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"A riot is the language of the unheard." - TWuG May 29, 07:40 1
- "Just flipping through a 400 page, completely blank book called “the right way to protest.”" -- (link) - TWuG May 29, 07:40
chart: -- (pic) - mud May 29, 07:22 [Attachment] 4
- Were Jews off the scale? -- nm - LMS May 29, 07:39
- Define "a lot." -- nm - Snarky respondent May 29, 07:36 1
  - It's the degree to which I hate you right now -- nm - Survey taker May 29, 07:37
- Man, I REALLY hate white Christians! -- nm - Mop May 29, 07:32
Biden: "I’m furious, and you should be too." -- (link) - mud May 29, 07:11 1
- We have been for years. -- nm - Spawn May 29, 07:34
Vox Lux. B-. Portman was really good. Directing + writing blew goats. I hate amateur auteurism -- nm - prayformojo May 29, 07:06
This morning's HBO Max clusterfuck: yanks published list of available movies becsuse it's not accurate. -- (link) - Mop May 29, 07:01
Twitter just flagged the official White House twitter account for the retweet of Trump's tweet for violence. We really are living in bizarro world -- nm - decline May 29, 06:45 7
- Just nuke his personal account like every other person’s would be. -- nm - Will Hunting May 29, 07:37 2
  - Yep. Ban his account. Twitter problem solved. -- nm - Shaun May 29, 07:38 1
    - we too afrade, mebbe January 21 -- nm - jack dorsey May 29, 07:40
- Now they're comparing Trump to terrorists, dictators, and foreign propagandists and saying if they can abuse the platform he should be able to also - decline May 29, 07:32
- It's nice to see that Twitter grew a pair after they were threatened. -- nm - Mop May 29, 07:00 1
  - Trump had quite a day yesterday promoted a video that basicly says all Democrats should die - eag May 29, 07:02
- "fucking bring it, old man" -- nm - Reagen May 29, 06:58
I hate to say it, but riots will turn away a lot of people from being sympathetic to AfAm plight, mostly because of the media’s fault and also cause s - JackDawson May 29, 06:37 14
- As is often the case, the most extreme action gets all the attention and drives the narrative. And to be fair, it is news. Especially if you live in - pmb May 29, 07:14 1
  - Yes of course it's news -- nm - JackDawson May 29, 07:33
- I agree with this. -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 07:06
- Probably will in the short term, but remember the late 60s was full of riots/fires. Things changed for the better after. -- nm - Inigo May 29, 06:58 2
  - Things changed but the 60s prove my point. We had to swallow Nixon, Reagan, the Bushes, etc. A string of really conservative and awful American prez -- nm - JackDawson May 29, 07:32
  - This is very true. As much as we make gallows humor over 2020, we’re still not close to 1969. -- nm - Qale May 29, 07:14
- I am seeing on my Facebook the people I'd expect who were silent about Floyd now saying the cop was scum but the looting is not the way to go. - Dano May 29, 06:48 2
  - F*ck them and their racist bullshit. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 29, 06:52
  - Right. They just are afraid of “those people” and stuff like this sends them running to the racist president’s arms. Just ugh -- nm - JackDawson May 29, 06:51
- Yes, unfortunately -- nm - ty97 May 29, 06:46
- As an aside my blood boils hot today. How does anyone actually justify letting yahoos go into a capital with guns and rifles and yet protestors have - JackDawson May 29, 06:39 3
  - Totally agree. On some level (other than just the fact that they're white), it's like "we're not really that threatened by them because the issue is - pmb May 29, 07:17
  - It's possible it's just our little world but it sure seems like more people are getting it. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 06:48 1
    - I hope so but I doubt it -- nm* - JackDawson May 29, 06:51
So my routine has reverted 3 hours earlier this week, and I don't like it. - JaxSean May 29, 06:19 2
- That's not a routine - that's inhuman torture -- nm - decline May 29, 06:24 1
  - The worst part is that we're both working all day until 6 still. - JaxSean May 29, 06:31
Finished watching Ozark last night. A+, especially for S3. Doubt there will be 4th season. They wrapped up a lot of story lines with that last scene. -- nm - GregW May 29, 06:15 1
- I think there'll be a S4. It's soooo good. -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 06:32
Happy 4th birthday to my delightful little maniac. - znufrii, silly old man May 29, 06:09 6
- Four already?! Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 May 29, 06:29
- happy birthday! -- nm - loosilu May 29, 06:19
- Happy birthday! Woo hoo!! 🎉🎂🎁🎉 -- nm - Krusty May 29, 06:11
- Whohoo! Happy B-day! Are you dressing up as a princess for her? -- nm - decline May 29, 06:11 1
  - Like I don’t every day already? -- nm - znufrii May 29, 06:12
- Congrats! 🍾 -- nm - Flavorize May 29, 06:10
Is Amanda moving to the Green Phase today? -- (link) - decline May 29, 06:03
Jerry Lawler has been replaced on the Raw announce team by Samoa Joe. - Will Hunting May 29, 06:01
David Price is going to pay every minor leaguer $1k for the month of June. That's very kind of him but ownership should be covering the bill. - Krusty May 29, 05:59 9
- To pay every player the 400 bucks a month through Septemberwill cost about 60mil. For all 30 teams - Will Hunting May 29, 06:03 8
  - Agreed! If they can't pay their minor leaguers they should be forced to sell their team. Also, $400 a month isn't even what you get on - Krusty May 29, 06:10
  - The tiny sum that minor league players get has pissed me off for a long time. Owners should have been ashamed before COVID19, but now... - Inigo May 29, 06:09 5
    - This! -- nm - Krusty May 29, 06:11 4
      - Especially when these kids are doing something not many people in the world can do. - Inigo May 29, 06:16 3
        
        These are the guys they expect to become major leaguers but they do the absolute minimum for them. They don't pay them, don't feed them healthy food, - Krusty May 29, 06:26 2
        
        It sounds like they're kinda like grad students. The boss can treat them like crap because they have hope. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 06:29 1
        
        But it's in the teams best interest to treat them better so they don't slow their development into MLB players. They're feeding world class - Krusty May 29, 06:35
  - % of revenue the owners get vs what % the players get has been widening in the owners favor for years. Not sure why the owners are punishing the - Flavorize May 29, 06:09
Jackbox Live tonight @ 9PM Eastern:Joe Manganiello, Jeff Goldblum, Gillian Jacobs, and Ming-Na Wen playing Trivia Murder Party 2 and Tee K.O. - JaxSean May 29, 05:53 1
- Whoa. I know those people! -- nm - Mop May 29, 07:12
seen this video of the mysterious white dude, clad in black with matching umbrella? -- (link) - mud May 29, 05:50 1
- more -- (link) - mud May 29, 07:02
official White House account has reposted the text of President Trump’s tweet -- (link) - mud May 29, 05:34 1
- Blatant (and obvious) escalation. Trump using his personal account was one thing... -- nm - Mop May 29, 07:13
NYT: Border Wall Land Grabs Accelerate as Owners Shelter From Pandemic -- (edited) - mud May 29, 05:28
A tale of two tweets: What Trump said in May about two different protests. -- (link) - loosilu May 29, 05:20 3
- *studies for 1 second* Yup, racist. -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 05:26 2
  - *doesn't need to open the post* Yep, racist. -- nm - Diva May 29, 06:45
  - I think it's more about why great swaths of Republicans did nothing. - Reagen May 29, 05:31
must of killed 100+ mosquitos in the house since last night. pretty sure we have it nailed down to how and why thank fuck... - Beaker May 29, 04:53 4
- are you feeling anemic this morning? -- nm - decline May 29, 05:39
- F*ck mosquitoes. -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 05:07
- Yikes! I'm glad you figured out where they were coming from so you didn't have to burn the place down. -- nm - Krusty May 29, 05:03
- even the cats were hunting them down. -- nm - Beaker May 29, 04:56
We Are One Film festival has started - it's streaming for free (includes new DreamWorks short Bilby) -- (link) - LMS May 29, 04:36 [youtube] 3
- Looks like some great stuff—bookmarking several videos to go back and watch. Thanks for posting! -- nm* - Flavorize May 29, 04:44 2
  - Note - not all films will be available to catch up, some are live stream only. -- nm - LMS May 29, 05:01 1
    - Cool—I have some of the discussion videos marked too—I’ll have to checkout the schedule for the live stuff - Flavorize May 29, 05:04
TV PSA: Bering Sea Gold, Smackdown, Haircut Night In America, Masters of Illusion, RuPaul, Friday Night In with The Morgans, Bill Maher, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 29, 04:18 2
- Space Force (Netflix), Central Park (Apple), Ramy (Hulu), The Sparrow (The House Theatre Of Chicago via YouTube), Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix), -- nm - Beaker May 29, 04:19 1
  - Russo Bros. Pizza Film School: The Evil Dead (Instagram TV) -- nm - Beaker May 29, 04:19
CNN reporter arrested live on air at 5:11 am. -- (link) - JaxSean May 29, 03:42 9
- Minnesota State Patrol Twitter claims CNN crew were part of people arrested during sweep of streets, but were released once they were confirmed media -- (edited) - Flavorize May 29, 05:30 4
  - And like, great big camera? -- nm - Reagen May 29, 05:34 2
    - Great big camera with a CNN logo! -- nm - loosilu May 29, 06:21
    - "These looters have gotten bold! Stealing a camera and CNN reporter's gear!" -- nm - Reagen May 29, 05:35
  - AKA When other powerful white people confirmed they were members of the media. - Inigo May 29, 05:32
- -nm -- nm* - Flavorize May 29, 04:41
- MN Governor apologizes, described the arrests as "unacceptable," and said "CNN's team clearly has the right to be there" -- (edited) - JaxSean May 29, 04:28 1
  - Yep. They’ve been released & are setting back up. CNN cut to them but they weren’t aware they were on, so CNN cut it off to avoid awkwardness. -- (edited) - Volnelk May 29, 04:40
- Before anyone asks whether he's white.... -- nm - loosilu May 29, 04:09
Twitter hides Trump tweet for 'glorifying violence' -- (link) - LMS May 29, 02:55 2
- The tweet that they hid, Jesus Christ. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 04:10
- That's a move in the right direction. Good for them. -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 03:02
Brazil reports...26 THOUSAND new cases in one day (cnn) -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 01:52 3
- Are you saying that's a lot? Because we can do more. (NM) - Bozonardo May 29, 06:03
- Not even remotely surprising. The favela population alone has to be spreading it like wildfire... - secretslacker May 29, 02:57 1
  - BTW, I'm personally fine, as is my family. - Marlowe May 29, 07:07
Bangkok's go-go bars may disappear, even before business was off, half have given up their leases. online escort services are down 95% -- (link) - zeitgeist May 29, 01:50 1
- Aww. I’ve always wanted to go to Fresh Boys. -- nm - Qale May 29, 07:12
Tom Brady's Escalade is for sale. Only $300,000. 13,000 miles. -- (link) - Meg May 28, 23:00 2
- the tires are intentionally deflated. -- nm - Peglegpete May 28, 23:06 1
  - Football clap. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast May 29, 06:15
36 hours to launch! -- nm - Max May 28, 23:00
I went on an 8.5 km bike ride today and it felt nice. Seat does seem to be properly adjusted. I might need to remove the aftermarket padding, though. -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 22:43
"when the looting starts, the shooting starts." - Jovian May 28, 22:41 3
- Imagine being the Twitter employee who actually coded that. - loosilu May 29, 04:17 1
  - I assume they have code that flags and raises the warnings, and Trumps had been filtered *out*. But yeah, someone had to likely manually intervene. -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 05:17
- twitter put a TOS warning over it, saying it glorified violence -- (link) - zeitgeist May 29, 01:10
7 shot in Louisville KY at protests about Breanna -- nm - zeitgeist May 28, 22:38
How long until trump declares that Minneapolis is no longer part of the USA? - Beryllium May 28, 22:28
I wonder why every time the whiny turd in chief sees something wrong, he blames it on a lack of leadership. He's supposed to be the fucking leader. -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 22:06 3
- He's a caricature of projection. Every accusation is really a confession. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 04:24
- the Buck stops when Donny Jr. shoots it. -- nm* - Peglegpete May 28, 22:27
- Literally threatening to send in the military and start shooting looters. That is his message to Americans tonight. -- nm - Jovian May 28, 22:15
And all those gun-toting right-wingers out there should be thrilled to see Americans standing up to their government's tyranny like this, right? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 28, 22:04 1
- "Revolution! ...No, not that one." -- nm - Reagen May 28, 22:05
The letter is batshit crazy and as a bonus, the comments are funny (nmblink) - ralph wiggum May 28, 21:44 11
- I particularly enjoyed this idea (Nmblink) - ralph wiggum May 29, 06:50 1
  - Haha! Love it! -- nm - Krusty May 29, 07:00
- Jebus that's insane -- nm - Krusty May 29, 05:02
- When Trump Voters watch Get Out... -- nm - David May 28, 22:25
- "You have the wrong man, sir, for she was no virgin. But I will spend my next 49 years searching for the culprit, and inform you of my findings." -- nm - Max May 28, 22:20
- and lastly you have committed the act of fornication..(wouldn't that have already been covered by the stolen virginity?) -- nm - zeitgeist May 28, 22:04 1
  - I don't know much about law, but 7 bible citations and the fact that the federal courts are stacked with the most Christian right wingers.... -- nm - He's gonna be sentenced to a stoning May 28, 22:06
- If I had coffee I would have spit it out when I saw the footnotes. -- nm - Max May 28, 21:59
- Dude's also a double-spacer-after-period. -- nm - Reagen May 28, 21:58 1
  - some things are truly beyond the pale. -- nm - mafic May 28, 22:02
- wow. if god could magically age and de-age, couldn't he magically revirgin though? -- nm - mafic May 28, 21:47
whoa: city council andrea Jenkins says the killer cop knew George and both worked as bouncers for 17 years at a restaurant/club -- nm - zeitgeist May 28, 21:41
Wow this is some photo. Pulitzer worthy - Jovian May 28, 21:40 1
- fireworks at the police station (literally) -- (link) - zeitgeist May 28, 22:00
I haven't watched this yet, but I hear that it's funny. -- (link) - Beryllium May 28, 21:28 [youtube]
Good thing Trump is such a champion of free speech online. Oh, wait... -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man May 28, 20:31 1
- Streisanded it. -- nm - . May 28, 21:17
Heh, my survey points are good for a Hertz gift card. Think I'll hang onto them for Target or a pizza :) -- nm - Meg May 28, 20:30
Minneapolis where multiple fires have broken out amid protests -- (link) - budice May 28, 20:22 14
- The police are there to create disorder. -- nm - . May 28, 21:19
- reporter hears assault rifle shots -- nm - zeitgeist May 28, 21:06
- This is hard to watch. Fucking depressing. And our "leader" wants to talk about twitter. -- nm - zunkskunk May 28, 21:02 1
  - Emperor Nero and his fiddle - eag May 28, 21:18
- 500 Natl Guard troops headed to Minneapolis -- (link) - budice May 28, 20:53 5
  - Is that even enough? -- nm - Epiphany May 28, 21:06 4
    - they'll have armored carriers and machine guns, ceramic plate vests -- nm - zeitgeist May 28, 21:08 3
      - and here they are …. -- (link) - zeitgeist May 28, 22:44
      - I don't know if that will be enough to disarm MPD, but one can hope. -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 21:22 1
        
        conflict of interest, most cops are national guards too -- nm - zeitgeist May 28, 21:29
- Firefighters and Police told to stand down -- (link*) - budice May 28, 20:41 1
  - LAPD stood down during Rodney King. They said later it was a big mistake, allowing it to spread further and last longer than it should have. -- nm - jnine May 28, 22:14
- Protesters in Minneapolis have over taken the police precinct. -- (link) - budice May 28, 20:29 1
  - wonder if some murderers and rapists will have charges dropped because the evidence is tainted if not burned -- nm - zeitgeist May 28, 20:42

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