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1) you don't have a right to abstain from wearing a mask in many situations. is not debatable. perhaps gd believes everyone should have a right to forgo masks, but is not actual a legal right. need discuss? hope not. 'course the hastily crafted venn diagram complete misses the point many freedom loving patriots similar ignore and that is even if there were a right to not wear a mask, would it be wise to do so? the florida man who set a quran on fire had a right to do so. fed government had no authority to stop florida man from doing his florida thing. however, burn quran is nevertheless a contemptible act which should be criticized by all. both you and florida man got the right to free speech. such freedom provides you with Personal Responsibility. "right to ________ " thorough misunderstood concept. problem with rights is people conflate noun with the adjective. just 'cause you have a right don't mean exercise o' such is the right thing to do. 2) fact some is taking political advantage o' school reopening, or covid in general, does not alter the underlying science gonna ignore the tinfoil hat bit 'bout "public control," but there is no doubt any number o' skeevy political creatures is using fears related to schools to further polarize their bases. so what? can say such 'bout any political relevant issue. were a whole lotta northern politicians who didn't care one bit 'bout slavery in the early 1860s who nevertheless chastised and ridiculed southern democrats. fact there were indeed politicians who were exploiting the slavery issue for personal political gain didn't change inherent evils o' slavery. particular with so many single parents who do not work at home, school openings is a vital concern and predictable the political vultures is swooping in to get their piece o' the quickly decomposing carrion. distraction. irrelevant. any political charged issue with enough people interested will bring out more than one political vulture. so what? 'course gd is out on the fringe where he presumes they, the ubiquitous political operatives at all levels of government, is all corrupt... or at least so uniform corrupt that any choice makes no difference. *insert eye roll* blame on meme? am suspecting gd will defend, and then blame on meme. can't have both ways. *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

once again you go speaking for Gromnir when is best to only speak for self. am not certain how many times you need be confronted with the same error. HA! Good Fun!

what makes the gop pushing the kanye campaign particular curious, beyond his attacks on harriet tubman is the recognition that pollsters believe kanye west voters will not be minorities-- will be young male nihilists who ain't minority. thus far, kanye's appeal is limited to a small subset o' trump voters. HA! Good Fun!

Kanye West indicates that his spoiler campaign is indeed designed to hurt Biden headline misleads a bit, but is a fun/brief read. HA! Good Fun!

ordinarily when we speak o' an artist sounding as if they is in pain while singing, we speak o' emotional pain. or virtual any fiona apple song evar. russian guy is fantastic, but literal sounds as if he is suffering. ... am admitting we like performance precise 'cause he sounds as if he is perpetual on the cusp o' descending into a fit o' lung cancer coughing. HA! Good Fun!

am not sure why some yutz in texas is somehow the voice o' american exceptionalism. sure, a bunch o' clowns clapped when he made the comment, and it appeared to resonate with skarp_one *chuckle* but let's be honest 'bout so-called american exceptionalism rather than making texas guy its poster child... and keep in mind am not specific directing this at gd. habit? we don't necessarily agree, but american exceptionalism embraces conscious and w/o remorse the recognition many americans will fail and suffer. the opportunity to achieve greatness comes with admitted unpleasant social consequences. not everybody will succeed. not everybody is smart enough or works hard enough to achieve the american dream. however, for those who genuine strive to better their stars, there is ample opportunity in the US to achieve... whatever. american exceptionalism is not how texas guy describes. american exceptionalism, perhaps a bit callous, embraces the existence o' poor and hopeless as actual some kinda proof that the system is working. there needs be an unpleasant cost for losing if you want people to join the race and try to win. whether is our health system or welfare or any number o' social programs, the american exceptionalist shakes head sadly at the misguided europeans (and texas guy) who just don't get it. what makes america exceptional is opportunity but if you want opportunity, the american exceptionalist demands personal responsibility. *shrug* am not trying to sell american exceptionalism. is a whole lotta inequality inextricable worked into the system which makes opportunity for some far different than opportunity for others. am NOT supporting the narrative as it is most often presented. however, teaching kids how great is everything in the US compared to the rest o' the world is not teaching american exceptionalism. am thinking is worth pointing out how the guy from the john oliver video is the wrong pinata 'pon which to trade your swings. HA! Good Fun!

might wanna argue for institutionalization o' Gromnir, but am not thinking we count as an institution. am suspecting you don't understand the term you use. regardless, "racism is everywhere," is hardly the validation you believe. as you attempt to use, it literally would excuse having made same response no matter what were the contents o' our post... or any other post. hurl's observation 'bout invisible gene hackmans? sure. is appropriate, 'cause racism is everywhere? w/o context, such words is meaningless. HA! Good Fun!

sound quality o' video is such we cannot recognize national origin o' the would-be plumber/rocketeers. we wanna assume it is australians, or possibly muppets. thanks to years o' farscape viewing, we don't see much difference 'tween muppets and australians. when looking for the farmer's commercial, we discovered the following: HA! Good Fun!

... similar to skarp_one earlier, your unhinged response does wonders to prove our point. speaking for Gromnir is always a bad idea for vol as vol can barely string together coherent ideas for himself. stick to what we said as 'posed to what you attribute to us and you will make fewer mistakes. fewer. not expecting miracles. and is tough to work up much compassion for vol's most recent victimization troll seeing how he is the one who curiously injected race into our criticism o' the republicans who attacked kushner. you bring up race outta nowhere and then have a little fit o' apoplexy when somebody observes how inappropriate were your fixation on race... which predictable set you off on a race-based rant. okie dokie. as for skarp_one... *chuckle* you cannot help self, can you? we already responded to your "change it, " charge, but you either forgot or didn't understand. possible spam: we got no solutions save obvious bit o' overused pith: think globally, act locally. solutions is not gonna come from washington dc or even nashville. get enough localities to change and eventual you will see the same kinda homogenization which occurred to bring 'bout our current difficulties with policy and training fails 'mongst police. horrible solution... complete unsatisfactory and is assuming a temporal remote timeline for widespread change. fundamental problem is US police is different, as is so much in the US. we look like much o' the western world from the pov o' a casual outside observer, but our Constitution and values is different. requires unique solutions. 'course you could change the Constitution and make federal police possible. so, our response is: read it. not only is changing the Constitution on a polarizing issue so utter improbable as to be equivalent o' suggesting we use a billon gummy bears to fix the police problems, but it ain't even desirable. next time, read it. HA! Good Fun!

is a little disquieting how readily you turn our comment into an opportunity to indulge white male victimization anxiety. am not surprised, but it is disquieting. HA! Good Fun! ps we did our darndest to find a relevant vox article.

whether breathing or not, there will be air in the lungs 'cause nature abhors a vacuum. will be harder for the zombie to expel air as am assuming lungs don't work no more. corpses tend to float, and even when they eventual become complete waterlogged and sink, that hardly gives 'em the relative density which would be needed to actual "walk" anything approaching normal 'cross the bottom o' a lake, much less a sea or ocean. every current would push 'em 'round like rag dolls. watch those videos o' astronaut training. takes astronauts a bit o' practice to walk on the moon, and such training tends to happen in swimming pools. takes practice. learning zombies is kinda contrary to the whole concept o' zombies. 'course zombies is magic, even when the explanation is s'posed science. if you need a zombie to walk across the sea floor, they will do so just as long as the story calls for such. "Just basing that on bodies decaying at about twice the speed in water." 'tween saltwater and any number o' carrion feasting sea creatures, one wonders how far a rapid decaying (and gas producing) corpse would get if we is talking purposeful locomotion. am suspecting after every storm, the island fortress dweller would need check his/her nets, jic. some o' the strangest stuff washes ashore after storms. HA! Good Fun!

can't believe am responding, but am thinking the pictured zombie apocalypse fortress is safe from all but a couple zombies who accidental ate rocks or kettlebells and even then am not sure what kinda range a zombie has on sense o'... whatever or however they sense prey. some kinda simple netting in the few places where would be possible for a floater to wash ashore might be your only concern as far as zombie incursions. HA! Good Fun!

am gonna admit we didn't like the jared's father angle. there is criticisms o' jared related to his father which is legit, but to casual suggest jared ain't trustworthy 'cause his father is a convicted felon and slumlord is unfair. am personal not blaming anybody for the sins o' their parents. evar. lincoln project don't pull punches, but that were a shot below the belt and possible a tyson ear bite. HA! Good Fun!

first, we already addressed the national police issue. requires a change to the Constitution. second, poland is not the US. we have a 2nd amendment well armed populace which is far more diverse than is poland's, resulting in a police force which is necessarily fearful whenever confronting the public and consequently resulting in portions o' the public being distrustful o' cops. also, as Gromnir and the vox article points out, our police training is focused on suppression o' escalation as 'posed to genuine avoidance o' conflict or de escalation. but yeah, go ahead and prove our point. we observed foundational problem is being overlooked and you serve yourself up as a case in point. we cannot have a national police force. a singular national police is prohibited by the Constitution, which results in thousands o' local law enforcements needing find their own way. edit: am knowing how to a casual and outside observer, skarp_one would appear to perhaps be a Gromnir dopple we set up just to say the most easily refuted nonsense sole to provide us the opportunity to beat the stuffing outta him. instead o' needing deal with a reals and intelligent response, we post as skarp_one so we can control the dialog. am admitting such a ploy, while not Gromnir's style, would be an appealing conspiracy conclusion, 'cause how could a poster so routinely be skarp_one and be real? however, is not true. am not skarp_one. HA! Good Fun!

Gromnir alternative for 2020-2021 nfl season have teams play each other in madden. teams choose one player on roster to be their madden guy each week, and schedule is played as normal. oh sure, is small time and would not be televised national with big advertisement purchase, but on the positive side, nobody's grandma would need die 'cause an infected player or staff brought disease home (or to a strip club or bar) and then after a couple degrees o' separation a stranger ends up on a ventilator. on the positive side, fantasy football could continue as normal and threat o' players opting out for the year would not be an issue... though we wouldn't be shocked to see a digital richard sherman making some kinda' stink after game three. ... am mostly joking. is looking to be too late to institute a bubble kinda approach for this season o' the nfl and madden won't be the alternative. HA! Good Fun!

two quick points: 1)vox am kinda ambivalent 'bout vox, so am conflicted as 'course we applaud their conclusions (at least where they mirror ours) but is a somewhat akin to finding our self in agreement with anderson cooper. is not as if we put anderson cooper in same trash bin as hannity, but... 2) ok, so now what? the part vox skips over, and the issue Gromnir keeps beating to death, (edit: that were not some kinda intentional bad pun. were, given the current topic, an equal bad unintentional pun) is the overwhelming obstacles to fixing the problems vox and Gromnir identifies. the cops is not some kinda uniform/uniformed group o' anger junkies indulging in personal power fantasies, but there are near endemic training issues and self defeating policy goals. example: pull a guy over for drunk driving, and what is goals? all too often the anticipated outcome is to arrest anybody who fails breathalyzer or sobriety tests when we should be most concerned 'bout how best to protect the driver and others. we got segments o' population which is justifiable terrified o' cops, see police as the enemy, so when cops forceful slap cuffs on a presumed drunk individual as they is trained to do (but is more likely and forceful to do if you are a minority) chances o' situation escalating is remote or predictable? nevertheless, we train cops to be uncompromising and at the first sign o' any threat, they is authorized to use force. once force is applied in a situation with drunk and frightened suspect and an almost as frightened cop. what is chances for further escalation? now what? we identify a problem with training and policy, and will for the nonce ignore how prevalence o' handguns in the US population makes all cop encounters inherent more dangerous than almost anyplace else in the western world. let's assume for sake of argument, training and policy changes is demanded. now what? is thousands o' law enforcement agencies in the US. many such law enforcement departments owe only token fealty to their State governments and none to fed. has taken us more than 100 years to see current degree o' homogenization o' training and policy 'mongst law enforcement agencies and it happened utter organic as there were no directive from on high to bring 'bout such uniformity. we also got police unions. police unions frequent reject change for no reason other than principle. "if we give up/in on training what will be next? a month from now, or a year, they will try and take away our guns." change is not an easy sell to a guy who perhaps already spent a decade as police. cops see the news and they recognize how at the moment they is cast as villains. who is the next cop who is gonna be sacrificed on the pyre o' public opinion when an arrest goes bad? who wants to be that next cop? resist change. there is thousands o' US law enforcement departments including municipalities and sheriffs departments, and the sheriffs department, in particular, may be near autonomous from even State interference under current models. heck, we can't even get all county and municipalities to enforce mask requirements where states has legal legislated and implemented such. now what? we got no solutions save obvious bit o' overused pith: think globally, act locally. solutions is not gonna come from washington dc or even nashville. get enough localities to change and eventual you will see the same kinda homogenization which occurred to bring 'bout our current difficulties with policy and training fails 'mongst police. horrible solution... complete unsatisfactory and is assuming a temporal remote timeline for widespread change. fundamental problem is US police is different, as is so much in the US. we look like much o' the western world from the pov o' a casual outside observer, but our Constitution and values is different. requires unique solutions. 'course you could change the Constitution and make federal police possible.

What Happened When a Harvard Scholar Decided the Story Was More Important Than the Truth confirmation bias, insidious and ubiquitous, is a genuine danger in an internet age where twitter drops and cable media stories is rushed to release. am curious to see the ugly details behind what were a headline grabbing story. HA! Good Fun!

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chris wallace, the staff at the washington post, ny times and a few dozen other outlets would like to have a word with you. might seem like american journalists go ez on trump 'cause he rare appears for an interview save for with people such as hannity and his ilk. 'course after the recent interviews with wallace and swann, am wondering if we see another interview with anything but guaranteed trump cheerleaders. PotUS looked ridiculous during the fox and axios interviews, and no amount o' gaslighting from the wh is gonna convince undecided voters that trump advanced his standing in polls with his interview performances. mr. swann, as an aside, is in the process o' becoming a US citizen. HA! Good Fun!

our complaint were 'bout trump and the people who voted for the idiot advocating a muslim ban. trump tried to implement his muslim ban via an executive order, and failed 'cause The Court stopped him. the muslim ban became a ban/limit on asylum seekers and immigrants from specific countries... which btw should enrage trump's evangelical christian supporters 'cause the newer and shinier ban functional ended christian asylum seekers from places such as syria being able to escape to the US. added a new humanitarian crisis. "is shameful we elected a guy who were promising a muslim ban. fact such weren't the red line for voters is a stain on our national character which is gonna take a long time to expunge, particular as am suspecting such bigotry has become worse these past three years." the complaint were 'bout the willingness o' voters to either agree with or look past the muslim ban. we voted a guy into office who were promising a muslim ban, and fact The Courts stepped and declared the attempt unconstitutional does no exonerate trump or the rest o' Americans. we failed. miserable failure. trump were not a surprise. we didn't need +3 years to realize a mistake. trump promised a muslim ban in 2015, and all too many o' us in this country looked the other way... too many cheered trump. shame.

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am gonna ignore the fundamental flaw in your reasoning and remind you that what started this were your response to a post 'bout the appropriateness o' a US muslim ban. HA! Good Fun!

more o' this, eh? reality, harsh or otherwise is the US has a population o' muslims and the nightmare stuff you conjure ain't happening here save in extreme limited numbers... and far below the persecution levels delivered unto those muslim communities. Community shows support for Memphis Islamic Center after New Zealand massacre for every, "i know people in france," bit o' whatever, we may link stories to reality on the ground in communities across the US. HA! Good Fun!

oh, well, if the french are doing it... and obvious the random article proves that most muslims fleeing the middle east, asia and sub-saharan africa is bringing religious persecution with them. *chuckle* we can do this too https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/us/politics/hr-mcmaster-trump-islam.html general mcmaster, and most o' the military brass, is in favor o' muslim refugees getting asylum in the US as doing so undermines efforts o' groups such as isis from simple optics pov, but also provides a wealth o' intelligence resources with which to combat more radical elements in the middle east. HA! Good Fun!

Manhattan DA probing Trump and his business over more than 'hush-money' payments trump's attorneys bungled this in an epic way. the overbroad and bad faith argument were a nice and fat pitch which the manhattan da promptly sent yard. "Manhattan's district attorney on Monday suggested a grand jury subpoena for U.S. President Donald Trump's tax returns was part of an investigation of "possibly extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization," including alleged insurance and bank fraud." ... "Trump's argument that the subpoena is overbroad "rests on the false premise that the grand jury's investigation is limited to so-called 'hush-money' payments made by Michael Cohen" on Trump's behalf in 2016, Vance said." cohen, trump's former fixer, may get the last laugh as it appears he is the genesis for much o' the manhattan da investigation. HA! Good Fun!