Good Morning and welcome to the scuttlebutt. Hey, it’s a brand new year, let’s take a look at some of the stuff the old guy handed off to the baby to enact! (in other words, stuff that had passed to become law, effective Jan 1 2020. California has a new red flag…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Hey, have some of the eggnog, hope you aren’t driving. I hope everyone had a great Christmas/Yule/Hanukah and that you’re stuffed with all the good food. Let’s talk movies. Now a lot of people of my acquaintance, and especially of my political and science fiction politics (oh,…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Grab a cuppa and have a seat. It occurs to me that the title of this piece could lead you to think this is going to be a political discussion… Nope. Look, we all know that this whole impeachment process is kabuki theater. It’s nothing but Democrats posturing…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, It’s going to be a difficult discussion, so let’s just get it over with. At the end of the week last week, after press time for this blog, we had a pair of shooting events in quick succession at Naval bases. This will be the after-action report on…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Pull up a chair, have a glass, we need to talk. Yes, I am a crusty old fuck, but that crust was gotten honestly, and right now I need to share some wisdom from another crusty old fuck, one Robert A Heinlein. It was Robert’s quote that I…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, Slap some of that Rotisserie Bird on your plate, make sure to get some of the gravy, it’s one of my wife’s specialties. Don’t forget the brie sauce, put that stuff on everything. Here’s some wine or some beer to go with it, now let’s chat. I have…
Welcome back to the scuttlebutt, I could speak of the Show Trial the DNC is trying to pull in DC right now… Or I could talk on those poor bastards in Hong Kong. Americans in spirit, if not by law, (and a damn site more American than a lot of people born here,…