Sponsored Content




Intermarkets' Privacy Policy
Support


Donate to Ace of Spades HQ!



Recent Entries
Absent Friends
Bandersnatch 2024
GnuBreed 2024
Captain Hate 2023
moon_over_vermont 2023
westminsterdogshow 2023
Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022
Dave In Texas 2022
Jesse in D.C. 2022
OregonMuse 2022
redc1c4 2021
Tami 2021
Chavez the Hugo 2020
Ibguy 2020
Rickl 2019
Joffen 2014
AoSHQ Writers Group
A site for members of the Horde to post their stories seeking beta readers, editing help, brainstorming, and story ideas. Also to share links to potential publishing outlets, writing help sites, and videos posting tips to get published. Contact OrangeEnt for info:
maildrop62 at proton dot me
Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups

NoVaMoMe 2024: 06/08/2024
Arlington, VA
Details to follow


Texas MoMe 2024: 10/18/2024-10/19/2024 Corsicana,TX
Contact Ben Had for info





















« EMT 11/29/14 - Ye Olde Poste Fowle Sæternes-dæge edishun.[krakatoa] | Main | Fundamental Concepts : The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many [Weirddave] »
November 29, 2014

Saturday Politics Thread: Now With More Butane [Y-not]

Terrible week in Ferguson.

BurningCopCar.jpg

For some reason, in the midst of all the unrest, the junior senator from Kentucky thought that publishing this would be helpful:


In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians. Michael Brown's death and the suffocation of Eric Garner in New York for selling untaxed cigarettes indicate something is wrong with criminal justice in America. The War on Drugs has created a culture of violence and put police in a nearly impossible situation.

In Ferguson, the precipitating crime was not drugs, but theft. But the War on Drugs has created a tension in some communities that too often results in tragedy. One need only witness the baby in Georgia, who had a concussive grenade explode in her face during a late-night, no-knock drug raid (in which no drugs were found) to understand the feelings of many minorities -- the feeling that they are being unfairly targeted.

Three out of four people in jail for drugs are people of color. In the African American community, folks rightly ask why are our sons disproportionately incarcerated, killed, and maimed?

African Americans perceive as true that their kids are more likely to be killed. ProPublica examined 33 years of FBI data on police shootings, accounted for the racial make-up of the country, and determined that: "Young black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their white counterparts - 21 times greater."

Can some of the disparity be blamed on a higher rate of crime in the black community? Yes, but there is a gnawing feeling that simply being black in a high-crime area increases your risk for a deadly altercation with police.

Helpful to solidifying his cult status with a certain segment of youth, that is.

Because otherwise I don't see why he felt the need to open his pie-hole, especially given that Mike Brown was under the influence of marijuana when he made that fateful decision to attack a police officer.

I am so done with him.

I will, however, take a serious look at Mr. Wilson (hat tip: CDR M's overnight thread).


Open thread. (Feel free to thread-jack to more pleasant topics, btw.)

digg this
posted by Open Blogger at 09:50 AM

| Access Comments




Recent Comments
Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway: "Sous Vide that shit! - - - - - CBD From a Close ..."

jim (in Kalifornia) [/b][/s][/i][/u]: "237 The majority of right-wing viewers were alway ..."

RedMindBlueState[/i][/b][/s][/u]: "[i]Sous Vide that shit! - - - - - CBD From a Cl ..."

It's me donna : " Sous Vide that shit! - - - - - CBD From a Clo ..."

AZ deplorable moron: "Oh, and first! ..."

AZ deplorable moron: "Odds on him serving all 25? ..."

mikeski: "[i]The proper term is "titmouse murmuration" Post ..."

Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden: "[i]The best steak you will ever eat will be cooked ..."

Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/b][/i][/s][/u]: "[i] Steak and Ale Posted by: MAGA_Ken[/i] Go ..."

mrp: "Garlic powder, cracked black pepper, Worcestershir ..."

Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden: "[i] Dang. I doubt she meant to once again showcas ..."

THURSTON HOWELL III: "Pfft. Microwaved to well-doneness. Coat with ketch ..."

Recent Entries
Search


Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Top Top Tens
Greatest Hitjobs

The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
Powered by
Movable Type 2.64