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[sirfrogsworth]

Police do not prevent crime. They mostly just mill around in the aftermath and write up a report. 

I’m so tired of this “Who will protect you from rapists and murderers if you don’t have police?”

There are currently 400,000 untested rape kits in the US. 

40% of murders go unsolved. 

So not only do police not prevent crime–they rarely even seek justice. 

Using resources to improve impoverished communities is a proven method of curtailing criminal behavior. Giving police tanks and military hardware doesn’t do jack. 

Republicans know exactly what Defund the Police means. And if the slogan were something different they’d still find a way to feign outrage. This is no marketing blunder. 

I think I’m going to let AOC bring this one in for a landing…

[taretaglia]

[mysharona1987]

[odinsblog]

It takes far more courage and wisdom to boldly say “NO” to war when everyone else is saying yes.

Three days after September 11th 2001, Barbara Lee (D-CA) bravely called for a no vote against authorizing George W. Bush’s wars.

In an op-ed she published in The San Francisco Chronicle 9 days later, she explained her vote by pointing out that the resolution “was a blank check to the president to attack anyone involved in the Sept. 11 events — anywhere, in any country, without regard to our nation’s long-term foreign policy, economic and national security interests, and without time limit.” She added: “A rush to launch precipitous military counterattacks runs too great a risk that more innocent men, women, children will be killed.” 

For her lone stance, Lee was deluged with rancid insults and death threats to the point where she needed around-the-clock bodyguards. She was vilified as “anti-American” by numerous outlets including The Wall Street Journal. The Washington Times editorialized on September 18 that “Ms. Lee is a long-practicing supporter of America’s enemies — from Fidel Castro on down” and that “while most of the left-wing Democrats spent the week praising President Bush and trying to sound as moderate as possible, Barbara Lee continued to sail under her true colors.” Since then, she has been repeatedly rejected in her bids to join the House Democratic leadership, typically losing to candidates close to Wall Street and in support of militarism. (continue reading from theIntercept)

On this September 11th, in addition to remembering all of the lives lost in America, Iraq and Afghanistan, I choose also to remember Barbara Lee’s brave example in calling for calm, reflective thought before blindly rushing into endless war in the Middle East. Even at the risk of her political career, she stood up and did what was right.

We need more leaders who know that sometimes, it takes more strength to say “no” when everyone else takes the easy way out by saying “yes” to war and militarism.

[emiratizayn-deactivated20150816]

and the Iraqi people welcomed the Americans with flowers. I wanted to set a historical event to teach Bush a lesson from the Iraqis, telling him you lied, we did not welcome you with flowers, and instead we are saying goodbye with our shoes.” 

[emiratizayn-deactivated20150816]

Muntaza Al Zaidi, the Iraqi reporter who became known as the guy who threw a shoe at Bush and later ended up in jail for three years because of it. 

[zahnegott-lives]

based

[socialistexan]

@ all the Democrats trying to rehabilitate Dubya’s image.

[babyanimalgifs]

She has the most kind, polite wag I’ve ever seen. 

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[babyanimalgifs]

“Sandra the orangutan started to clean her enclosure and wash her hands after observing her caretakers do the same thing” 

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[krishnathekumar]

This satire was made 20 years ago.

[werebottom]

Old school Madtv was spot on

[mizreesecup]

Omg

[bogleech]

I can verify this because I like, live out here and stuff, it’s pretty weird to watch the news call it a burning warzone every day

[furbearingbrick]

this is how propaganda works

[cliff-snowpeak]

Ah yes, because everyone knows, absolutely no ones’ lives or property are in danger until the entire city has been reduced to rubble.

[bogleech]

It’s literally like one block of downtown.

Few things have sustained more than a broken window or some graffiti.

Photos and videos of completely trashed buildings are including those that have been that way for years.

Stats on closures and financial losses are being confused with those related to covid-19.

The news keeps mentioning the same two or three little “family owned” businesses that got hurt in outbreaks of panic but can’t seem to come up with any more than that.

That’s because the full list of our current downtown businesses and the full list of places that have been hit consist primarily of: Starbuck’s, Rite-Aid, Target, Apple, Microsoft, Nordstrom Rack, Whole Foods, Men’s Warehouse, Payless, AT&T, Sprint, Doc Marten’s and a bunch of jewelry stores.

These businesses themselves cost hundreds of people their livelihoods or homes when they came here, which people were already angry about before any of this happened.

That said, only a couple of them have been truly targeted and ransacked, such as the Apple Store, an eyesore that destroyed a chunk of historic architecture to sell planned obsolescence to hipster tourists.

Oops, I forgot the scientology building got vandalized too. Poor babies.

https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/01/28/new-lents-businesses-were-accused-of-contributing-to-gentrification-last-week/

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/07/coronavirus-closures-inflated-23-million-reported-in-downtown-portland-protest-damages.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2017/02/portland_gentrification_4_real.html

Anyway this isn’t a downtown location but just as an aside here’s a photo of a dumpy but beloved bowling alley locals really wanted to save from closure:

Here it is as of last year or so:

[bankston]

A long, but very important and on-target read!

[jewishzevran]

This thread is a few years old but it bears repeating. I'm tired of being treated as if I am invisible. Listen to Jewish voices when we talk about fascism. I am begging you.

[cultureofresistance]

(via White Supremacist in the White House: Ibram X. Kendi on Trump’s Calls for “Law & Order” in Kenosha | Democracy Now!)

[captainsblogsupplemental]

[mayanangel]

THE GREATEST SAGA OF OUR TIME

[imbringingexyback]

@theadventuresofandy you’re Keith

[sunnysidekris]

I feel like it’s important to include that he did in fact eventually sit.

[wolpertingerteeth]

the dynamic here is like watching Ernie and Bert, and I love it.

[babyanimalgifs]

Dream neighbour 

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[beyonce-knowles-carter]

AIR IS THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM

Airbending is based on the Baguazhang style of martial arts, also known as “circle walking” or “Eight Trigram Palm,” along with a small hint of Xingyiquan, also known as “mind heart boxing.” Baguazhang involves “smooth coiling and uncoiling actions.” Such moves employ dynamic footwork, throws, and hand techniques. These martial arts feature swift, evasive maneuvers that evoke the intangibility and explosive power of wind; drawing energy from the center of the abdomen.

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (2005 - 2008) THE LEGEND OF KORRA (2012 - 2014)

[whitepeopletwitter]