"In a democracy (‘rule by mob’), those who refuse to learn from history will be the majority and will dictate that everyone else suffer for their ignorance."
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Feeding (unsalted, roasted in the shell) peanuts to Son & Heir’s dog, one at a time. No, not many, just a few. He’s just nuts for the things, though, and it amuses me. He’s also such a very polite beggar. Just sits and stares with ears and head cocked, almost daring me to deny him a “PEANUT, PLEASE GIMME A PEANUT!” Waits patiently, sometimes licking his chops, while I shell another peanut and either share with him or not.
Makes me smile.
So, backtracking Sean Penn’s movements during his clandestine meeting with “El Chapo” Guzman, infamous Mexican “drug lord,” led Mexican authorities to finally REcapture Guzman. Again. Now, Mexican law enforcement is investigating/mulling over the criminality of Penn’s acts.
But wait! There’s more!
The U.S. has filed an extradition request with Mexico for Guzman to stand trial for crimes committed in the U.S. And Mexico has already said the request meets the requirements of the extradition treaty between the U.S. and Mexico. Oh, why not? Mexico can’t seem to keep Guzman in prison (he’s escaped, what, three times?). Maybe the U.S. can.
But wait! There’s more!
Remember? Mexico ? investigating Penn’s acts? Imagine a prisoner swap: Guzman for Penn. Mexico trades a murderous head of a drug cartel for Sean Penn (’nuff said). We win that exchange.
As even ESPN Podperson, Dan Szymborski, notes, “Only Sean Penn can interview a murdering drug kingpin and somehow come off looking like the douchebag of the piece.”
Bait and switch at the vet. Asked in advance what all the charges would be for some procedures. Asked specifically about meds, any additional recommended vaccines, etc. Came time to pay out and it was about 12% more. . . for charges not previously specified and agreed to. Irritating, but not worth hassling about, I suppose. Not a pleased puppy, though. If it were a mechanic, I’d have tried to negotiate a bit and if that didn’t work, I’d probably have burned my bridges and let ’em know they’d lost my future business and that of anyone I could influence. For my Wonder Woman’s cat? *sigh* No. But I will be on the lookout to change vets.
Ah, a night of Elementary reruns to look forward to: actors mumbling dialog at high rates of speed combined with “atmo music” designed cover the mumbles.
Nah. This Old House reruns are better. (Damning TOH with faint praise.)
Homeowner on TOH detailing a problem resulting from ice-damming: “Water came pouring out and just wouldn’t stop! It was like a quart of water!”
So, it did pour, briefly, and then stop, and the leak referred to resulted in a whole quart of water! A QUART! *yawn*
I love this show. I watch for a while and don’t feel quite so badly about my own stupid stuff. *heh*
Ted Cruz responded to Trump’s “birtherism” with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ZGKI8vpcg
Just the right touch, wouldn’t you say? *heh*
I recently read a fantasy novel by a 30-something kid who writes like a literate (for a seventh-grader) junior high school student. Irritating. He’s apparently a self-inflicted victim of the Dunning-Kruger Effect, from the evidence of the kinds of glaring errors he makes that would have been easily avoided had he done his homework.
*sigh*
Example: horses and horseback riding are featured throughout the book (and from what I have seen in preview material, the next book in the series as well, where the snippet I saw mentioned horses braying *shudder*). One would think that if horses and riding horses were significant elements of a novel, then the writer would at least casually pick up a copy of Horse and Rider or maybe even stroll on down to a stable to get a wee tad of realism to use. Oh, wait! Talk to a real person with experience with horses! Nah. Too hard.
Nope. Instead, Every. Single. Thing. Wrong. Completely stupid. Way to massacre any chance of suspension of disbelief, doofus.