The easy/simple life would be for me to say you guys are right. :cyrano said:
When in doubt do what's right, even if it isn't simple and easy. 8)
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When in doubt do what's right, even if it isn't simple and easy. 8)
JR
crazydoc
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But the bubble people are never in doubt.JohnRoberts said:
you must be right... :crazydoc said:
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crazydoc
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When I'm looking at hyperbolic lies and undocumented imaginary thinking..JohnRoberts said:you must be right... :
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Winston OBoogie
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I have suggested right here for years that words matter and can have consequences.
Except when Trump says them.
These isolated events are inexcusable and reforms have already been started.
George Floyd wasn't an isolated incident, it was a straw on the Camel's back.
...Millions of views on social media do not equate to systemic racism, but help sell the big lie IMO.
Blah, blah, same old denial sh*t as usual.
(D-MN)Perhaps she didn't mean what she said?
I'm sure she did. And?
PS; VP Joe Biden has already promised to select a black female VP pandering to two interest groups in one fell swoop.
What? A woman? And a black one to boot?
How outrageous.
Except when Trump says them.
These isolated events are inexcusable and reforms have already been started.
George Floyd wasn't an isolated incident, it was a straw on the Camel's back.
...Millions of views on social media do not equate to systemic racism, but help sell the big lie IMO.
Blah, blah, same old denial sh*t as usual.
(D-MN)Perhaps she didn't mean what she said?
I'm sure she did. And?
PS; VP Joe Biden has already promised to select a black female VP pandering to two interest groups in one fell swoop.
What? A woman? And a black one to boot?
How outrageous.
living sounds
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D00M2KZH1J0
Winston OBoogie
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living sounds said:
Policing in the U.S. is like the fire brigade, they are responders. Being decentralised, it's also very fragmented.
I'm trying to imagine what it'd be like if the local bobbies in the UK turned up at football matches or at a demonstration to do the crowd control job equipped with something like this:
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Winston OBoogie
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Back to covid - another thing I'm concerned about for our American friends in the issue of those who may incur large medical bills due hospitalisation and the long term ongoing side effects of having had the virus. This could send many folks spiralling downwards in debt. Added to the potential loss of employment due to the economy, I'm really quite worried for them.
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Winston O'Boogie said:
Yes, and many conservatives in the US are now so far removed from the roots of their democracy that they misunderstand militarized police presence as part of their 'freedom'.
VP Biden just called for the end of "shareholder capitalism" but maybe those words mean something other than they literally say.cyrano said:
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no I think he is pandering to his far left...cyrano said:
Literally sounds like a variant (or misstated) "Stakeholder capitalism" which these days is part of the vilify capitalism movement. I find it remarkable that anybody thinks capitalism needs defense. Capitalism and free trade have rescued millions of people from poverty worldwide.
Sadly to make sense in the current political context this needs to be framed as wealthy vs poor or worse (racial).
JR
PS: Of course Beta O'Rourke never fails to deliver with his recent accusation that a "GOP death cult mentality" is responsible for the rise in violence. He actually said that I couldn't make up something that silly. Since he is Joe Biden's point man for gun control it may suggest a future democratic administration's strategy. (kidding... I hope)
I suspect he meant to say "stakeholder capitalism" but flubbed it. The left is more aggressively attacking capitalism (wealth) this election cycle.hodad said:
All thinking people are (or should be) opposed to "crony capitalism" and other excesses of un-checked capitalism, but capitalism and free markets are what created all the wealth we enjoy today.
JR
PS: Don't expect me to explain former VP Joe Biden too... this is exhausting enough already.
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Not misstated. I did a cursory search & shareholder capitalism seems to be juxtaposed with stakeholder capitalism. Considering that half of all stocks are owned by the wealthiest 1%, and 84% owned by the wealthiest 10%, moving away from a system that puts the interest of shareholders above all seems like a more equitable & likely overall saner and healthier approach.
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