We know that China is using this technology to track it’s citizens and, more importantly, enforce travel restrictions at Chinese government discretion. The “creepy” of this is about the possibility that our government could do the same…and given the current shaky state of things, so much could go wrong simply because this capability exists.

The Article ‘Creepy or Not, Face Scans Are Speeding up Airport Security’ originally appeared on https://www.wired.com/story/airport-security-biometrics-face-scanning
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…and in the weird as fuck news from around the planet: Archaeologists seek to unravel “The Mystery of the Buried Porpoise & The No-Handed Monk”.
#WeirdNews

The Article ‘Body of handless man discovered by site of buried porpoise’ originally appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/21/body-of-handless-monk-discovered-by-site-of-buried-porpoise-chapelle-dom-hue-near-guernsey
Jamie’s comments are his own.

Wow. Every day I read the news, and it seems like every day there’s something that just makes me go, “Where the fuck am I?”, because THIS America…this current iteration of an otherwise pretty good idea, is NOT America. THIS America is not a beacon of liberty, but a bastion of bigotry. So called “conservatives” are really just paranoid, reactionary fools who cannot embrace change, even when it is necessary.
The first amendment requires that religion must remain OUT of American politics, and yet a few dedicated and well funded zealots, persist in their quest to make America in THEIR own god’s image. A few so called Christians are so full of fear for the afterlife that they believe they have the right to KILL in order to protect their “values” from destruction.
When really, it’s their own fears that they should be battling. Fear that their repressive, judgemental views will be exposed, and that people will see that Jesus is not with them. They are not real Christians. Christians are supposed to be like Christ. So…What would Jesus do?
Jesus was a social liberator who sided with the downtrodden. Jesus condemned the leadership of the temple and government for their sins of greed and oppression. Jesus healed the sick and spoke about treating each other well, without judgement or hatred. Jesus didn’t speak out against gays or foreigners. Jesus was not a hypocrite who bent the truth and manipulated the masses to ensure he remained in power…Jesus spoke the truth, and people followed.
So they killed him. For protesting the status quo. For saying that the ones in power were NOT RIGHT. He was put to death by a corrupt regime.
Me…I’d rather try to live my life like Jesus, and speak out against corruption and the exploitation of the weak by the powerful. I’d rather try to be more like Jesus…well, except for the whole “on the cross experience”… than be a so-called “Christian”. Beware of the wolves in sheep’s clothing.

The Article ‘Ohio considers total ban on abortion and death penalty for women found guilty’ originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ohio-abortion-ban-death-penalty-heartbeat-law-house-representatives-bill-republicans-a8642381.html
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Nearly five years later, the small, white paper bag is still sitting in Sean Azzariti’s closet, unopened.

The Article ‘Whatever happened to the guy who made the first recreational marijuana purchase in the US? – The Boston Globe’ originally appeared on https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/marijuana/2018/11/16/whatever-happened-guy-who-made-first-recreational-marijuana-purchase/skxPXvPZ2FDzIZcTlArORK/story.html
Jamie’s comments are his own.

I honestly don’t understand how we as a society continue to allow this kind of sexist victim blaming and shaming to exist. Do we blame the guy who flashed around a wad of $100 bills for being robbed? OK…It may not be the smartest thing to do, but it still doesn’t make it his fault when some mugger decides to rob his stupid ass.
How she dresses doesn’t make it OK to assault her. It doesn’t mean “she asked for it”. It just means that some shithead saw something that didn’t belong to him and tried to take it…because he thought he could get away with it.
That’s on us all. By our tacit consent, we’re all to blame. Change is hard, but necessary.

The Article ”What sort of underwear, exactly, should women be wearing to be taken seriously in court?” originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ireland-rape-trial-thisisnotconsent-lace-thong-underwear-evidence-barrister-protest-a8638686.html
Jamie’s comments are his own.

Ned may be planning to tax the fuck out of us, but at least legal weed is on the table, which would help supply some extra tax revenue and maybe stop SOME of the madness.
#CT #News420 #LegalizeIt

The Article ‘Connecticut: Voters put legalization on the agenda for 2019 – MPP Blog’ originally appeared on https://blog.mpp.org/tax-and-regulate/connecticut-voters-put-legalization-on-the-agenda-for-2019/
Jamie’s comments are his own.