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Pretty sad that I'm pleasantly surprised to learn this today.

No way I could do it justice. From someone that I think is a bit of a PBS'er type of guy, I'd think you'd love a 10-20 minute spoken word story. 🙂 TL/DR, He finally met John Prine after years of mutual friends, scares him, and it ends with front row seats.

I listen to the Drew Lane Show (former Drew and Mike Podcast) and they have a guy that does Top Ten "X" where X is some specific type of song, like Top Ten songs with a false ending. Seeing the Old 97's and the first thought I had was "what about a top ten bands that everyone knows, but never made it big" They have been such a solid band for so long, had songs in movies, a handful of top 10's. Unrelated, it's usually the Friday show (comes out Thursday night) and you can find a timestamp for when it starts in the show notes if you don't care to listen to the show but want to listen to this segment. Often it leads to some great music discussions.

Do you actually believe Ukraine is in a better spot right now then Russia? And when I say a better spot, I'm referring to Russia and Ukraine's ultimate goal of controlling land. Short term (next several years, regardless if Trump or Biden is the next president), Ukraine is ****ed. Putin doesn't care about his losses as long as he holds and increases land. Long term this is good for the US, because Russia is in an untenable situation in that it's reworked its economy for war, so it needs war. If it wins in Ukraine, it's screwed. But slowly killing off both Ukrainians and themselves, they can and are more than willing to do that for years. The longer they do that though, the worse their economy will be when it ends. The longer this lasts the better for the US, but also the worse for Ukraine. But let's keep up with the ultra nationalism for Ukraine (which we hate for our own country) and keep claiming that they just want to fight, so what else can we do but keep on supplying them.

If you're interested in how they determine, they provide information on it. I don't count it as the gospel, but have used it as an additional resource. https://www.allsides.com/media-bias

I'm just surprised because he reminds me of a Fieger, where he tries to be in front of the camera as much as possible. And while the right wing might make him out to be a boogie man.... you know for things like blatantly lying and little things like that, he's definitely not a product of right wing media. Quick google search on his name and I find this on the first page (national news only): The independent - Leans Left The Hill - Center Newsweek - Center PBS - Leans Left Yahoo - Leans Left NBC News - Leans Left USA Today - Leans left The Daily Wire - Right Huffington Post - Left The New Yorker - Left Additionally, an all-sides search on his name based on left, center, right sources yields: Left - 6620 results Center - 2450 results Right - 2030 results Thus why overall just a bit surprised so many of you don't know about him. In my younger, more snarky and more ideological days, I'd probably respond with something like "of course you liberals don't have any idea who's even saying the talking points you throw back at me" 🙂

I'd expect Crump to be on NPR daily, probably with his own show called 'hands up, don't shoot'.

You really have no idea who Benjamin Crump is?

I wasn't looking to shift the focus, just expounded on one aspect of the story, a lying story, put out by Crump. If it's impossible to make the narrative worse than it already was, then you'd think there would be no need to lie about it.

There will be pro-cop folks saying this, but legally "I'm scared" is not justifiable. The cop doesn't need to wait for a gun to be pointed at him, just an upward movement can potentially give him justification, but that simply didn't happen here. I can't say he will be convicted, but the Feds need to step in if Florida refuses to pursue criminal charges.

I agree completely, my point is that the narrative was that police swarmed into the wrong apartment without identifying which we can see was absolutely false, but it helps drive a narrative to make it worse than it already is (which with an innocent young man dead, is absolutely horrible). People like Crump do nothing to help and putting out narratives like this only gets the pro-cop folks defenses up, which actually lowers the chances that the family gets criminal justice. But Crump will get a nice pay day from the cops eventually, so he's happy to move along to the next questionable death he can find.

You're looking at it from a textbook economic view. Channeling Dangerfield in Back to School, the attacks on the refineries leads to a perceived attack on oil, so Russia greases up OPEC to find a way to increase the cost per barrel under a 'the market is shaky' excuse and then the US cost goes up not because we can't just supply our own country, but because our suppliers, as they are finger wagging at OPEC, gladly sell their oil abroad. Everyone wins, except for us commoners.

Police released the cop cam. The cop on scene was told it was apartment 1401 that had the disturbance and he goes to 1401. Very loudly knocks on the door and identifies himself as police, the kid opens the door with a gun in his hand (in a relaxed position pointing down) and the cop immediately pulls his gun and shoots. It's clear the cop didn't go looking to kill a young black man like the story that is being painted, but also clear the cop shouldn't be a cop. I don't see how legally you can view it as a justifiable shooting.

Where's the Utah Salty McSaltLakes option at?

A little long, but a fun story.

Assuming this wasn't a Biden slip up where he simply said more than he should have and this was purposefully said, then I have to believe he's been telling Netanyahu for awhile and has been getting spurned. I really don't have a problem with Israel continuing this war, but only if they have some plan in place....realistic plan in place I should say. But going off all nilly willy, you don't get our support if that's the case.

It's already been reported that Barron's graduation is in the morning, then he flies to the benefit that afternoon.

Trump's going to do both

I think it's natural to believe the area you are in is safer in ways, mostly because you 'know it'. Meaning you're in it day to day and understand where to watch out, etc. When I first moved down here, I always heard 'don't go south of 8 mile'. When I lived in Warren, I heard people say 'don't go south of 10 mile'. I'm up in New Baltimore now and have heard folks say they don't like going south of Hall or 23. I remember listening to 97.1 after the Pistons announced they were moving to LCA. A Detroit caller called in saying it'll be a huge boost for the Pistons because everyone he knew was always afraid to drive up to Auburn Hills, not that it was too long of a drive. Statistically a ridiculous statement, but he obviously had comfort with what he knew.

Depends on how you define mass shooter. Based on how the federal government is defining it, there are more mass shootings in Chicago on most weekends then there are "mass shootings" based on how it sounds like you describe it in a year. And I do agree that a lot of the minority population are looking for gun control. Many are looking for more police as well, despite louder voices saying less cops or no cops at all. Can't believe i'm blanking on the name of the podcast, but I remember one where they looked at a minority community that was pushing to have traffic laws enforced more as pedestrian deaths were too high. The police began to do it and deaths and injuries significantly dropped, but more tickets and arrests were made based on the more strict traffic enforcement and the police backed off, resulting in the pedestrian injuries and deaths returning to previous norms. I'm just saying I think it's a good tool for prosecutors, but I won't be surprised if there is some pushback someday from the same folks cheering it on today.

Fairly confident he legally purchased it from a pawn shop after the local prosecutor skirted the law to allow themselves to charge him with a misdemeanor when he was first found illegally carrying a gun. While I don't disagree with you either, this gets back to my next concern. When prosecutors start using this new tool to go after parents and we find it's being used in inner cities more regularly and there is a demand from the democratic party to move away from it because it affects minorities disproportionately.

Just wondering out loud here. From a foreign policy standpoint of weakening our enemy, propping up Ukraine to continue fighting and making Russia look weak, how much of the decision making was on if we try and find a peaceful end to allow middle aged Ukrainian men to live and repopulate what's left of their country and allow some stability versus, we've already made Russia look weak, now we can pull weapons out of Iran and China and allow them to be used in Ukraine, further weakening them. For all I know, production could have just been ramped up, allowing Iran/China to sell and make even more for themselves down the road. Actually now that I say it, it probably was a specific reason we allow this war to continue and Iran/China have made money allowing them to increase for themselves to and it's a lose/lose.

I thought it was a mix of both until she did the obligatory "let's make some noise" that everyone does and everyone gets a reaction too.

This is the correct answer.

I heard an interview from a democrat that is running against Wasserman-Schultz in her primary that "from the river to the sea" was first said by some right wing party in Israel, so therefore you 'need to learn your history' before you claim it's used by Palestinians/pro-palestine folks in a disparaging way. Can't believe I now have to root for Wasserman-Schultz....this world is so messed up.