Yesterday Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges in the murder of George Floyd. I and millions of others were relieved and almost celebratory. But a guilty conviction on a crime that had multiple eyewitnesses on the scene AND recorded and played over and over thousands of times should be natural, and a slam dunk, and completely expected. The fact that it is not is reprehensible. “You were told, for example, that Mr. Floyd died because his heart was too big. You heard that ...
Facepalming
I didn't vote for Donald Trump. It wasn't just a party thing -- I usually hop all over the place with voting* or a woman thing, although that would have been fantastic to see. I voted for the more experienced candidate, the one with the better resume. AAAND she lost. I should have known when I laughed at Trump verbally slaughtering the Republican candidates one by one that he would have been a bigger threat. But I wrote him off as a joke. And although he received fewer popular votes, he won the ...
The One Where Kim Gets Grumpy About OWS
The Occupy movement returned to Philadelphia Monday because as we all know, financial inequality is only worth protesting about when the weather is nice. Oh, okay fine. It was because May 1 is International Worker's Day. So they decided to interfere with regular people who were trying to get their banking done. At a Wells Fargo branch.. Two demonstrators were arrested following a scuffle in front of the bank's ATM. Ralliers allegedly blocked a businessman trying to withdraw money, words were ...
Nip it in the bud!
It's no secret that I'm slightly right-of-center than most of the bloggers I read. That shocks a lot of people because we've been very black-and-white in this country for the last 10+ years with regard to politics. You're either handing condoms to preschoolers or forcing incestual rape victims to have babies. (Or as the Jib Jab boys eloquently put it: Liberal Weiner & Right Wing Nutjob.) I thrive in the gray area! Healthcare availability for all, but don't force me to buy it! Keep abortion ...
RIP, Nancy and Daniel Benoit
It's really hard to handle the fact that a guy I thought was a stand-up guy through my (admittedly very limited) exposure to him turned out to be a complete tool. An evil, murderous tool. The comments to last post were, as always, thoughtful. While I don't think poorly of adults who watch wrestling, I don't think I'd have let my kids watch the last 8-10 years worth of the WWE because of some of the disturbing storylines they went through (Undertaker/Kane arson angles, Big Bossman's abuse of the ...
RIP, Chris Benoit
A few years back, there were a bunch of toys left over from a photo shoot for the cover of a Holiday Gift guide. Most were given to charity. Some of the less giftable toys were left over. The coordinator of the section came to me with an action figure, still in the plastic box. "You like weird stuff...want this?" I looked at the box. "Sure! It's Chris Benoit! The Rabid Wolverine! The Canadian Crippler!" She shot me a wary look. "It's yours." I'd been watching wrestling with my family since ...
I did not make this up
Actual headline from CNN: Rice seeks to smooth relations with TurkeyGood, I guess, because Turkey and Mashed Potatoes are getting JUST a bit too cozy for my liking. ...
