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Total Members Voted: 11

Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM

[bambu.]

My Sunday Telegraph newspaper today:

Too few Diggers to defend Australia

The Australian Defence Force, and national fuel stocks, are too small to "credibly"  repel a regional aggressor, an inquiry has concluded.

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What bambu-ilk and most others in the country already knew.

[Oilcandide]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/26/rep-lauren-boebert-apologizes-after-drawing-criticism-telling-anti-muslim-story-about-rep-ilhan-omar/

Boebert is a bitch.   A megabitch.  An uberbitch. 

She stains the US Congress and lowers (if that is possible) the public discourse.   

This is why I read less and less news these days. 

[josh]

Oh shut the fuck up.

The perpetrators are convicted, and still facing federal charges. They're not going anywhere.

And the folks who tried to keep them from being tried are not convicted and are likely to not face time in prison and will go about their lives.

YOU shut the fuck up.

And get a clue, Ham. The system is corrupt. That they got tried was not because the system worked, but because people pushed hard enough when it wasn't working in ways that should not have to happen.

[Hamilton Samuels]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/26/rep-lauren-boebert-apologizes-after-drawing-criticism-telling-anti-muslim-story-about-rep-ilhan-omar/

Boebert is a bitch.   A megabitch.  An uberbitch. 

She stains the US Congress and lowers (if that is possible) the public discourse.   

This is why I read less and less news these days.

Do you put your fingers in your ears, too?

[Hamilton Samuels]

Oh shut the fuck up.

The perpetrators are convicted, and still facing federal charges. They're not going anywhere.

And the folks who tried to keep them from being tried are not convicted and are likely to not face time in prison and will go about their lives.

YOU shut the fuck up.

And get a clue, Ham. The system is corrupt. That they got tried was not because the system worked, but because people pushed hard enough when it wasn't working in ways that should not have to happen.

Fuck off, Josh.

It's case by case. That's the system.  Same as ever.

You can stop whining.

If you know how.

[Oilcandide]

Oh shut the fuck up.

The perpetrators are convicted, and still facing federal charges. They're not going anywhere.

And the folks who tried to keep them from being tried are not convicted and are likely to not face time in prison and will go about their lives.

YOU shut the fuck up.

And get a clue, Ham. The system is corrupt. That they got tried was not because the system worked, but because people pushed hard enough when it wasn't working in ways that should not have to happen.

[Oilcandide]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/26/rep-lauren-boebert-apologizes-after-drawing-criticism-telling-anti-muslim-story-about-rep-ilhan-omar/

Boebert is a bitch.   A megabitch.  An uberbitch. 

She stains the US Congress and lowers (if that is possible) the public discourse.   

This is why I read less and less news these days.

Do you put your fingers in your ears, too?

Venting, Hamster.  Not like you dont do your share of that here, too. 

[josh]

Oh shut the fuck up.

The perpetrators are convicted, and still facing federal charges. They're not going anywhere.

And the folks who tried to keep them from being tried are not convicted and are likely to not face time in prison and will go about their lives.

YOU shut the fuck up.

And get a clue, Ham. The system is corrupt. That they got tried was not because the system worked, but because people pushed hard enough when it wasn't working in ways that should not have to happen.

Fuck off, Josh.

It's case by case. That's the system.  Same as ever.

You can stop whining.

If you know how.

No, it's not case by case.

You can keep pretending that it is, but at every level of our justice system there is prejudice no matter how much you shut your eyes to it and deny it.

Just at the policing end of things:

Research has demonstrated that a racial bias exists in the business of policing including the racial profiling of vehicles ( Harris 1999; Smith and Petrocelli 2001; Meehan and Ponder 2002; Novak 2004; Farrell and McDevitt 2006; Ridgeway 2006; Warren et al. 2006; Epp, Maynard-Moody, and Haider-Markel 2014; Baumgartner et al. 2016; Horrace and Rohlin 2016), pedestrian stops (Harris 1994; Gelman, Fagan, and Kiss 2007; Fagan et al. 2010; Rios 2011; Fagan et al. 2015; Goel, Rao, and Shroff 2016; Stuart 2016), traffic tickets (Dunn 2009), drug enforcement and arrests (Black and Reiss Jr. 1970; Smith, Visher, and Davidson 1984; Beckett, Nyrop, and Pfingst 2006; Kochel, Wilson, and Mastrofski 2011; Lynch et al. 2013), use of force (Schuck 2004; Legewie 2016; Buehler 2017; Nix et al. 2017), and even in the decision to shoot white or black criminal suspects while in a training simulator (Geller and Toch 1995; Plant and Peruche 2005). While the mechanisms driving these observed patterns of racial disparity (i.e., racial profiling, stereotyping/cognitive bias, deployment, racial animus/prejudice) remain difficult to disentangle, as (Warren et al. 2006) attests, there is little doubt that racial disparities in policing outcomes do exist.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2330443X.2018.1438940

Similar sets of studies deal with prosecution, with sentencing, and with parole.

You want to call it whining?!

WTF do you think you are doing when you object to the truth, asshole?!

[Holly Martins]

White fragility.  Ham is the one sticking fingers in his ears. 

I just hope they are his fingers.

[Holly Martins]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/26/will-rivians-electric-vehicles-end-detroits-reign-over-the-us-auto-industry

Rather optimistic launch.  Might suggest a company name that does not sound so much like a pharmaceutical. 

[Hamilton Samuels]

Oh shut the fuck up.

The perpetrators are convicted, and still facing federal charges. They're not going anywhere.

And the folks who tried to keep them from being tried are not convicted and are likely to not face time in prison and will go about their lives.

YOU shut the fuck up.

And get a clue, Ham. The system is corrupt. That they got tried was not because the system worked, but because people pushed hard enough when it wasn't working in ways that should not have to happen.

Fuck off, Josh.

It's case by case. That's the system.  Same as ever.

You can stop whining.

If you know how.

No, it's not case by case.

You can keep pretending that it is, but at every level of our justice system there is prejudice no matter how much you shut your eyes to it and deny it.

Just at the policing end of things:

Research has demonstrated that a racial bias exists in the business of policing including the racial profiling of vehicles ( Harris 1999; Smith and Petrocelli 2001; Meehan and Ponder 2002; Novak 2004; Farrell and McDevitt 2006; Ridgeway 2006; Warren et al. 2006; Epp, Maynard-Moody, and Haider-Markel 2014; Baumgartner et al. 2016; Horrace and Rohlin 2016), pedestrian stops (Harris 1994; Gelman, Fagan, and Kiss 2007; Fagan et al. 2010; Rios 2011; Fagan et al. 2015; Goel, Rao, and Shroff 2016; Stuart 2016), traffic tickets (Dunn 2009), drug enforcement and arrests (Black and Reiss Jr. 1970; Smith, Visher, and Davidson 1984; Beckett, Nyrop, and Pfingst 2006; Kochel, Wilson, and Mastrofski 2011; Lynch et al. 2013), use of force (Schuck 2004; Legewie 2016; Buehler 2017; Nix et al. 2017), and even in the decision to shoot white or black criminal suspects while in a training simulator (Geller and Toch 1995; Plant and Peruche 2005). While the mechanisms driving these observed patterns of racial disparity (i.e., racial profiling, stereotyping/cognitive bias, deployment, racial animus/prejudice) remain difficult to disentangle, as (Warren et al. 2006) attests, there is little doubt that racial disparities in policing outcomes do exist.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2330443X.2018.1438940

Similar sets of studies deal with prosecution, with sentencing, and with parole.

You want to call it whining?!

WTF do you think you are doing when you object to the truth, asshole?!

Please describe the justice system in which every level of it there is NO prejudice.

And you're still whining.

Schmuck.

[Hamilton Samuels]

White fragility.  Ham is the one sticking fingers in his ears. 

I just hope they are his fingers.

Take your fingers out of your nose.

Who said I was white?

[LarryBnDC]

System worked and is still working

DA was crooked.  She protected the McMicheals, who she was close with.

Now the former DA, she has been arrested.  She will likely plea to the lesser misdemeanor charge and do no jail time.  Damage done as she lost re-election and will likely never hold office again.

Peace out, Georgia.

No. The system did not work. The out come of this situation is a bug not a feature

[Hairy Lime]

Oh shut the fuck up.

The perpetrators are convicted, and still facing federal charges. They're not going anywhere.

And the folks who tried to keep them from being tried are not convicted and are likely to not face time in prison and will go about their lives.

YOU shut the fuck up.

And get a clue, Ham. The system is corrupt. That they got tried was not because the system worked, but because people pushed hard enough when it wasn't working in ways that should not have to happen.

Fuck off, Josh.

It's case by case. That's the system.  Same as ever.

You can stop whining.

If you know how.

No, it's not case by case.

You can keep pretending that it is, but at every level of our justice system there is prejudice no matter how much you shut your eyes to it and deny it.

Just at the policing end of things:

Research has demonstrated that a racial bias exists in the business of policing including the racial profiling of vehicles ( Harris 1999; Smith and Petrocelli 2001; Meehan and Ponder 2002; Novak 2004; Farrell and McDevitt 2006; Ridgeway 2006; Warren et al. 2006; Epp, Maynard-Moody, and Haider-Markel 2014; Baumgartner et al. 2016; Horrace and Rohlin 2016), pedestrian stops (Harris 1994; Gelman, Fagan, and Kiss 2007; Fagan et al. 2010; Rios 2011; Fagan et al. 2015; Goel, Rao, and Shroff 2016; Stuart 2016), traffic tickets (Dunn 2009), drug enforcement and arrests (Black and Reiss Jr. 1970; Smith, Visher, and Davidson 1984; Beckett, Nyrop, and Pfingst 2006; Kochel, Wilson, and Mastrofski 2011; Lynch et al. 2013), use of force (Schuck 2004; Legewie 2016; Buehler 2017; Nix et al. 2017), and even in the decision to shoot white or black criminal suspects while in a training simulator (Geller and Toch 1995; Plant and Peruche 2005). While the mechanisms driving these observed patterns of racial disparity (i.e., racial profiling, stereotyping/cognitive bias, deployment, racial animus/prejudice) remain difficult to disentangle, as (Warren et al. 2006) attests, there is little doubt that racial disparities in policing outcomes do exist.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2330443X.2018.1438940

Similar sets of studies deal with prosecution, with sentencing, and with parole.

You want to call it whining?!

WTF do you think you are doing when you object to the truth, asshole?!

Please describe the justice system in which every level of it there is NO prejudice.

And you're still whining.

Uh... yeah. We should complain about prejudice in justice wherever and whenever we find it. Why the fuck shouldn't strive to eliminate it?

[LarryBnDC]

Oh shut the fuck up.

The perpetrators are convicted, and still facing federal charges. They're not going anywhere.

If one of them had not made a video of the hunt they would have gotten away with it.

As it was it took a couple of months before media coverage provided the heat to make law enforcement act.

The case received little coverage by anyone in March. In early April, The Brunswick News ran two letters to the editor asking why no arrests had been made, while Hobbs wrote a few stories about the changes to the head of the investigation.

So, yes, Hobbs and The Brunswick News covered the facts of the case. Then came the Times story.

https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2020/a-brunswick-reporter-talks-about-the-ahmaud-arbery-shooting-it-didnt-smell-good-from-the-start/