Pattern Ghost

Is there anything a burrito can't do?

Sorry to hear that, Pattern Ghost.

Yeah, that's tough, especially this time of year.

I'm sorry, PG  

my condolences, PG. 

I blame you. Yes, zslane, it's all your fault. Get over to CW and get them to fix things.

I blame you. Yes, zslane, it's all your fault. Get over to CW and get them to fix things.

Oh, I understand this and agree with it. But the director should be acting as a filter for what makes it to the screen. If the scene is illogical as written, the director should spot it.

I blame you. Yes, zslane, it's all your fault. Get over to CW and get them to fix things.

Not all Muslims are terrorists. Not all Mexicans are murderers and rapists. That lady would want us to hold these things true (and I do). But she sits there calling all Trump voters racists and homophobes. That's just a little hypocritical.
 
Both sides ran their campaigns based on anger, fear and aggression. Let's hope the next two elections aren't also sponsored by the Dark Side.

Time to dig down for some Fourth Party candidates. I nominate Darkseid.

Oh! LMAO, wasn't looking for that kind of an Easter Egg.

I recently finished Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher. It's a collection of Dresden shorts. The tone in these tends to be on the lighter side, and the stories seem relegated to the sidelines of the Dresden universe, at least for the time being. The price is a bit high for the page count, so might be worth trying to borrow rather than buy unless you're a completionist.

Not all Muslims are terrorists. Not all Mexicans are murderers and rapists. That lady would want us to hold these things true (and I do). But she sits there calling all Trump voters racists and homophobes. That's just a little hypocritical.
 
Both sides ran their campaigns based on anger, fear and aggression. Let's hope the next two elections aren't also sponsored by the Dark Side.

I recently finished Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher. It's a collection of Dresden shorts. The tone in these tends to be on the lighter side, and the stories seem relegated to the sidelines of the Dresden universe, at least for the time being. The price is a bit high for the page count, so might be worth trying to borrow rather than buy unless you're a completionist.

The problem with discounting statistics, and then using statistics, should be obvious.
 
1. Memes are not the source of the contention. And not all the crime statistics from where you gathered them are in aggregate by year, as I pointed out in the post directly before you posted. Further, June of 2015(end of the second quarter) was when Trump began his rhetoric about the wall. He was not just a blip for 2015. Nor are most sources solely crediting him, but it is rather difficult to explain a 67% rise in hate crimes against muslims during that period without his campaign rhetoric playing a part.
 
2. YOU are playing a statistical game here as bad as the meme you are criticizing. You are working with overall totals, and ignoring details. Hate crimes DID go up for a number of specific groups by a significant margin, which I already summed up earlier. You will find no expert who is going to say a 67% increase is insignificant. Nor 12%, nor 8%. Further, the closest comparable political event to the election, Brexit, DID see an increase in hate crimes motivated by those events, so it is not unreasonable to predict similar results.
 
3. Your entire point three focuses on the increase in intimidation hate crimes(and summing them up as someone yelling something from a car, which is very unlikely to be reported to police) and totally ignores the marked increase in both simple assault and aggravated assault. In effect, you begin by criticizing hyperbole, and then your entire point is hyperbole.
 
4. We're talking about crime statistics, but if we want to talk about fake news and hyperbole, we should include stories discounting even the possibility of increased hate crimes on muslims, blacks, LGBT folks and hispanics IN THE FACE OF ACTUAL STATISTICS THAT SHOW ACTUAL AND SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN HATE CRIMES AGAINST THOSE EXACT GROUPS as perfect examples.
 
5. Given that the article was talking foremost about hate crimes against specific groups, and the statistics back the assertions, saying, 'no, don't worry, the aggregate hasn't changed that much, [it's just your groups that are being targeted a non-insignificant percentage more all of a sudden]' is actually not addressing the article at all. Statistically speaking, a 67% increase in hate crimes against a group, in this case muslims, is so far from what they, or any other reasonable American, should take as being insignificant, that one wonders why you would think that the aggregate should be the only relevant statistic.
 
Seriously, did you just try to discount a 67% rise in hate crimes against a specific group by not actually ever acknowledging the stat, while using the very tables that stat came from, in a conversation about that exact stat?
 
For hate crimes against muslims, as the article stated and as the data shows, 2015 was a spike not seen since after 9/11. It was also high for most other groups by a significant percentage.

I'd like to think that we don't have to wait until there's a body count to be concerned about any rise in hate speech, harassment and intimidation.

Kate McKinnon's SNL Cold Open "Hallelujah" cover. I notice the lyrics are a little different than other versions. I liked her singing. It matched the kind of understated melancholy that "Hallelujah" embodies (to me). 
 
I've been listening to other versions on YouTube tonight as well. I would like to hear Kate sing the original lyrics someday.

Six. Especially Once More With Feeling. Hush, though 4th Season, was an amazing episode that did an amazing job telling a story with almost no dialog. A creepy, memorable story at that.  Most of the seasons were good to one degree or another. I didn't really like Season 1 too much, but the show was still getting its footing. Season 2 vastly improved everything and the show had great momentum through Season 6. Season 7 had good moments but kind of fell flat when taken as a whole.
 
Angel didn't have a good season. There were small arcs and individual episodes that were good, but for the most part Angel wasn't that great. Awesome theme song though. Ironically, the final few episodes of the final season were a better conclusion than Buffy Season 7.

News story
 
Marvel’s ‘The Inhumans’ Greenlit as ABC Series, to Premiere in IMAX Theaters
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/marvels-the-inhumans-greenlit-as-abc-series-to-premiere-in-imax-theaters-1201917880/
 
 
This also bodes well for another season of Agents of SHIELD. 

The last line of the movie  . . .
 
 
 

The last line of the movie  . . .
 
 
 

Two SNL clips from last night.