Ferguson police clashes, made for late local news?
Last night I was struck by the odd way the police in Ferguson behaved. By all accounts in response to some verbal taunts and perhaps some thrown rocks and bottles they responded by deploying in full...
View ArticleIt all started with a rock
It was the summer between second and third grade IIRC and I was visiting my grandmother with my family. She lived in NW Alabama in a very small town called Collinsville and she was making some money by...
View ArticleProgressive gamers now is the time
Indiana has passed their 'right to discriminate law.' Anyone who has been around gaming for any length of time knows of our own unfortunate history with the religious right so it goes without saying...
View ArticleWhen does one equal three?
Every year at this time a puzzle strikes me. When precisely did Saturday become 3 days?Look below the orange satanic symbol for a fuller explanation if you dare.
View ArticleWhat has happened to Habeas Corpus in this country?
There have been a series of diaries posted, here, here and here. That seem to show that people denied one of the most fundamental rights were are supposed to be guaranteed.
View ArticleFundamentalist Christians and made up stories
I grew up around fundamentalist Christianity and there has long been an industry of people with unbelievable and impossible to prove life stories touring churches telling these tales. This includes...
View ArticleI'm proud to be a Democrat
I was raised a Democrat by Democrats. I’m not sure if my grandparents were political but like many poor southerners they became devoted FDR Democrats during the New Deal and since both my parents were...
View ArticleUniversity of Chicago rejects trigger warnings and safe spaces
The University of Chicago has sent incoming freshmen a letter informing them that the University does not endorse trigger warnings and so called safe spaces.www.chicagotribune.com/…The University goes...
View ArticleSave the Day
While I’m sure no one here is still on the fence about voting, or about whom to vote for, perhaps some of us still do. I just found out about savetheday.vote, a PAC owned/run by Joss Whedon.It is about...
View ArticleMy Own Family
They lied to me. Consistently over the course of months. It had to be an agreement amongst my 2 aunts, my uncle and their children.We do not often talk politics or religion to keep the family peace....
View ArticleJust what is going on?
I know Drumpf is epically incompetent but surely Reince Priebus and/or Bannon realizes they cannot run the entire administration on just a few appointees. This is specially worrying in the national...
View Article240 years ago...
A Virginian wrote these words in Pennsylvania to help create what we now think of as the United States of America:“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the...
View ArticleIt's time
I was absolutely ecstatic when the Ethics in Government Act expired and we saw the last of the Independent Counsels. The position was ridiculously abused by the Republicans and was completely out of...
View ArticleThey want to condemn me to this
For most of my adult life I didn’t have consistent health insurance. I wasn’t poor. I was in the tech industry and worked for a series of small start ups. While benefits were always something that was...
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