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I would expect those differences in weight and feel to be a key in the prosecution’s case establishing criminal negligence. Along with training previously provided aimed at preventing exactly this sort of situation. And her confession that she “shot him” immediately after the incident. Her career is over and she will be prosecuted. The Chief of Police is done professionally. Mayor seems to maybe be up next. It’s definitely not an accountability free situation, response seems swift and the charge seems to match the facts as they’ve been reported.

Given the political implications concurrent with this charge, I would guess at a minimum...

Sounds like the correct charge. Criminal negligence resulting in death.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/04/06/governor-newsom-outlines-the-states-next-step-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-recovery-moving-beyond-the-blueprint/ Ends the California Blueprint for a Safer Economy effective June 15. "All sectors listed in the current Blueprint for a Safer Economy grid may return to usual operations in compliance with Cal/OSHA requirements and with common-sense public health policies in place, such as required masking, testing and with vaccinations encouraged.” Further it will allow for large scale public gatherings: “Large-scale indoor events, such as conventions, will be allowed to occur with testing or vaccination verification requirements.” Conditions are enough vaccine for ages 16+ and hospitalization rates that are “stable and low” (whatever that last one means). So there’s that.

Cute. I accept that you provide no credit to the man for his accomplishments in this area, the changing of moral compass for the nation on this issue in establishing the legal position taken by the federal government abolishing slavery, or any other matter aside from being an accomplished politician. You clearly have strong feelings about Lincoln, which in my opinion impair your judgment. Have a nice day, I have better ways to spend my time. It’s apparent that no human in this framework can be moral, just or accomplished. Evaluating Lincoln as a man of his era, I disagree with your conclusions.

It’s best at this point to merely agree to disagree, as I find so many problems with the lack of moral insight present in this argument as to lose interest in the discussion. Clearly you see the scope and impact of this action differently than I. Fortunately, we live in a nation which endorsed such disagreement.

And he signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Anyone want to propose a greater single impact on civil rights then ending the legal practice of slavery? Love to hear it. You can say “yeah but” or “if only he’d” but he arguably did more for that cause than any American before or since with that action.

Are you referencing the Frederick Douglass who was pro gun rights, anti women’s rights, and anti labor? By modern standards of course?

I had a lengthy response but will just say, I cannot accept the use of modern standards for behavior applied retroactively to Abraham Lincoln. That strikes me as a revisionist standard that no human being of any era would withstand the scrutiny of. Particularly any human being in a leadership role. But really anyone. Anyway, carry on. I will continue to consider him one of the few truly great Presidents and a champion of his time for human liberty. Errors and all.

I agree entirely. The problem is unchanged by that though. I so do not look to a party for my moral compass. They’re nice when they advance my beliefs, and asshats when they do not. It is insanity that one cannot state those differences without an implied social penalty.

I was considering this just this past month. In any reasonable context I find myself easily identifiable as a 100% dyed in the wool liberal. Traditional liberal positions on most all major positions. But there’s couple I just do not agree with. I find several popular positions of the party poorly supported by logic. Or an appeal to emotion vs logic. Or not the role of government. But that is intolerable these days. You are all in, across the entire party line, or you are a political enemy to be destroyed. It’s a bit pathetic really. There’s no room for political nuance in either party...

I’m thinking “It doesn’t end”. We have had a dozen or more multiple shooting events in 2 weeks. Seven in the week between Atlanta and Colorado. These are just the ones making the news cycle. It happens regularly and has a long time. Current restrictions due to COVID exacerbating the situation, if that’s what is happening, is unsurprising. People all over the nation are very upset, from all walks of life. But who really can say definitively? I’m glad they’re reducing the media coverage of the shooter themselves. That’s consistent with guidelines. So “thoughts and prayers”, I guess. Don’t expect to experience meaningful change on this issue personally. Maybe some relatively minor firearms regulation, maybe not. It’s very sad we cannot meaningfully address this. We cannot as a nation even meaningfully agree on the problem. Let alone a solution.

I’m not entirely sure about all that - in particular the bit about the landed aristocracy. That changed a bit, but wealth dictates social advantage better than ANY other predictor and likely will continue to do so for the lifespan of everyone on this board. It’s conceivably possible to see that distribution change, I would expect (as this implies) a some reduction in racial privilege for that group mentioned to some extent. I fully expect other forms of privilege granted by wealth, physical ability, and so forth to remain in full force. To the extent any group has greater access to that they will have greater privilege. I think that change is far slower than current media representation presents it as, given how wealth is distributed (and inherited). The Aristocracy owns hedge funds now, not castles, but they’re still here in my opinion. YMMV

I agree entirely the ban on for profit recipients is ludicrously disingenuous. A “not for profit” (501c3) is a tax status. Freaking insurance companies have that status, like Kaiser Permanente. It’s in NO WAY indicating the organization is a “charity”, it’s merely a business with a specific set of requirements on profit/loss and which can fill out forms that cite some community benefit. Ludicrous, freaking Altria (formerly Philip Morris) operates non profit subsidiaries. Hell any organization which has a foundation attached can use this to funnel resources. Meaningless and total political theater.

I’m rereading the Belgariad right now, one of my favorite series. So good.

“Nothing at all”

As much as there’s a tendency in me to label all GOP elected officials similarly, I am not going to dismiss those who chose to cross party aisles on this issue. They did the right thing, because it was a foundational duty of their office, and face likely challenges to their office and personal attacks for years in light of this choice. That shows a level of personal integrity and accountability. I respect that, even if I find their positions on many policy decisions reprehensible. It gives me hope for our Republic. We have got to find a way to share this country with people whose ideas we vehemently disagree with. 74.2 Americans who voted for Trump aren’t going anywhere. Nor are 81.2 million who voted for Biden. It’s critical we find a way back to being able to disagree in a civil manner using the tools of our government to do so. It’s not the first time we have been so divided, even if it’s near the top of the list. I realize how hilarious it is for me to speak of unity and reconciliation right now, but I honestly believe the vast majority of Americans would prefer that. This acrimony and division when it spills into violence and open conflict cannot be tolerated. Good for those GOP who crossed party lines on this issue.

Yeah, at the end of the day Disney is very much a business and won’t tolerate anything that detracts from their current “cash cow” franchise. I do not for a moment believe this to be anything but a prudent financial decision. They waited to see if it would blow over, she couldn’t manage to stay out of the media on this issue, didn’t blow over, fired.

She did that too but a bit more than that. Rather than decline to put her pronouns in her profile (which would’ve been a big nothing burger), she put “beep/boop/bop” or something of that nature. Intentionally provocative and mocking, and not even clever. Then she bragged about it to her coworkers. Basically she’s a PR nightmare, and Disney don’t care for those sorts of issues. So she’s fired.

Indeed. One of their ugly truths of Government is “you get what you pay for” (and pay attention to). Cut funding? That’s an immediate reduction in service. Period. Don’t pay attention because it’s boring? It becomes incredibly inefficient. I like Government, but it’s very vulnerable to the whims of the electorate. And thank goodness for that. i just wish the electorate was better informed and more interested.

That is correct. Ted Nugent/Kid Rock level supporter. Sang after a Mike Pence speech, very vocal about it.

Trace “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” Adkins. Spoilered because some things can’t be unseen or unheard.

That’s something I do know a bunch about, unfortunately. Local emergency response is my jam. What you describe is partially correct, the role of the Federal Government is to provide supplies, coordinate delivery of response resources in collaboration with State jurisdictions, and offer training and guidelines for requesting such support. They do not coordinate response in a direct way, rather they defer to State and Local government who are the “boots on the ground”. It’s mostly laid out in the Incident Command Structure documents you can get from FEMA or the free ICS trainings (I think there are some on YouTube). The current bottlenecks seem to support this approach, as lack of vaccine supply (Federal deployed resources), PPE before that, and so on seem to me to indicate they’ve not even been able to manage their own responsibilities. Local Emergency Operations make many of the distribution and response decisions, and are designed to. Where they’ve fallen down, it’s the responsibility of their local elected officials and appointed reps to improve response. They request even National Guard deployment by way of the State (Governor), and provide direction to that resource when it arrives (through their chain of command of course). Basically there has been very little direction from the Federal Government that’s useful in the last year. State and Local responses aren’t the same thing at all, I am increasingly finding I prefer local control and input for some things (and Federal for others). Responding to disasters of any type is one of those things, it’s faster, more responsive to community concerns, and has far more accountability to the impacted individuals. Local responses have varied from abysmal to heroic, but aren’t easily categorized as the Federal one has been.