Happy Orange Shirt Day

 Twitter / X advised RantWoman that today is Orange Shirt Day, in remembrance of all the horrors of Indian schools.

September 30 is also International Translators and Interpreters Day.

RantWoman is wearing an orange shirt and honoring both occasions as follows.

Special shout out to all interpreters everywhere who have risked their lives for the US.

Triple Shout-out when the US government was simultaneously suppressing indigenous languages in Indian schools and relying on Native American interpreters.

Blessings all.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb at the UN General Assembly

#Finland #UnitedNations #Prepraredness

Finland’s President Delivers Most Inspiring, Powerful UN Speech Yet on M...

Finland's President on Trump, Resilience and Putin's Threat | Leaders with Francine Lacqua

And in the spirit of "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors."

Inside the Most Prepared Country on Earth

Repentance on TikTok?

MAGA Christians are turning on Tr*mp for 2 reasons. 

RIP Charlie Kirk; American CUT THE BULL.

Pastor FLIPS the Script on MAGA's False Narrative

The Venom They Want Sanitized: Kirk's Own Shocking Rhetoric Unmasked

RantWoman will NOT be watching the #CharlieKirk memorial. 

RantWoman again expresses condolences to Charlie Kirk's grieving widow and laments that both her kids and all the kids affected by the oh so fashionable deport-a-rama will grow up fatherless.

The Charlie Kirk cult? Who might be behind his assassination?

An assortment of #CharlieKirk vids without too much analysis

Tyler Robinson DENIES Shooting Charlie Kirk

Youtube abounds with theories at this point about why the current Tyler Robinson narrative DOES NOT HOLD WATER.

This post is mostly a sampling of commentary suggesting that Israel is behind the Charlie Kirk Assassination.  It adds up to a sense of much crap and danger to be digested but also to the importance of people having space to examine information and principles they are being fed.

Charlie Kirk was starting to speak out against Israel

A bunch of things don't add up.

OMG! YouTube is full of theories.

THE CHARLIE KIRK STORY ISN’T ADDING UP | The Kyle Kulinski Show

Candace Owens CONFIRMS Kirk SHAKEDOWN In The Hamptons

Reese Waters: Check out his channel

Candace Owens & Maga Media DESTROY Charlie Kirk Investigation

Netanyahu’s desperate clarification video on Charlie Kirk backfires spectacularly |Janta Ka Reporter

Tabitha Speaks: Check out her channel

I've Got Nothing For Candace Owens... - YouTube

Chris Hedges: check out his channel

Israel's Pressure Campaign Against Charlie Kirk (w/ Max Blumenthal)

From Roland Martin Another good channel to check out. CW here: many of Charlie Kirk's most disgusting comments all in a super concentrated video

The Venom They Want Sanitized: Kirk's Own Shocking Rhetoric Unmasked

Digression regarding Charlie Kirk's famous line about highly accomplished Black Women not having the brain power to be at places like Princeton and Harvard without "stealing a place from a white man."

1. One of the women referenced by Kirk has in fact said she would not be where she is without Affirmative Action. 

     RantWoman's interpretation: The Skull and Bones secret society at Yale decided to admit women decades after Yale first went co-ed. At the time someone from Skull and Bones was quoted saying that Skull and Bones was about the smartest people at Yale. (um, George W. Bush?)  If they did not admit women, they would not be reaching the smartest people at Yale. SAME THING APPLIES about affirmative action. Never mind some people's sense of entitlement, if an organization does not specifically go looking for the smartest people...     Many of the students of color RantWoman met at Princeton had to deal with both the external harassment and sometimes doubts within themselves. Having to do that is BS.

And speaking out referencing several points

🚨The Netherlands Drops BOMB On Trump Over Kimmel

Why? Tyler, Why? And then there is the FBI

WORLD CLASS Ranting. Abundant un-quakerly language and yet nuggets.

Who is Tyler Robinson, Really? Charlie Kirk Shooter Truth EXPOSED

Interesting speculation about lonely kid and family pictures

The Charlie Kirk Shooting FBI Narrative is Total Bullsh*t

Fallout ...and "No evidence of Foul play."

As Pesident #StableGenius attempts to ban mention of slavery at National Parks.

FALLOUT Continues from Kirk Assassination as New DETAILS Rise

from the Legal Diva

about an episode in FL:

The first amendment guarantees you a right to speak but does not guarantee you an audience."

A history moment about Bob Marley and Jamaican politics

RantWoman first saw this on TabithaSpeaks

Horrific Mississippi Hangings Raise Questions as Mainstream Media Goes Quiet

"No evidence of foul play."

Ukrainian Pacifist Yuri Sheliazhenko: his story.

#Ukraine #Pacifism

RantWoman until now has neglected voices of peace activists in Ukraine. Here is one modest effort to remedy that. RantWoman's main content curation here: links served up by Google. Presented in chronological order

Yuri worships online with Kyiv Friends when he can.

Not surprising that Mr. Sheliazhenko's views are controversial. Here are current requests and then some background

World Beyond War:
"Tell the Ukrainian Government to Drop Prosecution
of Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko"
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-the-ukrainian-government-to-drop-prosecution-of-peace-activist-yurii-sheliazhenko
OR
https://tinyurl.com/YuriiSept

War Resistors' International: 
"Ukraine: Stop the proceedings against Yurii Sheliazhenko"
https://wri-irg.org/en/programmes/rrtk/co-action-alert/2023/ukraine-stop-proceedings-against-yurii-sheliazhenko
OR 
https://tinyurl.com/Yurii-Sept

Yurii Sheliazhenko - Keynote Speech at the Peace Conference 2022 - Local...

Statement of Solidarity With Ukrainian Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko | Stop the War

REfreshing to see several other items on the Stop the War website including reference to Russian activist Boris Kagarlitsky.

Ukrainian Authorities Charge Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko, Raid His Home | Democracy Now!

Justice for Yurii Sheliazhenko – IPB – International Peace Bureau

Yurii Sheliazhenko - Three years after the start of the war in Ukraine - YouTube

Processing the assassination of Charlie Kirk

Pray for this country. Start there.

Go out and touch grass.

The big tech companies are profitting off of... Don't let them.

 RantWoman first heard simply that Charlie Kirk had been shot in the neck. RantWoman is not a doctor, but that DID NOT SOUND GOOD.

Next, RantWoman heard THE PRESIDENT announce that Charlie Kirk had died. RantWoman's reflex about anything President #StableGenius says is "if the President says water is wet, demand independent confirmation." Independent confirmation came soon enough.

RantWoman here notes without endorsement several strands of commentary spiced with RantWoman reactions.

"who's that?"

Oh, you lucky age group peers.

Charlie Kirk shooting: Why kill him? | About That

The Canadians set the backgroun.

"It's okay to be relieved if someone actively doing harm can no longer harm anyone."

Heartfelt prayers to Charlie Kirk's wife and children AND ALSO TO ALL THE FAMILIES LEFT FATHERLESS by the current deport-a-rama.

"Say what you will. Charlie lived by his principles."

so liv by the sword? Die by the sward?

Various flavors of whataboutism related to recent assassinations in MN. Why didn't the President fly flags at half-staff for the murders in MN?

Oh come on. President #BoneSpurs couldn't even allow the flags to fly half staff during his inauguration while the country was mourning President Jimmy Carter. Plus, those poor benighted Democrats never raised even a fraction of the money Charlie Kirk raised for Trump.

Retired FBI agent Frank Figlizzi: the shooter was good but an FBI sharpshooter would have aimed slightly differently.

Now Blind former trauma care nurse, echoing what RantWoman already thought, "DON'T look at the video.

"Lock down your accounts because if you say ANYTHING about this supposed apostle of free speech you WILL GET DOXED," with no thanks to MSNBC for firing a key person for saying out loud some of what there is to be said about Charlie Kirk.

Charlie Kirk Shooter Exposes MAJOR Problem

Perhaps something to young men who never fully extracted themselves from internet rabbit holes after the pandemic. Ask a teenager about mobility during the pandemic

RantWoman actually also thought of a comment from an elderly woman on the streets of Moscow after the assassination of Alexie Navalny: "I am sorry for the young people."

And can we elevate the voices of AOC, Jared Moskowitz, Maxwell Frost...?

Charlie Kirk Suspect Came From Inside The House

Reese Waters presents the Groiper themes.

Know you are and stand on it. Don't feed....

Charlie Kirk Suspect was "Extremely Online" | Pivot

The UK will use 30 people to gun violence in a year. The US loses 120 / month.

Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Grandma Says Family Is All MAGA

Utah Governor makes outrageous statementsat press conference for Charlie Kirk suspect.

"I was praying for 33 hours that this would not be one of us."

ACTUALLY, RantWoman interprets the dad turning in his own kid as a sign of some level of sanity.

Interesting Charlie Kirk comments.

Charlie Kirk’s Death Exposed the Biggest Scam in History

🚨Kirk Shooting Scandal WIDENS As Newsweek Drops BOMB

Feud between Charlie Kirk and Nick Fuentes?

Assassination of an Ass | BREAKING NEWS Armageddon Update

Donald Trump Is Over Charlie Kirk and Was It A.I. Or Are Our Eyes Playing Tricks On Us!!

The famous ballroom construction quote.

FBI Drops BOMB About Charlie Kirk SHOOTER’S ROOMMATE🚨

Shipbuilding sort of, North Korean SUBS with thanks to Russia

North Korea Just Exposed China & Russia's Military SCAM

Kind of embarrassing when a ship rolls on its side on its maiden voyage

"A high level of Russian involvement"

This video is the extent of RantWoman's knowledge of North Korean submarine matters, but it is an interesting picture and different from other #Russia related naval questions in the Baltic and Black Seas.

War is bad for Russia and shooting drones at Poland is meant to distract from the front line.

#Russia. #Ukraine

RantWoman has taken to sharing some of what she considers quality YouTube content. Posting does not implay agreement, only different perspectives for the conversation.

The US President appears not to be serious about either forcing President Putin to negotiate or about honoring NATO commitments. He does appear to be happy to SELL US arms to let NATO countries fight with.

It's hard to imagine what positive contribution the US can make to a post-war reconstruction. Also a lot of what will be possible depends on political surges within Russia. 

RantWoman has said before and will say again: drones and cruise missles are making some kinds of military materiel obsolete so a "use it or lose it" point of view has some merit. 

Russia is QUICKLY Losing its Ability to Wage War

What Everyone's Missing About Putin's Attack on Poland

Pope Leo has a word

RantWoman's morning Twitter featured President #StableGenius spiritual advisor, a woman RantWoman is really tempted to label a falst prophet in a pantsuit. She was going on about downloading heaven and how saying no to the President is saying no to God.

Enter Pope Leo

Pope Leo XIV’s Shocking Warning to Donald Trump America Can’t Ignore

And more from Pope Leo because it never hurts to recognize the language of spiritual warfare no matter where it comes from

Pope Leo XIV Drops Shocking Truth: The Antichrist Has Already Been Born!

There. Now RantWoman will attempt to ground all of this Christian exchange in a nation built on religious freedom, religious pluralism, and a call to find that of God in everyone, most definitely including people of other faiths or no faith.

Trump’s new National Defense Strategy: banana wars 2.0?

Belle is one of RantWoman's fave YouTube commentators, both for conciseness of presentation and for well-thought-out analyses that look beyond the surface of the daily news treadmill.

This Week in Volcano News; Iwo Jima Erupts, Kilauea Lava Fountains

Events and reading from the wider Quaker world

quoted verbatim from Johan Maurer 

Can you believe?: Fiercely inspirational a blog always full of stimulating reading that RantWoman does not always get to, as well as a YouTube music clip or two.

Mark Russ and Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre team up for a six-session online course: Whose Friends are we? Mark explains on his blog: "Emerging from my PhD research on Quaker theology and Whiteness, I’ve developed an online course for Woodbrooke reflecting on what it might mean for Quakers to be friends of God, Christ and each other in the 21st century." Mondays, October 13 to November 17. More details here.

Discipline and Punish: Kristin Du Mez assesses James Dobson's legacy.

Cherice Bock explains the background of the chapter she wrote with Catalina Morales Bahena for the new book Hungry for Hope: Letters to the Church from Young Adults, due to be published today. Their chapter is entitled, “Reclaiming ‘Enough’: Away from Scarcity Toward True Abundance.” For more on the book, visit hungryforhopebook.com.

Abolitionism and compromise, a Jay family/Indiana Yearly Meeting case study. (Thanks to Martin Kelley for the link.)

John Kinney at Spokane Friends, speaking on contemplative prayer:

Get the GOP the H*LL out of anything to do with sex ed

Feds give Montana a deadline to change language in sex education material

How many other states are dealing with this?

Are there Quakers with strong voices who can stand up...or do Quakers just get to include more responsible discussion of many realities in First Day School and youth programs?

I realize it is not very Quakerly to use hashtags like #GrandOldPedophiles but I am low on quakerese today.

July Protest against ICE in Spokane and ...

Army Combat Veteran Who Peacefully Protested ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRACY AGAINST ICE

Federal government accuses nine Spokane protesters of violence against ICE

RantWoman comments:

This is the only article that turned up on a fast search of the Spokane Spokesman Review website though by now there should be more info about court processes.

RantWoman is going to take a wild guess that both Mr. Mavawallas' military service involved some kind of linguistic and cultural dimension. RantWoman appreciates that the two veterans seem to know and value their rights.

If a felony indictment does not fly for throwing a subway sandwich at a federal officer, neither should any charge involving throwing crowd control munitions back at the officials deploying them.

And more video

FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice

For everyone's Russia Ukraine war viewing pleasure?

#Russia #Ukraine

At a recent virtual town meeting with Rep. Adam Smith, RantWoman asked a question informed by a whole lot of YouTube about Rep. Smith's position about the situation in Ukraine. Rep, Smith's response was "support Ukraine."

OK. Nuances?

Visions for after the war.?

Probably too much to ask of a town hall answer.

🚨URGENT! UKRAINE SHOCKS! POWERFUL STRIKE DEEP INTO RUSSIA! PUTIN’S PALAC...

Interesting perspective about Ukrainian initiatives while Putin jetted off to the SCO meeting in China

Something Massive is in Meltdown Inside Russia

BREAKING: Ukraine's Drones Are Changing Everything!

Flamingo Missiles HIT FSB Base in Crimea

Russia’s Army Is Running Out of Men in Ukraine - Here’s Who’s Left

Is Putin trying to keep up with President #StableGenius or the reverse?

On the bright side, the US President probably can't spell VPN

Sept 1, 2025: What Russia Just Took Away - Starting Today

Reprise

🔥URGENT! EXPLOSIONS SHAKE ALL OF RUSSIA! NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CATASTROPHE! RAILWAY DESTROYED!| DASHA

⚡RIGHT NOW: UKRAINE STRIKES HARD — RUSSIA’S RAILWAYS DESTROYED! NATO SURROUNDS RUSSIA? | HOT SPOT

Dear national Guard unhappy to deployed in US cities...!

Remember Your Oath: Washington DC

Righteous RAGE

Trump’s National Guard plans are ‘basis of civil war' | Malcolm Nance

On a different note, and some pointed concerns about Democratic party.

"In blood red MT..."

Trump Gets NIGHTMARE UPDATE…in DEEP-RED State?!