Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Another week, another pair of assholes. Of course along with those assholes we have more assholes who immediately started waving a bloody shirt and demanding we all surrender our guns. Oh, not your hunting weapons, just those evil “military-grade” weapons “just designed to kill”, because “we just…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. I was off the grid over the weekend, at an SCA event, so I didn’t hear about the shootings until I got home Sunday evening. First, let me say I’m grateful that neither of the shooters was more successful. I will not mention their names, the people…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Heh, pull up a bucket, we’re going to be here a bit. The life of a pundit, especially one with my portfolio (Science fiction geek, science nerd, Navy reporter, and libertarian) is not an easy one, and the last couple of weeks are proof. Last week I…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Lexicon: the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge. In short, “words”. Well, I really hadn’t planned on weighing in Trump’s “go back where you came from and fix it” tweet, but I don’t have a better target for the week, and this seems right…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Once again, I have a surplus of targets and limited time. First please let us have a moment of silence for the 14 Russian Submariners still on patrol. Their heroism may never come fully to light, the Russian Navy only grudgingly admitted which boat they were on.…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. I’m going to take a break from speaking of the drums of war. Not because I am out of things to discuss, but because the only things new is that Trump didn’t attack, which seems to have infuriated his detractors as much as they were infuriated before at…
My publisher, upon reading my last piece, asked me “A quick question for you sir… do you ever consider or give credence to those who will say incidents like this one are a false flag…. intended to launch the US into a war. Or is that more conspiracy theory stuff?” I typed out my…