The End

 We know how this ends because we've seen it before. Jim Jones in Jonestown 1978. David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in Waco Texas 1993. The difference here is that the stakes are much higher. 

I found this on the Google:

"Common Characteristics of Cult Leaders

Charisma and Persuasion: They are often exceptionally persuasive and charismatic, drawing people in by offering a sense of community, security, or "hidden" knowledge.

Grandiose Narcissism: They often believe they are special, chosen, or possess superhuman powers or divine revelations.

Unquestioned Authority: They demand total obedience, do not permit criticism, and often punish doubting members.

Exploitation: They frequently exploit followers for money, labor, or sexual favors.

Isolation Tactics: They isolate members from friends, family, and mainstream society to foster dependency.

Ingroup/Outgroup Language: They often use language that divides the world into "us" (the enlightened) and "them" (the outsiders/enemies)."

Sound familiar? Unfortunately, the stakes are now much higher. When the world seems to be closing in, the cult leader tries to take everyone with them. 

In this case, everyone literally means everyone. No survivors.

Keeping up

 The muzzle velocity is getting pretty hard to keep up with. First, they shoot a woman in her car, then they shoot a nurse. Two US citizens gunned down in cold blood, and the sycophants just make up excuses for it all. Trump sues the US government for $10 billion so I guess that's where all the tariff money we've been paying is going. Trump sends the FBI to Georgia to confiscate their ballots with Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, supervising. I'm assuming this is because Trump is expecting to lose the mid-terms so he wants a way to disrupt them. Trump tells Minnesota he will pull ICE out if they give him their voting records.

Sometimes I think it is all about social media. They are mostly interested in the views they get on social media. The philosophy of social media is that people's attention is the most important commodity. Any way to maintain that attention is fine, even if it means shooting civilians and playing the videos from every angle. Think of the views they are getting.

Give Gold

 

To my readers

 Interesting. There are about 10 people who read my blog regularly. There used to be only four. I always thought the four were spiders. I guess the six new ones are probably the FBI and Homeland Security.

Free Speech

Why are the supporters of one of the biggest free speech advocates trying to get people fired for speaking freely?

Charlie Kirk

 Charlie Kirk was born the same year as my daughter, but they couldn't have been more different. My daughter was born male, but identified as female. Charlie Kirk didn't believe transgender people existed. My daughter always seemed to know just what to say to make someone feel better about themselves. Charlie Kirk always knew the right zinger to shut someone down. My daughter died sleeping peacefully on the couch after playing a computer game, laughing with friends. Charlie Kirk died in an act of violence.

I hear voices on the right and left using this incident to promote their causes. These are the words of my daughter:

"No matter how hard you're pushed, how hard things seem to be, never give in, always remember what is right and stand up for it, but never let yourself stoop into violence, or everything will be lost." -LC

Governor of Utah Spencer Cox had poignant words after the shooting.

"We can return violence, we can return hate with hate, And that's the problem with me with political violence is it metastasizes. Because we can always point the finger at the other side. And at some point, we have to find an off-ramp or it's going to get much, much worse. But see, these are choices that we can make. History will dictate if this is a turning point for our country. But every single one of us gets to choose right now if this is a turning point for us. We get to make decisions. We have our agency."

Charlie Kirk has been quoted as saying he didn't believe in empathy. I don't believe that. He would at least listen to his opponents and let them make their point before responding.

I would have liked to debate Charlie Kirk. Now I won't get the chance.

Tariffs

Multinational corporations have been exploiting other countries for lower wages, unsafe working conditions, and toxic wastes. Now they will have the chance to bring those jobs to the USA. They won't be very good jobs unless they are protected by labor unions, OSHA, and the EPA. Mostly tariffs are just a transfer of wealth from the working class to large corporations and the government. It will then go for more tax breaks for the wealthy.