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1NfamousACE_2 posted...

Through voter suppression and other things

https://www.wsj.com/articles/data-disprove-the-voter-suppression-myth-11557268819
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/503944-if-georgia-primary-was-an-attempt-at-voter-suppression-it-failed-badly

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MrResetti posted...

He needs to pick up Stacey Abrams so he can win Georgia.

LMAO Stacey Abrams couldn't even win Georgia.

What are studies showing happens to brain that's reading the topic title?

The23rdMagus posted...

I'm pretty sure no one is happy this is happening, but you knew that.

Oh believe me, he is. It fits in perfectly with his nature and personality. But you knew that.

TheGoldenEel posted...

A 400% increase (in Florida and Texas) is not a SLIGHT increase

A 400% increase from 1 is 4. Is that not a slight increase either? Context matters, especially when looking at the national trend.

DevsBro posted...

I thought maybe it was just me so I didn't mention it before but the inner city tends to be the only place where swimming pools are free. >_>

Last time I checked YMCA, they were asking $70/mo for a membership. It's the reason I haven't swam in years at this point.

In fairness, they might have a "just the pool" membership that's cheaper but if so it wasn't in the brochure.

I don't know much about YMCA membership, I didn't think one was even required. Everything I've heard was that it was a low cost place for kids' fitness and youth activities. That's a steep price though, more than many gym memberships charge, and LA Fitness has pools too.

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They weren't allowed in white pools. I believe segregation law required them to have their own facilities.

You don't tend to see public pools much anymore because apartment pools are so common now, and there are always gyms too of course. Honestly this stereotype doesn't seem to hold up that much anymore from what I've noticed. I'm sure people of all races who live in inland cities don't do as much swimming.

NeonOctopus posted...

My black friends are all terrible at swimming btw lol

I think its cuz inner city youth don't have access to pools iirc. That's where it comes from >____>

Public pools have been available for ages now. The issue is that they don't get formal swimming lessons from instructors, probably due to cost. Though I think you can still get them at the Y.

I can just imagine TC seething over the flat death rate for weeks because he didn't have any counter argument against it. And now finally, finally when there is a SLIGHT increase in deaths, he's dancing on his heels screaming "YES! More people are dying! In your FACE, trolls!"

myztikrice posted...

$3.50

I see what you did there.

"Acting like" lol. The death rate WAS flat. You seem really triggered over this.

The MCU streaming gimmick will never fly. It's far too much to ask of audiences to not only watch all of the movies that come out a few times a year, but also multiple series with 10 or more episodes each on an additional paid platform.

So basically you might be unemployed not because a recruiter lied to you, but because you do drugs you filthy drug doer.

For those who can't read Spanish:

WANTED for ASSAULT: Have you seen Carlos Gomez? On July 7 in front of 3343 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx at 7:11 pm, he choked the victim, dragged her to the ground and then stabbed her several times. If you have information, call @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS.

JBaLLEN66 posted...

Arent you alt right?

LMAO

More riots and fewer statues. More racism and less policing. Anti-cop hatred that will last for generations.

FabIemaster posted...

$1200 = new GPU

Great, now PC parts are gonna be even MORE impossible to get.

Tired-Insomniac posted...

If they had just listened to the experts back in March or April we'd be well on our way back to "normal" by now but nooo gotta PRUHTEKT MUH FREEDUMBS so now things are shutting down again.

The "experts" back in March and April said that the masks DIDN'T help and actually made things worse.

The infernal bass drop has ruined trailers for me.

ASithLord7 posted...

"It's saying all white people are fragile!" is the response you're going to get. Context doesn't exist.

That pretty much is what the book says. A lot of things worse than that, too.

Most people do put their shopping carts in the bay but most are either too dumb or too lazy to realize that the carts are literally designed to stack, so they just stick it into an increasingly scrambled heap.

I wonder if Biden could ever win an election against Pence.

It speaks volumes how we've "progressed" when it takes something extreme like this to get 50% of the reaction of a white person telling somebody to "speak English." Let's see how long that lasts.

Anyway, why is everyone talking about Terry Crews? What's his story?

EffectAndCause posted...

Isnt there a $40,000 a year maximum income to qualify this time?

Last I heard it was going to be around $65,000.

Fair, next. Cop haters are the scum of the earth.

Is this SFW?

Literally twitter

Got 'em.

Blue_Dream87 posted...

At least they wore masks

CE before protests
"States are reopening too early because they don't care about human life."
"People who are getting haircuts care about human life."
"People who are going to the pool are doing it because they don't care about human life."
CE during protests
"Why are you worried about some stupid virus killing thousands of people when cops kill DOZENS every year? Guess you don't think black lives matter."
"Yeah some people may get sick or die but it's worth it."
"Also property can be rebuilt or repaired but HUMAN LIFE can't be replaced. Except for the ones who die of coronavirus."
CE after the protests
"States are reopening too early because they don't care about human life."
"People who are getting haircuts care about human life."
"People who are going to the pool are doing it because they don't care about human life."
"Why doesn't anyone take this pandemic seriously anymore??"
CE when cases spike after the protests
"Uhh well at least the protesters wore masks."

Timohtep posted...

It's a custom printed canvas bag and a custom printed neck gaiter

Wait... you didn't order from musiciansfriend.com did you? I made the mistake of buying from them once, and ONLY once. I ordered a pack of strings on May 11 and it only arrived three days ago.

Bullet_Wing posted...

The only way Trump could be reelected is running against someone as shit as Hillary

No. If Biden even ENTERTAINS the idea of defunding the police, the Trump campaign will be all over it like flies on shit. He would lose every swing state and maybe a couple of leaning left ones. Nobody in their right mind would vote for a country without cops.

Kazi1212 posted...

If Biden doesnt talk about defunding the police he isnt getting elected this year

This is the only way he COULD get elected.

The book burners are relentless in 2020.

Not all chiropractors are equal, some are more skilled and use better techniques than others. If possible, you should see someone who practices the ABC (advanced biostructural correction) technique, which is far more effective than standard chiropractic. I didn't even know they were distinctive methods until recently. But only a small number of chiropractors have studied ABC, and some practictioners are not even chiropractors themselves. Also you want to avoid chiropractors who use machines and gimmicks since it's mostly to add fees to your visit. All you really need for an adjustment is a pair of hands and a table. Also if the adjustment hurt then someone was doing something wrong. Either he was doing it wrong or you didn't relax enough.

HylianFox posted...

Which is exactly why I put it in my savings account.

Because you hate the economy?

C_Pain posted...

Malthusian Thanos is so dumb. I thought he's supposed to be an intellect. Imagine thinking killing half the people will help thing. They will just repopulate. And also imagine the damage done to planetary systems with that. Why not just make more resources?

From Thanos's perspective as an interplanetary conqueror, he has only seen "positive" things, or desirable things from his actions. Also, "making more resources" is not only a dumb solution but also one that goes against his character and his motivations.

Considering there's only a 0.0001% chance a cop will kill someone during a call, and usually it's a result of a conflict, it's definitely the shittiest least effective method of attempted murder ever.

NeonOctopus posted...

So basically he just infected a bunch of people

Yeah basically. And that's the problem. Not enough people know what the masks are really for. Just take this topic for example.

Remember that the mask isn't meant to protect you, it's meant to protect others around you. He might still have gotten sick if he was wearing a mask and ignoring social distancing guidelines.

Sewage posted...

The thing is kids aren't perfectly safe from it. Yeah most will be alright, but some will come down with MIS-C.

Even if kids were invincible, you are talking about class rooms that involve kids from 20 different families. One kid shows up sick, they spread it to everyone else and then they go home from school and give it to their families who then unknowingly give it to whoever they come in contact with.

Also buses aren't for one individual class. One sick kid on a bus could end up infecting the entire school if the virus spread fast enough.

This. People who say that kids are mostly safe are missing the point.

Crono99 posted...

Is the distrust of the media just so profound that people don't even believe the pandemic is real?

I think the devil-may-care attitude regarding the protests pretty much killed the chance of anyone taking it seriously.

How about a governor?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/california-to-release-up-to-8-000-prisoners-to-curb-spread-of-coronavirus/ar-BB16AHt4?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

Lost_All_Senses posted...

People's personalities strongly influence how attractive I find them.

Which puts feminists at a double disadvantage. That's why they're resorting to their final tactic: preference shaming.

One software engineer reverse engineered TikTok and advises everyone to never use it.

https://www.boredpanda.com/tik-tok-reverse-engineered-data-information-collecting/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tik-tok-reverse-engineered-data-information-collecting-14-5ef34092a1948__700.jpg

Balrog0 posted...

What parts of the ending did you like?

I did like Dany's transformation even if on the surface it seemed a bit forced. When you think about it, Dany and Cersei were pretty much the same except they came from different circumstances. Cersei was born into privilege, Dany was sold into bondage on the other side of the world. Dany fought to establish herself as a force of power, Cersei fought to keep what she had. Both talked about burning cities to the ground. Both were extremely devoted mothers. Both were married to kings and were responsible for their deaths. The main difference between them is that Dany was never really presented with the hard choices, she pretty much got to where she was by slaughtering her enemies while liberating people in the process and gaining allies.

It's easy for us to think, and more importantly for Danaerys to think, that everything she did was out of altruism and that she was a liberator at heart due to her experience as a Dothraaki love slave. But she was always about destiny and revenge against her enemies from the beginning. Tyrion put it best when he said "everywhere she went, evil men died, and we cheered her for it." She got more powerful but also more corrupted the closer to the throne she got. With all that positive reinforcement as well as being a bloodborne ruler who is literally fireproof, wouldn't you think everything that you did must be right and justified? And then she got to Westeros, where it was the first time she had ever seen defeat. She lost two dragons, one got shot down right next to her, lost most of her armies, most of her navy, her most loyal bodyguard and friend, the lords and advisors were starting to doubt and question her methods and her claim to the throne, and her handmaiden best friend was beheaded right in front of her. I think it became clear to her for the first time that it was never about being a liberator or a good queen. I think even Drogon was starting to sense what she was, which is why he wasn't angry with John and torched the iron throne instead.

Aside from that I liked how Brienne completed Jaime's entry in the big book of deeds, cause I remember Joffrey mocking him about that after he became a cripple.

The Cleganes both ended where they started, right into the fire. It's also symbolic in a way of the cycle of grudges and revenge.

Considering how natural it is for a child to distrust a stepfather or how slow they are to bond, expecting a man to do the same for children that are not his, no questions asked, is about as simpy as it gets.