Beau of the Fifth Column: On Police Training and Change

The Minnesota pro teams have postponed games tonight. . .

. . .in the aftermath of the police killing of Duante Wright.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31244094/minnesota-twins-game-boston-red-sox-postponed-wake-police-shooting-daunte-wright

Dave Zirin of The Nation magazine has this commentary:
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/daunte-wright-minnesota-twins/

The Twin Cities and surrounding areas are already on edge. This latest outrage could push things right over, especially if it looks like nobody gives a damn. It has fallen to major league sports to send the message that this problem is so significant that the games simply cannot go on as usual.
(snip)
. . .sports can and should do so much more than cancel games. The next step is for these politically connected franchise owners to agitate for some kind of police reform. Few, if any, of them, however, want to step in front of the cameras and confront the police. But that’s next. Many players and fans, as this crisis continues, are going to demand nothing less.

The Minnesota pro teams have postponed games tonight. . .

. . .in the aftermath of the shooting of Duante Wright.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31244094/minnesota-twins-game-boston-red-sox-postponed-wake-police-shooting-daunte-wright

Dave Zirin of The Nation magazine has a new commentary on this:

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/daunte-wright-minnesota-twins/

The Twin Cities and surrounding areas are already on edge. This latest outrage could push things right over, especially if it looks like nobody gives a damn. It has fallen to major league sports to send the message that this problem is so significant that the games simply cannot go on as usual.
(snip)
The next step is for these politically connected franchise owners to agitate for some kind of police reform. Few, if any, of them, however, want to step in front of the cameras and confront the police. But that’s next. Many players and fans, as this crisis continues, are going to demand nothing less.

Pick Me Ups oatmeal snacks on display. . .

#LaurenBoebertIsSoDumb has gone viral as a hashtag

Alexi Giannoulias is running for Secretary of the State of Illinois

He's former Illinois state treasurer, looking to replace retiring secretary of state Jesse White, who's retiring in 2022 .

I'll let the tweet below explain why he deserves support:
https://twitter.com/ReallyAmerican1/status/1370424462861086721
His Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/Giannoulias

His website:
https://www.alexiforus.com/

A Politico story (first 1/3 of the post):
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2020/12/01/secretary-giannoulias-blowback-for-vasquez-the-comed-profit-machine-491021

Tucker Carlson In Combat: Iraq 2004. . .

. . .tagging along with mercenaries. . .ehr. . ."military contractors"

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a48032/private-armies-operation-iraqi-freedom/

One of these things is not like the others:

Another candle, another trip around the sun. . .

. . .for this old fart (officially)

I turn 65 today and I got round 1 of the COVID-19 vaccine this morning.

Next on the docket, completion of forms for Medicare.

The older you get, the more legal you get.

Beau of the Fifth Column: Wear A Mask, Texans

A message to Texas from a Florida man:

Welcome Back, Sir !!!

My sentiments below: