Joe Walsh can get fucked. He’s against him now, so I guess that’s something. But he was an enabler, and only dislikes Trump’s baggage, not his message.
@Haus He was on the Trump Train right up till Helsinki and then jump off and stayed off, I can't stand the dude's politics, but I can respect him baling and not flip flopping like Sen. Ladybugs and all the others.
Possibly, but you would think an argument could be made that her bringing this up had zero to do with the business of the nation, it was during hearings with the IRS for fuck’s sake! Do you know if there are any exceptions to the SDC?
So does Clapton still agree with what he said? “My feeling about this hasn’t changed, really,” he insists. “Years later, when I played at the Mandela concert, one of the promoters said: ‘You know that this is your chance to apologise formally for what you said.’ And I thought: ‘You must be fucking joking.’ I was so insulted.”
~ Clapton, 2004 interview regarding a 1988 concert for Nelson Mandela
Oh.my.god. He was insulted? This literally made me say "oh my god" out loud. I didn't even know about all this growing up in the 80's and then listening to him later on in the 90's.
The original article this quote was taken from for Snopes continues:
This sound of heels being firmly dug in is typical Clapton. Though he is clearly not a racist, he is amazingly stubborn. The remark caused huge offence, but he still cannot bring himself to apologise.
Funny, how they have to go after Biden's son. Meanwhile their own messiah gets away with crimes that would send me to prison and they claim he's an innocent little flower.
I would like to know if now anyone that adds to or creates things can actively not sell to someone with a prolife hat, maga hat or someone else that identifies themselves as a trumpy grumpy.
I personally don’t fall in this category but if this is true we need to spread the word for anyone that can afford to do this.
Reeks of didn’t read the article because everything mentioned, such as a 1974 discrimination case, Central Park five(1989), and his dad’s casino chip purchase (1991) predated Bill de Blasio’s term (2014-2021)
He stood idly by and did nothing except for when he himself was running for president against Trump and started an attack campaign against him that fizzled once he couldn’t get into the primaries. The same campaign where he spent $300,000 of the city’s money on his campaign and didn’t repay, racking up a $150,000 fine. The same campaign that he took inappropriate donations on, and was fined another $50k by the FEC. Is that what you are talking about? The upstanding citizen Bill de Blasio, the towering pillar of virtue that dedicated his career to fighting corporate and political greed. You’re right, I didn’t read the article. I didn’t fucking need to.
Seattle PD has been under a consent decree for the last decade for over-use of force and racist practices. The decree is about to end (and the PD is petitioning to end it early), and the problem has not improved. It's gotten worse.
There's all this talk here (I'm a Seattleite) of how the police is trying to regain trust or is frustrated at the lack of trust, but they don't take accountability for their actions.
10% of all homicides in Seattle are committed by the police. They don't show up when you report a shooting.
We need national licensing for police. And an overhaul of training (which should be much, much longer and much less violence-oriented). We need to take military equipment out of their hands. We need to largely disarm them (firearms, not other, "less lethal"methods, necessarily), except for certain specialized officers, such as they do in England. Training requirements should be the same throughout the entire country. Repeated training should be required. Training on the actual law should be required (before they get their license to become a cop). Some sort of organization that provides serious oversight, which is not comprised of politicians or anybody related to the justice system in any way, should be required.
It's so easy for them to commit a crime in one jurisdiction and then just move a town over on the off chance that they lose their job over the crime they committed. And they never go to prison for the things they should (well, rarely), so we also need to get rid of qualified immunity. Which is a made-up concept invented by SCOTUS to begin with.
I agree completely with everything you've said. The way it is now, the police are pretty much just a legally protected gang. It doesn't feel like they're here to protect civilians at all. I just have one question - does it make sense to take guns away from cops when the US has a gun problem? In England there are significantly fewer guns, which is just one of several reasons why it works for the police there. I feel we would need significant overhaul to be able to get to the same point, and only after we did so could they start to build trust with the public again.
Cops pull out guns on traffic stops. Talk about an escalation. I would be surprised if cops weren't much more likely to escalate to firearms than the suspect is.
They absolutely are. Hell, one of my most vivid memories is getting into my buddy's grandmother's jeep tracker at a hobby store parking lot, and a cop walked up and unholstered his gun to talk to a couple teenagers.
Our crime? Using a handicap stall while driving a car with a handicap placard in the license plate.
American politics, ladies and gentlemen. It’s so absurd to watch this show as an outsider. When will enough of you guys finally reach the point where you realize that this shit can’t go on any longer like this?
The working poor who have deluded themselves into thinking they've made it to the middle class. Like those of us with decent paying jobs but still a couple missed checks away from chaos.
If the majority opinion meant anything here we'd be out of this mess. The USA is fundamentally undemocratic, barring the flavor of enemy we get to vote for.
Unfortunately, all AA is religious. The 12 step program they use inherently assumes you surrender to a higher power. There has been some push back to make that higher power into something you personally consider higher than yourself, but the intention is 'God'.
spir·it·u·al /ˈspirəCH(əw)əl/ adjective 1. relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things. “I’m responsible for his spiritual welfare” 2. relating to religion or religious belief. “the tribe’s spiritual leader”
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