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*sigh*.... feels like ages since I posted any Rammstein in this thread 😳 Edit: They got fed up by a lot of media calling them alt-right and neo-nazis. Tired of the crap, this was their way of setting the record straight, their hearts are on their left side (metaphorically and literally), supporting the left wing spectrum of politics

I somehow managed to delete my original post which you just quoted, trying to delete an attached screenshot that refused to go away 😖

Defunding (not even a real word, is it?) is the most moronic thing I've heard in a long while. If anything, they need more funds and a way to ensure they get better spent. Apparently addressing mental health issues, training, more training and vetting (even among force veterans) seems to be some sorely neglected things in the police forces.

Queensland (the state I live in) have probably built more walls towards New South Wales (our southern neighbour) than Trump will ever manage to build on the southern US border 😝 Got to keep those losers from New South Wales out, right? 😇 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/03/queensland-bolsters-border-closure-with-barriers-and-checkpoints-to-keep-coronavirus-at-bay

Is there such a thing as too much Rammstein? (that was a trick question)

Sadly, a slave to Microsoft. The cloud is where it's at these days, but that's a discussion for a different thread

No, I won't tell you. But I'll speculate (because I don't know), that those who murdered her had an agenda. As for which one, it could be racism, it could be to keep the unrest going or even escalate it. One thing we can hopefully agree on is, people can be scumbags.

I'll put a little 'V' sticker on the side of my c0ckpit, I think I managed to rile @Volourn up 😝 So, tl;dr; you either don't understand the bigger picture or deliberately ignore it, focusing on the symptoms rather than the causes. Your choice. Don't accuse me of cherry picking info though, I never said the instigators were all far right, only that recent arrests were. You're the one jumping to conclusions and putting words in my mouth. All I wanted to point out was the official story wasn't the whole truth. This stopped being about Floyd the same day he was murdered. Videos from people there, whether pro shots or phone images have an agenda and a narrative too, just like everybody else. It may be a different perspective, but they still have a story they want to tell. If you focus only on those, you will still only see a limited part of what is going on. Rage isn't rational. Populists thrive on rage because it can be manipulated and directed. That's how it works. Point at someone and yell witch and watch enraged people lose their heads and grow violent without thinking. Ask yourself, who benefits from it? Probably a surprisingly large number of people and interest groups. None of them giving a damn about the victims.

If you say so... The US Census declared that in 2014 14.8% of the general population lived in poverty: 10.1% of all white non-Hispanic persons 12.0% of all Asian persons 23.6% of all Hispanic persons (of any race) 26.2% of all African American persons 28.3% of Native Americans / Alaska Natives So in absolute numbers, maybe. But not really. Minority demographics might feel disproportional numbers of them are affected. Coincidentally also a larger percentage of those groups that feel a systemic discrimination against them. Edit: As for the agitators and extreme violence perpetrators... I read Trump blames the far left and antifa and what have you. But then, he's not exactly known for his cognitive abilities. I'll take BBC News words over his (and Fox) any time of day when they say recent arrest were members of the far right community, throwing molotov ****tails at the police (at the 9:08 paragraph) https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-52903545

I think (as in no hard facts) that the repeatedly flaring up riots over police brutality in the US the last several decades has more to do with poverty and social unrest than race. That poverty is more widespread among some minorities just skewers the perception that race is the issue. When the number of people living under poverty line bounces between 10 and 15% the last many years, I believe it's inevitable that social unrest will flare occasionally. A moron for president, spouting aggressive, empty headed rhetoric doesn't do anything to calm a population down.

Rammstein... what's not to love???

It could've been worse. Just imagine if he had worn a red shirt 👀

Maybe it was what someone had in mind when they added the second amendment. A well regulated militia to protect against the federal government?

Reality TV seems to be what he does best. Christian on demand? Might convince somebody. They'll probably close their eyes too when he breaks each and every one of the ten commandments, demanding they get renegotiated, because they were treating Americans unfairly.

I would not be surprised at all if it's the Obama administration and the false medias fault. All of it. They do it to prevent his reelection. All paid by China of course. The only way to fix it is trade tariff's on Democratic led states. That's probably unconstitutional. But hey, it's not like he's giving a flying **** about that antiquated scroll anyway.

"The hypocrisy is strong with this one" Edit: For me personally, he'll always be living proof that if you throw enough money at something, you can get away with murder

A general comment on work hours.. Maybe I'm not "most people", but as someone who spent 30 years of his life working 60+ hour work weeks, I think I'm qualified to reflect a bit on whether it was worth it or not. With the benefit of hindsight, I doubt it. Sure, it ended up paying well, gave some truly unique and interesting experiences (traveling around the world, twice, in the literal sense of the word, winning Microsoft best of world wide awards, getting invited to private Oscar parties, all memorable stuff), but was it worth paying 30 years of my life for? No social life, no time for friends etc.? Nah. If I could chose over, I might have chosen differently. 40 hours is a good compromise between overworking yourself and not working at all. edit: the last 5 years, I've worked "reduced time" (40 hours) and for the first time in living memory actually started enjoying life, getting home int he evenings and having weekends off to do stuff of my own choosing.

It might work better if Trump send in the military against the police... but that's unlikely to happen Edit: Or better yet, saved a bit on his discretionary spending on walls and maybe tackled the root causes, like widespread poverty and discrimination.

Watch this space if Twitter closes his account for being an internet troll... (no, got no idea if they have anything like that in their ToS, the thought was amusing though) Edit: from @Raithe's link: As he headed into Memorial Day weekend, Donald Trump complained that he was COVID-19’s biggest victim. “He was just in a ****ing rage,” said a person who spoke with Trump late last week. “He was saying, ‘This is so unfair to me! Everything was going great. We were cruising to reelection!” Even as the death toll neared 100,000 and unemployment ranks swelled to over 38 million, Trump couldn’t see the pandemic as anything other than something that had happened to him. “The problem is he has no empathy,” the adviser said. Trump complained that he should have been warned about the virus sooner. “The intelligence community let me down!” Could be Trump in 2020, could be Nero in 68 🙄

Not metal per se, but... it's Rammstein!

Hmm, yeah. I noticed that there are no receptionists around anymore, they all got replaced by client liaisons. Still doing the same job though Edit: Same thing with Stewardess and Flight Attendant come to think of it. Rebranding of old roles. Edit2: Completely unrelated to Corona virus (me going out on a tangent here), the subject of gender typical roles sounds more like something for the politics thread.

Kebab (from a restaurant) and some home made dessert after a South African recipe (one of the girls is a very good cook). Something soft and delicious with a distinct peppermint flavour and a bit of a cheesecake like consistency. No idea what it was called. As for drinks, no wine. Just whisky (I know, we're such plebs! 😝). Was a nice evening. Hadn't planned on doing anything for my birthday, so I got taken a bit by surprise with no time to really prepare anything.

Decided that social distancing is overrated and had two friends over for dinner last night. My first "socializing" in like 2 and a half months. Sort of like, oh yeah, homo sapiens, that's what they really look like when not seeing them on tv or the internet 😂

I have an Asian friend who had stocked up on face masks a few months before the corona virus struck... the she's now using them for that, but she originally got them very much for the purpose you mention (and she got quality ones too that might help protect somewhat against tear gas, which she expected at the events she had planned on joining) 😁

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