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| Today in Talladega - see story below. Click to enlarge. |
An assortment of recent news stories that give food for thought and inform the conversation on the momentous issues now gripping this country. Your Head Trucker may have more to say about some of these things another time, but for now, take a look and see what you think.
Have Trump Voters Changed Their Minds? CNN's Van Jones reports (June 19 2020):
Black Georgia Sheriff Justifies Shooting of Rayshard Brooks: CNN's Brianna Kellar discusses the shooting with Burke County Sheriff Alonzo Williams (June 16, 2020):
I'm Gonna Talk about You, Connie: Local activist Gary Chambers calls out the Baton Rouge School Board in no uncertain terms last Thursday in Louisiana:
More video and background here. At the end of the meeting, the board did vote to change the name of the school.
Cuomo Fears Election Setup: Governor Andrew Cuomo believes Trump's objections to mail-in ballots are a ruse to ensure a contested election in November (June 22, 2020):
I Stand with Bubba: Fellow NASCAR drivers and crews gave a massive, moving show of support to driver Bubba Wallace in Talladega, Alabama, today:
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| Richard Petty's statement of support. Click to enlarge. |
Update, 6/23/20: No Charges in NASCAR Noose Incident. The FBI says that noose was the tied-up pullcord of a garage door, and had been hanging there that way since last fall. Well, if it wasn't an act of hatred, it was certainly the occasion for a wonderful display of love and unity in Talladega.
Update, 6/25/20: NASCAR Releases Photo of the Noose. NASCAR president Steve Phelps said at a press conference that "a thorough sweep of the 29 tracks and 1,684 garage stalls at the speedway, authorities found 11 pull-down ropes tied in a knot -- but only one noose," the one found in Bubba Wallace's stall. "We further determined that the noose was not in place when the October 2019 race weekend began but was created at some point during that weekend," Phelps said. "Given that timing and the garage access policies and procedures at the time, we were unfortunately unable to determine with any certainty who tied this rope in this manner or why it was done."
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6 comments:
It's too early in the AM for me to stomach much beyond one video...I'll be back later.
And I'm just turning in here! Catch you later.
I watched the first video thinking that the Trump supporters would be former supporters. He has a hold on people that I just don't get.
Yes, and it's a terrible thing to see. One reason is that Trumpism is a cult - the other is that as Trump and Fox News and AM radio keep telling those voters, the librul democrats "hate America and hate you" - so they are impervious to reason, or even to their own best interests.
The result is a polarized country facing off on two opposing cliff edges. How this can be fixed, I don't know. A strong, wise leader is needed to pull us all back from the brink. I hope Biden is up to the job.
" A strong, wise leader" would have brought the two sides of this country closer together through a rational, unified, good-for-the-whole community all-American effort to stem the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.
As bad as this pandemic is, it really could have been the thing that brought us all together, as least for the cause of public health and wellbeing.
Instead we have an imPOTUS who politicizes public health, pits states against the federal government and one another, withholds needed medical supplies from states who he doesn't like, taunts citizens to deny science and his own administrations health directives/warnings and encourages them to engage in behaviors that will result in dire consequences for many.
We are truly living in a Looking Glass world.
Yes, and it gets curiouser and curiouser all the time. You're right, the pandemic response has been badly bungled - it could have been a unifying event, but it has just divided the country further and crazier.
I have to say though that I have been tremendously impressed with the response of your former neighbor, Gov. Cuomo. I listened to a couple of his press conferences, and no one else has come close to explaining things as clearly as he does. He's a real leader. I keep resisting the temptation to post a big sign on my blog: DRAFT CUOMO.
imPOTUS - that's a good one, haha.
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