tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228792052024-03-13T12:06:30.598-07:00sfwillie's blogHeraclitus-Diogenes-sfwilliesfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.comBlogger632125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-81774897174435725412018-07-02T08:11:00.001-07:002018-07-02T08:11:31.919-07:00DIG IN YOUR F-ING HEELS
Democratic leaders (so-called) are saying they can't outvote senate Republicans on the new Trump SCOTUS appointee, whomever he or she might be.
Even if the Dems can't prevail, they can make life miserable for Republicans, in the Senate and in the House.
In both houses, business proceeds mostly by "unanimous consent."
For instance: a member asks the chair to put, say, a newspaper articlesfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-30980939168406828022017-01-02T08:53:00.001-08:002017-01-02T08:53:31.994-08:00HOMO SSWe have named our species homo sapiens sapiens.  The extra “sapiens” means that we are smarter than the previous version of us. We are extra-wise and produce such marvels as grand opera and total war. A worry, especially with Trump/Clinton, was that total nuclear war would wipe us out. Life would go on, but without homos, sapiens or not. The USA claims to be exceptional. Likewise, homo sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-83274380223890844672014-12-07T10:14:00.000-08:002014-12-07T10:14:04.151-08:00BAD COP? BLAME THE BOSS
Focus on the bad behavior of the street cop.
Then, focus on cop's background: Bad Cop!
Cop's fault, end of discussion.
Not!
Who the fuck hired, retained, and then assigned the killer cop to
the kill zone?
Answer: Superior officers.
In a virtuous world, supervisors are responsible for the
actions of their subordinates. That's why they get higher pay.
It's the supervisor's sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-81639744061453925722014-12-06T09:56:00.002-08:002014-12-06T09:56:44.972-08:00PUBLIC DEFENDERS
The absurdity of District Attorneys prosecuting police
misconduct is finally dawning on some of media's less dumb pundits.
Possible solutions, except for Federal intervention escape
these empty, but still talking, heads.
Here's an easy solution I haven't heard mentioned.
Add "public prosecutor" to the duties of
Public Defenders.
Just as every jurisdiction has a District Attorney, everysfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-66035245500259785442014-02-28T07:57:00.001-08:002014-02-28T07:57:41.664-08:00JASON COLLINSThe way in which Jason Collins re-entered the NBA as its first openly gay player illustrates the importance of sexual orientation in team sports: Zero. It wasn't, "Let me play even though I'm gay." It was, "I'm gay and I can play." Nearing the end of his career, no NBA teams picked him up after his "I'm gay" announcement. Then, mid-season the Brooklyn Nets hadsfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-54815508536579284792014-02-08T07:20:00.001-08:002014-02-08T07:20:59.133-08:00"WORDTINGLE"Recently responding to a despairing poet, I promulgated a new definition of poetry: Poetry is wordtingle. Here is my current view of poetics. I think you are attached to the words/notions, "poem" and "poet." I suggest you abandon those terms completely; they are limiting your perspective. Substitute the term, "wordtingle." (Call me a German, I smash words sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-51903660350227952542014-01-04T08:09:00.001-08:002014-01-04T08:09:29.254-08:00DON'T BUY OBAMA'S BOOKIf Barack Obama has anything interesting to tell us about his administration he should tell us now, for no charge, as part of his duties as president. I would bet it all the Barry is already negotiating a series of books, memoirs, about his presidency, and what he really thinks about things. This is part of his post-presidency income plan. Another thought.  Do you own, or do you know sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-91101145089254306652013-11-22T08:53:00.001-08:002013-11-22T08:53:31.431-08:00A PATSY IS A CONSPIRATORIf Lee Harvey Oswald had claimed responsibility for killing JFK, such a claim would have been considered strong evidence of guilt. False confessions in famous cases are common, but Oswald's proximity alone would have lent credibility. However, the media almost completely ignores the statements that Oswald did make. On film, we hear Oswald's two assertions: 1. I didn't shoot anybody. 2. I am sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-57782819390282865372013-10-14T11:42:00.001-07:002013-10-14T11:42:37.081-07:00TEA PARTY = SLA?A group of radicals gathered in a basement drinking beer, talk about the intense security surrounding the president. The general theme: thieves need protection from those they rip off. When, out of nowhere, one of them points out an obvious hole in security procedures regarding members of the first family. They can, if they want, kidnap the First Lady. After a lot of excited discussion about sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-57297185813443714832013-08-01T19:19:00.001-07:002013-08-01T19:19:09.528-07:00THOMAS JEFFERSON, RAPISTWall to wall today was the sentencing of Ariel Castro, the monster who held three girls captive for ten or more years, serially raped them, and otherwise mistreated them. Thomas Jefferson held many girls and boys and men and women captive, serially raped some of them, and otherwise mistreated them. I fail to see any moral difference between the acts of Ariel Castro and the similar acts of sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-26258486205109327662013-07-20T07:57:00.001-07:002013-07-20T07:57:10.703-07:00BREAKING NEWS: OBAMA GIVES A SPEECHThe one thing we all know about president Obama is that he can and will give speeches. Those of us who pay attention have learned that Barry's speeches have nothing to do with his intended policies or actions. Media still go gaga over his pretty words. Barry's latest speech concerned the racist slaying of a black highschool kid and subsequent acquittal of the gunman by an all-white jury after asfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-51525195346335211042013-07-03T07:30:00.001-07:002013-07-03T07:30:01.690-07:00PHOTO OOPS!His visit to South Africa ended in disaster when Obama was denied a photo-op with dying statesman Nelson Mandela. With his programs and popularity sagging at home Obama wanted to share some spotlight with Mandela as "two Black World Leaders." But the Mandela's family denied Obama the visit, and Obama didn't get his photo-op. "Mandela was too sick," was the excuse, but, sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-72011186023637229522013-06-29T06:14:00.001-07:002013-06-29T06:14:51.017-07:00GAYS YES, NEGROES NOThe Supreme Court this week expressed the collective feelings or our nation as a whole on two important topics. First Ruling:  We still don't like Black people. Second Ruling: We like Gay people. Many Gay people are celebrating like crazy while some Gay Liberationists are dismayed. Liberationists see Gay eagerness to join mainstream USA culture as a defeat, which for some was sadly sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-73151695674759404782013-06-23T07:28:00.001-07:002013-06-23T07:28:49.829-07:00BARRY/SYLVESTER: COOL CAT?The escape of Edward Snowden from Hong Kong is unexpected good news. Stateside consensus was that Snowden would be quickly hunted down and tortured, just like Bradley Manning. We assumed that the CIA and Seal Team Six would catch him easily, which for progressives is just another no-fun scenario. Now it has become a highly entertaining chase story. Rather than extradite him Hong Kong sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-30181809862508819052013-06-15T06:43:00.001-07:002013-06-15T06:43:59.098-07:00OBAMA'S BIG LIEHe's repeated it so many times, he may even believe it himself. This lie is the root-evil of his national security policies. Obama says, over and over, that he "took an oath to defend the American people." Like his main duty is to protect American life-and-limb. While this is a noble thought, IT IS NOT THE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE. Here is the presidential oath of office as sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-24594320043000061742013-05-30T08:24:00.001-07:002013-05-30T08:24:03.239-07:00BUPKIS RE-WOOS F'ING RETARDSRahm Emmanuel when White House chief of staff famously called the left wing of his own party A bunch of fucking retards! That would include me. Rahm's gone and Barry Bupkis is in trouble. He has pissed off a bunch of people, including centrists and rightwingers and now it seems that nobody likes him anymore... except MSNBC apologists. And even the MSNBC apologists have forsaken him sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-81341882413122636012013-05-02T04:52:00.001-07:002013-05-02T04:52:21.579-07:00GAY GAY BLAH BLAH GAY BLAH BLAH Straight marriage USA:     Gay marriage USA:   (One of them is in drag.) ----- o ----- sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-90339843804717421622013-04-27T06:36:00.001-07:002013-04-27T06:36:00.568-07:00TOAST AND WELFARE CUTSObama will sign the restoration of full funding for air traffic controllers.  The Sequester is being repealed, one line item at a time. Airport delays inconvenience non-poor white people so FAA funding is the first budget to be restored. Remember Five Easy Pieces? Youtube clip here. Let's divide the Federal Budget into two categories: 1) Social programs, and 2) Everything else. sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-37649687311825151912013-04-20T09:13:00.001-07:002013-04-20T09:13:30.122-07:00NOT SMART, NOT LIKEABLESeems like everyone but me thinks that Barack Obama, whatever else, is a smart guy. -He's Harvard Law, Review Editor; -He wrote two best selling books; -He's a professor of constitutional law, -Blah blah. I contend that he's not very smart at all. Please, someone, tell me one interesting thing Barry has ever said.  Who can forget Bill Clinton's convention performance as "sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-33487052867506166352013-04-17T08:48:00.001-07:002013-04-17T08:48:48.510-07:00HECTOR'S BODYA great thing about my classical Jesuit high school education is that while avowing Roman Catholic ideology we mostly studied the pagan roots (classical Greece and Rome) of European culture. First year Latin (Sweet) was taught using "basic sentences." The first basic sentence was Vestis virum facit. Clothes make the man. I think number 2 was, Manus manum lavat. One hand washes the sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-23934443552630914992013-04-13T11:01:00.001-07:002013-04-13T11:01:33.152-07:00DING DONGWhat percentage of Americans know that since the death of Maggie Thacher, Ding Dong the Witch is Dead has been the the best-selling song in England? The BBC has had to censor its play. And huge protests are expected today in Trafalgar Square. Security will be tight for the funeral. The US press doesn't say much about this public disrespect. Such disrespect for the recently deceased, sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-73392669842269866532013-04-07T10:09:00.001-07:002013-04-07T10:09:24.861-07:00RUTGERS: RECRUITING FRAUD?According to the New York Times this morning, Rutgers officials had known for some time about the abusive, assaultive, homophobic behavior of now-disgraced basketball coach Mike Rice. Coach Rice's behavior constituted an ongoing defect in the Rutgers basketball program. We know this because school officials took steps to correct it. Have Rutgers basketball recruiters been selling a defectivesfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-1518541343957704062013-04-06T13:24:00.001-07:002013-04-06T13:24:12.529-07:00SORRY, LORIObama sees his only accomplishment, Obamacare, coming apart at the seems. The year 2014 will show significantly increased costs and decreased services. The rapacious healthcare-for-profit industry will report record profits. Unless the economy picks up, Barry might have to start a war to divert attention away from the Obamacare debacle. He knows that his presidency has failed. He knows sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-13891975926221498822013-04-06T12:07:00.001-07:002013-04-06T12:07:47.591-07:00ASSAULT A GAY: OK?I'm walking down the street and someone throws a four-pound object at me while screaming, "You fucking faggot!" That would be a hate crime.  Correct? The damage the thrown object did to me would determine whether it's a felony or misdemeanor, but it's definitely a hate crime. Numerous such acts recorded on videotape have been widely viewed, but law enforcement has done sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-35525344365159262432013-04-05T13:21:00.001-07:002013-04-05T13:21:21.866-07:00BARRY'S SEXISM BROKEN DOWNI guess President Catfood bowed to pressure and apologized, but many commenters still fail to see the evil of his calling Kamala Harris the "country's best looking Attorney General." The meta-message is "We men (who vote with our gonads) find her attractive." This could be proven untrue if Barack O'Simpson says similar things in similar circumstances about good-looking sfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com0