In Appreciation Of Police

"From somebody who appreciates what the police do for us. Yes, there are bad ones. But many more good ones. I wouldn't want to live in a world without them. They have walked into my house, took a love one from my arms and that hurt like hell. But they were doing their job. I didn't cuss them. Hate them. I thanked them for being so kind to me, a mother with a broken heart. So pooh-pooh me all you want to. My heart goes out to the families. God bless the cops who lost their life.
" Friend and author Joy Redmond via Facebook

Norrh Korea is pigshit, so are hackers

Just some Aspie thoughts.


Oh great, wise pigshit North Korean leader pig.

President Obama and Cuba Quote

"Ah, Republicans . . . you hate this whole renewal of diplomatic relations with Cuba, because, well, we all know how much you cherish the freedoms we enjoy here (except, ya know, contraception . . . and abortion . . . oh, and religion) - but anyway, can I just point out the hypocrisy of this position, considering that Republican aides (including presidential hopeful Rubio's aide) took all-expense-paid trips to China this summer . . . ? I'm thinking nobody is gonna look to China as a bastion of civil liberties - except maybe Republicans, right now, as they attempt to justify their motherfucking hypocrisy . . . .
" Friend Julie Kindal Driscoll via Facebook

"In an era in which American freedoms are being dismantled and American movies are being cancelled, primarily to appease terrorists, then it's probably safe to say that we are letting the terrorists win.


 America will be restored again on the day when we can overcome our absurd fears and take an airplane to Los Angeles, without being sexually assaulted at the airport, to watch a premiere of The Interview in theaters." Barry Delgado via Facebook

I am an Aspie Like Adam Lanza

Yes they should be. I myself have Aspergers Syndrome btw. I am an Aspie. Actor Dan Akroyd also has mild Aspergers and so do many other people including President Obama, John Elder Robinson and Dr. Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory. Others like Hitler and Lee Harvey Oswald may have had it. It can cause LD's and mental illnesses in some people. Also very sad that in the confusion of the Sandy Hook shootings that many conspiracy's arose out of conjecture and gin nuts with mental illness themselves. Anything to defend 14th Century projectile weapons I guess (guns) Sigh.
.. Rob

sandy Hook Mom's Letter to "The Mom I Used To Be"

"You view life through the prism of “before” and “after.” Jake’s fifth grade photos came recently. They are still sitting on a table because you haven’t put them in the frame that sits next to Dylan’s last school photo. It’s too hard for you — too soon. Jake is getting older. But Dylan is frozen in time forever. Even after two years, there’s this denial that is still very present inside you. You have Dylan’s baby teeth and a lock of his hair on your bedside cabinet, beside the urn holding his ashes. That’s all you have of your little boy now. It hurts. It just hurts. You suppress your feelings as much as you can because you fear if you really let it out, you would never recover. If you started truly crying, you would never be able to stop. It would destroy you. And here’s the thing — you didn’t have to be that Mom. For all the Moms and Dads reading this now — this doesn’t have to be you. Because every gun-related death is a preventable death." Mom's Letter via azspotnet

Sandy Hook 2nd Anniversy

“I wonder if we’ve lost the plot if we use religion as the place where we escape from the difficult realities of our lives instead of as the place where those difficult realities are given meaning. Of course, there are many ways of pretending shit ain’t broke in ourselves and in the world, but escapist religion is a classic option since at church we have endless opportunities to pretend everything is fine. But when we find ourselves in a world where we see up-to-the-minute images of human suffering, we simply cannot afford any more fucking sentimentality in Christianity. Not one more soft-focus photo of a dove flying in front of a waterfall with an inspirational verse on a coffee cup, not one more over-produced recording of earnest praise music, not one more Thomas Kincaide painting. I don’t think Jesus would abide this ignoring of reality in favor of emotional idealism and I know for sure we cannot afford it. Not when we live in a world where suffering is as real as it was when Jesus was born and people are longing for something to help make sense of their suffering. Sentimental images of Santa kneeling at a manger are not helping us make sense of the world as it actually exists." The Slaughter of the Innocents of Sandy Hook ☀

Torture and War Crimes

“Because of the bias in our debates in favor of hard-line policies, preventive war and torture not only become acceptable “options” worth considering, but they have often been treated as possessing the quality–seriousness–that they most lack. The belief that a government is entitled to invade a foreign country and destroy its government on the off chance that the latter might one day pose a threat is an outstanding example of something that is morally unserious. That is, it reveals the absence or the rejection of careful moral reasoning. Likewise, believing that a government should ever be allowed to torture people is the opposite of what comes from serious moral reflection. These so-called “serious” policies are driven by passions and knee-jerk responses and lead to horrible crimes and abuses of power, and that is why they should be condemned and rejected from the start." Torture and “Seriousness

Right Wing and Class

Wagging The Dog

"Wagging the dog is so easy in America. I expect the same thing to happen in 2016:
 1) Make sure the Democratic candidate is pro-war, pro-spying, and pro-corporate welfare. Ask them to make extremely liberal speeches, and even pretend not to be as stated above.


 2) Make an inflammatory frivolous campaign against him or her. Be intentionally racist if the candidate is black, sexist, if a woman. Make fun of everything. Create straw man arguments (like question their citizenship, or religious affiliation). Attack their mother.


 3) Watch otherwise liberal individuals flock to that Democrat's defense, not because they agree with their policies, but because he is being brutally and unfairly attacked.
 4) Sit back and enjoy the results: More war, broad based investigation of every citizen without judicial oversight, and big fat corporate kick backs on policies that only benefit corporations and not the American public (i.e. drone wars, or shifting the profits from doctors to health insurance companies).
 See, a lot easier than attempting to push a conservative candidate through the election system on a Republican ticket where they belong!


 So go ahead and support Obomba and continue supporting the Turncoatcrat Democrats in 2016. And best of all, keep falling for those "Conservative" warmonger tricks. Boy do they love making you think that they are sincere, as you keep blindly doing their bidding... After all, a REAL liberal in power could ruin EVERYTHING they've built up since Reagan, and if the military cash cow were to run dry, and the money were to go to public works and social projects, now that would leave a lot of their friends looking for legitimate work..." Friend Sam via facebook

MLK Jr. On Riots

A very important read:


MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S PERSPECTIVE on rioting and social unrest in the 60s:
“Now I wanted to say something about the fact that we have lived over these last two or three summers with agony and we have seen our cities going up in flames. And I would be the first to say that I am still committed to militant, powerful, massive, non-violence as the most potent weapon in grappling with the problem from a direct action point of view. I’m absolutely convinced that a riot merely intensifies the fears of the white community while relieving the guilt. And I feel that we must always work with an effective, powerful weapon and method that brings about tangible results. But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.”

What's The Point of Police Body Cameras?