Tag: police militarization
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It Was a Busy Weekend, Full of Stuff and Work
The past week or so at the day job has been ridiculous. Huge deadlines on a huge project that’s really too huge for the timeline it was scheduled for. Of course, it does look like we’ll be close enough. It also looks like it’s driving me utterly mad with stress. So, the feed is a…
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Weather, Ice Bucket Muppets, Free Range Kids, More From Furguson, and Some Movies
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge continues to spread (and pull in tons of money and awareness). Now we’re up to Muppets like Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog participating. I continue to be amused. (And, in some cases, impressed.) There’s still lots of problems in Furguson… and there are so many media-types there to get…
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Mostly Fluff… Because the Few Real Articles Are Such Downers
Hell continues to break loose in Furguson, MO. Journalists are being arrested. Citizens are being arrested. There are reports of shooting and rioting (which only serves to encourage the police response–seriously, knock it off, people!). It isn’t good. Not at all. And Don Pardo died. (But he was 96, so that’s not that bad… but, still.)…
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More of Everything from the Past Few Days
Yep. Up too late again, trying to catch up on non-day-job work that I didn’t get to last week (or the week before) because I was so wiped out by the day job work. Much needed fun over the weekend, but my sleep schedule is still recovering. Yeah, that’s the excuse I can use for…
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Bees, Furguson, Fictional Horrors, and Needed Distractions
I spent more time than I probably should have discussing the goings on in Furguson, MO, today. Can’t say that before yesterday I’d really ever heard of that St. Louis suburb before, but after today it’s going to be hard to forge. You see, there’s some massive police action going on there. That’s in reaction…