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[davide405]

Excellent three bullet point summation of priorities

Heather Cox Richardson

Trump: Things painted with gold paint are just as valuable and twice as beautiful as things made out of real gold. Republicans: Manufactured and imagined crises are just as important and twice as urgent as real crises. Everybody else: Go fuck yourselves and get out of the way unless you want to wear this statue of Robert E. Lee as a hat.

[davide405]

Pitch perfect irony

Trump doesn't trust Secret Service to keep him safe

Didn’t he just say? “The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire. These are very good people, but they are angry. They want their lives back again, safely! See them, talk to them, make a deal.”

[Sally_Mahoney]

Roger Goodell admits NFL was wrong for banning NFL players' kneeling protests of anti-Black police brutality

Presumably the mistakes made themselves.

[chgoliz]

A pitch-perfect analogy:

Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy

We at the East India Tea Company were heartbroken, as were many of you, by the recent events in Boston Harbor. For years, our tea has been enjoyed by Boston-area families, and it is a beloved brand in homes and pantries all over “New” England. For us, a cup of tea is a time for sharing and caring, with loved ones and friends. A cup of tea is a symbol of hospitality, and a shared pot of our signature brew — whether you prefer our full-bodied House Blend or one of our Estate-Grown Single-Origin …

[LutherBlisset]

New York Times opinion editor out

That’s a start. Now let’s get rid of Tom Cotton.

[Sally_Mahoney]

A Dr. Seuss Protest: 1st Am's a Sham, BLM-I-am

The flow of words make me feel great and almost forget why I’m irate. But then I remember it’s 'cause of trump and the lies he makes, the cowardly chump. I can’t wait wait for him to end. Out on his ass, we will send that ersatz person of phony means. Kicked to the curb, him and his fiends. So come November make sure you vote and cram your ire right down his throat.

[Mindysan33]

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/cops-slash-dozens-of-car-tires-then-lie-about-why-they-did-it/173340/106?u=mindysan33

[Mindysan33]

Discussion of “Defund the Police” slogan

I want to come back to this, because it’s like a sweet poison. At the time I write this, 50 Happy Mutants liked this post. If there are African Americans in that group, then I apologize to you; my bad, and if you think that the movement needs a better name, more power to you. For everybody else, why do you think it’s a good idea to change the name of, as @Wanderfound quoted, “a global movement about black liberation” that’s been going on for decades? What gives you the right? I consider myself…

[chgoliz]

I just came here to post the same thing!

[Mindysan33]

it’s spot on. It’s not about marketing and it’s not about white people and our feelings.

[Sally_Mahoney]

Columbus statue trips, falls into lake

Like one of the UK protesters said regarding that other statue: “we tried going through the proper channels and nothing came of it so now he’s in the proper channel.”

[Sally_Mahoney]

Unmasked woman filmed berating other shoppers and coughing on them

is this a karen? can a karen be karen if she’s yelling at another karen.

[GulliverFoyle]

A picture worth a thousand words…

2020 Uprising: Enough is Enough

Put this one in the protest sign hall of fame.

[mocon]

Today in transphobia (Part 1)

It’s difficult to fathom just how someone can get the message so completely backwards, but Linehan somehow managed it.

[DukeTrout]

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has officially changed the definition of "racism."

[Smbc-Irregardless] The actual truth, though, is that you’ve misunderstood the word. Irregardless isn’t based on the prefix at all, it’s a portmanteau of regardless with irrespective. Not my favorite way to generate words either because it makes them confusing, but not the mistake you think it is. Not that double negatives are actually wrong in English either; they’ve been used for emphasis for a very long time, however they might seem to logicians. And there’s the problem with prescriptivism…

I learned something new today, and found new respect for the word “irregardless!”

[Sally_Mahoney]

Animated chart shows rise of death count from Covid-19 to other causes of death

Am I a horrible person for having an internal horse race announcer calling out the chart as it progresses? “It’s malaria leading homicide, Parkison’s, and drownings. Malaria is pulling away! Malaria with a commanding lead… but wait! COVID-19 is putting on a burst of speed! It’s breaking through the pack! It’s sprinting past Hepatitis! It’s passing drugs! It’s flying past homicide and Parkinson’s. It’s malaria and COVID neck-and-neck! COVID pulls ahead! Down the back stretch into June, it’s COVID…

[milliefink]

John Cleese's 30-year-old rant on extremists seems relevant today

I think you’re right about that, but it’s important to recognize the privilege in it. For most minorities, not fighting is not an option. The system treats us like dirt every time we leave the house. You can’t leave your skin color or different ableness at home and hiding your sexual orientation and other traits is exhausting. You say you don’t judge people for what amounts to coasting on that privilege, and while I am also guilty of doing so (we all have at least some privilege and I have cer…

[Sally_Mahoney]

Trump lies, 'They’ve come up with the AIDS vaccine'

There is an AIDS vaccine only if there is no difference between there being one and there not being one.

[davide405]

Click back out to the main post and watch the video. It’s two and three-quarters minutes that will make your life better

Watch Aretha Franklin bring the gospel funk to The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby"

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/06/18/watch-aretha-franklin-bring-th.html …

[davide405]

The embedded video here is long-ish, nearly 18 minutes, but it’s still just the Cliff Notes version of racial inequity in the US since the end of the Civil war.

The presenter goes at a dizzying pace, which adds to the impact of what he’s saying.

Anyone who remains unconvinced today that the system is rigged against minorities needs to be sat in front of this video with their eyelids propped open (per Clockwork Orange, oh my brothers).

Maskless troll at coffee shop has temper tantrum over BLM sign

Trotsky would be just rolling in his grave if he saw troglodytes like this were still using up precious air. Maybe if the facts were presented in the framework of Veggie Tales, this bozo might get the picture: [Holy Post - Race in America]