…so…looks like we are once again just shit out of weekend…which is a shame in a lot of ways but not the least of them if you happen to be me is that right now a weekend feel like it would be real handy…I’m damned if know what the hell happened to mine…it was right here it seems like a minute ago but since then it seems like it must have been at least a week
…so…on the one hand I apologize for anything that seems like a repeat of something someone already mentioned & I haven’t caught up with yet
https://medium.com/@emilypothast/what-the-f-ck-is-going-on-in-seattle-48efbe6214f8
…& on the other
…if you want to just scroll your way down to where hopefully I’ll have managed to leave something that might raise a smile & skip on to the thread part of open thread have at it because I found a lot of what’s between here & there hard to swallow & I don’t know as I can claim any of it seems exactly likely to improve anyone’s day
…I know we all know that the shitshow masquerading as the incumbent administration is conspicuously full of shit but if the PR department of the government of North Korea can publicly dunk on you by calling out your hypocrisy using a line about empty promises you are so far beyond being a laughing stock that shit isn’t remotely funny…
…whereas…& I say this as exactly no kind of fan of the lady
…this
…this is maybe more than a little funny
How Melania Trump blocked Ivanka Trump from encroaching on her domain
…so if I can’t find anything better maybe I’ll come back to that but the truth is some things serve to dilute even the meagre catharsis provided by further illustrations that Hair Furor is exactly as meagre & insubstantial a superannuated infant as he appears
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/12/trump-fox-protest-faulkner/
…so I’m pretty sure someone (I wanna say Lemmy but forgive me if I’m slipping up there) already posted a link to this but before I get to sounding riled about this shit that everybody fucking knows is all the way wrong…at least Dave gets some laughs while he does it
…& he makes a solid point about the streets speaking for themselves
…& pretty eloquently at that…in which they are not alone
…while others look to religion in search of succor
…but on top of that there’s no shortage of people putting money where that mouth is
…so what can it possibly say that this is where we are…again?
…but because it happened in the full glare of this moment in time
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-killing-rayshard-brooks-atlanta-ruled-homicide-n1231042
Atlanta police chief resigns after law enforcement fatally shoots black man
…a moment that is surely the fathest thing from unprecendented that anything so precariously historic could be
…literally not one part of this is new
…& yet time after time
…what the record shows is a needle that stubbornly refuses to move
Police Reform Is Necessary. But How Do We Do It?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/09/the-counted-police-killings-us-vs-other-countries
American police shoot, kill and imprison more people than other developed countries. Here’s the data
…so, sure…these are conversations that need to happen
…& there’s no denying that half a loaf is better than none
…in all sorts of ways
…some of which seem more obvious than others
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/police-protests-countries-reforms/2020/06/13/story.html
…but what good is broken record after broken record, really?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/03/no-knock-warrant-breonna-taylor-was-illegal/
…or an apology after the fact?
…that’s why…or at least it’s part of why (to borrow again from Dave Chappelle) “it’s about all. of. it.“
This is about all the injustice and disrespect and oppression.
…& not for nothing but there are a lot of people finding out the hard way what the world looks like when those ends stop meeting
…& in case you think that’s straying from the subject at hand…welcome to another edition of this-is-what-systemic-means
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/13/black-wealth-matters-homeownership-is-key/
…sponsored by the usual suspects
…so at this point it seems pretty clear that sometimes the “perfect” is the enemy of the good
…& ship of fools might not be sunk but the figurehead is looking not so steady as she goes
…& pretty much nothing about that is the good kind of funny, either
…& as if that shit wasn’t bad enough
…but at least this one particular bout of incestous hatred done up like a bad drag act for the pigs-in-lipstick party won’t be quite as bad as the homunculus attempting to stand in for the amoral void of ignorance (AKA the famous Dolt45-brand “stable genius”) originally wanted it to be in the post apocalyptic fantasies of his personal fever dream
…why, yes…since you ask…my first thought was also “that’s got Miller’s name written all over it”
…& hard as it may be to believe…it could be worse even than that
…so, again, I’m not looking to belittle the faith of those for whom such things are matters of conviction when shit seems to be threatening to get biblical
…but I had a lot of time for The Good Place & it left me with some abiding contextual connections to the fallback venue for the pre-absolved-for-legal-purposes convocation of the afflicted & more than likely soon to be infected
…& we know what happens when you give “the button” to everybody’s favorite son of Jacksonville
…some things, though…some things even Jacksonville’s finest can see through if you keep shoving it in their faces
The attention on Trumps ramp walk is absolutely ridiculous. There are actual things going on right now and he dopes something evil everyday, why take focus away from that to highlight something that literally never happened? He just walked down a ramp,. nothing suspect about it, AT ALL. How about we cover all the judges they are pumping in, or something worthy (not we as in this page, we as in society, focusing on bullshit gets you just that, bullshit)? This is not a critique of this round up, because it was 1 or 2 lines in a ton of info, but as a whole, I must have seen 12 articles covering his walk down the ramp, all basically lying about it, which doesn’t make sense, because there us plenty to report in terms of shitty actions by Trump.
You’re right. The GOP under trump is doing despicable, dare I say deplorable, things. But, a lot of people can’t seem to understand, or care about, the gravity of these judicial appointments and policy decisions. Because for a lot of white people it won’t matter that much. Or they think it won’t. But they care about appearances. White exceptionalism runs deep. I believe the weaker and more foolish he looks, the more people certain types of people will turn against him. It undermines their belief in themselves and America as superior. The media needs to hammer away at them on all administrative actions. But keep the little humiliations coming. It drives trump crazy. It’s using his own tactics against him.
Yes. Arguing policy is a waste of time. Trump doesn’t comprehend any sort of legitimate criticism. It’s not that he brushes it off — he CANNOT COMPREHEND IT. Anything abstract is simply outside his limited abilities.
He can, however, comprehend basic emotions like humiliation and anger. So have at it, members of the press. Make fun of him all you want. Plus it gives me the opportunity to be #petty-like-potus and trot out the discussions of his height.
I don’t think he’s had a stroke. He can’t navigate stairs or ramps because of his weight and the ridiculous heels and shoe lifts he wears to try to be “tall.” He’s trying to pretend he’s 6’3″, but he’s not. It’s just that simple. There’s a good analysis of it here:
https://medium.com/@DrGJackBrown/body-language-analysis-4382-why-is-donald-trump-leaning-forward-29a69fa4e742
He’s probably about six feet, maybe less. I read another very plausible analysis that based on Trump’s documented hand size, he’s actually about 5’9″. His baggy clothing is intended to disguise his actual height. That one is here:
https://goodmenproject.com/politics-2/donald-trump-almost-definitely-five-foot-nine-bbab/
Not sure I buy that last one — but the research is interesting. I think Tiny Paws POTUS has mutant hands that are unusually little. But he’s not 6’3″ and his weird stair tricks are because of his ridiculous footwear.
…my feeling is that it’s an excuse to talk about the fact he is neither young not in good shape but I do agree that there’s really no need to stretch the truth when the bald facts about the man & his actions supply such a surfeit of reasons to vote against him
…on balance, though, the fact that people are/were talking about it & that his response to that was not one that discouraged them seemed worth noting at least in passing
Of course the death was a “homicide.” A homicide is any willful killing. A murder is an unjustified homicide.
It seems one of those officers has been fired, though my local paper does not identify him as the shooter.
“Years ago, I stumbled across some startling research by economists in England and Australia: It takes longer to adapt to the pain of unemployment than to losing a loved one.”
I know that quite well. When I got laid off almost a decade ago, the bean counting bastards took away a job I enjoyed doing and I lost my purpose. It sucked to have month after month (12 months total) with no interviews or even a hint of a response. Instead I ended up raging at my former housemate (who pissed me off, but not to the extent I raged at him) to the point where I was very much like Khan Noonian Singh or Captain Ahab. Fortunately, I had no genesis device so “from hell’s heart I stab at thee” speech.
Even though I ended up getting a job 15 months after that I’m way overqualified for and doing shift work as a line worker, I know I would rather work/do something than be adrift without purpose.
It took me almost 2 years to get my sanity back. I still loathe my former housemate, but I don’t go all crazy eye Ahab if I think about him.
That is why I get the anger a lot of MAGA folks have because I’ve been there. However, I know it is directed at the wrong people. We know who…
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f4/61/49/f461499d557befc935f2b6560be6a94f.jpg
Sorry for the captain obvious take, but regarding the charts showing the US ranking on police shootings among developed countries: All those countries have stringent gun laws for the citizens, so the police are less fearful of the citizens. Gun eradication, more than time, vote like your life depends on it. (Mayhap we can learn from Australia and New Zealand?)
https://www.businessinsider.com/gun-deaths-nearly-eliminated-in-countries-what-us-can-learn-2017-11#australia-paid-citizens-to-sell-their-guns-to-the-government-1
So yesterday I see a Facebook event that a friend show interest in pop up. It is a July 4th “Take Back Our City” event with bikers, Proud Boys, and a bunch of white nationalists groups “peacefully” taking back the autonomous zone on Capital Hill. This is going to be a riot if it happens. I can’t believe this friend is thinking of going. I’m torn about confronting him. I told a mutual friend who thinks it was a mistake but I don’t know. He was in the military but has always talked to us like a liberal.
Ask him about it in a nonjudgemental way – why he’s interested in this particular event. I’ve found that sometimes getting people to explain themselves makes them think about why they are doing things. I doubt if it’s a mistake exactly, but it’s possible he’s being manipulated by the event propaganda. July 4 hits him at a patriotic level, doing something peacefully is appealing, especially in light of the media focus on the tiny amount of violence at the protests. Or he might be a quiet, liberal, racist. They exist, as I’m sure you know better than me. The Central Park Karen for instance. Supposedly her FB made her look left leaning. But when a real live Black man objected to her rule breaking she became what she probably didn’t even know she was. Could be the same with your friend. Liberal until THE BLACKS demanded real power.
Thanks. You are definitely right. I don’t usually see him more than a few times a year but ironically this happened when he is working a few miles from me for 2 weeks and we are going to get together for beers after work. His wife is from Ecuador & he grew up in Hawaii with the same multiracial friends as me so this is really surprising. I’ll let you know what happens if you want.
Please do, and good luck.