Da Mic Drop: Random Starbucks Lady (Cara Jennings if you're nasty)

Da Mic Drop is a regular segement, where we look at people who make such a pointed "standing-ovation-worthy" commentary in regards to a person or issue that it has to be highlighted. 

Today's entry* is a blast from the (recent) past about all-around awful guy Florida Governor, Rick Scott. This guy is such a huge douche that he practically has "Massengil" tatooed on his arm. One citizens who did not appreciate the aroma of summer rain interfereing with her coffee time was former Lake Worth city commissioner, Cara Jennings who, through a chance meeting at Starbucks, really let him have it about the reason he sucks. And it is fantastic! Not simply because Ms Jennings tells Governor Scott off over some really salient points of his his terrible governorship, but because, when you think about it it is so uncommon to be able to really confront a politician about your political concerns and disapointments directly (made clear when some Scott lackey tries to intervene as a communication shield and Jennings verbally pushes her ass aside with a "I'm not talking to you") and it's great that this lady didn't waste this rare opportunity.

*Ok, so this was technically suppose to be "yesterday's entry", per my supposed pledge but I forgot to finish it in time. Sue me. I promise to have another one of these baby's on the way soon.

Da Mic Drop: batlitwilight

Da Mic Drop is a regular segement, where we look at people who make such a pointed "standing-ovation-worthy" commentary in regards to a person or issue that it has to be highlighted. 

To celebrate my "grand return" to actually doing stuff on my blog, we're going to have a special "cram school" edition of this otherwise biweekly segment (better get your japanese schoolgirl uniforms, everyone). So for this week I'll spotlight new a Mic-Drop calibur speech every day.

Speaking of craming otherwise biweekly rituals into a daily occurrence, we as a society decided to do just that when the purveyors of police brutality decided to up the ante with TWO high profile cases of African-American people being killed for being "thuggish criminals" (the grand transgression, of course, is existing while black) culminating into horrific spectacle at a BLM protest about THOSE tragedies which resulted in 5 police officers being shot to death and the sniper being killed by some Robocop prototype or something. 

In any case, I thought one of the commentors for the latter Salon article, balitwilight, had a particularly insightful statement on what it means for black people to navigate around the minefield of double-standards that is modern-day law enforcement  (which is suppose to be serving and protecting us, mind you):

balitwilight 19 hours ago
For a regular, normal, human being (which in America means NOT a "Black Person"), regular normal police tactics are adequate. But when it comes to "Black People", you can never be too careful. Now, apparently, they just need to be blown up sometimes. They have superhuman powers. "Black People" can threaten the lives of two burly policemen who are pressing Glocks against their chest while they lie on their back, unarmed, already stunned from a taser.  In such a situation the only reasonable outcome is to kill them. Even when "Black People" are requested to show their license and registration at a vehicle stop, and the police officer is already shoving a gun in their face (and which one of us hasn't had that happen?) - "Black People" can detonate like tactical nuclear weapons when reaching for that requested license and registration. Is it any surprise when the police officer reduces that threat with 4 point-blank gunshots, with a little girl in the backseat? They can still threaten the lives of 16 New York police officers who are hanging around their neck choking them to death in broad daylight for selling cigarettes on the street. (And thank god none of those fine officers was harmed or prosecuted)...
..."Black People" are not to be allowed to touch BB guns in public, even BB guns on sale inside the store they are buying them from. So much so that they need to be shot dead on sight in that Walmart. This includes "Black Children" in playgrounds - even more so, since they tend to grow up to become "Black People". A "Black Child" with a bag of skittles, walking home in his father's neighbourhood can threaten a creepy hair-trigger-temper grown man with a history of maniac violence stalking him with a loaded gun - so much so that he needs to be killed immediately and a jury of fair-minded citizens will find his executioner "Not Guilty".  And 60% of Americans will agree.
So... is it any surprise that a "Black Man" who is cornered, surrounded by police, in a siege situation, with no hostages, is so extremely dangerous that he needs to be blown up like an IED in Fallujah? This is how dangerous "Black People" are. In contrast, "White People" (who as a false "race" category created, benefit from, and are largely responsible for this racial dystopia) are extremely benign, innocent and harmless. Is this not obvious? Just look at them walking around untouched with AK-47s strapped over their shoulder while directly threatening the US government and federal agents.  Doesn't that prove they are harmless? In fact, for "White People" there is no "they"... just individual actions that rarely implicate any group.  You know, like normal human beings.
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Orlando's Concern-Troll Progressive Cosplay Convention

Ok, I'm finally back after my period of slacking retreat of self-reflection and centered introspection. So let's see what I missed...oh...ugh! Just the world going crazy (what, again?) during my electronic absence, that's all. For now let's go back about 200 tragedies ago (yes, way back to June of this year, because crap like this must now be a daily occurrence) to briefly comment on the horrifying scenario that was Orlando, (in the unlikely event you were living in a cave and suffer from Hyperink-Adversion-Syndrome, the synopsis is that an armed Muslim man with possible ties to terrorist groups killed and wounded around 100 people at a gay club in Florida) mostly to address a particular pet peeve of mine that occurs whenever one form of discrimination is exploited to clash with another. Here a special request to all the vultures (pretending to be doves) circling the carcasses that I shared on another message board:

...to all the insincere asswipes out there, you can kindly take off your "Concern-Troll Progressive Cosplay" costumes now. Your assess aren't fooling anybody! One of the most INFURIATING part of this whole sad discussion is hearing one exploitative muthafucker after another cry crocodile tears about solidarity with "our people" (gay people count as "real Americans" now? Since when?) being attacked by them...while simultaneously denouncing homophobia as a thing that exist (apparently us silly gays haven't realized that we can make that problem go away if we just attacked nearby Islamo-sexicans more or something)...and at the same time subtly blaming the victims by whining about people playing "identity politics" (it was rudely getting in the way of their hatred.)
We saw this shit during the run-up to the Iraqi war too, when, faster than you could say "Social Justice Warriors", a bunch of hypocrites suddenly became "concerned" about the lack of rights and autonomy of Middle-Eastern women (which is why we have to bomb them to smithereens, of course)
So yeah, the trolls trying to exploit (while also diminish) our pain in order to fight bigotry with bigotry can fuck right off!
P.S. Who wants to bet that our newly "enlightened brothers" won't right to repeal anti-gay ordinances?

We interrupt this blog for an important announcement

Now this may come as a surprise given the rampant pace I've posted entries lately (pause for laughter), but I decided to take a bit of sabbatical from blog posting for a spell, while I deal with what will be a few busy months in my personal life. I have developed a few more responsibilities now and blogging relentlessly takes more commitment that I thought (particularly since I'm one of those "old fogies" that doesn't like to serve his thoughts in "140-character or less" concentrated form .)


So baring a major breaking development I will be taking a least a month off from posting here (yeah, I know, that will seem like such a difference!) Behave, now.

Cynical Proverbs 4:30

"The masters tools will never dismantle the masters house"

Quick project everyone.Take "The masters" bulldozer turn it on, and see if it doesn't crash right through "The masters" oh-so impenetrable wall.

Cynical Proverbs 4:09

"A house divided against itself can not stand"

I thought a "house divided" was a duplex? Also since this quote was said in a political sense, I'd say we can't build a slipshod, poorly-constructed extension to the house because it'd just collapse. It's why we all love on different houses after all.

Da Mic Drop: Ted Koppel

New segment here, where we look at people who make such a pointed "standing-ovation-worthy" commentary in regards to a person or issue that it has to be highlighted. We already got a unofficial prequel of this segment with the always delightful Craig Ferguson. But now the first "official" recipient of this "honor" is veteran journalist Ted Koppel as he schools Bill O'Reilly about how that journalmalism  stuff is suppose to work. Plus, the esteemed news-person takes the whole media class to task for prolonging the reality show ("So You Think You Can Hate") that Donald Trump is calling a "political campaign" for ratings instead of actually informing the public of actual news ("Gee we don't know how that odious Trump fellow could get such notoriety and attention. Let's devote 500 redundant articles and 23 of the 24 hour news cycle to figuring out this phenomenon! I mean sure there's that whole 'rest of the world' going on around us, but hey, Trump's empty podium wasn't going to film itself you know!")

There's even video! I mean it's probably not as thrilling as a Hulk Hogan sex tape (yes that's a thing) but the climax her is sure to be more satisfying.

And for those who want the thousand words instead of the picture:

“I’ve interviewed him a number of times,” O’Reilly said of the Republican front-runner. “Not an easy interview. How would you do it?”

“You and I have talked about this general subject many times over the years. It’s irrelevant how I would do it,” Koppel replied. “You know who made it irrelevant? You did. You have changed the television landscape over the past 20 years — you took it from being objective and dull to subjective and entertaining. And in this current climate, it doesn’t matter what the interviewer asks him; Mr. Trump is gonna say whatever he wants to say, as outrageous as it may be.”