Algorithmic voters
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 06/07/2020 - 4:05pmA lot of the raw material for this diary is covered in Lookout's diary. You've got police brutalizing protesters, and why. You've got the Fed pouring money into junk, and why. You've got food banks running out of food. And why.
Lookout also highlighted a Jimmy Dore video, which deserves highlighting.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 06/07/2020 - 8:00am
Irate Irony
All week we've watched militarized police brutalizing people protesting police violence. What a failed strategy. Krystal asked Joe Rogan this week why the police were not protecting businesses from looters rather than terrorizing protesters. I suspect some of the looters were agent provocateurs from the police and their mercenaries. Jimmy has a clip which sure indicates that. Additionally we have the irony of absolute economic collapse as the stock market continues to rise, propped up by the Fed pouring money into junk. A debt we're heaping upon the young. Oddly enough as we've reduced the release of CO2 during the pandemic, atmospheric levels are at an all time high. On a personal level, we've got excess garden produce we've been giving away as food banks are running out of food. So swirling ironies abound amid the pandemic. The protest themselves provide an interesting experiment. If there is a second wave of COVID in a couple of weeks we'll know this will be with us until there's a vaccine. Some virologists are suggesting the coronavirus is losing its mojo. The irony here is we have not even done the most basic of research. There is not a single reliable study to determine the number of asymptotics John Campbell explains (21 min video with notes under the fold)

Outside the Asylum
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 06/07/2020 - 5:07am

Police are clearly targeting journalists everywhere
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 06/06/2020 - 9:27pmThis has got to be a new low for our police state.
Marijuana is a weapon for the Fascists
Submitted by bondibox on Sat, 06/06/2020 - 5:55pmIn 2017, an 18 year old girl and 2 friends were at a Coney Island park in Brooklyn. A police search revealed marijuana and klonopin. The driver was arrested, taken away, raped by the two officers then released. The cops got 5 years probation.
Police officers should be educated professionals
Submitted by ScienceTeacher on Sat, 06/06/2020 - 3:18pmIt is ridiculous to give guns to people who are not required to have professional education in their field. Teachers are not allowed to rough up students, and certainly not to shoot the kids. (Anyway teaching attracts people who want to protect the kids.) Law enforcement types who are given guns and allowed to used violence should have at least as much training as teachers.
Today's Jam: 06/06/2020
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 06/06/2020 - 1:30pmWelcome to Saturday ...
Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 06/06/2020 - 6:29am
Since it's Friday evening
Submitted by QMS on Fri, 06/05/2020 - 7:54pmHave any pictures to share?