Yeah, I think it was just too much cognitive dissonance for my brain to handle that early in my morning.

Yeah, I understand that, and Lady Merc and I have had a convo or two about locks (mostly about the misconceptions around them about washing, and white people trying to wear them).

Mercenary_Chef.exe has stopped working.

“...it betrays a total lack of both empathy and education.”

Oh yeah, my mother was very big into that schtick when I was a kid, and when compared to the rest of my family, well... But I've watched the veneer crack and crumble over the years.

Knowing when to speak and when to listen is quite possibly more important than being willing to speak in the first place.

“who received a medical license in Texas in November, according to state records,”

I ask myself those questions every day, lately.

Again I say: Fuck you, Tom Cotton.

Nevermind that the last episode of Cops was a full 2 weeks before the murder of George Floyd.

I have no issue with believing in the ideals written in the Declaration, because they are indeed really good ideals to strive for: that all are created equal, and that everyone, EVERYONE, has the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Hell, I had joined the Army, despite my stance on the (at…

Just more proof that money can't buy sense.

Well, that explains why he keeps saying it was difficult.

Definitely a man who I can still proudly claim as a Brother in Arms.

That’s his bar? Remembering 5 things for about 20 minutes and knowing what day it is? Jesus, then I should be supreme ruler of the galaxy, because being a chef requires retaining dozens of multi-step recipes at any given time, keeping a mental list of what items need to go out when, and the whole time, having to take…

I know you’re not going to understand this, in even the simplest terms, but I’ll say it for anyone else that might have a shred of humanity left in their body.

“What are we gonna do about it?”

Hence the sarcasm practically dripping from my comment. Calling something an 'anti-violence' program when they are being sent to cause violence is pretty par for the course with these assholes.

Because they’ve done such a bang-up job in Portland ‘preventing’ violence.

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