Steve Benson for June 02, 2020

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    ferddo  almost 4 years ago

    Not only is brutal unnecessary force by police still a continuing problem, but so are the riots and looting and burning that thugs use to take advantage of the situation…

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    fritzoid Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    This image (meaning the original photo from Kent State, but also all adaptations) has the makings of a modern Pietà. Put a body on the ground and a woman in this pose over it, and it speaks volumes.

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    lobo1939  almost 4 years ago

    Tin soldiers and Nixon coming / We’re finally on our own / This summer I hear the drumming / Four dead in Ohio

    The more things have changed; the more they stay the same.

    “U.S. racist legislation and initiatives, such as racist-based immigration laws and disenfranchisement ofminorities, were used as precedent as the Nazis developed their race laws. Indeed, utilizing American ideas notonly helped the Nazis craft the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 it also helped them cement their power. It will bestunning to discover that the system of Jim Crow racism was seen as too radical by Nazi lawmakers.”

    https://www.keene.edu/academics/ah/cchgs/resources/educational-handouts/contemporary-hate-rooted-in-the-american-experience/download/

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    Kind&Kinder  almost 4 years ago

    Brilliant, Steve. Made me even sadder than before.

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    Pickled Pete  almost 4 years ago

    https://twitter.com/Suerinarizona/status/1267621866149040128/photo/1

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    pamela welch Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Perfectly accurate Steve, sadly so.

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    The Love of Money is . . .  almost 4 years ago

    The pen is mightier than the Sharpie.

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    The Love of Money is . . .  almost 4 years ago

    Trump has finally remembered his favorite Old Testament Bible verse. “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth”.

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    31 years ago Thursday:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests

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    eideard  almost 4 years ago

    Never forget Kent State…

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    Dtroutma  almost 4 years ago

    The NGs shouldn’t have had live ammo at Kent State, and shouldn’t today either. Bonespurs shouldn’t be able to command a troop of rats. Oh wait, that’s his cabinet.

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    Sirikit  almost 4 years ago

    I was thinking about Kent State just this morning

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    djtenltd  almost 4 years ago

    I remember the woman kneeling was at Kent State University.

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Today is June 4.

    243 years and 11 months ago, democracy was kindled in the United States.

    31 years ago it was killed in Tiananmen Square, when the “People’s Army” dominated the people.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests

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    All the dinosaurs feared the T-Rex  almost 4 years ago

    And then there is this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvWz6t3tfs

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