6 minutes ago, SpecialEd said:

Trump's public behavior has become progressively more bizarre: the Bible thing (?), referring to the protesters as "thugs", and threatening to send the armed forces to the streets. I think he has shot himself in the foot one too many times. The election is five months away--too soon for people to forget all the strange shit he has been saying and doing. The 'rona will most likely still be raging, and who knows what the economy will look like, including unemployment.

To be fair, Biden has also said plenty of bizarre things recently. There's widespread concern among democrats that his memory & mental health is deteriorating.  That is the reason he is being kept out of the public eye as much as possible right now.

His performance in debates will be very telling.  I suspect there will be talk of cancelling or pre-recording debate answers to shield him.

Biden's choice of VP will be very interesting.  I wouldn't be surprised if would resign before the end of 4 years if he does get elected.  I suspect his health will decline.

I'd be very interested if I didn't already have a sporty naked bike.

Paul had this thing hustlin' through corners in WV last year.

21 minutes ago, Pauly said:

The Dems lost my vote when they backed Biden. He is not a strong or competent leader.

Also, #fuckchina

I think Biden's best strategy is to keep his mouth shut and hope Trump tweets himself out of the race...and realistically that has a chance of working. 

While think those officers were wrong and deserve to pay the price.  I don't agree with Black Lives Matter's core mission "#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes."

I think Police reform is long overdue, and that extends to accountability even beyond excessive force.  However, this notion of wide spread white-on-black murder is not supported by actual data:  

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-6.xls

1 hour ago, Tonik said:

 

Unemployment down to 13.3% and 2.5 MILLION jobs added.

 

Thanks Trump!!!

Our country isn't perfect, but we're resilient and our economy is fundamentally strong.  Whether or not you like Trump, his deregulation HAS made the economy stronger.

The trade fight he started with China was long overdue, and let's face it Obama didn't do it and Hillary wouldn't have either.

The non-headlines that made our economy stronger:  https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/tracking-deregulation-in-the-trump-era/

The S&P 500 just had its best 50 days ever

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html

24 minutes ago, bowdog said:

You will have to take it to them and have them scan it to get the code, then you can set your own code. Key pad is all I use, I don't even take the keys with me anymore just leave them in the truck.

If you have the original owner's manual there should be a card with the code on it.

It seems like many of these protests follow the same pattern.

1st wave - peaceful kids with signs and megaphones, saying "don't shoot" or "I can't breathe" 

2nd wave comes a few hours later with no megaphones and lots of bad intentions.  Stores destroyed, cars set on fire, etc. 

1st wave says they aren't with us.  We don't know who they are.  That part I believe.

Is it possible that both waves are organized by the same group?  but intentionally kept separate?  This really doesn't seem to be a coincidence anymore. 

1 minute ago, motocat12 said:

The medics were called due to his behavior before crossing the street to the cruiser they tried putting him in. Do you want to give a suspect who may have been kicking for example a chance to assault the medics too?

Counter point:  he died

14 minutes ago, Pauly said:

Fuck the looters. Support the protestors. 

 

Fuck the looters...yes all day, and dirty cops too.

Support the protesters...ehhh.  I support the message, but honestly I'm pretty indifferent to protests (not just in this case).  I think they provide an emotional release for people that may need it...but I don't think protests accomplish much if anything.  In this day and age, peaceful well intended protests seem to create a jumping off point for the non-well-intended to manipulate a charged situation.  IDK, maybe I'm wrong.

3 minutes ago, Steve Butters said:

Right!! I had water, phone, toilet paper, everything lol... But my dumb ass set the keys in the cup holder while the truck cooled down. It's never locked on me before, it doesn't lock usually until you start driving 5mph or so. I must have bumped into the button, or maybe I hit the little intelligent lock thing on the door handle... Idk... Lesson learned for sure! I only had to sit out there like 40 minutes waiting... Go figure the truck turned off after 30 minutes on it's own, so by the time I got in it, it wasn't even cool anymore 😂

Years ago I had a Ford Flex kid hauler.  It had a touch sensitive keypad (not buttons) on the outside.   When I first had it, and before I knew the code I was washing it at a self serve car wash.  It was running with my phone & wallet inside.  Water spraying back and forth on the keypad was interpreted as too many incorrect attempts and the car locked itself.  I had to borrow a strangers phone and get my GF to bring my spare keys   👎   

2 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

If it were the norm for the good cops to out the bad cops, a lot of this shit would be prevented imo.

Agreed.  Police are capable of policing themselves, but if a cop "crosses the blue line" they are ostracized in their own department, so they don't. 

1 hour ago, snot said:

One way to prevent police brutality, don't break the law. 

 

I'm sorry but that is 100% missing the point.  That's the same logic and blaming a woman for getting raped.

Police don't only detain people that have broken the law.  When police do detain someone, they can't do whatever the hell they want or they're the ones breaking the law.   The FOP will always defend cops that are in the wrong, which is unfortunate and the main reason this stuff keeps happening.

Good price for a well kitted Duc☝️

The fraulien is getting new shoes then all ready to tear up some Appalachian curves.

6 minutes ago, Pauly said:

Maybe they should have been a little more proactive and handled this piece of shit officer the last dozen times his name hit investigation papers. 

The FOP has zero interest in cleaning up dirty officers.  They will defend any criminal action committed by an officer an spin it like he's a hero.  

11 minutes ago, Tonik said:

Your name isn't Steve.

No.

5 minutes ago, Tonik said:

There is a point Steve where it becomes self defense. A preemptive strike. I guarantee you that if I was being treated like this I would burn everything in sight and shoot anyone that got in my way.

I think you would too.

 No.

7 minutes ago, Tonik said:

What do you two suggest they do to be treated like properly by the police?

If I was concerned about my race being mistreated by police, a good starting point might be to encourage more people of my race to become police.  Being more represented couldn't hurt. 

6 minutes ago, motocat12 said:

the guy says he can't breathe for 3 minutes in a video. The initial autopsy says not choked or asphyxiated. Someone suggested he swallowed his stash since he has felony armed home invasion on his record in Houston. Wouldn't be the first time that blew up a heart.

Someone suggested?  Well that sure sounds credible🙄

18 minutes ago, Tonik said:

 

 

Did that cop squeeze the life out of that guy with his knee?  Yep

Will that cop ever be convicted and spend time in a prison cell.  Nope

In cases like this, juries and courts overwhelmingly side with police officers...even against damning evidence.  The FOP works closely with the courts, and our judicial system doesn't have the teeth to prosecute and convict bad officers.  Good cops refuse to "cross the blue line" to testify against bad officers.  If they do they are hated in their own departments. That kind of protecting "brother officers" makes them all look bad.  The issue isn't police brutality the issue is police accountability.

Once I sat around a campfire with about a dozen cops.  They went around the circle telling "cop stories" and one-upping each other.  Most stories were about confiscating money, guns, & drugs that weren't on the books and never made it to the evidence room.  Most of them don't give a fuck about civil rights even when cameras are rolling.

The illegal things you suspect they do, they do.  And they get away with it.

15 minutes ago, Pauly said:

Post swelling. Chain and sprockets are original. They aren't worn to warrant replacement. The first 9k miles of this bike's life was commuting.

What is the swelling era?

I think out of state paid protesters are causing a lot of this chaos across the country.

30 minutes ago, Pauly said:

Guys, this thing has to go. Never in my riding career have I owned a machine that encourages, and handsomely rewards, the level of felonious behavior I have perpetrated on public highways. Buying this bike would essentially save me from an apparent internal psychopath itching to kill me. 

Please, because I (mostly) really want it to go. The dark part (really) wants it to stay...and that is terrifying. 

Because I'm good guy, I'll let you leave it in my garage to avoid the temptation.  You might as well leave the keys also.