Dan Lipka Web Log

The world is filled with countless tragedies and the future looks shadowy.  I constantly think about some of the world's worst circumstances. Human trafficking, genocide, pollution, child pornography, etc. I think about how nationalistic governments are contagious. If it is "American First", than the next country must focus on itself just to compete. Will Brexit lead to the end of the European Union, it does seems inevitable. What would the world look like if every country embraced xenophobia, short-term economic gains, trade wars, and concentrations of political power,. It wouldn't be new, and we've all seen how it has ended in the past. My point is that it just feels somewhat wrong to blog about Game of Thrones, the NBA finals, or local politics. Even writing about the wonderful things happening the world (and there are many) makes me feel like I'm intentionally looking the other way.  Of course, this blog really doesn't matter, in even the tiniest way. 

Why do some people want to prevent abortions? The reason many give is that the fetus is a person and has the right to live. Simple enough. However, that statement is going to be put the test with new state laws that make it illegal to have an abortion in all instances, even in cases of rape or incest. If one truly believes this 1/2 inch fetus (6 weeks) is a person, than how this person was created should be irrelevant. That little person didn't cause the rape, so why should it be allowed to die? This is really going to push people's morality to limit, putting the mental/physical health of a pregnant woman against that rights of the 1/2 inch fetus (that has no awareness or mental capacity). For the record, I don't believe that what a woman does with her body is any business of the government.

Over the last few weeks, there have been so many things I wanted to blog about, but just can't find the time.  Here are some quite hitters. - Molly (with help and inspiration from Lindy) started her first business and had her first day of work. She sold flowers to parents prior to the 3rd grade school concert. She bought $30 in inventory, and collected $100 in an hour ($70 profit).  She was at the 3rd grade talent show the next night and wants to go to the 5th grade concert tonight. - I just don't get Game of Thrones. Why did HBO allow it to be rushed to an end. It could have continued for five more seasons, with different writers. The main thing I learned from the last several seasons is that the RR Martin (writer of the novels) knows how to write and Dan Benioff and D.B. Weiss (writers of the show) do not. I also think that their desire to keep everything secret, stopped them by getting any decent feedback. There is one episode left to go. My prediction, Dani kills everyone

So disappointed in the "Battle of Winterfell" episode of Game of Thrones.  Here are 10 things that I thought of in the past 10 minutes that they could have done.  1) Alternative Ending #1: The Night King walks towards bran (bran wargs into the wolf, Night King kills wolf, drinks it blood or something gross and ominously points at Bran). Night king gets closer, The Hound jumps from the tree and the Night King has to grab him with both hands, kills him instantly. Than the Night King’s main lieutenant, stabs him in the side. All the bad guys die. The lieutenant rips off his face and its Arya (who has the ability to do that) and Bran says “I was not expecting that!” End episode. 2) Either Sansa should have pushed Tyrion in front of herself in the crypt, or Tyrion should have tried to sacrifice himself for her, either would have made their relationship more interesting. 3) Sansa should have had to fight against her dead father, or bother, or mother, or something 4) Alterna