I’m not sure if this is related, but I live in Seattle and apparently they are training “de-escalation” teams of cops that won’t have guns to go into charged situations (especially getting training to deal with mentally ill, homeless and addicted populations). Now that I think of it I believe they are in the…

I entirely agree with you, except I don’t think it is a “rant” for another time, though. Each time someone dies by unnecessary gun violence in this country (citizen or LEO) or is intimidated by a fellow citizen with a gun I think that is exactly the time to be upset about our gun laws.

I know! When I read that I was like... ????!!??? WHY?!?! If you want prayers that bad, ask for those, too, but what good does turning down desperately needed aid do for anybody? I just.....

I’m glad to hear you’re through it, but I totally understand the jumble of feelings and fear that come after a long bout of depression. I either have cyclical major depression with mood instability or bipolar type 2 (none of my Drs/therapists/psychiatrists have ever seemed to be able to decide as far as I’m aware). …

A trilogy I read a couple of months ago that has stuck with me is C.S. Friedman’s Coldfire Trilogy.

Same here in Seattle. Anarchists have been showing up as long as I’ve been active here (and long before) at random protests and rallies just to vandalize, fight and generally ruin otherwise peaceful gatherings. It screws it up for everybody else, ends the event and hijacks the focus from the actual cause.

YES! This is what I’ve been saying for so long. I strongly suspect that many of the violent actions recently attributed to Antifa have actually been committed by anarchists. In part due to their tendency to wear similar, “black block-type” attire (black clothing, black bandanas/scarves, glasses/goggles, etc) I think…