NY cops calling in sick or if possible just retire. I remember reading of how Rudy straitened out the city, making NY police renown. But the FBI could become famous again. Look how the they conducted the Noose situation & made one driver famous.
It’s still only 89 more, barely a drop in the bucket of 36,000 officers, and not exactly a statistical anomaly. Especially when using a very narrow time period where the specific timing is rather arbitrary (does the effect on the police force really matter if you retire in May, or July, or March? But for this stat it’s very significant), and only comparing it to last year rather than a historical average. I’ll acknowledge that this event may be the catalyst for the specific date they file, but there’s no reason to think they werent already planning to retire anyways.
As I said, 272 isnt even a quarter of the total officers they normally loose each year, and is less than 100 more than last year - which is approx 0.3% of the total force. Of course it could be just the start of a larger trend that will develop over the next 6 months, but for now no one will even notice this “reduction” on the street. And that’s without considering any plans to, ya’ know, replace them with new officers like they do with the thousands they loose every year…
The FBI should take every threat seriously. That’s what they did, and they relatively quickly determined the truth and announced their findings accordingly. In this case, the problem was everyone blindly jumping on the bandwagon before there was any sort of investigation.
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Very true the way you meant this, writing as a reasonable, sane person. But I have to wonder about the “blind” part. The notion of a “noose” was so perfectly congruent with the narrative America’s mainstream media is today pushing with everything they have. When they come across something that perfectly juicy, it is disruptive desire and intent that causes them to jump, not blindness. Any story which reflects poorly on traditional America is a gold strike for them, and cannot be passed up or set aside awaiting further investigation.
What struck me about the “noose” saga was the mainstream media’s revelation of the FBI’s finding. They did report the finding. But their “retraction story” spent much more time repeating the bogus original narrative than it did focusing on the truth revealed by the FBI.
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The above was part of my response to you quite recently. I thought earlier today about what I had written:
Certainly hope you watched Full Measure this morning. Sharyl had an interview segment with no less a fine conservative than Ken Cuccinelli in the hot seat. “Cooch” is great on immigration, so Sharyl asked him pointedly why Trump failed during his first two years, with Republican House and Senate, to fix the problems. That’s when Cooch unloaded on Paul Ryan, blaming him quite correctly for the failure.
Now it’s one thing when I, a nobody, truth tell on Ryan the RINO. But it was great to hear it on national TV from so respected a person as Cooch. 
Speaking of narratives and what receives more (or less) bandwidth:
(Yes, he eventually took it down. That doesn’t “un-do” it.)
Paraphrasing Trump: “My friends [with shaved heads] say I’m the least racist person they know! Just ask them!”
These stories are heart wrenching and chilling. So many black Americans are perishing. It’s an even worse gut punch when a young child is lost, as happens frequently.
But the lives of these black Americans do not matter to the left when their deaths come at the hands of black criminals. There is no political leverage and nothing to be gained by trumpeting these outrages . . . . only when a white cop is the perp. So the carnage just goes on and on and on. It is just so sad.
And make no mistake: these are good people, good American people being slaughtered.
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It’s worse than that. The protests are both
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spreading the virus, which hits African Americans harder than average, and
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discouraging policing, which disproportionately impacts those African Americans living in high crime areas, who are now more at the mercy of the criminals than before.
Some 25,000+ black lives have been lost to the virus here in the US, compared to 10 unarmed black lives lost to the police last year. Just look at what the media narrative is and you’ll know whose votes matter in November and who’s lives don’t.
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Yes… protests where people are mostly distanced apart, wearing masks, outdoors (which itself is about a factor of 20 less conducive to spread than indoors), and have a potentially valid justification are the scapegoat.
Not a destructive and incompetent president and a subset of his supporters who are sheep. Oh wait…
Key survey question result:
Dem responses are highest (93%) for health professionals (and corresponding own assessment… based on health professionals). Trumplican resonses are ~50% Donald Trump, and only 69% consider at all what health professionals say. The same Trump who refuses to wear a mask in public and pulls down social distancing signage at indoor rallies, and breaks the law by not requiring mask usage or social distancing when they are legally required where the rallies are held.
I don’t see the races of the dead in that article. Was there another article or are you just assuming?
How about the protesters rushing, looting, breaking windows, stealing booze, clothes, shoes. Would you say they are trying to distance themselves? I really didn’t notice the masks…
??? You don’t notice looters who are using protest groups as cover wearing masks?
They have an additional completely unrelated motivation to cover their faces… and many would do so even if there were not a pandemic.
The protests and masks prevalence did seem to vary by state, though.
Edit: Pence joins in. At least he tells people publicly to wear masks even though he is still promoting the opposite.
Sorry… my mistake!
Similarly, going into banks right now seems like it would be fun. I have no essential need to do so in person myself, though…
You could pass through a written note (or just say it out loud) “$20000 in cash in a bag, please”, then afterwards pass the withdrawal slip through under the window.
I don’t remember where I mentioned going into a bank without my mask. But you do.
I needed to deposit a check that was extra large & had to be verified. Couldn’t just pass a note. Do you understand? Does it happen often to you? 
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I haven’t needed to go in banks except for a couple wires to my brokerage account, and cashier’s checks for the house purchase and refinances (so that no bank account information went to the title Co. and their leaky systems).
I haven’t received any extra large physical checks, not sure if I’ve had one over the $5k limit on my BOA remote deposit.
Well, you’re not agriculture… But anyway enough of this. I’ve got to go feed my dogs…
C’mon… WINDMILLS cause cancer!
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Not sure if you were referencing this… But, yes, that is literally a Trumplican platform plank.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437096-trump-claims-noise-from-windmills-causes-cancer
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