One thing that I’m getting is that Chiefs of Police seem to be reasonable people. Heads of Police Unions, on the other hand, seem to think they are all Judge Dread.

No one seems to have authority over the police forces anymore. It seems like we’re dealing with a rogue army, backed by laws to protect them, who’s union embraced the white supremacist rhetoric of the current occupant of the white house.

One could argue it’s a mob. A terrorist cell.

A lot of police, across the country, woke up yesterday and thought “Give me a reason.” For so many, their attitude wasn’t to protect life or property or maintain decorum, but to confront and put down protesters challenging their authority. That, along with the obvious racial component, is why these protests are…

One takeaway I’m getting from all this is mayors have no authority over their city’s police force...

Must have stolen a sweetroll to get a sentence like that.

Absolutely correct. To add to that, when Trump loses in November, members of the GOP will be falling over themselves to convey to the people how they were, “working from the inside” to try and save the country from Trump (which will be provably false).

Later, dozens of GOP Congressmen, “Now that I’m out of Congress, I just need to say that Trump’s Ukraine crimes were blatant and indefensible. That sob should have been impeached, removed from office, and indicted. Phew, it feels good to get that off my chest.”

Fuck you, Trott, you fucking coward.

Literally one of the main attributes that is taught in Introduction to Microeconomics is that monopolies have very little incentive to innovate due to their entrenched position as a market leader.

I don’t think  you understand what gaslighting is, or you have no comprehension of the actual Epic vs Steam situation. 

I don’t see any lie in that quote.  

he’s not wrong tho

“Smithers, are they booing me?”

Yes, yes, Obama was relentlessly surface level. When GDP was in decline and the unemployment rate was over 10%, turning the economy around and bringing unemployment under 5% was surface level stuff.

Yes. Omaha has gotten a lot more liberal (the 2nd Congressional District went for Obama in 2008, before the state powers that be gerrymandered the fuck out of it to include all of those right-wing military FUCKS south of Omaha in Sarpy County, almost 100% ensuring that that will not happen again), and so is Lincoln,…

Sasse is the worst.  He wanted the luxury of being a Trump skeptic/critic but didn’t want to stand up to him even once about anything important.  He makes Romney look like goddamned GI Joe.  Nebraska people, what’s up?  Omaha is a cool city.  How is this moron getting support?  Is the rest of the state garbage?

I’ve been thinking about this, too. Plus proms and stuff. I know a lot of kids are devastated, but I also know some kids are probably relieved (for whatever relative value given the pandemic) to be able to skip that shit.

A Trump supporter referring to another country’s government as being run by “thugs” is blatant projection 

Now it’s a Porsche Taycan’t.