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Post by byjove on Jan 10, 2024 14:19:25 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Jan 10, 2024 14:59:16 GMT -6
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Post by enchanted on Jan 10, 2024 17:10:27 GMT -6
Just thinking about Angola gets me angry. I knew it had a reputation, but reading about the tour and the gift shop (and now what you have shared) had my jaw dropped. Hey! Come tour our prison where we tout how progressive we are because we no longer use the electric chair, death row inmates now get to spend four hours outside their cells each day, and they actually get to talk to other human beings during that time! Also, totally come buy stuff from our gift shop and get your picture taken in our prop cell wearing your "Gated Community" sweatshirt! It will be a great informative time had by all! Meanwhile, inmates working in the fields get paid seven cents an hour (According to a former inmate interviewed in the book. A search on the internet says they start at four fucking cents an hour and after ten years, they can get a raise to a whopping 13 cents an hour.), a former warden was dumbfounded that inmates refused to build the bed that would be used for lethal injections, and just last year, they actually had to be fucking told that macing children was not something they should be doing.
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Post by enchanted on Jan 10, 2024 17:13:17 GMT -6
Are they still charging the families to get their loved ones bodies/remains back? The repeated disrespect is unfathomable. Meanwhile, the governor is getting sworn in for a second term. He's telling people he doesn't want them to move out of state. I'd be out of there! Unfortunately, for far too many there, it's not as simple as just leaving. Mississippi has one of the highest poverty rates (if not the highest) in the country and so many people can't afford to leave, even if they want to.
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Post by enchanted on Jan 10, 2024 20:36:24 GMT -6
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Post by Sweetjane on Jan 10, 2024 20:55:04 GMT -6
Meanwhile, the governor is getting sworn in for a second term. He's telling people he doesn't want them to move out of state. I'd be out of there! Unfortunately, for far too many there, it's not as simple as just leaving. Mississippi has one of the highest poverty rates (if not the highest) in the country and so many people can't afford to leave, even if they want to. I know, it's awful. The water situation is just so depressing. Gov.Reeves denies that systemic racism even exists .
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Post by mrsweasley on Jan 10, 2024 21:24:24 GMT -6
The OH House over-rode DeWine's veto on HB 68 with MORE votes than it passed with the first time. It'll probably be a couple weeks before the OH Senate takes it up but I'm not optimistic. They're also working on a specific school bathroom and sports bill. I'm disgusted
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Post by sullivan on Jan 10, 2024 23:33:42 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Jan 11, 2024 17:35:19 GMT -6
I am relived she won't be charged but the whole situation is so upsetting. And I'm really worried it's also a peek into our future.
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Post by kbw on Jan 11, 2024 21:31:00 GMT -6
I’m becoming increasingly very worried about expanded war in the Middle East.
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Post by mrsweasley on Jan 11, 2024 22:59:46 GMT -6
I am relived she won't be charged but the whole situation is so upsetting. And I'm really worried it's also a peek into our future. I am trying to hold out hope we can turn things around if we can pass an amendment for gerrymandering. I'm getting trained to circulate petitions and there seems to be a lot of positive momentum so far
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Post by fatpony on Jan 12, 2024 10:38:09 GMT -6
b0mb sniffing dog came through the library today. totally normal.
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Post by cnf on Jan 12, 2024 11:10:57 GMT -6
Death penalty on the table for the shooter of the Buffalo Tops mass shooting. Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty against Buffalo Tops gunman
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Post by clucky on Jan 12, 2024 14:34:49 GMT -6
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Post by clucky on Jan 12, 2024 14:40:45 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Jan 14, 2024 16:16:21 GMT -6
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Post by blurnette989 on Jan 14, 2024 16:28:29 GMT -6
I'm curious to see how the Caucasian goes tomorrow. With the weather being so crazy it definitely seems like only the MOST die hard supporters will show up which could shift things. Fully expecting De santos to drop after Iowa if he does poorly.
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Post by elle on Jan 14, 2024 16:31:50 GMT -6
I'm curious to see how the Caucasian goes tomorrow. With the weather being so crazy it definitely seems like only the MOST die hard supporters will show up which could shift things. Fully expecting De santos to drop after Iowa if he does poorly. This autocorrect is cracking me up. And truly, since it's Iowa's caucus, it feels like an appropriate assessment. 😆
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Post by elle on Jan 14, 2024 17:05:09 GMT -6
Um. But it's most definitely not a cult. 🫤
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Post by dc2london on Jan 14, 2024 20:36:20 GMT -6
I'm curious to see how the Caucasian goes tomorrow. With the weather being so crazy it definitely seems like only the MOST die hard supporters will show up which could shift things. Fully expecting De santos to drop after Iowa if he does poorly. I am opposed to caucuses and to Iowa's "first in the nation" status for a number of reasons, but, what absolute genius decided that a highly consequential event for American elections should take place in person, at night, in Iowa, in January?
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Post by byjove on Jan 14, 2024 20:58:41 GMT -6
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Post by gymngemini on Jan 14, 2024 21:21:54 GMT -6
Every accusation is a confession...
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Post by blurnette989 on Jan 15, 2024 5:50:05 GMT -6
I'm curious to see how the Caucasian goes tomorrow. With the weather being so crazy it definitely seems like only the MOST die hard supporters will show up which could shift things. Fully expecting De santos to drop after Iowa if he does poorly. This autocorrect is cracking me up. And truly, since it's Iowa's caucus, it feels like an appropriate assessment. 😆 just came back and saw this. 😂😂😂
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2024 9:27:52 GMT -6
b0mb sniffing dog came through the library today. totally normal. I was at our library Saturday and there was an armed guard
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Post by loony on Jan 15, 2024 17:55:27 GMT -6
b0mb sniffing dog came through the library today. totally normal. I was at our library Saturday and there was an armed guard I know I’m academic and not public, but I honestly wish we had real security. We’ve had some scary situations and often host voting.
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