Attribute to L. Neil Smith’s The Libertarian Enterprise

This issue’s motto comes from Jeff Fullerton in his article “From the Rust Belt to the Asteroid Belt: The Swamp Strikes Back” in the last issue. Why didn’t I use it last issue? I dono.…

 

Interesting, isn’t it, how quickly horn-hat man rolled. Now he wants to testify against Trump. Almost like he was hired to be an agent provocateur or something. And he is not the only one. It is beginning to smell kinda fishy. Uh huh.

No, wait, that would be on of those “conspiracy theories” wouldn’t it. Can have those, no sir reeeeeeeeeee bob.

 

T.J. Mason sent a link: Sci-fi online dictionary proves classic genre terms like ’warp speed’ are older than you think

He also sent this one: The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election, from Time magazine, with the note “Yes, it was rigged. They’re gloating about it.”

 

I found this very interesting. I almost attended graduate school at Texas Christian University (TCU). Now I kinda wish I had.:

Yea, we’re a rifle school. What’s it to ya?
by Colin Post

In sports, especially at the college level, consistency cannot be counted on. Players graduate, injuries happen, coaches get fired, pandemics apparently exist, and so on.

Nothing is guaranteed… well, unless you’re the TCU Rifle team.

TCU Athletics’ most recent national champion (2019) has been furiously dominating opponents this year, earning the number one spot in the nation.
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Shooting handguns is fun, but shooting rifles is something beyond fun. When I get to Texas, I am going to have to join a gun club with a good rifle range.

 

The following is … sad:

Facts Are No Longer Convincing. Research Shows You Should Say This Instead
by Peter Dockrill

Facts are the cornerstones of reality. At least, they used to be.

In today’s ultra-polarised environment, however – marked by deep political divisions, heightened social tensions, and a deluge of misinformation and fake news – facts are rather less certain in people’s minds than they once were.

Because of this strange ambiguity in how we now perceive ’facts’, using them to support your moral or political argument about something is no longer a surefire strategy, researchers say, despite what our own intuition and logic might suggest.
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Well, enough of that, now for the funny pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

NOW THAT IS A GOOD IMPROVISED ALARM SYSTEM!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOMEBODY’S BACKYARD IN BOULDER, COLORADO RECENTLY

 

 

 

Stay deplorable, my friends.