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So, it's been awhile since we've had baseless speculation on markets. I've been mildly entertained by the market's current meltdown - clearly no one...

To deport.

It's local elections. Why do you care?

Do you still play this Tim? On sale on Steam until 2 March for free. Picked it up, though don't have much time for games I think I might get into...

For people with certain types of criminal records it is. Also a lot of crime is done using stolen weapons, etc. Like I said earlier I'm not in...

They were picked on the basis that the police decided they looked or were acting "suspicious", so good as, especially if the allegations that there...

You're assuming they're being picked at random. Also you're assuming you're trying to find people who do murders while on their way to do a murder....

Of course that only works if its illegal to carry weapons.

It functions because it makes criminals fearful of carrying weapons since they can be randomly stopped. This isn't a recommendation for it - people...

Stop and frisk does nothing but waste police time harassing mostly black or asian men out minding their own business, almost all of whom will be...

Sanders is not as good on race as he should be (one reason I'd prefer Warren, but that's not happening) and I don't like his "everything is about...

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-san-francisco-election-immigration-20181026-story.html

There's a sort of yo-yo effect here, being tough on crime works but then because its worked people stop being afraid of the crime and are outraged at...

Exceptional events in 1993 and 1997? Exceptional events in 2005? A majority of left-wingers in NYC consistently supported these policies and refused...

Where was Sanders during all this? Using his position in Congress to stop this behavior? He's all talk, like a certain failed politician in the UK,...

Sorry, I thought you were supposed to be arguing for the idea that the a standard Democrat rather than a progressive is the best option? Stop...

You say that as if this is some kind of gotcha, rather than a position I'm more than happy to defend. Maybe we'll have that conversation one day,...

Historically low turnouts, exceptional events, and a dude who essentially bought himself a third term. I dunno mate.

I don't think you realize how popular stop and frisk (and broken windows policing) was in NYC. There's a reason Guiliani and Bloomberg won 5...

Are you into Q Anon now?

Saw Game Changers on Netflix. Extremely pop-sci, bit cultish, but very well-made :up: what they need is to follow-up with a vegan cooking show. ...

Acting as if illegals don't vote in elections...

See, there's that obsession of yours with the rich as the Enemy of the People again. I don't care if the rich influence politics anymore than I care...

Oh, and I forgot to address the point that Bloomberg being mega-rich is good because he won't be beholden to big donors. Uh, he *is* a big donor....

1232677430780944386 Bloomberg may challenging be for the record for fastest discovery/scrutiny/rejection cycle. The more Americans learn about...

https://nypost.com/2013/06/28/bloomberg-we-disproportionately-stop-whites-too-much-and-minorities-too-little-in-stop-frisk-checks/ Also, "I...

If by that you mean he's one of two people on that stage to have executive experience in a place that had African Americans (and the other allowed...

Fair point. In which case its a relatively meaningless comment. That's like saying most sexually promiscuous virgin in the nunnery.