Yes, you can register at the poll, took me an extra 15 minutes because someone was registering in front of me, but that's fine.

So what is the reason you believe that socialism is not a form of dictatorship? Trump still has checks and balances in the things he does. Its not about liking the person, it about liking the policies and I prefer to make more money and pay less tax, practice fair trade, and control the people coming into the country.

I've seen clips of Biden making racial remarks, I've also seen him stumble and bumble. He is a career politician, time to drain the swamp.

The affordable care act or Obama care is a joke, I had a $7000 deductible, my premiums skyrocketed, and I don't qualify for any discounts. I got a check for $1800 from my insurance I had last year a couple months back because TRUMP got a law passed saying insurance has to pay out at least 80% to claims and can only keep 20% for administration. Could of done a lot more if the dems would have been doing their job instead of wasting their time trying and our money trying to find a way to get him out of office.

Like in any job some people in the military are losers while others stand up and do what needs to be done. Lets face it they are generally just kids and if you've looked at the work force lately, or lack of it, its hard to find anyone who's willing to show up when they are supposed to, do their job, and expect a reasonable starting wage til they work their way up the ladder.

Why should the rich pay for everything? And where do you think that money is going to come from anyway? One way or another your going to pay for it! Why do poor people have such a Robin Hood syndrome? Is it because they think that means rib some one in the hood because its easier then working? We all use public services so why shouldn't everyone pay for them? The rich are already paying 35% or more of their income to taxes and that doesn't even include all the other taxes they pay, most of the tax money created in this country is corporate tax, and long story short the little man ends up paying that indirectly one way or another anyway between purchases and lower wages.

Do you really believe that social security is ever going to go away? They have been saying that for years, problem is if that happens the entire economy would crash. Have you ever stopped to think how much your local grocery store makes on food stamps? Its huge, your world would totally change if they went back to handing out a block of cheese and a loaf of bread. Stores in many areas would shut down completely while others would have to raise their prices. The economy is a very complex system and even small changes can make a huge difference. Maybe all the tariffs now being collected thanks to TRUMP could be used toward social security? I know also they still take social security and Medicare out if my check every payday, the money may run short, but as long as their are people willing to work that money will be collected. The problem is nobody seems to want to actually work no days. This Millennial "Everyone's a winner" BS and you can't tell me what to do needs its cycle broken. Ask your grandparents each generation gets worse.

Burning down buildings, looting, and rioting are not peaceful protests. Defunding the police is just great til you are getting raped and robbed and nobody comes to help. If somebody dies because they are overdosing on drugs, threatening a cop, or harming people maybe they should think about their actions instead of getting killed by the cops. Mane people should be more concerned about the large number of black people shoring black people.

I don't care if you vote red, or green, or yellow. But before you vote blue you should stop and think is this really going to improve my life, the last 4 years they have done nothing but try to find a way to get TRUMP out of office. West says this is just a practice run for 2024 and he will be president then, as much as I hate him maybe that is what this country does need. Ventura has become a nut case with his conspiracy theorys but there are still great things going on that he passed as governor of Minnesota. If we could just get a big enough group that wasn't democrats or republicans we could transform many things and perhaps even "Make America greater then it has ever been"

Its not that Congress cost all that much to run, its that they make money else where do to their power and that causes them to make decisions that aren't always good for the common folks.

Ummm, in the USA people choose the people who decide what to spend the money on to a certain degree. But there is Federal, state, county, and city all of which has their budgets and rights to distribute certain money for certain things. They also have ways to collect, or borrow money in order to pay for whatever their agenda consists of. Maybe because you don't work for your money you don't feel that it "directly affects you"? But it does affect people who earn income in the amount of tax they pay, and also things we buy with sales tax. About 7 years ago my state had a spot on the ballot if you wanted to raise the sales tax one half of one percent for "clean water". For whatever reason the people voted it in and all the money goes to useless "art" projects, just another way for people to live off the system and not do their part. 1/2% may not seem like a lot of sales tax because its not on food and clothing, however whenever I buy a car new or used I have to pay my state sales tax and it adds up quickly.
I would agree that the system is broken and the monkeys need to be replaced, but clearly nobody is ever going to be able to drain the swamp with out destroying much if the structure of the country. The government is too big to fail. It would be nice to at least give back more power to the state and local governments while still keeping thing united.
The thing I would like to see is the money paid into gas tax goes to the roads, money paid for social security goes to that, and property tax goes toward police, fire, schools, and things needed at the local level. Viewing expenditures doesn't mean you have any control to change them. The government wants people to make more money because that means more taxes and more money to spend, however eventually the US government will have spent so much money that the US dollar will be devalued and useless.

Nearly half of electricity is lost in transmission so I find it hard to believe half to 95% is used for heating. To find a better way to transfer the electricity could make a huge impact. Some natural gas is used to produce electricity and some coal. The burning if coal can be done fairly efficiently with new technologies, however you will always have those trying to do things as cheap and easy as possible. We have natural gas and petroleum to last more than 60 years, the problem is it becomes more expensive and disruptive to get it. People often over look the fact that much of the plastic is also made from petroleum and simply reducing the number of plastic shopping bags is hardly going to make a difference. Hydro power and electricity has been used for hundreds of years, but now they are worried about the fish and other things impacted. Wind farms have disrupted migratory birds, any thing that people come up with have pros and cons. Since Covid people have not been flying as much and this is causing the global warming to increase because the haze for the airplane emissions has been greatly reduced allowing more solar to make it to the earth, in return we have more fires in western US and people running more AC for cooling. So to make dramatic changes very quickly could cause many more problems short term then they benefit in the long term. A much better way to control energy use or pollution is to control the population.

So the cop thought you were black? Because BLM seems to think this only happens to black people, I've never seen protesters with "Poor Lives Matter" signs. Where you just an inoccent victim sitting in your car taking fentanyl who just happened to have accidentally come across some fake money like George Floyd? There is always more to a story then what is being told, I feel like maybe there was a reason why this Nelson had to go to the extent of causing injury? There are poor people who do not commit crimes or get beat up by the cops, however there are always certain people who do violent crimes, or are on mood altering substances that cause them to do crazy things.

Floyd died of a panic attack/ fentanyl overdose. Did you watch the police body cam video? Have you ever delt with anyone overdosing? They restrained him til the medics showed up. That was in everyone's best interest and its doubtful any action could have saved Floyds life. Remember Floyd was a convict who was on Fentanyl and had meth and thc in his system, and he was also trying to use fake money. The stress on his already fragile health along with the threat of going back to prison is what did him in. People die everyday going into detox centers, treatment centers, and hospitals because if no one knows exactly what these people have taken there is little they can do. There is no proof of how much pressure was applied and where, its easy for people to jump to judgement in the aftermath, but there is nothing to say they wouldn't have done the same. Read the autopsy, there were no marks from excessive pressure, and he had enough fentanyl to easily kill him.

The only polls I look at have strippers hanging off them.

I think its B/S when someone serves 4 uneventful years in the military and thinks the VA should provide them with free health care the rest of their life. How many employers do you know of that continue to provide your insurance after you have left? This is taking valuable time and money for those who have actually been wounded during their time in the military. As far as mental illness I think many had issues before they went in, while others feel into the structure of being controlled and don't know how to live without. Like anything run by the government they waste tons of money and are very poor at doing what they are actually paid to do. Bottom line is if you signed the dotted line you knew what you were getting into, so unless you actually were blown up or shot quit running around with the hey look at me I'm special attitude.

I'm willing to bet 95% of these black men that have been killed by cops had nothing to do with race either. The way the black thugs react with no regard to others even in their own communities tells me they don't care who they kill, or how, even if it happens to be a cop, they don't follow orders and it's either fight or flight, they don't communicate. BLM has a much bigger agenda and bringing up these blacks that die while being arrested is just an excuse to get the gullible to follow their mission. A cop just shoot a guy in western Wisconsin last week, guess what? No protest, no looting, no burning of the town. When white trash gets killed white people go that's what happens when you are disrespectful trash. So when it comes to being "bias" I believe there is a lot more going on on all sides then people are willing to discuss with the general public.

I'd much rather see them open the prisons to the public like a zoo. They can post the crime and story out side the cell and people could go by and spit on them, like them with a stick, or yell at them. To put someone to death means they no longer need to live with what they have done, and for some unknown reason it actually cost much more for the public to execute somebody verses imprisoning them for the rest of their life. Besides they may reveal information about other crimes, or ways that we could stop others from doing the same.

What a bunch of BS. Just a bunch of sheep following the flock. Most people didn't even watch the full George Floyd videos, they seen clips that where promoted with propaganda. The prosecutor didn't want the body cam footage released, and for good reason. However the defendants and judge wanted the people to see the full story, no finally the 2 body cam videos have been released. Take the time to watch them and tell me how they can possibly charge these officers of "murder"? Watch the convict not fallow orders, they should have shot him right there as he was busy grabbing in the console instead of following orders. Then he cries for his mama like a baby, saying don't shoot me like I've been shot before. He says multiple times he's clostrphobic, he says I can choke. I won't be able to breathe twice. Something about covid. And he says I can't breathe at least 6 times before he is ever even taken to the ground. Are they charging these cops with " scaring him to death"? At what point does Chauvin supposedly start to choke him? He couldn't breathe before he was put to the ground and nothing changed when he was put on the ground. One officer asked about rolling him over and Chavin responded no we will wait for the ambulance, that is not murdering someone, that is controlling the situation til the ambulance arrived. Apparently the people in the ambulance are not the ones to provide medical care and they had to wait for the fire department which had trouble finding the ambulance because it had moved. Clearly there are things that need to be addressed in this whole ordeal, but at no time was any murder committed, officers are not required to give first aid, especially if that could in danger the lives of others. If there is any justice at all left in this world, which I highly doubt with everything that has happened since this incident, 3 of those cops will walk free and just maybe Chauvin will get a tap on the wrist. But clearly everything that happened to Floyd was due to his health, drug use, and panic.

Chauvins taxes were brought into the picture because they are going thru a divorce and yes its been 4 years since they filed taxes and they both had unclaimed income that is in question. However it only works out to $37,000 in back taxes and fines which if you look at their incomes is not all that bad. What caught my interest is the $95,000 that Derrick received for doing security at a night club. Ironically this is the same night club the Floyd also worked as a bouncer for a period of time. $95,000 for a part time gig seems pretty good to me, maybe even too good? Maybe more to it than people know? But many cops have these side gigs for extra income.
Another thing that is interesting is the defendants and judge want the body camera video of the cops made public, and want cameras allowed in the court room for the trials, however the prosecutors do want any of this to become public most likely because it will change so peoples view of what really happened, but they don't want anybody to know, they just want people focused on the 8 minute video which has been promoted as being "murder". Even the prosecutors have said this will be a tough case to win. The government has dug itself such a hole in everything that has gone on since this incident that they will do anything to plant a smoking gun, and with all the publicity it will probably be hard to have a fair trial anyways, and when these cops are found innocent the fury that breaks out will be 10 times what it was the first time around.

Me, myself, and i Just like filing taxes.

Maybe the police departments should hold on to some of that money being that officers are becoming disabled with PTSD and they will have to find replacements and pay out some disability claims and possibly law suits.

The people dying from pepper spray? How many cases are we talking about here? Would you possibly be referring to the 22 year old Ohio women the the media hyped up as dying from pepper spray and/or tear gas. They never could get their story straight and turns out she died from a heart condition due to a rare disease and it had absolutely nothing to do with pepper spray and/or tear gas.

Have you heard of the CIA? How about the FBI? Or maybe the DEA? Or ICE? The government has all kinds of agencies. Due to anti terrorism laws they don't always need a reason to detain these people. Those detained are looking to blame anyone they can, but to call it kidnapping they better have really good prof. Trump warned these mayors and goveners if they couldn't control their cities he would find a way to do it for them. If these cities would arrest and charge those causing problems maybe some others would get a clue, but letting them run freely just sends a message that anything goes and you can do anything you want. Think that's the millennial anthem isn't it? Praise for everything?

I will try to separate my thoughts a little better.

This vaccine, is it using a live virus? Or a dead virus? Or is it something else they are doing? If you look back in history when they came out with the Polio vaccine it worked great although many were skeptical. But in a rush to make it a few labs screwed it up so people contracted Polio from it. Of coarse this put everybody in a panic and delayed things.

Are the going to put microchips in the vaccine? You know they've been looking for a way to microchip everybody for years!

As far as the Chinese working on a corona virus makes sense because of the SARS outbreak in the early 2000's. Often times viruses in animals do transfer to humans, that's how influenza was spread. Why, and how they ended up with this hybrid is somewhat questionable. But then again much of what the government does in the lab is questionable and that's why its often kept top secret. However the internet wouldn't exist if the government wasn't doing some questionable things in a lab and we would not be discussing this right now.

As far as Hong Kong, we know that was under British control for a long time as many places were. Britian was once the super power of the world. However many feel that Hong Kong's freedom will be short lived with China taking over control and putting their Socialist/Communist ways to work any place they can.

3 million cases in the United States is only 1% of the population, I'm sure the number is more like 2.5%-3% due to low testing levels and some people not showing symptoms. 3 million people die in the US every year and many of these people that have died would have been dead in less than a year anyway, and many would have been dead with in a few years. It will be a couple years before we can figure the real number on the over all effect to see how big the spike of deaths really is. Humans are very selfish creatures, if grandma was going to die but the family was told they could keep her alive for 2 more months if they could come up with $200,000 most families would say sorry grandma we can't do it even if they could. However if the doctor said wait a minute what if we could get that money from the insurance company? Then of coarse they would say yes, keep her alive even though she will just be a vegetable laying in a bed. What they don't think of is little Jose who's parents can not afford insurance because of the greed of others and does not get his disease diagnosed and ends up dying and loses 70 years of his life because the greed of the family that wanted grandmas corpse lay there for 2 more months. These "Expert's" telling us all about covid have how many years of experience dealing with SARS and Corona? An "Expert" should have at least 10 to 20 years experience, these people are just making things up as they go along. Do they have a bunch of rats running around with masks in a lab somewhere? They should be doing a blind survey of everyone being tested to find out where these people have been, how many they have been around, and how often they wear a mask, and then compare these numbers for positive vs negative test results to find out what factors affect the out come the most. They could also make everyone carry around a teddy bear, because a big part of wearing masks is the "sense" of security that people get from it. However this can do as much, if not more harm because people will take more risks because of this sense of security. As far as China goes we knew of this problem over 20 years ago and there are far too many people that believe the world economy is such a great thing for everyone, even though its only good for a few and many places become worse off because of it. China has stole much of technology they have and now they are using it against others. China used to push their wears thru places like Wal-Mart. Then Amazon became the biggest player. And now with the covid lock down they have actually started pushing their products dirrect cutting out the middle man. They have huge warehouses in the US and are collecting the payments for products directly only paying for the shipping and maybe a kick back to Amazon, EBay, or similar taking even more money out of the US economy as they work toward their world domination. And their government is treating their people like rocketman from North Korea does, locking them up, or killing them for speaking out about their country. You said the US debt to China is $1.1trillion, that number seems extremely low being we are spending at least $3trillion on covid, we just keep printing money like its no big deal, and yes that will catch up with us eventually. The reason people in the US are still concerned about the politics is that Trump is the only one addressing the issues with China, even if not all that well. While the Democrates want to give China everything they want, perhaps because the love socialism and see this as a way to get it in the United States. The communities have to be responsible for handling the covid outbreak, not the federal government. What is good for one area does not always affect another. Many people have seen this as a "cry wolf" senerio when the 1% or 3% of the population that have been affected are no where near their area, and the governments locking down areas where there is little to no risk has made these people very mad about the government control, not to mention the economic impact it has had in places where it didn't have to. People have very short attention spans and by pushing all this on the people before it was necessary has made it so people just want to move on with their lives. You are only young once and taking away someone childhood to allow an old person to live a few more months is not fair. When you go to Disney world when you are 5 its magical, when you go at 35 its frustrating and expensive. So many children have missed out on school, prom, graduation, birthday parties, many other parts of their childhood in areas that where not high in risk. They will never get that back. Many poor communitues both in the cities, but also rural, have kids that depend on school for getting feed right, and their parents rely on the schools to watch their kids while they work. The federal and state governments have stuck their noses where they don't belong, its about time to give the country and control back to the people it belongs to.

Being the Russians have a part in the election now and the enormous number of mail in votes it is projected that 108% of eligible voters will cast a ballot this year. So as lame as the candidates are it should still make for an interesting outcome.

Well apparently Joe Biden has a revelotionary new idea to bring manufacturing back to the United States, or maybe he is just having another of his flashbacks? Either way I'm sure the Democrates would love nothing more than to give every perk back to China if they are elected.

As the title of this topic states "police brutality..." it appears to be even more of an issue than ever before. The brutality against officers have led 150 Minneapolis police officer to consider to apply for disability. This is close to 20% of the force, they are claiming what they have gone thru has led to PTSD, and they don't feel safe at work and are suffering physical and mental affects from the stress of work. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has become a common excuse for service members returning from war zones and being unable to function normally in their day to day life. These officers are claiming to have suffered similar affects often leading to drug and alcohol use, domestic problems, and difficulty functioning in society. If they qualify they would be able to collect up to 60% of their regular wage for up to 20 years. This would also set a new president for all first responders and who knows what other fields may also jump on this bandwagon. On another note shootings in Minneapolis are at an all time high as we've also seen more of these events in many major cities in the US. And when these people start shooting they don't always hit their target, some kids have been hit, and although the death rate in these incidents are not nearly as high as those injured it clearly has long term affects on the people involved, and a sense of insecurity for those in the city.

Have you seen the new commercial against defunding police? To report a rape press 1, to report a murder press 2, to report any other crime press 3 and we will get back to you as soon as possible, the current estimated wait time is 5 days. Vote Donald Trump!
Our constitution does say freedom of speech, however there is nothing about the right to disrupt commerce, block the street, desturb the peace, trespass, cause destruction of property, or harass other people. However there are laws against doing all those things and most of the government is standing by and watching it happen without doing anything about it. If people want to get a permit to block the street they should do it in advance to give notice to all that need to know and so they can take steps to guarantee the safety of everyone, did you happen to see the semi that plowed thru the crowd in Minneapolis because the idiots were on the freeway and the government was dumb enough to let them get away with it. If people want a statue removed the should go thru the proper channels to do so. If people are protesting they need to understand if the crowd dies get out of control they are at risk of being injured, tear gased, or trampled by either the authorities trying to control the situation or the people in the crowd that get out if control. Mob mentality can easily break out, how often have we seen it after sporting events?
Not sure why Covid is brought up but many places still had restrictions in place of no gatherings of more than 10 people when these protests were taking place and yet most government looked the other way. Wearing a mask can keep spit or mucus from flying if someone sneezes or coughs, but in no way does it protect anybody from getting covid unless that spit or mucus flies right at your mouth or nose. And if it does land on your mask you will probably get it anyway. And has anyone noticed case of covid are on the rise again, and it just happened to happen after all these people were out protesting.