Potpourri

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/opinion/biden-trump-police-minneapolis.html

 It's an interesting take from people who live in areas most harmed by defunding the police.  As much as I hate to offer MPLS as the solution to anything...

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"2 weeks ago, I was not even considering voting for Trump.  In 2016 I tried to run against him.  Now I am thinking about it.  And the outpouring of hatred and condemnation, and derision is pulling me more in that direction.  The left and their movements must be stopped." 

Austin Peterson

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"What excuses and rationalizations will Governor Evers and Mayor Barnes come up with now for this violent racial incitement masquerading as social justice?"

https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-kenosha-speaker-strays-from-message-at-rally/article_a91e142b-46bf-5702-bb45-42b2015ce4b6.html

 "But near the end of the rally, one man introduced as "our president" strayed from the message by saying, “If you kill one of us, it’s time for us to kill one of yours.”"

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I'm not sure what else to say about this one.

 https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-08-29-judge-refuses-to-jail-pedophile-who-abused-6-kids-hes-too-fat-for-prison/

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"Destroying the epistemic authority of objectivity is one of the most harmful manifestations of wokeness.  What's left are lived experiences and a moral hierarchy that determines whose narratives matter more.  Not only is this the death of journalism; it's the death of civilization."

https://thewalrus.ca/objectivity-is-a-privilege-afforded-to-white-journalists/

Melissa Chen

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"Publishers weekly on the pro-looting book:  "A provocative Marxist-imformed defense of looting as a radical and effective protest tactic...a bracing rethink of the goals and methods of protest"

On In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterwell.

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The peaceful protesters in Portland have driven the mayor from his condo, because of damage to the building and his neighbor's fear.    I guess I don't understand why peaceful protests are causing this much concern and why the mayor (who's done literally nothing to stop the protests), is so scared.

 

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/09/portland-mayor-says-hell-move-after-protest-outside-his-condo-building-draws-arrests-widespread-calls-for-change.html

 It would seem that the DFL mayor of St Louis has also fled in fear from the peaceful protesters.