Ugh… does this mean I have to go all the way down to post office to get my package again?

Laugh tracks always make me feel like I’m being programmed.

In a court of law, yes, presumed innocence is the neutral state. In the court of public opinion, though, presuming innocence flips an “out-group = enemy” switch in their heads. Everything you say from that point is heard through their lizard brain telling them that you are a threat.

We do not have the luxury of holding the people currently in power to the rules. We don’t have the luxury of ignoring the crazy person in the room, either. We have to engage on their terms, else they flip the table and walk away still in power, still on the war path.

They do, however, have the capacity for rational thought. The calmer you can keep them, the sooner their rationality will tell them that human rights apply to everyone or none at all.

Stop making this about anybody’s character. This is about due process and what passes as evidence.

Republicans control the narrative here and have already painted him as a gang member. No amount of opposition to this point from the Democrats will convince Republicans otherwise.

When Democrats try to counter by pointing to Garcia’s positive character traits, they are preaching to the choir. Whether you believe his a “gang banger” or a “family man” is irrelevant because the Republicans have the stage.

We need to demand evidence of all claims made by those in power… we need to do this relentlessly towards both sides. Do not accept any statement without evidence, and refuse to move on to a different point until the requirement for evidence has been satisfied.

When they say, “Garcia is an MS-13 terrorist,” we need to say, “What do you offer as proof?” and keep asking until they provide said proof, concede defeat, or resort to force towards their questioners. Like it or not, we need to do the same for Democrat’s claims that he is a “family man”. You will not win a propaganda war against the party that controls all branches of government.

Repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. Yes, but ask a question often enough, it becomes unavoidable.

All those times the kids at school called me butt-face… look who’s complimenting me now. Ha, suckers.

Those are DOT Hazmat placards for transport, often having a U.N. Number for specific substances (e.g. gasoline is 1203)

NFPA 704 is the multicolor four square thing with numbers in them you might see outside of a business.

Blue = Health,

Red = Flammability,

Yellow = Reactivity,

White = Special (e.g a W indicates reactivity with water)

1 is least hazardous, 4 is most hazardous.

XOR cleartext once with a key you get ciphertext. XOR the ciphertext with the same key you get the original cleartext. At its core this is the way the old DES cipher works.

A bit of useful trivia: If you XOR any number with itself, you get all zeros. You can see this in practice when an assembly programmer XOR’s a register with itself to clear it out.

… and Robin Williams too

A Republican co-worker came in the day after the election and said, “I’m glad [neighboring state] voted for Trump. I didn’t want to have to shoot my way through them.” And he’s not on the fringe with that sentiment.

These people have romanticized war, violence, and the southern confederacy. I’m convinced that if Trump had lost, Republicans would have started another civil war.

My point being this: As bad of taste any of these politicians leave in your mouth, they are watered down versions of their constituents.

We will be in civil war if Trump is stopped, or we will become the agressors in World War 3 if he remains.