A surprisingly compelling rhetorical assault.

I was way wrong about this guy. Waaaay wrong. My wrong-itude inverted the time-space continuum for those in the vicinity; for a time, the Kessel run was being completed in ten parsecs by the galaxy's most obnoxious scum and villainy. I was *that* wrong.

If you have a time machine, and you go back to 1968-1990 and see me on the street, bitch me up about it and slap me around a little.

But only until 1990 or so. Since then, I got it all together.

Hollywood Tomfoolery #1.

Hollywood Tomfoolery #2.

The protests get even more entertaining when black activists claim that blacks invented things they didn't.

Here's a black Muslim woman claiming that the Asian-owned and operated tea shop is stealing black culture for offering boba tea.

Here's a black Muslim woman claiming that the Asian-owned and operated tea shop is stealing black culture for offering boba tea. ~ Patrick at August 27, 2020 6:57 AM

I posted about this earlier. Her issue is with the logo. The tea shop calls itself Trap Tea and features a house on its logo.

"Trap House" is a ghetto slang for crack or meth house.

So, she's effectively arguing that the lowest and least of civilization is "black culture."

David Leavitt claims that the Polk County (Central Florida, about an hour's drive from me) Sheriff Grady Judd is advocating murder. Judd simply advised protesters to stay out of homes in Florida and encouraged homeowners to blow them away if they come in.

Evidently, in Leavitt's world, if someone breaks into your home, you should serve tea and scones and assure them that they're the real victims.

We don't get much in the way of protests in Florida. Old people with nothing to lose, guns, Castle Law and Stand Your Ground. We don't put up with much.

Also, Florida is one of two states (I'd guess Texas is the other) that is presumptive self-defense. In most states, there is affirmative self-defense.

Kill someone in Florida, claim self-defense. The state must assume you acted in self-defense. If investigators find evidence that you didn't act in self-defense, you would be charged. If the state finds no evidence one way or another, they have to assume you acted in self-defense and no arrest will occur.

In most states, if you kill someone and claim self-defense, you will have to prove it, or the investigators will have to find proof. Otherwise, you're SOL, unless a jury can be convinced.

In most states, if you kill someone and claim self-defense, you will have to prove it, or the investigators will have to find proof. Otherwise, you're SOL, unless a jury can be convinced. ~ Patrick at August 27, 2020 7:13 AM

In North Carolina, the standard for using self defense is imminent harm to life or limb. Essentially, as the concealed carry instructor put it, I can shoot you crawling into my window on the presumption that your are invading my house to do me harm even with scant evidence of that intent. However, I cannot shoot you on the way out, even if you're carrying away my life savings because, presumably, the threat to life and limb is over.

It may be more than two by now. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures Web site on May 26, 2020:

Additionally, some states (including Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) have replaced the common law 'reasonable person' standard, which placed the burden on the defendant to show that their defensive action were reasonable, with a 'presumption of reasonableness,' or 'presumption of fear,' which shifts the burden of proof to the prosecutor to prove a negative.

Somewhat surprisingly Texas is not on that list, and California is.

Speaking of gratuitous violence: This parody of one the 70's most iconic film scenes has a number of fine details, although the original including no close-ups of the surrounding diners, who were in any case fewer in number.

A great thing about not watching teevee is that when you finally do, commercials are sometimes charming.

(But then two hours later, you've see the same spot five times and are reminded why you don't watch teevee.)

• Halloween costume.

• Um… Guilty.

On Google tonight, "joe biden plagi" autocompletes to "joe biden plagiarized ronald reagan"

And I'm all like, if only.

Looks like guys need to talk about health more! Maybe they would live longer.

Are you talking about Boseman?