Just as an aside (not hating on LEOs or ex LEOs or presidents I don't like or anything here),
From that article I cited earlier (Washington's blog) which is one of many which cites statistics relating to causes of untimely passage here in the USA, it included a summary in part that said:
"Scientific American notes:
(One) might have toxoplasmosis, an infection caused by the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which the CDC estimates has infected about 22.5 percent of Americans older than 12 years old
(T. gondii) is a brain-parasite."
Now I will not assert that anyone here has a brain parasite, but I will say that the quote in the article caught my eye. Some years back I did help do a study, and then I summarized some studies, which revealed, in part, that various feline creatures, including some that people often keep in our homes, do actually contribute to increasing levels of Toxoplasma gondii in our watersheds (which include our ponds and rivers) and that these persistent Toxoplasma gondii wash out to sea (at least, in what is known in some circles as "The Monterey Bay," if not in all places) and infect the brains of the Southern Sea Otter, causing it to have seizures and become increasingly susceptible to predation from local sharks. (You might also conclude, rightly, that said infected otters were less able to care for their young when in such a condition.)
These studies made their way to local planning departments which hastened to reduce certain types of household waste to the protected Bay and which also made efforts to minimize the impermeable surfaces in the Pescadero Watershed leading to the Monterey Bay, so that at least the crappy water could sink into the ground and get filtered a bit (before it made it to the ocean and started causing deaths that horrified tourists and federal oceanagraphic officials...).
The reason I mention this in this thread is because:
1) It was mentioned in Washington's Blog which was part of an earlier comment in this thread, and
2), more to the point, some years after those studies were done about Toxoplasmaa gondii and the local Bay planning actions taken, MORE studies were released which indicated that HUMANS could also have their brains addled by Toxoplasmaa gondii -- and that the presence of domesticated cats made it more likely that serious brain problems or even death could result in persons who lived in the same home as cats who would be infected with Toxoplasma gondii....
Finally, the conclusion...
(again, this made it all the way to Scientific American, which is no small feat!)
""Scientific American notes:
(One) might have toxoplasmosis, an infection caused by the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which the CDC estimates has infected about 22.5 percent of Americans older than 12 years old
(T. gondii) is a brain-parasite."
3) That means that IF WE ARE ONLY LOOKING AT A BRAIN PARASITE CARRIED AROUND BY DOMESTIC CATS (and thus humans in close proximity to such cats) - even in that limited look at what can kill you - it's ALREADY MORE than what "terrorism" has ever been and could ever be.
Please don't hurt your cat though, and if you see an LEO on the street, smile, and be happy.
Arm thyself, take good care of thyself and thy cat, and read up on cryptoanarchy (don't knock it 'til you try it).
Avoid fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Somebody said that in a book.
-freethink
