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Friday, March 6, 2020 8:14 AM
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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Friday, March 6, 2020 10:48 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Friday, March 6, 2020 11:04 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Awesome links. I'm sure the author won't mind. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Friday, March 6, 2020 11:48 AM
Sunday, March 8, 2020 7:33 AM
Sunday, March 8, 2020 7:40 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: And you too can have a legal copy of it for just $19.98 at Target: Or just $12.99 on Kindle: So when are you cutting your pay to $70,000 per year and giving the rest away? You never got back to me on that one. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Sunday, March 8, 2020 9:03 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Why do many working-class white Americans support politicians whose policies are literally killing them? This is the question sociologist and psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl tries to answer in his new book, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland. The book is a serious look at how cultural attitudes associated with “whiteness” encourage white people to adopt political views — like opposition to gun laws or the Affordable Care Act — that undercut their own health. The book is not about racism at the individual level, though you can certainly read that into it. For Metzl, the key question is how did a politics of racial resentment become so powerful that it overwhelmed even the basic instinct for self-preservation? To get answers, he spent years talking to voters in Southern and Midwestern states, asking them to explain their political choices. The answers aren’t terribly satisfying, but they are instructive. I spoke to Metzl about what he learned and what he thinks we can do to solve this problem. A lightly edited transcript of our conversation follows. Sean Illing: Why are so many poor and working-class white Americans endorsing policies that are literally killing them? Jonathan Metzl: That’s the core question I address in the book. I look at the rejection of the Affordable Care Act in the South. I look at policies that make it far easier for people to get guns and carry guns everywhere. I look at tax cuts that benefit wealthy Americans but cut roads, bridges, and schools in poor and working-class areas. Every one of those policies has been sold as a policy that will make America great again. But they have devastating consequences for working-class populations, particularly working-class white populations, in many instances. You can’t really understand why people might support those agendas if you just start the conversation today. There are long trajectories of anti-government sentiment that course through the South that Trump has tapped into. There are also concerns about what it means to have the government intervene in ways that equally distribute resources that working-class white populations fear might undermine their own sense of privilege. I think the GOP has also been remarkably successful at tapping into this narrative — a narrative that makes people anxious that immigrants and minorities are going to take away privileges that are theirs. Sean Illing: When you say that certain policies or dogmas are “killing people,” what exactly do you mean? How are people dying? Jonathan Metzl: Well, part of what I do in the book is talk to people in their daily lives and try to examine the everyday effects of particular GOP policies. And the other part of the book looks at the data trends of those policies, which is pretty remarkable. I found that if you lived in a state that rejected the Medicaid expansion and blocked the full passage of the Affordable Care Act, you lived about a 21- to 28-day shorter life span on the aggregate. So it was costing people about three to four weeks of life in those states. When I looked at states that made it incredibly easy for people to buy and carry guns pretty much anywhere they wanted, I found that this correlated with hundreds of deaths that wouldn’t have happened otherwise, particularly in white populations, because gun suicide rose dramatically. And I found that if you lived in a state that cut away infrastructure and schools and funding, that correlated with higher high school dropout rates. All these variables are associated with shorter life expectancies, so this is what I mean when I say these policies are killing people. Free Download for "Dying of Whiteness" https://libgen.unblockit.red/search.php?req=Dying+of+Whiteness The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Sunday, March 8, 2020 9:37 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Fuck Metzl and fuck his racist book. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Sunday, March 8, 2020 2:22 PM
THG
Monday, March 9, 2020 7:36 AM
Monday, March 9, 2020 11:08 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Fuck Metzl and fuck his racist book. Do Right, Be Right. :)If I had a dollar for every time a Texas Republican told me he wasn't a racist but he did have a problem with lazy, no good niggers and Mexicans expecting the government to give them free stuff, I'd have enough money to fix 6ix's screwed up life, which is all his fault, not Democrats'.
Monday, March 9, 2020 11:09 AM
Quote:Originally posted by THG: I blame the damn russians'. Hell, it's always the russians'. T Deep state describes dedicated, educated professionals.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:43 AM
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 9:42 AM
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:02 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Anybody need more proof that NYT is a biased Democrat shill farm? Do Right, Be Right. :)
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 6:50 AM
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 7:48 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Anybody need more proof that NYT is a biased Democrat shill farm? Do Right, Be Right. :)You don't remember 2008, do you? I do. I clearly remember Bush not doing a damn thing about the crisis until too late to make any difference. Then the clock ran out and Bush and his team were gone from the White House, having not saved the situation and leaving a mess for somebody else to clean up. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Thursday, March 12, 2020 10:28 AM
Sunday, March 15, 2020 7:32 AM
Sunday, March 15, 2020 7:39 AM
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 9:55 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: I seriously doubt this is going to happen. November is a LONG way away and this will have all died down by then and we'll be left with the economic fallout. The WORST thing we can do is absentee ballots on a wide scale. It's bad enough we do as many as we do today. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Thursday, March 19, 2020 6:05 AM
Thursday, March 19, 2020 6:13 AM
Thursday, March 19, 2020 6:47 AM
Thursday, March 19, 2020 9:01 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: If Buttigieg thinks that’s a good thing, he should propose hiring millions of Americans to play World of Warcraft all day long and occasionally go to emergency rooms and strangle people.
Friday, March 20, 2020 1:55 PM
Friday, March 20, 2020 2:03 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: 3 Rules for the Trump Pandemic One: Don’t trust the president.
Friday, March 20, 2020 4:07 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: 3 Rules for the Trump Pandemic One: Don’t trust the president. LOL As if anybody trusts the NYT. It's 2020 dude. There's more truth on the front page of The Onion than an entire NYT paper. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Saturday, March 21, 2020 7:16 AM
Saturday, March 21, 2020 7:55 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: 3 Rules for the Trump Pandemic One: Don’t trust the president. LOL As if anybody trusts the NYT. It's 2020 dude. There's more truth on the front page of The Onion than an entire NYT paper. Do Right, Be Right. :)I knew people like you - knew because they died in their forties since they would not listen to warnings about cigarettes, seat belts, alcohol, guns, etc. declaring that the dangers were exaggerated. One particularly memorable death involved a warning to not bypass an interlock. His lasts words to me were "I've done this hundreds of times." It has been 26 years, but whenever I remember him my first and last thoughts are "Never could tell him anything. The world is better with him dead." That will be engraved on your tombstone, 6ix. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Saturday, March 21, 2020 10:54 AM
Sunday, March 22, 2020 9:35 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: That being said, shut the fuck up dude. You're an idiot. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Monday, March 23, 2020 6:38 AM
Monday, March 23, 2020 8:26 PM
JAYNEZTOWN
Monday, March 23, 2020 8:35 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN: Hashtag # PelosiHatesAmericans Trends On Twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/PelosiHatesAmericans?src=tren
Monday, March 23, 2020 9:38 PM
JO753
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 7:48 AM
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 9:53 AM
Quote:Originally posted by JO753: Youre failing to see hoo haz the most to looz. Trump and the GoPs are toast alredy and every day he desperately gets up in frunt uv the cameraz he burnz himself and them deeper. ---------------------------- DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early http://www.7532020.com .
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 10:36 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by JO753: Youre failing to see hoo haz the most to looz. Trump and the GoPs are toast alredy and every day he desperately gets up in frunt uv the cameraz he burnz himself and them deeper. ---------------------------- DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early http://www.7532020.com .Trump is NOT TOAST. I will not vote for Trump but: 45% of likely voters approve of Trump https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/voters/ 48% of gamblers approve of Trump https://odds.watch/trump-2020 If Biden dies before the election (4% chance) Trump will be in an even better position to win. www.finder.com/life-insurance/odds-of-dying
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 3:27 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: OPPS Do Right, Be Right. :)
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 4:24 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: OPPS Do Right, Be Right. :)Trump won with 46.1% of the votes in 2016. That is also his approval rating with likely voters in 2020. Any Democrat that believes Trump cannot win cannot be remembering 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 7:18 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Yup. Also keep in mind all of the things that have happened in the last 2 weeks that SHOULD have knocked him down so low he wouldn't have a chance no matter who he ran against.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:45 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Yup. Also keep in mind all of the things that have happened in the last 2 weeks that SHOULD have knocked him down so low he wouldn't have a chance no matter who he ran against.Nope. 1. Political leaders' popularity often rises temporarily after the onset of a crisis. Political scientists call this pattern the "rally effect," and it's been documented many times over decades of history; most dramatically, George W. Bush's job approval shot up from about 50 percent to about 90 percent virtually overnight after the events of September 11, 2001. There are several plausible factors contributing to this phenomenon: citizens close psychological ranks around their national leaders in a moment of uncertainty and fear; they evaluate these figures on different criteria than they did before the crisis erupted; and the normally critical opposition party (sometimes) mutes its attacks on the incumbent. Both French president Emmanuel Macron and Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte have enjoyed spikes in popularity during the current coronavirus outbreak, despite (especially in Italy's case) substantial national dislocation and tragedy. But these popularity bumps fade with time. More at "Four Reasons to Be Cautious About Trump's Approval Ratings" www.honestgraft.com/2020/03/four-reasons-to-be-cautious-about.html The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 9:55 PM
Friday, March 27, 2020 7:59 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: lol... Funny how you weren't critical of the temporary dip in polls when they told you what you wanted to hear, huh?
Friday, March 27, 2020 8:16 AM
Quote:Originally posted by JO753: Toast o a s t ---------------------------- DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early http://www.7532020.com .
Friday, March 27, 2020 9:07 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: From sledgehammer to scalpel It’s worth remembering why we’re in this situation.
Quote:Who Says It’s Not Safe to Travel to China? Sadly, one doesn’t have to look far for evidence of these top-down decisions morphing into outright racism within the general population, a trend that has a long history in the narrative of outbreaks such as this one. Coronavirus shares something in common with other kinds of civil disruption, natural disasters or emergencies that affect localized travel industries: Its destructive power lies not in the actual risk but in the perception of that risk. Numerous experts have said that the majority of people who contract coronavirus will experience it as a respiratory infection they will fully recover from. But the extreme reactions — the canceling of flights, closing of borders and level-four travel warnings — seem more appropriate for something much worse. With the rhetoric surrounding coronavirus, however, it appears the astonishing growth of the Chinese travel market in the past 15 years did little to rid the industry of the impulse to treat Chinese travelers as “others” in the face of doubt and uncertainty. Canceling flights, cruises and locking down borders when it’s not advised by international agencies will be not only an act of economic self-harm but also a wasted opportunity to learn from the mistakes of the past.
Quote: The coronavirus exposes the history of racism and “cleanliness” While the epidemic may be new, xenophobia has been intertwined with public health discourse for a very long time.
Quote:While panic about a sudden, deadly virus is to be expected, some fears — especially in North America and the West — have been based on something other than health. The panic has exposed a deep-seated xenophobia, and with it, a symptom of its own has surfaced: hostility toward East Asian people.
Quote:As the coronavirus spreads, fear is fueling racism and xenophobia
Quote:Toronto Mayor John Tory also spoke out this week about the coronavirus panic. "Standing with our Chinese community against stigmatization and discrimination," he said. "We must not allow fear to triumph over our values as a city."
Quote:‘No Chinese allowed’: Racism and fear are now spreading along with the coronavirus
Quote:An online petition signed by parents in one school district in Ontario, Canada, asked the school board to request parents whose children or whose families have recently returned from China “to stay at home and keep isolated for a minimum of 17 days for the purpose of self-quarantine.”
Friday, March 27, 2020 10:20 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: These articles are gross, and they only fester and reek even more with time. And it's a wonderful thing that we live in the age of the internet where they're preserved forever and we can REALLY do some research to figure out exactly what went wrong. Hindsight is truly 20/20 in 2020.
Friday, March 27, 2020 10:34 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: These articles are gross, and they only fester and reek even more with time. And it's a wonderful thing that we live in the age of the internet where they're preserved forever and we can REALLY do some research to figure out exactly what went wrong. Hindsight is truly 20/20 in 2020. 6ix, you've got a future as propagandist for the GOP, but get paid. Stop working for free at fff.net. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Friday, March 27, 2020 10:48 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: These articles are gross, and they only fester and reek even more with time. And it's a wonderful thing that we live in the age of the internet where they're preserved forever and we can REALLY do some research to figure out exactly what went wrong. Hindsight is truly 20/20 in 2020. 6ix, you've got a future as propagandist for the GOP, but get paid. Stop working for free at fff.net. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly Why would I ever do that. I'm not a Republican. I hate Republicans. I just happen to hate Democrats more is all. In 10 or 15 years, it will probably look like I flipped sides again, when in actuality I'm still standing in the same place. I like doing volunteer work. Check out the volunteer work I did for Marvel in the Cinema board. Do Right, Be Right. :)
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