Support
Contact
Ace:
aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
CBD:
cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com
Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com
aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
CBD:
cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com
Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com
Target CEO: Our Stores Are Plagued by "Violent" Incidents; We're On Track to Lose $1.2 Billion This Year Due to "Widespread" Shoplifting
Couldn't be happening to a nicer transgenderism-for-children promoting Woke corporation.
I wonder if all of these corporate c***s***ers are still proud that they virtue-signaled their support of St. George Floyd and donated to Black Lives MatterWeird, I don't remember this rampant thieving starting with Biden's hyperinflation. I have a pretty strong memory of it starting after states decriminalized theft, and Soros DA's stopped prosecuting thieves. The huge spike in murders began at the same time as the beatifiying riots for St. George Floyd -- nearly to the day.
Target (TGT) has become a target for major thefts, and it's taking a huge chunk out of profits. The retailer estimated in its earnings release Wednesday that inventory shrinkage -- mostly the theft of merchandise -- would clip profits by a whopping $500 million this year. Factoring in an about $700 million profit hit from inventory shrinkage in 2022, Target is on pace to see $1.2 billion in profits go up in smoke, due primarily to organized retail crime. Target Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell says the problem is getting worse, is nationwide, and across various merchandise departments. "The unfortunate fact is violent incidents are increasing at our stores and across the entire retail industry. And when products are stolen, simply put they are no longer available for guests who depend on them," Cornell said on a call with reporters. "Left unchecked, organized retail crime degrades the communities we call home. As we work to address this problem, the safety of our guests and our team members will always be our primary concern. Beyond safety concerns, worsening shrink rates are putting significant pressure on our financial results," he said. The problem of organized retail crime has only grown worse in recent years, as thieves look to secure goods and sell them cheaper to consumers in an age of elevated inflation.
A couple of weeks ago, John Sexton wrote about a San Francisco Target getting hit by thieves ten times per day. And we're not talking about shoplifters. We're talking about people who bring laundry sacks and wheeled luggage into the stores to just fill them to the brim before brazenly walking out.
Goods stolen from stores, which contributes to inventory shrinkage, led to $94.5 billion in losses in 2021, up from $90.8 billion in 2020, according to a late-2022 study by the National Retail Federation (NRF). About 32.8% of companies surveyed called out organized retail crime as becoming "much more" of a concern in the last five years. ... The contentious situation has caused big retailers to vacate certain high-crime cities such as San Francisco in 2023. Nordstrom (JWN) recently followed Whole Foods in exiting a key location in San Francisco, citing concerns over worker safety. ... Target declined to say whether it would close stores in high crime cities. Cornell said he doesn't want to close locations, given their importance to the community. As Target decides whether to vacate these hotbeds of crime, it said would look to improve worker training and add more "asset protection" employees to the locations. The company -- similar to other big-box chains -- has also resorted to locking up items like mouthwash to reduce theft. "So it is widespread, and I can tell you, as I talk to my retail peers, is that it's a common theme across all of retail. It'll vary by market, individual store, but the trends have been very persistent. And year on year we continue to see increases [in theft]," Cornell said.
This is what a Doom Loop looks like:
Last week I wrote about conditions that forced Whole Foods to close its flagship store in San Francisco. Contrary to some published claims that the closure was the result of poor sales, a NY Times review found there had been 568 calls to 911 in just 13 months. Employees had been threatened with guns and knives and theft was constant. Today the SF Standard has a story about a Target store located in a mall near Union Square. Just like the Whole Foods, this store is being robbed blind and not just once or twice a day.So if you're wondering why so many retail stores keep announcing closures in the city, this is why. Recent closures include an Anthropologie store, an Office Depot, two Nordstrom stores and a Saks Off 5th outlet. Yesterday, two more stores in the same area as the Target described above announced they were closing.
"I'd say 10 thefts a day," said one worker at the Target inside the Metreon, a mall near San Francisco's Union Square. The worker spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not have permission from a supervisor to talk to the press. "Every 10 minutes you see it," another worker said who also did not wish to be named. "Look in some corner of the store and you'll see people shoveling stuff into a bag, food, cosmetics."... A third worker who also spoke on the condition they not be named said lipstick and nail polish, which are not locked behind plastic, are regularly stolen in handfuls.
John Sexton pointed out this article last week, about the "Urban Doom Loop" in San Francisco. The writer wasn't trying to join the pile-on dying blue cities. She intended to rebut claims that they were dying. But after looking at the evidence and considering her own experiences -- she decided she couldn't deny that blue cities are in the advanced stages of a "doom loop" -- a vicious circle in which crime drives out businesses and restaurants, thereby causing the high-income earners who live in cities for their high-end shops and restaurants to flee. This leads to more businesses and restaurants closing -- due to reduced clientele -- and then more well-to-do people leaving the cities. Etc.
The San Francisco Chronicle revealed yesterday that nearly a third of the city's commercial office space is currently vacant.
Downtown San Francisco is experiencing its worst office vacancy crisis on record, with 31% of space available for lease or sublease. In the heart of the city, an astounding 18.4 million square feet of real estate is available -- enough space to house 92,000 employees and the equivalent of 13 Salesforce Towers... The surge in empty offices means plenty of options for tenants, a major change compared to early 2020, when the vacancy rate was around 4%...
The Urban Doom Loop is real, and it's spectacular.
Good point.
A week earlier, the San Francisco Chronicle ran an article: "Cities Are Struggling. San Francisco Could Be in the Biggest 'Doom Loop' of All." The phrase "doom loop" was recently repopularized by Arpit Gupta, a finance professor at NYU, in a paper he wrote last year with two Columbia B-school professors called "Work From Home and the Office Real Estate Apocalypse," about the consequences for American downtowns of workers remaining remote. The doom-loopy vision laid out for downtown SF was not pretty: Workers don't return, offices remain empty, restaurants shutter, transit agencies go bankrupt, tax bases plummet, public services disappear. According to research from the University of Toronto, cell-phone activity in downtown SF is 32 percent of pre-pandemic levels. That number is 75 percent in New York. ... A note to my fellow San Franciscians: I'm sorry. I know. There's always some story in the east-coast press about how our city is dying. San Franciscians hate--HATE--these pieces. You're a stooge and a traitor for writing one. When I set out reporting, I wanted to write a debunking-the-doom piece myself. Yet to live in San Francisco right now, to watch its streets, is to realize that no one will catch you if you fall. In the first three months of 2023, 200 San Franciscans OD'ed, up 41 percent from last year."It's like a wasteland," the guard said when I asked how San Francisco looked to him. "It's like the only way to describe it. It's like a video game -- like made-up shit. Have you ever played Fallout?" I shook my head. "There's this thing in the game called feral ghouls, and they're like rotted. They're like zombies." There's only so much pain a person can take before you disintegrate, grow paranoid, or turn numb. "I go home and play with my wife, and we're like, 'Ah, hahahaha, this is SF.'" The next day, I drove over to talk to Michael Lezak, a rabbi who works at Glide, a church and social-justice organization in the heart of the Tenderloin, a block from the Nextdoor office. When I arrived, Glide was running a harm-reduction clinic in front of the sanctuary, connecting people to same-day Suboxone prescriptions. Lezak said, as rabbis often do, "I'm going to tell you a story." Before Glide, he led a congregation in wealthy suburban Marin. Then he started here. "I open the door of my Sienna minivan. I'm 48 at the time. I see human feces all over. I see people face down on the pavement. My rabbi self does not know if that dude is alive or dead, right?" After three weeks, he walked into the executive director's office. "And I'm like, 'Rita, I have to quit, man. I'm out. Why are my tax dollars not paying for that guy to get help?' And she's like, 'Yeah, I know. Sometimes I gotta take a walk. Sometimes I gotta get a drink. Sometimes I gotta leave the Tenderloin.'" Often we mistake our own discomfort for threat. "Then she flipped it on me. She's like, 'How do you know you're not looking at the face of God?'"
She's saying "face of GOD, face of GOD" to herself, like a mantra or a prayer, to attempt to put a heavenly sheen on the depravity and violence and public ODing and public defecation that is now the reality of her life. A prosecutor in Illinois has announced that he's quitting after twenty years of putting the bad guys in jail -- because Illinois no longer has any interest in putting bad guys in jail, but wants to pay prosecutors to pretend they're trying to do just that.
The city often seemed to operate like an incompetent parent, confusing compassion and permissiveness. ... The city continued looping. The Whole Foods on Mid-Market closed a year after it had opened. People kept threatening employees, melting down in aisles, OD'ing in the bathroom. What could you do? ... Meanwhile, the Blick security guard kept texting me videos. He needed someone to see what he was seeing out there, on his patch of Market Street, between Fifth and Sixth. Did I know how the black markets worked? Had I walked down Market Street at night? Did I know that some of the street addicts were rotting, literally: their decomposing flesh attracting flies. The Anthropologie, where he used to work, announced it would close. "What it really feels like living in San Francisco is that you're lying to yourself," he said. "Oh, I live in San Francisco. It's so nice. When you walk by the junkies you're like, They don't exist, they don't exist. You're lying to yourself." ... Now, it was clear tech wouldn't save us. Tech wouldn't even stay in town. I rode the bus around the city, scribbling in my notebook: face of god, face of GOD, trying to keep myself open to the world as it fell apart.
To my colleagues: After 20 years, I always kind of figured an email like this would start with "It is with a heavy heart that I leave..." The truth is, I can't get out of here fast enough. ... Why could that be? The simple fact is that this State and County have set themselves on a course to disaster. And the worst part is that the agency for whom I work has backed literally every policy change that had the predictable, and predicted, outcome of more crime and more people getting hurt. Bond reform designed to make sure no one stays in jail while their cases are pending with no safety net to handle more criminals on the streets, shorter parole periods, lower sentences for repeat offenders, the malicious and unnecessary prosecution of law enforcement officers, overuse of diversion programs, intentionally not pursuing prosecutions for crimes lawfully on the books after being passed by our legislature and signed by a governor, all of these so-called reforms have had a direct negative impact, with consequences that will last for a generation. Many years ago my family found a nice quiet corner of the suburbs. Now my son, who is only 5, hears gunfire while playing at our neighborhood park, and a drug dealer is open-air selling behind my house (the second one in two years). If it were just me to consider, I'd stick it out. I've been through stupid State's Attorney policies before. But this Office's complete failure to even think for a moment before rushing into one popular political agenda after another has put my family directly in harm's way. The current people in charge of this state, including the [State's Attorney's Office] suffer from a fundamental misunderstanding...we live in a society with adversarial court and criminal justice processes. Defense attorneys, legal aid clinics, Public Defenders, defendant advocate groups...they fight like hell to protect the rights of criminal defendants. And they should. Their work is as noble as ours. But we have an obligation to fight like hell on behalf of the People... Once we start doing too much of the defense's job, once we pull our punches, once we decide that it's worth risking citizens' lives to have a little social experiment, that balance is lost. The unavoidable consequences are what we are witnessing in real time, an increase in crime of all kinds, businesses and families pulling up stakes, and the bodies piling up; the whole time with a State's Attorney who insists that there is nothing to see here, and if there is it must be someone else's fault. And then they wonder why they cannot retain experienced prosecutors or even hire new ones...it's because any true prosecutor recognizes the importance of this balance, and that they will not be permitted to be a prosecutor under this administration. I will not raise my son here. I am fortunate enough to have the means to escape, so my entire family is leaving the State of Illinois. I grew up here, my family and friends are here, and yet my own employer has turned it into a place from which I am no longer proud to be, and in which my son is not safe. ... Thank you all so much for this opportunity to serve. I will treasure every moment of this chapter in my life. Be safe, be well, fight hard. Jason F. Poje
Assistant State's Attorney
Thieves steal 120k worth of merchandise at Short Hills Mall in NJ: pic.twitter.com/TxMn1bRDug
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 17, 2023
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)1
sponge
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:03 PM (LvTSG)
2
And we're not talking about shoplifters. We're talking about people who bring laundry sacks and wheeled luggage into the stores to just fill them to the brim before brazenly walking out.
Snipe one and leave the body lay as a warning to others.
Snipe one and leave the body lay as a warning to others.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:04 PM (Y2tls)
3
This need to stay on the right side of the left on all issues started with letting men into girl's bathrooms.
They kept on to own the cons and maintain status within their class, and now they're losing billions of dollars because there's no leftist position they cannot take up to and including "stealing is fine for black people because of racism."
Well, good luck with that. Say hello to K-Mart on the way down.
They kept on to own the cons and maintain status within their class, and now they're losing billions of dollars because there's no leftist position they cannot take up to and including "stealing is fine for black people because of racism."
Well, good luck with that. Say hello to K-Mart on the way down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:04 PM (LvTSG)
4
Psycho alpha disco beta bio aqua doom loop
Posted by: ... at May 19, 2023 01:04 PM (4KA1Z)
5
Ace and all:
Two links this morning.
First, BLM supposedly is heading for bankruptcy. My first reaction is that Patrice Cullors is the Sam Bankman-Fried of Charles Ponzis and more to the point, there will always be suckers and blackmail victims in Korporate Amerika ready to whip out the cash for these terrorist shysters.
Second, San Francisco just hired the first in the nation Tranny Lauerate. I shit you not.
Down the drain we go . . .
Ace and all:
Two links this morning.
First, BLM supposedly is heading for bankruptcy. My first reaction is that Patrice Cullors is the Sam Bankman-Fried of Charles Ponzis and more to the point, there will always be suckers and blackmail victims in Korporate Amerika ready to whip out the cash for these terrorist shysters.
Second, San Francisco just hired the first in the nation Tranny Lauerate. I shit you not.
Down the drain we go . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:05 PM (x0n13)
6
The San Francisco Chronicle revealed yesterday that nearly a third of the city's commercial office space is currently vacant.
========
In before Joe Xiden makes his great comeback to tell us that San Francisco is the greatest city on earth.
========
In before Joe Xiden makes his great comeback to tell us that San Francisco is the greatest city on earth.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:05 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: SturmToddler at May 19, 2023 01:05 PM (Mkvkw)
8
We're in the shitter.. I know... Let's come out with a line of LGBTQ? clothes for babies and children !
Posted by: Target hierarchy at May 19, 2023 01:05 PM (bs+z0)
9
tuck you Target!
Posted by: DanMan at May 19, 2023 01:06 PM (DB6tu)
10
But after looking at the evidence and considering her own experiences -- she decided she couldn't deny that blue cities are in the advanced stages of a "doom loop" -- a vicious circle in which crime drives out businesses and restaurants, thereby causing the high-income earners who live in cities for their high-end shops and restaurants to flee. This leads to more businesses and restaurants closing -- due to reduced clientele -- and then more well-to-do people leaving the cities. Etc.
=========
This goes against the narrative. No True Leftist.
Throw her in the Big Woo.
=========
This goes against the narrative. No True Leftist.
Throw her in the Big Woo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:06 PM (LvTSG)
11
Well, good luck with that. Say hello to K-Mart on the way down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023
Hey, don't forget about us!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023
Hey, don't forget about us!
Posted by: Sears & Roebuck at May 19, 2023 01:06 PM (yRved)
12
About 32.8% of companies surveyed called out organized retail crime as becoming "much more" of a concern in the last five years.
Of all the racist... I've been assured by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors that theft is not a crime. It is at most a misdemeanor, and really, you're just withdrawing an advance on your reparations.
Of all the racist... I've been assured by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors that theft is not a crime. It is at most a misdemeanor, and really, you're just withdrawing an advance on your reparations.
Posted by: t-bird at May 19, 2023 01:06 PM (amJF4)
13
"The unfortunate fact is violent incidents are increasing at our stores and across the entire retail industry. And when products are stolen, simply put they are no longer available for guests who depend on them," Cornell said on a call with reporters.
++++
Across the entire retail industry, or across the urban/blue hive retail industry?
This is what happens when you legalize crime, dude. And Target has been all-in on exactly that kind of activism. Reap what you have sown.
++++
Across the entire retail industry, or across the urban/blue hive retail industry?
This is what happens when you legalize crime, dude. And Target has been all-in on exactly that kind of activism. Reap what you have sown.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:06 PM (DU+/6)
14
A prosecutor in Illinois has announced that he's quitting after twenty years of putting the bad guys in jail -- because Illinois no longer has any interest in putting bad guys in jail, but wants to pay prosecutors to pretend they're trying to do just that.
=========
This explosion of crime is almost exclusively a blue state problem.
How sad.
=========
This explosion of crime is almost exclusively a blue state problem.
How sad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:07 PM (LvTSG)
15
Burn, baby, burn!
Posted by: Biergood at May 19, 2023 01:07 PM (FQWHA)
16
reparations by the TV
Posted by: henry at May 19, 2023 01:07 PM (JMDly)
17
5 First, BLM supposedly is heading for bankruptcy. My first reaction is that Patrice Cullors is the Sam Bankman-Fried of Charles Ponzis and more to the point, there will always be suckers and blackmail victims in Korporate Amerika ready to whip out the cash for these terrorist shysters.
Second, San Francisco just hired the first in the nation Tranny Lauerate. I shit you not.
Down the drain we go . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:05 PM (x0n13)
========
Shoulda been on the Morning Report!
But seriously, BLM will get replaced by something else. Just like ACORN.
Second, San Francisco just hired the first in the nation Tranny Lauerate. I shit you not.
Down the drain we go . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:05 PM (x0n13)
========
Shoulda been on the Morning Report!
But seriously, BLM will get replaced by something else. Just like ACORN.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:07 PM (LvTSG)
18
But after looking at the evidence and considering her own experiences -- she decided she couldn't deny that blue cities are in the advanced stages of a "doom loop" -- a vicious circle in which crime drives out businesses and restaurants, thereby causing the high-income earners who live in cities for their high-end shops and restaurants to flee. This leads to more businesses and restaurants closing -- due to reduced clientele -- and then more well-to-do people leaving the cities. Etc.
Before you know it, welcome to Detroit or East St. Louis.
Before you know it, welcome to Detroit or East St. Louis.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (Y2tls)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (Gri0J)
20
8 We're in the shitter.. I know... Let's come out with a line of LGBTQ? clothes for babies and children !
Posted by: Target hierarchy at May 19, 2023 01:05 PM (bs+z0)
The way things are going, it will be a line of fishnets, garters and ass-less chaps for toddlers because pedophilia is the next great civil rights "victory."
Posted by: Target hierarchy at May 19, 2023 01:05 PM (bs+z0)
The way things are going, it will be a line of fishnets, garters and ass-less chaps for toddlers because pedophilia is the next great civil rights "victory."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (x0n13)
21
I am tired of talking about retail stores travails in lefty cities. Yesterday, I said, "I am so over Target!" and sure enough I caught a bunch of flak.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (kXYt5)
22
I will not raise my son here. I am fortunate enough to have the means to escape, so my entire family is leaving the State of Illinois.
"...And I will be sure to replicate the situation there by voting for the same assholes I voted for before because I a educated sheep with the moral clarity of swamp water. I am a good person~!"
"...And I will be sure to replicate the situation there by voting for the same assholes I voted for before because I a educated sheep with the moral clarity of swamp water. I am a good person~!"
Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (jzzG8)
23
21 I am tired of talking about retail stores travails in lefty cities. Yesterday, I said, "I am so over Target!" and sure enough I caught a bunch of flak.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (kXYt5)
========
Are you ever going to get over Macho Grande?
Posted by: Muldoon at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (kXYt5)
========
Are you ever going to get over Macho Grande?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (LvTSG)
24
Hmmm...something about sowing and reaping comes to mind
Posted by: The Butcher at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (QEsfM)
25
Shoulda been on the Morning Report!
But seriously, BLM will get replaced by something else. Just like ACORN.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:07 PM (LvTSG)
The new thing may be reparations riots.... If they don't get it they will be pissed
But seriously, BLM will get replaced by something else. Just like ACORN.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:07 PM (LvTSG)
The new thing may be reparations riots.... If they don't get it they will be pissed
Posted by: Target hierarchy at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (bs+z0)
26
It was reported today that Uber is trying to lease its HQ building in SF. Good luck.
https://tinyurl.com/5rtdm6zs
https://tinyurl.com/5rtdm6zs
Posted by: Archimedes at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (eOEVl)
27
As Target decides whether to vacate these hotbeds of crime, it said would look to improve worker training and add more "asset protection" employees to the locations. The company -- similar to other big-box chains -- has also resorted to locking up items like mouthwash to reduce theft.
++++
I've seen videos online of some of these stores. Everything is behind locked cabinets. The personnel costs of that have to be astronomical, as I am sure is customer frustration.
Is there any money to be made by doing that? At some point, it will become useful to just revert to the old, pre-supermaket retail model, modified for modern times. Give the man your list at the window and he'll go fetch your items and bring them to the counter. You pay and he gives you the goods.
++++
I've seen videos online of some of these stores. Everything is behind locked cabinets. The personnel costs of that have to be astronomical, as I am sure is customer frustration.
Is there any money to be made by doing that? At some point, it will become useful to just revert to the old, pre-supermaket retail model, modified for modern times. Give the man your list at the window and he'll go fetch your items and bring them to the counter. You pay and he gives you the goods.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (DU+/6)
28
"But after looking at the evidence and considering her own experiences -- she decided she couldn't deny that blue cities are in the advanced stages of a "doom loop" -- a vicious circle in which crime drives out businesses and restaurants, thereby causing the high-income earners who live in cities for their high-end shops and restaurants to flee. This leads to more businesses and restaurants closing -- due to reduced clientele -- and then more well-to-do people leaving the cities. Etc."
This is why you see the movement in states around the country - starting with the Blue ones - to eliminate local town real estate zoning and force towns to allocate a percentage of their stock for affordable housing. In CT, for instance, the longer-term aim is to eliminate local zoning of schools. The suburbs will not be an escape hatch, like it was in the 70s.
This is why you see the movement in states around the country - starting with the Blue ones - to eliminate local town real estate zoning and force towns to allocate a percentage of their stock for affordable housing. In CT, for instance, the longer-term aim is to eliminate local zoning of schools. The suburbs will not be an escape hatch, like it was in the 70s.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 19, 2023 01:09 PM (/iWhV)
29
Shoulda been on the Morning Report!
But seriously, BLM will get replaced by something else. Just like ACORN.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Brown Lives Matter. Aye yi yi yi!
Ja ja ja ja ja ja!
But seriously, BLM will get replaced by something else. Just like ACORN.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Brown Lives Matter. Aye yi yi yi!
Ja ja ja ja ja ja!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:09 PM (Y2tls)
30
Retail crime? The new term is Stochastic Justice-Involved Capital Reallocation.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 19, 2023 01:09 PM (PiwSw)
31
24 Hmmm...something about sowing and reaping comes to mind
Posted by: The Butcher at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (QEsfM)
"Don't Sow the Reaper"
- - Blue Oyster Shithole
Posted by: The Butcher at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (QEsfM)
"Don't Sow the Reaper"
- - Blue Oyster Shithole
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:09 PM (x0n13)
32
Target, you idiots, you don't have "guests", you have customers. And increasing fewer of those.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2023 01:09 PM (gstOi)
33
The Target close to me here in the Bay Area even has the toothpaste locked down like Fort Knox.
Not a mile away and off of a main drag is a Food Maxx that is wide open carries most of the same stuff and doesn't have the same shoplifting problem.
Not a mile away and off of a main drag is a Food Maxx that is wide open carries most of the same stuff and doesn't have the same shoplifting problem.
Posted by: JROD at May 19, 2023 01:09 PM (IlL6s)
34
"due primarily to organized retail crime"
Bingo! I've been screaming this from the rooftops from the get. This national theft epidemic is NOT the result of random bums and thieves stealing an item here or there, like shoplifting was in the good old days.
What we have today is gang- and mafia-organized and -sanctioned planned theft. This is basically the Lufthansa heist on a smaller scale. Everything is carefully planned and organized, from the frontline thieves, to the fences, to the getaway drivers, to the guys bribing law enforcement, to the head honchos getting their cut.
Bingo! I've been screaming this from the rooftops from the get. This national theft epidemic is NOT the result of random bums and thieves stealing an item here or there, like shoplifting was in the good old days.
What we have today is gang- and mafia-organized and -sanctioned planned theft. This is basically the Lufthansa heist on a smaller scale. Everything is carefully planned and organized, from the frontline thieves, to the fences, to the getaway drivers, to the guys bribing law enforcement, to the head honchos getting their cut.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 19, 2023 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 19, 2023 01:10 PM (YIVH2)
36
33 The Target close to me here in the Bay Area even has the toothpaste locked down like Fort Knox.
Not a mile away and off of a main drag is a Food Maxx that is wide open carries most of the same stuff and doesn't have the same shoplifting problem.
Posted by: JROD at May 19, 2023 01:09 PM (IlL6s)
=======
Because Food Maxx is filled with racists?
Not a mile away and off of a main drag is a Food Maxx that is wide open carries most of the same stuff and doesn't have the same shoplifting problem.
Posted by: JROD at May 19, 2023 01:09 PM (IlL6s)
=======
Because Food Maxx is filled with racists?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:10 PM (LvTSG)
37
My field of f***ks to give is as barren and arid as Andrea Mitchell’s snizz.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 01:10 PM (5+1HQ)
38
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde:
“One must have a heart of stone to read the death of San Francisco without laughing.”
SF more than perhaps any other city in the country has embraced the policies that have led to its destruction. They even had a taste of how a competent administration (Frank Jordan in the 1990s) can clean things up incredibly rapidly, and THEY VOTED IT OUT!
I lived in The Bay Area for a long time, and I spent much of my social life in SF, but absent a very good reason, I will never go back.
“One must have a heart of stone to read the death of San Francisco without laughing.”
SF more than perhaps any other city in the country has embraced the policies that have led to its destruction. They even had a taste of how a competent administration (Frank Jordan in the 1990s) can clean things up incredibly rapidly, and THEY VOTED IT OUT!
I lived in The Bay Area for a long time, and I spent much of my social life in SF, but absent a very good reason, I will never go back.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 19, 2023 01:10 PM (ZCCyW)
39
Downtown San Francisco is experiencing its worst office vacancy crisis on record, with 31% of space available for lease or sublease. In the heart of the city, an astounding 18.4 million square feet of real estate is available -- enough space to house 92,000 employees and the equivalent of 13 Salesforce Towers...
++++
Yeah, that's high enough to create a self-feeding cycle of flight. The amount of addressable market being reduced in that area is falling dramatically. That's a hundred thousand people (assuming the estimate is sane) that *aren't* shopping in your area on their lunch breaks or on their way to or from work anymore. That will make more leave, which will make more leave, etc.
++++
Yeah, that's high enough to create a self-feeding cycle of flight. The amount of addressable market being reduced in that area is falling dramatically. That's a hundred thousand people (assuming the estimate is sane) that *aren't* shopping in your area on their lunch breaks or on their way to or from work anymore. That will make more leave, which will make more leave, etc.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:10 PM (DU+/6)
40
37 My field of f***ks to give is as barren and arid as Andrea Mitchell’s snizz.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 01:10 PM (5+1HQ)
Sound of Alan Greenspan hocking up a loogie and taking aim . . .
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 01:10 PM (5+1HQ)
Sound of Alan Greenspan hocking up a loogie and taking aim . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:11 PM (x0n13)
41
Maybe Frisco should expand their Midnight Basketball offerings in city parks. That should work wonders.
Maybe Frisco should expand their Midnight Basketball offerings in city parks. That should work wonders.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2023 01:11 PM (n+4am)
42
Thanks, JJ. I'll add those to the libs of tiktok post.
Posted by: ace at May 19, 2023 01:11 PM (iHBZj)
43
Is there any money to be made by doing that? At some point, it will become useful to just revert to the old, pre-supermaket retail model, modified for modern times. Give the man your list at the window and he'll go fetch your items and bring them to the counter. You pay and he gives you the goods.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (DU+/6)
---
I think we are already there in some form. I know at least one person who orders all her goods from Walmart online, then just goes there and picks them up when they are ready. Someone in the store goes around and collects them for her.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (DU+/6)
---
I think we are already there in some form. I know at least one person who orders all her goods from Walmart online, then just goes there and picks them up when they are ready. Someone in the store goes around and collects them for her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (YIVH2)
44
This is what a Doom Loop looks like
I'm going to need a stylish metal mask to conceal my glee. And a baseball bat to knock down this iron erection.
I'm going to need a stylish metal mask to conceal my glee. And a baseball bat to knock down this iron erection.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (ppBhU)
45
First, BLM supposedly is heading for bankruptcy.
How is that even possible? Even if the gravy train starts to dry up, wouldn't they just start getting rid of a few grifters? It's not like BLM does anything except redistribute money from donations straight to its "employees".
How is that even possible? Even if the gravy train starts to dry up, wouldn't they just start getting rid of a few grifters? It's not like BLM does anything except redistribute money from donations straight to its "employees".
Posted by: spindrift at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (ivvNA)
46
"It's like a wasteland," the guard said when I asked how San Francisco looked to him. "It's like the only way to describe it. It's like a video game -- like made-up shit. Have you ever played Fallout?"
++++
Your future is my past and present. Look upon me and weep.
++++
Your future is my past and present. Look upon me and weep.
Posted by: Detroit at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (DU+/6)
47
Im too lazy to read all comments but Im sure its been said by now that these flaming fuckballs of failing fags will flee the city to redder places and then continue to vote blue.
We need a DDT for these fucking locusts
We need a DDT for these fucking locusts
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (VTu1l)
48
I live 60 miles from SF and haven't been there in 15 years... I have no intention to ever go....
Posted by: Target hierarchy at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (bs+z0)
49
"Don't Sow the Reaper"
- - Blue Oyster Shithole
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:09 PM (x0n13)
Needs more cowbell!
- - Blue Oyster Shithole
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:09 PM (x0n13)
Needs more cowbell!
Posted by: The Bruce Dickinson at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (yRved)
50
42 Thanks, JJ. I'll add those to the libs of tiktok post.
Posted by: ace at May 19, 2023 01:11 PM (iHBZj)
Avec plaisir, mon general.
Posted by: ace at May 19, 2023 01:11 PM (iHBZj)
Avec plaisir, mon general.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (bs+z0)
52
The new thing may be reparations riots.... If they don't get it they will be pissed
Posted by: Target hierarchy
Reparations riots vs. Roof Koreans.
1000 quatloos on the Roof Koreans FTW!
Posted by: Target hierarchy
Reparations riots vs. Roof Koreans.
1000 quatloos on the Roof Koreans FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:13 PM (Y2tls)
53
48 I live 60 miles from SF and haven't been there in 15 years... I have no intention to ever go....
Posted by: Target hierarchy at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (bs+z0)
In Soviet America, eventually SF go to YOU!
Posted by: Target hierarchy at May 19, 2023 01:12 PM (bs+z0)
In Soviet America, eventually SF go to YOU!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:13 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:13 PM (VTu1l)
55
After three weeks, he walked into the executive director's office. "And I'm like, 'Rita, I have to quit, man. I'm out. Why are my tax dollars not paying for that guy to get help?' And she's like, 'Yeah, I know. Sometimes I gotta take a walk. Sometimes I gotta get a drink. Sometimes I gotta leave the Tenderloin.'" Often we mistake our own discomfort for threat. "Then she flipped it on me. She's like, 'How do you know you're not looking at the face of God?'"
++++
Oy vey. Wrong question, wrong conclusion. Your tax dollars *are* going to "help that guy." On paper, anyway. Lots of them. And all any of it does is make it worse.
Next time, ask a different question. Ask, "why is that guy not in jail or in rehab, and who is responsible for the laws tolerating this vagrancy?"
++++
Oy vey. Wrong question, wrong conclusion. Your tax dollars *are* going to "help that guy." On paper, anyway. Lots of them. And all any of it does is make it worse.
Next time, ask a different question. Ask, "why is that guy not in jail or in rehab, and who is responsible for the laws tolerating this vagrancy?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (DU+/6)
56
She's saying "face of GOD, face of GOD" to herself, like a mantra or a prayer, to attempt to put a heavenly sheen on the depravity and violence and public ODing and public defecation that is now the reality of her life.
-
That's not God's face.
If you're confused about that and what you've chosen, I suggest the book of Jeremiah.
-
That's not God's face.
If you're confused about that and what you've chosen, I suggest the book of Jeremiah.
Posted by: Methos at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (kOpft)
57
52 1000 quatloos on the Roof Koreans FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:13 PM (Y2tls)
This time, the Army has the high ground with the Apaches and Cobras.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:13 PM (Y2tls)
This time, the Army has the high ground with the Apaches and Cobras.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (x0n13)
58
But we're having a sale on pedophilia gear. Come on in!
Posted by: Target Marketing VP at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (DhOHl)
59
BLM bankruptcy, honestly put: yeah we stole most of that money and gave the rest to the Democrat party, but we never kept any records so you can't prove what we did (we don't even know) so this let's everyone write it all off in some civil case with no real consequences for anyone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (fani/)
60
Someone in the store goes around and collects them for her.
*********
Nope, I do my own shopping
I do not want anyone's greasy palms touching my melons
*********
Nope, I do my own shopping
I do not want anyone's greasy palms touching my melons
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (VTu1l)
61
57 52 1000 quatloos on the Roof Koreans FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:13 PM (Y2tls)
This time, the Army has the high ground with the Apaches and Cobras.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (x0n13)
Meaning air cover for the rioters.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:13 PM (Y2tls)
This time, the Army has the high ground with the Apaches and Cobras.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (x0n13)
Meaning air cover for the rioters.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (x0n13)
62
Did I know that some of the street addicts were rotting, literally: their decomposing flesh attracting flies.
++++
Tranq. The scourge of Philadelphia is everywhere.
++++
Tranq. The scourge of Philadelphia is everywhere.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (DU+/6)
63
Eventually you run out of other people's money
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:13 PM (VTu1l)
Let us know when that happens?
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:13 PM (VTu1l)
Let us know when that happens?
Posted by: The Federal Reserve Printers at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (yRved)
64
57 This time, the Army has the high ground with the Apaches and Cobras.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (x0n13)
=========
*nods sagaciously*
-Obi-wan Kenobi
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (x0n13)
=========
*nods sagaciously*
-Obi-wan Kenobi
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (LvTSG)
65
I still think 'Doom-Loop' is a buzz phrase people are liking to throw around.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (1Os4k)
67
I saw Urban Doom Loop open for Megadeth at AstroWorld in '85.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (4I/2K)
68
Is there any money to be made by doing that? At some point, it will become useful to just revert to the old, pre-supermaket retail model, modified for modern times. Give the man your list at the window and he'll go fetch your items and bring them to the counter. You pay and he gives you the goods.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
They should go to the Soviet model.
Stand in line to enter the store
Stand in another line to pick out your purchases
Stand in another line to pay for your purchases and receive a voucher
Stand in another line to turn in your voucher and receive your goods.
Is there any money to be made by doing that? At some point, it will become useful to just revert to the old, pre-supermaket retail model, modified for modern times. Give the man your list at the window and he'll go fetch your items and bring them to the counter. You pay and he gives you the goods.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
They should go to the Soviet model.
Stand in line to enter the store
Stand in another line to pick out your purchases
Stand in another line to pay for your purchases and receive a voucher
Stand in another line to turn in your voucher and receive your goods.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (n+4am)
69
Home Depot in CA. Everything behind locked cabinets. Self checkout installed 12 months ago is forbidden so lines are long waiting for cashiers. What a dump.
Posted by: SamE at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (S+ZnD)
70
59 BLM bankruptcy, honestly put: yeah we stole most of that money and gave the rest to the Democrat party, but we never kept any records so you can't prove what we did (we don't even know) so this let's everyone write it all off in some civil case with no real consequences for anyone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (fani/)
I'm sure they will file for bankruptcy in either DC or NYC. Wink-wink.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (fani/)
I'm sure they will file for bankruptcy in either DC or NYC. Wink-wink.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (x0n13)
71
Aww Target your line of alphabet tranny clothes for kids didn't shield you from this? All they blm pandering you did? Must be hard.
Posted by: brak at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (lO5WT)
72
It’s the same people who think corporations should be a-okay with theft who also think employees should be paid $100/hr. Where do they think the money comes from to offer raises?
Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (ZdaMQ)
73
She's saying "face of GOD, face of GOD" to herself, like a mantra or a prayer, to attempt to put a heavenly sheen on the depravity and violence and public ODing and public defecation that is now the reality of her life.
++++
Yup. Better to call depravity holy than to admit that it is depravity and that you - you who supported it at every step of its progression - are depraved.
++++
Yup. Better to call depravity holy than to admit that it is depravity and that you - you who supported it at every step of its progression - are depraved.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (DU+/6)
74
58 But we're having a sale on pedophilia gear. Come on in!
Posted by: Target Marketing VP at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (DhOHl)
Nothing says welcome to the World than a trans/ gay layette...
Posted by: Target Marketing VP at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (DhOHl)
Nothing says welcome to the World than a trans/ gay layette...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (bs+z0)
75
65 I still think 'Doom-Loop' is a buzz phrase people are liking to throw around.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (zZu0s)
=======
I use it to describe how I play one Doom game and then buy another Doom game.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (zZu0s)
=======
I use it to describe how I play one Doom game and then buy another Doom game.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: International Brotherhood of Hobos and Associated Hermits at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (dzZCL)
77
You know, the more I learn about drug use, the more I wonder why I never, ever wanted to try drugs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: REDACTED at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (us2H3)
79
I think we are already there in some form. I know at least one person who orders all her goods from Walmart online, then just goes there and picks them up when they are ready. Someone in the store goes around and collects them for her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
My wife used to do the shopping for InstaCart & Brookshire's Curbside Service. She loves using the Wal Mart shopping app.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
My wife used to do the shopping for InstaCart & Brookshire's Curbside Service. She loves using the Wal Mart shopping app.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (Y2tls)
80
The San Francisco Chronicle revealed yesterday that nearly a third of the city's commercial office space is currently vacant.
Downtown
Fill them up with aliens!
Downtown
Fill them up with aliens!
Posted by: Gonzotx at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (MwHgU)
81
First, BLM supposedly is heading for bankruptcy.
-
Didn't they get $2 Billion, with a B, in corporate donations for the summer of love?
How do you waste that much money if you're not a government?
-
Didn't they get $2 Billion, with a B, in corporate donations for the summer of love?
How do you waste that much money if you're not a government?
Posted by: Methos at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (kOpft)
82
"It's like the only way to describe it. It's like a video game -- like made-up shit. Have you ever played Fallout?"
If you turned the city over to The League of Shadows, how would things be different? This shit is like a James Bond novel in which there is no wealthy, charasmatic villain. It's just daft, malice-filled versions of M and Q destroying everthing from within.
If you turned the city over to The League of Shadows, how would things be different? This shit is like a James Bond novel in which there is no wealthy, charasmatic villain. It's just daft, malice-filled versions of M and Q destroying everthing from within.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (ppBhU)
83
I'd sure like to go to sleep at night without a firearm nearby. It's been pretty ok out here in "the neighborhoods" but someone is hacking garage doors around me. And then, there are stunt drivers making donuts in the intersections. It goes on for hours. No one does a thing.
Plus, it's cold. We seem to have skipped our spring weather and proceeded directly to summer weather which is like 45 to 50 degrees and foggy.
Plus, it's cold. We seem to have skipped our spring weather and proceeded directly to summer weather which is like 45 to 50 degrees and foggy.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (MeG8a)
84
73 Yup. Better to call depravity holy than to admit that it is depravity and that you - you who supported it at every step of its progression - are depraved.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (DU+/6)
=========
The religious-like rituals in Eyes Wide Shut don't mean anything!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (DU+/6)
=========
The religious-like rituals in Eyes Wide Shut don't mean anything!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (LvTSG)
85
Second, San Francisco just hired the first in the nation Tranny Lauerate. I shit you not.
Down the drain we go . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:05 PM (x0n13)
---
WTF does that even mean? A "Laureate" by definition is someone who has exhibited extraordinary creative or intellectual achievement in some field (e.g. poetry or science).
Cutting your genitals off is neither creative (unless the *manner* of removal is unique) nor particularly smart.
Down the drain we go . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 01:05 PM (x0n13)
---
WTF does that even mean? A "Laureate" by definition is someone who has exhibited extraordinary creative or intellectual achievement in some field (e.g. poetry or science).
Cutting your genitals off is neither creative (unless the *manner* of removal is unique) nor particularly smart.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (YIVH2)
86
I wonder if retailers will return to the old Service Merchandise model. Only samples were on the sales floor. When you decided which toaster you wanted, you took a slip with the SKU on it to a place in the back. Then employees would pull it from stock in the warehouse.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (sWM8x)
87
What we have today is gang- and mafia-organized and -sanctioned planned theft. This is basically the Lufthansa heist on a smaller scale. Everything is carefully planned and organized, from the frontline thieves, to the fences, to the getaway drivers, to the guys bribing law enforcement, to the head honchos getting their cut.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 19, 2023 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
And the stolen goods wind up in flea markets and scruffy bodegas, mostly run by illegal aliens. I have seen flea market stalls in Arizona, plum full of brand name goods like laundry soap and cosmetics. And power tools.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 19, 2023 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
And the stolen goods wind up in flea markets and scruffy bodegas, mostly run by illegal aliens. I have seen flea market stalls in Arizona, plum full of brand name goods like laundry soap and cosmetics. And power tools.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (gstOi)
88
Go light a candle to St. George Floyd, assholes.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (rJ48h)
89
"Illinois no longer has any interest in putting bad guys in jail."
Our judges here in Shithole,IL give long sentences (e.g., this week, murderer Marquell L. received 102 years.) But it doesn't deter any of the fiends. The current crop of violent criminals is fearless. To the feeble extent that they plan their lives, they fully expect to spend most of their years incarcerated. It's a life goal for these animals. They are addicted to an outlaw lifestyle as surely as opiate addicts are hooked on skag.
Our judges here in Shithole,IL give long sentences (e.g., this week, murderer Marquell L. received 102 years.) But it doesn't deter any of the fiends. The current crop of violent criminals is fearless. To the feeble extent that they plan their lives, they fully expect to spend most of their years incarcerated. It's a life goal for these animals. They are addicted to an outlaw lifestyle as surely as opiate addicts are hooked on skag.
Posted by: Blame It On gp's Juice at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (MvF+J)
90
Big cities are cancer, and beyond the transit hubs (especially the ports), a cancer that no longer has any real reason to exist.
People originally moved to the cities for jobs in the factories. The factories are gone, and the offices can be anywhere.
So why do we need cities still? The answer for most is that we don't.
People originally moved to the cities for jobs in the factories. The factories are gone, and the offices can be anywhere.
So why do we need cities still? The answer for most is that we don't.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (MIb2C)
91
I saw Urban Doom Loop open for Megadeth at AstroWorld in '85.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (4I/2K)
I don't like that phrase. It's too much like Crash McCain's OODA loop nonsense.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (4I/2K)
I don't like that phrase. It's too much like Crash McCain's OODA loop nonsense.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (AiZBA)
92
Our local Target closed a few years ago.
Yes, lots of theft out the front doors. However, if turned out to be the theft by employees that finished it off.
Yes, lots of theft out the front doors. However, if turned out to be the theft by employees that finished it off.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (1Os4k)
93
Nope, I do my own shopping
I do not want anyone's greasy palms touching my melons
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort
Tell the truth. You left that hanging curve out there on porpoise.
Nope, I do my own shopping
I do not want anyone's greasy palms touching my melons
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort
Tell the truth. You left that hanging curve out there on porpoise.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (n+4am)
94
Theft is just transitory.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (63Dwl)
95
I use it to describe how I play one Doom game and then buy another Doom game.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (LvTSG)
Well, there was that 60sish set 'Deathloop' a little while back.
The visuals just reminded me of the far superior 'No One Lives Forever' series. Or... what the hell was the name of that one where you were a 60s Mad Scientist creating an evil lair?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:15 PM (LvTSG)
Well, there was that 60sish set 'Deathloop' a little while back.
The visuals just reminded me of the far superior 'No One Lives Forever' series. Or... what the hell was the name of that one where you were a 60s Mad Scientist creating an evil lair?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (zZu0s)
96
The current people in charge of this state, including the [State's Attorney's Office] suffer from a fundamental misunderstanding...
++++
This might be true for some of them, but I doubt it. The idiot academics are more likely to actually believe this claptrap, but the people in charge are less so.
They know what they're doing. They are revolutionaries, and you do not achieve revolution by staying inside the lines and playing by the rules.
++++
This might be true for some of them, but I doubt it. The idiot academics are more likely to actually believe this claptrap, but the people in charge are less so.
They know what they're doing. They are revolutionaries, and you do not achieve revolution by staying inside the lines and playing by the rules.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (DU+/6)
97
...but absent a very good reason, I will never go back.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
*********
Cosmetics are free at Target...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
*********
Cosmetics are free at Target...
Posted by: Muldoon at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (kXYt5)
98
Let us know when that happens? Posted by: The Federal Reserve Printers
************************
Yooooohooooo big boy, show me your big, juicy inflation package!
************************
Yooooohooooo big boy, show me your big, juicy inflation package!
Posted by: Venezuela's 65,000% Inflation at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (VTu1l)
99
Target CEO: Our Stores Are Plagued by "Violent" Incidents; We're On Track to Lose $1.2 Billion This Year Due to "Widespread" Shoplifting
Damn...Target's been taken over by racists!!!
Damn...Target's been taken over by racists!!!
Posted by: Rabid Leftists at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (NCgXW)
100
Cattleprod the shoplifter and take him to the back office. Bust his hand with a hammer there and toss him out into the alley.
Posted by: torabora at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (OUiUM)
101
BLM was a protection racket. Turns out, they were paying protection money to the wrong syndicate.
Posted by: huerfano at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (uE10U)
102
88 Go light a candle to St. George Floyd, assholes.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (rJ48h)
Oh, they are... They are planning some big Todo on the anniversary of his overdose, I mean murder
Posted by: mr tmz at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (rJ48h)
Oh, they are... They are planning some big Todo on the anniversary of his overdose, I mean murder
Posted by: It's me donna at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (bs+z0)
103
I will not raise my son here. I am fortunate enough to have the means to escape, so my entire family is leaving the State of Illinois. I grew up here, my family and friends are here, and yet my own employer has turned it into a place from which I am no longer proud to be, and in which my son is not safe.
++++
Just don't fuck up wherever you descend, please.
++++
Just don't fuck up wherever you descend, please.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:18 PM (DU+/6)
104
Once I named a dog "Patty"
Posted by: REDACTED at May 19, 2023 01:18 PM (us2H3)
105
It is going to turn out that the pandemic was an inflection point. Maybe we were headed in this direction anyways but the pandemic accelerated it. It is affecting retail across the board from clothing purchases to eating lunch out and limiting social interactions clsoing restaurants, bars and other social venues. Inflation has made unnecessary purchases unnecessary. Gas is expensive so why not buy online. Movie prices are crazy so stay home and watch streaming for $5.99 and make your own popcorn.
With unlimited choioces through the internet, I can boycot Target and anyone else I don't like.
This is hte new paradigm.
With unlimited choioces through the internet, I can boycot Target and anyone else I don't like.
This is hte new paradigm.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 19, 2023 01:18 PM (t/2Uw)
106
Meaning air cover for the rioters.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Apaches & Cobras can be grounded before they ever get up. 😏
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Apaches & Cobras can be grounded before they ever get up. 😏
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:18 PM (Y2tls)
107
Cutting your genitals off is neither creative (unless the *manner* of removal is unique) nor particularly smart.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (YIVH2)
Just grinding them off with a power sander is not good enough, eh?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 19, 2023 01:16 PM (YIVH2)
Just grinding them off with a power sander is not good enough, eh?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:18 PM (zZu0s)
108
This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue about who defrauded who...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Esq. at May 19, 2023 01:18 PM (PiwSw)
109
Tell the truth. You left that hanging curve out there on porpoise.
****************
You're clearly abreast of my clever quips
****************
You're clearly abreast of my clever quips
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:18 PM (VTu1l)
110
It's a belief system, nobody believes me: theft is fulfillment, madness is Truth.
Posted by: LenNeal at May 19, 2023 01:19 PM (pqfA/)
111
I do not want anyone's greasy palms touching my melons
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (VTu1l)
That's what she said.
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (VTu1l)
That's what she said.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2023 01:19 PM (gstOi)
112
Snipe one and leave the body lay as a warning to others.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:04 PM (Y2tls)
might need to set up a machine gun nest there's so many of them...
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:04 PM (Y2tls)
might need to set up a machine gun nest there's so many of them...
Posted by: SturmToddler at May 19, 2023 01:19 PM (Mkvkw)
113
I have transitioned into a stick insect.
Posted by: Michelle Fields at May 19, 2023 01:19 PM (ybmra)
114
I have transitioned into a stick insect.
Posted by: Michelle Fields at May 19, 2023 01:19 PM (ybmra)
++++
You ate your young?
Posted by: Michelle Fields at May 19, 2023 01:19 PM (ybmra)
++++
You ate your young?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:20 PM (DU+/6)
115
Doom Loop? Nonesense.
Posted by: East Cleveland at May 19, 2023 01:20 PM (fs1hN)
116
Just don't fuck up wherever you descend, please.
****************************
I'm from a massively deep blue state, I have to wear a MAGA hat just to make sure the locals in a red state I'm checking out for a move dont immediately shoot me in face when I reveal my seedy origins
****************************
I'm from a massively deep blue state, I have to wear a MAGA hat just to make sure the locals in a red state I'm checking out for a move dont immediately shoot me in face when I reveal my seedy origins
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:20 PM (VTu1l)
117
Cattleprod the shoplifter and take him to the back office. Bust his hand with a hammer there and toss him out into the alley.
Posted by: torabora
Shoot him and leave the body lay just inside the front doors.
Don't want none? Don't start none. FAFO.
Posted by: torabora
Shoot him and leave the body lay just inside the front doors.
Don't want none? Don't start none. FAFO.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:20 PM (Y2tls)
118
If you were a Target employee, and you knew the Corp didn't care about theft, and also didn't care about you, constantly putting you in dangerous situations - then why wouldn't you set up an operation with your pals there to sell truckloads of high value items off the back loading dock? And then just say "we dunno, guess it was stolen like the rest of the stuff."
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:20 PM (fani/)
119
I guess when you want men in little girls' changing and bath rooms, you kinda deserve this.
Target sucks anyway
Target sucks anyway
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (0hOvj)
120
Not being stolen?
The chest binders and the dick-tucking swimsuits.
Another hundred billion in losses would be far too little for them monsters.
Say, and how much did you commit to donate to Black Lives Matter?
The chest binders and the dick-tucking swimsuits.
Another hundred billion in losses would be far too little for them monsters.
Say, and how much did you commit to donate to Black Lives Matter?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (Vhzin)
121
18. I know the Detroit meme was appropriate for a long time, but it is no longer. Detroit s outer neighborhoods are still plagued with shootings etc, because poor minorities, but the city itself is being rebuilt and refurbished and is a lot safer than one would assume. What happened to Detroit in the 60s and 70s is the trajectory of SF and Portland. Detroit is no longer on that trajectory. It hit bottom,languished there for years, then starting with Dave Bing, cleaned out city government and is continuing on its renewal.
Posted by: Jen the original at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (eFB4v)
122
Columbus Mayor is asking that bars and restaurants in the Short North area close early because of the high crime.
They voted for this crap.
They voted for this crap.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (pEibk)
123
I have seen flea market stalls in Arizona, plum full of brand name goods like laundry soap and cosmetics. And power tools.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*******
So retail theft is the JIT supply chain for the gray market?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*******
So retail theft is the JIT supply chain for the gray market?
Posted by: Muldoon at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (kXYt5)
124
I am tired of talking about retail stores travails in lefty cities. Yesterday, I said, "I am so over Target!" and sure enough I caught a bunch of flak.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (kXYt5)
golfclap**
Posted by: Muldoon at May 19, 2023 01:08 PM (kXYt5)
golfclap**
Posted by: SturmToddler at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (Mkvkw)
125
There is one solution and one solution only for these bums and junkies and vagrants: a .45 to the back of the skull. There is no helping them. There is no defending society from them. There is nothing anyone can do that will make the slightest bit of difference. They are a cancer, a virus. And there is only one cure for that.
An old friend of the family who did his medical internship in mental wards and with these kinds of people coined the "45" phrase. He realized that these people were just fucked in the head, beyond help, and there was nothing anyone could do about it. He genuinely thought it was more humane just to put them down and out of their misery. He was right all along.
An old friend of the family who did his medical internship in mental wards and with these kinds of people coined the "45" phrase. He realized that these people were just fucked in the head, beyond help, and there was nothing anyone could do about it. He genuinely thought it was more humane just to put them down and out of their misery. He was right all along.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (iFTx/)
126
Just grinding them off with a power sander is not good enough, eh?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Rusty Campbell's soup can lid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Rusty Campbell's soup can lid.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (Y2tls)
127
inventory shrinkage
as georgie says u know how sometimes you soak your inventory in cold water? and then afterwards?
as georgie says u know how sometimes you soak your inventory in cold water? and then afterwards?
Posted by: Dave at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (PC4nS)
128
I'm from a massively deep blue state, I have to wear a MAGA hat just to make sure the locals in a red state I'm checking out for a move dont immediately shoot me in face when I reveal my seedy origins
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:20 PM (VTu1l)
++++
Where I am from is information I never volunteer. If someone asks me where I am from, I will not lie about it but I *never* offer it up. I don't talk about the Old Country in public. The Old Country sucks.
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:20 PM (VTu1l)
++++
Where I am from is information I never volunteer. If someone asks me where I am from, I will not lie about it but I *never* offer it up. I don't talk about the Old Country in public. The Old Country sucks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (DU+/6)
129
81 First, BLM supposedly is heading for bankruptcy.
-
Didn't they get $2 Billion, with a B, in corporate donations for the summer of love?
How do you waste that much money if you're not a government?
Posted by: Methos
----------
A good chunk of that was used to finance Fill Out the Blank Ballots in 2020 that were sent to non existent voters at non existent residences. Some went, no doubt, into Dem campaign coffers.
Giftcards are given out like candy to the plebes in exchange for running the ballot harvesting scam and collecting the blank ballots to fill out (Warnock won on the back of these in the runoff and this was also recently deployed in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race seat).
Expect a new scam organization to rise in order to funnel illegal dirty money for Fill Out the Blank Ballot operations in 2024.
-
Didn't they get $2 Billion, with a B, in corporate donations for the summer of love?
How do you waste that much money if you're not a government?
Posted by: Methos
----------
A good chunk of that was used to finance Fill Out the Blank Ballots in 2020 that were sent to non existent voters at non existent residences. Some went, no doubt, into Dem campaign coffers.
Giftcards are given out like candy to the plebes in exchange for running the ballot harvesting scam and collecting the blank ballots to fill out (Warnock won on the back of these in the runoff and this was also recently deployed in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race seat).
Expect a new scam organization to rise in order to funnel illegal dirty money for Fill Out the Blank Ballot operations in 2024.
Posted by: whig at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (nA+rs)
130
122 Columbus Mayor is asking that bars and restaurants in the Short North area close early because of the high crime.
They voted for this crap.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (pEibk)
========
Well, maybe not the business owners, but most of their patrons? Most certainly.
They voted for this crap.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (pEibk)
========
Well, maybe not the business owners, but most of their patrons? Most certainly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (LvTSG)
131
LA LGBT Center, LA Pride step away from Dodgers' Pride Night amid backlash
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing mounting criticism over its decision to withdraw an invitation it extended to a group called The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to participate in the team's annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night.
"Our community is being used as political pawns in a way that I don't remember in my lifetime," said Joe Hollendoner, CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center. "This is why we need the Dodgers to not bend in the slightest, and in fact be strong in their allyship to us because it's not just about this once instance."
The Center no longer plans to attend Pride Night and encourages the Dodgers cancel the theme entirely if it sticks to this decision.
Beyond Pride Night, Hollendoner says they reached out to the Dodgers in hopes the two organizations could talk.
"We really want to engage them in a conversation about why this was the wrong decision, and help them to understand why it should never happen again," said Hollendoner.
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing mounting criticism over its decision to withdraw an invitation it extended to a group called The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to participate in the team's annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night.
"Our community is being used as political pawns in a way that I don't remember in my lifetime," said Joe Hollendoner, CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center. "This is why we need the Dodgers to not bend in the slightest, and in fact be strong in their allyship to us because it's not just about this once instance."
The Center no longer plans to attend Pride Night and encourages the Dodgers cancel the theme entirely if it sticks to this decision.
Beyond Pride Night, Hollendoner says they reached out to the Dodgers in hopes the two organizations could talk.
"We really want to engage them in a conversation about why this was the wrong decision, and help them to understand why it should never happen again," said Hollendoner.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (MFZ8i)
132
This explosion of crime is almost exclusively a blue state problem.
___
I know what will help, let's make our state bluer!
___
I know what will help, let's make our state bluer!
Posted by: Blue State Voters at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (fs1hN)
133
128 Where I am from is information I never volunteer. If someone asks me where I am from, I will not lie about it but I *never* offer it up. I don't talk about the Old Country in public. The Old Country sucks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (DU+/6)
========
I don't know. Italy has its charms.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (DU+/6)
========
I don't know. Italy has its charms.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Darth Soros at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (b306O)
135
The thieves are of course at fault - but Target itself is just as much at fault, because they have the power to do something to fight it, but they do nothing for political reasons.
Target deserves this.
Target deserves this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (fani/)
Posted by: Beavis at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (DhOHl)
137
I'm in a furry over Trump's CNN appearance!
Posted by: don lemon at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (Vwz3I)
138
In 1968, no one was giving Nixon much of a chance to beat H. H. Humphrey in the presidential race. But the Chicago DNC convention riots and the national sense of lawlessness gave Nixon the opportunity to run as the "law and order" candidate, and that decision won him the White House in one of the closest presidential elections in US history.
Posted by: mrp at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (rj6Yv)
139
Where I am from is information I never volunteer. If someone asks me where I am from, I will not lie about it but I *never* offer it up.
****************
As soon as I talk everyone immediately knows where I'm from. I have THAT accent that I can't seem to get rid of
****************
As soon as I talk everyone immediately knows where I'm from. I have THAT accent that I can't seem to get rid of
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (VTu1l)
140
99 Target CEO: Our Stores Are Plagued by "Violent" Incidents; We're On Track to Lose $1.2 Billion This Year Due to "Widespread" Shoplifting
Damn...Target's been taken over by racists!!!
Posted by: Rabid Leftists at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (NCgXW)
Do you know whose fortune derives from Target? MN Dem Governor Mark Dayton. His great-grandfather founded Dayton's which then changed its name to Target.
Damn...Target's been taken over by racists!!!
Posted by: Rabid Leftists at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (NCgXW)
Do you know whose fortune derives from Target? MN Dem Governor Mark Dayton. His great-grandfather founded Dayton's which then changed its name to Target.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (/iWhV)
141
If you were a Target employee, and you knew the Corp didn't care about theft, and also didn't care about you, constantly putting you in dangerous situations - then why wouldn't you set up an operation with your pals there to sell truckloads of high value items off the back loading dock? And then just say "we dunno, guess it was stolen like the rest of the stuff."
Posted by: Tom Servo
Ixnay on the daily operations-ay!
Posted by: Tom Servo
Ixnay on the daily operations-ay!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (Y2tls)
142
I do not want anyone's greasy palms touching my melons
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (VTu1l)
We stopped doing phrasing, didn't we.
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (VTu1l)
We stopped doing phrasing, didn't we.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 01:24 PM (xhaym)
143
132 This explosion of crime is almost exclusively a blue state problem.
___
I know what will help, let's make our state bluer!
Posted by: Blue State Voters at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (fs1hN)
========
It's probably more along the lines of all the conservatives fleeing the state, making the electorate more progressive, which elects more progressive candidates to office, which advances more terribly policy, which drives away more conservatives.
These states aren't becoming more conservative as people flee them.
___
I know what will help, let's make our state bluer!
Posted by: Blue State Voters at May 19, 2023 01:22 PM (fs1hN)
========
It's probably more along the lines of all the conservatives fleeing the state, making the electorate more progressive, which elects more progressive candidates to office, which advances more terribly policy, which drives away more conservatives.
These states aren't becoming more conservative as people flee them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:24 PM (LvTSG)
144
Psycho alpha disco beta bio aqua doom loop
Posted by: ... at May 19, 2023 01:04 PM
Is it weird that I heard Julie Andrews singing that in my head?
Posted by: ... at May 19, 2023 01:04 PM
Is it weird that I heard Julie Andrews singing that in my head?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 01:24 PM (Wnv9h)
145
There is literally an App to tell you were and on what streets of SF, human excrement is in order for you to avoid it.
If that isn't an indicator of end stage decay, nothing is.
If that isn't an indicator of end stage decay, nothing is.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 01:24 PM (up/3i)
146
So retail theft is the JIT supply chain for the gray market?
Posted by: Muldoon at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (kXYt5)
Well, what else could it be? The stolen goods have to be fenced somehow. Thieves can't eat Revlon eyeliner.
Stealing one or two of an item? Personal use, maybe. Stealing a whole case? Supplying the gray market.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (kXYt5)
Well, what else could it be? The stolen goods have to be fenced somehow. Thieves can't eat Revlon eyeliner.
Stealing one or two of an item? Personal use, maybe. Stealing a whole case? Supplying the gray market.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2023 01:25 PM (gstOi)
147
137 I'm in a furry over Trump's CNN appearance!
Posted by: don lemon at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (Vwz3I)
========
I don't get it.
Posted by: don lemon at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (Vwz3I)
========
I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:25 PM (LvTSG)
148
The thieves are of course at fault - but Target itself is just as much at fault, because they have the power to do something to fight it, but they do nothing for political reasons.
Target deserves this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (fani/)
++++
Sort of. They do nothing to fight it for political reasons, but sometimes their hands are tied because if they do fight it, their security guards will be arrested if they even bother to try.
But that's beside the point, because Target and companies like it are directly culpable in a different way: they generously and consistently support the progs in all that they do. How many PACs, campaigns and the like did Target give money to or agitate for? How much money and support did they give to terror groups like BLM and Antifa?
They not only *wanted* this very kind of system, they freaking bought it.
Target deserves this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (fani/)
++++
Sort of. They do nothing to fight it for political reasons, but sometimes their hands are tied because if they do fight it, their security guards will be arrested if they even bother to try.
But that's beside the point, because Target and companies like it are directly culpable in a different way: they generously and consistently support the progs in all that they do. How many PACs, campaigns and the like did Target give money to or agitate for? How much money and support did they give to terror groups like BLM and Antifa?
They not only *wanted* this very kind of system, they freaking bought it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:25 PM (DU+/6)
149
It's simply anarchy. And it will only get worse.
Thanks, Blue Party. For nothing.
Thanks, Blue Party. For nothing.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 19, 2023 01:25 PM (i+mOk)
150
Rusty Campbell's soup can lid.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (Y2tls)
Hmmm, not bad.
Bungee cord drop from the golden gate bridge by scrotum?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:21 PM (Y2tls)
Hmmm, not bad.
Bungee cord drop from the golden gate bridge by scrotum?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:25 PM (zZu0s)
151
I'm in a furry over Trump's CNN appearance!
Posted by: don lemon at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM
Funny, you always struck me as more of a bottom.
Posted by: don lemon at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM
Funny, you always struck me as more of a bottom.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 01:25 PM (Wnv9h)
152
The thieves are of course at fault - but Target itself is just as much at fault, because they have the power to do something to fight it, but they do nothing for political reasons.
Target deserves this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (fani/)
And . . . They throw the security guard in jail and who wants that job next?
Target deserves this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (fani/)
And . . . They throw the security guard in jail and who wants that job next?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (xhaym)
153
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing mounting criticism over its decision to withdraw an invitation it extended to a group called The Sisters of Perpetual
Cold Sores.
Cold Sores.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (Y2tls)
154
137 I'm in a furry over Trump's CNN appearance!
Posted by: don lemon at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (Vwz3I)
Shhh, Don! Don't tell everybody. My wife doesn't know!
Posted by: don lemon at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (Vwz3I)
Shhh, Don! Don't tell everybody. My wife doesn't know!
Posted by: Beto O'Rourke at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (PiwSw)
155
Well they're on target.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (4eKPg)
156
I do not want anyone's greasy palms touching my melons
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (VTu1l)
We stopped doing phrasing, didn't we.
Posted by: Kindltot
No phrasing Friday !
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:14 PM (VTu1l)
We stopped doing phrasing, didn't we.
Posted by: Kindltot
No phrasing Friday !
Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (T4tVD)
157
Yeah all those dystopian/cyberpunk novels. They were supposed to be warnings not how to manuals.
Charlton Heston in Omega Man had it easy I fear.
Charlton Heston in Omega Man had it easy I fear.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (Ho1an)
158
This empty commercial real estate is a problem for banks and pension funds
Posted by: SMOD at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (b2hDZ)
159
That commercial vacancy rate?
What's got me baffled is, how are the owners not selling at fire sale prices?
Do they really believe "this is just a temporary downturn, they'll be back?"
I mean, if all they watch is the mains, yeah, I can see them falling for it--according to those sources, this is the best economy America has ever seen.
But, can they not read their own balance sheets, the cash flow?
What's got me baffled is, how are the owners not selling at fire sale prices?
Do they really believe "this is just a temporary downturn, they'll be back?"
I mean, if all they watch is the mains, yeah, I can see them falling for it--according to those sources, this is the best economy America has ever seen.
But, can they not read their own balance sheets, the cash flow?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (Vhzin)
160
Hmmm, not bad.
Bungee cord drop from the golden gate bridge by scrotum?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Bungee cord drop using #4 piano wire.
Bungee cord drop from the golden gate bridge by scrotum?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Bungee cord drop using #4 piano wire.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (Y2tls)
161
In my home town back in Ohio, we had many department stores downtown. Sears, Penneys, Wards, Grants, Strouss (local) Strouss Griswold (local) and a Western Auto which kind of qualifies. This is in a city that maxed out at 50,000. Crime didn't kill them, the malls did. Add the smaller non department stores like clothing and sporting goods and the old place looks pretty empty. If the malls never sprung up, all those businesses would be dead ducks anyway, for the reasons the blue shitholes are experiencing.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (lz5hY)
162
> LA LGBT Center, LA Pride step away from Dodgers' Pride Night amid backlash
The Dodgers were idiots to consider inviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
The Dodgers were idiots to consider inviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (rJ48h)
163
Detroit is no longer on that trajectory. It hit bottom,languished there for years, then starting with Dave Bing, cleaned out city government and is continuing on its renewal.
Posted by: Jen the original
====
Up to a point, yes.
When it comes to ballot counting . . .
Posted by: Jen the original
====
Up to a point, yes.
When it comes to ballot counting . . .
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (1Os4k)
164
well, don't do anything about stealing while telling people that society owes them a lot of $tuff and no one should be surprised at what happens
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (B1FKF)
165
One of the most clear signs a civilization is collapsing is when there is no justice and no law. Extremely clear sign.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (0hOvj)
166
It's simply anarchy. And it will only get worse.
Thanks, Blue Party. For nothing.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 19, 2023 01:25 PM (i+mOk)
Anarchism is just another means to an end for them, as anarchism is never anything more than a short-lived transition from whatever you have right now to rule by warlords.
They imagine they will be the warlords, and not the people who have all of the guns.
Thanks, Blue Party. For nothing.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 19, 2023 01:25 PM (i+mOk)
Anarchism is just another means to an end for them, as anarchism is never anything more than a short-lived transition from whatever you have right now to rule by warlords.
They imagine they will be the warlords, and not the people who have all of the guns.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (MIb2C)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (Ho1an)
168
I mean, if all they watch is the mains, yeah, I can see them falling for it--according to those sources, this is the best economy America has ever seen.
But, can they not read their own balance sheets, the cash flow?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
The ultimate owners are the TBTF banks. They don't care.
But, can they not read their own balance sheets, the cash flow?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
The ultimate owners are the TBTF banks. They don't care.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (Y2tls)
169
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing mounting criticism over its decision to withdraw an invitation it extended to a group called The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to participate in the team's annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night.
They are a group of cross dressing males dressed as nuns who mock them and religion....
They are a group of cross dressing males dressed as nuns who mock them and religion....
Posted by: It's me donna at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (bs+z0)
170
159 But, can they not read their own balance sheets, the cash flow?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (Vhzin)
=========
They know.
They also know that it's the fault of wreckers and hoarders, not a real problem. Just deal with the wreckers and hoarders, and we'll have utopia.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (Vhzin)
=========
They know.
They also know that it's the fault of wreckers and hoarders, not a real problem. Just deal with the wreckers and hoarders, and we'll have utopia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (LvTSG)
171
"This is why we need the Dodgers to not bend in the slightest, and in fact be strong in their allyship to us because it's not just about this once instance."
____
Geez, rules on what's required for being an ally are getting stricter. Next thing you know, you'll be required to participate in the depravity.
____
Geez, rules on what's required for being an ally are getting stricter. Next thing you know, you'll be required to participate in the depravity.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (fs1hN)
172
This empty commercial real estate is a problem for banks and pension funds
Posted by: SMOD at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (b2hDZ)
++++
Huge problem, especially for the regional banks (they do most of the CRE lending). Vacancy rates like this might topple a bunch of regional banks, which will then be folded into the mega-banks as the consolidation ratchet completes another turn. Fewer choices, more corruption, less credit available to local businesses, more restrictions on people using the banks, etc.
Jamie Dimon is probably creaming his $5,000 suit pants at the very thought of it.
Posted by: SMOD at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (b2hDZ)
++++
Huge problem, especially for the regional banks (they do most of the CRE lending). Vacancy rates like this might topple a bunch of regional banks, which will then be folded into the mega-banks as the consolidation ratchet completes another turn. Fewer choices, more corruption, less credit available to local businesses, more restrictions on people using the banks, etc.
Jamie Dimon is probably creaming his $5,000 suit pants at the very thought of it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (DU+/6)
173
The mainstream media isn't.
Posted by: Change my mind at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (DhOHl)
Posted by: wth at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (v0R5T)
175
I think American retailers need to study Ukrainian retail security methods. Number one, there is always a guy, or two, with an AK-47 at the door. Oh, and the AK-47s are fucking loaded. Just sayin.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (4eKPg)
176
163
Up to a point, yes.
When it comes to ballot counting . . .
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (1Os4k)
==========
Would you risk ever losing political power by allowing the people a voice? Well, would ya?!
Up to a point, yes.
When it comes to ballot counting . . .
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (1Os4k)
==========
Would you risk ever losing political power by allowing the people a voice? Well, would ya?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (LvTSG)
177
As soon as I talk everyone immediately knows where I'm from. I have THAT accent that I can't seem to get rid of
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (VTu1l)
Hmmm, distinctive accent. NYC, of course. My Grandma lived 40 years in El Paso and never completely lost Queens. Chicago is not quite as distinctive, but always sounded like more of a mush of them northern climes' accents. Of course, there is also Boston.
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at May 19, 2023 01:23 PM (VTu1l)
Hmmm, distinctive accent. NYC, of course. My Grandma lived 40 years in El Paso and never completely lost Queens. Chicago is not quite as distinctive, but always sounded like more of a mush of them northern climes' accents. Of course, there is also Boston.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (zZu0s)
178
Oh damn, now I’ve gotta get George Floyd decorations, too?
Guess I better head to Target. Where’s that suitcase?
Guess I better head to Target. Where’s that suitcase?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (5+1HQ)
179
@165
>>One of the most clear signs a civilization is collapsing is when there is no justice and no law. Extremely clear sign.
Oh, there is plenty of justice and law, it's just who does and does not get the stick is very different depending on numerous factors.
>>One of the most clear signs a civilization is collapsing is when there is no justice and no law. Extremely clear sign.
Oh, there is plenty of justice and law, it's just who does and does not get the stick is very different depending on numerous factors.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (up/3i)
180
I still think 'Doom-Loop' is a buzz phrase people are liking to throw around.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
It does stink of corporate faddishness. But what would you prefer? Progressive dissolution? Economic meltdown?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
It does stink of corporate faddishness. But what would you prefer? Progressive dissolution? Economic meltdown?
Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (jzzG8)
181
"A problem for banks."
You mean the ones like Bank of America that are 'too big to fail,' those banks?
You mean the ones like Bank of America that are 'too big to fail,' those banks?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (Ho1an)
182
Target CEO: Our Stores Are Plagued by "Violent" Incidents; We're On Track to Lose $1.2 Billion This Year Due to "Widespread" Shoplifting
Lets do little boy girly swimsuits that allow them to tuck their little dicks!
Lets do little boy girly swimsuits that allow them to tuck their little dicks!
Posted by: Targhey Marketing at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (BRHaw)
183
If you were a Target employee, and you knew the Corp didn't care about theft, and also didn't care about you, constantly putting you in dangerous situations - then why wouldn't you set up an operation with your pals there to sell truckloads of high value items off the back loading dock? And then just say "we dunno, guess it was stolen like the rest of the stuff."
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:20 PM (fani/)
If one works retail, one of the first things you learn is that the purpose of the CCTV cameras and the other anti-theft stuff is to curtail employee theft. Corporate might not have you arrested, but they can certainly fire you.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:20 PM (fani/)
If one works retail, one of the first things you learn is that the purpose of the CCTV cameras and the other anti-theft stuff is to curtail employee theft. Corporate might not have you arrested, but they can certainly fire you.
Posted by: mrp at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (rj6Yv)
184
Who's Rusty Campbell?
Posted by: Muldoon at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (kXYt5)
185
But, can they not read their own balance sheets, the cash flow?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (Vhzin)
++++
They can, but they can't sell at "fire sale prices" because there is so much leverage involved. They don't own those buildings outright. There is a ton of financing under every square foot of commercial real estate. They can sell it at a loss, but they still have to pay the note.
Better to hang on and hope.
And yeah, it will eventually cause a bunch of regional banks to detonate.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (Vhzin)
++++
They can, but they can't sell at "fire sale prices" because there is so much leverage involved. They don't own those buildings outright. There is a ton of financing under every square foot of commercial real estate. They can sell it at a loss, but they still have to pay the note.
Better to hang on and hope.
And yeah, it will eventually cause a bunch of regional banks to detonate.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (DU+/6)
186
171 Geez, rules on what's required for being an ally are getting stricter. Next thing you know, you'll be required to participate in the depravity.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (fs1hN)
=========
"If I don't do this, then I won't be able to meet payroll, so, here we go!"
-Owner of the Dodgers
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (fs1hN)
=========
"If I don't do this, then I won't be able to meet payroll, so, here we go!"
-Owner of the Dodgers
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (LvTSG)
187
125 There is one solution and one solution only for these bums and junkies and vagrants: a .45 to the back of the skull. There is no helping them. There is no defending society from them. There is nothing anyone can do that will make the slightest bit of difference. They are a cancer, a virus. And there is only one cure for that.
---
It's only a matter of time, sadly.
---
It's only a matter of time, sadly.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (i+mOk)
188
Perhaps Tarshea should adopt the Walmart model - death to folks attempting to leave without displaying the sales slip.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 01:30 PM (oRtbV)
189
165 One of the most clear signs a civilization is collapsing is when there is no justice and no law. Extremely clear sign.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (0hOvj)
______________
"Tell me about it! I warned these motherfuckers, I warned them. But did they listen? Nooooooooo."
-- Max Rockatansky
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (0hOvj)
______________
"Tell me about it! I warned these motherfuckers, I warned them. But did they listen? Nooooooooo."
-- Max Rockatansky
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 19, 2023 01:30 PM (iFTx/)
190
It hit bottom,languished there for years, then starting with Dave Bing, cleaned out city government and is continuing on its renewal.
Yeah it seems to have stabilized and is actually rebuilding. But it wouldn't take much to dive again.
Yeah it seems to have stabilized and is actually rebuilding. But it wouldn't take much to dive again.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:30 PM (0hOvj)
191
122 Columbus Mayor is asking that bars and restaurants in the Short North area close early because of the high crime.
They voted for this crap.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
___
The crime will move to another area. Problem solved!
They voted for this crap.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
___
The crime will move to another area. Problem solved!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 19, 2023 01:30 PM (fs1hN)
192
Bungee cord drop using #4 piano wire.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (Y2tls)
'I like the way you think. I'll keep my eye on you.'
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:26 PM (Y2tls)
'I like the way you think. I'll keep my eye on you.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:30 PM (zZu0s)
193
All they need is a Robocop.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 19, 2023 01:30 PM (cMXNt)
194
@82 This shit is like a James Bond novel in which there is no wealthy, charasmatic villain.
----
Soros isn't single-handedly responsible for what's happening. But his mucking about with the DA system has made things much worse than they probably would be otherwise.
----
Soros isn't single-handedly responsible for what's happening. But his mucking about with the DA system has made things much worse than they probably would be otherwise.
Posted by: junior at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (BKns4)
195
Poor Target.
I gave them another chance after they tossed out the Salvation Army and trannied the bathrooms because a new CEO was working to chart a better course for the company. But then they went after the kids.
So I guess they are irredeemably evil and are reaping the results.
I gave them another chance after they tossed out the Salvation Army and trannied the bathrooms because a new CEO was working to chart a better course for the company. But then they went after the kids.
So I guess they are irredeemably evil and are reaping the results.
Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (Emce2)
196
Lets do little boy girly swimsuits that allow them to tuck their little dicks!
Posted by: Targhey Marketing at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (BRHaw)
Sick... My favorite are infant onesies with gay slogans on them
Posted by: Targhey Marketing at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (BRHaw)
Sick... My favorite are infant onesies with gay slogans on them
Posted by: It's me donna at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (bs+z0)
197
Psycho alpha disco beta bio aqua doom loop
Posted by: ... at May 19, 2023 01:04 PM
Is it weird that I heard Julie Andrews singing that in my head?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 01:24 PM (Wnv9h)
Think Verna Felton singing it in Cinderella as the Fairy Godmother:
Psycho alpha disco beta bio aqua doom loop
Put 'em together and what have you got
bippity-boppity-boo!
Posted by: ... at May 19, 2023 01:04 PM
Is it weird that I heard Julie Andrews singing that in my head?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 01:24 PM (Wnv9h)
Think Verna Felton singing it in Cinderella as the Fairy Godmother:
Psycho alpha disco beta bio aqua doom loop
Put 'em together and what have you got
bippity-boppity-boo!
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (xhaym)
198
It does stink of corporate faddishness. But what would you prefer? Progressive dissolution? Economic meltdown?
Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (jzzG
The flip side of Broken Windows policing.
Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (jzzG
The flip side of Broken Windows policing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (zZu0s)
199
"Doom Loop" isn't a new term, but this is the first time I've seen it applied to something like a city.
The "Doom Loop" is the opposite of the "Virtuous Circle" and has typically been used (in my experience, anyway) for macroeconomic discussions.
The "Doom Loop" is the opposite of the "Virtuous Circle" and has typically been used (in my experience, anyway) for macroeconomic discussions.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (DU+/6)
200
Wait until our new neighbors from south of the border get on the bandwagon.
Posted by: wth at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (v0R5T)
201
One of the most clear signs a civilization is collapsing is when there is no justice and no law. Extremely clear sign.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (0hOvj)
A functional justice system is what convinces people to put up with society's bullshit. It may not be perfect, but you know that if someone does something they shouldn't, odds are pretty good that they'll do hard time for it.
When you don't have a functional justice system, people start asking "what's in it for me", and finding out that the answer is "not much, now pay your taxes, serf!"
There will soon be a return to vigilantes and family/clan/gang feuds as the justice system grows ever more feckless.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:27 PM (0hOvj)
A functional justice system is what convinces people to put up with society's bullshit. It may not be perfect, but you know that if someone does something they shouldn't, odds are pretty good that they'll do hard time for it.
When you don't have a functional justice system, people start asking "what's in it for me", and finding out that the answer is "not much, now pay your taxes, serf!"
There will soon be a return to vigilantes and family/clan/gang feuds as the justice system grows ever more feckless.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (MIb2C)
202
125 There is one solution and one solution only for these bums and junkies and vagrants: a .45 to the back of the skull. There is no helping them. There is no defending society from them. There is nothing anyone can do that will make the slightest bit of difference. They are a cancer, a virus. And there is only one cure for that.
---
It's only a matter of time, sadly.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (i+mOk)
---
They died a long time ago. "Zombies" is a fitting term for these shambling husks of once-humans.
---
It's only a matter of time, sadly.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 19, 2023 01:29 PM (i+mOk)
---
They died a long time ago. "Zombies" is a fitting term for these shambling husks of once-humans.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (YIVH2)
203
Well we got an explanation for the facially absurd Feinstein Operation: PELOSI'S DAUGHTER IS HER CARETAKER.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0
5/18/dianne-feinstein-senate-resign-
retire-pelosi-schiff-lee-00097595
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0
5/18/dianne-feinstein-senate-resign-
retire-pelosi-schiff-lee-00097595
Posted by: Thesokorus at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (7wrh7)
Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (1xshr)
205
Kaboom! >> Doom Loops
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trailer Trash Adjacent at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (xPJvm)
206
Hey, Target! Gimme the demographics for each of your store shopping neighborhoods, and I'll rank them for shoplifting loss.
And don't mix the latins into the P.O.C. category. Gimme the black-white-brown mix straight up.
And don't mix the latins into the P.O.C. category. Gimme the black-white-brown mix straight up.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (KiBMU)
207
Columbus Mayor is asking that bars and restaurants in the Short North area close early because of the high crime.
They voted for this crap.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
The Short Hairs back in the day before Nationwide was built was where all the strip clubs and after hours bars were located. The posters would have pics of nekkid ladies with a small piece of black electrician's tape over their nips.
It was fantastic!
But, you are exactly right - they voted for this shit. Reap the whirlwind.
They voted for this crap.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
The Short Hairs back in the day before Nationwide was built was where all the strip clubs and after hours bars were located. The posters would have pics of nekkid ladies with a small piece of black electrician's tape over their nips.
It was fantastic!
But, you are exactly right - they voted for this shit. Reap the whirlwind.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (oRtbV)
208
159 That commercial vacancy rate?
What's got me baffled is, how are the owners not selling at fire sale prices?
Do they really believe "this is just a temporary downturn, they'll be back?"
I mean, if all they watch is the mains, yeah, I can see them falling for it--according to those sources, this is the best economy America has ever seen.
But, can they not read their own balance sheets, the cash flow?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
-----------
Big commercial properties nowadays are rarely held by single owners that can do that. Instead, a lot of these properties are leveraged to the hilt with debt and when they go, local banks financing the property development or mortgages for these existing properties go belly up.
Real estate, both commercial and residential are sticky assets--quick to go up in price but resistant to downward shifts in price because most of them were acquired or built with borrowed money. Recognizing the loss means having to pony up the difference for investors/home owners, banks and institutions have to write off the devalued assets, and the bankruptcies and lawsuits fly.
What's got me baffled is, how are the owners not selling at fire sale prices?
Do they really believe "this is just a temporary downturn, they'll be back?"
I mean, if all they watch is the mains, yeah, I can see them falling for it--according to those sources, this is the best economy America has ever seen.
But, can they not read their own balance sheets, the cash flow?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
-----------
Big commercial properties nowadays are rarely held by single owners that can do that. Instead, a lot of these properties are leveraged to the hilt with debt and when they go, local banks financing the property development or mortgages for these existing properties go belly up.
Real estate, both commercial and residential are sticky assets--quick to go up in price but resistant to downward shifts in price because most of them were acquired or built with borrowed money. Recognizing the loss means having to pony up the difference for investors/home owners, banks and institutions have to write off the devalued assets, and the bankruptcies and lawsuits fly.
Posted by: whig at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (nA+rs)
209
This slender brunette once dumped a guy because he said he wanted to "put it in her doom loop:"
https://is.gd/aPPSMU
https://is.gd/aPPSMU
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (DU+/6)
210
>>One of the most clear signs a civilization is collapsing is when there is no justice and no law. Extremely clear sign.
----------------
The sign will deliver you to Rivers of Blood. Good Times!
----------------
The sign will deliver you to Rivers of Blood. Good Times!
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (4eKPg)
211
The "Doom Loop" is the opposite of the "Virtuous Circle" and has typically been used (in my experience, anyway) for macroeconomic discussions.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (DU+/6)
I get that, I am just saying it is this year's 'Perfect Storm' or 'Black Swan.'
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (DU+/6)
I get that, I am just saying it is this year's 'Perfect Storm' or 'Black Swan.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (zZu0s)
212
92 Our local Target closed a few years ago.
Yes, lots of theft out the front doors. However, if turned out to be the theft by employees that finished it off.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (1Os4k)
———
My thinking is one day we’ll all be walking in stores and just take stuff. Maybe 5 years, maybe 10.
Yes, lots of theft out the front doors. However, if turned out to be the theft by employees that finished it off.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (1Os4k)
———
My thinking is one day we’ll all be walking in stores and just take stuff. Maybe 5 years, maybe 10.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (cMXNt)
213
205 Kaboom! >> Doom Loops
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trailer Trash Adjacent at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (xPJvm
Now with more doom !
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trailer Trash Adjacent at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (xPJvm
Now with more doom !
Posted by: It's me donna at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (bs+z0)
214
Because if you want to celebrate a group of people based on their sexual orientation, the best example of kindly, generous, thoughtful gay people who care about their community is to bring in cross dressing men who show their contempt for Catholicism and Christianity. Too bad "Sister Radio- Active" or However the hell it's spelled couldn't be there. He (Sam Brinton) is still dealing with some legal matters,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (Keyt1)
215
175 I think American retailers need to study Ukrainian retail security methods. Number one, there is always a guy, or two, with an AK-47 at the door. Oh, and the AK-47s are fucking loaded. Just sayin.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (4eKPg)
The current crop of local judges would toss any store employee or contractor that did this in jail immediately, while the store continues to burn.
Until the Leftist judges are controlled, and I have no idea how this would be done (peacefully anyway), there will be zero change in controlling the feral two-legged animals that are committing the crimes.
But yeah, it would be effective.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:28 PM (4eKPg)
The current crop of local judges would toss any store employee or contractor that did this in jail immediately, while the store continues to burn.
Until the Leftist judges are controlled, and I have no idea how this would be done (peacefully anyway), there will be zero change in controlling the feral two-legged animals that are committing the crimes.
But yeah, it would be effective.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (i+mOk)
216
Bill in Arkansas, we are working on a potential MoMe and I would like to pick your brain, please, for ideas for a good gathering place/venue. My email is in my nic.
Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (Emce2)
217
So why do we need cities still? The answer for most is that we don't.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (MIb2C)
Where else are you going to get good Thai- Senegalese Fusion at 3 Am?
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at May 19, 2023 01:17 PM (MIb2C)
Where else are you going to get good Thai- Senegalese Fusion at 3 Am?
Posted by: Fox2! at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (mETmT)
218
The San Francisco Chronicle revealed yesterday that nearly a third of the city's commercial office space is currently vacant.
.........
Perfect place for Welfare Migrant bunk beds.
.........
Perfect place for Welfare Migrant bunk beds.
Posted by: wth at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (v0R5T)
219
If you were a Target employee, and you knew the Corp didn't care about theft, and also didn't care about you, constantly putting you in dangerous situations - then why wouldn't you set up an operation with your pals there to sell truckloads of high value items off the back loading dock?
I suspect a lot of that is going on. Theft from employees is always a problem in stores, and in a place like Target? Its going to be even worse, especially if the employee is a protected class.
I suspect a lot of that is going on. Theft from employees is always a problem in stores, and in a place like Target? Its going to be even worse, especially if the employee is a protected class.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (0hOvj)
220
I get that, I am just saying it is this year's 'Perfect Storm' or 'Black Swan.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (zZu0s)
++++
Yeah, it might shake out that way. I suppose it shouldn't be surprising. It is - like the others - a useful concept.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (zZu0s)
++++
Yeah, it might shake out that way. I suppose it shouldn't be surprising. It is - like the others - a useful concept.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (DU+/6)
221
@203
>>Well we got an explanation for the facially absurd Feinstein Operation: PELOSI'S DAUGHTER IS HER CARETAKER.
This is obscene and patently unethical, but... heh, they're Democrats, they're probably casting stones for who gets to replace her.
My money is on Schiff.
>>Well we got an explanation for the facially absurd Feinstein Operation: PELOSI'S DAUGHTER IS HER CARETAKER.
This is obscene and patently unethical, but... heh, they're Democrats, they're probably casting stones for who gets to replace her.
My money is on Schiff.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (up/3i)
222
The "Doom Loop" is the opposite of the "Virtuous Circle" and has typically been used (in my experience, anyway) for macroeconomic discussions.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (DU+/6)
We have no idea what you are talking about.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:31 PM (DU+/6)
We have no idea what you are talking about.
Posted by: Let's borrow more in a rising interest rate environment! at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (ZCCyW)
223
216 Bill in Arkansas, we are working on a potential MoMe and I would like to pick your brain, please, for ideas for a good gathering place/venue. My email is in my nic.
Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (Emce2)
Isn't Bill in Arkansas in the Virgin Islands?
Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (Emce2)
Isn't Bill in Arkansas in the Virgin Islands?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (zZu0s)
224
I'm still thinking about the DU dispatch from the other day. Where them geniuses were trying to figure out a solution to the thefts.
And they kept running into 500 Errors as their internal liberal programming wasn't proved by reality.
They're stealing cause they're hungry. But they're stealing high-end items.
They're stealing cause they're poor. But rich people steal too.
They're stealing cause they can't get jobs. But this is the best economy ever.
It was hilarious and pathetic.
And they kept running into 500 Errors as their internal liberal programming wasn't proved by reality.
They're stealing cause they're hungry. But they're stealing high-end items.
They're stealing cause they're poor. But rich people steal too.
They're stealing cause they can't get jobs. But this is the best economy ever.
It was hilarious and pathetic.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (Vhzin)
225
There are no emergent properties or loops or slippery slopes. There is just intentional actions by humans to drive outcomes.
Whatever lvl of abstraction "loops" and "slopes" exist on has no connection to reality.
Whatever lvl of abstraction "loops" and "slopes" exist on has no connection to reality.
Posted by: Thesokorus at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (7wrh7)
226
We have no idea what you are talking about.
Posted by: Let's borrow more in a rising interest rate environment! at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (ZCCyW)
++++
Heh. Good luck with that.
Posted by: Let's borrow more in a rising interest rate environment! at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (ZCCyW)
++++
Heh. Good luck with that.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (DU+/6)
227
There's money to be made on Only Fans. The Target CEO douche should give it a shot.
Posted by: Mishdog at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (YXEoM)
228
I may be all wet, but I took the face of God comment differently. It seems to me that he's reminding himself (was it a she? I can't remember already) to not turn a blind eye to another human being - even a drug-addicted near-corpse like he was seeing. It seems like he's internalized a combination of i) "there, but for the grace of God go I" and ii) "That which you do unto the least of mine you do also unto me."
Posted by: 496 at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (3fQcW)
229
@209
>>This slender brunette once dumped a guy because he said he wanted to "put it in her doom loop:"
https://is.gd/aPPSMU
Can you blame him?
That's one supple Leopard.
>>This slender brunette once dumped a guy because he said he wanted to "put it in her doom loop:"
https://is.gd/aPPSMU
Can you blame him?
That's one supple Leopard.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (up/3i)
230
When the Daily Daddario heard you say Doom Loop, she thought you said Boom Loop and she decided to bring a friend, the Fun Loving Scarlett:
https://tinyurl.com/yptwf6h2
https://tinyurl.com/yptwf6h2
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (LvTSG)
231
This slender brunette once dumped a guy because he said he wanted to "put it in her doom loop:"
https://is.gd/aPPSMU
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (DU+/6)
........
Boy am I glad I clicked on that.
https://is.gd/aPPSMU
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (DU+/6)
........
Boy am I glad I clicked on that.
Posted by: wth at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (v0R5T)
232
You can smell the ending.
We're that close.
Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (1xshr)
Like pork scratchings mostly
We're that close.
Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (1xshr)
Like pork scratchings mostly
Posted by: ... at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (ybmra)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (Y2tls)
234
Does any body teach Maslow's hiearachy of needs any more?
Posted by: WisRich at May 19, 2023 01:36 PM (wjyOc)
235
My thinking is one day we’ll all be walking in stores and just take stuff. Maybe 5 years, maybe 10.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (cMXNt)
Because whatever is still in the stores is useless. Like rummaging through a garage sale.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (cMXNt)
Because whatever is still in the stores is useless. Like rummaging through a garage sale.
Posted by: Erik In Texas at May 19, 2023 01:36 PM (aGGj6)
236
Isn't Bill in Arkansas in the Virgin Islands?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (zZu0s)
*perks up* A Virgin Islands MoMe?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (zZu0s)
*perks up* A Virgin Islands MoMe?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 19, 2023 01:36 PM (PiwSw)
237
okay I updated the Libs of TikTok post. thanks, JJ!
I just have to finish the cafe now and then I can start the weekend early.
I just have to finish the cafe now and then I can start the weekend early.
Posted by: ace at May 19, 2023 01:36 PM (iHBZj)
238
I think we are already there in some form. I know at least one person who orders all her goods from Walmart online, then just goes there and picks them up when they are ready. Someone in the store goes around and collects them for her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
===========
I'm a complete Instacart convert.
I think we are already there in some form. I know at least one person who orders all her goods from Walmart online, then just goes there and picks them up when they are ready. Someone in the store goes around and collects them for her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
===========
I'm a complete Instacart convert.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:36 PM (lCaJd)
239
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (LvTSG)
Nice but straight out of the Devil's Advocate or From Dusk Til Dawn
Nice but straight out of the Devil's Advocate or From Dusk Til Dawn
Posted by: ... at May 19, 2023 01:37 PM (ybmra)
240
@237
>>I just have to finish the cafe now and then I can start the weekend early.
What are you doing for the weekend? I suggest a nice hike, clear your head and get some exercise.
>>I just have to finish the cafe now and then I can start the weekend early.
What are you doing for the weekend? I suggest a nice hike, clear your head and get some exercise.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 01:37 PM (up/3i)
241
okay I updated the Libs of TikTok post. thanks, JJ!
I just have to finish the cafe now and then I can start the weekend early.
Posted by: ace
==========
Folks, we are seeing the blog in the making. We are behind the scenes!
okay I updated the Libs of TikTok post. thanks, JJ!
I just have to finish the cafe now and then I can start the weekend early.
Posted by: ace
==========
Folks, we are seeing the blog in the making. We are behind the scenes!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:37 PM (lCaJd)
242
Can we not Rube Goldberg machine our responses anymore? Please.
Can we just cut to the chase and fix the elections and then let the winners do what they want?
Can we just cut to the chase and fix the elections and then let the winners do what they want?
Posted by: Thesokorus at May 19, 2023 01:37 PM (7wrh7)
243
>>>I may be all wet, but I took the face of God comment differently. It seems to me that he's reminding himself (was it a she? I can't remember already) to not turn a blind eye to another human being - even a drug-addicted near-corpse like he was seeing. It seems like he's internalized a combination of i) "there, but for the grace of God go I" and ii) "That which you do unto the least of mine you do also unto me."
no that's exactly it, but she has to keep repeating this to herself because San Francisco now features "the face of GOD" on every other block, in the form of a pile of human excrement or a bum ODing on the street.
no that's exactly it, but she has to keep repeating this to herself because San Francisco now features "the face of GOD" on every other block, in the form of a pile of human excrement or a bum ODing on the street.
Posted by: ace at May 19, 2023 01:37 PM (iHBZj)
244
Wait where did everyone go? All we have left are universities, state government offices and anarchist coffee shops.
Posted by: Blue State Voters at May 19, 2023 01:37 PM (fs1hN)
245
230 When the Daily Daddario heard you say Doom Loop, she thought you said Boom Loop and she decided to bring a friend, the Fun Loving Scarlett:
https://tinyurl.com/yptwf6h2
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (LvTSG)
One has dead eyes, the other looks like she wants to eat your face while shooting heroin.
And I LIKE Daddario. She just takes awful pictures sometimes.
https://tinyurl.com/yptwf6h2
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:35 PM (LvTSG)
One has dead eyes, the other looks like she wants to eat your face while shooting heroin.
And I LIKE Daddario. She just takes awful pictures sometimes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (zZu0s)
246
My mom watches that series "Yellowjackets." She likes it, doesn't love it. I never watched and never even heard about YJ until she mentioned it. Seems like a girl version of Lord of the Flies. So: accurate.
The left loves trying to set up imaginary utopias. What they always get is some combination of Thunderdome and Lord of the Flies.
The left loves trying to set up imaginary utopias. What they always get is some combination of Thunderdome and Lord of the Flies.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (iFTx/)
247
Leave the cities, the bad guys will eventually follow. VDH lives out in the sticks, yet he's written plenty of stories about theft, dumping, etc in his rural farmland. Tim Pool moved out to the sticks, and so far the welcome wagon has brought him over a dozen swattings.
Eventually you'll get AFFHed and Section 8ed, and if you resist, the fed govt will send troops to forcibly integrate you.
Eventually you'll get AFFHed and Section 8ed, and if you resist, the fed govt will send troops to forcibly integrate you.
Posted by: Blame It On gp's Juice at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: wth at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (v0R5T)
249
I mean, how many "Faces of GOD" can a human being be confronted with per week before breaking down?
Or just moving to a place with fewer "faces of God"?
Or just moving to a place with fewer "faces of God"?
Posted by: ace at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (iHBZj)
250
Does any body teach Maslow's hiearachy of needs any more?
Posted by: WisRich at May 19, 2023 01:36 PM (wjyOc)
++++
Personally, I subscribe to Lazlo's Hierarchy of Needs:
1. Unfiltered cigarettes
2. Beer
3. T-Top Trans Am
4. Chicks
Posted by: WisRich at May 19, 2023 01:36 PM (wjyOc)
++++
Personally, I subscribe to Lazlo's Hierarchy of Needs:
1. Unfiltered cigarettes
2. Beer
3. T-Top Trans Am
4. Chicks
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (DU+/6)
251
Where else are you going to get good Thai- Senegalese Fusion at 3 Am?
--------------
I am normally asleep at 3 AM unless I've got the trots.
--------------
I am normally asleep at 3 AM unless I've got the trots.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (4eKPg)
252
245 One has dead eyes, the other looks like she wants to eat your face while shooting heroin.
And I LIKE Daddario. She just takes awful pictures sometimes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (zZu0s)
=========
So...best night of your life?
And I LIKE Daddario. She just takes awful pictures sometimes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (zZu0s)
=========
So...best night of your life?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (LvTSG)
253
It's probably already been mentioned, but I heard something about this on the radio and something like 30% of the theft occurs outside of stores. Crime rings are forging paperwork and stealing the goods at the ports or somewhere else, straight off the ships or out of the trucks.
Way to go, dumbasses. Clearly you're simply not gay or diverse enough.
Way to go, dumbasses. Clearly you're simply not gay or diverse enough.
Posted by: Telling a Child They Were Born Wrong is Child Abuse at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (4jwtW)
254
I get that, I am just saying it is this year's 'Perfect Storm' or 'Black Swan.'
Yeah I agree, I get so sick of these trendy buzz phrases people try to fit into everything to sound impressive and knowledgeable. Its middle management crap.
But ACE is right here, and it fits.
The weird neologism I am most sick of is "cursed." People use "cursed" when they mean "weird" or "wrong" but its hip and cool and young people love it. Cursed cars, cursed houses, cursed guns. It doesn't mean "a place that is under a supernatural doom or negative effect" it just means "dumb looking"
Yeah I agree, I get so sick of these trendy buzz phrases people try to fit into everything to sound impressive and knowledgeable. Its middle management crap.
But ACE is right here, and it fits.
The weird neologism I am most sick of is "cursed." People use "cursed" when they mean "weird" or "wrong" but its hip and cool and young people love it. Cursed cars, cursed houses, cursed guns. It doesn't mean "a place that is under a supernatural doom or negative effect" it just means "dumb looking"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (0hOvj)
255
1. Unfiltered cigarettes
2. Beer
3. T-Top Trans Am
4. Chicks
---------------
Hard to object to this list.
2. Beer
3. T-Top Trans Am
4. Chicks
---------------
Hard to object to this list.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (4eKPg)
256
We're going to have to return to walled cities, but this time the point is keeping the barbarians in.
Posted by: Eeyore at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (TgBWG)
257
And I LIKE Daddario. She just takes awful pictures sometimes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (zZu0s)
++++
Some of it is on purpose (staged that way on purpose) but some of it is, I think, that she's one of those women who looks better in motion. Like Amy Acker.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (zZu0s)
++++
Some of it is on purpose (staged that way on purpose) but some of it is, I think, that she's one of those women who looks better in motion. Like Amy Acker.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (DU+/6)
258
The Short Hairs back in the day before Nationwide was built was where all the strip clubs and after hours bars were located. The posters would have pics of nekkid ladies with a small piece of black electrician's tape over their nips.
It was fantastic!
But, you are exactly right - they voted for this shit. Reap the whirlwind.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (oRtbV)
I remember that, and they (Les Wexner) destroyed the Campus Area, I miss mean MR Mustrads
It was fantastic!
But, you are exactly right - they voted for this shit. Reap the whirlwind.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 01:32 PM (oRtbV)
I remember that, and they (Les Wexner) destroyed the Campus Area, I miss mean MR Mustrads
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (6amFP)
259
It is mostly a big blue city problem for now, but Prez Veghead is shipping 10 million illegals around the country, many will land in smaller towns. "They" are really intent on destroying our country.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (Cus5s)
260
Whatever lvl of abstraction "loops" and "slopes" exist on has no connection to reality.
Posted by: Thesokorus
A casual familiarity of human behavior would dispel that flip declaration. Does the term 'mob psychology' ring a bell?
Posted by: Thesokorus
A casual familiarity of human behavior would dispel that flip declaration. Does the term 'mob psychology' ring a bell?
Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (jzzG8)
261
I suspect Target has been subsidizing losses in shithole cities with profits from well run cities for some time now - but the losses have become too massive. There's no way to raise prices enough to compensate for losses on this level.
If Target doesn't slash stores quickly and massively, the chain is probably looking at bankruptcy.
If Target doesn't slash stores quickly and massively, the chain is probably looking at bankruptcy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (fani/)
262
Posted by: ace at May 19, 2023 01:37 PM (iHBZj)
-------
Ah - that makes sense.
The scope of devastation seems overwhelming, for sure.
-------
Ah - that makes sense.
The scope of devastation seems overwhelming, for sure.
Posted by: 496 at May 19, 2023 01:40 PM (3fQcW)
263
249 I mean, how many "Faces of GOD" can a human being be confronted with per week before breaking down?
Or just moving to a place with fewer "faces of God"?
Posted by: ace at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (iHBZj)
You ok over there, ace?
Or just moving to a place with fewer "faces of God"?
Posted by: ace at May 19, 2023 01:38 PM (iHBZj)
You ok over there, ace?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:40 PM (zZu0s)
264
Remarkable how easy it was to destroy the USA....
Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2023 01:40 PM (yezA1)
265
"The unfortunate fact is violent incidents are increasing at our stores and across the entire retail industry. And when products are stolen, simply put they are no longer available for guests who depend on them," Cornell said on a call with reporters.
Jeff Bezos smiles.
Jeff Bezos smiles.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 19, 2023 01:40 PM (zhLdt)
266
Like Amy Acker.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (DU+/6)
Good choice. Summer Glau. Whedon had decent taste.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (DU+/6)
Good choice. Summer Glau. Whedon had decent taste.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:40 PM (zZu0s)
267
If Target doesn't slash stores quickly and massively, the chain is probably looking at bankruptcy.
-------------
That would be a shame.
-------------
That would be a shame.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:41 PM (4eKPg)
268
264 Remarkable how easy it was to destroy the USA....
Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2023 01:40 PM (yezA1)
Destroying is faster and easier than building.
Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2023 01:40 PM (yezA1)
Destroying is faster and easier than building.
Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 19, 2023 01:41 PM (Emce2)
Posted by: Targhey Marketing at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (BRHaw)
270
Folks, we are seeing the blog in the making. We are behind the scenes!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:37 PM (lCaJd)
---
You really don't want a complete peek under the hood...It's not for the faint of heart....
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:37 PM (lCaJd)
---
You really don't want a complete peek under the hood...It's not for the faint of heart....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (YIVH2)
271
But on topic, SF mayor London Breed is now suggesting forced treatment for addicts.
But on topic, SF mayor London Breed is now suggesting forced treatment for addicts.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: 496 at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (3fQcW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (RIvkX)
274
Lamont is working extra hard today. Must have given that ace slacker the day off.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (ZLI7S)
275
This smiling and attractive woman who doesn't have a doom box is so glad she doesn't have to resort to an OnlyFans Account to make a living:
https://tinyurl.com/3z4tn996
https://tinyurl.com/3z4tn996
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (Keyt1)
276
If Target doesn't slash stores quickly and massively, the chain is probably looking at bankruptcy.
-------------
That would be a shame.
Posted by: Puddinhead
Anyway. . .
-------------
That would be a shame.
Posted by: Puddinhead
Anyway. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (oRtbV)
277
BoardingArea
@BoardingArea
Plus Size Model Accuses United Airlines of Discrimination Because She Was Too Big to Walk Down Airplane Aisle via @yourownkanoo http://dlvr.it/SpDQcm
4:26 AM · May 18, 2023
Oli London
@OliLondonTV
A plus sized model has gone viral on TikTok after posting a video claiming that “it’s discrimination that they cannot build wider airplanes.”
Video: twitter.com/i/status/1659220624663801860
Do you agree or disagree with her statement? 🤔⬇️💬
8:33 AM · May 18, 2023
@BoardingArea
Plus Size Model Accuses United Airlines of Discrimination Because She Was Too Big to Walk Down Airplane Aisle via @yourownkanoo http://dlvr.it/SpDQcm
4:26 AM · May 18, 2023
Oli London
@OliLondonTV
A plus sized model has gone viral on TikTok after posting a video claiming that “it’s discrimination that they cannot build wider airplanes.”
Video: twitter.com/i/status/1659220624663801860
Do you agree or disagree with her statement? 🤔⬇️💬
8:33 AM · May 18, 2023
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (MFZ8i)
278
"I think we are already there in some form. I know at least one person who orders all her goods from Walmart online, then just goes there and picks them up when they are ready. Someone in the store goes around and collects them for her."
I do that here in Quebec...I started doing that because I wasn't allowed in the store because I didn't have a vaccine pass
...couldn't go in Costco either. Walmart will actually deliver your stuff now.
I do that here in Quebec...I started doing that because I wasn't allowed in the store because I didn't have a vaccine pass
...couldn't go in Costco either. Walmart will actually deliver your stuff now.Posted by: DaveX64 at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (3FcG9)
279
You know, it was a shitty movie, but Daddario really did look best in Baywatch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (Q4IgG)
281
If Target doesn't slash stores quickly and massively, the chain is probably looking at bankruptcy
--------
Well....... bye
--------
Well....... bye
Posted by: ... at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (ybmra)
282
I live in Asheville, the “San Francisco of the East”.
I do know the Walmarts in town, especially the one closest to downtown, have theft problems.
Coincidentally the city went on a blame/defund the police binge and the force has something like a 40% infilled position rate.
I do know the Walmarts in town, especially the one closest to downtown, have theft problems.
Coincidentally the city went on a blame/defund the police binge and the force has something like a 40% infilled position rate.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (cMXNt)
283
So why do we need cities still? The answer for most is that we don't.
I agree, I think cities are on the wane, its just starting now. Already many people are moving the hell out of cities to live in smaller communities nearby. I know a guy who works in NYC... from Oregon. He moved to Oregon and works from home, and essentially got like a 20% raise by lowing his cost of living.
There was a flood of people going to cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s that kind of took culture and the infrastructure by surprise. That's where the jobs and opportunities were. Now, its the opposite direction, and big cities are becoming even worse hell holes with zero hope of that stopping, much less reversing.
I agree, I think cities are on the wane, its just starting now. Already many people are moving the hell out of cities to live in smaller communities nearby. I know a guy who works in NYC... from Oregon. He moved to Oregon and works from home, and essentially got like a 20% raise by lowing his cost of living.
There was a flood of people going to cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s that kind of took culture and the infrastructure by surprise. That's where the jobs and opportunities were. Now, its the opposite direction, and big cities are becoming even worse hell holes with zero hope of that stopping, much less reversing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (0hOvj)
284
But on topic, SF mayor London Breed is now suggesting forced treatment for addicts.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (lCaJd)
How very Nazi of them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (lCaJd)
How very Nazi of them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:44 PM (zZu0s)
285
@36 TheJamesMadison-actually its pretty much an even mix of all ethnicities.
Stopped shopping at Target not necessarily because of woke BS but the places like Food Maxx far easier just to run in and grab what you need quick. Nothing like needing an escort to all the plexiglass barriers with locks just to get basic shit.
Too annoying and takes a lot of time, especially if it's busy.
Stopped shopping at Target not necessarily because of woke BS but the places like Food Maxx far easier just to run in and grab what you need quick. Nothing like needing an escort to all the plexiglass barriers with locks just to get basic shit.
Too annoying and takes a lot of time, especially if it's busy.
Posted by: JROD at May 19, 2023 01:44 PM (IlL6s)
286
"The city often seemed to operate like an incompetent parent, confusing compassion and permissiveness."
Somehow this confusion never seems to exist in the nicer parts of town, like where the city leaders live.
Somehow this confusion never seems to exist in the nicer parts of town, like where the city leaders live.
Posted by: 29Victor at May 19, 2023 01:44 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: WisRich at May 19, 2023 01:45 PM (wjyOc)
288
Somehow this confusion never seems to exist in the nicer parts of town, like where the city leaders live.
Posted by: 29Victor at May 19, 2023 01:44 PM (BJKQV)
++++
I dunno about that. I got attacked by a dude with a hammer.
Posted by: 29Victor at May 19, 2023 01:44 PM (BJKQV)
++++
I dunno about that. I got attacked by a dude with a hammer.
Posted by: Paul Pelosi at May 19, 2023 01:45 PM (DU+/6)
289
All these white guilt savior complex dumbasses have set the black community back 150 years, dependent on everyone. The Lyndon Johnson dem led "Great Society" of getting the black community hooked on Government was bad enough. Now government entitlements aren't even enough to satiate those who have been brainwashed into reparations.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 19, 2023 01:45 PM (+oR7L)
290
My ritzy target gets thieved multiple times per day. It's like a known thing: steal shit from target.
Posted by: NCKate at May 19, 2023 01:45 PM (d5Qya)
291
CNN reporting that TARGET just announced free Tranny BJ's to all it customers that make a purchase of $100 or more.
Posted by: James at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (LrYuZ)
292
Would you risk ever losing political power by allowing the people a voice? Well, would ya?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
====
Math warning
So a recent ballot initiative in The Mitten turned legislative district boundaries over to a Citizens Committee. One of the metrics was that, since Michigan normally runs just slightly majority Dem, then the districts should reflect that.
Ok, great concept, but how do you do that when Wayne County is 107% Dem? Here's how - you end up with a district that stretches from the southwest corner (culturally an extension of Chicago), all the way across the state to lake Erie, which is culturally Detroit.
But this is not gerrymandering, no-sir-ee.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
====
Math warning
So a recent ballot initiative in The Mitten turned legislative district boundaries over to a Citizens Committee. One of the metrics was that, since Michigan normally runs just slightly majority Dem, then the districts should reflect that.
Ok, great concept, but how do you do that when Wayne County is 107% Dem? Here's how - you end up with a district that stretches from the southwest corner (culturally an extension of Chicago), all the way across the state to lake Erie, which is culturally Detroit.
But this is not gerrymandering, no-sir-ee.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (1Os4k)
293
"Target CEO: Our Stores Are Plagued by "Violent" Incidents; We're On Track to Lose $1.2 Billion This Year Due to "Widespread" Shoplifting"
So they decide to promote a bunch of trans merchandise including chest binders to lose more billions.
Or maybe that's the only merchandise that won't be stolen.
So they decide to promote a bunch of trans merchandise including chest binders to lose more billions.
Or maybe that's the only merchandise that won't be stolen.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (NpAcC)
294
some of it is, I think, that she's one of those women who looks better in motion
I agree. She can take some amazing photos but she does look much better on film. As opposed to, say, Kate Upton who looks amazing no matter what.
I agree. She can take some amazing photos but she does look much better on film. As opposed to, say, Kate Upton who looks amazing no matter what.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Targhey Marketing at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (BRHaw)
296
Visited a Target while in ABQ. Armed security guard at each entrance.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (wagHN)
297
264 Remarkable how easy it was to destroy the USA....
Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2023 01:40 PM (yezA1)
———
They’ve been working on it for decades. I really think a key turning point was when Gingrich was as shitcanned in 1998.
264 Remarkable how easy it was to destroy the USA....
Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2023 01:40 PM (yezA1)
———
They’ve been working on it for decades. I really think a key turning point was when Gingrich was as shitcanned in 1998.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (cMXNt)
298
Stumblin' stumblin'
Stumblin' stumblin'
Stumblin' stumblin' down!
Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper · 39m
WATCH: Biden stumbles on steps during G7 visit in Japan
https://tinyurl.com/yc58j6mc
[10 seconds; Unfortunately, not on his face.]
Stumblin' stumblin'
Stumblin' stumblin' down!
Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper · 39m
WATCH: Biden stumbles on steps during G7 visit in Japan
https://tinyurl.com/yc58j6mc
[10 seconds; Unfortunately, not on his face.]
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (Vwz3I)
299
I wonder how many Soros backed DA's there are that Target's political action groups have contributed to?
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (i7Q7S)
300
You know, it was a shitty movie, but Daddario really did look best in Baywatch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (zZu0s)
........
Yep. Sporting an awesome wedgie the whole time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (zZu0s)
........
Yep. Sporting an awesome wedgie the whole time.
Posted by: wth at May 19, 2023 01:47 PM (v0R5T)
301
291 CNN reporting that TARGET just announced free Tranny BJ's to all it customers that make a purchase of $100 or more.
Posted by: James at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (LrYuZ)
Asking for a friend dude playing gal or gal playing dude?
Posted by: James at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (LrYuZ)
Asking for a friend dude playing gal or gal playing dude?
Posted by: Targhey Marketing at May 19, 2023 01:47 PM (BRHaw)
302
I live in Asheville, the “San Francisco of the East”.
I do know the Walmarts in town, especially the one closest to downtown, have theft problems.
Coincidentally the city went on a blame/defund the police binge and the force has something like a 40% infilled position rate.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
When we last visited Asheville, the downtown was overrun with violent homeless blocking entrances to the restaurants. Just like San Francisco.
No offense Ken. But we aren't going back.
I do know the Walmarts in town, especially the one closest to downtown, have theft problems.
Coincidentally the city went on a blame/defund the police binge and the force has something like a 40% infilled position rate.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
When we last visited Asheville, the downtown was overrun with violent homeless blocking entrances to the restaurants. Just like San Francisco.
No offense Ken. But we aren't going back.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 01:47 PM (oRtbV)
303
@256 We're going to have to return to walled cities, but this time the point is keeping the barbarians in.
----
You mean Escape from New York?
----
You mean Escape from New York?
Posted by: junior at May 19, 2023 01:47 PM (BKns4)
304
As opposed to, say, Kate Upton who looks amazing no matter what.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (0hOvj)
Beyond the other considerations, the smile and eyes go a LONG way.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:46 PM (0hOvj)
Beyond the other considerations, the smile and eyes go a LONG way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:47 PM (zZu0s)
305
Describing something sa a "Doom Loop" makes sense when every action leads inevitably to the next action, which makes things worse , and then leads to another. Example : bad social policy cuts back on police presence and allows massive theft, which cause stores to close which raises local unemployment which cuts city revenue which leads to even less police presence and more theft. Eventually everyone leaves except the very sick, the very old, and the thieves.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 19, 2023 01:47 PM (fani/)
306
Remarkable how easy it was to destroy the USA...
--
Not much different than what happens with business when you think about it. Take over HR, hire like-minded individuals, ruin the company.
Government / FBI did the same.
--
Not much different than what happens with business when you think about it. Take over HR, hire like-minded individuals, ruin the company.
Government / FBI did the same.
Posted by: Telling a Child They Were Born Wrong is Child Abuse at May 19, 2023 01:47 PM (4jwtW)
307
off ghey sox
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (BRHaw)
308
275 This smiling and attractive woman who doesn't have a doom box is so glad she doesn't have to resort to an OnlyFans Account to make a living:
https://tinyurl.com/3z4tn996
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (Keyt1)
A doom box. More often than not, a completely appropriate name.
https://tinyurl.com/3z4tn996
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (Keyt1)
A doom box. More often than not, a completely appropriate name.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (KbCG3)
309
That commercial vacancy rate?
What's got me baffled is, how are the owners not selling at fire sale prices?
==========
It's happening. In a notorious case, a commercial building in SF valued at $300m in 2019 (Trump's pre-COVID boom) is now going begging at $60m.
Analysts are arguing over whether this is a one-off or the wave of SF's future.
That commercial vacancy rate?
What's got me baffled is, how are the owners not selling at fire sale prices?
==========
It's happening. In a notorious case, a commercial building in SF valued at $300m in 2019 (Trump's pre-COVID boom) is now going begging at $60m.
Analysts are arguing over whether this is a one-off or the wave of SF's future.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (lCaJd)
310
There was a flood of people going to cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s that kind of took culture and the infrastructure by surprise. That's where the jobs and opportunities were. Now, its the opposite direction, and big cities are becoming even worse hell holes with zero hope of that stopping, much less reversing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (0hOvj)
As the economic situation worsens, people become more desperate, and crime intensifies. As crime intensifies, it gets harder to do honest business, and businesses that were on the edge start failing or leaving. As businesses fail or leave, the economic situation worsens...
It's pretty well stuck in a flat spin. Without an economic reason to exist, they will cease existing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (0hOvj)
As the economic situation worsens, people become more desperate, and crime intensifies. As crime intensifies, it gets harder to do honest business, and businesses that were on the edge start failing or leaving. As businesses fail or leave, the economic situation worsens...
It's pretty well stuck in a flat spin. Without an economic reason to exist, they will cease existing.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (MIb2C)
311
303 You mean Escape from New York?
Posted by: junior at May 19, 2023 01:47 PM (BKns4)
=======
Nah, too monochromatic.
Escape from LA.
Posted by: junior at May 19, 2023 01:47 PM (BKns4)
=======
Nah, too monochromatic.
Escape from LA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (LvTSG)
312
I get that, I am just saying it is this year's 'Perfect Storm' or 'Black Swan.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (zZu0s)
We should start inventing next year's buzzwords today.
I propose "unstuffed cinnamon-roll" and ask for other submissions.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:33 PM (zZu0s)
We should start inventing next year's buzzwords today.
I propose "unstuffed cinnamon-roll" and ask for other submissions.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (xhaym)
313
When our local Target replaced the in-store hot dog/pizza place with a Starbucks I knew the end times were near. Nothing like watching large women in stretch pants sipping a Latte while perusing the ChiCom import new stretch pants.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (4eKPg)
314
Does anyone think the Norks would attack SK without the full approval of China?
I think they would need approval and certainly financial support.
I'm talking a full blown war.
I think they would need approval and certainly financial support.
I'm talking a full blown war.
Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (1xshr)
315
Store somewhere in Italy 1975.
A store worker took my order.
I took the order to a cashier, paid for it, received a receipt.
Returned the receipt to a store worker who filled the order and gave the goods to me.
The goods stayed behind counters until I paid.
Would there be a heavier fine and or sentence for a criminal if they grabbed my belongings rather than shoplifted from the store?
A store worker took my order.
I took the order to a cashier, paid for it, received a receipt.
Returned the receipt to a store worker who filled the order and gave the goods to me.
The goods stayed behind counters until I paid.
Would there be a heavier fine and or sentence for a criminal if they grabbed my belongings rather than shoplifted from the store?
Posted by: Goatweed at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (0Q/6W)
316
277 BoardingArea
@BoardingArea
Plus Size Model Accuses United Airlines of Discrimination Because She Was Too Big to Walk Down Airplane Aisle via @yourownkanoo http://dlvr.it/SpDQcm
4:26 AM · May 18, 2023
Oli London
@OliLondonTV
A plus sized model has gone viral on TikTok after posting a video claiming that “it’s discrimination that they cannot build wider airplanes.”
Video: twitter.com/i/status/1659220624663801860
Do you agree or disagree with her statement? 🤔⬇️💬
8:33 AM · May 18, 2023
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (MFZ8i)
Hey, if they can transport elephants from Africa to your local zoo, surely they can accommodate plus-size travelers such as this. Into the crate ya go, big'en.
@BoardingArea
Plus Size Model Accuses United Airlines of Discrimination Because She Was Too Big to Walk Down Airplane Aisle via @yourownkanoo http://dlvr.it/SpDQcm
4:26 AM · May 18, 2023
Oli London
@OliLondonTV
A plus sized model has gone viral on TikTok after posting a video claiming that “it’s discrimination that they cannot build wider airplanes.”
Video: twitter.com/i/status/1659220624663801860
Do you agree or disagree with her statement? 🤔⬇️💬
8:33 AM · May 18, 2023
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (MFZ8i)
Hey, if they can transport elephants from Africa to your local zoo, surely they can accommodate plus-size travelers such as this. Into the crate ya go, big'en.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 19, 2023 01:49 PM (KbCG3)
317
But on topic, SF mayor London Breed is now suggesting forced treatment for addicts.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (lCaJd)
===
Link?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:42 PM (lCaJd)
===
Link?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 19, 2023 01:49 PM (RIvkX)
318
Have the hoodlums begun hijacking Amazon delivery vans yet? If most or all the brick-and-mortar stores in a city close, Amazon and UPS trucks and vans will become prime (no pun intended) targets. Then what?
Posted by: Gref at May 19, 2023 01:49 PM (AMIL/)
319
Saw a picture of Fetterman in a Hoodie and Jams at a Senate Breifing. I like his clothes and want to know where he purchases his wardrobe ????
Posted by: James at May 19, 2023 01:50 PM (LrYuZ)
320
318 Have the hoodlums begun hijacking Amazon delivery vans yet? If most or all the brick-and-mortar stores in a city close, Amazon and UPS trucks and vans will become prime (no pun intended) targets. Then what?
---------------
Go long on MRAPs.
---------------
Go long on MRAPs.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:50 PM (4eKPg)
321
It's pretty well stuck in a flat spin. Without an economic reason to exist, they will cease existing.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (MIb2C)
———
Except they will use every corrupt means to keep it going. Basically what DC is doing, which will eventually bring it all down.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (MIb2C)
———
Except they will use every corrupt means to keep it going. Basically what DC is doing, which will eventually bring it all down.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 19, 2023 01:50 PM (cMXNt)
322
Perfect place for Welfare Migrant bunk beds.
Posted by: wth at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (v0R5T)
And then each tower becomes "Peach Trees"
Posted by: wth at May 19, 2023 01:34 PM (v0R5T)
And then each tower becomes "Peach Trees"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 01:50 PM (xhaym)
323
We should start inventing next year's buzzwords today.
I propose "unstuffed cinnamon-roll" and ask for other submissions.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (xhaym)
'Liquefaction point!'
I propose "unstuffed cinnamon-roll" and ask for other submissions.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (xhaym)
'Liquefaction point!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:51 PM (zZu0s)
324
Store somewhere in Italy 1975.
A store worker took my order.
I took the order to a cashier, paid for it, received a receipt.
Returned the receipt to a store worker who filled the order and gave the goods to me.
Old tradition.
A store worker took my order.
I took the order to a cashier, paid for it, received a receipt.
Returned the receipt to a store worker who filled the order and gave the goods to me.
Old tradition.
Posted by: Soviet "Three-Line" Stores! at May 19, 2023 01:51 PM (2tUFv)
325
@286 Somehow this confusion never seems to exist in the nicer parts of town, like where the city leaders live.
----
Usually, but not always. The Gascogne recall in LA got a big boost after someone rich and connected was murdered in her home by someone who broke in.
----
Usually, but not always. The Gascogne recall in LA got a big boost after someone rich and connected was murdered in her home by someone who broke in.
Posted by: junior at May 19, 2023 01:51 PM (BKns4)
326
Illinois has county-level state's attorneys. About 40% of the state's population lives in Cook County. There's your problem. (The culture of the judiciary stinks most places, and that may be a problem as well).
==
As for Frisco, let it die. The retailers should close their stores there without regret and stick to jurisdictions where larceny is prosecuted and security guards are allowed to mix it up with criminals who invade the store.
==
As for Frisco, let it die. The retailers should close their stores there without regret and stick to jurisdictions where larceny is prosecuted and security guards are allowed to mix it up with criminals who invade the store.
Posted by: Art Deco at May 19, 2023 01:51 PM (V7E3M)
327
Beyond the other considerations, the smile and eyes go a LONG way.
Yeah she has a look and attitude that comes across sweet and likable, not like a model. Daddario actually comes across that way when she's in action as well, but she seems very jagged and contemptuous in images, too often.
Scarlett Johannsen comes across like she's been working the streets her whole life, she's got a constant 1000 yard stare.
Yeah she has a look and attitude that comes across sweet and likable, not like a model. Daddario actually comes across that way when she's in action as well, but she seems very jagged and contemptuous in images, too often.
Scarlett Johannsen comes across like she's been working the streets her whole life, she's got a constant 1000 yard stare.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 01:51 PM (0hOvj)
328
Have the hoodlums begun hijacking Amazon delivery vans yet? If most or all the brick-and-mortar stores in a city close, Amazon and UPS trucks and vans will become prime (no pun intended) targets. Then what?
Not that that doesn't happen. But it's shortsighted. Most of the utes seems to have the basic animal-level cunning to wait for the packages to be delivered and then steal them off the porch.
Not that that doesn't happen. But it's shortsighted. Most of the utes seems to have the basic animal-level cunning to wait for the packages to be delivered and then steal them off the porch.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at May 19, 2023 01:51 PM (ppBhU)
329
This is at least wave two/three since O & Joe came to power, though not necessarily the admins' fault. For instance, the clientele of J. C. Penney changed; clothes tried on were dropped onto the floor afterwards; men accompanying young women into dressing rooms while they were trying on clothing, coordinated groups - sweeping through the stores - stealing. More "mall cops" were hired & they helped for awhile. Much of the 'clientele' no longer respects or fears authority. It became the same for Target, & BBB. Home Depot & Lowes are fighting theft every way imaginable. It may lessen but it never ceases.
See the destruction of shopping and some living areas in & near the major cities through the 1960's and 1970's due to race riots, economic & political chaos. (PBS dot org, American Experience, NYC in Chaos.) More people, more problems.
See the destruction of shopping and some living areas in & near the major cities through the 1960's and 1970's due to race riots, economic & political chaos. (PBS dot org, American Experience, NYC in Chaos.) More people, more problems.
Posted by: Lola - ALL the 1/6 videotapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at May 19, 2023 01:51 PM (GshMh)
330
And then each tower becomes "Peach Trees"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 01:50 PM (xhaym)
---
*I AM THE LAW!*
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 01:50 PM (xhaym)
---
*I AM THE LAW!*
Posted by: Judge Dredd at May 19, 2023 01:52 PM (YIVH2)
331
How very Nazi of them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
==========
Break all the forces and institutions that create self-discipline, and you have nothing left but iron-fisted state-imposed discipline. Like the olden days. That's why they call themselves "progressives."
How very Nazi of them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
==========
Break all the forces and institutions that create self-discipline, and you have nothing left but iron-fisted state-imposed discipline. Like the olden days. That's why they call themselves "progressives."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 01:52 PM (lCaJd)
332
Today Unided Airlines made a purchase of 60 C-17 Cargo planes to accomidate those passangers that are Gravitationly Challenged.
277 BoardingArea
@BoardingArea
Plus Size Model Accuses United Airlines of Discrimination Because She Was Too Big to Walk Down Airplane Aisle via @yourownkanoo http://dlvr.it/SpDQcm
4:26 AM · May 18, 2023
Oli London
@OliLondonTV
A plus sized model has gone viral on TikTok after posting a video claiming that “it’s discrimination that they cannot build wider airplanes.”
Video: twitter.com/i/status/1659220624663801860
Do you agree or disagree with her statement? 🤔⬇️💬
8:33 AM · May 18, 2023
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (MFZ8i)
Hey, if they can transport elephants from Africa to your local zoo, surely they can accommodate plus-size travelers such as this. Into the crate ya go, big'en.
277 BoardingArea
@BoardingArea
Plus Size Model Accuses United Airlines of Discrimination Because She Was Too Big to Walk Down Airplane Aisle via @yourownkanoo http://dlvr.it/SpDQcm
4:26 AM · May 18, 2023
Oli London
@OliLondonTV
A plus sized model has gone viral on TikTok after posting a video claiming that “it’s discrimination that they cannot build wider airplanes.”
Video: twitter.com/i/status/1659220624663801860
Do you agree or disagree with her statement? 🤔⬇️💬
8:33 AM · May 18, 2023
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 19, 2023 01:43 PM (MFZ8i)
Hey, if they can transport elephants from Africa to your local zoo, surely they can accommodate plus-size travelers such as this. Into the crate ya go, big'en.
Posted by: James at May 19, 2023 01:52 PM (LrYuZ)
333
277
Do you agree or disagree with her statement? 🤔⬇️💬
8:33 AM · May 18, 2023
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May
Sigh. Tell ya what, chickadee. Eat like I do for a few months while doing daily walks, and once you are at a place you can do more, workout on my schedule, this will cease to be a problem.
Do you agree or disagree with her statement? 🤔⬇️💬
8:33 AM · May 18, 2023
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May
Sigh. Tell ya what, chickadee. Eat like I do for a few months while doing daily walks, and once you are at a place you can do more, workout on my schedule, this will cease to be a problem.
Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 01:52 PM (ZdaMQ)
334
I can't wait for 'urban' pols to start whining about 'food deserts'.
Posted by: Art Deco at May 19, 2023 01:52 PM (V7E3M)
335
Asheville is full of druggie hippies. All the hobos I see are in their 20s with matted hair and bare feet. And they each have a dog. Poor doggos.
Posted by: NCKate at May 19, 2023 01:52 PM (d5Qya)
336
Its like no one remembers the 70s.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 19, 2023 01:52 PM (RIvkX)
337
Guess they made themselves a.... *puts on sunglasses*... target.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 19, 2023 01:53 PM (fKIdX)
338
*I AM THE LAW!*
Posted by: Judge Dredd at May 19, 2023 01:52 PM (YIVH2)
Karl Urban is one of the best modern actors. Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Judge Dredd at May 19, 2023 01:52 PM (YIVH2)
Karl Urban is one of the best modern actors. Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:53 PM (zZu0s)
339
Comey shared a surprising revelation. He said, “We concluded it made little sense to report it to Attorney General Sessions, who we expected would likely recuse himself from involvement in Russia-related investigations.
So who guaranteed Comey that Sessions would recuse after 21 days?
So who guaranteed Comey that Sessions would recuse after 21 days?
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 19, 2023 01:53 PM (BRHaw)
340
Its like no one remembers the 70s.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I have to admit, much of it is pretty fuzzy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I have to admit, much of it is pretty fuzzy.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 01:53 PM (oRtbV)
341
337 Guess they made themselves a.... *puts on sunglasses*... target.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 19, 2023 01:53 PM (fKIdX)
Dammit. Where did that tired 'The Who' clip go...
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 19, 2023 01:53 PM (fKIdX)
Dammit. Where did that tired 'The Who' clip go...
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:54 PM (zZu0s)
342
13
'This is what happens when you legalize crime, dude. '
This is the thing that gets me. This is the societal equivalent of setting your own house on fire. A toddler could explain the foolishness of it. And these woke bastards refuse to see it.
Not that I'm sorry for them, mind you. I'm just impatient for the flames to engulf them.
'This is what happens when you legalize crime, dude. '
This is the thing that gets me. This is the societal equivalent of setting your own house on fire. A toddler could explain the foolishness of it. And these woke bastards refuse to see it.
Not that I'm sorry for them, mind you. I'm just impatient for the flames to engulf them.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 19, 2023 01:54 PM (YohY1)
343
Best Buy decades ago had one example on display chained down. If you wanted to buy it you took a ticket to cashier and paid and item delivered real fast to you.
Posted by: torabora at May 19, 2023 01:54 PM (OUiUM)
344
Ya know, if we started executing these despicable thugs, including the Soros-funded DAs and AGs, and all the hacks donating money to pay bond for these criminals, think that might put an end to the doom loop?
Kinda like, if we starting shooting all the invaders coming across the southern border...including the traitors wearing military uniforms who have been photographed escorting hordes of invaders onto government-supplied busses to be driven all over our collapsing nation...maybe the invasion would stop?
Kinda like, if we starting shooting all the invaders coming across the southern border...including the traitors wearing military uniforms who have been photographed escorting hordes of invaders onto government-supplied busses to be driven all over our collapsing nation...maybe the invasion would stop?
Posted by: Pete at May 19, 2023 01:54 PM (9uoO8)
345
I believe *biden's demise will be tumbling down the stairs from Air Force One and splattering like a sack of over-ripe tomatoes on the tarmac. It will remain hidden from the public for as long as it takes to find a "remedy" for Kamala.
Voilà... new pResident for the proles. 🤡
Voilà... new pResident for the proles. 🤡
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2023 01:54 PM (Q4IgG)
346
I can't wait for 'urban' pols to start whining about 'food deserts'.
They do that already.
The next step is municipal grocery stores.
They do that already.
The next step is municipal grocery stores.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2023 01:54 PM (2tUFv)
347
I have to admit, much of it is pretty fuzzy.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 01:53 PM (oRtbV)
*starts paging through mental rolodex of 'Disco Stalin at Club 54' jokes*
Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 01:53 PM (oRtbV)
*starts paging through mental rolodex of 'Disco Stalin at Club 54' jokes*
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:55 PM (zZu0s)
348
Not that that doesn't happen. But it's shortsighted. Most of the utes seems to have the basic animal-level cunning to wait for the packages to be delivered and then steal them off the porch.
------------------
So if you ship a box full of fentanyl labelled cocaine to your house this would likely fix the problem?
------------------
So if you ship a box full of fentanyl labelled cocaine to your house this would likely fix the problem?
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 01:55 PM (4eKPg)
349
BREAKING: To Backstop Losses and Bail-Out Retail, Biden to Announce Nationalization of All Such Businesses and Turns Over Management to Ali Baba. Developing
Posted by: ShainS at May 19, 2023 01:55 PM (x+Lnz)
350
Comey shared a surprising revelation. He said, “We concluded it made little sense to report it to Attorney General Sessions, who we expected would likely recuse himself from involvement in Russia-related investigations.
So who guaranteed Comey that Sessions would recuse after 21 days?
Posted by: rhennigantx
--
Remember the young man who was blown up in the minor sideswipe car wreck and the Georgia recount immediately got figured out?
I have thought for a long time that Sessions was encouraged to step down to make sure that one particular member of his family remained safe.
So who guaranteed Comey that Sessions would recuse after 21 days?
Posted by: rhennigantx
--
Remember the young man who was blown up in the minor sideswipe car wreck and the Georgia recount immediately got figured out?
I have thought for a long time that Sessions was encouraged to step down to make sure that one particular member of his family remained safe.
Posted by: Telling a Child They Were Born Wrong is Child Abuse at May 19, 2023 01:55 PM (4jwtW)
351
So who guaranteed Comey that Sessions would recuse after 21 days?
-------------
I'm going to guess it was Pence.
-------------
I'm going to guess it was Pence.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 01:56 PM (Vwz3I)
352
Sigh. Tell ya what, chickadee. Eat like I do for a few months while doing daily walks, and once you are at a place you can do more, workout on my schedule, this will cease to be a problem.
Posted by: Piper
====
You're displaying your Self-Discipline Privilege
Posted by: Piper
====
You're displaying your Self-Discipline Privilege
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 19, 2023 01:56 PM (1Os4k)
353
"As for Frisco, let it die"
====
Would be great if they detonated the Golden Gate Bridge and put machine gun nests on the opposite side of San Francisco.
====
Would be great if they detonated the Golden Gate Bridge and put machine gun nests on the opposite side of San Francisco.
Posted by: Jay in PA at May 19, 2023 01:56 PM (i7Q7S)
354
Remember the young man who was blown up in the minor sideswipe car wreck and the Georgia recount immediately got figured out?
I have thought for a long time that Sessions was encouraged to step down to make sure that one particular member of his family remained safe.
Posted by: Telling a Child They Were Born Wrong is Child Abuse at May 19, 2023 01:55 PM (4jwtW)
Pretty sure there was a dinner where they set Sessions to sit next to some Russian who was connected to all of this. They muddied him up with that.
I have thought for a long time that Sessions was encouraged to step down to make sure that one particular member of his family remained safe.
Posted by: Telling a Child They Were Born Wrong is Child Abuse at May 19, 2023 01:55 PM (4jwtW)
Pretty sure there was a dinner where they set Sessions to sit next to some Russian who was connected to all of this. They muddied him up with that.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 19, 2023 01:57 PM (KbCG3)
355
Trump's breath is killing San Francisco !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at May 19, 2023 01:58 PM (B/7uq)
356
@343 torabora-I thought I was really clever waiting for really nice electronics to come available as "open box" at Best Buy to buy at a discount.
Little did I know back then all I had to do is not pay and walk out the front door with the shit
Little did I know back then all I had to do is not pay and walk out the front door with the shit
Posted by: JROD at May 19, 2023 01:59 PM (IlL6s)
357
286. Somehow this confusion never seems to exist in the nicer parts of town, like where the city leaders live.
Learned many years ago, political deals are cut to direct 'confusion' into certain 'affordable' areas. Most pols have more than one residence. Play nice enough with the right team & you, too, can have a shot at more than your neighbors have.
Learned many years ago, political deals are cut to direct 'confusion' into certain 'affordable' areas. Most pols have more than one residence. Play nice enough with the right team & you, too, can have a shot at more than your neighbors have.
Posted by: Lola - ALL the 1/6 videotapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at May 19, 2023 01:59 PM (GshMh)
358
If Black Lives Matter Inc really believes Black Lives Matter, they should be doling out their money to all of these Reparation hungry black Americans and start there.
Posted by: Czech Chick at May 19, 2023 01:59 PM (6Tc2R)
359
Have the hoodlums begun hijacking Amazon delivery vans yet?
========
Basically, yes. Cf. theft of freight cars on L.A. train tracks. Tons of empty Amazon boxes on the tracks. Fun fact, when Ronald Reagan was shown similar pics of the Soviet Union, he knew that's when the place was ripe to be pushed over.
Have the hoodlums begun hijacking Amazon delivery vans yet?
========
Basically, yes. Cf. theft of freight cars on L.A. train tracks. Tons of empty Amazon boxes on the tracks. Fun fact, when Ronald Reagan was shown similar pics of the Soviet Union, he knew that's when the place was ripe to be pushed over.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 19, 2023 02:00 PM (lCaJd)
360
BREAKING: To Backstop Losses and Bail-Out Retail, Biden to Announce Nationalization of All Such Businesses and Turns Over Management to Ali Baba. Developing
---------------
Bernie's Tweets @BernieSpofforth · 10h
FARMERS - Multi millionaire & private jet setting John Kerry declares war on Farmers, saying farms could be confiscated by the government… to save the planet!
Focus 👀
https://tinyurl.com/58n4458z
[Other links in the replies.]
---------------
Bernie's Tweets @BernieSpofforth · 10h
FARMERS - Multi millionaire & private jet setting John Kerry declares war on Farmers, saying farms could be confiscated by the government… to save the planet!
Focus 👀
https://tinyurl.com/58n4458z
[Other links in the replies.]
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 02:00 PM (Vwz3I)
361
I just have to finish the cafe now and then I can start the weekend early.
Posted by: ace
Have a good one and stay safe, ACE !
aND THANKS FOR THIS PLACE !
Posted by: ace
Have a good one and stay safe, ACE !
aND THANKS FOR THIS PLACE !
Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 02:00 PM (T4tVD)
362
352
You're displaying your Self-Discipline Privilege
Posted by: 2009Refugee at
You are right. What is the penance for that, I wonder.
You're displaying your Self-Discipline Privilege
Posted by: 2009Refugee at
You are right. What is the penance for that, I wonder.
Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 02:01 PM (ZdaMQ)
363
'Doom loop' feels like typical modern over-marketing / over-engineering of something that already works well, which in this case is the phrase 'death spiral' IMHO. This isn't a 360 degree 'loop' where everything is the same / constant in the end; it's a spiral as it keeps getting worse and will eventually end at the bottom...
Posted by: bearski at May 19, 2023 02:01 PM (Bhsk7)
364
Hiya Piper !
Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 02:01 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: ... at May 19, 2023 02:01 PM (RhmeP)
366
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 19, 2023 01:48 PM (KbCG3)
I don't know what a doom box is. I assume it's another name for a vagina? I never heard that term before ten minutes ago.
I don't know what a doom box is. I assume it's another name for a vagina? I never heard that term before ten minutes ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 02:01 PM (Keyt1)
367
The habitual Leftist voters in the Blue Sh!tholes remind me of an old joke:
How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?
One, but the light bulb has to want to change.
How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?
One, but the light bulb has to want to change.
Posted by: Gref at May 19, 2023 02:02 PM (AMIL/)
368
Here's what I don't understand about commercial real estate.
They are still building more.
Within a 12 mile radius of me there are dozens of new buildings going up, and yes, most are unoccupied. Beautiful shiny steel and glass structures.
They are still building more.
Within a 12 mile radius of me there are dozens of new buildings going up, and yes, most are unoccupied. Beautiful shiny steel and glass structures.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 19, 2023 02:03 PM (MeG8a)
369
Target: the official store of AWFLs (including college girls) and their sisterhood. It's almost as if there is a pattern here that we are allowed to speak openly about. The education system as well. HR as well (74% of wymyn).
My shroom journey (trip) was great btw. Thanks for asking. 😤
My shroom journey (trip) was great btw. Thanks for asking. 😤
Posted by: Out of the Loop at May 19, 2023 02:03 PM (zztN+)
370
The extra two trillion in the budget Biden wants is to subsidize cities that cannot exist without them anymore. Real estate taxes are way down, the wealthy that paid the bulk of the income taxes are way down, and the transit systems are bleeding the cities out.
If they don't get that extra money, the cities are dead.
If they don't get that extra money, the cities are dead.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 19, 2023 02:04 PM (lTGtQ)
371
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THERE'S A NOOD!
Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger at May 19, 2023 02:04 PM (gf7Ez)
372
"You will see thangs, wonderful to tell. You shall see a cow on the roof of a cotton house."
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 02:04 PM (4eKPg)
373
Def some free stuff I'd like from Target. Maybe I can get one of my black friends to get it for me.
Posted by: The Deuce at May 19, 2023 02:05 PM (h/2sk)
374
Bouncy castles are a dog bounce dog world.
Bouncy castle king busted for burning down the competition (literally) 🔥
https://bit.ly/3Mj5oM0
The rest of the story is even more bizarre.
Bouncy castle king busted for burning down the competition (literally) 🔥
https://bit.ly/3Mj5oM0
The rest of the story is even more bizarre.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 19, 2023 02:05 PM (FVME7)
375
I just have to finish the cafe now and then I can start the weekend early.
Posted by: ace
The cafe threads are great, Ace, but why not do an Open Thread and leave everyone to yammer on about something while you start your weekend early. It's not like we can talk
Anyway, we'll forgive you.
Posted by: ace
The cafe threads are great, Ace, but why not do an Open Thread and leave everyone to yammer on about something while you start your weekend early. It's not like we can talk
Anyway, we'll forgive you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 02:05 PM (Keyt1)
Posted by: 300 lb. fatty in a yoga outfit at May 19, 2023 02:05 PM (ZCCyW)
Posted by: Nuke at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (zztN+)
378
The Urban Doom Loop is real, and it's spectacular.
Leftist ideology is at odds with reality so as the left has taken control of more and more of our society we'll see more of it.
You might think the left would see the flaw here;
1) Tell people they are poor because rich/white/just plain other people are are stealing from them
2) Stop prosecuting property crimes
3) UTOPIA!
But...they won't. Because if they do suddenly their core beliefs are challenged.
Leftist ideology is at odds with reality so as the left has taken control of more and more of our society we'll see more of it.
You might think the left would see the flaw here;
1) Tell people they are poor because rich/white/just plain other people are are stealing from them
2) Stop prosecuting property crimes
3) UTOPIA!
But...they won't. Because if they do suddenly their core beliefs are challenged.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (lc5cP)
379
W I I I I I I D E
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (RIvkX)
380
You are right. What is the penance for that, I wonder.
Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 02:01 PM (ZdaMQ)
Two PopTarts and a Twinkie.
Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 02:01 PM (ZdaMQ)
Two PopTarts and a Twinkie.
Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (Emce2)
381
339
'So who guaranteed Comey that Sessions would recuse after 21 days?'
It was the bi-partisan thing to do.
'So who guaranteed Comey that Sessions would recuse after 21 days?'
It was the bi-partisan thing to do.
Posted by: Sen. 'Mitch' McTurtle at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (YohY1)
382
Here's what I don't understand about commercial real estate.
They are still building more.
Yeah that puzzles me as well.
They are still building more.
Yeah that puzzles me as well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (0hOvj)
383
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THERE'S A NOOD!
-----------
And because the margins are MASSIVELY blown, Ben!
-----------
And because the margins are MASSIVELY blown, Ben!
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (Vwz3I)
384
Bernie's Tweets @BernieSpofforth · 10h
FARMERS - Multi millionaire & private jet setting John Kerry declares war on Farmers, saying farms could be confiscated by the government… to save the planet!
The dutch may be pussies. Try that here and they'll be burying a shitload of government officials.
FARMERS - Multi millionaire & private jet setting John Kerry declares war on Farmers, saying farms could be confiscated by the government… to save the planet!
The dutch may be pussies. Try that here and they'll be burying a shitload of government officials.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (Y2tls)
385
"How to get free food in NYC: There are ways to get free food quickly – get groceries from a food pantry, or a cooked meal from a community kitchen. Use the Food Help NYC map or call 311 to find your closest food pantry and community kitchen. Everyone is eligible for food assistance, regardless of immigration status or how much money you have."
The city is suppose to have a specular food pantry around the upper West Side, I believe. Now there's complaining to move it to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Heh.
The city is suppose to have a specular food pantry around the upper West Side, I believe. Now there's complaining to move it to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Heh.
Posted by: Lola - ALL the 1/6 videotapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (GshMh)
386
Meant "It's not like we CAN'T talk."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (Keyt1)
387
Here's what I don't understand about commercial real estate.
They are still building more.
Within a 12 mile radius of me there are dozens of new buildings going up, and yes, most are unoccupied. Beautiful shiny steel and glass structures.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
There is a grim financial incentive to "build more", because of depreciation allowances on taxation.
We are deep into a real estate bubble, that is going to pop; both commercial and housing real estate.
I see the same thing, but where I live, there IS a big housing demand. In 4 years since we bought our present house, it has appreciated from $293K to $410K (we aren't selling). We have done some improvements, etc, but it is the real estate speculation bubble that is driving the price up.
They are still building more.
Within a 12 mile radius of me there are dozens of new buildings going up, and yes, most are unoccupied. Beautiful shiny steel and glass structures.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
There is a grim financial incentive to "build more", because of depreciation allowances on taxation.
We are deep into a real estate bubble, that is going to pop; both commercial and housing real estate.
I see the same thing, but where I live, there IS a big housing demand. In 4 years since we bought our present house, it has appreciated from $293K to $410K (we aren't selling). We have done some improvements, etc, but it is the real estate speculation bubble that is driving the price up.
Posted by: Barnacle Bill the sailor at May 19, 2023 02:06 PM (vcOmj)
388
" to not turn a blind eye to another human being - even a drug-addicted near-corpse like he was seeing. It seems like he's internalized a combination of i) "there, but for the grace of God go I" and ii) "That which you do unto the least of mine you do also unto me."
but imo those rules apply to those struggling, but not to those plotting evil, or that give up and reject God (or reject "humanity" and choose to defecate all over others.
""That which you do unto the least of mine you do also unto me." Not everyone is one of his. There are limits.
but imo those rules apply to those struggling, but not to those plotting evil, or that give up and reject God (or reject "humanity" and choose to defecate all over others.
""That which you do unto the least of mine you do also unto me." Not everyone is one of his. There are limits.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 19, 2023 02:07 PM (Cus5s)
389
But if scumbaggery in the not for profits migrant bullshit. Homeless men are alleging the were paid by a not for profit to pose as veterans who were being thrown out of the hotel in the town of Newburgh. Story is in the Albany Times Union. Allegedly Sharon Toney - Finch hired them in an effort to get larger grants from NYS and feds for her organization. Bitch
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2023 02:07 PM (lRky4)
390
If they don't get that extra money, the cities are dead.
Good. Either the people in those cities throw off their "leaders" and change because the alternative is urban destruction, or the cities themselves die.
Either alternative is good.
If they don't get that extra money, the cities are dead.
Good. Either the people in those cities throw off their "leaders" and change because the alternative is urban destruction, or the cities themselves die.
Either alternative is good.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2023 02:07 PM (lc5cP)
391
None of them could get over Macho Grande.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 02:09 PM (Vwz3I)
392
Have the hoodlums begun hijacking Amazon delivery vans yet? If most or all the brick-and-mortar stores in a city close, Amazon and UPS trucks and vans will become prime (no pun intended) targets. Then what?
Posted by: Gref at May 19, 2023 01:49 PM (AMIL/)
USPS starts doing deliveries in reconditioned MRAPs and Amazon buys Unimogs
Posted by: Gref at May 19, 2023 01:49 PM (AMIL/)
USPS starts doing deliveries in reconditioned MRAPs and Amazon buys Unimogs
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 02:09 PM (xhaym)
393
Def some free stuff I'd like from Target. Maybe I can get one of my black friends to get it for me.
Posted by: The Deuce
Target is a shithole regardless of what their stores look like. We went into one in a pretty conservative suburban city to Columbus, and the front displays in the store literally had kid's T-shirts that said "Queer! Queer! Queer! Queer!", and all kinds of other rainbow and gay shit. IT'S PRIDE MONTH IN JUNE!
Fuck Target. I hope they all eat shit and die.
Posted by: The Deuce
Target is a shithole regardless of what their stores look like. We went into one in a pretty conservative suburban city to Columbus, and the front displays in the store literally had kid's T-shirts that said "Queer! Queer! Queer! Queer!", and all kinds of other rainbow and gay shit. IT'S PRIDE MONTH IN JUNE!
Fuck Target. I hope they all eat shit and die.
Posted by: Barnacle Bill the sailor at May 19, 2023 02:10 PM (vcOmj)
394
After three weeks, he walked into the executive director's office. "And I'm like, 'Rita, I have to quit, man. I'm out. Why are my tax dollars not paying for that guy to get help?
Lol.
They were supposed to take "Help my fellow man" out of my check.
Lol.
They were supposed to take "Help my fellow man" out of my check.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 19, 2023 02:12 PM (Gf3mx)
395
Karl Urban is one of the best modern actors. Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
Whether you like the re-imagined "Star Trek" movies with Chris Pine as Captain Kirk or not, Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy is pretty hilarious most of the time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
Whether you like the re-imagined "Star Trek" movies with Chris Pine as Captain Kirk or not, Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy is pretty hilarious most of the time.
Posted by: Barnacle Bill the sailor at May 19, 2023 02:12 PM (vcOmj)
396
Like Amy Acker.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (DU+/6)
I was once clicking through channels and stopped for a moment on one that had a shot of a woman from behind. I said to myself "That's gotta be Amy Acker" so I waited a few more seconds for her to turn around and sure enough...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 01:39 PM (DU+/6)
I was once clicking through channels and stopped for a moment on one that had a shot of a woman from behind. I said to myself "That's gotta be Amy Acker" so I waited a few more seconds for her to turn around and sure enough...
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at May 19, 2023 02:12 PM (3vCGB)
397
'Liquefaction point!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:51 PM (zZu0s)
very good, do you think 'sublimation point' would work?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 01:51 PM (zZu0s)
very good, do you think 'sublimation point' would work?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2023 02:13 PM (xhaym)
398
margins fixed
readable nood
readable nood
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 02:14 PM (Vwz3I)
399
I was once clicking through channels and stopped for a moment on one that had a shot of a woman from behind. I said to myself "That's gotta be Amy Acker" so I waited a few more seconds for her to turn around and sure enough...
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at May 19, 2023 02:12 PM
Really liked her and her character in "Person of Interest".
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at May 19, 2023 02:12 PM
Really liked her and her character in "Person of Interest".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 19, 2023 02:18 PM (Do5/p)
400
Returned the receipt to a store worker who filled the order and gave the goods to me.
The goods stayed behind counters until I paid.
The Service Merchandise model.
Returned the receipt to a store worker who filled the order and gave the goods to me.
The goods stayed behind counters until I paid.
The Service Merchandise model.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 19, 2023 02:20 PM (63Dwl)
401
Pretty soon we'll be receiving lectures from Michelle Obama about Apple Store deserts in the inner cities.
Posted by: red speck at May 19, 2023 02:40 PM (Ny/Va)
402
When Liberals and Liberal Democrats run everything they ruin it instead
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 19, 2023 04:35 PM (wGqjj)
403
My most enthusiastic contrafibularities on referencing that good book, Ace.
Posted by: Blackadder at May 19, 2023 04:42 PM (A8lle)
404
“Downtown San Francisco is experiencing its worst office vacancy crisis on record, with 31% of space available for lease or sublease. In the heart of the city, an astounding 18.4 million square feet of real estate is available -- enough space to house 92,000 employees and the equivalent of 13 Salesforce Towers...”
Or 92,000 illegal immigrants??
Or 92,000 illegal immigrants??
Posted by: ScottyV at May 19, 2023 06:26 PM (Eiye2)
405
My sources tell me that any store with a (payroll-reducing) self-checkout area is ripe for massive shoplifting.
My sources tells me that one simply scans ~50% of the merchandise in the cart (for show) and "forgets" to scan the rest.
The minimum wage dunces who serve the machines neither know nor care what's going on; they're only there to keep the machines running.
According to my sources.
FJB
My sources tells me that one simply scans ~50% of the merchandise in the cart (for show) and "forgets" to scan the rest.
The minimum wage dunces who serve the machines neither know nor care what's going on; they're only there to keep the machines running.
According to my sources.
FJB
Posted by: jbspry at May 19, 2023 08:24 PM (s78zi)
406
More than $15k can be earned online by performing straightforward tasks from home. In the previous month, I got $18376. Even a young child may do this job and make money because it is so simple to complete and has higher pay than typical office occupations. Everyone needs to try this task by using the information on this page. www.Richepay.com
More than $15k can be earned online by performing straightforward tasks from home. In the previous month, I got $18376. Even a young child may do this job and make money because it is so simple to complete and has higher pay than typical office occupations. Everyone needs to try this task by using the information on this page. www.Richepay.com
Posted by: Megan Haynes at May 20, 2023 07:25 AM (wDfjv)
407
One of your most important pieces ever, Ace.
God bless Jason F. Poje, Assistant State's Attorney[Illinois]
More of you need to stand up as whistleblowers; you are supported by a very great majority.
God bless Jason F. Poje, Assistant State's Attorney[Illinois]
More of you need to stand up as whistleblowers; you are supported by a very great majority.
Posted by: Danimal28 at May 20, 2023 08:24 PM (ryUqI)
Processing 0.07, elapsed 0.0812 seconds.
15 queries taking 0.0248 seconds, 416 records returned.
Page size 239 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.
MuNuvians
MeeNuvians
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Primary Document: The Audio
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Top Top Tens
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
News/Chat