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In Compliance
Author: Raine
Date: 08/18/2022 12:46:24
Last night Ari Melber had an incredible segment. It was twelve minutes long, and made many important points about policing in America. It's well worth the watch.
The crux of it was this: Here is the segment:
Melber comparing the defiance of the MAGAt's and toward legal proceedings to what happens to people of color who "fail to comply." is not just hypocrisy. It is the epitome of white supremacy from a place in the political world once known as the GOP. Hypocrisy is just one of the tools in their authoritarian toolbox.
If only Breonna Taylor and countless other black Americans had been allowed to comply, they would be as alive as the very awful and guilty Steve Bannon and countless others in MAGA world. There are facts to back it up as shown above. I know the wheels of justice can be slow, but everyone should be able to have access to the wheels.
& 
Raine
The crux of it was this:
Trump, Melber noted, was given multiple opportunities to just comply and turn over the documents sought by the feds.
“We know the attorney general said they had already tried less intrusive means and then only went in because Trump was not complying,” Melber said.
Similarly, former Trump adviser Peter Navarro complained about his own arrest in June on Fox News.
“Which is the same place where viewers had been lectured so many times on how to avoid exactly those problems with police: Just say ‘Yes sir, yes officer’ and comply,” Melber noted, then shared a supercut video of Fox News voices saying exactly that.
The difference? That “just comply” advice was in response to police shootings of Black Americans.
“The hypocrisy and the double-standard here matters,” Melber said. “It is political and it is racial.”
Melber comparing the defiance of the MAGAt's and toward legal proceedings to what happens to people of color who "fail to comply." is not just hypocrisy. It is the epitome of white supremacy from a place in the political world once known as the GOP. Hypocrisy is just one of the tools in their authoritarian toolbox.
If only Breonna Taylor and countless other black Americans had been allowed to comply, they would be as alive as the very awful and guilty Steve Bannon and countless others in MAGA world. There are facts to back it up as shown above. I know the wheels of justice can be slow, but everyone should be able to have access to the wheels.
& Raine
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Comment by 
Raine on 08/18/2022 12:59:36
Raine on 08/18/2022 12:59:36
proper link to youtube video:
Comment by Raine on 08/18/2022 13:05:37
UGH!
We'll get it fixed. let's try again:
Raine on 08/18/2022 13:05:37
Quote by Raine:
proper link to youtube video:
We'll get it fixed. let's try again:
Comment by 
TriSec on 08/18/2022 13:10:42
TriSec on 08/18/2022 13:10:42
Morning, comrades.
Today is 878 days since Old Town Trolley shut down in the midst of the pandemic. It's been a wild ride, and somehow the Family TriSec has survived, despite college tuition, increasing costs, maxed credit cards, and literally years now of low hourly schedules worked.
August finally marks a turnaround, although at some cost. I just completed a stretch of 8 days at work, to the tune of 108 hours. The pay period previous was similar. Mrs. TriSec has also gotten a new job, with opposing pay cycles (we have income every Friday) and a higher rate of pay than she has had for the last two years as well.
The light at the end of the tunnel is not a train after all.
Today is 878 days since Old Town Trolley shut down in the midst of the pandemic. It's been a wild ride, and somehow the Family TriSec has survived, despite college tuition, increasing costs, maxed credit cards, and literally years now of low hourly schedules worked.
August finally marks a turnaround, although at some cost. I just completed a stretch of 8 days at work, to the tune of 108 hours. The pay period previous was similar. Mrs. TriSec has also gotten a new job, with opposing pay cycles (we have income every Friday) and a higher rate of pay than she has had for the last two years as well.
The light at the end of the tunnel is not a train after all.
Comment by 
BobR on 08/18/2022 13:18:59
I fixed it in the blog
BobR on 08/18/2022 13:18:59
Quote by Raine:
proper link to youtube video:
I fixed it in the blog
Comment by Raine on 08/18/2022 13:31:11
Raine on 08/18/2022 13:31:11
ooOOoo
Let's rock 'n' roll, Mr. Garland!
Comment by Raine on 08/18/2022 13:42:48
Raine on 08/18/2022 13:42:48
Well this is very messed up.
A well-known businessman living in exile in the US after criticizing Russia’s Vladimir Putin was found dead outside his apartment building in an upscale neighborhood of Washington, DC, police said.
Dan Rapoport, 52, was discovered lying on the sidewalk outside 2400 Main St. apartments in the Georgetown neighborhood shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday, according to police.
Police said they made the grim discovery after responding to a call about a “jumper.”
No cause of death has been released, but police said, “At this time, we do not suspect foul play.”
Comment by Raine on 08/18/2022 13:46:08
HE SOLD HIS HOUSE TO JARVANKA
Raine on 08/18/2022 13:46:08
Quote by Raine:
Well this is very messed up.A well-known businessman living in exile in the US after criticizing Russia’s Vladimir Putin was found dead outside his apartment building in an upscale neighborhood of Washington, DC, police said.
Dan Rapoport, 52, was discovered lying on the sidewalk outside 2400 Main St. apartments in the Georgetown neighborhood shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday, according to police.
Police said they made the grim discovery after responding to a call about a “jumper.”
No cause of death has been released, but police said, “At this time, we do not suspect foul play.”
Comment by 
Will_in_LA on 08/18/2022 14:00:08
Will_in_LA on 08/18/2022 14:00:08
Good morning, bloggers!!!!
The GOP seems to be doing its best to make the world safe for hypocrisy. Making the world safe for democracy? Not so much.
The GOP seems to be doing its best to make the world safe for hypocrisy. Making the world safe for democracy? Not so much.
Comment by TriSec on 08/18/2022 14:30:01
TriSec on 08/18/2022 14:30:01
Since it was recently my birthday, I'm off to buy an expensive bottle of tipple today.
Normally I get Scotch - but I'm looking for Bourbon this year.
Any suggestions from certain wings of the blog?
I'm eyeballing something called "Basil Hayden Subtle Smoke" Bourbon, but if I can't find that I'll be taking a Four Roses Small Barrel Select.
Normally I get Scotch - but I'm looking for Bourbon this year.
Any suggestions from certain wings of the blog?
I'm eyeballing something called "Basil Hayden Subtle Smoke" Bourbon, but if I can't find that I'll be taking a Four Roses Small Barrel Select.
Comment by Raine on 08/18/2022 14:34:45
Raine on 08/18/2022 14:34:45
now comes the good part:
He is pleading guilty to all 15 counts of the indictment.
— Andrea Bernstein (@AndreaBNYC) August 18, 2022
In exchange, he is agreeing to be sentenced to 5 months in jail, 5 years probation, and agrees to testify in the upcoming trial against the Trump organization.
Comment by Raine on 08/18/2022 14:36:01
Four roses is splendid.
Raine on 08/18/2022 14:36:01
Quote by TriSec:
Since it was recently my birthday, I'm off to buy an expensive bottle of tipple today.
Normally I get Scotch - but I'm looking for Bourbon this year.
Any suggestions from certain wings of the blog?
I'm eyeballing something called "Basil Hayden Subtle Smoke" Bourbon, but if I can't find that I'll be taking a Four Roses Small Barrel Select.
Comment by BobR on 08/18/2022 16:43:19
I am embarrassed to say I am not well-versed in bourbon. However, at a blind-tasting at friend's place several years ago with 12 or so bourbons (including some very expensive ones), the Four Roses came out on top.
BobR on 08/18/2022 16:43:19
Quote by TriSec:
Since it was recently my birthday, I'm off to buy an expensive bottle of tipple today.
Normally I get Scotch - but I'm looking for Bourbon this year.
Any suggestions from certain wings of the blog?
I'm eyeballing something called "Basil Hayden Subtle Smoke" Bourbon, but if I can't find that I'll be taking a Four Roses Small Barrel Select.
I am embarrassed to say I am not well-versed in bourbon. However, at a blind-tasting at friend's place several years ago with 12 or so bourbons (including some very expensive ones), the Four Roses came out on top.