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That sucks LA. Get lots of rest.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/survival-of-the-richest-the-wealthy-are-plotting-to-leave-us-behind.html Oh sure. And they call me a crazy prepper because I have a garden, and a food stockpile, and a generator, and solar panels, and manual water pumps, and firearms and (lots) of ammunition , and..... wait, where was I going with this? Anyway, the article is worth a chuckle on the problems confronting the other half.

The US sure has come a long way. hmmm. http://time.com/4292836/forget-hamilton-burr-is-the-real-hero/ unlike hamilton, burr were a genuine hero o' the revolutionary war. burr were wide respected as honorable and progressive. hamilton for petty reasons, and jefferson for more pragmatic motives, attempted to destroy the reputation o' mr. burr. hamilton, a member o' burr's own party, were metaphorical driving a knife into burr's back during the election. is doubtful burr woulda' shot hamilton over losing the Presidency, but the underhanded way hamilton went 'bout attacking burr's reputation and honor were another matter entire. am not certain today is genuine progress. yeah, killing a man over slights real and perceived is hardly our ideal method o' conflict resolution. sadly, nowadays, as were the case in the day o' burr and hamilton, cowards on the Hill (or nearby addresses) will resort to mass media and rumor mill to fight destructive and petty wars o' attrition wherein truths is the first casualties. progress? perhaps. more o' a horizontal step from our pov. regardless, am thinking is a mischaracterization (or at least an oversimplification) to suggest the burr and hamilton duel were fought over the resolution o' a Presidential race. HA! Good Fun! Actually IIRC it was not a presidential race. It was for Governor of New York. And Burr blamed Hamilton for slandering him as part of the reason he lost. Hamilton was opposed to Burr for his involvement with the Federalists as I remember. It's been a while since I read all that so I may be mis-remembering. yeah, there were a long-running feud 'tween hamilton and burr with the exclamation point, as it were, the loss o' the federalist nomination for governor and then loss o' Governor race by burr. the overt slanders by hamilton began a couple year earlier during the Presidential race were continued by hamilton and his fellows. 'course burr were not "vice President" at the time o' the gubernatorial race, so given your earlier comments we saw you as speaking more broadly o' the conflict which really exploded with the Prez race. regardless, it weren't the loss o' a political race which resulted in the duel. personal attacks o' character which the aggrieved party would not abase himself to respond to publicly were the cause o' the disagreement. HA! Good Fun! Brevity is the soul of wit. Sometimes details are omitted and maybe even misrepresented. They are always relevant in a historical discussion but not so much on general comment on comparing political civility (or lack thereof) now and then. Hamilton wasn't the Treasury Secretary then either. They did try to kill each other and the main cause was political. That is the heart of it. I've been curious but never asked. Why did you chose Burr for your pic?

The US sure has come a long way. hmmm. http://time.com/4292836/forget-hamilton-burr-is-the-real-hero/ unlike hamilton, burr were a genuine hero o' the revolutionary war. burr were wide respected as honorable and progressive. hamilton for petty reasons, and jefferson for more pragmatic motives, attempted to destroy the reputation o' mr. burr. hamilton, a member o' burr's own party, were metaphorical driving a knife into burr's back during the election. is doubtful burr woulda' shot hamilton over losing the Presidency, but the underhanded way hamilton went 'bout attacking burr's reputation and honor were another matter entire. am not certain today is genuine progress. yeah, killing a man over slights real and perceived is hardly our ideal method o' conflict resolution. sadly, nowadays, as were the case in the day o' burr and hamilton, cowards on the Hill (or nearby addresses) will resort to mass media and rumor mill to fight destructive and petty wars o' attrition wherein truths is the first casualties. progress? perhaps. more o' a horizontal step from our pov. regardless, am thinking is a mischaracterization (or at least an oversimplification) to suggest the burr and hamilton duel were fought over the resolution o' a Presidential race. HA! Good Fun! Actually IIRC it was not a presidential race. It was for Governor of New York. And Burr blamed Hamilton for slandering him as part of the reason he lost. Hamilton was opposed to Burr for his involvement with the Federalists as I remember. It's been a while since I read all that so I may be mis-remembering.

In other news. Some clown wanted to give St. Strzok a purple heart. Wow, way to insult US veterans.They said Purple Heart? I'm sure that was sarcasm. That is a military decoration for being wounded in combat.. Anyway this whole Strzok thing sounds like all hat no cattle to me. And FBI agent that can't keep his opinions to himself and behaves unprofessionally is a thin reed to weave a conspiracy basket from. I know what PH is. And I don't think the guy was sarcastic. https://www.google.pl/amp/www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/12/democratic-lawmaker-says-peter-strzok-deserves-purple-heart-for-enduring-hearing.amp.html Yeah, it was sarcasm

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Seeing Gromnir's avatar reminds me of something. 214 years ago yesterday Aaron Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. So as we watch folks on capital hill snipe at each other using veiled insults and exaggerated parliamentary procedure language the vice President once shot and killed the Treasury Secretary over who won what election.

In other news. Some clown wanted to give St. Strzok a purple heart. Wow, way to insult US veterans. They said Purple Heart? I'm sure that was sarcasm. That is a military decoration for being wounded in combat.. Anyway this whole Strzok thing sounds like all hat no cattle to me. And FBI agent that can't keep his opinions to himself and behaves unprofessionally is a thin reed to weave a conspiracy basket from.

The guys I work with are either scientists or young interns on the road to becoming bureaucrats. It always strikes me as funny how much they remind me of the guys on the Big Bang show. I'm used to working around engineers. We drink (often excessively), swear every other word, and harbor a deep seated suspicion of anyone who can't explain the Square-Cube law. But while engineers are collegial, they are not really social. not a lot of small talk or even professional collaboration in the working environments I was used to. They guys I work with now collaborate on everything. And chit-chat is common. Star Wars, Star Trek & the superhero movies are common topics. And I mean they get really in depth talking about it. I didn't see The Last Jedi until it came out on DVD. That was a big surprise to some of my teammates. Then when I said I liked it that was an even BIGGER surprise. When I first started working here I was a little put off by how it was around here. But the truth is these are some extremely intelligent people doing a job they are underpaid for. But, the job does have some very nice perks. Not the least of which is the near total absence of deadline stress.

I am always amazed at how often THAT happens.

Congratulations to the TSA and those fun loving, crotch grabbing, airport screeners. The 3rd US Circuit has extended the qualified immunity that allows the police to do pretty much whatever they want to whomever they want to airport screeners. That's right. Those ill-tempered, under-educated wanna-be cops in the airport that just love rifling through your s--t and occasionally stealing a thing or two can now legally and with impunity detain you, arrest you, break your stuff, beat the holy hell out of you, handcuff you to the table and f--k you in the rear all while calling it a cavity search. Of course, as the court said in it's decision, Congress can reel them in. So all we need is for Democrats and Republicans to do something that lessens the power of the government? Sure, I'll hold my breath for that one. Of course they because they are protected from the consequences of being abusive does not necessarily mean they WILL be abusive right? Well, lefts just say that law enforcement in this country does not exactly have a stellar record of "fair and equal application of the law" when left to their own devices. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/tsa-screeners-win-immunity-flier-abuse-claims-u-150740124.html

ugh https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/07/07/viral-video-el-paso-police-officer-pulls-gun-children-curse-him/765965002/

The punishment did not suit the offense in the Hammond case. There was no malice, the fire was a controlled burn on private property that jumped a firebreak when the winds changed. It burned about 7 acres of high desert scrub. To charge them with Arson implies they deliberately set out to burn property that wasn't theirs. It was a heavy handed government over reach from the get go. And of course Obama doubled down on that with the sentence appeal. And there was more than a whiff of tyranny about the Obama admin. Especially in it's dealings with citizens in western states. They damn near provoked an armed revolt sending BLM agents to do a job lawyers could (and should) have done. In the Hammond case they had a history of negative dealings with the government over land issues. The heavy handed treatment was a little payback. You might even say they really went to prison for thoughtcrime. I don't pretend to know why Trump involved himself in this. Electorally I don't see how it helps him. He's not going to win Oregon. And the people west of the mountains think the folks east of the mountains are all white trash anyway. And the people who supported the Bundy's were all so hostile to Democrats now they are going to support the Republican no matter who it is. So, once again I don't see what's in this for him. But I'm glad he did it. No one was hurt, nothing was damaged. The Hammond case could have been handled with financial reparations.

Kauai is awesome. You should try the helicopter tour. You two should definitely check out the waterfalls. There are many but Opaekaa wasmy favorite.

God bless & good luck today Shady.

Hell Yes!!! https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/us/politics/trump-pardon-hammond-oregon.html I'm still not a big fan of Donald Trump. I didn't vote for him in 2016, not voting for him in 2020. But he gets a big round of applause from me on this.

Yeah, impeached was the correct word. Not indicted. I don't know most of the names on Trump's list. I knew nothing of Kavanaugh prior to him making the short list. I do know William Pryor and Diane Sykes. They were my personal preferences from the list. If I were President my pick, well it WOULD have been Janice Rogers Brown but she has retired. Richard Leon from the DC Appellate, Johnathan Turley from GWU, Diane Sykes on the 7th Circuit. Those would be my top 3. Oh yeah, Leah Ward Sears. She was on the Georgia Supreme Court a while back. I think she stepped down.

His work actually helped indict a President. As far as Roe goes, that gets trotted out every time a Republican President makes a pick. They said that after Stevens, O'Conner & Scalia, Souter & Thomas, Roberts, Alito, Goresuch, and now this guy. 45 years later and it still hasn't even come close to happening. How many times can you cry "wolf" before the villagers stop coming? Besides, even if the Court did reverse Roe abortion would not become illegal. And the Congress & every single State Legislature can make it permanently legal right this very minute if they wanted to and their executives sign it. And there is nothing the courts can do about that.

Kavanaugh was a pretty safe pick IMO. There is nothing radical about him.Other than he was on Ken Star's team back in the Clinton years. That will probably be held against him. But coming from the DC appellate court he has followed a very typical path to the Supreme Court. You know the problem with that tweet Sharpie posted is this: "OMG he's against assault weapon bans!" Well, that is really immaterial how he feels personally. If you even know what he thinks. He may actually feel all firearms are evil and should be melted down. His job is to apply what the law says. The law in this case might butting up against the phrase "shall not be infringed". In that case his job is to protect the "shall not be infringed" no matter how he may feel about it. A justice is not supposed to ask "Is this right?" or "Is this fair?" They are only supposed to ask "Is this legal?" If you don't like a law, take it up with the legislature. That is THEIR job. The problem is people look at judges the way they do politicians. They want them to philosophically opposed to one thing and in favor of another. An ideal justice is dispassionate. They put aside passions, prejudices, politics. And ideally they should apply the smallest remedy in accordance with what the question being asked is with the simplest interpretation of the law in question. Take the Colorado wedding cake case last month. They didn't decide it was OK to refuse the service. They decided the State of Colorado had mishandled the case. You guys realize the most common SCOTUS rulings are 9-0 right? There are a lot more 9-0 that there are 5-4. "Landmark" cases are disruptive. They have the potential to hurt people and break things. Court's should not look for them. At the same time they should not shy away from them either. Sometimes they are needed. But in the last 40 years how many have there been? Not many.

This is just priceless! https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/07/06/corps-denies-using-dating-apps-to-recruit-new-marines/

Hillary Clinton is planning another run in 2020??? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5931169/Talk-emerges-Hillary-Clinton-plotting-2020-comeback-prepping-Trump-rematch.html

Completely agree with Gromnir. The mandatory education system in this country is a bloody mess. And in a cost vs value analysis higher education in this country is way down the wrong curve. They are charging students a kings ransom and then seriously undeserving them. Kids come out of high school lacking the skill to succeed in college. And the come out of college lacking the skills to succeed in life. And they are massively in debt for their trouble. Who screwed this up? Well, I'll give you a hint... it wasn't the teachers.