I’m asking this philosophically, not as a legal question. Facts: Five high school pals broke into a vacant rental house at 1 a.m. to party. A neighbor called 911, and they fled when the cops came. When 2 of them climbed over the neighbor’s backyard fence, the neighbor’s husband, wa[...]
Archive for August, 2020
Russki-Yank fender bender in Syria
“Four U.S. service members were injured in a collision between their vehicle and a Russian military police patrol … earlier this week,” NBC News reported, that prompted a call between Russian and American generals which both sides “agreed to keep … private.” Howev[...]
August 27th, 2020 - 2:27 pm § in Misc.
New study disputes where water came from
Conventional scientific wisdom is that Planet Earth formed too near the sun to have water, which comets and meteorites later brought from space. But that may be wrong. It took a while to figure out, though, because meteorite fragments containing the evidence are rare. These are from meteorites that [...]
Rightwing militia morons can’t spell
“Tuesday morning, a ‘Kenosha Guard’ page asked members to ‘take up arms and defend out [sic] City tonight from the evil thugs’ who are ‘Nondoubt [sic] … currently planning on the next part of the City to burn tonight!’” Can you find the errors? Read [...]
August 27th, 2020 - 1:30 pm § in Misc.
Trump freaked out over missing a phone call from his employer
“Trump once erupted into a fury after an aide told him he had missed a phone call with Vladimir Putin, an ex-adviser to former British Prime Minister Theresa May said on a podcast released Tuesday. “Nick Timothy … said that during a meeting with May in the Oval Office, Trump went o[...]
August 27th, 2020 - 1:18 pm § in Misc.
Why Stephen Colbert isn’t watching the GOP convention
“Why should we pay attention to what they’re saying if none of what they’re saying tonight is about what’s happening in America right now? Why should we watch their reality show if it doesn’t reflect our reality?” (Read story here)[...]
August 27th, 2020 - 1:16 am § in Misc.
Cat. 4 Laura hits SW Louisiana
Hurricane Laura rapidly intensified before making landfall in southwestern Louisiana “as a ferocious Category 4 monster with 150 mph winds” during the night, “swamping a low-lying coast with ocean water that forecasters said could be 20 feet deep and unsurvivable. Potentially catas[...]
August 27th, 2020 - 12:34 am § in Politics
Links to Convention Speeches
In order of video length: 2020 Democratic Convention Joe Biden’s acceptance speech (26:09, PBS — click here) Barack Obama (19:28 min., NBC — click here) Kamala Harris (18:54 min., ABC — click here) Michelle Obama (18:31 min., PBS — click here) Jill Biden (10:09 min., PB[...]
August 27th, 2020 - 12:31 am § in Misc.
Reflections on writing
Good writing isn’t easy. It’s hard. You must know what information or ideas you’re trying to convey, organize your material, then present it clearly and concisely via the written word, sentence, and paragraph in language understandable to your readership. I revise. I don’t think [...]
August 26th, 2020 - 7:47 pm § in Racism
Kenosha cop ID’d
… as Officer Rusten Sheskey. Read story here. Meanwhile, Wisconsin’s attorney general said a knife was found in the footwell of Jacob Blake’s vehicle, and he was “leaning forward” toward it after getting into the vehicle. As previously reported, the witness who took the[...]