I was in the military and keep in touch with friend from back then as well as my daughter is in now. The sense I get is they don’t care for Trump as a person, but respect the office as they are obliged to do. If he makes a spurious claim of an emergency to try and keep himself in office, I think it would really put us…

A few years ago, we started a tradition where everyone took a bite out of a turkey leg and passed it around the table. It was a lot of fun and the kids loved it. Fast forward 48 hours later, and 75% of the people who took part in the tradition had some form of gastroenteritis. I spent the last half of our drive home…

I work at a manufacturing company. When the Trump tax cuts came through, rather than adjusting everyone’s checks, they added the increase to the quarterly bonus (+1.5%). All the line workers were happy, yay Trump! Then he dropped the tariffs. We buy a lot of tariffable material from China. This is coming through in…

It’s actually a good point. If there isn’t any written law or reg violated in revoking the press pass, Trump can start revoking them willy-nilly. Someone asks him a question he doesn’t like, just hook the thumb at them and they’re done.

My beef has always been with the nebbishy accountant or doctor who gets on his weekend Harley to play at being Billy Bad-Ass. All the leather and chrome in the world isn’t going to make you tough, that comes from what you do and who you are.

The saying in the Army was “if it ain’t rainin’, you ain’t trainin’.”  After a while, I got to love misery training. 

I’ve been tooting this horn for a while.  The Dems don’t have a bench.  I think in 2-3 cycles, they could have something; but for now they are in rebuild mode when they need to be playing for keeps.

So long as we keep hearing these types of diatribes about why Republicans lost elections or blaming vote stealing, Republicans won’t be able to go through the harsh light of day reckoning they need. I’ve long been a conservative and generally stick to those principals, but I haven’t been a Republican in a long time…

I would imagine this would be to spin up the base. Get the vast right wing conspiracy rolling that Dems are trying to steal the election. Never mind that they are following the law to the letter; it’s counter to what Trump wants therefore it must be illegal.  This is akin to a toddler whining about how bedtimes aren’t…

It sounds like there are 2 toddlers in your house.  My sympathies.

I’m going to listen to that album next chili cooking session and I’m on amazon right now looking for a hat to wear!

Money is the ultimate aphrodisiac. It doesn’t matter how bad his hair, how orange his skin, or whether he’s cut like a portabella or button; some people just want to be close to cash and fame.

When I make chili, it’s an all afternoon affair.  It takes a solid hour to prep everything and get it in the pot before the cook time actually starts.  All of that time is chopping, blending, roasting, and browning.  Once that hour is up, there’s another two hours of simmering.  I put on the music I like, crack open a…

I’m kind of surprised other news outlets aren’t jumping on this.  I would think if MSNBC, BBC, and a couple other big hitters started to question this he might change his tune.  We’ve seen it before with Trump.  He’s a bully, punch him in the nose (figuratively) and he’ll back down.

I think he hit the nail on the head.  People don’t want talking points, they want action plans.  If you’re just repeating the national party rhetoric, voters in local districts can’t connect that to their own lives.  If Sagan can break down how a national effort will improve the local lives in a specif way and a…

A rose by any other name. It’s still a police force, just the authority has changed. I think breaking the social ties could be good in some instances, but bad in others. You’d stop Boss Hogg from putting his cousin Cletus as a deputy, but would you want CPT Whitebread in an all POC area with no clue about social…

I have two sisters, both married with 4 kids each. My wife and I have 3 kids. We do a name draw for the adults and one for the kids so everyone buys one present for the extended family. We do the name draw at Thanksgiving dinner. My parents said they don’t want presents anymore, so the three families all chip in $50…

I’d be interested to hear what your non-police force would look like. When someone breaks into your house, what actions do you then take? If you rear end someone, besides insurance, who sorts the traffic out?

I think the most sobering part of this is that we are measuring the time between worst mass shootings in weeks, not months or years. How long until days?

I don’t do drugs, but I’ve always wondered if stoners try and time their high to be able to walk to the tunnel while bombed.