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The Last Roman by Edward Crichton

A Special Forces team gets thrown back in time to Caligula's Rome. It is well written and very readable, but the plot is kinda predictable. I liked it, but I haven't decided if I'm picking up the next in the series yet. We'll see.

The stupid just keep getting stupider.

SJW Internet Freaks Out about How ‘Wearing Camo Can Be Anti-Feminist’

This is on par with the Gadsden flag, t-shirt, cap, whatever, being racist. Me? I don't wear camo and have intention of starting because some SJW twit is trying to make a statement. I did see a plate with the Gadsden Flag logo on it at the local DMV office that would look lovely on the front of my SUV. I think I'll go buy it.

Another reason NOT to vote for Hillary.

K-Nein

H/T to Claire.

It's what they do.

Lie.

Media Photoshops Crowd Image For Hillary Clinton St. Petersburg, Florida Speech…

Crop it so it looks like there's somebody actually there. Liars.

Libertarian my a$$.

Libertarian VP Candidate Video; Gun Ban for Terror Watch List, Rifles are "Weapons of Mass Destruction"

It would have been nice for the Libertarian Party to nominate an actual libertarian candidate. Instead we get Gary Johnson and William Weld. I won't be voting for either since I can't trust either on the Second Amendment.

Suicide Squad

I liked it, but it wasn't the film it could have been. There were too many characters and too much going on in too tight a time frame to develop any rapport with the audience. I'm not sure if a longer film would have made it better, BUT I did like it. The makers gave me high expectations and failed to meet them, BUT I liked it. Oh, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn? Hot, and the best thing in the movie. Did I say i liked it?

Suicide Squad comes in about mid-list for the year.

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The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz by Kerryn Oxford and Rick Boatright

The life and times of an alchemist prior to and after the Ring of Fire. Interesting and recommended.

Current Events

Well at least we know where this is headed.

Hillary Promises ‘We Are Going To Raise Taxes On The Middle Class’ [VIDEO]

Freudian slip indeed.

Say It Ain't So

While Protesting Guns, Anti-Gun Activist Accidentally Negligently Breaks Gun Laws He Supports

Fixed for them.

It's a stupid law. Now the question is whether they will charge for violating a stupid law or let him go since he is one of their own and didn't intend to violated the law. Hell, it worked for Hillary.

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The Dragon Hammer by Tony Daniel

Daniel isn't a new writer, but this is the first novel by him, I've read. I tried his collaboration with David Drake a few years back, but it didn't grab me. When I saw this on the Baen website, my initial inclination was to give it a pass. Then I read the sample and had to finish the book. It is set in an alternate North American were magic exists and the Vikings vie with the Romans for control. Good story and characters with a tight style that stays on task. I liked it, and will buy the next book in the series.

A Republic, if you can keep it.

Screwed, we are. Actually, it's a matter of screwed or really screwed.

The Eternal Debate

I don't care. If I put my rounds center mass, 9mm or .45, they will do the job. Seriously.

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Quote of the Day

In short, there is too much at stake to spend August fanning yourself and the fall fuming about foiled plans for a better nominee. It is Trump or Clinton. The choice is easy. If you have any doubts at all, take a course in Con Law. If Hillary wins, the casebook you use to do so will simply be a history book, not a guide to how the Supreme Court should decide things based on precedent.

If Trump is elected, we may be screwed. If Hillary wins, we are. It's not a hard choice.

It's what they do.

Lie.

“There is a very specific type of gun that we want banned – none of them,” said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign. “All we are trying to do is keep guns out of the hands of people we all agree that shouldn’t have them. Whether you love or hate guns, you agree that a convicted violent criminal, domestic abuser, someone who is dangerously mentally ill, or a would-be terrorist should not be able to get their hands on guns.”

A lot.

H/T to Sebastian.