Ongoing Police Brutality in NY

[CosmicCowboy]

OMG technically literate people that typically comprise a OWS mob are using modern communication devices and social media to communicate?

That's a real ing shocker...

Lets see if we can get a government grant to study that....

It's amusing and sad at the same time. No wonder this is the lost ing generation.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

LOL I never disputed that conservatives have gradually drifted to the Republican party after the leadership of the Democratic party was seized by the radical left. Nixon certainly benefited by this drift but the wounds to the democratic party were more self inflicted than masterminded by Nixon. Those mainstream democrats had already become alienated from the party before they became Reagan Democrats.

If by radical left you mean minorities that had gotten the right to vote and wanted to take positions of power then I agree with you.

When i think 'radical left' as its portrayed by Coutler and Fox nation, I envision Maoists, Stalinists and the Marixist boogeyman. No, these were just minorities who voted as a block. Thats not radical unless you fear the minority population of the US.

As for Nixon and Thurmond. The 1968 RNC was a cir stance where Thurmond galvanized the support of the former southern democrats to insure his nomination. Thats why I bring it up because it was the first sign of their participation in a GOP coalition on national politics.

Their politics of giving the appearance to middle and lower class white men of being part of the establishment which galvanized support amongst those who could vote pre-1965 is still being used today. Thats why I laugh my ass off at crackers in that demographic that consider themselves part of the GOP establishment just as I shake my head looking at history and the poor small planters that ate that horse a century ago.

I am not a big fan of cycles of mediocrity myself but whatevs. Its your choie to eat if you want to. At least you are not like WC who asks for more after you him in the ass.

[CosmicCowboy]

It was not a minority vote issue. Blacks have had the right to vote since 1870 ( i know, poll tax blablabla). With the notable exception of Clinton the democrats insisted on fielding some awful left of center candidates during that era....George McGovern? REALLY? Michael Dukakis? They splintered their base and practically RAN the moderates to the Republican party.

[Destro]

So why did ALL the media reports say that only the ones on the roadway were arrested and that the ones on the pedestrian walkway were not arrested. Are you saying they all lied?

Correct. The people on the street were either arrested or detained. The people on the sidewalk were not. And yes, i do study smart mobs, got my phd from Texas at Austin then moved to the east coast for a job.

[CosmicCowboy]

Correct. The people on the street were either arrested or detained. The people on the sidewalk were not. And yes, i do study smart mobs, got my phd from Texas at Austin then moved to the east coast for a job.

Who is funding the grant for the study?

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

I'm not sure why CosmicCopsucker thinks that's hater's pic but it's not (I know this because I know who's pic it really is)

[Destro]

Who is funding the grant for the study?

Its not a grant, not all studies are grant funded, most aren't. My students are volunteers. Homeland Security gives me grant money for similar studies because of implications my work has on terrorism. The work isn't about th obvious "they use social media" its about how information travels through networks of people, where it centralizes, misinformation, disinformation, etc... OWS is an information war. In many ways the future of warfare, we need to understand how it works even on this kind of scale.

[CosmicCowboy]

double post

[CosmicCowboy]

Its not a grant, not all studies are grant funded, most aren't. My students are volunteers. Homeland Security gives me grant money for similar studies because of implications my work has on terrorism. The work isn't about th obvious "they use social media" its about how information travels through networks of people, where it centralizes, misinformation, disinformation, etc... OWS is an information war. In many ways the future of warfare, we need to understand how it works even on this kind of scale.

Uhhhhh OK. As a layman I suggest that studying how a bunch of spoiled predominately white hipsters use social media to organize doesn't really transfer directly to how terrorists or armies organize but I salute you that you were able to find a job in such an esoteric field...it would be hypocritical of me to criticize you for riding that golden government pony since I was one of that 47% that didn't pay taxes a couple of years ago because Obama wanted to give me dollar for dollar federal income tax credits to buy electric golf carts.

[Cry Havoc]

it would be hypocritical of me to criticize you

Yeah, good thing that you haven't criticized him.

[CosmicCowboy]

Yeah, good thing that you haven't criticized him.

You I criticize. You're just an ankle biting hack that contributes nothing of substance here.

[clambake]

You I criticize. You're just an ankle biting hack that contributes nothing of substance here.

so......thats what happened to your ankle.

[Destro]

Uhhhhh OK. As a layman s.

Exactly, of you course you don't understand, yet...

[LnGrrrR]

Uhhhhh OK. As a layman I suggest that studying how a bunch of spoiled predominately white hipsters use social media to organize doesn't really transfer directly to how terrorists or armies organize but I salute you that you were able to find a job in such an esoteric field...

One, I'm not sure why you think you know more about the applications of information travel through various forms of media than the person granting Destro the grant money.

Two, I'm not sure why you think that terrorists don't use some of the same methods of communication that hipsters use. Isn't there always an annual outcry about some website that supports terrorism, or websites that show how to make a bomb, etc etc?

Sure, armies organize differently, but I wouldn't say that the generic understanding of "army" wouldn't apply to terrorist cells.

[Cry Havoc]

One, I'm not sure why you think you know more about the applications of information travel through various forms of media than the person granting Destro the grant money.

Two, I'm not sure why you think that terrorists don't use some of the same methods of communication that hipsters use. Isn't there always an annual outcry about some website that supports terrorism, or websites that show how to make a bomb, etc etc?

Sure, armies organize differently, but I wouldn't say that the generic understanding of "army" wouldn't apply to terrorist cells.

It's just CC thinking he's smarter than everyone else. Nothing to see here.

[DarrinS]

Did anyone post the video of the brutality yet?

Will check back in tomorrow.

[Cry Havoc]

Did anyone post the video of the brutality yet?

Will check back in tomorrow.

It's funny when you don't read through threads, DarrinS.

[LnGrrrR]

ANYONE in the military that wears their uniform in public---WITHOUT an official reason is nothing but a in' poseur....why the would you?
Wear it to your duty station or only on a military base or to some function where you have been ORDERED TO....otherwise who are you trying to impress?

In the Air Force, we're allowed to make short errands in our uniform, and eat at establishments off-base where work attire is accepted (fast food, a quick trip to a store to pick something up, etc etc). Just clarifying.

this moron not have a civilian wardrobe? Why the would he even wear that to a class? What a stupid poseur. If you are serving your country...there is absolutely no need to attempt to parade your uniform anywhere in public.

It depends where the class is. At times, i've had to go straight from work to my class off-base in uniform, even though technically it's not allowed by our regs.

If I was this moron's commanding officer and I saw this video...I would call that poseur into my office and tell him who the does he think he is wearing his uniform out in public and making an ass out of the military? Is this idiot's political views the same views that the military shares? Because if you are out in public in uniform=====YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE MILITARY!!!!

The most important part, and well said. You certainly aren't allowed to wear your uniform while engaging in any sort of political event.

[silverblk mystix]

In the Air Force, we're allowed to make short errands in our uniform, and eat at establishments off-base where work attire is accepted (fast food, a quick trip to a store to pick something up, etc etc). Just clarifying.



It depends where the class is. At times, i've had to go straight from work to my class off-base in uniform, even though technically it's not allowed by our regs.



The most important part, and well said. You certainly aren't allowed to wear your uniform while engaging in any sort of political event.

Explain this to that idiot- Y.H.

[mavs>spurs]

I see people doing it literally all the time so you guys need to get some discipline if you're always breaking the rules and can't follow simple instructions.