Jack of Harts

I was not looking forward to a war with Iran. I really don’t want America to be in one. There was a time I would have. Back when I was young and dumb and thought we could roll in with Freedom and help build newer and better nations. I was wrong. I now understand that the people running our government really suck at nation building. They are really good at getting young men killed, but not so good at building functional governments. And so I no longer support anything like it.

That said, I do take a general glee at the idea of watching Israel killing terrorists and the people who fund and train of terrorists. And so I am filled with mixed opinions about this recent conflict. But I absolutely love how they did it. They smuggled in drones, waited until the right time, used the drones to take out the local air defenses, and then flew their jets in to plaster their targets. F-35s in first due to their stealth, with F-16s and F-15s moving behind them as the F-35s clear the road.

It truly is amazing to see an air attack like this. NATO dirty tricks get real effective when you have a real air force to take advantage of them. I am cheering the Israelis on. I do hope the Iranians agree to end their long war with Israel. Stop pursuing the atomic bomb. Stop funding the terrorists. All the fun jazz. I don’t expect it, you understand. But I am hopeful that we will see a good end to this. Preferably before too many civilians get killed.

Happy 250th birthday to the United States Army.

Thanks to all you guys doing what you do, I am free to do this.

Sit here behind a nice computer in a prosperous country and say thank you for doing it.

Thank you for risking your lives so people like me could live in peace.

We would not be where we are right now without you.

Raconteur Press is publishing another anthology this week. This time it is about the crazy hi-jinks involved in mad science. But while you’re waiting for that to come out, you may want to check out From the Brim to the Dregs. That is an anthology filled with the crazy hi-jinks involved with fermented or non-fermented drinks of a dubious and sometimes special nature. These are not necessarily stories about getting drunk, though some drinking is involved.

Now I do have a story in there, which is my reason for pimping it, and it involves a drink that shows a man the future. Assuming a man can remain sane while seeing multiple possible futures at once, that can give him a powerful advantage. What would you do if you could see the future? Would you go to the horse races and place a bet on the winning horse? Start a fight to see your opponent’s moves before they move? Or would you try to talk a pretty girl into letting you kiss her? The possibilities are endless. What would you do if they were all laid out before your eyes?