The 2nd annual summer games have begun up in Minnesota with many participants hoping to win a medal in popular events such as torching a squad car, breaking store front windows, looting, hurling objects at the police and the most competitive category of all....... destroying the business district and ruining someone's life by burning their business down even though the owner had absolutely nothing to do with your outrage. Previous gold medal winners were not available to defend their titles as they are all currently serving time.
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And just as these fires are dying down, they'll announce the Derek Chauvin decision early next week. Oh, to be in the plywood/board-up business.
Remedy for the Minnesota games? High pressure fire hoses and tear gas. simple.
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I don't know how I can go on now that Jennifer Lopez has broken off yet another relationship, this time with baseball/steroid cheat Alex Rodriguez. Rumor has it that there just wasn't enough mirrors in the house to satisfy these two egomaniacs.
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Texas is dropping all licensing requirements to carry a handgun. All requirements. No background checks, no fingerprinting, NO TRAINING, no criminal history check. Just pick up your favorite sidearm and walk out of the house....ready for action. Police Chiefs are not happy about this and gun training centers will probably go bankrupt. Kind of reminds me of Dodge City back in the 1880's. Wonder if they're re-opening boot hill? The real scary part is 19 other states also don't require licensing. 
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Most popular dog breeds were just released for 2021 with the Labrador Retriever #1 for the 30th straight year, followed by the German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, French Bulldog at #4 and his cousin the English Bulldog rounding out the top 5 for 2021. Mutts were listed at #8.
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The BEST awards show on television? With no question, it's the COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS which is a three hour show with 25 live performances by all the stars in the industry. They read the nominees, immediately announce the winner and two minutes later, you're listening to another performance. Great stuff. Keith Urban has hosted for a few years and does a great job of staying out of the way and letting the show flow.
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I read the Academy Award nominees in today's paper and I've seen ONE of the movies. The pandemic locked me out of my local theater and the only stream I know anything about is the one where you catch fish. So the 'retired fat cop movie review' stays on hiatus.
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A proposal to term or age limits for justices of the Supreme Court is gathering steam and I'm 100% in favor of either or both. I don't think we need octogenarian jurists deciding constitutional law so let's make this easy. Twenty years on the bench or mandatory retirement at 75, whichever comes first and that will keep the courts fresh with new blood on a regular basis.
If that rule was currently in place, 2 justices would be ready to retire now and Justice Roberts would have his 20 years in when he turns 70 in five more years with Justice Alito hitting the 20 year mark on her 75th birthday in 9 more years.
Justice Kagan would have 20 years in when she turns 70 in ten more years and the three newest justices need at least 17 more years each to consider retirement. As I'm hitting the keys, this plan makes more and more sense to me.
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The first guilty plea from the January 6th insurrection was accepted by a federal judge this week as heavy metal guitarist JON RYAN SCHAFFER pled to 2 charges while the government dropped 4 additional charges on the condition that he testifies truthfully against the other rioters. In return, Schaffer will receive a 4 year prison term.
Schaffer is an admitted "strong Trump supporter" and has long time ties to the OATH KEEPERS, a far right wing radical group that advocates members break the law if they feel the constitution is threatened. The feds asked for and received a court date of late June so they have time to connect the dots with Schaffer's information and prove it to be accurate AND helpful.
Another case of the first domino falling...........
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All done for now. HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
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