At the corner table til closing hours.

4 yrs - Youtube

Thought this was a good summary walk through of history looking at the evolution of Marxism after Karl Marx.
https://youtu.be/VY33e0GQi7Q

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4 yrs

Every time I think things can't get more crazy...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/0....6/24/us/minneapolis-

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A Minneapolis Neighborhood Vowed to Check Its Privilege. It’s Already Being Tested. - The New York Times

Blocks from where George Floyd drew his last breaths, residents have vowed to avoid the police to protect people of color. The commitment is hard to keep.

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A "fun" quote from the article:

Mitchell Erickson’s fingers began dialing 911 last week before he had a chance to even consider alternatives, when two black teenagers who looked to be 15, at most, cornered him outside his home a block away from the park.

One of the boys pointed a gun at Mr. Erickson’s chest, demanding his car keys.

Flustered, Mr. Erickson handed over a set, but it turned out to be house keys. The teenagers got frustrated and ran off, then stole a different car down the street.

Mr. Erickson said later that he would not cooperate with prosecutors in a case against the boys. After the altercation, he realized that if there was anything he wanted, it was to offer them help. But he still felt it had been right to call the authorities because there was a gun involved.

Two days after an initial conversation, his position had evolved. “Been thinking more about it,” he wrote in a text message. “I regret calling the police. It was my instinct but I wish it hadn’t been. I put those boys in danger of death by calling the cops.”

What about the fact that the boys had put his life in danger?

“Yeah I know and yeah it was scary but the cops didn’t really have much to add after I called them,” he replied. “I haven’t been forced to think like this before. So I would have lost my car. So what? At least no one would have been killed.”

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A "fun" quote from the article: 
 
Mitchell Erickson’s fingers began dialing 911 last week before he had a chance to even consider alternatives, when two black teenagers who looked to be 15, at most, cornered him outside his home a block away from the park. 
 
One of the boys pointed a gun at Mr. Erickson’s chest, demanding his car keys. 
 
Flustered, Mr. Erickson handed over a set, but it turned out to be house keys. The teenagers got frustrated and ran off, then stole a different car down the street. 
 
Mr. Erickson said later that he would not cooperate with prosecutors in a case against the boys. After the altercation, he realized that if there was anything he wanted, it was to offer them help. But he still felt it had been right to call the authorities because there was a gun involved. 
 
Two days after an initial conversation, his position had evolved. “Been thinking more about it,” he wrote in a text message. “I regret calling the police. It was my instinct but I wish it hadn’t been. I put those boys in danger of death by calling the cops.” 
 
What about the fact that the boys had put his life in danger? 
 
“Yeah I know and yeah it was scary but the cops didn’t really have much to add after I called them,” he replied. “I haven’t been forced to think like this before. So I would have lost my car. So what? At least no one would have been killed.”

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and if he had been shot?

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I guess his viewpoint would not have 'evolved.' lol. And hey, it isn't like people DO get shot. He had nothing to worry about.

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4 yrs

https://www.liveaction.org/new....s/racism-planned-par

lol

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After accusations of racism, Planned Parenthood fires New York affiliate CEO

Planned Parenthood has fired a top executive after over 350 former and current employees called for her removal, alleging abuse and racism.

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Wow, the open letter says, "Planned Parenthood was founded by a racist, white woman [Margaret Sanger]." Now I know the world is ending.

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wait, did someone at PP just admit PP was rooted in racism?

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Have you seen 'unplanned' the movie?

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changed his profile picture

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4 yrs

Curious. BHorvath , I wonder if these sorts of problems might be impacting the discrepancies you are seeing in Michigan's data.

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Problems persist in updated nursing home COVID-19 data | Community | newsandtribune.com

INDIANAPOLIS – Hoosiers still don’t know the full toll of COVID-19 in long-term facilities that care for some of the state’s most vulnerable residents. Data from the Centers for Medicare

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I have noticed the last couple of days that World-o-meter has counted "probable cases" as part of their actual case numbers. While Michigan may report 300 (example), world-o-meter adds the other 40 (example) for a total of 340. That doesn't seem right to me.

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4 yrs

It is incredible how slow and incompetent the Bill Gates / Mark Zuckerberg josh silberman world is and their stock price continues up up and up! Pathetic their software and their biz incompetent biz models. Monopolies pay off, as long as yu pay off your politicians

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A lesson that Gates learned hard in the 1990s. Microsoft went from having almost zero presence in DC to devoting massive dollars to lobbying. The mob has a phrase for what the politicians did: a shake down.

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4 yrs

Can't make this stuff up. I looked up the guidelines from Lincoln County to confirm this is true.

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Oregon county issues face mask order exempting non-white people

Lincoln County, Oregon, has exempted non-white people from a new order requiring that face coverings be worn in public — to prevent racial profiling. Health officials announced last week resi…

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President Trump says John Bolton is a 'criminal', and he should 'go to jail', judiciary experts agree

More at: https://dailyreport.us/headlin....es-june-23-2020/2870