Who knew they could grow facial hair.

Same!

I think this is an important question that comes up occasionally and then it quickly gets buried under a lot of bad faith bullshit. I don’t really have an answer because I often find it confusing myself. But there’s a lot of smart people around here that I hope will contribute thoughtful opinions.

As always, the devil is in the details. Completely restructuring public safety for a city of over 400k people is going to be a huge task and it ain’t like racism is just going to evaporate because of this. Here’s hoping they have a lot of very smart people working on this.

Thank you for the recommendation and info. I usually rely on ibuprofen and some kind of topical gunk but it is getting to the point that's not enough. Very kind of you to share you knowledge and experience. You're awesome :)

I found TENS units to be quite helpful through multiple bouts of physical therapy but for some reason never considered one for home use. Now you got me thinking as an owner of bad knees myself. 

Yeah, it’s too bad no rich right wingers ever throw in dumpsters of money to counteract these liberal elites, right?

“Unsure of what Carlson’s plans are, I raised my toilet’s lid and screamed “WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY” down into the pipes where the Fox News anchor is rumored to summer.”

Well nothing this evil clown does is normal, but let’s not forget how combatants invoke the righteous might of the Lord in wartime. Then apparently God has to play eeny, meeny, miny, moe and pick a winner.

I agree and apologize for not being clearer. Protesters and looters are different groups. I was not attempting to lump them together. Maybe my comment would’ve been better as a separate post than as a response to yours for clarity. 

How do you not consider the victims of looting? Sure it’s easy to give Target the finger (still doesn’t make it right) but when it’s a neighborhood mom & pop store? You can tell yourself in some philosophical way you’re fighting the state but in real life you’re hurting actual people. How do you reconcile that? 

A hard lesson that I’m still learning is you don’t have to engage with the bullshit every minute. It’s ok to step back and take care of yourself. All the horror going on around us is exhausting, depressing, maddening. But we’re not all responsible all the time for fixing all the bad things. Take time to enjoy the good…

These cops got picked to play Good Cop to offset the Bad Cops and make white people feel better because it’s “a few bad apples”.

Yeah, if you can afford to pay a property manager whilst living on the other side of the country and you don’t feel like you have to interact with tenants....

Shut up, Steven. 

You may very well be right. I’m gonna wait to see what happens in November before making the call. I just can’t let go of the last shred of hope yet.

Amen. My comment comes off more jaundiced than it was meant to be. 

A small dab of balm on the 3rd degree burn that is 2020.

Hey! Reese gotta buy groceries, too! Ya commie bastids!

Stick around. There’s still time for comeback. It’s a longshot, I grant you. What can I say? I’m a sucker for a Cinderella story.