Stay out of flood waters. Seriously. If you do stupid stuff in Nevada and have to be rescued, you will be sent a bill.
Music Monday: What Are You Still Doing Here?
Damn, this song is catchier than pertussis:
Ok, glad he’s staying true rather than cheating. But one question: If he’s so faithful to his lady, why exactly is he in a bar flirting with long-legged women?
An interesting question
A couple of weeks ago, I happened to be working in a facility where, as a matter of patient safety, there were no liners or trash bags in the garbage cans. I think everybody knows that garbage bags can be used to suffocate someone. Granted, the ones I use at home are probably not strong enough to hang a person.
So, knowing that trash bags can be used as weapons either against one’s self or others, why was there a trash bag in a jail cell? MSNBC would like to know, too.
Yes, there’s a lot of questions about what happened to Sandra Bland. And no, I don’t think it’s appropriate for an officer to threaten to “light you up” under most circumstances. But seriously, trash bags?
In Closing: Renegade DQ; intellectual honesty; and why exactly is the car’s computer accessible remotely at all??; raid; common sense; protein; bananas; Mammoth Cave.
On Yoga
I know exactly two true things about yoga:
- Any pose can be done better.
- The pose you hate most is the one you need most.
If I hear one more person misinterpret yoga as light stretching, I may just challenge them to get into some choice poses with me. It’s a better reaction than violence.
And here’s a bonus cat picture.
People Throw Away the Strangest Things!
Music Monday: Ocean
In Japan, it’s Sea Day, a day of thankfulness for the bounty of the oceans.
Voucher Detente
So, recently the State of Nevada passed a law allowing vouchers for parents to send their Special Snowflakes to private school on the public’s money. I have long been opposed to school vouchers for several reasons and if you’re curious, you can read about them here and here.
But it turns out that the Nevada law has a catch: to get the money, the child must be enrolled in a public or charter school for at least 100 days. Does anybody happen to remember how long a typical school year is? It averages 180 days.
So yeah, if you honestly give it an shot and the local public school isn’t working for your kid, the State of Nevada will help you out, but they’re not going to subsidize sending your Precious Darling to Las Vegas Day School or Bishop Gorman. You want the State’s money? You play by the State’s rules.
That is detente, Comrade.
In Closing: When a traffic citation can mean a death sentence, we all have a problem regardless of gender or color; Last Words; Waaah, Uber doesn’t like following rules!; hidden near Vegas; Votesmart; skewed; no surprise.
Joan of Arc
Oddly enough, this statue of her stands in Downtown Las Vegas near the Fremont Street Experience.
No, Joan was not married to Noah.
Music Monday: Viva la France
Tomorrow is Bastille Day
Just a little JEB! Roundup.
So everybody knows now that JEB! Bush has said some, ahem, ill advised things about worker productivity, right? By now pretty much everybody who isn’t huddled up on the far ultraright end of the spectrum with Donald Trump’s hair has weighed in. Here’s an economist, twice, a CNBC commentator (you know, where people talk about business?), a Moderate, and more smart people. By morning, there are likely to be more people saying similar things.
Of course I guess it doesn’t really much matter which party your Wall Street lackeys belong to.
In Closing: Pow Pao!; evidence that we mostly need better enforcement of gun laws; rich people habits you can (mostly) do too; the IRS will never ever call you to say you owe money; Sure they did (and I totally thwarted 3 tiger attacks last weekend — hey, you didn’t hear about any tiger attacks in Vegas last weekend, now did you??); trade deficit; “lemme take a selfie“; bad charting; Disney Princes.