Things of Note for a Thursday

Politics

-We are not a free and open society and we will not open our records to you. So go suck watermelon. WH claims Office of Administration is not subject to FOIA. More overreach by some of our public servants.

-Vietnam remarks by America's leader stir Democrats. I was particularly struck by the little sidebar in the linked article:

THE VIETNAM WAR

Ran from 1959-1975

Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) defeated US-backed Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

Estimated four million Vietnamese civilians killed

1.1 million communist fighters killed

200-250,000 South Vietnamese troops killed

58,200 US troops killed or missing in action

Note the estimated millions of civilians killed. Looked for a similar figure in the Iraq War - not there. Four million... As a species, we fail miserably in something we like to call humanity. War sure is stupid.