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Political Roundtable Part XXX

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1301 » by Zonkerbl » Wed Mar 2, 2022 2:30 pm

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perfect world UKR would catch them and put them on trial. (okay unrealistic)

or maybe they'll just be killed in their attempt


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/02/zelensky-russia-ukraine-assassination-attempt-foiled/
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1302 » by Zonkerbl » Wed Mar 2, 2022 3:25 pm

“The answer is not to defund the police,” Biden said to bipartisan applause. “It’s to fund the police.”

GODDAMMIT
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1303 » by payitforward » Wed Mar 2, 2022 3:30 pm

We hear regularly from our close friend in Kharkiv, the artist Pavlo Makov.

He & his wife Masha, their son Boris, & Masha's 92-year-old Mother are all sheltering in a bomb shelter.

FYI, here's an interesting interview w/ him:

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1304 » by dckingsfan » Wed Mar 2, 2022 4:54 pm

Zonkerbl wrote:“The answer is not to defund the police,” Biden said to bipartisan applause. “It’s to fund the police.”

GODDAMMIT

Yeah, I think that Biden that nuance was a province in France on that one.

Just "fund the police" does disservice to the little bit that has been accomplished with respect to the systematic racism in our judicial system.

…"fund the police" to rid our selves of the systemic racism (for example).
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1305 » by Kanyewest » Wed Mar 2, 2022 4:56 pm

Zonkerbl wrote:“The answer is not to defund the police,” Biden said to bipartisan applause. “It’s to fund the police.”

GODDAMMIT


Democrats think they are actually losing elections on defund the police - I would probably point to not much getting past in congress as the primary reason.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1306 » by Zonkerbl » Wed Mar 2, 2022 6:08 pm

The answer is clearly and unambiguously to stop starving other services like education and mental health and etc by only giving money to the police. This means, in a practical sense, defunding the police so that other services can get the funding they need. There is no way forward that goes through additional funding for the police.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1307 » by Ruzious » Wed Mar 2, 2022 10:01 pm

Zonkerbl wrote:The answer is clearly and unambiguously to stop starving other services like education and mental health and etc by only giving money to the police. This means, in a practical sense, defunding the police so that other services can get the funding they need. There is no way forward that goes through additional funding for the police.

But again, calling it defunding the police was basically asking for failure. Just call it reallocation of resources - or pretty much ANYTHING other than defunding the police. The same people probably came up with the Washington football team name.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1308 » by Zonkerbl » Wed Mar 2, 2022 10:02 pm

Ruzious wrote:
Zonkerbl wrote:The answer is clearly and unambiguously to stop starving other services like education and mental health and etc by only giving money to the police. This means, in a practical sense, defunding the police so that other services can get the funding they need. There is no way forward that goes through additional funding for the police.

But again, calling it defunding the police was basically asking for failure. Just call it reallocation of resources - or pretty much ANYTHING other than defunding the police. The same people probably came up with the Washington football team name.


The alternative was "abolish the police"
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1309 » by Ruzious » Wed Mar 2, 2022 10:05 pm

Zonkerbl wrote:
Ruzious wrote:
Zonkerbl wrote:The answer is clearly and unambiguously to stop starving other services like education and mental health and etc by only giving money to the police. This means, in a practical sense, defunding the police so that other services can get the funding they need. There is no way forward that goes through additional funding for the police.

But again, calling it defunding the police was basically asking for failure. Just call it reallocation of resources - or pretty much ANYTHING other than defunding the police. The same people probably came up with the Washington football team name.


The alternative was "abolish the police"

Yeah, that'd be brilliant. :lol:
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1310 » by Pointgod » Thu Mar 3, 2022 12:26 am

Zonkerbl wrote:“The answer is not to defund the police,” Biden said to bipartisan applause. “It’s to fund the police.”

GODDAMMIT


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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1311 » by badinage » Thu Mar 3, 2022 4:21 am

Zonkerbl wrote:
dobrojim wrote:
Wizardspride wrote:
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perfect world UKR would catch them and put them on trial. (okay unrealistic)

or maybe they'll just be killed in their attempt


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/02/zelensky-russia-ukraine-assassination-attempt-foiled/


What an evil fxcking piece of **** Putin is.

They do this, we and the West had better team up and take him the fxck out the same fxcking way. Worse. Parade his bloody corpse through Red Square.

Tonight poor Kherson fell to his illegal troops.

And — nothing. We sanction and condemn and put up blue and yellow light displays.

It’s time. It’s past time.

Oh: and is it entirely coincidental that the group of mercenaries tasked with assassinating the Jewish leader of a peaceful nation is named after the unrepentant anti-Semitic composer?
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1312 » by Wizardspride » Thu Mar 3, 2022 4:33 am

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President Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as "shithole" nations during a meeting Thursday and asked why the U.S. can't have more immigrants from Norway.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1313 » by Pointgod » Thu Mar 3, 2022 12:58 pm

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1314 » by closg00 » Thu Mar 3, 2022 1:27 pm

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Different state, but a friend of mine was publicly bullied for wearing a face mask in NC. DeSantis is a Fascist, wannabe Dictator, potentially much more dangerous than Trump.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1315 » by Wizardspride » Thu Mar 3, 2022 10:46 pm

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President Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as "shithole" nations during a meeting Thursday and asked why the U.S. can't have more immigrants from Norway.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1316 » by Zonkerbl » Thu Mar 3, 2022 11:15 pm

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1317 » by Pointgod » Thu Mar 3, 2022 11:18 pm

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Is amazing that right wingers whine about freedom of speech and censorship yet a literal propaganda channel for a foreign country is available on cable. Truly mind blowing stuff
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1318 » by dobrojim » Fri Mar 4, 2022 2:29 am

Zonkerbl wrote:
Ruzious wrote:
Zonkerbl wrote:The answer is clearly and unambiguously to stop starving other services like education and mental health and etc by only giving money to the police. This means, in a practical sense, defunding the police so that other services can get the funding they need. There is no way forward that goes through additional funding for the police.

But again, calling it defunding the police was basically asking for failure. Just call it reallocation of resources - or pretty much ANYTHING other than defunding the police. The same people probably came up with the Washington football team name.


The alternative was "abolish the police"


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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1319 » by Wizardspride » Fri Mar 4, 2022 12:58 pm

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President Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as "shithole" nations during a meeting Thursday and asked why the U.S. can't have more immigrants from Norway.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXX 

Post#1320 » by Ruzious » Fri Mar 4, 2022 1:55 pm

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I'd like to go back to the wild west days (when Fox was... new), march down together to Fox studios, take Tucker out, tar and feather him, and send him out on a train to nowhere.
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