transmission on the midnight radio

"And you're spinnin', your new forty-fives All the misfits and the losers Well, you know you're rock and rollers Spinning to your rock and roll."

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Pee

There is so much to unpack here.  This tweet included some photos of some #benedictdonald merch for sale at a rally in Youngstown, OH.  This is the original tweet: https://twitter.com/stephemcneal/status/889959070270197764 .  I would like to point out a few things that jump out at me.

1. The same tacky-ass people who have been putting these Calvin peeing stickers on their trucks for the last 20 years (yes, it's been that long) are the same ones to whom this will appeal.  Generally, Calvin is seen peeing on Chevy or Ford logos, sometimes Mopar.  Often he will be seen defiling the driver's favorite team's arch rival.  Since 2008, I have seen him peeing on politicians' names.  I cannot recall ever seeing him peeing on a Republican, but perhaps there is an example out there.  It embodies the same kind of tribalism that some writers in the political sphere have been describing for the last decade or more.

2. Those who are positing this unlicensed (as in illegal) content on their cars are also quick to recite the dog whistle rhetoric about "law and order!" from far right politicians and media outlets. Watterson does not license his content.  He has his reasons, and that is his right.  The irony is utterly lost on these folks. #IOKIYAR

3. The phenomenon of calling liberals "snowflake" has it's own ironic history.  Though the term has some history preceding Fight Club, the alt-right started using it in the last few years as a disparaging term for liberals, ostensibly because of liberals' delicateness.  What they seem to miss is that Palahniuk's amazingly prescient work is anything but an endorsement of the world view of Project Mayhem or the alt-right.  They have no capacity to recognize satire much less any idea what satire is.

4. Pee...Trump. Trump.  Pee.  I guess Fox "News" and dis-infowars have not been running that story.   VOTE!!!

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Try #BenedictDonald’s Snake Oil!

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“Feels good man.”

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P.O.T.C.

I have had this idea for many years. Both conservatives and liberals with whom I have shared this idea have responded positively to my proposal. We should require a meaningful education to become a police officer:

• The federal government should match state funds for instituting bachelor's level education in criminal justice at land grant schools and/or other public, regionally accredited Universities. • This education should be free via a scholarship to those who enroll in a Police Officer in Training Corp (P.O.T.C.). • The curriculum should be interdisciplinary, consisting of coursework in Law (criminal and civil) and Social Sciences (chiefly Psychology and Sociology) taught by instructors with terminal degrees in their respective fields. An Ethics component should be required as well. • P.O.T.C. training should include ancillary Physical Training and coursework on Policing, Criminal Investigation, Tactics, etc. taught by qualified faculty. • The four-year scholarship could be extended with the same conditions to a 5-year scholarship to double major in in a science (chemistry, forensic anthropology, computer science) or a social science OR for a 5th year, accelerated master's program in a needed field. • The applicant must agree to accept a commission to serve as an officer of the law for a law enforcement agency either in the state of the University or for the Federal Government. • The requirement for service in return for the scholarship should be no less than 5 years.

In an advanced society, police should be intimately acquainted with the law, know how to deal with and understand criminals as well as victims, and grasp the structures that exist that create criminal behavior. We need to get the guys who were high school bullies who could not make it in college out of the police force. We would have to grandfather in many current officers, and there are many good officers out there. Both current officers and the new, college educated force should be required to get Continuing Education Program credits. Experienced officers should also be given the opportunity to attend P.O.T.C. programs with credit for Experiential Learning or CLEP.

The “code” of always protecting bad officers must end. I can only think that a proper education might attract better candidates and dissuade those who would rather seek the easy path.

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A proposal:

There are other people in this nation who do not have the same belief system as me. We must find a middle on firearms in which to meet them, or nothing will change. Here are my thoughts:

Register all repeating firearms with new/reorganized agency upon purchase

Repeal the National Firearms Act

Break up the ATF

Alcohol and Tobacco to the Treasury Department

Firearm registration to a new Bureau of Firearms (like a DMV)

Firearm registration data should only obtained only by law enforcement agencies AND only obtained with a warrant associated with a criminal investigation AND deleted from any storage/destroyed after an investigation ends either with charges dropped or acquittal

Felony for possession or sale of each and every unregistered firearm

Illegally selling a firearm used in a homicide by the purchaser will be accessory to murder

Require insurance for repeating or non-repeating firearms (including muzzle loaders)

Different levels of insurance for inside and outside of home

Different levels of insurance for different configurations, action, and calibers of firearms

Misdemeanor for not carrying insurance: impoundment until fines paid for each and every uninsured gun

The insurance for a weapon capable of using a high capacity magazine should make them nearly unaffordable to anyone with nothing left to lose

Possible insurance exemption determined by individual states for membership in State Militia (“Well Regulated” shall be defined as a militia sanctioned by the state of residence)

Regulate ammunition purchases

Ammunition sold only for calibers named in registration and proof of insurance

Gun shows subject to all gun regulation

Private exchanges subject to all gun regulation

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Florida skies just never get old.

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Night Swimming.

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Again, I will post this.

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I shot some product photos for a friend, Fine Electric Skateboards from Long Haired Boy (http://longhairedboy.com/).  Considering some really serious equipment limitations, I am pretty happy with what I was able to produce. 

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Opinion: A Disturbing Trend in Photography

I'm old. Believe me, I know it. I'll be 70 in a few months. That fact may make it hard for you to take me seriously, but bear with me for just this post. W

At times I have wondered if I was just missing something. If I was instructing them, I would teach exif data, expect to see the exif data when showing images, and ask them to justify it.

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#NewSmyrnaBeach

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An alligator, a turtle, a cormorant, and a manatee swim into a bar... 

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