I am against the death penalty. I decided to write about it this week because yesterday the Governor of Oklahoma commuted a man's death sentence hours before his scheduled execution. Seriously, he commuted the sentence at noon for a 4pm execution. And this is after a lot of protests, including school walk outs. God, I… Continue reading Politics: Death Penalty
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Politics: Non-compete order
If you haven't heard, President Biden has asked the FTC to ban non-compete contracts for workers. (Click here to read AP's piece on it). THANK GOD. I have had a non-compete at almost every job I've ever worked at. Retail is probably the only exception. And I think for every job it has been BULLSHIT.… Continue reading Politics: Non-compete order
SCOTUS: I missed one
I missed a case being 9-0! Lange v. California. Again, this one is pretty clear-cut. A police officer turned on his lights to pull over a driver. The driver (Lange) was almost home and pulled into his garage. Lange then tried to claim the officer doing a sobriety test in his garage was a warrantless… Continue reading SCOTUS: I missed one
SCOTUS: Unanimous
So there have been 5 cases to have opinions put out in June 2021 with 9-0 (unanimous) decisions. Considering how much the media expects the court to be always and forever divided by political leaning/affiliations/appointment - what are the issues which the court stands all together on? I find these to be both relieving and… Continue reading SCOTUS: Unanimous
SCOTUS: Opinions Unread so far
I am still playing "catch-up" on May and this week I'm seeing the Supreme Court put out opinions - and some of the headlines I'm reading are making me want to drop important chores (like dishes) to the wayside and find out how some of these judges are leaning and WHY. I know, I'm a… Continue reading SCOTUS: Opinions Unread so far
Politics: Black Lives Matter
I have mostly kept my hands off the keyboard on my blog on this issue. I've supported it since the beginning - but I am a white middle-class woman, I am not the voice people should be turning to on this issue. There are amazing black voices out there you should be turning to. Here… Continue reading Politics: Black Lives Matter
Politics: 51st Statehood?
There is a lot of discussion since before the 2020 election about adding certain territories as new states: Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. being the major ones discussed. I can't speak for anyone else in the US, but for me when I read about the US having literal colonial territories it's kind of squick. I've… Continue reading Politics: 51st Statehood?
Politics: I don’t want a big stimulus check, I want better
I didn’t say anything back in March 2020 about stimulus checks. They were a very fast solution to a serious problem. I think it was utterly appalling that there were so many issues getting people those checks.... but that is a different problem. I was very unhappy that the criteria was based on 2019 taxes… Continue reading Politics: I don’t want a big stimulus check, I want better
Life Events: Election 2020
By the time this post goes up it's "yesterday," I am writing this Wed night. My heart aches. I do not have WORDS for how much I grieve.
Politics: School ReOpening
I work in corporate education. I have trained soft skills (customer service, management, and HR compliance training *shudders*) and I have trained "hard skills" in IT. I LOVE teaching Microsoft Excel certification training. Word is number two. Excel is probably my favorite because when people can use Excel, they almost universally like the application they… Continue reading Politics: School ReOpening
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