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Riots/Looting/Violence and general post-George Floyd madness
There's been so much of this stuff going on since the George Floyd killing, yet we've been posting about it in various threads ("Black Lives Matter", "Seattle Has Fallen", "Donald Trump", "Biden vs. Trump", "Police Abuse", etc.) So here's all a catch-all thread for all that sort of stuff. I'll start it off with a an…
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Repub Party
What happened to them? Why can't they get anything done despite controlling all branches of government? And will they survive the trump impeachment/resignation? Discuss.
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Lou Brock and Tom Seaver RIP
Anyone who grew up in the 80s and 90s as most of us did cannot forget these guys. They transcended sport. Let us remember that we are all on The Long Road as soon as we are allowed to be born. Ultimate sadness today. Be nice to each other.
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Andrew Yang's Humanity Forward Movement
Here is a candidate who is gaining ground and yet was excluded from the most recent debate. (In the video linked, go to around 17:20 in the video below to get a better picture of why that is.) I hope that changes- I would very much like to see Yang back in the debates. In any case, Yang seems to have fallen off the radar…
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Whale Wars= total incompetance
I know its been discussed before but after watching several episodes tonight I am further reminded of the total failure that is the Sea Shepherd. They obviously lack a safety management system, they have a very, very poor communication system in place and are clearly ill prepared to be doing what they are doing. I give…
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Do you wear a face covering when going out in public during the COVID-19 pandemic?
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It's not The Worst Hard Time.
Do I like to bitch about things? Oh boy, do I ever! But I was thinking about all this stuff today (including pandemic, fires, social unrest, hurricanes, mega-fires and 45), and it occurred to me that maybe it would help if we stopped and thought about how there have been worse hard times as in: those who were subjected to…
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"The Blob"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FH4PPHvaE0 this is not an animal nor a plant. it is puzzling to scientists, because it can also LEARN. WTF?
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All the best to our TX/LA friends (Hurricane)
150mph winds and climbing. There’s going to be folks dying tonight from this storm and thousands of homes and businesses destroyed. I’ve been through some legendary storms but none with winds that high. Didn’t know where to post this but since its a current event i stuck it here. Be safe.
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Political Parties Are Special Interest Groups, Change My Mind.
They aren’t in the constitution. Why do we continue this madness and not move to ranked choice voting with no party affiliation?
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RIP Herman Cain of Godfathers Pizza
To a great American story of how hard work makes the American dream come true. RIP Herman
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Breaking News
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New York Times and MSNBC resignations
Haven't really seen anything about this on the board so I figured I'd start a thread. Here are their resignation letters. Basically scathing condemnations of the how things are run at each. Ariana Pekary, producer of the Lawrence O'Donnell show on MSNBC “Just quit.” That’s the advice Alec gave a year and a half ago when I…
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Goya Boycott - opinions requested
Hello All; Please feel free to clarify or fact check anything I put here that's inaccurate. I was hoping to get some thoughts and opinions about this present story regarding Goya Foods being boycotted. Story goes, the CEO of Goya went to the White House to speak with Trump and have a press conference whereby he ended up…
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Share with us some music that brings the world together.
Share some music with us here that crosses over cultural lines, that creates a bridge between cultures, especially otherwise disparate cultures. We are, after all, one race with many facets. I'll start with a favorite, David Byrne and Brian Eno's spine tingling "Regiment": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZVge1AAPjk
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Things that give you hope.
Earlier today, I started thinking about some things that give me reason to feel hopeful. I thought about starting this thread earlier but held back because every time I tried to word it, everything I could think of sounded corny, too touchy-feely, overly sentimental, etc. But what the heck. It's kind of like "What's so…
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A new era of censoriousness?
An interesting article here that talks about recent censorious leaning in the worlds of publication and speech. The quote that stands out here is: "...the letter goes on to decry what it calls “a new set of moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration of differences…
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Anyone here familiar with Artists Against Racism?
We've talked a lot lately about racism as it pertains to black Americans- and rightly so, considering recent events. And as much as the Black Lives Matter movement is important and prominent, it's worth remembering that racism crosses many paths. There is some form of racism that attacks every skin color, religion,…
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Coma Telephone..."Is a collective mind a possible solution?" This is as accurate for need of purpose
In 1987 my brother ken was injured in a hiking accident. When he got to the Hospital I never felt so confident he was alright. I was wrong about that though. I couldn't see His eyes Cause they were shut too tight. Ken was in a coma, I was shocked with jaw drop and two big old buggy pop out eyes. Two days later, as my…
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TRUMP: Holier Than Thou....
I'm not a social media magnet on ANY social site. I do recall some years ago being on My Space and by the time I got the thing set up MS was dead. I can't even remember what the hell was the purpose of the thing. Now we have Bookface or something to that effect, I haven't been on there in well over a year now. Today we…