“Bat Boy,”a character, 1992-2007, in the “Weekly World News”was as real as any of the stories in that paper, or any other tabloids, meaning not at all. We made fun of those papers. Bat Boy was a symbol. No one, we thought, could take seriously such a break from reality. 1/4

We were wrong. People who believed in Bat Boy now believe COVID was a hoax, but one cured by trump, with vaccines he developed (in Operation Warp Speed), but which Antifa/Deep State use implant “chips” in the…

Elections affect rights. Indiana law protects Dad’s rights, even in rape. Woman who gives birth out of wedlock has sole custody. I.C. § 31-14-13-1. If contested, court determines custody based on child’s best interest w/no “presumption favoring either parent.” Factors considered? 1/6

Include “pattern of domestic/family violence by either parent.” I.C. § 31-14-13-2. (Strangers not pattern or dom/family violence. I.C. 35-31.5-2-78) Parent w/custody determines kid's upbringing, unless…

Government sufficient for us is not simple; sometimes neither is math. Some threaten the rest of us with the 2nd Amendment if they do not get their way. But the 1st (free expression, assembly) + the 14th (equal protection, due process) > the 2nd. 1/4

01/06/21 was preceded by weeks of planning. The day before right wing media talked up what was to be. On 01/06 the cowardly soon-to-be-ex-president goaded people to walk to the Capitol, where the formality of counting the votes of the…

Thirty-eight percent (38%) of all people are a**holes. This has not been subjected to peer review, but I believe is accurate. The 38% spans all demographics: Black, white, red, yellow; sex, gender, orientation; age or nationality. We have two sides in a significant political divide. 1/4

Between the 2 lies the Undecided. Under a constitution based on democratic principles, how does one sway the Undecided? Maybe “reason” and “facts” are important, but “reason” is tough when ppl like…

We face primary & general elections in 2022 w/the prospect of people showing up armed. Most will claim they want to protect the right to vote. A “remedy” is “the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.” R.H. Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed., 2001. 1/4

Guns at the polls will not correct any errors in the voting machines. (“Freeze gigabyte!”) Guns do not play a direct part in counting votes. (“Where’s the port for this AR-15?”) The only purpose of guns at the…

Tonight, Jan 4 at 7 pm, on Civil Discourse Now (on the Chateau de Mars Hill Facebook network right before “Mouthwash”) we) shall discuss January 6, populism and The Constitution, and how we can prevent another insurrection. My guest will be Dan Canon. 1/4

Dan Canon is a civil rights lawyer & a Professor of Law at the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. He served as lead counsel for Kentucky plaintiffs in Obergefell v. Hodges, which established marriage…

Mobs storm govt bldgs. Taxes R high, money short, ppl fed up. Women, African-Americans & indigenous people are left out. Veterans feel benefits they were promised for their service were false. Wealthy elites are scared this rabble will destroy order. Gov’t seems too weak. 1/5

In 1786 and into 1787 Shays’ Rebellion scared the hell out of this country’s leaders, who agreed The Articles of Confederation sucked. A convention met in Philadelphia to make corrections to the Articles.…

People who believe the January 6 mob attack on The Capitol was plotted by Deep State/Antifa (DSA) are unfairly compared to those who believe NASA never landed on The Moon. After all, those of the latter concede The Moon exists. 1/5

Over 150 rioters from January 6 have pleaded guilty. (Insider, 12/16/21) Some were tracked down via social media, such as Facebook. More importantly those who have been charged have been upset that DSA has gotten credit for MAGA’s riot. (We in DSA are…

Reality denied. On 01/06/2021: trump egged on the crowd. “And after this, we're going to walk down, and I'll be there with you, we're going to walk down, we're going to walk down. Anyone you want, but I think right here, we're going to walk down to the Capitol...” 1/5

“& we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. Because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to…

On Tuesday, December 28 at 7 p.m. on Civil Discourse Now we shall discuss guns and violence from a consumer’s perspective.

People have a right to know if a product can kill them. Tobacco companies knew, from their own research, for years before the Surgeon General’s 1964 report, that mainstream smoke kills, yet TV ads had doctors saying cigs prevent colds.

If you think buying a gun protects your home, you have a right to know if that gun is more likely to prevent - or cause - harm…

An amulet is “an object superstitiously worn to ward off evil; a protective charm.” The American College Dictionary, 1962 ed. A handgun holds one or more “rounds,” but no magic. A person has to (1) have opportunity and (2) know how to use that gun, for the gun to work. 1/7

Opportunity: People buy guns for defense of their home. Guns do not emit force fields to ward off bad guys. People assume crime rates drop when ‘good guys’ are armed. (See Wenner-Moyer, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,…

People have a right to know if a product can kill them. Tobacco companies knew, from their own research, for years before the Surgeon General’s 1964 report, that mainstream smoke kills, yet TV ads had doctors saying cigs prevent colds. 1/7



Cigs prevent colds, but only if you count death as an event that stops colds. If you think buying a gun protects your home, you have a right to know if that gun is more likely to prevent - or cause - harm to you and your loved ones. We have that…

Dating on-line? A bite in the butt, & I don’t refer to a fetish. In the past (nearly) 7 yrs, I h’ve tried several dating websites. eHarmony consistently has received high marks & is one to which I had the misfortune to subscribe. 1st: science in dating that they tout? They have disclaimers. 1/4

(I’m a lawyer but despite pages of fine print there’s supposed 2 B fairness in online commerce.) 2nd: I spent a lot of time answering their questionnaire (to zero in, 1 infers, on…

What is “reality”? A woman lectured me yesterday about my having worn a mask into the place where I was meeting a friend for a beer. She told me masks are useless (viruses go right through them), no one has died from COVID, and January 6? 1/6

She said those people who stormed The Capitol were placed by Democrats to make trump look bad. The “media” has brainwashed everyone to believe what was shown on TV screens that day. I pointed out “media” is plural and the images were caught by…

PART III: DCS RECAP Tonight, 9 p.m. on FB, I’ll discuss DCS a/k/a Dept of Child Services on “Mouthwash,” John Schmitz’s podcast. Just so you know, DCS can take your kid forever. The statutes were written to favor DCS & judges’ discretion is limited. 1/5

Glossary of abbreviations is helpful. FCM: Family Case Mgr; IA: informal adjustment; ChINS: Child in Need of Services; TPR: Term’n of Parental Rts. 310: DCS intake report. Steps toward TPR: 1) 310; 2) IA; 3) ChINS; 4) TPR. FCM’s…

PART II: DCS PROBLEMS. Tues., 11/16, 9 p.m. on FB, I’ll be a guest on “Mouthwash,” John Schmitz’s podcast. Topic: Department of Child Services a/k/a DCS. If you’re affluent, you might not know about it. But DCS can take your kids. 1/10



Fed law requires DCS to seek Termination of Parental Rights (“TPR”) if a child’s been out of a parent’s home for 15 of the most recent 22 months under a dispositional (ChINS) order. If DCS doesn’t that can impact DCS funding. Sometimes DCS changes…

PART I: DCS PROBLEMS. Tues., 11/16, 9 p.m. on FB, I’ll be a guest on “Mouthwash,” John Schmitz’s podcast. Topic: Department of Child Services a/k/a DCS. Affluent ppl rarely encounter DCS. DCS is pivotal in TPR, Termination of Parental Rights, proceedings. 1/8

TPR usually starts with a call to a DCS hotline that a child is abused or neglected. The identity of the caller is kept confidential. Confidentiality can be good but also serves to keep much of the process secret. A DCS FCM…

Corpses have value. Network news, on Vietnam, each night 1965 on, flashed the number of U.S. military dead & wounded, offset by greater numbers of then-enemy (now trading partner), dead.

Some say numbers of “enemy” dead were as fictional... 1/6

as U.S. efforts to use militaristic dictators to instill democratic values in South Vietnam. Flag-draped coffins returning from Southeast Asia were difficult to ignore. With only three networks, news was not as fractured.…

The person who has posed the most destructive threat to our political system in the past few decades left the Oval Office on 01/20/2021, replaced by President Biden, who won the 2020 election by over seven million popular votes. Now trump has surprised me. 1/3

I still am a primary-qualified Republican & precinct committee person (Marion County, Indiana, Washington Twp 21-01). I agree w/trump, in part. He said: “If we don’t solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020" the “single…

Guy in his 20s, charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana, was entering into a diversion agreement. If he stayed out of trouble for a year, followed other terms, there’d be no conviction. His Honor held the agreement up & asked the guy how much that was worth. 1/7

The guy, politely, said “I don’t know, sir.” His Honor said, “One Million Dollars” & explained how a criminal conviction, even for a misdemeanor, could block things in the future: student loans, enlistment in…