies are assuming that the people most likely to be deterred by a higher premium are folks who are relatively young and healthy. What insurers really need is what they call a balanced risk pool, where there’s essentially a balance between healthy and sick people, with healthier people subsidizing sicker folks. Then the healthy people drop out, which means that the insurance companies have a smaller group of more expensive people to cover and then they raise their premiums.
Some of them may find the market less attractive because they worry they can’t fully recoup their costs. So we could see over time, not only rising premiums in this market but also fewer insurance companies participating.
Let me translate this for you. With the subsidies ending there is a high risk of a death spiral in the health insurance industry. As premiums rise, healthier enrollees are likely to drop coverage, leaving insurers with a sicker, costlier pool. This forces insurers to raise rates further, compounding “instability.”
Copilot supplied:
Bottom Line
The end of ACA subsidies would mean higher premiums, fewer enrollees, and greater instability for insurers, while threatening the ACA’s long-term viability. Unless Congress extends or replaces subsidies, the ACA could face a slow-motion collapse driven by adverse selection and affordability crises.
The insurance companies will have to revert to some of the previous practices which protected them against this sort of death spiral insurance premium situation. They will need to be able to refuse insurance to people with preexisting conditions. While unpopular, they may revert to having lifetime and annual limits which were banned by Obama Care.
As near as I can tell, the U.S. Constitution does not give the U.S. Government the power to provide health insurance. Of course, during the Obama administration SCOTUS disagreed with my reading of the U.S. Constitution.
My take on this is that the money has to come from some place. The subsidies are paid by taxes. By cycling the money through the tax process, then back to insurance companies, then to healthcare providers a considerable amount of “friction” has been introduced, and the total cost of health care has been increased. This is a waste of money.
Free markets are best because they reduce “friction” and the competition results in innovation.
Let ACA fail. Let people evaluate their own risks and be responsible for their own health care. Let insurance companies tailor their coverage for the markets and how they decide to define them. Let private charity groups vet and pay for deserving people unable to afford insurance or pay out of pocket. Let the people who chose to abuse their bodies with consumption of alcohol, tobacco, other recreational drugs, and other risky behaviors pay the price for their stupidity.
Prepare appropriately for the transitions.
In a landmark operation, U.S. authorities have seized 127,271 Bitcoins—valued at roughly $15 billion—from an international scam syndicate operating out of Cambodia. This unprecedented recovery, the largest in American history, marks a turning point in the global fight against cyber-enabled financial crime. Investigators traced the digital currency to a sprawling network of fraudulent investment schemes orchestrated by Chen Vincent Zhi, a prominent Cambodian businessman. The case not only exposes the dark underbelly of cryptocurrency but also highlights the growing sophistication of law enforcement in tracking illicit digital assets.
Shay Johnson
November 2, 2025
World’s Largest Crypto Seizure Announced—DOJ Takes Down $15B Pig-Butchering Empire Across 30 Nations
I heard a presentation on the pig butchering* scams about two years ago. The stories told were just heartbreaking. Lonely, frequently elderly people where completely drained of all their wealth and left with huge loans they were unable to repay. They were frequently convinced to borrow money from friends and family.
The authorities knew the geographical location of the scammer were. It was near the border with China. When the location was revealing in the presentation, I was of the mood to advocate for just bombing the place. If the local authorities would not shut them down, a few dozen bombs should do the job, I thought. Then they told of the slaves they held to implement the scams. Their situation was even worse than the financial scam victims. My high explosives solution to the problem suddenly became significantly less ethical.
That this evil empire has been broken up, some restitution is likely, and the slaves are being rescued is extremely good news to me.
* “Pig butchering” is a type of financial scam where fraudsters build trust with victims over time—often through social media or dating platforms—before convincing them to invest in fake or manipulated financial schemes, such as cryptocurrency or forex trading. The term refers to “fattening up” the victim with attention and false profits before “slaughtering” them by draining their funds. It’s a blend of romance scam and investment fraud, often run by organized criminal networks.
A few days ago I posted about the irony of Antifa claiming they were “true Americans”. When John Schussler then asked, “What looting, bombings, or beatings are you referring to?”, I was shocked. I thought everyone was up to speed on those activities. Apparently, there are some information bubbles that sufficiently insulate people from reality.
The data is so overwhelming that I can’t imagine the legacy media does not know the truth. They are blatantly lying if they say Antifa is peaceful or does not exist as an organization. The people who believe the lies are, at best, willfully ignorance.
Here are some of the evidence links I found:
I highly recommend Andy Ngo’s book, Unmasked.
See also what Jonathon Turley has to say about them.
Turley has also written a book on them which I was not aware of until today.
I gave the listed links above to Copilot and asked for a blog post with citations supporting my assertion. This is the result:
In recent years, Antifa-affiliated individuals and cells have been implicated in a range of criminal activities across the United States, including looting, bombings, assaults, and attacks on law enforcement. While Antifa is not a centralized organization, its decentralized networks and ideological cohesion have led to coordinated actions that, in several cases, escalated into violence. Below is a summary of documented incidents drawn from news reports, federal indictments, and investigative journalism.
On March 5, 2023, a group of masked Antifa militants launched a coordinated ambush on police officers at the construction site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. According to journalist Andy Ngo, the attackers used explosives, firebombs, and rocks, injuring officers and setting construction equipment ablaze. The incident was widely reported and documented with video evidence on social media platforms.
Three individuals identified as Antifa members were arrested for looting a Target store in Austin during a protest. The Travis County District Attorney’s office confirmed their affiliation and charged them with burglary and theft. Fox 7 Austin reported that the suspects were part of a broader protest that devolved into property destruction and theft.
In a federal indictment unsealed in 2023, the Department of Justice charged two men affiliated with a North Texas Antifa cell for attacking an ICE facility. The indictment alleges that the men used incendiary devices and coordinated the attack as part of a broader anti-government agenda. The case underscores the federal government’s concern over violent extremism linked to Antifa ideology.
During the height of the 2020 protests in Portland, Oregon, four individuals were charged with assaulting federal law enforcement officers. The Justice Department detailed how the defendants used projectiles, including explosives and rocks, to breach federal property and injure officers. These incidents were part of a series of nightly confrontations that often involved self-identified Antifa participants.
Fox News reported that rioters breached an ICE building in Portland using explosives and rocks, injuring officers and causing significant property damage. The report noted that many of the participants wore Antifa insignia and coordinated their actions through encrypted messaging platforms.
Independent journalists such as Andy Ngo and Wiretap Media have extensively documented Antifa-related violence through firsthand footage, interviews, and social media posts. Ngo’s book Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy compiles years of investigative work, detailing incidents of beatings, arson, and organized attacks on government institutions.
While Antifa is often described as a loosely organized movement, the documented incidents above suggest that its adherents have, in multiple cases, engaged in coordinated criminal violence. These actions have targeted law enforcement, government facilities, and private property, often under the guise of protest. The evidence presented here underscores the need for continued scrutiny and legal accountability for violent extremism, regardless of political affiliation.
I have seen the phrase “politically motivated” ever since I can remember. The most recent is here:
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on charges of bank fraud and false statements by a federal grand jury in Virginia. The indictment follows allegations related to a 2023 mortgage application and comes amid accusations of political retribution by President Donald Trump’s administration, which has faced criticism for targeting political opponents. James, who previously won a high-profile civil fraud case against Trump, denies the charges and claims they are part of a politically motivated campaign.
I get it, as Copilot pointed out to me:
if someone committed a crime, prosecution should follow. But the claim of political motivation isn’t always about denying the act—it’s about challenging the fairness, consistency, or intent behind the prosecution. In democracies, that challenge is part of the system’s self-correction mechanism.
But that isn’t the way I see it being used. It is used as an absolute defense. As in if the investigation or prosecution generates political advantage for some person in power, then there is nothing further to discuss. The investigation/prosecution should be halted.
Do people really believe that? Am I misreading the implications of its use? Is it just a “hail Mary” type of play when they are desperate to avoid the consequences of their crimes?
And, for the record, I am of the opinion that all government employees should be investigated and prosecuted for every hint of criminal or civil wrongdoing. They should be held to a much higher standard than people in private life.
Are we accepting the reality that we might already be at war, or are we still believing we are in control? We are allowing higher and higher levels of escalation with no proper answers.
If that continues, we need to expect a Pearl Harbor day for Europe, when the escalation will be so impossible to ignore that it will bring about a Western reawakening.
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Instead of asking will we risk starting World War Three, the question is: will we risk stopping it?
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Former Lithuanian foreign minister
October 5, 2025
Europe is facing its ‘Pearl Harbor moment’
Accepting reality is almost as difficult as determining what reality is. And keep in mind that in war, truth is the first causality. Furthermore, people have a very strong tendency to believe what they want to believe.
So where does that leave us? If Russia really is intent in rolling up Eastern Europe to recover its lost glory from the peak of the Soviet bloc, then Western Europe will delay longer than they should have. If Russia really only wants Ukraine, then a case can be made that the path of least human suffering (after you add in the human cost on all sides of Western Europe going to war with Russia) is to let them have it unopposed.
The dilemma is that letting Russia have the Ukraine with even moderate support from the West runs a high risk of telling Russia they can get away with the roll up. Hence, even if they did not originally intend to roll up Eastern Europe, they will be incentivized by the inaction of the west to do what they had not planned to do. If the west does crank of the temperature dial on WWIII to HOT, then history will forever haunt us with the deaths of millions that might have lived if only we had listened to the appeasers.*
It is very nearly a lose-lose situation.
I think predictions are extremely difficult. Especially about the future. Think of it this way, you want to “accepting reality?” The problem is, no matter what reality you “accept” you change the reality.
Prepare appropriately for me means an underground bunker in Idaho.
* I forget who I was talking to recently who asserted that Russia will not attack a NATO country. Russia is close to being number two when they are only up against Ukraine. NATO, he asserted, would have a busy week, but Russia would cease to exist. Hence, there is no real downside for non-Ukrainians to let them have Ukraine.
As I expected, the number of data points and the error bands are narrowing with each passing day:
‘I had enough of his hatred’: Charlie Kirk suspect’s texts with roommate shed light on motive
Prosecutors shared new details about the attack in an information document – a formal accusation filed by a prosecutor – including the alleged text exchanges between Robinson and his roommate, which shed light on a possible motive.
On September 10, the roommate received a text from Robinson which said, “drop what you are doing, look under my keyboard,” according to the documents.
The note allegedly stated: “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.”
Prosecutors shared the following text exchange that allegedly took place:
After reading the note, the roommate replied: “What?????????????? You’re joking, right????”
Robinson: I am still ok my love, but am stuck in orem for a little while longer yet. Shouldn’t be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle still. To be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you.
Roommate: you weren’t the one who did it right????
Robinson: I am, I’m sorry
Roommate: I thought they caught the person?
Robinson: no, they grabbed some crazy old dude, then interrogated someone in similar clothing. I had planned to grab my rifle from my drop point shortly after, but most of that side of town got locked down. Its quiet, almost enough to get out, but theres one vehicle lingering.
Roommate: Why?
Robinson: Why did I do it?
Roommate: Yeah
Robinson: I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out. If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence. Going to attempt to retrieve it again, hopefully they have moved on. I haven’t seen anything about them finding it.
Roommate: How long have you been planning this?
Robinson: a bit over a week I believe. I can get close to it but there is a squad car parked right by it. I think they already swept that spot, but I don’t wanna chance it
Robinson: I’m wishing I had circled back and grabbed it as soon as I got to my vehicle. … I’m worried what my old man would do if I didn’t bring back grandpas rifle … idek if it had a serial number, but it wouldn’t trace to me. I worry about prints I had to leave it in a bush where I changed outfits. didn’t have the ability or time to bring it with. … I might have to abandon it and hope they don’t find prints. how the f*** will I explain losing it to my old man. …only thing I left was the rifle wrapped in a towel. … remember how I was engraving bullets? The f***in messages are mostly a big meme, if I see “notices bulge uwu” on fox new I might have a stroke alright im gonna have to leave it, that really f***ing sucks. …judging from today I’d say grandpas gun does just fine idk. I think that was a $2k scope ;-;
Robinson: delete this exchange
Robinson: my dad wants photos of the rifle … he says grandpa wants to know who has what, the feds released a photo of the rifle, and it is very unique. Hes calling me rn, not answering.
Robinson: since trump got into office [my dad] has been pretty diehard maga.
Robinson: Im gonna turn myself in willingly, one of my neighbors here is a deputy for the sheriff.
Robinson: you are all I worry about love
Roommate: I’m much more worried about you
Robinson: don’t talk to the media please. don’t take any interviews or make any comments. … if any police ask you questions ask for a lawyer and stay silent
The information document provides the most insight into the suspect’s alleged motive yet, and details how Robinson had “started to lean to the left,” according to his mother.
His mom told investigators that Robinson had become “more pro-gay and trans-rights orientated” in recent years and that he had began to date his roommate, “a biological male who was transitioning genders,” the document states.
It resulted in “discussions” with family members, “especially between Robinson and his father, who have very different political views.”
“In one conversation before the shooting, Robinson mentioned that Charlie Kirk would be holding an event at UVU, which Robinson said was a ‘stupid venue’ for the event,” the document states. “Robinson accused Kirk of spreading hate.”
As a manhunt was underway, Robinson’s parents recognized their son in the surveillance images circulated by the FBI. The suspect’s father believed the rifle used in the shooting matched a weapon that was given to his son as a gift.
He texted his son and asked him to send him a photo of the rifle, the document said. When Robinson did not respond, his father spoke to him over the phone where his son allegedly “implied that he planned to take his own life.”
His parents persuaded their son to meet at their home, where “Robinson implied he was the shooter and stated that he couldn’t go to jail and just wanted to end it,” prosecutors allege.
“When asked why he did it, Robinson explained there is too much evil and the guy [Charlie Kirk] spreads too much hate,” the document states.
“Too much evil and …. too much hate”? That is an interesting claim from Robinson. I have not spent more than a minute or two of listening to and/or reading Kirk’s works. But the evidence clearly shows Robinson has the unsurmountable lead on evil and hate in the Kirk v. Robinson contest.
Projection and insults is the best they have so it is not surprising as they are losing political power, they crank the dial up on the only tools they know how to use.
I would like to think that the error bands are tightening on the range of viable conspiracy theories. But my experience is the crazies can always escape the constraints of reality.
Context is everything. Watch and listen to this video and think about what the phrase “I couldn’t care less” is referring to.
The transcript of the important part is:
EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country?
TRUMP: I’ll tell you something that’s gonna get me in trouble but I couldn’t care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don’t want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.
Those on the political left interpret this as President Trump does not want to fix the country. Or, one person I know think he was answering the question, “Who could fix this country?”
I interpret him as saying he couldn’t care less about getting in trouble for saying the following words.
I will grant that I can see it being misinterpreted you only hear the first sentence as the complete response to the question. But in the full context it seems very close to unambiguous. Is this just my bias?
Yet, I see instance after instance of emphasis on the first sentence:
Do they honestly believe that is a truthful interpretation of what he said? Are they all deliberately lying? I find both conclusions inconceivable.
More than ever, I just want to be left alone in my underground bunker in Idaho. People have gone nuts.
Via Andy Ngo:
At a Friday morning press conference announcing the arrest of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox revealed new details about evidence collected at the scene of the shooting.
There had been confusion after the New York Times cited an unnamed law enforcement source countering reporting by The Wall Street Journal and Steven Crowder (via his ATF source) about Antifa and trans phrases on rifle cartridges. Gov. Cox’s remarks now confirm that Antifa phrases were indeed found.
According to Cox, one cartridge was inscribed with: “Hey fascist! Catch!” Another read: “Oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao.”
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The governor noted that other casings read: “If you read this you are gay lmao” and “Notices, bulges OWO what’s this?” The latter appears to be a reference to a furry online meme.
Cox’s clarification narrows the speculation: the casings bear clear Antifa references but, at this stage, do not appear to contain any direct mention of trans ideology.
Via MSN:
A suspect in the assassination of conservative activist and close Trump ally Charlie Kirk has been identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced on Friday.
“We got him,” Cox said at a news conference to announce the arrest of Robinson who was taken into custody Thursday on suspicion of capital murder, weapons and obstruction offenses.
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The suspect is said to be listed as politically “unaffiliated,” although both his parents are believed to be Republicans.
Cox said the suspect arrived on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday at 8:29 a.m. in a gray Dodge Challenger. He was wearing a plain maroon t-shirt, light shorts, and a black hat with a white logo, as seen in surveillance videos. He wore the same clothes when he was arrested on Thursday night.
Robinson was not a student at the Utah Valley University, where the shooting happened.
“He was living, and had lived for a long time, with his family in Washington County,” Cox said.
Utah voting information seen by The Independent shows his voter status is “inactive,” meaning he has not voted in the last two general elections or responded to notices sent by a county clerk. His party affiliation is listed as “unaffiliated.”
However, family members said Robinson had become “more political in recent years,” expressed negative views of Kirk and told family members he believed the Turning Point USA founder was “full of hate and spreading hate,” Cox said.
He revealed that the family member told investigators that at a recent family dinner, Robinson had mentioned Kirk’s upcoming Utah Valley event, and “they talked about why they didn’t like him and the viewpoints that he had.”
After the shooting, Cox said Robinson’s father recognized his son in photos that law enforcement released and reached out to a family friend, who happened to be a minster, to encourage Robinson to turn himself in.
My hope is this will end the tiresome speculation I have been reading in various places. It was obvious to me there was far too little information to make nearly all the conclusions asserted.
Years ago, I decided I did not have the time to correct everyone on the Internet, or even in the comments to my blog, that is wrong. Yes, many speculations were decent hypothesis, but as one of my physics professors once said, “We need lots of data with narrow error bands or else the theorists will drive trucks through them.” Decades later I still remember the three data points with error bands on the blackboard and the set of squiggly lines he drew through them.
We now have many more data points with much tighter error bands. The set of squiggly lines than can be fit through those error bands just became far fewer in number and significantly less squiggly.
But, as I have come to discover, people will vehemently believe what they want to believe. Or, as Paul Simon sang:
All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
<heavy sigh>
This will be interesting:
Epstein Files Drop: The Left’s Trump Smear Campaign Just Collapsed – PJ Media
Democrats and Republicans have spent weeks demanding the release of the Epstein files. Well, now they’ve got them. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer confirmed that the long-awaited document dump is officially underway, pledging unprecedented transparency and accountability.
“Just to give a quick update: I think everyone knows who we’ve subpoenaed thus far in the initial batch,” Comer said. “We subpoenaed six former Attorneys General as well as Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.”
Comer confirmed that the scope has since expanded to include former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who oversaw a controversial plea deal for Epstein years ago. “Acosta is coming in, I believe, September the 16th or 19th,” Comer said. “We’ve got that date down. I know that we’ll have a lot of questions for him with respect to an earlier Epstein prosecution that he was involved in when he was U.S. Attorney.”
The chairman also revealed that tens of thousands of pages of records are now in the committee’s possession. “We have the documents — the initial batch that had been sent by the White House. As you know, we also subpoenaed Pam Bondi for those documents. The White House is working with us — I want to publicly thank the White House for turning over so many documents thus far,” he explained.
“We’re in the process of uploading those documents for full transparency, so everyone in America can see them,” Comer said. “As quick as we can get them uploaded — as the Speaker said, there are 34,000 pages — we’re doing everything we can to get those uploaded. We want those to be public as soon as possible.”
I expect there are going to be a lot of people disappointed their most hated politician is not going to be caught with their pants down and a swarm of underage kids in bed with them.
And, furthermore, I expect some of those same people will claim the documents were “cleaned up.” It is just the way these things go. People are never satisfied with the evidence when they have had a lot of time to speculate. Of course, they could be right. And after all this time it will be virtually impossible to conclusively prove them wrong.
My personal belief is that history shows that this war of aggression, which is part of a wider Putin aspiration to restore the old Russian Empire and achieve dominance in Europe, can only be resolved by a Russian defeat that would lead to real deterrence. But that is not what is on offer.
The next few days and hours will write the future for our children and grandchildren. The future defeat of the West, which is what is coming down the line as the result of a bad peace deal, would not see a repeat of the Holocaust. It would see a new Russian dominated Europe. The people with most to fear would be the blue-haired protesters on our campuses and in our streets, as well as the LGBTQ+ community who would certainly cease to exist. A newly dominant Russia would and could not tolerate such diversity and certainly not any form of dissent.
Tim Collins
Former British Army officer who served with the SAS and as commander of the Royal Irish
August 19, 2025
Putin could never afford to take the Ukrainian land he wants. He must not get it for free
I don’t see Putin accepting any deal that gives him anything less or equal to what he expects to be able to take in the next year.
And if the response of countries like Finland and Sweden (who joined NATA in response to the war) are an accurate assessment of Putin’s intentions, making such a deal will go down in history like Chamberlain’s “Peace for our time” deal did.
Prepare appropriately.
I’m aggressively pushing for the completion of my underground bunker in Idaho.
Infidels could not have overpowered their country without invoking supernatural powers.
Iranian official claims Israel used ‘the occult and supernatural spirits’ during 12-day war
What other reason could there be?
That tactical edge also helped when Iran struck a building that belongs to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. “Iran claims to have attacked a Mossad building with missile strikes,” the post read. “Fortunately, no one was there … everyone is in Iran.”
C. Douglas Golden
June 21, 2025
Israel Uses Unidentified, Special Weapon for Simultaneous Assassination of 9 Iranian Nuke Scientists
There probably is more than a little truth to this.
I chuckled.
