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The States: Where We Wish Texas Would Secede Already

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busterman62 said:
Quality Gerrymandering?
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More that the sections of Minneapolis she represents is rough to offset what she might lose in the suburbs. It would be tough for a GOPer to win. Hell it would be tough for a Centrist to win. Very liberal areas and the whole district is quite diverse. The White Liberals in Edina are vastly offset by the Somalis in Minneapolis.

Honestly she would be tough to primary.

Slap Shot,

While I agree something has to be done your post is kind of bizarre. A speech by her does zilch. It is lame ass theater since she doesn't have any power over the situation. Frey needs to speak on the issue. Walz needs to speak on the issue. The police need to speak on the issue. (Especially about why there are so few of them) Omar doing it is nothing but grandstanding.
 
state of hockey said:
The increase in armed carjacking and other violent robberies is occurring in many metropolises. There are a a lot of guesses as to what it causing it, from COVID restrictions (school closures, mask anonymity, etc..), police department shortages, even anti-theft measures on cars nowadays. I bet in places it is spiking especially hard, like Minneapolis, it is a bit of a perfect storm situation where all factors have converged and the thieves are now completely aware of it. Getting past the pandemic would go a long way in easing a lot of this, so we better come up with another plan as that just isn't happening.
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Not to mention it may not be increasing. It may simply be concentrated on now, either coincidentally to get ARE YOU GOING TO DIE!?!? eyeballs to drive ratings, or deliberately because state coercion is the primary method the owners keep the rest of us in our place, and they need to manufacture approval for violent policing again.

Though I would not be surprised if crime rates have actually been rising, as inequality destroys legal paths to subsistence and leaves only what Merton called "the rational choice" of crime.
 
Kepler said:
Not to mention it may not be increasing. It may simply be concentrated on now, either coincidentally to get ARE YOU GOING TO DIE!?!? eyeballs to drive ratings, or deliberately because state coercion is the primary method the owners keep the rest of us in our place, and they need to manufacture approval for violent policing again.

Though I would not be surprised if crime rates have actually been rising, as inequality destroys legal paths to subsistence and leaves only what Merton called "the rational choice" of crime.
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I think there were about 130 carjackings in Minneapolis in 2019, 401 in 2020, and 524 by the middle of November here in 2021, so they appear to be going up.
 
SJHovey said:
I think there were about 130 carjackings in Minneapolis in 2019, 401 in 2020, and 524 by the middle of November here in 2021, so they appear to be going up.
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Like I said, I can also well imagine crime in general going up as we descend into a laissez-faire economic hellscape.

Either way the solution is to cobble together the B ark, load up all the conservatives, and set the controls for the heart of the sun.
 
Kepler said:
Anti-police brutality is not anti-police.
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And that's clearly a distinction that is marketing gold right now, just as much as "defund the police."

Do you progressives not have the money to hire salespeople to properly sell your ideas, or is it just you can't stomach using then because they're too capitalist for you?
 
unofan said:
And that's clearly a distinction that is marketing gold right now, just as much as "defund the police."

Do you progressives not have the money to hire salespeople to properly sell your ideas, or is it just you can't stomach using then because they're too capitalist for you?
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I have no idea why the Left is so terrible at this, but I think it is equal parts:

+ Studied arts and science, not business or law
+ High-minded anti-commercial claptrap
+ Have you seen our leadership? It is sclerotic and dominated by Tracy Flicks who think scolding is an effective persuasion technique.
+ Too caught up staring at our particular navel issue to see the big picture
+ None of us know any average people because Jesus fuck boring

Believe me, no one is more frustrated about it than I. If I had my way we would hire Madison Avenue to curate our image and dust the derps with whatever somnolent chemtrail works. Don't try to teach the pigs to sing; just win baby.
 
SJHovey said:
I think there were about 130 carjackings in Minneapolis in 2019, 401 in 2020, and 524 by the middle of November here in 2021, so they appear to be going up.
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What’s interesting to me is that the media isn’t really covering a lot of these, either. On one hand you’d think they’d want the headlines- but they’re really only talking about the ones that happened in Edina. Or the night there were like 6 jackings in one hour. The home invasion with guns from Xmas weekend hasn’t made news yet
 
Handyman said:
Slap Shot,

While I agree something has to be done your post is kind of bizarre. A speech by her does zilch. It is lame *** theater since she doesn't have any power over the situation. Frey needs to speak on the issue. Walz needs to speak on the issue. The police need to speak on the issue. (Especially about why there are so few of them) Omar doing it is nothing but grandstanding.
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It's not bizarre it's common sense. She can call out those (if not specifically by name generically at least) that can make a difference to get their shit in order. Anyone of even her magnitude drawing attention to the problem is a good thing. This needs to be talked about I don't care who gets the headlines.
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
What’s interesting to me is that the media isn’t really covering a lot of these, either. On one hand you’d think they’d want the headlines- but they’re really only talking about the ones that happened in Edina. Or the night there were like 6 jackings in one hour. The home invasion with guns from Xmas weekend hasn’t made news yet
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In my opinion, if you are working in the media right now, especially what we refer to as mainstream media, you have a tough job. About the only certainty is that someone will be publicly attacking you and questioning your motives. If you report those stories, you're accused of sensationalizing events to attract clicks, or harboring a hidden agenda in the police reform debate. If you don't cover them enough (whatever that is), you're accused of ignoring important community developments, or of harboring a hidden agenda in the police reform debate.
 
SJHovey said:
About the only certainty is that someone will be publicly attacking you and questioning your motives. If you report those stories, you're accused of sensationalizing events to attract clicks, or harboring a hidden agenda in the police reform debate.
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And the network gives you a bonus for the rubbernecking that follows.

It's entertainment, not information. All news media is TMZ now. Get eye balls! Never mind how.

Newscasters can only dream of being attacked.
 
SJHovey said:
In my opinion, if you are working in the media right now, especially what we refer to as mainstream media, you have a tough job. About the only certainty is that someone will be publicly attacking you and questioning your motives. If you report those stories, you're accused of sensationalizing events to attract clicks, or harboring a hidden agenda in the police reform debate. If you don't cover them enough (whatever that is), you're accused of ignoring important community developments, or of harboring a hidden agenda in the police reform debate.
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Bothsides, amiright?
 
Kepler said:
And the network gives you a bonus for the rubbernecking that follows.

It's entertainment, not information. All news media is TMZ now. Get eye balls! Never mind how.

Newscasters can only dream of being attacked.
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I'm gonna have to stop you on this. There *is* still real journalism being done at the local AND national level.

The problem is that the newstainment hosts are louder and, as you have correctly pointed out, profitable.

Editorials, opinions, press releases submitted as news,, and Newstainment need to be clearly marked as separate from the actual journalism.
 
aparch said:
I'm gonna have to stop you on this. There *is* still real journalism being done at the local AND national level.

The problem is that the newstainment hosts are louder and, as you have correctly pointed out, profitable.

Editorials, opinions, press releases submitted as news,, and Newstainment need to be clearly marked as separate from the actual journalism.
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Of course there is real journalism, but you won't find it on a large scale platform for the same reasons you won't find a good book on the best seller list.
 
MissThundercat said:
https://turnto10.com/news/local/rhod...al-race-theory

Nutbar pushes to ban CRT, then whines her "black friend" became cold towards her, then complains we're becoming "too divisive" as a nation.
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It is actually even better than that because of how it is worded:

"I had a black friend. I liked her and I think she liked me, too. But now she is hostile and unpleasant. I am sure I didn't do anything to her, except be white. Is that what teachers and our political leaders really want for our society? Divide us because of our skin color? #CRT"

So she had A Black friend who she isn't sure liked her but thinks they did. Said friend is now hostile to her but she isn't sure why so she assumes it is cause she is White. Somehow that is because of CRT...

The best is the replies, where people find old tweets that might have offended her one Black Friend. But then this happened:

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