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  • my story (a hundred days)

    (no caps)

    It is raining or snowing for the hundredth day in a row—what else happened to me a hundred days ago?—so I’ll take the time to write it down. 

    It is a civil right.  I believe there is sufficient evidence to win a court case; I think, even more strongly, that the case can be “won” (if that is possible) in the court of public opinion if it can be told explained properly.  There was a time—and that has not changed—that I expected dark blue sedans and SUVs with flashing lights to surround my home and protect me.  I have often compared it to Mississippi Burning.

    It is part of the much larger, often in the news subject of public safety.

    And then, this is where it really gets interesting to me.  The standard is what you think, “reason to believe” I think are the exact words.  (Only tangentially-related:  customer satisfaction is the highest standard.)

    It is a fantastic story that needs to be told.

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  • The Week in Video

    I don’t know, I wasn’t really paying attention.

     

    Whatta ya like, do you want me to chase you around with a rolling pin?

  • 20 Million

  • 'South Carolina police officer charged with murder after shooting man during traffic stop - The Washington Post' - www_washingtonpost_com_news_post-nation_wp_2015_04_07_south-c

    “Video has changed everything.”  Finally.  How long has it been going on and how often has it happened?

    'South Carolina police officer charged with murder after shooting man during traffic sto_' - www_washingtonpost_com_news_post-nation_wp_2015_04_07_south-carolina-police-officer

    If I were some high school kid or just about anyone else looking for a job and thinking about becoming a police employee, this would scare the s**t out of me.  Good.

    But that doesn’t change the fact that it is broken.

    EDIT:  This came out wrong.

    I (still) believe it is a noble profession.  I think it shouldn’t necessarily be a career.  It definitely should not be a government handout.  It absolutely should not be a guaranteed job where you can do whatever you want (and be assisted in that).

    I think it is a great job for a few years.  A little like being drafted.

    It’ll be interesting to watch the numbers–the budgets, employment forecasts, and sheer numbers.  It is going to get more expensive, that’s for sure.

  • Manti Te’o

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manti_Te%27o#Girlfriend_hoax

    http://deadspin.com/ronaiah-tuiasosopo-sued-over-the-one-true-thing-he-told-1440379017

    This is a fascinating story.

    Some of the participants made legitimate news because they are newsworthy, and in this case they are very respectable.  Others are seemingly from the other, or wrong, side of town.  They are different.

    It is also one of those things that may very well happen hundreds of times a day, but the only time you hear about is when it happens to a celebrity and makes news.  The voices and messages and all that notwithstanding, this is a story about a young man falling in love with someone online.

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqlE1nE-0Tk&index=3&list=RDTO3HATSPe4A

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzeNAUOp17c

    Forget it.  Forget everything.  I am just going to listen to New Order all day long.

  • Go Amanda, Go

    “The knowledge of my innocence has given me strength in the darkest times of this ordeal,” the statement said, CNN reported. “And throughout this ordeal, I have received invaluable support from family, friends and strangers. To them, I say: Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your kindness has sustained me. I only wish that I could thank each and every one of you in person.”  (link)

    What a cool statement.

  • Go YouTube DJ!  Really great song, but isn’t the video just a bunch of people sitting around?

  • Thanks, Robert Towne