+ Far-right extremist shot at Minneapolis' police precinct to spark violence during Floyd protests, FBI says

Kathryn Krawczyk

Fri, October 23, 2020, 1:43 PM CDT

A far-right extremist has been accused of opening fire on Minneapolis' third police precinct and sparking violence during May's George Floyd protests.

Ivan Harrison Hunter, a 26-year-old from Texas, was charged Friday with one count of interstate travel to participate in a riot. An admitted member of the "Boogaloo Bois," Hunter opened fire on the precinct and later looted it and helped set it on fire, the FBI said in a sworn affidavit released Friday.


The Minneapolis police's third precinct was just a block from where Floyd was killed, and became the center of protests against police violence that devolved into the destruction of the precinct and buildings around it. Hunter is one of several far-right extremists accused of intentionally ramping up that violence. Armed with a mask and tactical gear, Hunter fired 13 rounds at the precinct while officers were inside and ran away shouting "Justice for Floyd," the FBI alleges. He later bragged about "help[ing] the community burn down that police station" on Facebook.

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https://news.yahoo.com/far-extremist-shot-minneapolis-police-184300735.html

+ How Texas could be the linchpin in finally dismantling the Electoral College

Peter Weber

Fri, October 23, 2020, 8:46 AM CDT


The framers of the Constitution set up the Electoral College because they had to invent a way to "pick the leader of a self-governing republic" and were worried "most people wouldn't know national political candidates," he explained. But they never even discussed today's winner-takes-all system, "and when they saw it start to be adopted in the states in the early 1800s, they were horrified. James Madison, the man we think of as the father of the Constitution, tried to pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of winner-take-all rule because he saw how corrosive it was to erase up to half of voters in the state."

Madison failed, but Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) almost got a constitutional amendment enacted in 1969 — President Richard Nixon was on board, it had broad national support, the House approved the amendment, and nearly three-quarters of states were set to approve it, Wegman said. Sadly, "three Southern segregationist senators" filibustered it to death in 1970, killing "the best effort we've ever had in American history to abolish the Electoral College."

This only became a partisan issue after George W. Bush then Donald Trump won the Electoral College while losing the popular vote, but it's a double-edged sword, Wegman said. "Right now what we're seeing is some really big and important Republican-majority states are shifting demographically." Texas, with its 38 electoral votes, "is going to turn blue" as soon as 2024, he predicted, and "if Republicans can't win Texas, I think their paths to an Electoral College victory are basically eliminated."

In the next eight years, "when both parties have suffered enough in a short enough time period that they realize that it doesn't help anybody," Wegman said, "I think we have the opening to switch to a system in which everybody counts equally, and everybody's vote matters."


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https://news.yahoo.com/texas-could-linchpin-finally-dismantling-134600768.html

+ Why is QAnon more obsessed with an imaginary sex-trafficking ring than with Jeffrey Epstein’s real one?

Caitlin Dickson

Fri, October 23, 2020, 8:31 PM CDT

On Wednesday evening, the anonymous figure known as “Q” took to the fringe message board 8kun to issue one of his signature prophecies: “BOOMS EN_ROUTE TOMORROW. This is not a drill. Q.”

Such vague and ominous forecasts have become a regular feature of the ever-evolving online scripture on which the cult-like conspiracy movement known as QAnon is based. For the past three years, Q — whom disciples believe to be a high-ranking military or intelligence officer or group of officials with access to classified information — has posted thousands of these cryptic messages, known as “Q drops,” for followers to try to decipher.

Very few, if any, of Q’s predictions, starting with the first Q drop posted to 4chan on Oct. 28, 2017, which warned of Hillary Clinton’s imminent arrest and a violent nationwide uprising, have come true. A scan through some of the responses to Q’s latest promise of forthcoming “Booms” indicate a mix of excitement and skepticism from followers who’ve clearly been disappointed in the past.

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Oh, yeah, Karl...certainly. Agreed. I don't blindly-trust Anyone either. Ha.


Oh, yeah...The Heat is most certainly electrifying both in and out.

I Confess:


That I have eaten Jalapenos, Habaneros, Banana Peppers, Sriracha, and other sorts of Hot Sauces for years now.


Yum.





P.S. It honestly seems to me that Eating Hot Stuff really does seem to help with Opening-Up Stuffed Sinuses (ooooo, you're GOING to blow your nose a lot) , Makes Your Eyes Feel Brand-New (like you're in 2nd Grade again, ha) from all the Crying, WILL heat you up on cold days, WILL make you feel like a supercharged/amped-up Popeye (but only if Hot Peppers happen to be Your "Spinach", I guess, heh), WILL wake you dafuq up (because a hot, steamin' cuppa Coffee just doesn't cut it for me, unfortunately), and MIGHT maybe even Boost Your Immune Factor?

While I Am Not Anarchist (Anarchy may be a wonderful concept, but I certainly do not believe that the so-called Human Race is advanced-enough to manage it), I Confess That:



"I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police. I Will Never Ever Blindly-Trust The Police....."


-_-


#PassItOn.....

I Confess:


That because I *LOOOOOATHE* yet again going through some damn Oblivious Moralizing Endless Talk about "What Is Real True Goth?" (and what is it that *IIIII* myself truly am, Individualwise) from some Potential Admonisher somewhere (yet again), I simply describe myself as "Goth Influenced"...or "Goth Inspired", rather than "Goth".


Jyeah.





P.S. I mean, sure, I certainly understand that "GateKeepers" indeed *DO* have a most truly important job to do, yes, agreed (I myself used to do it, but I guess since There Are Others Who Truly Know The History..."Certain Integrities Must Be Preserved." -Simon Cowell), so then I perhaps can maybe Evolve into something more of a "rulebender" and flex some of "The Boundaries" now and again instead of being The Inflexible Hardcore Goth of years past, heh..... XD


#FutureGoth.

"The Whole World Has A Right To Evolve." -proverb





#GothCultureToo?

KARL: LOL Much agreed, DevilsFood! If I can laugh at my own faith system then it's okay. It's a strength to be able to laugh at yourself. Besides...my faith system attracts a lot of eccentrics so it's too easy to do. Ha, ha! : - >


LU: Oh, yeah...I tend to forget that Not Everyone is okay with being Self-Deprecating, even though I poke fun at myself all the time, yeh... ;)


KARL: Ha, ha! That's okay, everybody's different! ; - )

LU: Agreed, K, aye...


Also, I too am most certainly NOT Blindly-Patriotic.


Nooooo..... -_-

I Confess:


That I certainly have a weakness for Funny Blasphemous Humour. Heh.


So long as I don't find it Going Too Far. Malevolently Malicious; know what I mean?

WHEN I *USED* TO RECKLESSLY-DRINK BOOZEDRUGGAGE YEARS BACK (Embarrassing, I know):


I had a girlfriend back then who would be on-top of me Going Coitusly-Crazy In Full-On Pr0n5t4r Mode as I was Awakening From Being Blacked-The-Fuck-Out from the Boozedruggage.

Then I'd actually often Black-Out again on The Hip-Bucking Equestrian, then in the morning as I was Getting Ready For Work, I'd get these vague faint memories from some hours ago, then I'd ask her:


"Did We.....Do It Last Night?"

O_o ?????


She'd then say: " *I* Did. aHaHaHaHaHaaaaa....."

I pretty much NEVER recall ANY of my dreams.

Seriously.


Sucks.


Oh, well.


Seems to me that, because I have millions of other things always going through My Workaholic Mind for years 24-7, maybe I also seem to somehow have Less Memory Space for such things.

When I was a kid, I *never* had such Recollection Malfunctions.


-_-

I Confess:


That I do Muscular Stretching 24-7-365 nonstop.


For years.


#AlsoGraduatedMassageAcademy.

I Confess:


That I have A Perpetually-Nonstop Self-Training of a certain kind.


But I will NEVER elaborate specifically on what it is or what it's about.

Heh. XD

I Confess:


That I will always be A Bong-Ripping Pothead For Life...even though I have actually not been Getting Me Any for months now.

By Choice.


I have too many other pressingly-urgent things to be doing right now Than Getting Weed.


Oh, well.....

I Confess:


That in the past, I indeed have wondered:


"Is It Your Fault If Another Person Has Less Or No Confidence Than You?"


-_- ???


"There Will Always Be Some People Who Will Always Work Harder Than Others." -proverb


#WorkHardForIt.

I Confess:


I'm here in GG because GW unfortunately got TOO despicably-vile once TOO many insufferably-HORRID/blindly-malicious/proudly-immature, Racist Entitled Organisms emigrated from VF to GW (though most of the Immigrants are actually Okay Kool Respecting People, methinks honestly)

For a while GW was as GG is now, methinks. Ha.

Quieter. Calmer. More Peaceful.


(lets see how long this lasts. Oh, well.)


I kept putting-off making an account here for the longest time, but I'm so done with GW already. Too bad THE BLOCKING FEATURE TRULYMOST DOTH SUCKETH DAMN HARD over there.


Unfortunately, I *do* see too many of the same (adorably-blockable) Avoidables here in GG that I sorely-resent at GW, but they seem to revel in their GW Infestation more.


-_-


#Ugh.

Agreed, Karl.


Sadly, In An Age Of Mass Media, too many everywhere actually even DO seem to bemoaningly be Proud Of Their Stupidity, I have noticed.

-_-

"In The Age Of Information, Ignorance Is A Choice." -Donny Miller

"No One In 1776 Anticipated The Computer Age." -Dr. Elton B. McNeil

I'm currently listening to 'GHOSTLY GROOVES RADIO' on the Pandora Application.....




Bauhaus is on right now.....BELA!