the news. now I remember why I never read it
So, I'm reading the "news" again [on msn] and here's what I know.
We're fucked. and nobody even kissed us.
In Texas, the court system is trying a new program for defense of the indigent: allowing them to choose their own lawyers from a court-approved list. The government pays them, of course, but the "thinking" is that if you're on the list, and you're chosen a lot, and paid a pittance x10, you will be an incentive to be a better lawyer.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/indi...
In North Carolina, the Feds are forcing states who have not been active enough in carrying out the Olmstead decision, which said that the mentally ill, no matter what, should be allowed to live on their own. They follow the story of one of the lab rats who has xx in addition to being mentally ill. He's wandered around the country and has spent the last 4 years in an adult care facility. Now, sha-ZAM!, he's on his own.
Somebody takes him grocery shopping. But he doesn't know how to cook. Somebody takes him to the pharmacy for his meds, but he really doesn't understand when to take them. Somebody comes by to take him to the bank to cash his xx check and get a money order for rent, but when he goes to pay the rent, he can't read the instructions on how to fill out the money order because he needs glasses.
The Texans will still have the same amount of money to pay lawyers for the indigent, so they'll still have the same quality of lawyers, just a different lottery system. Note the last paragraph in the article.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/indi...
The man in xx isn't being "helped" in any logical way [ever hear of one of those 28-day pill organizers that helps you keep track of one to take your pills? He could have bought one at Walmart, but he didn't even know about it and his keeper didn't tell him]. He probably doesn't think of buying a calendar to keep track of things, but one of his "helpers" could print one out and writer her name on it when she was there, and the next one could do the same, so there would be a structure: so-and-so came yesterday, and that means someone will come tomorrow.
I really don't mind when somebody gives the Federal government the finger, but if you're going to throw the sign, you ought to be the one who pays the price, not some indigent defendant in Texas or a guy who really wants to make it on his own in North Carolina.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mentall...
This is called "working to fail" and we're paying for it in every way.
Oh, I also learned that "Shaq pushed into tree".
can't find it again, no citation!
We're fucked. and nobody even kissed us.
In Texas, the court system is trying a new program for defense of the indigent: allowing them to choose their own lawyers from a court-approved list. The government pays them, of course, but the "thinking" is that if you're on the list, and you're chosen a lot, and paid a pittance x10, you will be an incentive to be a better lawyer.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/indi...
In North Carolina, the Feds are forcing states who have not been active enough in carrying out the Olmstead decision, which said that the mentally ill, no matter what, should be allowed to live on their own. They follow the story of one of the lab rats who has xx in addition to being mentally ill. He's wandered around the country and has spent the last 4 years in an adult care facility. Now, sha-ZAM!, he's on his own.
Somebody takes him grocery shopping. But he doesn't know how to cook. Somebody takes him to the pharmacy for his meds, but he really doesn't understand when to take them. Somebody comes by to take him to the bank to cash his xx check and get a money order for rent, but when he goes to pay the rent, he can't read the instructions on how to fill out the money order because he needs glasses.
The Texans will still have the same amount of money to pay lawyers for the indigent, so they'll still have the same quality of lawyers, just a different lottery system. Note the last paragraph in the article.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/indi...
The man in xx isn't being "helped" in any logical way [ever hear of one of those 28-day pill organizers that helps you keep track of one to take your pills? He could have bought one at Walmart, but he didn't even know about it and his keeper didn't tell him]. He probably doesn't think of buying a calendar to keep track of things, but one of his "helpers" could print one out and writer her name on it when she was there, and the next one could do the same, so there would be a structure: so-and-so came yesterday, and that means someone will come tomorrow.
I really don't mind when somebody gives the Federal government the finger, but if you're going to throw the sign, you ought to be the one who pays the price, not some indigent defendant in Texas or a guy who really wants to make it on his own in North Carolina.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mentall...
This is called "working to fail" and we're paying for it in every way.
Oh, I also learned that "Shaq pushed into tree".
can't find it again, no citation!
So much of this is right out of AS. I remember the scene in the town when Dagny looked at the weathered lady in the shanty by the shut down automotive factory and asked, “How old are you?” I thought that was a very important scene and noticed it was missing from the first movie.
cops turned their backs on DeBlasio at a gathering
honoring dead cop Rafael Ramos. -- j
peated at the funeral of the other officer, even tho the police action was called 'inappropriate'-- yeah, as if the assassination of the cops wasn't 'inappropriate' ...
tho the police action was called 'inappropriate'
but wasn't the assassination of the officers
'inappropriate'????
peated at the funeral of the other officer, even tho the police action was called 'inappropriate'-- yeah, as if the assassination of the cops wasn't 'inappropriate' ...
tho the police action was called 'inappropriate'
but wasn't the assassination of the officers
'inappropriate'????
I didn't see anywhere what he said, just that it was favorable/understanding towards the shooter. There's a flavor in what I'm reading that the police should never be questioned in what they do, and anyone who opposes them is the enemy, only worth gunning down.
Although, to be fair, anyone refusing to listen to a politician is on my side!