IN OTHER NEWS TODAY...

A black police officer shot and killed an unarmed white youth in broad daylight yesterday afternoon. Neither the victim nor the officer were identified by the also unnamed source who was speaking on condition of anonymity because he/she was not authorized to speak about the incident. Video of the shooting was not released, but it reportedly showed the officer dragging the young student council president from his mother's car, beating him senseless, and then shooting him multiple times while he lay bleeding in the street. Other unnamed sources claimed the officer shouted racial slurs as he beat the defenseless young man. The video was confiscated from a bystander who caught it all on his cell phone camera. News of the shooting prompted hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of white people to continue with their daily lives as if nothing had happened. There was no protest, no arson, and no looting. Strangely, it seems whites were willing to let police investigators determine if the shooting was justified and to deal with the officer appropriately. Speculation exists that the reason for the apparent apathy on the part of whites is that not one national news agency reported the incident.

NEW COMPUTER

So, I have a new computer, and I feel like doing something with it. Just got my Internet connection fixed this evening, too. They found a problem with an older piece of cable and replaced the separate phone and Internet modems with a single unit that has faster wireless capabilities. Things seem to be working well so far. I hope it stays that way for a while. I'm liable to go berserk if I have to call Time Warner Cable again.

SHIT I'M THINKING ABOUT TODAY

Since nobody reads this anyway, I feel fairly safe in venting here. What's with the protesters over the Ferguson, MO, and other cases where a black hoodlum was killed by a white officer? Anyone who looks at the facts, instead of just the race of those involved, will see that the young men killed were certainly not the cream of society. Did they deserve to die, maybe not. Did their own actions precipitate their demise? I think they did. The point is, the legal system ran its course, and despite the pressure from the media and colored people, they did what they felt was just. What more can you ask for? Sure, it is painful to the family and friends of the young men who died, but was it the fault of one white person, or the system, or did these young black men push the envelope just a little too far? I've seen what the fear of being called a racist can do; young blacks in a predominantly white school taking advantage in every way they can. They think they can play the race card to get away with anything. Well, it doesn't always work. Racism exists in America because people of color refuse to accept their own responsibilty for how their lives turn out. They prefer to blame the white man for everything bad that happens to them. The law gives everyone equal rights now. You can no longer blame the system. In fact, in truth, the white man is more the victim of racism at this point in history. The white male, especially the older white male, is blamed for nearly every problem. At the same time, the older white male is still the predominant force in politics, and it is the older white male who has passed legislation making everyone equal.

CURRENT EVENTS

Is anyone else getting tired of hearing about all the unrest in the Middle East? I don't care about any of it. It's not news. Those people have been killing each other for thousands of years. Who cares? I say send weapons and ammo to all sides of the conflicts, making tons of money in the process, and maybe they will finally be able to kill each other off. We get whatever is left; oil, sand for glass, dates, and camels. Win, win, win, win, win! Not only that, but we can stop hearing about ISIS and Hammas and Islam and all those names that make me think of Dr. Seuss or some kind of monkey. Hammul Abu Dabi grab yu boobi, and such nonsense. Who thinks up this shit anyway?

TECHNOSTUFF

Why is it that we can have all this tecnology, but nothing seems to work like a normal person would want? Why can assholes use robocalls to annoy us day and night, but we can't figure out a way to stop them? Why can manufacturers make form-fitting plastic containers for their products with embedded security measures, but when we buy them and get them home, we can't get them open without destroying the contents? Why does everything have a life-time guarantee, but when it breaks, all you get is a new piece of shit, if anything? Why do I have to press one to have a pre-recorded message speak to me in my own language? Anyone? Anyone?