Guns or Humanity?

Here we are, on the eve of yet another election, and I am hearing the same rhetoric that wins over and over again, Socialism Bad, Guns Good” and off with some benign reason as to why you cannot vote for your own best interest.

Look the United States, the only industrialized country in the world without some form of Universal Healthcare, period. Obamacare, was the first step to addressing that problem. Granted, it was not perfect but it had several much needed provisions to it.
Since it’s introduction, I have heard no alternatives from the right save constant badgering, meanwhile Millions of people suffer.
But from the right I have heard how guns will solve everything. If you have a gun you can defend yourself but from what I ask? Will your gun perform surgery? Will it magically whisk away disease? No, they will not.
Guns have their purpose and to most it comes down to defending your well being, so why would you not think your well being is better off without proper healthcare? You will go to the hospital at some point in your life and you should not have to go bankrupt in the process.
In the end for me, I am tired of seeing GoFundMe for the healthcare solution. If you want to be afraid someone is taking your gun, go ahead but I know someone is taking away my right to being healthy, and I am fighting back against that on a moral and guiding issue.
Democrat for me across the board this election and it should be for your as well.

Mcgregor instigated the brawl and threw the first punch, stop giving him a pass.

The much anticipated fight happened last night between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Connor Mcgregor, in an match we saw almost four rounds of Khabib dominating Connor not only on hte ground, but knocking Connor down twice while on their feet, once with a knee the other with a punch.
He would go on to Finish Connor in the fourth round via neck crank.
Khabib furious at Connors Pre Fight Antics dating back months, jumped over the cage and ended up in a quick brawl with Connors Jui Jitsu Coach.
Meanwhile two of KHabibs Teammates jumped in the cage and COnnor, being his usual self instigated one and threw a punch at pretty much the same time, then he was hit from behind.
THe melee was chaotic however replaying the Video shows there were no real "Victims" despite Connor trying to play that card.
Let's be clear, Connor has pushed the Envelope in his brief history in the UFC taking Marketing to a new level as he degrades, humiliates and even physically attacks his opponents outside of the ring. Usually those physical attacks are only Token attacks not meant to promote a fight, however five months ago Connor upped the stakes by Throwing a hand truck through a bus window injuring and nearly blinding a fighter.
It should have been then that Connor was banned from the US as he endangered the Career and safety of everyone on the Bus, but being Dana Whites Golden Boy excuses were made and a token court appearance for the Irishman.

Now we have a situation that got ugly, and could have been worse, so where does it stop? Connor is out of control with his antics and giving him a free pass only continues to not only make each situation worse in future promotions, especially as he loses relevancy, to a time when it could be flat out dangerous and lead to something far, far more serious.

So we need to keep the key players and instigators in play, while I do not give KHabib a total Pass in his antics at last nights event, I also understand somewhat as people in most of the "Eastern" world do not joke nor let insults roll off their shoulders as we do in the West. Honestly in some regards I do not blame him, there aught to be a professional line that should not be crossed and I sincerely hope that the Nevada Atheletic Commission does the right things and holds the UFC accountable for allowing this ignorance to continue.

Ladies, your only real defense against Sexual Assault is learning how to defend yourself

Where do you think America ranks in Rape versus over 100 other countries in the world?
What would you say If I told you we were ranked a staggering 15th in the world?
Considering rape is under reported and under prosecuted in America, this is a incredibly frightening statistic.

I wish this post was only limited to Women, but Men face Sexual Assault as well, it seems absurd as most men do not prepare for it, but it happens.
Nevertheless whatever type of physical assault you need to be able to protect yourself and at the very least (recommended) get away.

If we take our current most famous Sexual Assault case with Ford and Kavannah, it seems she was held down.
In reality if there are several people your odds go down, however against a single man knowing the proper defense can help and even against multiple attackers you can get away.

So what can you do?
First and foremost I encourage every woman to take self defense classes, not all are the same in quality protection, but all will offer you more than you already know, do not neglect this. Do your homework, take at least one and preferably more than one.
You will also learn how to watch your surroundings, how to carry your keys and use objects as weapons. Different scenarios are practiced as well. The more you know the better you can react.

https://thoughtsoftheages.blogspot.com/2016/12/self-defense-getting-started-and-tips.html
Second, Consider enrolling in a Martial Arts class, again not all are equal but any are better than nothing.



My daughter is in a childs martial arts program, She has learned how to pull away from someone, how to punch and elbow, the last I love. She has already used what she learned in class to pull away from a bothersome boy intent on holding her hand, nothing major, but it is a start. She is also becoming increasingly hard to throw a Blanket on or simply to grab a hold of while we are playing. She is very good now at using her feet to kick or push away. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to be able to use your strongest asset, your leg to at the very least push someone away.

Regardless of what Martial Art you choose sparing will be part of the equation and you will learn that you do not need to fear getting hit or grabbed as you once thought you would. It also teaches you confidence. The more you attend the more repetition you get and the better the odds of being able to use whatever defense you have been taught.
IF you are worried about Concussions i would encourage you to take Jui Jitsu or Tae Kwon Do, while hte later has strikes they wear copious amounts of protection.


Firearms Training
This one is probably kind of shocking as lately people have perceived me on the anti gun trail, I am not, I am however for limiting certain types of firearms to the general public, you will never hear me berate anyone wanting to protect themselves, other than being afraid of everything :P
I say training as most people do not know how to use a firearm in the proper situations, serious training goes way farther than simply pointing a gun and pulling the trigger. I have always been a hobby shooter and I shot competitively as well, however upon taking tactical classes I was amazed how much I learned.
DO not neglect this, but do not mistake having a firearm for being the end all as most assaults actually occur from friends or family members. The odds of you being armed at that time are almost none.

Weapons Training
Maybe you are not into firearms, and I do not blame you, or perhaps you cannot legally own one, then I would encourage you to take a Martial Art where you will also learn various weapons skills.


However you decide to learn to protect yourself just remember it does not end there, legislation needs to be passed to help hold people responsible for sexual assault, even with the best legislation in the world things can and will happen, signs are not crosses to the boogyman and the cross you wear does not promise Jesus will come and save the day.

Be strong, be prepared and never ever be a victim.

http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Rape-rate

https://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1055&context=undergrad_rev

Montana I-186, Scary Mining Bill or much needed Legislation?

I am frankly surprised at how many people are up in arms over this bill.
The usual big corporate Rhetoric is all over saying how it will "Cost Miners Jobs" That does exactly what it is supposed to do, tug at the hearts of Montanans as we all know Miners.
We are all also touched by mining, I am typing on a device made possible only by Mining so clearly I cannot be anti mining, but I am tired of big corporations leaving a lasting negative impact on the Environment.
I think those of us Growing up in Mining towns should want three things.
One a strong Economy.
Two Miners well Paid in a safe working evirionment
Three a Healthy Environment.

Both of my Grandfathers were Smeltermen and My Great Grandfather a Miner at one point as well as his Father, who would be killed in a Mine Blast in North Western Montana. Should I therefore conclude that since his death and thousands of others, mines were required to provide safety measures that undoubtedly cost the mine money, and maybe some employment, those regulations are bad? Not for a instance.

Furthermore I do not miss in the least bit the Mine Tailings I grew up Playing in left by the Anaconda Smelter, they are still there, but they are now capped with Top Soil. It has cost Tax Payers the equivalency of what the smelting produced to clean up the mess, which can never actually be completely cleaned up, how on earth is that cost effective at all?
It was so terrible in my childhood trees would not grow on the neighboring hillsides, the Upper Clark Fork river was completely devoid of all life, nothing would grow there do to the pollution.
I think many people have forgotten how far Environmental Legislation has gotten us.
It is also imperative that we look and think about where Rhetoric comes from.
The head of the Montana Mining Association Phillip Baker stiffed Tax Payers for some 27 million in clean up so far, and millions more to come do to Pegasus Gold and their antics. The Mine has to be cleaned up at YOUR expense for in a sense, ever.
There are wells which will be monitoring the Cyanide Leaching for Decades to come. Think about that for a minute.
Maybe take another.
Now look at this bill and tell me how in the fuck it is not needed?
I would also encourage you to show me how it costs miners jobs?
I have mined and I fully support miners, but I do not for a minute support destroying the planet left to my children and theirs.



So here is the Bill in it's entirety.

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https://sosmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/I-186.pdf

I-186 requires the Department of Environmental Quality to deny a permit for any new
hardrock mines in Montana unless the reclamation plan provides clear and convincing
evidence that the mine will not require perpetual treatment of water polluted by acid
mine drainage or other contaminants. The terms “perpetual treatment,” “perpetual
leaching,” and “contaminants” within I-186 are not fully defined and would require
further definition from the Montana Legislature or through Department of
Environmental Quality rulemaking.
I-186 will cost $115,360 in its first fiscal year, increasing to $118,767 by fiscal year 2021.
These costs are associated with more staff for environmental review for mining permit
applications and anticipated litigation.

Sorry, if a Mine wants to use dangerous Chemicals, then they aught to have the means to clean up. They have an obligation to provide a safe living environment today tomorrow and forever.


https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/taxpayers-resources-need-protection-from-bad-actor/article_c24df386-7c94-5e5e-89f9-1591c8c8222b.html

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2018/montana-deq-announces-that-hecla-mining-company-national-mining-association-chairman-phillips-baker-in-violation

Is this the last Presidency?

It is without saying that this is the most disastrous Presidency and likely leadership the world has ever seen.
Not because it is the worst, while it ranks right up there, it comes at a time when Humanities insanity could very likely set the fire that cannot be stopped from burning.
Whatever the policies and Rhetoric put forth the United States and the World, will ultimately be left cleaning up this mess for decades to come.
We face a scientifically and morally illiterate public. Where supernatural beliefs prequel any sense of reality in the advancement of society.
Where Ethics dissolve dissolve into the tar pits of Hades melted by its heat, guided by it's immorality known only as a whisper on the breath escaping the fissures to rise on the memories of but a few.
The Problem with this Presidency as any powerful leadership, is the fact it reflects upon the rest of the world which slowly descends into the chaos as it forget's or lacks own direction.
As mankind struggles to embrace rational we forget the one thing we need to depend on is each other.

At the turn of every Century for some odd reason always seems to make the beginnings of the end for societies where new transformations carry upon us the hope and dreams of either the good, or the worst.
Looking back at a Century ago America engaged in the horror of what would be called the War to End All wars, as society ran head long into its drunken desire to avenge the death of nobility, it sacrificed humanity to do so.
As Machine guns sounded like sewing machines chewing tens of thousands of bodies into oblivion bombs shook the earth as it has not seen since its beginnings. Man would unleash the hell of fire as it never existed as we took to the air the angels of hell would drop their torches upon the meek.
Mad scientists would create clouds on earth that would drift upon the countryside suffocating all carried by the winds like mist drifting across a marsh.
It would be followed by the league of Nations and an attempt to reign in the insanity, giving all the seat at the round table to face each other as equals.
It would give way to the insanity of Stalin and the Blustering Boisterousness of Hitler. The people would cheer their demise again as irrational Rhetoric set aside Humanity for the selfishness of unrealistic Idealism.
With a new level of Idiocy the greatest minds in the world would come together with yet another attempt to end Humanity.
Their steel would roll with precision over uneven ground with pointing fingers of death, huge lumbering Demons flew threw the air as the Enola Gay's four engines would streak through the sky like the four horseman carrying with it the apocalypse of Mans greatest invention. As it dropped it's concentrated Uranium melting the dirty civilians into rock, humanity would shutter, but would stop and listen once again.
The end was there and surely the greatest of all Wars would come an end.

The United Nations would stand and once again mankind would face each other with the first real solution of Humanity to address its own madness and bring about respect since the Magna Karta was forged in feudalism to end it's insanity and stop the wars.
A new peace started and despite man's drive to push forth insanity, rational would stand above the occasional popcorn war.
The world would bring about unprecedented peace with the average man being lifted for the first time in the history of earth to the highest status ever known. Their tables would be full to the envy of any 15th century king. Knowledge that has never existed upon the common man would be brought about as Libraries and Schools touched every country on earth which always leads to some sort of Plurality so long as the Fool does not regain the world throne yet again. Water would be cleansed and the air safe to breath yet again, but greed was just around the corner.
With the best and the brighest stepping forward to create the laughter and joy the world so craves, with the brilliant minds carrying magic hands to close open wounds, the ignorant would demand their say yet again.
With the hate of superiority being pushed forth as the Ignorant lifted up their mad fool, the world would start to descend into its chaos again.
Carried from their own desire to end their own the greediest would leave a waste that may never be cleared up, forcing the common man to slowly give way their gains.
He would bring A desire to destroy intellectualism had not been seen since the Hammer and the Sickle sent their best off to be punished with a shovel in their hands in the road of bones. As their equals made a trail of life upon their death.

The fools would gain power as the sane would try to push back, to bring sanity to humanity yet again.
When asked when will it end?
It will not stop until it gets, much much worse.
The question from that point is will Humanity survive?
Likely only the very wealthy for a short time in their bunkers of heaven with the rest of us suffering in the dredges of humanity, stuck with the worst of the worst we will suffer as we claw, scratch and scream for righteousness once again.
But as our feet burn up on a scalding planet, what will that mean?
Will Boiling water quench our thirst?
Will plastic Fish bring the nutrition our bodies scream for
Perhaps, then and only then as we ascend into oblivion will our waning consciousness scream the primordial fear looking back at once was, we will see all that was, and will never be again.


This is will be near my last blog as such.
I have a request from a devoted Reader to make one more post regarding this fool and I shall do so.
From that point on I will devote all that I know to try and solve the insanity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nGKqH26xlg

The Insanity of White Nationalism in Sweden and all others supposedly homogeneous societies.

The false ideology of "National Purity" is at it's height yet again.
Not seen since the ignorance of the Third Reich has Europe ran to embrace is homogeneous ancestry that never really existed.
You see the notion of "White Nationalism" is based on the ideology that all Whites are the same and essentially racially pure. It also is based on the notion that Immigration is somehow not normal or mundane.
Actually quite the opposite.
The Scandinavian States are pushed as being the most quintessential area's of Aryan Purity.
We are to believe as a certain party once did some 70 years ago in Germany that the pure white person is Lily White, Blonde hair and of course Blue Eyed. That logic carried forth from a dark haired Leader named Adolf Hitler who was a mixed blood Aryan and Berber Blood of pure Hypocrisy as usually is the case of such ridiculous notions.
His notion is nothing new as the ideology of whites being Superior and Immigration bad is a few short centuries old with 19th century scientists trying their mightiest to prove it, despite falling flat in the face of their own evidence.
It belies the fact that for Centuries the Scandinavians that were the epitome of whiteness were travelers we know them as Vikings.
Those people who conquered, bred and brought back slaves and travelers from all over their known world, which would delve into the Northern Most parts of Africa and of course the Mediterranean.
Their travels would also take them across the Atlantic Ocean to the North Eastern shores of the United States.
Now my dear reader, do you really think that along the way they did not interbreed? Do you think they did not settle, create farms and villages they were well known for?
Do you truly believe that the opposite is not true as well?
You see those perpetuating this nonsense do not know the history, nor genetic makeup of Scandinavia at all.
While my Fathers Side of the Family was Swede, Fin and German, My father could have passed as a Mexican do to his dark skin.
That is not uncommon should people actually travel to Scandinavia.
While the dominant look is indeed one which is white, the blonde haired and blue eyed is not the only type of face one shall see.
The Laplander or indigenous people of the area look Asian and have darker skin, in fact meeting someone of Finish Heritage, most often the area associated with Laplander's, one would often assume they are Native Americans, who of course came from Asia as well.

Moreover Sweden has a long history of Russia pushing deep into its borders which as a broad, now follow me here Asian history as well
I mean unless you think that borders, cultures and races stop by imaginary lines.....
Moreover Sweden has been open to Immigrants for some time, it is not uncommon in the least to see a black person, born in Sweden, who knows not their ancestral homeland, especially in their Capital of Stockholm.
Now if you go to your own Nazi Rhetoric that never held water either.
The Nazi's decided upon their version of the "Aryan Race" which was not realistic in the least bit as they quickly found out.
As it turns out soldiers in their special SS would soon be anyone who looked white with of course alliances going deep even in the Arabia. They even had "Sucks air" Jewish Soldiers and Officers.
Mind you it is a bit more complex than that, however essentially that is what it boiled down to, the master race was never so master and lacked availability of the Genes needed to perpetuate their own myth.
It also flies in the face of Science itself which while tracing our Human Gnome, we find our Ancestry to come from Africa.
But it is not even that simple as along the way Humans bred with other Hominoids such as Neanderthals and Desnovians making it impossible for Racial Purity of any kind.
But that is straying a bit from at least written history where we know that famous Brown Rulers made it to at least the bottom of what is Considered Scandinavia also known as Germany, previously Prussia, Previously The Holy Roman Empire.
Romans were from Italy with people of all Ethnicity fighting within their Armies.
They also engaged in trade far beyond their own borders.
It belies the last simple fact that the Swedish Empire once extended through Finland, down Russia and into parts of What is now Germany.
So I ask you dear reader how on earth can anyone perpetuate the nonsense of racial purity and one of anti Immigration when the History of even Northern Europe is point of fact one of Immigration?
My dear Reader, we must reject far right ideological Ideas as they are not based on anything rational, and they will hold us back from a pluralistic society.
In the end the only way to do this is by stopping false dichotomies in their tracks.




https://www.theroot.com/for-those-considering-blaxit-i-present-to-you-stockho-1794277942

http://theconversation.com/vikings-were-never-the-pure-bred-master-race-white-supremacists-like-to-portray-84455

http://sciencenordic.com/see-where-vikings-travelled


https://www.history.com/news/study-suggests-adolf-hitler-had-jewish-and-african-ancestors

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-vikings-a-memorable-visit-to-america-98090935/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/museums/10682975/The-Jews-who-fought-for-Hitler-We-did-not-help-the-Germans.-We-had-a-common-enemy.html

Trump's attack on Harley Davidson is more intentional degradation of America.

Call him what he wants, Trump does whatever it takes to always stay in the spotlight.
Much of what he does is thought to be irrational, spur of the moment and unpredictable, I disagree.
Make no mistake Trump is not intelligent in any real regard, but what he has he knows how to use and use it well he does.
He has since day one done something incredibly odd, attack America.
He never really started small, he started very large in fact.
His first truly notable attack would be on Ronald Reagan on Nuclear Disarmament, where Trump spent tens of thousands of dollars in news paper ads trying to degrade the President and present to America his own amazing intelligence.
You see Trump became convinced after another Trip to the Kremlin in 87 that he alone could solve the Nuclear Crisis so off he came to attack the most powerful Person in America, Ronald Reagan.
Whether it was intentional on his part or encouraged from the Red Threat, it did indeed happen.
I doubt anyone really thought much of it, other than here was a powerful Tycoon trying to push against the President, but it had a dangerous overtone, it was a direct attack on our Democracy and an attempt to destabilize it.
The irony of course being that Ronald Reagan has actually introduced Gorbachev to Trump.
Think about that for a minute, mere months after the President introduced the Leader of Russia to Trump, he returns the favor in a visceral attack, bold to say the least and unpunished he would go.

Now that we have a quick establishment of Trumps belligerence to America, let us fast forward to today when Trump took on yet another American President in yet another symbolic attack, his visceral against another American Icon, but on the other side of the Political Spectrum, Mr Barrack Obama.
I think we are all aware of Trump coming out trying to lead the Birther Movement with his grand clams of "I have hired investigators and they have found some very interesting information"
The hook was put out and many bit, but the hook never really sank and months, then years passed by with no actual information against Obama's legitimacy.
Mind you I missed the symbolic attack on the Presidency at the time. I had gotten swept up in the Semitics of Obama being legal or not.
However this was a big slap to me as without evidence, it made Trump a fool, a liar or both, I started looking away.
What I had missed is how he took on a Progressive Icon looked up to by the world, just as he has previously done with Reagan, another American Icon.
It would not stop there as he would go into the 2015 Campaign both guns blazing attacking not only Hillary Clinton, but Bill Clinton as well.
He would attack his Character in any regard degrading him for the entire world to see.
I will not even bother with Hillary as any reader knows about his attacks on her, so what about all this?
Well he did not stop.
Trump has on a public level visible to the entire world, attacked every single President since Ronald Reagan.
Trump would move on to publicly Degrade Both Bush Sr and Bush Jr.
Remember Folks, this is beyond a campaign, this is a direct attack on those who have lead the most powerful country in the world.
They are also all people who sought to bring other countries to the table, Presidents who went out of their way to extend the olive branch in one way or another and to try and keep old Alliances Strong.
Trump has done everything in his power to destroy those Alliances as well as our Government at the core and he is succeeding.
He has stood before Nato and the UN belligerently attacking all who sat there, every single leader, save one, Putin.
This is no Accident as Russia has a direct interest in destabalizing our alliances especially NATO which opposes Russia and was created to directly oppose the Soviet Union. Do I need to continue with that connection? uhgg

He has also of course had his famous spats with the NFL trying to force patriotism while on the surface seemingly just trying to attack a Negro, I mean we all know a he is a Bigot who campaigned as such.
Yea, and he also campaigned against the Bill of Rights, this is what that attack was and more.
You see the attack on the NFL goes much farther as it is arguably Americans game.
He has sat, multiple times and directly attacked our favorite pastime in fake patriotism and gets a pass.
Ok so what of it?
Well it never stopped, daily he attacks something and his targets are direct, and intentional, which brings us to his recent attack on Harley.
Let's be honest, anyone with even a Moderate IQ realizes that Harley's expansion to a European factory is just a way to capitalize on their strong market there and failing market here.
However it again, goes right to Trumps goal, attack America.
Harley Davidson is an American Icon with deep roots in our industrial Movement.
No brand world wide brings a greater imagination of American Freedom, of independence as Harley does.
It also carries forth American Manufactured Pride and of course Wealth.
So there you have it, yet another trashing of another important American Icon with hardly a blurb beyond "The Maniac is at it again"
Yes, he is, and it is dangerous and should not be tolerated, no longer is merely sharing memes enough, he must be removed while we still have any semblance of a country left.

IF we do not act now we will follow into the halls of Oblivion another American Icon Trump attacks constantly. Pocahontas.
yes folks, she was at one time a Important American Figure who helped bring Native tribes and Settlers together.
She is the first woman to appear on US currency and Trump has done everything to attack her and her legacy day in and day out.








https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/04/both-bush-presidents-openly-condemned-trump-book-claims-one-even-voted-for-clinton/?utm_term=.341e58032f44

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/from-the-archives-when-trump-hoped-to-meet-gorbachev-in-manhattan/2017/07/10/3f570b42-658c-11e7-a1d7-9a32c91c6f40_story.html?utm_term=.8696a0b48a7f

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW--KP9Qu0g


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcTY9g6Zc1M

Why everyone needs to be involved in Politics

I cannot think of a time in my life when I was not politically inclined.
I guess early on I realized that my life would be affected in some way shape or form by politics, be it local or federal.
Perhaps it was my Grandfather who was instrumental in the creation of the first Credit Union in my home town.
Maybe it was listening to my father, who was active in his Unions ranting and raving when he came home from a meeting or could it have been the politics of dealing with neighbors as we tried to irrigate our small farm.
Possibly it had to do with half of my heritage coming from a centuries war torn area, whatever the case I have always been interested and tried to be politically informed.
At some point it was probably spurred by my insatiable quest for knowledge. Reading entire sets of Encyclopedias certainly had me wondering as did pouring over the National Geographic made my mind drift to the politics of other countries and the lives that resided there.
Government and Sociology were the only two classes in High School which really interested me.

So why should you be interested in Politics you ask?
Well very simple, every part of your life is shaped by Politics. If your child goes to school Federal, State and Local politics dictate their learning curriculum.
Going to work? Well every part of your work is politically motivated, from the house your work, time off to the safety is all regulated on a Federal and State Level.
IF you are home owner it is especially important as you pay extra local taxes over other people and if you think just renting gets you off the hook, you would be wrong. Renting rights are political as are the premises you are offered and how you are treated as a Renter.
As a food consumer your purchases are regulated as are almost all commodities. I say almost all as Oil, despite being arguably one of our most important commodities really is not regulated as a Commodity, however how you get your oil is Political.
Woman Voter?
Believe it or not, women actually took beatings to make sure women could vote. Until the early part of the 20th century women in most of the industrialized world were considered second class citizens.

I can go on but I think you get the picture, so what now?

Well now this means you have to be involved in some way or another, this benefits you.
Some people pick Social Media as a platform and this is fine, it is certainly better than nothing, but it seems people go instantly tribal online.
The Tribal attitude takes away from the meeting of people in person, where barriers can truly be broken down.
As we scream liberal or conservative, we often forget that those people are the ones we work and live with each day.
They bleed like all of us, will need medical care and at some point will need some sort of a social service, so it behooves us to try and communicate.
How best is this done?
Well as you know I am not short on opinions nor am I short on insults, as much as I like hte later it seems to get no one anyplace save Trump.
You are far better off explaining your position and even more so explaining how it affects your life.
Maybe you had a sick family member, knew someone going through the immigration process or are a hunter or an outdoorsman wanting more land access, explain your position and move to dialog.
Once yelling starts walk away, nobody is listening from that point forward.

Go to meetings.
Like it or not this is the most influential part of politics. Once you attend the meeting you are now head on involved with whatever cause you are a part of. You will find that more often than not your local Politicians want input and direction in where they are going with a decision and the common folk are notably missing in that participation.
Writing is good, but you are not able to hear their side and expand the dialog beyond.

Write and Call.
This is probably the most basic form of communication with your politicians and it needs to happen. Your voice in a Democracy is heard in some capacity whether you believe it or not. Perhaps that individual you are trying to communicate with is polar opposite over you, that does not matter, if it is a tight race they will be forced to become more moderate on positions to gain your vote, so you are in a sense winning right there.

Last Protest.
I think the last step is Protesting, when you feel your voice is no longer being heard and your rights are gone, get out and physically do something about it.
Take to the streets but make sure you do so legally, while we enjoy the right to protest in the First Amendment, it like the rest of our Rights are regulated, simply taking to the streets can get you fined or thrown in jail.
Outrageous you say!
Well to some extent I agree, however your protest may not be mine, and I and others simply want to get to work, so you holding up traffic could make us late. It can also effect emergency travel. IF you had filled out proper permits then at least we would know to take another route.

Be strong and be involved.

Regardless of what country you live in, people would have sacrifice their lives to get you to a point you enjoy today, or perhaps a point where you would like to be.
Do not take that sacrifice lightly.

You want Immigration Solutions? Here they are!

There has been a lot of talk about how crappy our Immigration system is and how it needs solutions. Sadly most people have never been through the process and have little knowledge of what it entails. To make it even more difficult the process differs per country, Monetary status and what type of Visa you are applying for.
The time frames for different type of Visa's and again per country and type of Visa.
For instance, if you were to meet the love of your life and want to bring her over into the country she is simply a plane ride and roses away!
Well no.
Turns out you will be in for a hefty processing fee, interview at the Embassy, which usually are in the Capital so He/She will have to travel, Medical examination then sit and wait.
Improperly or incomplete paperwork will result in paperwork being denied.
Blood tests are required and those who are sick need to be treated, except for special circumstances before they can enter.
To make it even more complex, the time for entry depends on which "Love" visa you have applied.
If you go for a Marriage Visa you will likely have a one year wait before she can set foot on Soil. This type is quickest in regards to the path to Citizenship however.
IF you go for a Fiance Visa you will have a minimum of Sixth Month wait but a longer path to Citizenship. This type can take several Years.
In these cases they will be required to have yet another interview with Customs, then biometrics once they are in country and have filed Adjustment of Status Paperwork.
Followed by more paperwork, more money and more Biometrics.
You are still not a Citizen.
TO further complicate the entire discussion, those are classified as non-Immigrant Visas!

Yea I know.

Work Visa? Well It again depends on Country of Origin and type of Visa, overall average time is one and a half years.


How about if you have a Family member in the US and want to bring their family? More from US Immigration Services

"If you are related to a US citizen but are not an immediate relative, you can still apply for a green card through family sponsorship known as family preference. However, since only 350,000 people are allowed to secure a US visa through this type of sponsorship each year, there are backlogs and the process takes longer than it does for the immediate family.

If you are the child (over 21 years of age) of a US citizen, you are in the first preference. The wait for a US visa in this category can be six years.
If you are the child or spouse of a green card holder, you are in the second preference. The wait for a US visa in this category can be five to ten years.
If you are the married child of a US citizen, you are in third preference. The wait for a US visa in this category can be eight years.
If you are the sibling of a US citizen, you are in fourth preference. Several things can affect waiting times of family-sponsored green card applications."

Refugee Status? You are looking at two years and more travel.
Imagine being in dire need of saving your family and having to be stuck in a war or disaster zone for Two years!

How about Asylum? Well turns out that process takes well over a year as well.


Green cards last for one year and need to be applied for Annually.

So where are the Solutions you ask?

One properly staff our Immigration Services to help with interviews, paperwork and backlog.

End the unnecessary, restrictive and ridiculous wait times. Often times it is simply policy to have these nonsense policy.
In the case of say the Philippines, a country who was once a Territory and has fought alongside us, what is the problem?
Politics and biases unfortunately. The US has consistently wanted ot Punish the Philippines for ending their US Territory Status and also for not allowing Nuclear Ships in their Harbors.
Unfortunately Biases end hard at the top for some reason. So for the easiest solution in this regard, grow the fuck up, seriously!

Next we get to the amount of people entering.
Despite fear mongering, studies show that a influx of Refugees will boost the Economy in around two years time.
Doubt me? America's greatness was during the time when Immigrants were largely unfettered do to the fact those people filled valuable job niches thus allowing the economy to grow exponentially.
As a person from abject poverty who is living in the US once told me "There is so much empty land here, how on earth can we have Homeless and not room for others?"
Hard to argue.

In the end it comes down to voting and holding your elected officials responsible. For Decades both sides of the fence have used Immigration as a platform for voting and used especially workers as Pawns in their elections.
Moreover disagreements in how complex the system is has created more problems, not to mention attaching Pork to said bills is also a problem as well.
In our current situation not much can be done as you ahve a President who insists on building a Useless wall, so regardless of what happens he wants billions appropriated for that wall.
I am sorry, Historically Walls do nothing and are a waste of fucking money, people go over, under or simply bribe the Guards to come across.

If you want Immigration reform, Nationalism does not work, it never has, and never will. Their overall Objective is to be bias and not allow people into the country, regardless of our need. Their inherent instinct to care for their own actually makes things harder for the rest of us.

So vote for people of Immigrant origin, while not always a solution as sadly some seem to think they are special and should deny others, most will want comprehensive reform as they or their parents have went through the process.

Communicate with Farmers, Ranchers and Tourist Industry to find the number of Work Permits actually needed. There are organizations which represent these industries and they need to be strongly considered.
Yes the Tourist Industry actually relies heavily on foreign workers especially in those hard to reach places for locals!

Last, follow the Bill of Rights and GIVE IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS! Right now Immigrants go to mass trials and are not given the representation they deserve thus allowing for max exploitation with Businesses and even Private individuals.

Making Immigrants Fear for their existence in the US has confounded the problem as it encourages Rape, Exploitation and even Robbery. It is common for people to actually rob people who have questionable immigration credentials as they know those people will not be able to go to the police. SO those working are fucked over, this is absolute bullshit.
In short, be kind, follow the Golden Rule and the principals and Foundation of our Country.


It also is to note that out of roughly 200 countries in the world, the US, the country of Immigrants rates as one of the 5 hardest in the world to Immigrate to!

As I stated in my earlier Blogs regarding immigration kindness, compassion and just being human are the answers in the end.

I am sorry this Blog is not more complex, it really does not need to be.


https://www.us-immigration.com/us-immigration-news/us-immigration/how-long-does-it-take-for-an-immigrant-to-legally-come-to-the-united-states/

http://www.cracked.com/article_18552_so-you-want-to-be-american-5-circles-immigration-hell.html

http://thoughtsoftheages.blogspot.com/2018/06/americas-cruel-immigration-policies-are.html

America's Immigration Policies are helping to Destroy Small Businesses and are Crippling Small Towns.

America has had a problem with Immigration for over a century. It is about the time when laws were slowly being applied for those coming and talking heads in power began to put forth laws designed to separate those they deemed unfit to set foot on our land.
It would wane and flux from administration to administration. One could argue it started with the Chinese Exclusion act of 1882, which would not be completely repealed until the National Immigration act in 1965 which repealed country of origin elimination.
Despite this atrocious act the bulk of anti Immigration Policies came forth in the 1920s with the National Origins act of 1929 capping immigration at 150,000 per year. It focused primarily on those from Southern and Eastern Europe and all but Eliminated people from Asia from entering.
Indeed our history of Bigotry and False fear is deep within this country and arguably has no place in modern society on any level.
Immigration exclusion and crack downs have done little more than to hold us back, both culturally and economically.
Recently Trump ended statuses for Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants here on special status, creating a huge void in low skilled workers. From Meat Packing plants to fields this will have a profound affect on the economies of those area's, and of course create a void in businesses unable to fill those jobs with local workers.
Ironically by allowing special status of workers it helps to solve the very Immigration problem the Radical Right claims we have.
Those people within the country inevitably send money back to their own country, helping to educate their friends and relatives which of course breaths fresh life into their own economies.
In my wifes case for instance, she was Educated from the money sent from her Aunts living and working in Japan, not only her, but five other family members would receive College Degrees from that money sent. My wife the first in her family to have a College Job was able to give her Mom something we take for granted, her first Refrigerator. Her income also helped provide extra food they otherwise would never have had.
Now think about it for a minute, that money only helps bring up those economies which in turn will purchase from us, why on earth would we not want that?

My case for Immigrants and refugees.

Immigrants bring forth Idea's from basics such as new cooking methods to things more advanced such as Science.
Just sit back and Imagine what our country would be like without two of the greatest minds ever to grace this earth, not being allowed to America.
Those two minds are Albert Einstein, a Refugee from Germany and Nicola Tesla, a Immigrant from Yugoslavia. Without their valuable contributions it is impossible to know where America would be today, one thing is sure we likely would not have been a world leader for so long.
The valuable contributions of in our Science and Technologies continue today with over 50 percent of all Scientists coming from abroad.
Since America seems completely incapable of dealing with it's education system which would help Americans fill these voids, we undoubtedly will have to continue catering to a Immigrant population which simply cannot be stopped as it would literally cripple our ability to not only advance ourselves, but to compete in world technology.
Not to be excluded our own Medical profession is desperately addicted to foreigners as well. Since America again cannot address it's own educational shortcoming our country has recruited from other countries be it Doctors, Nurses and Dentists.
Those are beyond desperately needed in small towns where it is less attractive for Americans to move to and is a foot in the door for the foreigner. For a foreigner this may be their chance to live in the Mountains of Montana or perhaps some small town in the Great Plains, it is their chance to live out the old AMerican history they have heard so much about, perhaps to interact with wildlife they have only dreamed of.

Then of course we can move on to the Backbone of America, the Immigrant worker which we so desperately need.
For reasons not always completely understood Rural Towns are suffering hard and with that comes a desperate need for those foreign workers. As we advance our own society is less likely to want to do menial jobs, this is not new to America and historically is quite common. IF you know there is better, easier work available, why on earth would you not take advantage of that?
So with that little tidbit comes the realization that many in small towns want a better life, they want to partake in the money adventure so are leaving.
Their places are not being filled, as those positions go unfilled we lose out on basic economies and ultimately taxes desperately needed to help with the infrastructure, as all this dries up towns inevitably die.
Small towns from Rural America to Italy who have tried a different approach and embraced Refugees with great results. Contrary to right wing propaganda these towns found willing workers grateful for a new life and a chance at the American Dream.
Those people brought in a new Economy, filled empty houses and enriched with a new Culture sparking curiosity and diversity.
Come now dear Reader who has just bulked at this thought, do you not enjoy a Chinese or Italian Restaurant?
Let's be honest, if nothing else food as the Late Anthony Bourdain had stated is a "Bridge for us all".

Immigration Crackdowns on the other hand have brought nothing short of Misery. Many good people have been deported for no good reason other than cruelty. I am not one who believes every person should be categorized and listed, I cannot think of anything more repulsive in a supposed advanced society.
Moreover the Crackdowns have all but destroyed local and state tax bases as Billions upon Billions in Crops have rotted from worker shortages. Sow how are those crops replaced? Well ironically enough we import the food shortages. Thanks or maybe not thanks to American Trade policies we can easily manipulate our own food sources from abroad.
The Crackdowns also fuel anti Immigration and ultimately anti Human behavior as Humans Descend into Tribalism intent on persecuting anyone different from them.
That needs to end.

I encourage you, dear reader to write your representatives and push for a real change. As a country we need real immigration policies which to date we none.
Millions have been made Illegal not simply from just jumping over the border, but from having to deal with a complex immigration system which is one of those most difficult in the world.
That makes no good sense, why on earth can we not sit down and realize we all need each other?
I implore you to make this change, regardless of your age group we all depend on each other, the Immigrant/Refugee on our generosity and we depend on their work to help enable our own lives.
What are we waiting for?





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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-crops-rot-immigration-crackdown-142328852.html


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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2015/11/america_s_long_tradition_of_fearing_refugees_the_united_states_has_always.html


http://americanhistory.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-179

My research trying to disprove Global Warming got me knee deep in facts and explanations, here they are.

I was not always a "Climate Denier" there was a time when if you told me Global Warming was not real I would have used my go to line "Please go in the garage and turn on your car with the door closed, lemme know how that works out for ya"
Unfortunately a certain "News" network came about named Fox, along with the greatest information resource, both good and bad on the planet, the internet.
From Faux I was bombarded with idiotic nonsense day in and day out. They specialize in preying on emotions and especially on the under educated.
They love to push common sense which is really just a dumbed down version of the Truth.
While I have always been a well read person I am by no means a scientist, nor did I always understand what I was hearing as those topics were not those I was of course reading at the time.
The internet took it from there, with chain Emails, chat rooms and Climate nonsense galore mostly perpetuated by those who knew no better, regardless of where I turned I found manipulated Climate Date and reasons to doubt what was going on.
Mind you I never thought for a instant that Pollution was ok, I grew up in a Polluted waste land ripe with the wasteland left from the ignorance of Careless Mining and Smelting, so I was not ok with that on any level, I was however doubting claims made from the Science.
Some of that information came from those perpetuating Climate Change, Mr Al Gore himself sensationalizing Global Warming and pocketing Billions with his show that gave false timelines and his Knee Deep Involvement in Carbon Credits, where a company can pollute as much as they want so long as they pay someone else to note pollute. How fucking absurd can we possibly be?
In all honesty beyond anything Fox news or rumors put forth, simply seeing the Champion for Science being a complete fucking fraud pushed me far away from Science itself. I suspect I am not alone.
Being a inquisitive person who for whatever reason has trouble believing anything, I went on to do my own research. I was completely certain I would find gross manipulation and lies with the Government intent on pushing a agenda filling the pockets of "Green" energy as they smacked down everyone else.
In that research I did find this. I found that Government in all it's benevolence would indeed throw money mindlessly and at times intentionally manipulate data to support its own preconceived notions.
I found that Green Energy, was not always so Green, I found that Green movement at times were the biggest hypocrites on the planet.
In a unofficial study on a Chat Forum with thousands of People I asked a simple question and had a Poll.
"Please state your Political Affiliation and what you are doing for Alternative Energy"
I wanted no Arguments but I did just want to hear what people were doing.
I found those who were on the supposed Left did not do anything substantial regarding alternative energy, I did find those in the center and the right were doing things, not for the environment, but because they wanted to save money.
That was interesting.
I would go on to work on Wildland Forest Fires where I found out own Policies helped fires burn, from roadless initiative to forest Mismanagement it contributed to my skepticism.
Later I would go on to directly work for the State Government and found they themselves had their own agenda and pushed for research in their manner, I am to date not exactly sure why.

From all this I came up with the Biblical Effect, where as no matter what was said the Biblical Level of Preaching would come out against those who challenged their data "There will be Fires, Floods, Earthquakes and Mass Extinctions"
Being no fan of Organized Religion in the slightest I was positive this indeed was the End all for the Argument against Global Warming.

I was Wrong.

It came from reading the proper Material, not sensationalized Garbage from either side, but straight from Scientist themselves that slowly started to convert me.
Reading more I found that regardless of how it was Spun, CO2 had been known for Decades to be a Warming Agent just as Lead has been known for Centuries to have a Negative health effect.
This was Blatantly obvious in my only real Chemistry book, a 1965 college Chemistry book. Hard to argue with that.
Even this however was not the Coup De Grace from my Anti Warming argument.
IT would come from the top of a Mountain and looking out upon the Forests I had grown up in. Those forests to which I had Ridden Horses, Hiked, Hunted, Camped, Motorcycled and Mountain Biked.

They were dying.

Forests which were once green, were now dominated by dying tree's, so much so I avoided certain area's in the wind as Dead Trees would fall at random. Having had a tree fall between my Father and I while riding horses in a wilderness area as a child, this is something that I take incredibly seriously.

No amount of Forest Management could keep up with the sudden Temperature rise and Decades long Montana Drought.
It was absolutely absurd to think that tree's which had stood for centuries suddenly were crowding each other from the lack of humans Saws.
What that told me was that yes, thinning was needed, but was only slowing hte process. Area's which were thinned eventually succumbed to complete annihilation of the tree's themselves as Pine Beetles wrecked their Destruction.
You see Pine Beetles, what those of us in the West had came to loath, were actually a huge answer to the riddle regarding Global Warming.
With Warming Temperatures Bugs of course Thrive. With rising temperatures comes more evaporation which means the Tree Bark itself is no longer thick enough to keep the Beetles from boring all the way through. The worst aspect of warming was what I had quizickly noticed, our Winters no longer had the Deep, Deep subzero freeze for days, if not weeks on end I grew up with.
Those Deep Freezes helped keep the population of Pine Beetles in Check. Two weeks minimum of -15 is needed, we were not getting that and were barely getting a day or two's worth.
The result being Beetles destruction pushed forth ending a Lung for our Planet and worse yet, contributing to the warming as no amount of Logging could keep up with the dying wood. To make matters worse rotten wood is not exactly in high demand.
Burned Tree's from the let burn initiative are not desirable as simply put, the ash from burnt tree's plays havoc on the engines and of course the lungs of those logging.
Green good intentions of let burn and anti logging campaigns sadly have exasperated the problem, helping to send us over the edge of a warming climate we can no longer control, one that we do not know will lead us.
With the Warming climate meant shorter Winters and a increased length of fire the fire season.

Next we go to the floods, what you say? but things are warming and we just had record rainfall.
Well yea dummy, think about it, evaporation will inevitably create rainfall, that rain has to come down somewhere, sadly it is gathering and coming down in groves do to pressure changes and changing wind currents.
We will, and are seeing Biblical Level Flooding.
Now all of that is simply do to more rain however, our own development has led to developing area's. Meaning the more houses and roads built, the less the land itself can soak up.
The more area which is developed means the less area which can absorb Co2.
Thank you capitalism

Droughts are kind of a given, but here we go.
THe warming climate is changing ocean currents which of course are a source of winds, as those winds change so do the nutriets being carried, water and well all else that matters.
To make matters even worse beyond the obvious evaporation aspect, our Oil Drilling is literally drying up lakes as water is pumped into those wells or leaches into those voids.
Those voids btw will contribute to sink holes do to pressure difference between water and oil.

Next we have the sea level itself rising from those Ice Caps and Glaciers melting. THat means that cities and towns which are often built next to the Ocean, will soon find themselves under water. What happens with those people then? Where will you go? What is your City/Town doing to prepare?
Not much likely.



Earthquakes cased from climate change you say?
Well yea actually Global Warming is causing Earth Quakes. You know those Glaciers and Ice Caps that really are melting? Well it turns out those create pressure on the crust, as they melt that crust is relieved causing shifts.
Remember that oil Drilling I Briefly mentioned previously? Well turns out Fracking is causing earthquakes as well. While not a climate aspect itself, this is of course about Anthropological Climate Change, or Human caused. So yea it factors in.
Get ready to rock and roll people, we will be bouncing hither as the world figures things out.

It get's even worse. Do to the changing climate we will have a Mass Refugee Crisis. We are already seeing that now with the largest Refugee Crisis hitting the world since WW2. while some of those are fleeing conflict, some of those are fleeing area's where resources are becoming scant, both from global exploitation and Droughts.
DO you care?
Yo should as you are not immune and could possibly be affected yourself. A friend once said "All I know is if something ever happened and I had to leave my country, I would hope someone would welcome me and my Babies"

So why are not all scientists aboard? you ask.

Well as it turns out they all are. The three percent left out of the "97 percent of Scientists agree" are either paid shills from Corporations trying to save a buck, or those who simply have stated we are not the main cause, but are a cause.
There has not been a peer reviewed study to date regarding Anthropological Climate Change that debunks it, not a one.


SO where does this leave us?

Well I could write a book regarding this, but all I can say is without a doubt Mankind is responsible for the bulk of this Change. It is our lack of panning, lack of foresight which is making a questionable planet for our children, and their children.
It is our apathy and greed which leads us down a road of inevitable destruction.

We have to work together Globally to solve this mess. Pulling out of the Paris Accord was one of the greatest disasters this county and world has ever seen.
The US is the second largest Emitter to China regarding Greenhouse Gasses, other countries have signed onto the accord to help others and even themselves, with China building entire green cities and even a giant machine to help suck CO2 out of the air.
What are we doing? Well thanks to a President with an IQ lower than his age we now are rolling back the EPA restrictions, to make matters worse Captain Fool is also pushing back fuel efficiency regulations.
Like it or not the higher fuel prices are the less we drive. Now before you get all kinds of butt hurt, keep in mind I am a common man making just above the Medium Household income. However I do not care. You could not pay me enough money to sabotage the future of my children.
IF we do not act now, and I mean this instant, we are dooming future generations to a possibly un inhabitable planet.
What does that fat pay check do for you then?
Not much.

We have to change our sinful ways and we need to be good stewards.

We really can do this together. It was only a few decades ago when the World came together to ban CFCs which were causing Ozone Depletion. That Ozone is needed to stop harmful UV radiation from the sun.
IT has been slowly healing itself, the problem being some ass clown somewhere is emitting CFCs again, risking all our health in that process.
This is another example of why a global effort of Regulation and Enforcement is needed to literally, save us all.






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https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/167/1/012018/pdf

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2926/can-climate-affect-earthquakes-or-are-the-connections-shaky/

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-climate-crisis-migration-and-refugees/

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/09/oil-companies-discourage-climate-action-study-says/

Joe Rogan's criticism of Khabib is not only unwarranted, it was completely ridiculous

Let's be honest after the roller coaster for 223 we were all less than impressed with the new card however it is what it is after Dana created an absolute spoiled brat Monster in Connor Mcgregor. You know the man, the supposed Amazing fighter who before his feather weight championship he had only beaten a barely top ten Dennis Sever and a Mendez who had less than two weeks training. Still with that Mendez managed to bloody and bludgeon Connor before his comeback in the second round.
Dana has no one to blame for himself, the premadonna has ran his mouth for nearly two years about his amazing skills, how he will destroy anyone, apparently from the safety of his own couch. Like a casual MMA fan Connor insists he can destroy anyone, all the while never having to prove it.
Not only is he underwhelming, he could not be bothered to defend either of his belts and certainly could not step up for the 223, even after short notice after he claimed he was training for it.
SO here we are, after all the Drama Khabib fought a very Durable Al Iaquinta and as expected rag dolled him for two rounds. Then for whatever reason they stood at it for two rounds where Khabib was criticized with holding his chin up and boxing at an amateur level, so what does that say about Al?
Well lets be honest, Rogan is a wonderful Commentator but he also is there to sell fights, which he does very well.
Rogan has always been critical of the mediocre boxing skills of fighters, however to flat out attack Khabib, a man who still has not lost a round in the Octagon was absurd. Khabib flat out out boxed Al to the point Al likely is not recongnizable today. While Al never was injured to the point of being wobbled, lets be honest Khabib never was in trouble at all either. In fact Al likely only landed a handful of real strikes on Khabib so outclassed at every angle is accurate. Khabib did have his chin up, but let's be honest, so does Mcgregor, Dana's venerable hero who can do no wrong. Let us also remember that the former Champ has a ground game which is amazingly pathetic for someone to have as a champion.
But still Khabib was criticized?
Then there is Fergasun, who IMO is the rightful champion right now, however who is he to criticize Khabib when Tony himself is rocked in nearly every single fight and ends up fighting off of his back. He is a warrior and an amazing fighter, but come on, talk about holes in a game.
Of course, Rogan wants to make a man who did not live up to his own expectations as fallible to sell a potential future super fight, but really folks, let us be honest, will Connor return? Nobody knows.
COnnor has conned the UFC at every turn, he has sold them on the idea of spending unprecedented amounts of money on marketing the Leprechaun. He has convinced them they could sell him without ever defending a belt, all the while holding up two divisions.
Now with his ridiculous antics he has endangered the lives of other fighters and stopped three from competing, they deserve just compensation.
I would say Connor should be suspended, however since he really does not fight anymore anyhow, to what purpose would that serve?
In the end a show was put on and Khabib dominated the fight both on the ground and on his feet. He does have holes in his game but who does not?
MMA fighters are exactly what they are supposed to be, well rounded in all area's and maybe a master in one, something Khabib certainly is and more.
For me to have him stand and strike with a known knock out artist says miles about his ability on his feet making him even more of a threat standing than any of us expected. Why he did not make more sincere attempts at taking AL down in the third and fourth are reasons to Khabib alone.
Maybe he was truly worried about AL's power, rightfully so, perhaps he was just doing what any rational person would do, keep doing what is working, standing on his feet was working as much as anything else so why not?
One will argue that all Khabib was really hitting Al with were jabs, I would offer have you ever been jabbed? IT is the most underused boxing attribute in MMA and I am here to say it sucks. Jabs are hard to avoid and they frigging ad up.
IN the end Khabib's hand was held high and not anyone else's. It is Tony's fault and Tony's alone for not being at the fight, his injury was do to his own careless behavior wearing dark sunglasses inside. I am honestly surprised with all of Tony's showboating kicking steel and what not he was not injured before. He has some serious growing up to do as he was clearly willing to risk his title shot before the doors closed in the octagon.
Connor is nothing more than a loud mouth child with a hard left at this point, so let us forget about that clown completely.
Let KHabib bask in his glory, one thing is for sure he will unlike other fighters defend his belt and will be remembered for being one of the best. Moreover Khabib let the ring back up his words which are not so much arrogance as an affirmation of his ability.
Hats off to you Khabib, may you stand strong in your defense for many fights to come.

Comparing a Mass Shooter to a Military Legend, a case against certain weapons in society.

I get the Pro Gun Argument, I probably perpetuated nearly all of them save the "Arming the Teacher" nonsense, I have and always will be against that pile of idiocy.
There is one argument I never thought I would agree with, that semi automatic weapons are too much for civilians, that they do allow mass body counts.
I repeated things I had heard as well as my own training, that magazine size does not matter as someone skilled can change in a heartbeat, this is true, and I still believe it, but I want you to consider this.
Paddock, the complete nutbag coward in Las Vegas who killed nearly 60 people and wounded almost a thousand. Now the NRA crowd keeps saying Bump Stocks are useless and if he had a scoped rifle he would have caused even more carnage. The Accuracy thing I get being a practitioner of precision shooting myself, but it is not realistic, here is the person to compare him to.
Before Kris Kyle was the Marine Legend of Carlos Hathcock. Carlos was not only one of the nations most celebrated snipers, he was also a winner of the Prestigious Wimbledon cup. No not the same as the Tennis match, but rather one of the greatest pillars of precision shooting.
Carlos managed to amass some 93 Confirmed kills in Vietnam nearly all using Bolt Action Rifles, a Pre 64 Winchester and a Model 700 Remington 300 Win Mag, for the laymen both are .30 cal of different power. He would literally rewrite the book on sniping and was the first to integrate the 50 cal BMG round as a sniping round. Make no mistake he was a master of his craft and a legend for a reason, but here is the problem.
Paddock, an overweight ass clown in his 60s managed to amass over half of Hathcocks legendary kills in 15 minutes, with an Ar15 often called a "Poodle Shooter" by Military Experts who consider the Caliber of 5.56 (.223) to be woefully under powered. Those same people are quick to point out how useless the Bump Stock truly is.
Well that all sounds good on paper, but when a untrained fat ass accomplishes so much carnage in just a few minutes, I would have to say without a doubt they are wrong. I was wrong.
SO here we are with a Weapon and hundreds of others capable of the same carnage sitting in the safes of Millions of Americans. To be fair 99.9 will never use this weapon as anything other than a paper puncher, which is good, but it is that one person litterally in a million that uses these weapons wrong that we are worried about.
Paddock was a legal firearms purchaser as were many other of these shooters, they were at one time that every day person none of us thought were capable of doing what they did, but they did.
As a safety issue I get what Medical Professionals for some time have been saying, these do not belong in the common mans hands in their households, I agree.
To what purpose do we have them? To revolt? Lets not be silly, the bulk of the people with these weapons also vote against the rest of their freedoms time and time again. These are the same people who are cheering as people are finally rounded up and shipped from our soil.
So if they are not used to protect us, what good are they?
Do they need to be removed completely from society? I dono, I am in a strange place mentally right now but I think being locked at a secure range is a good start.
you do not lose your constitutional Right to be armed, but we do stop what being armed so far has not been able to, keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people at the wrong time.

Addressing the Gun Control debate from a long time Second Amendment advocate, enough is enough.

I have always argued hard for the Second Amendment, and up until this point in my life I was all for the ability to own pretty much any kind of a weapon you want. I always believed in the general good of people, that overall people wanted a better life and would do whatever it took to secured that right.
I like most Second Amendment advocates incorrectly ignored the first part of the Second "A well Regulated Militia" instead focusing on the Militia aspect and the Semitics around what it likely meant.
Now I sit and see a country being torn apart by mass shooting after mass shooting enabled by our ridiculous ease in owning firearms, weapons that all owners in one way or another espoused as a way to provide food, safety or security. What security are they bringing us though? While I acknowledge that you most certainly have a right to defend yourself and I am a huge advocate for personal protection, there comes the limit and why I am posting this.
I have the Evil AR-15 among piles of other weapons, but I realize now that maybe it is not something I need in the home, or you for that matter>
I am not saying we need to take htem away completely, but I am saying we need to look abroad and look to see what others have done in regards to their own tragedies as well as our responses.
We can start with our own laws, which often resulted in the famous towns banning firarms completely do to wild Miners and Cowboys coming unhinged. While Hollywood had grossly exaggerated the shoot em up quick draw contests (only one recorded case actually exists) they were indeed a problem. .
Believe it or not today we have more rights to own firearms and more access than ever before in our Nations History, but I digress and lets get on with my blog.

In 1934 to put a stop to rampant gangsters the National Firearms act was passed, which essentially put a tax on certain weapons.
The next big event in this regard would not be until 1986 when Republicans went after "Assault Weapons" with the Firearms Protection act.
THis placed further restrictions on Fully Automatic weapons as well as banned certain types of bullets labeled "cop killer"
Further advancement happened in 1993 and 1994 with the Brady act and the The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act which banned 19 types of weapons and furniture (I am still against that nonsense) It would expire in 2004 which brings us to our current craze.
30 years ago "Assault Weapons" were nearly impossible to find beyond a "Specialized store" and the local Sporting goods store carried weapons which were well considered sporting at the time, that was not so much the "Assault Weapons".
Way back then I was hard pressed to find anyone who owned an Ak or AR or even an SKS for that matter. Weapons we perceived as those used for Hunting were the norm. 
In the mid 90s with the panic associated with not being able to own firearms nobody used to care about it began to slowly explode.
Now I would venture to guess nearly every household has some kind of "Assault Weapon" in it and to be fair, most will just gather dust or go make a can dance from time to time.
The problem is not the 99.9 percent of good gun owners, the problem is that one person who fucking snaps and has the ability to kill a dozen people with relative ease. To further this argument the most Recent Shootings in Floria and Vegas were perpetuated by people who purchased said firearms legally. Likely no legislation would have prevented the Vegas shooting and possibly even the Florida shooter, which is why we need to address the weapons them selves.
Nobody alone is going to do that with a knife and you sure as hell are not going to get a car into a school
SO lets sit at the big boy table and talk.
These are my proposals
We do need to strengthen our check system, I see absolutely no reason why each person should not be regulated in his purchase, have to take dozens of hours of firearms shooting and safety classes just to own a firearm. Those classes should also include ethics.
Next we require certain types of Semi Automatic firearms to be stored at a Range, Those weapons cannot leave the range under any circumstances. I am sorry buttercup you do not need that Ar in your closet, you are not going to fight off the US Military and odds are you vote against all your other rights time and time again so shove that notion where the sun does not shine.
All sales of firearms, including private must go through a licensed dealer.
Minimum age of 21 to purchase anything. While I get the "Well I had a weapon at a young age" well so did I. Mind you I used them to shoot feral dogs while protection livestock, I also realize most never will have that need. I also realize that country kids shoot up damned near anything they can. That is a fact, one that most of us end up regretting.
The only weapons allowed in the home should be revolvers of six shots or less with the same requirement for any Semi Auto Weapon that is allowed.
We also have a national Buy Back program to encourage people like myself that no longer give a shit about those goddamn inert objects a safe way to dispose of the weapon, as well as gain back some of our financial losses.
So what about schools?
Well here is the thing, I like to Use Columbine because it applies. They had video Surveillance with an Armed guard on site and a pair of Cops who engaged the students right off, it did nothing. Likely you the tough guy gun owner teacher would not have the mentality to defend yourself, I am not saying you should not have that option, I am saying it takes a different mind set.
If you think you can respond to a firearm pointed at you, I want you to think of what happens when someone points a rubber band at your face, you flinch and do all kinds of crazy things> I am here to say as someone who has stared down the muzzle of more than one weapon it gets worse from there. It also belies the fact that a teacher could snap making it easier to put a hole in a student they dislike, most other students or even themselves. That weapon carrying teacher now gives a student the chance to take that weapon away from the teacher and use it on someone else.
Police undergo training in this regard and carry retention holsters to help prevent this. Both of those along with extended training need to be required, PERIOD!
How do we know any of this will work? well easy, we are not the only other country in the world that allows firearms ownership, but we are the only one that allows nearly unfettered access.
No other country in the entire world save Yemen (where you can purchase firearms with ease as well) has more mass shootings, nobody.
That is a problem my friends.
Children are not target practice, and for that matter neither is any other innocent person.
SO we stop talking and take action now.
Let's make this happen.

The Recent Market Crash will rebound for now, but it is an ominous sign of the future to come.

Since the Great Recession of 2007 the economy has slowly rebounded after dodging what could have been our nations greatest financial catastrophe.
Bailouts ensued with clamor from some on the right and the left that it was not the way, nevertheless this was the only sure we known to pull out of the market and those bailouts came.
Rich fat cats who gambled people's investments with reckless abandonment were rewarded with financial security, while common people just hoping to get ahead were nursed along.
Eventually the thousands of people applying for a single job would give way to a few hundred, to a few dozen as the economy chewed its way back to normality. Soon in prosperity as always the Modern AMernca, arguably the most short sighted creature on the planet with the worst memory chugged forward with reckless abandon.
Despite warnings Conservatives regained a political strong hold in Congress and began tearing at a Progressive President with lopsided deal after deal, meant only to help just a few with the promise of some scraps falling off the table.
In order to keep the country running the President would usually agree gaining a little for the common man on the side and keeping the economy moving right along, which it did.
But everything good must come to an end, especially when greed and gluttony are not only acceptable, but the encouraged norm.
Soon a man representing every negative attribute one can think of would claw his way into the Presidency with promises to wreck havoc on the common man for his own financial well being, and those wealthy about him.
Cruel he was but ignored by the promises of fake wealth he steam rolled ahead. NEver mind he was incredibly short sighted with an aptitude for turning gold to lead, he would lead on.
His policies long since debunked but the steadfast dream of Rand's devoted naive followers gave way from rhetoric to reality.
Soon the oldest man ever to gain the Presidency would push away international relations and threaten trade deals at every time.
His instability readily apparent to the rational thinker, it was ignored as riches fell upon the proper people who never seem to look very far beyond tomorrow.
The it happened, after a solid year of holding onto a skillfully crafted, yet lucky economy everything grinded to a halt for a short time, as it always does.
His policies finally have come to roost, the realization that nationalist Rhetoric will pound ones pocket book comes to play. The realization that you cannot go to another country and berate strong trade partners also comes with the slap in the face that nothing happens tomorrow, but a possible end. Nationalism as always ends up hitting the brick wall of reality.
Now comes the tricky part. With a Congress determined to undermine the common man and a clueless President who cares about his own well being, what will come of you and I?
Probably not much as always. For the next year until there is a likely Blue Wave we will chug along, watching things change quicker than they probably should. We will sit and wonder if this is the end, if the Nationalist anti everyone Rhetoric will cut off our food supply. What is that you say? Well as it turns out we do not produce enough food to feed our own, yet another glaring example of why it is better to get along with your neighbor than not.
We will see where this all goes, however logic and math suggests the end of hte markets is near.
Buckle up, things are going to get nasty, be maybe not today or tomorrow, but in a very very close future.