You said I was unpatriotic, and that it was people that fought the cold war, who made the world safe for people like me, who sit comfortably and complain about their actions.
You said I was unpatriotic, and that it was people that fought the cold war, who made the world safe for people like me, who sit comfortably and complain about their actions.
Content Warning: Rape and humans behaving horribly badly
This is nearly unbelievably bad at every level. So, I am trying to contextualize it in a way that I can even get the idea into and across my brain without something exploding.
You’ve probably already heard or seen the video of the Baltimore police officer falsifying evidence.
It’s a sign of my suspicion of government that I read everything they say at least twice. So, when I saw the headline: [bi] “Trump is reportedly ending the CIA’s covert program to arm Syrian rebels.” I thought, “good!”
HJ Hornbeck’s got some great perspective on knock-on damage from injustice, COINTELPRO, and social injustice warriors. Check it out.
I had this idea a few weeks ago, and noodled around, thinking about whether or not it could be done. [Read more…]
Trigger warning: sexual abuse, judicial sexual assault
Don’t read this if it’s first thing in the morning where you are. You don’t want to throw up in your mouth before you’ve had a chance to relax and drink a bit of coffee or something to buffer the rage.
I don’t remember where I said it, but I wish I hadn’t. In some thread on FtB about the republicans’ attempts to come up with a health program, I opined something like, “I wonder if their strategy is going to be putting up a few trial balloons and then shrugging ‘we tried’ and repealing obamacare without a replacement.”
Elon Musk is in the news again, for worrying out loud about the AI that we may create that will kill us all.
Memo to self: when writing postings about a person, check to make sure they are not still alive and making news. Normally, when dealing with historical figures (e.g.: Lyudmila Pavlichenko [stderr]) we can safely assume they are not making more news. But …
