It is greatly appreciated.

MC says I should do an update on our dog…The good news?

Well:

Her falling problem can be fixed with OTC medication from Walgreens.

The bad news?

Likely she has cancer. We will know more when the samples get to the cytologist and we get the report.

I got nuthin else right now. Kinda numb.

She’s 14, so it isn’t like I didn’t know it was coming some time in the not too distant future.

But it still isn’t pleasant news.

Say a prayer for Schmoo….and Midwest Chick, who loves her dearly. 

Spent Saturday night with my dog, Schmoo.

She fell about 3 am, and was unable to stand on her back legs. Tried to walk, but couldn’t stand and just fell over.

She is 14 years old.

If there was a decent emergency vet anywhere closer than Lafayette, I’d have taken her in then, but there isn’t.

So MC and I waited up all night with her. Carried her outside to do her business. Carried her back in. Comforted her. Tried to calm her fear. Held her close. I cursed my inability to help her.

It looks like she had a stroke. The vet I use finally returned my calls (She and I are gonna talk about that when things are over), and told me to wait and see if she recovers. She was right. Schmoo is recovering. How far she will recover remains to be seen, but progress is progress.

She can stand, but barely walk. (the dog, not the vet). We’ll see how tomorrow goes.

I am afraid that sooner rather than later I am going to have to make the decision all pet owners dread.  May God grant me the strength and wisdom to know when, and the fortitude to make that decision.

I was supposed to do an NRA instructors class Sunday. That didn’t happen. Dunno if it will any time soon.

Gotta have priorities.

And nothing takes priority over my friends….2 legged or 4.  Especially one of 14 years.

Jesus, I was so frightened for her. Still am.

This article.

and, even moreso,

This article.

Things are changing. And when they are finished, I doubt that many of those who have been hiding behind racism will like the way they turn out.

Facing the truths is hard. Dealing with those truths will be even harder.

Facing the aftermath of the revealing of the truth will be harder yet.

What leverage they used to get to this guy. What pressures were brought to bear.

Someone, somewhere, has a great deal to lose if Zimmerman walks. 

I still don’t know if he was guilty or innocent of murder, or was merely defending himself.

But I do know that this whole thing smells…..Worse and worse as it goes forward.

It is a LONG post, and it will take half an hour or more to read it and follow the links (and you should).

I’ve been preaching this for years, and Peter and I agree on the basics, and most of the details.

Prepare. Plan, Expect things to be less than idyllic in the near future.

Governments can only paper over the cracks for so long.

What Peter doesn’t mention is that when the governments can no longer keep the nanny state going, with the payouts in welfare and other government handouts. THAT is when the real fun will begin.

Better have a plan for that eventuality too.

‘Cause that is when the real ugliness will begin:  less (or no) policing, and a subset of our population who is used to handouts no longer receiving them…who has little or no respect for the social contract, who lives in the moment, who believes in “getting theirs” and who believes in “might makes right”.

That is when the real fun will begin. 

Bet on it.

If only

is making a huge deal about the losses from JPMorganChase’s trading.

$2 billion. Billion, with a B. 2 times ten to the 9th. 2,000,000,000 dollars. Think about how much money that is.

That’s a LOT of scratch. Really, it is. Seriously, a LOT of money. More than you and I (and most of our friends) together will make in our lifetimes…combined.  And I would expect that heads will (continue to) roll over the bad trades/derivative/screwup.

But the fact is that the US runs nearly twice that deficit EVERY DAY.

And no one seems to care about that.

I might. 

If you feel that this represents you, then it is you that has the problem.

Racism is sometimes in the eyes of the beholder.

And if yer dressed like Mr. Obama’s mythical son and in my neighborhood, then I’ll treat you with suspicion too.

But what we really need are some New Black Panther targets.

To my Mom and all the others.