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Forum: Current Events Topic: George Floyd's death sparks protests across U.S. |
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:49 am
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| Atlanta officer fired, police chief resigns after fatal shooting of Black man Honestly this one doesn’t sound so unjustified given the current reality our society sends armed police to respond to people sleeping in cars blocking traffic. The suspect grabbed the officer’s taser and pointed it at him... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: George Floyd's death sparks protests across U.S. |
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:20 am
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bootlegga bootlegga:
Awesome article!! |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Trumpocalypse Thread - The End Is Now |
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Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:18 am
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| Trump stokes division with racism and rage – and the American oligarchy purrs Robert ReichSun 14 Jun 2020 06.00 BST Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, took the knee last week before cameras at a branch of his bank. Larry Fink, CEO of giant investment fund BlackRock, decried racial bias... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Trumpocalypse Thread - The End Is Now |
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:08 am
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| 'Everything about this is irregular': Ex-judge tapped to review Flynn case blasts Trump DOJ A former judge selected to advise on a path forward in the criminal case against Michael Flynn is accusing the Justice Department of exercising a “gross abuse of prosecutorial power” to protect an ally of Pr... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Two RCMP officers criminally charged by ASIRT in 2018 police |
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:28 pm
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| What with everything going on right now regarding police brutality, it sure is a coincidence that charges are laid against AB cops for the very first time ever in history. Just goes to show what whitewash the past has been. Bead cops have been getting a free ride for way too long. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada's National Debt Clock : The Canadian Taxpayers Federa |
| BeaverFever |
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:04 pm
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| Another great explanation on this blog (excerpt below) https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/14/everybody-poops/#deficit-myth Modern monetary theory is an economic lens for understanding how money works. It starts from the commonsense assertion that national governments are money-issuers, and the rest of ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada's National Debt Clock : The Canadian Taxpayers Federa |
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 6:35 am
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| M.M.T. Shows the Trillion-Dollar U.S. Deficits Are OK By Stephanie KeltonJune 9, 2020 Our country’s myth about federal debt, explained. Dr. Kelton, an economist, is the author of “The Deficit Myth.” Last week, a bipartisan group of 60 members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to co... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Trumpocalypse Thread - The End Is Now |
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:05 am
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| Republican hypocrites continue to turn a blind eye to theTrump family’s abuse of office Donald Trump Jr.'s Mongolia Hunting Trip Cost Taxpayers $77,000 The president's son apparently hunted with a major GOP donor and bagged a rare sheep. Donald Trump Jr.’s trip last summer to Mongolia to kill an end... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada's National Debt Clock : The Canadian Taxpayers Federa |
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:05 pm
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| A tax hike will be totally unnecessary and counterproductive. Tax increases would slow growth that’s the opposite of what you want to do n a post recession recovery. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada's National Debt Clock : The Canadian Taxpayers Federa |
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 4:13 am
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| I'm willing to pay the taxes necessary to fund the services I want. No you aren't. That's the whole point behind government debt. You want your gimmees today, but are not willing to pay for them. So you sell out your family, your community and your country. Martin thinks having schools hospitals an... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: George Floyd's death sparks protests across U.S. |
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:34 pm
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| Words are wind at this point. They blacklisted Kap for years and an apology would be meaningless. So would you be ok with NHL players taking a knee with the playing of O Canada? I wouldn’t mind. Mandatory body positions during certain songs is a bizarre concept if you think about it. Its not just t... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: George Floyd's death sparks protests across U.S. |
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:14 pm
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| Video Shows Law Enforcement Officers Slashing Tires at Minneapolis Protests A week ago, there were many reports out of Minneapolis that protesters, reporters, and even medics had found that the tires of their cars were slashed at some point during a night of protest. Witnesses said at the time that... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada's National Debt Clock : The Canadian Taxpayers Federa |
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:59 pm
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| Interesting piece on the radio today on this very topic. You can listen to the full-lengthy story at link below: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-for-june-7-2020-1.5594627/no-need-to-worry-about-a-deficit-when-the-government-can-print-money-say-some-economists-1.5594636 E... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: A Popular QAnon Twitter Account That Claims To Have Explosiv |
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:10 pm
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| There’s othing new about unstable right-wing crackpots and fraudsters generating fake news and bizarre conspiracy theories on the internet. The more important point is the way the Trump White House and the traditional conservative media now elevate this propaganda and try to make it credible, which... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: A Popular QAnon Twitter Account That Claims To Have Explosiv |
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:14 am
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| There’s othing new about unstable right-wing crackpots and fraudsters generating fake news and bizarre conspiracy theories on the internet. The more important point is the way the Trump White House and the traditional conservative media now elevate this propaganda and try to make it credible, which ... |
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