Gongol.com Archives: January 2016
January 3, 2016
Taking over a Federal building is terrorism
If demonstrators in some foreign country had overrun our embassy, we would consider it a massive act of provocation. It is the same for the self-appointed "militia" that has taken over the headquarters of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon. It doesn't need to come to a shootout with them (nobody wins when that happens), but they've stepped outside the boundaries of political expression into outlaw behavior.
There really needs to be a better policy for dealing with people whose lives are threatened
A young mother from Omaha and her 2-year-old daughter were killed, apparently by a boyfriend she feared, shortly after police showed up to check on her welfare. Something better needs to be done.
Bill Gates reads 50 books a year
And his reviews can give a decent bump to book sales. If you're not reading 50 books a year (and most of us probably aren't), it's worth considering that Gates probably has a lot more on his plate than most of us do, and a lot less to gain financially from learning new skills. Also worth noting: He prefers print to digital.
Cornices atop Des Moines's renovated Hotel Randolph
Cornices are a beautiful architectural element, and so rarely acknowledged as such
Things didn't go so well at Motley Crue's farewell show
