Hard to stop an oncoming train isn't it?!
400 posts strong and increasing momentum.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Daily Word
Today's Daily Word is:
Pungent (pun' - jant) a - sharply affecting the taste or smell; stinging; sarcastic; caustic.
[Pungency - n - from Latin pungere, to prick]
[Pungency - n - from Latin pungere, to prick]
Officer given his comeuppance
James Kuehnlein the police officer who was video taped berating and harassing a motorist parked in a commuter parking lot has been handed his comeuppance.
He has been fired!
He was fired for his language which is quite clear on the video and for his failure to video tape the incident with the video tape recorder in his police car - something that is required.
The days of the police being able to behave as Kuehnlein did and get away with it are over, just as the cameras in their cars are there to record what they did so that any claims against them could be verified (which is why it is common practice for the police to not turn them on - no record, no proof; with the availability of cameras in the public's hands they have lost that little trick), there are cameras in the public's cars as well.
It should not take the 'threat' of a video recording of any action to make anyone do what is right, but such is the times we live in. Like the old Chinese curse says "May you live in interesting times", and boy these are interesting times indeed.
He has been fired!
He was fired for his language which is quite clear on the video and for his failure to video tape the incident with the video tape recorder in his police car - something that is required.
The days of the police being able to behave as Kuehnlein did and get away with it are over, just as the cameras in their cars are there to record what they did so that any claims against them could be verified (which is why it is common practice for the police to not turn them on - no record, no proof; with the availability of cameras in the public's hands they have lost that little trick), there are cameras in the public's cars as well.
It should not take the 'threat' of a video recording of any action to make anyone do what is right, but such is the times we live in. Like the old Chinese curse says "May you live in interesting times", and boy these are interesting times indeed.
Delaware State
O.K., Just what is it about Delaware State?
Two more students have been shot there - one with potentially life threatening injures.
Back on August 4th, four students (I believe it's four), were killed 'execution style' on a schoolyard in Newark, New Jersey and the teenagers authorities are saying are responsible in that murder are going to be tried as adults if prosecutors get their wish.
So, somebody tell me what the #@*& is going on here!
Two more students have been shot there - one with potentially life threatening injures.
Back on August 4th, four students (I believe it's four), were killed 'execution style' on a schoolyard in Newark, New Jersey and the teenagers authorities are saying are responsible in that murder are going to be tried as adults if prosecutors get their wish.
So, somebody tell me what the #@*& is going on here!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Daily Funny
One night a traveling salesman stopped on a farm and asked to spend the night.
To which the farmer agreed provided the salesman didn't mind sharing the room with the farmer's son.
The salesman said he didn't mind sharing the room with the ten year old.
But as he was getting in to bed he noticed the boy sitting by the side of the bed.
Thinking the boy was saying his evening prayers the salesman got down on his knees to try and set a good example for the boy and say his prayers also.
When he settled in and began to silently pray with his head bowed and eyes shut he heard the boy's voice saying, "Daddy'll be really mad at you mister, the pot is on this side of the bed."
And I Quote
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
~ Alfred E. Wiggam
Gospel of Mark
The gospel of mark (pictured) is one of the most mis-interpreted documens of all time almost as much as the entire collected anthology of fiction it is contained in.
As a result many wars have been fought - one of which is happening now.
We humans could do so much better.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Daily Funny
Louie the Lush says ...
I would rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me.
Hey!
That's not right, is it?!
The pipes are calling.
Nothing is like the sound of the pipes massed.Of course in some the galvanic response is abject terror (this is mainly an English affliction - but it was the Germans who coined the moniker 'Damen ab Holle' [Ladies from Hell] when referring to the Scots fighting to the swirl of the pipes).
The World's Languages Are Dying
There are at least 7000 languages spoken by humans today but that number is dropping at a rate of about 1 to 2 a week. The top 83 most spoken languages make up 80% of the languages as to numbers of speakers while the bottom 3500 make up .02%.
What is the tragedy here you ask? The loss of all the amassed knowledge of the language and the culture behind it is all. Most of the dying languages have never been written down and will leave no record of them when the last speaker of the language dies.
To find out more about this click here.
What is the tragedy here you ask? The loss of all the amassed knowledge of the language and the culture behind it is all. Most of the dying languages have never been written down and will leave no record of them when the last speaker of the language dies.
To find out more about this click here.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Screwed
Had a fellow come up to me today and ask me if I thought the economy was getting better. He looked relived when I answered no, that I actually thought is was getting worse.
He had just been given his final paycheck and shown the door by the company he had worked for for several years - they had decided he was too experienced and qualified to be kept on and that his 'salary' was too high, so they brought in a younger less experienced person for less money to do his job - he was the janitor and made $7.50 an hour.
The new 'girl' - she is an African-American Female - is being paid $6.50 an hour ... he is an African-American male - he is about forty ... she is twenty-two. She has four kids - the youngest four years old.
He was at work everyday, on time and never out sick - she called in to say she couldn't start on her first day because her child was kicked out of school and she had to stay home with him ... they said OK?!
This is just wrong!
So do you think the economy is getting better?!
He had just been given his final paycheck and shown the door by the company he had worked for for several years - they had decided he was too experienced and qualified to be kept on and that his 'salary' was too high, so they brought in a younger less experienced person for less money to do his job - he was the janitor and made $7.50 an hour.
The new 'girl' - she is an African-American Female - is being paid $6.50 an hour ... he is an African-American male - he is about forty ... she is twenty-two. She has four kids - the youngest four years old.
He was at work everyday, on time and never out sick - she called in to say she couldn't start on her first day because her child was kicked out of school and she had to stay home with him ... they said OK?!
This is just wrong!
So do you think the economy is getting better?!
The Andromeda Strain
They say today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact - and here's one right out of the books!
Way back in 1970 there was a book and then a movie entitled "The ANDROMEDA STRAIN" that was about a mysterious illness that plagued mankind after a meteorite crashed into the earth.
Well, today scientists and medical sleuths are in southern Peru trying to figure out and find the source of an outbreak of an unknown illness in the area ... and you guessed it - there was a meteorite to crash into the earth locally there just prior to the outbreak of the illness.
Are the two linked? No one is saying so and no one is saying no. But, one must remember science fiction today, science fact tomorrow?!
And They're Off
The annual nude run at the Roskilde Music Festival in Denmark was run the other day on a rare sunny and dry day for the race in it's history. It was almost a let down after the tradition of mud covered runners crossing the finish line. If you ever make it to Denmark at festival time make sure to get there.Mystery Solved!
The Mrs., did get her Pic-Line removed yesterday so no more IV Antibiotics. YES!
Also we did confirm it was the Mercer Staph infection of thirty years ago that was the cause of her recent hospital stay ... it had NOT been eradicated thirty years ago like they thought they had.
That explains a whole hell of a lot of her health issues the past thirty years, recurring bronchitis, pneumonia, bladder infections, the thick blood which caused the pulmonary embolisms, fluid retention beyond normal for any female and a host of other maladies over the past three decades.
I just might own a hospital before long!
Also we did confirm it was the Mercer Staph infection of thirty years ago that was the cause of her recent hospital stay ... it had NOT been eradicated thirty years ago like they thought they had.
That explains a whole hell of a lot of her health issues the past thirty years, recurring bronchitis, pneumonia, bladder infections, the thick blood which caused the pulmonary embolisms, fluid retention beyond normal for any female and a host of other maladies over the past three decades.
I just might own a hospital before long!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
