Unity in strength: The Complicated History Of The Confederate Flag

excerpt - The confederate flag is a controversial symbol. What it means has changed over time and can depend on who you are and where you come from. And to further complicate this, there wasn't just one confederate flag--there were dozens--and the flag we've come to know as the confederate flag has a history as complicated as it is contentious.

(Video from Youtube user "TheGoodStuff")

Bonus! If you watched the above video & thought that it was interesting, here's another complicated flag origin story video: History of the Italy flag

(Video from Youtube user "Jabzy")

Vexillology is confusing..

End Jury Duty

I recently got summoned for jury duty (again) August 30 I hope to g-d I don't get called in because the last time I did it was not fun nor was it a pleasant experience. I will post about my experience in another post. In the mean time if you have ever been summoned to jury duty or know someone who has please read the following about the tyranny of this practice.  

(exert) - There is a difference between “trial by jury” and “jury duty.” “Trial by jury” means that an accused person’s guilt or innocence is determined by a group of people not associated with the government, and “jury duty” means that unqualified people are forced against their will to serve as unpaid jurors—jury duty is just one of many possible ways to fulfill trial by jury. Our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution call for trial by jury, not jury duty, leaving it up to us the people to decide exactly what comprises a jury and how a jury should be formed, as long as we do not violate any other passages in our Declaration of Independence or in our Constitution. Our court’s practice of jury duty actually violates six distinct passages in our Declaration Of Independence, and six more distinct passages in our Constitution, not to mention seven more distinct statute laws, so when our court tells us that our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution stipulate jury duty they are flat out lying to us. Even our court’s insistence that a jury be “peers” to the defendant is never mentioned in our Declaration of Independence or in our Constitution, and has never been true of our juries anyway, since our first jurors had to be white male landowners, and even today jurors are limited to non-felons, but there is a way to have willing, paid, and qualified jurors who are also peers to dependents, and that is to limit our jurors’ service to part-time: As long as most of a juror’s income comes from some non-governmental job, then that juror can still be considered to be a peer to the defendant.

The problem with random selection also causes hardships on those without public or personal transportation, the need to leave a disabled person or child in the care of someone else (if they can find someone else) and have to pay out money to do so, if the summoned jury prospect has physical/mental/emotional disorders that the jury selectors do not consider to be significant or if that person has to pay to have their physician/psychiatrist make an appointment to write an explanatory excuse letter, or if the potential juror will lose pay (while employers know it is unethical to fire or deny pay for jury service, many get away with it anyway) or lose money and potential clients due to having to close their business for an undetermined period of time.  We also wish that juries no longer be sequestered as this is basically imprisonment away from their families and homes when they themselves have committed no crimes.  Random jurors on the rolls for their period of service only have a few hours the night before of notice of when to report the next day, often not giving enough adequate time to make care giving, job coverage or transportation arrangements.  Failure to report can result in heavy fines and/or jail time far in excess of what is perceived to be the crime of not reporting.  Also, often judges can declare contempt of court with also heavy fines and/or jail time for potential and selected random jurors for what would be deemed by most as a very minor infraction if an infraction at all. Make jury service a paid part-time professional occupation for willing and able jurors, thus removing random selection of jurors from county rolls. 

See the video below for more information.

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The difference between “Shirt” & “T-Shirt”

Difference between shirt & blouse:

A shirt is the general term for anything from a halter top to a hair shirt, and a blouse refers to something more specific. It doesn't have to be short or long sleeved. They have buttons or zippers, some kind of closure, and are made of a fine fabric like silk or satin so it can hang loosely.

Types of shirt:

T-shirt, tank top, blouse, polo, jersey, dress shirt,
henley, scoop neck, V-neck, button-down shirt, long-sleeved shirt,
short-sleeved shirt, sleeveless shirt, cami, sweatshirt, hoodie

As nouns the difference between blouse and shirt is that blouse is an outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt and reaches from the neck to the waist or below nowadays, in colloquial use, blouse refers almost always to a woman's shirt that buttons down the front while shirt is an article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

As verbs the difference between blouse and shirt is that blouse is to hang a garment in loose folds while shirt is to cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt. 

Word Definitions

Blouse - (noun) An outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt and reaches from the neck to the waist or below. Nowadays, in colloquial use, blouse refers almost always to a woman's shirt that buttons down the front.

Shirt (noun) An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

Customer Survey: Burger King (Rant)

High, so you know whats annoying?

Hot pants, but more importantly I had an experience at my local Burger King fast food establishment recently (today) that I thought was worth sharing.

This is a review/rant on my experience:

So I went to my local Burger King for lunch today because I really didn't pack anything & because I am short on lunch food stuff so yeah. I originally wanted to go to Subway, but they were busy so I decided to go to Burger King. I thought hey might as well. I went to the drive through as I always do (it's faster) & I placed my order. I ordered a Whopper with cheese, Mac n Cheeto's, Medium fries with a medium Coca-Cola. I ordered medium sizing because of cost. My order totaled $10.28 plus $0.71 tax. Took about 5 minutes just to pay and go. The person ahead of me had to pull up and wait for their order & there was a car behind me to top it off. I got my order and drove off. While I was driving I noticed a customer walking to his vehicle. I was thinking about waiting but there was a car behind me & I did not want traffic so drove by carefully. As I approached him I decided to just keep going at this point I wasn't going to stop. He stopped halfway as I passed & he shouted at me & I quote said "ASSHOLE!" I had my windows down because my car has no air conditioner and it was hot. This man literally called me an "asshole" out loud because he stopped to let me out of the parking lot! The nerve! I have never been insulted like that in a long time, especially during my years in customer service but still like wth. I could have run him over. That could have been an option so he's lucky. The person was a middle aged male Caucasoid with a trashy appearance & obese. Here I'm thinking "wow such Minnesota Nice attitude right there!" I just ignored him and drove off to a nearby park to eat my lunch. My Mac & Cheesto's were good, fries were mediocre, & the Whopper was an absolute mess. Despite the Whopper situation I finished it anyway. I did not finish all the fries, they were just, bleh. This was not the only time I had a bad meal from there as I had a few before. Tried not to let this incident get the best of me at work so I just shrugged it off. What I should have done was to go into the store & talk to a member of management of the situation, but I figured I did not want to start anymore drama. After work I went home and filled out a survey instead. Does anybody else fill out the survey's that are listed on the receipt of you purchases? Most businesses I shop at mention them to me occasionally. I just ignore them. After the ordeal I had earlier today I am considering not going to Burger King again.

How to contour like an Instagram pro

Are you going to a wedding? Prom? Satanic black mass? Need a finishing touch to your makeup? Why look drab when you can look fab with a perfect contour & high light!  How? Look no further than Instagram!

The following video will instruct you into achieving the best contour & highlighting, perfect for (almost) any occasion!

Video is from YouTube user "NikkieTutorials"