As I sat on hold with the court the other day waiting for a hearing to start and listening to an endless relooping of the same piece of mindless music, it occurred to me that we didn’t need to use water boarding in Guantanamo… we just had to dial up the court and put the prisoners on hold forever listening to this brain eating musak. They would have been blabbing like Joan Rivers in thirty minutes.
It must be spring in Alaska
It must be spring in Alaska because when I went out today, the sun seemed hot bouncing off the snow.
How blessed am I?
My friend Sandra, her husband Harris, their daughter Greta, their grandson Little Joe and I all went to dinner last night to celebrate Sandra’s birthday. As we sat there admiring the perfection of their new grandson, Harris commented on who would have thought back in 1985 when Greta came into their lives that would we ever have a dinner like this so many years later. And I thought about how, when I met her, Sandra was only 14. And when I first met Greta she was one day old. And when I first met Little Joe… well, let’s just say
Let me see if I have this right?
A supposed Barrow elder was convicted on 14 charges of child sexual assault…9 of them for first degree sexual assault meaning penetration…. one of them for taking a 5 year old’s virginity… and gets 8 years in jail.
Robert Lozano, Sr. tries to sell pot in Barrow and is sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.
Yep. That makes sense to me. I feel much safer with Lozano in jail and that elder out preying on little girls again.
My prediction
W.A.R. (Wayne Anthony Ross for those of you not from Alaska) will have a short, colorful, and highly controversial reign as Alaska’s AG and then quit or be forced to resign. Either way, it will make for a very interesting spring and summer.
W.A.R. – he thinks Rush Limbaugh is too liberal.
If they can refuse consent, can they also force it?
In Barrow, the prosecuting attorney is thrilled to get a conviction against a man who raped a woman when both had been drinking together. According to this prosecutor, many in Barrow apparently feel the state should not even pursue that as a crime. The prosecutor adds that it’s also hard to sit women on these juries because so many women are victims of sexual abuse themselves.
In the state legislature, the debate over parental consent for abortion for girls under 18 once again wends its tortured way through both houses of government. Proponents of this bill have not produced any
April Fool’s Day in my home
So Blue was acting snarky and trying to steal Blondie’s after walk treat. I separate them by making Blue go in my office and closing the door so Blondie can eat her treat in peace. About twenty minutes later, Blondie has finished her treat and I go down to the office to let Blue out and bring my parrot Abdul in for our afternoon time together. Blue gets up to leave the office and is limping on three legs, her back right leg held completely off the floor. I immediately forget how mad I was at her for trying to