Last week I was  wondering out loud about the whole fentanyl situation. Luckily, one of my compatriots from the US Navy Submarine Force is involved with a Florida non-profit that helps educate people about the danger of fentanyl.

Today I am joined by Judd Spitzer, who is the Co-Chair and Technical Director for the Blue Plaid Society. We talk the story of fentanyl and what each of us needs to know and can do to protect our children.

Seymour Hirsh is  not a source that I take overly seriously. That said, his latest story about the Nordstream 2 Pipeline is rattling some cages, including mine. If, and that's a super big "IF," Hirsch is correct, then we got bamboozled and almost dragged into WWIII.

In Washington  State the Legislative Privilege debate rages on. Now, the Legislators in question have released documents that show us the things that they were  redacting were... well... banal.

The Superb Owl goes down on Sunday. The over/under on punts is seven. In a counter intuitive move, I'm taking the over.

In practical terms, how many people does it actually take to approve and enact a law that is binding of the people of the United States? Now... you might think that the answer is obvious, but... is it? More importantly, when you finally get that number, does it make sense to you as "representative" of the people of the United States?

Brutus continues his explanation as to why the proposed Congress is too small. Not only is too small a group of people subject to easier bribery and influence, it is also not possible to be very representative of the nation as a whole.

One of the biggest issues Brutus has though, is just how few people it actually takes to pass a law that effects the entire country. Think about this, in 1791 it would take roughly seventeen Congressmen to actually pass a law. Assuming that the Senate and the President went along with it, that would mean that just thirty-one people were in effect, speaking for the entire (just under 4 Million) people of the United States.

You may have thought that today it's a lot better.

As Brutus predicted... it's not better... it's far worse...

It's a fact that most people today form their opinions long before that actually have anything close to the full information about... well... anything. And, those  opinions more often tell us more about the person who has them than it does about the actual subject at hand. Now we have reached the point where the jokes  about it are not just written before the subject has even been broadcast, but the opinions were also reached long before things resolved.

A local murder up here has people debating a few issues. Is mail theft worth a death?

The first American Civil War was every bit as vicious and hate-filled as the second. And... like the second, it eventually resulted in amending the US Constitutional to try and make things better.

It all started when the state of Georgia decided that it wasn't going to pay the guy who sold their militia supplies during the war.

It led to an intense debate during ratification over the concept of State Sovereignty, then went before the US Supreme Court, where the court... got it "wrong."

On February 7, 1794 We the People of the United States made that absolutely clear.

Or... did we?

Do you understand the difference between the Chinese Spy Balloon, er, meteorological airship, and the Grammy's?

The fastest moving story in the world right now is the Chinese Spy Balloon over Montana. Of course, by now, it's probably over North Dakota. Given that we are the only nation ever successfully attacked via balloons, shouldn't we being doing a bit more than summoning ambassadors and twiddling our thumbs about it?

For most of my life I have wondered how it is that two people can look at the same words on a page and see two polar opposite meanings? Back in High school my creative  writing teacher told me how that can happen, but it took my Rabbi this week to remind me of it...

Brutus has made it clear that he has major issues with the proposed Constitution. There are parts of it he accepts as acceptable and even well considered. That said, he also feels that those sections are more or less unimportant and having "fallacious appearances."

After eviscerating the lack of a bill of rights, Brutus moves on to the next issue he has...  the Legislature. He feels that it is not well considered, and will be  subject to corruption and bribery.

Moreover, he has a huge issue with how much property is being used for apportionment...