Racism - Always and Forever

Check is in the mail.

 

Grimes demands Venmo.

 

See post #2249 in the DeSantis thread!

 

Not sure that’s true. Like, in NC for sure, the Northeast part of the state was the only part that had lots of plantations, and that region is the core of…it used to be Butterfield but I nothing he retired, but he was replaced by another Democrat. So n the state I know, that’s not true.

I would also add that intuitively that makes no sense, since to be a large county for slave holding you had to have lots of freed slaves in 1866, and we all know black southerners are possibly the most loyal Democratic voters.

 

I appreciate the like on my nuance post. And regarding slaveholding counties take it up with this person

https://www.vox.com/2016/3/8/11175510/republicans-elections-south-slavery

 

Ah…that article is about white voters in those counties, not how those counties vote as a whole.

The point about tractors was really interesting.

 

The blue parts of NC are the Triangle, the Triad, Asheville’s hippies, Charlotte’s suburbanites, either Fayetteville or where the Lumbee live, and that area next to Virginia which had plantations.

At my old job I used to drive through Warrenton, a sad, sad faded little town. They tried to make the main thoroughfare some kind of tourist thing, with signs in front of these old homes. So, so many of them were built in the 1850s. Slave owners were flush so they built nice homes in the nearest city. Within 15 years after they built the antebellum equivalent of McMansions, their wealth was mostly gone.

 

And in the Mississippi/Alabama/Georgia Black Belt.

 

Indian on Indian crime



I knew a Patel in North Jersey. Dad owned a liquor store.

 

Too funny! If you know any Indian people at all, you know someone named Patel. I can think of at least 5 people I knew over the years with that name. It's the Gujarat equivalent of Jones, Smith or Johnson...

 

Also, Singh=Sikh

 

Teen in middle of Citi Bike Karen episode in Manhattan tells his side of story.

https://newsone.com/4592993/sarah-jane-comrie-update-citi-bike-teens-mother-speaks-out/

 

If someone's a Karen, its going to come out when bikes are involved. There's something about being on 2 wheels that turn people into complete maniacs.

 

Not as maniacal as people on 4 wheels

 

Makes sense, two pairs of wheels

 

To tie it all together, I was merging from 2 lanes to 1 to get on 287 this AM. It was my turn and some Guju (my new phrase) started honking like I was out of turn. So I stopped & flipped him off and he made like he didn't understand so I motioned to roll the window down so I could make myself clearer. He declined.

I liked FT work from home so much better.

 

Still say 2 wheelers are way worse. Sometimes I get through an entire day without seeing someone on 4 wheels drive the wrong way down a one-way street. But you can't spend 5 minutes outdoors without seeing someone on 2 wheels do just that. And they don't even slow down for it.

Not to mention the total disregard for red lights.

 

I’ll believe that that’s true in Brooklyn, but for most of the US, it’s we cyclists who are afraid and endangered.

 

In 2021 there were 123 pedestrians killed by cars in NYC. 2 were killed by bikes.

 

The only problem I have with cyclists is mainly in downtown DC where the bikers go from street to sidewalk to bike lane. And walk signals are suggestions. This used to happen a lot when I worked in the Farragut area.

Having said that, I can't blame them since a lot of drivers block the bike lane. It seems to be the unofficial loading/unloading area.

 

Wouldn't that be mostly due to the size of cars and the sheer number of them on the streets? Not sure it says cyclists have a less reckless mindset on average. Though I would like to know how many injuries those on 2 wheels caused in a given year in NYC. Bet its not insignificant.

I get it. I'm a cyclist too and I feel that strong urge to bolt through a red light when the coast looks somewhat clear, or turn down the wrong way of a one-way rather than take the next corner and going all the way around. That urge simply doesn't exist when I'm behind the wheel.

Also I'd be interested to know the number of motor-bikers that killed themselves through reckless driving, keeping in mind that there aren't that many of them on the roads.

 

speaking of racism and soccer

https://talksport.com/football/1443448/anton-ferdinand-west-ham-dallas-united-racism-row/

 

Uhm, ...

 

Which state has the most motorcycle deaths?

Preliminary estimates indicate motorcycle deaths will pass 6,000 a year once 2021 totals are tabulated. Key findings: Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas have the highest rate of motorcycle fatalities.Aug 1, 2022

Mississippi is the most dangerous state to be a motorcyclist at this juncture in time, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.Jan 16, 2023