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A Bonding Love Tale Of Two Car Nuts by Flying CarmanEighteen-year-old Torino "Tori" Crystal, an extremely beautiful young lady, is feeling like her life has been completely destroyed. First, her parents were separately murdered three months ago and nobody has been caught and charged. Plus, she feels so isolated and alone since she's been made fun of pretty much her whole life for hanging out at her father's hot rod shop and not chasing boys. Mainly, however, it's due to the fact that her eyes are two different colors. However, as she's on the train from Queens, NY to Atlanta, GA, she meets twenty-two year-old Ted Carlton, a very handsome young man who owns his own auto detail and restoration business. However, the first time Ted sees Tori, it seems that her dead parents are trying to get them together. Plus, when Tori sees her new friend's farm, she suddenly remembers a dream she had of seeing this exact farm, and meant that the owner of it would help her. As their friendship slowly transforms, Tori's courage and self-confidence begin to slowly rebuild, but she keeps getting troubled by extremely disturbing nightmares. It's not until the end of the week that this young lady finally is told of her true heritage and how she must take her place and earn the title of 'Warrior Queen'.Flying Carman is fourth cousin twice removed of Clyde Cessna, founder of the Cessna Aircraft Company and his father, Carl Cessna, served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. His main hobbies are collecting diecast cars and planes, reading, watching movies, researching paranormal hauntings, and listening to Taylor Swift songs. He also supports his girlfriend Oksanka, an actress who immigrated to the United States from Russia, but whose family is from Russia and Ukraine. They both support the Ukrainians in their fight for independence. He currently lives in Taneytown, Maryland with his mom, Karen, and his two cars: Raye, a feisty 1949 Dodge Meadowbrook R/T, and Selina, a sassy 2010 Dodge Charger SXT.https://flyingcarmanbooks.com/ BOOK 1 BOOK 2 BOOK 3https://blueinkscribble.com/Trials of the Three Princesses   Book 2From Damsel in Distress to Warrior Princess   Book 3

Representatives April McLain-Delany and Jamie Raskin give views on Social Security and Ukraine at Frederick Town Hall Middletown woman sentenced for felony theft for the second time Taneytown substitute teacher who committed suicide used stolen investment funds to entice young boys into sexual abuseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Frederick Health Hospital hit with ransomware cyber attack Maryland General Assembly session moving along quickly Taneytown man convicted on multiple narcotics charges See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About the Show:"The opportunity to take your passion for food and community and turn it into a thriving business is a journey filled with challenges and rewards."Doug Riverman AllenIn this exciting episode of I am Northwest Arkansas®, host Randy Wilburn welcomes back Doug Riverman Allen, a beloved entrepreneur and storyteller from Northwest Arkansas. Doug shares his journey from running Jose's Bar and Grill to embarking on a new adventure with Bubba's Barbecue in Eureka Springs. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the local restaurant scene, entrepreneurship, and the beauty of community engagement.About the Guest:Doug Riverman Allen is a dedicated restaurateur known for his passion for great food and community involvement. Owner of Jose's Bar and Grill in Taneytown and the newly acquired Bubba's Barbecue in Eureka Springs, Doug has built a reputation for resilience and creativity in the face of challenges. His love for storytelling and the natural beauty of Northwest Arkansas is evident in his work and community initiatives.Episode Summary:Join Randy Wilburn as he sits down with Doug Riverman Allen to discuss his latest venture, Bubba's Barbecue, and the significance of Eureka Springs in his life. Doug reflects on the lessons learned during the pandemic, his commitment to community service, and his passion for preserving the natural beauty of the Kings River. The conversation explores the challenges and rewards of running two restaurants, the importance of building a strong team, and Doug's dedication to teaching young people about fishing through his Riverman School for Kids. Listeners will gain insights into the spirit of entrepreneurship and the value of giving back to the community.Key Takeaways:Resilience in Business: Doug's journey showcases the importance of perseverance and creativity in navigating the challenges of the restaurant industry.Community Engagement: The significance of giving back to the community and supporting local initiatives is a central theme in Doug's work.Passion for Nature: Doug emphasizes the importance of conserving natural resources and sharing that passion with the next generation through fishing programs.Team Building: The success of a restaurant relies heavily on building a strong, dedicated team and fostering a positive work environment.Local Flavor: Eureka Springs is highlighted as a vibrant community with unique dining experiences and a rich cultural heritage.All this and more on this episode of the I am Northwest Arkansas podcast.Important Links and Mentions on the Show*Email Doug AllenWebsite Bubba's BarbecueWebsite Jose's Bar and Grill

Today Mike is talking with Dort Mollett, owner of Antrim 1844 in Taneytown, about their amazing establishment, which is a true jewel and Carroll County destination.

Motorcycle collision with a car claims the life of a Taneytown man Gunman shoots victim at Gold's Gym in Reston, Virginia Hagerstown woman sentenced for sexual exploitation of minors  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Howard County Police investigating two fatalities believed to be connected  A Taneytown man will be sentenced in April for sexual solicitation of minors Legislation has been introduced to allow hunters to carry handguns to protect themselves from animals See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carroll County has actual demons, and not just the management at one of the local McDonald's. A lesson is learned in audacity, older women are hotter, and for the love of everything, please know what you want when you go through the drive thru! Also, we decide to stop bleeping cuss words and throw around the idea of taking the podcast to a live audience near you!

Today Mike is chatting with Scott Wantz of Wantz Chevrolet in Taneytown about the great local event they are involved in: Christmas for Community Kids! Check this out and help spread some Christmas spirit to those less fortunate that most.

Sherri makes some exiting announcements, Randy has too many near death experiences, Dennis mansplains dick pics. Let's talk about a$$ eaters, unwanted texts, dinosaur farts and power outages- all  in this week's episode of your favorite podcast.

They guys from Brewery Fire out of Taneytown, MD join the show to talk about the Westminster Beer and BBQ stroll and sample their brand new Father's Day release!

Today Mike is talking with Dave Palmer, owner of Brewery Fire in Taneytown, about their business and his impression of how the Carroll Biz Challenge process was for them when they won the Biz Challenge in 2018. This year's application period ends on May 31st.

Is spring the best time to sell your home?  Jay and Tom discuss this and other specifics about selling your home in MD, PA, WV & VA this week.  You will also want to check out the house of the week which is a detached home on an acre in Taneytown for just $325,000!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doc Watson "Down In the Valley to Pray"Neko Case "Look For Me (I'll Be Around)"Steve Earle "Taneytown"Big Bill Broonzy "(In the Evening) When the Sun Goes Down"Big Maybelle "96 Tears"Mattiel "Looking down the Barrel of a Gun"Ry Cooder "Jesus On the Mainline"Ry Cooder "It's All Over Now"Glossary "The Natural State"Jimi Hendrix "Once I Had a Woman"Howlin' Wolf "Killing Floor"Valerie June "Heart On a String"Bob Dylan "Like a Rolling Stone"Sam Cooke "Bring It On Home To Me"George Jones "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)"Wanda Jackson "Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On"Wayne Shorter "Speak No Evil"Linda Lyndell "What A Man"D'Angelo "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"Drive-By Truckers "Sea Island Lonely"Humble Pie "30 Days In the Hole"Mike Watt &The Black Gang "30 Days in the Hole"Reverend Gary Davis "Samson and Delilah"Grateful Dead "Brown-Eyed Woman"Widespread Panic "All Time Low"The Dixie Cups "Iko Iko"Willie Nelson "Stella Blue"The Valentinos "It's All Over Now"Lucero "Nothing's Alright"Pavement "We Dance"Aimee Mann "Suicide is Murder"Waxahatchee "Lips and Limbs"Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers "Those Who Sit And Wait"Cat Clyde "Papa Took My Totems"Wilco "Red-Eyed and Blue"Clem Snide "I Love the Unknown"Albert King "Don't Burn Down The Bridge"John Hammond "Down In the Bottom"Craig Finn "Rescue Blues"

Today Mike is chatting with Jay Meashey, Director of Economic Development of Taneytown.

When providing market updates Jay typically excludes the numbers from new construction.  This podcast Jay & Tom discuss the current trends with inventory and numbers as it pertains to new construction.  They also mention why you should consider having a licensed realtor represent you if you are looking to buy a new home.  If you are looking for a great updated home you will not want to miss the house of the week located in Taneytown for under $300,000!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Mike is talking to another Carroll Biz Challenge finalist Jacob Selmer of Selmer Ironworks in Taneytown.

On episode 14 DJ Rello talks with Westminster, Maryland artist Ridge Long about how it feels to be considered a Tik Tok artist, How to make social media work for you, overcoming prison, promoting a new Album & more! -----------Hosted by DJ Rello the Connected Sound Podcast is the newest source of today's Hip Hop music and culture! Give the video a like and SUBSCRIBE to the Connected Sound Podcast! Follow us on Instagram for additional information and to plug in with your favorite engineers!Instagram.com/ConnectedSoundlinktr.ee/connectedsound

Curious where mortgage rates are headed? Now that we are in the Spring market are there more homes on the market? Jay & Tom discuss this and more on their weekly podcast.  Also do not miss the house of the week located in Taneytown, MD! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis unwittingly helps Randy hatch a scheme to get widespread surveillance for the people, by the people. Sherri thinks Randy has lost his mind. A Taneytown neighbor puts up a stern warning about dog poop. A Westminter woman is screaming obscenities at passers by, and we bring back the beloved segment, "Sherri, Make It Cynical".

The gang decides that a disturbing image depicting children engaged in a lip-lock (made by the Concerned Parents of Carroll County) should be much more concerning. Concerning cameras, however, Big Randy remains the concerned Alpha Sigma of neighborhood tactical intelligence. Sherri is less concerned with people breaking into her house, while Dennis doesn't concern masks to racism unlike some other fake accounts concerning the Carroll County Times page.

On today's episode we're talking with Kimberly McCord Golliday of the @Taneytown Dance Center. We discuss how dance can be great for your soul and how we are creatures that are built to move. Kim is a wonderful human being out to spread her light and love into the world and if you watch today's episode you'll realize why this is what we should all be doing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aroundtowncc/support

Today on Around Town we're talking with the owners of Brewery Fire in Taneytown, Maryland. Dave Palmer and Jesse Johnson have created quite the destination in Taneytown featuring small batch craft beer and just an awesome location to come hang out with friend and family. Hear about their journey getting opened and where they're headed next. Special thank you to our Season 2 sponsor Target Community & Educational Services, Inc. for their support. Also thank you to Thunderhead Bowl for being our t-shirt sponsor and of course Fiddlers Green Farm LLC for the sweet mug! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aroundtowncc/support

Today we're speaking with Benjamin and Brynn of Fiddlers Green Farm in Taneytown, Maryland. Fiddlers Green is a farm dedicated to not only organic farming but also regenerative farming. They are also only 1 of 2 organically certified hemp growers in the State of Maryland. They didn't know what they were getting into nor did they know where it would take them but one things for sure, they love running their own business and building their own dream. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aroundtowncc/support

Having just visited Brewery Fire in Taneytown, Maryland, Carlin and Rebecca left with enough beers for an entire episode on the brewery. Couple that with some interesting information on how it all got started and you have a fun and informative showcase episode.

Having just visited Brewery Fire in Taneytown, Maryland, Carlin and Rebecca left with enough beers for an entire episode on the brewery. Couple that with some interesting information on how it all got started and you have a fun and informative showcase episode.

On today's episode we visit No Anchovies in Taneytown, Maryland and talk with it's owner and manager, Tim & Donnie Chiaruttini. Tim has been a staple of the community for over 30 years and he shares his wisdom on how to make it in a small town and why the community is the life blood of your business. Be sure to check out No Anchovies online at noanchoviesusa.com and please remember, It's Not Just Pizza... It's No Anchovies. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aroundtowncc/support

Dennis, Randy and Sherri review the highs and lows of a year in quarantine. A new Golden Tractor Crank award is presented. A new(ish) segment "Ask Sherri" prompts some advice that brings a quick end to the episode. You might need a shower and confessional after this one.

Sherri dissects a local Italian restaurant trash war. Dennis introduces us old people to Top Shot, after someone was shooting their mouth off in Taneytown. Randy shocks everyone with a surprise episode of "Judge Dennis" which ignites possible the fight of the century. Sherri's Top 10 collates Cancel Culture currently collecting in Carroll County.

Yesterday marked the 6th month anniversary of this program, which I launched to help explain various things that happen in and around Charlottesville. That’s hours of podcasts and thousands and thousands of words about this community, and many of them belong to the various people in local government, and the citizens that participate. I thank you for reading and listening, and I want to acknowledge the many people who have provided financial support. At the end of this post, you can find out how you can join them. For now, though, it’s more important to get to the information.Planned for today’s show:Charlottesville hires regional administrator Chip Boyles to serve as City ManagerCharlottesville Planning Commission begins its work in 2021 Albemarle County Schools transitioning to all virtual learningAfter a tense start to 2021 that included over a dozen hours spent in closed emergency session, Charlottesville City Council has named a city manager. City Councilor Michael Payne read from a prepared statement. “We would like to announce that Mr. Chip Boyles has agreed to join the organization as City Manager,” Payne said. “After carefully balancing the needs of the city at this current time, we are offering Mr. Boyles the City Manager position with the goal of stabilizing the organization and rebuilding the leadership team within City Hall.”Chip Boyles has been executive director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District since April 2014Boyles came to the area in the spring of 2014 when he was hired to be executive director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District, a regional agency that provides government services to the city as well as five surrounding counties.“I look forward to working with all of the city staff and I especially look forward to working with all of the Charlottesville community,” Boyles said. “I know that there are a number of citizens that were looking for a different direction as a City Manager but I’m trusting the City Council and your commitment to the city to lead all of Charlottesville to a much brighter future. I hope that over time I will build the support of all the community for all of us to work together to work toward a more unified community and Charlottesville.” Boyles will not be known as an interim city manager, though Payne said Council will reopen a search for city manager sometime next year with the goal of getting public input. If successful, Boyles would be able to participate in that process. The joint statement also acknowledges recent dysfunction and said solutions won’t happen overnight. “Over the past several months, city government has experienced significant turnover, uncertainty, and instability,” Payne said. “This has occurred at a time when our community is facing historic challenges created by a global pandemic, economic instability, and the need to address long-standing inequities within our community.”During his tenure, Boyles has helped promote regional cooperation in public transit, affordable housing, and many of the various issues that face our overall community. The TJPDC has overseen the creation of the Cherry Avenue Small Area Plan, created the Ruckersville Area Plan in Greene County, and is currently planning on a similar study for Zion Crossroads. Boyles received a Master’s in Public Administration from Clemson University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of South Carolina. He served for five years as city manager in Taneytown, a small town in western Maryland. In 2000 he became assistant city administrator of the city of Clemson in South Carolina, a position that gave him eight years working in a community in a university town not unlike Charlottesville. Other positions include urban development director in the city parish of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a vice president at the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Administration.In April 2014, Boyles succeeded previous TJPDC executive director Stephen Williams. William’s contract was not renewed following fall-out from allegations of financial mismanagement related to a federal grant. Mayor Nikuyah Walker said she supported Boyles serving in the new position. She’s worked with him from her position as a board member of the Regional Transit Partnership and the TJPDC Board. “My thoughts here was that we had wanted someone who is neutral,” Walker said. “Chip has been here in the community for a number of years but he hasn’t been in the organization and it will provide us an opportunity to just look at any issues that were brought up through a neutral lens and I thought that was very important.”Interim City Manager John Blair will leave the city to take a job as city attorney in Staunton. Councilor Heather Hill thanked him for his service. “Mr. Blair’s departure is a great loss for the organization and the community that we serve,” Hill said. “I would be remiss to not acknowledge the sacrifices that he and his family have made for this organization during his tenure and most notable in his time as acting City Manager.”Blair took over as interim in September after Dr. Tarron Richardson resigned that month after a brief tenure that lasted little over a year. Councilor Lloyd Snook also thanked Blair for serving as interim manager. “As Charlottesville goes, so goes our region as well, so it will not be a complete change but just more of a difference in a way to focus on the the city of Charlottesville but keeping the region in mind as well,” Boyles said. A longer version of this story will be forthcoming in a special edition of this program for premium subscribers. They’ll get to see it first, and then it will be made public. *Albemarle County reports 48 new cases of COVID today and one of the two core indicators used by the Centers for Disease Control to gauge transmission risk is at the highest level. The total number of cases per 100,000 people over the past 14 days is at 557.4 and the percent positive rate over 14 days is at 8.5 percent. The higher case counts have led Superintendent Matthew Haas to order county schools to go back to all-virtual instruction beginning Tuesday, January 19. He sent this email to family and staff.“While schools remain among the safest places in our community in helping to prevent the spread of the virus, given what is occurring around us, now is not the time to be recommending that we continue with or increase the thousands of students now receiving their instruction face-to-face,” Haas wrote in an email addressed to families and staff. Haas writes that all-virtual will continue through at least February 1. That’s the date for which the school system had been planning to move more students into face-to-face instruction. The day is significant because it marks the beginning of a new grading period. Haas said he will change his planning targets. “The uncertain and highly volatile nature of this illness requires us to be instantly flexible and proactive in our decision-making,” Haas said. “I no longer will be making recommendations tied to marking periods. I will continue to rely upon the health data in our county, the advice of our health department, and the views of our parents and employees to determine when a change in our instructional plans should be recommended to our School Board. An announcement about whether they will return to the current tier of stage 3 will be made on January 27. That will occur on the school system’s Stages of Returning webpage. Source: Virginia Department of Health*Albemarle’s case count of 48 is included within the 5,294 new COVID cases reported by the Virginia Department of Health today. The seven-day average of positive PCR tests has declined slightly to 15.5 percent. There are another 74 deaths reported, bringing the total to 5,626 in the past ten months. Albemarle is within the Blue Ridge Health District, which reports 112 cases today. That also includes 20 cases in Charlottesville, 19 in Louisa, 11 in Nelson, nine in Fluvanna and five in Greene. Source: Virginia Department of Health*The tradition of long meetings that Charlottesville City Government is famous for has continued into the new year. The Planning Commission met for four hours Tuesday. Commissioner Gary Heaton said at the beginning of the meeting that he welcomed the work ahead.“I did want to say to everybody how encouraging it is to show up to a civic meeting at a time where there is a lot of conversation about what government is,” Heaton said. “And here it is right on the computer screen. Thank you everybody for your participation.”The commission also got an update on the status of a new format for another regional planning body that consists of Charlottesville, Albemarle and the University of Virginia. What was a public body called the Planning and Coordination Council is now something different. Bill Palmer is with the Office of the Architect at the University of Virginia, and sits on the city Planning Commission as a non-voting member. “What used to be the PACC-Tech or PACC and has now been reiterated as LUEPC,” Palmer said. “Don’t make me say what that acronym is because I don’t remember exactly.”I don’t blame Palmer, because the Land Use, Environmental and Planning Committee doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Still, it will provide the same function as what it has replaced.“That’s kind of the coordination committee for the city, county and University of Virginia to talk about planning issues,” Palmer said. The group meets for the first time this year on Friday. That event is not subject to open meeting rules because it consists of staff. Currently there is no agenda available online. Another city committee charged with thinking about planning is the PLACE Design Task Force, upon which City Planning Commissioner Rory Stolzenberg sits. City Council voted last year to stop having PLACE report directly to Council. “At this point the general idea is to reform as a general sort of think tank or bodies of experts that the city can draw from in order to create ad hoc task forces for any problem it wants to solve,” Stolzenberg said. “Things like lighting plans, or whatever.”One idea would be for the group to address specific problems in the city. Stolzenberg had one suggestion. “Since Council is debating the future of the West Main Streetscape which is a very expensive budget item, and we don’t have lots of room in the budget, one thing that we’re trying to brainstorm is kind of tactical urbanist improvements that we could make to the street at very low cost in order to make it a safer better experience in the near term without spending $50 million dollars.” One possibility for community engagement may come in the form of informal walking tours to gather input, but of course, only when it’s safe to gather again. Commissioners also got a brief update on the Cville Plans Together initiative, which seeks to update the Comprehensive Plan, create an affordable housing strategy, and update the zoning code. Jennifer Koch is the project manager with the consultant, Rhodeside & Harwell. There will be a work session on January 26 to discuss something known as the Future Land Use map, which signals to developers and property owners desired levels of density and intensity. “We’re convening several times as a consultant team this week to determine that we have the right program… for that meeting so we can have a really productive and effective discussion,” Koch said. “We will let you know as soon as possible this week if we need to delay that a little bit but right now I am looking forward to speaking with you more about land use on the 26th.” *After that, the Commission got into the Cherry Avenue Small Area Plan, a document created by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission.  I’ll have a story on that for paid subscribers first later on in the week. They also recommended approval of a special use permit to add additional density at 1000 Monticello Avenue, a project that drew opposition from many in the neighborhood as well as from housing advocates. For more on that, read Nolan Stout’s account in the Daily Progress.*Thanks for reading today. As I mentioned, I’ve passed the six month point of creating this newsletter for the community. If you would like to support its continued production, consider one of many ways. All proceeds go to my company Town Crier Productions. Support my research on local government by making a donation through PatreonSign for a subscription to Charlottesville Community Engagement, free or paidMake a contribution through VenmoContact me about a commercial sponsorship This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

This episode of Big Blend Radio was recorded on-site at Georges on York Bed & Breakfast in Taneytown, Maryland. Innkeepers Chris and Sharon Tillman discuss the Inn's history, guest amenities, and what there is to see and do in the area such as Gettysburg National Military Park, Carroll County Barn Quilt Tour, along with the regions unique architecture, wine and beer tasting, shopping and dining. Offering comfortable elegance in a historic setting, Georges on York B&B was established in 2018. This completely renovated circa 1840s and 1870s brick Georgian historic home has the comforts of the 21st century, while honoring its history and inherent beauty. More: https://georgesonyork.com/

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s 2nd Friday Food, Wine & Travel Show, broadcasting live from Georges on York B&B in Taneytown, MD. On this Episode: - TOURISM & TRAVEL WRITING - Linda Kissam, President of the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association. - TRAVEL YOUNGER - Travel writer and nomad Norm Bour shares his travel adventures during the COVID-19 pandemic. - GEORGES ON YORK B&B - Innkeepers Chris and Sharon Tillman share the Inn’s history and amenities and the area’s atttractions and activities. Thanks to the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) for sponsoring this episode  

This week, we sat down with Jim McCarron, the former mayor of Taneytown and current Chamber Board of Directors member, to go over his newest specialty:  reverse mortgages.

Taneytown is back in the news, with machine guns and girl fights. The Trash Panda returns for an interview about the bats that caused the Coronavirus. Sherri shed light on the stabbings from last week in Westminster. Dennis makes Randy uncomfortable about an already uncomfortable situation.

Antrim 1844 is a historic hotel in Taneytown, MD and was a family home during some of the most tumultuous years in United States history. Today, it is a lovingly restored hotel and restaurant. In this episode; Jordan explores the history of Taneytown and some of its well-known residents, some United States history, and the history of the families who lived and loved at Antrim before it became the hotel it is today.  Heinous Hotels can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. @HeinousHotels Bonus content can be found on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/jordanoncewrote https://www.teepublic.com/user/heinoushotels Music from https://filmmusic.io "Comfortable Mystery 4" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery" by Kevin MacLeod, "Odyssey High Quality" by Kevin MacLeod, "Silver Blue Light" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 2" by Kevin MacLeod, "Comfortable Mystery 3" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/heinoushotels/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/heinoushotels/support

BREAKING NEWS: Taneytown cancels a dog fest, and might have a toilet flapper problem. Dennis won't let go of Randy's massage fear. Randy and Sherri argue over the concept of a non-alcoholic sports bar. A Hampstead pig wins the Golden Tractor Crank. Sherri spills the beans on what Fairtrade Coffee really is. Dennis explains The Witcher. Also, is laughter really the best medicine?

Jesse Johnson and Dave Palmer, co founders of Brewery Fire, stopped by the studio to give all of the details on their Taneytown, Md based brewery. Today’s podcast is presented by Roasthouse Pub in Frederick. And supported by District East, Vanish, and McClintock Distilling.

Learn the real history of the Carroll Worldwide hosts. Randy turns out to be wrong regarding a kill list. Dennis surprises everyone with a story about dirty letters sent to inmates. Sherri gives thanks for the first and probably last time ever.

Randy has the Time of his Life. Petsmart becomes Ground Zero for a titanic clash. Dennis reveals that he is a feline ageist. Sherri Sherrieotypes some people enjoying slip and slides. 

The gang finally talks about the stuffed animal carnival controversy.  Judge Dennis presides over a Golden Tractor crank with llamas and pool boys. Randy and Sherri engaged in a high-stakes wager.

Special Guest Bryan Lyburn from Habitat for Humanity stops by. Dennis is wrong, twice. Sherri elaborates on the acceptable use of a restaurant's resources as a non-customer. Randy is 60% confused as to where Taneytown is located. Sherri is mad at Randy for changing her chair, air conditioning, and a host of other things.

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today: http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Listen to on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/30JV94TAy8rt35GLwOjZCp?si=kDkO8lksTSuPXL94qn8T5Q 01 - Northern Winds 02 - Ben McCulloch 03 - Taneytown 04 - Two Girls For his fifth performance on ACL, the legendary Steve Earle presents Guy, his acclaimed tribute to his songwriting mentor and ACL Hall of Fame legend Guy Clark. Cooler than Steve Earle, hell yeah! That was Roger Creager singing about how he feels after drinking Everclear! My lovely wife Jenny won tickets to see a double taping tonight for the Austin City Limits 45th season with Steve Earle and the Dukes and Patty Griffin! You can watch, too, as tonight they will air both full live sets of these iconic singer/songwriters. The broadcast episodes will air on PBS later this year as part of our upcoming Season 45. In March of 2013, standing at the baggage carousel, I first thought that the long bearded man standing next to was the legendary Producer, Rick Rubin, but realizing it was Steve Earle, I talked to him for a minute and wished him luck on his big SXSW gig. But we then found ourselves together in the oversized luggage together, as I needed 2 kids car seats, while he awaited his guitar. This first song is about a Confederate General, now now buried in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. There is an encampment outside of Austin, Camp Ben (McCulloch). On some land near my house, in Driftwood. They still meet every first full moon in June. I camped there this past year for the 123rd reunion. Est. in 1896 as a reunion site for the United Confederate Veterans, it is now the last of it's kind, still hosting a yearly reunion. I camped there one night this year. Taneytown, this next song, I read more about it Doghouse Roses: Stories Paperback from 2002. That last song was a Townes van Zandt song. Steve sought him out and Towne's became his mentor. There is a great recent movie "Blaze" that has a great depiction of Townes. Anyhow, this song is from 2001's Poet: A Tribute To Townes Van Zandt. But Steve ended up recording an entire album of of his material, "Towne's". And more recently another, for his other mentor, Guy Clark, simply called "Guy", this is the album that he should be doing tonight. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tiny-curations-deep-dives/message

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It snowed, so everyone wonders: how were the roads? Dennis discusses idolizing assassins in Taneytown. Randy gives a lecture on Facebook Freedom of Speech. Sherri foregoes a top 10 list to wish someone a very special day. The audience decides on who wins the coveted Golden Tractor Crank.

Randy's enthralling tale of genealogy experiences some technical difficulties. Dennis dives deep into Taneytown's own gun-running cops. Sherri advocates for her golden tractor candidate: Baughers.

The gang cozies up with some interesting teases from Taneytown. Dennis delivers some uncomfortable news about the mall. Randy tries to ease the comfort level of a Facebook newbie. Sherri makes everyone squirm with her advice to social media trolls.

Dennis returns to hating kids. Sherri kids around with the people of Taneytown. Randy presents the Golden Tractor Crank to a bunch of kids.

The gang takes a hiatus to sort out schedules. Everyone records a week ahead to keep the audience happy. Dennis wonders about the pumpkin people of Taneytown. Randy wants to learn about weekly protestors. Steve gives us the Lowe Down. About Carroll Worldwide Carroll Worldwide is Carroll County Maryland’s premiere weekly podcast hosted by Steve Lowe, Randy Goldstein, and Dennis Twigg. Featuring updates on current events, reports on local community forums, and irreverent commentary with scorching hot takes (aka satire). Tune in if you want to a good-natured laugh about your community.

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George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro talk about playing an old Avalon Hill board game of D-Day and what these types of games teach us about the nature of war in general. Get a free weekly email from George Friedman here: goo.gl/GxbSu8 TRANSCRIPT: Jacob L. Shapiro: Hello everyone and welcome to another Geopolitical Futures podcast, I am Jacob Shapiro. George Friedman is joining us this week. Thanks for making the time George. George Friedman: My pleasure. JLS: And we're broadcasting live from George's dining room table where George just kicked my butt in a war game. We played a board version of D-Day made by the Avalon Hill game company. It's copyrighted 1961 but we used some newfangled rules from 1977, which were a little different than you remembered them, weren't they George? GF: Well I spent my youth instead of doing drugs being totally stoned in war games and in those days, they used to have these wonderful war games that were historically real and realistic I should say and they came in boxes and I would play them endlessly. And the one I played incessantly was called D-Day. It was a recreation of the invasion of France and the war in France and I just played it over and over again. And the young Jedi next to me tried to take me on for the first time and I played the Germans and I must say that I kicked his butt deservedly. JLS: Yes, I don't think I can claim to be a Jedi. I am still in the Padawan stage based on how I did and even that I might not be worthy of the title. So the way you start the game is the Germans of course deploy first so why don't you go through a little bit about what you did when you were deploying before you went off and left me to my own devices to try and figure out how to break through. GF: Well the German problem is strategically they don't have enough troops by 1944. They're fighting the Soviets, they're fighting in Italy, they've been defeated in North Africa, now they have to defend France. They have enough troops defending part of the front, not all of it because the way they really have to defend the front is to smother the Allied landing as early as humanly possible. Because the one thing that can't afford is a battle of attrition. They can't trade man for man or even two to one on the battlefield. So in order to do this, they have to ideally from their point of view create a layer defense, which they didn't do because Hitler decided the attack was coming from Pas-de-Calais and he concentrated troops there and Rommel really wanted to engage them on the beaches which was a bad idea because what this game showed was they needed to have a broad defense. Now that defense ends, they can't keep that kind of depth going and somewhere around Normandy, as history showed, they get thin enough. Jacob chose for reasons of his own not to attack at Normandy but to attack at Pas-de-Calais, which meant that his air drop was completely annihilated. Most of the forces that landed were knocked out and he was stuck inside of two fortress cities where he was safe but he wasn't going to launch an attack. The reason why you don't want to attack at Normandy is it's so far from where you want to go, which is to Germany. It's hundreds of miles farther away and yet, as Eisenhower understood, that was the place to go. But not only because it was a place where they can still get to France but it was the place they could force the Germans into a battle of attrition. Many people talk about the hedgerows of Normandy and how it caught the Americans up and not only laid them up and imposed heavy casualties. What they forget was it really wrecked the German armies. It caused tremendous casualties until finally they were so weak that Patton could break out with the third army and rescue Germany. Now that's kind of too much information. It's the kind of information you get out of careful modeling, and modeling is a critical part of geopolitics. Military modeling is one kind, economic modeling and so on. But you have to build a model of the world. And when you do that, you lose your friends, your wife considers leaving you and so on. Because you keep mumbling about battles and things that I think never happened, happened long ago or are supposed to happen, and at that point you don't really become the most friendly and pleasant person. JLS: Or you're lucky enough to find somebody who likes playing these things with you and will go to Normandy with you and walk around, yeah? GF: Well it is true that Meredith did stand here in the dining room watching this happen and enjoyed watching my rare victories. JLS: Well just to justify my position a little bit. One of the things you had pointed out as we were going is that you had played this game literally hundreds of times and this was my first time. And even though I visited Normandy myself a couple months ago and even though I've thought about this battle a fair amount and I've had the opportunity to study the rules for the past couple months, it was very different actually sitting there trying to figure out what odds were best for me. And I was looking at every single possible situation that I could go with and I honestly threw up my hands and said, “You know what? I'm just going to be very American about this and I am going to punch through with as much force as I can right in the center of things and see how it goes.” And at first, I thought I was kind of doing okay because I had some lucky roles of the dice and as you said I got to my fortresses. But you were very easily able to surround me afterwards. GF: Well the whole point of modeling is it allows you to test out various strategies and various theories, to think things through. And you do that over and over and over again. And a good general, after he's done these games in all sorts of circumstances, it becomes intuitive for him. I just was reading a book that I mentioned today in the booklist where I talk about what is intuition. Intuition is not what it appears to be some – sort of great subconscious leap. Intuition is the human accumulated experience. And how do you gain accumulated experience? If you're a general and there aren't wars, the answer is to model it. To build a false image of what that looks like and get it better and better and better until you understand it, and amazingly I won't tell you how many years later, I haven't played this game in a long time and my son gave it to me for a Father's Day present and I am just having the chance to use it. And it's amazing; it all comes back. So what is this intuition? What is this knowledge? What is expertise? It is the constant repetition and re-examination of events. JLS: Well one thing you might even want to talk about with people because I know that this has been important for you is the fact that for those of you who don't have this board, I mean imagine a map of France and imagine that France has been divided up into a bunch of different tiny hexagons and you're having to position your forces around different cities and different rivers and stuff like that, that everything is moving on the hexagon level and you have to move across these hexagons to move across the terrain. I know for you, the hexagon is a big thing, right? GF: Well I was involved in developing an early computerized war game for DOD. It was called IDA Hex and it was developed by the Institute for Defense Analysis. I played a minor role but I will claim to have suggested to the designers that we ought to use a hexagonal mapping system, you know divide the country into hexes because you need some sort of polygon for the computer to be able to model it. And I pointed to the Avalon Hill games as the example to be used. Now there are many other people who will claim responsibility for that and will deny that I had anything to do with it. But I can assure you they're wrong; that was mine. JLS: Well I guess one of the other things to point out though is you set up the German side of the board and then went into the living room to read your iPad for a while. And I got to try and plan my attack knowing exactly where all the German forces were. So Eisenhower when he was sitting there trying to figure out what he was doing – I failed miserably even knowing every single piece of information I would have needed to know to successfully plan a battle, right? Like Eisenhower didn't really have a sense really of all the intelligence that he needed to make his decisions, right? GF: Well he had a pretty good sense. He didn't have a perfect sense but because of the intercepts, Enigma intercepts, they had a pretty a good idea of where the Germans were and the Americans had air superiority over France and they had reconnaissance flights. Even so, I mean there were important tactical mistakes made. We assumed that there were guns at Pas-de-Calais; they weren't there. We assumed that a German division that showed up at Omaha Beach wasn't there. But in war, mistakes are inevitable. You're constantly adjusting for errors in intelligence and judgement and so on. War is the ultimate imperfection. And what Eisenhower was able to do is trust his subordinate commanders to deal with the tactical imperfections, trust that the plan that had been laid out and war gamed and analyzed over and over again for a year was not just going to work but there was no other choice. You couldn't really freelance this and if you're going to freelance it, it had to be at a much more junior level. So one of the ways to look at it was that the lesser generals really won the battle. I'll say the sergeants did, the sergeants that held together their units or regrouped their units and who were able to think through the tactical situation protecting their men as much as possible, fighting the enemy. For me, the power of the American military is never rested in the staffs or the generals; it is always rested in the sergeants who from the Civil War and before were the ones who held it together. There's a story about Normandy about not being able to break through the Hedgerows. These Hedgerows where hedges that grew taller than a human being in the ground underneath them. And a sergeant took a look at this and he apparently had been a plumber at home and he took two pipes, stuck them in the front of the tank and they were able to plow through. Now this is an amazing story and I think one of the great virtues of the American military. Not merely sergeants but the fact that at any level you can innovate. Sometimes the U.S. military has lost that. They've created such a complex process for everything that innovation is lost within it. Process is great until it strangles you. But in World War II at least, that process – and Eisenhower is partly responsible for that. That sergeant, his good idea went viral so to speak. It became the way we broke through. And there are some militaries in which that was the case. The German military during World War II, whatever else you say about them, they had that innovative capability. The Russians didn't. They supplemented it with overwhelming manpower to fight their battles. Each country has its own military culture but it's interesting to bear in mind that military culture always spins over into civilian life. The guys at Pas-de-Calais, at Omaha, at Utah, the Americans – came home, took the G.I. bill, became the first professional middle class and transformed America. It was a period in the 1950s and '60s with magnificent transformation of the United States from the depression that had been before the war to what it was after. And one of the things that you have to understand about what was called the Silent Generation is these were the guys who'd been to war. They weren't silent; they just wanted to live their lives. But the definition of living their lives was constant innovation and constant change. And we owe a tremendous amount to the military. There is an unpleasant paradox I think for human beings which I've written about, which is that war is an opportunity for tremendous innovation. And many of the things that we have today had their origins in the military and warfare. But certainly, it was the mindset of these things that in retrospect I was totally amazed by. I am not sure we still have that. I'm not sure we have in the way they had it. We think today that we're very innovative because we come up with Tinder or some insane application. These guys changed the face of America. They transformed it and they didn't make speeches about it. These are the sergeants. JLS: How much of that has to do with the fact that they were faced with what they were faced with, right? I mean certainly not me and I don't think you have ever been faced with the task that the men who were charged with taking Omaha Beach and Utah Beach and all those things, we've never faced anything like that in our lives. GF: I think you're absolutely right and the thing that I am trying to point out is we see war as pathological and it's a horrible thing. Yet it's ubiquitous. For something pathological, it is so commonplace that after earning a living, it seems to be the second most common thing and forges things out of it. You know, the Roman War had forged not just an empire but a road system that exists today. It's extraordinary. Whether we like it or not, being for or against war is kind of a meaningless thing. It is. And we have to understand what it does. It creates a level of discipline in those who survive it, both civilian and military, that when translated to everyday life can – not always is, but can – be transformative. JLS: When you think about the land at Normandy in particular, I mean you've written a little bit, you've been writing these weeklies lately about different battles in World War II and I am sure you will have turned your attention to this one at some point, but the last one you wrote was about the Battle of Midway and about how it sort of all hung in the balance in there and there was a certain amount of fate and chance. And yet the board that we're looking at right now and the game we just played, you were making the point to me that at the same time, it's really mathematical. This was a mathematical problem and you had to figure out the mathematical problem and it only left you with one real choice if you were the American commander. So how do you think about Normandy in terms of predictability and things like fate. I mean, if they had gotten the weather forecast wrong for instance, it might've been completely different. GF: Geopolitics suffers from a basic disease. It can forecast and forecast well. And somehow embedded in the forecast is something it didn't understand. It was easy to predict the Japanese were going to be defeated by the Americans. In a Midway, it wasn't obvious. Some reader sent in saying that it really was, but from my point of view, it's not clear that the war in the Pacific would've been won if we'd lost our three carriers in that battle. When I look at D-Day, the answer is the Germans are spread so thin that even if the invasion at Normandy would've failed, the Soviets would've been able to break the Wehrmacht's back and that may be true. But the heart of war is an eccentric resistance to mathematics. Much of the way I approached war was mathematical. Some of the math was good, some was questionable but in all the ways that I did it, there always turned out, in the battle I looked at, to be a moment where it could've gone either way, where the outcome was unpredictable, and that makes me very uncomfortable because I like predictability. You just wrote something on the Civil War where you spoke about Pickett's Charge. See to me, that battle was lost well before Pickett's Charge. Because it wasn't a battle that should have been fought. This was the opportunity to go east to swing between Baltimore and Washington to isolate Washington and bring it down. Now from an analytic point of view, I think I'm right. The key to this was Washington. The Army of Virginia was in a position to isolate Washington. Lee discarded that chance in favor of an engagement of unfavorable circumstances with the Union. Now the question in that battle is to me, from my point of view, is Lee simply didn't listen to Longstreet, which he should have. And he didn't listen to Longstreet because he was caught up in a Napoleonic vision of war, of grand attacks, of open ground and didn't understand the strategic foundation. Okay, if Lee had listened to Longstreet and had swung to the east, would the Union have been dissolved? Would the North American geopolitical situation have been wildly different? Would all of history been changed? I hate those moments, I hate those moments that depend on judgement. And on the other hand, reconciling the geopolitical concept of necessity with the strangest events. And then saying well don't worry about the strange, this will happen anyway. It's one of the things that at this point in my life, I am struggling with. There is too much eccentricity to the world. And yet there's an order and I don't understand how these two fit together. JLS: Yeah the one thing I would respond with is that you're right that by the time it's Pickett's Charge, the battle is over and that was the wrong mistake. And for some, that's one of the reasons I think Pickett's Charge is interesting because I rate Lee's ability as a strategic thinker rather high and it was obviously the wrong decision. I mean it was, you could almost compare it to me trying to punch a hole through your German defense here on the board right where you were strongest rather than thinking about it for a second and trying to do something. But you know the point at which you're saying that Longstreet told Lee to move towards Washington, there were two main problems there or at least two main reasons that I can think of that Lee was thinking. The first was that he had come so close on the first day and it really was within his grasp. But the second and more important thing was that he still didn't have his cavalry; he still didn't have Jeb Stewart there to tell him how big the Union force was and how far they extended. And if he had wanted to take Longstreet's advice, he wasn't sure exactly where the disposition of Union forces were. And that entire campaign was cursed from the beginning because Stewart went on his ride around the Union to try and make up for getting caught on the way up to the north and in so doing, Lee really lost all of his intelligence and Lee proved to not be flexible enough to shift his plans once he lost his access to what he thought was his perfect intelligence. So I would say that in some ways, he was boxed in because he had to command the entire force and he looked at Longstreet and said, “Yeah that would all be well and good but I have no idea where they are and I am not going to try and make that kind of move if I don't have the cavalry to skirmish along that side so we're going to try and whip them here.” For me the bigger question is why not after you fail on day two, why don't you pull back and why don't you check about the fact that you're low on ammunition now and that you can't actually stand against the battle in the Union and they've reinforced themselves and that now is the time to get defensive and to crouch into your own defensive position rather than to make that attack. GF: Because people have a tendency to double down. After they lost, if you ever sat with a bad poker player and just taken him apart and he doesn't understand why, he's going to go big. And that's what Lee did. But I would put it this way. The South was at a strategic disadvantage. The North had all the advantages. Lee's move into Pennsylvania was a Hail Mary. He desperately had to win the war.  Now the question they should ask is, if he'd won at Gettysburg, would the Union have collapsed? And I would argue that the Army would've dispersed, it would've regrouped and the North had resources. However, if he threatened Washington from the North, if Washington can no longer communicate effectively with the rest of the country, that would've mattered. So the Hail Mary was called for, he was throwing one but he didn't go for the jugular. Now, there's a way to explain this, which is that Lee was trained at West Point in Napoleonic tactics. Grant later was also trained in Napoleonic tactics, he just didn't buy it. Grant understood that the North's advantage was resources and he was going to stand on that line all summer if he had to, grinding the enemy down. Kind of like we were talking about how Eisenhower did in the hedge country. So partly, it's the training that you receive and partly it's your ability to overcome that training. To learn from it. And it's interesting because I've never been able to find that explanation of how Grant learned what he did. And in some ways, Grant is more interesting than Lee. Lee's a gentleman. He's very much someone that you want an officer to be. Grant isn't. He's an alcoholic, he's nasty, he's brutal. Yet Grant managed out of the same school to leave with an understanding of contemporary warfare, where Lee never grasped it. So for me, I keep coming lately back to the question of learning because if I am going to understand the role of accident in history, then I have to understand how people deal with accidents and in dealing with accidents, I keep coming back to learning and unlearning and it gets very complicated. So what I want is an elegant vision of how the world works. And it keeps becoming disorderly so I want to explain Lee's mistake, and in trying to explain Lee's mistake I have to reach back into his training at West Point but then I've got Grant, same training and not making the same mistake. JLS: Almost all the officers in World War II on both sides were West Point graduates and stuff like that. And I mean Grant also had a superior advantage, right? I mean he had the numbers. You were talking about whether if the South had won at Gettysburg, would that have meant that the Union was going to fall apart. No, I don't think so. You might've been able to get a pro-peace candidate in there in the next round of elections and stuff like that. But I mean, remember that you know if the South would've won Gettysburg, it would've won on July 4, 1863. They lost Gettysburg but they also lost Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, and you've written before about how important the Mississippi River was and you couldn't lose both of those things and even have a chance. You probably couldn't even lose Vicksburg by itself; like you said it was a Hail Mary and probably the South was already done at that point. GF: I think that if he had gone east to Taneytown and blocked the roads to Washington further east, it might have had a different end. Maybe not and that really is what I am talking about. But it's interesting, you know we talk about Grant understanding it's all mass. And really from the Civil War, which was in the world of military history the first modern war in which industrialism and mass played a critical role. Right down to World War II, the mass was everything and therefore destroying the means of producing, of mass production. Bombing cities, crushing the enemy in various ways. We seem to be back almost to an older time sort of warfare where the age of industrial warfare, of vast armies facing vast armies isn't there. This is a war of sparse global forces arrayed against pretty sparse global forces. When you compare what is going on in the jihadist wars, both sides are actually fighting a minimalist war. And also as terrible as terrorism is, it's not the casualties of World War II but the stakes are just as high. For the jihadist, it is creating a caliphate. For the U.S. and Europe, it is preventing the rise of a radical Jihadist state entity. Everything's at stake and yet given modern weaponry, drones and so on which people dislike, it's actually vastly reduced the amount of casualties. Not the mistakes – the mistakes are still there – but I think one of the things that in watching and playing these war games, I am not sure I am ever going to see a war this massive where the math overrides everything. In the kinds of wars we see today, it is much more small forces against small forces, much more intelligence orientated, much less mathematical therefore. JLS: The obvious question to you though then is to talk about what you've been writing a lot about recently, which is North Korea. Do you think that North Korea is also that kind of minimalist war or does North Korea look more like something that you'd have to model on a board like this with huge numbers of ground troops even. GF: Well on the surface, this should be the ideal sort of war for the United States. We're not very good at counterinsurgency. I don't care how many manuals are written. We just don't do it well. Occupying a country that's hostile to you is very tough. What we are good at is technology on technology, and overmatching them. In this case we are facing the danger of a potential ICBM, nuclear tipped, coming to the United States. Secretary Mattis has said that can't be permitted. So you have a problem. One, locating the nuclear sites. Two, eliminating the artillery deployment north of Seoul, knocking out the nuclear facilities. All this should be done from the air. And yet how will you make certain that you've knocked out a hole in the ground? How do you know what was in it? And how do you avoid the air defense systems that the North Koreans have around their artillery. While you're suppressing that air defense system, they're shelling Seoul. So again, somewhat unlike World War II, it has a tremendous complexity. Now part of that is the North Koreans created that complexity over the past 15 years. While they have been looking to develop nuclear weapons, they've also clearly gamed out the crisis point over and over again to create a situation where, when there's sufficient uncertainty, potential casualties, the Americans grow shy of it. I've spoken to several extremely intelligent and experienced military officers who make the case we're just going to have to accept North Korean nuclear weapons because we don't have the means of eliminating them without devastation to Seoul. Now the counterargument is, if we don't have devastation of Seoul, we may wind up with the devastation of other cities. So you pay now or pay later. But I understand the argument. But it still doesn't have the feel of mass warfare. We're talking about small quantities, small uncertainties, great predictabilities. It's not like the German invasion of Russia, the Soviet Union, that was planned with meticulousness based on industrial-strength forces facing industrial-strength forces. This is highly technical but it also has so many unknowns built into it, that even people who normally would be vigorously in favor of an attack are shying away from it. So I think we've reached a new kind of warfare among the jihadists but another new type of warfare in which the technology on both sides has become so complex that this vast range of uncertainty that political leaders really don't want to engage in if they don't have to. The counterargument to what I just said is every war has been uncertain and in every war the certainty of success has been followed by uncertainty, possibly failure. So war is something that we'd always imagine and is always imagined to be easier than it is. But certainly the North Korean thing is turning from, okay this is what we know how to do and we're going to do it well to, I don't know if we can do this. And there's no question but the president is going to have to make some decisions and it's going to be important to bear in mind that whoever he listens to, only the president can make this decision. JLS: And as you said no matter what he does, that in the end he won't be able to be sure about exactly what's going to go on because once you've make these decisions, everything is actually completely unpredictable as uncomfortable as that makes you feel. GF: Well it depends what kind of bracket you put on it. Would World War II have been won without a Normandy invasion? I think yes. Would post-war Europe look the same? No. But the war itself I think on a broad bracket was predictable. I don't know that a jihadist war is predictable. And although a couple months ago, I was pretty certain how that war would look, I now – I shouldn't listen to people because they confuse me – I now reached a point where if these guys are nervous about it, why am I so confident? Naturally my son who's in the Air Force would be very happy to say that the Air Force can take care of this entire matter without any help. The Air Force has said that in every war we had since World War II. It's never been the case. I hope he's listening. JLS: I am sure he is and on that note, I think we'll sign off here but thank you everyone for listening. As always you can send in comments to comments@geopoliticalfutures.com. I am Jacob Shapiro, again this was George Friedman and if you guys enjoyed this episode, we might do this a little bit more, these types of war-gaming things and thinking about historical battles so we always welcome your feedback. Thanks George. GF: Thank you. Thank you for listening.