Feb 24, 2020
History
John Oliver - on the confederacy and the shit people try to pull when they need to cover their asses.
Today's Paraphrasing
Over the last 50 years or so, "conservatives" have degraded themselves to the point where their only concern is the search for a believable argument that you can morally justify being an unethical self-centered asshole.
hat tip - John Kenneth Galbraith
Today's Darwin Award
I just wanna know how long I'm required to hate myself for having laughed at this.
WaPo:
In December, buttressed by his conviction and advances in homemade rocketry, “Mad” Mike Hughes flipped on a camera and fantasized about the moment when he shows mankind that it lives on a verdant disk.
The plan: Float dozens of miles high in a balloon, then fly a rocket to the Karman line, the 62-mile-high barrier that separates the atmosphere and the cold vacuum of space, filming the entire way. “For three hours, the world stops,” Hughes said during a live stream, imagining the reaction.
Hughes, a self-styled daredevil, flat-Earth theorist and limousine-jumping stuntman, died Saturday when his crudely built contraption propelled him on a column of steam, spiraled through the air and cratered into the sagebrush outside Barstow, Calif. He was 64.
WaPo:
In December, buttressed by his conviction and advances in homemade rocketry, “Mad” Mike Hughes flipped on a camera and fantasized about the moment when he shows mankind that it lives on a verdant disk.
The plan: Float dozens of miles high in a balloon, then fly a rocket to the Karman line, the 62-mile-high barrier that separates the atmosphere and the cold vacuum of space, filming the entire way. “For three hours, the world stops,” Hughes said during a live stream, imagining the reaction.
Hughes, a self-styled daredevil, flat-Earth theorist and limousine-jumping stuntman, died Saturday when his crudely built contraption propelled him on a column of steam, spiraled through the air and cratered into the sagebrush outside Barstow, Calif. He was 64.
Feb 22, 2020
Today's Deep Thought
The total number of people your age can only decrease.
I didn't say it wasn't depressing
On The Local
The Daily Progress:
A federal judge agreed to dismiss Unite the Right organizer Jason Kessler’s lawsuit against the city of Charlottesville and various officials on Friday.
Kessler has filed several lawsuits since the deadly Aug. 12, 2017, rally. The lawsuit dismissed Friday was filed on the two-year anniversary of the rally and claimed that the defendants violated Kessler’s First Amendment rights as the rally turned violent.
Judge Norman K. Moon ruled that law enforcement has no obligation to protect people when other parties attempt to suppress their speech.
“[T]he First Amendment merely guarantees that the state will not suppress one’s speech,” he wrote. “It does not guarantee that the state will protect individuals when private parties seek to suppress it.”
Feb 21, 2020
In Memoriam
Helen Irene (nee Hnatiuk) Tostanoski
Oct 1 1925 - Feb 19 2020
I’ve learned that grief is love - but seen from a different angle.
Grief is all the love you want to give but can’t.
All of the unspent love piles up in the corners of your eyes.
It gathers to make a lump in your throat, as it leaves that aching hollow in your chest.
Grief is love with nowhere to go.
Remembering,
and knowing others have been where we are now
is how we get from despair to celebration.
We will find each other in the darkness
and move the light to where we need it.
Best mother-in-law ever.
Today's Tweet
Something something 30-foot wall.
Something something 35-foot ladder.
Wow, isn't it amazing how well tRump's wall is working? 😂 🤣 😂 #tRumpsFailedWallpic.twitter.com/A4N8OcwBGB— McSpocky™ 👽🔄🌊 #VoteBlue2020 (@mcspocky) February 20, 2020
And I'm thinking, the application of a fairly simple scissors jack - about halfway up - might even do the trick.
Feb 20, 2020
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