It's (another) Friday the 13th

This is a fun year. Apparently there are 3 - count'em - 3 Friday the 13ths this year. Which might explain why on earth the Alaska State Legislature, working on a shortened schedule (thanks to my fellow citizens) is spending it's time on: a House Bill to send a letter to the Prez whining about "sovereign rights". In case you haven't been keeping up with the Repubnuts lingo - that be code for "states rights". And a House Bill for getting a state death penalty, which we don't need 'cause the feds will gas our fellow citizens for us. And a House Bill for a "certification" that a child who was stillborn, really croaked that way. 'Cause you never know what evil us womenfolk will do.

Yepper, it's all the Big G's (guns, God, and gays) again. Granted Reps. Kelly/Coghill haven't gone after the gays, but it's only mid-way through the session and I doubt they will surprise me. Meanwhile Rep. Jay Ramras (District 10) is busy trying to keep public records not public. Apparently a bust of a local meth lab found personal info on some of our cops. Oopsie!

So, according to Jay "Gas 'em" Ramras (yep, he is one of the sponsors of this piece of idiocy) the solution is to excise the names of cops and assorted other law enforcement types from public databases such as the tax accessor's list.

Riiighttttt ...

Jay, dude, ever hear of "Google"? Seriously, get one of those Eastern European "students" on F1 visas who you import in 'cause they are cheaper than American college kids, to show you how the "series of tubes" work.

Actually I doubt the evil doers who got the info even worked that hard for it. Chances are someone in the cop shop hit "Print" and handed it off to their son/boyfriend/dealer. But that's an ambitious Repubnut for ya: Why use a rolled up newspaper to swat a puppy when you can blow his brains out?

I know, I know. I'm being a Ms. Cranky Pants here; that's what spending some time looking up what my local legislators are up to down there in Never-Never Land will do.

But there is some good news: I got me a J-O-B. Zero glamour, much work, part-time and I got two bosses. But it's a job I didn't have to apply for and it ain't at Wally World.

Me (basically) happy.

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