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I hear you. Just wanted to speak to perhaps the obvious: the reasons for wanting reparations is manifold. I was speaking for myself.

Let me be clear. No threat, here. I'm simply advising you to carry on with your shtick and not tag me unless you're actually going to offer something substantive.

A while back I ignored you. But then I checked NT without having signed in and saw you quoted me. I don't know what you're laughing at. And my better side wants to give you the benefit of the doubt. But you don't want it. Trust.

I’ll speak for myself in answering the question. It’s about getting what’s ours. My people are the victim of theft and I want what’s mine. And it is also about pursuing a massive redistribution of wealth (the essence of reparations) in ways that weaken the wealth of major institutions in ways...

when is this photo from? My sense is that they’re using a pic from a previous year to promote this year’s 4th of July. And obviously they shouldn’t be holding the event this year.

Has anyone flown over the past few months (since April/May)? Any best practices?

Trump and the GOP not passing an infrastructure program was one of their biggest mistakes.* I was convinced that they'd pursue a deficit-spending slush fund for white workers only to revamp the nation's infrastructure. Basically, take a page out of FDR, wrap it in right wing nationalism, all...

I agree with most of this, but I don't think that this 'covid' advantage is constrained by capital. Perhaps that is the story for Bolsanaro in Brazil, but I think 45 was never interested in ruling as a "wartime president." And I think his authoritarian tendencies extend no further (albeit in a...

I've long been skeptical of opinion polls. But I that Sanders beats Trump. I thought that Biden's record would catch up to him and keep black and younger voters home. I think I confused American politics as it is for what I hoped it would be. I think Sewer gets it right. And the decision by...

Not when you’ve got snake oil salesmen claiming their acting on behalf of a ‘higher power.’

Was shocked by what I was reading in the NBA thread. Cats talkin bout they take vitamins and explaining that the legacy of racism is why they don’t rock with vaccines :wow:

“Now how you gon go against an army wit a handgun/I’m cardan, you wouldn’t understand, son” Thanks for sharing. It was good seeing the brother.

I don’t know, @green rhino123. Those are interesting questions. Care to share your findings, or are you just asking the same nationalist-inflected questions like the other propagandists?

Sometimes a really good infographic can cut through all the attempts to mystify the demand, "defund the police."

I hear you, g. The only thing I'd add is that to the extent that mayors (as the elected executive at the local level) exercise some influence over budgets, it's not just white people approving these ridiculous funds for police. Especially since the 1970s, black mayors have presided over cities...

💯. No question, the 13th Amendment is a big part of the mass incarceration story.

Sure, but you're actually underscoring my point and missing the original question. @blackintellect originally asked: "Over the past 25 years by nearly every metric (property crime, violent crime etc) Crime has decreased by more than 50% in this country. Now in corporate America when an...

This is great, but I'm not convinced that prison labor is the culprit for expanding police budgets despite declining crime. Prison labor is absolutely essential but mostly for minimizing expenditures. So you pay prisoners pathetic wages for fighting raging fires in California, instead of the...

This is great. Thanks, @Methodical Management. Very excited NT exceeded the target.

God damn. Come through, Ayana and Amash. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/04/nation/ayanna-pressley-justin-amash-introduce-bill-end-prohibition-lawsuits-against-police-officers/