Guard Dog

I really do not want you to think I'm soft selling the 1/6 riot. I'm not. When you use words like "insurrection" I think of Hugh Henry Brackenridge and his 7k militiamen marching on Pittsburgh and attacking the mail. I think of John Brown. South Carolina seceding and then firing on Fort Sumter. Now THAT was an overreaction to an election. Heck I'd even throw in the Cliven Bundy incident as an insurrection, albeit a bloodless one. But Jan 6, they didn't have a plan. Not the rank and file at least. There were certainly some true villains that day. The worst of which will likely never get his comeuppance. But most of them had to know there was nothing they were going to do that would change anything other than landing them all in prison. Or dead. Maybe I'm giving them too much credit. I don't want to paint them as innocent sheep who were manipulated into doing what they did. Although there is an grain of truth in that. They deserve prison time and most of them are already doing it. Probably less of it than they deserve. But to call it and insurrection? I just can't get there. It was a riot. A mob. If the BLM riots that DID turn violent and burn neighborhoods and attack police were NOT an insurrection how can 1/6 be? Like we've discussed before there are numerous scenarios where I would feel justified turning my guns against my government and countrymen. None of them have happened. None of them are even close! Rioting in the US Capital because you're mad your team lost an election is not rational. Rebellions are rational. They have goals. Actions with expected outcomes. Just criminals doing crime. Am I wrong here?

Haven't been following the news much. But I saw this morning someone actually convinced the Orange Menace that having a press conference about the riot he incited on the anniversary of the day he incited it was a bad idea. I'm surprised actually. He never struck me as a man who took advice.

F...fffff....fffrrreeezzziinngg mmyyy asssss oofffff I am convinced North America is actually uninhabitable north of I-70 in the winter.

The USS Abraham Lincoln is deploying with the first female captain to command a aircraft carrier: In a historic first, aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln deploys under command of female captain I'm actually surprised it hasn't happened yet. I looked on Wikipedia and it seems most other ship categories (not by class but function) have had women commanders. The only other type of ship that has not had a female captain are Gator Freighters.

Galad and Rand had the same mother and Elayne & Gawyn and Galad had the same father IIRC. Tigraine and Morgase were not related right? Other than both being married to the same man at different times. Y'know I just realized. Tarangail Damodred (Elaynes father) was Moiraine's father's nephew. That means Rand and Moiraine were actually second cousins by marriage?

We watched this after the hockey game last night: The movie was pretty bad and more than a little weird and even a little disturbing. But I was just so f----g stoked I could follow the dialogue without the sub-titles. I don't get to use Spanish very much and I'm pretty rusty.

The worst part about the pregnant Aiel fight scene is Rand's mother wasn't Aiel. His FATHER was! That woman was clearly Aiel. Rand's mother was Tigraine and she was Andoran. Ok I'm going to go back to the couch muttering under my breath about how the books were better!

On your first point I do not think the people who paid them to have sex with children (let's call it exactly what it is Bruce) are more dangerous than the mob or the people like Epstein and Maxwell who trap children for that purpose. But there are hundreds more Epstein's lining up for their money right now and the deviants and pedophiles will beat a path to their door. Exposing the names of these, particularly leaders and "prominent citizens" is the only justice those kids are likely to get outside of a longshot civil suit. Now that Maxwell is convicted I'd certainly be amenable to her getting a deal on the length and location of her sentence in exchange for names and dates. As for your second point, I doubt very much the US government would order or be complicit in the murder of a prisoner in US custody. But it still happens all the time. Through error, ill luck, or sometimes the right people looking the other way.

This morning I'm working on my laptop and I keep hearing text messages come in on the phone. I get at least 200 SMS a day for work so I'm not paying much attention. G comes in the room with my phone and says I have like a to of texts. I just laughed and told her she can answer them if she likes. She said she wouldn't know what to say. I said "just make something up". I told I do that more ofthen than you'd believe! So anyway she is flipping through them then comes up to me and gives me a big, passionate kiss... and takes a pic of it. She smiles, walks away and I hear the sound of a SMS being sent. Who did that one go to I asked. "Your ex-wife" she said with a laugh! That WAS funny. But man she does have a serious jealous streak.

Cynic!

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of 5 of 6 counts. Good. That bitch should be in prison until she dies. I am more than a little disappointed she hasn't started naming names. i'd be very interested to hear what former Presidents and Senators, Congress and business leaders paid Epstein and her to go and f--k children on one of their private estates. Not going to mention Bill Clinton or Donald Trump by name but both are linked to them. Not proof of course. But knowing what we do about the character of each man would it surprise anyone?

11 Year old boy saves two different people in the same day Someone get this kid a cape!

I just heard John Madden passed away. Sad news.

I did not know that. I thought it was because Burger King is on every US military base. Even the ones overseas. I don't know if that is still the case but in the 80's and 90's it definitely was.

I watched 30 for 30 Of Miracles and Men last night. It was excellent. @Hurlshot add that one to you "to do" list if you haven't seen it already.

For me Star Trek ended when Voyager got home. And that series was definitely running on creative fumes when it ended. DS9 was the high water mark for Star Trek IMO. Although Sisko's story ending left a sour taste in my mouth. But few TV series stick the landing on their final episode. So few they are remarkable when they do. This was just a masterpiece of an ending!

LOL good advice. I have three other "he-who-shall-not-be-named" posters beyond those two. One of them promised to come to the US and kick my ass. I PMed him my address!

The sad thing that was once the very reason it existed and up until about 20 years ago was still a big part of it's platform. Edit: @Gromnirbeat me to it.