Bouncing back, and wish this didn’t have to be the first new post up after the medical. Keep your heads on swivels, and if your Church does not have security or a security plan, get one. Keep in mind that there have actually been three events recently, with the two worst being the terrorist on a boat firing into a restaurant and the Church ramming and shooting.
With all the vitriol being lashed out at “Christian Nationalists” and “fascists” (etc., etc., etc.) I’m surprised more haven’t cut loose — yet. For the record, I think that a number of accounts on anti-social media who are doing this are doing so to extend kill orders. I’m looking at Gavin’s account as being but one.
Why? Because they are losing. If they had a counter to Charlie Kirk, they would have used it instead of shooting him. Given that the government spigot through the NGOs has been tapered down (still not off but getting there), funding is low. Soros and others are picking up the slack, but it’s not the same and a lot of things, including the paid protestors, training, and travel are now able to be more easily tracked and traced.
Yet, it is an abundance of riches that is not yet easily taken advantage of. For all that Pam Bondi — who has led an amazing job on winning the court cases against the over-reaching (and IMO corrupt) judges and desperate, frivolous lawsuits seeking to hamstring the Trump administration — and Kash Patel are having to work without a solid base, or even a trustworthy legion. DOJ and FBI need to be fumigated and honest operators recruited. That is going to take a while, no matter what. The upcoming shutdown may drive out more of the swamp, or at least make it easier to fire them, but you still have to get people in who are honest, will honor their oaths, and follow the Constitution and the Law.
I really do hope there are mass-resignations and walkouts resulting from the Comey indictment. Comey is one of the larger sleazeballs in DC, but far from the largest or worst. Really hoping that the current indictment is a holding action so that more charges can be brought against a man who bragged openly about the illegal things he did. The Statute of Limitations may apply to many of those, but betting it doesn’t apply to all. Also wondering how conspiracy issues (and charges) could change that a bit. I can but dream. The faster we can root out and get rid of those who forswore their oaths and pursued political vendettas in violation of the law and Constitution, the better. That goes double for those involved with J6 and the malicious prosecutions afterwards.
Which brings me back to the fact that those of the “godless authority” that is progressive politics are losing right now and know it. They see power slipping from their grasp and they will stop and nothing to try to recover it. Note who has not tamped down the rhetoric (progressives) and who has been trying to keep things from exploding (almost everyone else). Fact is, between the losing and the rhetoric, I’m surprised more hasn’t already happened.
There are a lot of idiots out there who want Civil War 2.0 and are doing all they can to make it happen. And (again, and again, and again) I say they are idiots not living in or dealing with reality no matter what “side” they are on. The communists/socialists are going by a playbook that hasn’t been reality in almost a hundred years. The WEF-types are in the same boat (those that aren’t part of the communist/socialist progressives). Things have changed. Their playbook hasn’t.
I think things are going to get better if we can hold on and keep things from exploding. Long term. Fact is, the short term is going to get worse, potentially a LOT worse, before it gets better. A lot of the lunatics are going all-in, and throwing more than just gasoline on the fire. That is going to push the least-stable to act. I think that is not going to go well, or at least not as they think it will go.
Just look at Antifa being designated a terrorist organization and investigations opened into operations, funding, etc. Not what they expected (or at least not this soon). Again, though, the problem is enough honest people in place to conduct, evaluate, and coordinate actions and charges. Trump needs to keep going nuclear on appointees, and they need to step up recruitment of good people to go in below them.
Which is all well and good, but leaves us — The People — with a problem. We can’t trust the FBI, most Federal LE, or even that much local LE and prosecutors (I wouldn’t trust our local prosecutor with anything). So, we need to step up.
Keep your heads on swivels. If you can do so without a lot of fanfare, beef up security at your Church, events you are involved with, etc. When you are out, be prepared for terrorist attacks such as those that have just happened. And, yes, those were terrorist attacks as they were designed not only to inflict casualties, but fear so as to change behaviors. Don’t care what “side” anyone behind them was, I condemn and reject them utterly.
When out, be prepared. I’ve started carrying my personal trauma kit with me places, especially to Church. Might I suggest that in addition to whatever other preparations you may undertake, make sure you have appropriate first aid with you that you can share at need. Also, keep in mind cover and concealment when eating out and such.
Meantime, pray. Pray for those at the Church shot up yesterday, pray for those at the restaurant, and pray for our Nation and the Republic. If your first thought yesterday was to go on a rant that they were not “real” Christians, please talk to a priest as you are missing the point of being a Christian. We can argue dogma later, after they aren’t trying to kill us all. As for me, I’m praying for those at the Church, those at the restaurant, and for all of us. For we need Divine Grace to get through the days ahead with our Republic and our souls intact.
Be prepared. Keep your friends and family close, and your things where you can find them in the dark. And Pray. Often.
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I would be interested in knowing what is in your personal emergency trauma kit that you carry. If you have detailed this previously, a link to that post would be most appreciated.
See today’s post. 🙂 Thanks for the push, good topic that needs exploring.
I don’t see a link to the personal trauma kit, either?
It’s the next post up, posted yesterday. Here’s the link: https://www.laughingwolf.net/2025/09/30/medical-kits-and-training/
I’m sure people will get tired of the drumbeating.
But, sometimes nagging is because it really does need to be done. And not let up on.
We need to stay in at least Condition Yellow. We need to be prepared.
And we need to work on our neighbors and friends and family to turn their hearts, so we can remove these people from power.
It’s hard and fatiguing. But nobody promised you a rose garden. (Or, if they did, they were lying.)
Well said and thank you for saying it. That said, you almost put “I never promised you a rose garden” into my head as an earworm. 🙂
Darn. So I failed. 😉
You came close though. 🙂
We cannot share this country with people who celebrate our murder.
They need to leave.
This is my first time reading your work. The Huckabee Post recommended this post and I am glad they did. I really like your style of writing.
I definitely agree with your assessments of the current situation. Stay alert, stay prepared, I need to get one of my trauma kits into my personal carry… don’t know how I am going to work that one in. In the vehicle may not be good enough, it needs to be closer than that.
Thank you for your thoughtful post.
The truth is that the current government is loaded with far too many crooked politicians only interested in themselves…..like about 95% who are only interested in their graft instead of the country.
Since September 10 (and July 13, 2024), I’ve wondered how to practically apply “if you see something, say something”. If you’re in a crowd of 3,000, how do you get the attention of someone that might be able to avert a tragedy? “I told 2 people, and they told 2 people…”? Should we have an agreed-upon word: DANGER! DANGER! DANGER! ?
It’s a problem dependent upon size. Most major events that will have a crowd of that size or larger has a bureaucracy in place with someone already designated as on-scene commander, etc. Problem is, by the time a warning trickles up the chain, minutes have usually been lost. Add in dithering, uncertainty, incredulity, and politics related to the response, and even more time is lost as several levels request confirmation and clarification. Personally, I’ve found code words usually only work in smaller groups and settings, and usually involve people who know each other, have trained together, etc. With people like that, sometimes the code is just a look and a nod in a direction.