Case settled today. Incident occurred last fall within a city. No word on what other issues Mr Y had to endure.

"The County Prosecuting Attorney issued the following statement: "This was an unfortunate and tragic event that resulted in the loss of a life, and I extend my sympathies to the family of Mr. X as they grieve. However, under Idaho law, individuals have an unequivocal right to defend themselves, their families, and their homes from violent attacks. Idaho’s self-defense and ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws are clear: when an individual is faced with an immediate and unlawful threat of serious bodily harm, they are legally justified in using force to protect themselves."

"The evidence in this case—including witness statements, forensic analysis, physical evidence, DNA evidence, and video footage—demonstrates that Mr. Y acted lawfully. He was violently attacked at his own home and responded with justified force. Idaho law presumes that a homeowner acting in defense of their habitation does so with reasonable fear of imminent peril, and my office will not second-guess the fundamental right of self-defense."

Seems I was at this party some 50 years ago ...

for Anne

Formed when ranchers digging a well punched through a geothermal field in far north-western Nevada. The water was too hot and the well abandoned. A second well was dug and capped; the cap failed and this geyser was the result. The resulting thermal field now covers over 50 acres.

Once on the extremes of "middle-of-nowhere", the Burning Man people (from California, where else?), after ruining Black Rock Desert, poked their fingers into this property, bought it, and have "developed" it into a fee-based, limited-access nature walk.

This photo was taken several years before Burning Man was organized.

because I'm the one to bring up such topics - I'm weak, I know ...

but the comments - including my own - on New Neo's "Open thread 3/25/2025" post is what I'd like to avoid here. Not that I'm knocking Neo's site - it's a daily read and it's the comments I'm speaking of - but why duplicate what so many other blog sites are doing?

"Trump's a Nazi!" "No he's not!" "Yes he is" "Prove it" ... blah, blah, blah

She's a saint - or demon - for putting up with what she deals with in the comments world.

No one's going to change anyone's mind and it just pisses people off - one side or the other. If you're here, you should already have a flavor of my political leanings ... and I suspect many of you lean that way as well though I'm not going to stop (too many) alternate viewpoints.

I'm already a mean, nasty SOB; I try to avoid it here - I'd just get riled up and it does me no good ... nor you.