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svelteParticipant[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=ltsddd]He truly turned our country and everything it embodied into a farce
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-commanders-fault-trumps-troops-121854214.html
[/quote]The military is warning the public.
Late Tuesday, the Pentagon announced in a statement that a battalion of combat troops from an Army quick-reaction force based at Fort Bragg had moved into the Washington area, as well as a military police headquarters unit from Fort Bragg and a military police battalion from Fort Drum.
In all, about 1,600 troops were being deployed to the Washington area from Fort Bragg and Fort Drum, the statement said, noting that the troops would be stationed initially at nearby bases outside the District of Columbia.
The Pentagon said this was “a prudent planning measure in response to ongoing support to civil authorities operations.”
“They are on heightened alert status,” the statement said of the troops, but added that they were not yet participating in operations inside the city limits.[/quote]
The public will probably tolerate the military firing bullets at citizens.
But the moment they launch one shell or drop one bomb, that’s when all hell breaks loose.
In my opinion.
svelteParticipant[quote=ltsddd][quote=scaredyclassic]yeah, but…when?
[/quote]The signs are there, no one knows for sure when, though.
.[/quote]Unless something happens earlier to make folks flee, I think it will happen at the end of June, +/- 2 weeks.
Once people see how bad earnings are in a number of industries from the quarterly numbers and starting thinking through that even though we are slowly getting moving again, there will be many companies that don’t make – a minor panic will set in and people will sell. In other words, if you want to beat the rush, you should pull your money out in the next 13 days.
I certainly could be wrong, but that sounds like what is about to happen to me.
svelteParticipant[quote=Coronita]
Now, if only Allan from Fallbrook would come back , I would be pretty content. If by chance you’re still in touch with him , hopefully you can convince him to come back, if at most just briefly. I’m dying here.
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I think if Allan from time to time, I’d like to see him show up again too!
And welcome back also, Dave!
I just took the money I’m going to need short term (less than a year) out of the market Friday. And the market went up today so I’m feeling a lil down about it, but I really do believe you’re right, this is a false rally. By the time I know it’s at the peak will probably be too late, so I’m still convinced I did the right thing.
Also agree with ltsddd and an, cash is a decent place to hang right now.
We went out to eat twice last weekend and there is no way the restaurants were making money off of walk-in business. No way. My only hope is they were doing enough take-out to make ends meet. And I’m deathly afraid many of our favorite haunts just aren’t going to make it.
svelteParticipant[quote=outtamojo]Yeah that balances the scale.[/quote]
You’re all about fair play aren’t you? You’ve attempted to tilt the scale at every opportunity.
Done.
svelteParticipant[quote=outtamojo]Yeah, cops went to jail.[/quote]
They most certainly do.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/02/us/amber-guyger-trial-sentencing/index.html
svelteParticipant[quote=outtamojo]https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ricky-ellsworth-black-cop/[/quote]
Did you read more than a couple of paragraphs down in that link?
It verifies exactly what I said.
svelteParticipant[quote=Coronita]I don’t need you apologists to make other white people apologize for some things that some other white people might have done in the past.
All I need you to do is to not screw around and make things unequal for others moving forward as a concession to appease some African Americans that were wronged.[/quote]
Totally agree.
Absolutely hate that there was slavery in the past, but that was generations ago. Many American Indians in my family tree and my wife’s family tree, but we aren’t asking for our land back, or compensation for the severe mistreatment of our ancestors. Hell, my wifes G-G-G-G-x-grandfather was full-blooded Cherokee and fought on the Union side of the civil war. He injured his leg to the bone by hauling a cannon around the midwest during the civil war…supporting the country that had taken his people’s land! The cannon was hitched to his horse and the tongue of the cannon wore his leg to the bone. He walked on crutches for the next decade then died from a leg infection. He applied year after year for injury benefits due him and they did not arrive until 10 years after he died, when his wife was on her deathbed. Makes me very angry.
But I’m not asking for any money.
Also what isn’t coming out in the news: It was a black Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed white woman in an alley in 2017. How many stores burned when that happened?
And on top of that, the current Chief of Police in Minneapolis is black. Do you think he’d let racism run rampant in his department?
If anything, perhaps the Minneapolis PD has a tough guy problem as scaredy has been eluding to, not racism. I think that overall PDs are good, but there certainly can be a bad organization or two out there. Evidence is pointing in that direction in Minneapolis.
svelteParticipant[quote=outtamojo]Kinda odd that cops cant/wont clean up their profession but we expect a random on a real estate blog to clean things up for them.[/quote]
I think your premise is wrong. The vast majority of officers are good people. I’ve interacted with them socially and sometimes I’ve been visited by the men in blue. Mostly in my younger days. 🙂
Only once did I feel I was dealing with a dishonest cop. He was a San Diego police officer and what he told me was outright lies and he knew they were lies.
All of my other interactions have been positive with officers I felt were doing their best given a tough situation. And their inclination was to give me a break.
I would suggest this – for those of you who believe that officers are corrupt, go do a ride-along! See what they have to deal with day in and day out. If I had their job, I would go home and not sleep all night staring at the ceiling. They have to deal with the worst society has to offer every single day. This is especially true with big city cops.
Small city cops have it much easier. It’s more of an Andy Griffith feel. I know that from interactions with northern CA, NV, and OK officers. In northern CA I worked the all night shift while going to school in a mid-sized town. Officers would come in during the night to check on me and shoot the breeze during their break. These were very fine individuals and it pains me to see them thrown in the same bucket as those that are evil.
Even here is San Marcos I’ve interacted with them a few times. These guys are on a short leash. While they were talking with me, the dispatcher already had another couple of tasks lined up for them. Their time was really stretched thin. They were in regular contact with the main office and consulted with them before taking action in most cases. Things are well documented now, and that’s in addition to the body cams officers now wear. Out of curiosity, I’ve bought one and wear it when I walk the dog. Body cams are a ton of fun. And they keep honest people honest.
svelteParticipantThis is more like the officers I’ve known:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/us/flint-michigan-protest-police-trnd/index.html
Truly good people who took the job for much the same reason that firemen and health care workers often do: they like to help people.
I know 3 San Diego police officers. One I worked with before he joined the force. He’s a bit of a wild man and that has caused him an issue on the force which I’ve read about in the paper. He’s black and seems to have calmed down as he’s gotten older.
The other two I became friends with in other social circles and we hit it off with them and their wives, so we socialize a lot. I’d trust them with anything of mine. I cannot imagine them doing anything even remotely unethical and the stories they can tell – San Diego has some crazy shit go on!
I can also tell you that every time – every time! – we go out with them, someone in the restaurant or concert will pull them aside and start talking. When I ask who that was, it is almost always a fellow officer.
So….the light bulb went off. If there is an officer at every public place we go to with them, there is one at every public place we go to without them also. So you’ve no doubt run into a lot of them too. You’re just not aware of it.
And I still say – if you truly believe something is corrupt and you do nothing, you’re a part of the problem. Take action if you’re so convinced there is a better way. That is way more productive than typing on a real estate forum.
svelteParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=svelte]You’re right scaredy.
All cops are assholes who would cover up their own buddies doing anything.
In fact, had you been standing there, you would have run right over and pushed the cop off of him because you are not a bad citizen. It would have been immediately obvious to you that the man was dying. You would have been first one to do the right thing. I can see it now. The man with the handle “scaredy” saving a man’s life.
I think you should join the police force and clean that organization up.[/quote]
citizens have no duty to rescue. You could be dying in the street and i could walk over your body with no repercussions.
Cops on the other hand arguably have a duty to rescue. So if they see someone in distress, they are legally required (some believe) to rescue.
Also, only an idiot would have assaulted the police in that situation.
If floyd had died with no witnesses, I guaranfuckingtee you those other officers would not have ratted out their buddy. 100% guarantee. Hell, it wouldn’t have been “apparent” anything wrong was done. Guy was “resisting” we tried to restrain, him, he basically brought it on himself.
And the police report would have been fictional. and signed off by all involved. There is zero doubt in my mind as to that.
Maybe policing wouldnt be as dangerous if we hadn’t created a militaristic police state with a seriously disenfranchised underclass.
But it is what it is. The police are SUPPOSED to be taking grave risks. that’s what they signed on for. it’s just that society has evolved into a very messed up situation. I wouldn’t be a cop under any circumstances, let alone the current clusterfuck.[/quote]
You’re part of the problem. You’ll bitch and complain but you won’t take action. You’re a bad apple through inaction.
svelteParticipantYou’re right scaredy.
All cops are assholes who would cover up their own buddies doing anything.
In fact, had you been standing there, you would have run right over and pushed the cop off of him because you are not a bad citizen. It would have been immediately obvious to you that the man was dying. You would have been first one to do the right thing. I can see it now. The man with the handle “scaredy” saving a man’s life.
I think you should join the police force and clean that organization up.
svelteParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]If u have 10 bad cops and 1000 good cops, and the 1000 good cops dont turn in the bad cops, you have 1,010 bad cops .
Which is prety much the set up. You cant snitch and make it as a cop. No way.
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There are channels in the PD for officers to report other officers. You and I are not privy to how often that channel is used for privacy reasons.
But I can imagine that the police union is a lot like the teachers union, meaning it is difficult to get a union member removed.
If a police dept has a bad apple, I don’t we can assume it is because his fellow officers didn’t report the bad apple. As one of my friend officers said recently, nobody hates a bad officer more than a good officer. Nobody.
svelteParticipantI have often mused at how many SC decisions are 5-4.
Such important and permanent decisions made with what appears to be the chance of a coin toss. If just one person on the court had been someone else, the decision could have went the other way.
Really kinda spooky to think about.
On the other hand, the reason cases usually make it to the SC is that there were mixed decisions downstream. The answer wasn’t even clear to the lower courts, so a 5-4 decision seems consistent with the situation.
All in how you look at it I guess.
svelteParticipant[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=svelte]I don’t care much what my image is. Or what my country’s image is.
Not saying I don’t care at all, but for the most part I care what I think about me. Sometimes folks comment that I do things to be flashy. I respond NO I would do that even if no one was around. What you think of it I couldn’t care less.[/quote]
[/quote]I haven’t given up. I have never given a flyin’ F what anybody else thinks. I go my own way.
It has paid off very handsomely.
Even if it hadn’t paid off, I’d still be a rebel because that’s what is deep in my soul. Lead, follow, or get the F out of the way.
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