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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[facilitatorn]

[bodiddley]

On Friday, as the unemployment rate reached a historically high 14.7 percent, Trump urged Americans to think of this period as a “transition to greatness,” adding during a meeting with Republican members of Congress: “We’re going to do something very fast, and we’re going to have a phenomenal year next year.” The president predicted the virus eventually would disappear even without a vaccine — a prediction at odds with his own science officials.

More flim flam.

I like how Trump is trying to open up the country as his top 3 health advisers have to self-quarantine because at least two and probably more WH insiders are infected.

They couldn't even keep the virus out the West Wing, yet it's supposedly safe for regular Americans to go about their business in public.  Sure.

[LarryBnDC]

On Friday, as the unemployment rate reached a historically high 14.7 percent, Trump urged Americans to think of this period as a “transition to greatness,” adding during a meeting with Republican members of Congress: “We’re going to do something very fast, and we’re going to have a phenomenal year next year.” The president predicted the virus eventually would disappear even without a vaccine — a prediction at odds with his own science officials.

More flim flam.

I like how Trump is trying to open up the country as his top 3 health advisers have to self-quarantine because at least two and probably more WH insiders are infected.

They couldn't even keep the virus out the West Wing, yet it's supposedly safe for regular Americans to go about their business in public.  Sure.

They really don’t care, do you?


The racial contract is not partisan—it guides staunch conservatives and sensitive liberals alike—but it works most effectively when it remains imperceptible to its beneficiaries. As long as it is invisible, members of society can proceed as though the provisions of the social contract apply equally to everyone. But when an injustice pushes the racial contract into the open, it forces people to choose whether to embrace, contest, or deny its existence. Video evidence of unjustified shootings of black people is so jarring in part because it exposes the terms of the racial contract so vividly. But as the process in the Arbery case shows, the racial contract most often operates unnoticed, relying on Americans to have an implicit understanding of who is bound by the rules, and who is exempt from them....

The coronavirus epidemic has rendered the racial contract visible in multiple ways. Once the disproportionate impact of the epidemic was revealed to the American political and financial elite, many began to regard the rising death toll less as a national emergency than as an inconvenience. Temporary measures meant to prevent the spread of the disease by restricting movement, mandating the wearing of masks, or barring large social gatherings have become the foulest tyranny. The lives of workers at the front lines of the pandemic—such as meatpackers, transportation workers, and grocery clerks—have been deemed so worthless that legislators want to immunize their employers from liability even as they force them to work under unsafe conditions. In East New York, police assault black residents for violating social-distancing rules; in Lower Manhattan, they dole out masks and smiles to white pedestrians....

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/americas-racial-contract-showing/611389/

They didn’t even need to manufacture the ZyklonB.

[josh]

Drain the Swamp!

https://westernvaluesproject.org/interior-official-responsible-for-delaying-tribal-relief-funds-married-to-lobbyist-applying-for-covid-funds/?fbclid=IwAR1t6RNGI766fnm_CCIzbrd0gEa4T2HPoaQQVRaP2DUygDUw3oU5rDRiihc

Oh, and don't forget to embrace the BIA, always looking out for the interests of Native Americans whomever is in power over them.

[josh]

https://www.alucinoconfeisbuk.com/2020/05/economia-y-coronavirus.html

Scroll past the ads for the video.

A man chooses the economy over lives and is asked how many lives.

Unlike Kid, he answers: "Between 70 and 700."

After confirming his numbers, the voice says, "Let me show you 70 people." Out comes a good sized crowd, with elderly and children and many folks in the middle.

He quietly responds, "That's my family."

"How many lives are you willing to have die for the economy?" he is asked again.

"None," comes his still-stunned reply.

[LarryBnDC]

https://www.alucinoconfeisbuk.com/2020/05/economia-y-coronavirus.html

Scroll past the ads for the video.

A man chooses the economy over lives and is asked how many lives.

Unlike Kid, he answers: "Between 70 and 700."

After confirming his numbers, the voice says, "Let me show you 70 people." Out comes a good sized crowd, with elderly and children and many folks in the middle.

He quietly responds, "That's my family."

"How many lives are you willing to have die for the economy?" he is asked again.

"None," comes his still-stunned reply.

[LarryBnDC]

[josh]

More of those very good people:

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article242632046.html?fbclid=IwAR01x8iW6ny-j_vsg2hZQgDFoPDH2ZI_UtoihCXWJrgz4ITIKEt-uvJ7tfM

[josh]

[josh]

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-05-10-20-intl/h_ded2102fb16c47455f6833bd55f1f843

The chief won't comply with the governor's "request." He said the tribe is ill-equipped to deal with an outbreak.

I doubt the governor will deal well with "No" as an answer, but it might have been nice if the correspondence had spelled out what they were proposing to do to assist the tribe. Ditto the BIA letter.

[josh]

Lessons for the WH to ignore in its usual fashion:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/brazil-coronavirus-death-toll-tops-10000-live-updates-200510000151683.html

Iran's had a spike and locked down one region. Germany is seeing a spike. They are not the only ones getting higher numbers and reconsidering things.

[josh]

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-05-10-20-intl/h_ded2102fb16c47455f6833bd55f1f843

The chief won't comply with the governor's "request." He said the tribe is ill-equipped to deal with an outbreak.

I doubt the governor will deal well with "No" as an answer, but it might have been nice if the correspondence had spelled out what they were proposing to do to assist the tribe. Ditto the BIA letter.

https://www.westrivereagle.com/articles/breaking-state-legislators-to-noem-state-has-no-jurisdiction-over-the-highways-running-through-indian-lands-cite-1990-ruling/?fbclid=IwAR3MId_yv3_gjP7g6qsafyIgCQ1tf_MQf-aY7LF1t7enlZ94lL8IkmkdkuM

BREAKING: State Legislators to Noem- State has no jurisdiction over the highways running through Indian lands, cite 1990 ruling

17 South Dakota Congressmen sent a bipartisan letter to Governor Kristi Noem stating that the State of South Dakota does not have the authority to enforce State law within the boundaries of a Reservation. The congressmen also criticized the governor’s actions as confrontational, demanding, and causing a constitutional crisis.

Furthermore, they criticized Governor Noem for failing to work with members of the legislature whose districts include tribal people, lands and government.

“We could have helped facilitate conversations and given your office unique insight as to the history, culture, protocols, and vernacular of how to work together with Tribal governments. You elected, however, not to contact us and sent an ultimatum to both tribes,” the letter stated.

Among the legislators who signed the letter were Senators Troy Heinert and Red Dawn Foster, as well as Representatives Oren Lesmeister, Shawn Bordeaux, Peri Pourier and Tamara St. John all who have tribal jurisdictions within their districts.

The legislators stated that the State does not have authority to enforce State law within the boundaries of reservations, a point that the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has argued.

“Your letter indicates “[t]he State of South Dakota objects to tribal checkpoints on US and State highways regardless of whether those checkpoints take into consideration the safety measures recommended by the SD DOT.” This is not an accurate statement of the law of the policy of the State of South Dakota. The Legislature has not passed any bill stating as such, nor does the State of South Dakota have the authority to enforce State law within the boundaries of a Reservation”
Furthermore, the congressmen shared that the Governor’s statement that Tribal governments do not possess the ability to establish checkpoints within the boundaries of their homelands “is not accurate.”

They cite the 1851 and 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaties and the 1990 8thCircuit Court of Appeals which held the State of South Dakota has no jurisdiction over the highways running through Indian lands in the state without tribal consent.

“We do not wish to be party of another lawsuit that will ultimately cost the people of South Dakota more money. We wish to work with all parties involved for a reasonable, legal, and appropriate solution that address the concerns of all sovereigns involved,” said the congressmen.

The legislators then requested the governor to meet with Tribes for a government-to-government discussion, “to negotiate a resolution that reflects our combined goal of keeping all people healthy and safe.”

[josh]

p.s. Kid, that would be definitive.

[barton]

The velociraptor meme is from a very funny longer article in McSweeney's, BTW.   




Glad someone's noticing what a shitshow the BIA is.   Cheyenne's best option might be a soft stop...   Just put a sheet of paper in your window with your destination, and they can wave you through without a full stop,  if you're just passing through.  Not that hard to get gas at Mobridge or Faith,  then you don't need to stop at Eagle Butte.   Protecting tribal lives shouldn't involve legal pissing contests.   

[barton]

Random thought -  maybe we should just toss old folks and diabetics down an active volcano somewhere.   To appease Mammon!