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My only point is that police brutality is bad when it happens to anyone. I'm not going to pretend George Floyd was some kind of hero. |
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Amacivn: I don't think anything of value would be lost if pawntiflex disappeared. Amacivn's comment needed a little background for anyone not following this thread. |
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no one should be treated like that. The protests are more about what the atrocity stands for - the systemic police targeting, brutalizing and murdering African American people. This is now being addressed on many levels and should have been done decades ago. I heard something brilliant today "the best social program is a job". |
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www.washingtonpost.com www.buzzfeednews.com newsone.com www.huffpost.com To be a police officer is a very dangerous job that is essential to keeping the world safe. While many work at their jobs and at times just hope to get finished with their shift, police officers have times when they just want to finish the shift alive. They put their lives on the line every day, and for those who respect the citizens and the law, they deserve high praise. It is, however, shortsighted to believe there are not problems with policing and the criminal justice system in the US. Hopefully, positive changes are on the way. |
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Yes, but you are wrong about so many things. I'm not sure I've ever seen you right yet, outside of Groper winning the general--for which you got a nice bottle of Tequila. |
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And why would you waste a good bottle of Tequila ???? |
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Lost a Bet |
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However He sent me a copy of "Art of the Deal," which I have protected against my wife using as kindling. |
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Lord_Shiva Or better yet .. don't bet with someone who always thinks he's right Listening to your better half is the way to go ! |
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A closer examination of reality would reveal that I am almost always correct. |
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For some reason, a leftist wanting to burn a book doesn't really surprise me. |
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Curious What books have liberals ever sought to ban? Atlas Shrugged? They tend to just be happy people read, instead of stare at Fox Noise. |
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Librarians & Liberals Fight Book Bans |
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The uncertainty of the gamble ... what you describe is taking advantage of ... and judging by your past comments it comes as no suprise .. you can't tell somebody like you anything ... unless it's whiter than white .. that is |
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Death Statistics Since 2000 there have been 51 people gunned down by UK police. In every case English Bobbies were fully justified--the culprit was a clear and present danger to the community. The UK population is 66 million, or one fifth that of the United States. So by extension we would expect there to be 5 times as many people killed by US police officers. 5 times 51 = 255. Damn. US police killed more than that in just a single year. In 2019, just last year, US police killed 1004 suspects. We've killed over 430 just so far this year. The year isn't even over and we have offed more people than the UK would have, were it the same size as us, in the past TWENTY years. Or limiting ourselves to just this year, US officers gun down FORTY (40) times as many people (2x5 = 10, 430/10 = 43) as the UK would were it our size. Having said that, I watched the video of the Atlanta shooting, and agree with the police decision in that case. Officers were physically assaulted. |
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UK Police After 9/11 UK police adopted "Kratos," a policy of (typically) aiming for a suspect's head or legs, if the suspect is a suicide bomber. Only one person mistakenly identified as such was killed by police within the past twenty years. To carry a firearm requires special training, which only some officers receive and therefore only some officers qualify. They mix in with the rest so would be terrorists cannot be sure who is armed with lethal force and who is not. They absolutely have my respect, as do most peace officers around the world. The only three I ever met I thought were questionable was one US officer who kept interrupting my answers to his questions. He didn't give me a ticket so I don't really hold anything against him. One was an officer in Belarus, who demanded our passports. He was in military garb, but his uniform was in shambles and he was disheveled. After a cursory inspection he returned them. He just didn't engender respect by his appearance. The other was apparently a Belarus officer on board a train to Minsk. He forbade photographs of the forested countryside. But he wasn't in any uniform at all, so I can't really say he represented the law. In contrast, other of my most delightful encounters with with the Belarus police. On the way OUT of the country (we had no trouble while we were there) our passports were collected and examined multiple times. Twice I can understand, once leaving a country and once entering a new country. But we were still in Belarus, and the third set of officers were two really beautiful young women--one of whom was statuesque. Tall, blonde, Nordic features. I explained that our passports had already been examined twice before, but they replied that since they had started the procedure they were compelled to complete it. We surrendered our passports. Meanwhile, a young German tourist was hauled off the train and grilled. His insurance papers were apparently "out of order." The officers returned and probably because I had been sipping cognac with two Lithuanian ladies in our carriage I felt emboldened to call out after them, "do svedanya meelaya sozdanaya," which is Russian for "see you later, charming creatures." It was one of the few phrases I remembered from my Russian class twenty years earlier. Then a big burly officer came into the room, on their heels, from the other side of the aisle. I thought for certain I was about to receive the German tourist treatment when, possibly from the look of alarm in my eyes, he burst out laughing and said (in Russian so I'm only half certain of my translation) "silver-tongued American playboy." I have had a LOT of encounters with police--mostly in America, and with that one trivial exception none were bad. White privilege, possibly. |
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Back onto the topic of COV-19 for “Irrational” Interference of Access to Life-Saving Hydroxychloroquine aapsonline.org The data in the court filing is clear (page 10) India and other countries used HCQ. India had 2 deaths per million. US prohibited HCQ. US had 278 deaths per million. One scandal is covering up another scandal which is covering up another scandal. As we look at these atrocities, they want us confused and divided and arguing. |
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Irrational? Large studies have shown it is no more effective than a placebo. The GOOD news is that the drug is NOT as fatal in the treatment of late stage progression of Covid. So why is the lack of effect bad news? It is because the drug is cheaper than a vaccine will be. I WISH studies had turned out otherwise--that the drug had proved far more effective, because it is relatively cheap and easy to make. I drink gin and tonics partly just for the quinine, and we have no malaria mosquitoes. |
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Update youtu.be DEXAMETHASONE A cheap steroid used and available worldwide |
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At Risk Patients That is wonderful news, though not for nearly 80% of those on life support, or really for anyone else who contracts the disease--which scars the lungs even of those who are asymptomatic. www.fiercepharma.com I don't want to rain on anyone's parade. The drug will be a useful tool if this pans out, and it currently DOES look much more promising that hydroxychloroquine, which sadly failed to live up to any promise. Sadly, because the US stocked up on this drug. We have 60 million doses, and as they expire a year from now that represents a sad waste. The drug is NOT a preventative, as Trump had promoted hydroxychloroquine. If you are on a ventilator, your risk of death is reduced from 20% to 30%. I have friends who, if they contract Covid, they will die. 22 states saw their Covid-19 infection rates climb in the past two weeks. This is NOT positive news. The good news is that THIS study appears to have been conducted more carefully than the hydroxy study, so the steroid likely IS a more effective treatment. The other good news is that the hydroxy treatment did NOT kill at risk patients any faster than regular intensive care. The drug simply didn't have any measurable impact, either as a prophylactic, in early treatment, or in the late stage progression of the disease. While anyone who contracts Covid is likely to suffer permanent lung damage, the good news is that you are not all that likely to die from it, unless you are over 60. 60+ your odds are still better than 80% you will survive. Think of it this way--if you are over 60 your odds on surviving Covid are about the same as your odds on surviving one live round of Russian roulette. Want to play those odds? |
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Genuine Info on Masks IHS ridicules Wikipedia as a legitimate source, but they trounce YouTube for accuracy of information. People have been saying they expect R0 (r-nought, the infection rate) to be 70%. I thought that might be a bit high, until the Church in Eastern Oregon was exposed. 236 of the 365 members tested positive, for an R0 of 65%. I don't know if ALL the members had attended recent services, but epidemiologists expect most of the infections resulted from just one main meeting. Only 5 have been hospitalized so far, which beats the national average. I would have anticipated that of the 236 we would see a case fatality rate (CFR) close to the national average: 6%. That means about 14 deaths. That only 5 have been hospitalized is really wonderful news. Close to 90% of those requiring ventilators in New York died. So that is really bad. On the other hand, the new drug--NOT hydroxychloroquine (which has no demonstrable effect) but the steroid--reduced hospitalization deaths 20%. In the case of the Pentacostal Church that would mean that if all 5 are on ventilators, one would recover normally, and one more would recover if the drug regiment works. So only 3 would be expected to die. If they do better than that they beat the national odds. |
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