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The futile killing of Osama Bin Laden
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I was skeptical of the first few reports. Not skeptical that they found and killed him, I suspect that's the inadvertent result of accidentally promoting someone of competence to a position of power within the government, no, I was skeptical of the purported circumstances of his murder, the using his wife as a human shield and other unsavory details promoted in the media.
The burial at sea I understood, leave no place for followers to congregate, a long way from the sea Abbotabad but worth the flight I'm sure, the rest seemed odd....
Like why kill him? Wouldn't you want him alive? They didn't want him alive, it was an execution. He's already been convicted in absentia by a vengeful and misled American public. And as luck would have it the day after the killing the details begin to change, he didn't have a human shield, he was unarmed, and one would think at this point - that - like it or not they have an obligation to take him alive, offer him a fair trial.
But it was an execution and because we take it for granted he was the enemy we are too happy to waive his rights. We're supposed to be better than that but we'll just let it slide this once.
Dangerous ground this, but the Americans have beat the path with Guantanamo Bay and other precedents in Iraq.
Then there's the timing. Who's up for election and sliding in the polls? Funny they should find him now, almost like a publicity stunt...
Now they've attacked and killed a symptom of the problem, not evil incarnate (as is too often quoted in an inane media), the evil, however, survives all about corporate America, in the US foreign policy that allows them to kill anyone without trial, especially a foreign national, a policy that allows them to kill countless women and children in pursuit of vague and commercial ends, they've killed Osama Bin Laden, that's sure, but I'm really thinking, I'm seriously convinced that they've got the wrong guy.
I dreamed that David Thorne visited my blog
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That's it. As I prepared my thoughts of the day (do I have any? Not sure, anyways, that won't stop me writing) I remembered a dream in which I saw in the back end of the blog a visit by David Thorne. I wasn't sure if it was a good thing or not.
Waiting in line
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I'm waiting in line at Safeway. I've taken a quick break from work to run over and pick up some cat food and coffee, about the only things I consume these days.
I'm in the express line, there's always a line at Safeway but this one seemed the shortest.
There's a new clerk, fat, pleasant, he's trying to get the product code for a bun, he's calling for help.
I could have went to the "Self Serve" line, but I consider that a scam as well, wait to ring in my food myself, my god, I'm paying the highest price in the city for groceries, more even than I would at 7-11, at least make an effort to serve me...
Fat clerk is confused. He's new, there's no one there to help him and the line inches forward.
There's always a line at Safeway. Always always always.
It takes him 20 minutes to get a price check on the bun, meanwhile the other lines seem to be moving quicker. I switch lines. He's flushed, fumbling, he knows he's cocking up and I'm irate, it's not his fault but god-damn, why can't the most expensive, the most prestigious grocery store in the city afford to pay their staff just that little bit better, train them just that little bit more?....
I want to call the manager, but I'm late enough as it is, this was to be a quick stop.
Now it's half an hour and I'm paying for groceries, 2 minutes shopping, 30 minutes in line. At Safeway.
Terabyte Hard Drive
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It's time, I need to clean up my PC, tamper with the registry, the CD/DVD burner doesn't work, as of yet, and so I pry open my wallet and splurge for a Terabyte Hard drive (external).
This should allow me to do a backup of files.
And it does, in a way, only a 45 GB backup takes 48 hours. 48 freaking hours!!!
The USB 3, whatever that is, doesn't appear to be supported by my PC. Funny, while I looked over all the features of the new drive (CNET pick of the year, small, needs no external power...), I failed to note that it was SLOW AS MOLASSES IN JANUARY. SLOW AS CANADA POST!!!
Mind you, that wasn't a feature bragged about on the box.
But now, finally, it's reasonably current and as soon as I have even just a little bit of spare time I can begin cleaning and fixing it up.
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