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Mr. Scorpio
Mr. Scorpio's Journal
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July 20, 2016
I'm wondering if Donald Trump Jr. will regale us about his African animal murdering adventures
July 20, 2016
I'm sitting here watching Tiffany Trump's speech and the first question that comes to mind is...
"Are we supposed to be impressed?"
July 20, 2016
About now they should have a hologram of Reagan's corpse come on stage
And endorse his boy
July 19, 2016
While watching this bullshit with the rollcall of the states
it definitely helps when you're drinking.
July 19, 2016
Apparently, The RNC...
Is all about making ones outrageous delusions, fears and hatred of Hillary Clinton real through shouting nonsense at the top of one's voice.
The terrorists are coming to get us... "ISIS is in all fifty states!" "Isis," meaning Muslim-Americans, Joni Ernst?
This is one of the darkest conventions I've ever seen in my life.
July 17, 2016
Why I Don't Talk About Race With White People
Racism is so deeply embedded in this country not because of the racist right-wing radicals who practice it openly. It exists because of the silence and hurt feelings of liberal America.
By John Metta / Huffington Post
July 15, 2016
What follows is the text of a sermon that I gave as a congregational reflection to an all white audience at the Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ on Sunday, June 28th. The sermon was begun with a reading of The Good Samaritan story, and this wonderful quote from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies Americanah. Credit for this speech goes to Chaédria LaBouvier, whos Why We Left inspired me to speak out about racism; to Robin DiAngelo, whos White Fragility gave me an understanding of the topic; and to Reni Eddo-Lodge who said Why Im no longer talking to white people about race long before I had the courage to start doing it again.
A couple weeks ago, I was debating what I was going to talk about in this sermon. I told Pastor Kelly Ryan I had great reservations talking about the one topic that I think about every single day.
Then, a terrorist massacred nine innocent people in a church that I went to, in a city that I still think of as home. At that point, I knew that despite any misgivings, I needed to talk about race.
You see, I dont talk about race with white people. To illustrate why, Ill tell a story:
It was probably about 15 years ago when a conversation took place between my aunt, who is white and lives in New York State, and my sister, who is black and lives in North Carolina. This conversation can be distilled to a single sentence, said by my black sister:
The only difference between people in the North and people in the South is that down here, at least people are honest about being racist.
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/why-i-dont-talk-about-race-white-people
By John Metta / Huffington Post
July 15, 2016
What follows is the text of a sermon that I gave as a congregational reflection to an all white audience at the Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ on Sunday, June 28th. The sermon was begun with a reading of The Good Samaritan story, and this wonderful quote from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies Americanah. Credit for this speech goes to Chaédria LaBouvier, whos Why We Left inspired me to speak out about racism; to Robin DiAngelo, whos White Fragility gave me an understanding of the topic; and to Reni Eddo-Lodge who said Why Im no longer talking to white people about race long before I had the courage to start doing it again.
A couple weeks ago, I was debating what I was going to talk about in this sermon. I told Pastor Kelly Ryan I had great reservations talking about the one topic that I think about every single day.
Then, a terrorist massacred nine innocent people in a church that I went to, in a city that I still think of as home. At that point, I knew that despite any misgivings, I needed to talk about race.
You see, I dont talk about race with white people. To illustrate why, Ill tell a story:
It was probably about 15 years ago when a conversation took place between my aunt, who is white and lives in New York State, and my sister, who is black and lives in North Carolina. This conversation can be distilled to a single sentence, said by my black sister:
The only difference between people in the North and people in the South is that down here, at least people are honest about being racist.
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/why-i-dont-talk-about-race-white-people
July 17, 2016
Despite the American publics push for police reform, some law enforcement officers are attending classes emphasizing use of force -- even if their departments dont Ok it.
By Katie Rucke @katierucke | June 2, 2014
It's not like that we weren't warned.
Trained To Kill: The Policing Tactics The Public Isn’t Supposed To Know About
Other lessons Jack learned from the Anatomy of Force Incidents training in January include a need to over-analyze ones environment for deadly threats by using ones imagination to create targets of the day who could be reasonably shot, to view racial profiling as a legitimate policing technique, even if the person is a child, pregnant woman or elderly person, and to use the law to ones advantage to avoid culpability.Despite the American publics push for police reform, some law enforcement officers are attending classes emphasizing use of force -- even if their departments dont Ok it.
By Katie Rucke @katierucke | June 2, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS On May 28, 126 police officers in Seattle filed a lawsuit in federal court, arguing that restrictions placed on the department by a federal court in 2012 regarding officers ability to use excessive force was a violation of their constitutional rights as officers.
Although the restrictions were put in place by the feds to curb the rampant unconstitutional policing the city was experiencing especially when it came to the use of excessive and deadly force against mostly minority suspects the officers argue that having to restrain themselves while on duty only leads to an increase in the number of citizens and officers killed.
In their 81-page filing, the officers specifically argue that they are often put in situations in which they have no choice but to overreact and use force. They also say that the current impractical and burdensome restrictions only trap officers and lead to an increase in misconduct violations.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/trained-to-kill-the-policing-tactics-the-public-isnt-supposed-to-know-about/191639/
Although the restrictions were put in place by the feds to curb the rampant unconstitutional policing the city was experiencing especially when it came to the use of excessive and deadly force against mostly minority suspects the officers argue that having to restrain themselves while on duty only leads to an increase in the number of citizens and officers killed.
In their 81-page filing, the officers specifically argue that they are often put in situations in which they have no choice but to overreact and use force. They also say that the current impractical and burdensome restrictions only trap officers and lead to an increase in misconduct violations.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/trained-to-kill-the-policing-tactics-the-public-isnt-supposed-to-know-about/191639/
It's not like that we weren't warned.
July 17, 2016
Stevie Wonder & Omar - Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing
July 17, 2016
Wherever - Omar Lye Fook
July 17, 2016
Isaac Hayes - The Look Of Love
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