Decency on Display at Hearing Today

This is a perfect summation from Jeff on the decency displayed by Ambassador Marie Yovanovich during today’s hearing. Decency that Mr. Trump again proved he sorely lacks as he continued to viciously attack via Twitter, this dedicated long term diplomat as she was testifying.

On The Fence Voters

Hint: Not from the President of the United States

Soon out here in the Pacific Northwest, the weekend will officially begin. The wife will come home from work, we’ll crack open a cold IPA and discuss a bit about what happened in Trumpworld today.

I hadn’t planned on weighing in because I didn’t know if I’d have the time. But something occurred to me and I wanted to briefly share it with you.

As you’re hopefully ready to enjoy the upcoming weekend, I’d like to leave you with a word that kept coming into my head as I watched Ambassador Maria Yovanovitch testify today: D E C E N C Y.

Why that word? Simply put, the current President of the United States does not have a lick of it in his body. We see it every day through his tweets or press interactions. We’re nearly three years into his…

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Santa Clarita School Shooting

Unsurprisingly another school shooting has taken place here in the US. Yesterday, at about 7:35 in the morning, 16-year-old Nathaniel Berhow walked into Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, CA and pulled a .45 caliber handgun from his backpack and shot five of his fellow students. Sixteen seconds was all it took to kill a 16-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy, and to injure two more girls and a boy, ages 14-15. Berhow then put the gun to his own head and pulled the trigger one last time. He is in “grave” condition. It was his birthday. Sixteen seconds. Ponder that a moment. Sixteen seconds that resulted in horrific bloodshed. Two families whose children walked into school yesterday morning but never left alive. Three other families thankfully still have their precious children, but their lives will forever be marked by this senseless act of violence. Countless other children traumatized, who will be dealing with the emotional ramifications of this for years to come. Another school to join an exclusive club that no one wants to belong to.
Sixteen seconds.