When thre is an incident including Muslims and/or folks of middle eastern ancestry and death or violence, the “Authorities” always claim that there is no indication of terrorism or that it is too soon to determine if there is any link to terrorism…..

But when it is not a Muslim/Middle Easterner, as in the case of Isaiah Peoples, there was an INSTANT declaration of “Domestic Terrorism”.

Now, maybe it was indeed a case of attempted murder. Maybe not. Mr Peoples claims not, of course….But why do we have this disparity in when and/or how quickly a determination can be made?

Strange, isn’t it?

This could get pretty ugly:

“I’d like to know why Ms. Clark is being treated differently than Jussie Smollett,” asked Cook County Judge Marc Martin. “It’s a disorderly conduct case [false] reporting — a lot less egregious than Mr. Smollett’s case. I have a problem with it. Why is she being treated differently?”

And that is exactly the issue: Why is ANYONE being charged with any similar crimes…..and the open question: How long before the prosecutors CAN charge anyone with similar crimes?

It’s not like Mr. Smollett was charged and tried for his crime but got a light sentence….the charges were DROPPED…so why is the County of Cook charging anyone?

I do these things so you don’t have to experiment on yourself……

11,000 rpm 4 inch grinder (without the safety guard, of course…because I’m a guy) with an 80 grit flap disc…
skin on knuckle
0.0000004 seconds of contact time.

Skin gone.

But it is clean and should heal rapidly.

YMMV.

Now you know, just in case you were wondering. 

Went to have a bit of Easter Celebration with Midwest Chick’s sister and her husband.

Now, normally, this is a 3 1/2 hour drive….

Or a 1.2 hour flight.

So, we could go, have time to see each other, break bread, etc. and still return at a decent hour, rather than spend more time travelling than celebrating together.

This is why I learned to fly and own a plane.

1.2 each way, and 3 landings.
Weather was frikkin’ perfect. Clear skies, 6 mph winds at 7500/6500, and fairly smooth until the final approach back home.

Please, remember WHY it is a holiday.

Today was the day when some colonists chose to stand and fight their government over control….When that Government wanted to take control of the Colonists means of defying the heavy hand of government……And when a government learned what can happen when a pissed off citizenry with arms has had enough. There are those that say (with good reason) that that day, 244 years ago, was the real beginning of the United States of America.  (one wonders what those folks might think of the current residents of those lands today, what they have become….I think they’d spit on those resident of Massachusetts today) (look up the battles of Concord and Lexington if you aren’t sure what I am talking about)

Also, 26 years ago today, we have the anniversary of the day when our Government went berserk in middle Texas and killed 76 men, women, and children who were holed up and simply resisting arrest. Killed ’em with fire and gas.
And when that happened, the rest of the citizens sat around and watched it on TV.
And we didn’t hunt down and kill those responsible because the folks they killed were a bit strange and were portrayed by the Media as Religious Extremists.
So we watched our Government and their employees kill those folks AND LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.
After all, Janet Reno is still breathing…..which is a shame, really. As are her commanders on the scene. A further shame. You and I and our fellow citizens watched ’em commit murder on live TV.

If it doesn’t happen this time, I am sure that soon (like a generation or three, at most) it will happen eventually.

I  mean, is there anyone who didn’t think, even for a moment, that the fire was just possibly a bit of arson by a proponent of a different religion?

There is a history of building Mosques on the sites of Churches (and vice versa).

And we may never know.
(And it may be that even if there is a connection, the “authorities” won’t tell us)

Notre Dame Cathedral may be total loss.

The cathedral holds no special significance to me, I’m not a very devout Christian, The artworks, however, are priceless. The Stained Glass and murals are irreplaceable, as are other artifacts.

And there is this to consider:
Twelve French Churches vandalized in past week

At least one is definitely arson. Perhaps, now, another as well.
And perhaps it is just an accident.

But there is the fact that to some other religions, religious icons or artworks not of their religion are anathema and should be destroyed…

More instrument stuff….Partial panel this time.

1.7 hours. and it was stressful. I was wiped out at the end of it.

Plus intersections. Having 2 VOR’s is a nice thing.
As is an autopilot while finding the intersection and VOR info. Plus my first approach using the GNS430.

One landing only ’cause 2 chicks had a stuck mike and we ALL had to listen to the coaching while they did 3 touch and goes..NORDO….and then chattered all the way to out of radio range. No excuse for that, I am sure there are 2 radios in that 172….
(Hint: If you think your radio is broken, stop the lesson and either land and have it looked at or stop the lesson and return to your home airport…and turn it off if you think it is’t working!). If they would have broadcast a tail number (they didn’t ’cause they thought their radio was broken, so no position calls, nothing) I’d have found out who owned the aircraft and called or something and given them an earful. No excuses for that.

So I only did one landing ’cause there wasn’t any way for anyone else to hear me…

The endless chatter slightly marred what was otherwise a great flight.

A great crosswind landing and the stall horn came on JUST as the mains touched. Not even a chirp, just a rumble. I wish I could do that every time.

Filled up the tanks and put it away.

1.7 and one.

It appears, after checking the records for 20+ hours of flight, that I am burning 11.6 GPH in cruise flight and 13.4 GPH in pattern work and climb out.