Monday, November 20, 2017
Schadenfreude: Charles Manson
Because, after all, psychopathic leaders of murder cults are such regrettable losses to the rest of humanity.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Second place tie for last
I don't really need to go into all of the morbid details concerning the Paul Manafort (and Rick Gates) indictment - plenty of others have by now. However, I'd like to point out that my first guess on the issue last Friday had either him or the equally suspect Michael Flynn being the main target of Robert Mueller's first indictment, but even though my primary guess was Flynn he wasn't the target this time around.
And my use of the phrase "this time around" isn't meant as hyperbole.
Because there will be others.
And my use of the phrase "this time around" isn't meant as hyperbole.
Because there will be others.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Las Vegas, October 1st
I'm not going to go into a full-blown "analysis" (read: Monday morning quarterbacking, since I'm not anywhere close to being a law enforcement officer, much less a Las Vegas or Nevada law enforcement officer) of the events of October 1st, but here's my 2 cents on it:
Yes, you have a right to own a gun. And even use it, either for self-defense, hunting or other legitimate uses. That's not what the maniac who shot up Vegas did. He brought 23 - I repeat, 23 - pieces to the Mandalay Bay with the express purpose of killing as many people as possible, and he apparently had about 19 more that he left at home. If anyone is going to make any sort of an argument legitimizing his ownership of enough firepower to give an entire infantry platoon pause, I only have one thing to say to you: you're fucking delusional.
60 people got turned from human beings into non-breathing inanimate objects by only one of those guns. Care to guess how many more he could've killed if he only had more time on his hands before he offed himself?
This is not about your right to keep and bear arms. This is about badly needed, sane limitations on having enough damn guns to storm Normandy all over again all by your lonesome self, and whether or not any politician will bother to listen to any reasonable effort to stop this from happening all over again.
Because it will.
And I'm starting to get so revolted by it that my instinct for just packing up and leaving the country before it kills itself dead is starting to kick in with a vengeance.
Yes, you have a right to own a gun. And even use it, either for self-defense, hunting or other legitimate uses. That's not what the maniac who shot up Vegas did. He brought 23 - I repeat, 23 - pieces to the Mandalay Bay with the express purpose of killing as many people as possible, and he apparently had about 19 more that he left at home. If anyone is going to make any sort of an argument legitimizing his ownership of enough firepower to give an entire infantry platoon pause, I only have one thing to say to you: you're fucking delusional.
60 people got turned from human beings into non-breathing inanimate objects by only one of those guns. Care to guess how many more he could've killed if he only had more time on his hands before he offed himself?
This is not about your right to keep and bear arms. This is about badly needed, sane limitations on having enough damn guns to storm Normandy all over again all by your lonesome self, and whether or not any politician will bother to listen to any reasonable effort to stop this from happening all over again.
Because it will.
And I'm starting to get so revolted by it that my instinct for just packing up and leaving the country before it kills itself dead is starting to kick in with a vengeance.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Not helping with the Deep South stereotypes
Alabama elected this guy the GOP nominee for US Senator. Hence the observation.
As most jokes go, it's a sick one. As most realities go, it might be time to move somewhere else.
As most jokes go, it's a sick one. As most realities go, it might be time to move somewhere else.
Now reading
International Relations Theory (fourth edition) by Scott Burchill et al., because apparently I had a need to indulge in some breezy light reading during the early fall.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Another black eye anime cons didn't need
Namely, this. Oy gevalt.
I try my damnedest to be positive about anime fandom and anime conventions in general, but it's shit like this and the entire creeper debacle at Project A-Kon back in 2013 that remind me what a mistake that can be. I wish I could sit back and say things like this never happen, but that's simply not the case.
I try my damnedest to be positive about anime fandom and anime conventions in general, but it's shit like this and the entire creeper debacle at Project A-Kon back in 2013 that remind me what a mistake that can be. I wish I could sit back and say things like this never happen, but that's simply not the case.
Worst. Facepalm. Ever.
Considering who actually did it and why, that is.
Is it too early to consider future plans for a bomb shelter, yet?
Is it too early to consider future plans for a bomb shelter, yet?
Monday, August 14, 2017
Charlottesville
If you thought that this was the sort of America I'd hope to end up being a citizen of as a grown adult, you're out of your fucking mind.
A major problem with all of this, it seems, is our very own Mango-in-Chief, who not only took his time in equivocally "condemning" the violence there but certainly saw fit to take an utterly graceless swipe at the CEO of Merck for daring to leave one of his pet projects because it seems to be sponsored by someone who made a ton of political capital from the same "hatred, bigotry and group supremacy" Kenneth C. Frazier mentioned in his tweet.
Then again, this is something I've expected to happen ever since the Mango got elected. No one should've been surprised at all that this was going to happen. If you are, you've either been living in a cave since late 2015 or are incredibly naïve.
Regardless of that, I suspect there are dark days ahead for everyone in this country if this sort of bullshit is allowed to continue; the only problem is that we seem to have a "President" who seems utterly incapable - or just plain unwilling - to put a stop to it.
A major problem with all of this, it seems, is our very own Mango-in-Chief, who not only took his time in equivocally "condemning" the violence there but certainly saw fit to take an utterly graceless swipe at the CEO of Merck for daring to leave one of his pet projects because it seems to be sponsored by someone who made a ton of political capital from the same "hatred, bigotry and group supremacy" Kenneth C. Frazier mentioned in his tweet.
Then again, this is something I've expected to happen ever since the Mango got elected. No one should've been surprised at all that this was going to happen. If you are, you've either been living in a cave since late 2015 or are incredibly naïve.
Regardless of that, I suspect there are dark days ahead for everyone in this country if this sort of bullshit is allowed to continue; the only problem is that we seem to have a "President" who seems utterly incapable - or just plain unwilling - to put a stop to it.
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