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targetpractice

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8. Ali is schooling me right now...

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Sat Sep 10, 2022, 10:43 AM

Sep 2022

... Segment on British Colonialism... Embarrassed to say I need to know more.

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Velshi is taking the Cross Connection time slot.. And it is GREAT TV!! [View all] targetpractice Sep 2022 OP

Damn. underpants Sep 2022 #1

Pardon me if I was inaccurate... targetpractice Sep 2022 #2

Here you go... mitch96 Sep 2022 #21

Thanks. underpants Sep 2022 #24

Thanks for that... targetpractice Sep 2022 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author targetpractice Sep 2022 #42

He didn't take any crap. underpants Sep 2022 #41

Watch the film Gandhi to see what the Brits were capable of. Butterflylady Sep 2022 #3

That's a great idea for today. targetpractice Sep 2022 #4

Thx for heads up. yorkster Sep 2022 #5

Yes... He is expanding on it now... targetpractice Sep 2022 #9

Boy, is he ever! That guy , True Blue American Sep 2022 #17

Just saw that. The guy attacked True Blue American Sep 2022 #6

Good lord, no... targetpractice Sep 2022 #13

Brilliant take on British Colonialism malaise Sep 2022 #7

Ali is schooling me right now... targetpractice Sep 2022 #8

Folks blasting Ali on Twitter... targetpractice Sep 2022 #10

"today is not the day to discuss such things" as the saying goes. mitch96 Sep 2022 #15

Like when there is a mass shooting and killing is not the time to talk about gun control. Samrob Sep 2022 #32

Exactly. Stop being disruptive of the status quo. n/t targetpractice Sep 2022 #33

Just like we can't talk about gun control the day after people are slaughtered. milestogo Sep 2022 #38

Melissa's folks are from Jamaica malaise Sep 2022 #11

Melissa? The guest with glasses? targetpractice Sep 2022 #14

No,now is not the time, but Ali did not start it. True Blue American Sep 2022 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Sep 2022 #12

headline: "VELSHI GOES ROGUE!!!" librechik Sep 2022 #16

MSNBC is not going to fire Ali. He practically runs the place. True Blue American Sep 2022 #20

Very true. I'm on the edge of my seat. librechik Sep 2022 #25

Hah... The powers that be will drum up a hurricane somehow... targetpractice Sep 2022 #34

British colonialism/imperialism was of course brutal to Black and Brown... brush Sep 2022 #19

Velshi is the best in my book hydrolastic Sep 2022 #22

Agreed for multiple reasons... targetpractice Sep 2022 #31

UH oh. Suddenly MSNBC puts on Alex Witt and MSNBC Reports librechik Sep 2022 #23

No... Ali was on for three hours... targetpractice Sep 2022 #28

good point. Tiffany is another tv journalist I admire. librechik Sep 2022 #39

Velshi did not return after the break. librechik Sep 2022 #26

He took over the first hour of Cross Connection... targetpractice Sep 2022 #29

totally agree. Just wondering. Unusual, as you say. librechik Sep 2022 #36

Good on him! 2naSalit Sep 2022 #27

Great reply... Thanks! targetpractice Sep 2022 #30

It was five minutes of... 2naSalit Sep 2022 #44

I was pleased to see Ali on this morning..he does what journalists should do.. Deuxcents Sep 2022 #35

Given the continuing shrinkage of Great Britain, SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2022 #37

Velshi tweet about this... targetpractice Sep 2022 #43

The one thing Ali didn't do that he should do is play Truss' original comment on their queen's deat malaise Sep 2022 #45

BOOM! You guys nailed it further up the thread, and Ali just confirmed it. bullwinkle428 Sep 2022 #46