Lack of evidence

As stated above, "Too much law make people mad," which are the words of the character Queen Malama from the film "Hawaii."   I clearly understand what she meant.  With liberals running wild, there's a new law, a new punishment, and a plethora of annoyances almost every day.  It certainly angers me.

The latest California nonsense is SB 648 that has been approved by the holier-than-thou and sent to the Assembly.   Authored by Ellen Corbett, D-Hayward, it reminded me how far politics has sunk since I lived there for several years in the 70s.

SB 648 would treat electromic cigarettes like any other tobacco product by restricting where people can use them because they MAY pose health risks.  You know I'm not a fan of science, but the e-cigarette manufacturers say they only emit water vapor, and Senator Corbett cites no experts at all.  Whom do you not believe more?

BY THE WAY:  A CNN poll says 54% of Americans want to get rid of Obamacare.  However, because they sampled only 923 carefully selected responders, that could mean that a growing number of liberals are also tired of drinking the Obama Kool-Aid, and that's encouraging.

YES:  "The Blue Gardenia," 1953.  An underappreciated Richard Conte helps the appealing Anne Baxter prove she didn't kill the sleazy Raymond Burr (warming up for "Rear Window," 1954).

Film Noir (et blanc) recommendations

YES:  "Ace in the Hole" (1951)  Billy Wilder's own favorite film.  An ambitious newspaper man (Kirk Douglas) chews up the New Mexico scenery to delay the rescue of a man stuck in the mountain until he gets an offer from New York for $1,000 a day for his stories.  Depressingly, the victim dies.  (Oh, sorry if I spoiled the ending.)

Best line (from Jan Sterling, the victim's wife):  "I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons."

NO:  "Johnny O'Clock" (1947)  Dick Powell, whose singing and dancing films are better, is beset by cop Lee J. Cobb who already looked old.  Evelyn Keyes isn't exciting, the story is routine, and the ending is predictable.  Noir is supposed to be more clever and/or surprising.
 

From The Atlantic, May 2013

"Reader Responses
The Big Question

Q:  What day most changed the course of history?

753 b.c.: Rome is founded

The birth of Jesus

May 29, 1453:  The fall of Constantinople

March 15, 1493:  Columbus returns to Spain from his first voyage to the Americas

Oct. 31, 1517: Martin Luther nails his Ninety-Five Theses to a church door.

Aug. 27, 1859:  Drake's oil well is tapped.  .  .

Nov. 24, 1859:  Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of the Species

Feb. 24, 1921:  The birth of Abe Vigoda

Sept. 28, l928:  Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

July 16, 1945:  The first atomic bomb test.  .  .

Oct. 14, 1947:  Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier

May 10, 1960:  The FDA approves Enovid for use as a birth-control pill

Jan. 22, 1970:  The first passsenger flight of the Boeing 747.  .  .

 Nov.  7, 2000
  Dec. 12, 2000:  George W. Bush is elected president."


WAIT A MINUTE:  Feb. 24, 1921?

Two selected sentences

Today some jerk called into the E-R and left the following anonymous stupid remarks:

"My kid who has a high metabolism, is in sports and is very active, comes home starving every day, and

"Feed the (students) who need it and give less to those who don't."

Is there any hope left for people who think like that?

Whatever happened to "Thank you?"

Good grief

The FDA has just authorized the over-the-counter sale of the morning-after pill to girls as young as 15.  What are we raising here, a generation of young sluts?  What does FDA stand for?  Fucking Dumb Assholes?  Or are they just Feckless Democrat Activists?

The president of Rinky-Dink University has  issued a wimpy threat to expel drunken students who bring discredit upon the school..  We've all been students, and some of us have been teachers, and we know nothing will change until he actually does it.

UPDATE:  The E-R says it doesn't publish letters in support  of or opposed to abortion, but it has no trouble telling us about people who say it's inevitable, calling that news.