I was thinking "Beowolf cluster" would work well.

Not in MN. The new SW light rail line from downtown Minneapolis to Eden Prairie is running around 186 million a mile and that's if there are no more cost over runs. And there WILL be more cost over runs.

Mod parent up!!

Wrong. Libertarians are massively in favor of property rights. Yours and mine.

Mod this up. Whenever I see one of those "Everyone welcome" signs in someone's yard I have to fight the urge to park and walk into their house to see what's for dinner.

Anyone who DOES like to be told what to do by others is pitiful.

There, fixed it for you.

Heat pumps still don't work so well at -40 C/F where I live in MN.

Yeah, I agree that the terrorists won but I travel a lot and Clear and Global Entry make it a lot easier. If I get to the airport more than 1/2 hour before boarding, even for an international flight, I feel like I'm wasting time. I never show an ID to the TSA and always have PreCheck. Coming back from Europe Clear isn't available but at least I don't have to wait in the customs line when I get here with Global Entry.

Sucks to go through the security theater at all but like the stupid Covid theater, it's that or not travel.

Not getting *infected* would seem to be pretty damn good protection from *hospitalization*.

JoJo Rabbit and Uncut Gems are just two that leap to mind that were worth going out for.

I AM a grandparent. I hereby grand permission to my family and descendants to go to a goddam movie if they want.

Jesus, what a crappy fear ridden country this has become.

I've watched the video several times. Disclaimer: I'm an international judo and BJJ competitor. The knee on neck position is painful as hell and would probably get a tap but it's not lethal in and of itself. It's not a "choke hold" as people are saying. Mr. Floyd is talking right up until the very end both begging to be let up and responding to people in the crowd. Unless his neck broke, and an autopsy will reveal that, he wasn't killed by the restraint.

My question is why did the cops just hold him there for so long? My speculation is that they had called the EMT's and were waiting. Why would they do that? Minneapolis has a history of calling for medical help to subdue unruly arrestees. The medical people will shoot them up with ketamine and haul them off. Clearly the ambulance had been called earlier. It arrived on scene moments after he became unresponsive.

Just my observation of limited video and speculation on why they kept him down. Also IMHO, no cop, even if he was a member of the Klan, would willingly kill a suspect in full view of taping bystanders. The static positions of the cops looks like waiting for the EMT's. Crappy training and/or procedures perhaps but I don't see it as intentional murder.

However, the city is desperate for a murder conviction to try and prevent further looting.

Same thing in Minnesota. The governor justifies destroying the economy in order to "protect the most vulnerable". The local fish wrap shows heart wrenching pictures of family members holding up signs of love at the front door while active Covid patients are being quietly wheeled in the back door.

"You're right. The "Patriot" Act and all this Orwellian spying on citizens started with Bush, Cheney and Ashcroft."

Wrong. It started with Clinton after the first WTC bombing. Bush just slapped a little lipstick on that pig and gave it a snappy new name.