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There’s a very controversial country music song "Try That In A Small Town" about policing that has been deemed having racist and lynching overtones.

Jeff Simpson, head of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) said on his X account, "I hope this song goes to #1. The tolerant left is off the hook. People need to stand up and not be moved. Keep fighting for this country."

When another X user pushed back saying County Music Television has stopped the video because of the veiled references to lynching, Simpson replied, "Back in the day that was the penalty you got for doing really bad things. Today you get nothing." Simpson is the leader of 4000+ Central Ohio police officers and a Columbus Police Officer! 

After social media back-and-forth, Tim Myers, a current deputy chief with Columbus Police wrote "Jeff, if you think lynching is 'the penalty you got for really bad things' you really need to educate yourself," "This is unacceptable." The City of Columbus is investigating and a Columbus Police Black officer has filed an EEO complaint with the city about Simpson in regards to these racist comments. 

It seemed strange, if not out of context, when Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News that “Muslims are not afraid of us anymore”.

 Feiglin’s comments were made on October 25, less than three weeks following the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Flood operation and the genocidal Israeli war which followed.

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Tuesday, February 6, 7-10pm, Club Diversity, 863 S. High St.

Join us for our DSA happy hour! We will be meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at Club Diversity at 863 S. High St. This will be an informal get together to meet, hang out, talk shop, and enjoy the camaraderie! Non-members are welcome to join and learn more about the chapter.

Hosted by Columbus DSA [Democratic Socialists of America].

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Annie who?

Detective Richardson rubbed his hand over his face in a weary gesture. He looked over his notes again. Suspects were many, but determining the murderer was going to be difficult. Shelia was on the list. Right under suspect unknown because the case was never solved until you actually found the correct suspect who committed the crime. There was the unknown woman who pulled a knife on Smooth. There were the many unknown men of the women that Smooth fooled around with that were married or otherwise engaged. It could be any number of people that he did wrong in a bad business transition. But the suspect that caused Richardson the most concern was a young girl named Annie.

He came upon Annie accidentally when he was questioning more people from Smooth’s black book. Richardson was questioning Virgina Howard. Virgina was willing to tell him everything that she could to help bring “the bastard that killed my Smoothie to death roll.” Richardson didn’t have to really ask her any questions as she began to spill the beans without any hesitation.

This post is also available on my blog where you can leave comments:
https://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2024/02/what-surprises.html

First thank you to the many of you who wrote to us about the annual report
(and many who decided to donate or contacted us about helping in other
ways). Many in the world were surprised that we do such great environmental
work in very difficult circumstances to say the least (plus the genocide in
Gaza). But we Palestinians are resilient, we do resist oppression on the
one hand and build for a better future on the other (even when Zionists
keep destroying). We have and cherish our life. For those who did not have
a chance, please do read this and do contact us:

Writer/director Trần Anh Hùng’s The Taste of Things, a tasty full-course movie meal that serves up spectacular cuisine and rarefied romance, is an acquired taste. For popcorn munching multiplex denizens conditioned by frenetic superhero histrionics and antics, the 135-minute Taste will likely unspool at an excruciatingly slow pace, and requires reading dreaded subtitles, to boot. Likewise, those who expect dollops of politics in their pictures may be sorely disappointed. But Taste probably hits the spot for most cinematic connoisseurs and gourmets of fine dining.

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