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Collins is really concerned too. Really, really concerned. So much so, she keeps protecting him. Mukowski has done the same. It's all fake consternation, worried about their own re-election hoping to dupe the supporters again.

I wish people reporting on these events would stop using the term Trump falsely claimed . . .. Just write Trump lied about . . . .

This is gold! How Western media would cover Minneapolis if it happened in another country By Karen Attiah Global Opinions editor May 29, 2020 at 3:57 p.m. CDT If we talked about what is happening in Minneapolis the same way we talk about events in a foreign country, here’s how the Western media would cover it. The quotes and those “quoted” in the piece below are fictional. In recent years, the international community has sounded the alarm on the deteriorating political and human rights situation in the United States under the regime of Donald Trump. Now, as the country marks 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, the former British colony finds itself in a downward spiral of ethnic violence. The fatigue and paralysis of the international community are evident in its silence, America experts say. The country has been rocked by several viral videos depicting extrajudicial executions of black ethnic minorities by state security forces. Uprisings erupted in the northern city of Minneapolis after a video circulated online of the killing of a black man, George Floyd, after being attacked by a security force agent. Trump took to Twitter, calling black protesters “THUGS”’ and threatening to send in military force. “When the looting starts, the shooting starts!” he declared. “Sure, we get it that black people are angry about decades of abuse and impunity,” said G. Scott Fitz, a Minnesotan and member of the white ethnic majority. “But going after a Target crosses the line. Can’t they find a more peaceful way, like kneeling in silence?” Ethnic violence has plagued the country for generations, and decades ago it captured the attention of the world, but recently the news coverage and concern are waning as there seems to be no end in sight to the oppression. “These are ancient, inexplicable hatreds fueling these ethnic conflicts and inequality," said Andreja Dulic, a foreign correspondent whose knowledge of American English consists of a semester course in college and the occasional session on the Duolingo app. When told the United States is only several hundred years old, he shrugged and said, “In my country, we have structures still from the Roman empire. In their culture, Americans think that a 150-year-old building is ancient history.” Britain usually takes an acute interest in the affairs of its former colony, but it has also been affected by the novel coronavirus. “We’ve seen some setbacks with the virus, but some Brits see the rising disease, staggering unemployment and violence in the States and feel as if America was never ready to govern itself properly, that it would resort to tribal politics,” said Andrew Darcy Morthington, a London-based America expert. During the interview, a news alert informed that out of the nearly 40,000 coronavirus deaths in the United Kingdom, 61 percent of the health-care workers who have died were black and or have Middle Eastern backgrounds. Morthington didn’t seem to notice. “Like I was saying, we don’t have those American racism issues here.” Trump, a former reality-TV host, beauty pageant organizer and businessman, once called African nations “shithole countries." But he is now taking a page from African dictators who spread bogus health remedies, like Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, who claimed he could cure AIDS with bananas and herbal potions and pushed his treatments onto the population, resulting in deaths. Trump appeared to suggest injecting bleach and using sunlight to kill the coronavirus. He has also said he has taken hydroxycholoroquine, a drug derived from quinine, a long-known jungle remedy for malaria. Doctors have advised against using the treatment to prevent or treat the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Americans desperate to flee will face steep challenges to cross borders, as mismanagement of the coronavirus and ethnic tensions in the country have made them undesirable visitors. But some struggling American retailers, like Neiman Marcus, are hoping to lure shoppers with traditional 19th-century colonial travel fantasies through neutral khakis and cargo shorts as part of a “Modern Safari” collection. “Utilitarian details & muted tones meet classic femininity,” reads a caption under the photograph of a white woman. Pith helmets were not included in the accessory lineup. Some nations are considering offering black Americans special asylum. “Members of the white ethnic majority are forming armed militia groups, demanding their freedom to go back to work for the wealthy class who refer to workers as ‘human capital stock,’ despite the huge risk to workers,” said Mustapha Okango, a Nairobi-based anthropologist. “This is a throwback to the days when slavery was the backbone of the American economy. Black slaves were the original essential workers, and they were treated as non-human stock.” Africa could be an ideal asylum destination, as several African countries have managed to contain the coronavirus outbreak through aggressive early measures and innovations in testing kits. Senegal, a nation of 16 million, has only seen 41 deaths. “Everyone predicted Africa would fall into chaos,” Okango said. “It is proof that being a black person in this world doesn’t kill you, but being a black person in America clearly can.” The African Union did not respond to requests for comment, but it released a statement that said “we believe in American solutions for American problems.” Around the world, grass-roots organizations, celebrities, human rights activists and even students are doing what they can to raise money and awareness about the dire situation in America. “It’s sad that the Americans don’t have a government that can get them coronavirus tests or even monthly checks to be able to feed their families,” said Charlotte Johnson, a 18-year-old Liberian student activist, who survived the Ebola pandemic. “100,000 people are dead, cities are burning, and the country hasn’t had a day of mourning? Lives don’t matter, especially not black lives. It’s like they’re living in a failing state.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/29/how-western-media-would-cover-minneapolis-if-it-happened-another-country/#comments-wrapper

The Riders seem so inconsequential nowadays.

Sure, it is a quandary for some of them. Well, Boo hoo. This is what you get when you actively sell out to chase votes from the alt-right and religious right. Aiding and abetting Trump has pretty well stripped the GOP of any dignity, decency or honesty, that existed there, in the past. It's not just Trump that has to be taken down, at this point.

It's amazing what can happen when both sides decide to work together...

Yup: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lindsey-graham-nominate-trump/

7 active cases as of today..................almost there, keep respecting everyone right to distance and stay safe a vaccine may never come but the way changes have happened will keep us safer in the future

Durant and his selfish choices allowed for the emergence of Strevler and allowed us the cash to sign Bighill. All in all, he helped contribute to our Cup win. Still a tool though.

That she is still struggling to support Trump says volumes about the GOP/right-wing mindset. It looks good for public consumption but when push comes to shove, that is another matter altogether.

Keep the protests going and growing right through the election. The people can take back their nation. Just vote.

The reason Trump is really pissed, it's because everyone of these protests crowds are bigger than the inauguration crowd he had

As I said before.... why do people listen to professional athletes expecting them to be some source of great wisdom. Drew Brees knows how to throw a football.... people should only listen to him on his opinions on how to run an offense and how to throw the pigskin.....

She had her chance to vote for at the very least, hearing witness testimony and review any evidence during the removal trial- she shat the bed, she sleeps in her own filth.

The GOP is very similar to the Police Officers involved in the George Floyd murder. Trump's the one with the knee on the neck of America and the GOP senators are the ones watching, standing around, aiding and abetting.

If the Rider's are this huge juggernaut fiscal money making best in the CFL team...how is it they loose money on the season, yet the "inferior" Bombers in their eyes make money...Riders enfded up over 200k in the red, albeit they would have made about 300k if not for the 500k they put toward the 2020 Grey Cup...If the Bombers didn't have to fork out an additional 800k+ for playoff expenses being on the road...grey cup expenses..rings etc, they would have pocketed even more than they did this season...while still making their loan obligations...This all with the Green Turds hosting a playoff contest....Me thinks their(that fanbase) needs to re-think their worth and realize they are not the be all..end all.

Trump has already defied the constitution and the law, and when the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff walked with him to the church in battle fatigues, he also did. Trump has shown that there are no lengths he is not willing to go to to keep power, and he is being enabled by the GOP, big business, the very rich, evangelists and the alt-right. If Trump uses the excuse that the election was rigged, and he is already preparing for that, he can assume emergency powers.

It took me over a minute to realize that it was a spelling mistake for protests lol.... I was trying to understand why he made a strong statement on condoms lol. Is he the only non white NFL owner? I'd assume most are super old white guys?

If memory serves, one of the first things that the Trump administration did (I think it was Jeff Sessions) when it came into power was to dismantle the FBI task force that was monitoring right-wing extremists.

I was thinking about protests in terms of gathering in respect to COVID. There is a local rally at the Leg tomorrow evening that is getting some traction. Id like to go. We should all go. Wear masks folks.

Im hoping as well as it impacts my pro wrestling business. Small potatoes compared to others with greater concerns but still a thing for me.

And I didn’t even know he went to Churchill..

Stepped down is code for "was fired". Good. One less POS spouting racist propaganda. May we never hear from him again.

Not to mention the fact the deranged idiot probably wears lifts in his shoes to make him look taller and probably a tummy tucker. We’re going to find out down the road he was 5’ 3 320.

Former Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day has stepped down from his role as a commentator on CBC News Network's Power & Politics — and has left senior positions at two major companies — after making comments on Tuesday's show about racism in Canada he later admitted were "insensitive and hurtful". https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stockwell-day-systemic-racism-canada-1.5597550

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-shoring-up-hospitals-for-covid-19-contributed-to-canadas-long/ Worth the two minutes to sign up for free access to Covid articles... The three provinces that are Canada's covid hotspots - Quebec, Ontario, Alberta - all transferred elderly covid-positve patients from hospitals to nursing homes... a major part of our covid lockdown response unintentionally increased the death toll In March, while BC increased nursing home safety protocols... Quebec institute a 'load shedding' policy - paying nursing homes to take patients who were in hospitals... Ontario transferred 2800 patients to nursing homes... Alberta discharged 900 patients to nursing homes... all before lockdown started... Sweden made the same mistakes - not allowing sick patients to be transferred to hospitals... Denmark got it right - by investing in seniors care and allowing sick covid patients to be treated immediately The final death toll has very little to do with the general population - its about how different countries treat and fund their elderly

Well, good for him. He tried retiring yesterday, but he was late getting there.

Ice Plex has fresh ice

Wow... RUDY UNHINGED!!!

What???

Definitely quarantining you for 21 days then until im sure you are free of McDaviditus.

Like say, allowing actual witnesses at Trump's impeachment trial....

Wow.

Yup exactly my point. No mulligans. Card played is a card laid. Get them all out. Full court press till November. No mercy.

the GOP are more like the looters. Grabbing everything they can in the chaos.

ha ha - always appreciate you, buddy!

Come November I'm going with when, not if, purely for sanity purposes.

FYP

calling him an upandcomer...at 28 hardly an upandcomer I would think that Harris..Evans, and Even Adams in Mtl would be ahead of Fajardo...

One tiny squeak of protest from Romney is nowhere close to him appearing moral. He has said nothing about children in cages, Trump's coded but obvious support of white supremacists and on and on.

3rd. down has a piece by Darian Durant....First of all calling him a legend is a joke...secondly ranking the 3 best qbs. currently in the league and picking Fajardo (must have had his green goggles on) as one of them....especially over Zack....What a bull$hit piece , consisting of blowing smoke up the riders arse...Maybe he's looking for extra big lettering on his induction into their hall of shame.......Hey Durant....we want our money back

https://www.nugget.ca/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/roughriders-finances/wcm/f69af966-2d48-4ea5-aa96-ec2919b34851

Kinda would like to see manslaughter charge or give him the option to hear from the families of those who have died.

Yeah... No one saw this coming...

Sam Hurl was absolutely hammered and bought me 2 bud heavys at super spike like 4 years ago. Awful player, but I will always be thankful for that.

We are talking Goldeyes rent

I recommend the Athletic, here's a snippet from their Declan story: