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all rioters, looters & arsonists need killing

friday, april 30th, 2021

I'll never forget the 1968 Democrat Convention in Chicago, when I was 17 and home from Drake University on Summer vacation, watching the 3-4 day chaos just 20 miles away in the NW Chicago Suburb of Arlington Heights, with my Parents. I was astounded at the days and nights of riots, arson and small store looting. Mayor Daley's police battalions had more than a handful, but beat the shit out of everyone they caught, then marched them off to jail.

As time marched-on, the 60s riots morphed into the 70s, 80s, 90s and recent/current riots, with quite a list; go ahead, I'll wait...

1970s
•1970 – San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing, February 16, San Francisco, CA
•1970 – University of Puerto Rico riot, March 4–11, at least one killed, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
•1970 – Student strike of 1970, May 1970
•1970 – Kent State riots/shootings, May 1970, four killed, Kent, Ohio
•1970 – New Haven Green Disorders, Yale University, May 1970, New Haven, Connecticut
•1970 – Augusta Riot, May 11–13, Augusta, Georgia
•1970 – Hard Hat Riot, Wall Street, May 8, New York City
•1970 – Jackson State killings, May 14–15, two killed, Jackson, Mississippi
•1970 – Stoneman Meadow Riot, July 4, 1970, Yosemite, California
•1970 – 1970 Asbury Park race riots, July 4–10, Asbury Park, New Jersey
•1970 – 1970 Memorial Park riot, August 24–27, Royal Oak, Michigan
•1970 – Sterling Hall bombing, Univ. of Wisc., August 24, one killed, Madison, Wisconsin
•1970 – Chicano Moratorium riot, August 29, Los Angeles, California
•1971 – Wilmington riot 1971, February 9, Wilmington, North Carolina
•1971 – May Day protests 1971, May 3, Washington, D.C.
•1971 – Camden riots, August 1971, Camden, New Jersey
•1971 – Attica Prison uprising, September 9–13, at least 39 killed, Attica, New York
•1973 – Wounded Knee incident, February 27 – May 8, Wounded Knee, South Dakota
•1973 – Shooting of Clifford Glover Riot, April 23, Rioting broke out in South Jamaica, Queens after an undercover NYPD officer shot and killed a ten-year-old African-American youth. New York, New York.
•1974 – SLA Shootout, May 17, Los Angeles, California
•1974 – Baltimore police strike, July, Baltimore, Maryland
•1974 – Boston busing race riots anti-busing riots throughout Boston, Massachusetts
•1975 – Livernois–Fenkell riot, July 1975, Detroit, Michigan
•1976 – Escambia High School riots, February 5, Pensacola, Florida
•1976 – Anti-busing riot in downtown Boston, April 5, Boston, Massachusetts
•1976 – Marquette Park unrest, June–August, Chicago, Illinois
•1977 – Humboldt Park riot, June 5–6, Chicago, Illinois

•1977 – New York City Blackout riot 1977, July 13–14, New York City, New York
•1978 – Fireman Strike Arson, July 2, 1978, Memphis, TN
•1978 – Moody Park riot, May 5, 1978, Houston, Texas
•1979 – Herman Hill riot, April 15, Wichita, Kansas
•1979 – White Night riots, May 1979, San Francisco, California
•1979 – Levittown Gas Riot, June 23–24, Thousands rioted in response to increased gasoline prices in the U.S., 198 arrested, 44 police and 200 rioters injured. Gas stations were damaged and cars set on fire, Levittown, Pennsylvania
•1979 – Greensboro massacre, November 3, Greensboro, North Carolina
1980–1989
•1980 – New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, February 2–3, Santa Fe, New Mexico
•1980 – Miami riot 1980, May 17–19, Miami, Florida
•1982 – Miami riot 1982, December 28, A Miami policeman shoots a black video game player in an arcade. Riots breakout in the Overtown section of Miami. Miami, Florida
•1985 – Philadelphia bombing of MOVE house by police using C4 plastic explosives dropped from a helicopter killing 11, including 5 children, and the ensuing loss of a city block to fire (May 13, 1985)
•1986 – Marquette Park KKK rally, June 28, Chicago, Illinois
•1988 – Tompkins Square Park riot, August 6–7, New York City
•1988 – Cedar Grove, Shreveport, Louisiana
•1989 – 1989 Miami riot, January 16–18, Miami policeman kills a black motorcycle rider. Riots breakout in the Overtown section of the city. Miami, Florida 1990–1999
•1991 – 1991 Washington, DC riot, Mount Pleasant riot, May 5–9, Washington, D.C. •1991 – Crown Heights riot, August 1991, Brooklyn, New York
•1992 – L.A. Rodney King riots, April–May 1992, Los Angeles, California. 1/4 of the city was looted and torched.
•1992 – West Las Vegas riots, April 29, Las Vegas, Nevada
•1992 – 1992 Washington Heights riots, July 4–7, Manhattan, New York, Dominican community
•1996 – St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996, October 1996, St. Petersburg, Florida
•1997 – North Hollywood shootout, February 1997, Los Angeles, California
•1999 – Michigan State University student riot, April 1999, East Lansing, Michigan
•1999 – Woodstock '99 music festival incident, July 1999, Rome, New York
•1999 – WTO Meeting of 1999, "The Battle of Seattle", November 1999, Seattle, Washington
2000–2009
•2000 – Elián González affair, Miami, Florida
•2000 – Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks, June 11, Central Park, New York City
•2000 – Brooks Brothers riot, November 22, Miami-Dade County, Florida
•2001 – Seattle Mardi Gras riot, February 27, Seattle, Washington
•2001 – 2001 Cincinnati Riots, April 10–12, Cincinnati, Ohio
•2003 – Benton Harbor riot, June 2003, Benton Harbor, Michigan
•2003 – Miami FTAA Protests, November 2003, Miami, Florida
•2005 – Civil disturbances and military action in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, August – September, New Orleans, Louisiana
•2005 – 2005 Toledo riot, October 15, Toledo, Ohio
•2006 – San Bernardino punk riot, March 4, San Bernardino, California
•2007 – The Los Angeles May Day mêlée, May 1, Los Angeles, California
•2009 – Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, January 7, 120 arrested, Oakland, California
•2009 – Akron riots, March 14, 2009, 7 arrested; and July 2009, unknown number arrested, Akron, Ohio
•2009 – 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit protests, September 24–25, 193 arrested
2010–2019
•2010 – Springfest riot, April 10, 200 police disperse crowd of 8,000 using tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and bean bag rounds, near the campus of James Madison University; dozens injured. 30–35 arrested; Harrisonburg, Virginia.
•2010 – Santa Cruz May Day riot, May 1, 250 rampage through downtown Santa Cruz attacking 18 businesses, causing an estimated $100,000 in damages. 1 arrested. Santa Cruz, California.
•2010 – Oakland protest riot, November 5, Police made more than 150 arrests as a crowd broke windows and knocked down fences, protesting sentence of former BART officer in shooting of Oscar Grant on New Years Day 2009; see BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant. Oakland, California
•2011 – Madison Occupation. Protestors storm and occupy the Wisconsin state capitol building for 18 days.
•2011 – Occupy Wall Street (Brooklyn Bridge protests). Demonstrators blocked the bridge and more than 700 people were arrested. New York, New York
•2011 – Occupy Oakland Oakland protests riots. October. Protesters shattered windows, set fires, and plastered buildings with graffiti. Riot police fired heavy amounts of tear gas on the protesters. •2012 – Kentucky Wildcats supporters in Lexington, Kentucky
•2012 – NATO 2012 Chicago Summit, May. Conflict between riot police and protesters. Dozens of demonstrators clubbed and arrested.
•2012 – Anaheim police shooting and protests, July 28. Violence erupted after multiple shootings in the neighborhood by police that included unarmed Manuel Diaz. 24 people were arrested.
•2013 – Flatbush Riots, March 11, Riots in Brooklyn, New York after the death of Kimani Gray who was shot and killed by NYPD.
•2014 – Bundy Standoff, April 5–May, an armed confrontation between supporters of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and law enforcement following a 21-year legal dispute in which the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) obtained court orders directing Bundy to pay over $1 million in withheld grazing fees for Bundy's use of federally-owned land adjacent to Bundy's ranch in southeastern Nevada.
•2014 – Ferguson unrest, Ferguson and St. Louis, Missouri, August 10 and November 24. Following the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer, protests erupt in the streets. Police respond with riot gear, tear gas, sound canons, police dogs, concussion grenades, rubber bullets, pepper balls, wooden bullets, beanbag rounds, tasers, pepper spray, and armored vehicles. Unrest occurred continuously for weeks in August, and sporadically through December, with nearly daily protests throughout the period and rioting following the non-indictment announcement on November 24. Unrest again occurred on the one year anniversary in August 2015, with dozens of arrests.
•2014 – St. Louis, Missouri – October 8, police vehicle windows broken as rage at the killing of Vonderrit Myers Jr. Protests continued for days afterward, during the nearby and ongoing Ferguson Unrest.
•2014 – New York, New York, and Berkeley, California – After prosecutors and a grand jury refused to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, protests erupted in New York City and other cities.
•2014 Oakland riots, November–December, A series of riots and civil disturbances that took place in Oakland and the surrounding area, in reaction to the events involving the Shooting of Michael Brown and later, the death of Eric Garner, Oakland, California
•2014 – Berkeley, Missouri, December 23–24. Antonio Martin is shot to death by police in a St. Louis suburb nearby to Ferguson, leading to violent conflict with police, and looting.
•2015 – 2015 Baltimore protests, April 25–28. Days of protests break out following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. 34 people are arrested and 15 Officers injured after rioting and looting break out. Gray's funeral was held on April 27 and followed by further protests and looting. Governor Hogan had preemptively activated the Maryland National Guard, while the Maryland State Police had activated at least 500 officers.
•2015 – St. Louis, Missouri, August 19. Conflict with police following fatal shooting by St. Louis police officers of black teenager Mansur Ball-Bey leads to deployment of tear gas then burned car, buildings, and looting. Protests continue in subsequent days with tensions remaining high.
•2016 – Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, January–February 2016. 1 killed and several dozen arrested at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon.
•2016 – 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, March 11. Five people arrested and two police officers injured during a demonstration at the UIC Pavilion.
•2016 – Democracy Spring rally in April. March to Washington D.C. and sit-ins lead to arrests.
•2016 – 2016 Sacramento riot, June 26, A confrontation between white nationalists and left-wing counter protesters at the California State Capitol. Ten people were hospitalized for stabbing and laceration wounds.
•2016 – Widespread protests erupt in response to two deaths at the hands of police, the Shooting of Alton Sterling and shooting of Philando Castile. At least 261 people were arrested in protests in New York City, Chicago, St. Paul, Baton Rouge, and other cities.
•2016 – 2016 Milwaukee riots, Sherman Park, August 13–15. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sparked by the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith.
•2016 – 2016 Charlotte riot, September 20–21, Protests and riots break out in response to the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a Charlotte police officer.
•2016 – Dakota Access Pipeline protests, 411 protesters arrested. Multiple skirmishes with police, with vehicles, hay bales, and tires set on fire.
•2016 – Anti-Trump protests, November 9–27. As a result of Donald Trump elected as 45th President of the U.S., thousands protested across twenty-five American cities, and unrest broke out in downtown Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon. In Oakland, over 40 fires started and police officers were injured.
•2017 – Berkeley, California, February 1, civil unrest ensued at UC Berkeley as Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak on the campus.
•2017 – 2017 Anaheim, California protests, February 21, protesters demonstrate after police officer grabs boy and fires his gun. Protesters damage property and throw bottles and rocks at police.
•2017 – May Day, in Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon, protestors demonstrated for workers rights. Protestors damaged property and confronted law enforcement.
•2017 – 2017 Unite the Right rally, Charlottesville, Virginia, August 11–12. At a Unite the Right rally of white nationalists and white supremacists opposing the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, rally attendees and counter-protesters clashed, sometimes violently. A woman, Heather Heyer, was killed and 19 other injured when a rally attendee drove his car into a crowd of counter-protestors. Two law enforcement officers also died in a helicopter crash while monitoring the event.
•2017 – 2017 St. Louis protests, beginning September 15, large protests erupted when police officer Jason Stockley was found not guilty of murder in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith on December 20, 2011. Some of the protests turned destructive and the police became violent. Windows were broken at Mayor Lyda Krewson's house and in the Central West End business district on the first night, many windows were broken in the Delmar Loop on September 16, a few were broken downtown on September 17 after police drove swiftly through a crowd following a peaceful march. Police conducted a kettling mass arrest operation of nonviolent protesters and bystanders, beating and pepper spraying many, including journalists, documentary filmmakers, and an undercover officer. Protests and sporadic unrest continued daily for weeks.
•2019 – Memphis riot, June 13, following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by U.S. Marshals, Memphis, TN.
2020–2021

United States racial unrest begins.
•2020 – New York City FTP protests, January 31, Anti-Transit Police and MTA protest resulting in hundreds of arrests over the three separate days of demonstration. Vandalism and violence on train stations were reported.
•2020 – Protesters surround a police precinct in Minneapolis during the George Floyd protests, part of a larger wave of civil unrest in 2020 and 2021. Protests began on May 26 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and spread around the world after the killing of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin, the policeman who held his knee on Floyd's neck for nearly eight minutes, was fired along with the three other officers involved. Chauvin was charged with manslaughter and second-degree murder. The other three policemen were charged with aiding and abetting murder. Widespread Protests and Riots spread to other American cities and then to other countries with Floyd's murder garnering international condemnation.[13] Protest tactics included peaceful occupation and resistance, but was overshadowed by widespread looting and damage of private and public properties. In the Seattle neighborhood of Capitol Hill, an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone was established on June 8, 2020 covering six city blocks and a park after the Seattle Police Department left their East Precinct building. The area was cleared of occupants by police on July 1, 2020.
•2020 – Kenosha unrest, August 23–28, On August 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Jacob Blake was shot in the back by a police officer while not complying with their attempt to arrest him. Protests and rioting occurred after the incident. A State of Emergency was declared and police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. During several days of rioting, government buildings were damaged, businesses were looted and set on fire, and vehicles were firebombed, including 100 cars burned at a car dealership. On the third day of unrest an armed teenager, from out of state, shot three rioters, wounding one and killing two others. By August 28, almost 1000 Wisconsin National Guard troops were on the streets, backed by National Guard troops from Michigan, Alabama and Arizona. Nearly 100 buildings were damaged with the cost of damage to City property close to $2 million and the cost to private property damaged near $50 million.
•2020 – Minneapolis false rumors riot, August 26–28, On August 26, a false rumor that police shot a man in Minneapolis started riots that set four buildings on fire and damaged 72 others.
•2020 – Jewish Protest, October 7–8, In Brooklyn, New York, members of the Orthodox Jewish community protested over new COVID-19 restrictions. Minor fires were set, masks were burned, and journalist Jacob Kornbluh was attacked. Heshy Tischler was taken into custody for inciting a riot.
•2020 – Philadelphia riot, October 26 – Ongoing, Caused by the Killing of Walter Wallace by Philadelphia police.
•2020–2021 United States election protests, November 3 – Ongoing, Several demonstrations were held during and after the 2020 presidential election. Clashes between pro-Trump supporters and counterprotesters occurred on multiple nights, including November 14 and December 12. On the night of December 12, there were multiple stabbings and over 23 people were arrested.
•2021 – Storming of the United States Capitol, January 6 – After allegedly being called to action by President Donald Trump, a large group of protestors stormed the United States Capitol in an attempt to enter the chamber and protest the certification of Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. There is debate whether or not President Donald Trump's speech was what initially incited the protestors to break into the Capitol building. It has been noted by some news outlets that the President began his speech at 12:00 PM and it lasted until 1:11 PM, while the actual first wave of protestors that broke into the capitol arrived there at 12:40 PM - 30 minutes before the alleged inflammatory statement to "fight like hell" was said near the end of the speech, at roughly 1:10 PM. Nonetheless, during the demonstrations The Capitol was vandalized, including doors, windows, and offices, prompting members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence to evacuate. One death occurred as a direct result of the unrest, and several additional deaths were reported subsequently but determined to be due to unrelated or natural causes.[17] Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran from Southern California, was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer as she attempted to enter through a broken window leading to the Speaker’s Lobby inside the Capitol. Another protestor, Kevin Greeson was talking to his wife on the phone on the west side of The Capitol when he suffered a fatal heart attack. During a rush of protestors attempting to fight their way through the police line, Rosanne Boyland was unintentionally crushed, which resulted in her death. Protester Benjamin Philips died later under unclear circumstances apparently of a stroke. While originally believed to have been a victim of blunt force trauma or chemical spray during altercations between protestors and police, officer Brian Sicknick also died shortly after the violence from a stroke. Nearly 140 police officers were injured. In the aftermath of the unrest, the Chief of the Capitol Police resigned under pressure and President Trump was impeached a second time under accusation of incitement of insurrection. His trial ultimately resulted in an acquittal by the Senate making him the first president to have an impeachment trial occur after his Presidential term was completed, and also the first US President to be impeached and acquitted twice. •2021 – Daunte Wright protests, April 11 – Ongoing, On April 11, police officer Kim Potter fatally shot 20-year-old African-American man Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, near where former police officer Derek Chauvin was standing trial for the killing of George Floyd. Protests demanding justice for Wright were met with force by law enforcement, who used tear gas, canisters, and other methods to disperse protesters. Several demonstrations escalated into riots with property damage, looting, and violent clashes between protesters and police. On April 14, after resigning from her position, Potter was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter. In response to the unrest, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared a State of Emergency and imposed a citywide curfew amid mass arrests. President Joe Biden condemned the looting and violence in Minnesota, advocating for peaceful protests. Demonstrations have since spread to other U.S. cities.

Is that enough of a "riot list for you? Sure is for me. It hardly touches on the hero police officers injured or killed, arson of small and medium businesses, and killings of innocent civilians. I am so angry that it happened, with rioters, looters and arsonists being let go. Protestors are allowed, IMO, but only to just before the point of violence. Once they cross it, they should be killed. As should all riotes, looters and arsonists, IMO. Got a fucking problem with that? Come to my zippcode - 17406 - call/email me, I'll meet you, we'll have it out, and I'll kill you and your subhuman BLM, antifa, commie, socialist, Marxist, anarchist punk friends. Got it, leftist scumbag assholes?

I firmly and ferverntly beieve that ALL rioters, arsonists and looters should be ID'd, targeted, shot and killed. I've had enough of it. BLM, antifa and any other commie, socialist, anarchist, Marxist, revolutionary group involved in those actions, need killing, on sight and on-the-spot. It's a regrettable fact-of-life for us and America. The bad guys don't play by the rules. It's long past time to fight them back, on equally deadly terms. Forget all the rules. I predict that'd bring it all to an quick end. Smell yourselves, leftist filth.

© 4.30.2021 by JS, "John's Journal".

A Day In The Life.

Up at 8a on Friday, I found my TopStyle v3.0 HTML Editor was corrupted and wasn't working. Shit. I had to scramble to get a new *.exe driver for it, online, to get Thursday's "Journal", posted. Then I posted the "Chris Plante Show" to FR, did the obligatory finger-stick for my BSL (Blood Sugar Level) reading, made coffee, had a couple smokes and a light breakfast. My left hip, thigh, knee and shin were hurting, so I rubbed-in CBD Pro-Level 5 Pain Ointment, and it helped a little.

After lunch, I caught 4hrs of rest on the couch, had dinner and watched some old DVDs of "Justified" (Timothy Olyphant) until 11:30p, and called it a night.

I slept-in until 10:30a on Saturday, a cloudy, very cool day. I somehow thought it was Sunday, so I shaved, showered and did 2 loads of laundry. I was disappointed when I discovered it was only Saturday; imagine that. Heh. After downloading and scanning/answering email, I watched History's "American Pickers" until dinner at 6p, and continued watching until 10p. Lights out.

I slept-in until 10a on Sunday, fired-up the furnace, had coffee and breakfast, and checked the TV schedule to see if there were any F-1, IndyCar or IMSA GT Endurance races on. There was an IndyCar street race from St Petersburg, FL, from 12-3p, so that was my only choice. It was a decent race, considering it was a narrow, twisty street course; not my favorite. I caught 3hrs of sleep on the LR couch, had dinner and watched some reruns of Discovery's "Gold Rush" until 10:30p, and pulled the plug for the night.

Up at 8a on Monday, I had some smokes and coffee, breakfast, and my L/S hip, thigh, knee were hurting, so I stayed inside until the back patio had full sun, then it was pleasant to sit and get some natural Vitamin-D. Some of my neighbors were doing the same thing. I did paperwork, paid utility bills online, picked-up a week's worth of mail, and grabbed a 3hr nap on the couch.

I was really unnerved when I saw and read this article: "Report: Pfizer and Moderna COVID 'Vaccines' Could Trigger Alzheimer’s, ALS, and Other Neurological Degenerative Diseases". Here's the link to the full report.

The temperature of the interior of your refrigerator, is less stable than the earth's temperature over the past 500 years.

After dinner, I watched some "Gold Rush" reruns, selected Fox News shows and wound-it-up the day at 11p.

Awake and up at 5:30a on Tuesday, due to a dull ache in my left knee, I went immediately for the CBD Pro-Level 5 Pain Ointment, and that helped to assuage pain in my lower back and right shoulder, too. I posted the "CP Show", checked the weather and news – tomorrow and Thursday are going to be hot and humid, in the upper 80s – did a few errands until my hip got bad, and came home. After a quick lunch, I took 3 100mg Gabapentin, and slept on the couch for 3½hrs. Knee and hip pain almost gone, amazingly. I had dinner, watched "The Curse of Oak Island" until 8p, when "Tucker" came on FNC, skipped "Hannity" and watched "Laura" until 11p. Lights out.

Up at 7:30a on Wednesday, it was already 67° and headed-up to 87°-plus, the forecast said. I had the condo temp set on AC at 74° all night, and would leave it there today and tomorrow. I made coffee, had a couple smokes, had breakfast and posted the "CP Show" to FR. This may be my last week for posting that thread. I had planned lunch with an old friend and Garden Center & Nursery customer of mine, Ray, minus and his lovely wife Patty, today at The Taylor Haus restaurant, just south of Stewartstown. I did a little watering and gardening before the day's heat set-in, and left at 11a, to run a few errands before meeting Ray.

It was good to see Ray again, and hear about his & Patty's life adventures, over the past 10+ years, since I saw them last. We had a nice meal at The Taylor Haus, said goodbye and promised to keep in touch, with some more regular lunches. I was amazed to see how the wonderful little towns of Stewartstown and Winterstown had changed, since it's been years since I was thru those places. After getting home, I grabbed 3hrs on the LR couch, watched some TV, had dinner and watched Discovery's "Iron Resurrection" and "Expedition Unknown" until 11p, and hit the sack.

My alarm went-off at 6a on Thursday, since the cleaning ladies would be here by 8:15-8:30, and I needed to be ready for them. I did the morning finger-stick to check BSL, made coffee and breakfast and had a couple smokes in the garage. I noticed that my white 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee HEMI V8 was "yellowish" from all the pollen, so after checking the news and weather, and seeing a massive t-storm front moving our way, I moved the Jeep out on to the driveway to get some of that stuff off the paint. I have a heavy polish (not just wax), so the pollen should wash right off, courtesy of Mother Nature.

It did get the pollen off, but racemes (pollen pods were knocked down by the rain and wind from the Pin Oak tree, and made a mess on the Jeep. After a visit to Sherry's and Becky's to drop-off some "Fire Island" Hostas, I hosed off the Jeep and put it back inside the garage for the night. After dinner, I watched unseen episodes of "GOLD RUSH: FREDDY DODGE’S MINE RESCUE" and "Fast and Loud", until 11p. Time for sleep. A new week here in the "Journal", starts tomorrow.

A Greek and An Irishman.

A Greek and an Irishman were sitting in a Starbucks one day comparing their two cultures.

Over a double latte, the Greek mentions "We built the Parthenon, you may recall, along with the Temple of Apollo."

"Aye, and it was the Irish that discovered the Summer and Winter Solstices."

"But it was the Greeks who gave birth to advanced mathematics."

"Granted, but it was the Irish who built the first timepieces."

Knowing that he's about to deliver the coup de grace, the Son of Athens points out with a note of finality:

"Keep in mind that it was the ancient Greeks who invented the notion of sex as a pleasurable activity!"

"Aye! True enough, but it was the Irish who got women involved."