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Both in 3 for me today.

If they have the proper permits and approvals then all of that should be accounted for. Like I said, if they play by the rules like every other protest should, and I have no reason to believe they won't, then they can do what they want. For me, it has nothing to do with what they are protesting, they could be demanding the return of New Coke for all I care. If they decide to go beyond what has been approved and planned for by the permit issuers, and again, I have no reason to think that they will, then it becomes a different issue. Listen, I'm getting sucked into an argument about something that I really only care enough about to make a passing comment about it on an internet hunting forum. I don't care enough about this to debate it, and I really don't think that we're really arguing the same thing here. I agree, I don't know what their goal is, I don't know why they are protesting, but I really don't care that much.

A lot of fertilizer cost/availability is based on the cost and demand of fossil fuels. When I was selling farm fertilizer, you could pretty much follow the rise and fall of anhydrous ammonia with the cost of natural gas. A lot of farmers who prepaid their fertilizer costs last year are going to look pretty smart compared to anyone who waited.

I'll agree with that, but hey, they're the ones spending their time and money, so they can protest their little hearts out for all I care, I'm not gonna judge.

No idea, but they can protest for whatever they want, it’s their right.

I think they have permits and agreements in place, so go for it. If they go beyond that and become a nuisance or danger to the community, that's a different story, but ultimately, that hasn't happened, so those issues are purely conjecture at this point. I feel the same way about the BLM protests, I'm all for them demonstrating for the change they want, when it goes beyond what is permitted and becomes a danger to the community, then it goes too far, and in my opinion, starts working against the goals of the protest. I'm not going to judge anyone's goals or grievances, they are their own. https://www.newsweek.com/how-freedom-convoy-getting-dc-route-timeline-1681385

Fair enough, but emotions are emotions. If they feel like they want to make some noise and be heard, I don't see an issue with it if they are playing by the rules.

I'd say it's just people with grievances who want to feel heard, I don't see an issue. My wife went to the Women's March, and even though there wasn't really a "goal" she felt really empowered and happy that she went. More power to them, it's one of the beauties of this country.

That town is a nightmare without all of that stuff going on. We used to take kids down to the National 4-H Center (it's since sold) in Chevy Chase, MD and drive in on a tour bus. They literally switch lanes of traffic throughout the day, so lanes that go towards the city in the morning switch direction in the evening. I've never driven there, only ridden, and taken the subway from Alexandria when I visited on my own once.

I read they were planning on a big protest for the SOTU, but it fizzled. Regardless, I wish them the best, they have every right in the world to protest.

Hopefully it's a better showing than Tuesday. I kind of felt bad for it. https://news.yahoo.com/trucker-convoy-protest-washington-dc-153958163.html

Both in 6, I struggled with both.

Good question. I work for 4-H Youth Development (we have around 600 kids enrolled in Saratoga County). A good number of kids that I work with are homeschooled, and they use 4-H as a social space for their kids. My girls aren't school age yet, and will go to public school. However, because of my job, I have a pretty good connection to homeschool families in my county. When I say I talked to some of my homeschool parents, when we first came up with the idea, a couple of my adult Shooting Sports instructors were in the room, and they happen to be homeschool parents. Basically, I wanted to see if something like this could benefit their homeschool efforts and they said "absolutely".

I would be totally fine with something like this if it was featured live on CSPAN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner Honestly though, I think that most of the Representatives and Senators do the quiet work of legislating and governing with decorum. Unfortunately the "grandstanders" are always featured in media, celebrated by the extremes and are fundraising magnets. It's a shame that these folks become the face of U.S. government.

I actually think the "Ready" campaign coordinated by FEMA. https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20220104/fema-ready-campaign-urges-preparedness-2022

Not looking for an argument here, because I honestly don't know much about his record in the past 50 years. However, just a quick google search found this: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/53279/joe-biden-jr/66/veterans

I showed one of my coworkers how to play this morning, and we collectively got it in 4.

A little update after getting settled in this morning. I'm now at capacity within 18 hours of announcing the program. All girls but the one boy I wish I was able to get more kids, but 12 is about all I can handle at once. Maybe we can do some expansion at some point.

I started watching this on your suggestion and love it. Stupid funny!

Just started this one the other night. I’m a big fan of Brom, he writes some weird stuff , but it’s alway pretty relatable in terms of the story. My favorite of his is Lost Gods. Anyways, this one is a dark modern telling of Peter Pan. So far so good as usual with his stuff. Once I’m done with this I’m going to go to boom 2 of the series I started last month with “You Die When You Die”. It was pretty good.

I’m capping my day off with a glass of Kilchoman Machir Bay. I don’t know that you’ll find a nicer bottle of Islay scotch for twice the $50 that this guy brings. I always have a bottle on hand, and at that price, I don’t feel a bit bad about drinking it.

One of my 4-H volunteers and I have been working on putting together a youth Muzzleloading and Heritage Arts program for some time, but it seems we keep hitting roadblock after roadblock. Our most recent issue was scheduling use of our range, as he works part time on the weekends and I have family/personal life to balance in addition to all of my after hours 4-H programs. We were getting very defeated, until we had the realization that we could do it during the work day if we aimed it at homeschool youth. After talking with some of my homeschool parents, this thing has taken off with a strong tailwind as we realized that the History and STEM components can be used to supplement their homeschool curriculum. I opened it up to our membership this afternoon, and already have 8 of our 12 spots filled, and get this, so far 1 boy and 7 girls. He is either going to feel really awkward or be on cloud 9 We’re going to be doing muzzleloading, leather working, wood working, a little black smithing, hawk and knife throwing and a variety of other things that I’m looking forward to learning and teaching. Anyways, I just wanted to share a bit of good news that has kind of invigorated me with our shooting sports program today. I’ll try to share some updates periodically.

Both in 5. I should have had the NYT in 4, but made a dumb mistake.

There's too much truth in this to be funny...

Can you cite your source for that?