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Iraq & the Middle East
Building an islamic super-state in the middle east run by a bunch of religious fanatics that stretches across the smouldering remains of Iran, Iraq and Syria is clearly not in the best interests of the...
View ArticleA gay bashing in NH
An acquaintance recently shared that he'd been verbally harassed for being gay at a business up in New Hampshire. He's a decent sort, aside from being regrettably liberal in his politics (many...
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A few thoughts on Seattle Pride 2014
I'll both qualify myself and make clear that I'm not entirely objective about Seattle Pride right up front - I'm alumni. I've co-chaired a Pride here, run Safety (security) for one, led a wee rebellion...
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All Bran Muffins
This is one I actually grew up with, or reasonably close - and now, when whimsy (or a little too much dairy) strikes I make up a batch... All Bran Muffins2 cups Kellogg's all-bran cereal 1 1/4 cups...
View ArticleOne piece at a time....
One piece at a time, but it sure did cost SAF a whole bunch of dimes and an awful lot of time. Palmer v. D.C. just came down and it's a lulu. Best I read it is that at least for now, Constitutional...
View ArticleHelping out the D.C. Council on Gun Laws
Dear Mayor Gray & Council Chairman Mendelson - I understand you've suffered some reverses with your regime of gun bans, confiscations and prosecutions. Palmer v. D.C., while unlikely to uproot a...
View ArticleIt concentrates the mind most wonderfully..
"When a man knows he is to be hanged...it concentrates his mind wonderfully" - Samuel Johnson“Some wiseacre once said that the prospect of death concentrates the mind wonderfully, but I’m here to tell...
View ArticleProtest or Riot?
As a former activist, I not surprisingly have a few thoughts... A protest involves a bunch of people gathering and expressing their views verbally, waving signs, making speeches and generally being a...
View ArticleFarewell, Seattle
I don't shop downtown anymore. The guy that does my hair operates down there, and I'm still planning to see him - during daylight hours - but for the most part, I'm done. There are some splendid...
View ArticleGuilt by Association
For some time now, the vast majority of "mass shooters"have been some variant on "progressive Democrat", and for the most part tetched in some fashion. Does that mean we should round up Democratsfolks...
View ArticleA few thoughts on the special snowflakes....or "Are folks engaged in long arm...
So. Tell me how a bunch of drag queens showing up at a Catholic church and mid-service throwing a major hissy advances the cause of LGBT rights? Or how would that same group of semi-theoretical drag...
View ArticleSame sex marriage, Tolerance, MYOB, Get Off My Lawn & the Constitution
As we grind towards a SCOTUS decision on same sex marriage, various socially conservative folks and organizations are suffering from an epidemic of pants-wetting and chest-beating. In introduction, I'd...
View ArticleI ain't dead yet...Situational awareness.
Just running the Red Queens Race, which sort of gets in the way of regular blog entries. Tam's post on situational awareness kicked over the writing thing for me though. Was down in Pioneer Square...
View ArticleGC's Rules of Serious Social Interaction
Let's be really clear - I come at this from a lay perspective and my rules are based in that, not in years of gun-fighting, training, brawling or any of that other fun. I've been largely content to...
View ArticleFalling forward....
In contemplating the tragic circumstances in Roseburg, San Bernardino, Colorado Springs and elsewhere - where terrorists, loons and terrorist loons went on homicidal rampagesone is faced with multiple...
View ArticleTexas, Open Carry and PSH
*My* friends in Texas are generally above average in cluefulness. I'm just blessed that way. They are not anticipating blood in the streets come the wee hours of New Years 2016 as Open Carry (the...
View ArticleOccupyOregon
A few brief words on the #OregonNinnyhammers. The BLM station in question is at a wilderness location, well isolated from any population centers (cutting way the heck down on risk to bystanders)....
View ArticleOn Trump, Elections
On Trump: Our nation has survived Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant and (soon) Obama as President. We have survived an administration that set up Concentration Camps Lite. While Trump (at least in his...
View ArticleA Weekend Away...
Plans...evolve. Thursday afternoon found me in Bugscuffle, TX rapidly surrounded by friends, fellowship, food and a far healthier political and social environment than I am used to enjoying. Mine hosts...
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