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The Libertarian candidates
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Meeting the trouble halfway
So now it seems that the “incident”, which is to say, two murders, that happened 100 feet away from my house was a drug deal gone sour, and not a home invasion. That does make me feel a bit better. The shooter(s) being caught would seal the day nicely.
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More info on the blue lights
Here is the article. Scary business. The article does describe the neighborhood as “Upscale”.
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The night the blue lights kept the neighbors up
The street is taped off in front of my house, there are three police cars to the left and right of my house, and the church parking lot across the street is cordoned off with yellow police tape. A news van was here too (they left after about an hour). I’ve heard something of what happened, but I’ll link to the news story when it comes out in the morning.
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Fifth Generation Warfare sighted in the wild!
Check out this interview on bloggingheads with the author of The Family, which is a book about a loose network of self dealing Christians in high placed.
From the interview (I haven’t read the book yet) it seems to match all of the definitions of 5GW (loose as they may be), and it’s been around since the 30s as well.
Thoughts from my fellow war nerds, which is to say Soob and Slog?
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With summer comes five more strings
Lately I’ve been fighting a craving for a banjo, I see the wonderful rendition of a Dock Boggs song (below) and I’m almost out the door to buy one….
Or should I get a mandolin?
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The amazing McCain
According the the wonderful site, Electoral-Vote.com, Clinton (who won’t be the nominee) beats McCain 280-241 in the electoral college, whereas Obama loses to McCain 237-290. Granted, it’s quite early, but it’s amazing nonetheless.
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John Robb’s annoying moments
On the whole, I like John Robb, his book Brave New War was thought provoking, and his upcoming book on Resilient Communities looks to be good as well.
But then posts like this one anger me to no end. He goes over current world trends in apocolyptic tones and then closes with
Except for the fanatical optimists, market mystics (the divine invisible hand), and the naive/uninformed, the debates over these trends are over.
He always mentions the broad trends with no real mention of where economics might shift the current, instead he just brushes that off with the thesis (this is what I gather from reading him anyway) that practically all of the benevolent inputs are dynamic, whereas the benevolent inputs are static.
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Homeless James Bond
Via Soob, check out Homeless James Bond
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Talking to the police
Watch this video – it’s a lecture by a law professor and a detective, both of whom agree on practically everything, it’s weird.