The Ultraviolet Garden

Thanks to the Dave Chappelle on Twitter.

In December ’08 I posted a video about Bugliosi’s book “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder” here. (Truly awesome.)

I bought Dad the audio version (failing vision) and he sent it to me after he “read” it. I’d read Helter Skelter and Outrage years ago, so I was already aware of how awesome Bugliosi is.

Today I learned that his “Prosecution of George W. Bush…” has been made into a movie! It’s due out February of next year. I’m happy as hell.

Here’s a trailer:

Hot damn. I hope Vincent gets the support he needs for this endeavor. If I were rich I’d be his benefactor.

These are some courageous people. Chief Gee’s lost some weight. And his smirk is gone. He actually looked kind of nervous. Click here to read about it and listen to the rest of what happened.

They are why I could never be a misanthropist. Not that I haven’t been tempted.

I feel the need to draw attention again to the following videos. These aren’t meant to be watched just once. It requires a shift in the way we think. Surviving police encounters—and knowing your rights and behaviorally asserting them as safely as possible—seems to be a bit like learning how to drive. You must first practice many times before you are able to drive without actually thinking about driving. Hopefully, by recalling these facts and scenarios, we as citizens will learn how to stay safer to a point where it becomes second nature. That’s why it’s so important to review these videos now and then.

It’s not enough to simply know these things. If we don’t incorporate them into our lives as good and safe habits, then knowing them doesn’t really do a whole lot of good, now does it?

There’s only one thing that the professor says that I disagree with. The rest of it is completely spot on. Those who know me probably wouldn’t find it hard to figure out which part I disagree with. (If you must know, it’s the part where he says that cops aren’t likely to lie on you! But that’s not pertinent. I am just being picky. I do think he’s dead wrong on that, though.)

Law professor and a police officer reveal why you should never talk to police.

Busted: The Citizen’s Guide to Surviving Police Encounters.

I love my family. =)

I love Voltaire. He published one of Hannah’s photographs in his book. Isn’t that awesome? I think so!

Voltaire – Worf’s Revenge (Klingon Rap) Live

I’m the order of the Bat’leth
son of Kahless
your family has no honor
but I couldn’t care less

I was born
to kill Federation swine
and I celebrate
with a barrel of blood wine

I drink the Raktajino,
I eat the gagh
and when my homies get to Sto’Vo’Kor
I yell “qa’plagh!”

I’m the chief commander
on a bird of prey
I wake up every morning
after owning the day

I’m the Mac Dad Klingon
when I beam on board
I was at the signing of
the Khitomer Accord

I never sweat
about a Romulan dude?
He’s just a limp-wristed
Vulcan with a bad attitude!

And they’re sly
and they were telling lies…
A shout out to Martok
who lost an eye

To the Dominion,
and the Jem’Hadar minions:
I’m on them
like a transwarp engine

Hear my snarl fear my speech
WATCH ME BLOW LIKE A WARP CORE BREACH!

I’m not a lowly white p’tak
like that Barclay guy
I don’t need a holodeck
to get a parma’kai

when the ladies see the beast
I got between my thighs
they say
“Perhaps today is a good day to die!”

I hit Ezri,
Troi, Jadzia too:
watch out Janeway
I’m coming for you!

cause I’m the Mac Dad Klingon
with the humaniod bitches
cuz my head ain’t the only part
of me that’s got ridges!

I hate the Tribbles
those little furry shits!
But I love my Klingon bitches
cause they’ve got three tits

I got a dagger
and a bat’leth in my hand
if you were any other man
I’d kill you where you stand

I killed Captain Kirk!
I killed Picard…
I bitchslapped Riker
like a Klingon Targ!

Cause my name is Worf
I’m the son of Mogh
Ex-Federation officer
and Klingon Rogue – Qa’plagh!!

Here’s a clip I made from the movie Four Rooms. I love this movie. The first room I could do without but the rest of them are great. This is room 309. The Misbehavers.

I’m behind in a couple of things I need to do, but I’ve actually been making progress.

New photos of the cats.

I wonder if linking to one of my own pages will cause a trackback to appear. I’m about to find out.

Nice try, Michael. Not unexpected. I suppose you don’t have much else to do, legally. There’s not a lot of options open to you. It’s that damn video tape. If only it would go away.

Thanks for the heads-up, Noble.

I’ve added Live Comment Preview plugin, a handy live preview for comments. You don’t have to hit a preview button, it automatically shows up as you’re typing.

I like. Try it with tags and the preview shows true. It also shows true for embedded videos.

This is a good way to be sure that your tags will work in comments. Or that your video will post.

What strikes me about this is how much personal conflict the test subjects had. Especially the ones who, despite being clearly upset, went all the way to the strongest shock. They simply didn’t believe they could say no to an authority figure.

I noticed more than one of the “teachers” went straight for a cigarette afterwards. I think I would too.

I appreciate that afterwards they let the subjects in on the fact that they weren’t actually hurting the “learner”, but that had to have fucked with them. Especially if they went all the way. Apparently many of them reported later that they were glad to have participated.

If you want to download the whole thing, right click here and “save as”.