(no subject)

You have the right to a fair trial if you're charged with a crime. Can you get a fair trial when you're drugged against your will?

You have the right to free speech. Is that right meaningful if the government can intervene to change your thoughts?

(no subject)

A day spent walking through, over, around piles of slush and ice, trying not to get hit by cars and trucks sharing (not generously) the same road; talking with a departing housemate (she's given up on getting medical benefits from our county, going to try her luck in another one), a new housemate (seems like a friendly geek so far), and remaining housemates; trying to get something done with my own benefits, not getting much of anywhere. Finally, a steaming shower, hot water washing away the mud, the blood, the pain. Heavenly.

Good night.