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Microbeman

Microbeman

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he breaks his silence with a vicious stab

he breaks his silence with a vicious stab

Zeez;
tongue IN cheek

Uncle on the other hand keeps it pretty up and up with liberal use of tongue and cheek and sarcasm.
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unclefishstick

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mean mr.mustard said:
He's also cheeky.
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Zeez

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Y'know, Somebody's gotta do it.

There were two typos in there. Maybe the grammar check shuts off when the soapbox is out.
 
Phaeton

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unclefishstick said:
lol,reasoned,logical debate comprises maybe 1% of the speakers corner content...


real debate is impossible if both sides aren't even in the same reality
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Since you guys mentioned Alaska first.

I spent my life in interior Alaska, many of them north of the Arctic Circle, where my wife was born.

I wanted to assure you that yes, you are indeed a strange species, difficult to empathize with.
History is replete with duplicates of today (or vice versa), Caligula's subjects were not looking out for their own interests, Nazis knew Hitler was insane yet supported him to the death.

Watching Americans embrace their downfall as a world leading country is very strange to my upbringing.

Yet not odd at all by the standards of history.
Below is a five minute read on martial law tactics in the past and in today's settings (Portland and America).

It is somewhat depressing, such tactics have had a 99% success rate in the past.
https://eand.co/do-americans-get-that-trump-is-instituting-martial-law-86362b107b1c

The author is quite aggressive in his assertion of this being a very bad thing but sticks solidly to the facts while doing so.
 
gaiusmarius

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Lightfoot changes her tune...promises heavy footed stamp down

Lightfoot changes her tune...promises heavy footed stamp down

We are coming for you’: Chicago mayor promises CRACKDOWN after night of ‘straight-up felony’

https://www.rt.com/usa/497630-chicago-mayor-coming-for-looters/

10 Aug, 2020 18:24 / Updated 1 hour ago

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who was criticized for her handling of riots during ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests, has now promised to get tough on crime after a night of “brazen and excessive criminal looting” in the city.

Hordes of looters swarmed into Chicago’s downtown on Sunday night, ransacking stores along the Magnificent Mile shopping street and brawling with police officers. Two people were shot during the night by unknown assailants and 150 people were arrested, Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown told reporters on Monday morning.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot promised on Monday to crack down hard on the “abject, criminal behavior” of the looters.

To those who engaged in this criminal behavior, let’s be clear: we are coming for you. We are already at work in finding you and we intend to hold you accountable for your actions.

Lightfoot is not known as a ‘law and order’ politician, yet the mayhem of Sunday has led to a dramatic change in rhetoric from the mayor. Previously, as her aldermen complained about violence in their districts during riots in June, Lightfoot said that the aldermen were “full of s**t.”

When President Donald Trump announced plans last month to send federal agents into the city to quell its ongoing crime wave, Lightfoot accused the president of “terrorizing” her city, and rebuffed the offer. A month earlier, she accused Trump of trying to “inflame racist urges” by threatening to crack down on lawlessness.

With her rhetoric hardened, Lightfoot drew a line between her policy toward the BLM riots and toward Sunday night’s looting. Referring to the looting spree, she declared that “this had nothing to do with legitimate, protected, First Amendment expression.”

The wave of riots and looting began after police shot and injured an armed suspect on the city’s south side on Sunday evening. The suspect – a 20-year-old man with four previous convictions – opened fire on the officers first. Brown said that “misinformation” about the shooting soon spread, with some social media posts encouraging looters to target downtown businesses in retaliation.

Chicago Police Department is currently reviewing CCTV footage in the hope of identifying more looters, and Superintendent Brown appealed to the public to hand over any more video footage they may have. Lightfoot told reporters that the police presence in downtown Chicago would remain beefed up and access to the area would be restricted at night “until we know that our neighborhoods are safe.”
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St. Phatty

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Bud Green said:
Don't you know there's a difference between "peaceful looting" and "criminal looting"? :biggrin:

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well, sort of like the difference between a cold-prowl burglary and a hot-prowl burglary.

hot prowl is when the people are home.

cold-prowl burglaries are much more likely to stay peaceful.

unless the burglar has Multiple Personality Disorder :party:
 
'Boogieman'

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I say give the idiots what they want which is anarchy. Let them burn every business and every home. After all it's apparently what they want and voted for. Let Portland burn.
 
unclefishstick

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'Boogieman' said:
I say give the idiots what they want which is anarchy. Let them burn every business and every home. After all it's apparently what they want and voted for. Let Portland burn.
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yeah,but where would people get their artisinal hand crafted beard coozies?:biggrin:
 
Cannavore

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Did you guys know the Mayor of Portland Ted Wheeler is also the Police Chief of Portland? How in the conflict of interest does that work?
 
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