Spilt Milk
No Crying
There was the shock and then the aftershocks. The aftershocks would have come about as a matter of course but rotten human beings made them worse.
In the last few days I’ve
lost a set of keys
stubbed the same toe twice on the same piece of carpet
added sodium citrate to a cheese recipe instead of citric acid (they look the same)…
and lastly, earlier today I
spilt milk all over a table at Whole Foods.
Did I say, “I can’t cry over spilt milk”?
Of course I did.
Every day there is yet another reason to be aghast. I watched some of the Kirk Memorial, on and off. 1
Rubio was great: genial, warm, self-deprecating.
Mrs. Kirk’s forgiveness of Tyler Robinson2 was both the epitome of personal grace and proof that she is not leading a Christian nationalist movement. She didn’t call for charges to be dropped, did she?
“My husband Charlie wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life...On the cross, our savior said, 'Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do.' That young man. I forgive him. I forgive him, because it was what Christ did. It’s what Charlie would do. The answer to hate is not hate. The answer — we know from the Gospel — is love and always love. Love for our enemies, and love for those who persecute us.”
Vance stunk it up. God he was awful. I admit I’m hostile, but I always give a good performance an honest review. He went beyond reeking of insincerity.
His insincerity reeked of insincerity.
Even without the Carlson albatross, he’d be at a disadvantage. He literally has no base, except in that world of big media rejects and bottom-feeders who profit off X-world — the world of foreign-run bots and morons.
And what about that albatross known as Tucker Carlson? I’m out of words as to how awful I think he is.
One of the responses actually saved my mind. S/he disagreed, but politely.
I’ve been getting into a lot of online arguments recently. A lot of us have. I’m going to do my bit to tone it down. The response showed me that it’s possible to disagree politely—and I was heartened by the fact that I could still even recognize that. I was in danger of losing that capacity.
No, it wasn’t subtle. Carlson hijacked Charlie Kirk’s memorial to say, “The Jews killed Jesus,” full stop.3 I was a little too distracted (unsettled, really) by the raucous laughter to admit to that. But everyone else has noticed.
I have to admit that Candace Owens had the cleverest response. After snarling about being left out of the memorial, and saying that she’d spend the day with “Ye,” she tweeted this prime cut of master-baiting:
Another admission: just thinking of her makes me severely depressed, so I have to stop.
I’ll just have to trust that the legal system will take her down. I do not see how on earth she escapes a defamation conviction, although US defamation laws are so crazy, anything is possible. Her Jewish lawyers filed a Motion to Dismiss on 9/11 (I’m sure that was deliberate) and the next day, an opening brief. The wheels of justice grind exceeding slow. It may take a good year for this case to be heard. For my own sanity’s sake, I’m bowing out.
As far as Carlson is concerned, others do seem to be noticing what I’m noticing (the Vance connection and how toxic it is to the Republican party) but most of the ones doing the noticing seem to be us, the hummus-eaters, at least in public—although I’m sure that there is a fierce battle going on behind the scenes. But we’re pretty lonely right now. Welp, so what else is new?
The actual suspect (as opposed to the ones in Tucker Carlson’s sick mind) will face a preliminary hearing on September 29.
So far, he’s only facing state charges because Charlie’s murder, procedurally and jurisdictionally, was entirely local.
Believe it or not, domestic terrorism is defined federally, but not criminalized as a standalone offense.
A terror cell in Utah committing murder for ideological reasons? State handles it. That same cell using interstate communication, crossing borders, or targeting federal property? Now it’s federal.
It’s a weird jurisdictional blind spot. The FBI can investigate, but the DOJ can’t prosecute unless it finds a hook.
The system treats geographic boundaries as more actionable than ideological ones. That’s why lone-wolf (or as in Robinson’s case, local-yokel) actors often stay in state court, even when their motives are national.
McVeigh bombed a federal building. Dylann Roof was guilty of hate crimes and obstruction of religious exercise.
I personally doubt that the Feds will be able to charge Robinson with anything, which I find personally disappointing, but legally rather impressive. Unless a crime—even an overwhelmingly heinous one—triggers a federal statute, it’s out of reach.4
Happy New Year.
Now is not the time to say anything about the optics.
Not the Mossad, geddit?
Never mind that the analogy was ridiculous—Charlie wasn’t killed for speaking against Israel, although they keep hinting he was about to, and the Mossad was bumping off a soured asset. Jesus was a Roman asset about to go rogue? Logic isn’t their strong point, just shitting on Jews.
Luigi Mangione is facing a bunch of state and Federal charges because his crimes were interstate. Take the gun. He fabricated it either in PA or NY state using a 3D printer. If in NY State, it’s a state charge against “ghost guns.” If in PA, that triggers Federal statutes of transporting the gun across state lines.
I don't see why you let Owens take up space in your head. There is plenty of anti-Semitism to go around; hers isn't exceptional, and her influence is far less than that of many others.
Peace & joyous New Year to you.