Happy Pride Month to anyone who celebrates it! (Please check local listings for the month in your area.) Because it’s that time of year again, thoughts inevitably turn to the topic of allyship. In the struggle for gay and trans rights, you need all the allies you can get, right?
Wellllllll…that’s a tricky question. On the surface, it’s pretty simple: do you support gay and trans rights, or are you a homophobic/transphobic asshole? (I said it was simple, not necessarily intellectually honest.) And most of us, I think, would agree people should be treated the same regardless of who they sleep with or identify as to the rest of the world. Especially Gen Xers like your humble correspondent. I care less about who you love than I do how you drive during rush hour.
This is the part that gets tricky. Not every ally is a good one, but if you’re not checking credentials at the main door and the bouncer lets you in anyway, you’re going to wind up like the LGBTQIA+ (or whatever it’s being called this week) is now. Namely, there are some people you’ve allowed in the party who should have been turned away at the door. People who are doing your movement direct harm for personal gain.
And I’m not just talking about Lily Tino here.
One of my Immutable Facts of Politics is the worst enemy of any movement is the movement itself. For the terminally Leftist out there, this means there will come a time when a movement will turn in on itself, creating little factions that compete for control of the movement. My fellow humans of a non-cis lifestyle, the LGBTQIA+ movement has not only reached that point, but had it happen more than a couple of times since I’ve been an adult. Physically, not maturity-wise.
And with every new party that enters the LGBTQIA+ Thunderdome, a new message comes out. We’ve gone from gays wanting to live their lives without being oppressed (which I’m totally cool with) to wanting gays and lesbians to get married (still totally cool with it) to protections for gays and lesbians against hatred (kinda cooling on the being cool with it because of the potential for misapplication) to including trans rights (now we’re getting away from the message) to trans rights being the most important part of the LGBTQIA+ movement (now you’ve lost me).
It seems with every iteration of the movement, we’re seeing less and less common ground to the point you’re starting to scare off the normies. That’s not a good thing. The way to gain acceptance is to not scare off the normies so we can see you as people, not as cartoonish villains with great fashion sense. (Kidding! I kid!)
People like the aforementioned Ms. Tino, Dylan Mulvaney, and others are doing more to hurt the cause than help it. Sure, they bring a lot of attention to trans rights, but it’s mostly negative attention. And if you peer behind the veneer a bit, you notice their motivations aren’t on a grand scale; it’s all about them. The movement takes a back seat when they’re in the spotlight, and they don’t seem to understand if normies get the “ick” from their antics, it’s not due to transphobia. It’s because they’re creepy as hell.
And it goes beyond the trans side of the movement, too. Pride parades have long been a source of concern, even with more gay-friendly people like your humble correspondent. There’s a reason the Right paints Pride parades as shameful Kink-apalooza events: it’s because there are members of the community who treat it like that. Whether it’s drag queen story hours or burly men in leather chaps who may or may not be wearing appropriate undergarments, the movement keeps shooting itself in the feet with a Gatling Gun and blaming homophobia/transphobia. Granted, some of it can be traced to that, but for the most part it’s not. It’s just we need more to go on than what gets the most attention because if that’s what most people see, that’s what they’re going to assume is the norm.
Outside of the movement, you have allies from all walks of life. The issue becomes when alliance moves into enabler territory, which brings us to…I don’t want to call them Karens because all of the Karens I personally know are good people…let’s call them Wine Mom-Americans. These are white women of a certain age caught in what I can only describe is Adolescence 2.0 where being catty is always in vogue and they make the NSA look like Boo Radley with their noses in places they have no business being.
Like the LGBTQIA+ movement.
Wine Mom-Americans treat the movement in terms of what they will get by being pro-LGBTQIA+. Read that carefully, kids. They are in it for themselves, not for the betterment of the people they claim to support.
Take Samantha Richardson, also known as Living Richardson online. To put it mildly, she is a classic narcissist. And by classic, I mean overbearing. She is an outspoken supporter of the LGBTQIA+ movement, but her sentiments have an I problem. To save you the click, here is the text of her June 1st Pride message:
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🌈
As a mom, advocate, and human being, I want my children to grow up in a world where people are judged by the content of their character and for not who they love, how they identify, or whether they fit into someone else’s idea of “normal.”
Pride is about visibility, belonging, and recognizing that for many people, simply being themselves has never been easy.
This month, and every month, I’ll continue to support a future where everyone has the right to live openly, safely, and authentically.
Be the you you’ve always been. Proudly. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
#pride
Sure, she says all the right things to appear to be an ally, but there’s definitely a “look at me being an ally” vibe there. And because it’s not about the movement so much as it is about being the center of attention, people like Ms. Richardson will justify anything so long as she can still be seen as an ally.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is classic enabling behavior.
And, as cool as it sounds to have someone like her let you do what you want without judgment, you kinda need to have someone tell you to stop and think about whether your momentary freedom will result in a harder road later on. Unfortunately, I don’t think there are a lot of people willing to say “Whoa” when the movement is heading for a rhetorical brick wall.
Or, in some cases, lobbying for people who would throw you off a brick wall from a great height.
Seriously? Queers for Palestine? That’s like supporting PETA while working at a kill shelter. But I’m sure PETA would never let that happen…oh, wait…
Looking for struggle buddies who want to kill you isn’t going to help the movement and will (and already has) caused members of your community to meet a gruesome end. But, hey, liberation for a group that wants to kill you won’t totally backfire on you and will only result in those people who want to kill you to take up for your cause, amirite?
Here’s the bottom line. If you want to really see a day when nobody cares who you love, you have to give the normies something to work with here. And that starts with recognizing the difference between allies and enablers, and between people who support the cause for selfless reasons and people who support the cause for selfish reasons.
I volunteer to be the ally you need right now. I don’t care who you love, but I will also be there to keep you from going down a path that will make your lives harder. My goal is simple: I want you to be happy, partially because happy people tend not to shoot up schools, but mostly because I love to see people who aren’t me loving life. There’s enough messed up stuff in the world that we need to all have some joy in our lives, and even though I’m straight (or cis if you prefer) I see you as people, not as labels.
There are a few caveats, like not being a jerk, but I’ll let you do you if you extend me the same courtesy. Oh, and don’t ask me to pay for it. You don’t need my sanction nor my wallet to do you. Besides, the economic prosperity of the LGBTQIA+ community makes me consider switching sides, but then I have to break it to my wife and that’s going to be a thing.
Anyway, I wish you the best this month. If current conditions continue, you’re going to need all the good vibes you can get.
Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week
The eyes of the world (or at least the part of the world that cared about this) were on the nation-state of Texas and the Karmelo Anthony trial. If you’ve been living under a rock (which may not be such a bad thing these days), Anthony was accused of murdering Austin Metcalf in April of last year. In a decision that took less time than a PBS pledge break, the jury convicted Anthony, with a sentence of 35 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 17.
Although this piece isn’t about the death penalty, let me make myself crystal clear: any time a murderer gets even a little amount of time at the Gray Bar Hotel, he or she beats the rap. Sure, prison isn’t exactly the Ritz Carlton, but every breath taken by the perp is an insult to the victim and his/her family.
One of the more interesting aspects to the trial was introducing the concept of self-defense as a legal argument. Typically Leftists treat self-defense like it’s a job application, but they occasionally toss it out there in the hopes they can convince a jury, legal or of public opinion, the alleged perp didn du nuthin. But, it’s still worth a gander.
Or a goose if you’d prefer.
self-defense
What the Left thinks it means – an unnecessary tool used by the right wing to justify killing people in cold blood
What it really means – one of the fundamental rights we have, and one the Left wants to remove
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: The Left is all about control over our lives. From their economic policies to their domestic policies, they want to have a say in whatever we do. We got a really good look at what that’s like during COVID by watching how Democrat Governors handled lockdowns.
Spoiler Alert: It fucking sucked.
But there was one positive that came out of it, namely we got to see what Leftists like Gavin “I Have the Hair of an 80s Movie Villain” Newsom, Gretchen “The Gretch Who Stole Christmas” Whitmer, and Andrew “I Didn’t Know Putting COVID Patients With Old People Would End So Badly” Cuomo let their masks (figurative and literal) slip to show what their endgame was. They were amongst the first to institute strict lockdown procedures and amongst the last to lessen those procedures when COVID started winding down.
Oh, and memo to Taylor Lorenz. You can take off the mask now. You look like an idiot, and this time not because of what you say or write.
The Left has the same fascination with control when it comes to self-defense. If they can’t force you to become victims, they will punish you through laws, regulations, and general dumbfuckery. Look at how they push for more gun laws when the existing ones aren’t stopping people from shooting others. It’s their standard MO, like “thoughts and prayers” but with more forms to fill out.
It should come as no surprise the blue states have the strictest gun laws in the country. Yet, these gun laws don’t result in lower gun-related death rates, with blue states recording some pretty high numbers. So, why would Leftists continue to push for more gun laws?
They’re dumbfucks.
Oh, and they want to control people’s lives.
But this goes beyond whether Jethro in Pigfuck, Arkansas or J’wan in New York City wants to pack heat. It can come down to whether Jethro or J’wan can protect himself/herself at a moment’s notice if the situation arises. And with the police being minutes away in most cases (if they even show up at all), that firearm may be the only thing saving Jethro and J’wan from getting robbed or worse.
To give a little grace, 911 can only respond so quickly, and they’re acting as a middle man to alert the police, but they don’t pass any savings onto you. Instead, it makes the possibility of the police showing up just in time to catch the robber smaller than the chances Hunter Biden starts a rehab clinic. Every second that goes by without law enforcement affects the likelihood of capturing the criminal. A lot of times the only thing working in the police’s favor is how fucking stupid the perps are. Not a sucker’s bet by any stretch of the imagination, but not something I’d be willing to risk a life on.
Aside from trying to pass more laws that criminals will ignore because they’re fucking criminals, what else do Leftists suggest? Let’s take a brief look.
– Shoot a shotgun through the door
– Call 911 and then hide or escape until the police show up. But they also say the police are racist and need to be defunded.
– If someone breaks into your house, offer to help them rebuild his/her life.
– Focus on prevention.
– Blame Republicans (naturally)
And these tactics work soooo well, Democrats are still victims of crime from carjackings to home invasions to murder, and many, many more. Being called soft on crime and having attorneys backed by our good friend Uncle George Soros decide not to prosecute actual criminals so they can, surprise surprise, commit more crimes doesn’t help them.
Nor does it help us.
Although the Left is eager to buy the concept of self-defense when it comes to Karmelo Anthony, they aren’t so quick to adopt it when it’s someone they don’t like using it. Just ask Kyle Rittenhouse, who had a legitimate self-defense claim. Even the much-maligned (and justifiably so) George Zimmerman had one. That doesn’t mean the Left has to accept it as legitimate, however. In fact, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say they would reject most self-defense claims out of hand, except if they see political gain from it or…now this is the weird part, they’re the victims.
I know! I was as shocked as you are.
The point is the Left isn’t going to be a consistent defender of self-defense. Of course you could always self-identify as an oppressed group and watch their heads fucking explode, but there is another way.
Fuck ’em.
Not literally, of course. Never stick your dick in crazy, kids. That goes double for Dylan Mulvaney.
What I mean is you don’t need the Left’s sanction to protect yourself from those who would do you physical, mental, emotional, or fiscal harm. And given how relying on the government to move faster than molasses on a glacier is like relying on Hunter Biden to not do all the crack in a crack den, you’re better off doing it yourself. Take self-defense courses, arm yourself (legally, of course), install cameras, do what you need.
One additional thing I can suggest having lived on the mean streets of a moderately sized Midwestern city, be aware of your surroundings. Know where you are, who is around you, and have at least 2 different means of escaping a bad situation. That alone will help you as much as being strapped.
There is one caveat to any self-defense option you take. You cannot live your life in fear, and yes there is a difference between being afraid and being prepared. Fear is a great motivator, but it motivates you to do the wrong things. Being prepared means you can act calmly and decisively. Most people out there don’t give two fucks about you, or even enough fucks to want to fuck up your life. They’re dealing with the same societal shit you are and may be just as frustrated as you.
This is where you need to show a little humanity if only to spread some light in these dark times. This may seem counterintuitive when dealing with self-defense, but it’s a lot better way to go through life. Being prepared and humane makes you John Wick. Being prepared and anti-social makes you the Punisher. There’s a huge difference, namely in choice of work clothes and vehicles.
In the Karmelo Anthony case, it was a lack of humanity that caused Austin Metcalf’s death and, appropriately enough, negated his self-defense defense. See, the thing about self-defense is you can’t initiate conflict and use it. Call it the “Talk Shit, Get Hit” Principle. Self-defense is always reactionary, which is weird Leftists don’t like it because they’re usually in favor of reactionaries.
Regardless, you don’t have to play by the Left’s rules on this matter. They need you to be victims so they can swoop in and “protect” you via ineffective and illogical laws and enforcement. You don’t have to be one, though. You have the ability to defend yourselves and your loved ones and, even in the bluest of blue states, you’re better off taking a chance on getting arrested than getting killed.
Consider it the ultimate DIY project.
Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week
Since Donald Trump’s second inauguration, there’s been a lot of attention paid to illegal immigration, which is a continuation of Trump’s first inauguration where he paid a lot of attention to…illegal immigration. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say there’s a pattern here…
The latest battleground is at the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey. Allegations of poor conditions prompted Leftists to do what they seem to do on the regular these days: bitch and moan. Things got so bad, Mayor Ras Bakara instituted a curfew that was lifted a few days after it was initiated.
So, Summer of Love 2.0 anyone?
Actually, I think a closer look at Delaney Hall might be in order, if for no other reason than to give me something else to write about besides Graham Platner who has a literal Nazi tattoo. Oh, and is a total scumbag.
Delaney Hall
What the Left thinks it means – a horrible place indicative of Trump’s cruel treatment of undocumented aliens
What it really means – an ICE detainment facility that has turned into a focal point of stupidity
Delaney Hall is a relatively new building, but it already has a history which include, surprise surprise, protests. (Hey, if Uncle George Soros is willing to part with some of his cash, I’d be willing to protest full time, too!)
Where things got chippy was during a 2025 “oversight” inspection conducted by Rep. LaMonica McIver and two of her fellow New Jersey Representatives. And by oversight, I mean “making a fucking spectacle of herself,” where Rep. McIver tried to throw hands and wound up catching 3 felony charges for, you know, trying to throw hands at ICE officers.
The fact McIver isn’t trying out for a reboot of “Orange Is the New Black” is beyond me, but it set off a series of stunts where Congresscritters would bypass normal operating procedures and just show up whenever they wanted and expected, nay, demanded entry.
How’d that work out for ya, dipshits?
Not very well, but it created a framework by which Leftists could ratchet up their protests. After all, shouldn’t a Congresscritter be allowed to see the facility using Congressional oversight authority?
Yeaaaaaah. Not really.
Congressional oversight may be broad in nature, but it has to be related to the functions of Congress, not some capricious whim that Leftists thinks covers the powers of the legislature. ICE is a part of the Department of Homeland Security, which puts it in the Executive Branch, as is Customs and Border Protection. The role of Congressional oversight includes making sure laws are being carried out.
You know, like immigration law?
Anyway, the investigative part of Congressional oversight is typically done by having show trials…I mean PR stunts…I mean Congressional hearings. Although, to be fair, I would prefer more listening at these hearings, so calling them “hearings” is a bit misleading.
Much like what’s going on at Delaney Hall.
The Left has to try to make detention centers look and sound like concentration camps because it fits in with their existing “Trump is a Nazi” narrative. The problem? The narrative doesn’t fit the reality. The detainees get decent meals, which is vastly different from what was served at concentration camps. As far as the other allegations of subpar conditions, that’s subject to debate based on Tom Homan’s recent visit to Delaney Hall. Say what you will about the man (and believe me Leftists have said a shit-ton), Homan isn’t exactly the type to sugarcoat anything, especially if it’s bullshit. Just ask the Socialist Socialite.
This brings us to the “who benefits” portion of the program. On the one hand, we have Tom Homan, who admittedly has a vested interest in keeping Delaney Hall open due to his position as Border Czar. On the other hand, we have detainees, prison advocates, and politicians who have a vested interest in shutting down Delaney Hall. Both have reasons to lie or at least distort the truth to protect their positions.
That’s where we have to dig a little deeper and ask why someone on either side of this discussion would lie. Homan has been in law enforcement for decades prior to his current role and has a track record of dealing with illegal immigration. His “why” can be distilled down to wanting to protect his image and/or the Trump Administration. Not necessarily admirable if he lied, but understandable.
The same can’t be said for the detainees, advocates, and politicians, however. The Left has built a Kobayashi Maru (or at least they think they have) by boosting the claims of mistreatment, malnutrition, and medical malpractice. (And with that, I have earned my Unnecessary Alliteration Merit Badge from the Snark Scouts.) The problem? Their claims can’t be verified independently. Consider it Schrodinger’s Detention Facility. If you can’t see the detainees, you can’t tell if they’re being mistreated, but if you do and the detainees aren’t being mistreated, you either have to reject the narrative (rendering it all bullshit from the jump) or you have to perpetuate it (rendering it all bullshit after the jump).
And remember, kids, Leftists are smarter than us. Just ask them.
And, contrary to Leftist squawking points, dropping in unannounced but with a full camera crew and a throng of humanity backing you up isn’t the proper channels to visit Delaney Hall, or any detention facility anywhere. Before you can step foot in a prison, you have a cadre of investigation about facets of your existence that make the TSA look like rubber-stamping paper pushers. What these Congresscritters and their minions want to do is circumvent the rules because…reasons.
That means the detainees, advocates, and politicians all have a vastly different why than Homan. Their why comes down to protecting the power they have and playing hard and fast with established protocols for a political end.
When put that way, the “who benefits” clearly doesn’t bode well for the Left. Granted, Homan may have similar motivations, but he hasn’t tried to make every illegal immigrant into a sob story where he or she just wants a better life.
Kate Steinle was unavailable for comment.
Look, discussing immigration is like tap dancing in a minefield wearing clown shoes, but there are reasons why we have laws on the books. Instead of trying to prevent said laws from being enforced because your fee-fees get hurt, change the fucking laws. Sure, that would require you to win House and Senate elections while maintaining a favorability rating just south of leprosy, but that’s what you signed up for when you were elected.
As far as Delaney Hall’s alleged lack of oversight, let me put it this way. The Trump Administration is under the microscope so much they have glass slides permanently affixed to their asses. If they were truly as horrible as the Left claims, we would know about it because you Leftists wouldn’t shut the fuck up about it.
By the way, Chicken Little called. He wants his bit back.
Even with all that, I still think the Trump Administration should allow Congresscritters and critics to visit Delaney Hall with some conditions I put together.
1. They have to sign a contract binding them to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth under threat of libel/slander.
2. Everyone who goes inside gets an accountabilibuddy to make sure they abide by the terms of the contract.
3. Everyone who goes inside spends a full day inside so they get an actual day in the life.
4. Both the interested party and the accountabilibuddy have to wear bodycams.
5. If the interested party leaves the facility and fails to tell the truth, he/she (still two genders, kids) must get a tattoo on his/her forehead reading “Liar.” The judges would have also accepted “I’m A Dumbass” for people with more forehead space than brains.
6. Public mockery.
Okay, so I threw in that last one because I want it to happen, but you get the picture. The only way to get a true sense of what Delaney Hall is like is to ensure there is as little wiggle room to lie as possible. My humble proposal will go a long way towards getting the transparency necessary to ensure conditions are habitable.
Plus, I want to throw some business to the tattoo artists out there!
The Fall of the Kingmaker
Bob vander Plaats has been making bad endorsements for the past decade. The latest in this long line of losses was the endorsement for Adam Steen for Iowa Governor in this week’s primary election. And the first was picking Senator Cruz over the people’s choice of Donald Trump in 2016.
Donald Trump was a guest of The Family Leader a year or two before he decided to run for President. And Bob himself made a couple of trips out to NYC and Trump Tower. He spent time with the future President. But throw it all away.
He could have been a great voice for Christ and supported Trump’s bid for President in 2016. But he didn’t. The question has always been “why didn’t Bob vander Plaats do this?”
There have been several possibilities floating around for years. They had a falling out was one. The companionship formed with Steve Deace is thought to be another. And on the surface these are all valid reasons. But they too are just more symptoms of the Kingmaker’s fall.
No the real reason is due to the loss of the one person that kept Bob vander Plaats from being his own worst enemy. That one person, in Bob’s own words, “knew where they bodies were buried,” at The Family Leader.
The same person who was wrote the very letter that was given to then governor candidate for the 3rd time, Bob vander Plaats, on the night he lost that primary race. The letter that offered him the presidency and CEO position at the Iowa Family Policy Center that would later be renamed as The Family Leader.
That person was Kristen Rheinherren, nee Major. The Director of Development at the Iowa Family Policy Center. She is 100% responsible for text of that offer that Bob took. She wrote that recruitment letter.
And in June 2015, Kristen resigned from The Family Leader to pursue other opportunities. The date is strikingly haunting considering it’s when Bob started down that path of bad endorsements just after that departure.
Since 2015 Kristen hasn’t been around to give her voice to the staff meetings and private meetings with the leadership of The Family Leader. Kristen you see was a prayer warrior the likes of which are rarely seen. And without her, The Family Leader has suffered.
Bad choices in endorsing candidates and causes, one after the other. None of which Kristen would have supported and could have possibly talked Bob out of endorsing them publicly.
Kristen passed from this world and into Christ’s loving arms in 2020. So there is no way for her to ever return to The Family Leader to offer her thoughts and speaker her mind. And they will likely to continue to be more and more irrelevant in Iowa and national politics in the future.
Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week
This week’s Lexicon takes us to the Golden State, California. Having solved all of its problems (you know, except for people fleeing the state, rampant homelessness, uncontrolled drug abuse, a lack of leadership from the Governor on down, and more freaks than backstage at a Rick James show), they’re focusing its attention on a serious issue, a scourge on all of decent society that must be kept in check or the world as we know it will end.
That blight on humanity? The Lord Voldemort of 2026?
Nick Shirley.
Yes, that Nick Shirley.
This week, California’s Assembly passed the Stop Nick Shirley Act, a proposed law to protect potential victims of investigative journalists by expanding their existing Safe At Home Program designed to protect victims of domestic abuse. Because being interviewed about alleged fraud is totes equal to domestic abuse.
For you Leftists out there reading this, that was sarcasm.
What isn’t sarcasm is the Stop Nick Shirley Act is the kind of Lexicon topic I can sink my teeth into and enjoy!
the Stop Nick Shirley Act
What the Left thinks it means – a bill that will stop people like Shirley from harassing people in the search for clicks
What it really means – a bill that makes the Left moist in their panties, but betrays their real feelings about a free press
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again (mainly because this piece would be a lot shorter if I didn’t): I have a healthy respect for the First Amendment, both for personal reasons and as a general principle. A part of that involves freedom of the press, which is essential to a healthy society and government.
Given the current state of journalism, though, we’re as healthy as Rosie O’Donnell and Michael Moore at an all you can eat buffet at Uncle Stinky’s Food Poisoning Emporium and Sewage Treatment Center. (Their slogan: It’s technically food.)
As the mainstream media have turned into DNC Lapdog Central, people started looking for alternatives. I mean, if you heard different TV stations saying the same thing almost to the syllable, you might want to see if someone else has something different to say. Good thing every mainstream media outlet is independent and has a commitment to the truth, amirite?
For any Leftists reading this, that was also sarcasm.
What started out as a little-known and hardly talked-about website called The Drudge Report spawned new interest in the journalism game, and more than a few people jumped at the chance to dig into stories for themselves. Most of them didn’t uncover too much scandal outside of how Mrs. Wickersham is a teetotaler in public, but smokes more pot than Willie Nelson, Cheech and Chong, and Seth Rogan on 4/20 when nobody’s looking.
Then, there is Nick Shirley. Instead of finding a ganj-smoking grandma, he found fraud. A lot of fraud. Although we don’t have a firm and verified total of how much fraud yet, let’s just say it’s more than enough to go to a learning center to learn how to spell “Learning Center.”
Now, most people think uncovering fraud is a good thing. Ah, but Leftists don’t think that way, mainly because they’re guilty of it themselves, enabling it, or a little from Column A and a little from Column B. Regardless, since Shirley made Minnesota Governor and former VP candidate Tim Walz look like, well, Tim Walz, the Left has had a metaphorical hard-on to get Shirley by any means necessary.
After Minnesota, Shirley turned his sights to California, where there’s more hands out than if you cloned Shiva multiple times. Given the Governor is a guy who could have played any dickheaded jock antagonist from any 80s movie (right down to the hairstyle), finding fraud wouldn’t be that hard because, well, the Governor is one. The only problem? The Governor is as big of a dick as the aforementioned 80s movie character.
That brings us to today (please check local listings for the day in your area) and the Stop Nick Shirley Act. See, Leftists like Newsom believe independent journalists looking into taxpayer-funded fraud is a bad thing. After all, it’s his money, right?
Yeah, not quite, but try telling him that.
Since Matt Drudge became a household name in spite of the mainstream media, the Left has been trying to discredit the work being done by people more invested in finding the truth than they are. They’ve suggested requiring licenses to practice journalism. They’ve dismissed independent journalists as bloggers sitting around in their underwear pretending to be real journalists. They’ve fact-checked (or what passes for fact-checking on the Left) more salacious pieces to find “errors” and used that to discredit the entire piece.
First off, I wear clothes most of the time I pretend to be a real journalist. Do with that what you will.
Second, all of these actions and plenty more show the Left can’t stand it when someone else has a say in the flow of information because it gets harder for them to lie their asses off without anyone throwing the brown bullshit flag. Just ask anyone who had their Twitter account struck or removed because of Leftist moderators.
And with that, it reveals the Left’s commitment to freedom of the press and freedom of speech. They are fully behind both…as long as they get to control both. Which kinda defeats the purpose of free speech and freedom of the press if you really think about it (and I do because I have to do something when the Internet is down). Oh, make no mistake the Left will jump out front to defend freedom of speech and freedom of the press (or at least their fucked up versions of both), but it’s always going to be bullshit because they love power more than those pesky ole rights we have.
The Stop Nick Shirley Act is the latest example of this. While Leftists will gush over one of their own for being one of their “First Amendment protectors,” they will do everything in their power to ensure someone who is far closer to one than they’ll ever be won’t be allowed to expose fraud and bring about change. Put another way, the Left love fraud more than freedom.
Not exactly a good look there, Leftists.
And for any Leftists reading this, that was not sarcasm.
The N Word
The Left has a problem with the N word, but it’s not the one you think. It’s
“Nazi.”
Granted, Leftists call anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders a Nazi, so it’s not unusual. What is unusual is how the Venn Diagram between Leftists and actual Nazis/white supremacists is getting a lot closer to a single circle.
Let’s start with one of the most famous white supremacists today, Richard Spencer. Yes, the same Richard Spencer who got sucker punched during an interview while wearing a Make America Great Again hat. Well, since then, he’s started moving to the left, supporting Joe Biden in 2020 and Kamala Harris in 2024. Sure, the Biden campaign denounced Spencer’s endorsement, but using Leftist logic (a paradox, I know) even being remotely connected to a white supremacist means you are one.
Don’t look at me. I don’t make the rules.
Then, there’s the curious case of Nick Fuentes, another white supremacist who has said he will vote for Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections. Of course, that might have something to do with Donald Trump not being enough like Hitler for his liking. So, Leftists, he’s all yours!
And nobody on the Right is chagrined by this.
The most recent example of the Left’s N-word problem comes in the form of Graham Platner, US Senate candidate from Maine. The dude with a literal Nazi tattoo. And the same Leftists who lost their shit over Pete Hegseth’s tattoos and tried to make the connection to white supremacy can’t seem to find the time to call out Platner’s literal Nazi tattoo. If anything, he’s getting the blessing of Leftist politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Yes, Bernie Sanders, a Jewish politician, is supporting a man with a literal Nazi tattoo.
I know I’m saying “literal Nazi tattoo” a lot here, but I really want to drive home the point Platner has a literal Nazi tattoo.
To anyone who has the attention span of a mayfly on meth, this is a shift of position. To anyone outside of the Leftist hivemind, though, this is par for the course. In fact, it’s not just par, it’s a fucking albatross for the course. (For those of you non-golfers out there, that’s a very good score.)
What isn’t so good is the Left doesn’t even recognize how close it’s gotten to being the very Nazis they claim the Right are. Let’s take a look at the oft-quoted 14 characteristics of fascism.
Powerful and Continuing Nationalism – Leftists have been trying to portray themselves and their allies as patriots. Some have even gone so far as to claim they’re more patriotic than the MAGA crowd.
Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights – The number of Leftists mocking Charlie Kirk’s death and wishing for the assassination of Donald Trump, among others? Yup.
Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause – The Left calls MAGA a terrorist organization comparing them to ISIS.
Supremacy of the Military – Hearing Joe Biden and Leftist politicians talk about our military, they’re pretty much in Republican Lite territory.
Rampant Sexism – Two words: Harry Sisson.
Controlled Mass Media – Fucking DUH!
Obsession with National Security – The Left has called white supremacy the greatest threat to Americans.
Religion and Government are Intertwined – Cult of Climate Change, anyone?
Corporate Power is Protected – The Left sided with Disney over Ron Desantis. Nuff said.
Labor Power is Suppressed – No need to suppress labor unions when they’re practically in the Left’s back pocket.
Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts – Ask a Leftist what he/she (still 2 genders, kids) thinks about J.K. Rowling.
Obsession with Crime and Punishment – Anyone want the J6ers thrown in jail under Biden to weigh in on this?
Rampant Cronyism and Corruption – I’ll take “Shit the Biden Administration Did” for $1000. Oh, and throw in Hunter Biden’s “artwork.”
Fraudulent Elections – 2020 ring a bell?
Would you look at that! A perfect 12 out of 12! Maybe the Nazi calls are coming from inside the house, and by house I mean DNC headquarters.
The Left has acted like Nazis when they’ve had any amount of power in the past 10 years, if not longer, but they’ll call you Nazis for merely disagreeing with them. Trust me. I’ve experienced this first hand on that online wasteland called Facebook. The last time I got called a Nazi that much, AOL chatrooms were still a thing.
And just like I did back then, I laughed it off. Seriously, you’re calling someone a Nazi based solely on a contrary position? Is that your go-to? If so, you need to step up your game. I’m Gen X and we were calling each other worse things in preschool. This “you’re a Nazi” shit is weak sauce.
While you’re doing that, work on actually understanding what a Nazi is and does and take an honest assessment of what your side is doing. Then, stop doing the shit that makes you look like Nazis.
Oh, and stop supporting candidates who have a literal fucking Nazi tattoo.
Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week
To say the Left isn’t taking their legal ass-whuppin coming out of Virginia well would be an understatement. Aside from whining, bitching, and moaning about how unfair it is they can’t use race as a means to gerrymander Congressional districts, they haven’t done much.
At least until recently.
The NAACP launched an initiative to get black student athletes and fans to boycott athletic programs in states where Republican redistricting efforts are in full swing. In the NAACP’s crosshairs are 8 southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Because as we all know the best way to make a political statement is to…affect college athletics.
Don’t look at me. It doesn’t make any fucking sense to me either.
Having said that, it gives us a chance to dive deeper into the NAACP and the good work they do…okay, even I couldn’t complete that sentence without busting into laughter.
NAACP
What the Left thinks it means – an important civil rights organization focusing on helping blacks
What it really means – a dinosaur of an organization whose current mission does nothing to help blacks
The NAACP began in 1909 in response to anti-black rioting in Springfield, Illinois, that occurred in 1908. Within a matter of years, they expanded into several states and helped usher in an era of legal victories that undid discriminatory laws. Eventually, they got a bedrock victory in a little known case the kids like to call Brown v. Board of Education, ending the “separate, but equal” bullshit that came out of Plessy v. Ferguson.
Not content to win in courts, the NAACP proved to be a powerful force during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Then, something happened.
The NAACP became, well, irrelevant. Sure, they were still visible and able to nudge politicians in their direction, but in the 1990s their star power started to fade. And it was for the same reason the SPLC started to lose some of its power recently: people started getting along. After kids growing up in the 70s and 80s learned how to treat blacks as equals, it was only a matter of time before they…started treating blacks (and other races, for that matter) as equals. That should have made the NAACP happy, right?
Nope.
Without the specter of rampant racism to draw upon for money…I mean the power to fight, the NAACP became little more than a reliable Leftist PAC. And when an organization founded on the concept of advancing blacks gets political, the mission suffers.
Take a look at the donations the NAACP made in the 2024 election cycle. There’s a pattern, but I can’t put my finger on it. Oh, well, I guess I “blue” it!
Then there’s the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Seems they were also pretty generous to a certain party’s candidates.
In fact, looking at the past few election cycles, the last time the NAACP donated anything to Republicans since 2010, and even then it was only $205, which today would buy you half a tank of gas and a Slushie, but only a small Slushie. You might need the remaining $0.03 for something after all!
Now, you may think I’m crazy (and, believe me, I’m right there with you), but I’m thinking the NAACP might not want to advance all blacks, just the ones that they agree with politically. So in other words, black Leftists.
But that’s not all they do anymore! No, sir or ma’am (still 2 genders, kids)! They also lobby for important pieces of legislation, like…raising taxes on certain tobacco products.
Wow. Way to stick it to The Man.
This leads to an important question no one seems to be asking anymore: Thomas, where are your pants? Oh, and what has the NAACP done to advance blacks lately? Since I’ve been advised by my attorney not to talk about the former, I’ll stick with the latter.
And the answer? Not a whole fucking lot! They aren’t dealing with the day-to-day issues blacks face today, and they’re not doing much on a larger scale. They’re just…there, not really advancing anything but their personal agenda and their personal bank accounts.
They fell into the same trap the SPLC did: racism was their bread and butter, or champagne and caviar as the case may be. As long as they can rile people up and get them to believe racism was more rampant than anything related to The Mandalorian (which, if we want to not be sexist, should be The Persondalorian). But what happens when most people get along and aren’t racist?
If you’re in academia, you invent new forms of racism.
If you’re the NAACP, you’re shit outta luck.
Now, as a white man who makes Edgar Winter look like George Hamilton, it’s easy to dismiss my point of view as indicative of my internalized racism. My response is look at the vacuum in the black community needing to be filled by people with a genuine desire to elevate it. The NAACP was that for a number of decades, but it’s no longer there. What’s replaced it? Black Lives Matter, rap music culture, and a general lack of community not just within the neighborhoods, but in society as a whole.
But, hey, they’re out there fighting for higher tobacco taxes!
This latest effort to keep the NAACP relevant reeks of desperation. Trying to convince black college athletes to boycott because of the elimination of racial gerrymandering doesn’t advance anyone, let alone blacks. What they’re saying without articulating it is no blacks can ever win in white-dominated areas, so instead of trying to work with whites, you’re better off not trying. Just take your ball (or whatever other sports equipment you have) and go home.
And all based on a series of Leftist lies designed to get people upset.
Call it my wacky Gen X way of looking at the world, but I want to see everyone succeed to their fullest potential. That puts me at odds with the NAACP, and you know…I’m good with that. If you are a black collegiate athlete reading this, understand the NAACP isn’t on your side here. They’re clinging to the hope you still regard them in high enough esteem to follow them to a result that will deny you your fullest potential. I only ask you to think for yourselves and make the decision that you feel is best. Even if you don’t agree with me, I can respect your decision and the reasoning behind it.
The NAACP? They won’t do any of that. They need you more than you need them.
So, play or don’t play, boycott or boycott the boycott. The choice is up to you. Just let me know ahead of time so I can put money down on the Big 10 winning the National Championship this fall.
In the Meme Time
Here we go again we have another Leftist meme that is wrong.
There are 5 statements and most of them are either incorrect, taken out of context, or an out-right lie. So let’s break it down:
The Founders did indeed write the Constitution and it’s true that the Apostles did not. But what the Apostles did write under the guidance of the Holy Spirit led to what the Founders wrote in the Constitution. Without the work of the Apostles the Constitution would never been written.
The Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution, it is the first 10 amendments. And part of the Worldview of the Founders that was shaped by the Gospels and intertwined with the common knowledge of the time. Our Founders knew that rights came from God and that the role of proper government was to preserve and defend those rights.
Their intent is plainly written. CONGRESS shall pass no laws on the establishment of religion. This prevents the government from creating a “Church of America” that it controls. The Founders fled England and the Church of England, headed by the English Monarch, aka the government, due to religious persecution. They wished to worship the Most High as they pleased but couldn’t do it in England or even most of Europe.
The Church of England is a state-sponsored religion. Enforcement is still practiced in part even today in the UK. Thus the Founders wanted the freedom of religion. Not the freedom FROM religion which the Left tries to enforce. And that is why there is no Church of America.
This wasn’t a mandate to keep religion out of government. It was the opposite. To keep government out religion. The people of Faith are the very reason we have our government and nation today. Government doesn’t control religion. But religion should control government.
The Founders never created a Democracy. They were adamantly against the creation of a Democracy and a democratic state. The Founders were well aware of the dangers associated with a democracy and decided against that form of government when they created this nation. The instead created a Constitutional Republic. The two forms of government are not interchangeable and have nothing to do with one another.
No one, except Leftists, have ever stated that Christianity is a political party. Of course some Leftists have created political parties with the word “Christian” in them but they are far from being Christian or any other part of their name.
But Christianity cannot be separated from politics. All Believers are called to participate and we are a Royal Priesthood. Called to be Kings and Priests forever. It is the duty of every Christian to see that the world becomes more Christlike. After starting with yourself, then your family, then your community and government.
Government is one of the 3 powers created by God. As a Child of God it is a sacred duty to ensure government is ran by Godly men.
Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week
Remember after Barack Obama was elected President how we had entered a “post racial” period? Yeah, neither do I, but the concept was floated as proof we had gotten past the racial barriers we erected over the centuries.
Then, Obama started doing shit, and the “post racial” period was over.
Granted, I would argue we never started it, mainly because of fuckheads making everything about race. This week we got another stark reminder of this when Representative Jen Kiggans appeared on a conservative talk radio show where the host told House Minority Leader Hakeem “Not-So-Great-Value Obama” Jeffries to “get your cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.“
Now, the Left responded to this statement with the same kind of restraint and intellectual honesty we’ve come to know from them by…blaming Kiggans for making the statement (which she didn’t) and not disagreeing with the host on the spot. The reason for this is they’re fucking assholes, but the reason they gave was the term “cotton-picking” was racially coded, referring to slavery.
Hoo boy. There ain’t enough booze in the world to make that make sense, but at least we can drill down on the racially coded bit.
racially coded
What the Left thinks it means – language used to invoke historical racism
What it really means – a bullshit term to create racism where it doesn’t exist
As we’ve seen with the recent SPLC drama, the Left have a victimization fetish. And also as we’ve seen with the recent SPLC drama, they aren’t above inventing victims to advance their political and ideological needs. After all, you can’t really sell people on the idea of a racist system if nobody’s being racists, right?
That’s where racial coding comes into play. If you can convince enough people the phrases we use are somehow related to racism, you change the language and the culture. One day you could be talking about a xylophone and you suddenly become a Klansman because someone pulled the racial coding card on you.
By the way, Leftists, that isn’t a suggestion.
The point is with enough mental gymnastics to rival Nadia Comaneci you can make any turn of a phrase racially coded. That, and a lot of bullshit.
The first example I can think of (mainly because I have fewer hobbies than an Amish ham radio operator) is a gentleman who used the word “niggardly” while working as an aide to then-Washington DC Mayor Anthony Williams. Enough people got outraged over the use of this obscure word because it sounded a lot like another word that will get your ass kicked in some DC neighborhoods, and this man resigned.
And here’s the kicker: he wasn’t being racist. He could have chosen a different word to convey the same idea, but in context, it was used correctly. But because of the aforementioned word that will get your ass kicked in some DC neighborhoods, context didn’t matter. All that mattered was he was painted as a racist and that people got outraged over it for no reason.
That brings us to the cotton-picking “cotton-picking” controversy. Yes, blacks did pick cotton in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and it wasn’t easy. Nor was it humane because slavery. You know who else picked cotton?
Poor whites.
Wait a minute…wouldn’t that fact destroy the entire “cotton-picking is racist” narrative? Why, yes. Yes it would. Or at least it should, but the Leftists won’t let it go for the same reason they latched onto “niggardly” as racist: context doesn’t help them whip up a hate mob.
And that’s what we’re seeing now. Not only are the media mischaracterizing the situation to make Kiggans look like she agreed with the racist undertones and not the idea that Jeffries should not get involved in redistricting efforts, but they’ve amplified the stupidity of the aforementioned Jeffries by letting him play the victim.
So, any day ending in, well, “day” really.
The late Rush Limbaugh loved to remind people “words mean things.” You may not have liked his politics, but only a fool would disagree at this point (which may be why Leftists are acting the way they are, but that’s not important right now). To turn an antiquated phrase like “cotton-picking” into a racist statement and grounds for resignation is the height of bullshit, yet completely expected in today’s political environment.
But before Leftists can take a victory lap over this, let me remind them your side supports a man with a literal Nazi tattoo on his chest, and you’re completely willing to let that shit slide, but a Representative who didn’t utter a phrase you’ve turned into a racist dog whistle? That’s just too damn far.
Take a seat. Preferably far away from the rest of thinking society.
The way to address this isn’t to cower in fear of being called a racist for defending Kiggans, but to point out the facts and context. Besides, at this point, the Left is going to call you racist merely for not voting like they do, so it’s not like they’re coming up with anything salacious. Drop a truth nuke on their heads and walk away. If people are so fucking stupid as to deny the truth, you don’t need to be around them or their name-calling.
The concept of anything being racially coded is so asinine it reflects more poorly on the ones who call it out than it does to the ones using the language these dumbasses call racially coded. These people need to be ignored, not only because you’ll never convince them you’re not racist, but because it annoys the shit out of them. Just remember these are the same people who hear racist dog whistles everywhere.
And since dogs are the only ones who can hear dog whistles…well, I think you know where this is going.
Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week
You can tell we’re in the midst of Midterm Madness by all the news stories coming out about the Midterms. This week’s news came out of Virginia, where Democrats were bragging about winning a referendum vote over redistricting where they would take a 10-1 Congressional district lead over the Republicans. That is until the commonwealth’s Supreme Court rejected it on procedural grounds. See, in their hurry to try to emulate Texas, they kinda broke the rules, so the Congressional districts are staying put for now.
Now there are a couple of angles we can take to mock…I mean analyze…no, wait, I do mean mock the Left on this. I’ve already covered states rights in one form or another previously (Short Version: States have rights, too.), so I’m going to look at the other side of the equation, the will of the people.
will of the people
What the Left thinks it means – a bedrock principle of our government that is unassailable
What it really means – a principle of our government that may or may not always be the best course of action
As much as the Left likes to claim otherwise, America is not a democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic and have been since our establishment. And, no, the two aren’t synonymous. One allows people to vote for representatives in government, and the other doesn’t work in large groups like America. Guess which one I’m talking about in the latter description.
For you Leftists out there, I’m talking about democracy. And, yes, this is what democracy looks like, not a bunch of out-of-work theater kids trying to cosplay as revolutionaries while not straying too far from a WiFi signal.
Anyway, the point is we as voters have a lot of power, but it’s not absolute power. It’s like Lord Acton said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Either that or “Care for a spot of tea?” But I’m thinking the first one fits better.
The thing about the will of the people is it can be wrong by virtue of the fact people are people. So why should it be you and I should get along so awfully? Wait, sorry. I was listening to Depeche Mode just then. What I’m getting at is the will of the people should be considered, but weighed against the possibility listening to them might turn out to be a shitty idea.
To that end, I introduce proof of this in action. As “American Idol” was in its heyday, there was a singer named Sanjaya. He was okay vocally, but not on the level of some of the other contestants. Yet, he made it all the way to 7th place by votes alone. He was popular with some show demographics and that kept him alive in the competition.
A fucking singing competition, I have to emphasize.
Personally, I have nothing against Sanjaya. He seems like a genuinely lovely person. But the fact he got as far as he did in the competition purely because fans voted for him week after week and not because he was a solid performer indicts not just “American Idol,” but the concept of the will of the people.
What happened in Virginia was the Sanjayanation of the commonwealth. They presented an idea that appealed to a lot of people, but was utter bullshit. You know, like the redistricting blue states have done to disenfranchise Republicans? But remember, this all started because of Donald Trump and Texas because fuck you that’s why.
This reveals another flaw in the idea of the will of the people always being right. What if the people were mislead into voting a certain way? I know! Who would expect politicians (many of whom have law degrees) would trick people? I was as shocked as you are when I found out.
Seriously, though, it’s not unthinkable that political types would deceive people in an attempt to sway public opinion or elections. Take the Inflation Reduction Act, for example. Although it was named for and promoted as inflation reduction (hence the name, duh), it didn’t do anything of the sort. But it did fund a lot of green energy initiatives, raise prices, and made inflation, well, inflate.
And the thing is Leftists even admit there’s a problem with misinformed voters of color. Aside from being more than a little racist, it also exposes the flaw of the will of the people when it comes to incomplete or inaccurate information.
Which brings us to the media. One of the cornerstones of a functioning government is an informed electorate. Our media used to be focused on that, but have gone into business of being PR for Leftists because, well, the media are Leftists by and large. And their coverage of events and what they allow to be said without pushback on their opinion shows reflect that. So, put simply, the media are complicit in the problems the Left know exist, but ignore when it’s their cause that needs to be forwarded.
You know, like a redistricting plan put before voters without going through the proper process?
But you won’t hear that from the media, thus making the Left’s job of claiming victory and getting stupid people to believe it easier. It also helps in the area of creating outrage. Watching Leftist meltdowns over the Virginia Supreme Court ruling has been quite enjoyable, mainly because the people melting down have no fucking clue of what the ruling actually did. And when you consider the number of media types melting down for the same reason, it’s no wonder the public isn’t as informed as it should be.
I know I’ve shit on a lot of people with this Lexicon entry, but it’s done to establish a point about the will of the people not being the bottom line of everything put up to a vote. It’s like the old saying “the customer is always right.” (Yes, I know the actual quote is up for debate, but work with me here, people!) In theory, it makes a lot of sense, but in practice (especially in the Karenverse we find ourselves in these days) it’s not always the case. There are times when the customer misinterprets the law or store policy to try to get something they’re not owed and then expect you to live up to their misinterpretation.
“Target Tori” can speak to that better than I can.
This isn’t to say I’ve lost all faith in the will of the people. Most of it, yes, but not all of it. There are still pockets of intelligent, informed, and engaged people out there who are trying to keep the country afloat. Even if we don’t agree on the political shit, I respect anyone who can make the effort to be the kind of people the Founding Fathers wanted us to be.
I love all 12 of you motherfuckers!