There will be blood

This is the flag Jordan Jereb and his white nationalist militia would like to raise over the "Republic of Florida."  "I'm angry.  I'm full of HATE," he wrote on Facebook.  Why do you care?  Because Nikolas Cruz, who was just arraigned for murdering seventeen people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, trained with them.  Cruz said he wanted to be a "professional school shooter," and I guess he is.  A classmate reports that he expressed hatred of Muslims and wore a Trump hat.  Get the picture?  So when Trump tweeted out his first response -- not the gassy platitudes he read off a Teleprompter today -- it went like this:  "Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem.  Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!"

So if you see someone sporting a MAGA hat, or buying a suspiciously large number of tiki torches, or lining up for a Trump rally, or watching Hannity, or getting a tattoo of Ann Coulter, don't hesitate:  Alert the FBI and mental health professionals.  Do not approach.  Do not engage.

In other words, I'm hammered and not in a good way.  A certain numbness sets in, and you notice all the coincidences -- Ash Wednesday, St. Valentine's Day (Massacre) -- while knowing in advance what will come.  It's all somehow Obama's fault.  We mustn't politicize it.  Laws don't work, he would have acquired an assault rifle anyway.  It's a mental health issue, but spending more money on public health programs, rather than less, won't help.  Why didn't the FBI stop  him, while investigating every basement typist venting his rage on social media?  Who signed that bill making it easier for the mentally ill to buy guns?  (Hint:  the signature resembled a chimp's EEG.)  Freedom.  Second Fucking Amendment.  This is where I came in, and I don't like the movie anyway.

Talk of gun control -- don't panic, it's just talk -- again fills the airwaves.  This can only be good news for the Remington company, which filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy just three days ago.  I'll pretend that isn't a coincidence.  Those Bushmasters will be walking out of the stores now, as militiamen stock up for the approaching coup (don't even ask).   See?  God closes a door, he opens a window.

Thoughts and prayers.