The California Supreme Court has ruled that the silence of suspects can be used against them.
You have the right to remain silent. But now that means you’re guilty..
Miranda once mattered..
Court: Silence can be used against suspects
Monday, August 25, 2014
Court: Silence can be used against suspects
Court: Silence can be used against suspects
The blue sky blues
The weather is perfect today here in my home town.. the low 80s, no humidity.. perfectly blue sky with no chemtrails in sight.
It must have been really insulting as kids headed off for their first day of school of the 2014/15 year.
I myself recall these days, back in the grind of high school, sweating through 7th period and hating every minute of the walk home in heat.
But as you get older, you appreciate this warmth.. the winter begins to set in.. and the cold hurts. It bites at you like it’s sucking away life and time …
But today is beautiful.. Just amazing. Unless you’re on a big yellow bus coming home from hell.
Hundreds of gas plumes have been found off the Atlantic Coastline of the United States, bubbling away.. They may have been bubbling for a while. But how would we know, we just discovered them..
The aftermath of the 6.1 quake in San Francisco: Large cracks in highways, some cracks 10 feet deep and hundreds of feet long.. Apart of the reports of the quake: An explosion happened first and then shaking for about 30 seconds later.. One witness interviewed said that the shaking from this quake seemed ‘worse’ than previous quakes.. And it’s just the start?
But here’s a great example of CREATIVITY after the quake! Rock on, sk8ters.
Add this to the weird mix of quake news: On August 22, before the San Francisco earthquake, the Salton Sea stink caused an ‘odor advisory’ to be issued.. There was a ‘rotten egg’ smell before weeks before..
Reports indicate that the SAN FRAN shakes may cost a billion bucks..
Sunday, August 24, 2014
7.0-magnitude quake strikes Peru, USGS says
Tension builds somewhere and must be released somewhere else. I have a feeling that the strong quakes are not done yet
7.0-magnitude quake strikes Peru, USGS says
I wrote this back in March of this year along with the cartoon posted of a new tree limb going into a classroom.. It’s interesting to note that originally, this cartoon implicated that there was a positive in the Axe, molding students into identical pieces of wood..
I wrote this in March:
This is a piece of art from the Internet I found.. no clue as to its origins or who created it—I’d give credit if I knew. But I just love it.. Who DIDN’T feel like this as they walked into school classrooms each morning? And for those still in school who are reading this, I felt this way too. I fear my son, only age 3, will one day be thinking the same thoughts.. so often it feels like a big PINK FLOYD song as you go through your childhood. There seems to be so many adults who are dead set on ruining a kid’s dream or stomping down imagination.. There are teachers, parents, bus drivers, and principals who become a nightmare for children.. There are moments in time when living in childhood is a prison unto itself—where bullies thrive and hopes dive. But to those who read this facing the same hell of the brain: Be strong. School will one day be out forever. And when you’re 15 years post high school graduation, the good memories may remain and the bad will shrink.. Some of them.
But I also say this, to those who are reading this right now being bullied: You don’t have to be the victim. You’re better than the bully.. you’re smarter.. you’re more intelligent. And you’re more honest with yourself. Be as strong as you can be, don’t allow the darkness of sadness creep in, it’s not worth it. And more than anything else, don’t ever lose who you are.. then a bully wins. I’ve been down paths similar.. And it’s rough. But after the storm passes you’ll see how beautiful the sun can be..
I fear future moments with my own child.. I fear what other kids—and adults—are capable of. Having a child changed everything, and continues to do so.. E V E R Y T H I N G.
I felt it was appropriate to re-blog the matter for everyone’s enjoyment, now that school is beginning all over again.. Whether it’s the indoctrination of grade school, the prison of high school, or the supposedly free minded slavery called college, keep your minds fresh, young, and immune from it all.. Learn what you can but forget what is untrue.. realize the truth is deeper than skin and goes far beyond this planet.
And though school for me is a long memory, I am watching my own son grow and soon be shuttled off on a big yellow bus—the bus I used to get sick seeing this time of year. As a matter of fact, even at the age of 33, I still get sick when I see them every morning..
Education… be molded .. but do some of the molding yourself.
Good luck students..
Eat your pudding.
Icelandic volcano could trigger Britain's coldest winter EVER this year
BRITAIN could freeze in YEARS of super-cold winters and miserable summers if the Bardarbunga volcano erupts, experts have warned.
Not sure if friends in the UK have any more luck than the Americans across the pond saying the name of the volcano, but apparently they will most dramatically be affected first by a big quake—well, after Iceland and global air travel..
It’s not a nuclear winter.. but an Iceland type..
Icelandic volcano could trigger Britain's coldest winter EVER this year
Shake at the witching hour: San Fran quake!
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit the northern San Francisco Bay area early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Twitter lit up with images of people’s wine collections broken on kitchen floors, but there does not appear to be much more damages than that.. Extensive kitchen appliances hit, but buildings remain intact—compared to what could have been, the Napa valley (wine central) can count itself lucky.
No reports of injuries…
Some power outages.
But lots of jittery people being woken up at the witching hour. 3:20am on the left coast.
And perhaps a lesson and reminder of fright to come. There is always the chance of a big quake hitting. With such fault tension lately, the pressure needs to release somewhere..
Am I weird for subscribing to print newsmagazines? I have been a happy TIME magazine subscriber since I was 13 years old.. And recently started getting THE WEEK at my doorstep. I’m so 2000 and late.. Partying like it’s 1999 thinking print still matters. But to hold a magazine in the hand—smell the pages as they turn. Now that’s news to use..
US considers broad military action against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
coalspeaker, you got that story from rt.com? Don’t trust those guys. They’re owned by Russia. Might as well be trusting CNN to be accurate!
;)
Ok.. FAIR POINT about RT thepete.. But try this: The UK GUARDIAN reports that the United States is aiming for air strikes on targets in Syria..
Now it’s real.
US considers broad military action against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
MAUREEN DOWN HITS OBAMA: "THE GOLF ADDRESS"
You can read her full ultra-sarcastic op-ed in the NEW YORK TIMES..She writes as President Obama .. I picked some of the money quotes worth reading:
THIS:
Now we are engaged in a great civil divide in Ferguson, which does not even have a golf course, and that’s why I had a “logistical” issue with going there
This:
I’ve heard all the carping that I should be in the Situation Room droning and plinking the bad folks. I know some people think I should go to Ferguson. Don’t they understand that I’ve delegated the Martin Luther King Jr. thing to Eric Holder? Plus, Valerie Jarrett and Al Sharpton have it under control.
Another:
I know it doesn’t look good to have pictures of me grinning in a golf cart juxtaposed with ones of James Foley’s parents crying, and a distraught David Cameron rushing back from his vacation after only one day, and the Pentagon news conference with Chuck Hagel and General Dempsey on the failed mission to rescue the hostages in Syria.
And finally:
We here highly resolve that these golfing greats shall not have competed in vain, especially poor Tiger, and that this nation, under par, shall have a new birth of freedom to play the game that I have become unnaturally obsessed with, and that golf of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. So help me Golf.
A few things to remember—and in all fairness, one major thing to remember: Obama has spent less time on vacation then his predecessors .. It may not seem so, but it’s true.
What does not look good, however, is a nation at war with itself churning and ISIS or ISIL gaining and beheading Americans while your sway away like Meryl in SIGNS.
Also, if you read the full op-ed by Dowd, take a peak at the comments section.. already very angry pingbacks are happening and equally angry critical comments at Dowd’s obvious sarcastic criticism of the President..
Minus away the obvious political debate that will come from such a column and post.. and enter this: The president, some will say, is solitary by nature. Obama is to himself.. often appearing aloof and even in another world.. The isolation of the office has been spoken about by a number of Presidents in the past—and the argument has been made that a vacation clears the mind of a Chief Executive constantly mired in crisis..
But ti just looked awful to see the President hitting up the links as the Foley family wept for their deceased son—the same way it looked terrible for President Bush to say terrorism will not stand, followed by ‘now watch this shot’ as he too chipped away on a golf course..
MAUREEN DOWN HITS OBAMA: "THE GOLF ADDRESS"
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