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  1. So the second post is yours alone, then? In which case you refer to the proposition that the disproportionate African American prison population evidences the systemic bias in the justice system as "a lie", based on the assertion that, since blacks commit more crimes than whites, the prison population is naturally higher. This is a facile argument, as I suggested above, and you've completely ignored the point made in that post in favour of constructing a straw man of a 'straw man'. You've also ignored the alternative study which comes to a different conclusion with regards to the rate and proportion of police killings of blacks and whites.
  2. The author of the content in your second post clearly uses the respective crime rates to claim the prison population is nothing to do with racial bias in the justice system of the USA. I had read the italicised line of the first post, and the entirety of the second one, as being your words. I could be wrong - the lack of any quotation marks makes it difficult to tell. By presenting the data, which is clearly not done in a 'neutral' manner but as part of an opinionated piece, the implication is that you approve of and endorse it.
  3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/study-finds-police-fatally-shoot-unarmed-black-men-at-disproportionate-rates/2016/04/06/e494563e-fa74-11e5-80e4-c381214de1a3_story.html?tid=a_inl
  4. You need to compare similar crimes committed by blacks/hispanics and by whites, and look at the sentences imposed. Simply using the statistic that 52% of homicides are committed by blacks as some kind of justification for their having a higher prison population is facile. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324432004578304463789858002
  5. I'd have thought her constituents (and wider SNP voters) would be able to see the value of having a health spokesperson who actually works in the NHS from time to time.
  6. The industry will no doubt suffer a bit (Stavanger is Norway's 'Aberdeen' I think?), but I was referring more to the general state of the economy, as compared to the UK's.
  7. Yes, the squandering of generations of oil revenue to pay for the dismantling of industries in Scotland without adequate replacement really is a winning argument against Scotland having control of her own resources. ETA - it's strange how Norway seems to cope pretty well with the volatility of oil prices despite the absence of the broad shoulders of the UK.
  8. Meanwhile, 200 odd police from Wales, Manchester and Liverpool attend to assist IGas bailiffs in the removal of protestors from a proposed fracking site at Upton near Chester - 86% of local residents oppose the field being fracked, and the local council rejected the application, only for it to be called in by central government. The Old Bill's main contribution was removing press and protestors from the public road outside the camp. All those arrested have been released as of last night, bar one who is refusing to give his name. http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/recap-updates-upton-anti-fracking-10720261
  9. I think you're probably already aware of the Fairphone, but just in case: https://www.fairphone.com/ Should be right up your street - I seem to remember you mentioning conflict minerals once or twice.
  10. Yep, raise everyone's taxes by the same proportion. That'll solve everything.
  11. They were inspected in June, with no concerns raised. Replacement would have entailed closing the bridge in any case.
  12. How exactly would the problem with the old bridge have been fixed without it being closed?
  13. I think they tightened up on this a few years back. Seems a bit daft if you're talking about a baby in a pram, but thems the laws.
  14. I've just made the mistake of watching the highlights again. The Australian commentary is interesting, though. Although they actually shout for the penalty when Welsh picks the ball up (which is fair enough - they want Oz to win) and there's no analysis of either the penalty or the late hit on Hogg in the clip, they do pick up a knock on by Genia 2 phases before Australia's first try (so could have been referred to TMO if Joubert had spotted it but not been sure) and are absolutely incredulous at the yellow card: "and that's why I think Joubert will get the final, because he's refereeing the way some foolish official wants him to referee at IRB level...." They're also full of praise for the Scotland performance.
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