I do applaud their stamina. I don't think I've been angry or euphoric enough about anything to maintain that level of energy. I feel like I must be of tremendous disappointment to revolutionary types.
Likewise. How can you be that het up about ANYTHING?
Call me a cynical old salamander-portraitist, but I begin to suspect these largely-white BLM protests might be, psychologically, not *entirely driven* by concern for black lives.
Edit:I feel like it must be weird for other brutal criminal syndicates to deal with some of these cartels, if only because while they are brutal and terrible, they do not generally have such daily chaotic violence as some of these mesican cartels.
Though I'll never get over the Guardian piece on Albanian gangs taking over the UK cocaine trade which in places could read like an assessment of the business savvy of a new start up in the city.
It is gesture politics, and frustratingly effective to boot, since it might well not be serious but it is intended to be provocative and so demands a response.
Does the HoL have a separate budget which it can spend? If not, it is wholly dependent on what the HoC is prepared to fund.
I do applaud their stamina. I don't think I've been angry or euphoric enough about anything to maintain that level of energy. I feel like I must be of tremendous disappointment to revolutionary types.
Do the protestors not worry that the central 'Black lives matter' message that is one of anti-police brutality might potentially come across as 'Smash shit up for the sake of it ?' Just an observation.
That assumes the rioters wanting to smash shit up and the protestors wanting to stop police brutality are the same people.
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Call me a cynical old salamander-portraitist, but I begin to suspect these largely-white BLM protests might be, psychologically, not *entirely driven* by concern for black lives.
Edit:I feel like it must be weird for other brutal criminal syndicates to deal with some of these cartels, if only because while they are brutal and terrible, they do not generally have such daily chaotic violence as some of these mesican cartels.
Though I'll never get over the Guardian piece on Albanian gangs taking over the UK cocaine trade which in places could read like an assessment of the business savvy of a new start up in the city.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/13/kings-of-cocaine-albanian-mafia-uk-drugs-crime
https://twitter.com/TheJessieWoo/status/1284975121913073670?s=20
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1284959287748567040?s=20
If not, it is wholly dependent on what the HoC is prepared to fund.
https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/1284973982559670272?s=20
Days since American Police crossed the line and abused their authority: 0.
Toby does seem to crave the oxygen of publicity.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/01/jeremy-corbyn-guest-honour-eve-populist-mexican-presidents-inauguration/
Anti-democratic, overbearing and corrosive to liberty
There is much rejoicing in heaven!