@Aqua-Letifer said in Cuomo’s ‘Say their names’ reform agenda: @Catseye3 said in Cuomo’s ‘Say their names’ reform agenda: Having had some time to react, I'm really pissed off about that big-ass yellow lettering on the street in front of the White House. It is surreally awful. It needs to be disappeared -- which it will pretty soon, when enough traffic has rolled over it. Then it will be a big faded dirty yellow blotch. In front of the People's House. It's still a block or three away from the White House. And the guy occupying the building shares a big part of the blame for it being there. He's done nothing to fix this. Absolutely nothing. That is utter bull shit. Tell me exactly why it was his responsibility to fix it in the first place? Obama was there for 8 years, what the hell did HE do to fix it? Nothing. But he did a hell of a lot to drive a wedge in things. Trump put more blacks to work, created more business opportunities in black neighborhoods, than any president before him. By what right do these loud mouthed, spoiled little shit boxes out "protesting" go out and tear it all down and then bitch that it Trumps fault? Blacks utilizing the worst part of their culture, unable or unwilling to control themselves like civil humans, white kids trying to copy their thug culture, blacks who rage about racism when not a single one of them have the slightest fucking clue what racism even is, who have been taught by a crippled society that they are entitled and are owed something, a situation that took decades to create - you tell me how that is somehow Trump's fault!! I'm fucking sick to death with all of it. Not a damned one of them are principled protesters. Every fucking one of them is a self important, entitled dickwad just out taking advantage of another opportunity to go out and vent their pent up rage over being such a useless sack of meat.

@Jolly To me, that doesn't make sense. I don't think that the Democrat are in love with Vice President Pence. Anyway, I looked up the definition of coup "a sudden illegal, often violent, taking of government power"

@Loki said in Doubling Rate?: Worrying about Covid again? 2020 will be remembered for the biggest farce perpetuated on mankind. Shifting blame, shifting importance and the search for the right narrative. Now it’s the tear gas’s fault. Seriously that’s the news go to story. We are a vapid people. Yeah, people's thoughts and feels about the culture they are part of are based on whatever the programmers want them to think and feel. Anymore the fundamental self-interest being appealed to is the desire to be seen as virtuous. It used to be that our programming appealed to our desire to be safe, or god forbid successful. No more. It's all about being virtuous now. This quest for virtuousness is so lazy, it requires nothing of anybody except to vote the right way and say the right things. What a scam. But it does seem to be working.

After a massive “show of force”, Trump is confined in a cage.

Unless the big protest March occurs in Washington this weekend, as rumored.

It will be interesting what comes out during the trial. I maintain there is a backstory yet to come out. They knew each other. Either the cop was giving special punishment to Floyd to teach him a lesson, or, the cop was telegraphing a lesson to someone else via Floyd, but which included Floyd. The fact that the other cops did virtually nothing, seems to indicate that they knew better than to cross the cop, or do anything other than gently try to convince him to get off his neck. Think Serpico, and it all makes sense.

It is a step in the right direction.

I like my beer like I like my women. Bitter and kept in the cellar.

@George-K said in Meanwhile, in Hammond...: I've only been in Hammond via Amtrak. Looks like a nice enough town... Mostly known for strawberry farms...

Tomb of the Unknown Rioter?

@Horace said in The Treason of Epidemiologists: A good piece by JG. It's been a while since I've seen one of those. Well, it's not TDS for a change...

I think it unlikely the Russians will be coming through the Fulda Gap anytime soon.

@Larry that's damn fine. I loved all the little "accents" he put into the melody line. I didn't even mind the accordion too much.

I’m not sure he feels the same way about you.

Put it here!

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Just think of all the construction jobs created in the last week!

In Atlanta today, the cops have backed up and are starting to let some rioters do what they may. Many have determined the possibility of criminal charges if the do the wrong thing in the heat of the moment or even if they appear to do the wrong thing through the wrong camera angle, is simply not worth it. I do know Apple is having to provide armed security for its Atlanta employees, and none of those employees are allowed to wear corporate insignia. The employees were being attacked, for whatever reason.

Yeah, you can always still eat it, but from what I understand the key that distinguishes OK carbonara from excellent one is the timing and texture of the sauce.