Jack of Harts

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by on January 19, 2024 at 12:02 am
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We found hyperspace in 2105 and the Great Space Race began. Alliances, nations, corporations, and religions reached out for the stars and humanity spread beyond the Solar System. We learned the answer to one of the oldest questions of all time in 2205. Are we alone? They brought medicines with them that nearly wiped out diseases, and extended the human lifespan into the centuries. They helped us study advanced technologies, and we expanded our colonies hundreds of lightyears from Earth. It was a golden age that many thought would never end.

Jack grew up in a world at peace, his only interests, partying and girls. But then an alien sneak attack killed millions of Americans, and wiped out almost everything and everybody Jack knew. He volunteered to serve and kick the alien scum back to the other side of the galaxy. But the Marines wanted more than people looking for revenge, and cybernetic partners demanded a far higher commitment. If Jack wanted to earn his commission as a Marine Corps fighter pilot, he had to grow up. He had to let himself be forged into something stronger than he’d ever wanted to be. He had to live up to the name of his squadron.

The Republic of Texas Marine Corps Fighter Attack Squadron 112. The Cowboys.

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Saint Nick is on the Way

by on December 24, 2025 at 12:01 am
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Happy Christmas Eve to you all. Saint Nick is on the Way to all the good little boys and girls. I’m still trying to get the bad girl list from him, but he’s not been very cooperative previous years. Such is life.

Seriously, Merry Christmas to the parts of the world that are starting to see it now, and to all a good night. 🙂

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We All Fall Down

by on December 23, 2025 at 12:01 am
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I just got to experience the most Minnesotan of Minnesota things.

We have ice in Minnesota you see. It comes down as rain and freezes flat at night.

Sometimes during the day, if the temperature is warm enough, if the sun comes out, it will melt.

And sometimes, if you’re really lucky, you will get this awesome thing in Minnesota where there will be ICE under the water on something like a parking lot with a slope.

And then, it doesn’t matter how carefully you walk, we all fall down. Me, I managed the rag-doll fall where you collapse and hit the ground with different parts of your body as you go down, each impact lessoning the speed. You end with a full hit on your back, throwing your arms out at the final instant, to spread the final hit across your body.

At which point I’m looking up at the world from a whole new perspective. The sky above me. People asking if I’m okay. Wanting to help. And me saying I’m good. Be careful. It’s a little slippery out here. Before looking around to see what stabilizing things I can use to get back up on my feet without slipping on the ice again.

I came away with a handful of scrapes and maybe a sore shoulder, but this was a good fall. I’m happy to walk away, carefully, with a spring in my step. Because, when it comes down to it, we all fall down. And any fall we get to walk away from is a good fall.

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Memory Loss

by on December 22, 2025 at 12:01 am
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My cousin, who I just spent several days with a few weeks ago just had a major episode of memory loss. He is in the hospital now undergoing tests, a full round of antibiotics and IVs to get what they know of his system in balance. Even a spinal tap to see what is going to his brain that way.

He is forgetful, doesn’t remember some close family, and has no drive to do anything. He is lethargic and not interested in communicating with anybody at most times, so this is well outside normal for him. He is normally very talkative and very smart. He IS a literal railroad engineer, so this is well out of character for him.

Please pray for him.

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Australia and Beyond

by on December 21, 2025 at 12:01 am
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Australia did their Hanukkah ceremony again, one week after the ISIS father and son team interrupted the last one with gunfire. It was a good ceremony. I was happy to see it go forward, and I was happy to hear them talk about companion ceremonies around the world.

The fact is that most people in the world really don’t support ISIS murder hobos. The problem is that too many people in power do. But today we showed them that they are greatly in the minority and that we will stand against them. I am truly rooting for Australia that they get through this with their freedom to practice religion and defend themselves while doing it intact. I don’t know if they will, but I hope they can.

And now it is time to tell all the European nations that have cancelled their Christmas and New Years celebrations because they are worried about ISIS murder hobos that this is how you do it. I don’t know if it will work, but this can be an example of how to respond to ISIS murder hobos. Just get back up and do it again.

Never give up. Never surrender.

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Brown University Shooting

by on December 20, 2025 at 12:01 am
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We appear to have the shooter at Brown University, but there are still far too many questions and very little answers. Firstly, he appears to have been trained well in how to avoid detection by avoid phone tracking and using multiple license plates. Did he learn that on the Internet or did someone teach him?

How did he get the offshore accounts and money I’ve seen reported? What did he shout before shooting the Vice President of the local Republican student group in the head? Was the professor of the class in question a Jew as was reported earlier? Why did he shoot the Jewish professor days later? Why did he shoot himself? Why did local law enforcement never interview all the witnesses of the first shooting? What was going on with the first person of interest? Is this guy related to ISIS like the other shooters over that weekend? Was this part of a larger ISIS plot?

There are a great many questions we have and very few answers. Will they come? I don’t know. The local law enforcement have been long on self-congratulatory rhetoric and short on descriptive rhetoric. It does not lead me to trust them much. And without trust, are we even going to believe what they tell us when they finally have a narrative they want to tell us?

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