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It is way past the time to hit Trump's base where they live and to expose why in nearly all cases they support Republican depravity on nearly all fronts: They have been radicalized into believing a false religion that has nothing to do with the teachings of Christ, adopting the mere symbols and outward appearance of Christianity while actively promoting hate against their fellow human beings, which is the exact opposite of the Gospels but which is perfectly aligned with the relative goals of the most extreme Islamic terrorists -- two sides of the same coin.
It's a death cult, pure and simple. Their 2020 pandemic genocide is just the latest iteration of the truly evil attitudes and belief systems that have been plaguing humankind since our pissant ancestors first looked up at the sky and arrogantly proclaimed that they know who God is and what "he" thinks ...and then went on to beat the nonbelievers into submission, kill them outright, or just let them die because it's God's will and/or the proper realignment of a "free" market (The Great Famine).
This is not a new story. There will always be transactional politicians like Trump and McConnell et al. who don't believe in anything except their own personal wealth and power but who know how "their" people think and how to exploit them.
The punishment should be to strip unpatriotic and irreligious hypocrites of all power and respectability and to banish their felonious and immoral leadership forevermore. Trump, who incessantly touts law and order yet who is the worst lawbreaker of all, whether it be societal law or purported divine law, should of course be extradited forthwith along with his top lieutenants to The Hague and the International Criminal Court to answer for their monstrous crimes against humanity.
What Trumplethinskin does not take into account is that the coronavirus is affecting those who would vote for him so you’d think it would be in his best interest to have his voters healthy. But he can keep sticking his head in the sand and complain that it is dark all he wants and Joe Biden will be 46th POTUS.
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Here's another link. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104645/covid19-testing-rate-select-countries-worldwide/
I've been to Tulsa - to the aquarium. Don't know about the rest of it.
I just watched Thom's show when "Brenda" called in. Brenda sounded crazy, ranting and raving. I have been to Tulsa it is a horrible place, nothing to do. So, it is no wonder that their are no covid cases.
On Thoms show on Monday he said that if a white person was passed out drunk in the drive thru line at a Wendy's he might get a ticket and a couple of points against his drivers license. That is dead wrong. An absolute lie and should be retracted. Penalties for DWI are very high and enforced against all races. In many states such as AZ a first offense is jail time. The penalty for being wide awake driving normally but over the .08% are also enforced and very high.
Hope that Brenda goes to Trumps campaign rally in Tulsa,
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Bill Barr is covering up for Donald Trump.
Trump’s first national security adviser, General Michael Flynn, had a phone call with Russian ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, just after President Obama had imposed sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2016 election on behalf of Trump. Flynn “urged Mr. Kislyak in a phone call mitcham electricians not to escalate tensions with a retaliatory move against the United States—perhaps by kicking American diplomats and spies out of Russia.” Flynn denied that the call was about sanctions, but it has become pretty clear based on new reports that what took place was “a back-channel discussion with a top Russian official that might lead to the new Trump administration gutting the sanctions its predecessor put in place to punish the Russians.”
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths Worldwide per One Million
The following link has an up to date interactive map:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/new-covid-deaths-per-million
700101erw, Your link is over 2 months out of date. Do not know if it was intentional or not, Kind of like posting fake news. Times have changed. Try this one near the bottom: https://coronaworld.info/
20200615 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths Worldwide per One Million Population, by Country
See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71R8cj1_z6M&vl=en
The United States is the tenth from the most deaths per million.
I hear ya. Likewise, guns are the oxygen in this neck of the woods. We should all support the good cops --- the vast majority -- who must go out in the world daily and face this insanity to protect and serve us, hoping to return home in the evening to be with their families. It is to their benefit, as well as to everyone else's, that we reform our gun laws.
My thoughts and prayers are that Republicans and their fat daddy get creamed, never to rise again. Greg Palast and Chauncey Devega, regrettably, think that all the many ways they're cheating (past, present, and future) will be wildly successful this fall. Guess we better pray harder to whatever god turns our crank. Cerberus, the three-headed dog guarding the Gates of Hell -- Trump, the Republican Party, and their fallen angels on Wall Street -- may just "win" the day again. The horror...
Police are heavily armed because the public is heavily armed. Goes hand in hand. There is a Cabela's about 15 miles from me (where I live that is close) that is like a ghost town except the gun department. There is always a line and many clerks. The West lives on. With concealed carry the police never know what they are facing. The cop that killed Philando Castille must of been paranoid of facing a potential gun. Looks like murder to me. It certainly is not like Atlanta. The Officer got off. Guns were deemed essential during the pandemic so gun shops and ranges stayed open. Republican response to murder is always thoughts and prayers. Wonder what the founding fathers would think of what goes on today.
Thanks for keeping this issue on the front burner, Thom. (What choice do we have?) Come November, will the electorate remember which candidate and which party are the traffickers of genocide in the service of their Wall Street masters?
Yes, that's right. America is unique among nations in the supposedly "civilized" world because of our truly insane gun laws, institutionalized racism, lack of adequate safety nets, piss-poor education for the unwashed masses, discriminatory housing, healthcare for profit, and unregulated capitalistic greed, etc., etc.
Really, more than anything else though (besides our empirical armies occupying most of the "free" world), our police brutality problem goes to the heart of a national attitudinal problem, which has created an extreme culture of violence. It's part of the whole package of the John Wayne type of thinking -- a mass delusion that we are most proud of (not me).
I don't think we can ever fully resolve police brutality until we address all of the rest of our horrid systemic issues. But at least we could start by getting weapons off our civilian streets, including the weapons of war to which civilian police departments have become addicted. De-escalation must start somewhere.
This is a good discussion.
In my opinion there is a huge difference betwwen the cases. Floyd was handcuffed behind his back. Not much you can do. This guy had resisted then wrestled with 2 cops, overcoming them and taking ones weapon. Then aiming the weapon at the cop. He wrote his death sentence. Floyd was murdered by Cop. In England and Scotland the average person does not have access to assault rifles and semi auto hand guns. This country has allowed anyone to become armed with weapons of mass destruction. I reject comparing policing in America to policing in an unarmed country. WE (really the Republican Party) have allowed this.
Running away from a cop should not be a death sentence in America, especially when the officers had already established beforehand and admitted later that Rayshard Brooks did not have a lethal weapon and therefore posed no threat to anyone. So far, that's what the key evidence also shows.
As far as the officer's train of thought, his kneejerk reaction indicates a lack of training. The number one rule in the Army when you are patrolling civilian streets is not to fire unless fired upon. And even then, one must be as absolutely sure as humanly possible. Sure, adrenalin always runs high, but that's why repeated, even obsessive, training is required, which is designed to kick-in automatically under stress. Shooting first and asking questions later is a huge red flag that a person is not psychologically cut out to be a combat soldier, let alone a civilian peace officer.
Life should always be considered more important than minor infractions of the law. European countries, such as Scotland, train extensively how to de-escalate a situation before it might turn violent. Many of the more civilized countries don't even allow their officers to carry weapons during the course of their normal duties, require a higher-education degree that focuses on social interaction, pay high salaries so that policing is a life-long respected profession to be nurtured, screen applicants for extremist views that would bias their judgment, and have unarmed social workers respond to non-criminal situations rather than have armed thugs busting down doors.
America has a huge problem with all of the above. Amy Goodman reported out a really good segment this morning.
Where do they draw the line. Running away with an officers Taser? After wrestling 2 cops? What is being taught is that resisting arrest is better than being arrested. Is being stupid a justifiable reason to get away? Should you not assume that you may get shot when aiming a taser at a cop with a gun? Do you not stop a criminal with a weapon? If you just let him go what other harm might he do? That and a million other thoughts has to go through that cops mind in a flash of a second. Then he was immediately fired.
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So sad that there is so much hate these days.
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Well I finally followed Thom's advice and got active with the WA State Democratic Party. I phone banked today! I was fascinated by the anger many people are regarding politics! There was this one angry republican who I was supposed to politely end the call, but I was curious what his beef was and asked him what issue he cared about: Environment, Healthcare, Civil Rights, ... Guess what I got? Hatred of Democrats. I tried to get him to name an issue and all he was about was hatred. I wish I had more time with this fellow to find out where his hate came from. He was empty of anything of substance. Only hatred. The angry Democrats on the other hand had alot to say about issues. Mainly worry for healthcare. I will phone bank again, but it is tough being a mom of a disabled kid. Best
It almost looks like the officer was actually hit with the taser, as he slumps near the car, evidently after he had fired his own weapon, which does complicate the situation. The perpetrator certainly should not have reacted the way he did, but why not just let him run away since they had strong evidence he wasn't carrying a lethal weapon? In this day and age with everyone's identity on record one way or another (and they had his car), it shouldn't be that hard to track him down later, possibly when he sobered up and could think more rationally. I mean, is it worth a life just to get into a scuffle with police over a DUI?