None of Benito Mussolini, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Walter Ulbricht were particularly charismatic and video friendly, but all of them were longtime dictators.
Remember Derek Chauvin? The City of Minneapolis settled two more excessive force lawsuits yesterday from similar incidents from this asshole that occurred BEFORE he murdered George Floyd.
That $36 million figure does not include the equipment, squad cars, and 3rd Precinct HQ that were put to the torch and are still being replaced.
And depending on how you look at it, MPD is retiring his badge and number. No word if it will go to the rafters someplace.
Scott Walker is directly responsible for the blue shift in Wisconsin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_protests
All of the Gen Z voters that have been going hard for Democrats over the last few years were in elementary school when Walker and his ilk rammed through Act 10 in February and March 2011. The Wisconsin teaching corps was in open rebellion, and no doubt a lot of students saw what happened and took it to heart when they came of voting age.
Sowing is fun, but reaping is a bitch.
When the Vikes went to Philly for the NFC Championship Game a few years ago, there were so many fights that Vikings fans that made the trip were being escorted out for their own safety, and there's no historic bad blood.
3 entertaining games today.
At least the Vikings endgame fiasco kept them from going to San Francisco and getting blasted 42-7 in a game not nearly as competitive as the final score.
The two times that Jim and Tony have called a Vikings game on CBS the Vikings have been outscored 81-10. Good thing that they're done with them.
Cousins looking like his typical self. This Vikings team will go to San Francisco for the divisional round and get crushed in a game like this one.
The French goalie stoning Messi at the end of regulation has a strong argument as well. Without it, it's a walkoff World Cup winning goal by the game's biggest star.