I've been drawing strips for years about attacks on students' right to protest, yet strangely I've never been invited to give a TED Talk, speak at an "ideas festival," or pen a column for the Atlantic.
...crime, less police 🚔, less power, less controls, less unnecessary searches, less costs for law enforcement and the judiciary, more money for #UBS,...a virtuous circle.
Just to be dure: tons of studies on #UBI in different countries over decades have all shown that it works. It just would need to be implemented...and refinanced (#WealthTax, #WindfallProfitsTax!)
...And it would generate a huge pool of disgruntled policemen, possibly a new source of societal instability.
However, crime could be greatly reduced by simply removing the need for a huge part of the population: introducing #UBI and #UBS. People who have "everything" they (basically) need are very much less prone to commit crimes, as losing their freedom becomes a much greater fall in personal quality of life. Less...
The thing is, and I think the dystopian novel, #LordOfTheFlies by #NobelLaureat #WilliamGolding exemplifies this better than anything, is that the veil of civilized society is so razor-thin, it wouldn't survive more than a vouple of days w/o a "policing" force, protecting the weaker citizens from bullies and looting, etc.
What I'm saying is, it would need to be a virtually instantaneous swap....
I wasn't aware of this. However, 9/11 and all the (increasing) extreme-weather events show that they are indispensable.
During the last decade or so, I have come to the conclusion that labor/trade unions are indispensable to counter robber-baron capitalism/#TechnoFeudalism. Tge right to self-organize is a key element of any democracy. Even if I were a brnign dictator, I wouldn't know where even to start reforming them. 🤔
Hm, maybe a double teamlead, always "integrated" with at least one of them BIPoC/Hispanic and possibly man + woman etc., switching "comand" every week or so could be an idea...
"But we need to break these things up and start over from their current forms."
Short of a revolution, which historic examples can you give for this to work?
In order for this to work, all old-boy networks would need to be broken up. I think even reassigning all police(wo)men in a city to other stations wouldn't break up the networks due to social media. And, usually, the (problematic) teamleaders would need to be...
That's why I said, "...should be ruled unconstitutional,..." It might not be, given the fact that the complete institutional setup was meant to protect the WASP landed gentry. How inadequate the system.of checks and balances has proven to be could be seen by the repeatedly failed attempts to hold rogue office holders to account: #OJohnRogge, #Agnew, #Nixon, #Trump, #Alito,...the systemic failures even have a tendency to grow worse.
Across the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League universities amid a campus-wide crackdown on students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, shining a spotlight on the question of freedom of expression worldwide, said UN Special…
...that they are moving abroad because of (the #Conservative takeover of) the #SupremeCourt. I'm at least as worried about this #PoliceState development.
Litigation is a huge issue in the #US. Penalties often are astronomical seen from an international perspective. Also, malfeasance by police officers including #RacialProfiling and l, IMO, #PredictivePolicing seem to be much more frequent, maybe just more reported.
However, my bottom line is that a) #SystemicRacism will never be overcome w/o abolishing #LEOBR|s. Police officers are nothing but citizens in uniform. They're no animals more...
What is your opinion on this? "Critics say that the LEOBR makes it impossible to discipline or remove bad officers, such as after they have been convicted of felonies in the courts. Under LEOBR, officers are judged only by other officers. LEOBR prevents the formation of independent review boards that provide independent oversight over police actions."?
The New York Stock Exchange, where these Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists were "protesting" last week, is about 1,000 feet from where similar terrorists brought down the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Do you remember the 9/11 attacks? Do you remember anyone saying they were "heroic" or "exhilarating"?
Here are so-called "protesters" in Manhattan last week, with a Hezbollah flag and a Hamas headband.
Everyone who's saying "peaceful protesters!" and "it's not #antisemitism!" needs to STFU for a minute.
Hamas and Hezbollah are antisemitic terrorist groups. In 1994, Hezbollah drove a car bomb into a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people and wounding 300 more.
If you think killing every Jew in the world is "resistance," you're a sick piece of shit.
New today: More than 1,000 captive trophy-hunting ranches operate in the United States, most of them in Texas. Some routinely offer hunts of endangered or threatened exotic species. This should not be allowed.
How couldn't there be commonalities?--Two rich white, overprivileged, old men who have abused their positions of power to rape women, who thought they'd get away with it, and whom the criminal courts failed to punish for their crimes!
Ronan Farrow sees 'commonality' between Weinstein, Trump cases
Author and journalist Ronan Farrow says he sees "commonality" between the legal cases that former President Trump faces and that of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. "There is a commonality of the legal theories being applied," Farrow said during a Thursday night appearance... #press
Author and journalist Ronan Farrow says he sees “commonality” between the legal cases that former President Trump faces and that of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Who is missing the irony of today's birthday wishes by #TFG to #Melania? 😅🤣
"Former President Trump is sending a long-distance birthday message to his wife, Melania, straight from the New York City courthouse where he's on trial in his hush money case. "I want to start by wishing my wife, Melania, a very happy birthday," Trump said in brief remarks..."
(Note: pic was digitally altered, but is so fitting)
GOP governors swing into action: “In America, we respect our workforce and we do not need to pay a third party to tell us who can pick up a box or flip a switch. No one wants to hear this, but it’s the ugly reality. … The experience in our states is when employees have a direct relationship with their employers, that makes for a more positive working environment. They can advocate for themselves and what is important to them without outside influence. …"
Four years ago today then-President Donald Trump, on live national television during what would be known as merely the early days and weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, suggested an injection of a household “disinfectant” could cure the deadly coronavir…
About 50 #Texas DPS State Troopers were sent out in response to a peaceful attempt to march and occupy a Plaza at UT #Austin today. Reportedly three arrests according to those on scene.
Police clash with pro-Palestine protesters at UT Austin, making multiple arrests and issuing dispersal orders as demonstrators demand university divestment.
Ukraine used secretly supplied US missiles to hit Russian targets
The U.S. has already provided the long-range artillery system known as Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to Ukraine, according to a Pentagon spokesperson. President Biden in February directed officials to supply the longer-range versions of the ATACMS, which has been long requested by... #press
From yesterday: Environmental advocates called it “a land grab of Boca Chica State Park land for a private space corporation that is clearly not in the public interest.” So why is the state parks agency seemingly so eager to work with #SpaceX? https://www.texasobserver.org/spacex-tpwd-park-land-musk/
Donald Trump Suffers Huge Vote Against Him in Pennsylvania Primary
Nikki Haley, who ended her campaign for the White House after Super Tuesday in March, still received 16.5 percent of the vote, equating to more than 155,000 ballots. #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
Fun drinking game for the next 9-12 months: take a shot every time a news article uses the phrase "Section 230" or "chilling effect on free speech" -- that way you'll be in the hospital with liver poisoning instead of having to keep up with all the TikTok news and court challenges
“It is likely that there are many more heat-related injuries and deaths than TDCJ has acknowledged because hyperthermia is known to be an underreported cause of #death...”
Speaker Mike Johnson is drawing closer to a career-defining choice for a Republican speaker — whether to rely on Democratic help to stay in the job.
With three Republicans endorsing a motion to terminate his leadership, Johnson will need Democratic support to survive if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) follows through on her threat to force a vote on his removal. #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
Being personally affected for decades, this is one of the most emotional and convincing speeches of hers. It is about #MyBodyMyChoice and the life-threatening health impact her pregnancy has had on her and why there should be a right to an access to #BirthControl and to an #Abortion.
There are days when I actually can’t believe that with all our advances, and all we know, we’re even contemplating the idea of the American government forcin...
