Sleep Deprovation

On a serious note today’s post is brought to you in the reverential memory of Fred Hampton. 40 years ago on December 4th Fred Hampton was shot multiple times and killed by the Chicago police department while he lay in his bed at home. Love or hate his politics, he was a promising and charismatic young man who wanted to see real changes in this country and wanted more than anything to improve the lives of those left disenfranchised in our nation. He was only 21 years old.


The reactionary instigators in the mainstream media are reporting that the government of Uganda has proposed using capital punishment in instances where people are convicted of being gay. How do they sleep at night?!? That not what it says! The law now being considered by their parliament only proposes putting to death those convicted of same-sex rape ... consensual homosexuals would only get life in prison. Wait, what?!? Oh. Carry on mainstream media, let the lambasting of Uganda continue. The law actually says that if you fail to report friends or family members for being “the gay” you can be sentenced to 7 years in prison. Landlords who rent to homosexuals will also get seven years. Africans don’t have enough reasons to hate and kill each other, so this is good, it gives them something to do. John Muwanguzi Ugandan “everyman”, is much more reasonable, and thinks the current bill is ludicrous, “I feel that the bill is good and necessary, but I don't think gays should be killed. They should be imprisoned for about a year and warned never to do it again. The family is in danger in Uganda because the rate at which vice is spreading is appalling." .I mean, a year in prison sounds harsh, but compared to the death penalty it’s not so bad. So I’m going to vote for Muwanguzi. And it makes me realize that while we don't agree about which rights homosexuals should have in this country i'm glad that we live in a country that recognizes that they have rights and we aren't trying to imprison them or kill them.

In morons from Nebraska news, Mr. Terrance Wanatabi is broke. He made his fortune running his father’s party favor import business into the ground.. Then, in 2007, he went to Las Vegas and lost $127 MILLION in a single year. Now he’s been arrested and charged with fraud due to unpaid gambling debts and in response he’s decided to sue the casino for plying him with genrous amounts of alcohol and prescription drugs. You mean to say that when you go in a casino and they offer you free drinks while you’re gambling it’s not because they want to be your friend? That’s what casinos do you idiot! They get you drunk so that you lose money making bad decisions ... here’s how it works, you bet and win a little, casino offers free drinks and you lose the money you won, they offer more free drinks and you lose the rest of the money you brought to gamble, then you wake up in the morning broke and hung over and think to yourself “why did I do that, it was so stupid” then you go HOME! You don’t sell your father’s company and stay for a year losing money the whole time! Why blame just the casino, sue your dead father for raising such a buffoon and giving him a fortune while you’re at it.

Ah Greece, home of one of the greatest civilizations in history, inventors of democracy, philosophy, perfecters of theater ... how the mighty have fallen. A year ago in Greece they rioted in the streets in response to a young unarmed man being shot by police. So how did they celebrate the one year anniversary of the tragedy? Candle light vigil? Prayer meeting? Memorial service? Meeting with police to discuss improvements made? No, they had a commemorative riot. Buildings were destroyed and they threw home made gasoline bombs at the police sent out to disperse the crowd. Not exactly 300 Spartans standing up to an empire facing certain destruction is it? No it’s more like 30 jerks trying to kill some Greek police men by burning them alive.

Next post is tomorrow and is about finance ... it would have been today but it's going to take an extra day to figure how to make it interesting.