"The Navy is working to ban Confederate flags from its ships."

Now, that's Commendable.
Have they considered eliminating the Galley Slaves, yet?

They've certainly come a Long fucking Ways
since the END* of the CIVIL fucking WAR, eh?

With that kinda Track record, isn't it
a little Unfair/ just plain Rude
to pressure them so?

GREAT (C. Columb) Caption, Nathalie!

*1850! Gosh -- it seems
like just Yesterday.

re the police disciplinary records: I've been wondering for a while how bunched up the violence problems are in police forces. The "just a few bad apples" claims are a testable hypothesis but one can't test it without some data. And if all the data is hidden behind a veil of confidentiality, we're stuck. We can't control what we can't measure.

We the People OWN the Police.

Sometimes we forget.

General. Strike.

We the People
OWN the Police.

Sometimes
we forget.

General.
Strike.

Tucker Carlson is fighting with fucking muppets. Let that sink in for a moment.

@1
Yes, the SPD is very lucky that Aubreanna didn't die. Very lucky indeed.
Oh for the good old days of; "I'm gonna beat the Mexican piss outta you!" Memories!

Kristofarian, The police and the politicians and everyone else with a taxpayer funded paycheck seems to think we are irrelevant and we are not. And they do because the people in this country are too complacent when it comes to allowing these people to get away with what they get away with and if we don't put a full stop to it (and it may be too late, given all of the corruption), we only have ourselves to blame.

Americans should have burned this country to the ground in protest long ago. Too many people will continue to do nothing.

Meanwhile:

People are in serious denial about where we are with regard to COVID-19.

Fauci Warns That the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Far From Over
The nation’s leading infectious disease expert tells biotech executives that Covid-19 has inflicted global damage, exposing worrisome racial disparities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/health/fauci-vaccines-coronavirus.html

re: OAN.

I like Mother Jones. Though my preferred news source, when they cover a topic, is Last Week Tonight. John Oliver can lend some brevity (and often hilarity) to what otherwise wind up being depressing and/or infuriating subjects. He got them here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnSILVWDKL8

Now that the Columbus statues are coming down does that mean we wouldn’t see Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire screened in CHAZ?

@5 - I prefer @4.

Someone needs to let the clueless Boomer pearl-clutchers and Russian Division Bots know that #CHAZ is a meme and they need to get their irony detectors fixed. And pour some bleach directly into the Seattle subreddit while we're at it, because apparently they CAN stop bitching about the homeless long enough to worry that the "occupying force" near the 11th is gonna start redistribution of wealth, starting with the very bricks of the buildings. It's enough to want to send the whole lot packing to Snohomish on that bus we have reserved for the Antifa hordes who never showed up.

@12 Your theory could be born out by the data, if we had access to it and if its correct.

We're going to have some kind of uniformed police force - its inevitable. And we will always have the problem that people with certain behavioral tendencies will be attracted to that kind of profession. Any solution to a problem that hinges on finding a better class of human is doomed to fail.

I hear the statue tripped and fell, over and over and over, until it drowned in the lake.

That statue passed several bad checks, was a known pedophile, and also it was resisting.

Kemp is responsible for the voting problems. He stole the election from Stacey Abrams by exploiting problems he created and he has done nothing to fix those problems because he and his white cronies want it that way.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Faces Investigation by House Panel
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/us/politics/governor-brian-kemp-voter-suppression.html
Georgia election 'catastrophe' in largely minority areas sparks investigation
Long lines, lack of voting machines and shortages of primary ballots plagued voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/us/politics/atlanta-voting-georgia-primary.html

U.S. House investigation targets Kemp and Georgia voting problems
https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/house-investigation-targets-kemp-and-georgia-voting-problems/QQJtuikd0ttnQJl61qjK8H/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/georgia-secretary-state-launches-investigation-after-unacceptable-voting-problems-n1228541

‘I Refuse Not to Be Heard’: Georgia in Uproar Over Voting Meltdown
Long lines and malfunctioning voting machines marred statewide primary elections in Georgia, renewing attention on voting rights there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/us/politics/atlanta-voting-georgia-primary.html

Georgia's Botched Election Draws Condemnation, Claims of Voter Suppression
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/09/georgias-botched-election-draws-condemnations-claims-of-voter-suppression/#7ed9ce7445ec

@22 The specific problem I was referring to was the problem of people with domineering and violent tendencies self selecting for police work. We can't prevent people like that from ever getting a job in a police force, but we can get them out once they've revealed themselves. If Derek Chauvin had lost his job after the first complaint, George Floyd would still be alive and the SPD would be inhabiting the 3rd Precinct building at this very moment.

I don't know if you'd consider that analysis "structural" or not.

er, East Precinct building.

@18 writes, "No mention of the '7 or more times she lost pulse.."

Though Nathalie's brief summary of the incident literally includes the line "Inda's pulse was lost a few times."

Ah, so maybe it is you who is the lazyassed, illiterate Iranian Jihadist who quite literally spits on the very Journalistic standards you so callously fail to uphold! Go back to your homeland Ayatollah Assaholla!!!

@27:

And who do you think trains the county poll workers - oh right, that responsibility falls under the purview of the GA Secretary of State, along with all the other things you keep claiming are controlled by the counties: https://sos.ga.gov/index.php/elections

I mean, you can keep being a raging, unabashed dumb-ass, because hey it's a free country, but don't expect the rest of us to buy into your egregious dumb-assery...

Nathalie. I thought we got you to stop your Californian "June gloom" nonsense last summer.

@27 You're the one plucking shit from your ass and throwing it down like facts.

Poll workers and other people working where the voting happens are NOT the parties responsible.

In around half of US states, the secretary of state is the official in charge of elections; in other states it is someone appointed for the job, or a commission. It is this person or commission who is responsible for certifying, tabulating, and reporting votes for the state.

Georgia officials launch investigation into election day chaos amid voter suppression concerns

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) vowed to launch an investigation into the chaos during Tuesday's primary elections that saw long lines and confusion in parts of the state.

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/501904-georgia-officials-launch-investigation-into-election-day-chaos-amid

“The voting situation today in certain precincts in Fulton and Dekalb counties is unacceptable,” Raffensperger said in a statement. “My office has opened an investigation to determine what these counties need to do to resolve these issues before November’s election.”

Tuesday’s elections saw one of the first major tests for Georgia’s new voting systems, which were bought by the state following a federal ruling last year that required Georgia to phase out paperless voting machines by 2020.

Georgia elections show ‘the voter suppression machinery is working as designed’

Georgia's Secretary of State is under fire after hours-long lines, broken machines, and closed polling locations plagued the Georgia primary election. LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Foundation, waited over three hours to vote at her polling place in Atlanta.

"Democracy is on life support right now," Brown says. "We're gonna do everything we can do to organize and prevent this from happening in November."

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/georgia-elections-show-the-voter-suppression-machinery-is-working-as-designed-84806725629

Georgia Shows How Serious The Threat of Voter Suppression Will Be This November
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/georgia-voter-suppression-november/

Massive Reports of Voter Suppression in Georgia Today, the “Dress Rehearsal” for November’s Election

Georgia has a long history with voter suppression, especially when it comes to Black communities.

https://www.themarysue.com/atlanta-voter-suppression/

The way white supremacists intend to remain in power:

How the gutting of the voting rights act led to hundreds of closed polls

In 2013, the Supreme Court gutted the core of one of the crowning achievements of the civil rights movement: the Voting Rights Act. The 1965 bill, propelled by the historic march of protestors from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama, officially put an end to the literacy tests, poll taxes, and voting restrictions that had disenfranchised millions of minority voters for decades.

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kz58qx/how-the-gutting-of-the-voting-rights-act-led-to-closed-polls

How to Fight Voter Suppression Nationwide

Congress has the chance to restore crucial voting rights protections before the 2020 election.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-fight-voter-suppression-nationwide

@39 a troll with 6 comments (Glorianna).

Widespread Face Mask Use Could Help Prevent A Second Wave Of Coronavirus, Study Finds

The research suggests that even homemade masks can dramatically reduce transmission rates if enough people wear them in public.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facemask-coronavirus-prevention_n_5ee07dcdc5b6a6b09fc4e9fc

From the NYT:

Georgia’s primary elections on Tuesday were overwhelmed by a full-scale meltdown of new voting systems put in place after widespread claims of voter suppression during the state’s 2018 election for governor.

Scores of new state-ordered voting machines were reported to be missing or malfunctioning, and hourslong lines materialized at polling places across Georgia.

Some people gave up and left before casting a ballot, and concerns spread that the problems would disenfranchise untold numbers of voters, particularly African-Americans. Predominantly black areas experienced some of the worst problems.

The difficulties renewed public attention on voting rights in a state where black citizens have long accused the white Republicans who control the state’s government and elections of racially discriminatory voter suppression.

With Republican-leaning Georgia emerging as a possible battleground in this year’s presidential election and 2 competitive Senate races, the voting mess rattled Democratic officials and voters, with some blaming the state’s Republican governor and secretary of state for hastily rolling out a new voting system without enough provisional ballots in case the voting machines did not function.

We get it Glorianna. Your doubling down on your refusal to acknowledge facts and insistence on blaming people who are not to blame to make your point has been made. You have changed no one's mind, nor does anyone believe your drivel. You are trying to sell an alternate reality. Just like Trump. It only works for those who have drank the kool aid. People who understand facts, truth, and reality will not be swayed by your ever increased cock and bull.

Poor sad, pathetic, stupid Feebs. I'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't so annoying. It was so nice around here for a minute...

I recommend ignoring him.

Ahh, the wise old chestnut, from the Party of Personal Responsibility, "The buck stops several levels down the org chart." Useful for Presidents and Secretaries of State alike!

Reptilicans dont Want their
voting machines to work
that's the whole Point

they got Nuthin' 'cept
trollingtrollyTrolleytrolls
almost as 'good' as having
rudi giuli anni as your "lawyer."

Say did trumpf
dumpf rudi in
the E.River?

They say
the Aroma
is returning...

Hunting sheep? This can only mean that there were no cows, doves, or other more docile animals available to be hunted, I guess.