Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Feels Like a Hinge Point - WSJ Opinion

An assassination is the intentional and deliberate killing of a person for political reasons. It has a purpose: to alter events, to remove a leader, to intimidate and punish enemies.

What we all have to do now is not let that purpose succeed.

I asked Father Gerald Murray what advice might be hopeful. Charlie Kirk, he said, wanted to share “the eternal truths that make life meaningful and joyous. He did so by reasoned argument and dialogue. His example should inspire us to pick up the baton that fell from his hand.”

Cities Put Daniel Penny Scarecrows On Subways To Deter Crime - Babylon Bee

“The jig is up, boys! Let’s get out of here!” shouted a would-be criminal after seeing a Daniel Penny scarecrow on the train.

The greatest risk in life is to waste it outside of God’s plan.

-Pope Leo XIV

Canonization of Carlo Acutis and Pier Gorgio Frassati

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Spirit Airlines Is Struggling, and Rivals Smell Blood - WSJ

Struggling to find its footing after a federal judge last year struck down a $3.8 billion acquisition by JetBlue Airways, Spirit filed for its first bankruptcy in November.

The ruling looks worse by the day. All it did was empower the legacy carriers to get stronger against a zombie Spirit and weak JetBlue.

For 1,000 days, starting in August 2018 and ending in May 2021, I wrote a haiku each day. I used to organize that project on its own page on my website, but I found it to be too cumbersome to manage. Thanks to MarsEdit & Micro.blog’s automation tools, I’ve now painstakingly tagged every haiku and they’re now sorted in my Archive.

Apple Makes Music Push in Radio After Losing Ground to Spotify - WSJ

The deal with digital radio platform TuneIn is the first time Apple Music’s six radio stations will be available outside the company’s app.

Apple has radio stations?

Fires, hoodies, pasties, and fudge.

Pirates Under Fire For Directly Marketing Team To Children - The Onion

The team knows that no sane adult would willingly become a Pirates fan, so they have to go after minors. They hook children early because they know the cycle of hope and despair is addicting, and if young kids start watching games, there’s a good chance they’ll grow up to be season-ticket holders. They know that Pirates fandom is linked to depression, anxiety, and even suicidal ideation, but they don’t care.

Satan Takes Trump To Roof Of White House To Offer Him All The Kingdoms Of The World - Babylon Bee

“Go away, Satan! For verily, I tell you, America first!” Trump reportedly sneered. “Besides, I’m the leader of the free world, you dummy. Those kingdoms are pretty much mine anyway. They do whatever I want, believe me.”

Raccoon snacks.

Trump Takes Back Old Position At McDonald’s To Boost Weak Jobs Report - Babylon Bee

“I can’t talk too long, I’ve got to finish these orders before the end of my shift, and then I have to take a call to broker a peace deal between Pakistan and India,” Trump said. “Those jobs numbers were ridiculous. I fired the lady who made them up. She’s gone. Nasty woman. Lots of people have jobs. Not her, but lots of people, believe me.”

Everyone’s got to pitch in.

Texas Democrats Fled to Illinois to Protest Congressional Redistricting. But Pritzker’s State Is a Gerrymandering Hot Spot. - WSJ

Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts—about 18%—are represented by Republicans in a state where President Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote. The nonpartisan Gerrymandering Project at Princeton University awarded the congressional map approved in Illinois in 2021 with two “F” grades, one in the category of partisan fairness and another for geographic features.

Threat to our democracy.

“They decided to cheat and we’re going to respond in kind.”

Not a great quote from the DNC chair.

August Saturday morning.

Why is Chick-fil-A so good at everything EXCEPT coffee?

Big Lots Closes All Stores After Therapist Helps Company Work Through Hoarding Tendencies - The Onion

Finally closing the doors on its last remaining outlet after getting rid of an unwieldy stockpile of variety goods, the discount retailer Big Lots ceased operations Wednesday following a therapy program in which the company’s roughly 30,000 employees confronted their self-destructive hoarding tendencies.

Respect. 📦