Jauronimo

Does this rant have anything to do with what I said? Who are you arguing with?

There are no statistics I am aware of that show shootings, fatalities, or use of force per police encounter. We do the best with what we have. Either way, the post I quoted completely butchered math.

You're comparing gross numbers on ~60% of the population vs. ~13% of the population. By this logic, white QBs throw more interceptions than black QBs (even when accounting for Jameis Winston) and therefore are twice as careless with the football.

Do we have statistics on a per encounter basis? I am conscious of the fact that even with the most robust statistics the numbers alone do not prove racism. Nor do I necessarily buy the idea of our police force as a racist institution. Trends which are more explainable via socio-economics are often attributed to race. I think the numbers are useful in that, while flawed, they directionally support the anecdotal evidence we have heard for years. The anecdotal evidence is directly supported by numerous studies on attitude toward police by race. Justice also expands beyond just our policing and covers investigations, charges, sentencing, or the lack thereof (have seen some interesting statistics on disparities in sentencing for similar crimes based on race and gender which are related to but tangential to this discuss). I have made similar arguments to yours above about crime rates and still believe that the argument is valid. Over the years my perspective has changed slightly. Years ago I would likely stop at this point of statistical analysis and dismiss the more absurd claims like "the police are hunting minorities in the streets" and go no further. The past few years of video evidence and headlines show there is a problem. Even if there isn't a single racist in uniform in the whole country (last week's headlines alone prove this is not the case), there is a problem. This problem disproportionately effects the black and minority community. People dying over selling CDs, or loosies, or sitting in the living rooms of their own homes, or calling the police for a violent crime and being shot instead of the criminal, or jogging, or knowingly/unknowingly passing a fake $20 is an unacceptable outcome. In many of these cases there were no repercussions or investigations took months to commence.

These numbers do. Whites are ~60% of the population, Blacks ~14% depending on the study, which means black people are killed by police while unarmed at more than twice the rate of white people. The links I sent you in another thread paint the same story and show that the trends have actually improved over the past 5 years but the proportions have been consistent. Got a link to the WaPo figures? I have cited their data in the past and I do not recall seeing any such figures.

Had they let him go he might've been found passed out in a Taco Bell or a McDonalds drive-thru!

Old folks like Andy Reid, Bill Belichick, Bruce Arians, and Pete Caroll?

@Gugny @thebandit27 FleaMoulds99 and rising.

Who does?

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Just wait until we start discussing dentists...

I would agree with that but also add that attitudes toward short men are something we are born with.

To be better than one is to be worse than all.

And I'm 6'2" but I stand with Chris Morgan. https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/11/viral-bagel-guy-history-public-confrontations/

We are marching on City Hall for Chris Morgan tomorrow at noon! For far too long we men have allowed our shorter brothers to be the victims of cruel jokes, pranks, and denigration. It is time that we stand with our height challenged fellow men and come together as one gender to combat discrimination and inequality in our society. Institutionalized heightism comes in many forms. Its girls calling short men their "little brother", its ride restrictions at Six Flags, its basketball, pants manufacturers. Tall privilege is real. Many of us simply do not know what its like to have to get a step ladder to reach the tops of shelves or to stare at asses and backs during concerts. We need to listen to our shorter brothers and hear their experiences if we are ever going to learn. Who's with me?!?! #BeautfulAtAnyHeight #IAmChrisMorgan

Be glad you got hitched before dating moved to Tinder and Bumble. *Trigger Warning*: Every girl has a 6'0" or taller requirement. I guess its a good thing for all you guys below the mark that we have been lying to women for centuries about what 6" looks like. At this point they really can't even ballpark 72".

I lost all respect for him in his last game as a Bill. Airmailing 3 straight passes 10 feet over T.O.'s head to prove some kind of point. Running out of bounds 7 yards shy of the marker to avoid contact on 4th down rather than attempt any kind of pass. He quit on the team.

I'm no expert but the subject has fascinated me since I read The Big Short. Great book and surprisingly decent movie too.

The buildup of the housing bubble spanned 2 administrations. While Clinton played his role in loosening lending standards to build a new homeowner society the bad behavior continued under GWB and by the later stages of the game private institutions were beating the GSEs and government regulated lenders at their own game. Enter Bear Sterns and Lehman. There's enough blame to go around. I don't think laying it all on Clinton is fair. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fannie-freddie-and-the-cra-are-not-responsible-for-the-financial-crisis/

What was your last handle on TBD?

I really don't see the similarities. The housing market crash was a perfect storm of bad incentives, loose lending, and the revival of arcane derivatives known as credit default swaps. There was rampant fraud in the mortgage industry on top of no standards for sub prime lending. Mortgage originators didn't care about the quality of the paper they wrote as they had larger regional banks ready to buy anything they had to offer who similarly didn't care because Fannie and Freddie accepted everything without question. Fannie and Freddie didn't care because they were doing their American duty in growing the American economy (more houses means more consumption of other goods) and they were just going to slice and dice the mortgages up into CMOs and sell them all to some moron in Germany. Making matters worse, AIG guaranteed all of these dog**** CMOs 10x, 100x, and 1,000x over since they were so confident none would fail. Easy money to collect your monthly fees. AIG was guaranteeing something like $440 billion in CMOS. Distressed business loans seemingly have some actual lending practices adhered to. I am not an expert on distressed debt but I don't think lenders have a CLO end-buyer who is as gullible and inept as our favorite GSEs Fannie and Freddie. Again not an expert, but I from what I understand no one in their right mind is writing Credit Default Swaps after 2008. K-9 is right. Michael Burry among others was highlighted in The Big Short after convincing AIG and banks to offer him CDSs (these products were not available at the time) and made a killing. The bad news is that unless you're an institutional investor with certain licenses these securities are not available to you. You can short the banks I guess.

While Elvis invented rap as everybody knows, the black community really drove the direction and advancement of rap until Vanilla Ice entered the scene and made the genre completely uncool for a number of years. DMX and his provocative barking ultimately revived rap music as a legitimate art form in 1998 but it has been all down hill from there. Cole Beasley is also a rapper and confessed person who loves to rap. The more you know.

I would argue chicken wings are enough of a contribution to the world but being known for civil justice reform would be a nice runner up!

I would link directly to the WaPo but the article is now behind a paywall and I don't subscribe. https://thesocietypages.org/toolbox/police-killing-of-blacks/ Some discussion on the rate of unarmed deaths. 5% looks like a low number but its 1 in 20 individuals. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080222/ Maybe the issue isn't systemic or nationwide, but it certainly looks like Minneapolis has a problem. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/06/03/minneapolis-police-are-7-times-more-likely-to-use-force-against-black-people/#7c8cdafb1321 All the stats I've seen over the years are consistent and point to materially higher rates of shootings and fatalities. I disagree with the assertion of negligible differences. One major grey area is situation and relevant facts as detailed in the "Is this the right comparison?" paragraphs. We also have no statistics in how many times a routine traffic stop results in an arrest or jaywalking like the video from Tulsa. We do have lots of anecdotal evidence and together with the raw data it tells a consistent story. Make your own conclusions.

The white man simply cannot catch a break in this country. But we shall overcome! There's no shortage of ignorance and racism out there and its hardly the exclusive domain of white America. But there is a stark difference in the effects of racism in America, generally speaking. While us low-melanin Americans are subject to inflammatory posts on social media lumping us all in with supremacists and Klansman and a host of accusations which upset and offend racism manifests itself as loss of opportunity, jobs, income, housing, and life for other members of society.