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Another day, another dangerous comment.
Author: Raine    Date: 08/11/2016 13:45:18


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25 comments (Latest Comment: 08/11/2016 20:58:49 by Raine)

tRump: Stochastic Terrorist
Author: BobR    Date: 08/10/2016 13:02:00

 
Stochastic Terrorism is the use of mass communications to stir up random lone wolves to carry out violent or terrorist acts that are statistically predictable but individually unpredictable.


It's a term that you don't hear used very much, because it's difficult to prove, and casts an insinuation upon well-known people popular with certain groups. It's easy to deny intent, and easier to deny culpability should actions happen.

During the Bush Administration, what started out as a fairly innocuous term in office changed instantly on 09/11/2001. What had been a common political game of painting your political opponents with a bad brush became very ugly. It suddenly became unAmerican to criticize anything President Bush said or did. To do so was "aiding and abetting" the terrorists. This was the mantra from the Republican spin machine. Small acts of intimidation and violence followed, generally not worthy of reporting.

However, on Sunday July 27, 2008, 58 year old unemployed Jim D. Adkisson walked into a UUC church in Knoxville, TN and opened fire. His reason? He hated the "liberal movement" and blamed it for his woes. The result was 2 people dead and 8 injured. It seems like an odd reason for a person like him to target a church, but the steady drumbeat from right-wing political commentators provided him with the rationale. Unable to find a job and losing his food stamps provided the trigger to make him a "lone wolf".
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21 comments (Latest Comment: 08/10/2016 21:54:52 by Raine)

They really don't like him.
Author: Raine    Date: 08/09/2016 12:21:06


Dog Days of summer... and we're back!
Author: Raine    Date: 08/08/2016 13:00:37

Hello Everyone! Bob and I are back from our week in Florida.
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48 comments (Latest Comment: 08/08/2016 22:26:59 by BobR)

Disney Bound!
Author: TriSec    Date: 08/06/2016 10:37:52

Good Morning.

So this is it - we're off to KPVD in just a few hours to head for the house of mouse.

You might want to check out a previous blog about why this silly little trip is so significant around the TriSec compound.
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Fluffy Friday
Author: wickedpam    Date: 08/05/2016 13:09:43

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6 comments (Latest Comment: 08/05/2016 15:21:10 by Scoopster)

Thursday Stub
Author: wickedpam    Date: 08/04/2016 14:15:59

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3 comments (Latest Comment: 08/04/2016 16:07:43 by Scoopster)

Wednesday stub
Author: wickedpam    Date: 08/03/2016 13:52:07

Just gonna put this here

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6 comments (Latest Comment: 08/03/2016 19:19:02 by Scoopster)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 08/02/2016 09:38:00

Good Morning.

After a weekend of rhetoric, there seems to be little more that can be said about the Khan affair. Trump sure stepped in it, didn't he?

Veering away from Ask a Vet a bit this morning, this past weekend has got me wondering if maybe it's time.
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5 comments (Latest Comment: 08/02/2016 18:47:51 by Scoopster)

Open House
Author: TriSec    Date: 08/01/2016 13:27:57

'Tis vacation season here at the ol' bloggie.

No wild parties, mmkay?
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6 comments (Latest Comment: 08/01/2016 17:24:15 by Mondobubba)

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