Links - 20th September 2025 (2 - Charlie Kirk Assassination)

Seyed Mohammad Marandi on X - "Who benefits from the assassination of Charlie Kirk? Israel"
Wilfred Reilly on X - "For a certain kind of Muslim or dissident male, "Jews" play the same role in society that "the state" does for Libertarians or "porn" does for many heavily-online Christian and feminist women. They are the ur-Devil, the thing on which every noticed aspect of human behavior is blamed."
Craig Green on X - "Conspiracies are a way of life for many Muslims. Living in dictatorships where they have little control of their lives, they see outside forces always pulling the strings and explain everything by way of conspiracies. I was in the Middle East when Diana died. The conpiracies started that same day.   "She was executed by the Queen to stop Diana from producing a Muslim heir to the throne with Dodi Fayed", etc.   Americans are rank amateurs in comparison."

Romy on X - "there’s obvious overlap btw the pro-luigi crowd and the ppl celebrating charlie kirk’s death. what’s interesting is that they claimed they were okay with brian thompson’s death because he was directly responsible for policies that hurt people. in the case of charlie kirk they seem to be saying that people who publicly say things they disagree with deserve to die.  it’s strange that the people with these views are the ones frequently talking about/denouncing fascism. glorifying violence and suppressing opposition speech are central elements of fascism. i’m happy i live in a country where i regularly hear people saying things i disagree with, and it seems many people have failed to play out what it would be like to lose this privilege."

Jennifer 🟥🔴🧙‍♀️🦉🐈‍⬛ 🦖 on X - "URGENT. FYI. After Charlie Kirk, on the sky app there are people asking for the next person to be targeted. These include JK Rowling, Matt Walsh, Trump, Ben Shapiro, Libs of TikTok, Elon Musk, and Andy Ngo. I took as many screenshots as I could."

Meme - The New Republic: "The Far Right Is Already Blaming the Left For Charlie Kirk's Shooting"
Noam Blum @neontaster: "It's a bit too late to try to claim the moral high ground in the discourse when you first tweeted and then later deleted this:"
"MAGA Troll Charlie Kirk Shot During Speaking Event at a University"

Meme - "Montreal newspaper: "To hell with Charlie Kirk... You reap what you sow:"
Cult MTL @cultmtl: ""Charlie Kirk died as he lived: propagating hateful myths about marginalized groups in our society. He was a profiteer and architect of America's increasingly violent culture war. You reap what you sow." To Hell With Charlie Kirk"

Kirk Lubimov on X - "The glorified blog, that got tax payer funding, CultMLT says it is hard to sympathize with Charlie Kirk's murder because he 'profited off hate'. Meanwhile you just have to scroll through their feed and look how many insane attack articles they have just on Pierre Poilievre."
This is a good reminder that when left wingers talk about "hate" they don't mean hate, but opposing the left wing agenda

Libs of TikTok on X - "Author Jodi Picoult has a MELTDOWN over people calling out leftists who are celebrating m*rder. Says Charlie “made a living out of preaching hate” and suggests Republicans can’t really mourn Charlie because we support deporting foreign t*rrorists. Totally unhinged"

Jack on X - "🚨BREAKING: The Nation has published an article titled ‘Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning’   Elizabeth Spiers is the writer. (Pictured on the right)   Let’s make this scum famous.  “The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division.”  X account in thread:"

Right-wing anger surges as Kirk’s killing fuels calls for vengeance
Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 on X - "Not a single story on the disgusting far left cheering about him being murdered. Instead we get this."

Meme - Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore: "Terrified to think of how far-right fans of Kirk, aching for more violence, could very well turn this into an even more radicalizing moment Will they now believe their fears have been proven right and feel they have a right to "retaliate," regardless of who actually was behind the initial shooting?"
Andrew Scheer @AndrewScheer: "Imagine how twisted she has to be that this is her first thought after a man was shot in the neck for expressing his views. So much hate in her."
Wyatt Claypool on X - "I genuinely hope one day Rachel Gilmore will receive the heart that she lacks. If you follow and like content from anyone with this horrid of a view of the world, this is a wake up call."

Meme - Tamara Lich 🇨🇦 @LichTamara: "I’m sorry to hear that you are feeling so afraid after having influencers target you, lie about you, smear you and accuse & insinuate you’re some kind of monster.  That must really suck."
Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bs...: "I'm officially scared. Because of this ONE tweet being afraid of potential reverberations of right wing political violence from this - something many others have said - I'm now the first result on a website called "charliesmurderers." This is putting me in genuine danger. charliesmurderers.com What the fuck do I do"

Kat Kanada on X - "Now Gilmore is crying that a target is being put on her back by Conservatives for sharing this post of hers. Least self-aware leftard on the planet."
Jonathan Kay on X - "It’s a tired script. Her next step will be to go to an acronymed journalistic group and demand that they put out a statement defending her. (Then she will complain that the statement doesn’t explicitly mention black & trans people.) She’s pulled this stunt several times."

Meme - Liz Wolfe @LizWolfeReason: "That controversial belief that's enshrined in our Constitution and that 51% of Americans support"
"· Key stances: Mr. Kirk promoted many controversial beliefs, including that the benefits of gun rights outweighed the costs"
wanye @xwanyex: "It really is pretty amazing, if you step back and allow yourself to look at it, just how much liberal bias there is in mainstream media sources. You never see some trans or women’s issue qualified as “controversial” in this way. You’d only see opposition to it framed that way."

MCU Star Facing Major Backlash Over Charlie Kirk Post - "fans of the right-winger have not been quiet about the shooting and one such fan is Marvel’s Chris Pratt.  Best known for playing Star-Lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, Pratt took to social media following the shooting to say:  "Praying for Charlie Kirk right now, for his wife and young children, for our country. We need God’s grace. God help us." This is not the first time that Pratt has received backlash for his right-wing views...  it seems as though Pratt’s comments have not gone down well with Marvel fans.  "Praying for you to get f**king fired from Marvel,” one user posted in response.  Another agreed, adding, "Oh now you wanna say something like there hasn’t been anything worse happening in the world right now."
This is very telling. Left wingers go on about "empathy" and "kindness" but if you dare to show some regarding one of their endless list of enemies, you're a bad person
Weird how the left is all about "empathy" but here empathy is controversial and is a "right-wing view"
Of course, when it comes to the left's endless wishlist, we're told that we can care about more than one thing at a time

Meme - @amuse @amuse: "ASSASSIN: To be clear, I don’t know any Trump supporters who would wear a Halloween costume of themselves “riding” Donald Trump. Democrats are pointing to a 2017 photo of Tyler Robinson at age 14 as proof he was a Trump fan. But a closer look shows otherwise: his younger brother is dressed as a “Trump Hunter” with a target on Trump’s face, and Tyler is posed on top of Trump as if he were a hunting trophy.  h/t @LordoftheKoi"
Left wingers were claiming he dressed up as Trump for Halloween, so he was a Trump supporter

Tyler Robinson's roommate who tipped off FBI is identified as family refuse to deny transgender motive for Charlie Kirk assassination - "A 22-year-old wannabe professional gamer who lived with Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin gave cops incriminating text messages leading to his arrest.  Lance Twiggs turned over Tyler Robinson, who lived with him in a three-bedroom apartment in Saint George, Utah... Robinson was living with a 'transgender partner' who is co-operating with the investigation... Utah Governor Spencer Cox told the Wall Street Journal that Robinson was, 'deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology'."
I still see left wingers including George Takei pretending that he was a right winger and alleging that right wingers are busy trying to delete all their posts now that the truth is out

It sure looks like Charlie Kirk was murdered for his conservative views - "A friend of Robinson’s from high school told media that he knew him to be the only leftist in an otherwise Republican family. And, according to family members, Robinson had become more political in the last couple of years, and that at a recent family dinner he discussed with another family member how they disliked Kirk and his views. although Robinson’s parents were registered Republicans...  Based on what has been reported so far, Kirk was shot because his killer believed he was a “fascist.” However, much of what Kirk believed was hardly on the fringe. He believed sex is binary, was critical of DEI policies and supported Israel’s war against Hamas — views that are held by millions across North America. To call him a fascist is nothing short of slander. He was a staunch right-winger, whose politics were not all that different than those who fought fascists in Europe and the Pacific in the 1940s.  Throwing the term “fascist” around so loosely makes violence easier. Fascism is a violent ideology, and one that had to be defeated by force.  To call someone a “fascist” is to give licence to do them harm, and left-wingers have been demonizing their opponents with the label for decades.  It is why George Abaraonye, president-elect of the Oxford Union, celebrated when news of Kirk’s shooting was announced. He sent the message “Charlie Kirk got shot, let’s go,” before following up with “Charlie Kirk got shot loool.” in an Instagram chat. Advertisement 1 Trending      Colby Cosh: Shame on Saskatchewan for letting the 'Queen of Canada' spew literal sewage     Romana Didulo, a conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed     The moment Mark Carney won over Danielle Smith (for now)     Danielle Smith     Advertisement 1     Subscriber only. Conrad Black: Liberal intransigence threatens to pull Canada apart     Subscriber only     Alberta separatist rally     Science is putting a human brain in a robot body and nothing will ever be the same     Megan Gallagher is assisted with her physio treatment by therapist Rebecca Lipsey (right) at Synaptic Health, for spinal cord injury and neurological rehabilitation, in Calgary on August 18, 2025.     Geoff Russ: It sure looks like Charlie Kirk was murdered for his conservative views     Tyler Robinson   Both Kirk and Abaraonye had actually debated face to face at the Oxford Union earlier that year, and the visual contrast between them is striking.  Kirk is dressed smartly in a crisp suit while Abaraonye is there looking like he just rolled off the couch in sweats and sandals. Such an appearance was unbecoming of somebody ostensibly representing the most storied university in the history of mankind.  Hundreds of brilliant individuals had enough respect for Oxford to dress the part, and showing up like a slob is a window into the absence of respect that radicals have for classic debate.  A recent YouGov poll found that just 38 per cent of Democrats felt it was unacceptable to feel joy at the death of an opponent, compared to 77 per cent of Republicans. That is another window into the desperation felt among the Democratic Party’s base that is manifesting in bloodshed... If the initial evidence about the motives of Kirk’s alleged killer ultimately prove founded, the fatal shot undid years of efforts by left wing activists to present themselves as the peaceful faction in American politics."
Left wingers will just use academia and the media to launder their reputation once again, like how they've gotten most people to forget historic left wing terrorism Right Angle News Network on X - "BREAKING - Stephen Miller just revealed that the last message Charlie Kirk sent him was a call to dismantle radical left organizations fomenting violence across the United States, confirming that mission will be carried out in his name."
Cathy Young 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪 on X - "So they absolutely do intend to use this assassination to after political opposition."
Jeroen D on X - Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't trying to dismantle radical organizations that forment violence one of the main goals of those claiming to oppose fascism? Why would that be a bad thing when those organizations are radical left?"
It's telling that dismantling organisations fomenting violence is a bad thing when they are left wing

Henry on X - "“He was an intelligent white man from a good stable family, so obviously he can’t be a leftist” is one hell of an own-goal, I must say."

Alex Phillips on X - "I keep hearing - even on the BBC - that Charlie Kirk held "extreme" views  DON'T let them do this  THIS is why he is dead today  What "extreme" views? Why are they "extreme"?  Did he advocate killing people? Did he believe in eugenics? Did he want war?  HE JUST WASN'T LEFT WING!!!  Increasingly DISGUSTED at how many journalists can't see that they are a huge part of the problem"

Thread by @razibkhan on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "in 2020 @davidshor was 'canceled' for reporting on research that rioting was bad for what rioters were supporting, @lhfang was canceled for interviewing a black guy about black-on-black crime. keep in mind how ridiculous many cancelations were. they weren't celebrating murder. tbh if you know the backstory behind many cancelations, they were about other things, but ppl used moral panics and internet mob culture to get their revenge on ppl. really they were attempts to squelch real debate about issues in our society through intimidation. my fren @horizonsreview is correct: the reason so many ppl feel free to celebrate charlie kirk's assassination is that the left has controlled culture and media they wouldn't get canceled. their views were licit. within the acceptable range. angela davis is feted in academia"
PoIiMath on X - "They fired a cop who anonymously donated $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse's defense fund. They illegally hacked the fund site, found his personal info, and got him fired. For quietly giving $25 to a defense fund"

Meme - Tim Pool @Timcast: "I was SWATted 15 times in one year.   I had the bomb squad at my studio twice.  We had to evacuate for 3 hours during our show.  Last year a man in a dress attacked one of my employees at our old location.  We have armed guards.  This is how its been because of the Left"
AYO.💡💡 @sepril23NG: "“But why are they so radicalized”"
Joe Biden @JoeBiden: "Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are a threat to the very soul of this country."
Joe Biden: "Donald Trump is the greatest threat to our democracy."
Joe Biden: "Donald Trump is a genuine threat to this nation. He's a threat to our freedom. He's a threat to 'our democracy. He's literally a threat to everything America stands for."
Joe Biden: "Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy, and we cannot let him win. I'm in Madison, Wisconsin talking to folks about what's at stake in this election. Tune in."
Joe Biden: "Trump poses many threats to our country: The right to choose, civil rights, voting rights, and America's standing in the world. But the greatest threat he poses is to our democracy. we lose that, we lose everything."

Meme - Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays: "I stopped doing public appearances several years ago before I got cancelled because I judged it too dangerous. The context was Democrats being hypnotized by the media to believe they were living in Hitler's Germany."
Rational Posts @rationalposts: "I can't imagine where that came from...oh....I'll see myself out."
Joe Biden: "Donald Trump is a genuine threat to this nation. He's a threat to our freedom. He's a threat to our democracy. He's literally a threat to everything America stands for."

Meme = Bonchie @bonchieredstate" "Notably, this never happened."
Jo @JoJoFromJerz: "Weird how MAGA went from "they must pay!" to "we must pray!" the minute they found out it was a white dude."

Meme - Deplorable Millenial: "The left is now selling t-shirts commemorating Charlie Kirk's assassination. Vile"
punkwithacamera and diablomacabre: "DEBATE THIS" *Charlie Kirk with blood spurting from wound in neck*
"First shirt design is up right now in collab with @diablomacabre we are also going to be dropping a version with @eraovfailure shortly"

Meme - Turning Point UK @TPointUK: "Left-wing activists in Britain are now trying to stir up assassination attempts on our team. They are truly evil. We won't be intimidated."
Michael OC Young: "Charlie Kirk didn't deserve to die like that. Quick, easy, over in a flash. It should have been long, drawn out, painful."
Michael OC Young: "Just a reminder that Turning Point is active in the UK too, has fans in Parliament, and has been one of the driving forces behind the race rioters, flag-shagging and immigrant-abusing mobs of the past 12 months. There are numerous Charlie Kirks here, walking among Us, poisoning impressionable minds."

Meme - Defiant L’s @DefiantLs: "What the hell is wrong with this person?   Charlie Kirk committed ZERO crimes, he just had a different opinion than you. You should be ashamed of yourself.  This is that fantasy and dangerous rhetoric that the left is spewing. Calling someone a n*zi for no freaking reason gets people killed by lunatics who believe it."
Kaya: ""he was a father and a husband"
so was
- Ted Bundy
-BTK
- John Wayne Gacy
- Charles Manson
- OJ Simpson
- Chris Watts
- HH Holmes
- Saddam Hussein
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- Harvey Weinstein"

Meme - Eric Levitz @EricLevitz: "A conservative murdered a Democratic lawmaker -- and wounded another -- three months ago.  Between 2013 and 2022, right-wingers committed the vast majority of political murders..."
"Domestic Extremist-Related Killings in the US. by Perpetrator Affiliation, 2013-2022. Right wing extremists are responsible for the great majority of extremist-related murders over the last decade."
Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630: "You get this figure by - among other things - counting every prison murder by the Aryan Brotherhood and Nazi Low Riders as "right wing terrorism," and ignoring most-to-all violence by BLM/Antifa rioters...and the Crips and Bloods for that matter.  One "right wing shooter" here was trans."
Best_Day_Ever on X - "I was just looking at a study attached to another post and it didn’t count any of the Antifa violence as left wing because it didn’t think they counted as a “group”. It didn’t count the violence during the George Floyd riots because those were largely peaceful. It did count Kyle Rittenhouse as right wing violence because he was protecting property with a firearm."

Meme - ABC News Politics @ABCPolitics: "While President Trump has called for an end to political violence following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, he did not recognize or acknowledge the recent threats, violent attacks and killings of Democrats."
David Marcus: "All you people do is lie all day long. I honestly don't understand it. Why be a journalist? Go sell used cars."
"President Trump condemns 'horrific' shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers"

Meme - Canary Mission @canarymission: "🚨 After Charlie Kirk was shot, Calla Walsh praised the attack: “Thoughts and prayers for the bullet.”  She’s not just some online troll. Calla is the founder of a domestic terrorist group called Palestine Action U.S. She supports Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. She called hostage posters “propaganda” and urged people to tear them down.  Walsh is glorifying violence and using it to justify silencing speech. This has no place on campus or anywhere in America.  📢 Share this. Expose her."
"Direct action works"
"CALLA WALSH. Founder of Palestine Action US, a domestic terrorist org"

Meme - Amy Eileen Hamm: "In which Morgane Oger mocks Charlie Kirk's wife and children:"
Morgane Oger "l am so deeply saddened for the survivors of an extreme right hatemoger who found out today. Nobody deserves to lose their breadwinner. And nobody deserves to be married to someone whose death is ironic karma embodied. There's a lesson here: never fuck hatemongering bigots."
Jonathan Kay @jonkay: "You mean this person, right?"
"Justin Trudeau's government awards MEDAL to 'champion of diversity' trans activist who got Canada's oldest rape shelter defunded for refusing to house transgender women"

Arab Soyjak Stabbing Note / Black Soyjak Stabbing Note / ObamaCare & Luigi

Arab soyjak handing note to you: "SO ... I JUST STABBED YOUR LITTLE GIRL
BEFORE YOU POST, CONSIDER:
-It's actually Israel's fault
-You should probably stop talking about this
-The Jews would WANT you to be mad at me for killing and/or raping your infant daughter
-Wanting to have a homogenous country makes you a Globalist Zionist shill
-If you think about it, white people don't really matter, only stopping Israel matters
- Grooming gangs and terrorists are all white anyways
-I will pay you $5 to repeat this online

*Prize* "WORLD'S GREATEST ALLY AGAINST ZOG"

11 0 DAYS SINCE LAST FRIENDSHIP BOMBING:"

Black soyjak handing note to you: "So I just stabbed you.
Before you racially collectivise, consider:
The Jews want racial division
This is probably a psyop
Saying nigger is just as bad
I could make a great ally against the Jew
I'm innocent until proven guilty"

Me: "How is ObamaCare working out?"
Them (Crying Soyjak and Crying Daddy's Girl): "We need to kill all the healthcare CEOs!"

Links - 20th September 2025 (1 - Climate Change)

Jack Mintz: We won’t become an energy superpower without deregulation - "In his speech, Hodgson repeatedly referred to “ responsibly produced oil and gas ,” not just oil and gas. Albertans know well that the term “responsible oil” doesn’t mean oil produced in democratic countries rather than dictatorships. It means oil decarbonized to achieve the net-zero emission objective in 2050. But why is “responsible” only attached to the production of oil and gas ? Critical mining, which is so in vogue given the growing demand for electricity, can be irresponsible if waste and chemicals destroy habitat, contaminate water and soil and generate greenhouse gases and air pollution. Despite big past disasters, we never pin the “responsible” label on mining. Cleaning up Faro’s massive, contaminated open-pit lead and zinc mine in the Yukon is expected to cost more than $1 billion and take 15 years. Nor do we ever talk about “responsible” wind energy even though land-intensive windmills kill bats and birds, create noise pollution and cause turbine blade waste. Even “clean” hydro-energy destroys habitats and degrades water quality. Nuclear energy can be “irresponsible” when Chernobyl-like radiation leaks happen (though they don’t very often). For its part, solar energy is very land-intensive and relies on Chinese panels built with cheap energy from coal. My point is not to tar all energy sources with the same brush but simply to make clear the bias in policy development when politicians attach the label “responsible” only to oil and gas but not to other energy sources. As a result of this bias, voters are more likely to believe only oil and gas needs regulation or taxes. Neither Hodgson’s address nor the speech from the throne provided details about the federal government’s carbon plan. There is no word yet regarding withdrawal of Trudeau-era regulations such as the oil and gas emissions cap, the clean electricity mandate and the tanker bans. New pipelines and serious export of LNG remain pipe dreams unless some vague “consensus” for building them is achieved. Carney and Hodgson do say they want two-year approvals for resource projects but concern for Indigenous rights, diversity, equity and inclusiveness is not going away so that will be a challenge. What we do know is that the carbon plan the Liberals announced before the election includes some tougher regulations. Hiking the large-emitter tax after it is reviewed in 2026 is bound to discourage oil and gas development. With Alberta having made clear the tax should remain provincially controlled and not exceed $95 per tonne, there could be an unsettling confrontation... The Liberals’ biggest new proposal is a carbon “border adjustment mechanism” — a Trump-like tariff on carbon content in carbon-intensive imports. The idea is to protect trade-exposed sectors but it will make resource and manufacturing industries less cost-competitive in export markets. With the United States all but certain not to introduce carbon tariffs this decade — and very likely to view a Canadian carbon tariff as an unfair trading practice requiring retaliation — this policy will be another problem for producers. With a minority government, the Liberals may not have much room for reversing course on climate policy. Neither the Bloc nor NDP will support building pipelines or removing regulations like the oil and gas emissions cap. And there isn’t enough money for new subsidies for clean energy. Bottom line? If the near future is that policies aimed at “responsible” oil and gas don’t change, Canada won’t become an energy superpower soon. Instead, it may experience no new development at all."

Canada's cancelled oil pipeline projects - "The Canadian energy sector has proposed several major oil pipeline projects in the last decade, but only the Trans Mountain expansion project was completed...
Energy East - A proposed C$15.7-billion project (US$11.0 billion), Energy East would have carried oil cross-country from Alberta to the Atlantic province of New Brunswick. It was cancelled in 2017 by TC Energy in the face of regulatory hurdles and opposition from environmental groups, particularly in Quebec.
Northern Gateway - This pipeline was proposed by Enbridge in 2006 to carry oil from Alberta to British Columbia's northwest coast. The C$7.9-billion project (US$5.5 billion) faced opposition from local and Indigenous communities who feared the risk of a marine spill. The project died in 2016 after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government cancelled its permits."
Oil and gas subsidies in Canada climb to $29.6B, report finds - "The Canadian government provided $29.6 billion in direct subsidies and financing to the oil and gas industry in 2024, a new report has found. The dollar amount, calculated in an annual tally by the group Environmental Defence, includes $21 billion in financing for the Trans Mountain pipeline. Another $7.5 billion in public financing flowed through Export Development Canada, a Crown corporation that acts as an export credit agency to help Canadian companies grow internationally... an official with the Department of Finance told BIV the more than $20 billion loan to finance the Trans Mountain pipeline should not be counted as a subsidy. It was meant to replace existing higher-cost third-party financing and would reduce the company’s interest costs so it can pay down construction costs faster as it moves to sell the pipeline."
Left wing logic: make pipelines impossible to build, then claim that the government providing financing is a huge "subsidy" (left wingers thinking loans are grants tracks with their understanding of economics)
Export Development Canada works with many industries and provided cleantech $12.2 billion in 2023, but let's pretend that it's just subsidies for oil and gas

Renewable tax credit cuts have exposed the green industry’s dirty secret - "The cat is out of the bag. Electricity made from renewable sources is not as “cheap” as its advocates sometimes claim. It evidently cannot survive without billions annually in tax credits.  That’s the message from the latest skirmish over America’s renewable energy future, where the House and Senate have unveiled duelling visions for the rollback of energy tax credits – each with its own tempo and tone. The vitriolic reaction from the green lobby, and the predictions of disaster for renewables should any of these changes be passed into law, have exposed just how economically unsustainable even the fiercest backers of these energy sources clearly accept them to be. Supporters of renewable energy have assured us for years that the wind blows and the sun shines free of charge. But although these technologies have received hundreds of billions in subsidies globally over the past 20 years, proponents still demand more – for a few years, we’re told, until renewables can stand on their own feet... It is often asserted that electricity in the United States made with wind and solar is less expensive than electricity made by natural gas and coal. But rather than declining, average American electricity prices have risen considerably over the past 20 years as wind and solar have entered the electricity mix.  One dirty little secret is that, on a state-by-state basis, nine out of the top 10 states in electricity prices in the United States in 2024 required renewable energy as part of their electricity mix. The bottom 10 states generally did not require renewable energy... Taxpayers are paying multiple times for renewables. In their electricity bills, they pay not only for wind and solar, but for the backups to the wind and solar. In their tax bills, they pay for the energy tax credits. They also give up faster economic growth when electricity prices rise.  Another dirty secret is that renewable energy is often neither green nor clean. About 70 per cent of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and their components are made in China, which remains reliant on coal-fired power plants to fuel its industries. Wind turbines kill birds, and, when offshore, can harm sea mammals. Solar power can take over agricultural land, which is likely to drive up the price of food. Green and clean are marketing hype used to push renewables onto unsuspecting consumers... With the end of these tax credits, Americans may well discover that the true costs of renewable energy are higher than utility companies are willing to bear. Developers are already saying that they will halt projects without the tax credits.  If the age of renewable energy tax credits is drawing to a close, Americans will be the beneficiaries. The question is how abruptly Washington will pull the plug – and whether other countries will follow."

Humans may be fueling global warming by breathing: new study
Humans are the carbon they want to reduce

$300M federal climate programs failed to produce new jobs: report - "A report by the Department of Natural Resources says two 2018 federal climate programs that promised new jobs and lower emissions failed to provide either according to Blacklock’s Reporter. In fact, managers “stopped collecting” data that would establish whether taxpayers received value for money for the programs that received multi-year funding to the tune of $301.38 million to subsidize power projects. Managers “stopped collecting certain performance metrics, e.g. greenhouse gas emission reductions, throughout the project duration,” said the report. “These metrics will only be collected in final reporting as those responsible for program delivery only expect meaningful data to be available once solutions have been fully implemented and tested. At that time, evidence suggests it will most likely be too difficult and too late to identify weaknesses or errors and make changes and corrections.” Auditors wrote that the records made available were incomplete. “Removing annual reporting increases the risk of poor quality performance information,” said the report. “Documents provided by funding recipients had some gaps in actual outcomes and results. The evaluation team also observed some outcome information is not captured consistently across projects.” Back then, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said the programs would “help build cleaner, safer, better connected electricity systems and create well-paying jobs for middle class Canadians.” The report says neither claim was verified. “There are areas of improvement and lessons learned,” it said. “There are inconsistencies in how the programs collect performance information. The lack of a consistent approach in how data were reported rendered it impossible to aggregate the results and thus accurately assess the extent to which some of the indicators have been met.” No job creation figures were projected when the programs were launched."
Damn climate change deniers! Time to fire all of them!

EU exempting heavy industry from carbon tax as Canada doubles down - "A new European Union plan to exempt its heavy industry from carbon taxes could have ramifications for Canada, given that heavy industry is one of the only corners of the Canadian economy where carbon taxes will continue to apply. According to reporting in the Financial Times, the European Commission is reviewing a measure that would exempt industrial sectors such as concrete and steelmakers from having to pay carbon taxes on exported products.The idea is to avoid kneecapping European exporters competing with the likes of China and India, whose own heavy industry face no such taxes. As the EU’s climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra told the Financial Times, carbon pricing could not come “at the expense of our own companies (as they) face unfair competition on the global market.” Such an exemption would effectively be the inverse of what Canada has been doing on carbon pricing... Ironically, the EU’s proposed carbon tax exemptions for heavy industry come at the exact same time that the European Commission is unveiling new legislation to reduce the trading bloc’s carbon footprint by up to 90 per cent by 2040. Nevertheless, the EU has promised its member states will be allowed “flexibilities” in reaching that goal. The proposed EU exemption for heavy industry follows closely on another major EU concession on carbon pricing passed just last month. Starting next year, the EU is set to implement a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBMA) that would place tariffs on imports coming from non-carbon priced jurisdictions. The idea being “to encourage greater climate ambition in non-EU countries.” But in June, the EU announced that 90 per cent of its importers would be exempt from the CBAM. Any firm importing less than 50 tonnes per year of foreign product wouldn’t have to worry.The EU exemptions would seem to undermine one of the Liberal government’s signature defences of carbon pricing as being necessary to maintain competitiveness with foreign markets. Just last summer, Canada’s ambassador to France, Stéphane Dion, delivered an entire speech entitled “carbon pricing as an asset for Canadian exports to Europe.” “Carbon pricing is an export tool, and abolishing it in Canada would not only be an ecological mistake, but also contrary to the economic interests of Canadians,” said Dion. In June, Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux told the House of Commons that the industrial carbon tax had to be maintained to preserve Canadian access to the “global market.” “The new prime minister and the new government have made a decision to get rid of the consumer carbon tax, but we still understand the importance of having the industrial carbon pricing system,” said Lamoureux. “Let us be very clear on that, because we understand the global market and the critical role that has to play in it.”"

The CBC is grooming Canadians to accept less and pay more. : r/CanadianConservative - "Can I just point out the pure hypocrisy of screaming "decarbonization", taxing gas vehicles, and keeping the industrial carbon tax while promising to invest heavily in AI? AI data centers consume unfathomable amounts of energy.  I can't with the hypocrisy."

Carney fiddles as Canada literally burns - "For the past decade, the Liberals have made climate change their top priority. This commitment has come at the cost of not only watching as other countries pursued economic opportunities that we passed up, it has also sparked a national unity crisis, as Alberta’s anger has risen in response to Ottawa’s unwillingness to approve new energy projects. So Canadians might be surprised to hear that despite all the talk about climate change and this country’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions, over the past few years, a huge new source of emissions has emerged — one that the Canadian government does not want to talk about. That alone tells you that the source of the emissions is not the oil and gas industry. Rather, the source of these new emissions is this country’s massive wildfire problem, which started making headlines in 2023, the worst wildfire season on record, and has been bad ever since. But what makes this issue even more concerning is that we lack the resources and strategy to fight these fires. Canada does not have a federal office that could formulate a national strategy for combating wildfires, nor do we have the personnel and equipment to combat them effectively. Rather, fighting wildfires is a provincial responsibility, one that the provinces have proven themselves incapable of doing effectively. Given that, you might think that the federal government would be attempting to figure out ways to at least assist the provinces with a task they are clearly overwhelmed by. Sadly, you would be mistaken. Despite all that has happened over the past few years, the response of the federal government has been characterized by inaction. No major departmental changes have been made, no initiatives have been undertaken, nor have any major acquisitions been announced. And Canada still does not have a national disaster response agency... The carbon emissions produced by the fires were stunning. A study published in the journal Nature in 2024 found that the fires released around 647 megatonnes of carbon. This number was larger than Canada’s total emissions from all other sources, and the combined number made us one of the largest emitters in the world in 2023 (a ranking the Liberals tried hard to ignore). At the time, many noted that Canada lacked the capacity to fight the fires effectively, and thus the fires burned longer and caused more damage than they otherwise would have"
Combatting wildfires is not a good way to increase government control and power (and there're fewer ways for politicians to profit too), so it doesn't matter

Calling us Nimbys is 'hate speech', say campaigners - "People opposing the building of one of Europe’s largest solar farms have said the term ‘Nimby’ is hate speech. Botley West Solar Farm could cover about 2,470 acres of countryside in west Oxfordshire and power 330,000 homes if approved. But Save Botley West says this would affect 15 villages as well as water meadows and heritage sites across Botley, Woodstock and Kidlington. The anti-solar farm campaign group’s chairman, Professor Alex Rogers, has said calling them Nimbys ‘alienates’ them... Prof Rogers said: ‘We’ve heard the term Nimby bandied about by the Labour government in particular, effectively that is pejorative language deliberately used to alienate and isolate ordinary people who are legitimately concerned about the really serious impacts of what is, in effect, a non-sustainable project. ‘I would view a sustainable project as one which obviously benefits the climate, which this does, but also benefits people who live in the region and benefits wider aspects of the environment – and this scheme certainly does not do that.’... the solar farm, roughly the size of Heathrow Airport, would impact the area’s view. He said: ‘Because of the nature of the landscape that this has been put into, which essentially comprises river valleys and hills, it’s very, very difficult to conceal this solar farm in the landscape.’ Council officials said in an impact report last week that the solar farm would likely have a ‘negative’ impact on local tourism."

Vancouver plane hijacking: Ex-pilot called himself messiah - "The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver’s airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a “messenger of Allah” sent to save humanity from climate change. A 39-year-old man with the same name has now been charged with hijacking, constituting terrorism, over the incident on Tuesday that saw Norad scramble F-15 fighter jets before the Cessna safely landed... Images posted on social media of the arrest of the Cessna’s pilot on the airport’s north runway show a bearded man who resembles Cassim, whose online posts include musings on religion, climate science, and advocacy for tolerance and peace. He says “the Angel Gabriel appeared before me and gave me a message from Allah.” “I am a messenger of Allah. I am the Messiah sent to save humanity from climate change and usher in an era of world peace,” Cassim said on Facebook on Monday... Cassim’s last post warns about “abrupt runaway global warming” that will cause humans to go extinct within a few years. Cassim also says in the post that he is “Sam Carana,” who runs the “Arctic News” blog that describes itself as a place where contributors “all share a deep concern about the way climate change is unfolding in the Arctic and the threat that this poses for the world at large.” It includes hundreds of posts since 2011, many of them highly technical, with the latest entry made on Saturday and titled: “Will humans go extinct soon?”... In 2012, Cassim held a news conference before going on a cross-country bicycle ride to raise awareness for global warming... Cassim believed the world was coming to an end."
Climate change hysteria has very real costs. Of course, if he had been pushing a cause the left disapproved of, they would be calling for re-education and mass arrests (like with incels)

Rob Breakenridge: Carney's chance to scrap job-destroying emissions cap - "The report forecasts that under current trends, oil and gas production would be 11.1 per cent higher than current levels. However, remaining within the upper limit of the emissions cap would instead mean that production would have to be reduced by 4.9 per cent. That, in turn, would represent a $20.5-billion reduction in nominal GDP and a potential loss of over 54,000 full-time jobs... The PBO report underscores that we will pay a hefty price for a policy that never really made sense. The government had not previously singled out specific sectors for this kind of regulation, preferring instead to put a price on carbon regardless of its source. The emissions cap flies in the face of that, and represents a much more costly and much less efficient way of reducing emissions."

Environmentalists must learn carbon capture is key to net zero - "the argument of Environmental Defence and others is that carbon capture is iniquitous because it will prolong reliance on oil and gas. ED argues that the government’s incentive of a 50 per cent investment tax credit is a “significant new fossil fuel subsidy,” in contradiction to Ottawa’s promise to end subsidies by 2023, and, as a result, oil and gas companies are spending very little of their own money on carbon capture investments...  Idealists who think Canada can achieve net zero without carbon capture or nuclear should refer to the data. Since 2000, the world has only reduced its global dependence on fossil fuels by three per cent because of growth in demand from India and China, challenges with the intermittency of renewables and the slow rollout of infrastructure."
When left wingers go on about "subsidies" for oil and gas, this is what they mean. They oppose industry-neutral policies and want dirigisme. This is similar to their logic claiming that the government subsidises Walmart because some Walmart workers use public assistance. They have a purity obsession and don't actually primarily want reduced emissions - just to kill the fossil fuel industry (in Western countries)

Truly inconvenient truths about climate change being ignored - "I witnessed something shocking. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was giving a talk at the University of NSW. The talk was accompanied by a slide presentation, and the most important graph showed average global temperatures. For the past decade it represented temperatures climbing sharply.  As this was shown on the screen, Pachauri told his large audience: "We're at a stage where warming is taking place at a much faster rate [than before]".  Now, this is completely wrong. For most of the past seven years, those temperatures have actually been on a plateau. For the past year, there's been a sharp cooling. These are facts, not opinion: the major sources of these figures, such as the Hadley Centre in Britain, agree on what has happened, and you can check for yourself by going to their websites. Sure, interpretations of the significance of this halt in global warming vary greatly, but the facts are clear.  So it's disturbing that Rajendra Pachauri's presentation was so erroneous, and would have misled everyone in the audience unaware of the real situation. This was particularly so because he was giving the talk on the occasion of receiving an honorary science degree from the university.  Later that night, on ABC TV's Lateline program, Pachauri claimed that those who disagree with his own views on global warming are "flat-earthers" who deny "the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence". But what evidence could be more important than the temperature record, which Pachauri himself had fudged only a few hours earlier? In his talk, Pachauri said the number of global warming sceptics is shrinking, a curious claim he was unable to substantiate when questioned about it on Lateline... Professor Richard Lindzen, of the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lindzen, probably the most qualified prominent global-warming sceptic, suggested that a number of changes in the way science is conducted have contributed to the rise of climate alarmism among American scientists.  Central to this is the importance of government funding to science. Much of that funding since World War II has occurred because scientists build up public fears (examples include fear of the USSR's superiority in weapons or space travel, of health problems, of environmental degradation) and offer themselves as the solution to those fears. The administrators who work with the scientists join in with enthusiasm: much of their own funding is attached to the scientific grants. Lindzen says this state of affairs favours science involving fear, and also science that involves expensive activities such as computer modelling. He notes we have seen "the de-emphasis of theory because of its difficulty and small scale, the encouragement of simulation instead (with its call for large capital investment in computation), and the encouragement of large programs unconstrained by specific goals.   "In brief, we have the new paradigm where simulation and [computer] programs have replaced theory and observation, where government largely determines the nature of scientific activity, and where the primary role of professional societies is the lobbying of the government for special advantage."  Lindzen believes another problem with climate science is that in America and Europe it is heavily colonised by environmental activists... the next time you hear a scientist or scientific organisation warning of climate doom, you might want to follow the money trail. Sceptics are not the only ones who have received funding from sources sympathetic to their viewpoint...   Lindzen claims that scientific journals play an important role in promoting global warming alarmism, and gives a number of examples.  Someone else who's looked closely at scientific journals (although not specifically those dealing with climate science) is epidemiologist John Ioannidis of the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He reached the surprising conclusion that most published research findings are proved false within five years of their publication. (Lest he be dismissed as some eccentric, I note that the Economist recently said Ioannidis has made his case "quite convincingly".)  Why might this be so? Later work by Ioannidis and colleagues suggests that these days journal editors are more likely to publish research that will make a splash than that which will not."
From 2008. Conflict of interest is only disqualifying when that pushes the left wing agenda

Links - 19th September 2025 (2 - Charlie Kirk Assassination)

Thread by @TheHat2 on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "I talked with a friend of mine who I thought to be just a normal left-winger about the Charlie Kirk assassination. His response was, and I quote, "This is the most hopeful I've felt in fucking weeks." I'm horrified. Another one on Facebook. I haven't spoken to this one in a while.  This was my neighbor many years ago. Even if this isn't celebratory, I think it's wrong to say "I wish death on no human" and then append a "but" to that. Especially if that "but" is basically saying "he had it coming." I thought victim-blaming was wrong?"
I saw someone claiming no one in real life was celebrating Charlie Kirk's death

Douglass Mackey on X - "Take a close look at many of the groups we see over-represented in celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death:
-Teachers
-Healthcare Professionals
-Government Workers
These are NOT radical blue-haired freaks. They are the highly-indoctrinated Democrat rank and file."
Mister Magee on X - "Also highly female jobs"

Why are so many teachers celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder? - "Many ran to boast about their indifference to Kirk’s gruesome murder – even to celebrate it.  Chillingly, many of the most reprehensible reactions came from America’s educators.  “Even if you believe violence isn’t the answer, it is a solution, especially to the violent conditions and violent rhetoric spewed by empowered people that create them,” submitted the University of Michigan’s Charles HF Davis. Laura Sosh-Lightsy, an assistant dean at Middle Tennessee State University, mused that “‘ol’ Charlie spoke his fate into existence. Hate begets hate. ZERO sympathy.”  A creative writing professor, meanwhile, demonstrated that he was unqualified for his job in more ways than one when he declared on social media that “Kharma is a beautiful b—-.” Multiple academics and university officials have been fired or disciplined for similar comments. It is worth asking why such attitudes are so prevalent in higher education. The answer is likely to be an uncomfortable one... In a conversation with Zeteo’s Mehdi Hasan recorded shortly after Kirk’s killing, Rep Ilhan Omar seemed to mock Kirk, disputing his commitment to “civil debate”. Jen Psaki insisted that it was President Donald Trump’s condemnation of those who called Kirk a Nazi that represented an “escalation”. CBS’s Nate Burleson wondered aloud if it was time for Republicans to “reflect” on their rhetoric. All that’s to say nothing of those who have weaponised Kirk’s support of the Second Amendment in a shallow attempt to post-humously prove him wrong.  Hearts and minds have been so warped by a toxic political environment that they cannot, even in the face of horrifying tragedy, set aside their partisan objectives to properly mourn innocent life. Whether they realise it or not, this subjugation of empathy to petty point-scoring is an expression of apathy toward an evil whose defeat the country ought to commit itself wholly to. And evil interprets apathy as an invitation."

Fort Worth Democrat Councilwoman Under Fire For Post Mocking Charlie Kirk After Assassination - "Fort Worth Democrat Councilwoman Elizabeth Beck is under fire for an Instagram story posted shortly after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk... Shortly after the attack, Beck posted a screenshot of a Newsweek headline quoting Kirk as saying gun deaths were “unfortunately” worth it to keep the Second Amendment. She overlaid Kirk’s photo with her own caption: “Unfortunate.” The now-deleted post has triggered outrage across the Metroplex."
Councilwoman Beck Faces Backlash Over Charlie Kirk Post - "      “When you take an oath of office, you have a responsibility to encourage civility, kindness, and decency,” Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker said. “Yesterday we saw the worst example of this by one of my fellow Council Members, essentially condoning violence because of someone’s political views. It is very clear that the killing of Charlie Kirk was a political assassination, and there is no justification for evil.”  Councilmember Charles Lauersdorf echoed Parker’s remarks. “But what I find truly reprehensible, though, is when elected officials, whom we hold to higher standards, join in on this kind of rhetoric"... Councilmember Macy Hill also commented. “I think it is reprehensible that anyone would, much less an elected official, post such hateful material in light of such a heartbreaking and senseless tragedy,” Hill told The Dallas Express. “Regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum, there is no place for political violence, and elected officials should not be fanning the flames.”...        Members of Congress also weighed in. “This Councilwoman should be ashamed of her tasteless and inappropriate post. She lacks humanity when it matters most,” Congressman Brandon Gill told The Dallas Express"

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. on X - "I’m disturbed by a post from an Oskaloosa teacher celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk and calling him a Nazi. Cheering political violence is always wrong - and should NEVER be done by those who educate our children. I will be contacting the superintendent and  principal first thing in the morning to ensure this is addressed immediately."
On Matt Kargol

Thread by @RafFaithfull on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "The first two people I talked to at college thought it was good that Charlie Kirk was killed.  Neither of these people are super political, but they are left wing in college. This should give you a sense of just how mainstream it is rn to think political violence is good. Within 30 seconds I made them both realize how insane that is, but it’s the fact that both of them, in a row, thought this, that is so troubling.  If I wasn’t there they would’ve carried on believing this. It is so fucked. Both of these people are my friends, and their identity is not bound up in politics at all.  They just think it is the right thing to say. Essentially, the idea right now is that Bolshevism is the height of empathy. It’s impossible to overstate how mainstream this is."

Meme - Brian Lilley @brianlilley: "I just want to point out that only a few days ago this professor of religion at @UofT was calling Postmedia a fascist organization and asking people to help shut us down. Now, she's saying shooting is too good for fascists."
Dr Ruth Marshall is Kicking Against the Pricks: "Shooting is honestly too good for so many of you fascist cunts."
The Greasy Walrus of Monte Cristo on X - "I just want to point out that this learned professor is a former UN Consultant to the Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide. Now it all fits together."
The Pleb 🌍 Reporter on X - "University of Toronto Political professor on the death of Charlie Kirk. If you're wondering why the kids are getting so radicalized in our universities now. These are the vile teachers who are brainwashing them"

WARMINGTON: U of T prof saying "shooting" is "too good" for fascists | Toronto Sun - "Free speech is one thing, but when one talks about violence being “too good” for political opponents, there is no way such a person should be in a classroom or on campus – especially when Kirk was murdered at a similar-sized university.  It’s not the first controversy for Marshall. As the Toronto Sun‘s Warren Kinsella wrote in July, Marshall “has written online “there wasn’t rape there was a RAPE HOAX” and statements “querying the rape narrative” from the Oct. 7th massacre of Jews on the Israel, Gaza border is appropriate” and that the rapes and assaults were “unverified accusation(s) that Palestinians were guilty of sexual violence.”  And just five days ago, there was an X post under her name saying “defund the fascist American rag, national post Canadians. They are not a news outlet; they are poisonous propagandists.”...  She’s a controversial figure. While her X post introduction says “Dr Ruth Marshall is Kicking Against the Pricks” and offers a drawing of a First Nations woman in traditional Aboriginal dress connecting with a woman in a keffiyeh with a Palestine flag around her waist under the banner “from Turtle Island to Gaza.” Is this someone you want teaching your kids? Don Cherry was taken off Hockey Night in Canada for far less.  Like they were when anti-Jewish protesters created a little Gaza encampment on campus, many are wondering if U of T is in need of an overhaul and a reminder that free speech does not mean it’s okay to allow for hate."
Damn conservatives suppressing academic freedom! But of course, if you say something the left disagrees with, you must be banned from campus, because you're making other people feel "unsafe"

Dr Ruth Marshall is now "on leave" following her comments in response to the murder of Charlie Kirk; university actively investigating the situation : r/UofT - "Dr David Jacobs said it best: There is no university in North America which would allow faculty members to call for shootings."
Dr Ruth Marshall is now "on leave" following her comments in response to the murder of Charlie Kirk; university actively investigating the situation : r/UofT - "I mean, misgendering someone or saying something vaguely racist 15 years ago is a bit different than talking about wanting millions of people in your own country dead."

Meme - Amy Eileen Hamm: "My old journalism professor."
Alan Bass: "My responsible side says political violence is usually wrong. My humanity sides with most of these commenter, most of whom note his fate is perfectly consistent with the fate he wished on others."
Amy Eileen Hamm: "What a disgusting and disgraceful thing to say."
Alan Bass: "Coming from you, Amy, I'm sorry to say, that's a compliment."

Jonathan Kay on X - "Naturally he’s an expert on journalisming"
How can we save journalism? – Center for Journalism Ethics – UW–Madison - "Canadian journalist Alan Bass argues that journalists who worry about the future of newspapers are asking the wrong question. Rather than ask, ‘How can we save newspapers?’ we should ask, ‘How can we save journalism?’ Bass believes that professionalizing journalism is a step in the right direction."

Canadians celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder may be banned from U.S | Toronto Sun - "One Canadian journalist took to social media to say it was “delicious” to see Kirk shot and killed with a gun. While a University of Toronto professor posted on X that “shooting is too good” for a guy like the 31-year-old conservative influencer.  Another university faculty member from British Columbia wrote: “It is sometimes necessary to kill.”  A Canadian social worker posted on social media: “Thank you, can we keep this up please.”  They all may think they are tough or smarter than most. But there is something else they should know. America’s state department may never let those celebrating — or making insensitive comments about — the evil political assassination of Charlie Kirk into the United States again... American journalist Eric Daugherty posted to X: “Marco Rubio’s State Department will ban any foreigner from entering the country who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk online, Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau confirms.”  Oops.  There may be a long list of Canadians who end up on this blacklist because there have been some creepy and troubling responses to this heinous shooting in Utah. One thing social media has done in this time of darkness is show how many twisted people there are out there and how conservative thinkers going forward are going to need ‘Charlie Courage’ to stand up to them — understanding how dangerous that could possibly be... Former journalism professor Alan Bass has not yet commented on his posting that said: “Do you remember the Nazis? Unfortunately, it is sometimes necessary to kill evil people to save many lives. ‘Absolutely no place’ is not the right phrase.”  In a second missive he added: “My responsible side says political violence is usually wrong. My humanity sides with most of these commenter (sic), most of whom note his fate is perfectly consistent with the fate he wished on others.”... CHCH producer Don Jonescu in Hamilton posted on social media: “The irony of him dying at the hands of a gun is delicious” and that “there was a novel written a long time ago that said you reap what you sow.”... Claiming she is “bloodthirsty for those who have it coming,” Victoria social worker Devon Cassidy posted a video to social media saying: “I have zero empathy for anybody on the right side at all — by Charlie Kirk, next.”... Pro-Palestine supporter Aliya Hassan is taking some heat for posting: “May all supporters of the terrorist entity meet the same fate.”  And Canadian comedian Jagbir Ghankas said: “It could be they wanted to make this guy a martyr, now he’s a martyr for the right.”  Many are also upset with CBC’s David Cochrane who said Kirk was a “polarizing figure” who goes to these campuses to create “provocation and confrontation.” He also wondered aloud if Kirk’s slaying could be a “triggering moment” that could escalate?"

CBC Headline Today: "Some of Charlie Kirk's most controversial takes" : r/WildRoseCountry - "If anyone dares to talk about George Floyd’s drug use or criminal record, they can expect their office to be crashed the very next day"

The Canadian left uses the same words to describe Poilievre as the US left does Charlie Kirk : r/CanadianConservative - "Fascist, racist, far-right, extremist, dangerous.  The tendency for the left to vilify someone seems to be proportional to how effectively they rally criticism of the left's narratives, politics, and use of power.  And the Canadian left's embrace of terrorism to wield power seems to me no less than that of the American left. The CBC deciding to immediately run a piece rationalizing the assassination of Kirk, rather than examining the rise of left-wing terrorism, speaks clearly to that. Although other examples abound.  This suggests to me we need more people like Kirk or Poilievre, not less."

James O'Keefe on X - "FEMA SECTION CHIEF: Charlie Kirk "Kind of Deserved It" — O'Keefe Media Records Top Official at Federal Agency Laughing About Assassination of Conservative Commentator  An official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), was caught on hidden camera laughing about the murder of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, calling him “a lunatic” who “kind of deserves it,” and saying agency staff were “laughing” at the news and showed “not a ton of empathy.” The official admitted to sharing memes about the attack, raising serious concerns about political bias and professionalism within the nation’s emergency response agency.  @fema"

Meme - Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo: "Christopher Rispoli, the woke owner of Gentle Care Animal Hospital in Edmond, Okla., suggested on social media that people should be inspired to kill more people after Charlie Kirk. "He is only the first!""
"Charlie Kirk, right wing stupid fuck maga activist shot un alived on Utah campus. He is only the first! Could we actually be getting smart and culiing the sick ones!!! Oh gosh, I want the offer his family my "thought and prayers"!'"

StopAntisemitism on X - "Dr. Michelle Bravo is a neurologist at the University of Miami (@umiamimedicine) She shockingly posted to her Instagram her justification for the assassination of Charlie Kirk over his support for Israel. How can this woman be entrusted with patients?"

Libs of TikTok on X - "“He got the day he deserved” - Nurse with pronouns in bio at @HenryFordHealth in response to Charlie’s ass*ssination Would you feel safe entrusting him with your healthcare?"
On Maxwell Berger

Cam Higby 🇺🇸 on X - "Austin Schroth, a teacher at Lake Norman charter school in Huntersville, NC, reportedly shared photos on Facebook mocking Charlie Kirk according to a tipster. “Go straight to hell asshole” He apparently deleted the post and his Facebook."

Cam Higby 🇺🇸 on X - "DOJ Employee mocks Charlie Kirk death: Terri Pinkham Vandemark who self identifies herself as a data analytics specialist at the DOJ since 2012 reportedly publicly mocks deceased Charlie Kirk on Facebook. Email me more tips: dcbhigbyy@gmail.com"

JohnRocker on X - "I have seen over 100 teachers celebrate the horror that took place today. They will all show up to government buildings tomorrow morning and spend 7+ hours indoctrinating the younger generations of America. THIS CANNOT CONTINUE"

Andy Ngo on X - "Forest Grove, Ore. — Neil Armstrong Middle School teacher (@FGSchools ) and @CityofCornelius  Councilor John Colgan posted on social media that he was very happy to learn that Charlie Kirk was killed.   He says Kirk had asked for it, reflecting a common sentiment among even mainstream Democrats that those who reject their left-wing politics should expect to be killed."

Bonchie on X - "Oh look, The New York Times was completely wrong when it reported a "source" claiming there weren't actually anti-fascist engravings on the casings. Who could have guessed?"

vittorio on X - "> be the left
> “Nazis are evil”
> “you should kill Nazis”
> “if you don’t agree with us you’re a Nazi”
> “Nazis should be killed”
> “Charlie Kirk is a Nazi”
*Charlie gets assassinated*
> “oh no! That’s not what we meant!!”
Fuck off"
Not to mention all the left wingers who are still doubling down on endoring murder as a way to deal with their political opponents

Thomas Sowell Quotes on X - "AOC on Charlie Kirk: "Are we going to do something or are we going to argue over rhetoric? ... We have to pass gun safety legislation and stop this... People can finger point all they want.""
Mark Hemingway on X - "The gun allegedly found was a single shot, bolt action rifle. Unless your plan is to repeal the Second Amendment and seize every firearm in existence, there's no gun law that would have prevented this. If the press knew ANYTHING they would call her on this."

Armand Domalewski on X - "i don't think there's a gun control policy on earth that would've prevented the Charlie Kirk shooting. old bolt action hunting rifles are legal pretty much everywhere, and nothing that the shooter did prior to the attack would've showed up as a potential red flag alert
I guess only Japan style gun control, where you're only allowed to purchase shotguns or air rifles, might have worked"
Clearly, all policies have their intended consequences so if you don't think intentions are all that matter, you're a hypocrite and a bad person

Kathleen Stock on X - "Turns out if you spend ten years equating emotional harm with the gravity of physical harm, people will get casual about physical harm. Who knew."
Russell T. Warne 🇺🇸🇨🇱🇮🇱 on X - "If people are taught that speech=violence, they will inevitably respond to speech w/violence."
ReLuxe on X - "What they're taught is
Conservative speech = violence
Liberal violence = speech"

toddstarnes on X - "Democrats have dehumanized Conservatives. It started with Obama calling us bitter Americans who cling to our guns and our religion. It was Hillary Clinton calling us an irredeemable basket of deplorables. It was Joe Biden calling us the dregs of society. It was Maxine Waters telling them to absolutely harass us in restaurants and grocery stores. They called us Nazis and Hitler. They called us homophobes and bigots and racists and xenophobes. I hold all them responsible. They all have blood on their hands today."

Philippe Lemoine on X - "I think people who are openly fantasizing about civil war are being irresponsible, and I also don't think we can infer much from Kirk's murder, not just because we still don't know who is behind it and why, but also because political assassinations are very rare events that are probably dominated by random factors.  But the idea that both the left and the right are equally intolerant and prone to violence against their political opponents is such bullshit. Sure, there are plenty of intolerant people and people who use inflammatory language against their political opponents on the right, but anyone who isn't disconnected from reality knows that it's far more common on the left.  Not only do polls show that people on the left more likely to say that censorship and even violence is sometimes justified against their political opponents, but left-wing activists actually engage in violence against their political opponents far more often, even if fortunately it doesn't usually rise to the level of murder. This has been the case for my entire life, both in the US and France.  For instance, back in 2016, there wasn't a week during which Trump supporters weren't physically assaulted by left-wing protesters. They routinely tried, and sometimes succeeded (as in Chicago), to shut down his rallies by resorting to violence. And not only did left-wing intellectuals rarely condemn that, but they often justified it. I distinctly remember philosophy professors telling me it was good that left-wing activists had shut down Trump's rally and beat up his supporters at the time. Now, you can engage in all the mental gymnastics you want and scream about isolated episodes of right-wing political violence until you're blue in the face, but it won't change the fact that nothing remotely on that scale happens on the other side. That's simply not the case and anyone who pretends otherwise is full of shit.  Again, I'm not drawing any conclusion from the assassination of Kirk here, I could have said the same thing before, and indeed I did say it on many occasions. The right has its own issues and, as anyone who follows me knows, despite being right-wing myself, I have no problem talking about them, but this attempt to bothside political intolerance and violence is bullshit. This pathology exists on both sides, but it's obviously more of a problem on the left and I wish good people on the left would admit it."
Christian Beyzad on X - "Well I think the obvious reason why right wing doesn’t resort to violence at this scale is that the majority of their beliefs, at least in the US, include some sort of order, security and family values. This makes difficult to embrace a nihilistic position of chaos, as the left often does. The much derided “conservative values” are I think what prevents the right to unleash their own violence."

Canada Supporting Antifa

Discord, chat platform scrutinized in Kirk assassination, used by Canadian leftist networks to circulate political target files, lawyer says 

Discord, the communications platform now under scrutiny as U.S. investigators examine chat room messages involving the alleged assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is also being used by left-wing Antifa-aligned networks in Canada to organize and share dossiers on political targets, according to Toronto lawyer and independent journalist Caryma Sa’d.

In a wide-ranging interview for The Bureau Podcast, Sa’d, who has covered a proliferation of street protests in Canada, alleged that Antifa-aligned networks rely on gated Discord servers to coordinate harassment campaigns and “dox-style” targeting of foes. Even more alarming, she said, is that some of the information shared would not be publicly available, suggesting that government, legal, or union insiders may have leveraged sensitive data.

What makes her claims especially relevant in the current climate is her belief that the Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN), a federally funded nongovernmental organization, has been involved in what she perceives as Antifa’s targeting activity in Canada. Because Canada’s Liberal government has directed nearly $1 million to CAHN, and because the group liaises with public safety agencies to disseminate its perception of extremist threats, Sa’d argues this has skewed the state’s focus, overlooking the growing threat of violence from Antifa.

Sa’d says that both she and some of her clients have been singled out, and she describes Antifa as a loosely aggregated, cell-like organization that transcends the U.S.–Canada border, operating simultaneously in online forums and in street collectives. These protests, she says, often coalesce under a “solidarity” banner that brings together activists for trans rights, Indigenous rights, migrant rights, encampment movements, safe-supply campaigns, and pro-Palestine demonstrations.

“If we think of Antifa as a movement, it’s not, at least to my observation, like, ‘here’s your card, you’re now a card-carrying member and please pay your dues,’” Sa’d explained. “It’s more like a cell structure and there is both an online and a real-world component. It’s organized regionally, but particularly the online aspect can be national and international. And Discord plays a huge part in this because it allows people to connect online in private servers.”

Sa’d did not provide details of her investigations into the alleged targeting dossiers shared on Discord, but suggested her research grew out of her own experience of being targeted.
“The compiling of information on political targets could include social media handles, involvement in court cases, where they live, who their family is, what their connections are, and where they appear in public life,” Sa’d said.

According to Sa’d, Anti-Hate had first approached her to collaborate on some research publications, “that never panned out.”
“We couldn't agree to terms and that was fine. And a few months after that, I was the subject of an article that framed me as a fascist sympathizer. And, you know, it’s only gotten worse since then.”

Public records show that CAHN has received a total of $908,400 in federal funding across three agreements since 2020: $268,400 under Canadian Heritage’s Anti-Racism Action Program; $440,000 under Canadian Heritage’s Community Support, Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program; and $200,000 from Public Safety Canada’s Community Resilience Fund for a two-year project running from April 2024 to March 2026.

Sa’d said this funding is problematic because, in her view, CAHN “takes public money to put targets on private citizens.”

“How I came to be interested, particularly in Antifa, is the Canadian Anti-Hate Network,” she said. “It is an NGO that purports to document and fight against specifically far-right hate. And in having such a narrow focus, I think that has created almost a vacuum that has allowed the far left to metastasize.”

She pointed to an Ontario court ruling that found CAHN had assisted the Antifa movement.

In the court case Sa’d cited, the judge accepted evidence that CAHN “did in fact assist Antifa” and acknowledged the movement’s violent record. CAHN, for its part, denied supporting violence “directly or indirectly” or funding “violent Antifa.”

Sa’d said she is concerned that the government’s funding of CAHN has contributed to a skewed perspective among Canadian public safety officials.

“There is an ideological bent to what law enforcement is choosing to focus on,” she said, arguing that federal intelligence and policing have over-weighted threats from the right while under-recognizing left-aligned street violence. She cited on-scene incitement at a Toronto protest following the Kirk shooting, in which a woman she classified as an Antifa-aligned activist told another person—“die fascist, one in the neck”—an evident reference to Kirk’s shooting. The remark, captured on tape, drew little response from Toronto police, Sa’d said.

Tyler Robinson, 22, was charged yesterday with the aggravated murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in the shooting at Utah Valley University that Utah’s governor, Spencer Cox, called a political assassination. Charging documents say Robinson, who had recently become engaged with left-wing politics and was dating a partner who was transitioning to female, decided to shoot Kirk because he believed Kirk “spreads too much hate,” saying he had “had enough of his hatred.”

Prosecutors allege Robinson planned the act over a week; after the shooting, he allegedly sent texts and Discord messages admitting his role. Among the most telling evidence, Cox said last week, were bullet casings inscribed with phrases including “Hey fascist, catch this” and references to the anti-fascist anthem Bella Ciao—a song that originated with Italian partisans resisting Nazi occupation in World War II and has since been adopted by Antifa-aligned groups in the United States, according to reports. FBI Director Kash Patel has since said dozens of Robinson’s Discord contacts will be questioned as part of the investigation. Though an internal Discord review reportedly found “no evidence that the suspect planned this incident or promoted violence on Discord,” Patel told Congress that investigators will examine members of the same group chat.

In an interview with The Bureau, Sa’d described how Discord servers are tiered, with some rooms requiring special access. In exclusive spaces, she said, dossiers on political targets are shared.
“The information isn’t always publicly sourced,” she said, “which would suggest that some of the participants have access to information by virtue of being public servants or members of particular unions. And I don’t say any of this lightly. In my travels, I’ve encountered people from various professions—teachers, professors, nurses, bureaucrats, lawyers, political staffers—who are involved in this movement.”

Sa’d said both she and her clients have been targeted, and that police have shown a persistent reluctance to investigate what she described as “verifiable, documented” harassment and swarming. “There just doesn’t seem to be an appetite to get to the bottom of this,” she said.

While she stopped short of attributing direct foreign interference to fomenting protest movements in Canada, Sa’d noted that footage of Canadian unrest is often amplified by outlets from hostile foreign states, and that protest narratives sometimes pivot inorganically in ways consistent with outside influence. Her conclusion was blunt: Canada’s institutions — from school boards to the Prime Minister’s Office — are politicized and vulnerable to extremism, and “cleaning house” in Canada’s approach to countering extremism is a prerequisite for restoring even-handed rule of law.

Links - 19th September 2025 (1 [including AOC])

AOC begged to go to Met Gala, even if it meant breaking the rules - "Courtesy of an ongoing congressional ethics investigation into Bronx Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, we now know the trick to socialism: Don’t pay for stuff. When AOC marched up the Met Museum steps in her famous dress 18 months ago, the slogan in red painted on the back, instead of reading “TAX THE RICH,” should have read “STIFF THE PROLETARIAT.”   AOC really wanted to attend the September 2021 Met ball — a charity event for its Costume Institute, yes, but also the world’s number one social event for the rich, famous and beautiful.   But $35,000 tickets for two people (she wanted her boyfriend to go, too) would cost nearly six figures (if the exclusive ball even approves you). Members of Congress can attend nonprofit events, but the Met normally doesn’t invite all of Congress, and this isn’t AOC’s district.    So AOC came by the biggest part of her Met Gala grift the old-fashioned way: trading off the elected position with which Bronx and Queens voters entrusted her.    AOC snagged two free tickets (after much prodding by her campaign staffer) by cozying up to Vogue’s Anna Wintour, who runs this show for the Met. AOC’s written invitation specifically informed her that she and her boyfriend were “guests of Vogue.”    Little problem: Members of Congress can’t take near-seven-figure gifts from companies that employ lobbyists. Vogue is part of a sprawling media firm, including the firm that owns a big piece of Spectrum, our highly regulated internet provider.  As AOC’s anti-corruption lawyer warned her staff, “the Congresswoman could accept an invitation from [the Met], but not [italics his] from Vogue … Since Advance Publications is a registered lobbyist, we’ll need to be extra careful!”...   Cue hours of highly paid butt-covering. As the bipartisan Office of Congressional Ethics found last week, “documents” — emails between the Met and AOC’s office to “thread” the “needle,” in one Met staffer’s phrasing — “suggest that there was some attempt to obfuscate Vogue’s role.”  C’mon: AOC solicited and procured a gift worth nearly six figures from a regulated corporate entity, and then colluded with the corporation and the museum to lie about it.   Getting to the ball, though, thanks to repeated false statements, accomplished only part of AOC’s goal. It costs money to be a Kardashian-level celebrity: transportation, dress, hair, makeup, hotel room, manicure, shoes, handbag, jewels, boyfriend accessories... AOC got herself a haute couture dress — consultation, design, fittings, materials, and day-of styling, likely well above a $10,000 value — from a Brooklyn designer for a billed cost of a $1,300 “rental.”   Good deal! But did she pay the $1,300? No. Her campaign staff called the designer to talk the price down to $300. That’s how much AOC values weeks worth of labor.  AOC’s staff “could not explain why the gown rental costs were reduced,” ethics investigators found. (The designer refused to cooperate with the probe, and will be subpoenaed.)    Shoes? No good socialist pays $635 to “purchase” bright-red ribbon pumps, to be worn only once.    AOC got that part of the bill knocked down, too, after the event, by changing a “purchase” to a spurious “rental.” (The resale value of used shoes is basically zero.)  And, gross: An AOC staffer texted the dress designer, writing, “just confirming you’re thinking of providing [AOC’s boyfriend] with a tie/cummerbund? There is no restriction on Riley btw.”  The staffer later confirmed to investigators that by “restriction,” she was referring to congressional ethics rules. Translation: Give us more free stuff — especially stuff we don’t have to report.    Even with these heavy discounts, AOC tried to weasel out of paying this vendor, and multiple other hard-working New York City small-business people. “It appears several thousands of dollars’ worth of services may have remained unpaid absent the [Office of Congressional Ethics] initiating this review,” investigators have found (so far)... The only person who got paid the full value of her services was the manicurist — because, as AOC’s staffer told investigators, “the woman there said she … would need to be paid by cash” … immediately. (Smart lady, she probably read Hayek.)"

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's failure to pay for couture 'tax the rich' dress 'may have broken rules' - "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the firebrand left-wing congresswoman, may have violated congressional rules by accepting the custom "tax the rich" dress she wore at the Met Gala, according to a nonpartisan watchdog.  The House ethics committee said it was extending its investigation into the firebrand left-wing congresswoman after the watchdog found "substantial reason to believe that she accepted impermissible gifts".  Ms Ocasio-Cortez has denied breaking any rules.  The New York Democrat made headlines when she wore a white dress with the words "Tax The Rich" scrawled across it in red to attend the prestigious Met Gala in 2021... Ms Ocasio-Cortez later paid for the rental value of the clothing, and services she and her partner received, but that "did not occur until after" the watchdog informed her it was investigating the matter."

Ocasio-Cortez Has Racked Up Three Major Ethics Complaints During Her First Months In Congress - "Two watchdog groups have filed ethics complaints against Ocasio-Cortez for misusing her resources as a congresswoman with the Office of Congressional Ethics, while another group filed a complaint with Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging she and her chief of staff set up a million-dollar private slush fund. Ocasio-Cortez’s term officially began in January."
From March 2019

Mod stickied a post with lots of links hating on AOC. Mod gets downvoted into oblivion, discussion devolves into concentration camp talk, left vs liberals, and mod says Uigher genocide is not real : r/SubredditDrama

AOC Movie Flops Hard, Grosses Less Than $10K From 120 Screens - "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has a new documentary out, “To The End.” And if movie theaters are paying attention to ticket sales, they’ll realize it’s already run to the end.  The flick opened on Dec. 9 at 120 theaters. But since then, it’s made just $9,667, according to BoxOfficeMoJo.  That’s $80.55 per screen.  And let’s say the tickets are $16.25, as they are at Regal Theaters. That would equate to fewer than 600 people who actually saw it... Of course, the critics hailed it; the film drew an 83% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes. But even there, the movie got some spotty reviews."

AOC sinks millions into campaign capitalism venture - "The products hawked on her campaign website include $58 “Tax the Rich” sweatshirts — currently sold out — $28 Green New Deal hats and $27 tees that say “Drink Water & Don’t Be A Racist.” A “Better World Is Possible” sweatshirt for $58 is sold out in all but one size.  Like true cut-throat capitalists, the campaign appears to have marked up the AOC gear by more than double the wholesale cost. The bulk purchase price for plain black sweatshirts, similar to the one used for the “Tax the Rich” item, is $22.84...   Ocasio-Cortez tweeted back that she was “proud” of her merchandise, adding “Not to mention all proceeds go to community organizing like our Homework Helpers program which gives private tutoring to kids who’ve needed learning support since COVID: Check out our shop!” Campaign filings show that only $10,917 has gone to community groups since January 2021, including $4,217 to the Start Lighthouse organization in the Bronx for the Homework Helpers program; $5,000 to IOBY in Brooklyn, a crowd-funding group; $300 to the Poppenhusen Institute community center; $400 to New Immigrant Community Empowerment; $500 to the City Parks Foundation, and $500 to a group only described as City IslandO. “Our campaign directly runs several charitable programs, including regular food distributions.  We also have seasonal programs like our back-to-school backpack giveaways and turkey distributions around the holidays,” said campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt.  Campaign filings show a $5,550 expense for turkeys in November 2021 and a $4,284 purchase of backpacks in August 2021."

Meme - "AOC lied about being a "Bronx Girl" - this is her freshman yearbook photo from a school that is FORTY MINUTES away from the Bronx. Alexandria Cortez"

Meme - Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles: "The town in blue is the suburb I grew up in. The town in red is the (richer, whiter) suburb @AOC  grew up in. The area in the black circle way down at the bottom is the Bronx."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC: "Also, I'm a Bronx girl. You should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast. Respectfully."

Meme - Alejandra Caraballo @Esque...: ".@AOC told Chaya Raichik aka libs of tiktok that she's transphobic straight to her face when she ran into her."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC: "You bet I did. NYC doesn't play with bigots and transphobes and neither do I. Have great day!"
Joe Biden Hates Black People: "But you vote to send money to Nazis and to fund the Israeli apartheid. But hey, at least you stood up to a TikTok star."
zaza demon @zazasmoka: "Lol and what makes you think that i did anything to support nazis? You're delusional. Seek help"

Scarlett Johnson on X - "Zaza Demon = @AOC She deleted the burner account after she unwittingly exposed herself to @realnikohouse. If you didn’t already get that AOC is a petty, vindictive, evil bit🤬…now you know."

Meme - lan Miles Cheong: "What did Alexandria Ocasia- Cortes mean by this?"
Matt Walsh @MattWalsh...: "I came to the conclusion years ago that the trans movement is the greatest evil our country faces. I only become more and more sure of this fact with each passing day, and more and more determined to oppose it until my last breath"
zaza demon @zazasmoka: "You are a hateful little freak and cant wait until you piss off a trans person that actually is as unhinged as you claim to say they all are
Can't be a bigot if you're no longer breathing:)"

Thread by @AndrewKerrNC on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "NEW: The House Ethics Committee has rebuked @AOC for simultaneously claiming her longtime partner, Riley Roberts, is and isn't her "spouse."  This has allowed AOC to grant her "spouse" special perks and freebies while also shielding his financial affairs from the public.  🧵
The Ethics Committee buried its rebuke of AOC deep in the footnotes of its July report finding she violated House Rules in her attendance of the 2021 Met Gala:  "The Committee also found evidence that Representative Ocasio-Cortez listed Mr. Roberts as her “spouse” on paperwork filed with the House relating to privately sponsored travel, although the two were not legally married at the time of the gifted travel."  "The Committee further notes that at the same time Representative Ocasio-Cortez was seeking to take advantage of exceptions to the Gift Rule only applicable to spouses and/or certain relatives, she was not disclosing Mr. Roberts's financial interests as is required of Members who are legally married."
How did we get here?  AOC's attorney, David Mitrani, explained in no uncertain terms in a May 16 letter to the House Ethics Committee that Roberts is considered AOC's "spouse" only in the context of federal campaign finance law, but NOT for financial disclosure requirements. Under this interpretation, AOC has granted her "spouse" several freebies and perks connected to her service as a member of Congress, including:  A free ticket worth $35,000 to attend the 2021 Met Gala  Gifted travel to Japan and South Korea in 2023  and a Congressional "Spouse Pin," which grants Roberts access to parts of the Capitol complex not accessible to the public.
There are drawbacks to being a congressional spouse, though.  That includes public disclosure of their financial affairs.  But Roberts isn't subjected to those drawbacks, AOC's attorney said, because under "financial disclosure guidance, Mr. Roberts is not considered a spouse"  That means it's unclear if or where Roberts is employed, his debts, his assets, or if he buys or trades stocks in companies that fall under AOC's congressional jurisdiction.  This is information that every other congressional spouse publicly discloses. Except for AOC's. Other spousal restrictions could soon be implemented if AOC has her way and passes her bill which would ban congressional spouses from buying or selling stocks.  It's a severe restriction that would apply to every congressional spouse with one exception: AOC's own "spouse"
Federal laws require the spouses of lawmakers to disclose their financial affairs to the public to prevent them from profiting from their partner's position or being used as a pass-through to influence legislation.  Though AOC considers Roberts her "spouse," he's exempt from all those rules. So long as he and AOC remain legally unmarried. Which brings us to the status of AOC's engagement to Roberts.  The pair announced their engagement in 2022.  But there's no evidence they've tied the knot, and AOC hasn't been pictured wearing her engagement ring in public since November 2023. But Roberts and AOC still live together -- they voted out of the same address in the November 2024 elections.  And they still spend time together. Just yesterday, AOC posted an Instagram Story with her and Roberts visiting a NYC restaurant.
Ethics experts are now questioning whether AOC is intentionally delaying her legal marriage to Riley Roberts because one or both of them have something to hide from the public.  "It is fair to question her inconsistent treatment of Roberts as her spouse, and specifically whether this is in an attempt to not disclose financial information," said Kendra Arnold of @factdc"

Meme - "I know what I have to do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it."
Polymarket Sports @Polymark....: "BREAKING: "No bag policy" has been implemented for tonight's WNBA game in an attempt to crack down on dildo throwers."

Meme - "Lollipops are so fucking weird, you flavor your own spit then drink it"
"Listen here buddy you come at us with this shit today I was having a good day and then I read this, fuck you"

Singaporeans are avoiding the U.S. more than other Asian travelers - "Southeast Asians are skipping trips to the United States this year — for a variety of reasons.  Singaporeans, however, are rejecting it at greater levels than others, a survey of 6,000 regional travelers showed.    The survey commissioned by CNBC Travel showed 7% of Singaporeans said their interest in visiting the U.S. increased this year, while more than half (55%) said their interest had decreased.    Both numbers veer sharply from the 44% of Southeast Asian respondents who said their interest in the U.S. increased this year, and the 18% who said it fell, according to the survey conducted by the market research company Milieu Insight.  Time and again, the survey showed that Singaporeans’ views of the U.S. differed from those from Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia — often by a wide margin.  Singaporeans were the only respondents in the survey to say that they still get most of their information from local and international news. Respondents from the other five countries, including 80% of those from Thailand, said social media is their primary news source... Since Singapore has low crime rates, its citizens have high safety expectations, said Zilmiyah Kamble, a senior lecturer for hospitality and tourism management at James Cook University...  Singaporeans were the least confident about passing through U.S. immigration controls, the survey showed. Some 60% said they felt the process would be smooth, compared to 78% of those from other parts of Southeast Asia... “The violence there, the crime there, the poverty,” he said. “I’m sure the situation there is not as bad as the media makes it out to be, but ... why take a chance?”"
Looks like Singaporeans don't believe in the power of the Singapore passport

Artist to sue AirAsia over unauthorised use of his iconic Penang mural - "Artist Ernest Zacharevic will be taking legal action against AirAsia over the airline’s unauthorised use of his artwork.  This comes after talks between the Lithuanian artist and the Malaysian budget carrier, which began after he spotted his iconic Children On A Bicycle artwork  on one of AirAsia’s aircraft at the Penang International Airport on Nov 22, 2024, broke down.  The artwork has become one of Mr Zacharevic’s most well-known street murals since he painted it in 2012 in Penang, drawing fans and tourists from all over the world to the Malaysian island."
Locals exploiting foreigners

How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat - "Larry Richardson appeared to be an early-career mathematician with potential. According to Google Scholar, he’d authored a dozen papers on topics ranging from complex algebras to the structure of mathematical objects, racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years. It would all be rather remarkable—if the studies weren’t complete gibberish. And Larry wasn’t a cat... Although Larry’s profile might seem obviously fake, finding manipulated ones usually isn’t easy, says Talal Rahwan, a computer scientist at New York University Abu Dhabi. Earlier this year, he and Yasir Zaki, a computer scientist at the same institution, and their colleagues scanned more than 1 million Google Scholar profiles to look for anomalous citation counts. They found at least 114 with “highly irregular citation patterns,” according to a paper posted in February on the arXiv preprint server. “The vast majority had at least some of their dubious citations from ResearchGate,” Zaki says...   It’s not the first time somebody has manipulated Google Scholar by posting fake papers. In 2010, Cyril Labbé, a computer scientist at Grenoble Alpes University, invented a researcher named Ike Antkare (“I can’t care”), and made him the sixth most cited computer scientist on the service by posting fake publications to Labbé institutional website"

Why Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe Wore The Same Outfit Everyday When Struggling With The Paparazzi - "It was three or four months. Because I was doing a play in London and every night there was paparazzi outside. And I suddenly realized after like after I just had just been lazy and not changed my clothes for a few days, that they were not there. And I realized it’s probably because I’m wearing the same thing so it all looks like photos from the same day. So I was like ‘I’ll just continue wearing this.’ And they never came back because it all looks like the same picture in front of the same door."

Parrots, Parachutes, and Pancakes. - "Schallmoser had the nickname 'The Rammer' due to his tendencies to hit enemy planes, and not always intentionally. This day was no exception as he clipped a B-26 propeller with his rudder, forcing him to bail. He had already been hit by a 50. cal round which blew apart his armour plating and shredded his leg... when Schallmoser managed to bail he found himself parachuting into his own mother's back garden! In a story you could not make up, Eduard found himself tangled up in his mum's washing line. After helping him down, his mother tried calling the hospital to get treatment but could not get through. Instead she cleaned and bandaged him up and made him a large meal of pancakes to regain his strength before eventually getting to the hospital and returning to JG-44 the next day."

Physiognomy Check | Facebook - "Leftists from 2016-2024: "Right wingers always accuse people of being pdf files if they disagree with them. Every conservative accusation is a confession!"
Leftists in 2025: "If you disagree with us you're a pdf file!""
The cope is that left wing accusations are all true

Meme - "We are paying you to work, not chase fictional video game characters with your cell phone all day. Save it for your break time or lunch. Otherwise you'll have plenty of time unemployed to "Catch them all"."

Chicago to Review Woman's $105,000 Parking Ticket Bill - "The city of Chicago is reviewing the case of a single, unemployed mother saddled with the biggest parking fine in city history after she filed a lawsuit claiming that her ex-boyfriend was to blame for all the tickets.  Jennifer Fitzgerald owes Chicago a whopping $105,000 after a 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo – a used car that was bought for $600 and registered in her name – was parked at O'Hare Airport for three years starting in November 2009. It was parked there by Fitzgerald's ex, Brandon Preveau, according to a civil suit Fitzgerald has filed... Drew said it is the city's understanding that the car was parked in the United Airlines' lot at O'Hare Airport. Preveau works for United Airlines.  "The operator of the vehicle was a badged employee for United Airlines and therefore had authorization to park there while working," Drew said. "It is also our understanding that the employee moved this vehicle a number of times in this United lot and that tickets being affixed to the vehicle were periodically removed. Therefore, a stack of tickets was not accruing on the vehicle." According to the Chicago Department of Aviation, posted signs at the O'Hare lots note that if a vehicle is in a lot for more than 30 days without the lot operators being notified, then the company will attempt to contact the owner, but if the owner cannot be contacted, the vehicle will be towed to another lot before eventually being towed to the city impound lot as an abandoned vehicle."

Meme - "Due to a decrease In cookie sales, The Girl Scouts switch to a more agresive sales campaign *soldier kicking in door*"

tmac on X - "Dating is a great way to realize that dying alone isn’t the worst option that could happen"

‘Everyone Was Hoping It’s Bihar Until...’: Chaos Erupts Over Free Yoga Mats At Vizag Event - "What was expected to be a peaceful celebration of yoga and health devolved into an unexpected rush when chaotic scenes of people stealing yoga mats erupted from the International Yoga Day event hosted on June 21 at RK Beach in Visakhapatnam. In a video shared on Instagram, a swarm of spectators are seen rushing towards stacks of yoga mats laid out for distribution after the event, creating a stampede-like situation. They snatched many mats and ran from the location while pushing others. Those who couldn’t get a mat tried to steal the food. Yes! You read that right.  This happened shortly after the yoga session concluded and when the volunteers were preparing to distribute the yoga mats to the people who arrived at the event."

Meme - "Everyone's worried about the CEO's wife... but what about Kristin's husband? Andrew Cabot exists too. The husband (She cheated on) CEO Andy Byron (She cheated with)"
On the Coldplay scandal

Meme - "First thing you doing if you win $200 million?"
"Beat my meat. I need post-nut clarity before I make my next move."

Wine, candy and room service: How Ottawa spent $170,000 on Canadian ISIS women - "Federal officials spent at least $170,000 bringing Canadian ISIS women home from Syria, according to internal government documents that show expenses for ice cream, candy and wine.  The money was for costs incurred when eight women who had traveled to the Middle East to join the Islamic State returned to Canada with their children in 2022 and 2023.  Newly-released documents show Global Affairs Canada paid for business class flights, stays at the Montreal Airport Marriott, room service, chips, chocolate bars and Timbits.  One hotel room cost over $1,000 for two nights because of a $95 wine tab. Another ran to $850, with charges for junk food and $25 servings of red, white and sparkling wines... The expenses are for both the women and children, as well as the government staff sent to receive them when they landed in Montreal before carrying on to their home provinces... The federal government agreed to bring them back to Canada after their families launched a challenge in Federal Court in Ottawa demanding their return. Global News requested the documents on the costs of the repatriations under the Access to Information Act two years ago. The department did not release the materials until Aug. 7, 2025. The records do not appear to include the costs of sending Canadian officials to extract the women from Syria, but seem to cover only the bill for receiving them in Montreal...   A group formed by families of Canadians killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks said it was “deeply troubled” by the “extravagant homecoming” the women apparently received.  “Such spending raises serious questions about government priorities, public trust, and the integrity of our system,” said Sheryl Saperia, CEO of Secure Canada.  The return of foreign fighters who left to join terrorist groups should prioritize public safety, “not reward those who betrayed their country and broke the law,” she said.  By contrast, she said victims’ families have had to pay their own way to attend legal proceedings related to the terror suspects accused of killing their loved ones.  “The stark contrast between how our government treats perpetrators and how it treats their victims should alarm every Canadian and offend every taxpayer.”...       Chouay, a resident of Montreal, pleaded guilty on July 21 to participating in the activities of ISIS and was sentenced to a symbolic single day in prison...   Because not all the women showed up for the second repatriation, a third known as CONOP3 had to be organized, at a cost of $27,800, according to the documents."
No surprise they still support terrorism