ON MY SOAPBOX… You Damn Right, I got questions

I am very fortunate that 99.99% of Tolley’s Topics readers are Republicans. Democrats would hate me, and with good reason. I leave that .01 variance just in case a Democrat sneaks in long enough to leave an ignorant, Anti-American comment…then I delete him/her/they as quick as a Bug Zapper.

I watched the live report as I am sure most people did when the first official update was given on the murder of Charlie Kirk. I listened as every official on stage patted the back of every other official on stage. I listened as several bragged that they had the murderer in custody after only 33 hours. I listened as they announced the planned route that this 22 YEAR OLD KID took in order to take the life of Charlie Kirk. I quit listening after I heard about the kid’s plan. 

I LOST INTEREST.

I LOST INTEREST because I have seen this movie before, and so have you. We watched this movie only 14 months ago on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. It starred our current Mr. President, Donald J. Trump. Except for a tilt of his head at the perfect millisecond, President Trump would have been assassinated before he was elected. His 20 YEAR OLD attempted assassin, did manage to murder Corey Comperatore, a firefighter in the audience. That was accomplished with one of his eight rifle rounds that he managed to get off from the top of a nearby building. Twelve seconds after the firing started, Assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot and killed by the Counter Sniper Team of the United States Secret Service. 

My opinion is, THEY WERE AT LEAST TWELVE SECONDS AND EIGHT ROUNDS TOO LATE!

My question is…what in the Hell is wrong with our Security in America? Did we not learn anything from the attempted assassination of President Trump and the murder of Corey Comperatore? Surely, Please Jesus, Let someone in an important meeting be asking this question: Who was assigned the ROOFTOP DETAIL?  Because in my opinion, for Charlie Kirk and his loved ones…

THEY WERE AT LEAST THIRTY-THREE HOURS TOO LATE! 

It is sickening to me. With the Christmas Season drawing near, these kid assassins should just put on a Santa suit and beard, fill a sleigh with rifles and engraved ammunition, land atop nearby buildings and enjoy target practice. It is like Otis leaving the jail in Mayberry…he just grabs the key and lets himself go. If no one is on guard, why not?

Losing Charlie Kirk is like losing Rush Limbaugh a second time. They loved President Trump, they loved America, they loved our freedom of speech and publicly encouraged conversation and debate.
That combination is hard to find.

“If they thought my husband’s mission was big now,” she wrote, “you have no idea.”

Erika and Charlie Kirk holding hands, she is in a white glittery dress looking at the camera and he is in a tuxedo in front of an amp and drums

The couple onstage during the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball in Washington this winter.

 

GONNA BE A BEAR…

 

New & Used

Animal Friendships…Part One

A Pelican Befriended A Stray Dog Who Was Often Spotted Hanging Out All Alone Along The Boat Docks.

Bubbles The African Elephant And Bella The Black Labrador.

 

Buddies

 

Family Isn’t Always Blood

 

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

No matter who tells you that a computer update will be simple…
IT WILL NOT BE.
Sheila Tolley

THE SPHINX—NATURE

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Sad photos.

https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/charlie-kirks-widow-erika-weeps-over-his-casket-in-emotional-photos/

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Office Depot sheds an Evil-Democratic employee.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/09/13/office-depot-actually-does-the-right-thing-after-employees-refusal-to-print-charlie-kirk-memorial-flier-n2193902

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Has Letitia turned into a serial criminal ?

https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/ny-ag-letitia-james-slapped-with-summons-for-having-illegal-fence-by-brooklyn-brownstone-at-center-of-federal-mortgage-fraud-probe/

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A great Idea.   Put one where the BLM plaza use to be in D.C.

https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2025/09/10/elon-musk-jumps-in-with-eoghan-mccabe-on-iryna-zarutska-mural-project-n4943511

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MAYBE THIS IS TRUE.   I HOPE THE U.S. AND ISRAEL ARE KEEPING AN EYE OPEN ON WHAT COMES ACROSS IRAN’S BORDERS.

https://nypost.com/2025/09/09/us-news/iran-has-no-path-to-producing-weapons-grade-uranium-after-trump-strikes-experts/

This is one reason young terrorists are violently protesting in America.

https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/09/09/northwesterns-contract-with-qatar-forbids-school-from-criticizing-regime-n3806611

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POLITICS

Memphis is the next stop for extra police.   

https://nypost.com/2025/09/12/us-news/trump-is-sending-federal-agents-to-memphis/

This could probably be broadened to Democratic-Republican supporters.

https://redstate.com/chase-jennings/2025/09/09/new-nbc-poll-shows-gen-z-voters-are-far-apart-on-important-issues-thats-good-for-republicans-n2193743

Where is North Carolina’s Senate candidate Roy Cooper ?

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2025/09/09/where-is-nc-senate-candidate-roy-cooper-n2193739

BUSINESS

The Commerce Secretary wants a taxpayer share on public funded inventions.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/howard-lutnick-universities-patents/2025/09/10/id/1225826/

Mamdani wants a ticket change in the World Cup Games.

https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/sports/fifa-responds-to-zohran-mamdanis-world-cup-ticket-price-demands/

Have your iris recorded.  It will be secure—SURE.

https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/us-news/high-tech-heat-sensing-cameras-scan-irises-and-delineate-humans-from-robots/

Funny.

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/09/10/nyc-developers-have-hilarious-new-dodge-against-big-government-n4943516

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The Outdoors Editor:   Does nature have laws, LL ?

The Unsure Cat:   I think humans make laws.   Nature does seem to have an organized way that things happen.   Things are interrelated, like the wolves from an earlier article.  Here is a surprising story of a leopard that changed her spots.

Victoria’s Secret is trying to change what/how people think of sex.   It isn’t a law or rule, but XX-XY is science.   Hoping and wishing won’t change sex.

https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/09/02/victorias-secret-clearly-isnt-tired-of-being-broke-and-think-they-can-fool-you-with-angels-announcement-n2193512

The batters-on-deck-circle is a rule, it can be entertaining.

This applies to almost everyone, in one way or another.

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Maybe it is a repeat.

https://genesiustimes.com/chicago-proves-it-doesnt-need-national-guard-by-only-killing-7-and-injuring-54-over-weekend/

https://www.coopercrier.com/

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It’s about time.

https://babylonbee.com/news/pregnant-celebrity-mom-delighted-to-announce-unborn-baby-is-trans

https://townhall.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Planets of the Solar System: Tilts and Spins
Video Credit: NASA, Animation: James O’Donoghue (U. Reading)

Explanation: How does your favorite planet spin? Does it spin rapidly around a nearly vertical axis, or horizontally, or backwards? The featured video animates NASA images of all eight planets in our Solar System to show them spinning side-by-side for an easy comparison. In the time-lapse video, a day on Earth — one Earth rotation — takes just a few seconds. Jupiter rotates the fastest, while Venus spins not only the slowest (can you see it?), but backwards. The inner rocky planets across the top underwent dramatic spin-altering collisions during the early days of the Solar System. Why planets spin and tilt as they do remains a topic of research with much insight gained from modern computer modeling and the recent discovery and analysis of hundreds of exoplanets: planets orbiting other stars.

Tomorrow’s picture: sun belch