Companies have more rights than people

First free speech, now religious freedom for corporations.

I suppose something that only exists on paper is allowed to believe in other things that only exist in paper.

But on another plane, at what point do you just admit that the USA is a total plutocracy?

If that's what we are comfortable being, fine. Just open up and admit it.

I'm not fine with pretending that we
are a democracy. We are at best a (very) loose representative democracy with an extreme addiction to capital.


------------------------------
Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/28093756

Hahahahahahahhaaaaa!!!!!!

Greeks lose with a man advantage for a whopping 54+ minutes!

What a great way to watch them lose. Hopefully they'll go home and finish burning down their pathetic country.

Ahhhhh - Awesome. Made my day!!!!!

Greeks . . . Disappointing as usual

Watching their World Cup game. Apparently they can only score when there are only ten people on the other team.

Not surprising. For a bunch of Nazis.

Gotta hand it to him

Frank has got a point . . .

Zombies are real

They play in the World Cup. If he was a dog, they would put him down.

I saw this story on the BBC News iPhone App and thought you should see it:

Suarez needs treatment - Valcke

Luis Suarez must seek treatment after being found guilty of biting an opponent for a third time, says Fifa's Jerome Valcke.

Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28058345


** Disclaimer **
The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified.

Have you met my friend frank?

Tell him and his bunny friends to get off my lawn . . .

Lost Decade

Today is day I don't know.  I've lost track.  But for the first time in a long time, I'm starting to feel like my old self.  The sharp edge is returning.

To be honest, I forgot how much I enjoyed it.  So much so that when I randomly took center stage at the end of a meeting today and told people exactly what I thought, the room stopped.  Jaws dropped.  And I felt good.

And I used to be such a nice person.  Or, did I?

Who and where have I been all this time?  Dulled senses cleared, I remember the positive sides of clarity.  I can look in the mirror and see what's there.  And I have no choice but to accept it and choose my path.  Swim in it, down in the dirt. 

Almost nothing I like better.

Coming up on seven years ago is when things got a bit off track.  Thus the graphic.  A select few will know what I'm talking about.

It's not like that was the first time.  Grad school was pretty much an opening act to what happened at the Rock.   More of a warmup, really.  That's what school is for, right?  Getting you ready for the real world?

And my education was, in other than academic respects, excellent.

One year of nothing afterwards and three of being elsewhere.  Then, for some reason, I had to go back to the Rock and paint my PM masterpiece. 

Now, like some sort of failed transfusion, total rejection of the PM lifestyle and back to technical work.  Sort of but not quite like what I was doing in the events leading up to 09.11.07

Only now there's no one to fight.  Except myself.

I can see now that like so many others I was trying to forget.  But now I don't want to forget.  I want to remember every detail and savor it in my own special way.

"I can see the sunlight coming over the horizon . . . . "

The coming plague gets a step closer . . .

A rather messy solution to global warming, don't you think?

-----------------------------------------------

I found the following story on the NPR iPad App

West Africa Is 'Overwhelmed' By Ebola
by Marc Silver

NPR - June 20, 2014

The sheer number of places where Ebola is popping up — in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia — puts a strain on medical workers. They're still trying to control the outbreak that began in February.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/06/20/323985117/west-africa-is-overwhelmed-by-ebola?sc=ipad&f=1001

Scientists Keep A Careful Eye On The World Cup Ball

Why did Adidas spend all that money developing a ball that was the same as traditional balls?  Because a lot of morons will buy it for $170.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/20/323719969/scientists-keep-a-careful-eye-on-the-world-cup-ball?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

You people get back to work

This ain't no union shop!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/06/10/320726651/california-teacher-tenure-ruled-unconstitutional?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

Meet David Brat, The Giant-Killer Who Knocked Off Eric Cantor

So the tea party seems poised to take over my home town.  How embarrassing. 

Not that I liked Cantor - he was a total idiot.  But leave it to VA to fix a problem by replacing it with something worse . . . . 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/06/11/320841955/meet-david-brat-the-giant-killer-who-knocked-off-eric-cantor?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

You're getting old man . . .

Great episode - too true.

This is how I feel every day.