Progressives are nearly always right. Conservatives are nearly always wrong. It’s built into the language of politics. Progressives want progress. Progress heavily implies improvement. In political terms that improvement is across a large swath of the population. They do not currently ‘have’. Conservatives don’t want progress. They want to conserve what they have because it’s… Continue reading The Way We Were
Tag: Daily Life
ACAB
I’ve been saying for a while that All Cops Are Bastards. This isn’t something I came to quickly. As a teen, I believed most were good, but there were bad apples. The last decade has brought me around on that to the position that there aren’t one or two bad apples, but rather one or… Continue reading ACAB
What I want to say, but can’t
Your team has actively hindered troubleshooting this problem for a long time. The obvious goal here is to get an exclusion by claiming that the product doesn’t work. I’ve seen better acts over the course of my career, so this one is easy to see through. So let’s recap it. 2 years ago, during initial… Continue reading What I want to say, but can’t
The Delight Of Nothing Extraordinary
No one will deny that, for the past half decade, the news has been toxic. Literally toxic. Like eating moldy food toxic. Like huffing bleach toxic (former presidential opinions non-withstanding). Toxic. I might even say virulent, but that’s too soon. Yes the world is not in good shape: wars, floods, famine, terror, brutality, sickness, and… Continue reading The Delight Of Nothing Extraordinary
Just the Pits
So you’re speeding down the highway. Behind you, you see flashing lights. Ah crap. Here comes a ticket. So, you need to pull over. But you’re on a bridge and there isn’t a lot of space on the side. So, you slow down, move to the right and put your hazard lights on. The plan… Continue reading Just the Pits
Time Served
Normally, when I write, I lay ground work and construct a backstory to bring everyone into the same reference. Not going to do that here. I don’t think I need to. Racist (ex-)cop, and convicted murderer Derek Chauvin is up for sentencing. The State is asking for 30 years. Sentencing guidelines give a max of… Continue reading Time Served
King For A Day
Growing up, I remember my mother warning me that things are more complicated than they seem. Just because I think I know the best thing to do doesn’t mean it would actually work in practice. it was an interesting thing for a teenager who thought he knew everything. I have found myself thinking back to… Continue reading King For A Day