Is America a racist nation?

[Farfromgeneva]

I mentioned a few years ago that if we invested in our people early on we wouldn’t spend so much on housing people in prison, could have lower policing expenses and have more productive people paying more taxes and in increase overall productivity of the population. We are being sub optimized as a nation. Cradleandshoot called it handouts and a lack of parental responsibility…..oh well.

My wife can tell you where the lines diverge-----it's MUCH cheaper to invest in kids early---the poor especially------instead of throwing everyone in jail when it's too late.

Said it a million times-----we should be using our MASSIVE GDP to absolutely smoke other nations. I that that we don't.

Absolutely. It’s an investment and our society would benefit.

+100

Great map, a fan.

Let's just say that my hometown, Baltimore is not "defunded", either on a cost per resident, share of total city budget, nor # of police per resident...and yet...damn liberals.

This chart should bother us.

Notice the "socialist" countries that actually invest in their people have the lowest rates?

This, btw, is what a policy wonks mean by "defund the police". They mean: take the money we're blowing on police and jails, and INVEST in your communities and your kids. If you do that? You won't need the doggone jails.

And again, I agree it's a stupid, stupid way of phrasing it.

Yep. It’s a terrible phrase. And unfortunately politicians take it and redefine it and flood the zone with continuous messaging….same thing going on with “CRT” now. “Right wing” has always been exceptional at staying on message. This Iowa schoolteacher thing is insane. You can’t say “slavery is bad”….I guess you can’t say the Holocaust was bad. Insane. CRT has nothing to do with K-12 education but “Republicans” have told their folks that it’s in elementary schools.

It is fair to point out that Scandinavian countries have very high suicide rates per capita though that has more to do with 3hrs of daylight during winter months I believe.

According to this, the Scandinavian countries historically had high rates of suicide, but that's dropped precipitously and they are now lower than the US. Apparently they also have among the highest "happiness index" in the world...despite the dark...

https://worldpopulationreview.com/count ... by-country

Legacy information from living there for 8mo ish about 20yrs ago. Didn’t do my work beyond that.

But…live through a winter there and aside from Christmas in Tivoli Gardens and smoking hotties buried in 17 layers of clothing there’s not much else but alcohol and depression. Guess even the pregnant women who would generally score “11” on a 10pt scale can make any situation happy.

[youthathletics]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

[MDlaxfan76]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

[MDlaxfan76]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

and last summer...a court of appeals ruled that a Jim Crow era voting restrictions law was constitutional because it was "reenacted" in in 1968, and thus "cleansed of any racial intent"...anyone believe that Mississippi didn't still have "racial intent" in 1968???...heck, now?

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/26/us/missi ... index.html

[youthathletics]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

Yes, and that certainly justifies violence.

[MDlaxfan76]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

Yes, and that justifies certainly justifies violence.

Of course not, but who do you think is strapping up?
Folks are fighting mad, because they should be mad as heck...and if they are powerless by peaceful means, as they largely are in Mississippi, they can be expected to turn to violence...I must say, you have quite the social media feed...

Now, if you want to march or work for justice with these folks peacefully, great...but deny folks basic rights and don't expect them to say thank you massa.

[Typical Lax Dad]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

Yes, and that justifies certainly justifies violence.

Of course not, but who do you think is strapping up?
Folks are fighting mad, because they should be mad as heck...and if they are powerless by peaceful means, as they largely are in Mississippi, they can be expected to turn to violence...I must say, you have quite the social media feed...

Now, if you want to march or work for justice with these folks peacefully, great...but deny folks basic rights and don't expect them to say thank you massa.

“We”

[youthathletics]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

Yes, and that justifies certainly justifies violence.

Of course not, but who do you think is strapping up?
Folks are fighting mad, because they should be mad as heck...and if they are powerless by peaceful means, as they largely are in Mississippi, they can be expected to turn to violence...I must say, you have quite the social media feed...

Now, if you want to march or work for justice with these folks peacefully, great...but deny folks basic rights and don't expect them to say thank you massa.

Sometimes I get lost reading through the comment sections. Tell you what, you give me the most pristine Twitter account to follow and I will guarantee you there will crazy posts buried in there, I'll cite them for you, so you can take away the schtick of my timeline. Comments on all posts are where you can get a read on both sides of the discussion....it really is no different fanlax, other than we are monitored. and have jail.

Happy to hear you believe in violence.

[PizzaSnake]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

Yes, and that justifies certainly justifies violence.

Of course not, but who do you think is strapping up?
Folks are fighting mad, because they should be mad as heck...and if they are powerless by peaceful means, as they largely are in Mississippi, they can be expected to turn to violence...I must say, you have quite the social media feed...

Now, if you want to march or work for justice with these folks peacefully, great...but deny folks basic rights and don't expect them to say thank you massa.

Sometimes I get lost reading through the comment sections. Tell you what, you give me the most pristine Twitter account to follow and I will guarantee you there will crazy posts buried in there, I'll cite them/b for you, so you can take away the schtick of my timeline. Comments on all posts are where you can get a read on both sides of the discussion....it really is no different fanlax, other than we are monitored. and have jail.

Happy to hear you believe in violence.

See that you “tow” the line.

[Typical Lax Dad]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

Yes, and that justifies certainly justifies violence.

Of course not, but who do you think is strapping up?
Folks are fighting mad, because they should be mad as heck...and if they are powerless by peaceful means, as they largely are in Mississippi, they can be expected to turn to violence...I must say, you have quite the social media feed...

Now, if you want to march or work for justice with these folks peacefully, great...but deny folks basic rights and don't expect them to say thank you massa.

Sometimes I get lost reading through the comment sections. Tell you what, you give me the most pristine Twitter account to follow and I will guarantee you there will crazy posts buried in there, I'll cite them for you, so you can take away the schtick of my timeline. Comments on all posts are where you can get a read on both sides of the discussion....it really is no different fanlax, other than we are monitored. and have jail.

Happy to hear you believe in violence.

Seems like “we” do…..

[Farfromgeneva]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

Yes, and that justifies certainly justifies violence.

Of course not, but who do you think is strapping up?
Folks are fighting mad, because they should be mad as heck...and if they are powerless by peaceful means, as they largely are in Mississippi, they can be expected to turn to violence...I must say, you have quite the social media feed...

Now, if you want to march or work for justice with these folks peacefully, great...but deny folks basic rights and don't expect them to say thank you massa.

Sometimes I get lost reading through the comment sections. Tell you what, you give me the most pristine Twitter account to follow and I will guarantee you there will crazy posts buried in there, I'll cite them for you, so you can take away the schtick of my timeline. Comments on all posts are where you can get a read on both sides of the discussion....it really is no different fanlax, other than we are monitored. and have jail.

Happy to hear you believe in violence.

Seems like “we” do…..

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D6-ARe3fBgE

[MDlaxfan76]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

Yes, and that justifies certainly justifies violence.

Of course not, but who do you think is strapping up?
Folks are fighting mad, because they should be mad as heck...and if they are powerless by peaceful means, as they largely are in Mississippi, they can be expected to turn to violence...I must say, you have quite the social media feed...

Now, if you want to march or work for justice with these folks peacefully, great...but deny folks basic rights and don't expect them to say thank you massa.

Sometimes I get lost reading through the comment sections. Tell you what, you give me the most pristine Twitter account to follow and I will guarantee you there will crazy posts buried in there, I'll cite them for you, so you can take away the schtick of my timeline. Comments on all posts are where you can get a read on both sides of the discussion....it really is no different fanlax, other than we are monitored. and have jail.

Happy to hear you believe in violence.

That's like me saying that YOU want to take away people's basic rights and DO expect them to say thank you massa.

[youthathletics]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

Yes, and that justifies certainly justifies violence.

Of course not, but who do you think is strapping up?
Folks are fighting mad, because they should be mad as heck...and if they are powerless by peaceful means, as they largely are in Mississippi, they can be expected to turn to violence...I must say, you have quite the social media feed...

Now, if you want to march or work for justice with these folks peacefully, great...but deny folks basic rights and don't expect them to say thank you massa.

Sometimes I get lost reading through the comment sections. Tell you what, you give me the most pristine Twitter account to follow and I will guarantee you there will crazy posts buried in there, I'll cite them for you, so you can take away the schtick of my timeline. Comments on all posts are where you can get a read on both sides of the discussion....it really is no different fanlax, other than we are monitored. and have jail.

Happy to hear you believe in violence.

That's like me saying that YOU want to take away people's basic rights and DO expect them to say thank you massa.

Sorry....not the same. That's like saying they are justified to storm the capitol and start in insurrection, while being strapped up with guns.

[MDlaxfan76]

We need to strap the Fukc up.....https://twitter.com/WillPower_3_3_3/sta ... 07522?s=20

I assume you know what the GOP dominated legislature is trying to pull in Jackson?

Yes, and that justifies certainly justifies violence.

Of course not, but who do you think is strapping up?
Folks are fighting mad, because they should be mad as heck...and if they are powerless by peaceful means, as they largely are in Mississippi, they can be expected to turn to violence...I must say, you have quite the social media feed...

Now, if you want to march or work for justice with these folks peacefully, great...but deny folks basic rights and don't expect them to say thank you massa.

Sometimes I get lost reading through the comment sections. Tell you what, you give me the most pristine Twitter account to follow and I will guarantee you there will crazy posts buried in there, I'll cite them for you, so you can take away the schtick of my timeline. Comments on all posts are where you can get a read on both sides of the discussion....it really is no different fanlax, other than we are monitored. and have jail.

Happy to hear you believe in violence.

That's like me saying that YOU want to take away people's basic rights and DO expect them to say thank you massa.

Sorry....not the same. That's like saying they are justified to storm the capitol and start in insurrection, while being strapped up with guns.

Nope, rights really are being taken away in Mississipi, no rights were actually taken away from the insurrectionists...I obviously don't like or justify any such violence, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't expect it if rights really are taken away.

God help us if the women start strapping up. They have really should be mad...

My suggestion?
Don't take people's rights away, encourage peaceful protest and discussion of issues to be resolved in a fair and open democracy.

That's not what is happening in Mississipi.

And yes, put those who resort to violence in jail.

[NattyBohChamps04]

God help us if the women start strapping up. They have really should be mad...

[Farfromgeneva]

A nasty wealth transfer (and it hits one group in the state disproportionately) that’s funded UGA for a long time (and helped it run up the rankings, it’s kids of lawyers not from the hood who generally are more frequently taking advantage of the hope scholarship)

1 big thing: Cleaning up COAMs
Illustration of a claw machine grabbing a bar of soap.
Technically this is a Class A COAM. Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios


It's the fastest-growing revenue pool for the Georgia Lottery and brought in $141 million to Georgia education last year. It's arguably one of the most regulated and taxed industries in the state, and it's been plagued by bad actors and illegal practices.

It's the state's "coin operated amusement machines," or COAMs, and the Georgia legislature has been quietly working to overhaul the industry's regulation.
Driving the news: H.B. 353, sponsored by State Rep. Alan Powell (R-Hartwell), has been in the works for years. What he calls a "cleanup for the industry" is the closest it's come to becoming law in the final days of the session.

Why it matters: The Georgia Lottery and its games like COAMs fund the state's HOPE Scholarship and Pre-K programs. Roughly $5 billion was played on Georgia COAMs last year.


Class B COAMs in Little Five Points. Photo: Emma Hurt/Axios
There are a few key problems Powell hopes to clean up:

1. Illegal cash payments. Right now, winnings can only go towards in-store credit and other Lottery games. But to recruit players, some convenience stores have been illegally paying out cash instead. The bill would allow gift card winnings, which Powell argues would remove any incentive to illegally hand out cash.

2. Weak oversight. Lawmakers and companies have complained that weak state oversight allows COAM owners to undercut their competitors' contracts with stores through "inducements." The bill seeks to strengthen oversight over Lottery enforcement.

3. Revoked license sales. Currently, if a COAM owner breaks the law and loses their license, they can profit off privately selling that license, in effect rewarding bad behavior. The bill requires a public auction to try to limit the dynamic.

Of note: While anti-gambling advocates decry COAMs as addictive and illegal gambling, it's the non-cash payout that keeps COAMs legal, Powell says.

Plus they are defined as "games of skill," rather than pure luck.
The other side: Lottery president and CEO Gretchen Corbin told Powell's House committee they're open to increased regulation: "Anything you can help us tighten up…to make things stronger, to regulate this industry in a proper way, yes sir."

[cradleandshoot]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/is-th ... 643e&ei=15

Interesting read, I am making no comment or judgemen t.

[OCanada]

The reading level of the average Americn is about 6th grade

[Farfromgeneva]

[*]

The reading level of the average Americn is about 6th grade

Reading IS fundamental

https://youtu.be/O7dPprbzNSc

[cradleandshoot]

[quote=OCanada post_id=445011 time=1679570418 user_id=651]
The reading level of the average Americn is about 6th grade
[/quote]

So what is your point?? Maybe the reading comprehension of the average Canadian is around 3rd grade level. Here is a hint.. try and provide some sort of context for such a discombobulated rationale. Then you won't embarrass yourself. This is the perfect opportunity for you to provide clarification.
Did you read what I wrote after the link I posted?

Interesting read, I make no comment or judgement.

I was wondering what forum members opinion was. That devolved into a reading comprehension issue. Maybe I should have translated it into French?