But when we get violent with a knife it's not as bad as when we get violent with an AR.
Very true, but given the number of guns we have isn't it odd that more people aren't being killed? The US does not have the highest homicide rate which indicates to me that most firearms, including ARs, are in the hands of responsible citizens and those citizens are not the problem. Oh, I read a new word today that may useful in further discussions: ammosexual.
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Uncle Ken was wondering why Trump was such a Putin fanboy at that Helsinki Summit and there may be an answer. Some folks did a body language study and came to the conclusion that he is being blackmailed. But blackmailed for what?, you may ask. Although edging close to tinfoil hat territory, last year Politico had an article about Trump's first visit to Moscow in 1987 and he may have been a target of the KGB and GRU (Russian military intelligence). Those Russians make very long term plans and it is not impossible that Trump has been an unwitting dupe for more than thirty years. Not very likely, I think, but not impossible either. The article has good insights on how the KGB selects and cultivates its assets; they look for certain qualities and weaknesses and Trump fits the bill perfectly.
This ties in nicely with Trump's recent nonsense about Montenegro starting WW3. It seemed to come out of nowhere until you recall that the Russians have been trying to break up NATO for a long time and Montenegro screwed up those plans by joining NATO; more details here.
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Since there doesn't seem to be enough to keep us up at night, here's some volcano news closer to home: a fissure has opened up, close to the Yellowstone caldera, in the Grand Teton National Park. Sweet dreams!
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