forced on them by budget deficits and ALEC legislators that shrug and say "We have no choice."

The Paul Ryans of the world claim he wants to reduce "dependence", but he and his funders absolutely want the average citizen to be dependent on corporate "benefactors" who determine all aspects of their life.

About Me

This cat's a 40-something libation-enjoying gabber still trying to do the right thing. Watch his crazy adventures as he works and stumbles his way through the great world of public service in the Age of Fitzwalkerstan, while keeping tabs on Bucky Badger and the next Great Depression. I'm told I'm big in Oshkosh.SAN FRANCISCO -- In newly released documents, Alameda County sheriff's deputies detail what led them to chase a suspect from Castro Valley to San Francisco, and then beat him with batons dozens of times until he was moaning in pain from lacerations to his head and broken bones in his hands.

Deputies Luis Santamaria and Paul Wieber describe their worry that 29-year-old Stanislav Petrov might have been leading them into an ambush as he took off on foot through a Mission District ally after fleeing his stolen, white Mercedes.

Both deputies chronicled an epic struggle with Petrov, who they said vigorously resisted and grabbed for his waistband as if he had a gun.

Stanislav Petrov. (Courtesy of Olga Petrova) (Olga Petrova)

"Petrov refused to surrender and I feared Deputy Santamaria and I