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I recommend reading some of the many pieces defense attorney (and former Federal prosecutor) Ken White has written on the subject at Popehat. His pieces are typically very much on the NSFW side of things - usually in a 'have to laugh about it or I'd cry' sort of way. The These 2 seem particularly relevant to your point, if almost entirely devoid of his ascerbic wit: The Presumption of Truth Ninth Circuit Recognizes Affirmative Defense of OMGWFT911!!1one!! On a (mostly) unrelated note, Ken is also a well known First Amendment lawyer, and keeper of the Popehat Signal, which he typically uses to round up pro bono legal help for people facing questionable lawsuits over protected expression - like independent authors being steamrolled by Games Workshop's IP bullying.

And, of course, you can't leave out Springtime For Hitler

Jack In The Green by Jethro Tull https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj0foOyuj-w April In Paris by Count Basie

While we're looking at videos, here's a very recent one which speaks directly to the issue of resisting arrest. And another on the subject of dealing with police. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc

I support Resisting Arrest becoming a felony. The question is who's going to arrest all those cops?

The FBI is certainly doing their part to help the locals alienate the public. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150211/08044329986/fbi-says-all-public-records-requests-stingray-documents-must-be-routed-through-it.shtml

I'd be willing to bet a Fighting Words based conviction for swearing at a cop wouldn't survive appeal, except in the most extreme circumstances. The Fighting Words doctrine survives, to the modest extent it does, has to do with certain speech provoking an Imminent Lawless Reaction - another SCOTUS standard.

Under modern caselaw that's not even close to true. I don't have references at hand, and being lazy (and on a tablet ATM) I'm not inclined to look for them, but basically being rude or insulting to a cop has specifically been afforded First Amendment protection by the Federal courts. Just for a start, it's a restriction based on the content of speech, rather than its effects, which has been expressly forbidden by the SCOTUS for the better part of a century. That's not to say unconstitutional laws, particularly WRT the First Amendment, aren't on the books in many states. Even worse, it's pretty common for at least lower level state judges to have literally no background in the law, or interest in learning, who violate the First Amendment out of hand. Of course, that's how we get that caselaw correcting things, so it's not a total loss.

Well, crap! Good thing I started keeping food down around supper time. Hopefully I'll feel well enough to keep down some bacon in the morning. However, I can already tell it will be another long night. Last night I didn't sleep longer than 30-40 minutes at a time. Tonight's looking the same. The insomnia is really the worst part. Everything is just worse when you're already suffering from sleep depravation. I'm tempted to say this is as bad as the pain I was taking the pills for, but it really isn't. If I had to do it all over again, the only thing I'd change is to make sure I had something to take for the withdrawal symptoms.

The battle to get pain meds is now over! Unfortunately that leaves me just 2 days into the battle to get off the meds. Currently, I feel like I'm going to die. Also, I'm kind of hoping it happens soon.

That truly sucks. Thankfully, my situation seems to be taking a turn for the better. After 30 minutes working with my therapist and her boss to loosen up my hip, I can almost walk normally. I'm still going through 40mg of Oxycodone a day, but you gotta start somewhere.

For the first time in the last few weeks I can honestly say I haven't been cranky in a couple days thanks to the pain management specialist, and despite the complete lack of professionalism by my knee surgeon and his nurse. Now I just have to find a new knee specialist to see while pursuing a complaint against them with the county hospital they work for. Fortunately, the physical therapists I'm seeing (at the same hospital) are as good as I could ask for. They've taken my difficult rehab as a personal challenge and learning opportunity. The head of the department has even gotten personally involved. I'm a little worried that I may not ever reach the range of motion we're shooting for, but it definitely won't be due to any lack of expertise or effort on their part.

So now it seems I'm moving on from arguing with my doctor about pain meds to seeing a pain management specialist. Mostly I suspect it's because he's come to the realization I'm not going to let him drastically change dosages, like dropping it by more than 80 percent, without bothering to ask me basic questions. You know, like 'what's your pain level?' No, really, I called today about picking up a new prescription and made a point of telling his nurse that if it was less than the previous one I expected to talk to Dr. Neff myself first. Less than two hours later, by far the fastest I've heard back from him mind you, his nurse called back to let me know she set up an appointment with a pain management specialist. It's just as well since I'm sure I was about to get into it about his bizarre insistence that he has the foggiest idea how much pain I 'should' be in, considering nearly every detail of my history is an outlier, and the totality is different from any patient he's ever seen.

I survived the manipulation, but I'm not sure I'll make it through the next month of physical therapy. It's my own fault in a way. I push myself as hard as possible at home, so it's almost like having PT nearly every day of the week. I was so sore on Thursday (the 3rd PT session in as many days) that my therapist decided not to inflict any of her usual torture. Also, it occurred to me that the muscles which are causing the most problems probably haven't stretched like this for the better part of a decade. My arthritis just hasn't allowed me to move like that for a long time.

I went in for my third appointment since having my knee replaced and the doctor is concerned about possible arthrofibrosis. On Monday I'll be going in to have it manipulated. Basically, that means they'll be knocking me out and wrenching it around to break things lose from any excess scar tissue that might be impeding motion. On the good side, between my drastically increased level of physical activity and the fact I quit smoking when I had surgery, my weight is steadily falling, even as I'm putting muscle back on. Aside from my knee, I haven't felt this good in a decade or more.

2 weeks after having my knee replaced and the nearly constant pain is pushing me to the edge of sanity. It's not bad enough that, thanks to autism, I tend to feel more pain than most people. There's also the 5 holes through my tibia from the screws they had to take out from a previous surgery, and the fact the doctor seems to think 5mg hydrocodone should be plenty for the pain by now. Relative to my pain level, that's like chopping off your finger and just taking a couple Tylenol. It may be time to find a pain management specialist on my own. My knee doctor used to be one of the best around (according to all the medical professionals I've talked to), but he seems to be phoning it in now that he's almost retired.

The Ocean by Led Zeppelin http://youtu.be/JvoG36nUcSU Sea Of Love by Phil Phillips http://youtu.be/EroRtEUmZcU Sea Of Madness by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (not really about the sea but a good song)

I'm certainly looking forward to it.

I liked the first season of Arrow a lot and I've enjoyed the second season even more.

Why Does Talking About Creepers And Harassment Make People So Angry?

Re: Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities Got her. The Aspie link jumped out at me too. It mirrored my thoughts exactly as someone with Aspergers. Using the condition as an excuse for bad behavior insults both the women being victimized and those of us actually putting in the effort to overcome the challenges of AS.

Re: Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities Dude! Pants! How many times do we have to tell you?

Re: Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities

Re: Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities Which is a legitimate criticism if that's the context of the comment. However, suggesting women take precautions against rape does not automatically equate to blaming victims any more than suggesting people lock their front door at night to prevent burglaries. Our first priority needs to be preventing rape in the first place and part of that is women taking precautions. I do think it's unfair to suggest that precautions are purely, or even primarily, the responsibility of the individual and certainly assigning blame to the attacker is a legitimate part of that. If anything, it would be irresponsible to avoid talking about it just because some people assume you are blaming the victim regardless of the context. I would also say the most essential preventative measure is instilling mental strength and a sense of their own individuality and personal worth as people in girls from a very early age. As a father of 3 girls that has always been among my highest priorities. While I cannot guarantee no one will ever make them victims, I do everything I can to ensure they will not do it to themselves. I credit my mom (and my grandfather*) for that because it's how she was raised so for me it's just the natural order of things. It's also my responsibility to make sure they know that the risk of sexual assault is, and always be a reality they must always be aware of. *Just to preemptively clarify, I'm not being sexist in singling out Grandpa. My grandmother didn't share his view of their sons and daughters as equals. Even after my mother was grown, had gone to nursing school, done a tour in Vietnam as the second highest ranking nurse in an evac hospital, worked full time for decades as an ER and ICU nurse while raising 5 kids as a single parent, served as national secretary of the Vietnam Veterans of America, and been appointed by the governor to the Iowa Veterans Affair Commission Grandma assumed any facts she got from Mom needed to be verified by one of my uncles.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Ian Anderson, Bruce Dickinson, and Justin Hayward playing Locomotive Breath at Canterbury Cathedral last year.