Finding Signals In The Slop…To Do What With?- by Travis Mateer

After several years of trying to get people to care about how the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office ended a homeless man’s life on January 5th, 2020, an email like the one above might seem like possible evidence of something nefarious afoot, but even if it were an outright admission that “Surviving the Game” was real, so what?

Three years I wrote about the Buddha-loving Montana Pritzker who is NOT the Pritzker running Illinois, nor the Pritzker running the Secretary of Transportation office under Obama.

And none of THOSE Pritzkers were the Pritzker who got to fly a helicopter for his birthday in Afghanistan!

Patraeus was, for those who don’t remember, a Director of the CIA between 2010-2011 until an extramarital affair ended his tenure. To bring it back to Montana, the CIA helped the private-sector company, Oracle, get its footing, which I wrote about in relation to Big Sky country and our current Governor here. Considering how long I’ve lived here (26 years) and blogged (16 years) perhaps my perspective on an email like this could be relevant:

While I wait to see if anyone wants to take me up on my offer to expound on the research I’ve compiled since last September, my schedule is embarrassingly open. That’s why I feel the best use of my time is soft-launching a very special candidacy for a very special local office.

If you see Pirate Booty at the beer festival tomorrow, make sure to ask him about his jail conversion policy. You won’t regret it.

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