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A couple years ago I attended a community outreach program for our local police department. It was a few months of classes that went over a lot of the day to day activities of the officers, led by members of the department. It was fascinating to get a look behind the scenes, somewhat. I went in with a pretty positive impression of the police, in fact it was a career I've always been interested in. By the end, I still had a very good impression of the people on the job who were doing the class. They cared about the community and it was clear they work hard. But I definitely had concerns about the training. There was too much emphasis on the paramilitary aspects for my liking. It raised more issues than it assuaged, for sure. But those are fixable issues. This stuff needs to be constantly evaluated and adapted. I was upset at the lack of clear data kept on shootings and risk. Why don't we have a federal count on officer involved shootings every year? Why aren't their better oversight agencies tracking all the different police branches? It should be a more data driven industry, and that was not the impression I got.

This is completely detached from reality.

What about the word holocaust? Do the Jewish get to keep that one? I'd argue that context and optics matter greatly when it comes to using words. I doubt Clinton would use the term lynching to describe his impeachment, but if he did, he doesn't carry the same racially charged baggage that Trump does.

I don't understand any of the posts about Code Vein. Like, I know what the words mean individually, but the sentences that are constructed using those words seem like an impenetrable puzzle.

Sure, you don't own it in any traditional sense. Hence the $1 price tag, or $5 every month after. It likely isn't going to disappear from the Microsoft store anytime soon, but I may buy it separately down the road when I get tired of the game pass. Still seems like a heck of a value to get your first playthrough of the game.

Oh, so you can't be a gamer unless you have a bunch of fancy plastic and cardboard boxes? Elitist.

Why do you people hate the environment?

I'm right there on the early bed times. Haven't seen 10 PM in ages. I ran a 10k yesterday at my target 7:15 pace. It was difficult. I need to figure out a way to hydrate better on the runs, because I was a bit light headed when I stopped. But it did feel good to sustain the pace and I was able to increase speed on the second half of the run. Still a long ways to go, but I have about a year to get there.

Oh, you didn't mention Mikhail Bulgakov. He is tremendously readable. Everyone should read Master and Margarita.

I expect the new Star Wars will be an entertaining adventure that I will enjoy taking my daughter too, just like we have done for all the new movies.

My guess is he got a decent payout when they sold. Like many of us, I imagine the idea of striking out on our own with financial security was tempting. I wish him luck.

The problem I see with the typical Bush criticism is: 1. The President isn't working in a vacuum. He has a full branch of people that are helping him lead. You get the impression that most of his big decisions were made with a lot of input and involvement of his full cabinet. LBJ had the same issue with Vietnam, and it is a shame how that affects his legacy. 2. It's a hard job. I didn't vote for him twice, but I don't fault his intentions or work ethic. Trump, on the other hand, seems to be playing a game and dismissing most anybody that isn't a yes man. That is bad.

Call me when they need a butt model.

I love Dumas. I am also a huge fan of The Dubliners by James Joyce, but that is because I read it when I was all angsty in college, and I think you need to be a bit miserable to really dig his work.

Yeah.

China has changed quite a bit in the last couple decades as they've become a major player in the world economy, so it's not like they aren't susceptible to pressure from the West. The fact they haven't driven tanks over Hong Kong protesters already is a pretty clear sign that it isn't the same country as it was during Tiananmen Square. So yeah, it'd be nice to see the NBA and Blizzard stop kowtowing to them and recognize that the money may not be worth the damage their brand may be taking.

Is Howard Stern going to be Ventura's running mate?

Melky or Teddy Bear, of course. That way we will recognize you.

With the game pass, I seem to be playing a new game every time I sit down. I don't think it's a good habit. So far, Void Bastards was my favorite of the bunch.

I mean, I prefer Steam too, but it cost a buck to subscribe to the Xbox Gaming Pass for PC and get the game with that, so pretty hard to argue with that kind of value.

Goliath Season 3 - This is such a good show. It was basically a season about water contract disputes, with Dennis Quaid playing the part of the evil Nestle-like water baron, and it was fascinating the whole way through.

I like the use of the word 'petty' in one sentence, and then the example of the word in the next sentence. That was well constructed, poster.

We already did this. Is this a weird bot?

I like Mam War's guess better.