Childish Magical Thinking

I am at work today and was having a conversation with one of my employees. She is a 20 something lesbian who claims that she and her wife feel sorry for Ukrainians and thinks that Russia needs to be stopped. I told her that I don’t think that the US needs to be solving everyone’s problems, and that it isn’t worth Amercans dying and fighting to be the world’s savior.

She responded by saying that, “I agree that we don’t need to get the US involved in a war, but SOMEONE should stop them from doing that to the Ukrainians.”

I asked her if she were willing to join the military to go fight and perhaps die to stop them. She replied “Of course not, but someone should stop them.”

I asked her, short of military force, how that would happen. She replied that we could negotiate and if that doesn’t work we could take them to court, or something.

“Hans, bubby, I am your white knight.”

The left has no idea about any kind of reason beyond Kindergarten level rules for dealing with others.

Song Lyrics

There are many in the self defense community who say you shouldn’t have certain types of firearm accessories, shouldn’t use certain symbols on firearm accessories, shouldn’t, shouldn’t, because it will be used to make you look bad in court.

Whatever. A prosecutor will use anything that he can. An example is the trial of the critter in the school shooting that occurred in Parkland Florida back in 2018. The prosecutor in that case is using the lyrics from a song that the shooter listened to before the shooting as evidence of his mindset.

In my opinion, this is a First Amendment issue. Using a song, a stupid cliche, or any other item should not be used against you. Having a dustcover that says “Smile and Wait For the Flash” doesn’t change the circumstances of the shoot and neither does listening to a song, but prosecutors are gonna do what the courts let them get away with.

Reminder

Reuters is reporting that Russian actors are threatening cyber attacks on US infrastructure. In keeping with my war warning from December, be prepared for a loss of cell service, landline phone service, Internet service, GPS, and other services like power and water.

I told my wife that, should communications be lost while we are separated, she is to go home and stay until I return. It does no good for us to be out searching for each other if power, coms, and GPS are out.

LOL. She told me to keep my voice down because she didn’t want others to think I was a paranoid person.

Settled Science is Changing

As the midterm elections approach and it becomes obvious just how much cheating it will take to overcome a 30% approval rating, the CDC has announced that the science on COVID has evolved again.

Under current guidelines, some 95% of U.S. counties are considered areas of substantial or high transmission, meaning masks are recommended. The new guidelines would remove those designations, meaning the vast majority of Americans will no longer live in areas where indoor masking in public is recommended.