I think the new video is important. It shows her face. People make decisions on a split of logic and emotion, with a different split between different people. Faces help with making that emotional connection. And then calling her a "fucking bitch" afterwards is just galling. Also, I think seeing it from the shooter's perspective makes it easier to determine whether he had a reasonable fear for his life. Since we are seeing what he saw, it's much easier to put ourselves in his shoes, rather than guessing. I don't think there was much of a chance of getting a conviction off the first video. But it might be possible to get one on the second video. (All assuming this ever had a chance of getting presented to a jury.)
It doesn't show* the shot. It does show them (shooter and passenger) conversing and shows her (driver) expression shortly being he (shooter) murdered her. It's not the expression of someone who is trying to murder cops. *you can't see it, but I imagine you can hear it with sound on.
On the off chance that this is a serious question, do you really equate driving in a car on a public street with someone breaching a barricade after storming the Capitol as part of a violent mob? One is an activity most people do on a daily basis and the other is a felony, at the very least. Not only is there a huge difference in the culpability of the deceased, it's a paradigm shift in the assessment of risk for the officer doing the shooting. If you're not recognizing that difference, it's because you've chosen not to.
For Expanse fans - I am reminded of the scene between Amos and Murtry. Something like "You're a murderer. Killing him got you off and you're just itching for a chance to do it again."
I assume that's him supporting people who drive through protests, potentially killing protestors. I don't think he has any issue with cops killing non-Republicans, regardless of context.
Killing the woman did not stop or slow the car. Killing the woman did not change the car's direction. The officer did not get hurt. Because he was never in any actual danger. If his life had been in danger prior to killing the woman, he'd be dead now.
Not to give the administration any idea, but I think that would make it easier to acquire. With a population of 67,000 people, it seems like we could offer each person $100,000 if the referendum to pass, and we could effectively buy it for $67B. That sounds like a bargain to me. I still think it's ridiculous, but bribing a small population seems less ridiculous that threatening an ally.
Using FDR as a data point is good from an economic standpoint. I'm not sure that holds up for other policies. He did deport thousands of American citizens of Mexican descent, continue the segregated military, etc.. For anyone looking for role models from the past, I'll quote Blake: "Drive your plow over the bones of the dead." (In order to grow something new, you need avoid the reverence of the past.) FDR was better than most, but most really sucked.
Yep. The bigger pool of viruses reproducing inevitably leads to greater genetic diversity in the pool. Sooner or later, there will be genetic variations which my body hasn't trained on.
Assuming this true, and not some viral bullshit that the Department of Homeland Security couldn't figure out.. Hiltons are mostly franchised, so I assume it's a franchise owner, not the Hilton corporation making that call. Or maybe some lower level employee making a stand. I would expect Hilton corporate to weigh in and threaten the franchise. No way are they going to risk their government business over this.
One of the big questions for AI is what effect it will have on humans. How you treat AI will train you. On one hand, I can see that keeping some level of detachment is good, to avoid confusing an AI as a real person. But if say 70% of the interactions during the day are with an AI, and I act like a dick, I think that would inevitably have some carry over with real people. If I drop "thank you" and "please" when interacting with an AI, will that carry over to how I deal with my family? Also, in pretty much every scifi movie where the robots take over, it's always the abusive asshole human who gets got in a particularly gruesome way.
She has decades of grift available for her. A tell-all about shit everyone already assumes isn't going to pad her wallet like hawking cheap jewelry will.
But he does demonstrate the anti-woke mindset, with the basic dogma of "Any societal changes after high school is suspect." We have this weird, natural inclination to believe we grew up "right." I first realized this when I spent my first Christmas with my ex and this weird belief we both had that our vision of Christmas was the version we should follow. Being "woke" means you challenge what you assumed previously. There are a lot of people who struggle with that.
Can you point to the part of the article that matches up to "an insular, clannish set of first and second generation immigrants from a notoriously corrupt and crime-ridden locale, who are virtually all dependent on state welfare.." Where is the author implying that Somalians brought this corruption to America? You seem to think this about the mafia; it's not. This is about poor people, loose money during a crisis, and the opportunities for grift that inevitably follow.
For me, "woke" is a fairly non-specific realization that you were wrong about what you formerly believed, or at least assumed. "Waking up to the fact that..." That might be at different times for different subjects. For my GenX self, examples might include: Homosexuality is normal, and, as such, there is really nothing to ridicule. Fag jokes are usually just nervous energy channeled into giggles. Not only were black people telling the truth about racism in society, they were likely understating the case due to politeness and fatigue. This is particularly true about their interactions with the police. Body cams made a huge difference in waking up, but the Rodney King case and Mark Fuhrman laid the ground work. My perception of many ethnicities was heavily influenced by movies and TV, the writers of which knew no more than I did. They were just regurgitating the same tropes.
Seriously man, just fuck off. You keep using this story as cudgel against the Somalian as a whole, as if they imported welfare fraud from Somalia. It's exactly why the Trump administration is pushing it and you are just lapping it up. White people, including Aimee Bock, commit plenty of fraud, but your main take-away is that we must do something about those unethical African immigrants.
I am curious what this Supreme Court Justice thinks the legal distinction is between "brief investigative stops" and the inevitable reality his cover provided ICE.
I am guessing during her Senate exploration, she hired a strategist and they are working on her image. With her current negatives, her options were limited to Rep from a very red district or being a commentator on FoxNews. She wants a promotion. Although honestly, with the sheer volume of stupid shit she's said, I have a hard time imagine her winning a statewide election in purplish Georgian. She should just move to Oklahoma. I delight in the irony that some of her angst may be because neither she, nor any of her 32 Republican female colleague members, were awarded Committee Chair positions. Let's face it: if a woman is not qualified to be President then why would one be qualified to run a Congressional Committee.
I assume you mean 2024, since that is the data for the map, and most areas didn't have federal elections in 2025. For 2026, I'd expect turnout to be lower across the board, because that is what always happens with non-Presidential years. I'd expect it to dip less in states with Senate and/over governor elections. Theoretically, I'd like to see lower turnout in rural counties and higher turnout in urban counties. But, if there is a "wave" type election in 26, I would guess it's more about changes in percentages in the urban/suburban areas rather than rural America staying home. This map is great in demonstrating how the electoral college (and gerrymandering) reduces participation in states that are dominated by one side.
Maybe Miller actually hates Sinatra, since he was the child of Italian immigrants. I bet we could even find racist Anti-Italian and specifically anti-Sicilian cartoons and editorials from when they immigrated here.