Different people define the seasons by different methods. Take summer for example.

Some define the season by the calendar: solstice to equinox. Some by holidays: Memorial Day to Labor Day. Others, children and those with children, as between the end and beginning of the school year.

I define it by the hummingbirds.

Summer ended sometime between yesterday and today. The hummers were buzzing around the feeder just yesterday.

Today? Not a hummer around.

Summer's over even if the daytime temperatures are still in the 80s

It appears the wailing and gnashing of teeth may be calming down ... but it also appears it may be time to go from grieving to remediation.

Here I go again, pointing you away from this site of near-TikTok levels of fascination to one where my words are spoken more elegantly than I am able.

Brandon Smith: "Men Of The West: We Are At War"
https://alt-market.us/men-of-the-west-we-are-at-war/

The problem is that the system is infected. It’s infested by parasites. In order for social discourse to achieve anything constructive, both sides have to be patriotic. Both sides have to love their culture and country to a certain degree and want the best for the future. Leftists and globalists HATE the west. They hate the US. They want to turn it to dust. They want the memory of it erased from history. There is no level of reason or diplomacy that can dissolve their bitter psychopathy.

I was thinking about measured responses – Particularly the subject of “martial law” and whether or not this is a justifiable solution given the circumstances, or a reaction of fear leading to a slippery slope of government authoritarianism.

Frankly, I see martial law as nothing more than a stop gap even with the best of intentions; like giving someone morphine for their Stage 4 cancer. It feels good and takes the pain away for a little while but on the inside the body is still dying. Martial law doesn’t go far enough. The time for measured responses is over.

Consider for a moment, though, what the natural alternative is? What is going to happen next? It’s not hard to predict: It’s going to be open season on leftist activists and the elites who fund them. It’s going to be widespread vigilantism. And, honestly I welcome it. I wish that this was not necessary, but I accept the reality that it is inevitable.

I don’t think leftists understand what is about to happen. I think they have gotten away with their evil for so long they think they are untouchable.

My fear and expectation is that "what is about to happen" will not be much, only a few scattered elements. SSDD. Anything else would be too much effort (/sarc). And near-on half the country "believes" the left - and would rather face prison than change their minds.

[to say nothing of the idea the legal/justice system from police to prisons is likely already against you]

Go ahead. Read the whole thing. Let me (us) know what you think.

I've felt vigilantism is inevitable for quite some time now; it's not just individuals against us, it's that the remediation system itself has been shattered. The legal system is not a means of balanced justice anymore; putting one's faith in the courts is like betting one's economic future on a winning lottery ticket. Yep - you might win.

Consider there's not much difference between vigilantism and guerilla warfare.

I follow the stock market fairly closely. I'm no expert but between the financial system, geopolitics, and questionable news sources about questionable antics, it feels like the top's going to blow off any day now. But maybe not by violence ... at first.

The stock market is not going up; the value of the dollar is dropping faster than most realize. You are not getting rich, the number simply looks better. You are getting poorer; you're that half-gallon of ice cream that is now more expensive with less ice cream.

Inflation is going to hit hard; I can envision a change in currency value - the US could pull an FDR; change the dollar to the "new dollar" overnight. How fast did Washington Mutual collapse?

How long can one play Jenga?

Just for consideration, what will people do if the internet is shut down ... ?

I think it's a good idea to have significant cash in hand - the Bank of Mattress. If the banks do shut down and you can't access your money (how much notice do you think you'll have?), you can be assured your payment-dues will not stop: groceries, utilities, fuel. How long will it take for the welfare classes to howl once their checks stop, even temporarily?

Like guns: better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Might be a long, hard, cold winter.
When the time comes, don't be there.

Someplace in the Snake River desert south of Boise

Looks to be about the proper age to learn how to handle firearms.

I'm too old for this crap ...

This isn't just some shooter that needs to be taken down - it's a whole movement ... from the DNC and their tranzy critters down through judges overstepping their bounds and down to all the Karens that feel they're special enough to steal little kids' baseballs out of their hands.

This isn't time for long drawn-out court "investigations" and legal "we don't knows" and show trials with show judges that do nothing but enrich the legal system and provide news items.

Blood asks for blood. "Legally" is preferred but speedy and decisive is necessary.
Someone prove it's not time to call on the Committees ...

Because it's feeling like it is time ... and what that means is simply a different path of destruction than the one we're on.
But a path of destruction nonetheless.

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Later that same day ...
But wait, there's more!

A school shooting in the Denver suburb of Evergreen about lunchtime today left three students critically injured.

from reading the Comments

Charlie Kirk Shot In Neck At Utah College Event

PS: They had the guy and let him go

"Utah Valley University confirms suspect initially in custody released" (wrong guy)

PPS: It appears Charlie Kirk died

damn!