What Is happening in the Castillo, Damond, Floyd, and Wright case is that they are getting killed without any armed resistance, and little to no physical resistance. It's pretty easy for the cycle to be broken. Stop killing unarmed or unresisting( Castillo was legally carrying, but told the cop that, and did not draw) people.
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The common refrain in all of these cases are officers are fearful. It’s driving reckless, at best, decisions and more logically negligent and criminal actions.
A lot of that could be changed if people cared to give a shit about other people that don’t look like or believe in the same things that they and most of their close family and friends do. Instead, people continue to want to become further isolated and care only of their interests.
Combine that with police forces that are significantly under trained and vetted while also being unjustifiably over funded and armed and its pretty damn easy to see why we are where we are as a country.
A lot of that could be changed if people cared to give a shit about other people that don’t look like or believe in the same things that they and most of their close family and friends do. Instead, people continue to want to become further isolated and care only of their interests.
Combine that with police forces that are significantly under trained and vetted while also being unjustifiably over funded and armed and its pretty damn easy to see why we are where we are as a country.
I had to go on a road trip for a funeral the past couple days... very truncated event considering the pandemic and all. At least I got to pull one positive thing from such a downer of a situation... the funeral was in St. Ignace MI, located in the upper peninsula... so I decided to stay in nearby Mackinaw City MI, located just across the Mackinac bridge. I had never driven across it before, and only saw it once when I was a kid on a very foggy day, could only even see a single pier that day.
Now I've driven over that monster twice! I must say, driving over such a large bridge so high over very deep waters of lake Michigan... with a side rail lower than the doors on my car... and the road, although 4 lanes, with 2 in each direction, feels pretty narrow, with only a little 4 inch tall median separating each direction's pair of lanes from each other...
I would be absolutely terrified of that bridge on a windy day!
5 miles long, center span is 200ft above the water, which is 252 feet deep... and yes, at least 1 car has been blown off the bridge before... in 1989... took 8 days for divers to locate the mangled vehicle, which had sunk to a depth of 152ft (obviously wasn't at the center span, but not much good that does anyone since most of the bridge is still very high over very deep water).
I love driving, so I loved going over the bridge, but at the same time, I'm afraid of heights, so it was still quite a tense experience...
Now I've driven over that monster twice! I must say, driving over such a large bridge so high over very deep waters of lake Michigan... with a side rail lower than the doors on my car... and the road, although 4 lanes, with 2 in each direction, feels pretty narrow, with only a little 4 inch tall median separating each direction's pair of lanes from each other...
I would be absolutely terrified of that bridge on a windy day!
5 miles long, center span is 200ft above the water, which is 252 feet deep... and yes, at least 1 car has been blown off the bridge before... in 1989... took 8 days for divers to locate the mangled vehicle, which had sunk to a depth of 152ft (obviously wasn't at the center span, but not much good that does anyone since most of the bridge is still very high over very deep water).
I love driving, so I loved going over the bridge, but at the same time, I'm afraid of heights, so it was still quite a tense experience...
What's the worst is driving on a bridge like that on a windy day, and finding that you are surrounded by tractor trailers. They have next to no control of the vehicles in the wind, depending on the load, i guess. I've seen them almost completely change lanes when there is a big gust.I had to go on a road trip for a funeral the past couple days... very truncated event considering the pandemic and all. At least I got to pull one positive thing from such a downer of a situation... the funeral was in St. Ignace MI, located in the upper peninsula... so I decided to stay in nearby Mackinaw City MI, located just across the Mackinac bridge. I had never driven across it before, and only saw it once when I was a kid on a very foggy day, could only even see a single pier that day.
Now I've driven over that monster twice! I must say, driving over such a large bridge so high over very deep waters of lake Michigan... with a side rail lower than the doors on my car... and the road, although 4 lanes, with 2 in each direction, feels pretty narrow, with only a little 4 inch tall median separating each direction's pair of lanes from each other...
I would be absolutely terrified of that bridge on a windy day!
5 miles long, center span is 200ft above the water, which is 252 feet deep... and yes, at least 1 car has been blown off the bridge before... in 1989... took 8 days for divers to locate the mangled vehicle, which had sunk to a depth of 152ft (obviously wasn't at the center span, but not much good that does anyone since most of the bridge is still very high over very deep water).
I love driving, so I loved going over the bridge, but at the same time, I'm afraid of heights, so it was still quite a tense experience...
They do have a windy condition speed limit of only 25 mph, which makes sense... but at the same time... that will prolong the trip across the bridge as well, so though it is safer I'm sure, it has to be hell on the nerves...
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You can now add picture in picture advertisements to the list.
They are doing everything they can to get more ads into the soccer broadcast.
They could just use to cover up Gasper and/or Finley and it would be marketed improvement in watching the team.
Mortal Combat was everything I needed in a Mortal Combat movie.
Nobody also one of the better movies I’ve seen in a while.
Nobody also one of the better movies I’ve seen in a while.
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Didn't know they remade this, just watched it. Takes it self way to serious but when it has fun it's a lot of fun, specifaly the fatalities, just gross. Would be a blast to watch this movie with an audience.
Have found memories of the original, terrible movie but the Highlander was Raiden and the soundtrack kicked ass.
Finally home from work...
I didn't get out until just before 2am, had some stuff that kept me late. Decided to get gas on the way home... while at the gas station, a lady pulls in... completely drunk and completely scared.
She asked me how far she was from Oakdale MN (NOT close!). After letting her know, I asked if she had anyone she could call to pick her up, she didn't have anyone... so I offered to give her a ride home.
She apparently had met up with an old boy friend she hadn't seen in years and as she got more drunk, he started getting more "creepy" and it got to the point where she was apparently scared for her life of him, which is why she bailed in such condition, but she also knew she was in no shape to drive.
I happened to be wearing a Metallica shirt, and that being her favorite band, she decided to ask me for help.
I drove her home and made sure she had the address for the gas station she parked her car at. She said she'll have no problem getting a ride back to pick it up later.
I'm just glad I was able to help her out.
I didn't get out until just before 2am, had some stuff that kept me late. Decided to get gas on the way home... while at the gas station, a lady pulls in... completely drunk and completely scared.
She asked me how far she was from Oakdale MN (NOT close!). After letting her know, I asked if she had anyone she could call to pick her up, she didn't have anyone... so I offered to give her a ride home.
She apparently had met up with an old boy friend she hadn't seen in years and as she got more drunk, he started getting more "creepy" and it got to the point where she was apparently scared for her life of him, which is why she bailed in such condition, but she also knew she was in no shape to drive.
I happened to be wearing a Metallica shirt, and that being her favorite band, she decided to ask me for help.
I drove her home and made sure she had the address for the gas station she parked her car at. She said she'll have no problem getting a ride back to pick it up later.
I'm just glad I was able to help her out.
Good on you my friend. You easily saved her life, and probably someone else's that night.
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To be fair, he never said if he was wearing a cape or not lol
Bally sports app:
Doesn’t let you restart live games
Doesn’t have replays until a day or so later
Puts the result right on the replay page
Starts with the postgame presser
It is made out of a bunch middle fingers that instead of having fingernails, have peeholes. What a shit app.
Doesn’t let you restart live games
Doesn’t have replays until a day or so later
Puts the result right on the replay page
Starts with the postgame presser
It is made out of a bunch middle fingers that instead of having fingernails, have peeholes. What a shit app.
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Glad that we are getting some actual spring weather the last week or so. Continuing my goal to keep getting out on the golf course as much as possible...was out last Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Crazy how you can tell how little rain we've had by being on the courses though...ground is so hard. I'm guessing they've had to water a lot more than they typically would.
Golf and playoff hockey, that's why April/May is typically my favorite time of the year.
Golf and playoff hockey, that's why April/May is typically my favorite time of the year.
Minnesota for you...
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High Thursday? 49
High tomorrow? 85
High Wednesday? 65
High Thursday? 49
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