Jack of Harts

Captain William Carter has been celebrating Independence since before The United States of America existed. He crossed a frozen Delaware River on Christmas back in 1776 to kill a bunch of Hessian mercenaries, doncha know? He takes Independence Day a bit seriously. This is a picture of him enjoying the celebration in 1988 Miami. Yeah, I know… he doesn’t look a day over forty. There’s a reason for that.

If you want to read his stories hunting otherworldly creatures and threats to mankind, search for Medron Pryde and Raconteur Press on Amazon to find the anthologies that tell some of his more colorful exploits. From Wyrd Warfare against an Old World god during the Colonial Rebellion all the way up to a battle in World War II that history claims absolutely did not happen. There is no proof that the Marine Raiders ever went to Manchuria. That’s a Big One that never happened. And everything we know says that Goblin Markets and Coffee Adventures in the Old West were never a thing. Though there was a lot of people drinking From the Brim to the Dregs. 😉

He wants to wish you all a Happy 249th annual No Kings Day.

Ahem.

Happy Independence Day

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Happy Independence Day from Betty.

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In one of the more amusing conversations this week, Trump went to talk to NATO with his perennial demand that the NATO nations start paying the two percent of their national GDPs that they promised to spend on their own defense when they joined NATO. They haven’t done that for decades. They’ve been relying on us to protect them, but the last few American presidencies have proven to everybody in the world that we are not the most stable of nations to be allied with. One president may be bought by China and do everything to support their growing hegemony, another may send millions to Iran so they can fund terror and nuclear research, another may decide to BOMB Iran and their proxies back out of the nuclear age.

Well… it’s amazing how people react when Daddy’s Home and spanks the bad child a few times after the bad child has been coddled for decades.

All of a sudden the NATO nations agreed to spend FIVE percent of their GDPs on their own defense, and that is a good thing. Strong allies make strong alliances. It is never good when an alliance rests on the shoulders of one nation. That’s not an alliance. That is an empire. The American people said no to an empire a long time ago, and it is past time our own government and the governments of other nations realize we mean it.

Daddy’s Home, and he does not appreciate what has been done in his name while he wasn’t paying as much attention as he should have been…