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Jul. 15th, 2013 08:55 pmAnother hot steamy day. The weather is wonky, it is hotter in Boston than in Miami. (Or...another example? The temperature in Texas is 70 degrees (about the teens in C), and 93 degrees in NYC (think 40s in C). Very weird. The South is wondering what happened to the summer, and the northeast is thinking, damn it is hot, but winter is worse, while the west is thinking - okay enough already - winter any day now, please.
So there's a petition on Face Book about the Federal Government going after Zimmerman on a Civil Rights Action. But here's the thing about Civil Rights Cases - there's a very high burden of proof for a hate crime, second jurisdiction. They are better off spending their time and energy going after The Stand Your Ground legislation, just as they'd be better off going after Stop and Frisk legislation. As a co-worker stated...so who has the right to stand their ground exactly? Didn't Trayvon Martin have the right to stand his ground? The law is discriminatory on its face and should be ruled unconstitutionally and removed. Now that would open up Zimmerman to a host of civil law suits.
Pleasure for Pleasure, the book I've been reading, is charming. Except for one character named Sylvie who I keep wanting to smack upside the head. But she's supporting, so it hardly matters.
True Blood was better last week than the previous week. I sort of like Marlow, he has potential. Rutger Hauer was silly. Tara is under-used. I preferred her the last two seasons.
Jason continues to be a nitwit and it is getting old. The only characters that appear to have advanced are Bill, Eric, Sookie, Sam and Jessica. Everybody else is more or less stuck in a rut. Also Alcide's storyline continues to suck beans. I didn't like the character in the books either...he's pretty here, but no more appealing. That said? I'm hanging in there, unlike most people apparently. It's silly, but fun in places.
So there's a petition on Face Book about the Federal Government going after Zimmerman on a Civil Rights Action. But here's the thing about Civil Rights Cases - there's a very high burden of proof for a hate crime, second jurisdiction. They are better off spending their time and energy going after The Stand Your Ground legislation, just as they'd be better off going after Stop and Frisk legislation. As a co-worker stated...so who has the right to stand their ground exactly? Didn't Trayvon Martin have the right to stand his ground? The law is discriminatory on its face and should be ruled unconstitutionally and removed. Now that would open up Zimmerman to a host of civil law suits.
Pleasure for Pleasure, the book I've been reading, is charming. Except for one character named Sylvie who I keep wanting to smack upside the head. But she's supporting, so it hardly matters.
True Blood was better last week than the previous week. I sort of like Marlow, he has potential. Rutger Hauer was silly. Tara is under-used. I preferred her the last two seasons.
Jason continues to be a nitwit and it is getting old. The only characters that appear to have advanced are Bill, Eric, Sookie, Sam and Jessica. Everybody else is more or less stuck in a rut. Also Alcide's storyline continues to suck beans. I didn't like the character in the books either...he's pretty here, but no more appealing. That said? I'm hanging in there, unlike most people apparently. It's silly, but fun in places.