So yesterday (Tuesday)…..While having lunch with a friend, I listened to a man  in the restaurant expound on the Deep State….You know, the ones who:

1. Covered for Hillary and Bill in all their misdeeds during Bill’s term as president. (See also the definition of “Fostered”).
2. Tried desperately to come up with some reason for Trump to not be eligible for election.
3. Tried to come up with false information to discredit him. Paid for by the FBI and State.
4. Colluded with each other to give Hillary an out for her misdeeds that came to light.
5. Accuse Trump of “Russian Collusion” while hiding Hillary’s actual collusion with those same “Russians”.

-….and about 6 or 7 other items that DO point to a conspiracy of entrenched bureaucrats. One that is now blatantly hiding evidence of their own misdeeds and ignoring requests from Congressional investigations. Blatantly.

And then he pointed out all the inconsistencies in the Kennedy Assassination, and how it couldn’t have been Lee Harvey who did all of the shooting (which I do believe, Warren Commission notwithstanding) but rather the CIA under the command of the “Deep State”.

He also mentioned Reagan and the oddly well-timed series of “missteps” by the Secret Service that day which allowed the attempt on his life by John Hinkley ……..(and the commonalities between him and Oswald) in an attempt Reagan from doing what Trump wants to do today….

At first I was dismissive, but then I considered his statements and I couldn’t help but think that there might be a bit of truth in the connection he claimed. The more I thought about it, the more disturbing it was…..I couldn’t dismiss his statements.

I find that kinda scary, actually. Evidence does point in that direction. I cannot discount it. Is it possible (even likely) that there is a group of folks who, over the past 54 (or more) years, have twisted and (mis) guided and controlled our country’s direction? I can’t say “No” anymore.

I wish that I could laugh his statements off…..But I can’t. Deeply entrenched Conspiracies??
But I can’t laugh it away anymore.

And we are allowing these things to slide.

Yeah he might be crazy. I might be crazy. But that doesn’t mean we are wrong……

If I only knew what to do about it. 

There’s a Lot of it……..Just not from the Russians:

Google, Apple, Comcast, Facebook and Amazon all set records for money spent on “lobbying”.

Anyone really think that they don’t influence elections (and legislators)? That they didn’t “Collude” with elected officials to influence elections? To change the message presented to voters?

If you do, I have this neat bridge to sell you.

Small bills only, please,  and all that…..

Ursula K. Le Guin, the immensely popular author who brought literary depth and a tough-minded feminist sensibility to science fiction and fantasy with books like “The Left Hand of Darkness” and the Earthsea series, died on Monday at her home in Portland, Ore. She was 88.

Is John Moses Browning’s birthday.

Nearly every semi-automatic pistol sold today owes him for the operating mechanism it uses.

One wonders what he could do today in design with modern materials and metal manufacturing techniques….back then his designs were limited to “Start with a hunk of good quality steel (which wasn’t that great by today’s standards) and carve away everything that doesn’t look like a gun part”.

With today’s steels, metals, manufacturing techniques, and modern polymers? What might he create?

You should read it.

HERE

It would seem that there is no place for Wayne LaPierre in the NRA bylaws.

Found via Uncle

Seems that there is a movement by Black Americans to help (or at least convince) other black people to move from the US to Somewhere Else because “Reasons”. (The reason given is “In response to the recent rise in racism and the 2016 election, Blaxit has returned. We have built their civilization thanklessly, now it’s time to build our own”)

On the one hand, I would think that the standard of living in Angola could be pretty high if you have any reasonable amount of saving in US dollars…..But I doubt that it is a great place to live, when one looks at the crime stats and such. There may be opportunities for skilled workers in those countries, but there are just as many opportunities of you have skills here in the US.

And, despite what they claim, there are still better protections here in the us than anywhere else.

I hear they are accepting donations too, if that interests you….

(http://www.officialblaxit.org)

So it is 2140 local.

“I think I’m gonna stop drinking coffee”

She looks up in alarm “Do you REALLY think that’s a good idea? Someone might die.”

“I mean for the evening”

Visibly relaxing “Oh, good”. 

If it is a WHITE girl going with a Black man, then they seem to be OK with it.
So why not this way?  Malia is a Big Girl, she gets to make her own decisions.

(Hint: I really don’t see the issue either way, if she’s happy with her boyfriend, then what’s the big deal????)

Seems that Racism is raising it’s ugly head….only it isn’t WHITE racists.

Read the comments in the article

It seems that the NSA had a court order to preserve the data.

And didn’t do it.

“NSA senior management is fully aware of this failure, and the Agency is committed to taking swift action to respond to the loss of this data.”

It was a mistake…and oversight.

I don’t care.

Every person involved, every single one, should get jail time. Starting at Michael S Rodgers, and every deputy of his, manager, employee and any other person who was involved in the decision to cull the data. Each and every one gets criminal felony penalties for destruction of evidence and conspiracy to hide or destroy evidence. Loss of pension and position. Be barred from ever working for the Federal Government again, or holding a position where they might handle sensitive data. But jail time, and not in “Club Fed”.

If I were doing the sentencing, I’d add in a good horsewhippin’ as well.