suddenly needed to say hi.
and discard old sock
mostly the sock
so
um since I'm here...
regarding the unpleasantness in the Muddled East, we do have that technology that redirects space rocks to targets, right? asking for a friend. there's a term for that, what's that called?
I suggest ASMOD - anthropogenic ...
Detroit water bill woman pic: first thing my daughter commented was, her whatchacallit fingernails job, prominent on the hand holding up the bill, would cover a good chunk of a monthly water bill.
Lucky youse guyses my long comment got trashed and so did another. Let me try something else.
Republicans need to get the message out to all immigrants and to all nations to the South: The United States of America welcomes any to apply for citizenship, or work visas, or vacation visas, the right way, as so many others have done throughout our history. But you can't just walk in. The Democrats lied to you. Obama lied to you, all of you. He doesn't care about you. Always remember: The Democrats were just using you.
Emphasized to each uninvited guest as he or she is being escorted out of the country. Take this message home.
If the Republicans were Americans.
May the Spirit of Truth
bless this world today
with renewed awareness
of the way of the faith,
as taught and lived
by the Master.
May that light of truth
expose the most secret
machinations
of the forces of evil,
for all to see.
Truth is the real power.
Please, Dad, we ask
in the name of your Son,
who lived as one of us,
and through whom we
received that blessed Spirit,
Let it shine today.
Gabe! How can we ignore the post content if there isn't any? A great big, world wide web, there's not one thing you think worth dribbling down to us peons sharing from your thoughts? Don't the cobs have an emergency stash of kitten picture links, at least?
Well, enough arguing with an empty post. Guess I'll go see what people who use words have to say.
Morning, Glories.
Going sheerly on this video clip, I dare to opine thusly…
She's obviously drunk, either with booze or elitism, fretting about being disrespected, pulling the do you know who I am? line (all academics are celebrities, don'cha know), and what was that she says, as he starts to cuff her, about what she was wearing? I'm with him, what's that got to do with what? Her speech sounds slurred and slow there, too, considering.
Back-talking, yelling, struggling, kicking him. Also signs of some kind of intoxication or rage. Irony alert: Lawyer says the Prof is "very intelligent." Yes, we just saw the video to prove that. Lawyer also says Prof's life's work is in "cultural studies and communication." Facepalm times two! Professor Cultural Studies has never heard that comedian's routine about how to act when stopped by the cops? Professor Communication is utterly graceless in her own interactions? Yup, that's Academia!
And by the way, the whole thing her lawyer mentions about her dress blowing up after she's fighting the cop, being touched somewhere inappropriate when she turned the whole thing into a game of Twister — that's the worst kind of BS. Can't believe Lawyer Lady even mentioned it.
A small percentage of my interactions with officers have been encounters with disrespectful cops. With them, I rather automatically tend to be twice as yes-sir, double down on polite, and I've done so even if when standing on principle and not answering a question. (That wacky old 5th Amendment, and I didn't even have to mention it by name.) I've found that politeness, patience, and keeping my cool when yelled at is very helpful, and I'm sure you all know what I mean.
Altogether, if there were Abject Stupidity laws, Professor Jaywalk would probably be consigned to hard labor indefinitely. And her air-headed lawyer with her. But, not to be all judgey: at points in my life, so should I have been. Except, I never fought cops.
Now, that said, why did the cop claim she had to show an ID? That rings my BS bells, loudly. She was just crossing a street, maybe she was even tipsy, but it's not like she was driving or suspected of anything else. I supposes, if she's on campus, they may have their own rules, but the same civility applies. We were not required to "show our papers" back in America. The officer didn't have to turn "gimme your ID" into the problem. I hate it when they change the game like that. Just ask who she is first, stick to the first problem, get the woman out of the middle of the road and see if she's competent to get herself home. Done. When she resisted handing over an ID, he still had the opportunity to not go all "Respeck Mah Authoritah!" on her.
As I said, I'm just going on what we see in the news clip. The whole dashcam clip might reveal ameliorating details. I kind-of doubt it.
I know we're not in the days when Officer Friendly would just smile and make sure she got safely across the street, if not all the way home; in fact, today, just to offer, he'd probably be charged with obstructing the rights of an alcohol-disabled elitism-impaired jaywalker of a protected class.
It just seems to me that he lets it get out of control unnecessarily. The guy to whom we give the gun and badge has the highest obligations in every situation, yet there seems to be a lack of education among our Civil Armed Forces regarding not letting back-sassing activate your roid rage. I'll bet our troops in the Middle East got better coaching on dealing with locals.
In short, while Professor wins the Dumber award, they both seem like modern brats, products of modern education and culture. So, no winners.
Except all of us who get to enjoy the dashcam footage. Once they were into it, and she didn't stop, it's just an episode of COPS. [Pops corn with extra butter and salt, to watch it again.] She really did basically make him slam her to the ground. Nice move!
Don't! Fight! Cop!
If Reverend Stevie Fielder isn't tried for vote fraud, he should at least be arrested for stupidity and being a fraud as a man of God. Oh, I guess those aren't illegal.
For others who might not know like I didn't, "Smith is challenging long-sitting Democratic Congresswoman Corinne Brown in Florida’s Fifth Congressional District." (From the article chrissy linked.)
Not knowing what state we were talking about here, searching first led me to http://gloforcongress.org/ - big fancy javascript-rotating slideshow, clean enough layout, but… ah, finally, scrolling down the page, in a quote, nestled among other quotes, I finally saw she's from Florida. Web "artistes"! Can't seem to put key information like state and district on top up front on web pages! At least they got her name and "Republican" in.
By the way, as a melanin-challenged person, I am outraged and insulted by this "whiteface" vandalism. I feel threatened, marginalized, and, um, uh, dis-empowered or something. Where do I march, and whom do I sue?
Drew: "Projection is their default setting. ... They want you to bow down to the central planners in D.C. That's the only thing they care about."
Keep that handy as a macro, everyjuan. Bears constant repeating, because apparently even many in the choir haven't entirely, fully understood: that's all there is.
rickb223 > The coming apocalypse is not the zombie apocalypse, it's the LIV apocalypse. Head shots are still appropriate though.
No, no, no. Rick is just joking, right, Rick? All this Zombie target practice and Zombie hunting talk is about shooting Zombies. Zombies! Just imaginary fun like video games. Not actual anyone.
(Fer hevnsake, rick, first rule of Zombie Hunt Club...)
Now, objections registered, I now realize that "Zombies" eat brains because thoughtfulness is their enemy!
Misanthropic Humanitarian > My brother and I are pretty much estranged from one another.
Insomniac > Sorry to hear that. I'm in a similar situation. I have a brother that I've no contact with in many years.
sigh!!
Lotta that going around, apparently.
Lord, strengthen family.
LoneStarHeeb > State Dept: Palestinians making every effort to renounce violence.
From what I read, the Israelis are doing their best to encourage that right now.
RoyalOil > My boss doesn't pay for my lunch--why should bosses be allowed to restrict my access to lunch?
Food is more vital than birth control, medically. I think a real counter-meme could be built like that. Bosses should pay for my toothpaste and other medical necessities. My Fuji water supply. They force me to drink tap!
I am offended at all the people who confuse the impact of words with sticks and stones. Who do I sue?
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As a monotheistic het married WASP and family man, I am also outraged, because I am an oppressed majority. Sure, I sympathize with minorities suffering prejudice. It's easy to commiserate. Most oppression and prejudice and h8 is now directed at my group, with the government's hearty support. Where are my reparations.?
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Finally, I was born a woman-spirit who considers himself a man, but fortunately I was born in a man's body, so I not only saved a bundle on surgery, I'm also happy and well-adjusted regarding my gender identity, but I'm sure I'm owed something by somebody. Where's my lawyer?
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(Hm. I've tried that last bit twice now, and somehow the gag just doesn't seem to work. KWIM? I was not born a woman-spirit, but some of my best friends are....)
"Tread softly because you tread on my tweets."
Wasn't me. I never go near the place.
(Don't mind me. I'm just changing socks and forgot to close the door.)
Kreplach > This country has maybe 10 years before major civil unrest breaks out.
It's this kind of uplifting, optimistic prognosis that really endears this place to me.
Ten years - heh. Guess it's all in how you define "major."
WriterRuth > Good God. I'm older than zip codes. ZIP CODES, fer cryin' out loud!
Sheesh! You make that see like a long time ago!
I'm old enough to remember when they were imposed upon us. I remember realizing those additional mysterious two-digit numbers that big cities used were the last two digits of the new codes, like when the phone numbers expanded from three digits (said to the operator) to seven digits (dialed) and my pal's phone number got four new digits in front of it. Fascinating to a kid who liked systems.
That all of us had to conform to some superficially-imposed number system, rather than the system continuing to serve the public's methods... one more sign of moving from government for the people to people for the government. For big and bulk mailers, understandable. For ordinary letter writers, outrageous.
But it was earthly sixties. Who would object to our brilliant government's wisdom?! Other than Mad Magazine?
Eradicate the postal service!
So, what else we been talkin' 'bout?
Morning, Glories.
Fame can be so fleeting.
Fortune can be fickle.
I never sought for fame.
But I would not turn down a nickle.
-Karma Shave
Sitting on the front porch of city house daughter is moving out of, checking the cell.
Peripherally I catch movement of to my left, cat-like.
Been a long time since I was less than four feet from a raccoon!
He growled. City raccoon wasn't very big, teenager-ish, I reckon. Then he waddled back around the house.
I wonder which of us was more startled.
Neighbors across the street setting off fireworks. Not just crackers, big skyworks. In small crowded-together houses neighborhood. Other folks screaming hey some of us have to work in the morning.
Down the block, mother yelling with kids around. All I can make out is F! every third word.
Pickup with no muffler and blasting radio drives by.
When you don't live in the city, you forget all this crap.
Good evening, friends.
Chrissy, Cuzzin BD posted a video here which I thought you might like.
I just added a video on Pete's thread. Hope another one here is okay.
