tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post6089016243199064667..comments2024-03-29T04:36:27.483-04:00Comments on the daily howler: KRISTOF VILLAGE: Himmler revealed! <b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-67765322015496533662022-02-25T02:37:08.502-05:002022-02-25T02:37:08.502-05:00สาระน่ารู้เกี่ยวกับการเงิน การบริหารการเงิน จัดการ...สาระน่ารู้เกี่ยวกับการเงิน การบริหารการเงิน จัดการวางแผนการเงิน ธุรกิจอสังหาริมทรัพย์ และการลงทุนต่าง ๆ รวมไว้ ที่ supremosystems <a href="https://supremosystems.com/category/financial-planning/" rel="nofollow">เข้าเว็บไซต์</a> เว็บไซต์ที่จะช่วยให้คุณมีการใช้เงินอย่างมีเเบบเเผน การลงทุนระยะยาวที่จะช่วยเปลี่ยนเงินเก็บของคุณเป็นการลงทุนที่คุ้มค่า เเละเทคนิคต่างๆที่จะช่วยให้การเงินของคุณมั่นคง. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-43508334220745430972014-12-11T06:24:42.855-05:002014-12-11T06:24:42.855-05:00Ah, "Some of my best cousins are half-black.&...Ah, "Some of my best cousins are half-black."<br /><br />That's quite a family you have, David. No matter what topic is under discussion, you've always got a relative whose life experience perfectly match whatever loony point you attempt to make.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-19812894523062266742014-12-03T14:27:49.216-05:002014-12-03T14:27:49.216-05:00Lemme guess, the 4th is "I'm always right...Lemme guess, the 4th is "I'm always right and I never lie."KUnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-49397635215626387792014-12-02T21:53:41.487-05:002014-12-02T21:53:41.487-05:00...the villagers in Ferguson could change everythi...<i>...the villagers in Ferguson could change everything in a couple of elections.</i> [END QUOTE]<br /><br />Which is to say that the villagers in Ferguson could change everything in the space of time that includes the two Tuesdays after the first Monday in any two consecutive Aprils. Two of the City Council's seven voting seats are up for election each April except every third year when, with the mayor's position on the ballot, the holders of three of the seven voting Council seats are determined. <a href="https://www.municode.com/library/mo/ferguson/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICH_ARTVIIELNO_S7.1CIEL" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a><br /><br />The City Council chooses the City Manager and the City Manager chooses the Police Chief.<br /><br />To hear the New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/opinion/in-ferguson-black-town-white-power.html?_r=2" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a> explain it though, things would probably have to get a whole lot uglier in Ferguson for blacks to all of a sudden get registered and make it to the polls in large numbers on a day not in November... or something:<br /><br />[QUOTE] <i>...Ferguson’s demographics have shifted rapidly: in 1990, it was 74 percent white and 25 percent black; in 2000, 52 percent black and 45 percent white; by 2010, 67 percent black and 29 percent white....<br /><br />In Ferguson last year, 86 percent of stops, 92 percent of searches and 93 percent of arrests were of black people — despite the fact that police officers were far less likely to find contraband on black drivers (22 percent versus 34 percent of whites). This worsens inequality, as struggling blacks do more to fund local government than relatively affluent whites.<br /><br />By contrast, consider the city: After decades of methodically building political power, blacks in St. Louis City elected a black mayor in 1993 and black aldermen or alderwomen in nearly half the city’s wards, and hold two of three seats on the powerful Board of Estimate and Apportionment, which must approve all city contracts. Well-established churches, Democratic ward organizations and other civic institutions mobilize voters in black wards.<br /><br />But because blacks have reached the suburbs in significant numbers only over the past 15 years or so, fewer suburban black communities have deeply ingrained civic organizations.<br /><br />That helps explain why majority-black Ferguson has a virtually all-white power structure: a white mayor; a school board with six white members and one Hispanic, which recently suspended a highly regarded young black superintendent who then resigned; a City Council with just one black member; and a 6 percent black police force.<br /><br />Many North County towns — and inner-ring suburbs nationally — resemble Ferguson. Longtime white residents have consolidated power, continuing to dominate the City Councils and school boards despite sweeping demographic change. They have retained control of patronage jobs and municipal contracts awarded to allies.<br /><br />The North County Labor Club, whose overwhelmingly white constituent unions (plumbers, pipe fitters, electrical workers, sprinkler fitters) have benefited from these arrangements, operates a potent voter-turnout operation that backs white candidates over black upstarts. The more municipal contracts an organization receives, the more generously it can fund re-election campaigns.</i> [END QUOTE]CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-5126388507143131372014-12-02T20:56:24.015-05:002014-12-02T20:56:24.015-05:00My chief weapon is withering snark. Snark and con...My chief weapon is withering snark. Snark and contempt. Contempt and snark. My <i>two</i> weapons are snark and contempt, ... and biting rhetorical questions. My <i>three</i> weapons are snark, contempt, rhetorical questions, and an almost fanatical dedication to accuracy. My <i>four</i> ... no, amongst my weapons are ....<br /><br />I'll come in again.deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-562778767660321892014-12-02T20:50:54.139-05:002014-12-02T20:50:54.139-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-35749124601365107932014-12-02T18:45:56.507-05:002014-12-02T18:45:56.507-05:00Yeah, do what deadrat does: destroy him with withe...Yeah, do what deadrat does: destroy him with withering snark. Kenyan Ursurpernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-82411015145004235352014-12-02T18:43:30.649-05:002014-12-02T18:43:30.649-05:00You were a big fan of Pravda back in the day, eh c...You were a big fan of Pravda back in the day, eh comrade?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-23520729218316617142014-12-02T14:05:06.491-05:002014-12-02T14:05:06.491-05:00deadrat, my point isn't to generalize to the b...deadrat, my point isn't to generalize to the black population. It's to generalize to the non-black population. The non-black world was fully accepting of my three cousins. In some cases they seem to have benefitted from racial preferences. David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-69250929675069775762014-12-02T13:49:18.147-05:002014-12-02T13:49:18.147-05:00Stop beating up on KZ. If he bothers you, then do...Stop beating up on KZ. If he bothers you, then do what I do: just read his excellent spell casting posts.deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26525866563207132212014-12-02T13:47:53.699-05:002014-12-02T13:47:53.699-05:00One difference between Ferguson and medieval villa...One difference between Ferguson and medieval village is that the villagers in Ferguson could change everything in a couple of elections.deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25226590228081575482014-12-02T13:45:06.117-05:002014-12-02T13:45:06.117-05:00majneb, Sorry, but even if we assume that a fleein...majneb, Sorry, but even if we assume that a fleeing, unarmed suspect stops and then "advances" on a cop, shooting him dead is likely a deviation from the standard of care.<br /><br />@8:49, You're right to point out that cops are almost never indicted even when they're clearly in the wrong. I'm just noting that had the DA conducted a grand jury as usual, the case he presented could have supported a true bill or not. Given the reluctance of grand juries to indict a cop, the "or not" would probably have prevailed. But the DA didn't want to take any chances. deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-58857115373045322212014-12-02T13:32:26.269-05:002014-12-02T13:32:26.269-05:00Are your three cousins precisely more than half bl...Are your three cousins precisely more than half black? Because if that's true, we can generalize from your personal experience to the majority of the black population, dontchathink?<br /><br />P.S. High-school star student D'leisha Dent only got into college "easily" because she applied to a college that takes all applicants.deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-43320284968611329672014-12-02T12:27:50.739-05:002014-12-02T12:27:50.739-05:00Based on the politics, and who runs the city, Ferg...Based on the politics, and who runs the city, Ferguson IS a medieval village.<br /><br />BertoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-92062043913396406242014-12-02T12:24:22.054-05:002014-12-02T12:24:22.054-05:00The discussion of 'custody of the crime scene&...The discussion of 'custody of the crime scene" (as just one item) happens on TDH, not in a Grand Jury room. That's why I think shooting an unarmed kid is enough to indict.<br />Unless you're saying it can happen in a Grand Jury room, but this particular grand jury didn't do it's job. If it's the latter, who's going to tell whitey this grand jury was flawed?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-86860085156209341132014-12-02T10:22:16.636-05:002014-12-02T10:22:16.636-05:00We aren't roasting in a fiery hell of liberal ...We aren't roasting in a fiery hell of liberal inanity and insanity? Sorry, but Bob has shown this to be the case many times over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-83576500677975023082014-12-02T10:14:58.810-05:002014-12-02T10:14:58.810-05:00Of course we give cops the benefit of the doubt, e...Of course we give cops the benefit of the doubt, especially when physical evidence and witness testimony supports their story. If there were no witnesses and only evidence Brown attacked Wilson in his car with zero further evidence supporting or undermining Wilson's story, he should be given the benefit of the doubt. This is what civilizations do to ensure that any sane person will step up to serve without fearing he will be tried when there is evidence supporting him acting in self defense or tried and convicted when there is no evidence in either direction, the absurd outcomes progressives hope for when the suspect who is shot has black skin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-20458625101302330302014-12-02T10:09:38.412-05:002014-12-02T10:09:38.412-05:00One can never know if they "overreacted"...One can never know if they "overreacted" because they didn't wait to see what the men attacking them "would" do if they could continue to attack them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-88834495257232188762014-12-02T10:07:33.359-05:002014-12-02T10:07:33.359-05:00"Increasingly" is like "seems."..."Increasingly" is like "seems." Two of Bob's favorite weasel words from a lazy mind that renders his meanderings meaningless. <br /><br />In short, Bob lacks the drive to support what he says, and the guts to say it.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-49943377940493995392014-12-02T09:54:33.466-05:002014-12-02T09:54:33.466-05:00I saw my three black (more precisely, half-black) ...I saw my three black (more precisely, half-black) cousins go through school, in an integrated city. The oldest, is diligent and reasonably bright. He had some problems coping with his black classmates' disapproval of "acting white", but he's a big guy with a sound ego and he did OK. He went to Princeton and now works as a computer programmer.<br /><br />His sister is brilliant. She didn't need affirmative action to get into Yale. She's now a writer. The New York Times sometimes uses her to review books written by a black author.<br /><br />The youngest graduated from a good college and has held various jobs, despite some emotional problems.<br /><br />The point is, whatever problems my cousins had to deal with in getting a job were not based on discrimination. <br /><br />Now, I admit that the three of them spoke proper English and presented themselves like responsible members of the greater community. They didn't look like drug users or gang-bangers. But, that's my point. Black children in the inner city can learn those same skills. Those who learn them will succeed.<br /><br />P.S. D'leisha Dent did get into college. David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-21168200055227798212014-12-02T08:57:03.984-05:002014-12-02T08:57:03.984-05:00I searched "increasingly!"
Look at me! ...I searched "increasingly!"<br /><br />Look at me! <br /><br />Hey, mom -- I have a comment up on the internet!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-27612813652662431822014-12-02T08:54:52.241-05:002014-12-02T08:54:52.241-05:00Also gotta loathe KZ's defining douche move: p...Also gotta loathe KZ's defining douche move: pretending he knows whether 1:34 Anon ever articulates anything substantive.<br /><br />"You detest me, the great KZ, and on that basis I am sure you have never said anything of merit!"<br /><br />What a self-important fuckwit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-24192042168350537972014-12-02T08:50:36.102-05:002014-12-02T08:50:36.102-05:00That's true. But no one wants him anywhere els...That's true. But no one wants him anywhere else either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-8435619922377528852014-12-02T08:49:06.984-05:002014-12-02T08:49:06.984-05:00Race out of the equation, do you people have any i...Race out of the equation, do you people have any idea what it takes to indict, let alone convict a cop?<br /><br />This case is unusual in some respects.<br /><br />The fact that a cop shooting an unarmed person, of any race, faces no trial is not at all unusual.<br /><br />It's the way the system is built.<br /><br />We foolishly -- and yes, with unexamined racist assumptions -- built the system that way.<br /><br />Here's the bar: live video footage of a thoroughly subdued, pleading suspect, prone, hands behind back, being shot in the back of the head by a cop would definitely be sufficient to indict. <br /><br />But it would still be even money whether a jury would convict.<br /><br />This case is not even close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-11448612774669825252014-12-02T07:59:58.119-05:002014-12-02T07:59:58.119-05:00Increasingly, we wonder how long Bob will be allow...Increasingly, we wonder how long Bob will be allowed to get away with pretending the things he talks about are important because eventually, if they continue on this trajectory he has been claiming they are on for many years now, they will be important. The world is full of real problems, but instead of talking about them Bob chooses to try to scare people with things that aren't -- but "increasingly" are -- problems. It's a lazy and dishonest mode of writing that Bob should have thrown out long ago.<br /><br />To get a sense for just how long and frequently Bob has been playing this game, a search for the word "increasingly" on his old site yields 527 hits; on this site 8 pages worth (no number counters here, so no practical way to count individual uses of the word). Reading through them shows the names change, but the verbiage itself remains: Ed Schultz and Keith Olbermann (remember them? ) have been replaced by Rachel Maddow and a rotating cast of pinch-hitters in Bob's universe, but all of them, as their predecessors once did, are getting "increasingly" stranger, odder, crazier, stupider, more like Fox, and so on. <br /><br />If the things Bob chooses to complain about were actually so vital -- NOW -- he wouldn't need to constantly tell the world how "increasingly" worse things are getting. Given the many years liberal stars have been "increasingly" going off the rails, according to Bob, we ought to be roasting in a fiery hell of liberal inanity and insanity by now, but increasingly, its obvious that we aren't. Increasingly, we wonder when it ends, when Y actually reaches infinity. Or in ten years, will Bob still be writing about how bad things are "increasingly" becoming, with a new cast of "increasingly" bad miscreants? Rachel Maddow's Narrowed Eyeshttp://msnbc.comnoreply@blogger.com