No single issue jumps off the screen at me today, so here are some random tidbits and observations on the passing scene on this fine Thor’s Day.

Harry Reid, utterly predictable:  Every time he opens his mouth, something stupid comes out.  Seriously, Nevada, what the hell?

Putin Backs Off.  He’s up to something.  This guy was a KGB Colonel and would love nothing more than to see the glory days of the Soviet Union come back, and everything he does is calculated to the inch.  He’s figured out some way to get what he wants.

Check Your Usage of “Check Your Privilege.”  Seriously, what is this privilege I keep hearing about?  What did being white get me?  My Old Man was a farmer, later a middle-management type for John Deere – far from a rich guy.  I went to college on the G.I. Bill.  I started several businesses that failed and had a piece of one that sold before I hit on the one I still run today, a one-man consulting operation.  I’m not in the 1% but I sure as hell am in the 10%, and nobody gave me shit – I worked for every last damn dime of it, and wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for taking some serious risks along the way.  So where did the big advantage of my Scots/Irish/English/German ancestry come in?

Why the hell do people insist on defining folks in groups?  Everyone is an individual, unique in and of themselves, with a host of unique traits and attributes, skills, talents and abilities.  “Race,” to a biologist, is an utterly meaningless construct.  And yet people are goddamn obsessed with it.

Moving on:  Is America’s Air Force Dying?  No – it’s being starved to death.

And, more good news:  Everyone will have armed drones in ten years.  Well, that’s encouraging.

On that note, we return you to your Thursday, already in progress.