[Scratch board and digitally reversed scratch board]
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Thursday, May 07, 2015
Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Cannibalism legal in Idaho under certain conditions
By Jack Brummet, Anthropophagy Ed.
A law (still currently on the books) in Idaho provides for an affirmative defense against cannibalism under certain conditions.
The Donner Party would be off the hook in Idaho
A law (still currently on the books) in Idaho provides for an affirmative defense against cannibalism under certain conditions.
TITLE 18
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 50
MAYHEM
18-5003. CANNIBALISM DEFINED -- PUNISHMENT. (1) Any person who wilfully ingests the flesh or blood of a human being is guilty of cannibalism.
(2) It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of the provisions of this section that the action was taken under extreme life-threatening conditions as the only apparent means of survival.
(3) Cannibalism is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding fourteen (14) years.
History:
[18-5003, added 1990, ch. 210, sec. 2, p. 468.]
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Tuesday, May 05, 2015
Monday, May 04, 2015
Poem The Meaning
By Jack Brummet
1
Some people say
Life would have no meaning
If we lived forever;
Others among us say
Life would have meaning
If we did.
2
The meaning of life
Is like the rings running circles
Around a tree trunk.
If you remember back
On your last trip
To the natural history museum,
The best tree sections
Have pins on their rings:
Jesus born;
Magna
Carta;
Mayflower arrives in America;
Declaration of Independence;
Civil War ends;
Man walks on moon.
3
Wouldn't it be something
To not konk out
And see rings marked
Race wars end;
Israel and Palestine merge;
Poverty eliminated;
The return of Jesus;
Alien diplomats arrive?
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Sunday, May 03, 2015
A John Peers clown painting (probably of Emmett Kelly) I bought years ago at a junk store
By Jack Brummet, Outsider Art Ed.
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I know a lot of people don't like clowns. I'm pretty neutral on clowns (except maybe John Wayne Gacy). I bought this oil for $5 about 20 years ago at a junk/antique store on Lake City Way (it's about 2'x3'). I did some searching and found out the artist is John Peers, a somewhat well-known painter of clowns.
"This is Famous Bohemian San Francisco gallery artist (of the time) PEERS, from the 1950's. My mother and father both knew this man and he painted many paintings for them. I still have some of the nicest ones." Someone else: "Peers lived in South San Francisco and liked to drink. He was a friend of my Uncle Giovanni and should be about 75-80 is he is still alive. He would go to bard on Third Street (near Candlestick Park) and sell those clown paintings for $25. My Uncle has 3 and they are rather good."
I think the subject of the painting is Emmett Kelly who was a kind of hobo/clown amalgam (like Red Skelton)?
I know a lot of people don't like clowns. I'm pretty neutral on clowns (except maybe John Wayne Gacy). I bought this oil for $5 about 20 years ago at a junk/antique store on Lake City Way (it's about 2'x3'). I did some searching and found out the artist is John Peers, a somewhat well-known painter of clowns.
"This is Famous Bohemian San Francisco gallery artist (of the time) PEERS, from the 1950's. My mother and father both knew this man and he painted many paintings for them. I still have some of the nicest ones." Someone else: "Peers lived in South San Francisco and liked to drink. He was a friend of my Uncle Giovanni and should be about 75-80 is he is still alive. He would go to bard on Third Street (near Candlestick Park) and sell those clown paintings for $25. My Uncle has 3 and they are rather good."
I think the subject of the painting is Emmett Kelly who was a kind of hobo/clown amalgam (like Red Skelton)?
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Saturday, May 02, 2015
Friday, May 01, 2015
The Axial Seamount volcano may (or may not) have erupted off the coast of Oregon and Washington
By Jack Brummet, Rim of Fire Ed.
On Thursday, April 23, the new sensors placed on and near the volcano (see photo below) recorded 8,000 small earthquakes in a 24-hour period. The volcano’s caldera, which had been expanding rapidly with magma, collapsed like a deflated balloon.
Scientists are debating whether this was actually an eruption, with actual molten rock flowing over the seafloor. No instruments were destroyed and there was no temperature spike. It is possible the volcano didn't erupt, but filled subterranean fissures, with lava.
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