PLASTIC FANTASTIC: David Thompson: There Was An Attempt To Buy Instant Coffee, “Specifically, in a London branch of Sainsbury’s:”
Coffee in case in Sainsburys store in London
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— London & UK Street News (@CrimeLdn) September 13, 2025
“We will lock up the product, but not the thief. And utopia will surely follow.”
Just as it has in the bicoastal American utopias of San Francisco and New York:
BUT THEN WE DON’T NEED TO IMAGINE IT: What This School Teacher Did to His Students After Charlie Kirk’s Death Is Unimaginable.
GREAT MOMENTS IN COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: Roger Kimball: Why the Left Wants the Right to ‘Lower the Temperature.’
In the aftermath of the brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk last week, does the Right need to “lower the temperature” of its rhetoric? That’s what the usual suspects on the Left are saying.
As it happens, “lowering the temperature” while simultaneously raising the intelligence of discussion was one of Charlie Kirk’s specialties. A theme of his campus “American Comeback” tour (which his widow Erika plans to continue) was dignified debate. “Prove Me Wrong” was Charlie’s mantra. He eagerly engaged with college students who disagreed—or, sometimes, merely thought they disagreed—with him about a wide range of political, social, moral, and religious issues.
If you have never seen him debate, I recommend you consult Mr. Google or one of his professional counterparts and watch Charlie in action. He was robust but also unfailingly kind, patient, and attentive to his interlocutors. The reason? He wished to persuade his audience about the rightness of his point of view, about the virtues of America, the wisdom of Christianity, and the leadership of Donald Trump. Charlie was fundamentally a teacher.
How about his opponents? The internet is full of revelatory compilations of left-wingers denouncing their opponents as “fascists,” “Nazis,” and so on.
One series (and here is another) includes CNN’s Anderson Cooper asking Kamala Harris whether she thinks Donald Trump is “a fascist.” “Yes, I do” was her answer.
If we as a nation need to “lower the temperature,” then the left should be thrilled that conservatives are pointing out those went on a virtual wilding spree immediately after Kirk was murdered, but curiously, they’re having the exact opposite response:
Related: A leftist angered to the point of vandalism over the text on a sign.
He RIPPED the sign off my table just after saying that I am “destructive” to society and that someone must stop me.
What did the sign say?
“People shouldn’t be killed over opinions – R.I.P. Charlie” pic.twitter.com/E7hwra0Gjf
— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) September 13, 2025
A CRMININAL LAWYER FRIEND WRITES:
There are very “normal” defense lawyers talking shit about Kirk. I simply unfriended this lawyer in Nashville who thinks people give two fucks what he has to say about the world. Lefties are not only glad Kirk is dead but they’re apoplectic that so many on our side are deeply saddened by his death and moved by the tributes. Fuck that. Fuck then. Wanna vote in your stupid shit? You get to keep trying. But were you can suck a fuck if you are so small you want to tell me who I can mourn.
They’re pushing the middle right farther to the right and they think that by being ghouls and shouting at us, we’ll be like oh yeah Marxism is great and fuck that guy who bled out on live stream. Well fuck them and their small lives.
She’s right.
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K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: No shortage of repulsive comments from K-12 educators following Charlie Kirk murder.
WHEN BILL MAHER IS THE VOICE OF SANITY: Bill Maher Shreds the Left’s Disgraceful Response to Charlie Kirk’s Death.
BECAUSE THEY’RE LOSING? Why the Left Wants the Right to ‘Lower the Temperature.’
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOMS:
Ukrainian drones strike a Russian top oil refinery, sparking massive fire https://t.co/3gN7lzxGvJ pic.twitter.com/5spXRtEMGD
— New York Post (@nypost) September 14, 2025
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CHANGE:
The movement is now 100 times bigger. The demons have failed. https://t.co/ypcBvtDwbY
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) September 14, 2025
UNITING THE KINGDOM:
Maybe Starmer has actually done something useful. He has united the British public against him. https://t.co/hpTHoM2iTN
— Lord Talbot (@Lord_Talbot64) September 13, 2025
SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: On Reconciliation. “It is said that at the negotiations at Appomattox Courthouse Lee and Grant were both frank and civil during the course of discussing the surrender of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Afterwards, Grant sent food to Lee to feed his (and, then, their) nation’s former enemy soldiers. Celebrations for Grant’s soldiers came only later not while Lee’s soldiers remained present. Again, in ending active hostilities, the first step towards national reconciliation was frank and civil discourse. I do not think our present and future is or will be as difficult as was Grant and Lee’s. But we too have to think about national reconciliation.”
IS THE NEW YORK TIMES A LIBERAL NEWSPAPER? OF COURSE IT IS: NYT Publishes What Streamer Who Was to Debate Charlie Kirk ‘Would Have Said.’
The left’s favorite kind of debate. The kind against a party that can’t argue back. https://t.co/5aEtLzoLYG
— Dave Greene (@GreeneMan6) September 13, 2025
(Classical reference in headline.)
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I’VE BEEN WRITING ABOUT THE SECRET SERVICE’S PROBLEMS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF INSTAPUNDIT: Secret Service Faces New Scrutiny After Agent Cheers Charlie Kirk’s Murder.
I WAS JUST GOING TO POST A LINK TO THE BOOK, BUT A FAN INSISTS I POST A LINK TO THE SONG: Skip Hayden’s No Man’s Land.
Yes, I was doing cute youtube videos, and actually have one for this one, but…. the problem is that the program is changing the aspect ratio and all the advice to fix it online is um…. weird, as I don’t have those controls. I’ll probably ask the help of a higher auth– the geek who shares my home. But he’s been busy. Meanwhile the youtube channel is frantically giving me suggestions for videos, including “Skip Hayden’s sports commentary.” For those not aware, this is the character of the book No Man’s Land, and the idea of his doing sports commentary boggles the mind. (Maybe hunting documentaries? I’m not up to making those videos, mind.) Anyway, my book No Man’s Land is out, if so inclined, give it a try. (Well, the first volume is out. I know some number of you will wait for the last, since it’s a book in three parts, only divided because it’s massive. It’s space opera on the scale of Tolkien. I question my subconscious, I do.) But the others are ready, just being processed. Second is done, third should be in my inbox tomorrow all copyedited. And buying now would goose the algorithm.)
NICK FREITAS: My Response To The Left (Video).
BEING HELD TO THE RULES THEY WROTE (BUT NEVER IMAGINED WOULD BE APPLIED TO THEM): Carolina Panthers Staffer Fired After Trashing Charlie Kirk on Social Media.
JONATHAN TURLEY: ‘Prove me wrong’ — Charlie Kirk and the age of rage.
Charlie was brave, and he was brash. He refused to yield to the threats while encouraging others to speak out on our campuses.
He was particularly hated for holding a mirror to the face of higher education, exposing the hate and hypocrisy on our campuses. For decades, faculty have purged their ranks of conservatives and libertarians. Faced with the intolerance of most schools, polls show that a large percentage of students hide their values to avoid retaliation from faculty or their fellow students.Charlie chose to change all that. TPUSA challenges people to engage and debate them. The response from some on the left has been to trash their tables and threaten the students. Recently, at UC Davis, police stood by and watched as a TPUSA tent was torn apart. . . .
Charlie was hated because he exposed the left’s intolerance of opposing views … all in the purported cause of achieving greater tolerance. By challenging others to debate, he triggered a generation of speech-phobics who are more interested in silencing others than speaking on their own account.
Charlie was hated for stripping away the pretense and self-delusion of those canceling, blacklisting, and attacking others for holding opposing views. He did so by standing in harm’s way.
The conservatives that Kirk coaxed out of the shadows can honor his memory by showing that they will not be silenced. They can step forward and renew his same challenge: “Prove me wrong.”
Yes.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS PERSON IS COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES: Unmasking ‘Luna’: Charlie Kirk Assassin Suspect’s Alleged Lover Is Confirmed to Be Trans. I investigate the evidence confirming that Tyler Robinson’s room mate, who authorities believe was actually his romantic partner, is trans.
ALL OF US ON THE RIGHT HAVE BEEN SMEARED. BUT IT’S WORSE WHEN THEY DO IT TO AN OBJECTIVELY SWEET AND KINDLY MAN WITH NOT A DROP OF MALICE IN HIM: Debunking The Biggest Lies Told About Charlie Kirk.
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