@jsl76 Sorry - been a bit too busy to respond to this...
Very well - as you don't believe me, there isn't terribly much use in having any sort of conversation with you. Waste of time, isn't it?
So you keep believing what you believe - and I'll keep doing what I do - and I wish you the best of luck! Hope it works out well for you 
@chanelkokoro you are right to doubt sources like this... because... it was, as usual, another made up scandal...
@jsl76 very kind of you to suggest what I should be learning to assist my students... but I suspect you don't know my knowledge or training... and might, as a student, not think you want to go around suggesting what teachers with more experience than you should want to learn. For context and background: I've been training for 15 years, teaching for 6. I've been attacked with a real, very sharp, knife in training and in demonstrations, by someone who knows what they are doing - and not only have I not been cut, they haven't either and nor has anyone else around me been harmed. The same goes for my students. My teacher has been teaching for 40 years - and he has taught 100s of students the same capability. Some of what we teach is taught to police forces around the world - to great success, particularly in situations with edged weapons (swords turn up sometimes!). So thank you - but I think we got this covered.
I agree with @bi4smooth here - when you are taught how to use a firearm as a trained officer, you are taught many things. I can tell, from the 10 seconds of the video, that this officer was either badly trained or not trained (I don't know which - but either is horrendous). For example, he fired 4 shots. This is unnecessary - and would result in immediate criminal proceedings in several countries (including some states in the USA). Indeed, in many countries you would need to explain why a 2nd shot was required - let alone the 3rd and 4th. The only answer here is that he panicked, drew his firearm and used it in fear. There are a number of other clues in the video I've seen that show there is a significant issue there with what he chose to do - and I would not at all be surprised if he is not facing rather tough questions about his actions. Anyone with firearms training at a decent level would see the same things I do on watching it. I can understand that a lay-person would see it like he was simply doing the right thing and protecting himself; but this would be incorrect simply by dint of him being a trained person, not a lay-person, and has access to higher level skills (or, at least should!).
I think I need to make clear here: I do not blame the officer. He really is obviously just acting like any other citizen would given the circumstances: panic and fear. What I am saying is that the training he has received was clearly insufficient in order to not act this way. I think bi4smooth has said the same. I also feel very badly for him: to kill another human is a very difficult thing and he will have to deal with that for a long time. I'm certain he wouldn't have wanted to do it.
I don't really understand your point about not using a taser... if he had time to draw his gun and fire it, he most certainly had time to draw a taser and fire that. Requires the same level of thought process (I've been taser trained too...).
I don't think we need to bring in the socio-economic status of the supposed perpetrators of any crime here... that is not, and should never be, an excuse for excess force.
Also, I think you confuse using police to de-escalate with getting the police to stand down... those are simply not the same thing. One is about having more, better trained police, the other is about removing police. The former I support, the latter is... silly. But I don't think anyone is talking about the latter except you? So you can probably put that aside too.
I like that you agree that the USA is a dangerous and violent place - and that the police force is a particularly perilous job. I agree. However, the large majority of the deaths in the police force are not from knife wielding angry kids... it is from organised crime (forgive me if you already are aware of this... your posts suggested you were glossing over this). So again, pertaining to this situation, I think you can not worry about this here. A different topic dealing with organised crime would be a worthy one!
Could you detail what you think should be done about this issue (I hope you agree it is an issue... you may not... I don't think you've mentioned if you have any police or firearms experience as a police officer/trained firearms officer?)?
I have an inescapable conclusion to this... but I would be more interested to hear what you think can actually be done about this? Your responses to @bi4smooth suggest you think nothing should be done, but you also seem to think that there is some problem...?
@jsl76 I was replying to youā¦
I actually teach a martial artā¦ and one which uses knives. And no, I donāt teach my students that theyāre going to get cutā¦
Iāve watched the video. I still think it is a complete failure of training and understanding that the officer ended up shooting an individual. Possibly also a failure of equipment.
For example, wouldnāt a taser be far more effective? Obviously not guaranteed to be non-lethal, but not as likely as a live round to kill.
By the by, Iām also firearms trained by a police force (the fun of being a diplomat in hostile countries!).
@raphjd You're already threatening to ban me, after you spent ages calling me names - I warned you I would return the favour - and then when I do, instantly you reach for the ban button... You also insult anyone who doesn't think the same way as you do - constantly.
So yeah, kinda your echo chamber, isn't it? As you asked.
I am not addressing anything anyone else is doing here, because they are not here... obviously. I do complain about people doing those things elsewhere too... so no, I'm not being selective at all. I treat everyone who does these sorts of things the same way.
But, again, why don't you want to be better than that? Why do you want to be the same? If you don't like it, why don't you improve it?
Else it kinda just sounds like: "whaaa whaaa but they did it first!!!" - which really isn't that helpful for you, I don't think.
If your next response is of the same vein, I will not be responding to you ever again. I will just pretend you don't exist.
Nice thoughtful response! What a pleasant change from what gets posted here so often Thank you!
Yes, I agree with you - in the US economy there are significant inflationary signs. Will be very interesting to see if this actually results in inflation though - as there have been a lot of these signs over the years... and still nothing. It should, don't get me wrong! But, so far... nada.
There are a lot of countries in Europe which have used quantitative easing (yeah I know about that phrase being made up since 2008 - printing money!) - also showing little to no inflation, yet lots and lots of inflationary pressures. It's just that the deflationary pressures are greater - still. Although very hard to quantify!
BTW - not to nit pick, but Buffett actually said he was seeing inflation in what his businesses were doing... everything was costing more (was at his last Annual Report for Berkshire Hathaway...). Not that he was expecting more inflation. I have a lot of time for that man (obviously... super successful!) and so I tend to make sure I don't 'read between the lines' with him, as he's normally super precise in what he's saying. I think he was probably making a more painful comment that inflation isn't measured very well if lots of the things that people buy are getting more expensive, but that's not showing in the inflationary numbers (something I would tend to agree with... inflationary numbers being rather political beasts and tied to so much related to how the government functions!).
Quick p.s. - I have no wish or interest in changing this site... only you... for the better.
I get it - you want this to be your echo-chamber... that's fine! No one would mind. I think they get confused when you call it "politics and debate" and it is neither of those things... maybe you could rename the forum "Raphjd's musings" or something? Then no one here would ever have an issue with you or what you say - or if they do, you would have a fair grievance against them?
@raphjd Literally not what I said...
But fair enough, as I said to you, I won't bother engaging with you any longer.
It's fantastic all the work you've put into this site and that you keep it going - it's just a shame you can't engage with other people sensibly. Oh well, I'll celebrate what you can do and ignore what you can't. Keep going with keeping this site as great as it is - I won't be bothering with you here though.
Wish you the best of luck with what you do!
@raphjd I don't give 2 shits what other people do... I care about what you are doing and what I do.
You should not (and yet do...) label everyone the same... this is childish and stupid. Ergo, what does that make you?
So do you really think that you should lower yourself to their level? If you don't like something, be better... not the same. Else, again, child...
You are the only person who is thick here I'm afraid. And it's demonstrable every time you say something... like calling me thick, for example. Childish and stupid behaviour...
You are also the whataboutist here - as has been pointed out to you on numerous occasions. Again, other people doing something shouldn't mean you do it... unless, again, you're a child...
So... what do you want to be seen as? A silly, uneducated child? Or someone who is a bit more with it and capable? I'm very happy to engage with you with your different points of view (and happily tear them to pieces without using any logical fallacies or failures of communication), if you are also willing to engage as an adult? If so, we can continue...
Your choice though... if you fail to agree to this and abide by my instructions in my previous post... then you know exactly what everyone will think of you.
@jsl76 this sort of thing happens in London - no, the person does not end up severely wounded or killed. Police killing people in the U.K. is extremely rareā¦ so much so that it makes the news pretty quick if they do - National news, not localā¦
For example, police chases have resulted in 6 deaths in the last 6 monthsā¦ inquiries are being drawn up and people are questioning whether the police response was correctā¦
Very very different attitude and way of operating.
@raphjd I know youāre not going to remember thisā¦ because youāll chose not to, but I warned you before that your childish insulting and continued personal attacks would result in my returning the favour to you.
See how it feels? Not so great is it? Perhaps you should stop your own childish personal attacks first - then others would feel
a) more inclined to discuss things with youā¦
b) less inclined to think your some dumb kid who only understands insultsā¦
So - I donāt expect to see anything ever written by you again calling anyone ādumb liberalsā or āI guess thatās all liberals haveā.
Understood?Now, when I presented you with reasons why you were wrong on so many occasions, the best you could manage was to move to another topic and insult me. If that ceases, I will also cease to think of you as just another right#wing nutter with no education or understanding.
Am I being utterly clear with you?
Not sure this is the right forum - but thought I would ask here and, I not, maybe someone can direct me...
I wonder if anyone recognises the make of the dildo in this video:
https://www.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?id=a9b3d48c2563b61ad55374d79fe172702c0e818e1aee526c
It looks good... but I can't seem to find it anywhere...
Thank you everyone who checks this in advance!
@raphjd I know this is going go be beyond you... again... but I'll try anyway... can't hurt, can it! (well, can't hurt me anyway! haha!)
Try this on... the police officer, being a trained and (hopefully) capable individual, should have other options than to shoot someone, even if they are carrying a knife. Knife crime happens in London all the time... do you hear of anyone being shot by the police to stop the knife wielder? Not often, that's for sure! A police officer here actually went towards a knife attacker in the past - unarmed!
So your false equivalence is... as usual... nonsense...
@eobox91103 @bi4smooth You guys are talking way way way above Raphjd's head here... he won't be able to understand any of this! Believe me... I've tried before...
@raphjd No - as usual...
It's not disinformation because someone doesn't like it... it's disinformation because it's demonstrably not true.
I know this is beyond you... it has been for as long as I've seen you here... but just because someone disagrees with you, they are not 'ignorant of reality'... they might be right and you are wrong. In your case, this is always the case - you have never managed to post anything here that is of any value or worth at all... all you do is post garbage that is so obviously stupid and wrong that even a child could see that... but you... can't.
@bi4smooth All Raphjd can do is wahtaboutism - he doesn't have enough mental capability to actually think through what he's talking about, so he always goes off on another topic as soon as he gets the chance. He thinks it makes him look clever... of course, the opposite occurs to anyone who actually has a brain and reads his stuff. It's why, after a while, I got to busy to bother wasting too much of my time on him... he's not worth it
But it's a pleasure seeing someone else call out his childishness. I love that he calls everyone idiots whilst demonstrating that he's a complete idiot himself - continuously! 
@bi4smooth Really interesting seeing your post - and I largely agree with you about your concern.
I do think though that we have had so many years of quantitative easing - without - the corresponding increase in inflation everyone was expecting... that we are likely looking at an update to how economics thinks about the topic. There are, of course, many reasons for this lack of inflation... but it is interesting to see that the vast supply of money that's coming in hasn't even remotely moved inflation.
Do you know of Mark Blithe? His book on austerity is well worth a read. And he has some pretty convincing ideas about why inflation is not happening ATM. Worth looking out a few of his lectures on YouTube if you are interested (and haven't already seen them!).
Hi there - does anyone have a copy of this they would be able to share? I've got a drive which is misbehaving and think it needs some TLC... stopping me from uploading/sharing more sadly! 8TB of content there that I can access, but not manage...
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