• At this point, I don’t know how anyone who considers themselves to be reasonable people can look at Minneapolis and think this is acceptable. If you’re keeping track of the accelerating fascism that is taking over, they are now trying to make the argument that simply possessing a gun is justification for execution. The man was on his knees, and shot in the back. If that’s not an execution, you tell me what it is. Minneapolis is being overrun by untrained and unaccountable thugs who think this is a giant game of Call of Duty. I used to joke about Reagan replacing the fired air traffic controllers with people who played Space Invaders. Comedy plus time equals tragedy in this instance.

• Don’t watch the news coming out of Minneapolis unless you want to get mad. Having said that, I have two questions
  • Do you think this is the kind of action that would result in the invocation of the Insurrection Act?
  • When do we say “Enough?”
    
• I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Season 2 of The Pitt is coming out in the next couple days, and Season 1 was the best damn thing I’ve seen since Bosch was my obsession. You can keep your Stranger Things over there somewhere. I highly recommend getting up to speed on The Pitt. Just amazing.

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• I managed to go for almost 30 years without having to engage in the dubiously honored Christmas tradition of “some assembly required”. I am currently setting up a twin-size bed with a bookcase for my middle child. What have I become?