Random News and Notes 10 September

On this date:

• 1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, is murdered at Montereau, France, by supporters of the dauphin.
• 1547 – Edward Seymour, the Duke of Somerset, leads the English to a resounding victory over the Scots at Pinkie Cleugh. It was a catastrophic defeat for Scotland, where it became known as “Black Saturday”.
• 1588 – Thomas Cavendish returns to England, becoming the third man to circumnavigate the globe.
• 1608 – John Smith is elected to lead the Jamestown colony.
• 1623 – Lumber and furs are the first cargo to leave New Plymouth in North America for England.
• 1813 – The nine-ship American flotilla under Oliver Hazard Perry wrests naval supremacy from the British on Lake Erie by capturing or destroying a force of six English vessels.
• 1846 – Elias Howe patents the first practical sewing machine in the United States.
• 1855 – Sevastopol, under siege for nearly a year, capitulates to the Allies during the Crimean War.
• 1861 – Confederates at Carnifex Ferry, Virginia, fall back after being attacked by Union troops. The action is instrumental in helping preserve western Virginia for the Union.

• 1912 – Jules Vedrines becomes the first pilot to break the 100 m.p.h. barrier.
• 1914 – The six-day Battle of the Marne ends, halting the German advance into France.
• 1919 – New York City holds a parade to welcome home General John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), and some 25,000 soldiers who had served in the AEF’s 1st Division on the Western Front.
• 1921 – Fatty Arbuckle, a silent-film era performer at the height of his fame, is arrested in San Francisco for the rape and murder of aspiring actor Virginia Rappe. A jury later acquitted Arbuckle, but the scandal essentially put an end to his career.
• 1923 – In response to a dispute with Yugoslavia, Mussolini mobilizes Italian troops on Serb front.
• 1960 – Hurricane Donna hits the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm. Having formed near Cape Verde off the African coast, it would go on to cause 150 deaths from Puerto Rico to New England over the course of two weeks
• 1961 – Jomo Kenyatta returns to Kenya from exile, during which he had been elected president of the Kenya National African Union.
• 1963 – President John F. Kennedy federalizes Alabama’s National Guard to prevent Governor George C. Wallace from using guardsmen to stop public-school desegregation.
• 1967 – Gibraltar votes to remain a British dependency instead of becoming part of Spain.
• 1974 – Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Guinea) gains independence from Portugal.
• 1977 – Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, becomes the last person executed by guillotine.
• 1981 – Pablo Picasso’s painting Guernica is returned to Spain and installed in Madrid’s Prado Museum. Picasso stated in his will that the painting was not to return to Spain until the Fascists lost power and democracy was restored.
• 2003 – Sweden’s foreign minister, Anna Lindh, is stabbed while shopping and dies the next day. Her assassin is the son of Serbian immigrants.
• 2007 – Nawaz Sharif, former prime minister of Pakistan, returns after 7 years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
• 2008 – The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator—described as the biggest scientific experiment in history—is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

We start the news in California where a 1977 Cessna 172N Skyhawk crashed short of runway 28L at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in San Diego around 5:20 p.m. yesterday. The plane was in the midst of a go-round when it stalled and crashed. It burst into flames shortly after hitting the ground, and both souls aboard died.

Bystanders tried to help but were driven back by the fire, while others brought extinguishers in vain. The NTSB is investigating the crash of the four-seat trainer, registered in Idaho.

This one amuses me some. 5 Mexican nationals have been arrested in the YooKay after they were caught cooking meth on a Warwickshire farm. The National Crime Agency, with Warwickshire Police and other services, arrested five Mexican men on August 13 for conspiracy to produce the Class A drug. The men—Alejandro Ambriz Dimas from Michoacan, and four others from Sinaloa including Victor Ramirez, Fausto Beltran, Lioncio Moso Borja, and Jose Nunez Angolo—appeared at Coventry Magistrates’ Court and remain in custody ahead of their September 10 hearing at Warwickshire Crown Court.

It looks like the Cartels are expanding. Also, that seems like a long swim, a lot longer than the one across the RIo Grande.

There were primaries last night in Rhode Island. Normally I wouldn’t bother covering them because the littlest state is a Dem hellhole, but the results were eye opening. Incumbent Democratic Gov. Dan McKee lost decisively to challenger Helena Foulkes, 62.4% to 37.6%, making him the first elected U.S. governor to fall in a party primary in 12 years. The Washington Bridge issues were a major factor in the race. The bridge, which carries Interstate 195 over the Seekonk River between Providence and East Providence, was abruptly closed after engineers discovered a “critical failure” of original 1960s-era components—specifically, broken or severely deteriorated tie-down rods (also called anchor rods). Officials warned that without the emergency closure, the bridge risked a catastrophic collapse. It carried roughly 90,000–100,000 vehicles per day, so the shutdown caused major, ongoing traffic chaos,

Foulkes will face Aaron Guckian, a moderate and former aide to Republican Gov. Don Carcieri, in the general come November.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the murder of a Good Man. Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem Utah.

September 10, 2025, changed America’s history forever.
One year ago, our founder, our leader, and our friend, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated while doing what he had devoted his life to: standing before young Americans and challenging them to think, to speak, and to have the courage to stand for what they believe.
There are no words that can adequately describe what this past year has been like.
We have had to learn how to carry on without the person who was at the center of everything we do. We have celebrated milestones that Charlie should have been here to celebrate. We have stood on stages where his voice should have been heard. We have watched his children grow without their father there to see it. And we have felt the weight of his absence in ways that never seem to get easier.
For the people who knew and loved Charlie, September 10 will never simply be an anniversary. It is the day our lives were changed forever.
Today, our hearts are especially with Erika, Charlie’s children, the Kirk family, and the countless people who loved him. No organization, movement, or mission can replace what was taken from them. We will never forget the unimaginable loss they continue to carry.
But we also remember Charlie for how he lived.
Charlie’s faith was at the center of who he was. He believed deeply in God and trusted that his life was guided by a meaningful purpose. Charlie’s faith in Christ was his armor, which no assassin could overcome. He believed in life everlasting, and it was this unshakable faith that gave him a courage that was impossible to miss. He was willing to walk into difficult rooms, have uncomfortable conversations, and stand firmly for what he believed because he wanted others to know the hope and truth he had in Jesus. Charlie died a martyr for Christ.
Charlie believed America was worth fighting for, that young people could change the course of a nation, and that speech would only remain free if exercised. Always leading by example, he was fearless in the pursuit of truth—no matter the cost. No one taught this generation how to fight the good fight better than Charlie Kirk.
Turning Point shares those beliefs and will never abandon them. Charlie never gave up, and neither will we. Turning Point will continue to grow and meet milestones that Charlie dreamed of.
Today, we are not focused on the chapter numbers, the headlines, or the accomplishments. Today, we remember an incredible patriot, a husband, a father, and a man whose faith gave him the courage to spend his life serving a purpose he believed was bigger than himself.
We miss him.
We grieve him.
And we will never forget him.
One year later, Turning Point remains committed to carrying forward the work Charlie began.
For Charlie. Always.