With the arrival of cooler weather, soups are definitely back on my go-to list of meals. I love soup, because I can have All The Flavors without all the damn calories. When it comes to soups and stews, a little goes a long way. Roast veggie soup is one of those “make it with what you have” recipes. There’s no one right way to make it, and pretty much anything you put in will make it yummy! This is my version of Roast Vegetable Soup.

Ingredients:

• 1 sweet potato, peeled and cubed
• peppers (mix of whatever colors/heats you like), large diced
• 1 large carrot, peeled and coined
• 1 red onion, large diced
• 2 large or several smaller tomatoes, whole
• 1 head garlic, most of the paper peeled away and the top cut off
• 1 to 2 cups of any combination of the following: cauliflower, kale, leeks, red skinned potato, celery, parsnips, turnip, chard, or whatever else you like
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 tsp to 2 tsp each: cumin, thyme, oregano, paprika, marjoram, and rubbed sage
• 4 to 6 cups vegetable, chicken, or beef stock
• 1 can white beans, well rinsed

Preheat your oven to 400°F. Cover a large baking tray (lipped) with some parchment paper, then add in the potato, peppers, carrot, tomatoes, garlic, and other vegetables. Drizzle it all with olive oil, and sprinkle the vegetables with the spices. Toss it all together using your hands. Roast in the oven for 10 minutes, then flip all the vegetables over and roast for another 10 minutes. Add in any onions and/or leeks, stir well to cover them with the oil and spices, and continue to roast for a further 10 to 15 minutes, until the vegetables are tender and slightly caramelized. Remove them from the oven.

Set aside a small selection of the vegetables to add whole to the soup. Remove the tomato skins (they should simply slip off) and squeeze the garlic out of its skin. Add the tomatoes, garlic, and any vegetables you don’t want whole to a large soup pot and add in the stock. Bring the soup to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for about five minutes. Turn off the heat, and blend the soup with an immersion blender. If you don’t have one, you can add it a bit at a time to a regular blender or food processor, but be careful because it will be hot.

Add in the reserved vegetables and the white beans, and bring to a simmer for 15 minutes to a half hour, to allow the flavors to meld. If you like dairy items, adding in a few pieces of parmesan rind at this point will make this a much more earthy, rich soup.

Serve in warm bowls topped with a drizzle of good olive oil, a drizzle of balsamic vinegar, and a sprig of fresh thyme or some croutons.

Starting this Wednesday, there will be a new weekly feature tentatively named “Charlie’s Voice.’

The goal is to produce a persuasive article to carry Charlie Kirk’s voice forward.

The guidelines are something like this:

• Take a left-leaning stance, position, or statement at face value.
• Listen to the statement/argument as if a single person were presenting it to you, face-to-face.
• Extract from the statement/argument the actual points of the person presenting.
• Using persuasive language, present your counterargument in such a way that it brings that person closer to our ideals and goals.
• Maintain neutral language, no gotcha phrases, no barbed zingers.

I do not expect this to be easy, which is why I’m asking for help from you.

Submissions go to info@troglodite.com. We’d prefer a Google Doc, LibreOffice document, or a Word document. Submissions will be edited for grammar and may be sent back with red pen if more than grammar changes are required.

Please include the byline you wish to have your article published under.

Examples

If you want to write on these topics, feel free; I’m putting them out here now because I will be working on something for Wednesday.

President Trump is a felon.

Example response:

You are correct; Donald Trump was convicted in a New York state court of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

If there are 34 counts, does this mean that Trump was convicted of 34 different crimes? The court says yes; maybe you won’t agree with the court.

Over the course of nine months, Trump signed 9 checks to Michael Cohen. The checks were normal checks with a memo line. The prosecution claimed that the text on the memo line was fraudulent, resulting in 9 different counts. Because that memo line was repeated in a ledger, each entry in the ledger became another count.

The prosecution decided that there were 4 counts for each check that Trump wrote, leading to the 34 count number. All of which were for the payment of one bill.

This would be similar to you buying a new set of golf clubs on credit, then writing a check once a month to pay off the bill, but instead of writing “New golf clubs,” you wrote “Entertainment.”

The prosecutor’s argument was that anything apart from “hush payment” was fraudulent.

There will be more, of course; this is just the start.

I look forward to your submissions.

My office chair has been failing for about a year now. The gas tube gave up the fight. The left armrest had cracked. And the entire thing had become one uncomfortable mess.

As somebody who sits in front of his computer for many hours per week, this was unacceptable. Worse, it was painful to sit for more than about an hour. After an hour, the discomfort was making it difficult to program or get other work done.

I bought a new chair. I’ve spent the last couple of hours sitting in it. There are different issues, but mostly it is me getting used to the new chair. It is nice to have my eyes at the correct level for my screens.

Auburn Duck Race

This is an event that Ally has been attending for a few years. She dresses in period garb, does a cooking demo, and sells her cookbooks. Normally I drive her out to the event, drop her and her gear off, head home, and then go and pick her up after the event.

We were both uncomfortable with her being in a crowd after what happened to Charlie, so I went along and stayed. SIG P365, two spare magazines, truck gun briefcase.

Nothing happened; we had fun, plenty of people, some book sales. I got to see one of my clients in person and met his family.

Shit Talk from Leftist

I had mentioned to Ally that the amount of Trump and right bashing on the Reddits had gone down. I spoke too soon. It is still full of hate and evil.

She’s right! Donnie started this!

J6 was the most violent thing in living memory. That’s the problem; MAGA lives in a completely different reality from what is actually going on. They don’t have the mental capacity to apply critical thinking skills, they just ride on hatred and lies.

I think I’m going to have a “speak out” day once a week.

Trump Announces Huge Development in Manhunt for Kirk Assassin – by Leah Barkoukis, 12Sep2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2025/09/12/trump-on-suspect-custody-n2663222

Trump says Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin has finally been captured — allegedly turned in by his father – by Joseph MacKinnon, 12Sep2025
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-says-kirks-suspected-assassin-has-finally-been-captured-allegedly-turned-in-by-his-father

“I don’t know how to communicate with you except through violence.” – by Chris Bray, 11Sep2025
https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/i-dont-know-how-to-communicate-with

Charlie Kirk and the William Wallace Effect: His Death Will Inspire More Courage, More Freedom
https://www.westernjournal.com/charlie-kirk-william-wallace-effect-death-will-inspire-courage-freedom/

What Charlie Kirk Predicted About “Assassination Culture” Will Chill You To The Core – by Michael Snyder, 12Sept2025
https://michaeltsnyder.substack.com/p/what-charlie-kirk-predicted-about
surveys have discovered that we have reached a point where literally millions upon millions of Americans think that politically-motivated violence is at least somewhat justified.

Fighting Nazis, a Zesty Form of Community Theater – by Chris Bray, 12Sep2025
https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/fighting-nazis-a-zesty-form-of-community
We’ve indulged an enormous amount of dimwitted cosplay from childish moral narcissists. You see the cost. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop tolerating this monstrous idiocy.

Secret Service Agent Appears Compromised in Wake of Kirk Murder – Alarming Posts Allegedly from Inside Agency Coming to Light –
by Jack Davis, 12Sep2025
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-secret-service-agent-appears-compromised-wake-kirk-murder-alarming-posts-allegedly-inside-agency-coming-light/

After Charlie Kirk’s Murder, Politicians Can Back Away From the Brink, or Make Matters Worse – The political class has been pushing the country towards a conflict nobody should want. – by J.D. Tuccille, 12Sep2025
https://reason.com/2025/09/11/after-charlie-kirks-murder-politicians-can-back-away-from-the-brink-or-make-matters-worse

7 Horrific Incidents of Violence Against Conservatives – by Tyler O’Neil, 10Sep2025
https://patriot.tv/7-horrific-incidents-of-violence-against-conservatives/

The Assassination of Charlie Kirk and the Rise of the ‘Far-Right’ Left – How the Violent Left is Becoming the New Far Right of History –
by Matt Morris, 11sep2025
https://sgtreport.substack.com/p/the-assassination-of-charlie-kirk

Anonymous website outing miscreants who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s murder has leftists on edge – by Chris Donaldson, 12Sep2025
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/12/anonymous-website-outing-miscreants-who-celebrate-charlie-kirks-murder-has-leftists-on-edge-1584523/

Form The Line! – By John wilder, 12Sep2025
https://wilderwealthywise.com/form-the-line/

Anti American left – by Divemedic, 12Sep2025
https://areaocho.com/author/14583007051962299381/

Charlotte Stabbing Suspect Reveals Reason for Crime, And Now He Wants His Body ‘Investigated’
https://americanjournaldaily.com/charlotte-suspect-reason-crime/
Stabbing Suspect Reveals His Insane Reason for the Attack – It’s the Nuttiest Excuse Ever So…totally bonkers.
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via Miguel Gonzalez from Miguel’s Substack miguelgg@substack.com, 12Sep2025

“They killed John Wick’s dog.”- John Ringo (And if he didn’t say it, it still applies)
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/they-killed-john-wicks-dog-john-ringo

A bit of History is good for the soul. – Sadly, Liberals have no soul.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/a-bit-of-history-is-good-for-the

He ain’t wrong.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/he-aint-wrong

Please stop defending them. – They never have nor will they ever return the favor.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/please-stop-defending-them
I am siding with Divemedic (where I stole the video link. H/T) on this one

The finger that pulled the trigger is down….
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/the-finger-that-pulled-the-trigger
…………………..
Fighting Words – by Divemedic, 12Sep2025
video – 00:01:55 – https://x.com/OldStateSaloon/status/1966157740801405287
https://areaocho.com/fighting-words/
Fighting words are: “Words which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace.”
This comes from the Supreme Court case Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942). The Court held that certain “well-defined and narrowly limited” categories of speech are not protected by the First Amendment—including fighting words. Just being offensive isn’t enough. The speech has to be:Directed at a specific individual. Likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction.

Expose Charlie’s Murderers – A very useful website – 12Sep2025
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/expose-charlies-murderers
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via AREA OCHO – https://areaocho.com/
Here’s 2 and a half minutes straight of Democrats explicitly calling for political violence. – 12Sep2025
https://areaocho.com/left-advocating-violence/
vfideo – 00:02:20 – https://x.com/i/status/1812325538620420349

Motives Unknown – 12Sep2025
https://areaocho.com/motives-unknown/
…the MSM is saying that no motive is yet known for the shooting, and they don’t know if it was political or not,

Winning Hearts and Minds – 12Sep2025
https://areaocho.com/17566-2/
If we have entered a phase where people who talk are being silenced through assassination, the time for talk is over. The blog has to go, and it will be time for other tactics. If people aren’t having discussions, they are fighting.

Warning Sign – 12Sep2025
https://areaocho.com/17560-2/
I have been saying since 2020 that one of the signs that a revolution is nearing its completion is the disappearance of people who can make trouble for the revolution. It’s a sign that the revolution is beginning to eliminate those who can make trouble for them.
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CAUTION CONSPIRACY ZONE – cum KILO salis
Did Someone Close To Charlie Kirk Give A Signal To The Assassin That It Was Time To Take The Shot? – by Michael Snyder, 11Sep2025
https://michaeltsnyder.substack.com/p/did-someone-close-to-charlie-kirk?
Charlie Kirk ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY THEORIES Go Viral
video – 00:03:21 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5HXGNukoY

I think Charlie Kirk would agree with one of the lesser-known heroes of the American Revolution
“I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” – Nathan Hale, Sept. 22, 1776

in no particular order 

Utah officials deliver update on Charlie Kirk assassination investigation, security at event – by Cooper Williamson, 10Sep2025
https://www.theblaze.com/news/utah-officials-deliver-update-on-charlie-kirk-assassination-investigation-security-at-event

Charlie Kirk assassination witness says shot did not come from the crowd – by Andrew Chapa, 10 sept2025
https://www.theblaze.com/news/charlie-kirk-shooting-witness-rooftop

‘You woke us the f**k up!’ Greg Gutfeld fires off message on Fox News after assassination of Charlie Kirk – by Carlos Garcia, 10Sept2025
https://www.theblaze.com/news/greg-gutfeld-charlie-kirk-woke

Leftists show their true colors after Charlie Kirk is shot — and it’s absolutely sickening – byChris Enloe, 10Sept2025
https://www.theblaze.com/news/leftists-show-their-true-colors-after-charlie-kirk-is-shot-and-it-s-absolutely-sickening

The Morning Briefing: Assassination and the Watershed Radicalization of the American Right – by Stephen Kruiser, 11Sep2025
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/09/11/the-morning-briefing-assassination-and-the-watershed-radicalization-of-the-american-right-n4943527

Trump Vows to Hunt Down Everyone Involved in Charlie Kirk’s Assassination – by Katie Pavlich 10Sep2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2025/09/10/trump-remarks-from-white-house-charlie-kirk-n2663104

The NYT’s Obituary for Charlie Kirk Is an Absolute Disgrace – by Matt Vespa, 11Sep2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/09/11/the-nyts-obituary-for-charlie-kirk-is-an-absolute-disgrace-n2663115

They Murdered Charlie Kirk and They Must Pay – by Kurt Schlichter, 10Sep2025
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/09/10/they-murdered-charlie-kirk-and-they-must-pay-n2663112

Did TMZ Staffers Cheer About Charlie Kirk’s Assassination? The Video Is Damning. – by Matt Vespa, 11Sep2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/09/11/did-tmz-staffers-cheer-about-charlie-kirks-assassination-the-video-is-damning-n2663122

After Charlie Kirk Was Assassinated, Dems Kept Saying This Phrase. It Was a Little Jarring. – by Matt Vespa, 11Sep2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/09/11/after-charlie-kirk-was-assassinated-dems-kept-saying-this-phrase-it-was-a-little-jarring-n2663107

What Comes After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination An anti-revolutionary’s death brings a new reckoning – byBen Domenech, 11Sep2025
https://thetransom.com/p/what-comes-after-charlie-kirks-assassination

“Dark Moment For America” – Trump Addresses The Nation After Kirk Assassination – by Tyler Durden, 11Sep2025
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shots-reportedly-fired-charlie-kirk-event-utah-valley-university

Charlie Kirk’s blood is on the left’s hands – by Maureen Steele, 11Sep2025
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/11/charlie-kirks-blood-is-on-the-lefts-hands-1584140/

Two days before he was killed, CNN went on the offensive against Charlie Kirk – by Vivek Saxena, 11Sep2025
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/11/two-days-before-he-was-killed-cnn-went-on-the-offensive-against-charlie-kirk-1584159/

Obama actually says we have no idea what motivation was for Charlie Kirk assassination – by Mariane Angela, 11Sep2025
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/11/obama-actually-says-we-have-no-idea-what-motivation-was-for-charlie-kirk-assassination-1584072/

Kirk Assassination Police Audio Leaks, Contains First Full Description of Suspected Killer Along With Exact Location –
By C. Douglas Golden, 11 sep2025
https://www.westernjournal.com/kirk-assassination-police-audio-leaks-contains-first-full-description-suspected-killer-along-exact-location

What happens after Charlie Kirk? – The killing of a political commentator may mark the moment America stopped being insulated from the grip of ideological violence. – by Zahra Sethna and Stephen Mostad ,11Sep2025
https://www.collapselife.com/p/what-happens-after-charlie-kirk

New Bombshell Report Reveals Disturbing Details About Kirk Assassination – by Jeff charles, 11Sep2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/09/11/ammunition-in-kirk-assassination-engraved-with-transgender-and-antifascist-ideology-n2663133

Law Enforcement Announces ‘Breakthroughs’ in Charlie Kirk Investigation – by Jack Davis, 11Sep2025

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/09/11/update-fbi-announce-kirk-assassation-weapon-found-other-details-about-the-shooter-n2193827

Internal Memo Reveals New Details About Weapon Used in Kirk Assassination, Engravings on Recovered Rounds – by Matt Margolis, 11Sep2025

“ATF and other law-enforcement located an older model imported Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt action rifle wrapped in a towel in a wooded area near the campus. The location of the firearm appears to match the suspect’s route of travel.” “The spent cartridge was still chambered in addition to three unspent rounds at the top fed magazine. All cartridges have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”

Why Charlie Kirk’s assassination will change us in ways this generation has never seen – by Christopher Bedford, 11Sep2025

Charlie Kirk Assassination: What We Know…Or, More Accurately, Don’t Know – By Tom Knighton, 11Sep2025

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk-assassination-what-we-knowor-more-accurately-dont-know-n1229865

September keeps smelling of death.- by Miguel Gonzalez, 11Sep2025

https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/september-keeps-smelling-of-death

Twenty four years ago, we were attacked and we got to witness the enemies of our country dance and pass celebratory sweet pastries in the Middle east.
Yesterday we were attacked once again, but the dancing and celebration was done by people inside our country.
We are at war once again.

Memes by Themes #20: The Intellimafia – by Margaret Anna Alice, 11Sep2025
https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/memes-by-themes-20-the-intellimafia

The Morning Briefing: Assassination and the Watershed Radicalization of the American Right – by Stephen Kruiser, 11Sept2025
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/09/11/the-morning-briefing-assassination-and-the-watershed-radicalization-of-the-american-right-n4943527

Trump Vows to Hunt Down Everyone Involved in Charlie Kirk’s Assassination – by Katie Pavlich 10sept2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2025/09/10/trump-remarks-from-white-house-charlie-kirk-n2663104

Leftists and Muslims Celebrate Kirk Assassination – by Pamela Geller, 10Sep2025
https://gellerreport.com/2025/09/leftists-and-muslims-celebrate-kirk-shooting.html/?lctg=92233992

ASSASSINATED: The Great Charlie Kirk Shot Dead – by Pamela Geller, 10Sep2025
https://gellerreport.com/2025/09/assassinated-the-great-charlie-kirk-shot-dead.html/?lctg=92233992

Two days before he was killed, CNN went on the offensive against Charlie Kirk – by Vivek Saxena, 11Sep2025
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/11/two-days-before-he-was-killed-cnn-went-on-the-offensive-against-charlie-kirk-1584159/

Utah Gov Spencer Cox reminds America that the the state still has death penalty in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination –
by Harold Hutchison, 11Sep2025
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/11/utah-gov-spencer-cox-reminds-america-that-state-still-has-death-penalty-in-wake-of-charlie-kirk-assassination-1584074/

Obama actually says we have no idea what motivation was for Charlie Kirk assassination – by Mariane Angela, 11Sep2025
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/11/obama-actually-says-we-have-no-idea-what-motivation-was-for-charlie-kirk-assassination-1584072/

What happens after Charlie Kirk? – The killing of a political commentator may mark the moment America stopped being insulated from the grip of ideological violence. – by Zahra Sethna and Stephen Mostad ,11Sep2025
https://www.collapselife.com/p/what-happens-after-charlie-kirk

September keeps smelling of death.- by Miguel Gonzalez, 11Sep2025
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/september-keeps-smelling-of-death

Witnesses say ‘there was not enough security’ prior to horrific Charlie Kirk assassination by Andrew Chapados & Rebeka Zeljko, 11Sep2025
https://www.theblaze.com/news/charlie-kirk-witnesses-security-team

The Intent of the Charlie Kirk Assassination Continues With the Media’s Reaction: They Demand Our Silence By Brad Slager, 11Sep2025
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/09/11/the-intent-of-the-charlie-kirk-assassination-is-displayed-in-the-media-reactions-they-demand-our-silence-n2193838

The paths forward – Responding to the assassination of Charlie Kirk – by Surak, 11Sep2025
https://surak.substack.com/p/the-paths-forward
Where are the riots, like after the drug overdose death of George Floyd? An assassin destroyed Charlie Kirk’s jugular vein while he was on a university campus answering a question regarding transgender ultraviolence. The ammunition had written messages on it supporting transgender ultraviolence. We have been warned sternly by the “experts” about the “fascist” nature of America’s Christian majority, yet for some reason, those Christians are going about in quiet prayer.

Dana Loesch: ‘Restorative Justice’ Killed Ukrainian Refugee – By Tom Knighton, 11Sep2025
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/09/11/dana-loesch-restorative-justice-killed-ukrainian-refugee-n1229868
but wait – there’s more
Judge’s ‘promise’ let career criminal walk free to butcher Ukrainian refugee after his MOM said he should be locked up
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15078101/judge-released-decarlos-brown-iryna-zarutska-stabbing.html

Statement on the Assassination of Charlie Kirk – by Daniel Miller, 10Sep2025
https://texianpartisan.com/news/statements/statement-on-the-assassination-of-charlie-kirk/
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Via a Mormon blog I follow – 11Sep2025
I hope I’m wrong.
But tonight feels like some sort of invisible line has been crossed that we didn’t even know was there. The last time I felt like this was 9/11 when it was clear, without knowing the how and the what, that the world was about to change forever.
Like the rules of the game had been permanently altered and there was simply no going to back to the innocent, peaceful past.
I didn’t feel like this when an attempt was made on President Trump’s life. If I had to rationalise why I didn’t, I guess it’s because several US Presidents have been shot at and even assassinated. Somehow it was within the realms of the possible, no matter how awful.
But to murder a young father simply for doing debates and mobilising young people to vote for a party that represents half of America? This is something else.
Charlie’s death is a tragedy for his wife, his children and his family. I don’t pray often. I am praying for them tonight.
But I fear his murder will be a tragedy for all of us in ways we will only understand as time unfolds.
I hope I’m wrong. (Konstantin Kisin)

The entire Right has to band together. Enough of this in-fighting bullsh@t. We are up against demonic forces from the pit of Hell. They’re killing us in our churches. They tried to kill our president. They killed Charlie, one of our greatest advocates. Put the personal squabbles aside. Now’s not the time. This is existential. A fight for our own existence and the existence of our country. (Matt Walsh)

Like all of you, I am utterly stunned and heartbroken and sick to my soul today. It is unimaginable to write these words. I met Charlie Kirk when he was 18 years old, a young man so eager and determined that I immediately turned to a friend and said, “That kid is going to be the head of the RNC one day.” Charlie became even bigger and more important than that. It was a privilege to watch this principled man stand up for his beliefs and create the single most important conservative political organization in America. But more importantly, Charlie was a good man, a man who believed in right and wrong, who stood by his Biblical values. All of us will miss him, and I can’t imagine the pain of his beautiful young family, and we must all pray for them. And we must pick up the baton where Charlie left it, fighting for the things he believed in so passionately. And we must fight for a better America – an America where good people can speak truth and debate passionately without fear of a bullet. I weep for Charlie’s family, and I weep for my country today. (Ben Shapiro)
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Jasmine Crockett’s Stance on Police Troubling Considering her Stance on 2A
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/09/11/for-once-jasmine-crockett-gets-it-right-on-police-n1229866
“Law enforcement isn’t to PREVENT crime! Law enforcement solves crime, okay? That is what they are supposed to do.”
(Translation: the police aren’t there to protect you, they are there to draw the chalk outline of the dead person. You can defend yourself to decide who is in the chalk outline. – jlr)

I was scanning TikTok when Charlie Kirk was shot. One of my conservative ladies gave out the news on an unexpected “live” thingie, and I went looking, panicking. Yep, it’s real. Damn. God damn. God FUCKING damn!

My lizard brain is currently doing shots of imaginary coke right now, hopping itself up to keep me aware of everything going on around me. I keep seeing things out of the corner of my eye and it turns out to be dust motes. I’m trying not to shut myself down right now, but also not to get so caught up that I lose track of life.

Why’s this under “prepping” today? Well, we need to be aware that when violence happens, we tend to REact. And frankly, I don’t believe we (and when I say “we” right now, I mean everyone who isn’t an absolute nut job, regardless of political stance) can afford to react. Act, yes. React, no. Reaction is instant. It’s brought about by the aforementioned lizard brain. It engages our “fight or flight” mode, and if we are reacting, we are not thinking.

When we’re in a personal emergency, that’s a good thing. It gets the adrenaline going, gets you up and moving, and might save your life. But with something like this, it’s just not useful. It hypes us up with nowhere to go. And while I trust the people I generally hang out with to be “head on a swivel” without being nut jobs, I don’t trust everyone else. I know too many on the Left who are excited and happy over this, and too many on the Right who have been itching for an excuse and who are using Kirk’s shooting as that excuse and damn the realities. NONE of it is good. Not one damn motherfucking bit of it.

I have enough EMT training to know that he wasn’t going to survive that shot. He lost so much blood in that initial burst that there was simply no way. The second hint was that his team picked him up and moved him. They don’t do that if there’s a chance he’ll survive; instead they form a shield wall and let the EMT do their work. There are lots of rumors out there (see my previous post on rumors) regarding what happened, who did it, and the reasoning behind the assassination. Like Chris, I’m waiting. I need to hear good, quality information from reliable sources, as difficult as that may be.

I will tell you what I think happened. I think a nutjob (very possibly with a septum ring and ties to the Left, but no guarantees) decided that the First Amendment was not worth protecting, and decided to make Charlie a signpost about what happens to people who don’t lap up the narrative from the Left’s breast. I think it was meant to do a few things. First and foremost, I believe it was meant to enrage the Right and hopefully spur people into doing stupid things (those REactions). Second, it took out someone who was effectively teaching young adults to think for themselves (because Charlie always listened to people and encouraged them to support their points). Third, it has been done in a way that makes it a chilling effect.

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The Most Terrifying Force of Death

Please don’t wake the man who wants to be left alone.

Charlie

As of Thursday night, they still do not have the shooter in custody. They have confirmed they have good video of the shooter. They believe they have his firearm. A Mauser in 30-06. They have released an image of a person of interest.

There are statements being presented as fact that the cartridges had things written in them indicating a trans or antifa motivation. This has not been confirmed by official sources. The different media reporting this might very well be circle sourcing.

Iryna

It has been 20 days since she was murdered. The look of stark fear in her face after she was stabbed is burned in my mind. I am waiting for the trial to end to find him sentenced to death.

Networking

It’s working. Shhh, don’t spook it.

Race Conditions

In computer science, a race condition is when two threads act on the same value at the same time, with the results of one thread being overwritten by the other.

Consider a database with a value in it; call it the number of visitors to the site. Simplistic code would read the data from the database, increment it by one, then write it back to the database.

This works if there is only a single thread. But if there are two threads, between the time one thread reads the value and writes it back to the database, another thread reads the same value. The value will be incremented in the database by one, when it was supposed to be incremented by two.

In this simple case, we can use a monoatomic action to do the operation: UPDATE options SET value=value+1 WHERE key='site-counter'

This SQL statement reads, increments, and writes the results back in a single operation.

The other method is by using a transaction. db_start(); $row = db_query("SELECT * FROM options WHERE key='site-counter'"); $value = $row['value']; $value += 1; db_query("UPDATE options SET value=$value WHERE key='site-counter'"); db_commit();

The framework I am using uses a crass and simplistic ORM (object relationship model). You don’t normally access the database directly. There is no method to start a transaction using the ORM. This would not be an issue except the framework actually has a critical section where a race condition can exist and is being hit on a semiregular basis.

And my last explanation to the client, this being the fifth time she’s asked what this thing is happening, was met with “I don’t speak your language. When will it be fixed?”

Question of the Week

What is the most touching thing you’ve seen since Charlie was assassinated?

You may think I’m rude, But I don’t care. – by Ian, 07Sep2025
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/you-may-think-im-rude

Civil War 2.0 Weather Report: Mass Deportation Is The Moderate Position – by John Wilder, 08Sept2025
https://wilderwealthywise.com/civil-war-2-0-weather-report-mass-deportation-is-the-moderate-position/
The Wilder Countdown to Civil War II™.
1) Things are going well.
2) People begin to create groups.
3) People begin to look for preferential treatment.
4) Opposing ideology to the prevailing civic ideology is introduced and spread.
5) Those who have an opposing ideology are considered evil.
6) People actively avoid being near those of opposing ideology.  Might move from communities or states just because of ideology.
7) Common violence. Organized violence is occurring monthly.
* 8) Common violence that is generally deemed by governmental authorities as justified based on ideology.
9) Opposing sides develop governing/war structures.  Just in case.
10)Open War.
* where we are now
I have kept the Clock O’Doom to 8., given the open support of criminality in Blue cities becoming clearer by the day with their own words.  They feel the violence in Chicago and Baltimore and New York and Los Angeles is justified

Things Are Not Alright – By John Wilder, 10Sep2025
https://wilderwealthywise.com/things-are-not-alright/

3 strikes and you need to be out – career criminality and the social contract – by el gato malo, 08Sep2025
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/3-strikes-and-you-need-to-be-out

Why the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Is Fundamental – By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., 08Sep2025
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/09/lew-rockwell/why-the-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms-is-fundamental/

Submit or Die. – A Liberal view of what to do with others. – by Miguel Gonzalez, 08Sep2025
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/submit-or-die
(WATCH the videos – they want you DEAD – They will try to kill you. – Believe what they are telling you, it is nolonger just hysterical words – whitness the increase in mass shootings done by TDS diven liberal leftis –  jlr)

College Students Across the Political Spectrum Support Shouting Down Opponents by J.D. Tuccille, 08Sep2025
https://reason.com/2025/09/08/college-students-across-the-political-spectrum-support-shouting-down-opponents/

The Guardian Freaks Over GOA’s Assault on NFA – By Tom Knighton,08Sep2025
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/09/08/the-guardian-freaks-over-goas-assault-on-nfa-n1229816

Imam Warns Store Owners To Stop Selling Pork, Alcohol, Lottery Tickets, Threatens Consequences – By Pamela Geller, 08Sep2025
https://gellerreport.com/2025/09/sharia-in-texas.html/?lctg=92233992
A Muslim iman in Houston, Texas is warning store owners there that they have 30 days to stop selling alcohol and pork, or face repercussions.
No coverage from the sharia-compliant media, of course.

“We Have To Respond… We Have To Be Vicious”: Trump Rages After Charlotte Subway Stabbing – by Tyler Durden, 09Sep2025
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/blmers-launch-gofundme-subway-stabber-charlotte-mayor-urges-video-censorship

Trump Calls for Death Penalty After Ukrainian Refugee Murdered on Charlotte Train by Repeat Offender by By Noah Stanton 10Sep2025
https://istandforfreedom.com/trump-penalty-refugee-charlotte/
The federal government is now pursuing charges that make Brown eligible for execution. The Department of Justice has classified this as an act causing death on a mass transportation system—terrorism charges, essentially.

Magistrate Teresa Stokes Must Be Removed and Decarlos Brown Needs to Die – You won’t believe Stokes’ conflict of interest by Susan Daniels, 10Sep2025
https://susandaniels.substack.com/p/magistrate-teresa-stokes-must-be
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Charlie Kirk Shot During Event in Utah, in Critical Condition – by Matt Margolis, 10Sep2025
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/09/10/breaking-charlie-kirk-shot-during-event-in-utah-n4943528
(see #8 on Wilder’s CW2 time line above – jlr)(video – 00:00:05 – https://x.com/i/status/1965853739564282371)
The video has been 404 holed @1951CDT – Hmm…this page doesn’t exist. Try searching for something else.

MSM Reactions to Charlie Kirk Shooting Are as Sick as You’d Expect – by Matt Margolis, 10Sep2025
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/09/10/msm-reactions-to-charlie-kirk-shooting-are-as-sick-as-youd-expect-n4943531
(UnFB – jlr)

Charlie Kirk Dead at Age 31 After Being Shot at Event
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-charlie-kirk-dead-age-31-shot-event/

I want you angry.- And I want them afraid enough to seek political refuge in Canada –  by Miguel Gonzalez – 10Sep2025
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/i-want-you-angry

MSNBC Makes Multiple Disgusting Claims in Immediate Aftermath of Charlie Kirk Shooting
https://www.westernjournal.com/msnbc-makes-multiple-disgusting-claims-immediate-aftermath-charlie-kirk-shooting/

They’ve Got the Suspected Shooter – FBI Dir. Kash Patel Makes Announcement to the Nation
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-got-suspected-shooter-fbi-dir-kash-patel-makes-announcement-nation/

Watch: House Democrats Loudly Object to Moment of Prayer for Charlie Kirk
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-house-democrats-loudly-object-moment-prayer-charlie-kirk/
video – 00:00:56 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1965886297140244838
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The Weatherman: Some Brief Thoughts – by Chris Bray, 10Sep2025
https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/the-weatherman-some-brief-thoughts
First, the murder of Charlie Kirk is just the next level up the behavioral chain from the way Robert F. Kennedy was just treated in front of a Senate committee. (See #8 of The Wilder Countdown to Civil War II™. above)
Second, the transition to radical violence is a reflection of the events that followed the death of the radical dream of the 1960s New Left. After the hippies, the Weatherman and the Symbionese Liberation Army.
I know this message will seem strange in this moment, but the violent lashing out isn’t a sign of strength. It’s the sign of cultural death, and evidence that the people who want to destroy disagreement are deeply, painfully aware that they cannot convince.
There will be more infliction of pain as they face that collapse.

Ally is in tears. I’m angry. I haven’t been this angry since somebody tried to take my kids from me 15+ years ago.

We are seeing a breakdown of our societal norms. We are no longer a high-trust society. As the Magic Eight Ball used to say, “All signs point to yes.”

My father used to say that he was made colorblind by an act of Congress. By this he meant that as an officer in the US Navy, he was legally bound to ignore race when interacting with those that reported to him.

In my entire life I believe I’ve only seen one reaction from him or my mother that was race-based.

In 4th grade I asked my parents if my friend from school could come over. They agreed. The parents were in contact with each other, and Mom and I went to pick up my friend.

He climbed into the car, and we had a great playdate. Afterward my parents said something about, “We weren’t expecting a black kid.”

In all my descriptions of my friend, I never mentioned his race.

I feel like I remained colorblind until middle school. In high school I was exposed to N* for the first time. They enjoyed picking on the white kids. They were crass, rude, mean. I hated the bus ride, I hated school, and I hated everything to do with the N*s. But here’s the thing: I use that word today; I didn’t at the time. Those monsters destroyed my opinion of black people. It took years before I recovered.

I did recover. I was able to look beyond race and judge people by their actions. I didn’t see racism until I was at University and was introduced to the term “Oreo” by a friend. He was describing how N*s described him.

Even when I was living with Section 8 people, the people were people. The N*s dealing drugs across the street from me and my family? Not so much.

The other day, an evil monster with black skin was riding the light rail when he decided to murder a young white woman. He took a lockblade from his pocket. He opened it. He then prepared to leave the car at the next stop.

As the train stopped, he stood, took a step to his right, leaned forward, and stabbed Iryna 3 times, murdering her before walking off the train saying, “I got that white girl.”

I have been seeing videos claiming that Iryna deserved it, because she was white. There are images out there of this evil black monster with a crown on his head and red glowing eyes praising his actions.

And I’ve seen videos made by blacks calling the white people that refuse to sit in front of them “racist.”

I’m sick of it. I’m sick of being told that I’m evil and uncaring and attempting to silence people who are saying everything they think out loud and in public.

I’m not willing to make a fuss or call them on their hate-filled screeds. It isn’t worth it.

Charlie was willing. Charlie was very good at it.

He would debate anybody who came to talk with him. Ben Shapiro is good at winning debates. He isn’t nearly as good as Charlie was at bringing people to the right.

Ally watched more of Charlie than I ever did. I didn’t watch because I can’t stay that calm in the face of such idiocy.

Today we lost Charlie.

And I’m scared. There are people from the middle that are running from the far left loons as fast as they can. They aren’t conservatives, they are not right leaning, but they sure as hell aren’t with them.

I don’t know who shot Charlie. I’ll wait to find out. I am passing judgment on the reaction of the “left.” I’m passing judgment on the rhetoric of the left, of how they constantly use the language of violence against the right.

I don’t hate them; they are not worth my energy. They say they hate me.

What am I scared of? I’m scared the light switch has been flipped in far too many people.

The left treats violence as a dimmer switch; they turn it up until it starts to look like it might be too much, then they turn it down. They use it to keep things at a low boil without things boiling over.

Unfortunately, the response isn’t on a dimmer switch. It is on a toggle switch to 20,000 volts.

It is the people who are comfortable taking 300 yard shots with Grandpa’s old hunting rifle.  It is the people who walk into a place and understand egress planning as well as sight/shot lines. It is people that respond without thinking to threats as if they had been in dance class together.

These are the people who go silent while they make target lists. These are the people who will spend the time and effort to plan every part of their operation to the final degree.

And that target list is huge. It would include people who wouldn’t dream they would be on someone’s target list.  They are just a talking head on MSNBC or CNN or any of the other outlets that spew hate and lies. It includes all the low-level politicians who aren’t relevant enough to be on a target list.

There is a powerful scene in Unintended Consequences where two hunters are out deer hunting. They look across the river into the backyard of a politician. They decide that they want to become part of the resistance.  So they line up to take the shot, just as if it was a deer. It was an easy 250-yard shot.

They then just walked out of the woods, another pair of hunters.

How many opportunities will present themselves over the coming months to people who have had the switch flipped?

I pray for all of you to do the right thing. Stay strapped; keep your head on a swivel. Stay away from stupid people. Stay away from stupid places. And don’t be there at stupid times.