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"You have a dirty mind!" " What do you mean? You're the one showing me all the dirty pictures!"

As far as you can tell, I suppose.

Woke ideology is typified by a complete lack of humor. Thus, much of what is espoused appears to have been lifted verbatim from one comedy routine or another. In any event, if you insist on injecting 'racism' at every possible opportunity, I hold to my observation that things are seen through a lens that focuses on 'racism,' whether real or perceived. Since races aren't identical for a variety of reasons, and sexes are different as well, coming anywhere near either subject risks being subject to the rhetorical cudgels of 'racism' and 'sexism,' and I call bullshit. BSBD, Winsor

When you have a bunch of worked up cops that just managed to pull you over, giving them a hard time is not a particularly good career move, regardless of ethnicity. I'm sure the one woman who got shot dead on the 6th self-identified as Black. Again, everything everywhere is all about race, to the exclusion of all else. I get it. BSBD, Winsor

The video has some merit - in a very simplistic way. I am reminded of Jimmy Carter scolding South Africa for their treatment of the black populus. Pik Botha responded by saying that they considered following the example set by the United States in its treatment of indigenous peoples, but they couldn't bring themselves to kill so many people. For all the indignities foisted upon Black Americans, the worst are from other Black Americans. Getting shot by the Police is bad news, but the likelihood of being shot by other Blacks is MUCH higher than by Police. Similarly, getting robbed or raped is largely by other Blacks. When pulled over, Rodney King's passengers followed procedure emerged unscathed. Rodney, after a high speed chase that got the cops' adrenaline pumping, kept ignoring direction even after being tased and they beat the living fuck out of him. If he had said 'yessir, no sir, I didn't know you were behind me...' he would not likely have got the thumping. George Floyd came up against a cop with whom he worked, who for some reason viewed him as a drug-addled deadbeat lowlife and greatly disliked him, and who took it upon himself to kneel on his neck. Though I'm not sure the world would be a better place with George Floyd still among us, the cop's actions displayed depraved indifference, and he is justifiably in prison. Michael Brown had just committed a strongarm robbery, and chose to physically attack an armed LEO. I'm sure there are people who would be happy if Michael had been able to get control of the firearm and shoot the officer, and he would have had a Dream Team defense in that case, the cop managed to end the attack with lethal force before he could do so. The idea that a white individual of similar dimensions similarly attacking a LEO would get a pass is ludicrous. Then again, it's All About Race - EVERYTHING is. BSBD, Winsor

Thanks for reminding us about racism, I can't believe I forgot about racism. This is appalling when you consider that everything, ever, is All About Racism! Nice catch, Winsor

Twitter and Facebook are completely different

Apparently the Taliban leader's twitter account is still active and Trump is still banned. Works for me.

So if you divide 30 trillion into 300 million it looks like close to $100 Grand for every US citizen, not just taxpayers.. Even if you ignore the vigorish, that's a serious debt load above and beyond all the other debts people voluntarily carry. If you can point out a mechanism whereby this might ever get paid, or at least be held at any particular limit, you have my attention. Otherwise it looks remarkably similar to various attempts at endlessly printing of currency, all of which ended disasterously. If truly 'this time it's different,' please explain exactly how it's different. Thanks, Winsor

Hey, let Saigons be bygones!

This is from Fox, so it has to wrong. Agenda are plural for one example.

Jackson Browne's 'Fountain of Sorrow' comes to mind: "And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it seemsIt would be easier sometimes to change the past" A show of hands, please - who didn't see this coming? BSBD, Winsor

I suppose 'Woke' = gullible. https://nypost.com/2021/08/14/how-companies-exploit-woke-values-to-pursue-profit-and-power/ BSBD, Winsor

I'm sure the reason I faced the business end of a Model 19 when hitchhiking to High School was because I self identify as a Bantu lesbian.

Twice as big as it needs to be.

It has been said that Americans have the historical awareness of a goldfish. Given what passes as 'History' in the U.S. educational system, that's hardly surprising. Your observation of what direction the world's 'democracies' are going is interesting. It does not agree with what I've seen. BSBD, Winsor

The interest rate is somewhat artificially set at zero in order to generate limitless currency, so the debt service is pointless. Set the interest rate at, say, 3%, run the numbers and get back to me. Quite who gets stiffed in the case of default is academic as well. Insolvent is insolvent. If you could point me to a scenario whereby the U.S. Gov't could live within its means, you have my attention. As it is, if our line of credit gets cut off, the system will implode. It's happened before, and it isn't pretty. BSBD, Winsor

I'm not sure which applies.

I'd have figured you would have been able to run the numbers.

Again, racism of any stripe is evil. Two wrongs don't make a right. Three lefts do.

Who recommended cancelling anything? Who burns books? News flash: what you call "new and disturbing" I call FUBAR. I don't recommend burning "50 Shades of Grey," but am not interested in reading it. Given the reviews I can say that the subject doesn't fascinate me. If someone wants to patent a 'perpetual motion machine,' I don't have to go to any great detail to conclude that it is unlikely to work, though I am not likely to take the approach of the Swiss patent clerk who summarily discarded such applications. What is presented as something it is not? CRT is all about race; given its name, that is hardly a stretch. There is a huge difference between an issue being a factor and it being a prime mover, and CRT posits race as a historical prime mover. I find it wonderfully ironic that the claim of institutional racism is used to justify institutional racism. If institutional racism is bad, it's bad. How could that concept be the slightest bit controversial? I go down town and walk past burned out buildings from the 'largely peaceful demonstrations' last summer, businesses I used to patronize, and I'm unimpressed. If the people protesting were attempting to gain sympathy for their plight, it didn't work. BSBD, Winsor

I agree with all the above (except the suppositions included in the last sentence), I am not sure who is accusing of whitewashing anything. Richard Pryor's treatment of recovery comes to mind. In it he is listing the issues he faces related to his addiction. His friend, a Football Star as I recall, kept responding "What you gonna do?" You need to pick a path forward, and responding to racism with racism is a poor choice. If the goal is EQUALITY (NOT 'equity'), then striving for that goal should be paramount. Equal rights and equal responsibilities, no more and no less is the key. "Special treatment" was provided for Jews in Europe some time back. Be careful what you ask for. If the goal is to reestablish any societal divides that have served us to badly so far, for whatever lofty reasons, the outcome is predictable. What I find appalling is that, given the horrific results of racism in our collective past, that anyone should recommend racism to 'correct' the situation. What could go wrong with that approach? CRT is all about racism, specifically as it relates to Blacks of African origin (Little Black Sambo was Burmese - tigers are Asian). Given the ill treatment of Chinese, Japanese, Algonquins, Navajo, Jews, and the Irish, I'd say Blacks are in pretty good company. My whole point is not to deny that the massacre in Tulsa was ghastly or that Custer had it coming, but that the best approach is to lay off on the racism rather than wallowing in it. 'Good' racism is just as bad as 'bad' racism. It all sucks. BSBD, Winsor

The killfile is a wonderful feature.

Racism without power? Right now BLM and CRT hold sway in the body politic to the extent that would make George Lincoln Rockwell and David Duke envious. The code words "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion," specifically as defined by the BLM/CRT crowd, are like magic throughout businesses, schools and the 24 hour news cycle, and anyone who dares to defy their truth is subject to serious sanctions. Where do you detect powerlessness? I don't dispute that implementation of 'fairness' is subjective. I assure you that my standard of equal rights, equal responsibilities, no more, no less is hardly universal. However, I oppose legacy admissions as much as I do any other form of favoritism, and I'd love to separate sports from academics at supposed institutions of higher learning. It rankles the hell out of me that my department was good for Nobel Prizes, but the hundreds of millions of dollars followed the Heisman Trophy. When working in Nuke and Lethal Service, some of the best as well as the very worst Engineers with whom I worked in those fields were acknowledged 'affirmative action' hires. Those that could pass the P.E. exam were top flight across the board. 'Diversity hires' for airlines are similar. United came up with a group of First Officers, most of whom will never fly left seat. Those that upgrade are amongst the best, I have seen no indication that anyone gets a pass on that check ride. I have worked with mixed, white and Aggies, and each group was terrific. My preference gravitates toward mixed, but in some places the talent pool is skewed one way or another. I do understand that you are referring to a particular location, and I was in very mixed company working near there. Trying to actively recruit students for the hard sciences such that a balanced population with equal qualifications results is tough. Some of the candidates you'd love to have go elsewhere and do quite well. Mandating any version of 'fairness' has been tried, and the results are often worse than if left well enough alone. Alcohol was prohibited, and the outcome was disastrous. Tobacco was made unpopular, and smoking is simply unacceptable in most places. I prefer the latter approach to having someone's ideas of 'fairness' rammed down my throat. BSBD, Winsor