madjockmcferson

im referencing the US. institutional racism here is certainly more deeply embedded than the UK. the US systematically dismantled its provision of public services such as lidos and swimming pools and parks in the mid part of the last century, almost wholly because white people didnt want to share facilities with black people. they shut them down, despite these things being popular with whites, because of racism. they effectively privitized the provision of these public goods. the legacy continues today and we see it in the disparate rates of drowning among among black people, especially children.

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we can easily get into a discussion about why so many black people cant swim, specifically black children, and its due to segregation and lack of facilities in poorer neighborhoods. saying black people cant swim is a stereotype thats rooted in racism due to these factors.

damn. its the top story on the BBC football page.

people are dumb huh State investigators extracted information from Adams’ phone that showed web searches for “taser pain level, gun shops, prepaid cellular phones and how to get someone out of their house,” the probable cause documents show. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/us/missing-oklahoma-women-court-documents/index.html

maybe to give us time to tidy up stuff? im sure there is more to it than just a new manager starting. all his assistants etc have to work stuff out, the club has to jettison staff to accommodate them. just spitballlin but they cant just start tomorrow....or maybe it would have cost just too much? who knows. im not worried by it

feels like it today

aye, the sphell is pish. dont have to be great to get 3rd / 4th. just have to be slightly less crap than anyone else. we are plenty capable of that

thelin, being a non shite manager, will get more out of these guys. we obvs need more players but a little (any) organization and some actual bona fide tactics and we will see improvements. add to that mcinnes wont be at killie much longer and we are 8 from 5th...it really wouldnt take much to be 4th.

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this is correct. id add the US media seems to be under the misapprehension that israel, as a state that was attacked, isnt under any obligation to follow international rules. yes, they were brutally attacked, but they are subject to rules that hamas, as a terrorist organization isnt. it drives me nuts when they "forget" this. yes, israel can "defend itself", no they cant just do whatever they want. and it hurts US foreign policy and world standing to be their international lawyer.

i think they didnt believe hamas would go ahead with it. there had been "stability" as far as the israelis were concerned for years. they had, in their own minds, successfully bought off hamas and the international community had largely moved on. the entire (almost) selling point of quasi fascist religious nutjobs is they bring security, the strongman theory of politics. unfortunately, for them, those types of regimes tend to miss signals cos the incentives for those who share the power, such as the military or government ministers, is to not question the assumption their leadership is bringing security. so when you get underlings bringing reports of hamas fighters training for an assault these regimes tend to dismiss that. and thats assuming the reports ever get to the decision makers.

just get rip roaringly drunk. thats the traditional cure for everything

the county result was a bad one for us. sevco are 39 points ahead of us, what they do is irrelevant. county are now 5 behind us....thats kinda relevant.