Scrutable

bolo wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:14 pm

Bowser's policy proposals are mostly about very local issues like filling potholes. In anything more.ambitious she is hampered by DC not being a state and therefore under the thumb of national politics. The top ambition for DC local government for decades has been statehood, but until the Dems get a filibuster proof majority in the Senate that will never happen because it would mean a guaranteed extra Dem Representative and 2 extra Dem Senators.

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:37 am

bolo wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:14 pm

Bowser's policy proposals are mostly about very local issues like filling potholes. In anything more.ambitious she is hampered by DC not being a state and therefore under the thumb of national politics. The top ambition for DC local government for decades has been statehood, but until the Dems get a filibuster proof majority in the Senate that will never happen because it would mean a guaranteed extra Dem Representative and 2 extra Dem Senators.

Ah, I was assuming a mayor would have oversight of some police force, along with stuff like zoning, transportation, education.

But US politics is labyrinthine and DC is a bit of an oddball so I'm probably wrong.

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:37 am

bolo wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:14 pm

Bowser's policy proposals are mostly about very local issues like filling potholes. In anything more.ambitious she is hampered by DC not being a state and therefore under the thumb of national politics. The top ambition for DC local government for decades has been statehood, but until the Dems get a filibuster proof majority in the Senate that will never happen because it would mean a guaranteed extra Dem Representative and 2 extra Dem Senators.

Ah, I was assuming a mayor would have oversight of some police force, along with stuff like zoning, transportation, education.

But US politics is labyrinthine and DC is a bit of an oddball so I'm probably wrong.

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:09 pm

It is genuinely very funny, but I hope it doesn't distract from the genuine attempts at transforming the justice system and wider society. What are Bowser's forthcoming policy proposals?

It seems a bit like the mayoral equivalent of clicktivism - feel-good fun participation that doesn't actually achieve anything beyond annoying some ballbags.

Martin Y wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 06, 2020 9:59 am

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:09 pm

It is genuinely very funny, but I hope it doesn't distract from the genuine attempts at transforming the justice system and wider society. What are Bowser's forthcoming policy proposals?

It seems a bit like the mayoral equivalent of clicktivism - feel-good fun participation that doesn't actually achieve anything beyond annoying some ballbags.

Reminds me of Glasgow city council renaming St George's Place to Nelson Mandela Place (the S.A. consulate was there). It was the first example of that kind of provocative renaming I was aware of. That felt a bit similar at the time but less like a prank as time went by.

(Edit to add) I didn't appreciate at first that the South Africans didn't just have to ignore the new street signs, it was now their postal address so they got it every day in the mail.

dyqik wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:41 pm

dyqik wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:51 pm

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:00 pm

Loads more footage of police brutality reported on by the BBC. Have the police really not noticed that everyone has cameras now, or are they just super confident in their impunity?



One officer stops to help the guy and is moved on by another cop. Dozens then completely ignore him as he lies apparently unconscious on the ground. More evidence, if it were needed, that all cops are b the problem, not just a few lone-wolf bad-apples. Beatings, gropings, shootings, all on camera.

Two of the officers have been suspended now, which is the first step, I guess.

And now 57 police officers have resigned from the emergency response teams in support of them. Somehow, they are still employed.

jimbob wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 06, 2020 10:40 am

It is a very public statement that the city of DC supports the aims of the protests.

bolo wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:06 pm

Boustrophedon wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 4:16 pm

Epic trolling. Trump is going to be spitting blood.

DC renames street near White House 'Black Lives Matter Plaza'

I came here to post about this. My Facebook feed has probably 10 different photos from local residents enjoying the big yellow letters. Props to Mayor Bowser.

tom p wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:32 pm

Also, why does that article say it was a mural, when it's very clearly painted on the road?

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:55 pm

It's weird that a mural can be on a wall or a ceiling, and there's no commonplace word for painting on a floor.

They can't call it a flooral.

tom p wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:32 pm

They should have renamed Pennsylvania Avenue instead. Not only does it have the white house on it, but also Trump's Washington hotel...
And risk the painting crews being gassed, beaten and-or shot? Surely Tom p here one has to consider basic Health & Safety.

tenchboy wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:42 pm

If it's a mural sur la mur, cest un rueal dans la rue.
Innit!

bmforre wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:49 pm

tenchboy wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:42 pm

If it's a mural sur la mur, cest un rueal dans la rue.
Innit!

Excellent.

But what about the agitation on the ceiling? Plafondal?

FlammableFlower wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:44 pm

According to Trump: That 75-year old that was pushed and hit his head was apparently an Antifa provocateur...

Incredibly he claimed he fell "harder than he was pushed" and that he was using some kind of device to tamper with police communication equipment.

FFS

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:02 pm

FlammableFlower wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:44 pm

According to Trump: That 75-year old that was pushed and hit his head was apparently an Antifa provocateur...

Incredibly he claimed he fell "harder than he was pushed" and that he was using some kind of device to tamper with police communication equipment.

FFS

They really are attempting to create a sort of "invisible enemy" in Antifa. It's probably deserving of its own thread. It seems to me that they're gearing up for a fascistic crackdown on all expressions of left-wing politics and activism by taking a name used by a decentralised group of anarchist anti-fascist protestors (who, lacking any form of leadership or membership, are unable to respond), using it to describe anyone and everyone they want to paint as a troublemaker, and attempting to have the "organisation" added to the list of banned terrorist organisations. (Note that there are zero US-based white supremacist groups on the list)

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:02 pm

FlammableFlower wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:44 pm

According to Trump: That 75-year old that was pushed and hit his head was apparently an Antifa provocateur...

Incredibly he claimed he fell "harder than he was pushed" and that he was using some kind of device to tamper with police communication equipment.

FFS

They really are attempting to create a sort of "invisible enemy" in Antifa. It's probably deserving of its own thread. It seems to me that they're gearing up for a fascistic crackdown on all expressions of left-wing politics and activism by taking a name used by a decentralised group of anarchist anti-fascist protestors (who, lacking any form of leadership or membership, are unable to respond), using it to describe anyone and everyone they want to paint as a troublemaker, and attempting to have the "organisation" added to the list of banned terrorist organisations. (Note that there are zero US-based white supremacist groups on the list)