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Saturday Open Thread - 11/15/25: Odds and Ends

Good morning, good people!

I hope all of you are in fine fettle, or have some plan to achieve that status.

It is pretty darn hot here for the upcoming week. A bit late in the year for 84 deg. highs, but so be it. Fall for you y'all, not so much here in East Texas.

This week we honored soldiers. I have mentioned before I refuse to work for veteran PTSD guys, as they crack under pressure of court and can be very dangerous. And what did I do? I took a case for a soldier guy accused of recklessly firing a weapon in his yard.

He hasn't been indicted yet. He is out on bail, and it may be months if and when he goes to court.

I gathered up his 6 or 7 different psychiatrists' reports, list of 16 or so meds, record of mental ward hospitalizations, and took it to the prosecutor in charge of taking the case to the grand jury.

Now, what did the guy do? He went into his yard, attempted to blow his brains out, but the gun jammed. He cleared it and shot into a tree trunk. A neighbor called the cops. He had done 2 tours of combat in the middle east bs, then was a cop in Houston for 10 or more years, finally walking away when he was first on the scene at a mass murder school shooting, so he is handy with a gun. He aimed for the tree trunk. Nobody was endangered.

He had some cheap cruises booked for he and his wife, and on that day, he panicked he might be in Mexico on a court date.

So, in a PTSD panic, he came to the office, could barely breath, could barely speak, hit himself with his fists, groaned for 10 minutes. I thought he was going to have a heart attack. My secretary hid away, but I sat there. Eventually, I told him I am his protection against failure to appear charges. Then, I suggested he focus on something worthwhile, such as gardening. His shrink had just signed him up for a veteran's garden project. I told him he might also start learning to learn new recipes and focus on cooking. Well, his shrink had just signed him up for a veteran's cooking group.

Well, I am no shrink, as I said, but I am the daughter of a WWII combat veteran, and his joy in life was food production, bringing it home for my Mom to cook, making recipe suggestions that people told him about.

Maybe, at the end of the day, it is the little things.

I am of the opinion if the Epstein crap takes out Trump, it should also take out Clinton, and anyone and everyone that joined into that pedophile fray. No exception. Harm a child? Off to jail you go.

TPTB just might be getting nervous.

That's all I have to say this morning, but during the day I will drop in links and vids as I find them. All of you feel free to share your thoughts and your info with your friends here on any and all topics and subjects, please!

Let' 'er rip!

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Man, oh man, news is interesting, and sort of sickening, in all directions, ain't it?
So, show us all your interesting/sickening finds in the news, ok?
Your turn!

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

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Good morning. Crisp and clear here.
Found this article about urban planning.
It points toward a better future. Not applicable
so much for us rural bumpkins, but is an attempt
to replace the car culture for the 'burbs.

Kinda an architecture geek.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/this-car-free-neighborhood-was-d...
revolutionize-american-cities.html

Glad your vet is getting into cooking. It can be both nourishing and therapeutic.
Our cooking group met the other evening. I made a shrimp and polenta dish from
Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy by Tieghan Gerard. Quite a good rift
on shrimp and grits. The homemade cajun seasoning made it.

Thanks for the OT!

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