lucius septimius 7/5/2020 6:53:16 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 7/5/2020 7:25:52 AM

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Since we're going all-in on black this and black that, everyone surely knows the famous line by the poet Langston Hughes: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?" This line was used by the playwright Lorraine Hansberry as the title of her iconic play about a poor black Chicago family trying to move into a house in a white neighborhood, A Raisin in the Sun.

What is not generally known is that this line is a play on words from a black spiritual, Racing with the Sun.

Occasional Reader 7/5/2020 7:50:44 AM

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In #2 buzzsawmonkey said: this line is a play on words from a black spiritual, Racing with the Sun.

Which was then STOLEN BY A WHITE MAN! Kind of... 

Kosh's Shadow 7/5/2020 8:19:41 AM

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Repost from the pub, parody of the Grateful Dead Hell in a Bucket that fits today  better

I was watching Black Lives Matter
As they toppled a statue or two
I said "Boy, I gotta get outta here"
Seems the best thing to do
'Cause when they're rioting and burning
Up and down our cities and towns
You will think it all quite proper
Until they come for us all

You imagine you're fighting a racist system
In all your wokeness and pride
But we're going to hell in a bucket, babe
And no one's enjoying the ride; no one's enjoying the ride

Jukebox

Syrah 7/5/2020 8:24:49 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 2:

that is going to cost me a fortune at the record store,....if I can find one that hasn’t been burnt down by the mob.  

Syrah 7/5/2020 8:30:23 AM

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Will there be an arrest? Will anyone be held accountable?

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/shooting-near-downtown-connector-university-avenue/85-184fa29a-78c8-4094-bc07-f886e1a6d641

doppelganglander 7/5/2020 8:57:28 AM

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Reply to Syrah in 6:

I certainly hope so. I think we can all fill in the blanks in that story. Just last week Georgia passed a hate crimes law. Do you think it will be applied in this case? 

lucius septimius 7/5/2020 9:02:06 AM

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Reply to Syrah in 6:

Black lives ended by blacks don't matter.

Occasional Reader 7/5/2020 9:02:32 AM

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Reply to Syrah in 6:

“Protests”

Cue Iñigo Montoya.

lucius septimius 7/5/2020 9:05:51 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 7:

I don't think I'll ever ride MARTA again at this point.  

buzzsawmonkey 7/5/2020 9:06:53 AM

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In #5 Syrah said: that is going to cost me a fortune at the record store,....if I can find one that hasn’t been burnt down by the mob.  

Well, there's always---or sometimes---ebay.

buzzsawmonkey 7/5/2020 9:08:39 AM

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In #10 lucius septimius said: I don't think I'll ever ride MARTA again at this point.  

Marta---Rambling Rose of the Wild Wood

doppelganglander 7/5/2020 9:39:04 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 10:

Not at night, anyway. I also see no reason to go south of I-20 except to the airport,  and you don't have to leave the interstate for that.

doppelganglander 7/5/2020 9:40:17 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 8:

Was the child also black? I assumed not but who knows anymore. 

buzzsawmonkey 7/5/2020 9:41:44 AM

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lucius septimius 7/5/2020 9:52:07 AM

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lucius septimius 7/5/2020 9:58:54 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 7/5/2020 10:07:56 AM

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In #17 lucius septimius said: So the non-binary they "protester" who got the Rachel Corrie treatment has died.

So, when do they blame Israel?

(BLM says the tactics used when blacks have died by the police were taught in a program in Israel, but that program doesn't teach tactics.)

buzzsawmonkey 7/5/2020 10:14:55 AM

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In #18 Kosh's Shadow said: So, when do they blame Israel?

Hack Jive Blabbers has already shifted into Hate-Israel-and-the-Jews mode.

doppelganglander 7/5/2020 10:20:18 AM

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In #16 lucius septimius said: I really wish something genuinely good would happen for once

I do, too. 

buzzsawmonkey 7/5/2020 10:26:06 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 16:

Better Things

lucius septimius 7/5/2020 12:51:46 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 7/5/2020 12:54:33 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 22:
The Babylon Bee - the Onion of conservatism

BTW, at least in Windows, you can right-click in the editor window and "Paste as plain text" to avoid headline fonts like that.

Occasional Reader 7/5/2020 1:03:27 PM

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In #23 Kosh's Shadow said: The Babylon Bee - the Onion of conservatism

Instapundit refers to it as “America’s newspaper of record“, given that reality keeps overtaking their satire.

Kosh's Shadow 7/5/2020 1:26:58 PM

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In #24 Occasional Reader said: Instapundit refers to it as “America’s newspaper of record“, given that reality keeps overtaking their satire.

It is more accurate than the NY TImes, the newspaper of wreckord.