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The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
“It’s not just solving the mental and addiction problem for the homeless — the homeless problem is a mental health and addiction problem,” Dr. Drew said. “If you don’t have leverage, some consequence for using… they will use until they die – and that is murder.”He has a five point plan, and while the first two are excellent, the next two of three require...you guessed it...your money! But at least he understands that society has the right to govern the public behavior of its citizens when that behavior is destructive to others. Here's the thing; drugs are bad for a significant chunk of society. Yes, everyone, especially the libertarian stoners, can trot out lots of dramatic blather about how benign and wonderful their favorite drugs are, but just take a look at the streets of every major city in California (and coming soon to other Blue-state hellholes), and you will see what happens when we allow drugs to be mainstreamed. If the libertarian stance were anything other than their desire to get high and eat Cheetos I would take it more seriously. But I have yet to hear one of them say, "Yes, make all drugs legal, but don't pay for the repercussions." That would be logically consistent, but since they all seem to be stoned I am not hopeful. The first and most obvious step is to return to the rule of law. Rudy Giuliani did exactly that in the 1990s in NYC, and he was fabulously successful. But that meant that shoplifting and shaking down drivers with squeegees and hopping subway turnstiles and a host of petty crimes got prosecuted vigorously. What a concept! Enforce the law, and good things come of it. And the converse is being demonstrated as we speak on those very same streets of NYC. De Blasio has carefully destroyed what Giuliani wrought, and the results are in...crime is up, surprising nobody except the true believers. Short of creating a nation-wide system of drug rehabilitation centers, funded by the federal government, and federal law that will allow involuntary commitment, which will guarantee another vast, expensive, dysfunctional federal bureaucracy that fails to deliver on its goals, what else can be done besides simply enforcing the law?
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Hello, monkey thread!
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at February 11, 2020 11:00 AM (muI26)
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Trifecta!
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at February 11, 2020 11:00 AM (muI26)
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not first
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:01 AM (zZbCU)
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Corgis called.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at February 11, 2020 11:01 AM (muI26)
Posted by: SturmToddler at February 11, 2020 11:01 AM (8D42x)
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Hello Horde!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2020 11:02 AM (Y4EXg)
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Hey Jackstraw...
Please review and comment: https://tinyurl.com/wun5ms2
Seriously. I am interested in your perspective.
Please review and comment: https://tinyurl.com/wun5ms2
Seriously. I am interested in your perspective.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 11, 2020 11:02 AM (EK+jJ)
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Enforce the law
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:02 AM (ONvIw)
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'Scuse me while I scrape. Bowing was yesterday. I have to pace myself.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:03 AM (lwiT4)
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enforcing the law is such a quaint concept...
besides, it doesn't promote what the leftist scum really want.
besides, it doesn't promote what the leftist scum really want.
Posted by: SturmToddler at February 11, 2020 11:03 AM (8D42x)
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reopen the state mental hospitals.
Posted by: henry at February 11, 2020 11:03 AM (JMDly)
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It would be amazing, if all we did was enforce the laws already on the books.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 11, 2020 11:04 AM (EK+jJ)
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Technically he's right about the murder bit. But traditionally killing oneself is known as suicide.
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:04 AM (YVvSQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:04 AM (O7kBk)
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Unless someone is threatening to kill himself or someone else, judges are unlikely to involuntarily commit. The best tool they have, at this time, is pushing them into treatment by dangling probation.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM (ONvIw)
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And we all know that a lot of these homeless people are mentally ill and should be in asylums and care facilities. The moment you bring that up, of course, a lib screeches, "Reagan closed all the asylums!"
It's true that the flow of mental cases began to increase about that time, but I don't know the real cause. Probably some Dems in Congress cut the funding and have managed to shift the blame onto Rs ever since. Anybody know the real story?
It's true that the flow of mental cases began to increase about that time, but I don't know the real cause. Probably some Dems in Congress cut the funding and have managed to shift the blame onto Rs ever since. Anybody know the real story?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM (Ejm1K)
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It would be amazing, if all we did was enforce the laws already on the books.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 11, 2020 11:04 AM (EK+jJ)
you'd see a LOT of repealed laws if they were actually enforced, instead of ignored, or worse, enforced only selectively
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 11, 2020 11:04 AM (EK+jJ)
you'd see a LOT of repealed laws if they were actually enforced, instead of ignored, or worse, enforced only selectively
Posted by: SturmToddler at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM (8D42x)
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The failure rate of drug rehabilitation programs is already too high to be left to government administrators.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM (xfb67)
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Oh, and the obligatory tug of the forelock. There; my obligation is satisfied for another day.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM (Ejm1K)
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1. Deinstitutionalize the mentally ill.
2. Eliminate bail.
3. Strangle new housing developments behind green shakedown schemes.
It's hard to knock over a table with three legs.
2. Eliminate bail.
3. Strangle new housing developments behind green shakedown schemes.
It's hard to knock over a table with three legs.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:06 AM (Boy/L)
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you'd see a LOT of repealed laws if they were actually enforced, instead of ignored, or worse, enforced only selectively
Posted by: SturmToddler at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM (8D42x)
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Or if they all had automatic sunset provisions.
Le sigh...
you'd see a LOT of repealed laws if they were actually enforced, instead of ignored, or worse, enforced only selectively
Posted by: SturmToddler at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM (8D42x)
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Or if they all had automatic sunset provisions.
Le sigh...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:06 AM (zZbCU)
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MONKEY NUTS
Help that big thing is APING me....................
OK I was axeing for it sweet monkey love.
Help that big thing is APING me....................
OK I was axeing for it sweet monkey love.
Posted by: saf at February 11, 2020 11:06 AM (5IHGB)
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I also disagree that it's murder.
If my neighbor likes to race high performance motorcycles or do BASE jumping, is it "murder" if I don't stop him?
I don't think so.
If my neighbor likes to race high performance motorcycles or do BASE jumping, is it "murder" if I don't stop him?
I don't think so.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:06 AM (Ewo9R)
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If he dies...he dies
Posted by: Ivan Drago at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (gD6Ka)
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The video of Bloomberg talking about minorities and how they commit all the crimes is probably a death knell for his campaign
https://tinyurl.com/tq43v3e
I can't even imagine if Trump had said something like this, he would be compared to David Duke.
But considering the Establishment Democrats are looking to Bloomberg as a savior, it will be white washed.
https://tinyurl.com/tq43v3e
I can't even imagine if Trump had said something like this, he would be compared to David Duke.
But considering the Establishment Democrats are looking to Bloomberg as a savior, it will be white washed.
Posted by: Blago at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (sjTfF)
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But two or three generations of idiots in power in California have created the perfect storm of drug addicts and drunks and bums on their streets, and they can't ignore it any longer.
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Gavin Newsom@GavinNewsom
Why is Trump scared of CA?
-$21.5 billion surplus
-Record low unemployment
-Creating 1 in 7 US jobs
Meanwhile Trump:
-DOUBLED the deficit
-Created over $3 TRILLION new debt
We're the progressive answer to his regressive policies.
It's driving him MAD.
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Yeah, I'd say there's a big problem with insanity in California.
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Gavin Newsom@GavinNewsom
Why is Trump scared of CA?
-$21.5 billion surplus
-Record low unemployment
-Creating 1 in 7 US jobs
Meanwhile Trump:
-DOUBLED the deficit
-Created over $3 TRILLION new debt
We're the progressive answer to his regressive policies.
It's driving him MAD.
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Yeah, I'd say there's a big problem with insanity in California.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (+y/Ru)
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Hi, CBD.
If your desire to walk around armed was anything more than an excuse to feel powerful and jerk off with a gun in one hand, I'd support you Natural Rights, too, you authoritarian fuck.
Either we are adults or we are children. Stop coddling the losers and the problem solves itself. You pretend like you care about individual rights, but those people have a right to choose to destroy their lives and I have a right to let them. And you have a right to help them directly with your own efforts or you have the right to fuck right off.
If your desire to walk around armed was anything more than an excuse to feel powerful and jerk off with a gun in one hand, I'd support you Natural Rights, too, you authoritarian fuck.
Either we are adults or we are children. Stop coddling the losers and the problem solves itself. You pretend like you care about individual rights, but those people have a right to choose to destroy their lives and I have a right to let them. And you have a right to help them directly with your own efforts or you have the right to fuck right off.
Posted by: Andy Stern at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (J4YFu)
Posted by: saf at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (5IHGB)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (KUaJL)
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25 The video of Bloomberg talking about minorities and how they commit all the crimes is probably a death knell for his campaign
https://tinyurl.com/tq43v3e
I can't even imagine if Trump had said something like this, he would be compared to David Duke.
But considering the Establishment Democrats are looking to Bloomberg as a savior, it will be white washed.
Posted by: Blago at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (sjTfF)
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Please push him through to the nomination...
Please....
https://tinyurl.com/tq43v3e
I can't even imagine if Trump had said something like this, he would be compared to David Duke.
But considering the Establishment Democrats are looking to Bloomberg as a savior, it will be white washed.
Posted by: Blago at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (sjTfF)
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Please push him through to the nomination...
Please....
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (zZbCU)
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Buy Greenland and exile all drug addicts who fail in their one chance at taxpayer-funded rehab, pushers, hate-America-firsters, and all other non-violent criminals there to live among each other.
Make Greenland Australia-Lite!
Make Greenland Australia-Lite!
Posted by: ShainS -- Lying Dog-Faced Pony Soldiers for Biden 2020! at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (WqPYg)
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1. Deinstitutionalize the mentally ill.
2. Eliminate bail.
3. Strangle new housing developments behind green shakedown schemes.
It's hard to knock over a table with three legs.
Posted by: Circa
Not if it was a four legged table.
4. Don't pay for any solutions.
2. Eliminate bail.
3. Strangle new housing developments behind green shakedown schemes.
It's hard to knock over a table with three legs.
Posted by: Circa
Not if it was a four legged table.
4. Don't pay for any solutions.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (O7kBk)
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>>Seriously. I am interested in your perspective.
I'm probably not the most objective commenter on CTH. Sundance is a good researcher, particularly on economic issues like China, but I find him to be a relentless conspiracy theorist. Sooner or later, everyone becomes a black hat in his world when it comes to the deep state issues and I diverge from him on a number of fronts.
Maybe he's right but I don't think so.
I'm probably not the most objective commenter on CTH. Sundance is a good researcher, particularly on economic issues like China, but I find him to be a relentless conspiracy theorist. Sooner or later, everyone becomes a black hat in his world when it comes to the deep state issues and I diverge from him on a number of fronts.
Maybe he's right but I don't think so.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (ZLI7S)
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Take a market-based approach to the drug problem. Won't be any illegal drugs if there is no market. Three strikes law for users. Third strike gets them a bullet in the brain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (LxWV7)
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Either we pay for mandatory rehab centers or we pay for jail . Six one half of the other .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (OVJcF)
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National @MonmouthPoll:
(Change since last month)
Sanders 26% (+3)
Biden 16% (-14)
Buttigieg 13% (+7)
Warren 13% (-1)
Bloomberg 11% (+2)
Klobuchar 6% (+1)
Yang 4% (+1)
Everyone else 1% or less
(Conducted Feb 6-9)
(Change since last month)
Sanders 26% (+3)
Biden 16% (-14)
Buttigieg 13% (+7)
Warren 13% (-1)
Bloomberg 11% (+2)
Klobuchar 6% (+1)
Yang 4% (+1)
Everyone else 1% or less
(Conducted Feb 6-9)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (cF8AT)
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> Please push him through to the nomination...
I saw earlier that Hicksville Crotch, New Hampshire, went for Bloomberg.
I saw earlier that Hicksville Crotch, New Hampshire, went for Bloomberg.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:09 AM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:09 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2020 11:09 AM (q1Pj5)
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36 National @MonmouthPoll:
(Change since last month)
Sanders 26% (+3)
Biden 16% (-14)
Buttigieg 13% (+7)
Warren 13% (-1)
Bloomberg 11% (+2)
Klobuchar 6% (+1)
Yang 4% (+1)
Everyone else 1% or less
(Conducted Feb 6-9)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (cF8AT)
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I love this primary season just so very much.
(Change since last month)
Sanders 26% (+3)
Biden 16% (-14)
Buttigieg 13% (+7)
Warren 13% (-1)
Bloomberg 11% (+2)
Klobuchar 6% (+1)
Yang 4% (+1)
Everyone else 1% or less
(Conducted Feb 6-9)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (cF8AT)
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I love this primary season just so very much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:09 AM (zZbCU)
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Gavin Newsom@GavinNewsom
Why is Trump scared of CA?
-$21.5 billion surplus
-Record low unemployment
-Creating 1 in 7 US jobs
Also, everything is on fire.
Why is Trump scared of CA?
-$21.5 billion surplus
-Record low unemployment
-Creating 1 in 7 US jobs
Also, everything is on fire.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:10 AM (Boy/L)
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Yeah, I'd say there's a big problem with insanity in California.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM
And yet thousands of businesses continue their trek out of the state.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM
And yet thousands of businesses continue their trek out of the state.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:10 AM (axyOa)
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Romney's 47% comment is what killed his campaign IMHO. I assume it should do the same to Bloomberg but he's running as a Dem so your mileage may vary.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:10 AM (OVJcF)
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Posted by: Andy Stern at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (J4YFu)
This is what happens when you pee in your own wheaties.
Angry we much?
This is what happens when you pee in your own wheaties.
Angry we much?
Posted by: jerry!!! at February 11, 2020 11:10 AM (/LQkF)
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Urban crime will never get better when the people who speak the truth about it are shouted down as racist.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoy watching Bloomberg take a drubbing, but he spoke the truth.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoy watching Bloomberg take a drubbing, but he spoke the truth.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 11, 2020 11:10 AM (Xsl/w)
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I've long stated that the government has no right to tell you what to do with your own body. That means legalize drugs. I've also long maintained that the government has no obligation to take care of you after you fry your brains. The only obligation the government has is to keep you from being a health hazard to others. Clean your carcass off the street. Skip loader, a can of gas and a match are what the government should provide; nothing more.
Posted by: jyyyguy at February 11, 2020 11:10 AM (SR1fp)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Says Be of Good Cheer - Liberal Tears 30% Off! at February 11, 2020 11:11 AM (hLRSq)
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Romney's 47% comment is what killed his campaign IMHO. I assume it should do the same to Bloomberg but he's running as a Dem so your mileage may vary.
Nope. The night he visibly folded at the debate over Benghazi was the moment I knew it was over.
Nope. The night he visibly folded at the debate over Benghazi was the moment I knew it was over.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:12 AM (Boy/L)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 11, 2020 11:12 AM (Ny341)
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People fail at rehab all the time, release them from the treatment they do not want is not murder.
BTW, frequently, the ODs that occur after treatment or partial treatment are related to a person resuming their previous "dose", which the respiratory system can no longer handle.
BTW, frequently, the ODs that occur after treatment or partial treatment are related to a person resuming their previous "dose", which the respiratory system can no longer handle.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:12 AM (ONvIw)
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Since all the DEM candidates for POTUS want to decriminalize possession of all drugs, esp Buttigieg, then Ace's point, "Look at the streets of CA cities if you want to see what happens when you mainstream drugs,"-- that would make a good campaign ad for Trump.
Legalizing possession of heroin & Fentanyl (Buttigieg) is one thing to hear about, & quite another when you see it in action in San Francisco.
From scanning Buttigieg's proposed drug policy (I didn't study it closely, mind), it appears he makes no distinction between possession of personal use amounts & possession with intent to distribute-- it's all just "possession," apparently. If I read what he said correctly, drug dealers can walk around unhindered with a kilo of heroin, or a fannypack of Fentanyl.
Legalizing possession of heroin & Fentanyl (Buttigieg) is one thing to hear about, & quite another when you see it in action in San Francisco.
From scanning Buttigieg's proposed drug policy (I didn't study it closely, mind), it appears he makes no distinction between possession of personal use amounts & possession with intent to distribute-- it's all just "possession," apparently. If I read what he said correctly, drug dealers can walk around unhindered with a kilo of heroin, or a fannypack of Fentanyl.
Posted by: mnw at February 11, 2020 11:12 AM (Cssks)
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48 Romney's 47% comment is what killed his campaign IMHO. I assume it should do the same to Bloomberg but he's running as a Dem so your mileage may vary.
Nope. The night he visibly folded at the debate over Benghazi was the moment I knew it was over.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:12 AM (Boy/L)
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To be fair, Candy Crowley had that look in her eye that said she was hungry.
Nope. The night he visibly folded at the debate over Benghazi was the moment I knew it was over.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:12 AM (Boy/L)
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To be fair, Candy Crowley had that look in her eye that said she was hungry.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:12 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2020 11:12 AM (LxWV7)
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Just legalize that sweet, sweet crack and you'll never hear about me again.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at February 11, 2020 11:12 AM (xfb67)
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Posted by: Andy Stern at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (J4YFu)
If you made a little bit of sense I would support your desire to troll here...
If you made a little bit of sense I would support your desire to troll here...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2020 11:13 AM (dLLD6)
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what else can be done besides simply enforcing the law?
More school funding, fixing the infrastructure, and Midnight Basketball
More school funding, fixing the infrastructure, and Midnight Basketball
Posted by: Bruce at February 11, 2020 11:13 AM (vd8XM)
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Why do druggies get narcan for free because they have a "disease", but diabetics pay upwards of $700 a month for their disease?
When the patent for insulin was "given" to the world.
When the patent for insulin was "given" to the world.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:13 AM (O7kBk)
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Gavin Newsom
Lying as he whistles passing the graveyard.
Lying as he whistles passing the graveyard.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:13 AM (OVJcF)
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It would be amazing, if all we did was enforce the laws already on the books.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 11, 2020 11:04 AM (EK+jJ)
Frankly, I'll trade "enforce the laws already on the books" in favor of "force the assholes in congress at the point of a gun to follow the laws they impose on us."
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 11, 2020 11:04 AM (EK+jJ)
Frankly, I'll trade "enforce the laws already on the books" in favor of "force the assholes in congress at the point of a gun to follow the laws they impose on us."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 11, 2020 11:14 AM (Ki5SV)
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As long as you don't infringe on the liberty of others, government should have no say in what you do.
The problem is, what is considered infringing on liberties?
The problem is, what is considered infringing on liberties?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 11, 2020 11:14 AM (Xsl/w)
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I have an automatic Sunset provision at Chez Saf.
mine is only semi-automatic, but it has a thing that goes up.
I have an automatic Sunset provision at Chez Saf.
mine is only semi-automatic, but it has a thing that goes up.
Posted by: Anachronda at February 11, 2020 11:15 AM (sGtp+)
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Posted by: Andy Stern at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (J4YFu)
Where the devil did that come from?
Posted by: Mikey NTH
Mommy left her computer unlocked?
Where the devil did that come from?
Posted by: Mikey NTH
Mommy left her computer unlocked?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:15 AM (O7kBk)
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I read a column or essay or something like that where the take was to get a handle on drug use we could legalize it all, all of it, every last illicit drug. Let nature take it course. I can almost support it.
There's little or no guilt or shame for drug use or for addicts anymore. Addicts are treated as the victims. Zero repercussions for their actions. A great many are to far out of it to see they are dying. Having dealt with meth addiction in my family for a decade I can tell you first hand, that you cannot help those that don't want help more than they want drugs. No amount of pleading, counseling or incarceration will reach those not wanting to be reached. There has to be a deterrent BEFORE the addiction takes over.
There's little or no guilt or shame for drug use or for addicts anymore. Addicts are treated as the victims. Zero repercussions for their actions. A great many are to far out of it to see they are dying. Having dealt with meth addiction in my family for a decade I can tell you first hand, that you cannot help those that don't want help more than they want drugs. No amount of pleading, counseling or incarceration will reach those not wanting to be reached. There has to be a deterrent BEFORE the addiction takes over.
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 11, 2020 11:15 AM (w9UC1)
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Don't we typically load the space cannon around this time, the one suitable for launching folks into the sun?
And just like that, Andy shows up
And just like that, Andy shows up
Posted by: Boswell at February 11, 2020 11:15 AM (32YRo)
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And as far as "ace not being ace" anymore. . .
Well, remember when Paul McCartney was killed in a road accident and replaced by a lookalike named Billy Shears?
Ace banned himself from the blog one day and was replaced by another, similar "Ace," identical to the Head Ewok in all respects except skill at shelving.
Well, remember when Paul McCartney was killed in a road accident and replaced by a lookalike named Billy Shears?
Ace banned himself from the blog one day and was replaced by another, similar "Ace," identical to the Head Ewok in all respects except skill at shelving.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 11, 2020 11:15 AM (Ki5SV)
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35 Either we pay for mandatory rehab centers or we pay for jail . Six one half of the other .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (OVJcF)
When do you choose one over the other? Three strikes? Distribution or acts of violence?
As someone who has seen people come in for a 6th, 7th or 10th mandatory treatment, I am skeptical unless some sort of stick is offered as well as the reduced or eliminated sentence.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (OVJcF)
When do you choose one over the other? Three strikes? Distribution or acts of violence?
As someone who has seen people come in for a 6th, 7th or 10th mandatory treatment, I am skeptical unless some sort of stick is offered as well as the reduced or eliminated sentence.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:15 AM (ONvIw)
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"Midnight Basketball"? Is that something I shouldn't look up on Urban Dictionary?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:15 AM (+y/Ru)
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"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", did more to be-fuck the Public's Mind as to the nature of "Institutions", than any previous thing.
Soon followed by "emotional" pleas to Courts and Legislatures.
And we now have what we have now. Chaos, as the left intends, always.
The left makes huge profits off of chaos, much less the fact that it creates the "never fail to take advantage of a crisis" factor so adroitly spoken by Rahm Emanuel his own commie self.
Cleaning up the "homeless" problem is going to be a Big Ugly Thing. Horrible to contemplate, horrible to experience and horrible to do for those tasked with the doing.
No, not a "final solution" kind of thing. But just the scooping up from the streets, the judicial process to commit them, the institutionalizing and the detox and "rehab" process. It'll be hell.
And most of 'em can't or won't be "rehabbed".
So? Then they either choose endless institutionalizing, or are committed to such by the M.D.s and the Courts.
But the homeless thing as it is now, can't be allowed to continue, much less to grow and to infect city after city after city.
Bring back the Asylums. Bigly.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Soon followed by "emotional" pleas to Courts and Legislatures.
And we now have what we have now. Chaos, as the left intends, always.
The left makes huge profits off of chaos, much less the fact that it creates the "never fail to take advantage of a crisis" factor so adroitly spoken by Rahm Emanuel his own commie self.
Cleaning up the "homeless" problem is going to be a Big Ugly Thing. Horrible to contemplate, horrible to experience and horrible to do for those tasked with the doing.
No, not a "final solution" kind of thing. But just the scooping up from the streets, the judicial process to commit them, the institutionalizing and the detox and "rehab" process. It'll be hell.
And most of 'em can't or won't be "rehabbed".
So? Then they either choose endless institutionalizing, or are committed to such by the M.D.s and the Courts.
But the homeless thing as it is now, can't be allowed to continue, much less to grow and to infect city after city after city.
Bring back the Asylums. Bigly.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (Y4EXg)
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At this point in time why does it matter (familiar?) IF REGAN CLOSED MENTAL HOSPITALS....
We NOW need V.2.0 with surely more advanced treatments (hopefully) and concerned and interested metal experts.
IF NOT way more of the same.
Millions of lives being trashed by this laissez faire shit.The families that is,the ill are already suffering.
We NOW need V.2.0 with surely more advanced treatments (hopefully) and concerned and interested metal experts.
IF NOT way more of the same.
Millions of lives being trashed by this laissez faire shit.The families that is,the ill are already suffering.
Posted by: saf at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (5IHGB)
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@marc_lotter
NEW POLL: Two-thirds of American people believe @realDonaldTrump will be re-elected.
snip~
About two-thirds of American voters believe that Trump will definitely (27%) or probably (39%) get reelected in November. Just 22% say he will probably lose to the Democrat and only 6% say he will definitely lose to the Democrat.
https://tinyurl.com/u8sh27z
NEW POLL: Two-thirds of American people believe @realDonaldTrump will be re-elected.
snip~
About two-thirds of American voters believe that Trump will definitely (27%) or probably (39%) get reelected in November. Just 22% say he will probably lose to the Democrat and only 6% say he will definitely lose to the Democrat.
https://tinyurl.com/u8sh27z
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (cF8AT)
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Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:12 AM (Boy/L)
As is common at aos, we agree to disagree.
Fight me.
As is common at aos, we agree to disagree.
Fight me.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (OVJcF)
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*insert the Dr. Drew quote here since Pixy's hamsters won't let me do it.*
Technically, it's suicide. I'd expect a doctor to know the difference since it does makes a difference. Looks like he just plays one on TB and didn't even spend last night at a Holiday Inn.
*sigh* I miss the old days when we actually had some smart people making pub-lick policies...
Technically, it's suicide. I'd expect a doctor to know the difference since it does makes a difference. Looks like he just plays one on TB and didn't even spend last night at a Holiday Inn.
*sigh* I miss the old days when we actually had some smart people making pub-lick policies...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (HaL55)
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Newsome is a lying sack of shit. There is no surplus. Cali has over $1 trillion in unfunded pension liabilities alone. They're drowning in red ink.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (NWiLs)
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I know tweakers. And, if you ask, they will admit that the drugs lead to them being homeless. I also know a couple in drug court. She is eight months into a two year program. (She's also pregnant with two other kids.) So far, she is managing to stay clean. They do random drug tests. If you miss the test or fail it, you can do jail time. Her boyfriend is in drug court in a different county. He's basically locked up during the program. He gets out in a month.
And I know a success story, who will admit that the only reason he isn't dead is because he was locked up so much. We aren't doing these folks a favor by letting them stay out on the streets.
And I know a success story, who will admit that the only reason he isn't dead is because he was locked up so much. We aren't doing these folks a favor by letting them stay out on the streets.
Posted by: notsothoreau at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (JKNZq)
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71 About two-thirds of American voters believe that Trump will definitely (27%) or probably (39%) get reelected in November. Just 22% say he will probably lose to the Democrat and only 6% say he will definitely lose to the Democrat.
https://tinyurl.com/u8sh27z
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (cF8AT)
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Partisan enthusiasm. How does it work?
https://tinyurl.com/u8sh27z
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (cF8AT)
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Partisan enthusiasm. How does it work?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (zZbCU)
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While the costs of legalization seem vast, the premise that there's any significant shortage of product now seems to counter it.
The other cost, the illegality margin, corrupts societies from major cities to major law enforcement to small town cop shops to entire nations--see Mexico--and some of the vilest people in the world--see Mexico. Removing the illegality premium would make a vast difference as well.
The net? I don't know but putting the cartels out of business strikes me as a social good.
The other cost, the illegality margin, corrupts societies from major cities to major law enforcement to small town cop shops to entire nations--see Mexico--and some of the vilest people in the world--see Mexico. Removing the illegality premium would make a vast difference as well.
The net? I don't know but putting the cartels out of business strikes me as a social good.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (fikzx)
78
*Munkey*
*Munkey*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (kw0bd)
79
As long as you don't infringe on the liberty of others, government should have no say in what you do.
The problem is, what is considered infringing on liberties?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
Stealing from/robbing others for your next high is one of them.
The problem is, what is considered infringing on liberties?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
Stealing from/robbing others for your next high is one of them.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (O7kBk)
80
It would be better to bring back asylums so we can keep the mentally ill and addicts out of the legal system as much as possible. Cops should deal with the mentally only to the extent necessary to get them into care, for example.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (RD7QR)
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36 National @MonmouthPoll:
(Change since last month)
Sanders 26% (+3)
Biden 16% (-14)
Buttigieg 13% (+7)
Warren 13% (-1)
Bloomberg 11% (+2)
Klobuchar 6% (+1)
Yang 4% (+1)
Everyone else 1% or less
(Conducted Feb 6-9)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (cF8AT)
Looks like Buttyjudge picked up the bulk of Biden's ex-supporters. Burnie is next, followed by Bloomberg. I think that's going to be the 3 way race - Burnie's advantage is that he should pick up most of Warren's supporters, as her campaign falls apart.
With those numbers, Biden will collapse on Super Tuesday, barely 3 weeks away.
I predict, after Super Tuesday knocks out all but the final 3, Dem polls will be, roughly, Burnie 39%, Buttyjudge 28%, Bloomie 21% (numbers above don't total 100% either)
Dems are likely to head into the convention with no one having majority support.
(Change since last month)
Sanders 26% (+3)
Biden 16% (-14)
Buttigieg 13% (+7)
Warren 13% (-1)
Bloomberg 11% (+2)
Klobuchar 6% (+1)
Yang 4% (+1)
Everyone else 1% or less
(Conducted Feb 6-9)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (cF8AT)
Looks like Buttyjudge picked up the bulk of Biden's ex-supporters. Burnie is next, followed by Bloomberg. I think that's going to be the 3 way race - Burnie's advantage is that he should pick up most of Warren's supporters, as her campaign falls apart.
With those numbers, Biden will collapse on Super Tuesday, barely 3 weeks away.
I predict, after Super Tuesday knocks out all but the final 3, Dem polls will be, roughly, Burnie 39%, Buttyjudge 28%, Bloomie 21% (numbers above don't total 100% either)
Dems are likely to head into the convention with no one having majority support.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (Kpl3J)
82
"Midnight Basketball"? Is that something I shouldn't look up on Urban Dictionary?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
It was a solution to all of the urban yutes problems back in the late 70's/early 80's
Brought to you by one of Chicagos nitwit mayors
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
It was a solution to all of the urban yutes problems back in the late 70's/early 80's
Brought to you by one of Chicagos nitwit mayors
Posted by: Bruce at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (vd8XM)
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♪
Here we come
Buzzin in your ear
Raise the itchiest welts
Then we disappear
Hey, we're the Muskeetones,
And people say we really suck.
But we're all fat and happy,
so we don't really give a_____________
"Okay, thank you, you may go. Who else we got, Bob?"
"Well, we put together another group, the Monkees..."
"Sigh!"
Here we come
Buzzin in your ear
Raise the itchiest welts
Then we disappear
Hey, we're the Muskeetones,
And people say we really suck.
But we're all fat and happy,
so we don't really give a_____________
"Okay, thank you, you may go. Who else we got, Bob?"
"Well, we put together another group, the Monkees..."
"Sigh!"
Posted by: mindful webworker -
that tiny droning noise in the bedroom at night at February 11, 2020 11:18 AM (TIFWI)
84
Requesting special dispensation to go O/T for Fen...
334 Posted by: browndog at February 11, 2020 10:34 AM
And on another note, how are you feeling browndog?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2020 10:39 AM (WI7YS)
Fen -
Tired, but the real fun hasn't started yet. Radiation therapy starts in earnest 2/18/20.
Thanks for including e on the Prayer List, much appreciated.
334 Posted by: browndog at February 11, 2020 10:34 AM
And on another note, how are you feeling browndog?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2020 10:39 AM (WI7YS)
Fen -
Tired, but the real fun hasn't started yet. Radiation therapy starts in earnest 2/18/20.
Thanks for including e on the Prayer List, much appreciated.
Posted by: browndog at February 11, 2020 11:18 AM (gD6Ka)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:18 AM (+y/Ru)
86
Bring back the Asylums. Bigly.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
I don't know what the answer to the problem is, but I sure as heck have serious misgivings about giving the government/courts the power to institutionalize people. What could go wrong, eh?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
I don't know what the answer to the problem is, but I sure as heck have serious misgivings about giving the government/courts the power to institutionalize people. What could go wrong, eh?
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (lwiT4)
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60 As long as you don't infringe on the liberty of others, government should have no say in what you do.
The problem is, what is considered infringing on liberties?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 11, 2020 11:14 AM (Xsl/w)
I would put defecating on the sidewalk as infringing on liberties of others, but apparently the people of California don't seem to agree.
The problem is, what is considered infringing on liberties?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 11, 2020 11:14 AM (Xsl/w)
I would put defecating on the sidewalk as infringing on liberties of others, but apparently the people of California don't seem to agree.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (kUmUV)
88
I've been mulling around an idea concerning the concept the left just wants to help people. No one really ever challenges them on this, yet they don't really help people at all. Their polices cause misery, decay, and suffering.
And yet they continue to wear the label of the party that cares about the little people.
And yet they continue to wear the label of the party that cares about the little people.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (xfb67)
89
I understand there are places in the world where people who possess a joint are executed.
As a wise man once said, "nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging."
Cruel, but fair.
I understand there are places in the world where people who possess a joint are executed.
As a wise man once said, "nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging."
Cruel, but fair.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (zBaqJ)
90
So Buttplug ids out and Bloomberg is in as the Dem flavor of the week
Posted by: It's me donna at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (6XlcD)
91
Unless someone is threatening to kill himself or
someone else, judges are unlikely to involuntarily commit. The best tool
they have, at this time, is pushing them into treatment by dangling
probation.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM
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And there is a reason for that, way too many "innocent" people were involuntarily committed in the past when we had mental hospitals all over the place.
There are literally hundreds of documented cases were people were committed against their will and spent the remainder of their lives locked up and drugged to the gills.
One researcher who's name I can't recall claimed that ~10% of the people involuntarily committed should have never seen the inside of a mental institution.
That's a whole lot of innocent people held against their will.
someone else, judges are unlikely to involuntarily commit. The best tool
they have, at this time, is pushing them into treatment by dangling
probation.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM
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And there is a reason for that, way too many "innocent" people were involuntarily committed in the past when we had mental hospitals all over the place.
There are literally hundreds of documented cases were people were committed against their will and spent the remainder of their lives locked up and drugged to the gills.
One researcher who's name I can't recall claimed that ~10% of the people involuntarily committed should have never seen the inside of a mental institution.
That's a whole lot of innocent people held against their will.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (JUOKG)
92
The horror that CA streets inspire among families trying to raise children can't be overestimated.
This could be a wedge issue among those suburban moms who voted DEM in the 2018 midterm.
This could be a wedge issue among those suburban moms who voted DEM in the 2018 midterm.
Posted by: mnw at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (Cssks)
93
That tweet from Newsom is rich. Record tax revenue (on record high taxes) generates a temporary surplus that every kleptocrat scrambles to spend in the next fiscal year. Meanwhile, the state can't provide cheap reliable electricity or water to its citizens while running up hundreds of billions in unfunded pension liabilities.
But yes, Gavin, do go on.
But yes, Gavin, do go on.
Posted by: Chunk Hunger at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (sN9mD)
Posted by: irongrampa at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (KATBx)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (+y/Ru)
96
Just got back from doing work. Won't make that mistake again soon. Did we cover AOC's new primary opponent who declared this morning? Any debates will be can't miss tv.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (Wm5SB)
97
The net? I don't know but putting the cartels out of business strikes me as a social good.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (fikzx)
Shooting the users would put the cartels out of business. Dealers need customers.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (fikzx)
Shooting the users would put the cartels out of business. Dealers need customers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (LxWV7)
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(Conducted Feb 6-9)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (cF8AT)
A dollar says they throw it to Bloomberg-Bootyjudge. Biden's brain is melting and Bernie is an out and out communist.
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (cF8AT)
A dollar says they throw it to Bloomberg-Bootyjudge. Biden's brain is melting and Bernie is an out and out communist.
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (U7voe)
99
hiya
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (arJlL)
100
shoot, I was trying to wait for 100+ comments...
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (Wm5SB)
101
This could be a wedge issue among those suburban moms who voted DEM in the 2018 midterm.
Posted by: mnw at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (Cssks)
********
Wine Moms are too stupid to do the whole "cause and effect" thing.
Posted by: mnw at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (Cssks)
********
Wine Moms are too stupid to do the whole "cause and effect" thing.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (flINI)
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As someone who has seen people come in for a 6th, 7th or 10th mandatory treatment, I am skeptical unless some sort of stick is offered as well as the reduced or eliminated sentence.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:15 AM (ONvIw)
You still sentence drug offenders except they spend their time in rehab jail instead of advance criminal education jail. (Users not dealers) .
That said there is no best solution only the least worse action .
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:15 AM (ONvIw)
You still sentence drug offenders except they spend their time in rehab jail instead of advance criminal education jail. (Users not dealers) .
That said there is no best solution only the least worse action .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (OVJcF)
103
Yeah I meant METAL experts...HARD ROCK will shape the riff raff UP. 
Posted by: saf at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (5IHGB)
104
If California is supposedly swimming in cash like Newsome says why don't they use it to clean up the streets drowning in shit.
Posted by: Buzzion at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (G2zl5)
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Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2020 11:20 AM (LxWV7)
Singapore does not have a narcotics epidemic, I believe.
Singapore does not have a narcotics epidemic, I believe.
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (U7voe)
106
Offer a bounty to private companies to get drug addicts clean. Pay them after a stipulated period of sobriety.
Let the profit motive figure it out.
Let the profit motive figure it out.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (LISuA)
107
Romney's 47% comment is what killed his campaign IMHO. I assume it should do the same to Bloomberg but he's running as a Dem so your mileage may vary.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
____________
I never bought into that, most people think it's someone else that's not paying taxes.
it was like 5-6 things that killed his campaign, with a big part of being the guy came off phony and voters could smell it a mile away.
Had Romney just owned that comment, it would have been nothing, but the way Republicans and him reacted to it made voters think he must have truly said something horrible.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
____________
I never bought into that, most people think it's someone else that's not paying taxes.
it was like 5-6 things that killed his campaign, with a big part of being the guy came off phony and voters could smell it a mile away.
Had Romney just owned that comment, it would have been nothing, but the way Republicans and him reacted to it made voters think he must have truly said something horrible.
Posted by: Blago at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (sjTfF)
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60 As long as you don't infringe on the liberty of others, government should have no say in what you do.
The problem is, what is considered infringing on liberties?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 11, 2020 11:14 AM (Xsl/w)
I think a good argument can be made that a homeless encampment encroaching on the sidewalk, defecation and needle littering on the same, and aggressive panhandling, infringes on the liberties of those who wish to travel that same street.
The problem is, what is considered infringing on liberties?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 11, 2020 11:14 AM (Xsl/w)
I think a good argument can be made that a homeless encampment encroaching on the sidewalk, defecation and needle littering on the same, and aggressive panhandling, infringes on the liberties of those who wish to travel that same street.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Says Be of Good Cheer - Liberal Tears 30% Off! at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (hLRSq)
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@NBCNews 1 minute ago
JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on from attending a #NHprimary election night party; will travel to South Carolina for a kickoff event in Columbia tonight - @mikememoli
JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on from attending a #NHprimary election night party; will travel to South Carolina for a kickoff event in Columbia tonight - @mikememoli
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (cF8AT)
110
A co-worker once suggested giving junkies all the drugs they want - with the requirement being that when they take the drugs, they have to lie in a warehouse environment in a coffin - lid open - before they shoot/snort/smoke whatever their flavor of the day was.
He said that way when they OD'd all we'd have to do was close the lid and wheel in the next coffin.
He said that way when they OD'd all we'd have to do was close the lid and wheel in the next coffin.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (e284m)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (Boy/L)
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>>As long as you don't infringe on the liberty of others, government should have no say in what you do.
The problem is, what is considered infringing on liberties?
Having been a city dweller for many years as well as a suburbanite and beyond I think it is a real issue of perspective. When I lived in the city I got to see the face of addiction and mental issues on a daily basis whether I wanted to or not. Not was the default setting but I had no say. I considered that a real infringement on my rights and got tired of being commanded to give money to the ever present beggars.
Out here in the sticks it's a lot easier to say live and let live since there is none of that crap around me now.
If the addicted and those with mental issues wanted to go live on a commune in a remote area of Alaska then go and prosper. If you want to live in my face and demand I tolerate your insane behavior and worse subsidize it you can go fuck right off.
The problem is, what is considered infringing on liberties?
Having been a city dweller for many years as well as a suburbanite and beyond I think it is a real issue of perspective. When I lived in the city I got to see the face of addiction and mental issues on a daily basis whether I wanted to or not. Not was the default setting but I had no say. I considered that a real infringement on my rights and got tired of being commanded to give money to the ever present beggars.
Out here in the sticks it's a lot easier to say live and let live since there is none of that crap around me now.
If the addicted and those with mental issues wanted to go live on a commune in a remote area of Alaska then go and prosper. If you want to live in my face and demand I tolerate your insane behavior and worse subsidize it you can go fuck right off.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (ZLI7S)
113
Gabbard wants to decriminalize sex work. I wonder if $100 to her gets me the same as in town?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)
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No love for Tulsi!!!
Posted by: m at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (KXX3K)
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104 If California is supposedly swimming in cash like Newsome says why don't they use it to clean up the streets drowning in shit.
Posted by: Buzzion at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (G2zl5)
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Just think of the yuge, glorious homeless shelters they could build.
Posted by: Buzzion at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (G2zl5)
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Just think of the yuge, glorious homeless shelters they could build.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (zZbCU)
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JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on from attending a #NHprimary election night party; will travel to South Carolina for a kickoff event in Columbia tonight - @mikememoli
Pretty big tea leaf there, Joe.
Pretty big tea leaf there, Joe.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (Boy/L)
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I'm sorry but I don't believe that "researcher". You still had to have a judge sign off to commit people. I'm sure there were some that didn't need to be there (and probably didn't spend much time there.) But 10% is just wrong.
Posted by: notsothoreau at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (JKNZq)
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What could go wrong, eh?
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (lwiT4)
Da, comrade!
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (lwiT4)
Da, comrade!
Posted by: Zombie J Stalin at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (BiNEL)
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Gavin Newsom
Lying as he whistles passing the graveyard shit piles.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:18 AM (+y/Ru)
If only anyone in the State cared.
Lying as he whistles passing the graveyard shit piles.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:18 AM (+y/Ru)
If only anyone in the State cared.
Posted by: Surfperch at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (DN9hz)
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80 It would be better to bring back asylums so we can keep the mentally ill and addicts out of the legal system as much as possible. Cops should deal with the mentally only to the extent necessary to get them into care, for example.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (RD7QR)
Our local sheriff has said that 30 or 40 years ago, they would get mental cases in jail and it was difficult, but not overwhelming. He says today it's more like 3/4 of the inmates in county lockup have some kind of diagnosed mental condition, and it forces the jailers to be nurses and drug dispensers, as well as having to deal with psychotic behavior constantly.
They end up there because no one else wants to deal with the mentally ill, so when they act up they end up in jail since no one else will take them.
The worst part of all is that the entire theory of jail time is that it's intended to make criminal behavior a costly thing that rational people will avoid, even if they're mean - but there is no such thing as rational behavior in the mentally ill, and jail only makes all of their conditions worse. There are some people locally who get kicked out of jail and then re-arrested for petty bullshit within a couple of weeks, over and over and over.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (RD7QR)
Our local sheriff has said that 30 or 40 years ago, they would get mental cases in jail and it was difficult, but not overwhelming. He says today it's more like 3/4 of the inmates in county lockup have some kind of diagnosed mental condition, and it forces the jailers to be nurses and drug dispensers, as well as having to deal with psychotic behavior constantly.
They end up there because no one else wants to deal with the mentally ill, so when they act up they end up in jail since no one else will take them.
The worst part of all is that the entire theory of jail time is that it's intended to make criminal behavior a costly thing that rational people will avoid, even if they're mean - but there is no such thing as rational behavior in the mentally ill, and jail only makes all of their conditions worse. There are some people locally who get kicked out of jail and then re-arrested for petty bullshit within a couple of weeks, over and over and over.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (Kpl3J)
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I don't know what the answer to the problem is, but I sure as heck have serious misgivings about giving the government/courts the power to institutionalize people. What could go wrong, eh?
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (lwiT4)
You don't "institutionalize" them for being homeless, or a druggie; you jail them for the crimes incidental to that lifestyle. So they are able to avail themselves of due process.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (lwiT4)
You don't "institutionalize" them for being homeless, or a druggie; you jail them for the crimes incidental to that lifestyle. So they are able to avail themselves of due process.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (LxWV7)
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119 Gavin Newsom
Lying as he whistles passing the graveyard shit piles.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:18 AM (+y/Ru)
If only anyone in the State cared.
Posted by: Surfperch at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (DN9hz)
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They just know that it's really Trump's fault. And the powerful CA GOP.
Lying as he whistles passing the graveyard shit piles.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:18 AM (+y/Ru)
If only anyone in the State cared.
Posted by: Surfperch at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (DN9hz)
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They just know that it's really Trump's fault. And the powerful CA GOP.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (zZbCU)
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That's a whole lot of innocent people held against their will.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (JUOKG)
In NJ anyway, you need two doctors and a judge. If you are in the hospital, the court comes to the facility for reviews. My former hospital (yay, retired) held court every Tuesday for reviews.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (JUOKG)
In NJ anyway, you need two doctors and a judge. If you are in the hospital, the court comes to the facility for reviews. My former hospital (yay, retired) held court every Tuesday for reviews.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ONvIw)
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113 Gabbard wants to decriminalize sex work. I wonder if $100 to her gets me the same as in town?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)
114 No love for Tulsi!!!
Posted by: m at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (KXX3K)
Complete coincidence that we both posted about Tulsi.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)
114 No love for Tulsi!!!
Posted by: m at February 11, 2020 11:23 AM (KXX3K)
Complete coincidence that we both posted about Tulsi.
Posted by: m at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (KXX3K)
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JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on from attending a #NHprimary election night party; will travel to South Carolina for a kickoff event in Columbia tonight - @mikememoli
Tail status: tucked.
Tail status: tucked.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ykYG2)
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Singapore does not have a narcotics epidemic, I believe.
Hell no.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (Boy/L)
*******
Caning tends to focus the mind. They don't have a "chewing gum on the sidewalk" problem either.
Hell no.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (Boy/L)
*******
Caning tends to focus the mind. They don't have a "chewing gum on the sidewalk" problem either.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (flINI)
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With those numbers, Biden will collapse on Super Tuesday, barely 3 weeks away.
I predict, after Super Tuesday knocks out all but the final 3, Dem polls will be, roughly, Burnie 39%, Buttyjudge 28%, Bloomie 21% (numbers above don't total 100% either)
Dems are likely to head into the convention with no one having majority support.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (Kpl3J)
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It's going to be really something when they hand it Bloomberg at the DNC.
I predict, after Super Tuesday knocks out all but the final 3, Dem polls will be, roughly, Burnie 39%, Buttyjudge 28%, Bloomie 21% (numbers above don't total 100% either)
Dems are likely to head into the convention with no one having majority support.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:17 AM (Kpl3J)
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It's going to be really something when they hand it Bloomberg at the DNC.
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (G0vdT)
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>>113
Gabbard wants to decriminalize sex work. I wonder if $100 to her gets me the same as in town? Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)
$100 buys you an hour. $200 buys you dog-faced pony soldier.
Gabbard wants to decriminalize sex work. I wonder if $100 to her gets me the same as in town? Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)
$100 buys you an hour. $200 buys you dog-faced pony soldier.
Posted by: Zod at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ZS9TG)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (BqBId)
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Guy who was secretly banging his best friend's wife said what?
Posted by: attila the thrilla at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (w7KSn)
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Japan has/had a pretty good system for drug abuse.
If you were caught you went to jail and had to go cold turkey.
If you used drugs again, back into prison and back on cold turkey.
Unsurprisingly, their recidivism rate was very close to zero.
Japan has/had a pretty good system for drug abuse.
If you were caught you went to jail and had to go cold turkey.
If you used drugs again, back into prison and back on cold turkey.
Unsurprisingly, their recidivism rate was very close to zero.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (9wmyx)
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Get a little too friendly with the help and random strangers and dad has you lobotomized.
Posted by: Rosemary Kennedy at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (q1Pj5)
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Has Bloomberg announced his National Unity ticket with Veep candidate Boneless Pork Rectum (R-Utah) yet?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (LISuA)
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127
It's going to be really something when they hand it Bloomberg at the DNC.
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (G0vdT)
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Suggestion:
Replace "something" with "wildly entertaining".
It's going to be really something when they hand it Bloomberg at the DNC.
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (G0vdT)
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Suggestion:
Replace "something" with "wildly entertaining".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (zZbCU)
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Gavin Newsom@GavinNewsom
Why is Trump scared of CA?
-$21.5 billion surplus
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Doesn't CA have something like a trillion in public pension obligations it's got no way to pay? Plus all the homeless camping and shitting in the streets, and the druggies shooting up and leaving their needles lying around. And there are cities where you can't take public transportation, because there are black gangs that routinely rob and beat people up, while "woke" transit authorities look away. Yeah, it's a real paradise alright. What's to be afraid of?
Why is Trump scared of CA?
-$21.5 billion surplus
______________
Doesn't CA have something like a trillion in public pension obligations it's got no way to pay? Plus all the homeless camping and shitting in the streets, and the druggies shooting up and leaving their needles lying around. And there are cities where you can't take public transportation, because there are black gangs that routinely rob and beat people up, while "woke" transit authorities look away. Yeah, it's a real paradise alright. What's to be afraid of?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (k4dH2)
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If you want to have some knowledge about environmental issues put to you by someone who rejects the GoreBull Warmening Hoax, here is a fantastic presentation by Dr. Patrick Moore, who was one of the founders of Greenpeace but has since regained his sanity:
https://youtu.be/GXBBNcAvCsU
https://youtu.be/GXBBNcAvCsU
Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (Ku9BO)
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Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (e284m)
In my less charitable moments, I sometimes think that if a person wants drugs, they should be able to walk into a police station. They will be handed a form to sign, saying the waive their rights to emergency services, then handed a suitcase full of 100% pure whatever it is that they poison themselves with. Here you are; go kill yourself.
In my less charitable moments, I sometimes think that if a person wants drugs, they should be able to walk into a police station. They will be handed a form to sign, saying the waive their rights to emergency services, then handed a suitcase full of 100% pure whatever it is that they poison themselves with. Here you are; go kill yourself.
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (U7voe)
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> One researcher who's name I can't recall claimed that ~10% of the people involuntarily committed should have never seen the inside of a mental institution.
Old Joe Kennedy had his daughter Rosemary lobotomized 'cause she was sleeping with black men.
Old Joe Kennedy had his daughter Rosemary lobotomized 'cause she was sleeping with black men.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (Ewo9R)
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And we all know that a lot of these homeless people are mentally ill and should be in asylums and care facilities. The moment you bring that up, of course, a lib screeches, "Reagan closed all the asylums!"
It's true that the flow of mental cases began to increase about that time, but I don't know the real cause. Probably some Dems in Congress cut the funding and have managed to shift the blame onto Rs ever since. Anybody know the real story?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM (Ejm1K)
My memory of it was that the Donks were caterwauling about mental institutions being hell-holes and they wanted most of the crazies to be let out to get treatment on an outpatient basis, so that they could remain socialized by contact with the outside world. Of course, they all just stopped taking their meds once they didn't have men in white coats looming over them until they gulped down the pills.
The budgets thing came later, was bipartisan, and was blamed on Reagan.
At least, that's the way I remember it.
And we all know that a lot of these homeless people are mentally ill and should be in asylums and care facilities. The moment you bring that up, of course, a lib screeches, "Reagan closed all the asylums!"
It's true that the flow of mental cases began to increase about that time, but I don't know the real cause. Probably some Dems in Congress cut the funding and have managed to shift the blame onto Rs ever since. Anybody know the real story?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2020 11:05 AM (Ejm1K)
My memory of it was that the Donks were caterwauling about mental institutions being hell-holes and they wanted most of the crazies to be let out to get treatment on an outpatient basis, so that they could remain socialized by contact with the outside world. Of course, they all just stopped taking their meds once they didn't have men in white coats looming over them until they gulped down the pills.
The budgets thing came later, was bipartisan, and was blamed on Reagan.
At least, that's the way I remember it.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (kw0bd)
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110 A co-worker once suggested giving junkies all the drugs they want - with the requirement being that when they take the drugs, they have to lie in a warehouse environment in a coffin - lid open - before they shoot/snort/smoke whatever their flavor of the day was.
He said that way when they OD'd all we'd have to do was close the lid and wheel in the next coffin.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (e284m)
And quit the friggin' multiple narcan injections for the same person. You get ONE....if that.
He said that way when they OD'd all we'd have to do was close the lid and wheel in the next coffin.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (e284m)
And quit the friggin' multiple narcan injections for the same person. You get ONE....if that.
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (cF8AT)
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125 JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on from attending a #NHprimary election night party; will travel to South Carolina for a kickoff event in Columbia tonight - @mikememoli
Tail status: tucked.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ykYG2)
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Is Joe staring at a 5th place finish?
Tail status: tucked.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ykYG2)
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Is Joe staring at a 5th place finish?
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (G0vdT)
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If California is supposedly swimming in cash like Newsome says why don't they use it to clean up the streets drowning in shit.
Posted by: Buzzion at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (G2zl5)
Nobody in the affected areas wants homeless shelters, they'd rather their money go to prevent them from being built.
Posted by: Buzzion at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM (G2zl5)
Nobody in the affected areas wants homeless shelters, they'd rather their money go to prevent them from being built.
Posted by: Surfperch at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (DN9hz)
Posted by: Wes at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (5Kim/)
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$100 buys you an hour. $200 buys you dog-faced pony soldier.
Posted by: Zod at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ZS9TG)
See, Biden is a gropey moron - that chick wasn't half bad at all, no dog face there.
$100 buys you an hour. $200 buys you dog-faced pony soldier.
Posted by: Zod at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ZS9TG)
See, Biden is a gropey moron - that chick wasn't half bad at all, no dog face there.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (e284m)
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141 125 JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on from attending a #NHprimary election night party; will travel to South Carolina for a kickoff event in Columbia tonight - @mikememoli
Tail status: tucked.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ykYG2)
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Is Joe staring at a 5th place finish?
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (G0vdT)
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I believe his real name is Frontrunner and Assured President Joe Biden.
Tail status: tucked.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ykYG2)
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Is Joe staring at a 5th place finish?
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (G0vdT)
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I believe his real name is Frontrunner and Assured President Joe Biden.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (zZbCU)
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The guy that was a success story was sentenced to drug court. He wound up in Oxford House, which has a good record of getting people off drugs. He's been clean almost four years now and will have nothing to do with other druggies. And he has been working since he went into the drug program. I do know some failures but there are people that can be salvaged.
Posted by: notsothoreau at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (JKNZq)
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sooo ... maybe the kung flu will also inadvertently cut off the supply of Chinese illegal drugs to the USA?
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (G546f)
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Singapore does not have a narcotics epidemic-------
Depends on one's point of reference:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/vn63c4v
Depends on one's point of reference:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/vn63c4v
Posted by: Undocumented at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (5NMZN)
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Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (ZLI7S)
I tend to agree to some extent. Trust but authenticate. It does put some light on this morning's exchange...
I tend to agree to some extent. Trust but authenticate. It does put some light on this morning's exchange...
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 11, 2020 11:26 AM (EK+jJ)
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I don't think CA had much choice on the homeless. All the other States are in the same boat. States used to dry all those alcholics out in a what we used to call a nuthouse. After they were dried out they would turn them lose but they would be back as soon as they could beg enough money to buy another bottle of Ripple. It was a revolving door but it kept them off the streets for the most part. The along came the ACLU and sued for locking them up. So now the alcoholics stay on on the street. But CA does contribute to making it worse. Their Democrat we;lfare ways attract those kinds of people from all over, plus their insane housing costs also helps fuel the homeless. That old saying about puting out plates of sugar will attract ants and roaches still holds true.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (mpXpK)
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..I don't know what the answer to the problem is, but I sure as heck have serious misgivings about giving the government/courts the power to institutionalize people. What could go wrong, eh?
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (lwiT4)
Ideally, I'd agree with you there. In a more perfect world, I'd jump at the chance to agree with you.
Alas though, for now that's a "the perfect is the enemy of the good" dilemmas.
Right now, it's more important to focus on "the good", and when we've got most all of the Seattles and San Franshitcos solved, then we can narrow down a bit and focus more on "the perfect". Kind of the 80/20 argument, writ large.
Doing nothing is a more harmful policy decision (for now), than acknowledging that the .gov *will* screw up a certain percentage of decisions.
Get a handle on the larger problem, then we can finesse the details.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:19 AM (lwiT4)
Ideally, I'd agree with you there. In a more perfect world, I'd jump at the chance to agree with you.
Alas though, for now that's a "the perfect is the enemy of the good" dilemmas.
Right now, it's more important to focus on "the good", and when we've got most all of the Seattles and San Franshitcos solved, then we can narrow down a bit and focus more on "the perfect". Kind of the 80/20 argument, writ large.
Doing nothing is a more harmful policy decision (for now), than acknowledging that the .gov *will* screw up a certain percentage of decisions.
Get a handle on the larger problem, then we can finesse the details.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (QzJWU)
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>JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on
how long til his advisors sit him down and say 'Joe- it's over' ?
how long til his advisors sit him down and say 'Joe- it's over' ?
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (iTXRQ)
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125 JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on from attending a #NHprimary election night party; will travel to South Carolina for a kickoff event in Columbia tonight - @mikememoli
Tail status: tucked.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ykYG2)p/i]
Have we considered that South Carolina is the takeoff point for going "hiking on the Appalachian Trail"? (It's not unlike a stargate in that respect.
Perhaps Joe's heart needs to go where Joe's heart needs to go.
125 JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on from attending a #NHprimary election night party; will travel to South Carolina for a kickoff event in Columbia tonight - @mikememoli
Tail status: tucked.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM (ykYG2)p/i]
Have we considered that South Carolina is the takeoff point for going "hiking on the Appalachian Trail"? (It's not unlike a stargate in that respect.
Perhaps Joe's heart needs to go where Joe's heart needs to go.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (pNxlR)
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Bring back the Asylums. Bigly.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (QzJWU)
We need a new, modern asylum system with a high degree of transparency so that knowledgeable watchdog groups can ensure that the best practices are used.
Also a right to due process that includes the ability to challenge your committal in a neutral jurisdiction, and to seek second opinions about your diagnosis and treatment.
If the rights of the patients are respected and protected, particularly against potentially biased or corrupt local authorities, there's very few reasons to legitimately oppose such a system.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 11, 2020 11:16 AM (QzJWU)
We need a new, modern asylum system with a high degree of transparency so that knowledgeable watchdog groups can ensure that the best practices are used.
Also a right to due process that includes the ability to challenge your committal in a neutral jurisdiction, and to seek second opinions about your diagnosis and treatment.
If the rights of the patients are respected and protected, particularly against potentially biased or corrupt local authorities, there's very few reasons to legitimately oppose such a system.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (J+mig)
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Is Joe staring at a 5th place finish?
Ladies and gentlemen, the less likeable 2020 version of Edmund Muskie. Now with straw banning!
Ladies and gentlemen, the less likeable 2020 version of Edmund Muskie. Now with straw banning!
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (Boy/L)
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I have a white forelock. It is very fashionable.
Posted by: Major Hochstetter at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (klrFG)
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (veJcn)
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if Bloomberg is the nominee, we could be facing a situation where the black population votes Trump at 40% and the white population at 50%.
They love them some gun-grabbing nannies in the suburbs. Not so much downtown.
They love them some gun-grabbing nannies in the suburbs. Not so much downtown.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (ykYG2)
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I predict Biden will drop out after SC.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (mpXpK)
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106,
The profit motive is good for most, but the fraud would be immense. "You pee in the cup for me, I get paid and we split the cash."I remember in the not too distant past, a news expose' that talked about the number of rehab clinics in Malibu or OC (somewhere in sunny CA) that makes big money by rounding up dopers, sign them up for medicaid, stick them in a rehab until the insurance runs out, and then dump them back on the street.I'm not sure what the solution is to that problem.
The profit motive is good for most, but the fraud would be immense. "You pee in the cup for me, I get paid and we split the cash."I remember in the not too distant past, a news expose' that talked about the number of rehab clinics in Malibu or OC (somewhere in sunny CA) that makes big money by rounding up dopers, sign them up for medicaid, stick them in a rehab until the insurance runs out, and then dump them back on the street.I'm not sure what the solution is to that problem.
Posted by: Dax at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (9Kjfc)
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how long til his advisors sit him down and say 'Joe- it's over' ?
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (iTXRQ)
Once the campaign is no longer profitable.
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (iTXRQ)
Once the campaign is no longer profitable.
Posted by: Surfperch at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (DN9hz)
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How to combat the drug problem:
1. Sentencing guidelines that include mandatory life sentences without parole to large-scale hard drug distributors. I'd prefer execution but the appeals cost would be prohibitive. Possession of lesser amounts would all entail incarceration, ranging from misdemeanor jail to felony prison time, with no 'good time' or 2 for 1.
2. Nationally legalize and heavily regulate and tax marijuana.
3. Arrest drug users and alcoholics publicly under the influence--junkies and drunks on the street--and put them through the drug court process, which will require adherence to treatment and rehabilitation guidelines. Failure to comply would be a felony offense resulting in 1-3 years in prison.
I'm no saint. I'm a recovering alcoholic. I understand addiction. However, there's the saying prevalent in the recovery community, 'If you can't help them up, help them down.' Persuasion won't work. Coercion will.
1. Sentencing guidelines that include mandatory life sentences without parole to large-scale hard drug distributors. I'd prefer execution but the appeals cost would be prohibitive. Possession of lesser amounts would all entail incarceration, ranging from misdemeanor jail to felony prison time, with no 'good time' or 2 for 1.
2. Nationally legalize and heavily regulate and tax marijuana.
3. Arrest drug users and alcoholics publicly under the influence--junkies and drunks on the street--and put them through the drug court process, which will require adherence to treatment and rehabilitation guidelines. Failure to comply would be a felony offense resulting in 1-3 years in prison.
I'm no saint. I'm a recovering alcoholic. I understand addiction. However, there's the saying prevalent in the recovery community, 'If you can't help them up, help them down.' Persuasion won't work. Coercion will.
Posted by: troyriser at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (E2EAq)
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> And quit the friggin' multiple narcan injections for the same person. You get ONE....if that.
Same thing goes for other lifestyle-related diseases? A fat fuck like me gets 1 (one) defibrillation and that's it?
Same thing goes for other lifestyle-related diseases? A fat fuck like me gets 1 (one) defibrillation and that's it?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (Ewo9R)
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how long til his advisors sit him down and say 'Joe- it's over' ?
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (iTXRQ)
During this night, between the hours of zero dark thirty and dawn.
how long til his advisors sit him down and say 'Joe- it's over' ?
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (iTXRQ)
During this night, between the hours of zero dark thirty and dawn.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (pNxlR)
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If the libertarian stance were anything other than their desire to get high and eat Cheetos I would take it more seriously. But I have yet to hear one of them say, "Yes, make all drugs legal, but don't pay for the repercussions." That would be logically consistent, but since they all seem to be stoned I am not hopeful.
Well, I've been saying that since I first got a glimpse of libertarianism nearly half a century ago. Back then, it seemed to me libertarianism was what Republicanism was supposed to be but wasn't. Nothing can make one shake the label of libertarian faster than dealing with actual Libertarian Party people, so I dropped that self-descriptor, but I still hold that freedom with full responsibility beats prohibition. (Splashes a little something extra into my coffee mug, because I can.)
Well, I've been saying that since I first got a glimpse of libertarianism nearly half a century ago. Back then, it seemed to me libertarianism was what Republicanism was supposed to be but wasn't. Nothing can make one shake the label of libertarian faster than dealing with actual Libertarian Party people, so I dropped that self-descriptor, but I still hold that freedom with full responsibility beats prohibition. (Splashes a little something extra into my coffee mug, because I can.)
Posted by: mindful webworker
tar, feathers, rail, spit, hoisting, assembly required
at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (TIFWI)
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Why do druggies get narcan for free because they have a "disease", but diabetics pay upwards of $700 a month for their disease?
When the patent for insulin was "given" to the world.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:13 AM
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There was a discussion in Kentucky when we lived there about narcan pens. There was one guy in Lexington County that had been brought back to life 22 times with the narcan pen in a four or five year stretch.
Someone said that there should be a limit to the number of times they can do that and almost everyone else said that would be premeditated murder, so it got dropped.
They hand those things out everywhere in Kentucky. The High School in Scott County has a bunch of them.
Plus all the Cops can do if they get a call is revive the guy let the ambulance take him to the hospital and that's it. They can't arrest anyone else that is there for drug use/possession. They can confiscate any drugs they see in the room and that's it. They carry half a dozen of those pens in their cars.
Something has to be done but what that something is, I have no clue.
We don't have enough jail space for all of these drug users that get caught and mandatory sentencing doesn't work, they get let out early due to overcrowding.
When the patent for insulin was "given" to the world.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:13 AM
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There was a discussion in Kentucky when we lived there about narcan pens. There was one guy in Lexington County that had been brought back to life 22 times with the narcan pen in a four or five year stretch.
Someone said that there should be a limit to the number of times they can do that and almost everyone else said that would be premeditated murder, so it got dropped.
They hand those things out everywhere in Kentucky. The High School in Scott County has a bunch of them.
Plus all the Cops can do if they get a call is revive the guy let the ambulance take him to the hospital and that's it. They can't arrest anyone else that is there for drug use/possession. They can confiscate any drugs they see in the room and that's it. They carry half a dozen of those pens in their cars.
Something has to be done but what that something is, I have no clue.
We don't have enough jail space for all of these drug users that get caught and mandatory sentencing doesn't work, they get let out early due to overcrowding.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (XN+hF)
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We should probably feed, clothe and house these people while we're at it.
Maybe a car so they can get around. Phone to keep in touch with all the other junkies. Some walking around money so they can enjoy some of the little things in life.
Just saying where this always ends up.
Maybe a car so they can get around. Phone to keep in touch with all the other junkies. Some walking around money so they can enjoy some of the little things in life.
Just saying where this always ends up.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (e284m)
Posted by: Bruce at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (vd8XM)
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And quit the friggin' multiple narcan injections for the same person. You get ONE....if that.
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (cF8AT)
Actions without consequences, what could go wrong?
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (cF8AT)
Actions without consequences, what could go wrong?
Posted by: Zombie J Stalin at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (BiNEL)
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159 I predict Biden will drop out after SC.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (mpXpK)
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I imagine his money will need to be hoovered up by more consultants afterwards. Super Tuesday should run the bank accounts dry.
Then he suspends his campaign.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (mpXpK)
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I imagine his money will need to be hoovered up by more consultants afterwards. Super Tuesday should run the bank accounts dry.
Then he suspends his campaign.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (zZbCU)
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Joe, let me tell you about that rabbit farm ... you know you like rabbits . . .
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (ykYG2)
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I predict Biden will drop out after SC.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (mpXpK)
That's my Schtick!
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (mpXpK)
That's my Schtick!
Posted by: Jeb! at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (DN9hz)
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (e284m)
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
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>> One researcher who's name I can't recall claimed that ~10% of the people involuntarily committed should have never seen the inside of a mental institution.
My sister used to do volunteer work at the infamous Fernald School when we were in high school. There was a very good 60 Minutes piece on the place back in the day. That's where I learned that "moron" was a real legal term in the MA penal code.
In its early days it was a warehouse for homeless kids and those with very mild issues and all sorts of abuse happened. It was a real life horror show and helped start the deinstitutionalizing craze.
My sister used to do volunteer work at the infamous Fernald School when we were in high school. There was a very good 60 Minutes piece on the place back in the day. That's where I learned that "moron" was a real legal term in the MA penal code.
In its early days it was a warehouse for homeless kids and those with very mild issues and all sorts of abuse happened. It was a real life horror show and helped start the deinstitutionalizing craze.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (ZLI7S)
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If the libertarian stance were anything other than their desire to get high and eat Cheetos I would take it more seriously. But I have yet to hear one of them say, "Yes, make all drugs legal, but don't pay for the repercussions." That would be logically consistent, but since they all seem to be stoned I am not hopeful.
Plenty of libertarians say this. The problem is that users aren't the only ones who pay the consequences of their drug abuse. Children left to run feral because their parents are constantly high, or worse are abused by a string of dealers/johns/etc/crimes committed to support a drug habit/a generation of addicts burned out who eventually end up on social support, in jail, or harassing passersby on the street and generally making society less pleasant are all consequences that are external to the user, and that we as citizens pay for in one way or another.
Plenty of libertarians say this. The problem is that users aren't the only ones who pay the consequences of their drug abuse. Children left to run feral because their parents are constantly high, or worse are abused by a string of dealers/johns/etc/crimes committed to support a drug habit/a generation of addicts burned out who eventually end up on social support, in jail, or harassing passersby on the street and generally making society less pleasant are all consequences that are external to the user, and that we as citizens pay for in one way or another.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (wCmLp)
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Old Joe Kennedy had his daughter Rosemary lobotomized 'cause she was sleeping with black men.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (Ewo9R)
I was going to bring that up - she's the most notorious example of a wealthy family getting rid of one of their own in an asylum, just because she was socially and politically embarrassing. In the old days, if a family had money and connections, it was not that difficult to arrange.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (Ewo9R)
I was going to bring that up - she's the most notorious example of a wealthy family getting rid of one of their own in an asylum, just because she was socially and politically embarrassing. In the old days, if a family had money and connections, it was not that difficult to arrange.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (Kpl3J)
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Gabbard wants to decriminalize sex work. I wonder if $100 to her gets me the same as in town?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)
Save your money. It'd be awful.
"See, when I do this I'm reversing the traditionally subservient status of women in sexual relationships, and reclaiming my independent personhood. You've got twenty minutes left. In doing so, I demonstrate to other women that they can be their own persons, as well, and set an example for-- If you want to put it there, that's two hundred extra."
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)
Save your money. It'd be awful.
"See, when I do this I'm reversing the traditionally subservient status of women in sexual relationships, and reclaiming my independent personhood. You've got twenty minutes left. In doing so, I demonstrate to other women that they can be their own persons, as well, and set an example for-- If you want to put it there, that's two hundred extra."
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 11:30 AM (U7voe)
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1. Add chain gangs (picking up the other addicts needles and crap) to Rudy's approach of enforcing the law on shoplifting, robbery, even down to littering.
2. NOW offer free mental health treatments and drug rehab to the destitute after they serve their time on the picking up literal human crap chain gangs and offer sliding cost treatments to the offenders who are not broke at least on first time of treatment/rehab.
But if you don't impose some 'OH YUCK" penalty the street bums will have no interest in treatment. This approach would even allow de-criminalizing drug possession. And lets be honest -- society doesn't give a rats rear end if you toke up, shoot up, whatever so long as you aren't littering the streets while you are high so the penalties SHOULD only be for the bad behavior that is so common among the drug users.
2. NOW offer free mental health treatments and drug rehab to the destitute after they serve their time on the picking up literal human crap chain gangs and offer sliding cost treatments to the offenders who are not broke at least on first time of treatment/rehab.
But if you don't impose some 'OH YUCK" penalty the street bums will have no interest in treatment. This approach would even allow de-criminalizing drug possession. And lets be honest -- society doesn't give a rats rear end if you toke up, shoot up, whatever so long as you aren't littering the streets while you are high so the penalties SHOULD only be for the bad behavior that is so common among the drug users.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at February 11, 2020 11:30 AM (n4y+3)
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175 Sinn Fein won in Ireland.
Not sure what that means.
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
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Socialist Catholics.
Not sure what that means.
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
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Socialist Catholics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:30 AM (zZbCU)
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Had Romney just owned that comment, it would have been nothing, but the way Republicans and him reacted to it made voters think he must have truly said something horrible.
Posted by: Blago at February 11, 2020 11:21 A
That's part and parcel of the comment consequences thus my opinion it's what killed his momentum thus his campaign.
Posted by: Blago at February 11, 2020 11:21 A
That's part and parcel of the comment consequences thus my opinion it's what killed his momentum thus his campaign.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:30 AM (OVJcF)
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@ #16...My wife always brings this up too.Technically, Reagan did shut down the mental hospitals, saying the Federal Gov't shouldn't be in the business of nationwide treatment - BUT - he redirected the funds to the States in the form of block grants to fund their own system.
Now California never saw an opportunity to form a new bureaucracy, that id didn't take advantage of. So, the Dept of Mental health is now just another state empire, using all of the money to simply hire more state workers and providing diminished services.
Now California never saw an opportunity to form a new bureaucracy, that id didn't take advantage of. So, the Dept of Mental health is now just another state empire, using all of the money to simply hire more state workers and providing diminished services.
Posted by: Gunslinger at February 11, 2020 11:30 AM (R2gO3)
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Free drugs.
Human feces on every street.
No prosecution for shoplifting $949 or less.
No bail, and required to turn over witnesses names and address to the lawyer of the accused.
No prosecution for crime in school to keep school funds.
Eliminating presumption of innocent until proven guilty and replacing it with Salem Witch Trial era of accusation proves guilt with no defense permitted.
Free college for deadbeats, no refunds for being responsible.
Free healthcare for any foreign trespassers and higher costs for unwanted universal coverage for citizens. Grandpa needs his ob/gyn coverage.
You don't need to vote Democrat to find out what's in store. Just look to the blue states.
Human feces on every street.
No prosecution for shoplifting $949 or less.
No bail, and required to turn over witnesses names and address to the lawyer of the accused.
No prosecution for crime in school to keep school funds.
Eliminating presumption of innocent until proven guilty and replacing it with Salem Witch Trial era of accusation proves guilt with no defense permitted.
Free college for deadbeats, no refunds for being responsible.
Free healthcare for any foreign trespassers and higher costs for unwanted universal coverage for citizens. Grandpa needs his ob/gyn coverage.
You don't need to vote Democrat to find out what's in store. Just look to the blue states.
Posted by: Downcast at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (Ya8/R)
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Today's "Whodis" are Audrey Hepburn and Patrick Swaze - who were seen together in Roman Road House Vacation. What do I win?
Posted by: An Observation at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (FqXoA)
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175 Sinn Fein won in Ireland.
Not sure what that means.
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
They are buying the first round at the pub?
Not sure what that means.
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
They are buying the first round at the pub?
Posted by: Roy at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (SUJyY)
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I have a white forelock. It is very fashionable.
Hey, me too!
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag
I've got a white fetlock.
...John Kerry....Wilburrrr...
Hey, me too!
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag
I've got a white fetlock.
...John Kerry....Wilburrrr...
Posted by: Bruce at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (vd8XM)
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Japan has/had a pretty good system for drug abuse.
If you were caught you went to jail and had to go cold turkey.
If you used drugs again, back into prison and back on cold turkey.
Unsurprisingly, their recidivism rate was very close to zero.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (9wmyx)
Their prisons are probably a lot less porous than ours. All manner of contraband flows through American prisons, unimpeded.
If you were caught you went to jail and had to go cold turkey.
If you used drugs again, back into prison and back on cold turkey.
Unsurprisingly, their recidivism rate was very close to zero.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (9wmyx)
Their prisons are probably a lot less porous than ours. All manner of contraband flows through American prisons, unimpeded.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (e284m)
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> worse are abused by a string of dealers/johns/etc/crimes committed to support a drug habit
Supporting a drug habit wouldn't really be an issue if it was available at the legal price of about fifteen cents.
Supporting a drug habit wouldn't really be an issue if it was available at the legal price of about fifteen cents.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (Ewo9R)
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I'm planning on voting in the SC dem primary...it's open. Which dem should I vote for? What say ye, Horde?
Posted by: BignJames at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (X/Pw5)
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how long til his advisors sit him down and say 'Joe- it's over' ?
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (iTXRQ)
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I'm not dead yet!
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (iTXRQ)
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I'm not dead yet!
Posted by: Joey "Radio Head" Biden at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (LISuA)
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Well, I've been saying that since I first got a glimpse of libertarianism nearly half a century ago. Back then, it seemed to me libertarianism was what Republicanism was supposed to be but wasn't. Nothing can make one shake the label of libertarian faster than dealing with actual Libertarian Party people, so I dropped that self-descriptor, but I still hold that freedom with full responsibility beats prohibition. (Splashes a little something extra into my coffee mug, because I can.)
I had a similar journey, and used to consider myself "libertarian" until the party named that wrecked the whole concept with their worship of Open Borders.
I had a similar journey, and used to consider myself "libertarian" until the party named that wrecked the whole concept with their worship of Open Borders.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:32 AM (Kpl3J)
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175 Sinn Fein won in Ireland.
Not sure what that means.
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
Six more weeks of St. Patrick's Day!
What's green and comes out in the Springtime?
Paddy O'Furniture
Not sure what that means.
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
Six more weeks of St. Patrick's Day!
What's green and comes out in the Springtime?
Paddy O'Furniture
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 11, 2020 11:32 AM (Wm5SB)
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knowledge about environmental issues
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I found this darkly amusing.
SalenaZito@SalenaZito
Wind turbine blades can't be recycled, so they're pilling up in landfills as companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives.
A wind turbine's blades can be longer than a Boeing 747 wing, so at the end of their lifespan they can't just be hauled away. First, you need to saw through the lissome fiberglass using a diamond-encrusted industrial saw to create three pieces small enough to be strapped to a tractor-trailer.
The municipal landfill in Casper, Wyoming, is the final resting place of 870 blades whose days making renewable energy have come to end. The severed fragments look like bleached whale bones nestled against one another.
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I found this darkly amusing.
SalenaZito@SalenaZito
Wind turbine blades can't be recycled, so they're pilling up in landfills as companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives.
A wind turbine's blades can be longer than a Boeing 747 wing, so at the end of their lifespan they can't just be hauled away. First, you need to saw through the lissome fiberglass using a diamond-encrusted industrial saw to create three pieces small enough to be strapped to a tractor-trailer.
The municipal landfill in Casper, Wyoming, is the final resting place of 870 blades whose days making renewable energy have come to end. The severed fragments look like bleached whale bones nestled against one another.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:32 AM (+y/Ru)
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191 I'm planning on voting in the SC dem primary...it's open. Which dem should I vote for? What say ye, Horde?
Posted by: BignJames at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (X/Pw5)
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I'm voting for Bernie in the SC primary.
Posted by: BignJames at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (X/Pw5)
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I'm voting for Bernie in the SC primary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:32 AM (zZbCU)
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They are buying the first round at the pub?
Everyone is getting bombed? Blasted? Shots for everyone?
Everyone is getting bombed? Blasted? Shots for everyone?
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 11, 2020 11:32 AM (w9UC1)
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I'm planning on voting in the SC dem primary...it's open. Which dem should I vote for? What say ye, Horde?
Posted by: BignJames
Hilary !
Posted by: BignJames
Hilary !
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (arJlL)
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191 I'm planning on voting in the SC dem primary...it's open. Which dem should I vote for? What say ye, Horde?
Posted by: BignJames at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (X/Pw5)
BURNIE!!!!
he's the maximum disruptor!
Posted by: BignJames at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (X/Pw5)
BURNIE!!!!
he's the maximum disruptor!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (Kpl3J)
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Complete coincidence that we both posted about Tulsi.
Posted by: m at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM
The Horde mind is an awesome thing!
Posted by: m at February 11, 2020 11:24 AM
The Horde mind is an awesome thing!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (axyOa)
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Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard.
Hello ma, hello pa. I stood like this! But not for long.
Hello ma, hello pa. I stood like this! But not for long.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (ZLI7S)
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National @MonmouthPoll:
(Change since last month)
Sanders 26% (+3)
Biden 16% (-14)
Buttigieg 13% (+7)
Warren 13% (-1)
Bloomberg 11% (+2)
Klobuchar 6% (+1)
Yang 4% (+1)
Everyone else 1% or less
(Conducted Feb 6-9)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (cF8AT)
Tom Steyer has spent how much money to be everyone else 1% or less? Keep wasting that money Tommy boy
(Change since last month)
Sanders 26% (+3)
Biden 16% (-14)
Buttigieg 13% (+7)
Warren 13% (-1)
Bloomberg 11% (+2)
Klobuchar 6% (+1)
Yang 4% (+1)
Everyone else 1% or less
(Conducted Feb 6-9)
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:08 AM (cF8AT)
Tom Steyer has spent how much money to be everyone else 1% or less? Keep wasting that money Tommy boy
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (Un9AW)
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*insert the Dr. Drew quote here since Pixy's hamsters won't let me do it.*
Technically, it's suicide. I'd expect a doctor to know the difference since it does makes a difference. Looks like he just plays one on TB and didn't even spend last night at a Holiday Inn.
*sigh* I miss the old days when we actually had some smart people making pub-lick policies...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy.
His hyperbole aside, he has been an addiction medicine physician for the past 30 years +.
The article doesn't even bother to describe what Prop 47 is.
The biggest part of it was "Classified certain crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies unless the defendant has prior convictions for murder, rape, certain sex offenses or certain gun crimes.
Permitted re-sentencing for those currently serving a prison sentence for any of the offenses that the initiative reduced to misdemeanors. "
Sound like a happy fun time to you? No, it's increasing crime and -checks notes- murder.
Technically, it's suicide. I'd expect a doctor to know the difference since it does makes a difference. Looks like he just plays one on TB and didn't even spend last night at a Holiday Inn.
*sigh* I miss the old days when we actually had some smart people making pub-lick policies...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy.
His hyperbole aside, he has been an addiction medicine physician for the past 30 years +.
The article doesn't even bother to describe what Prop 47 is.
The biggest part of it was "Classified certain crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies unless the defendant has prior convictions for murder, rape, certain sex offenses or certain gun crimes.
Permitted re-sentencing for those currently serving a prison sentence for any of the offenses that the initiative reduced to misdemeanors. "
Sound like a happy fun time to you? No, it's increasing crime and -checks notes- murder.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (ILS6+)
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179 Gabbard wants to decriminalize sex work. I wonder if $100 to her gets me the same as in town?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)
Save your money. It'd be awful.
"See, when I do this I'm reversing the traditionally subservient status of women in sexual relationships, and reclaiming my independent personhood. You've got twenty minutes left. In doing so, I demonstrate to other women that they can be their own persons, as well, and set an example for-- If you want to put it there, that's two hundred extra."
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 11:30 AM (U7voe)
Still cheaper than marriage...
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)
Save your money. It'd be awful.
"See, when I do this I'm reversing the traditionally subservient status of women in sexual relationships, and reclaiming my independent personhood. You've got twenty minutes left. In doing so, I demonstrate to other women that they can be their own persons, as well, and set an example for-- If you want to put it there, that's two hundred extra."
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 11:30 AM (U7voe)
Still cheaper than marriage...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (NWiLs)
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If the addicted and those with mental issues wanted to go live on a commune in a remote area of Alaska then go and prosper. If you want to live in my face and demand I tolerate your insane behavior and worse subsidize it you can go fuck right off.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (ZLI7S)
Dangerous mentally ill need locking up. Dangerous can mean subjecting themselves to inclement weather, theft and assault as well as the "usual" threats to hurt self or others. Hospitals see a big increase in commitments of "homeless" mentally ill during the winter month.
One interesting case I had was a woman in her 60s, who lived with her shopping basket in front of a Home Depot. She was locked up in the winter, but was often belligerent and threatening before that. I can't imagine why they waited.
Anyway, she had been ignoring her disability money for years which was duly directly deposited for years. She had enough to pay cash for a small house and have enough to live on. Additionally, when the poor staff had to go through the crap in her shopping cart, they found pockets full of cash and other small valuables.
I assume most homeless are, indeed, destitute, but those who are mentally ill may have access to disability payments and other services.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:22 AM (ZLI7S)
Dangerous mentally ill need locking up. Dangerous can mean subjecting themselves to inclement weather, theft and assault as well as the "usual" threats to hurt self or others. Hospitals see a big increase in commitments of "homeless" mentally ill during the winter month.
One interesting case I had was a woman in her 60s, who lived with her shopping basket in front of a Home Depot. She was locked up in the winter, but was often belligerent and threatening before that. I can't imagine why they waited.
Anyway, she had been ignoring her disability money for years which was duly directly deposited for years. She had enough to pay cash for a small house and have enough to live on. Additionally, when the poor staff had to go through the crap in her shopping cart, they found pockets full of cash and other small valuables.
I assume most homeless are, indeed, destitute, but those who are mentally ill may have access to disability payments and other services.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (ONvIw)
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Sinn Fein's victory mostly came from the millennials.
It means it's time for Britain to evacuate its loyalists from Norn Iron. Troubles are going to start up again.
It means it's time for Britain to evacuate its loyalists from Norn Iron. Troubles are going to start up again.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (ykYG2)
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I don't think CA had much choice on the homeless.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (mpXpK)
That's crap.
40 years of misguided legislation and coddling of lawbreakers was exactly their choice.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:27 AM (mpXpK)
That's crap.
40 years of misguided legislation and coddling of lawbreakers was exactly their choice.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (dLLD6)
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pay for the Narcan or go to Narcan debt jail making license plates
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (G546f)
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Their prisons are probably a lot less porous than ours. All manner of contraband flows through American prisons, unimpeded.
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Many American prisons seem to be criminal laboratories.
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Many American prisons seem to be criminal laboratories.
Posted by: Undocumented at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (5NMZN)
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175 Sinn Fein won in Ireland.
Not sure what that means.
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
Ireland is basically ginger Iraq?
Not sure what that means.
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
Ireland is basically ginger Iraq?
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (U7voe)
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*tugs forelock*
There. Obligation met for the day.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2020
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I've always wondered about that phrase. I mean, what do you do, actually take a hunk of the hair dangling on your soaked-with-sweat-from-the-fields forehead, and *tug* on it? Or is it sort of ceremonial, a touch to the hair like a salute?
There. Obligation met for the day.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2020
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I've always wondered about that phrase. I mean, what do you do, actually take a hunk of the hair dangling on your soaked-with-sweat-from-the-fields forehead, and *tug* on it? Or is it sort of ceremonial, a touch to the hair like a salute?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (Ejm1K)
Posted by: Jim at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (QzJWU)
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Nothing can make one shake the label of libertarian faster than dealing with actual Libertarian Party people
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Real libertarianism has never been tried!
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Real libertarianism has never been tried!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (+y/Ru)
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> Same thing goes for other lifestyle-related diseases? A fat fuck like me gets 1 (one) defibrillation and that's it?
No one?
No one?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:34 AM (Ewo9R)
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185 Today's "Whodis" are Audrey Hepburn and Patrick Swaze - who were seen together in Roman Road House Vacation. What do I win?
Posted by: An Observation at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (FqXoA)
An authentic mullet 'do from that film's period.
185 Today's "Whodis" are Audrey Hepburn and Patrick Swaze - who were seen together in Roman Road House Vacation. What do I win?
Posted by: An Observation at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (FqXoA)
An authentic mullet 'do from that film's period.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2020 11:34 AM (pNxlR)
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>Or is it sort of ceremonial, a touch to the hair like a salute?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
it simulates tipping one's cap to a superior
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
it simulates tipping one's cap to a superior
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (iTXRQ)
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"Yes, make all drugs legal, but don't pay for the repercussions." That
would be logically consistent, but since they all seem to be stoned I am
not hopeful.
When I was a Liberterian, back in the 1970s, that was exactly our position, and I have never used any kind of drug. The party got taken over by loons, and I left.
would be logically consistent, but since they all seem to be stoned I am
not hopeful.
When I was a Liberterian, back in the 1970s, that was exactly our position, and I have never used any kind of drug. The party got taken over by loons, and I left.
Posted by: An Observation at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (FqXoA)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (pw+jk)
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No Open end commitments is the first step to opening up mental institutions again.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (OVJcF)
Posted by: Undocumented at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (5NMZN)
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I was going to bring that up - she's the most notorious example of a wealthy family getting rid of one of their own in an asylum, just because she was socially and politically embarrassing. In the old days, if a family had money and connections, it was not that difficult to arrange.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (Kpl3J)
That's where my ideas about how a new system needs to be built around respecting the rights of patients comes from. If you can challenge your committal in a neutral jurisdiction, and are entitled to second opinions about treatment, it gets a lot harder for an influential family or public figure to use the system against you.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (Kpl3J)
That's where my ideas about how a new system needs to be built around respecting the rights of patients comes from. If you can challenge your committal in a neutral jurisdiction, and are entitled to second opinions about treatment, it gets a lot harder for an influential family or public figure to use the system against you.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (G0vdT)
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But I have yet to hear one of them say, "Yes, make all drugs legal, but don't pay for the repercussions."
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Though I have never been a libertarian, I must be fair. Back in my college days (70s) that is EXACTLY what most of them said.
But there's a different breed of libertarian today. "High taxes and welfare are fine; just let me get stoned and screw animals."
(And don't kid yourself; children are next. Really, in that one respect the Church's scandal helped - it made it harder to make that case. But we've all seen the ranging shots; they just can't take the next step. Yet.)
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Though I have never been a libertarian, I must be fair. Back in my college days (70s) that is EXACTLY what most of them said.
But there's a different breed of libertarian today. "High taxes and welfare are fine; just let me get stoned and screw animals."
(And don't kid yourself; children are next. Really, in that one respect the Church's scandal helped - it made it harder to make that case. But we've all seen the ranging shots; they just can't take the next step. Yet.)
Posted by: Eeyore at February 11, 2020 11:36 AM (ZbwAu)
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it's amazing to me that industries manufacture products with no thought as to their disposal
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 11, 2020 11:36 AM (G546f)
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@sarafischer
Scoop: Google's next news investment
The Young Turks, one of the largest progressive digital publishers on YouTube, is receiving funding YouTube to launch an online course on local news. Sources say investment is in mid-six figures.
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And in honor of the YT's....
https://tinyurl.com/sd6kap8
Scoop: Google's next news investment
The Young Turks, one of the largest progressive digital publishers on YouTube, is receiving funding YouTube to launch an online course on local news. Sources say investment is in mid-six figures.
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And in honor of the YT's....
https://tinyurl.com/sd6kap8
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:36 AM (cF8AT)
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Supporting a drug habit wouldn't really be an issue if it was available at the legal price of about fifteen cents.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (Ewo9R)
Heroin, for example, is about 2 bucks a bag in most of urban NJ. The theft is often for incidentals, like clothes, rent, car payments. Theft is to support joblessness, not because drugs are expensive.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:31 AM (Ewo9R)
Heroin, for example, is about 2 bucks a bag in most of urban NJ. The theft is often for incidentals, like clothes, rent, car payments. Theft is to support joblessness, not because drugs are expensive.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:36 AM (ONvIw)
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Ireland always was ginger Iraq.
Another possibility is that the two "centre right" parties agree to merge and contest the election again. Their split allowed Sinn Fein this (narrow) win.
Another possibility is that the two "centre right" parties agree to merge and contest the election again. Their split allowed Sinn Fein this (narrow) win.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:36 AM (ykYG2)
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No Open end commitments is the first step to opening up mental institutions again.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (OVJcF)
Good point. The problem is that in essence, institutions are just another facet of government power, and can and will be abused.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (OVJcF)
Good point. The problem is that in essence, institutions are just another facet of government power, and can and will be abused.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (dLLD6)
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216 >Or is it sort of ceremonial, a touch to the hair like a salute?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
it simulates tipping one's cap to a superior
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (iTXRQ)
We'd be *this* close to having it taught in schools if we'd only allow our betters to have things their way.
216 >Or is it sort of ceremonial, a touch to the hair like a salute?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
it simulates tipping one's cap to a superior
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (iTXRQ)
We'd be *this* close to having it taught in schools if we'd only allow our betters to have things their way.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (pNxlR)
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Adam Corolla made a good point the other day. The police won't ticket bums or illegals anymore since there is no revenue to be had. They concentrate on people who have minor infractions and will pay.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (UDHPm)
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If the rights of the patients are respected and protected, particularly
against potentially biased or corrupt local authorities or a pissed off, lying -ex or soon-to-be, there's very
few reasons to legitimately oppose such a system.
FTFY
against potentially biased or corrupt local authorities or a pissed off, lying -ex or soon-to-be, there's very
few reasons to legitimately oppose such a system.
FTFY
Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (HaL55)
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Or is it sort of ceremonial, a touch to the hair like a salute?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Yes, see 'Master and Commander'. Much forelock tugging there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Yes, see 'Master and Commander'. Much forelock tugging there.
Posted by: Tug O'Forelock at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (veJcn)
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Before this can happen, we need to fix a couple of systemic things with law enforcement itself.
1. All fines from illegal activity should go to the general fund, NOT some of them to the Police themselves. Law Enforcement should not generate revenue for the Police or Courts themselves. (we see this here in Calif where Illegals, who have no money get a pass, homeless get a pass, but the middle class gets ticketed constantly).
2. Asset Forfeiture Laws must be done away with.
3. Prosecutorial Discretion cannot be used for a DA to completely ignore Laws they do not like.
1. All fines from illegal activity should go to the general fund, NOT some of them to the Police themselves. Law Enforcement should not generate revenue for the Police or Courts themselves. (we see this here in Calif where Illegals, who have no money get a pass, homeless get a pass, but the middle class gets ticketed constantly).
2. Asset Forfeiture Laws must be done away with.
3. Prosecutorial Discretion cannot be used for a DA to completely ignore Laws they do not like.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (NgKpN)
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Boeing books no new jet orders in January.
I have seen nothing from Boeing that indicates that they even know what their problems are, much less what to do about them.
I have seen nothing from Boeing that indicates that they even know what their problems are, much less what to do about them.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (Boy/L)
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Ireland politics are odd.
By "center right" you really mean "less left"?
By "center right" you really mean "less left"?
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (w9UC1)
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>JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on
Are we sure he didn't just wander off?
Are we sure he didn't just wander off?
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (Uu+Jp)
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Butt-plug is advocating for making meth and heroin legal. That's some great thinking there.
Posted by: Cheri at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (oiNtH)
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219 No Open end commitments is the first step to opening up mental institutions again.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (OVJcF)
Where are these "open ended commitment". Reviews are usually 2 weeks, but some are weekly...the judge gets to decide based on behavior and treatment adherence.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (OVJcF)
Where are these "open ended commitment". Reviews are usually 2 weeks, but some are weekly...the judge gets to decide based on behavior and treatment adherence.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (ONvIw)
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Old Joe Kennedy had his daughter Rosemary lobotomized 'cause she was sleeping with black men.
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I guess he didn't think that what was good for the goose was necessarily good for the gander.
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I guess he didn't think that what was good for the goose was necessarily good for the gander.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (+y/Ru)
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207 40 years of misguided legislation and coddling of lawbreakers was exactly their choice.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (dLLD6)
Then explain why all the other States have the same problem in urban areas. Doesn't matter if its a Red State or a Blue State.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (dLLD6)
Then explain why all the other States have the same problem in urban areas. Doesn't matter if its a Red State or a Blue State.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (mpXpK)
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Was going to post this on the previous thread relating to cthulou issue, but apparently appropriate for the poster calling himself Andy (SIEU former head by the way and not a necessarily pleasant leftist).
Ahem,
There are annoying trolls like a certain B S G, there are Shartblue trolls like kwirt and raymondo (purposefully misspelled), and then every once in awhile you get the stormers. Aside from those, we occasionally have people who do not know when to quit engaging in flame wars, those that like to post on the edge, and some folks that are literally driven crazy because they cannot get others to share their obsessions (hi Andy).
What I think is getting some folks down is the premonition that we are living on the edge of unresolvable conflicts in the coming years. Some folks like to blame one group like ethnicity or the other religion to relieve the tension and that means CBD and the other cobs have to step into the fray. Others retreat from the news and seek a safe place.
Reading bits of history, I see similar time periods in places like the U.S. from 1820-1860, France, 1750's to 1780's and post 1871 to 1914, England from 1920-1939 or 1620-1640, or even Russia from 1870's to 1914. During such times, our institutions, our optimism, and our societal order seem challenged in an existential fashion.
We are worrying ourselves sick and some folks lash out, some find activism suitable, others rely on dark humor, some reach out to others in friendship demonstrated through MoMes and the caring for others expressed here, and some armor themselves in religion and faith.
The last two, I think are key to muddling through the dark times and that is perhaps why I have always liked coming back here and reading the comments if nothing else. The insouciance and caring for others despite the sometimes raw humor carries through
Regarding the last point, my favorite hymn, verse 3 of How Firm a Foundation reflects how I feel about that.
'Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed,
for I am thy G_d and will still give thee aid.
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
upheld by My righteous, omnipotent, hand.'
Ahem,
There are annoying trolls like a certain B S G, there are Shartblue trolls like kwirt and raymondo (purposefully misspelled), and then every once in awhile you get the stormers. Aside from those, we occasionally have people who do not know when to quit engaging in flame wars, those that like to post on the edge, and some folks that are literally driven crazy because they cannot get others to share their obsessions (hi Andy).
What I think is getting some folks down is the premonition that we are living on the edge of unresolvable conflicts in the coming years. Some folks like to blame one group like ethnicity or the other religion to relieve the tension and that means CBD and the other cobs have to step into the fray. Others retreat from the news and seek a safe place.
Reading bits of history, I see similar time periods in places like the U.S. from 1820-1860, France, 1750's to 1780's and post 1871 to 1914, England from 1920-1939 or 1620-1640, or even Russia from 1870's to 1914. During such times, our institutions, our optimism, and our societal order seem challenged in an existential fashion.
We are worrying ourselves sick and some folks lash out, some find activism suitable, others rely on dark humor, some reach out to others in friendship demonstrated through MoMes and the caring for others expressed here, and some armor themselves in religion and faith.
The last two, I think are key to muddling through the dark times and that is perhaps why I have always liked coming back here and reading the comments if nothing else. The insouciance and caring for others despite the sometimes raw humor carries through
Regarding the last point, my favorite hymn, verse 3 of How Firm a Foundation reflects how I feel about that.
'Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed,
for I am thy G_d and will still give thee aid.
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
upheld by My righteous, omnipotent, hand.'
Posted by: whig at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (EUDB2)
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197 They are buying the first round at the pub?
Everyone is getting bombed? Blasted? Shots for everyone?
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 11, 2020 11:32 AM (w9UC1)
So will the drinks be served in Fein Stein's?
Everyone is getting bombed? Blasted? Shots for everyone?
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 11, 2020 11:32 AM (w9UC1)
So will the drinks be served in Fein Stein's?
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (Kpl3J)
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Scoop: Google's next news investment
The Young Turks, one of the largest progressive digital publishers on YouTube, is receiving funding YouTube to launch an online course on local news. Sources say investment is in mid-six figures.
Will it include a retrospective featurette, "One Hundred [Whatever] Years Ago Today in the Armenian Genocide"?
Scoop: Google's next news investment
The Young Turks, one of the largest progressive digital publishers on YouTube, is receiving funding YouTube to launch an online course on local news. Sources say investment is in mid-six figures.
Will it include a retrospective featurette, "One Hundred [Whatever] Years Ago Today in the Armenian Genocide"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (pNxlR)
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Joe Biden needs to be drug tested. Calling a 21 year old college student "A lying dog-faced pony soldier" has got to raise some flags.
Posted by: Cheri at February 11, 2020 11:39 AM (oiNtH)
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Socialist Catholics.
218 ===
But you repeat yourself.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
Ah, the Distributism. Another cockamamie take-all-your-sh!t theory that Just Hasn't Been Seriously Tried Yet. Except with a statue of Our Lady in front of the IRS.
The good news is, Catholic laymen are done with Isms of this world. Now, if we can just get to the bishops . . .
218 ===
But you repeat yourself.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
Ah, the Distributism. Another cockamamie take-all-your-sh!t theory that Just Hasn't Been Seriously Tried Yet. Except with a statue of Our Lady in front of the IRS.
The good news is, Catholic laymen are done with Isms of this world. Now, if we can just get to the bishops . . .
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 11, 2020 11:39 AM (ykYG2)
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We are all quite comfortable at Happydale.
Posted by: Abby, Martha, and Teddy Brewster at February 11, 2020 11:39 AM (q1Pj5)
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JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on
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Talk about irony. Joe riding off into the sunset.x
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Talk about irony. Joe riding off into the sunset.x
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:39 AM (+y/Ru)
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219 No Open end commitments is the first step to opening up mental institutions again.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (OVJcF)
Some people never get better, and need to be permanently committed. I think the way to square this circle is with something like a parole hearing every year or so, to review their case and see if there's been any improvement, and possibly adjust treatment strategy of there isn't.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:35 AM (OVJcF)
Some people never get better, and need to be permanently committed. I think the way to square this circle is with something like a parole hearing every year or so, to review their case and see if there's been any improvement, and possibly adjust treatment strategy of there isn't.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 11, 2020 11:39 AM (J+mig)
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Plus all the Cops can do if they get a call is revive the guy let the ambulance take him to the hospital and that's it. They can't arrest anyone else that is there for drug use/possession. They can confiscate any drugs they see in the room and that's it. They carry half a dozen of those pens in their cars.
Something has to be done but what that something is, I have no clue.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
Remove the narcan pens for starters.
Problem with sort itself out, toot sweet.
Something has to be done but what that something is, I have no clue.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
Remove the narcan pens for starters.
Problem with sort itself out, toot sweet.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:40 AM (O7kBk)
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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:32 AM (+y/Ru)
Appears that worn Turbine fan blades are the new worn tire dumps. Took a lot of years before they came up with a few uses for old tires.
Appears that worn Turbine fan blades are the new worn tire dumps. Took a lot of years before they came up with a few uses for old tires.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 11:40 AM (OVJcF)
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171 159 I predict Biden will drop out after SC.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (mpXpK)
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I imagine his money will need to be hoovered up by more consultants afterwards. Super Tuesday should run the bank accounts dry.
Then he suspends his campaign.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (zZbCU)
South Carolina (open) primary: Feb 29
Super Tuesday (14-state) primary: Mar 3
An exciting few days, there.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:28 AM (mpXpK)
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I imagine his money will need to be hoovered up by more consultants afterwards. Super Tuesday should run the bank accounts dry.
Then he suspends his campaign.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (zZbCU)
South Carolina (open) primary: Feb 29
Super Tuesday (14-state) primary: Mar 3
An exciting few days, there.
Posted by: m at February 11, 2020 11:40 AM (KXX3K)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:40 AM (lwiT4)
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Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (NgKpN)
Law enforcement cannot have a direct financial incentive to arrest people and keep them locked up. It would be like paying soldiers and Marines a bounty for enemy heads. You would get a shitload of heads, some of them belonging to people who didn't need shooting.
Law enforcement cannot have a direct financial incentive to arrest people and keep them locked up. It would be like paying soldiers and Marines a bounty for enemy heads. You would get a shitload of heads, some of them belonging to people who didn't need shooting.
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 11:40 AM (U7voe)
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>>Dangerous mentally ill need locking up. Dangerous can mean subjecting themselves to inclement weather, theft and assault as well as the "usual" threats to hurt self or others. Hospitals see a big increase in commitments of "homeless" mentally ill during the winter month.
My ex's family owned and operated a nursing home while she was growing up. There was a mental institution right around the corner and they would hire some of the more capable to do menial jobs at the home.
Two of them became like family, a woman and a man who were both in their 50s when they started. They eventually were given rooms in the home and attended many of the family functions because their own families had abandoned them years before.
There is no way in the world these people could have lived on their own, they would have died on the streets. They weren't violent in the least, just the opposite, but they lived in their own worlds. And these two were a lot more capable than some who were at the institution.
My ex's family owned and operated a nursing home while she was growing up. There was a mental institution right around the corner and they would hire some of the more capable to do menial jobs at the home.
Two of them became like family, a woman and a man who were both in their 50s when they started. They eventually were given rooms in the home and attended many of the family functions because their own families had abandoned them years before.
There is no way in the world these people could have lived on their own, they would have died on the streets. They weren't violent in the least, just the opposite, but they lived in their own worlds. And these two were a lot more capable than some who were at the institution.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (ZLI7S)
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I have seen nothing from Boeing that indicates that they even know what their problems are, much less what to do about them.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (Boy/L)
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Interestingly, and perhaps coincidentally, they seem to have begun a decline around the time they moved their HQ to Chicago.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (Boy/L)
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Interestingly, and perhaps coincidentally, they seem to have begun a decline around the time they moved their HQ to Chicago.
Posted by: Undocumented at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (5NMZN)
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If California is supposedly swimming in cash like Newsome says why don't they use it to clean up the streets drowning in shit.
Posted by: Buzzion at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM
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They aren't swimming in cash, it's mostly accounting gimmicks and mostly the savings that California got from obamacare picking up the tab for the Medicaid expansion for the poor, something the State used to pay for, that left the State with a bunch of extra money.
To put that 21 billion surplus into perspective, the State CSTRS teacher pension fund in CA is underfunded by over 100 Billion dollars.
Posted by: Buzzion at February 11, 2020 11:21 AM
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They aren't swimming in cash, it's mostly accounting gimmicks and mostly the savings that California got from obamacare picking up the tab for the Medicaid expansion for the poor, something the State used to pay for, that left the State with a bunch of extra money.
To put that 21 billion surplus into perspective, the State CSTRS teacher pension fund in CA is underfunded by over 100 Billion dollars.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (JUOKG)
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Hiya Grammie !
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (arJlL)
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When you call all enforcement of laws "fascist," you will end up with fascists enforcing the laws.
All of them, and then some.
When you call all enforcement of laws "fascist," you will end up with fascists enforcing the laws.
All of them, and then some.
Posted by: imp at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (SFOr6)
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Yes, see 'Master and Commander'. Much forelock tugging there.
Posted by: Tug O'Forelock at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (veJcn)
Yes, a perfect source to see what it was.
Yes, see 'Master and Commander'. Much forelock tugging there.
Posted by: Tug O'Forelock at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (veJcn)
Yes, a perfect source to see what it was.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (pNxlR)
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240 207 40 years of misguided legislation and coddling of lawbreakers was exactly their choice.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (dLLD6)
Then explain why all the other States have the same problem in urban areas. Doesn't matter if its a Red State or a Blue State.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (mpXpK)
Cincinnati, Ohio and suburbs do not have that problem. The county prosecutor cleaned out all the homeless camps and told them they weren't welcome. Problem solved.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2020 11:33 AM (dLLD6)
Then explain why all the other States have the same problem in urban areas. Doesn't matter if its a Red State or a Blue State.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (mpXpK)
Cincinnati, Ohio and suburbs do not have that problem. The county prosecutor cleaned out all the homeless camps and told them they weren't welcome. Problem solved.
Posted by: ghbucky at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (s9Eo8)
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JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on from attending a #NHprimary election night party; will travel to South Carolina for a kickoff event in Columbia tonight - @mikememoli
Yes, sir! Going to South Carolina. One of my most favorite states.
Lots of prime hair-sniffing in good old SC!
I can't wait to meet all those little gir-
Huh?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I. Can't Wait. To. Meet. All. The. Voters.
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...Yeah.
Yes, sir! Going to South Carolina. One of my most favorite states.
Lots of prime hair-sniffing in good old SC!
I can't wait to meet all those little gir-
Huh?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I. Can't Wait. To. Meet. All. The. Voters.
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...Yeah.
Posted by: Joe Biden at February 11, 2020 11:42 AM (9wmyx)
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25 The video of Bloomberg talking about minorities and how they commit all the crimes is probably a death knell for his campaign
https://tinyurl.com/tq43v3e
I can't even imagine if Trump had said something like this, he would be compared to David Duke.
But considering the Establishment Democrats are looking to Bloomberg as a savior, it will be white washed.
Posted by: Blago
The comments made by Gov. Jolsen Klansrobe Babykiller (Demoncrat-VA) didn't hurt him a bit.
https://tinyurl.com/tq43v3e
I can't even imagine if Trump had said something like this, he would be compared to David Duke.
But considering the Establishment Democrats are looking to Bloomberg as a savior, it will be white washed.
Posted by: Blago
The comments made by Gov. Jolsen Klansrobe Babykiller (Demoncrat-VA) didn't hurt him a bit.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 11, 2020 11:42 AM (vN4+Q)
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> Remove the narcan pens for starters.
Remove the defibrillators and people will stop eating so much.
Remove the defibrillators and people will stop eating so much.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:42 AM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: ptschett at February 11, 2020 11:42 AM (uHE/j)
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there are Shartblue trolls like kwirt and raymondo (purposefully misspelled),"
there were a couple of posts by raymondo in the ONT that I almost wanted to repost, simply because they were such masterpieces of total incomprehensibility! That takes a really special talent. You can't get mad at something that still makes no sense whatsoever after 3 readings.
there were a couple of posts by raymondo in the ONT that I almost wanted to repost, simply because they were such masterpieces of total incomprehensibility! That takes a really special talent. You can't get mad at something that still makes no sense whatsoever after 3 readings.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:43 AM (Kpl3J)
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Posted by: whig at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (EUDB2)
That's a great hymn-"How firm a foundation". Another one related to the idea of foundation is "My Hope is Built"
That's a great hymn-"How firm a foundation". Another one related to the idea of foundation is "My Hope is Built"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2020 11:43 AM (WI7YS)
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40 years of misguided legislation and coddling of lawbreakers was exactly their choice.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Then explain why all the other States have the same problem in urban areas. Doesn't matter if its a Red State or a Blue State.
Posted by: Vic
Because urban areas are blue mollycoddlers, regardless of state. Looking hairy eyed at you Dallas, Houston, Austin.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Then explain why all the other States have the same problem in urban areas. Doesn't matter if its a Red State or a Blue State.
Posted by: Vic
Because urban areas are blue mollycoddlers, regardless of state. Looking hairy eyed at you Dallas, Houston, Austin.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:43 AM (O7kBk)
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"I have seen nothing from Boeing that indicates that they even know what their problems are, much less what to do about them."
I assume it was something like: all the new kids came in and said "OK Boomers, get out of our way. Designing planes is like totally easy, so we can spend all our time on SJW instead"
I assume it was something like: all the new kids came in and said "OK Boomers, get out of our way. Designing planes is like totally easy, so we can spend all our time on SJW instead"
Posted by: Chris M at February 11, 2020 11:43 AM (eAZVt)
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Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger at February 11, 2020 11:43 AM (lwiT4)
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"Romney's 47% comment is what killed his campaign IMHO."
yeah, that was a factor. And it was his attitude on it, not just the fact he said it.
For one thing, that is 47% of those that file (iirc) ... and less than half the population files (like 140M file). The 47% are those that pay more than the FICA, which is 13% or so, (even if the employer pays half, it is really part of the pay).
But those are working people, and they might vote for better income, but they are not generally voting for more free stuff, as Romney implied all of that 47% does.
The working class is expected to serve the Romney corporate raider class, in the minds of certain GOPe types. But the whole easy money structure, and the ability to buy DC influence, is why the rich keep getting richer. To serve the people, government needs to protect them from the grifters and corporate bailout slime lords.
With the current debt explosion, we may face a day of reckoning ... and hopefully the right men (Trump and ??) will be in charge, not the globalists and DeepState. Romney is on the wrong side, and his contempt for the 47% that filed but were not making much income revealed that.
yeah, that was a factor. And it was his attitude on it, not just the fact he said it.
For one thing, that is 47% of those that file (iirc) ... and less than half the population files (like 140M file). The 47% are those that pay more than the FICA, which is 13% or so, (even if the employer pays half, it is really part of the pay).
But those are working people, and they might vote for better income, but they are not generally voting for more free stuff, as Romney implied all of that 47% does.
The working class is expected to serve the Romney corporate raider class, in the minds of certain GOPe types. But the whole easy money structure, and the ability to buy DC influence, is why the rich keep getting richer. To serve the people, government needs to protect them from the grifters and corporate bailout slime lords.
With the current debt explosion, we may face a day of reckoning ... and hopefully the right men (Trump and ??) will be in charge, not the globalists and DeepState. Romney is on the wrong side, and his contempt for the 47% that filed but were not making much income revealed that.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (Cus5s)
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Ace banned himself from the blog one day and was replaced by another, similar "Ace," identical to the Head Ewok in all respects except skill at shelving.
So is the new Ace better or worse at shelving?
So is the new Ace better or worse at shelving?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (ZGrMX)
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Adam Corolla made a good point the other day. The police won't ticket bums or illegals anymore since there is no revenue to be had. They concentrate on people who have minor infractions and will pay.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (UDHPm)
I've been saying this for years. Cops are being made to be revenue collectors for the state and since you can't collect revenue from an empty wallet or bank account, they "prey" on......taxpayers.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (UDHPm)
I've been saying this for years. Cops are being made to be revenue collectors for the state and since you can't collect revenue from an empty wallet or bank account, they "prey" on......taxpayers.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (CqE5x)
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253 Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (NgKpN)
Law enforcement cannot have a direct financial incentive to arrest people and keep them locked up. It would be like paying soldiers and Marines a bounty for enemy heads. You would get a shitload of heads, some of them belonging to people who didn't need shooting.
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 11:40 AM (U7voe)
And yet, that is almost the exact situation we now have.
Law enforcement cannot have a direct financial incentive to arrest people and keep them locked up. It would be like paying soldiers and Marines a bounty for enemy heads. You would get a shitload of heads, some of them belonging to people who didn't need shooting.
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 11:40 AM (U7voe)
And yet, that is almost the exact situation we now have.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (NgKpN)
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194 What's green and comes out in the Springtime?
Paddy O'Furniture
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 11, 2020 11:32 AM (Wm5SB)
heh
Paddy O'Furniture
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 11, 2020 11:32 AM (Wm5SB)
heh
Posted by: m at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (KXX3K)
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And quit the friggin' multiple narcan injections for the same person. You get ONE....if that.
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (cF8AT)
Some overdoses require multiple injections to turn around. Many opiates are longer acting than Narcan.
And denying someone treatment, when the alternative is death, will not be supported by physician groups who will be sued into the ground for wrongful death. I can't imagine the court (judge or jury) who will accept this approach.
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 11:25 AM (cF8AT)
Some overdoses require multiple injections to turn around. Many opiates are longer acting than Narcan.
And denying someone treatment, when the alternative is death, will not be supported by physician groups who will be sued into the ground for wrongful death. I can't imagine the court (judge or jury) who will accept this approach.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (ONvIw)
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Sinn Fein won -
Can we plan on getting any good new songs to sing when drunk about being ruled by the EU to replace the old ones about freeing Ireland from English rule?
Can we plan on getting any good new songs to sing when drunk about being ruled by the EU to replace the old ones about freeing Ireland from English rule?
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:45 AM (e284m)
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Interestingly, and perhaps coincidentally, they seem to have begun a decline around the time they moved their HQ to Chicago.
Posted by: Undocumented at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (5NMZN)
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Beat me to that but was thinking the same thing.
I mean how bad does Chicongo have to be to make Seattle look clean?
Posted by: Undocumented at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (5NMZN)
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Beat me to that but was thinking the same thing.
I mean how bad does Chicongo have to be to make Seattle look clean?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 11, 2020 11:45 AM (pw+jk)
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@JakeBGibson
The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
Oh?
The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
Oh?
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:45 AM (ZLI7S)
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276 Sinn Fein won -
Can we plan on getting any good new songs to sing when drunk about being ruled by the EU to replace the old ones about freeing Ireland from English rule?
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:45 AM (e284m)
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"We don't want English rule! We want German rule!"
Can we plan on getting any good new songs to sing when drunk about being ruled by the EU to replace the old ones about freeing Ireland from English rule?
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:45 AM (e284m)
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"We don't want English rule! We want German rule!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:45 AM (zZbCU)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (d7Ww2)
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Blooming idiots comments about young black committing almost all the crime in NYC may have "sounded" racist to the MFM but it was 100% true. So is the 47% statement about not paying income tax at the time it was made.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (mpXpK)
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It would be like paying soldiers and Marines a bounty for enemy heads. You would get a shitload of heads, some of them belonging to people who didn't need shooting.
Posted by: Vanya
Wait. We need to revisit this.
Posted by: Vanya
Wait. We need to revisit this.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (O7kBk)
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Mini Mike is a short ball (very) hitter. Tiny club head speed. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!
@realDonaldTrump
Mini Mike is a short ball (very) hitter. Tiny club head speed. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (BqBId)
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Trump stirring up trouble again.
Trump War Room - Text WOKE to 88022@TrumpWarRoom
Mike Bloomberg defended stop and frisk: "I think we disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little. It's exactly the reverse of what they're saying. I don't know where they went to school but they certainly didn't take a math course or a logic course."
Trump War Room - Text WOKE to 88022@TrumpWarRoom
Mike Bloomberg defended stop and frisk: "I think we disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little. It's exactly the reverse of what they're saying. I don't know where they went to school but they certainly didn't take a math course or a logic course."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (+y/Ru)
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Posted by: illiniwek at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (Cus5s)
His 47% sunk him because he spoke the Truth, and then reneged.
If he had defended his comment, he would have had a chance.
His 47% sunk him because he spoke the Truth, and then reneged.
If he had defended his comment, he would have had a chance.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (NgKpN)
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So is the new Ace better or worse at shelving?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (ZGrMX)
Yes
So is the new Ace better or worse at shelving?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (ZGrMX)
Yes
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (pNxlR)
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I assume it was something like: all the new kids came in and said "OK Boomers, get out of our way. Designing planes is like totally easy, so we can spend all our time on SJW instead"
Posted by: Chris M at February 11, 2020 11:43 AM (eAZVt)
If that's what's going on the Boomers really need to stop being such doormats. Who knew taking things over would be so easy?
I assume it was something like: all the new kids came in and said "OK Boomers, get out of our way. Designing planes is like totally easy, so we can spend all our time on SJW instead"
Posted by: Chris M at February 11, 2020 11:43 AM (eAZVt)
If that's what's going on the Boomers really need to stop being such doormats. Who knew taking things over would be so easy?
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (YVvSQ)
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41 Gavin Newsom@GavinNewsom
Why is Trump scared of CA?
-$21.5 billion surplus
-Record low unemployment
-Creating 1 in 7 US jobs
Also, everything is on fire.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)
And covered in human feces. Also California has gone old skool and brought back the Plague, TB, and other old diseases. Also, nobody can afford housing or even renting but yeah, California is fine. Nice going Gavin.
Why is Trump scared of CA?
-$21.5 billion surplus
-Record low unemployment
-Creating 1 in 7 US jobs
Also, everything is on fire.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)
And covered in human feces. Also California has gone old skool and brought back the Plague, TB, and other old diseases. Also, nobody can afford housing or even renting but yeah, California is fine. Nice going Gavin.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (vN4+Q)
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Cincinnati, Ohio and suburbs do not have that
problem. The county prosecutor cleaned out all the homeless camps and
told them they weren't welcome. Problem solved.
Posted by: ghbucky at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (s9Eo
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Or at least solved for the downtown merchants.
problem. The county prosecutor cleaned out all the homeless camps and
told them they weren't welcome. Problem solved.
Posted by: ghbucky at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (s9Eo
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Or at least solved for the downtown merchants.
Posted by: Undocumented at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (5NMZN)
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> "One ping only, please."
I didn't expect an answer, really.
Cardiovascular disease is the major killer in our society (way, WAY higher than drug overdoses), and is, to a large degree, preventable by not being a fat fuck (like me). Just stop eating so much, in the same way a drunk can stop drinking or a junkie can stop using heroin. It's easy, right?
Not to mention that Narcan is cheap, while coronary bypasses are expensive.
I didn't expect an answer, really.
Cardiovascular disease is the major killer in our society (way, WAY higher than drug overdoses), and is, to a large degree, preventable by not being a fat fuck (like me). Just stop eating so much, in the same way a drunk can stop drinking or a junkie can stop using heroin. It's easy, right?
Not to mention that Narcan is cheap, while coronary bypasses are expensive.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (Ewo9R)
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282 It would be like paying soldiers and Marines a bounty for enemy heads. You would get a shitload of heads, some of them belonging to people who didn't need shooting.
Posted by: Vanya
Wait. We need to revisit this.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (O7kBk)
Historically it was the French who started the whole Scalping thing.
Its was the proof they wanted to pay for bounties.
Posted by: Vanya
Wait. We need to revisit this.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (O7kBk)
Historically it was the French who started the whole Scalping thing.
Its was the proof they wanted to pay for bounties.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (NgKpN)
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255 I have seen nothing from Boeing that indicates that they even know what their problems are, much less what to do about them."
The fact that the 737-MAX is still grounded leads me to believe that the independent analysis that was floating around the net 1 month after the crashes is most likely true. To sum up a long explanation very briefly, that engineer stated that the real problem with the software was that it *had* to be able to override the pilots commands multiple times every second, because Boeing had changed the 737 design just enough to make it inherently unstable, and unflyable.
He said that with the software, the 737MAX would crash and kill everyone on board once every 100 flights, but without it would crash every time.
The fact that the 737-MAX is still grounded leads me to believe that the independent analysis that was floating around the net 1 month after the crashes is most likely true. To sum up a long explanation very briefly, that engineer stated that the real problem with the software was that it *had* to be able to override the pilots commands multiple times every second, because Boeing had changed the 737 design just enough to make it inherently unstable, and unflyable.
He said that with the software, the 737MAX would crash and kill everyone on board once every 100 flights, but without it would crash every time.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (Kpl3J)
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282 It would be like paying soldiers and Marines a bounty for enemy heads. You would get a shitload of heads, some of them belonging to people who didn't need shooting.
Posted by: Vanya
Wait. We need to revisit this.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (O7kBk)
This was actually a thing in a number of places historically.
Posted by: Vanya
Wait. We need to revisit this.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (O7kBk)
This was actually a thing in a number of places historically.
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (YVvSQ)
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I assume it was something like: all the new kids came in and said "OK Boomers, get out of our way. Designing planes is like totally easy, so we can spend all our time on SJW instead"
Posted by: Chris M at February 11, 2020 11:43 AM (eAZVt)
If that's what's going on the Boomers really need to stop being such doormats. Who knew taking things over would be so easy?
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (YVvSQ)
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"The Boomer hurt your feels when he said that the plane won't stay up in the air with more diversity? Well, we'll just have to have a talk with him about that."
-HR, millenial
I assume it was something like: all the new kids came in and said "OK Boomers, get out of our way. Designing planes is like totally easy, so we can spend all our time on SJW instead"
Posted by: Chris M at February 11, 2020 11:43 AM (eAZVt)
If that's what's going on the Boomers really need to stop being such doormats. Who knew taking things over would be so easy?
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (YVvSQ)
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"The Boomer hurt your feels when he said that the plane won't stay up in the air with more diversity? Well, we'll just have to have a talk with him about that."
-HR, millenial
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (zZbCU)
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291 Historically it was the French who started the whole Scalping thing.
Its was the proof they wanted to pay for bounties.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (NgKpN)
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Native Americans were just all kinds of cultural appropriators.
Its was the proof they wanted to pay for bounties.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (NgKpN)
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Native Americans were just all kinds of cultural appropriators.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (zZbCU)
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266 Fenelon,
Thanks for that new hymn reference. Had to play a version on youtube. Cool.
265, Tom Servo,
It would be an interesting ee cummings type poetry if you took Raymondo's collected posts and mashed them together.
A fitting metaphor for leftism in general.
Thanks for that new hymn reference. Had to play a version on youtube. Cool.
265, Tom Servo,
It would be an interesting ee cummings type poetry if you took Raymondo's collected posts and mashed them together.
A fitting metaphor for leftism in general.
Posted by: whig at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (EUDB2)
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We had a tainted batch of heroin in my area about 3 or 4 years ago.
For 3 days, people just dropped like flies. I think there was 11 total. Needless.
For 3 days, people just dropped like flies. I think there was 11 total. Needless.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (e7y2J)
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So is the 47% statement about not paying income tax at the time it was made.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (mpXpK)
True, but that covered a lot of working people who kept out of trouble and were not bogarting all the benefits.
And no one wants to hear it from a shit like Romney, mascot of the corporate raider class....
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:46 AM (mpXpK)
True, but that covered a lot of working people who kept out of trouble and were not bogarting all the benefits.
And no one wants to hear it from a shit like Romney, mascot of the corporate raider class....
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (CqE5x)
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If that's what's going on the Boomers really need to stop being such doormats. Who knew taking things over would be so easy?
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (YVvSQ)
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"The Boomer hurt your feels when he said that the plane won't stay up in the air with more diversity? Well, we'll just have to have a talk with him about that."
-HR, millenial
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (zZbCU)
"I mean, like, have you ever, like, even seen, like, a Red Bull commercial?"
If that's what's going on the Boomers really need to stop being such doormats. Who knew taking things over would be so easy?
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (YVvSQ)
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"The Boomer hurt your feels when he said that the plane won't stay up in the air with more diversity? Well, we'll just have to have a talk with him about that."
-HR, millenial
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (zZbCU)
"I mean, like, have you ever, like, even seen, like, a Red Bull commercial?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (FOGOI)
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I assume it was something like: all the new kids came in and said "OK Boomers, get out of our way. Designing planes is like totally easy, so we can spend all our time on SJW instead"
From what I've read, the problems are more that management wanted to suck up to the elites by making the 737 "green". They proceeded to do so by creating an aerodynamically impossible plane and then trying to use software to deal with the inevitable problems.
Mind you, that approach has worked well on military planes from the SR-71 to the Stealth Fighter, but the software has to be absolutely right or you're fucked.
From what I've read, the problems are more that management wanted to suck up to the elites by making the 737 "green". They proceeded to do so by creating an aerodynamically impossible plane and then trying to use software to deal with the inevitable problems.
Mind you, that approach has worked well on military planes from the SR-71 to the Stealth Fighter, but the software has to be absolutely right or you're fucked.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (ZGrMX)
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"Reagan closed all the asylums!"
Dammasch State Hospital in Oregon (the inspiration for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest) closed in 1995.
Reagan left office in 1989.
Yeah, it's all Reagan's fault.
The mantra was "reintegrating the mentally ill back into the community". The community, of course, turned out to be Skid Row and homeless camps.
Dammasch State Hospital in Oregon (the inspiration for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest) closed in 1995.
Reagan left office in 1989.
Yeah, it's all Reagan's fault.
The mantra was "reintegrating the mentally ill back into the community". The community, of course, turned out to be Skid Row and homeless camps.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (I2/tG)
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Historically it was the French who started the whole Scalping thing.
Its was the proof they wanted to pay for bounties.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (NgKpN)
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When the work is outsourced.
Its was the proof they wanted to pay for bounties.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (NgKpN)
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When the work is outsourced.
Posted by: Undocumented at February 11, 2020 11:50 AM (5NMZN)
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Bloomberg got caught telling the truth. Almost all gun violence in the US is from Americans of non-European, non-Asian, non-Australian and non-Antarctican heritage.
Bloomberg got caught telling the truth. Almost all gun violence in the US is from Americans of non-European, non-Asian, non-Australian and non-Antarctican heritage.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2020 11:50 AM (EhcI+)
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There is no way in the world these people could have lived on their own, they would have died on the streets. They weren't violent in the least, just the opposite, but they lived in their own worlds. And these two were a lot more capable than some who were at the institution.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (ZLI7S)
Yep. Rare is the schizophrenic who is assisted by siblings. Parents are the usual support system, but when they are no longer capable, the person is more often than not cut loose from the family.
I grew up in the 60s and 70s and the local care facility also aided the indigent mentally ill who previously would have lived at the "poor farm". Many loved being busy and took care of the grounds, delivered the incoming mail, and whatever else they could find.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (ZLI7S)
Yep. Rare is the schizophrenic who is assisted by siblings. Parents are the usual support system, but when they are no longer capable, the person is more often than not cut loose from the family.
I grew up in the 60s and 70s and the local care facility also aided the indigent mentally ill who previously would have lived at the "poor farm". Many loved being busy and took care of the grounds, delivered the incoming mail, and whatever else they could find.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:50 AM (ONvIw)
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I've been saying this for years. Cops are being made
to be revenue collectors for the state and since you can't collect
revenue from an empty wallet or bank account, they "prey"
on......taxpayers.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM
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When we lived in CT someone left a line item in the Town budget under revenue for "DUI fines". In CT it was illegal to "budget" fine monies for good reasons. Doing that leads to quotas and excessive policing in certain areas.
Nobody lost their job for the mistake but it never happened again after all of the backlash against the Mayor and Town Council over having quotas for DUI's.
to be revenue collectors for the state and since you can't collect
revenue from an empty wallet or bank account, they "prey"
on......taxpayers.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM
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When we lived in CT someone left a line item in the Town budget under revenue for "DUI fines". In CT it was illegal to "budget" fine monies for good reasons. Doing that leads to quotas and excessive policing in certain areas.
Nobody lost their job for the mistake but it never happened again after all of the backlash against the Mayor and Town Council over having quotas for DUI's.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 11, 2020 11:50 AM (JUOKG)
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If that's what's going on the Boomers really need to stop being such doormats. Who knew taking things over would be so easy?
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (YVvSQ)
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"The Boomer hurt your feels when he said that the plane won't stay up in the air with more diversity? Well, we'll just have to have a talk with him about that."
-HR, millenial
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (zZbCU)
"I mean, like, have you ever, like, even seen, like, a Red Bull commercial?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (FOGOI)
And these are the people who are winning?
If that's what's going on the Boomers really need to stop being such doormats. Who knew taking things over would be so easy?
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (YVvSQ)
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"The Boomer hurt your feels when he said that the plane won't stay up in the air with more diversity? Well, we'll just have to have a talk with him about that."
-HR, millenial
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (zZbCU)
"I mean, like, have you ever, like, even seen, like, a Red Bull commercial?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (FOGOI)
And these are the people who are winning?
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:51 AM (YVvSQ)
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298 And no one wants to hear it from a shit like Romney, mascot of the corporate raider class....
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (CqE5x)
He made that statement after he was running for President as the Republican nominee. If he had been a Democrat (like he is now) you would have never heard it.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (CqE5x)
He made that statement after he was running for President as the Republican nominee. If he had been a Democrat (like he is now) you would have never heard it.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:51 AM (mpXpK)
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Bloomberg got caught telling the truth. Almost all gun violence in the US is from Americans of non-European, non-Asian, non-Australian and non-Antarctican heritage.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2020 11:50 AM (EhcI+)
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I was told it was Church going white folk.
Bloomberg got caught telling the truth. Almost all gun violence in the US is from Americans of non-European, non-Asian, non-Australian and non-Antarctican heritage.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2020 11:50 AM (EhcI+)
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I was told it was Church going white folk.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:51 AM (zZbCU)
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We had a tainted batch of heroin in my area about 3 or 4 years ago.
For 3 days, people just dropped like flies. I think there was 11 total. Needless.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (e7y2J)
I was told by a user--since OD'd--that sometimes the street dealers intentionally "kill" some of their customers by selling them bad shit.
They do this if they haven't seen them in awhile--because they fear they've become informants.
For 3 days, people just dropped like flies. I think there was 11 total. Needless.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (e7y2J)
I was told by a user--since OD'd--that sometimes the street dealers intentionally "kill" some of their customers by selling them bad shit.
They do this if they haven't seen them in awhile--because they fear they've become informants.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 11:52 AM (CqE5x)
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306And these are the people who are winning?
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:51 AM (YVvSQ)
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No, our caricatures of the Left are not winning.
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:51 AM (YVvSQ)
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No, our caricatures of the Left are not winning.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:52 AM (zZbCU)
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For 3 days, people just dropped like flies. I think there was 11 total. Needless.
A few months ago, someone rolled into the West Side of Chicago, selling nearly pure fentanyl. A number of deaths resulted.
Pro tip: junkies get really angry if you give them Narcan to stop them from ODing. They're on the best high of their life, and you have to come in and spoil it.
A few months ago, someone rolled into the West Side of Chicago, selling nearly pure fentanyl. A number of deaths resulted.
Pro tip: junkies get really angry if you give them Narcan to stop them from ODing. They're on the best high of their life, and you have to come in and spoil it.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 11, 2020 11:52 AM (I2/tG)
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For drug users that do have homes, go in and look at the conditions and kids if they have them. For me, this is the real tragedy, inflicting your lifestyle on the innocents that so often get neglected and abused.
Posted by: Cheri at February 11, 2020 11:53 AM (oiNtH)
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I was told it was Church going white folk.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:51 AM (zZbCU)
Take an extra helping from the church pot luck before everyone has been served, and they put a cap in yo' ass.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:51 AM (zZbCU)
Take an extra helping from the church pot luck before everyone has been served, and they put a cap in yo' ass.
Posted by: Roy at February 11, 2020 11:53 AM (SUJyY)
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312 For drug users that do have homes, go in and look at the conditions and kids if they have them. For me, this is the real tragedy, inflicting your lifestyle on the innocents that so often get neglected and abused.
Posted by: Cheri at February 11, 2020 11:53 AM (oiNtH)
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I saw that episode of Breaking Bad.
Posted by: Cheri at February 11, 2020 11:53 AM (oiNtH)
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I saw that episode of Breaking Bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:53 AM (zZbCU)
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Sinn Fein won in Ireland.
Not sure what that means.
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
Ostensibly, SF is the political wing of the IRA.
So they won't kneecap you, but they know a guy.
Not sure what that means.
Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2020 11:29 AM (QLPEO)
Ostensibly, SF is the political wing of the IRA.
So they won't kneecap you, but they know a guy.
Posted by: Roland THTG at February 11, 2020 11:53 AM (88+cf)
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> "One ping only, please."
I didn't expect an answer, really.
Cardiovascular disease is the major killer in our society (way, WAY
higher than drug overdoses), and is, to a large degree, preventable by
not being a fat fuck (like me). Just stop eating so much, in the same
way a drunk can stop drinking or a junkie can stop using heroin. It's
easy, right?
Not to mention that Narcan is cheap, while coronary bypasses are expensive.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (Ewo9R)
Narcan is cheap. But is only good for that one moment. An addict can go and shoot up 3 hrs later and need more Narcan. Now add in the cost of the ambulance ride, the cost of the ER visit.
Coronary Bypass gets you a new lease on life.
> "One ping only, please."
I didn't expect an answer, really.
Cardiovascular disease is the major killer in our society (way, WAY
higher than drug overdoses), and is, to a large degree, preventable by
not being a fat fuck (like me). Just stop eating so much, in the same
way a drunk can stop drinking or a junkie can stop using heroin. It's
easy, right?
Not to mention that Narcan is cheap, while coronary bypasses are expensive.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (Ewo9R)
Narcan is cheap. But is only good for that one moment. An addict can go and shoot up 3 hrs later and need more Narcan. Now add in the cost of the ambulance ride, the cost of the ER visit.
Coronary Bypass gets you a new lease on life.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 11, 2020 11:53 AM (N39Ws)
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Almost all gun violence in the US is from Americans of non-European, non-Asian, non-Australian and non-Antarctican heritage.
The murder rate among white Americans is roughly equivalent to the murder rate among white Canadians.
The murder rate among white Americans is roughly equivalent to the murder rate among white Canadians.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 11, 2020 11:54 AM (I2/tG)
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When you call all enforcement of laws "fascist," you will end up with fascists enforcing the laws.
All of them, and then some.
Especially when your predecessor only enforced laws he or she agreed with instead of enforcing all the laws as expected (and has been done since the first law was written).
Now, if someone would be so bold as to inform their critics of that, we might start getting somewhere IRT restoring some lawn order.
All of them, and then some.
Especially when your predecessor only enforced laws he or she agreed with instead of enforcing all the laws as expected (and has been done since the first law was written).
Now, if someone would be so bold as to inform their critics of that, we might start getting somewhere IRT restoring some lawn order.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at February 11, 2020 11:54 AM (HaL55)
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Not to mention that Narcan is cheap, while coronary bypasses are expensive.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (Ewo9R)
Yes, Narcan is cheap relative to surgery. "Fat fucks" however, are more likely to be employed and have insurance. I would like to see more obese seek treatment, but there is more shame attached to "fat fucks" with poor willpower, than to addicts with none.
Not to mention that Narcan is cheap, while coronary bypasses are expensive.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (Ewo9R)
Yes, Narcan is cheap relative to surgery. "Fat fucks" however, are more likely to be employed and have insurance. I would like to see more obese seek treatment, but there is more shame attached to "fat fucks" with poor willpower, than to addicts with none.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:54 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:54 AM (axyOa)
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The video of Bloomberg talking about minorities and how they commit all the crimes is probably a death knell for his campaign
https://tinyurl.com/tq43v3e
I can't even imagine if Trump had said something like this, he would be compared to David Duke.
But considering the Establishment Democrats are looking to Bloomberg as a savior, it will be white washed.
Posted by: Blago at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (sjTfF
Add that to the one of him talking about getting the the rubes in the midwest to accept guys in dresses going into whatever bathroom they want and he's a real man of the people
https://tinyurl.com/tq43v3e
I can't even imagine if Trump had said something like this, he would be compared to David Duke.
But considering the Establishment Democrats are looking to Bloomberg as a savior, it will be white washed.
Posted by: Blago at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (sjTfF
Add that to the one of him talking about getting the the rubes in the midwest to accept guys in dresses going into whatever bathroom they want and he's a real man of the people
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 11, 2020 11:54 AM (mpeBU)
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IIRC, the IRA is essentially dead and Sinn Fein is essentially mainstream. Just another brand of Irish socialists.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 11:54 AM (RD7QR)
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Sinn Fein won in Ireland.
Not sure what that means.
The Irish are really mad about Brexit (even though they aren't actually part of it), they think having no borders is amazeballs. So now they're going to bomb London until they rejoin Angela Merkel's Fourth Reich.
Not sure what that means.
The Irish are really mad about Brexit (even though they aren't actually part of it), they think having no borders is amazeballs. So now they're going to bomb London until they rejoin Angela Merkel's Fourth Reich.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2020 11:55 AM (ZGrMX)
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> Mind you, that approach has worked well on military planes from the SR-71 to the Stealth Fighter
The deal is that a level of instability that would be perfectly acceptable for a spy plane or a fighter plane (particularly if it gives you more performance) is not acceptable for a passenger plane.
No one signs up to fly F-22s because they're looking for a safe, comfortable job.
The deal is that a level of instability that would be perfectly acceptable for a spy plane or a fighter plane (particularly if it gives you more performance) is not acceptable for a passenger plane.
No one signs up to fly F-22s because they're looking for a safe, comfortable job.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:55 AM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at February 11, 2020 11:55 AM (HaL55)
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From what I've read, the problems are more that management wanted to
suck up to the elites by making the 737 "green". They proceeded to do
so by creating an aerodynamically impossible plane and then trying to
use software to deal with the inevitable problems.
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Such efficiency is to keep the operating cost for airlines low (not specifically ot be sucking up as "green") as was "no training" required for crew to transition from other versions of the 737. Simplified certification as an existing type sped introduction and allowed a lower purchase price.
suck up to the elites by making the 737 "green". They proceeded to do
so by creating an aerodynamically impossible plane and then trying to
use software to deal with the inevitable problems.
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Such efficiency is to keep the operating cost for airlines low (not specifically ot be sucking up as "green") as was "no training" required for crew to transition from other versions of the 737. Simplified certification as an existing type sped introduction and allowed a lower purchase price.
Posted by: Undocumented at February 11, 2020 11:55 AM (5NMZN)
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322 IIRC, the IRA is essentially dead and Sinn Fein is essentially mainstream. Just another brand of Irish socialists.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 11:54 AM (RD7QR)
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The Wind that Shakes the Barley is a really good movie about the beginning of the IRA.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 11:54 AM (RD7QR)
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The Wind that Shakes the Barley is a really good movie about the beginning of the IRA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:55 AM (zZbCU)
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Don't know if you guys have seen this sad tweet from Gen. Flynn's wife:
https://tinyurl.com/u7hplph
What was done to him makes my blood boil.
https://tinyurl.com/u7hplph
What was done to him makes my blood boil.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (ptqGC)
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Native Americans were just all kinds of cultural appropriators.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (zZbCU)
Aztec bounty officer - "What's this?"
Aztec warrior - "Uh, their hair, it's proof that I killed em"
Aztec bounty officer - "proof? Proof! where's the skulls my lad?"
Aztec warrior - "the...the skulls? Uh they weigh a lot."
Aztec bounty officer - "Oh oh! the skulls weigh too much, oh oh!
WE CAN'T BUILD BLOODY TEMPLES OUT OF PILES OF HAIR YOU IDJIT!
You want the money, you bring the skulls next time!
NEXT!"
Native Americans were just all kinds of cultural appropriators.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM (zZbCU)
Aztec bounty officer - "What's this?"
Aztec warrior - "Uh, their hair, it's proof that I killed em"
Aztec bounty officer - "proof? Proof! where's the skulls my lad?"
Aztec warrior - "the...the skulls? Uh they weigh a lot."
Aztec bounty officer - "Oh oh! the skulls weigh too much, oh oh!
WE CAN'T BUILD BLOODY TEMPLES OUT OF PILES OF HAIR YOU IDJIT!
You want the money, you bring the skulls next time!
NEXT!"
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (e284m)
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
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He made that statement after he was running for President as the Republican nominee. If he had been a Democrat (like he is now) you would have never heard it.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:51 AM (mpXpK)
You're right, of course.
But it fits the narrative that Republicans are scrooges who don't care about people.
Someone running for President as a Democrat would never have said that --publicly.
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 11:51 AM (mpXpK)
You're right, of course.
But it fits the narrative that Republicans are scrooges who don't care about people.
Someone running for President as a Democrat would never have said that --publicly.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (CqE5x)
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> "Fat fucks" however, are more likely to be employed and have insurance.
Bah. Insurance"just pushes the costs off on other people.
If my employer provides me with insurance, that means that he has to raise the price of his goods or services enough to account for it, yes?
Society as a whole (or at least his customers) pays the price, just the same.
Bah. Insurance"just pushes the costs off on other people.
If my employer provides me with insurance, that means that he has to raise the price of his goods or services enough to account for it, yes?
Society as a whole (or at least his customers) pays the price, just the same.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (Ewo9R)
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There is no way in the world these people could have lived on their own, they would have died on the streets. They weren't violent in the least, just the opposite, but they lived in their own worlds. And these two were a lot more capable than some who were at the institution.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (ZLI7S)
This situation is a big problem for our culture with it's emphasis on freedom and individualism. Those are very good things, of course; but there has always been a subset of people who can only survive in a very controlled, institutionalized setting. These are not necessarily bad people, like the two you mention. They are just people who cannot handle the pressure of having to manage on their own. I've known some, and when they fall out of a system they are the people who fall through the cracks and disappear, and no one even misses them.
That has always made me quite sad, because it isn't their fault for being what they are.
There is no way in the world these people could have lived on their own, they would have died on the streets. They weren't violent in the least, just the opposite, but they lived in their own worlds. And these two were a lot more capable than some who were at the institution.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2020 11:41 AM (ZLI7S)
This situation is a big problem for our culture with it's emphasis on freedom and individualism. Those are very good things, of course; but there has always been a subset of people who can only survive in a very controlled, institutionalized setting. These are not necessarily bad people, like the two you mention. They are just people who cannot handle the pressure of having to manage on their own. I've known some, and when they fall out of a system they are the people who fall through the cracks and disappear, and no one even misses them.
That has always made me quite sad, because it isn't their fault for being what they are.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (Kpl3J)
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Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (Kpl3J)
The fact that the 2Big2Fail airplane company has suspended/ceased production of the 737 Max indicates to me that the FAA and the Boeing ODA screwed the pooch, and the blame game has started. This will not turn out well for either of them, and we'll end up with a massive increase in the FAA engineering and inspection rosters.
The fact that the 2Big2Fail airplane company has suspended/ceased production of the 737 Max indicates to me that the FAA and the Boeing ODA screwed the pooch, and the blame game has started. This will not turn out well for either of them, and we'll end up with a massive increase in the FAA engineering and inspection rosters.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 11, 2020 11:57 AM (EK+jJ)
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Wind that Shakes the Barley is a really good movie about the beginning of the IRA.
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Hard movie to watch, tho. I'll only do it once.
Cillian Murphy is great.
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Hard movie to watch, tho. I'll only do it once.
Cillian Murphy is great.
Posted by: squeakywheel at February 11, 2020 11:57 AM (n6wjb)
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LOL monmouth has a new poll out today and it is horrible news for democrats.
66% of registered voters think Trump is going to get reelected.
And 86% of republicans are optimistic about the election versus just 56% of democrats.
It's looking like a blowout in November.
66% of registered voters think Trump is going to get reelected.
And 86% of republicans are optimistic about the election versus just 56% of democrats.
It's looking like a blowout in November.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 11, 2020 11:57 AM (JUOKG)
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329 Aztec bounty officer - "Oh oh! the skulls weigh too much, oh oh!
WE CAN'T BUILD BLOODY TEMPLES OUT OF PILES OF HAIR YOU IDJIT!
You want the money, you bring the skulls next time!
NEXT!"
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (e284m)
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I laughed.
WE CAN'T BUILD BLOODY TEMPLES OUT OF PILES OF HAIR YOU IDJIT!
You want the money, you bring the skulls next time!
NEXT!"
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (e284m)
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I laughed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:57 AM (zZbCU)
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330 Utah "Republicans" want to decriminalize polygamy.
What will Mitt's God tell him to do?
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
Hopefully, go to Hell.
What will Mitt's God tell him to do?
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
Hopefully, go to Hell.
Posted by: Roy at February 11, 2020 11:57 AM (SUJyY)
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Not to mention that Narcan is cheap, while coronary bypasses are expensive.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (Ewo9R)
Yes, Narcan is cheap relative to surgery. "Fat fucks" however, are more likely to be employed and have insurance. I would like to see more obese seek treatment, but there is more shame attached to "fat fucks" with poor willpower, than to addicts with none.
Posted by: CN
Well, if the SJW are going to deny treatment to fat fucks among others whose lifestyle choices has caused medical harm to their bodies, Narcan users need to get in line also.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:47 AM (Ewo9R)
Yes, Narcan is cheap relative to surgery. "Fat fucks" however, are more likely to be employed and have insurance. I would like to see more obese seek treatment, but there is more shame attached to "fat fucks" with poor willpower, than to addicts with none.
Posted by: CN
Well, if the SJW are going to deny treatment to fat fucks among others whose lifestyle choices has caused medical harm to their bodies, Narcan users need to get in line also.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:57 AM (O7kBk)
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Not only should heroin be legal, it should be free for junkies. Lots and lots of it./s
Posted by: fb at February 11, 2020 11:57 AM (rHm7s)
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> Now add in the cost of the ambulance ride, the cost of the ER visit.
How are those different for the junkie than for the cardiac patient?
How are those different for the junkie than for the cardiac patient?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 11:58 AM (Ewo9R)
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Given that the Bloomberg audio was probably released by Clinton Inc to soften things up for the inevitable Cackle 2020 campaign, it might actually work.
Or Bloomie might pay off Jackson/Sharpton to "vouch for him" to low-information blacks and the woke whites.
Or Bloomie might pay off Jackson/Sharpton to "vouch for him" to low-information blacks and the woke whites.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2020 11:58 AM (ZGrMX)
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and we'll end up with a massive increase in the FAA engineering and inspection rosters.
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The re-re-invention of government. Time for Al Gore II.
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The re-re-invention of government. Time for Al Gore II.
Posted by: Undocumented at February 11, 2020 11:58 AM (5NMZN)
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I saw that episode of Breaking Bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:53 AM (zZbCU)
I had trouble enjoying that episode because of that little boy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:53 AM (zZbCU)
I had trouble enjoying that episode because of that little boy.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 11, 2020 11:58 AM (XN+hF)
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Posted by: whig at February 11, 2020 11:38 AM (EUDB2)
Fortunately, our issues are not unsolvable. The solutions will seem to emerge very slowly, but the change will be swift once it hits high gear. Like every other fad or mass hysteria, those wrapped up in the Left's apocalypse cult where the Earth is always 10 years from ending (and has been for the last 50) will hit some kind of inflection point and go "this is stupid". Once it becomes socially acceptable to walk away, there will be a massive exodus from the movement. Postmodernism will be the political equivalent of disco, and a source of cringing and shame for decades to follow.
Fortunately, our issues are not unsolvable. The solutions will seem to emerge very slowly, but the change will be swift once it hits high gear. Like every other fad or mass hysteria, those wrapped up in the Left's apocalypse cult where the Earth is always 10 years from ending (and has been for the last 50) will hit some kind of inflection point and go "this is stupid". Once it becomes socially acceptable to walk away, there will be a massive exodus from the movement. Postmodernism will be the political equivalent of disco, and a source of cringing and shame for decades to follow.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 11, 2020 11:58 AM (J+mig)
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>>> He said that with the software, the 737MAX would crash and kill everyone on board once every 100 flights, but without it would crash every time.
Posted by: Tom Servo
So, the software was necessary because of the redesign (iirc, engines lower and moved forward). The redesign was so that they could still certify the jet as a 737, thus eliminating the need to re-certify pilots?
Posted by: Tom Servo
So, the software was necessary because of the redesign (iirc, engines lower and moved forward). The redesign was so that they could still certify the jet as a 737, thus eliminating the need to re-certify pilots?
Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (c/ZUS)
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>> 152 how long til his advisors sit him down and say 'Joe- it's over' ?
He'll have to hear it straight from Cornpop.
He'll have to hear it straight from Cornpop.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (vf7zg)
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Biden collapse.
#National
@MonmouthPoll
(2/6-: Sanders 26% Biden 16% Warren 13% Buttigieg 13% Bloomberg 11% Klobuchar 6% Yang 4%
#National
@MonmouthPoll
(2/6-
: Sanders 26% Biden 16% Warren 13% Buttigieg 13% Bloomberg 11% Klobuchar 6% Yang 4%Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (ZNCb8)
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We had a tainted batch of heroin in my area about 3 or 4 years ago.
For 3 days, people just dropped like flies. I think there was 11 total. Needless.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM
We used to do health and welfare inspections in the Army (I assume they still do) and we'd go through the billets checking each soldier's gear and living area. If we find dope, we'd confiscate and deal with the owner. I knew one guy who would keep a can of bug spray in his sleeve and from time to time he'd find a bag of grass and instead of taking it, he'd spray it and leave it there. Just a splash.
Then later in formation he'd put out an announcement that he'd heard there was some bad dope going around and good soldiers don't use dope. That night a couple of troops would get sick and the next morning you'd find all kinds of grass still floating in the toilets.
Hilarious!
For 3 days, people just dropped like flies. I think there was 11 total. Needless.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2020 11:49 AM
We used to do health and welfare inspections in the Army (I assume they still do) and we'd go through the billets checking each soldier's gear and living area. If we find dope, we'd confiscate and deal with the owner. I knew one guy who would keep a can of bug spray in his sleeve and from time to time he'd find a bag of grass and instead of taking it, he'd spray it and leave it there. Just a splash.
Then later in formation he'd put out an announcement that he'd heard there was some bad dope going around and good soldiers don't use dope. That night a couple of troops would get sick and the next morning you'd find all kinds of grass still floating in the toilets.
Hilarious!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (axyOa)
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Jake Gibson @JakeBGibson
The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (BqBId)
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This was actually a thing in a number of places historically.
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (YVvSQ)
During the WWII Japanese occupation of China, two Japanese officers had a contest to see who would be the first to take 100 heads. Updates of the "score" as it were, were published in the newspapers like a sporting event.
This was actually a thing in a number of places historically.
Posted by: Someguy at February 11, 2020 11:48 AM (YVvSQ)
During the WWII Japanese occupation of China, two Japanese officers had a contest to see who would be the first to take 100 heads. Updates of the "score" as it were, were published in the newspapers like a sporting event.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at February 11, 2020 12:00 PM (Wm5SB)
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I've been saying this for years. Cops are being made
to be revenue collectors for the state
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During the Great Recession I was a rural Colorado prosecutor. We would visit the small town police departments to understand their problems. One small town had a Laffer curve tale of woe. As sales tax revenue dropped, they raised traffic fines to make up the difference. And then the damn citizens thwarted their best laid plans by obeying the traffic laws! They had to reduce the fines in order to increase revenue.
to be revenue collectors for the state
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During the Great Recession I was a rural Colorado prosecutor. We would visit the small town police departments to understand their problems. One small town had a Laffer curve tale of woe. As sales tax revenue dropped, they raised traffic fines to make up the difference. And then the damn citizens thwarted their best laid plans by obeying the traffic laws! They had to reduce the fines in order to increase revenue.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:00 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:00 PM (zZbCU)
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Some overdoses require multiple injections to turn around. Many opiates are longer acting than Narcan.
And denying someone treatment, when the alternative is death, will not be supported by physician groups who will be sued into the ground for wrongful death. I can't imagine the court (judge or jury) who will accept this approach.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (ONvIw)
My understanding is that town get x amount of supply of narcan for the month. If they run out, they run out. Have to wait until next month for more supply.
Or...they have to use their own funds to buy more.
And denying someone treatment, when the alternative is death, will not be supported by physician groups who will be sued into the ground for wrongful death. I can't imagine the court (judge or jury) who will accept this approach.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 11:44 AM (ONvIw)
My understanding is that town get x amount of supply of narcan for the month. If they run out, they run out. Have to wait until next month for more supply.
Or...they have to use their own funds to buy more.
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (cF8AT)
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Postmodernism will be the political equivalent of disco, and a source of cringing and shame for decades to follow.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 11, 2020 11:58 AM (J+mig)
Hey, I like disco.
Beats the hell out of mumblecore.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 11, 2020 11:58 AM (J+mig)
Hey, I like disco.
Beats the hell out of mumblecore.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (l4C/z)
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261 JUST IN: Joe Biden is leaving New Hampshire early, moving on from attending a #NHprimary election night party; will travel to South Carolina for a kickoff event in Columbia tonight - @mikememoli
This is actually an important bit of news. Not so much that he is leaving NH early. He has written off NH for a while, Sanders has had NH in his pocket since polling started.
The fact that he is headed to SC is the tell - because the Nevada Caucus is 2/22. SC is not until 2/29. Biden had Nevada wrapped up with the unions, but I don't think that is the case anymore. There isn't polling in Nevada since first week of January, and Biden only had a 1 point lead then.
So, Biden's plan is to lose the first 3 contests, and SC will be his firewall. Let's be clear - if he doesn't win in SC he is done. Super Tuesday is only 3 days after so he may stay in the race but that could be pretty humiliating.
Bloomberg, by the way, has the plan to not even contest the first 4, hoping to pick up delegates on Super Tuesday coming in cold, riding a wave of cash money.
This is actually an important bit of news. Not so much that he is leaving NH early. He has written off NH for a while, Sanders has had NH in his pocket since polling started.
The fact that he is headed to SC is the tell - because the Nevada Caucus is 2/22. SC is not until 2/29. Biden had Nevada wrapped up with the unions, but I don't think that is the case anymore. There isn't polling in Nevada since first week of January, and Biden only had a 1 point lead then.
So, Biden's plan is to lose the first 3 contests, and SC will be his firewall. Let's be clear - if he doesn't win in SC he is done. Super Tuesday is only 3 days after so he may stay in the race but that could be pretty humiliating.
Bloomberg, by the way, has the plan to not even contest the first 4, hoping to pick up delegates on Super Tuesday coming in cold, riding a wave of cash money.
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (9VeU0)
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I don't understand why they don't use heroin for lethal injection.
Not like the cops don't have tons of the shit.
Not like the cops don't have tons of the shit.
Posted by: Roland THTG at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (88+cf)
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355
Hey, I like disco.
Beats the hell out of mumblecore.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (l4C/z
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So, The Last Days of Disco is just all kinds of confusing for you, then.
Hey, I like disco.
Beats the hell out of mumblecore.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (l4C/z
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So, The Last Days of Disco is just all kinds of confusing for you, then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (zZbCU)
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Well, if the SJW are going to deny treatment to fat
fucks among others whose lifestyle choices has caused medical harm to
their bodies, Narcan users need to get in line also.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:57 AM
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The VA already has the SJW stuff. No surgery of any kind except for immediate life threatening stuff if you smoke. Have to be smoke free for 6 months minimum.
And no joint replacements if your BMI is over a certain number. You have to get within their weight standards to get that knee/hip replaced.
fucks among others whose lifestyle choices has caused medical harm to
their bodies, Narcan users need to get in line also.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 11:57 AM
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The VA already has the SJW stuff. No surgery of any kind except for immediate life threatening stuff if you smoke. Have to be smoke free for 6 months minimum.
And no joint replacements if your BMI is over a certain number. You have to get within their weight standards to get that knee/hip replaced.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 11, 2020 12:02 PM (JUOKG)
360
My belief, supported by considerable evidence, is that drug use, deviant behavior, and to some degree mental illness are all worsened by the modern world. It is a lack of hope we see demonstrated in people's collective actions. Hopeful and joyful people in life simply navigate life better. It does not mean that times will always be happy, but the metaphor of Pandora's box is apt.
The summation of leftist world view was the proclamation of the NYT Headlines G_d is dead. However, materialism as a goal is in the end self defeating for people and no less than Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody.
Thus, some people serve drugs, deviancy, raw power, porn, wealth, revenge, celebrity status, etc. And some serve G_d. Which do you think are happier and more joyful?
Leave y'all with Rudyard Kipling's immortal poem, If...
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
The summation of leftist world view was the proclamation of the NYT Headlines G_d is dead. However, materialism as a goal is in the end self defeating for people and no less than Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody.
Thus, some people serve drugs, deviancy, raw power, porn, wealth, revenge, celebrity status, etc. And some serve G_d. Which do you think are happier and more joyful?
Leave y'all with Rudyard Kipling's immortal poem, If...
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
Posted by: whig at February 11, 2020 12:02 PM (EUDB2)
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330 Utah "Republicans" want to decriminalize polygamy.
What will Mitt's God tell him to do?
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
Two chicks at once?
What will Mitt's God tell him to do?
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
Two chicks at once?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (l4C/z)
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350 Jake Gibson @JakeBGibson
The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (BqBId)
Sounds like Barr woke up.
Look for Flynn charges to be dropped soon.
The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (BqBId)
Sounds like Barr woke up.
Look for Flynn charges to be dropped soon.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (NgKpN)
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Super Tuesday States
@MorningConsult
Poll (2/4-9): Sanders 27% Biden 20% Bloomberg 16% Warren 11% Buttigieg 10% Yang 5% Klobuchar 3% Steyer 3%
@MorningConsult
Poll (2/4-9): Sanders 27% Biden 20% Bloomberg 16% Warren 11% Buttigieg 10% Yang 5% Klobuchar 3% Steyer 3%
Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (ZNCb8)
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The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani
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Top. Men.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani
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Top. Men.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (Y4EXg)
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Postmodernism will be the political equivalent of disco, and a source of cringing and shame for decades to follow.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 11, 2020 11:58 AM (J+mig)
Postmodernism is doing its best to prevent there from being anyone left to feel that way about it.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 11, 2020 11:58 AM (J+mig)
Postmodernism is doing its best to prevent there from being anyone left to feel that way about it.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (KUaJL)
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>>> He said that with the software, the 737MAX would crash and
kill everyone on board once every 100 flights, but without it would
crash every time.
Posted by: Tom Servo
So, the software was necessary because of the redesign (iirc,
engines lower and moved forward). The redesign was so that they could
still certify the jet as a 737, thus eliminating the need to re-certify
pilots?
Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (c/ZUS)
The 737Max uses Leap engines -- more fuel efficient engines and much lighter. Weight savings come from using composite materials for the engine blades. But the engine needed to be bigger in diameter. Because of the increased girth, the engines wouldn't fit under the wing - so Boeing moved them forward and up a little. This did all kinds of bad things to aerodynamics, etc. So the engineers said "Let the software guys fix this."
#learntocode
>>> He said that with the software, the 737MAX would crash and
kill everyone on board once every 100 flights, but without it would
crash every time.
Posted by: Tom Servo
So, the software was necessary because of the redesign (iirc,
engines lower and moved forward). The redesign was so that they could
still certify the jet as a 737, thus eliminating the need to re-certify
pilots?
Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (c/ZUS)
The 737Max uses Leap engines -- more fuel efficient engines and much lighter. Weight savings come from using composite materials for the engine blades. But the engine needed to be bigger in diameter. Because of the increased girth, the engines wouldn't fit under the wing - so Boeing moved them forward and up a little. This did all kinds of bad things to aerodynamics, etc. So the engineers said "Let the software guys fix this."
#learntocode
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (N39Ws)
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363 Super Tuesday States
@MorningConsult
Poll (2/4-9): Sanders 27% Biden 20% Bloomberg 16% Warren 11% Buttigieg 10% Yang 5% Klobuchar 3% Steyer 3%
Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (ZNCb
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Sanders is gonna be the nominee.
It's going to be hilarious.
@MorningConsult
Poll (2/4-9): Sanders 27% Biden 20% Bloomberg 16% Warren 11% Buttigieg 10% Yang 5% Klobuchar 3% Steyer 3%
Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (ZNCb
=========
Sanders is gonna be the nominee.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
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The redesign was so that they could still certify the jet as a 737, thus eliminating the need to re-certify pilots?
Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (c/ZUS)
Not just pilots, but primarily so there would not need to be a substantial re-evaluation of the overall design and the assumptions used for certification. Essentially they didn't asses the new design as a 'changed product', they said it's just an iteration of one that was previously certified. In reality, it's about 8 or 9 iterations from the original 737 and a lot of the structures, systems and equipment are not very similar at all.
Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (c/ZUS)
Not just pilots, but primarily so there would not need to be a substantial re-evaluation of the overall design and the assumptions used for certification. Essentially they didn't asses the new design as a 'changed product', they said it's just an iteration of one that was previously certified. In reality, it's about 8 or 9 iterations from the original 737 and a lot of the structures, systems and equipment are not very similar at all.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (EK+jJ)
369
I've been saying this for years. Cops are being made
to be revenue collectors for the state
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During the Great Recession I was a rural Colorado prosecutor. We
would visit the small town police departments to understand their
problems. One small town had a Laffer curve tale of woe. As sales tax
revenue dropped, they raised traffic fines to make up the difference.
And then the damn citizens thwarted their best laid plans by obeying the
traffic laws! They had to reduce the fines in order to increase
revenue.
I might be wrong about this, but I sorta doubt our gubmint is supposed to be an industry (or run like one).
The shortest way to tyranny is to introduce the profit motive into it.
to be revenue collectors for the state
-
During the Great Recession I was a rural Colorado prosecutor. We
would visit the small town police departments to understand their
problems. One small town had a Laffer curve tale of woe. As sales tax
revenue dropped, they raised traffic fines to make up the difference.
And then the damn citizens thwarted their best laid plans by obeying the
traffic laws! They had to reduce the fines in order to increase
revenue.
I might be wrong about this, but I sorta doubt our gubmint is supposed to be an industry (or run like one).
The shortest way to tyranny is to introduce the profit motive into it.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (HaL55)
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358 355
Hey, I like disco.
Beats the hell out of mumblecore.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (l4C/z
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So, The Last Days of Disco is just all kinds of confusing for you, then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (zZbCU)
Well yes, but that's because it wasn't a very good movie. And because Kate Beckinsdale wasn't naked enough.
Hey, I like disco.
Beats the hell out of mumblecore.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (l4C/z
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So, The Last Days of Disco is just all kinds of confusing for you, then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (zZbCU)
Well yes, but that's because it wasn't a very good movie. And because Kate Beckinsdale wasn't naked enough.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (l4C/z)
371
Disco? I love disco...Stars on 45!!!
Posted by: IC at February 11, 2020 12:05 PM (a0IVu)
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I've been saying this for years. Cops are being made
to be revenue collectors for the state
-
During the Great Recession I was a rural Colorado prosecutor. We
would visit the small town police departments to understand their
problems. One small town had a Laffer curve tale of woe. As sales tax
revenue dropped, they raised traffic fines to make up the difference.
And then the damn citizens thwarted their best laid plans by obeying the
traffic laws! They had to reduce the fines in order to increase
revenue.
Also, apparently the thought of reducing overhead and operating costs never occurred to those people. Heaven forfend gubmint ever do without anything.
to be revenue collectors for the state
-
During the Great Recession I was a rural Colorado prosecutor. We
would visit the small town police departments to understand their
problems. One small town had a Laffer curve tale of woe. As sales tax
revenue dropped, they raised traffic fines to make up the difference.
And then the damn citizens thwarted their best laid plans by obeying the
traffic laws! They had to reduce the fines in order to increase
revenue.
Also, apparently the thought of reducing overhead and operating costs never occurred to those people. Heaven forfend gubmint ever do without anything.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at February 11, 2020 12:05 PM (HaL55)
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The 737Max uses Leap engines -- more fuel efficient
engines and much lighter. Weight savings come from using composite
materials for the engine blades. But the engine needed to be bigger in
diameter. Because of the increased girth, the engines wouldn't fit under
the wing - so Boeing moved them forward and up a little. This did all
kinds of bad things to aerodynamics, etc. So the engineers said "Let the
software guys fix this."
#learntocode
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (N39Ws)
Yes, and made what is arguably the most successful airframe ever, unflyable.
engines and much lighter. Weight savings come from using composite
materials for the engine blades. But the engine needed to be bigger in
diameter. Because of the increased girth, the engines wouldn't fit under
the wing - so Boeing moved them forward and up a little. This did all
kinds of bad things to aerodynamics, etc. So the engineers said "Let the
software guys fix this."
#learntocode
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (N39Ws)
Yes, and made what is arguably the most successful airframe ever, unflyable.
Posted by: Roland THTG at February 11, 2020 12:05 PM (88+cf)
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Look for Flynn charges to be dropped soon.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (NgKpN)
I'm guessing that Trump would pardon Flynn today--if not last year--if it were up to him. I'm sure he's being advised not to--until he's re-elected.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (NgKpN)
I'm guessing that Trump would pardon Flynn today--if not last year--if it were up to him. I'm sure he's being advised not to--until he's re-elected.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 12:05 PM (CqE5x)
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By the end of the day we will half of America believing that Trump said that and not Michaelitto Bloomberg.
Posted by: This is CNN at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (pw+jk)
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Now add in the cost of the ambulance ride, the cost of the ER visit.
How are those different for the junkie than for the cardiac patient?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020
*
*
One time, they're not different (I imagine). But the cardiac patient, with luck, only needs an ambulance ride once or twice in a lifetime. The addict can do it multiple times.
How are those different for the junkie than for the cardiac patient?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020
*
*
One time, they're not different (I imagine). But the cardiac patient, with luck, only needs an ambulance ride once or twice in a lifetime. The addict can do it multiple times.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (Ejm1K)
377
No offense but comparing overeating to drug abuse is intellectually dishonest.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (OVJcF)
378
Sanders is gonna be the nominee.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
He's going to have a delegate lead going into the Convention.
Haha
Then what? Hmmm
Sanders is gonna be the nominee.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
He's going to have a delegate lead going into the Convention.
Haha
Then what? Hmmm
Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (ZNCb8)
379
Interesting how things become storylines...
Biden's "collapse" puts him more or less even with Two Dogs F*cking and Two Dudes F*cking.
Biden's "collapse" puts him more or less even with Two Dogs F*cking and Two Dudes F*cking.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (FOGOI)
380
During the WWII Japanese occupation of China, two Japanese officers had a contest to see who would be the first to take 100 heads. Updates of the "score" as it were, were published in the newspapers like a sporting event.
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In his book Flyboys, James Bradley creates moral equivalence to that episode by noting our Sand Creek Massacre but failed to note that while the Japanese media celebrated that contest, the more unfortunate details of Sand Creek were covered up until a Congressional investigation revealed them.
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In his book Flyboys, James Bradley creates moral equivalence to that episode by noting our Sand Creek Massacre but failed to note that while the Japanese media celebrated that contest, the more unfortunate details of Sand Creek were covered up until a Congressional investigation revealed them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (+y/Ru)
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359; Do they make people give up skiing or other joint t damaging sports in order to get surgery? Most of the people I know who had knee replacements were skiers and weekend soccer stars.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (ONvIw)
382
So, the software was necessary because of the redesign (iirc, engines lower and moved forward). The redesign was so that they could still certify the jet as a 737, thus eliminating the need to re-certify pilots?
Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (c/ZUS)
That's how I understood the explanation. And the real scandal is how the FAA allowed Boeing to "self-certify" what has turned out to be a clearly faulty design. I
Posted by: 6to4to3 at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (c/ZUS)
That's how I understood the explanation. And the real scandal is how the FAA allowed Boeing to "self-certify" what has turned out to be a clearly faulty design. I
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (Kpl3J)
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The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and
grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify
its position on sentencing later today
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani
---
Top. Men.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM
---
According to Fox the "top brass" were shocked when they heard about the recommended sentence.
Someone must have gotten a call from AG Barr.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and
grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify
its position on sentencing later today
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani
---
Top. Men.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM
---
According to Fox the "top brass" were shocked when they heard about the recommended sentence.
Someone must have gotten a call from AG Barr.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 11, 2020 12:07 PM (JUOKG)
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367 363 Super Tuesday States
@MorningConsult
Poll (2/4-9): Sanders 27% Biden 20% Bloomberg 16% Warren 11% Buttigieg 10% Yang 5% Klobuchar 3% Steyer 3%
Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (ZNCb
=========
Sanders is gonna be the nominee.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
Wild-ass bet: Bloomy gets enough delegates to get to the convention, nobody wins the first vote, then the superdelegates shivv Bernie. Bernie Bros riot, hilarity ensues. Bloomy loses because he's a sawed-off little tyrant who probably narced on his schoolmates.
@MorningConsult
Poll (2/4-9): Sanders 27% Biden 20% Bloomberg 16% Warren 11% Buttigieg 10% Yang 5% Klobuchar 3% Steyer 3%
Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (ZNCb
=========
Sanders is gonna be the nominee.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
Wild-ass bet: Bloomy gets enough delegates to get to the convention, nobody wins the first vote, then the superdelegates shivv Bernie. Bernie Bros riot, hilarity ensues. Bloomy loses because he's a sawed-off little tyrant who probably narced on his schoolmates.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 12:07 PM (RD7QR)
385
During the Great Recession I was a rural Colorado prosecutor. We would visit the small town police departments to understand their problems. One small town had a Laffer curve tale of woe. As sales tax revenue dropped, they raised traffic fines to make up the difference. And then the damn citizens thwarted their best laid plans by obeying the traffic laws! They had to reduce the fines in order to increase revenue.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:00 PM (+y/Ru)
What part of Colorado?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:00 PM (+y/Ru)
What part of Colorado?
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 11, 2020 12:07 PM (wCmLp)
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@NBCNews 6 minutes ago
Philippines notifies the United States it will end a major security pact allowing American forces to train in the country.
"America is very rude. They are so rude," President Duterte said.
Guess you won't be wanting our rude foreign aid money either, huh?
Philippines notifies the United States it will end a major security pact allowing American forces to train in the country.
"America is very rude. They are so rude," President Duterte said.
Guess you won't be wanting our rude foreign aid money either, huh?
Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (cF8AT)
387
361 330 Utah "Republicans" want to decriminalize polygamy.
What will Mitt's God tell him to do?
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
Two chicks at once?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (l4C/z)
F*ckin' A.
What will Mitt's God tell him to do?
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
Two chicks at once?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (l4C/z)
F*ckin' A.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (FOGOI)
388
378 He's going to have a delegate lead going into the Convention.
Haha
Then what? Hmmm
Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (ZNCb
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The Establishment will flail wildly but ineffectively.
Haha
Then what? Hmmm
Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (ZNCb
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The Establishment will flail wildly but ineffectively.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (zZbCU)
389
Sanders is gonna be the nominee.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
Dems are already trying to say he is not a REAL Socialist.
And of course not a Communist.
Even though he Self Identifies as a Socialist.
And due to the new definitions, isn't that what is important? How you self identify?
Sanders is gonna be the nominee.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
Dems are already trying to say he is not a REAL Socialist.
And of course not a Communist.
Even though he Self Identifies as a Socialist.
And due to the new definitions, isn't that what is important? How you self identify?
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (NgKpN)
390
Hey, I like disco.
Beats the hell out of mumblecore.
The disco formula of P-Bass + Strat + live drummer > hitting random buttons in Ableton. I do like a lot of EDM, but disco had feel.
Beats the hell out of mumblecore.
The disco formula of P-Bass + Strat + live drummer > hitting random buttons in Ableton. I do like a lot of EDM, but disco had feel.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (ZGrMX)
391
I hated disco until I heard rap.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: SMOD at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (3aI0K)
393
Pity we couldn't build airplanes that flew before we discovered computers.
It always comforts me to know that a couple of lines of code could mean the plane would have lowered the gear 15 feet after it cut a furrow in the runway if it had stayed in one piece.
It always comforts me to know that a couple of lines of code could mean the plane would have lowered the gear 15 feet after it cut a furrow in the runway if it had stayed in one piece.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (e284m)
394
Duterte is a freakin' lunatic. Let him hang his sign out with Winnie the Flu and see how things go for him.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2020 12:09 PM (FOGOI)
395
The heavily-electronic Eurodisco from the likes of Giorgio Moroder, Cerrone, Donna Summer and the like holds up well and is historically important as early electronica.
Here's the band Space rockin' that genre with "Magic Fly":
https://preview.tinyurl.com/rcc6aml
Here's the band Space rockin' that genre with "Magic Fly":
https://preview.tinyurl.com/rcc6aml
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 11, 2020 12:09 PM (XN+hF)
396
384 Wild-ass bet: Bloomy gets enough delegates to get to the convention, nobody wins the first vote, then the superdelegates shivv Bernie. Bernie Bros riot, hilarity ensues. Bloomy loses because he's a sawed-off little tyrant who probably narced on his schoolmates.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 12:07 PM (RD7QR)
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I love for no one to walk in with a majority, cause we all know how it would play out.
I just don't think that's happening. I really wish it would, though.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 12:07 PM (RD7QR)
============
I love for no one to walk in with a majority, cause we all know how it would play out.
I just don't think that's happening. I really wish it would, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:09 PM (zZbCU)
397
Sanders is gonna be the nominee.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by:TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Killat February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
He won't be the nominee and , yeah it will be a laugh riot at the convention.
Minus the laugh.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by:TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Killat February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
He won't be the nominee and , yeah it will be a laugh riot at the convention.
Minus the laugh.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 12:09 PM (CqE5x)
398
362 350 Jake Gibson @JakeBGibson
The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (BqBId)
Sounds like Barr woke up.
Look for Flynn charges to be dropped soon.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (NgKpN)
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Barr: "Christ, Trump was right. There is a deep state."
The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
"The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at February 11, 2020 11:59 AM (BqBId)
Sounds like Barr woke up.
Look for Flynn charges to be dropped soon.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (NgKpN)
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Barr: "Christ, Trump was right. There is a deep state."
Posted by: WisRich at February 11, 2020 12:09 PM (G0vdT)
399
386. Enjoy your Chinese masters there Duterte
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 11, 2020 12:09 PM (JRaU+)
400
nood ewok
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 11, 2020 12:09 PM (G546f)
401
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (+y/Ru)
Presentism is an affliction mostly found on the Left.
Presentism is an affliction mostly found on the Left.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2020 12:09 PM (OVJcF)
402
25
The video of Bloomberg talking about minorities and how they commit all the crimes is probably a death knell for his campaign
https://tinyurl.com/tq43v3e
I can't even imagine if Trump had said something like this, he would be compared to David Duke.
But considering the Establishment Democrats are looking to Bloomberg as a savior, it will be white washed.
Posted by: Blago at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (sjTfF)
----But Kirk Douglas said on his death bed that he was riding the Bloomberg train to the end. According to Michael (speaking at a Bloomberg rally).
The video of Bloomberg talking about minorities and how they commit all the crimes is probably a death knell for his campaign
https://tinyurl.com/tq43v3e
I can't even imagine if Trump had said something like this, he would be compared to David Duke.
But considering the Establishment Democrats are looking to Bloomberg as a savior, it will be white washed.
Posted by: Blago at February 11, 2020 11:07 AM (sjTfF)
----But Kirk Douglas said on his death bed that he was riding the Bloomberg train to the end. According to Michael (speaking at a Bloomberg rally).
Posted by: Groundhog at February 11, 2020 12:09 PM (VYwSh)
403
That's how I understood the explanation. And the real scandal is how the FAA allowed Boeing to "self-certify" what has turned out to be a clearly faulty design.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (Kpl3J)
Funny how the FBI can investigate it's own corruption, how the FAA can let boeing self-certify it's planes, but I can't self-inspect my car.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (Kpl3J)
Funny how the FBI can investigate it's own corruption, how the FAA can let boeing self-certify it's planes, but I can't self-inspect my car.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 11, 2020 12:10 PM (KUaJL)
404
I hated disco until I heard rap.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (+y/Ru)
This was me too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (+y/Ru)
This was me too.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 12:10 PM (CqE5x)
405
377: I'm not arguing. One cannot just quit eating. You can go forever without alcohol or drugs. You can cold Turkey desserts, pasta and plenty of other binge foods.
Posted by: CN at February 11, 2020 12:10 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:10 PM (+y/Ru)
407
Coronavirus will fix the CA homeless problem...did you see the street pics of China and Hong Kong? Millions of people and it was completely void of life.
Everyone gets swept into hastily built plague hospitals. Problem solved! Either Styx or Tim Pool noted that the popup coronavirus hospitals in China look like prisons.
Everyone gets swept into hastily built plague hospitals. Problem solved! Either Styx or Tim Pool noted that the popup coronavirus hospitals in China look like prisons.
Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2020 12:10 PM (hvf9s)
408
>>>and no less than Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody. ...
Posted by: whig at February 11, 2020 12:02 PM (EUDB2)
Or as Doc Holliday said:
"A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it. "
It is human nature to worship something and when that worship is nihilism decadence and drugs soon follow.
Posted by: whig at February 11, 2020 12:02 PM (EUDB2)
Or as Doc Holliday said:
"A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it. "
It is human nature to worship something and when that worship is nihilism decadence and drugs soon follow.
Posted by: Braenyard at February 11, 2020 12:11 PM (W54U5)
409
what is arguably the most successful airframe ever,
Posted by: Roland THTG at February 11, 2020 12:05 PM
Ahem.
Posted by: Roland THTG at February 11, 2020 12:05 PM
Ahem.
Posted by: Douglas DC-3 at February 11, 2020 12:11 PM (yu4yz)
410
Take an extra helping from the church pot luck before everyone has been served, and they put a cap in yo' ass.
Posted by: Roy
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It is for this reason that no one takes the last deviled egg.
Posted by: Roy
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It is for this reason that no one takes the last deviled egg.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2020 12:11 PM (xSo9G)
411
Utah "Republicans" want to decriminalize polygamy.
What will Mitt's God tell him to do?
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
Two chicks at once?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (l4C/z)
F*ckin' A.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Take 3 or 4 wives. When they all divorce your ass, you're on the hook for 3 or 4 alimonies and child support. You either pay up of go to prison.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
What will Mitt's God tell him to do?
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
Two chicks at once?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 11, 2020 12:03 PM (l4C/z)
F*ckin' A.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Take 3 or 4 wives. When they all divorce your ass, you're on the hook for 3 or 4 alimonies and child support. You either pay up of go to prison.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2020 12:11 PM (O7kBk)
412
"Here's the thing; drugs are bad for a significant chunk of society."
Here's the thing; alcohol (also a drug) is bad for a significant junk of society as well. In fact, I'll stack the addictiveness, dangerous and self-destructive behavior of alcohol against the illegal stuff and judge alcohol to be as bad if not much worse than most of it. But we already tried Prohibition and found that the "cure" was worse than the disease. The War Against Drugs is also MUCH worse than the disease.
But The Right wants to punch "STOOPID DOPE SMOKING HIPPIES" while holding a beer so here we are.
Here's the thing; alcohol (also a drug) is bad for a significant junk of society as well. In fact, I'll stack the addictiveness, dangerous and self-destructive behavior of alcohol against the illegal stuff and judge alcohol to be as bad if not much worse than most of it. But we already tried Prohibition and found that the "cure" was worse than the disease. The War Against Drugs is also MUCH worse than the disease.
But The Right wants to punch "STOOPID DOPE SMOKING HIPPIES" while holding a beer so here we are.
Posted by: I Have Questions at February 11, 2020 12:12 PM (BvNzB)
413
"Historically it was the French who started the whole Scalping thing.
Its was the proof they wanted to pay for bounties."
It was a Thing long before Europeans came to the Americas.
Its was the proof they wanted to pay for bounties."
It was a Thing long before Europeans came to the Americas.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 11, 2020 12:12 PM (wy1f7)
414
404 I hated disco until I heard rap.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (+y/Ru)
This was me too.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 12:10 PM (CqE5x)
Early rap was great. Even mellifluous. Then: gangsta rap. Yeah. No.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:08 PM (+y/Ru)
This was me too.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 11, 2020 12:10 PM (CqE5x)
Early rap was great. Even mellifluous. Then: gangsta rap. Yeah. No.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 12:13 PM (RD7QR)
415
In his book Flyboys, James Bradley creates moral equivalence to that episode by noting our Sand Creek Massacre but failed to note that while the Japanese media celebrated that contest, the more unfortunate details of Sand Creek were covered up until a Congressional investigation revealed them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (+y/Ru)
Bradley can suck the peanuts out of my stinky turds.
There is NO equivalence between the few, and decidedly uncommon US atrocities that were committed almost exclusively by unsupervised or traumatized troops, and the systematic, pervasive Jap atrocities committed UNDER SPECIFIC ORDERS AS A MATTER OF NATIONAL POLICY.
The Rape of Nanking alone is far and away worse than every atrocity committed by US troops COMBINED. The Japs did stuff there that would have made the most brutal Auschwitz guard puke in disgust.
In his book Flyboys, James Bradley creates moral equivalence to that episode by noting our Sand Creek Massacre but failed to note that while the Japanese media celebrated that contest, the more unfortunate details of Sand Creek were covered up until a Congressional investigation revealed them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (+y/Ru)
Bradley can suck the peanuts out of my stinky turds.
There is NO equivalence between the few, and decidedly uncommon US atrocities that were committed almost exclusively by unsupervised or traumatized troops, and the systematic, pervasive Jap atrocities committed UNDER SPECIFIC ORDERS AS A MATTER OF NATIONAL POLICY.
The Rape of Nanking alone is far and away worse than every atrocity committed by US troops COMBINED. The Japs did stuff there that would have made the most brutal Auschwitz guard puke in disgust.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 11, 2020 12:13 PM (kw0bd)
416
He's going to have a delegate lead going into the Convention.
Haha
Then what? Hmmm
Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (ZNCb
Under the 'new' Dem rules, first ballot is based on the Delegates.
After that, the 'Super Delegates' get to vote.
3979 'pledged delegates' 771 Supers.
But it seems that delegates are only 'Pledged' for the First vote.
Haha
Then what? Hmmm
Posted by: Ha at February 11, 2020 12:06 PM (ZNCb
Under the 'new' Dem rules, first ballot is based on the Delegates.
After that, the 'Super Delegates' get to vote.
3979 'pledged delegates' 771 Supers.
But it seems that delegates are only 'Pledged' for the First vote.
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 12:13 PM (NgKpN)
417
345, Cato,
It might or might not. We can only fight the battles of today and while there are bad signs, there are hopeful signs too. I grew up in the shadow of the Cold War and lived near a B52 SAC base and there were some missile silos around as well. Books and movies like On the Beach, the Day After, Alas Babylon, and a Canticle for Leibowitz, were popular doom porn. So far, no nuclear apocalypse has happened which is a very good thing.
Ehrlich--ecology doom porn and the econ doom porn folks have also been incorrect so far. We did not glow in the dark after 3 Mile Island, Chernobyl appears to be a wildlife preserve despite the high radioactivity, and we recently discovered a fungus that likes to flourish in radioactive areas by somehow converting the energy into reproduction.
I am not a big fan of Toynbee though and historical cycles--as sometimes things do get worse such as the Roman Empire falling. It seemed that for each emperor that restored a bit of stability would promptly be succeeded by two or more idiots that undid the fixes until Rome was no more.
I think we have more of a crisis in human spirit right now and that can have disastrous consequences. That is why the Cobs and their threads on things like gardening, movies, art, literature, etc. are so important. These feed the human spirit rather than depress and degrade us.
It might or might not. We can only fight the battles of today and while there are bad signs, there are hopeful signs too. I grew up in the shadow of the Cold War and lived near a B52 SAC base and there were some missile silos around as well. Books and movies like On the Beach, the Day After, Alas Babylon, and a Canticle for Leibowitz, were popular doom porn. So far, no nuclear apocalypse has happened which is a very good thing.
Ehrlich--ecology doom porn and the econ doom porn folks have also been incorrect so far. We did not glow in the dark after 3 Mile Island, Chernobyl appears to be a wildlife preserve despite the high radioactivity, and we recently discovered a fungus that likes to flourish in radioactive areas by somehow converting the energy into reproduction.
I am not a big fan of Toynbee though and historical cycles--as sometimes things do get worse such as the Roman Empire falling. It seemed that for each emperor that restored a bit of stability would promptly be succeeded by two or more idiots that undid the fixes until Rome was no more.
I think we have more of a crisis in human spirit right now and that can have disastrous consequences. That is why the Cobs and their threads on things like gardening, movies, art, literature, etc. are so important. These feed the human spirit rather than depress and degrade us.
Posted by: whig at February 11, 2020 12:13 PM (EUDB2)
418
>>> 403 how the FAA can let boeing self-certify it's planes, but I can't self-inspect my car.
All sufficiently large commercial aerospace companies have an ODA. There's no getting away from that.
All sufficiently large commercial aerospace companies have an ODA. There's no getting away from that.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 11, 2020 12:14 PM (vf7zg)
419
384 Wild-ass bet: Bloomy gets enough delegates to get to the convention, nobody wins the first vote, then the superdelegates shivv Bernie. Bernie Bros riot, hilarity ensues. Bloomy loses because he's a sawed-off little tyrant who probably narced on his schoolmates.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 12:07 PM (RD7QR)
From your lips to...
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 11, 2020 12:07 PM (RD7QR)
From your lips to...
Posted by: Allie at February 11, 2020 12:14 PM (UnA8+)
420
408, Braenyard, damn straight. A hole in your spirit is a heck of a lot harder to fill than a physical hole.
Posted by: whig at February 11, 2020 12:14 PM (EUDB2)
421
Ace up
Posted by: Vic at February 11, 2020 12:15 PM (mpXpK)
422
412 But The Right wants to punch "STOOPID DOPE SMOKING HIPPIES" while holding a beer so here we are.
Posted by: I Have Questions at February 11, 2020 12:12 PM (BvNzB)
Maybe, just maybe, they haven't been told that they're going to hell enough?
/sarc
Posted by: I Have Questions at February 11, 2020 12:12 PM (BvNzB)
Maybe, just maybe, they haven't been told that they're going to hell enough?
/sarc
Posted by: Allie at February 11, 2020 12:15 PM (UnA8+)
423
The next person that says it's all Reagan's fault, tell them the NYT disagrees. So sick of hearing this. And what have Dems done about it in the ensuing 60 years?
https://tinyurl.com/y3wa8b8h
And CBD they already have our tax money, so they can spend it on rehab, like they used to. Jail or rehab, take your pick. And then half the addicts will go home to their own cities.
All we need to do is return to the laws and regulations of 30 years ago. Freedom to do evil is not freedom!
https://tinyurl.com/y3wa8b8h
And CBD they already have our tax money, so they can spend it on rehab, like they used to. Jail or rehab, take your pick. And then half the addicts will go home to their own cities.
All we need to do is return to the laws and regulations of 30 years ago. Freedom to do evil is not freedom!
Posted by: PJ at February 11, 2020 12:16 PM (qlTN9)
424
"America is very rude. They are so rude," President Duterte said.
Guess you won't be wanting our rude foreign aid money either, huh?
--
Or...he's angling for more sweet, sweet American foreign aid.
Guess you won't be wanting our rude foreign aid money either, huh?
--
Or...he's angling for more sweet, sweet American foreign aid.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 11, 2020 12:16 PM (JoUsr)
425
- "That's how I understood the explanation. And the real scandal is how
the FAA allowed Boeing to "self-certify" what has turned out to be a
clearly faulty design."
All manufacture basically self certify, they're the ones that have all the aerodynamic engineers, not the FAA.
the FAA allowed Boeing to "self-certify" what has turned out to be a
clearly faulty design."
All manufacture basically self certify, they're the ones that have all the aerodynamic engineers, not the FAA.
Posted by: lowandslow at February 11, 2020 12:17 PM (4thlk)
426
If Biden hangs through Super Tuesday then the delegate split may get tough for Bernie. I see some delegates for Sanders, Biden, Warren, Buttigieg, Bloomberg, and Klobuchar.
I think the play for Operation Chaos is pretty much anyone but Bernie or Biden.
I think the play for Operation Chaos is pretty much anyone but Bernie or Biden.
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2020 12:22 PM (9VeU0)
427
So, The Last Days of Disco is just all kinds of confusing for you, then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (zZbCU)
I used to be a big Whit Stillman fan and loved his movie Metropolitan. Then I discovered his Twitter page. Just unhinged anti Trump crap.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:01 PM (zZbCU)
I used to be a big Whit Stillman fan and loved his movie Metropolitan. Then I discovered his Twitter page. Just unhinged anti Trump crap.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 11, 2020 12:24 PM (kw5n8)
428
>>> Utah "Republicans" want to decriminalize polygamy.
What will Mitt's God tell him to do?
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
I saw this reported on the SLC news last night. Supposedly they are trying to decriminalize it so that abuse victims, especially abused wives in polygamous marriages, will feel safe coming forward to report it. Won't worry about jail time. Sounds a lot like the reasoning behind decriminalizing drugs tbh.
The many Utah pioneers arrested by the Federal government for polygamy are spinning in their graves.
What will Mitt's God tell him to do?
Posted by: Tulsi Grabbag at February 11, 2020 11:56 AM (XN+hF)
I saw this reported on the SLC news last night. Supposedly they are trying to decriminalize it so that abuse victims, especially abused wives in polygamous marriages, will feel safe coming forward to report it. Won't worry about jail time. Sounds a lot like the reasoning behind decriminalizing drugs tbh.
The many Utah pioneers arrested by the Federal government for polygamy are spinning in their graves.
Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2020 12:25 PM (hvf9s)
429
> But the cardiac patient, with luck, only needs an ambulance ride once or twice in a lifetime.
That has not been my experience with numerous elderly relatives. Most of them had multiple ambulance rides in the last years of their lives.
That has not been my experience with numerous elderly relatives. Most of them had multiple ambulance rides in the last years of their lives.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 12:25 PM (Ewo9R)
430
Ah, everyone fled to the Roger Stone thread. Nood!
Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2020 12:26 PM (hvf9s)
431
> But The Right wants to punch "STOOPID DOPE SMOKING HIPPIES" while holding a beer so here we are.
And stuffing down a Double Whopper with cheese and extra bacon.
Not getting judgy here, by the way, except for being judgy about the hypocrisy. I like my burgers and beers as much as anyone else.
And stuffing down a Double Whopper with cheese and extra bacon.
Not getting judgy here, by the way, except for being judgy about the hypocrisy. I like my burgers and beers as much as anyone else.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 11, 2020 12:27 PM (Ewo9R)
432
Here's the thing; alcohol (also a drug) is bad for a significant junk of society as well.
The big difference is that alcohol has developed a code of behavior and action over the years. There's actually rules for when and how you drink, systems in place. The people who don't follow those get into serious trouble, but for the most part it controls and limits the damage alcohol can do.
Drugs... nothing like it. And some of them are so incredibly destructive that they are far, far worse than alcohol like heroin or LSD, PCP, and so on.
The thing that people don't seem to understand is that if we find out that it was a mistake to legalize drugs there's no going back.
The big difference is that alcohol has developed a code of behavior and action over the years. There's actually rules for when and how you drink, systems in place. The people who don't follow those get into serious trouble, but for the most part it controls and limits the damage alcohol can do.
Drugs... nothing like it. And some of them are so incredibly destructive that they are far, far worse than alcohol like heroin or LSD, PCP, and so on.
The thing that people don't seem to understand is that if we find out that it was a mistake to legalize drugs there's no going back.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2020 12:29 PM (KZzsI)
433
But hey if you want legal drugs, Buttgag is your man
https://freebeacon.com/politics/buttigieg-heroin-possession-wont-be-illegal/
https://freebeacon.com/politics/buttigieg-heroin-possession-wont-be-illegal/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2020 12:30 PM (KZzsI)
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233 Before this can happen, we need to fix a couple of systemic things with law enforcement itself.
1. All fines from illegal activity should go to the general fund, NOT some of them to the Police themselves. Law Enforcement should not generate revenue for the Police or Courts themselves. (we see this here in Calif where Illegals, who have no money get a pass, homeless get a pass, but the middle class gets ticketed constantly).
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (NgKpN)
Agreed, but it seems to me that, still, the middle class would get ticketed constantly, for the bucks, while illegals and the homeless would not.
1. All fines from illegal activity should go to the general fund, NOT some of them to the Police themselves. Law Enforcement should not generate revenue for the Police or Courts themselves. (we see this here in Calif where Illegals, who have no money get a pass, homeless get a pass, but the middle class gets ticketed constantly).
Posted by: Don Q, USN Ret. at February 11, 2020 11:37 AM (NgKpN)
Agreed, but it seems to me that, still, the middle class would get ticketed constantly, for the bucks, while illegals and the homeless would not.
Posted by: m at February 11, 2020 12:33 PM (KXX3K)
435
Sanders is gonna be the nominee.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
The moderates have completely abandoned the Democratic Party - that's what this means. They either became Trump supporters or they are just staying away.
It's going to be hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 12:04 PM (zZbCU)
The moderates have completely abandoned the Democratic Party - that's what this means. They either became Trump supporters or they are just staying away.
Posted by: Boswell at February 11, 2020 12:38 PM (32YRo)
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"We don't want English rule! We want German rule!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:45 AM (zZbCU)
Headlines from 1939
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 11, 2020 11:45 AM (zZbCU)
Headlines from 1939
Posted by: Vanya at February 11, 2020 12:39 PM (U7voe)
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the Boomers really need to stop being such doormats.
CEO of Boeing -- the new, young pusher -- is 62 years of age.
What the fuck kind of millennials are you after?
Talk is sure-as-shit cheap around here.
You should fart as you say it, like Swalwell. Adds emphasis.Until you shit yourself, which by all accounts you do pretty regularly.
CEO of Boeing -- the new, young pusher -- is 62 years of age.
What the fuck kind of millennials are you after?
Talk is sure-as-shit cheap around here.
You should fart as you say it, like Swalwell. Adds emphasis.Until you shit yourself, which by all accounts you do pretty regularly.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 11, 2020 12:48 PM (oRpiG)
Posted by: socalcon at February 11, 2020 01:24 PM (Roy2Z)
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i think the corona virus might solve the homeless problem
Posted by: fireman1 at February 11, 2020 01:26 PM (nAGcF)
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Yeah, sorry, there are NOT a significant number of "libertarians" arguing that "some drugs" or even "many drugs" are benign, etc.
They DO, however, argue that pot is - at a minimum - less harmful than both nicotine and alcohol, and actually quite harmless in the grand scheme of things.
Bash that strawman all you want, but you're doing EXACTLY what Democrats and elitist assholes do - condescending to a very large MAJORITY of the population.
They DO, however, argue that pot is - at a minimum - less harmful than both nicotine and alcohol, and actually quite harmless in the grand scheme of things.
Bash that strawman all you want, but you're doing EXACTLY what Democrats and elitist assholes do - condescending to a very large MAJORITY of the population.
Posted by: deadrody at February 11, 2020 01:43 PM (V9901)
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