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Baldimo wrote:

There isn't a good reason, the FBI stats prove that white people are killed by police more often that black people. This is why the whole BLM movement is suspect in my eyes.

The US should consider staying in the Iran nuclear deal, Defence Secretary James Mattis has suggested.
Asked in a Senate hearing whether he thought this was in the national interest, he said that it was.
President Donald Trump, who is highly critical of the deal, is to decide by 15 October whether Iran is complying. The White House has not commented on the defence secretary's remarks.
The 2015 accord was designed to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon.
"I believe at this point in time, absent indications to the contrary, it is something that the president should consider staying with," Mr Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington.
"If we can confirm that Iran is living by the agreement, if we can determine that this is in our best interest, then clearly we should stay with it," he added.
Last month, President Trump said Iran was keeping to the spirit of the agreement "atrociously".
He also described the agreement - signed by Iran, the US, the UK, France, China, Russia and Germany - as the "one of the worst deals I've seen".
In April, Mr Trump ordered a review into whether a suspension of sanctions on Iran, linked to the deal curbing its nuclear activities, was in the US national interest.
If the US president does not recertify by the set deadline that Tehran is complying with the agreement, he could withdraw his approval.
Congress would then have 60 days to decide whether to re-impose sanctions on Iran suspended under the deal.
Iran has always said it has the right to nuclear energy - and insists that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said last month that Iran was implementing the nuclear-related commitments from the deal.

There isn't a good reason, the FBI stats prove that white people are killed by police more often that black people.

the rate at which blacks are killed IS noticeably much higher, and has not gone unnoticed, which is why BLM is important. It ain't equal treatment under the law.

Never has been.

I wonder what [Hofstadter's] take on the current anti-intellectualism would be. Pages of footnotes a la McCarthy aren't the thing these days.

Baldimo wrote:

There isn't a good reason, the FBI stats prove that white people are killed by police more often that black people.

well 'dóh
compare the population size

then compare the ratio

raw numbers are not helpful

Can you answer the question about if your reaction would differ according to the appearance of a person carrying a weapon?

I'm not anti-gun, myself, but having automatic military-grade weapons available for purchase is a completely puzzling scenario.

the police are one, comparatively minor, thing - ask them about desk clerks, waiters, people who see on the street at night, store clerks, security guards at malls, straight out people.

It continues to be much better to be white, or perceived as white, in much of the world - very notably in the US.

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I'm not anti-gun, myself, but having automatic military-grade weapons available for purchase is a completely puzzling scenario.

That's just the point, there are no "automatic military-grade weapons" available for sale in the US. There is a long in depth process that you have to follow to legally buy these types of weapons. Don't believe the anti-gun hype put out by the left leaning US media.

What about the still legal, readily available alteration kits, like 'bump-stocks' to rig semi-auto to fire auto?

Then, during a tour of the devastation, he told survivors to “have a good time.”

“Great to see you,” Trump added.

During a later appearance where he handed out supplies, the President “tossed rolls of paper towels into the crowd,” according to a White House pool report.

“There’s a lot of love in this room,” he said. “Great people.”

...Trump later claimed that “most of the hospitals” on Puerto Rico were open. He said “the job that’s been done” on the island “is really nothing short of a miracle.”

As of Friday, of Puerto Rico’s 69 hospitals, only one was fully operational, according to FEMA.

"I hate to tell you,Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget out of whack."

Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff on Tuesday floated the possibility of a party “purge” of Republican lawmakers who don’t support President Donald Trump.