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The collected thoughts, rants and ramblings of Eamon O'Connor
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Category: Musings Over Coffee
05/19/12@ 12:47:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Law Stuff , Tags: judge gustin reichbach, medical marijuana , 422 words 
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This op-ed piece was written by a sitting judge of the New York supreme court. In NY the supreme court is a trial court, a court of general jurisdiction. New York's court of last resort is its Court of Appeals. This reversal of roles is as far as I know… more »
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04/15/12@ 03:20:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee , Tags: bad hair, celebrity apprentice, diabetes, donald trump, fellatio , 200 words Permalink
A friend of mine is collaterally involved with the TV show “Celebrity Apprentice” and he mentioned earlier today he has 'date' with Donald Trump in few hours. He meant 'date' in its connotative meaning of an obligation that is somewhat distasteful. I me… more »
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04/10/12@ 01:53:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee , Tags: andrew sullivan, constitutional convention, marijuana reform, patrick appel , 805 words Permalink
Andrew Sullivan's The Dish considers whether federal marijuana laws can survive. Andrew is on vacation this week after his appearance on one of the Talking Head shows this past Easter. I watched part of the tape of that show and I can sympathize with hi… more »
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04/09/12@ 02:49:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee , Tags: racism, tulsa murders , 411 words Permalink
This morning I read an article in a local newspaper on the “random” shooting and killing of three African-American men in the segregated part of Tulsa Oklahoma recently who, like Trayvon Martin, a month ago, were out walking and minding their own busin… more »
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03/28/12@ 03:35:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee , Tags: emmett till, george zimmerman, trayvon martin , 740 words Permalink
All of America since the tragic death of 17 year old Trayvon Martin at the hands of an at least somewhat unhinged but armed Neighborhood Watch volunteer named George Zimmerman who had a local reputation for making way too many 9 1 1 calls to report susp… more »
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03/25/12@ 02:15:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee , Tags: dick cheney, heart transplant , 471 words Permalink
I am aghast at the news that Richard Bruce Cheney has received a new heart. First let me say that I can think of nothing good to say about Cheney. So I won't be offering him any succor or good wishes of any kind. Dick Cheney is nothing more than a war c… more »
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03/24/12@ 03:42:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Cool Stuff , Tags: albuquerque, bounty, richard berry , 337 words Permalink
This morning's Albuquerque Journal reports a real shocker. Apparently since 2010 the ABQ New Mexico's police officers protective association, euphemistically called a 'union', has paid its members as much $900 per head to any ABQ cop who shoots a citiz… more »
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03/21/12@ 03:43:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee , Tags: frothy mix, mittens, newt, ron paul , 557 words Permalink
Former governors are circling wagons and sticking together. Ex-governor Jeb Bush, the littlest Bush, has come out and endorsed his brother ex-governor Willard Romney as his choice to be the GOPer nominee in the race for the White House. This is an int… more »
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02/22/12@ 12:57:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, Law Stuff , Tags: congress, fellatio, research and development, superpacs, tax policy , 701 words Permalink
I read this morning in the Los Angeles Times that President Obama wants to lower the maximum corporate tax rate from 32% (which I doubt is ever paid) to 28% (which I also doubt will ever be paid). Obama's plan would close some loopholes in the Lobbyist… more »
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02/19/12@ 04:22:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Mythology & Religion , Tags: cahtolic church, fr gerard kleba, rome, st louis missouri, timothy dolan , 407 words Permalink
This morning I read an article in the National Catholic Reporter about the pastor of a small and insular parish in St Louis, St Cronan Parish. It is served by a pastor named Gerard Kleba. He prefers to be called “Gerry” and adds that he isn't big on cl… more »
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02/10/12@ 12:12:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee , Tags: birth control, catholic bishops, family planning services, politics, theology of sex, timothy dolan , 944 words Permalink
I am curious and I don't know the answer for sure but I am assuming that the 'rule' that is causing the US Conference of Catholic Bishops so much angst and so much concomitant grief in the west wing of the White house is part of the Affordable Health Ca… more »
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01/30/12@ 05:01:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Mythology & Religion , Tags: affordable health care act, birth control, freedom of religion , 240 words Permalink
I am having a real problem with the 'debate' of recent days in which the opponents of affordable health care have focused on the part of the plan that requires health insurers to provide free access to family planning, i.e. birth control. The religi… more »
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01/18/12@ 12:36:00 am Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Cool Stuff , Tags: pipa, sopa , 0 words Permalink
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01/15/12@ 04:07:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, Mythology & Religion , Tags: 2012 election, fellatio, marriage equality, mitt romney, newt gingrich, tim tebow , 781 words Permalink
I have been wondering recently why it is that I should concern myself with the the 2012 elections. Why should I participate? I have been wondering about this almost constantly for the last several months at least in a semi subliminal manner. I have tr… more »
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01/07/12@ 12:47:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Cool Stuff, Gay Stuff , Tags: apologies, cardinal george, chicago, kkk , 606 words Permalink
Francis Cardinal George is the Archbishop of Chicago soon to retire as he turns 75 in the new year. He is a very public man in the twilight of his position as archbishop. Recently in a local television interview during a time of negotiating the route o… more »
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01/06/12@ 01:12:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee , Tags: cfpb, earl warren, jonathan turey, recess appointments, richard cordray , 814 words Permalink
One of the blogs I follow is that of Professor Jonathan Turley who writes a very cogent blog on legal issues usually with a progressive view of things legal. Turey is Shapiro Professor of Law at George Washington University. He wrote an article on his… more »
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11/23/11@ 02:54:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Cool Stuff, NOT-Cool Stuff , Tags: airloine tickets, ass gas or grass , 205 words Permalink
This story from the SanFrancisco Chronicle caught my eye. I remember in the 60s I occasionally saw license plate frames on VW buses that read "Ass, gas, or grass. No one rides for free." Imagine buying a ticket to ride on an interntional flight from I… more »
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11/13/11@ 11:05:00 am Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Cool Stuff , Tags: banishment, colorado, george carlin, kansas, utah, wyoming , 150 words Permalink
A friend of mine who still labors at he bar of justice sent me this clip by (as he calls him) the Prophet George. In a little over eightr minutes Carlin lays out his solution for violent criminals, uncontrolled drunks, drug addicts and wingnuts curre… more »
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11/08/11@ 11:32:00 am Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Mythology & Religion , Tags: duggar family , 309 words Permalink
The Huffington Post reports today that the Duggar Family is expecting a new addition to the 19 children alreadybrought into this world. People in the know say that the population of the earth has gone from a cool six billion to seven billion in a shor… more »
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11/01/11@ 11:22:00 am Categories: Musings Over Coffee , Tags: 1%, 995, buy here, lemons, pay here, sxecurities fraud , 393 words Permalink
So Wall Street according to this LA Times story, has come up with a scheme preying on the margins of America and involving lemons. Lemons being the street name for automobiles that don't run properly because of any number of reasons including, age, de… more »
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10/30/11@ 01:47:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, Cool Stuff , Tags: carol jensen, occupy barstow, ows , 135 words Permalink
I came across on my Twitter feed. Even in small towns stuck in the middle of the desert like Barstow, California Americans are upset with the betrayal of Americans by the Congress and our entire national government. They are upset that government now is… more »
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10/27/11@ 12:52:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee , Tags: exxon-mobile, petroleum addiction, sppons , 87 words Permalink
Here is one of those things that makes you realize just how dominated the American people are by Big Oil and our addiction to petroleum I would suspect that washing the damn spoon is far less deleterious to the environment than making the damn spoon in… more »
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10/26/11@ 10:46:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee , Tags: occupy oakland, opd , 65 words Permalink
Having at one time been related (by marriage) to an Oakland cop who later became chief cop in Oakland and having heard stories and read of lawsuits against OPD and done a little historical research myself on that particular group of thugs, let me say t… more »
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10/22/11@ 11:48:00 am Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, Douchenozzles & Douchebagery , 35 words Permalink
How can anyone take the Tea Party folks seriously? Can you imagine this woman in high office and attending a state dinner? Seriously? Or worse actually trying to run any governmental agency? God save us.
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10/21/11@ 10:25:00 am Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, NOT-Cool Stuff , 548 words Permalink
America is about to make a fundamental change in its claimed devotion to Liberty, and to Equality. A bill co-authored by Sens. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and freshman Mike Lee (R-UT) was introduced into the Senate that would allow foreign nationals to gain… more »
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08/19/11@ 07:12:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee , Tags: datamining, recordkeeping, timothy cratchit , 253 words Permalink
I was just playing a fast and furious Windows7 game of solitaire when I wondered why I was not keeping track of cards that hadn't been played and from there I wandered off to consider why I wasn't storing that information in my WW2-era issued brain. I… more »
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@ 11:23:00 am Categories: Musings Over Coffee , Tags: cetusa, heshey company, slave trade, wage slaves , 521 words Permalink
I semi-noticed yesterday that there was labor unrest in Hershey Pennsylvania involving 'seasonal' workers hired by America's premier choclatier. This morning over coffee I found the article above on the New York Times' website. Apparently a non-prof… more »
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08/17/11@ 10:42:00 am Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, Law Stuff, NOT-Cool Stuff , Tags: facebook, jordan blackshaw, perry sutclifee-keenan, politcal prisoners , 291 words Permalink
Yesterday the Guardian posted a story of two young men, Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan age 22 (left) and Jordan Blackshaw age 20, who posted comments to Facebook that got them four years in a British prison. Apparently no one thinks that the postings by tho… more »
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08/15/11@ 08:01:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Cool Stuff , Tags: 2012, democracy, failure, obama, perry, romney, special interest, voting , 659 words Permalink
Well it looks to me like our choices for president in 2012 are to select the status quo represented by Barack Oama on the Dem side of the aisle and either Mitt Romney (Magic Underwear) or Rick Perry (Pastor Rick) on the GOPer side. Both of those gentlem… more »
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08/14/11@ 05:07:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee , Tags: anonymous, fullerton police , 179 words Permalink
Apparently ANONYMOUS has pledged to attack Fullerton PD's website. First of all let's get one thing straight: there is nothing on that site that is anything but fluff and advertising. There isn't anything there that isn't available in other places a cl… more »
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@ 11:21:00 am Categories: Musings Over Coffee , Tags: earthquakes, san francisco, seismicity , 172 words Permalink
Watching local seismicity is a habit/hobby of mine.The current California-Nevada quake map from the USGS currently shows about 400 quakes on the map. This is somewhat unusual and the nmber of quakes shown on the map has hovered betwee 350 to 400 or so… more »
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08/13/11@ 05:01:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee , Tags: pastor ric, rick perry , 126 words 
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Well here it is folks! Hot off the GOPer-Gutenberg Press, Pastor Rick's glory shot to accompany his announcement that he too is going after the 23% of the American electorate who are bat shit crazy. Just look at the glint in his eyes and the clenched f… more »
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08/12/11@ 11:12:00 am Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, Gay Stuff , Tags: closeted politicians, gay sex for money, kameryn gibson, philip hinkle , 488 words Permalink
I came across this very common story whle perusing Joe Jervis' blog (Joe. My. God) this morning and decided to look around more and found the above noted story in a local newspaper. Mr. Hinkle is a good god-fearing member of the lower house of Indi… more »
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08/06/11@ 10:00:00 am Categories: Musings Over Coffee , Tags: birthday, coffee, falling apart, michael j fox , 176 words Permalink
An old friend (in all senses of the word) sent me the above link to the LATimes. It's a slide show (of sorts) showing many of the things, people and critters turning fifty in 2011. Due in large part to not yet having had my morning coffee I excitedly w… more »
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08/05/11@ 02:58:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, Law Stuff , Tags: bernie sanders, constitution, joe lieberman, super congress , 308 words Permalink
I just read a rather thought provoking post on Firedoglake with the most intriguing title of The Coming Social Anarchy. When the title caught my eye I imagined a coming scene of riots on the street and bloodied heads and cops in riot gear and riot dress… more »
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