I’ve commented previously on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to our war criminal president and various other mass murderers.
I think this picture is a pretty good comment too:
Plus hey, shrimp tacos are excellent.
Author Archive | Roderick
Curtailed Dimensions In Time, Part 2
Latest rumors, FWIW.
Flows Their Blood, the Policeman Said
Here’s an excerpt from Ken MacLeod’s new story “Earth Hour”:
Angus stood up, blood-drenched from head to foot, knife in hand, arms wrapped awkwardly around the two ice buckets, from which the victims’ hair and foreheads grotesquely protruded.
The copper halted in the doorway, taking in the scene in about a second.
Before you click the link, first try to guess the cop’s reaction.
Cory Maye To Be Freed
Cory Maye, about whose case I’ve blogged previously (here, here, here, and here), is finally due to be released. (CHT Sheldon.) It falls short of what he deserves – he was required to plead guilty to manslaughter for exercising his right to defend himself and his family, and he’s being offered no compensation for the unjust treatment he has received – but it beats being murdered by the state or spending the rest of his life in a cage, the two fates that judges had previously chosen for him.
All honour to Radley Balko for his untiring efforts to keep this case before the public!
Addendum:
If you’re interested in donating to help Maye get his life back together, Radley has details.
Marriage 2000: A Time Odyssey
The following passage (CHT Jesse Walker) from Ehrlichman’s Witness to Power: The Nixon Years, quoting Nixon on same-sex marriage in 1970 –
I can’t go that far; that’s the year 2000! Negroes [and whites], okay. But that’s too far!
– irresistibly reminds me of these lines toward the end of the recent Doctor Who episode “Day of the Moon,” set in 1969:
DOCTOR: Canton just wants to get married. Hell of a reason to kick him out of the FBI.
NIXON: I’m sure something can be arranged. … This person you want to marry – black?
CANTON: Yes …
NIXON: I know what people think of me, but perhaps I’m a little more liberal –
CANTON: … he is.
NIXON: I think the moon is far enough for now, don’t you, Mr. Delaware?
CANTON: I figured it might be.
It struck me because I’d seen DW viewers complaining that it was “unrealistic” that Nixon would even have so much as considered the issue of same-sex marriage.