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Vanilla's Story (with a little help from her friends)
Hola! I’m a mixed-breed, female puppy named Vanilla. I’m mostly white with what someone says looks like splashes of light butterscotch on my coat. I have never heard of this butterscotch thing, but...
View ArticleTo Joe the Plumber--as he plumbs the depths of verbal cruelty
Dear Joe:Your wantonly cruel statement about the deaths of those young people in CA. leads me to steal an approach from Winston Churchill as a comment.Today. I am angry and sad about gun deaths. Today,...
View ArticleWhat? Another Book on Guns in America?
As a retired public health academic, I have been considering writing a book on guns, violence, and America. However, I just ran across a new book that is very comprehensible and very thorough in its...
View ArticleHillary, Bill, and Me
I must be a horrible curmudgeon. Everyone is slobbering over Bill Clinton, and I think he is a charming snake oil salesman. Having him near the White House again is my only real concern about...
View ArticleFerguson and "Framing the Issue"
The official narrative is already playing out in Missouri. Brown committed a "strong arm robbery." Of course, there is no such crime in the Missouri criminal statutes. They name robbery (taking of...
View ArticleCOPS, CONFLICT, AND DOMINANCE
Back in the late 70s, Professor William Muir of Berkeley wrote--Police: Streetcorner Politicians. It is to my mind one of the best books ever written about policing. It explains clearly why the...
View ArticleThe Ferguson Grand Jury Decision and Witness Testimony: By The Numbers
The death of Michael Brown at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson sparked protests, isolated episodes of crowd violence in Ferguson, and a horrifying display of tone deaf policing by Missouri police....
View ArticleRICK PERRY'S NON IQ SCORE
Okay, Rick, the presidential race is not an IQ contest, but it is a contest where folks expect you to know a bit about your country and public policy. Voters are often so picky that they like for a...
View ArticleComply or die, 1941 style
In Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi attack on Soviet Russia, "the infamous Barbarossa directive" of 13 May 1941 was issued. It allowed all German soldiers to execute any civilians, without trial, who...
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REMEMBERING PACO
Kossers are straight up political junkies and progressives. But, we also wear other hats: parent, child, spousal unit, lover, pet owner., etc. I have shoved my anger and indignation into the...
View ArticleHollywood Censorship: North Korean Hackers Walk Close to Nazi Footsteps
The current to-do about Sony's weak knees is appropriate. Unfortunately, the distributors are also major villains. But, the attorney's for everyone in each step in the chain took one look at the...
View ArticleNYC Police: Angry White Men with Guns
What we are seeing today with police in NYC is a variant of what Michael Kimmel talks about in his book, Angry White Men. Kimmel talks about much of the tension concerning feminism. He says that many...
View ArticleI am not Charlie Hebdo? Shame on you David Brooks!
David Brooks' latest Op-Ed in the NYT is titled "I am not Charlie Hebdo." The piece first chastises America and Americans for their "mico-aggressions" against college professors who voice unpopular...
View ArticlePolice Deaths and injuries -- a few facts
Below are data from a police foundation. Interesting to look at trends. Interesting to compare with other occupations. Interesting to compare data with rhetoric.
View ArticleMuslim Extremists and Christian Terrorists?
President Obama has drawn considerable criticism because of his administration's purposeful attempt to draw a line between Islam and terrorism. He wants to separate the two, and many don't like that...
View ArticleNursing Homes --- Not your home, sweet home
http://www.nytimes.com/...The link above takes you to a NYT story about how nursing homes are using guardianship legislation to take control of residents' finances to collect debts. While the...
View ArticleYo, Losers! Welcome to the Great American Healthcare Casino
Step right up, folks! Doncha crowd now! There's room for everybody in this tent. Step right up! Don't be shy!We're gonna play a game that is as uniquely AMERICAN as, but more ubiquitous than,...
View ArticleKoch Stuff: A Reminder from 2012
I'M NOT GIVING THESE HUMPS ANOTHER CENT!. THINK ABOUT WHETHER YOU WANT TO!Thanks to www.motormanmark.com (list taken directly from that site)BRAWNY TOWELS (Oh, man, I like these, but I will turn my...
View ArticleObama's Family Detention Policy is a Tragedy and a Damned Good "Bidness"
In December, Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) in the Department of Homeland Security opened a new FAMILY DETENTION CENTER in Dilley, TX.The new facility will hold up to 2,400 persons. The...
View ArticleThe ACA, "Bake Sale" Health Insurance, and Unobtrusive indicators of the...
Behavioral scientists often use what are called "Unobtrusive measures." With these indicators, We look at and count things that don't require our intervention or involvement. We usually think of these...
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