If you want a solution to America's social problems then you have to deal with race. Otherwise we need not discuss another problem.

I feel that it is not only my patriotic duty, but my civic duty to point out the wrong with the hopes that it will be corrected, not to play the blame game. If the offender happens to be White and the offense adversely affects Blacks then by deflecting, defending and otherwise denying and then gaslighting (Number7 is expert at it)- I submit to you that is racist.

Begging your pardon, but I am not allowed to deal with race.  If a white man says a word about race, they are almost immediately labelled racist. 

I am granted no authority to say a word to a black person about racism.  They will not listen to me.  Despite the fact that I think I have a fairly good understanding, they do not want to hear my suggestions.  Doing so would be more likely to get me lynched than to create any improvement. 

So...how would you suggest I "solve" racism?  Keep in mind that my family is Irish.  I'm just the third generation climbing out of our own racism mess.  I know that when I talked about it with my grandfather, he didn't wring his hands and bemoan his lot for being Irish.  He told stories about just quietly keeping on with his business, about keeping working, keeping saving.  He retired a millionaire several times over by doing nothing more than running his own business, keeping his head down and not looking for anyone else to solve his problems.  I'm sure that as a successful businessman, you recognize the value of those characteristics.  Are they part of "black culture"?  I"m not allowed to offer an opinion, so you tell all of us.

Technically it was not repealed, the penalty was set at zero.

I love it how Trump is unravelling every anti American policy Obama put in place.  He is doing exactly what he said he would do in the campaign, and this is in a law, not an EO. 

I expect this weekend a "breaking news" story that will push the Franken story off the front page.

Perhaps Mueller is preparing to indict a key Trump campaign person, such as the janitor at Trump Tower because they have evidence the janitor drinks White Russians.

Cable news will run with it 24/7.

Not related to the NFL, but related to sports:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21277983/mark-cuban-says-warriors-draymond-green-owes-apology-remark-team-owners

NBA player Draymond Green is saying that Mark Cuban, and others, shouldn't use the term "owner" because it implies they own people. Mark Cuban responded by saying that he owns equity, not people and it's wrong for Draymond Green to make that assertion.

We're now at the point where owning a company is offensive because it has the term "own" in it. Aside from that, the word "chairmen" has a legal component to it, such as the "chairman of the board" and is not appropriate for all situations.

Maybe we should start an era where we don't give a shit if people are offended, and instead of asking for an apology, the appropriate response would be to just tell the offending party to go fuck themselves. 

Oh, wait. That era lasted from about 1776 to 1988 or so.

Yes, it is a symbol of "Black Power" to offset the "racist" former mayor of Philly, Frank Rizzo's statue that's been there for decades, yet all of a sudden must be "offset" by this Afro Pick. 

http://thegardenisland.com/news/national/afro-pick-sculpture-goes-up-near-former-philly-mayor-statue/article_b436517a-2cf2-54c3-a224-a84e1e255eeb.html

What they need is a statue of a brother with his pants around his thighs and hand on his crotch and his other hand on a gat about to pop a cap in someone's ass. 

We may know this is a lot of nothing (Russia, etc), but the mainstream media has successfully convince, or at least reinforced it is real to a lot of people.  Of course they are mainly Hillary supporters that are still butt hurt she lost, but still.  It is scary what people believe, and WANT to believe.