Yah...well I try not to be the spelling/grammar police. There's been people in the Attic that focus so much on spelling that they fail to make any contribution to the discussion. Fortunately they tend not to last...

That's really all you can ask for. Good job!

Well, they all got to see me graduate from college. All four attended college. Three graduated. Three of them (including the dropout) own their own homes. The youngest is making money hand over fist and could probably retire by 40.

I'd say that we did ok.

Seems like you left out a few "ifs".

I will be the first to admit that I did not watch all the video that was available to the general public from that day.

Some of the video I did see?

- Capitol police were "escorting" people around.

That happened but the Left constantly paints the event with one brush. Should violence be met with violence? Seems like if that were the case then the Capitol police didn't do their jobs. They should have held the line and called for reinforcements. Instead they were overrun and given citations and promotions.

You can say that I am a bit jaded but as I've gotten older I've come to realize that there aren't many honorable people left in DC. Something that has trickled down to every level. That does not mean that I condone the juvenile behavior of those that entered regardless of how they got in. Selfies, defecating in offices, willful destruction, etc.

Do I think someone should be in federal prison for taking a selfie whilst being escorted? No, I don't. Do I think the cops that did the escorting should lose their jobs? I think it certainly warrants consideration.

The other video I saw was the shooting of Ashli Babbett. Some will say that was a righteous kill. I say it was a tragedy...an avoidable tragedy. And personally, if I were one of the other officers near her on her side of the glass I would be seriously pissed at the shooter.

I get it. The AK works when its dirty and doesn't require a degree from MIT to clean and get in working order. I am not a gun fanatic but I do understand the notion of keep it simple.

Not yet. The next mega billions will require that they join.

One of the major factors to support that is the craptastic public education that goes on in those states.

First off, it's not about ending the war or saving the Ukraine from Russia. It's about forcing the Ukraine into NATO compliance which incidentally includes buying all munitions from the West. No more AK's for you!

We, and our European counter parts will be sending aid money there for generations to keep the "military-industrial complex" humming along.

Thanks. Now, if I had only made some of those sooner....

I think the key word there is conspire. I'm sure the majority of people in attendance that were not undercover FBI or other agencies had not met previously to discuss overthrowing the government but were there to protest.

I think it goes to our assertion that, we as a species, have so much influence in shaping the planet. We really don't. Amazon forests kept the scale and spread of ancient civilizations hidden for hundreds of years. Buildings and monuments that were on land in ancient Naples are under the sea due to the magma chamber emptying, not global warming.

At one of the National Parks in Utah, the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, there is this quote hanging on the wall.

“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice” - Will Durant

That was true when he wrote it and it still rings true.

Sure thing , no problem. Geology is fun, though mostly about catastrophes.

There was this educational program on TV about researching a volcanic eruption in the Polynesian Islands. The long and the short of it is that this one event was recorded in ice cores both at the North and South poles. This would require a huge eruption very close to the equator. That alone was interesting. It turns out that scientists are point at this eruption and one or 2 others as causing the Mini-Ice Age and associated Black Death Plague. It turns out that the needle does not need to move very far to see bad things happen.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24332239

I guess when you read about these events it makes you wonder how warm would our planet be if these never erupted?

At this point I really don't care but I do wonder about those Capitol Police that were essentially guiding the "insurrectionists" about. Did they all go to prison too for aiding and abetting?....because it would seem seriously hypocritical to punish one group and not the others.

The Draft was ancient history when I was old enough although some years later I did have to register for it. I do wonder if I should have enlisted as there were a few years where direction and purpose was lacking.

Yes we did. I blame my parents....