I’ll try it.  Nothing wrong with black women.  But if it gets preachy or “hate men” or anything I’ll drop it.

Not woke at all. One thing that took me back was Meghan Markle. I was planning on disliking her just because of the way she screwed up Harry, etc. 

Instead, she is a half way decent actress, and a sympathetic character on this show. I was pleasantly surprised.

The senile, walking crime syndicate known as pedophile joe biden, thinks he can build a railroad across the ocean.

I think he should be locked up in a memory care unit and his entire cabinet indicted for crimes against humanity.

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/06/15/joe-biden-suffers-multiple-malfunctions-while-touting-a-railroad-across-the-indian-ocean-n761798

That’s what happens when you make national energy policy based on the ramblings of a snot-nosed teenager on the autism spectrum.

I spent a couple years in Asia in the military. I got pretty good at telling which country Asians, well the females anyways, were from. And more importantly, if they had or had a dick removed.

Think about how the US has adapted into a suburban lifestyle. There are few suburbs in this country that can be adequately serviced by public transportation. The entire nation is built on being able to literally drive door to door.  Homes are built that way, stores are built that way, and roads are built that way.

Their nirvana can literally never happen.

Won't stop them from doing everything they can to make it happen regardless of the "collateral damage" they cause.

...is worse than the old mayor:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11950187/Chicagos-new-liberal-mayor-blames-spiraling-violent-crime-BUSINESSES.html

"Brandon Johnson, a former union organizer who was elected on Tuesday, said the city doesn't have money to solve its problem because '70 percent of large corporations in the state of Illinois don't pay a corporate tax'."



'It's that type of restraint on our budget that has caused the type if disinvestment that has led to poverty, of course that has led to violence,' said Johnson, who didn't give the source for his claim.

The 47-year-old Cook County commissioner beat candidate Paul Vallas, 69, who had the backing of Chicago's police union, by around 13,000 votes. Johnson will replace ousted mayor Lori Lightfoot, who fell out of favor after crime surged under her.

Top of Johnson's agenda will be reversing the city's spiraling crime rate and dealing with out-of-control homelessness that's transformed part of O'Hare International Airport into a grubby makeshift shelter."

Let's go, uhh, Brandon.

Qualified immunity is not law passed by Congress nor is it in the Constitution. It was pretty much legislated by the bench and was a reaction to claims, true or not, of excessive police brutality against blacks. It is indeed abused but to what extent is debatable.  I am opposed to it on principle.  No one, law enforcement or not, violating a person’s fourth amendment rights, should be shielded from liability.  And it’s true we got along fine without it for most of our history.

But as a pragmatist, I worry that due to changing culture and demographics we are facing a critical shortage of police officers.  Ending qualified immunity may make this situation worse.  It is proven that strong policing cuts down on crime.  With the situation in the cities what they are, the last thing we want to do is weaken the police.  Even if ending qualified immunity doesn’t result in a dearth of policemen, it may result in police being reluctant to act for fear of lawsuits.

One solution is for municipalities to shield officers from liability (pay for their defense and any settlements).  I have a problem with the idea of low-salary police being open to high jury awards for trying to apprehend a criminal and making split second decisions under pressure. This hurts their families. 

On the other hand there are abusive cops, and corruption in many forces, and it is often the innocent, not criminals, who are victims of police “over-enthusiasm” and they deserve justice and compensation.

Having said all that, right now I don’t think it’s an issue Trump should press.  He will turn off libertarians and independents and he doesn’t need it to keep his MAGA core, so it’s not strategic, and he needs all the good strategy he can get to overcome the upcoming Democrat cheating.

2024 is more about getting rid of the Dems than about any of these myriad secondary issues.  Focus on the big ones and many of the small ones will take care of themselves. Crime was at its lowest when Trump was in office before the pandemic. Minority unemployment was at its lowest (there’s a correlation there).  Booming economy, low gas prices, no inflation, border under control, and no WW3.  Get that back:  Far more important than bickering over qualified immunity.

Fuck, I’m tired and would like to stop having to adult 24/7 and have a little fun.

When is the last time you've flown?