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1 minute ago, elrodvt said:

^Yeah, i know the point of this thread was to blow off some steam but it's become trollville.. Intelligent conversation is practically impossible. I think we've been invaded by a Russian bot. ;-)

If im such a "troll" why reply? Typical Democrat crap of trying to silence those who they don't agree with. 

I hope a ambulance isn't going to need to cross the bridge. Really sad situation...

 

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6 minutes ago, kermit said:

190,000 deaths from the Trump virus and you are concerned about people in Pittsburgh getting their dinner interrupted?

Really?

Oh? Trump invented the virus in the bats and set them free in the caves of Wuhan I guess. Are you under the influence? Do you support what the protestors did to the people enjoying their evening? Probably so, because  you change the subject and didn't condemn it. 

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4 minutes ago, urbanlover568 said:

Oh? Trump invented the virus in the bats and set them free in the caves of Wuhan I guess. Are you under the influence? Do you support what the protestors did to the people enjoying their evening? Probably so, because  you change the subject and didn't condemn it. 

He mismanaged it, so donald needs to own it. Its been estimated that more than 80% of American deaths could have been avoided with a moderately competent response (testing, contract tracing, travel bans, mask requirements, data reporting standards, etc.)  to the virus.

Republicans want to kill us.

The Graphic Truth: Two different pandemics - EU vs US

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2 minutes ago, kermit said:

He mismanaged it, so donald needs to own it. Its been estimated that more than 80% of American deaths could have been avoided with a moderately competent response (testing, contract tracing, travel bans, mask requirements, data reporting standards, etc.)  to the virus.

Republicans want to kill us.

The Graphic Truth: Two different pandemics - EU vs US

 

On 8/31/2020 at 6:37 PM, kermit said:

The "source" is now part of Mango Mussolini's propaganda machine.

 

What a joke. 

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27 minutes ago, urbanlover568 said:

Oh? Trump invented the virus in the bats and set them free in the caves of Wuhan I guess. Are you under the influence? Do you support what the protestors did to the people enjoying their evening? Probably so, because  you change the subject and didn't condemn it. 

BLM is not responsible for killing 180,000 Americans -- donald is.

Did  BLM say that American Veterans who gave their life in battle are losers and suckers? Nope, donald did.

Your posts indicate that protestors interrupted a couple of dinners -- are you suggesting there is some kind of equivalence here?

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49 minutes ago, kermit said:

BLM is not responsible for killing 180,000 Americans -- donald is.

Did  BLM say that American Veterans who gave their life in battle are losers and suckers? Nope, donald did.

Your posts indicate that protestors interrupted a couple of dinners -- are you suggesting there is some kind of equivalence here?

Again failure to condemn the protestors actions. What a joke. When you are out and "peaceful" protestors knock your food on the floor and call you names, don't come complaining here.

 

BTW your graph ends on June 24th. It's September 7th. 

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54 minutes ago, Blue_Devil said:

Can we talk about the increase in Murders in Charlotte over the last 3 years. Three people were murdered over Labor Day weekend. At 83 murders we are well above pace to break last years total of 109. 

Definitely, the political response to this in any and every city would be a multi-pronged approach to housing, public services, job training, and general economic development.  We need to push our leaders at every level to help with this; Federal, State, Municipal.

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1 hour ago, Blue_Devil said:

Can we talk about the increase in Murders in Charlotte over the last 3 years. Three people were murdered over Labor Day weekend. At 83 murders we are well above pace to break last years total of 109. 

FWIW, That works out to slightly over 120 for the year. Given the variance year to year I imagine that's within the standard deviation. In other words not a significant change unless it occurs over several years. 

Still, we want a down-trend not an up-trend . What has been done to fix Charlotte's terrible upward mobility numbers? I think the solution lies there. I can't think of any concrete actions that been taken to address this priority. Just talk, talk, talk....

 

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46 minutes ago, elrodvt said:

FWIW, That works out to slightly over 120 for the year. Given the variance year to year I imagine that's within the standard deviation. In other words not a significant change unless it occurs over several years. 

Still, we want a down-trend not an up-trend . What has been done to fix Charlotte's terrible upward mobility numbers? I think the solution lies there. I can't think of any concrete actions that been taken to address this priority. Just talk, talk, talk....

 

We only had 57 in 2018 and 87 in 2017, I am interested to know what changed in policing since 2018.

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20 hours ago, elrodvt said:

Quick FYI, we received our mail in ballots Thursday so if you don't see yours soon you might want to check on things.

According to BallotTrax https://northcarolina.ballottrax.net/voter/, mine was mailed Friday (my request for a ballot was accepted by the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections on 4/21 FWIW) . . . waiting patiently.

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16 hours ago, urbanlover568 said:

Good luck with your socialist utopia(IE. Venezuela). 

It bears bringing this glib comment to the Political Digression thread: Venezuela is, in reality, a center-left socialist-capitalist mixed economy that is only "failing" because the US and its allies are forcing murderous sanctions on the nation in an effort to build up resentment in its populace, and make them urge for a new government in the puppet-boy Juan Guaido. Also don't forget the bi-annual coup attempts organized by the US.

Classic CIA/Intelligence Agency playbook. See literally every South American country at some point in the last century + mideast countries. Either to prevent a "healthy" example of Socialism from ever being able to take root (S. America), or to weaken strong states in order to destabilize a region in order to weaken the global influence of places like Russia and China (Middle East), of whom they are at least stabilizing allies (Iran, Syria, Iraq).

This is nothing new, but we keep getting it packaged as new to us by the bi-partisan neo-liberal/neo-conservative establishment (the "deep state" as Alex Jones calls it).

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1 hour ago, SgtCampsalot said:

  

It bears bringing this glib comment to the Political Digression thread: Venezuela is, in reality, a center-left socialist-capitalist mixed economy that is only "failing" because the US and its allies are forcing murderous sanctions on the nation in an effort to build up resentment in its populace, and make them urge for a new government in the puppet-boy Juan Guaido. Also don't forget the bi-annual coup attempts organized by the US.

Classic CIA/Intelligence Agency playbook. See literally every South American country at some point in the last century + mideast countries. Either to prevent a "healthy" example of Socialism from ever being able to take root (S. America), or to weaken strong states in order to destabilize a region in order to weaken the global influence of places like Russia and China (Middle East), of whom they are at least stabilizing allies (Iran, Syria, Iraq).

This is nothing new, but we keep getting it packaged as new to us by the bi-partisan neo-liberal/neo-conservative establishment (the "deep state" as Alex Jones calls it).

Can you name a successful truly socialist or communist country? 

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6 minutes ago, urbanlover568 said:

Are you having trouble answering a simple question that you have to change the subject? LMAO

Unfortunately I think it highlights the problems of an economic system working as also a political system. I would say there are no successful countries that are either capitalist or socialist. But, I would say Scandinavia does a great job of combining a heavily service-based economy and capitalist system with increased social programs and participation. 

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