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May 10th, 2019 at 2:24:54 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: Fleastiff
Apps such as Neighbors or Google's Ring, etc. are oft downloaded despite very low violent crime rates and merely serve as an extension of existing biases against blacks or the homeless. Motherboard article showed a gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood with eighty percent of images being tagged as suspicious were those of black people.


Maybe because that is who is acting suspicious?
The President is a fink.
May 11th, 2019 at 11:20:28 AM permalink
YeahBaby
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May 11th, 2019 at 11:27:55 AM permalink
rxwine
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The only problem with Trump's charity donations, he was often better at promising than following through.

Did they actually ever get money?
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
May 11th, 2019 at 11:53:26 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: rxwine
The only problem with Trump's charity donations, he was often better at promising than following through.

Did they actually ever get money?


Why would you think they would not have?
The President is a fink.
May 11th, 2019 at 1:10:19 PM permalink
rxwine
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Quote: AZDuffman
Why would you think they would not have?


Because he's done it before.

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Mr. Trump stated, “Our Veterans have been treated like third-class citizens and it is my great honor to support them with this $1 million dollar contribution – they are truly incredible people. We are going to strengthen our military, take care of our Vets and Make America Great Again.”


No money went from him, personally, to veterans groups for the next five months, until after reporters started asking Trump about the donation in interviews.
More than a dozen big checks flowed out of New York last week, bound for veterans’ charities from Donald Trump. On Tuesday, he announced he had made good on his promise of last January to give the groups millions of dollars from a highly publicized fundraiser.

The announcement by the presumptive Republican presidential candidate came in the midst of a 40-minute rant against “dishonest” and “sleazy” reporters who have been pressing the issue.


https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-and-long-delayed-1-million-donations-veterans/
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
May 14th, 2019 at 5:38:34 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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Is this an appropriate punishment????????????
$250.00 fine. No jail. Conviction expunged.

Scenario:
21 year old drunken male attacks 17 year old female with short, hard metal-tipped object and threatens to put her eye out but only leaves her lying on the sidewalk bloody, barely breathing and with a detached scalp the ER surgeons had to staple back onto her skull.
May 14th, 2019 at 5:43:44 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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Quote: Fleastiff
Is this an appropriate punishment????????????
$250.00 fine. No jail. Conviction expunged.
21 year old drunken male attacks 17 year old female with short, hard metal-tipped object and threatens to put her eye out but only leaves her lying on the sidewalk bloody, barely breathing and with a detached scalp the ER surgeons had to staple back onto her skull.


Oh. my mistake. It was a 17 year old male who was the innocent victim and a drunken 21 year old stiletto wielding female who was the attacker.

Did you change your mind about the punishment imposed by a Brisbane judge?
May 14th, 2019 at 5:50:38 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: Fleastiff
Oh. my mistake. It was a 17 year old male who was the innocent victim and a drunken 21 year old stiletto wielding female who was the attacker.

Did you change your mind about the punishment imposed by a Brisbane judge?


No mind change. The perp needs to do some time.
The President is a fink.
May 14th, 2019 at 10:45:12 AM permalink
terapined
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Quote: EvenBob

Red Hen was going to open at 5pm.
Now they're closed till at least July 5th.
Rumor is they might not ever reopen,
the local business owners are furious
with the restaurant.



Quote: ams288
The Red Hen opens amid protests



Yup. Sounds like they're going out of business. /sarcasm



EB gets it wrong again
Red Hen doing great business

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/i-own-the-red-hen-restaurant-that-asked-sarah-sanders-to-leave-resistance-isnt-futile/ar-AABlGz9?ocid=spartandhp
"When we opened after a 10-day hiatus, our dining room was full. In the following weeks, people who had never been to the Shenandoah Valley traveled out of their way to eat with us. Hundreds of orders for our Red Hen spice blend poured in. And the love spread far beyond our door, as supporters sent thousands of dollars’ in donations in our honor to our local food pantry, our domestic violence shelter and first responders.
After nearly a year, I’m happy to say that business is still good. Better than good, actually. And besides the boost to our area charities, our town’s hospitality and sales revenue have gone up, too. "
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"
May 14th, 2019 at 12:59:15 PM permalink
reno
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According to the Pittsburgh Tribune, a recent poll found that 56% of Americans believe that Arabic numerals should not be taught in US public schools.

I think it should be mandatory (yes, mandatory!) for every public school in the U.S. to teach children to learn how to use Arabic numerals. Roman numerals are cumbersome and inconvenient, in my opinion.