I think some of the problem is I am in a bad position of being not a super beginner, and not (yet?) really good at it. It's hard dance, and sometimes the more you know that you don't know...much like starting a job and not feeling overwhelmed until a few months in.

That makes total sense. I wish you didn't feel that way, though!

I'm feeling extremely cynical today, and I can't help but think that the police wants there to be a riot, and is helping to incite one.

mac has been throwing away the sandwiches I make every morning. throwing them away in a trashcan in the house.

Yeah, and wtf is the point of evacuating people? Do they think they are getting potential rioters dispersed, or keeping non-rioters out of harm's way?

Okay, so the press conference should start any minute now.

I hate to say this, Rebecca, but your child is not that bright.

I am reminded of the hats I wore every day in the winter....as far as the corner of my street. It is not that hard to get over on your parents!

Yeah, and wtf is the point of evacuating people? Do they think they are getting potential rioters dispersed, or keeping non-rioters out of harm's way?

I think getting non-rioters out of harm's way. It sounds like they were going to off-campus student housing.

Murder indictment. DAMN.

Wow. The county prosecutor says he's never seen an officer act this "asinine" in 30 years of prosecution. Prosecutor says the officer should never have been a police officer.

I am really afraid of this video.

I'm feeling extremely cynical today, and I can't help but think that the police wants there to be a riot, and is helping to incite one.

I'm not *quite* as cynical in that I don't think it's intentional, but I do think it's an almost unconscious embracing of a riot as the right and obvious response and so they are playing right into it. Like it's too much effort to actively try to think of a different solution.