Immunity Impunity
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At the Des Moines Register, Reka Basu recounts tales of the enforcers. Here’s a tiny bit:
Ahlgren’s own injuries still had him in a knee brace five days later: He twisted an ankle and burst veins in his shins and right palm from falling onto concrete. . . .
“The cops were showing no mercy. They were literally chasing us on foot,” he said. “A few of us fell, and they (police) started yelling, ‘You bastards better run or you’ll get it worse!’”
Asked why he thinks he was spared arrest, Ahlgren said simply: “I’m white.”
Just read it. I guarantee it will ruin your evening.
Karen Karenlike 0
If the show fits . . . .
Mask Defrauders 0
No, the U. S. Department of Justice is not issuing permits to allow potential vectors of infection to eschew wearing masks.
The TP Chronicles 0
Stuff is getting real on the bathroom front.
Stray Thought 0
“Freedom of speech” does not mean freedom from criticism.
Nor, for that matter, does it mean that anyone is obligated to give a damn about what you spoke.
The Art of the Con 0
Aside:
I wish I could be as optimistic about November as Thom seems to be.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Responsible gun owners celebrate politely.
Police told Johnson it appeared to be a fallen bullet, possibly from celebratory gunfire. It came in through the top of a bedroom window, ricocheted from a rail on a top bunk bed and landed on the bottom mattress, Johnson said. They found it about 10 inches from Miranda’s pillow.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
QOTD 0
Robert Goldsborough, in the voice of Nero Wolfe:
We do not yet dwell in what I would term a police state, and I hope I do not live to see that eventuality.
Goldsborough, Robert, Stop the Presses (New York: Mysterious Press, 2016), p. 147.
Misdirection Play, the Cause That Was Lost Dept. 0
At the Bangor Daily News, historian and pastor the Rev. J. Mark Worth shreds the long-standing Southern propaganda effort to protray secession as somehow a noble and worthy cause. He points out that there are not statues to Benedict Arnold ans asks why we have monuments to Confederate generals.
Here’s a bit of his answer (emphasis added):
(snip)
Did Southerners also want states’ rights? Yes, when it meant their right to enslave other human beings. But they opposed states rights when Northern states didn’t want to return black people to enslavement in the South.
Doubling Down, Reprise 0
David suggests that, in the face of falling polls, Donald Trump is doubling down on racism, hate speech, and lies in what David contends is a culture war. I think is point is worth consideration.
Full Disclosure:
My two or three regular readers have likely noticed that I pay almost no attention to polls and polling data. I decided long ago not to waste these electrons on polls. It’s difficult enough to understand the past. I’m not even going to try to predict the future.
This, however, is not about prediction; it’s about how the perception of the polls is affecting what’s happening now.