shit hillary said vol 54

COOPER: Secretary Clinton, do you regret your vote on the Patriot Act?

CLINTON: No, I don’t. I think that it was necessary to make sure that we were able after 9/11 to put in place the security that we needed.

08-05-2016: more editing (and sorting through show listings, and reading articles)

tracks worked on in this vlog:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/period-1

j reacts to another example of why no humans should ever have guns, ever

smug bullshit aside, there is a serious point here, and it's that all of the logic in the world doesn't prevent the temporary loss of reasoning associated with most rage killings.

he says he doesn't remember what happened. he probably really doesn't.

you can put child locks on it, put it in a safe, hide it where nobody else knows where it is - it doesn't matter. the issue is not the need to take precautions. it's rooted in the reality that human beings are dumb apes that are driven by hormones, not rational entities driven by logic.

it's true that he could have grabbed a butcher knife, but it isn't particularly relevant. the reality is that the only way to really address gun violence is to ban them altogether.

it's really unfortunate that you have that constitutional amendment, down there. we don't have anything of the sort in our constitution. and, we're really better off for it.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/08/us/man-allegedly-kills-brother-over-cheeseburger/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial

j reacts to free university vs "debt-free" university (eight years of high school?)

i'm broadly a fan of the internet - at least as a replacement for tv. certainly, internet >>> tv. but, it would be a lot better if we didn't have a for profit print media that acts as a disincentive.

this actually got published:

"In West Virginia, Bernie is ahead in both of the state’s most recent primary polls. Last week, Public Policy Polling released its findings from a survey of 549 likely Democratic voters. In that poll, Sanders came out ahead of Clinton by eight percentage points, snagging 45 percent compared to her 37 percent. Even with the 3.9 percent margin of error, Bernie will still easily triumph over Hillary if these numbers prove to be accurate."

really. you know what i think the reporter here actually thinks? the thought process, here?

"well, if he's winning by eight and there's a four point margin of error, he's four points better than the margin, so he wins easily."

this is actually exactly why bernie is right. in today's world, you really need statistical literacy to get by - and the level of literacy we actually have is absolutely deplorable. but, you can't cram it all into four years.

i'd even take it to another step - and i've proposed this previously, going back many years. i actually think we should have eight years of actual high school.