Lots of new folks have joined in recently, welcome to you all. I've not had time to entirely catch up yet, especially with all the news being made lately in our fair town. Our downtown is practically a war zone of military convoys, protesters, Homeland Security, Coast Guard, police, reporters, and all manner of participants.

One name I do recognize and want to specially welcome is HistoryMike, I first found his blog while doing some initial research on the National Socialist Movement. His blog is about much more than those boys, he covers quite a bit of ground and it is all intriguing stuff. Michael Brooks, a Midwestern "writer who travels between journalism, academic writing, and iconclastic rumination". His blog is worth following. Plus now we can also compare notes about the boys in brownshirts who want to take over Olympia.

Welcome HistoryMike and everyone else new to our local blog.