I may develop this thought more here, but I am disgusted by the pushback against the Brexit vote. Cries of disenfranchisement (aka, I didn't vote and now I wish I had), petitions for a second vote, even seemingly serious calls to weigh a vote heavier if cast by a young person. In a democracy, the victory of your viewpoint is not assured. Defeat at the polls is as integral and history shaping a part of the democratic process as monumental wins. To pout, to scream foul, to steadfastly refuse to acknowledge not everyone thinks/believes as you do - that's emblematic of tyranny, not freedom.
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Saturday, June 25, 2016
Friday, June 24, 2016
Steven Universe
The younger kids, especially Smiley, are obsessed with this show. I don't love it, but the writing is strong and that's all I really require of my media. But Lisa just spoke to the TV, urging on a character, and she wasn't being funny. That . . . concerns me. LOL
Thursday, June 23, 2016
I feel soon bad for you. . . not
My professor was a . . . jerk for the first hour of class. He was short tempered, dismissive, condescending, and visibly agitated . He then stopped class for a moment and apologized to us all, saying he'd had insomnia and was going on only a few hours of sleep. Assuming that "few" meant more than two, that was at least one more hour than I'd gotten. #ButThatsNoneOfMyBusiness
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Criminal defendants have a right to testify as a result of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the compulsory process clause of the Sixth Amendment, and the Fifth Amendment’s privilege against self-incrimination.
My Thoughts on Gun Control
Gun control doesn't stop terrorist attacks like the two we've seen in the last year, it only varies the technique used to accomplish it. But say gun control IS necessary. As it stands, it will never happen, nor SHOULD it happen, because like it or not the 2nd amendment makes it a right, as valid and valued as free speech and a free press. If you wish to change it, then you must amend the Constitution. That's the safe harbor the Founders built into the system, and the only means of gun control that doesn't skirt the essence of this people and their republic.
Yikes
I was just attacked by Mothra. I tried to get a picture of the beast but I couldn't switch to panoramic mode in time. Things like this make me doubt the wisdom of standing outside at three in the morning.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
The Fast and the Furious
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
THIS - My Thoughts
I find it irritating that people have to preface a statement with a laundry list of why I shouldn't take their opinion to mean they're anti-police, a drug addict, a racist, or whatever. G'damn, just state your mind. If I thought you were a complete a$$ I wouldn't be listening to you in the first place. Grow a pair.
Monday, June 20, 2016
The Zoo on Father's Day 2016
The big hit of the day, to my surprise, was the reptile and fish building. Not because, as they claimed later, of the air conditioning, but because they both seemed genuinely fascinated with each exhibit and actually interacted with one another.
The primate house was a disappointment, not the least of which because this guy threw poop at the glass.
In the primate house was a device to measure your grip strength in relation to that of an orangutan. I topped out at 85 pounds per square inch (I think that was the measurement standard), and 70 with my left hand.