The Calm Before The Storm
Sep. 11th, 2015 10:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribToday is the calm before the storm. At work, things will get busy next week with meetings and a branch closing. This weekend, I'm working a festival for Rotary, and Tuesday night we have our first food for kids packing session. Somewhere in all of this I need to pick up a costume and pack for my cruise.
ETA: Have Two Links
1) Thoughts on 9/11. Money quote: A few sad teenagers have committed far, far more domestic terror attacks than all the Islamic militants in the world over the past decade, and that is an outcome I think very few would have predicted, myself included, in the aftermath of 9/11. I’m sure the Rudy Guiliani set would love to take credit for the lack of attacks, but I think any serious expert on stopping domestic terrorism attacks would agree that the only way to bat as close to 1000 as we have is if your enemy is fictional.
2) Once again, there is no 'war on cops'. Money quote: So far, 2015 is on pace to see 35 felonious killings of police officers. If that pace holds, this year would end with the second lowest number of murdered cops in decades.
ETA: Have Two Links
1) Thoughts on 9/11. Money quote: A few sad teenagers have committed far, far more domestic terror attacks than all the Islamic militants in the world over the past decade, and that is an outcome I think very few would have predicted, myself included, in the aftermath of 9/11. I’m sure the Rudy Guiliani set would love to take credit for the lack of attacks, but I think any serious expert on stopping domestic terrorism attacks would agree that the only way to bat as close to 1000 as we have is if your enemy is fictional.
2) Once again, there is no 'war on cops'. Money quote: So far, 2015 is on pace to see 35 felonious killings of police officers. If that pace holds, this year would end with the second lowest number of murdered cops in decades.
