Get used to. We need to accept that Evil exists and there's nothing we can do about it...

The POTUS just said we have no idea what to do with a 'handful' of people (ISIS/ISIL) who are willing to die. In a very real sense he is really saying 'get used to it'. As he continues to say that the majority of the victims of this 'handful' of people are Muslims - and therefore, as a Muslim himself, maybe, just maybe the thought is: the West and specifically the US does not deserve the safe society we've fought for and built as long as others suffer, so must we.

"...it's the environment we're in, frankly."

"If anyone is planning to go to the Mall of America today, they've got to be particularly careful," Johnson said. "There will be enhanced security there, but public vigilance, public awareness and public caution in situations like this is particularly important, and it's the environment we're in, frankly."

Apparently we should just accept the fact that we now need to be extra vigilante when we go about our day. Or is this just a political statement...?:

Johnson also said the latest threats highlight the "reason why I need a budget."

 But rest assured, we have a plan:

"No one should avoid going to the mall because of this random online threat," the official said. "The FBI has a program to work with various malls around the country to improve security."

Different ways to present the same news...

Winter holds on...

It's been a while since we've had this kind of snow in March.

What about the pepper?

A written police report stated 80 tons of salt valued at $9,600 was stolen. Police Sgt. Bill Davis said the thieves, in all likelihood, needed “a dump truck or a Bobcat” in order to make off with so much salt.

"...in all likelihood.." Ya think?

Random Thoughts - Thomas Sowell, always on point...

Forgot how much I enjoy reading the common sense of  Thomas Sowell:

 "To me, all students are the same. I treat them all the same and hold them all to the same standards." The next semester there was an organized boycott of my classes by foreign students. When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination."

When. Will. It. End?

NOT what you want to see at your kid's school...