Cincy:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-02/police-reform-behind-the-rise-and-fall-of-community-policing-in-cincinnati?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews

Cincinnati Was a Model for Police Reform. What Happened?

The rise and fall of collaborative policing in the Queen City raises doubts about the possibility of long-term change.
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Watched a quarter and a half so far.

The Stafford-Bomb to Van J was something I havent seen a Ram QB
do since….oh….Banks? Ferragamo? Gabriel?
I mean, Stafford just flicks the damn ball and it goes 40 yards.

We knew he could/would do this, but its so damn cool to see
him do it as a Ram QB. He threatens the entire field.
You cant coach that.
It changes the game.

Somewhere Bob Waterfield smiled.

My favorite play so far though, was not by a Ram.
It was by this Montgomery kid. That S.Joseph.Day would-be tackle
in the backfield. The kid was rammed and wrapped up — and he just
would not go down. Old school football. 70’s football. Loved it.

Somewhere Brian Piccolo smiled.

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Mackeyser wrote:

Some people leaving’ just hurts more than others, ya know?

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Omar. One of the most iconic characters
in the history of American tv, I’d say.

Or maybe, just my personal favorite,
I dunno.

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Their shirts say “anti-vaccinationist”, “fascist”, “Mr. Careless”, and “anti-everything” #FuckAntivaxxers #VaccinesWORK #VaccinesSaveLives #ScienceIsReal #Vaccinate pic.twitter.com/SE7qVcwWDL

— Sally Hunt ☭ 🚩🏴🌹 (@sallyhunt666) September 6, 2021

So did modern day #WHALES evolve to lose their legs? 🤔 Amazing!!

BBC News – New species of ancient four-legged whale discovered in Egypthttps://t.co/ux95mtDqJA

— The Curious Hummingbird (@curioushumbird) August 26, 2021

Zooey wrote:

I think the neocons believed that they could transform the Middle East, and bring them American-style corporatocracy, and saw that as a good thing.

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Well, maybe. But in my mind, its almost equally probable
some of the neocons are just mouthing platitudes for the masses,
and the real game is simply arms-sales, privitization-profits, pipeline-profits,
etc. Not so much nation building as raw, unmitigated bribes and graft.

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I for one, think this is great.
Glad a quality player became available.

He will have a role to play,
for good, or evil, before
this is over.

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“My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over.”

Zooey wrote:

It’s almost like nation building isn’t really a viable military strategy.

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Well, it must not be ‘nation building’ they are even trying to do.

Six trillion dollars went to corporations, etc.
Afghanistan (and Iraq) were HUGE successes to the powers-that-be, Ie.,
the corpse.

The politicians and masses debate ‘nation building’ but
apparently thats not really the game, is it.

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This is what private healthcare looks like . . . pic.twitter.com/lnWV1dOCj3

— Ken Pope (@kenpopekpz) August 24, 2021

And the direct connection between those
corporations and
the corporate-media, and
the Senate/House/President is
clear.

Its not going to change,
and we are out of time.

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One of my ten favorite tweeters. Squirrel.
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I often get asked about book recommendations, so I'll try to post more of those from time to time. here are some of my favorite history books, which are less known outside academic circles, but very much worth reading pic.twitter.com/9bjkhwQcw6

— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) March 3, 2021

Tonight the Senate voted 99-0 to decrease federal funds for any municipalities that defund the police. Lol what a two party system.

— Read Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (@JoshuaPotash) August 11, 2021

zn wrote:

I didn’t really try to convince of anything (that would take more effort and a detailed post), for the sake of conversation I just painted the difference between us. It’s many many simple things. Does Biden promote internal domestic racist policies the same as Trump? Yes or no?

Then extend that. Are American foreign wars actually based on race, or dominantion of economic resources? We also protect regimes of nations populated by people of color and headed by people of color because they are valuable allies in the global domination of resources. I don’t think we’re really analyzing race when distinctions just don’t count anymore. To me it becomes empty buzzwords.

I said before the election that Trump was even worse than people imagined and not only was I right, he was even worse than I even imagined he would be when I said that.

I agreed more with what you were saying a few weeks back when you once complained that in left twitter, if you point out the way Trump was actually worse, you get called a “liberal” and dismissed. Yeah that’s true (ie it’s true one encounters that reaction) and IMO when that happens it’s not the least bit true or useful.

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Well, my main complaint about twitter (which i like, a lot) is that
there is no room in those little boxes for nuance, complexity, conversation, etc.

Its true, I complain that if i argue Trump was worse, I’d get smeared as
a Lib by a lot of folks on Left-Twitter. But the truth is, i just want
to ‘explore’ the notion. Was he really ‘worse’? What does ‘worse’ mean?
Is Biden worse in some ways? Is it complicated?

I used to think Trump was worse. On Mondays and Thursdays, I still think that.
But the other days…I cant make the argument. In my own mind, the argument seems hollow.

For two reasons:
1) Biden is worse than i thought he’d be. (and i thought he’d be awful)
2) The biosphere is dying. That context changes everything. Small policy differences between Biden and Trump pale in comparison to that.
It looks to me, that Biden And Trump are ‘essentially’ the same on the
Biosphere-Killing Policies.

This is what it seems like to me: The Biosphere is in the back of a pickup
truck. Headed for a cliff. When trump is at the wheel, he is flooring it
saying ‘Faster!’. When Biden is at the wheel he’s is doing nothing
to slow the speed, or change the direction.

So both are going to destroy everything. I cant make a strong argument
that Biden is ‘better’ when on the CRITICAL issue, he is a world-killer.

So, i do go back and forth on this, grasping for better
answers, better metaphors, explorations.

But mostly, i can no longer make a persuasive argument (to myself)
that Trump is worse.

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I’m so far to the Doomer-Left these days, I
am having a hard time seeing how Biden is better than Trump.

Foreign Policy? Biden is mass-murdering people in Yemen,
Afghanistan, Syria, Palestine (through Israel)…
Cuba? Sanctions. Venezuela? Nope. Enlightened policy anywhere?

Climate change? He’s not a denier but he’s also totally,
utterly, completely in the pocket of the Big-Corpse/CIA

Domestic Policy? Health Care? Nope. Minimum Wage? Nope.
Fracking? Nope. Police Reform? Nope.

I’m not emotionally invested in saying Biden is no better than Trump,
I’m just saying I am having a hard time seeing how Biden is
significantly better than Donald, Ass-Clown-Fascist, Trump.

If the Biosphere wasnt dying, I might care more about the
plethora of minor policies where there might be stark differences.

But the question of Biden vs Trump takes place in a context of
worsening extinction rates, worsening climate change, worsening environmental pollution… That context makes it harder and harder for me to
see a ‘meaningful’ difference.

I’m probably wrong about this, but thats where I’m at.

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The trailer for A24's upcoming horror film #Lamb reveals a half-lamb, half-human baby. Watch it here: https://t.co/7D9ErjeV25 pic.twitter.com/KwlAerTFIZ

— Variety (@Variety) July 27, 2021