9/12/25 Blog: Dumb Stuff Only For Most Of Today
September 12, 2025
I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH The last two days have been A LOT. So I posted this on Facebook and X:
After this awful couple of days tomorrow's show will be full of fluff and nonsense. I'm starting a topics list and here's what I've got so far:
— The Driving In Silence Mandy Connell (@MandyConnell) September 12, 2025
1. Words you can never spell right the first time
2. Messed up song lyrics
3. Things that get stuck in your teeth.
Please drop your…
And holy cow did you guys deliver. Look at the Facebook post here for all the really good ones there. I laughed so hard last night I can't thank you enough. I love it when the Fam gets the assignment. And today, we shall begin with....
TRUMP SAYS THEY CAUGHT THE GUY And he did so on Fox News this morning. He used the words "with a high degree of certainty" about the suspect and said someone who knew the guy turned him in. Good. We'll wait to see what this clown has to say at some point. The NYPost has named him and I sure hope they are right or this kid's life is ruined.
THERE IS A MEMORIAL HERE LOCALLY FOR CHARLIE KIRK It's happening Sunday at 2pm at Brave Church's two locations. Heidi Ganahl and the Rocky Mountain Voice are part of the team putting this together and she joins me at 2pm today to talk about it. This is a ticketed event, you must RSVP by clicking here and expect your bags to be searched when you arrive.
RICH GUGGENHEIM IS FIGHTING FOR FREE SPEECH And he recently found himself testifying at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals about being forced to use speech he doesn't believe in by the Colorado Legislature. He joins me at 2:30 to discuss it. Hadley Heath Manning from the Steamboat Institute wrote a great column about this very issue here.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO LIFT THESE KIDS UP WITH PRAYERS The family of one of the victims in the Evergreen shooting released a photo and would you look at this sweet kid's face? The other family has chosen to remain out of the public eye but please lift both of these kids up in prayers for a speedy and full recovery. It's all we can do. How can you not love a kid in a bowtie?
JK ROWLING SPEAKS THE TRUTH As only a woman with serious FU money can do.
If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 11, 2025
If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.
If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.
If you believe…
TRUMP'S POLICIES ARE HEADED TO THE SUPREMES And I'm going to be happy to get some clarification on what the limits of his power are. Unfortunately if the court sides with Trump it will be accused of "rubber stamping" for Trump, but I believe Amy Coney Barrett when she said this:
"We're not deciding cases just for today," Barrett said. "And we're not deciding cases based on the president as in the current occupant of the office. We are deciding cases about the presidency."
I want to believe that's true because these cases will define Presidential power going forward and I want the lines to be clear. From CBS News:
The justices are already set to hear blockbuster cases on redistricting, campaign finance and state laws barring transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports.
Many of the disputes involving Mr. Trump's actions test the limits of the president's power, and rulings could have massive implications for his policies on the economy and immigration, as well as his reshaping of the executive branch.
I want clarity on the rules for the Executive Branch not just today, but for the future presidents whose policies I don't care for as well. This is what we should all want even if some of these rulings don't go the way we think they should.
PLANNING TO DO SOME LEAF PEEPING? Please don't be a jerk. Obey the No Parking signs or you will get a big fat ticket.
WHY ARE SO MANY TEACHERS CELEBRATING KIRK'S DEATH? I noted the other day that there was a disproportionate number of women celebrating Charlie Kirk's death. The New York Post noticed it too, and they also noticed that a LOT of them are TEACHERS. I wish I were surprised but I'm not. Lots of young women hated Kirk because he urged women to get married and have children, which to them somehow equaled a threat to their existence. Isn't it ironic that the same women who love to shout about CHOICE get mad when someone urges women to make a voluntary choice they don't like?
THE NATIONAL GUARD IS HEADING TO MEMPHIS After the offer of help to bring their violent crime rate down was accepted by the Republican governor. This is the right move. If Trump can do something significant in the city that had the highest murder rate in the country with the cooperation of the Governor it creates more problems for people like JB Pritzker. The real upside is that violent crime in Memphis is almost always against black people. The last stat I could find about the race of murder victims was that 86% of murder victims are black. I'm not sure how long any dip will last though, especially if the same DAs keep letting violent offenders out of jail. You can't keep the National Guard there forever, so what's the long term plan? Just like DC, what's the long term plan?
BEANS, BEANS, GOOD FOR YOUR HEART But that's not all, they are just really good for you. Which is the healthiest? Read more here.
HOW THE LEGISLATURE MADE EVICTIONS RISE Once again, when people who know nothing about something decide to "help" by passing laws that undermine the business practices that have long held to be standard bad things happen. We have another case of this in Colorado as new laws designed to help lower income people get into rental units has led to rising evictions as people can't afford the rents they signed up for.
ABOUT ATTENTION SPANS We know ours are getting shorter, but we humans are highly adaptable and can actually make them longer again. Read more here.
AND NOW, THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE KIDS ON PLANES You can get mad, or you can get cookies. You choose.
I LOVE THE KIFFNESS EVEN MORE NOW The man who makes videos using cats and music, he took a risk and made this video about the death of Charlie Kirk and I love him for it. I'm sure he will lose some followers over this post.
A LITTLE PHARMACIST HUMOR
IRENE IS MY IDOL
CHARLIE KIRK WAS PRESCIENT
THE ART OF CATCHING THE HOME RUN This kid is going to go far.
THE INTERNET IS SHOCKED BY HOMECOMING DRESSES And I've been talking about this FOR LITERAL YEARS. Homecoming dresses are so short it's impossible for girls to sit down. I'm not kidding. Now the internet has taken notice maybe designers will give TEEN GIRLS some options that don't show their vaginas.
THE COLORADO LIBERTARIAN PARTY WANTS GRIFTER LORENA GARCIA TO STEP DOWN And she won't, of course because then the tax payer gravy train she's been directing to her non-profit since she got into office would dry up.
The Libertarian Party of Colorado is devastated by the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University. Charlie was a passionate advocate for his beliefs, and while we may have differed on some issues as we…
— Libertarian Party of Colorado (@LPCO) September 12, 2025