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Similar theft of $1 million in craft whiskey from this distillery in Washington.

Westland Distillery Whiskey Theft

To Narax specifically ....

I appreciate your lengthy take down of my post; however, I don't think you said what you think you said.

(I won't comment on the repeated Nazi references, as I thought that calling people Nazi's was something we were leaving for the left to continue to spew).

My post was intended to demonstrate how a fringe/radical minority has co-opted an entire group of people who don't support or believe in their ideology and have successfully convinced a vast majority of the public that there are no ideological differences among that group.

Your post illustrated exactly what I was saying by presuming that my daughter (as a lesbian) has some affirmative obligation to overtly distance herself from this group; otherwise, she can be rightfully categorized as a "supporter" of that group.

Why? Because you too have been brainwashed into believing that every lesbian (in this case), individually, is automatically part of a group that they've never been asked to join, but have instead simply been drafted into? (That's basically what you said ... after your endorsement of "furries".)

I assume you belong to some specific ethnic group and sexual orientation. Do you feel obligated to publicly distance yourself from the fringe elements of that group? As a white heterosexual male, I don't feel obligated to walk around with a t-shirt on that says, "I'm not a Klansman" or "I like women".

But, since you seem to require specifics so that I/she can prove our bona fides to you, within the last week, she learned that a trans person had been assigned to share her 4-person dorm room with her. The school didn't inform her; she reached out to learn about her roommates and discovered it on her own.

She has since contacted the school, and after receiving significant shaming and push-back, was assigned to a different room. She reached out to other students to determine if this has happened to them and she's formed a group to assist those students in getting room changes.

That is probably why this topic has struck a nerve with me. (And before you tell me about my obligations in dealing with her school, trust me, they've heard from me, and they will hear much more from me).

Now, what have you done this week to speak out against trans people besides posting on this message board? Speak up or be part of the problem, right?

I can't stop thinking the EXACT same thing.

One person in a position of overwatch, even if they aren't armed, would make a significant difference, and in this case, probably a lifesaving one.

Here's some stuff I remember from being there:

The main fed barricade was at the intersection of 2 logging roads. The barricade was at the entrance to the road that went up the hill to Weaver's cabin. That is where my friend and I hung out.

The road that it intersected with was not blocked off or obstructed in any way, so you could literally drive right up to the fed barricade, which is what a LOT of people did, most of whom were Weaver supporters.

There was also a contingent of Aryan Nation guys that would speed up the road in the backs of pick-ups, hurling insults at the feds, and then speed back down the road. This went on continuously. I only bring this up because had those guys just made a right turn, they could have mowed down the feds. That's how lax the security situation was at the main barricade.

If this sort of thing happened today, you wouldn't be able to get within miles of the roads leading to the event.

After my friend and I left the scene, we stopped to eat at a diner that was just down the road. It was later in the evening, and when we walked in we sat next to a table of about 7-8 people that looked to be in their mid/late 20's, early 30s.

We figured out that they were stringers from AP, UPI, Reuters, (etc.) and they were all there eating and waiting to use the one pay phone to file their nightly reports. (This was pre-reliable cell service). It was a party atmosphere, and they were all bouncing their reports off of each other to figure out what to say.

Very surreal experience.

All this discussion and no one notices that Mike Engleberg comes out (#24) for the home run celebration?

He hasn't aged a bit from the Bad News Bears movies.

I was in elementary school during his era, and EVERYONE wanted to "be" Slick Watts when playing hoops at recess.

Saw Clapton at the old Key Arena (now Climate Pledge Arena) in Seattle in 2011. The show was sold out.

I wasn't a huge Clapton fan, but I knew he was a "bucket list" concert for me, and I was familiar with his entire body of work, so I was very eager to see him.

Robert Cray opened for him, and he was great, unfortunately, Clapton was a disappointment. Of his entire set-list, I only remember recognizing 3 songs, Layla, Badge and Cocaine.

I know this is going to sound stupid and almost sacrilegious to say, but the guitar soloing ... in every song ... was overwhelming, and not in a good way. Every song, and I do me EVERY song, had a lengthy (5-10 minutes) guitar solo.

I get it, he's a Guitar God, but after a while, everything sounded the same and the concert just sorta' droned on. The venue almost seemed to lose interest, until he broke into Layla and Cocaine, other than that, the crowd quickly lost energy. I can remember contemplating leaving the show.

I also remember him making the audience wait a long time for him to come out for an encore, and I remember talking to people around me and all of us thinking he'd come out and play 2 or 3 of his hits for the encore. He did not.

He came out and played another song I was unfamiliar with, and had never heard before, and then busted into another guitar solo ... and, not joking ... by the time the song was over, the arena was more than 1/2 empty.

Hopefully, if you're going to see him on this limited tour, he'll play the stuff that he is best known for.

I'm growing frustrated by the media's willingness to mock Harris for what they think is gibberish/word-salad, when, in fact, they should be listening to what she's saying. She might not sound like she's answering questions, but she is, and her answers are structured in a manner to distract from actual analysis. (Maybe on purpose, or maybe because she's just dumb, I don't know, and I don't really care).

Her repeated use of the word "holistic" in response to Stepanie Ruhle's question about "how does the federal government assist in creating affordable housing?" is being laughed at, but what she actually SAID is entirely consistent with the liberal's plan to drastically change the make-up and voting patterns of largely Republican leaning suburbs throughout the United States. You can mock her answer all you want, but to do so is to grossly miss the bigger picture.

Here's what she actually said:

Her goal is to create 3 million housing "units" (notice, not HOMES) within her first term. To do so, she will use "transit dollars" to work with local communities as a "connection" to housing. Through "planning", it is her goal to "prioritize affordable housing". That is her "holistic" plan, and she said it VERY clearly, if you were listening.

This is the liberal's plan, and it has been discussed repeatedly on podcasts that I've listened to for at least the last 2 years (including twice on Tucker Carlson's show). Their plan, if they continue to stay in control, is to tie federal transportation funds to changes in local zoning regulations ("planning") so that largely red leaning suburbs are FORCED to re-zone to allow low-income, multi-unit, developments within the areas that are now largely single-family homes. That is why she said "units" and not homes! Transportation dollars (state and local highway, and other related funds) are the levers that will be used by the federal government (liberals) to extort these local planning/zoning changes.

Her answer laid all of that out. All of it. But the people that should be calling it out for what it is are too busy giggling at her use of the word "holistically" and missing the much bigger picture.

Axl Rose: Played poker with him at the Palms Casino in Vegas not long after the Palms opened and was sorta the cool place to be. He was a very small guy, but the two security guys that stood behind him while he played were not. He was already playing when I sat down, and he left about 30 minutes later with about $300 in chips. I didn't watch him play long enough to figure out if he was good or not, but he was quiet and I don't recall him speaking at all. The best part was that I was so distracted by sitting next to him, that it took me about 3 rotations to figure out that Huck Seed (former World Series of Poker Champion) was sitting at the other end of the table.

James Brown: Played blackjack with him at the Sahara in the mid-90's. He was unmistakable, and he had 3 security guys with him. He was a complete zombie. Most of the time I couldn't even tell if he was awake, as his dark shades obscured his eyes.

Rob Zombie: Played blackjack with him at the Hard Rock, probably around 2010 or so. Also an unmistakable look and I was sitting right next to him. He was a nice guy and seemed to enjoy the banter of the table. I'm not sure that anyone else in the casino realized it was him. He had no security that I could see, and he too is a small guy.

Michael Jackson: This was in the late 90's and right after the Luxor had opened either the Titanic Exhibit or King Tut stuff (I don't remember which one). My flight got in early and I arrived at the casino at about 8:30am. As my cab is pulling up, there is a large entourage approaching the area for cabs/limo pick-up from the casino. My cabby stopped short, to let the large group go in front of us at the same time as the large group moved to go behind us, putting the large group about 10 feet from the door of the cab as I got out. I opened the door, got out, and was standing face to face with Michael Jackson. It was surreal. He had come to the casino in the morning to see the exhibit before the public was around and he was just leaving as I pulled in. I didn't have any real interaction with him though.

And both Arod and Ortiz came up in the Mariner's farm system at roughly the same time.

Ortiz was known as David Arias when he was with the Mariners.