Florida has a U.S. senator who once flew aboard the Space Shuttle. A congressional candidate from Miami can go one better: Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera says she’s been aboard a spaceship too. But this one was crewed by aliens. As in extraterrestrials.
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." ~ Louis D. Brandeis
"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are." ~ S. Gecko
tl;dr: sexual misconduct seems to be particularly widespread amongst our illustrious state legislature. It's worth opening, though, (a) for the picture of our state legislature building, which falls both into "only in Florida" territory and into "this is so ironic it would strain credulity in a work of fiction" territory, and (b) for an amazing story about Maureen O'Hara.
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Cēterum cēnseō factiōnem Rēpūblicānam dēlendam esse īgnī ferrōque.
“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.” -Adam Smith
Six days after the deadliest school shooting (and second deadliest shooting of any kind) in our state's history, State Rep. Florida Man has his priorities straight.
To be Scrupulously Fair, I guess there's a risk of an epidemic of carpal tunnel. And maybe a shortage of hand lotion. I can't think of anything serious though.
The gun thing, though. Fuck the Florida House members who shot that measure down. And not in the fun way.
And meanwhile, in California, there's a ten-day waiting period to buy guns, even for registered gun owners. The Supreme Court just refused to hear a challenge to it. Come to think of it, this deserves its own post.
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Cēterum cēnseō factiōnem Rēpūblicānam dēlendam esse īgnī ferrōque.
“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.” -Adam Smith
A gun reform bill is on its way to Gov. Skeletor's desk, and to give credit where it's due, he may actually sign it. It's pretty crappy in some respects and it doesn't go nearly far enough (see the link), but the NRA opposes it, which alone would probably cause me to support it. The fact that there's a chance it could become law is, in VP Biden's words, a big fucking deal.
I may append further info later - I'm on my phone and my work break is almost over.
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Cēterum cēnseō factiōnem Rēpūblicānam dēlendam esse īgnī ferrōque.
“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.” -Adam Smith
It's pretty crappy in some respects and it doesn't go nearly far enough (see the link), but the NRA opposes it, which alone would probably cause me to support it.
Wait, wait, wait... are you saying some progress is better than no progress? Because I have been assured that Real Leftists won't settle for anything less than total and complete victory on every point of every issue, and that everyone who claims to be a Leftist but is willing to compromise or accept slow progress is as bad (usually worse!) as the reactionaries and conservatives.
So, if you're willing to accept a lackluster bill that the NRA opposes... now you're worse than the NRA, nice going.
An ill Black woman in Florida was jailed for allegedly scratching her daughter. She had trouble getting medications in jail. In court, a judge wildly berated her as she coughed and gasped in a wheelchair. Three days later, she died. The judge has resigned. https://t.co/wGR2gjf9Nw
MIKE PENCE: I need to send back this preposterously spicy Korean dish WAITER: That's just a bowl of plain white rice PENCE [completely red, drenched in sweat]: It's burning my nostrils. I can’t feel my face
I was at a Laotian restaurant once and the guy at the table one over asked the waitress (on behalf of his date) how they got the rice that color. She went and got someone from the kitchen. The woman from the kitchen, who didn't have great English, just said "We boil it."
(It was just a mixture of white and purple sticky rice.)
To be fair to the white people, I am white and I knew that, and the woman who wanted to know was Indian/South Asian looking.