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There was a shift in the heartland air as long live the king chants erupted for Charles on social media. The King said something that the progressives glommed onto, and now monarchs are back in style in the States for the first time since 1776. But the real frisson in the atmosphere was the absolute chaos during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that the US Secret Service failed to perform adequately (again), and the violence against a Christian nun in full regalia by an Israeli settler in the Holy Land.
A King and a Whiskey Chaser
The man who loves the tariff game announced, a few days ago, the end of tariffs and restrictions on whiskey. What transpired during the King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla visit, as Trump put it: “The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking!”
This tariff removal is celebrated by President & CEO of Distilled Spirits Council Chris Swonger, who told the Daily Caller: “The United States and the United Kingdom share a deep and enduring spirits tradition built on generations of craftsmanship, agriculture, and market access. This action strengthens transatlantic ties, brings much‑needed certainty to our industry, and allows spirits producers on both sides of the Atlantic to grow, invest, and support jobs at a critical time.”
Did the whiskey drinkers erupt in celebration? Maybe one or two who felt the pinch of an even more expensive sipping beverage, but regular folks not so much. Hossam Al Mulla took an interest, though. He weighed in with: “Modern diplomacy has turned into negotiations over a glass of whiskey as major interests melt faster than ice in royal glasses.”
Even the most cynical will admit that is a great and poetic line from Mr. Mulla. Chris Steves in OKC replied on the same thread: “Negotiations have been done over less than that.” I doubt Chris is referring to Ping Pong diplomacy when secretive backchannels were used by the Nixon administration to begin making China seem normal to the average American citizen or Seward’s Folly over the purchase of land in Alaska.
Jaime Cifuentes in Alabama had to bring up a history lesson, though: “Hossam Al Mulla read a history book. Sir, America was born out of the Boston Tea Party.” And no one wants a 25-year-old Scotch floating in the harbor.
US Secret Circus
Liberty Nation News’ senior political correspondent and satirist, Graham J Noble, has coined a new name for the elite-trained force that guards the president: The US Secret Circus. The protection detail allowed an armed man into the event where the president, vice president, and speaker of the House – or, you know, the line of succession — was having a miserable time to begin with, surrounded by the progressive corporate media shills.
Was it incompetence, or something more sinister? This group could not find the culprit when cocaine was discovered in the Joe Biden White House. When Obama was president, Omar Gonzalez, an Iraq War veteran armed with a knife, scaled the White House fence, sprinted across the lawn, and entered the North Portico doors. And now, how many close calls has the president had? Three at the very least.
Brandon Straka, founder of the Walk Away movement, commented: “How is it possible to miss a man running toward you with a long rifle who couldn’t possibly have been more than 10 feet away?”
And now footage shows the agents doing what government does best: lollygagging about. Candice Phillips in Denton, TX, watched the footage and remarked: “More to the point is the dog alerted its handler, but the handler ignored the dog. Looks like the only one with situational awareness was the dog.”
Release the hounds!
James Butler, in Lafayette, IN, called it: “He's on the 30, the 20, and taken down by the bunter for the save. How TF did he get past 10 armed guards?”
Nuns Too?
As Leo XIV putters around in his Pope Mobile in Islamic-friendly countries, blessing everyone as friends when it is clear they are not, one of his own gets the bejesus kicked out of her while walking down the street in Israel. Not by an Islamic thug, but by an “Israeli settler.” What is an Israeli settler some folks might ask? Around 700,000 Israeli settlers live in communities almost exclusively of Jewish identity and are built on lands militarily occupied by Israel since 1967. This includes what some claim are illegal outposts in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
No matter where one lands on the pro-Palestine or pro-Israel spectrum, no one in the heartland believes beating up a nun will make God or Allah happy. Jerry Sewell in Cincinnati writes: “He will be released very soon. Attacking a goy is acceptable.”
And that wasn’t the first time this has occurred. There is a documented backdrop of spitting, verbal abuse, slurs, and harassment directed at Christian clergy, monks, nuns, and pilgrims in Jerusalem’s Old City and surrounding areas. The nun was strolling along the Cenacle, on Mount Zion, close to King David’s Tomb and the site of the Upper Room of the Last Supper.
Fathi Taha in Cleveland spoke out: “It is heart breaking that this generation and the society we live in, people have no morals and ethics for other humans, don’t turn your other Cheek.”
In Sulphur Springs, WV, Xzander Stephens attempted to lighten the mood with a little sarcastic humor: “Clearly she was a terrorist - no other solution than to carpet bomb the whole street.”
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