Maybe I am getting old, but the concept of everybody but me getting tipped is starting to be really irritating.
I especially enjoy the automated tip option that *starts* at 20% and goes up from there. As I am sure you do as well.
Monthly Archives: October 2023
BBC – The Forum: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
I have had this linked for ages with the intent of posting it here. Now I am finally getting to it. You know, in case you wanted to know more than just a few minutes of a Watchmen episode.
Uncovering the Cultural Revolution’s Awful Truths
History is often darker than we even knew. Be careful who you let be in charge as they will try to erase the truth.
Shootings spotlight ‘alarming’ jump in violence against rural Minnesota officers
So, this story ran today and kept getting referred back to all day.
Thing is, it pisses me off.
Sure, no one should be shot while on the job. That’s a given. And no, the story does not gloss over the fact that there is no trend, just a statistical anomaly for the year. It stinks, it shouldn’t be happening.
All said, you know what else shouldn’t be said? An executive director for a sheriff’s association is quoted in the story that basically this is all Black Lives Matters fault.
No, really.
In a story about police being shot in rural communities, he wants to blame the folks living in the big city.
They can’t hide it. Ever.
The whole of the story is that we have a subset of the population in rural communities that think it is fine to pop a cop these days. But the police won’t blame the folks in the Oaf Keepers with them. Or the Klan. Or their white supremacist church. Nah, go blame the Other. As usual.
Fetterman ‘can’t believe’ Marshall resolution on school lunch ‘is even real’
Imagine saying – out loud – that you want to be able to starve a child because you don’t like that they have the ability to define their own selves. Now imagine that person being a United States Senator. Shameful.
Chicago police with extremist ties have troubling records
Author Max Brooks on how the world of Minecraft helps prepare kids for our world
Max Brooks has spent the past few years immersing himself in Minecraft. Here’s why.
Minnesota Now and Then: How the Green Giant became ‘Jolly’
Ho! Ho! Ho!
No, not *that* guy. The green one.
Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett’s Song “Monster Mash” Became a Graveyard Smash in 1962
A little backstory on a Halloween classsic.
Lawsuit against police for targeting journalists during Minneapolis protests heads toward trial
I learned the police had it out for me back when I was a brown teenage kid in Pasadena, TX. They absolutely *loved* to show up in force, shove our faces into the gravel and put a boot on our heads. Good times.
Turns out a few years ago, Minnesota learned this the hard way. At least this is going to court. I have low expectations but maybe this is the start of something changing.