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Yeah, still not much better health wise. My diaphragm is getting sore from all the coughing now though, so there is that.
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Still feeling like warmed-over cat crap (to paraphrase a Richard Brautigan poem). But there are things I must get done today in spite of sickness.
"According to the video of the shooting, Tamir Rice had two seconds to respond when two cops rolled up on him as he was playing with a toy pistol by himself outside a Cleveland recreation center. Two seconds was more than enough time to explain himself before the officers did what their training demanded on Nov. 22. When you think about it, the whole universe came into existence in less than two seconds during the Big Bang."
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For whatever reason, Tamir Rice chose not to use his two seconds wisely. Instead of communicating clearly to the 26-year-old rookie who drew down on him, Tamir “chose” to be terrified. At age 12, he was old enough to realize that terror is contagious. With two seconds ticking away and the cops expecting an answer, even telepathy counts.
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"That said, anyone looking to define white privilege would be well advised to ponder the 40 minutes police spent sorting things out with the white man and the two seconds it took them to shoot the black boy."
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I had a dream last night in which I was talking to some Norwegian dude and his lovely expat American wife about . . . . . (wait for it) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .composting.
In the Rewrite, Lawrence looks at a major correction the assistant prosecutors had to make to the grand jury in the Michael Brown case.
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The sheer amount of crap the prosecutors engaged in, in order to get the grand jury to not indict Wilson, is amazing.
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With the continued injustice towards and murder of unarmed black men and children by police, I think looting a few stores is, if anything, an under reaction.
"The way many Christians treat the Bible is a terrible stumbling block for good, sensible people; folks who simply can’t believe that God would ask them to deny so much of what they know and have experienced."
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Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. After 14 years in Pottstown, it is all but a certainty that come June I will be moving to a new church. My church's leadership just voted to go to a half-time minister come July 1, 2015. I have very mixed feelings about this.
"Tom Magliozzi who, along with his brother Ray, hosted NPR’s hit comedy show Car Talk for the last 37 years, died Monday morning from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. “Turns out he wasn’t kidding,” said Ray. “He really couldn’t remember last week’s puzzler.”"
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