Oooh, math. That’s a no go, unless it’s a poll. And then you just put the numbers out there without any explanation of margin of error, sampling size, etc.
Well, this is a nation founded on multiple genocides, treating human beings like beasts of the field (to coin a phrase) and later inspired the Holocaust so sure, got keep abusing minorities because heritage.
"Take this job and.... let me hold on to it a little longer til I can max out my retirement benefits and then I can devote myself full-time to insurrection instead of calling in sick every time I have to go to D.C. to attack some cops with a flagpole."
I don't know the exact numbers, but I think cops, military, firefighters get pretty generous retirement, able to retire earlier than the rest of us with a good percentage of their pre-retirement income.
Exactly. The money is really good, they basically hand you victims to act out at, and they love the badge. Most of them won't quit because even with the alleged life-threatening nature of the job, at least they get to shoot the threats. Dude picking berries in the hot sun doesn't get to shoot back at the pesticide spray that's killing them. Other jobs are dangerous, and while getting shot doesn't sound fun, OSHA can show you reams of data on workplace killings for people getting paid much less. Cops generally don't get dismembered, poisoned with carcinogens, or "degloved". All of these are super common in the real world where the threat is capitalism, not Black kids with Skittles.
I think there's a meme in there somewhere: White cop beating up a black man, the tagline is "Do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life."
And, at least for thise familiar with New York’s Finest™️ and the greater metropolitan area, “the drive home to Syosset that night was murder” is *chef’s kiss WITH TONGUE*.
I see the NYT found a “Democratic” Youngkin supporter who donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican candidates. (They missed that little detail. No correction issued.)
Well, you sure didn't pull any punches today! This is great- spot on. Sure, I spent a few tense minutes behind the couch gibbering in terror after I read it. Then I realized I had a bunch of weed just for situations like that. So I smoked some. And here we are.
I am still amazed at how gullible these people are. If I were younger I might consider
starting a political action commitee or selling supplements. I have some nice well rotted horse manure compost out back of the barn. Heat it to 160 degrees, kill all the bugs and dry it out good. Mill it fine, maybe with some thyme or lavender. Pack it in jell caps. All Natural Herbal Based Predigested Ivermectin. Cures covid without destroying the lining of your intestines.
And I could feel good about this because they could take them instead of straight horse wormer and maybe not die so much. The key is to overcharge enough. Everybody knows crap is good if you pay enough for it
really nice Honda for the same money. I drive a 17 year old Element with 280k on it. I've driven the same car for the last 15 years. It's getting a little worn but I haven't a car payment for a dozen years.
Moments like these I’m glad I’m not voting in NYC. A real choice of turds in that mayoralty race. Corporate tool vs. nut job or vice versa. BTW, I can’t remember Sliwa ever being cool.
As for that democracy experiment thing: maybe it was just a line of shit by the Founders to get the little people in line, maybe it ended with St. Ronnie, I know, but what we have now — or is that risk now? — is crap. A good chunk of freedom and material albeit financed by debt but approximately zero agency.
Sliwa was cool back in the day, because he was willing to actually DO SOMETHING to help protect people. I have friends and family who were helped majorly by the GA in the ‘80s.
I didn’t keep up with him, because he seemed to vanish until this election.
As far as American democracy goes, I’m a Black woman, so there’s that.
Sliwa didn’t disappear, he was on WABC for years. I can understand appreciation, gratitude, for the GA, dunno that cool works for me as as a description but again YMMV.
As for your position on the greatest democracy known to history, can’t, won’t argue obviously.
“YMMV”=Your mileage may vary; different folks/different strokes, differing minds can differ and all that.
As for Sliwa on the radio, I clearly misunderstood that vanish thing. My feeble recollection is that he’s pretty much been out there all this time but ignored by the media.
"...milk costs five bucks for a quart, can you believe this? Unreal."
Nice job capturing one of Trump's... er, excuse me, "Barron's" verbal tics, which is to lie to people and then append to the lie a word like "unbelievable" or "incredible" or "unreal" or a phrase like "can you believe it?" Folks, HE'S LITERALLY TELLING YOU HE'S LYING.
Re the people barely under the surface that is the satire of todays post: As always, fuck their feelings.
As for the first part about New York’s Finest, a whopping 34 of the snowflakes in blue are on paid leave:
https://twitter.com/tristansnell/status/1455258984772997120?s=21
34 out of ~35,000.
To say ACAB is being too kind.
So, .01 percent. Screaming and yelling about "freedoms" from a rounding error.
And here get to honesty in reporting: If the media wants to report on outliers, they should also report the percentages or STFU.
Oooh, math. That’s a no go, unless it’s a poll. And then you just put the numbers out there without any explanation of margin of error, sampling size, etc.
Worse than just math, Doc, but demanding crumbs of honesty from the mainstream.
Looks I’m struggling with that kinder, gentler thing 8(
If even one man* is subjugated are not we all ?
*Does not apply to woman.And minorities.
Yes, but then there’s our heritage to, I dunno, respect or, better, transcend.
The "Spirit of Liberty" encoded in the USA's DNA can be summed as "waaaah, taxes!"
That charts: pretty much the percentage of pieholes disrupting school boards & town hall meetings
well, 0.1%, but otherwise, yes
The rest wouldn't quit because roughing up minorities is too goshdarned important...
Well, this is a nation founded on multiple genocides, treating human beings like beasts of the field (to coin a phrase) and later inspired the Holocaust so sure, got keep abusing minorities because heritage.
Talk about privilege: white people are the only who are entitled to self-abuse... Portnoy notwithstanding
Regrettably, I kind of laughed. Gotta keep working that kinder, gentler thing.
Why "regrettably" yo? That's a good joke
Eh. Laughing at it somehow is an act of white privileged, I don’t know.
That said, the old me would be fine laughing at it.
In the words of the Great Johnny Paycheck:
"Take this job and.... let me hold on to it a little longer til I can max out my retirement benefits and then I can devote myself full-time to insurrection instead of calling in sick every time I have to go to D.C. to attack some cops with a flagpole."
I remember that song!!
I think.
But what are these retirement benefits you speak of? An amount to live on is just for the >10%ers I thought.
I don't know the exact numbers, but I think cops, military, firefighters get pretty generous retirement, able to retire earlier than the rest of us with a good percentage of their pre-retirement income.
I was being sarcastic. I know a dwindling sliver of Americans get pretty good retirement benefits.
Exactly. The money is really good, they basically hand you victims to act out at, and they love the badge. Most of them won't quit because even with the alleged life-threatening nature of the job, at least they get to shoot the threats. Dude picking berries in the hot sun doesn't get to shoot back at the pesticide spray that's killing them. Other jobs are dangerous, and while getting shot doesn't sound fun, OSHA can show you reams of data on workplace killings for people getting paid much less. Cops generally don't get dismembered, poisoned with carcinogens, or "degloved". All of these are super common in the real world where the threat is capitalism, not Black kids with Skittles.
ACAB.
I think there's a meme in there somewhere: White cop beating up a black man, the tagline is "Do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life."
Bravo. The payoff in the second anecdote when we learn little Tommy is in college is just *chef’s kiss*
Oh my yes -- that's setup for days
And, at least for thise familiar with New York’s Finest™️ and the greater metropolitan area, “the drive home to Syosset that night was murder” is *chef’s kiss WITH TONGUE*.
That was hilarious!
Yep, I was totally expecting "...talk to the principal" and I get "...talk to the Dean."
Uh, that’s not Roy IIRC, it really was a college kid.
It was a high school kid taking AP English, if memory serves, who is now a lawyer working for the RNC.
I see the NYT found a “Democratic” Youngkin supporter who donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican candidates. (They missed that little detail. No correction issued.)
As always, focus goes to promoting the storyline. Responsible reportage is a distant second place at best.
Who reads the stories any longer?
Well, you sure didn't pull any punches today! This is great- spot on. Sure, I spent a few tense minutes behind the couch gibbering in terror after I read it. Then I realized I had a bunch of weed just for situations like that. So I smoked some. And here we are.
I am still amazed at how gullible these people are. If I were younger I might consider
starting a political action commitee or selling supplements. I have some nice well rotted horse manure compost out back of the barn. Heat it to 160 degrees, kill all the bugs and dry it out good. Mill it fine, maybe with some thyme or lavender. Pack it in jell caps. All Natural Herbal Based Predigested Ivermectin. Cures covid without destroying the lining of your intestines.
And I could feel good about this because they could take them instead of straight horse wormer and maybe not die so much. The key is to overcharge enough. Everybody knows crap is good if you pay enough for it
Look at Cadillacs.
Cadillacs are bad? But I always wanted one. Of course I'm thinking of the old metal ones that are built like tanks.
You always impressed me as a Coupe de Ville kind of guy
https://youtu.be/myCDlel_Ek8
You can get an Acura or at least
really nice Honda for the same money. I drive a 17 year old Element with 280k on it. I've driven the same car for the last 15 years. It's getting a little worn but I haven't a car payment for a dozen years.
We'd all look better in an Audi.
A guy I know who is knowledgeable about cars once referred to a Cadillac as "a hunk of fuck." (He meant it pejoratively.)
Hunka hunka Burnin'what ?
I'll be honest - my 04 Honda Element hasn't proved to be a chick magnet as I initially hoped .
Are you Wilbur Weston?
Sometimes, we're all Wilber Weston.
As Rogeer Troutman sings in "Truth Be Known": "I may not have a Cadillac but at least I have a Pontiac."
I just LOVE how those dummies think that American Presidents control OPEC.
Meanwhile, Here in NYC, the two dingbats we have vying to be our mayor are...
1 - The founder of The Guardian Angels who was once cool, and is now a kooky Republican living with 14 cats in his small UWS apartment
2 - An angry Black man who is a Bloombergian jackass who thinks he changed the NYPD for the better, and can "handle Whitey".
We are doomed. But I can't leave NYC!
I'm glad I'm in my mid0-'50s and not a child...I don't know how long this Democracy Experiment will last, 'ya know?
I guess I'd better listen to "Chinese Democracy" and learn something. Did you know that album went PLATINUM?!?
Moments like these I’m glad I’m not voting in NYC. A real choice of turds in that mayoralty race. Corporate tool vs. nut job or vice versa. BTW, I can’t remember Sliwa ever being cool.
As for that democracy experiment thing: maybe it was just a line of shit by the Founders to get the little people in line, maybe it ended with St. Ronnie, I know, but what we have now — or is that risk now? — is crap. A good chunk of freedom and material albeit financed by debt but approximately zero agency.
YMMV, Iknow.
Sliwa was cool back in the day, because he was willing to actually DO SOMETHING to help protect people. I have friends and family who were helped majorly by the GA in the ‘80s.
I didn’t keep up with him, because he seemed to vanish until this election.
As far as American democracy goes, I’m a Black woman, so there’s that.
Sliwa didn’t disappear, he was on WABC for years. I can understand appreciation, gratitude, for the GA, dunno that cool works for me as as a description but again YMMV.
As for your position on the greatest democracy known to history, can’t, won’t argue obviously.
Yea, I know he was on ABC - but obviously he hasn’t been really seen as much as he has been for this election by the general public since the ‘80s
Also, what the hell is YMMV?
“YMMV”=Your mileage may vary; different folks/different strokes, differing minds can differ and all that.
As for Sliwa on the radio, I clearly misunderstood that vanish thing. My feeble recollection is that he’s pretty much been out there all this time but ignored by the media.
You’ve obviously been gone from NYC for decades. There are millions of people here who never listened to him on the radio
Is there some sort of talent agency that books these folks? And does Dreher use for his "friends"?
My 1st grade teacher hit me with a paddle. She should be hanged, if she's still alive.
FTR, if this happened, I hate your teacher. It's not the worst thing that can happen to a kid, but it sucks.
More than once
I'm sorry about that. Kids shouldn't be hit by anyone.
"...milk costs five bucks for a quart, can you believe this? Unreal."
Nice job capturing one of Trump's... er, excuse me, "Barron's" verbal tics, which is to lie to people and then append to the lie a word like "unbelievable" or "incredible" or "unreal" or a phrase like "can you believe it?" Folks, HE'S LITERALLY TELLING YOU HE'S LYING.