Tidbits #5
1. In the last 25 years of the World Series the team with the best season record won just 4 times. It seems for most sports, who wins the most games throughout the entire season is probably best declared the best team for the year. However, playoff games generate a lot of money and excitement . Thus we go with playoff games.
2. http://theweek.com/speedreads/652844/jimmy-kimmel-turns-donald-trumps-tax-return-leak-defense-into-brutal-ad
3. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article106338627.html
I like deer, one of my favorite animals. When I used to feed apples to deer in a forest preserve years ago one doe would follow me around the forest preserve like a dog, as long as I went slow enough for her to ear leaves etc. along the way. They really don’t bother anyone unless overpopulated or wander into roadways. Very skittish animals. For good reason—they are prey for many other animals. Never have been able to resolve my understanding of how most animals in nature meet their end with my sadness to see them get shot or attacked and killed or get run over by a car etc. The only solace is that they, unlike us, do not comprehend the meaning of death like we do.
4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/04/brutal-video-shows-white-officer-violently-arresting-black-man-sitting-on-his-mothers-porch/?utm_term=.82cea7e053d3
So much for ‘can’t we all just get along and work together to make life better for all of us’.
Both these officers were obviously disingenuous from the word go, and just kept searching for a way to mistreat this guy and when he didn’t bite, they mistreated him anyway. Okay they got fired, but I doubt that is enough. I now support the following rules for police—suspect engagements.
a. if a suspect does not obey an officer and stop, but runs or drives away, this is in and of itself a crime and will necessitate jail time even if the suspect is not guilty of any other crime.
b. If a suspect orally bad mouths a policeman that is in and of itself a crime and will necessitate jail time even if the suspect is not guilty of any other crime. Police shouldn’t have to listen to it.
C. If a cop orally bad mouths a suspect, that is in and of itself a crime and will necessitate jail time for the policeman.
d. If a the suspect is doing what he/she being told then the police cannot physically attack the suspect in any way or there is jail time for the policeman.
