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@taiwan_girl watch a lawyer talk about the interview:

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@george-k said in Who killed Ashli Babbitt?:

I keep asking, what is the policy for use of deadly force by the Capitol Police? No one seems to have an answer.

“An officer may use deadly force only when the officer reasonably believes that action is in the defense of human life, including the officer's own life, or in the defense of any person in immediate danger of serious physical injury.”

You’ll notice how the assailant is described in the report as “an unhinged man” and “a man in an orange hoodie.” (And this is the New York Post we’re talking about. They’re normally less squeamish.) In the CBS video report, he is similarly described as “a man” and “the suspect.”

Is it just my imagination, or when some random white guy attacks or shoots someone and the victim is a person of color, the races of those involved are blasted in the first sentence of the report and then repeated ad nauseam throughout the article or news clip?

It's just your imagination. There are two sides to the media, the right-leaning media does exactly the opposite and exactly as badly. Also you're a racist.

@george-k said in Biles bails at the Olympics:

@lufins-dad said in Biles bails at the Olympics:

she was making multiple mistakes before this and was frankly doing poorly.

I wasn't aware of this.

Perhaps her choice to drop out from that competition was the right thing for the team.

That's the opposite of "taking one for the team," right?

So I just read this thread because I watch the Olympics on DVR (delay) and didn't want any spoilers. Anyway, Biles went into the Olympics as the GOAT (as she has been for the last 8 years). But during the practice routines and even qualifying (and even the first event of the actual Team Finals right before she pulled out) she was really missing her landings.

If she didn't drop out, USA probably wouldn't have even made the podium IMO, so I thought she did the right thing. She had backup/alternates for a reason (and they really stepped up). For example, Jordan Chiles was given about 20 seconds notice to get ready to do the uneven bars instead of Simon, and Chiles did a great job.

Anyway... I heard the rumors going into watching this, but ultimately I thought Simon did the right thing for the team by letting someone else compete instead of her. It's not like she dropped out and therefore the team got all zeros in her place.

It also allowed some of her teammates who always got 2nd place in the individual events to win gold. Kinda sucks to always come in 2nd place when you're competing with the GOAT.

From a competition perspective, did she choke during these olympics? Yes... but did she also do the right thing for her team and teammates? Yes.

Keith Olbermann, remember him, commenting on Reilly Gaines' tweet about monkeypox.

@jolly said in 99.2% of recent Covid deaths are unvaccinated people:

It is what it is.

I don't think there are enough folks out there who have not had the disease or are not vaccinated, that they would swamp the system.

I also think as time goes on, you'll see a higher vaccination rate, as people come to grips with the vaccine side-effects. Which is also okay and very similar to how people approach the flu vaccine.

Which is also okay, since I think in the next 18-24 months we're going to have more variants than you can shake a stick at, and the initial vaccine may or may not be effective.

I’ve given quite a bit of thought to freedom and liberty and in some respects the public health and financial crisis has passed so maybe the imperative is not there to force the issue and give people the opportunity to make an “informed decision”. I still think from a public health point of view it’s important we continue to be vigilant such that the only person accountable for A Covid hospitalization or death is the individual choosing not to take the vaccine.

Has the “lost” evidence ever been made public?

@George-K said in Juneteenth/pride virtual event at work:

Juneteenth falling on Father’s Day must have Google working overtime.

White people are busy googling “what is Juneteenth,” while black people are googling “what is a Father?”

:spittake:

As I said about not counting out the possible actions of disaffected troops.

I thought The Atlantic was going to follow up on this? Did anyone see it or did they hit and run?

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The English department at the local college called.

They want their exclamation points back.

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@Catseye3 said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

I once met up with the next most liberal person relative to me and the next most conservative. True story. We had beers.

That's the way things should be.

Agreed. Personally, I would draw the line at ever enabling a Trump supporter by participating with them in any social activity, but other than that I believe reasonable political disagreements are foundational to a functioning society.

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@Jolly said in Inexcusable:

Garland needs to be sitting there.

"You have one job - to enforce the laws as enacted by Congress. Are you doing that? If so, please let us know how that is happening. If not, why not?"

Pretty simple, actually.

I should hope so.

@George-K Hope things will continue to go well.