{"id":3889,"date":"2022-07-31T08:42:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T13:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2022-07-31T08:42:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T13:42:37","slug":"thirty-one-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/31\/thirty-one-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-one"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yeah, the titles don&#8217;t do a lot to describe where I am in this process.  This would be entry eleven in what I do during the summer.  Maybe I&#8217;ll add them going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I spent a lot of the day yesterday listening to various podcasts, and considering what&#8217;s going on.  I subjected myself to two episodes of <em>Part of the Problem.  <\/em>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pete-quinones-on-liberty\/id833706616?i=1000571259225\" target=\"_blank\">first<\/a> was really good. The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-trial-of-anthony-fauci\/id833706616?i=1000571490284\" target=\"_blank\">second<\/a> kind of erased a lot of the demount I felt in the morning.  Just shut the fuck up about things you don&#8217;t understand.  Every time you opine about the law, your lack of understanding becomes more and more evident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All that said, I wonder if my objection is really to the importance they LPMC kids are placing on going Antiwar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same could be said of war that could be said of pimpin&#8217; &#8212; it ain&#8217;t easy, but it&#8217;s necessary.  Sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I&#8217;m coming to the realization that I&#8217;m not antiwar.  I&#8217;m pro going home when the operation is finished.  No sanctions.  No boots remaining on the ground afterwards.  Just go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe P.J. O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s book title was running through my head;  <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Give_War_a_Chance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Give War A Chance<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, it ain&#8217;t easy, but it&#8217;s necessary.  Sometimes.  Yes, you take steps to prevent it as best you can, but if you no longer can, fight, kick ass, and go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So.  News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I linked a couple of days ago to the bigtime thunderstorm in Vegas.  I was wondering how it was going refilling the lake, which I think I mistakenly attached an extra &#8220;e&#8221; on the end or, Lake Mead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nope.  It&#8217;s still empty.  And there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/lake-mead-shrinking-waters-uncover-buried-secrets-and-grisly-finds\/ar-AA1090cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some interesting things<\/a> showing up with the low water levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> (Somewhat-related &#8212; my wife and I bought a Paramount+ subscription last night to try and watch the new <em>Beavis and Butthead<\/em> movie.  Had to pick through and get things to find my ancient CBS All Access login to get the subscription set up.  But I finally got it.  The app on the TV kept crashing.  My wife did get the original one to play;  I was dozing off, but I do remember seeing the scene from the Hoover Dam.  &#8220;Is that a God Damn?&#8221;  We did get the movie to play on a different device connected to the TV.  I would give the new movie a solid &#8220;B.&#8221;  Other TV stuff?  Trying to decide what to do for the upcoming NFL season.  Unfortunately, where I am, there&#8217;s no option for anything than one of the cable companies.  The service is okay, but it&#8217;s expensive.  After two years of paying a ton for some things we didn&#8217;t use, we backed down to just Internet, and re-subscribed to Hulu with Live TV.  But I want to see some stuff on Reelz, so I&#8217;m conflicted.  The cable company carries Reelz.  I could also subscribe to a different streaming service for a few months&#8230;..pfft.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other stuff&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POTUS has COVID.  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/president-biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19-again\/ar-AA108sJD\" target=\"_blank\">And again<\/a>.  The remedies that were supposed to fix everything haven&#8217;t.  Oh well.  Leave people alone, and take care of the folks who get sick when they get sick.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not that tough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, the titles don&#8217;t do a lot to describe where I am in this process. This would be entry eleven in what I do during the summer. Maybe I&#8217;ll add them going forward. I spent a lot of the day yesterday listening to various podcasts, and considering what&#8217;s going on. 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