F is for Fascism (Ferguson MO)

[wakelaw13]

Indeed. Bravo. I assumed you were making a different point but maybe you aren’t.

I’m not surprised at all by the wage theft. Our firm has handled class action cases based on it, which are very difficult to pursue. Most of the time, the employer gets away with it. Just pointing out that comparing it to “robbery” didn’t make much sense, given the narrow definition.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

i mean, you can't even buy a used fighter jet for $6 million

 

[BeachBumDeac]

i mean, you can't even buy a used fighter jet for $6 million

what about for $6 billion?

 

[ImTheCaptain]

what about for $6 billion?

depends on the jet, obvi

 

[PhDeac]

Punisher Co-Creator Reclaims Iconic Skull Logo For Black Lives Matter Fundraiser

The "Skulls for Justice" campaign offers T-shirt designs based on the vigilante's emblem, which has been co-opted by the police, to support Black Lives Matter.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/puni...atter-gerry-conway_n_5ee1388dc5b6ca9dc69dfb8a

 

[Rafi]

Punisher Co-Creator Reclaims Iconic Skull Logo For Black Lives Matter Fundraiser

The "Skulls for Justice" campaign offers T-shirt designs based on the vigilante's emblem, which has been co-opted by the police, to support Black Lives Matter.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/puni...atter-gerry-conway_n_5ee1388dc5b6ca9dc69dfb8a

That’s great - there will be so many dudes wondering what to do with their tattoos.

 

[WFcatamount22]

And no Confederate flags as of a few minutes ago.

I may have to check out a NASCAR race for the first time ever.

Lotsa left turns and that’s about it. Better off watching some golf to get in your Sunday nap.

 

[avalon]

Chicago FOP president says any cops that kneel or participate with protestors will be fired

... from the union?

 

[Strickland33]

... from the union?

That is a hell of an Onion headline in a timeline that's a bit less corrupted, right?

 

[PhDeac]

Lotsa left turns and that’s about it. Better off watching some golf to get in your Sunday nap.

Watched it for about an hour or so while doing work and listening to a podcast. Looks like Wallace had his best NASCAR finish at 11.

 

[avalon]

That is a hell of an Onion headline in a timeline that's a bit less corrupted, right?

It can't be easy for the Onion to have to compete against reality for good headlines / stories.

How to Reform the Police

Train officers how to de-escalate violence caused by rest of their training.

welp.

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

yeah, expulsion from the union

ProPublica article on the guy from a couple years ago: https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-officer-john-catanzara-investigation

he was elected president about a month or two ago

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

and he's had more issues since that article came out, including lying about a work injury

"Catanzara is reportedly on administrative duty; he was stripped of his police powers related to a police report he filed against former Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson when Johnson took part in an unsanctioned anti-violence protest in July 2018 that closed down the Dan Ryan Expressway."

https://news.wttw.com/2020/05/09/chicago-police-union-elects-john-catanzara-new-president

 

[WFcatamount22]

Watched it for about an hour or so while doing work and listening to a podcast. Looks like Wallace had his best NASCAR finish at 11.

Damn man, I know a bunch of the Hendrick folks and I still can’t watch the races.

 

[PhDeac]

[h=1]‘What I saw was just absolutely wrong’: National Guardsmen struggle with their role in controlling protests[/h]
POLITICO spoke to 10 National Guardsmen who have taken part in the protest response across the country since the killing of George Floyd while in police custody.

Pvt.Si’Kenya Lynch, a member of the D.C. National Guard, was on duty at Lafayette Square near the White House last Monday whenU.S.Park Police cleared the area of protesters ahead of President Donald Trump’s now-infamous photo op.
Lynch said she supports the protests, and that her brother was among the demonstrators on the other side of the line, adding that “he coughed a lot” due to the tear gas fired into the crowd.
“I was happy to see him out there ... to walk for me when I couldn’t,” she said, adding that if she hadn’t been activated as a citizen-soldier, she would have been among the protesters “to support the people, and I wanted to support what was right.”

“As a military officer, what I saw was more or less really f---ed up,” said one D.C. Guardsman who was deployed to Lafayette Square last Monday and who, like some others, spoke on condition of anonymity to speak freely. The official line from the White House that the protesters had turned violent, he said, is false.
“The crowd was loud but peaceful, and at no point did I feel in danger, and I was standing right there in the front of the line,” he said. “A lot of us are still struggling to process this, but in a lot of ways, I believe I saw civil rights being violated in order for a photo op.
“I’m here to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and what I just saw goes against my oath and to see everyone try to cover up what really happened,” the Guardsman continued. “What I saw was just absolutely wrong.”

One of the Guardsmen at the scene said the White House isn’t being truthful.
“I’ve been tear gassed before. I was there the night before when we got tear gassed, there was tear gas there” on Monday evening, he said. He added that he and some of his soldiers felt the effects of the tear gas from their colleagues because they didn’t have masks on.

While the Park Police cleared out the protesters, some Guardsmen said they felt they were there to actually prevent the police from beating up protesters, instead of the other way around.
“I felt that we were more protecting the people from the police,” said D.C. Guardsman Spec. Isaiah Lynch, who’s unrelated to Si’Kenya Lynch.

One of the D.C. National Guardsmen said he was worried that a lot of the goodwill that the Guard has built up with local Washingtonians because of their coronavirus response and annual Fourth of July celebrations was in jeopardy.
“Within the span of 30 to 40 minutes, all of that washed away because of political stuff,” he said.
Osterholm said the Guardsmen were ill-prepared for the hate directed at them by the protesters, which was reminiscent of the anti-military sentiment during the Vietnam War. The shift from being viewed as heroes during the coronavirus pandemic to villains suppressing citizens’ right to protest happened overnight, she said.
“This generation doesn’t know what that feels like. This generation knows ‘thank you for your service,’ this generation knows that they can go to Lowe’s and Home Depot and they can get 10 percent off,” Osterholm said. “A lot of us are still in denial of the intensity and the traumatic impact this has had for everyone.”
Isaiah Lynch said that as an African American, he was called a traitor by some protesters who cursed at him, and also seen as an oppressor protecting the cops.
But he said a moment he would remember was when a man who had hit him with a brick the first day approached him a few days later to apologize.
“He shook my hand and told me, ‘Hey I’m sorry. Do you guys need any water or anything?’”

 

[Milhouse]

Your schtick is inane and tired.

it's no schtick. he's an ignorant jackass.

 

[deaconson]

I find it hard to believe PhDeac’s anecdotes and Facebook stories are not accurate.

Either stick to the narrative or run along to your klan meeting.

Are you giving up your seat?

 

[Wakeforest22890]

He has a very bright future in politics.

Yeah thought he’d run for the House this year.

 

[PhDeac]

Yeah thought he’d run for the House this year.

I hope he’ll run for Burr’s seat in 2022.

 

[PhDeac]

Two bits of branding news:

I know next to nothing about Magic: The Gathering. I definitely didn't know there were "racist cards."


https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/10/2...-banned-removed-from-database-wizards-apology

The list of now-banned cards is: Invoke Prejudice, Cleanse, Stone-Throwing Devils, Pradesh Gypsies, Jihad, Imprison, and Crusade.
One card in particular, Invoke Prejudice, was singled out. It shows a hooded executioner with a black axe. “If opponent casts a Summon spell that does not match the color of one of the creatures under your control, that spell is countered,” says the card. It effectively kills off creatures that don’t look like the creatures already on the table.
Gatherer, the official online database of every Magic card ever published, displays the card at a web URL ending in “1488,” numbers that are synonymous with white supremacy.

A popular country group changes its name.

It's a good message because they make it clear that society hasn't changed, the overall situation has changed. They are just watching and listening and understanding as a result. It's not about "these times" or even just George Floyd. They acknowledge they didn't realize.

This is why I'm optimistic. It is a small step to realize celebrating "antebellum" in any way is an endorsement of racism. Any band or company or other entity with "antebellum," "Dixie," or "plantation" in the name needs to do the work to show they don't endorse racism. This moves the conversation forward.