Incompetent, Uneducated Boob and Socialist Nithiya Raman Has been Elected the Final Mayor of the City Formerly Known as Los Angeles

Democratic socialist Nithya Raman will defeat incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor's race, CNN's Decision Desk projects.
Raman, a city councilmember, overtook Republican Spencer Pratt in June's nonpartisan primary to set up what was arguably a tougher race for Bass, a Democratic former congresswoman. With Raman's victory, the nation's two largest cities -- New York and Los Angeles -- will be led by democratic socialists next year.
Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half before Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Olympics.

Um, she already promised to do that. Homelessness exploded.

Joel Pollak:

Nithya Raman's victory means four years of destructive chaos -- and her socialist revolution will leave LA in ruins

Nithya Raman's victory in the race for LA mayor has been compared to an earthquake. It could shake the foundations of politics in the city.
After all, Raman is a far-left socialist. She is a second-term City Council member with no executive experience. She only arrived in LA in 2013.

She worked in India during her 20s and 30s. She is a foreign carpetbagger.

Raman was on nobody's radar when she declared her candidacy -- after she had already endorsed incumbent mayor Karen Bass.
She had almost no support from organized labor, which holds many levers of power. One union leader called Raman a "political opportunist."
Well, she certainly made the most of her opportunity.
She was carried to victory by a nationwide "blue wave" -- but also by a "red" rebellion against the Democratic Party establishment.
With Raman's victory, socialists will control the two largest and most important cities in America.
...
It's likely that Raman will be seen as a weak mayor. There could be chaos at City Hall.
We could see members of the City Council stepping forward to flex their muscle. Special interest groups, city agencies, and big businesses could start jockeying for position.
But it's also possible that the center of power could shift -- from City Hall to the politburo or "Steering Committee" of the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter, which is largely an unknown entity.
...
One thing is clear: Karen Bass has been held accountable for her failures in dealing with the wildfires and homelessness.

Taking potshots from the outside is easy enough. Running a major city is a real responsibility.
If that happens, she will be remembered less as an earthquake, and more as an El Niño tidal wave wave -- making a huge impact for a short while, but then receding, leaving the wreckage behind.

Adam Carolla, a lifelong resident of LA, has been reporting on Nitwit Nithiya for years. There is an empidemic of street thieves stole expensive catalytic converters from cars -- with a repair costing thousands of dollars -- and actually murdering several car owners who came out to stop them.

She did not call for a crackdown on thieves, which would be Racist. Nor did she call for increased prison time, which would be Regressive.

She called for the punishment of car companies for not putting expensive car components inside of steel safe-like enclosures.

Some races are Designated Victims, which means Designated Heroes.

Other races -- or, mostly one race -- are Designated Villains. Any crime committed by the Designated Victims must be re-cast so that the Designated Villains are the Real Criminals Here.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:20 PM

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1 This was why it was important to steal the primary.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 02:20 PM (N1tpc)

2 beat bass? wow

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:20 PM (CWTWj)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 02:20 PM (mISmA)

4 The Dems knew a used paper towel would beat Bass.

So they had to make sure the people didn't have a choice.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 02:20 PM (N1tpc)

5 Meh. LA was lost years ago.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:21 PM (5WPt1)

6 Good, LA deserves it...and I feel grey.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:21 PM (Int1s)

7 5 Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:21 PM (5WPt1)

This is not a loss, this is LA getting what it deserves....

it will fix homelessness.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:22 PM (Int1s)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:22 PM (2614e)

9 We're grays, man. We're greys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:22 PM (2614e)

10 She called for the punishment of car companies for not putting expensive car components inside of steel safe-like enclosures.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:20 PM

This is like when thieves realized a flaw in a couple models of cars (Kia? I don't remember)

The Democrats response: Punish the car companies for making their cars too easy to steal.

Not the thieves. Of course not.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (N1tpc)

11 NOOD'ed lum......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (2614e)

12 and it only too like two days to call a winner? i bet there are cali congressional races that won't be called for at least a week

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (CWTWj)

13 Gray days again...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (l3cgK)

14 The only positive thing about this story is that Bass who was absolutely incompetent about the fires is out. I feel sorry for the decent people like Spencer Pratt and others who live there , though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (JrHfD)

15 The LA Olympics are going to be LIT!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:24 PM (yKhjs)

16 Honestly, I'm glad. I dont want these people escaping their bad decisions

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 02:24 PM (qbrsB)

17 I don’t care.

Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 02:24 PM (HdjQ+)

18 and it only too like two days to call a winner? i bet there are cali congressional races that won't be called for at least a week
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (CWTWj)

All of Florida is done be election night.

Just like the ENTIRE COUNTRY 20 years ago or longer.

But now that fraud is normalized, the peons need to be told that the blatant fraud happening in front of them is TOTALLY normal. Right PBS?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 02:24 PM (N1tpc)

19
Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

20 The Jews have got to the comments

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (pjdUv)

21 If I don't get a comment into 'The Comments of the Week' on the worst week ever....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (Sco7b)

22 LA can’t die soon enough. When I was 5 it was paradise.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wp1X1)

23 cutting in half means it will only go up 50 percent instead of 75 percent, just like obamacare saved you 2500$ on your unexpectedly cancelled health care insurance

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (CWTWj)

24 Her election wasn't unexpected; she had cornered the Hobo vote, $20, same as in town.

Our newly elected Insurance Commissioner is also the worse of two weevils, having been a former SF supervisor and also supported by Bernie Sanders.

No Rep won election to any higher executive office (like the last election).

Most of the props I wanted to pass failed, most I wanted to fail passed. Voter ID? Lost 59/41...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (l3cgK)

25 19
Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

__________________________

"What do you mean you don't have Gus Hall stamps?"

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (dIske)

26 LA might be better off if Trump *had* let Iran nuke them.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki look pretty good, today.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (vSvIl)

27
Pratt had no chance. It's a shame.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (OkYzo)

28 LA can’t die soon enough. When I was 5 it was paradise.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wp1X1)

When I was 5, the Garden of Eden was paradise.

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (pjdUv)

29 Raman moved to LA in 2013, immediately put together an organization to deal with homelessness, got tax payer money, wasted it as homlessness got worse, got on the city council, got more money to deal with homelessness, it was an abject failure as homeless encampments now stretch for miles, she somehow parlayed that record of failure into city hall, where she will have access to even more money, to fail at an even grander level.

The people of this country are just f***** ridiculous.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (XV/Pl)

30 > When I was 5 it was paradise.

I heard good things about the roaring 20s.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (mkw2N)

31 We stand between the candle and the star...

Posted by: Obligatory B5 reference at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (brIJB)

32 Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (yKhjs)

33 *checks field of fucks*

Nothing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (X8vlu)

34 Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half before Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Olympics.

Um, she already promised to do that. Homelessness exploded.

Yeah. Buy giving them the bum's rush outta town.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (mISmA)

35 The problem is easily solved. Just change the name from "Las Angeles" to "Los Diablos".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (ndZc7)

36 I believe this is called “late stage democracy”.

Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (HdjQ+)

37 22 LA can’t die soon enough. When I was 5 it was paradise.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wp1X1)

Socialism and Commyism put the "F" in food and freedom...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (l3cgK)

38 The new mayor no doubt misses the giant slums of her native land, and will strive to bring that experience to the U.S.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (CwhoI)

39 32 Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (yKhjs)

When the US Flag outside a post office is flying at half-mast, you know they are hiring.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (N39Ws)

40 I remind myself that it is these politicians' intention to destroy the city that was dumb enough to elect them. There is almost* nothing they can do to jeopardize their re-election, nothing will stop the praise they receive from all the right people, nothing will stop the flow of money to them and their family and friends.

*I suppose Karen Bass did f*ck up somehow, but her goal to destroy LA will continue apace.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (Dv3i1)

41 Karen Bass did this to herself. She was instrumental in cheating Pratt out of the race. She would have easily won against him.

Too bad so sad.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (VYGAQ)

42 Yaaa, grey ! ! ! !

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (X5Jzz)

43 Noodles? That's your choice?

Okay, then.

Posted by: Zuul at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (yFLFB)

44 “In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California.”
― Saul Bellow

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (XeU6L)

45 White again.
The new office of DEI will be notified.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (Sco7b)

46 36 I believe this is called “late stage democracy”.

Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (HdjQ+)

We were rotted from the inside and the outside...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (l3cgK)

47
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Ripley at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (OkYzo)

48 Mind-boggling that people can vote or cheat for such an idiot, but there ya go.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (n5tGW)

49 Postal shooter is a woman.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (yKhjs)

50 The Blade's comments:

1. How is this dangerously incompetent DEI commie gonna be any worse than the current dangerously incompetent DEI commie (Karen Bass)? LA traded one radical retard for another radical retard.

2. I find it curious that in a race that pitted a (fairly well entrenched) Democrap incumbent against a mostly no-name Democrap challenger, the challenger won.

I'd need to know the outcome of more of these types of races (where there?) to test my theory, but my theory is this:

Most voters in the entire country were pissed about whatever they were pissed about, and took out their anger on the incumbents, including Democrap versus Democrap.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

51 That engineer guy made boxes that glitter bombed thieves and San Francisco was told by authorities to stop it as that was dangerous to the thieves, plus he was entrapping them by leaving the box visible in a car.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (2614e)

52
Incompetent boob = socialist

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (V5k9K)

53 36 I believe this is called “late stage democracy”.

Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (HdjQ+)

We would if we still could.

Posted by: Iran at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (l3cgK)

54 awww and I was having a grey old time.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (lLeLE)

55 I like cities...even some blue ones, but I can't think of a single good thing about Los Angeles except for a really good sushi restaurant called "Noshi Sushi."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (k5CNB)

56 re 29: but it's better because they sleep in tents instead of the subway, right? for all in tents and porpoises

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (CWTWj)

57 ***With Raman's victory, socialists will control the two largest and most important cities in America.
----

Talk about virtuous horse shit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (Cq/ve)

58 I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (2614e)

59 Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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Just when 'Going Postal' had fallen from use.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (XeU6L)

60 26 LA might be better off if Trump *had* let Iran nuke them.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki look pretty good, today.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (vSvIl)

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Although in theory I'd like to see LA nooked. In reality, it would be a constant federal boondoggle. Trillions going in, nothing getting done.

It's odd no one in LA is asking where billions of dollars for a high speed rail system went. Literally nothing has been done. You would think someone would ask for an audit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (iOpI2)

61 Going Postal is back?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (n5tGW)

62 39 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (N39Ws)

so a female shooter....female or "female"?

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (Int1s)

63 51 That engineer guy made boxes that glitter bombed thieves and San Francisco was told by authorities to stop it as that was dangerous to the thieves, plus he was entrapping them by leaving the box visible in a car.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (2614e)

Ahhhh I remember watching that... good times.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (lLeLE)

64 51 That engineer guy made boxes that glitter bombed thieves and San Francisco was told by authorities to stop it as that was dangerous to the thieves, plus he was entrapping them by leaving the box visible in a car.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (2614e)

You mean you didn't know there is a right to steal stuff that's easily seen and accessible?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (l3cgK)

65 51 That engineer guy made boxes that glitter bombed thieves and San Francisco was told by authorities to stop it as that was dangerous to the thieves, plus he was entrapping them by leaving the box visible in a car.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Thievery is an approved policy by the city.

Like I said, everything makes sense when you realize the purpose is to destroy.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (Dv3i1)

66
The communist lost to the Marxist.

Escape from LA is going to look like a ferry tail. Even Snake Plisskin won't go in there in a year.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (OkYzo)

67
Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines

Posted by: Washington Nearsider

It was about those Sears Christmas catalogs, wasn't it?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (0U5gm)

68 Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (yKhjs)

"Going postal" is in again? Huh......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (2614e)

69 I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (2614e)

Worse?! How can things get any worse? Take a look around, Ellen. We're standing at the threshold of hell!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (yKhjs)

70 Most voters in the entire country were pissed about whatever they were pissed about, and took out their anger on the incumbents, "

I'm agreeing with Elric twice in a day?

/

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (pfXMo)

71 LOL... The sooner LA burns to the ground the better.... Sorry if any Morons/ettes live there...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (+gK6I)

72 58 I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (2614e)

Worse is a relative thing; imagine spherical Socialists allowing an even GREATER spread of diseases and wildfires and hobos. Hobos vote very dem, it appears (especially when you pay them and fill out their ballots)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (l3cgK)

73 I'm gonna invoke 10 Mile Tomato's rule on this one.

Enjoy the squalor, L.A.
I have my own problems.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (HFrEr)

74 19
Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

Local Des Moines noon news said the shooter is a woman who worked at the PO. She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

75 Cutting the homeless in half, I hope they have a good cleanup crew.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW)

76 re 46: we are at the stage according to spengler when faust is about to fall off the horse

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (CWTWj)

77
It's odd no one in LA is asking where billions of dollars for a high speed rail system went. Literally nothing has been done. You would think someone would ask for an audit.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (iOpI2)

FAKE NEWS!!!!!!

They've built a mile of track.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (2614e)

78
Joel Pollak:

Nithya Raman's victory means four years of destructive chaos -- and her socialist revolution will leave LA in ruins

So, no change. Just rearranging the garbage, overgrown crabgrass peeking up out of the sidewalks, graffiti, potholes and closed businesses.

I mean, Pollak lives here in Clownifornia. Is he blind?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (y9nCu)

79 I look forward to her first appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's clapping seal show. She will be a fan favorite in no time.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (Fi3Uq)

80 Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing

Going postal? The classics never go out of style.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (ndZc7)

81

"Nithya Raman's victory means four years of destructive chaos -- and her socialist revolution will leave LA in ruins"

LOL

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (VuTBl)

82 > Postal shooter is a woman.

A woman or a "woman?"

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (mkw2N)

83 Postal shooter is a woman.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (yKhjs)

Woman or "woman"?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (vSvIl)

84
Local Des Moines noon news said the shooter is a woman who worked at the PO. She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

See ladies? It's important to attend your local shooting range. Get training. Practice what you learn.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (2614e)

85 Most voters in the entire country were pissed about whatever they were pissed about, and took out their anger on the incumbents, "

I'm agreeing with Elric twice in a day?

/
Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (pfXMo)
__________

And there's still a few hours to go ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (iFTx/)

86 That engineer guy made boxes that glitter bombed thieves and San Francisco was told by authorities to stop it as that was dangerous to the thieves, plus he was entrapping them by leaving the box visible in a car.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (2614e)
=======

I remember Solzhenitsyn writing about the labor camps where the professional criminals were given privileges denied to the political prisoners - better food, excused from hard labor work details, warmer barracks, etc. In return, the criminals were expected to brutally keep the political zheks in line. Didn't always work out that way.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (rj6Yv)

87 There's a lot of ruin in a metropolis.

Posted by: LA at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (rJ48h)

88 60 26 LA might be better off if Trump *had* let Iran nuke them.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki look pretty good, today.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (vSvIl)

-----

Although in theory I'd like to see LA nooked. In reality, it would be a constant federal boondoggle. Trillions going in, nothing getting done.

It's odd no one in LA is asking where billions of dollars for a high speed rail system went. Literally nothing has been done. You would think someone would ask for an audit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (iOpI2)

And with the records all destroyed, you'll have an old woman being the mother of 500 illegals...like the chinese woman who was the "mother" of over 50 chinese men after the quake and fire in SF in 1906...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (l3cgK)

89 I like boobs

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (iFTx/)

90 Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines
____

She shot them in des moines? That's gotta hurt.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (Dv3i1)

91 I was in LA this summer. The nice parts are still nice. A decent home still costs $3M in those nice parts of town. Restaurants were packed, as were stores. I really didn’t see much homelessness, since most of it is in the slum area of the city.

The “California is dead” stuff exaggerated a lot. Much how the msm would like you to believe everyone is about to go bankrupt over $4 gas.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (VYGAQ)

92 Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines"

Is that like "in a leg"?

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (pfXMo)

93 Good, fuck 'em.

Posted by: ballistic at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (oqH4h)

94 58 I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

All they did was swap out crazies.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

95 66
The communist lost to the Marxist.

Escape from LA is going to look like a ferry tail. Even Snake Plisskin won't go in there in a year.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (OkYzo)

Yes, ferry tale...everybody want to catch the last boat out...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)

96 Noodles and Becerra... Oh boy... CA. is f'ed

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (+gK6I)

97
It was about those Sears Christmas catalogs, wasn't it?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (0U5gm)

There wasn't enough tranny action in the Victoria Secret catalog......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (2614e)

98 On the upside, Karen now has a lot more free time to spend on African junkets.

And watching blacks slowly be pushed out of leadership positions by other dusky hued peoples the racists of the Democrat party hate less is going to be something of a joy to behold.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (HFrEr)

99 37 22 LA can’t die soon enough. When I was 5 it was paradise.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wp1X1)

Socialism and Commyism put the "F" in food and freedom...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (l3cgK)

I mentioned it before but I think Instapundit had a link to a site with 10 year time videos of a South African train station.

My late Mom's childhood home with 6 kids in Detroit went from 1980's to Coleman Young white flight - rot in hell your entire bloodline asshole - to drug den and razed in 30 years.

Decline needs to be fought.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (Sco7b)

100 I can't wait to bail out LA. This suicide pact we're in is freaking awesome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (BI5O2)

101 75 Cutting the homeless in half, I hope they have a good cleanup crew.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW)

Bisection hurts.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)

102 75 Cutting the homeless in half, I hope they have a good cleanup crew.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW)

Listen, I dislike homeless bums as much as the next guy, but chopping them into pieces seems a little harsh, even to me.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (X5Jzz)

103 Randy Newman shifted from 'I Love LA' to:

"People think I'm crazy 'cause I worry all the time
If you paid attention, you'd be worried too
You better pay attention
Or this world we love so much might just kill you
I could be wrong now, but I don't think so
'Cause it's a jungle out there..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (XeU6L)

104
All they did was swap out crazies.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

Socialist dipshit

I guess?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:37 PM (2614e)

105
Raman spectroscopy >>> Nithiya Raman

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 02:37 PM (V5k9K)

106 The link I see for say goodbye to Hollywood is a hoot.

CNN summed it up with, "Raman, a city councilmember, overtook Republican Spencer Pratt in June’s nonpartisan primary to set up what was arguably a tougher race for Bass, a Democratic former congresswoman. With Raman’s victory, the nation’s two largest cities — New York and Los Angeles — will be led by democratic socialists next year.

Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half before Los Angeles hosts the 2028."

Well played. So that's what it took to get her there, and that's the promise she needs to fulfill to keep her there.

Ha, ha, ha!

If or once the cities are forced to surrender their water services for socialist control, they got themselves a nice operating budget.

For starters

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 02:37 PM (NFX2v)

107 74 Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

Pity, the best outcome would have been at a minimum a dead shooter.

Again she or "she?"

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Int1s)

108 Noodles and Becerra... Oh boy... CA. is f'ed
Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (+gK6I)

It's Bakaria. Word as a Brandon.

Posted by: Brandon at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (BI5O2)

109 So, Raman beat Bass in the primary?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (iOpI2)

110 Listen, I dislike homeless bums as much as the next guy, but chopping them into pieces seems a little harsh, even to me.
_____

They are properly referred to as UNHOUSED bums!

Geez, next you'll be using the "R" word.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Dv3i1)

111 Obviously, competence and affordability doesn't matter to LA voters, because Ramen Noodles and Karen Bass, together, spent a half billion on "ending homelessness" and doubled it instead.

In fact, the "homeless problem" doesn't matter to LA voters either, given how it has ballooned under Democrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (HSV4t)

112 Decline needs to be fought.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (Sco7b)

one must constantly fight against entropy...civilization is such a fight, but in order to "fundamentally change" a society and civilization, you need to destroy it first...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (l3cgK)

113 89

That’s cheating

Posted by: Kratwurst at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (36bTp)

114
It was a question of which punishment I wanted to inflict on Los Angeles more. Boiled in oil, or burned at the stake?

For a while, I wanted Karen Bass to be the destroyer and show that Indian upstart who's got the zombie vote in this town.

But I'll settle for this result.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (mmrXZ)

115 98 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (HFrEr)

The knife fights whether literal or figurative between Karen Winemom and Moesha X over the slots while Abdul and Juanita take the slots will be golden....I mean you have to have rage and pique to keep you warm in the camps and all....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (Int1s)

116 Listen, I dislike homeless bums as much as the next guy, but chopping them into pieces seems a little harsh, even to me.

You're never going to be able to keep them moist if you dice them.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (HFrEr)

117 one must constantly fight against entropy...civilization is such a fight, but in order to "fundamentally change" a society and civilization, you need to destroy it first...
____

*nods*

Posted by: B. Hussein Obama, Usurper at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (Dv3i1)

118 News headline: Noodles beats Fish.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (n5tGW)

119 I was in LA this summer. The nice parts are still nice. A decent home still costs $3M in those nice parts of town. Restaurants were packed, as were stores. I really didn’t see much homelessness, since most of it is in the slum area of the city.

The “California is dead” stuff exaggerated a lot. Much how the msm would like you to believe everyone is about to go bankrupt over $4 gas.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (VYGAQ)
__________

This. The "hollywood" part of LA is pretty nasty. It's basically a ghetto with some grimy faded hollywood glamour.

Nobody will be surprised that nobody with any money lives there, and it's overrun with tourists who also don't live there.

Once you're outside of hollywood, it gets much better, and when you get into the hills (where all the rich people live) it's beautiful.

Same as San Francisco. Was there last year for a race event at Sonoma raceway. Flew into SF and rented a car to drive to Sonoma. Once you're out of the "deep" parts of the city, it gets much nicer. Sonoma is beautiful.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

120 All they did was swap out crazies.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

Socialist dipshit

I guess?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:37 PM (2614e)

Huh....learned a new Pixy banned character.......

I'll reverse it.

Communist dipshit > Socialist dipshit

I guess?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (2614e)

121 With Raman’s victory, the nation’s two largest cities — New York and Los Angeles — will be led by democratic socialists next year.

-
Led where?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:41 PM (ndZc7)

122 110 Listen, I dislike homeless bums as much as the next guy, but chopping them into pieces seems a little harsh, even to me.
_____

They are properly referred to as UNHOUSED bums!

Geez, next you'll be using the "R" word.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Dv3i1)

Unhoused Persons of Leisure

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:41 PM (X5Jzz)

123 109 So, Raman beat Bass in the primary?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (iOpI2)

No. All the Spencer Pratt voters voted to burn it down? ALL the Hobos voted for noodles?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:41 PM (l3cgK)

124 If you want to cut street homelessness, you have to be brutal about getting druggies into rehab, without their consent. Hasn't the ACLU lawfare made that impossible?

To fix the problem, tough decisions have to be made. A rational person could; these lefty freaks, I don't think so.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:41 PM (iOpI2)

125 Yep. Colman Young sucked. Remember to get out of 8 mile whitey.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (Wp1X1)

126
I don't agree with the cope that LA can't get any worse. It can get much worse. And it will.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (azNOR)

127
I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (2614e)

We need to look on the bright side. Blue city shitholes are asshole magnets. We'll always have bums, violent criminals and addicts. Consolidating them in blue city crab buckets keeps their population controlled in places where decent people live.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (y9nCu)

128
Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half

------

When a socialist says that, you have trouble.

Option 1: the number of homeless will in fact double

Option 2: they plan to execute the homeless

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

129 And if competence or intelligence mattered to California voters, they sure as hell wouldn't have elected Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Becerra as their next governor.

What matters to California voters? What do they think they voted for?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (HSV4t)

130 DeSantis lets congress have it.
https://tinyurl.com/bn95rpas

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (n5tGW)

131 I am happy the voters in L.A. voted in the mayor that they want.

Enjoy!

Posted by: Mr. Lebowski at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (D5ixm)

132 124 If you want to cut street homelessness, you have to be brutal about getting druggies into rehab, without their consent. Hasn't the ACLU lawfare made that impossible?

To fix the problem, tough decisions have to be made. A rational person could; these lefty freaks, I don't think so.
Posted by: Seems Legit

Brutal with the homeless? No!
Brutal with subhuman MAGAats? .....we'll see

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (Dv3i1)

133 99 Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (Sco7b)

Yes the key here is to look at a geographical spot and because we are emotionally attached to "Los Angeles" on a map say "this this spot needs a blank check!" Sure, we could focus on fostering a working broad spectrum economy serviced by good schools teaching all phases of productive human endeavor, exploiting California's plentiful natural resources including abundant oil ashore and offshore, extracting the lithium from the Salton sea basin and as a byproduct cleaning up a superfund site and trying to reclaim the ship building and manufacturing capacity we shed by the late 80s let alone the early 2000s......but no what we really need is more porn studios and weed shops.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (Int1s)

134 128
Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half

------

When a socialist says that, you have trouble.

Option 1: the number of homeless will in fact double

Option 2: they plan to execute the homeless

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

Redefine what being homeless is, in such a way that it also retains funding for the "homeless"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (l3cgK)

135 131 Posted by: Mr. Lebowski at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (D5ixm)

Quite....in all sincerity show us how it is done comrades.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Int1s)

136 I have extra rooms.
Are there any hot, biologically female homeless I can help.

I'll want the California government to supply me the money for their drugs.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Sco7b)

137 LA could turn into Mumbai

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (enNUy)

138 Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half before Los Angeles hosts the 2028."
---
I suspect her plan is to shove all the homeless people into the half of the city that the visitors to the 2028 Olympic Games won't see during the event.

Problem solved.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (s2iZv)

139 Local Des Moines noon news said the shooter is a woman who worked at the PO. She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.
==
9mm.

Posted by: that's when the fight started officer at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (anL5R)

140 How is it that California keeps managing to find and elect commiefuckers even worse than the last commiefucker?

How deep does this rabbit hole go?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (fapp/)

141 To be fair to the LA voters, Karen Bass let their houses burn down while she fiddled on vacation...no one was voting for her in the general who didn't vote for her in the primaries, so she was gonna lose if any of Spencer's voters decided to vote...

Karen Bass probably helped precipitate the fraud that took Spencer off the ballot...so you know what they say about lying in the bed you made...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (Gb7+b)

142 136 I have extra rooms.
Are there any hot, biologically female homeless I can help.

I'll want the California government to supply me the money for their drugs.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Sco7b)

Rule #34:
Most homeless women are off their meds, drug and alcohol abusers, or both...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (l3cgK)

143 Never fear. The fucking 'movie industry' isn't going anywhere. They're gonna ride that horse 'til it dies. Wait. Don't those ones eat horse flesh? Hmm. Sucks to be a horse there, then.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (ayRl+)

144 Persyn with housing insecurity while between jerbs.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (J4Dwc)

145 'Unhoused'

Political correctness run amok.

How is the word "Homeless" any more, or less, offensive than the stupid sounding "Unhoused"?

Because it's another communist word takeover.
"Homeless" intimates that the person is without a home, and more than likely it's their own fault.

"Unhoused" intimates, that it's mine, yours, and everybody's fault these people are on the street, because society is unjust and unfair, and housing is a human right being denied to the vulnerable who have no responsibility for their situation in life.

Avoidance of responsibility is the the chief modus operandi of leftism. Which is why everybody who brings up responsibility is a right-wing nut-job, racist, sexist, fascist.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (6ydKt)

146 Orange County by the ocean is also gorgeous. Also votes very blue (used to be Republican long ago).

Bay Area too. A lot of California is very wealthy, gorgeous and people there live great lives. And vote Democrat.

It’s not all Mad Max shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (VYGAQ)

147 It can get much worse. And it will.
==
Let me assure you that indeed, things can always get worse.

Posted by: life at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (anL5R)

148 143 Never fear. The fucking 'movie industry' isn't going anywhere. They're gonna ride that horse 'til it dies. Wait. Don't those ones eat horse flesh? Hmm. Sucks to be a horse there, then.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (ayRl+)

By Kalifornia law (passed by proposition), horse meat for human consumption is illegal, but horse meat CAN be used for pet food.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

149 @DrewPavlou
Democrats elected a lady who once said that Trump supporters should be exterminated in concentration camps. North Carolina House

link to X-
https://tinyurl.com/jmxwvmat

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (Dv3i1)

150 Nobody realizes just how bad the Indian problem is, unless you live in North Texas.

Posted by: Resist_we_much at November 05, 2026 02:47 PM (X6dRn)

151 I suspect her plan is to shove all the homeless people into the half of the city that the visitors to the 2028 Olympic Games won't see during the event.

Problem solved.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (s2iZv)

That is the Maoist way, after all.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 05, 2026 02:47 PM (oPFtC)

152 Is California a strictly mail-in state? Like WA? They will never be right if that is the case.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (iOpI2)

153 146 Orange County by the ocean is also gorgeous. Also votes very blue (used to be Republican long ago).

Bay Area too. A lot of California is very wealthy, gorgeous and people there live great lives. And vote Democrat.

It’s not all Mad Max shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (VYGAQ)

Not Yet.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)

154 124 If you want to cut street homelessness, you have to be brutal about getting druggies into rehab, without their consent. Hasn't the ACLU lawfare made that impossible?

To fix the problem, tough decisions have to be made. A rational person could; these lefty freaks, I don't think so.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:41 PM (iOpI2)

The overwhelming majority of chronic homeless persons are some combination of mentally ill or drug and/or alcohol addicted. Unless we're willing to face that reality, nothing will change.

Involuntary commitment and treatment of the crazys and incarceration and rehab for the druggies might work, at least it gets them off the street for a while. I have low expectations for rehab for chronic drug and alcohol addicts.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (X5Jzz)

155 I know math is verboten but this is more physics.

Utah man tells friend he can dodge a bullet. Friend pleads guilty to manslaughter.

In February 2025, after smoking weed and playing video games, Utah men Dylan Lee Treichel and Ashton Mann made the natural progression to the garage to play with real guns.

That's when Treichel made the claim that he was fast enough to dodge a real bullet like they show people doing in the movies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (ndZc7)

156
On the upside, Karen now has a lot more free time to spend on African junkets.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

=================

I do wonder what her next act will be. Back to Congress in 2028? California legislature? She's angling for governor, so she'd better get something on her resume before 2032 when Bakaria's term is up.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (mmrXZ)

157 Nobody realizes just how bad the Indian problem is, unless you live in North Texas.
Posted by: Resist_we_much at November 05, 2026 02:47 PM (X6dRn)

Plano, Texas. The epicenter of H-1B chaos........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (2614e)

158
She's not wrong. Aren't many of those left anymore, though.

149 @DrewPavlou
Democrats elected a lady who once said that Trump supporters should be exterminated in concentration camps. North Carolina House

link to X-
https://tinyurl.com/jmxwvmat
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (Dv3i1)

Posted by: Sid at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (2t+i2)

159 How many Indians are in frisco, TX?

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (enNUy)

160 152 Is California a strictly mail-in state? Like WA? They will never be right if that is the case.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (iOpI2)

All ballots are mailed to registered voters. DMV will auto-register folks as voters (and supposedly NOT register ineligible voters).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (l3cgK)

161 Most voters in the entire country were pissed about whatever they were pissed about, and took out their anger on the incumbents, including Democrap versus Democrap.

While that's true, the LA mayor's primary was very special. Spencer Pratt won, then they kept finding votes for Bass a week later, and then suddenly this other nitwit's votes started appearing in an even greater mass.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:50 PM (2ocoG)

162 Orange County by the ocean is also gorgeous. Also votes very blue (used to be Republican long ago).

Bay Area too. A lot of California is very wealthy, gorgeous and people there live great lives. And vote Democrat.

It’s not all Mad Max shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (VYGAQ)

The homeless will spread.......they will burn...they will occupy....they will squat.

Nowhere in Cali is safe from this disease of liberal shithole policies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:50 PM (2614e)

163 136 I have extra rooms.
Are there any hot, biologically female homeless I can help.

I'll want the California government to supply me the money for their drugs.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Sco7b)

"I can fix her !"

Remember Rule #1, my friend.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:50 PM (X5Jzz)

164 How many Indians are in frisco, TX?
Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (enNUy)

It is next to Plano, so probably a lot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:50 PM (2614e)

165 84
Local Des Moines noon news said the shooter is a woman who worked at the PO. She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

See ladies? It's important to attend your local shooting range. Get training. Practice what you learn.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (2614e)

Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (5WPt1)

166 Plano, Texas. The epicenter of H-1B chaos........

Is that where there's a literal giant golden Hindu idol?

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)

167 @ 36 I believe this is called “late stage democracy”.
Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (HdjQ+)
__________________________

Close, but no cigar. It's 'END STAGE "democracy"'. We were founded as a Constitutional Republic, but even then people were too ig'nant to understand the differents. Everything old is new again, yes … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (ayRl+)

168 Are we going to feign shock at a Democrat saying "hell yeah we're going to gas MAGA?"

When that harmless Christian nerd got shot in the neck by a crazed buttfucker in a fursuit, millions of their voters took to the internet to dance and sing and make many more death threats against his fans.

This is the platform. Buttfuckers in fursuits gassing you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (BI5O2)

169 148 143 Never fear. The fucking 'movie industry' isn't going anywhere. They're gonna ride that horse 'til it dies. Wait. Don't those ones eat horse flesh? Hmm. Sucks to be a horse there, then.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (ayRl+)

By Kalifornia law (passed by proposition), horse meat for human consumption is illegal, but horse meat CAN be used for pet food.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

I presume CA law prohibits one from getting around this prohibition by declaring one's abductees to be pets.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (HFrEr)

170 Nobody realizes just how bad the Indian problem is, unless you live in North Texas.
Posted by: Resist_we_much at November 05, 2026 02:47 PM (X6dRn)

About two years ago I flew through Dallas. I was shocked at how many Indians were there. Passengers as well as airport employees. I had not been to Dallas in maybe 10 years and was like what the fuck happened here!

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (VYGAQ)

171
Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (5WPt1)

HA!

Subtlety is not her strong suit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (2614e)

172 Sid, if you killed us all you'd have nobody left to tell you what a stupid mistake you're about to make.

If you leftists got your wish and the entire world turned communist there'd be a global nuclear war within a decade because you dumb fucks will have unleashed the largest and longest famine the world has ever seen.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (6ydKt)

173 Oh, Momala!!

Kamala Harris endorses L.A. Mayor Karen Bass for reelection
May 4, 2026 — Former Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for reelection on Monday. The Democrats are longtime allies.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (NFX2v)

174 Are earthquakes not remembered for leaving wreckage behind?

Do people look at their ruined house after an earthquake and say "well at least nothing got wet"?

Totally unimportant for me to be harping on this, but... just... what?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (aKiSo)

175 Alas Babylon.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (7EgNJ)

176 The fucking 'movie industry' isn't going anywhere. They're gonna ride that horse 'til it dies.

-
I've been through the desert on a horse with no shame.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (ndZc7)

177 Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"
Posted by: tcn in AK

That is rough feedback.

Posted by: Kratwurst at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (36bTp)

178 @ 159 How many Indians are in frisco, TX?
Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (enNUy)
_________________________________

REAL Indians, or Indian 'indians' … ? Enquiring Mines want to kneaugh …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (ayRl+)

179 My fix for the hobo problem is give them unlimited drugs. All at once.

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (enNUy)

180
Is that where there's a literal giant golden Hindu idol?
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)

That's Sugar Land, outside of Houston.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (2614e)

181
Newsom spares everyone on Death Row as last act as governor

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (/QHx4)

182 Hollywood is already dead. All production is now in Georgia, Vancouver and E. Europe.

A big reason why Georgia is now a deep blue state by the way.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (VYGAQ)

183
REAL Indians, or Indian 'indians' … ? Enquiring Mines want to kneaugh …
Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (ayRl+)

Dot, not feather.

7-Eleven, not casino.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (2614e)

184 > How many Indians are in frisco, TX?

Fun fact, I just found out one of my high school friends is a leader in local government in Frisco, TX.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (mkw2N)

185 Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"
Posted by: tcn in AK

LOL

Truth be told, as it is with all 'Ettes, Nurse meant it in a loving way.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (7EgNJ)

186
Orange County by the ocean is also gorgeous. Also votes very blue (used to be Republican long ago).

Bay Area too. A lot of California is very wealthy, gorgeous and people there live great lives. And vote Democrat.

It’s not all Mad Max shit.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

================

That's one of the problems. They can vote all the socialist nightmares for Those People Over There (my T-POT theory) while blithely continuing their own pristine existence with minor irritants such as $400 annual vehicle registration fees, high gas prices, and a Shocking! weekend when inner city youths stampeded the beach. But otherwise, they're feeling no pain, no consequences for their votes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (mmrXZ)

187 She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

Well, clearly, chicks can't shoot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (k5CNB)

188
And if competence or intelligence mattered to California voters, they sure as hell wouldn't have elected Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Becerra as their next governor.

What matters to California voters? What do they think they voted for?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (HSV4t)

Don't disrespect President Camacho by comparing him with that commie cocksucker fuckstick Becerra.

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is a GREAT AMERICAN HERO. Sure, he made OrangeManBad look like a sober, classy statesman, but he was also humble enough to recognize when his beloved nation had problems that he couldn't solve, so he brought in the Smartest Man In The World to fix everything. An elected official with that kind of humility is rare indeed. An honorable man.

He also put the fear of God into Congress with a M249 SAW, so he couldn't be all bad.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (y9nCu)

189 The fucking 'movie industry' isn't going anywhere. They're gonna ride that horse 'til it dies.

Corporate offices will be there for the name recognition, but even now something like 75% of films and TV are not made in LA. Atlanta, Toronto, and Vancouver (BC, not WA) are the more likely spots.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (2ocoG)

190 In fact, the "homeless problem" doesn't matter to LA voters either, given how it has ballooned under Democrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (HSV4t)

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Great, so now even more Californians will move to Texas and keep it deep blue for evermore.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (uKqbA)

191 Angelinos have plates in their lips.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (iELXO)

192 It's me donna: "Noodles and Becerra... Oh boy... CA. is f'ed"

To be fair, it already was.

I'm more concerned about the enf***ening of new territories we are about to witness.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (oji8u)

193 I had not been to Dallas in maybe 10 years and was like what the fuck happened here!

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (VYGAQ)

H1Bs and chain migration.
That's what happened.

The Indians all have lots of brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins to bring in after their parents and grandparents.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (6ydKt)

194 Here's the deal on the elections.

Nuke China and arrest its cohorts.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (Cq/ve)

195 LOL... The sooner LA burns to the ground the better.... Sorry if any Morons/ettes live there...
Posted by: It's me donna

My brother lives down that way. He probably voted for her. We don't talk politics much.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 05, 2026 02:56 PM (Zor7P)

196 Involuntary commitment and treatment of the crazys and incarceration and rehab for the druggies might work, at least it gets them off the street for a while. I have low expectations for rehab for chronic drug and alcohol addicts.
Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (X5Jzz)

So when did we rescind the laws against illegal drug use and public drunkenness? FFS. Those laws are there for a reason.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:56 PM (5WPt1)

197 Worse?! How can things get any worse? Take a look around, Ellen. We're standing at the threshold of hell!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

Fixed the newel post!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (mISmA)

198 Well, clearly, chicks can't shoot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November

Hmmm.
You might be almost proficient with a pistol, but last I recall your long gun skills are lacking.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (+QAIw)

199 I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.
--
There's a lot of ruin in a nation.

And the population of LA is bigger than a lot of countries when he wrote that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (/Ki2A)

200 158. Posted by: Sid

You're such a fool.

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves”

And, "Nothing is as easy as it looks."

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (NFX2v)

201 Same as San Francisco. Was there last year for a race event at Sonoma raceway. Flew into SF and rented a car to drive to Sonoma. Once you're out of the "deep" parts of the city, it gets much nicer. Sonoma is beautiful.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

S.F isn't quite the shithole Franp and others make it out to be. Parts are; they don't dominate and we don't have a traditional downtown. Other parts have always been gritty. Most neighborhoods, mine included, are generally fine. Weather's gorgeous today.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (Fv808)

202 Local Des Moines noon news said the shooter is a woman who worked at the PO.

Ahh, the literal "going postal".

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (2ocoG)

203
Hmmm.
You might be almost proficient with a pistol, but last I recall your long gun skills are lacking.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (+QAIw)

Where's my gauntlet. I had it around here somewhere......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (2614e)

204 The left thinks everyone in the south is a toothless cousin fucking retard.

The right’s version is California as a place where homeless gangs terrorize citizens on an hourly basis.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (VYGAQ)

205 185 Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"
Posted by: tcn in AK

LOL

Truth be told, as it is with all 'Ettes, Nurse meant it in a loving way.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (7EgNJ)

T'was a cross eye dominant issue. So she told him to shoot left handed. That seemed to fix the issue.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (5WPt1)

206 Say, remember how MS fought Trump all the way to the Supreme Court for their right to count ballots received after Election Day?

Guess who is winning the Senate seat now on late-arriving ballots?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (/Ki2A)

207 Hmmm.
You might be almost proficient with a pistol, but last I recall your long gun skills are lacking.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (+QAIw)

That's when shotguns come in handy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (6ydKt)

208 The S&P 500 has now erased -$2.2 trillion over the last 55 minutes today.

Hardest hit ... tech stocks that support AI data centers (Broadcom, ARM, AMD, Meta, Cisco, Qualcomm, IBM, TXN, Micron Tech, Nvidia, ASML, TSMC) and SpaceX, Tesla, Citigroup

Posted by: SMOD at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (RHGPo)

209 The left thinks everyone in the south is a toothless cousin fucking retard.

*********************

funny, my best friend is from Arkansas and thats my nickname for him

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (fapp/)

210 Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (5WPt1)

Pooky would be mortified and you'd never see him again. Especially since he shot Marksman twice in the AF.

Posted by: pookysgirl needxs to work on her marksmanship at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (Wt5PA)

211 After Mamdani won there was all this talk of people fleeing the city. Real estate prices were going to collapse.Everyone was moving to Florida.

None of it happened.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (VYGAQ)

212
The left thinks everyone in the south is a toothless cousin fucking retard.

The right’s version is California as a place where homeless gangs terrorize citizens on an hourly basis.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (VYGAQ)

Hey, cousin-humping is the best part about being a conservative.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (y9nCu)

213 That's when shotguns come in handy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (6ydKt)

Not much good at 100 yards.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (2614e)

214 The right’s version is California as a place where homeless gangs terrorize citizens on an hourly basis.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Steep hills kinda put a damper on that kind of enthusiasm.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (Fv808)

215 Re: comment 166. No. I will have to disagree with Sponge. Plano is NOT the epicenter of H1Bs. That would be Frisco, home of the very gaudy Hanuman temple. There's another temple with golden spires in Allen that assaults my vision every day as I commute by it. Based on other conversations, Princeton (just east of McKinney) probably ranks second for density of H1Bs.

Posted by: Analytical lurker at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (bUfoW)

216 "But"........always the but......

Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped a bombshell move on Thursday to commute all 548 death row inmates in California.

In a letter to Californians, Newsom said that he understood that victims are angry at the horrendousness of the inmate’s crimes.

“But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them,” he wrote. “We can now let these offenders die in obscurity while we forever remember and honor their victims.”

“I take this action because I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and diminishes each of us,” Newsom explained.

“I know we cannot execute people in our imperfect legal system and remain true to our core values, first among them justice and human decency.”

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (kX27y)

217 DeSantis lets congress have it.
https://tinyurl.com/bn95rpas
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (n5tGW)

---------------

And he is right, Thune is to be blamed for Republican voters staying home. They figured why bother when their esteemed senators hate them.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (uKqbA)

218 AI is history. It will be completely removed from our lives soon. Those who pushed and profited from it will be prosecuted.

Posted by: Sid at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (2t+i2)

219 213 That's when shotguns come in handy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (6ydKt)

Not much good at 100 yards.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (2614e)

No matter how much you choke it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (l3cgK)

220 LOL... The sooner LA burns to the ground the better.... Sorry if any Morons/ettes live there...
--
A few "accidents" and the whole city will be without water.

One episode of Perry Mason involved the building and routing of a new aqueduct.
That was back when California was a state that was functional.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (/Ki2A)

221 Not much good at 100 yards.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (2614e)

Slugs.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (5WPt1)

222 Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves

-----

Socialists in charge of things let socialists who support them to do the killing and dying.

And socialists who support them are invariably pathetic, congenital fuckups who have nothing to lose, and a burning hatred of those who do.

The relationship works.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (BI5O2)

223 California still has a death penalty?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (VYGAQ)

224 Same as San Francisco. Was there last year for a race event at Sonoma raceway. Flew into SF and rented a car to drive to Sonoma. Once you're out of the "deep" parts of the city, it gets much nicer. Sonoma is beautiful.

I work in tech so I've been out to Silicon Valley a fair amount, and I went to a conference at Moscone in SF in 2014. The valley was largely clean and safe. The area around Moscone was a bit sketchier but during the day it was fine.

My understanding is that SF threw out their mayor and prosecutor like 6 or 8 years ago and crime's improved significantly there (it mostly moved across the bay to Oakland, actually, but good enough).

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (2ocoG)

225 > S.F isn't quite the shithole Franp and others make it out to be. Parts are; they don't dominate and we don't have a traditional downtown. Other parts have always been gritty. Most neighborhoods, mine included, are generally fine.

You're not buried in poop? I don't believe you!

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (mkw2N)

226 After Mamdani won there was all this talk of people fleeing the city. Real estate prices were going to collapse.Everyone was moving to Florida.

None of it happened.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (VYGAQ)

He hasn't signed one bill yet.........he has yet to enact many of his stated policies.

Give him time........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (2614e)

227 223 California still has a death penalty?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (VYGAQ)

Is a death penalty a death penalty if nobody is ever executed?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (l3cgK)

228
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

===============

All this is true, but when you consider that the ruined glamour visible behind the bums, the graffitti, the dirt, once matched the society, the culture, and the general prosperity of the area, it's sad. The downtowns used to be a place where you could work and live, not just some place where you drive in if you absolutely must, pay $30/hr to park (and risk getting your windows broken anyway), and get out before 6:00 pm when everything closes up. No restaurants, bars, theaters, or other nightlife exists in those downtowns anymore. They're as ruined as Athens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (mmrXZ)

229 > it mostly moved across the bay to Oakland, actually

Oakland has always been terrible.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (mkw2N)

230 187 She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

Well, clearly, chicks can't shoot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (k5CNB)

Latest is that two people were shot and one person was injured after falling while running away from the shooting scene.

Which doesn't change your point, which I can't possibly comment on.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (X5Jzz)

231
Slugs.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (5WPt1)

Hope you've got a strong shoulder.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (2614e)

232 Sid is 1/2 right.

American AI is finished. Chinese AI will now dominate the world.

Good job Sid.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (VYGAQ)

233 223 California still has a death penalty?

Yes, still on the books but there is a moratorium on executions......

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (kX27y)

234 Here. This just happened. Old 30 second video but just picture more leaves everywhere. I always watch for cars.

That cat loves me. And is here sleeping on the bed.
And I'm open to happy today.

https://me-l.co/ifg90s0n

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (Sco7b)

235 The Indians all have lots of brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins to bring in after their parents and grandparents"

Si.

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (pfXMo)

236 Colorado's newest commie governor has decreed that he will overturn the will of the people, who voted against men in women's sports and locker rooms in election amendments.

But, no Kings, right?

Posted by: Delurker at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (2Drhq)

237 >>>>> With Raman’s victory, the nation’s two largest cities — New York and Los Angeles — will be led by democratic socialists next year.

-
Led where?
-----‐---
To Hell.

Posted by: Cosda at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (tDnF6)

238 I said this earlier...

Ramalamadingdong winning over Karen Billy Bass is not a surprise. Not after Mamdami vs Cuomo.

New Yorkers voted out the mayor that sent their grannies back into Covid infected nursing homes to die. So now, LA voters voted out the mayor that burned up the palisades and let their neighbors die.

Better the unknown devil that might actually care, than the one you already doesn't.

And yes, if bass hadn't recruited Ramalamadingdong, she could have pulled off a ballot steal and ousted Pratt. Her loss.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (Toos7)

239 will they do for health care what they've done for the homeless?

wait........they already have!

ahaahahahahahha now go v00t harder next time around

Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (jrgJz)

240 A few "accidents" and the whole city will be without water.

One episode of Perry Mason involved the building and routing of a new aqueduct.
That was back when California was a state that was functional.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (/Ki2A)
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It's not going to take any "accidents."

Just bureaucratic incompetence.

When LA runs dry, everyone there is going to look around as they die of thirst, wondering how that happened.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (s2iZv)

241 237 >>>>> With Raman’s victory, the nation’s two largest cities — New York and Los Angeles — will be led by democratic socialists next year.

-
Led where?
-----‐---
To Hell.

Posted by: Cosda at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (tDnF6)

Yes, but which ring?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (l3cgK)

242 223 California still has a death penalty?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (VYGAQ)

Voter approved years ago. In 2016 Californians not only stopped a Death Penalty repeal, but it was supposed to go to a fast track system.

Neither happened... because what do those silly voters know.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 03:05 PM (mP0Kj)

243 Well, clearly, chicks can't shoot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Hmmm.
You might be almost proficient with a pistol, but last I recall your long gun skills are lacking.
Posted by: nurse ratched

*Suddenly, the bar became silent. . . . *
*A lone dog barked once, far, far away.*
*A wisp of air blew through the saloon doors carried a bit of dust*

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 03:05 PM (7EgNJ)

244 Isn't Chinese Ai just stolen American Ai?

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 03:05 PM (enNUy)

245 240 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (s2iZv)

Eh the people with cars will make it out....the real drama in the movie will be whether mayor Ramamlamadingdongette is smarter than Ray Nagin and uses the school buses and bottled water remaining to whisk the fuckers to portland and survival...?

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (Int1s)

246 Better China than the US. Theirs won't be used for profit, but for the welfare of their people.

Posted by: Sid at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (2t+i2)

247 But it's also possible that the center of power could shift -- from City Hall to the politburo or "Steering Committee" of the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter, which is largely an unknown entity.

This is an example of the shadowy oligarchy that people like Bernie are always harping about while pointing in the wrong direction.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (OlzlW)

248 And yes, if bass hadn't recruited Ramalamadingdong, she could have pulled off a ballot steal and ousted Pratt.

Yeah, it's an especially funny petard hoisting.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (2ocoG)

249 196 Involuntary commitment and treatment of the crazys and incarceration and rehab for the druggies might work, at least it gets them off the street for a while. I have low expectations for rehab for chronic drug and alcohol addicts.
Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (X5Jzz)

So when did we rescind the laws against illegal drug use and public drunkenness? FFS. Those laws are there for a reason.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:56 PM (5WPt1)

I think some blue jurisdictions actually have repealed laws against drug use and public drunkenness, and many others simply don't enforce existing laws, and if the police do arrest someone, a liberal prosecutor declines to charge them or a liberal judge lets them go with no bail.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (X5Jzz)

250 Remember how Seattle and Portland were on fire every night during the blm days?

It was like 2 blocks in both cities. The rest of the cities were not affected.

That’s what LA is as well. More than 2 blocks but there are certain really shitty areas. Like you don’t go there ever for any reason. It’s a small portion of the city itself that is home to 10 million people.

Bit that’s not the city as a whole not even close. Yet that’s the vision many people have of LA.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (VYGAQ)

251 That confirms it. Sid is a f*cking idiot. He actually thinks the Chinese government gives a flying f*ck about the 'welfare of it's people.'

BWWWAAAHAHAhAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (2614e)

252 > American AI is finished. Chinese AI will now dominate the world.

How so? Are you referring to Anthropic's stupid rules and nannying?

Claude is still amazing for coding tasks. Other AIs are behind, but that can change in weeks or months.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (mkw2N)

253 Posted by: Sid at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (2t+i2)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (2614e)

254
When a socialist says that, you have trouble.

Option 1: the number of homeless will in fact double

Option 2: they plan to execute the homeless

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

Option 3: They plan to cut them in half

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (pjdUv)

255 249 196 Involuntary commitment and treatment of the crazys and incarceration and rehab for the druggies might work, at least it gets them off the street for a while. I have low expectations for rehab for chronic drug and alcohol addicts.
Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (X5Jzz)

So when did we rescind the laws against illegal drug use and public drunkenness? FFS. Those laws are there for a reason.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:56 PM (5WPt1)

I think some blue jurisdictions actually have repealed laws against drug use and public drunkenness, and many others simply don't enforce existing laws, and if the police do arrest someone, a liberal prosecutor declines to charge them or a liberal judge lets them go with no bail.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (X5Jzz)

And if nobody is charged, the statistics for such crimes goes down. Win-Win!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

256 No progressive wants to be a pothole mayor.

Posted by: mr tmz at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (rJ48h)

257 You're not buried in poop? I don't believe you!
Posted by: bonhomme

I have a cat, not a dog.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Fv808)

258 251 That confirms it. Sid is a f*cking idiot. He actually thinks the Chinese government gives a flying f*ck about the 'welfare of it's people.'

BWWWAAAHAHAhAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (2614e)

Yeah, that's especially we-todd-did...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

259 Better China than the US. Theirs won't be used for profit, but for the welfare of their people.
Posted by: Sid at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (2t+i2)

lol. Good one.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (VYGAQ)

260 Woman in NC who said Trump supporters should be in concentration camp- also, besides that sounds like a nutcase. She also compared herself to Jesus on the cross:

https://tinyurl.com/hmhwwn2t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 03:09 PM (JrHfD)

261 Isn't Chinese Ai just stolen American Ai?

Yes, but unlike India where we're assured everyone there is super smart and should flood here on H1B to make everything wonderful, the Chinese largely actually are. Work ethic can be an issue in Chy-nuh, but there's no shortage of smart people there.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:09 PM (2ocoG)

262 204 The left thinks everyone in the south is a toothless cousin fucking retard.

The right’s version is California as a place where homeless gangs terrorize citizens on an hourly basis.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (VYGAQ)

California has been on the news for thirty years in a downhill slide to a one-party socialist state with large cities with gang and crime problems. It's an overcrowded, overly expensive state to live in with a government that seems to determined to bleed it dry while running it into the ground at full speed.

No place is perfect, especially the south, but the scale of problems that the West Coast faces from the socialist takeover is a much more concerning affair to those of us watching it happen from afar, hoping to God it isn't coming here next.

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, though, because we feel the same way about the Northeast, Midwest, Canada, and most of Europe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:09 PM (6ydKt)

263 I like the phrase "urban camping" in reference to hobos.

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (enNUy)

264 Hey, cousin-humping is the best part about being a conservative.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (y9nCu)

Cousin humping? That's like doing a stranger

Posted by: Ilhan at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (pjdUv)

265 I use a chinese local model for my AI, Im assuming its spying on me but as long as I dont run for office i think Im good

I named it Sum Ting Wong

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (fapp/)

266 I said this earlier...

Ramalamadingdong winning over Karen Billy Bass is not a surprise. Not after Mamdami vs Cuomo.

New Yorkers voted out the mayor that sent their grannies back into Covid infected nursing homes to die. So now, LA voters voted out the mayor that burned up the palisades and let their neighbors die.

Better the unknown devil that might actually care, than the one you already doesn't.

And yes, if bass hadn't recruited Ramalamadingdong, she could have pulled off a ballot steal and ousted Pratt. Her loss.
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (Toos7)
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And they fucked Pratt. Totally stole the election from him.

In NYC, nothing needed to be done to steal the election from the GOP candidate, because that candidate was Curtis Sliwa, a perennial loser, political pest, and shameless grifter.

Adams would have probably won reelection if he hadn't had a few Unapproved Thoughts and been knifed in the back.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (iFTx/)

267 244 Isn't Chinese Ai just stolen American Ai?
Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 03:05 PM (enNUy)

Chinese AI is like they sent someone to America to ask a random American what AI looks like and then sailed back home and drew a picture for their manuscript of an "AI" face-on with a regular damn human nose.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (aKiSo)

268 Option 3: They plan to cut them in half

That's probably the real plan.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)

269 Commercial real estate tax receipts both for property and sales taxes are headed into the dumpster.....million$ and millions are already lost.
Layoffs are coming and pension plans are going to get it in the neck.

So Noodles Breccerra etc got handed a bag of poo. That $300 billion California state budget Newsom is so proud of is wildly out of whack. Illegal aliens eat $30 billion of it. They kite tax receipts. Free stuff is going to dry up.

Posted by: torabora at November 05, 2026 03:11 PM (Wt1Rs)

270 The votes received in Texas for the Democrats in this last off-year election rivaled the count from the 2020 Presidential election, and for the same reason. As for the vote in Georgia, as long as we use the voting machines Kemp forced on the state (name starts with a “D” ), we’ll never have a free and fair election. Those machines trace their ancestry back to Venezuela, and were designed to allow plausible cheating for whoever controlled them. It’s all fake and gay.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 05, 2026 03:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

271 240 A few "accidents" and the whole city will be without water.

One episode of Perry Mason involved the building and routing of a new aqueduct.
That was back when California was a state that was functional.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (/Ki2A)
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It's not going to take any "accidents."

Just bureaucratic incompetence.

When LA runs dry, everyone there is going to look around as they die of thirst, wondering how that happened.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (s2iZv)

See Republic of South Africa. They're a few decades ahead of LA on this path.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 03:12 PM (X5Jzz)

272 The Chinese are releasing some of the best open source models in an effort to threaten the American market. And it's very good.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:12 PM (pjdUv)

273 And they fucked Pratt. Totally stole the election from him.

It was darkly funny watching Bass steal it from Pratt, and then Raman steal it from Bass. Like that meme where everyone has a sniper behind them.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:12 PM (2ocoG)

274 Going postal had gone out of common usage. It's baaack

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 03:12 PM (8VNAp)

275 Option 1: the number of homeless will in fact double

Option 2: they plan to execute the homeless

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

Option 3: They plan to cut them in half
Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (pjdUv)

1 + 2 = 3.

Heh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (aKiSo)

276
Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped a bombshell move on Thursday to commute all 548 death row inmates in California.

It's so cute that people think that the commie cocksuckers running Clownifornia won't have people on death row. They're just clearing out space for new residents, you know... Kulaks.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (y9nCu)

277 If the State seized the healthcare system would anyone even care. The free market is in trouble and when it goes it will take food and shelter with it.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (2ap+5)

278 Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (aKiSo)

LOL I thought of that but couldn't fit both jokes in

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (pjdUv)

279 The Chinese are releasing some of the best open source models in an effort to threaten the American market. And it's very good.

The Chinese open models are good, but the hottest new open source model is Ripple-65B, which is American. It outperforms Chinese models that are 4 times bigger and fits on a 64 GB Mac or DGX Spark.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:14 PM (2ocoG)

280 278 Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (aKiSo)

LOL I thought of that but couldn't fit both jokes in
Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (pjdUv)

Teamwork makes the dream work.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:14 PM (aKiSo)

281 It was darkly funny watching Bass steal it from Pratt, and then Raman steal it from Bass. Like that meme where everyone has a sniper behind them.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:12 PM (2ocoG)

It's like the multi-Spiderman meme, except all the Spidermans have guns.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:15 PM (2614e)

282 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (2614e)

I am still unsure whether Sid is actually a stupid troll or someone making fun of them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 03:15 PM (JrHfD)

283 I am still unsure whether Sid is actually a stupid troll or someone making fun of them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 03:15 PM (JrHfD)

Yes

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:15 PM (pjdUv)

284 The Chinese are releasing some of the best open source models in an effort to threaten the American market. And it's very good.

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It annoys me that the only American open source AI alternative to CHYNNAAAA is Google's Gemma models, and it's complete ass shit

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 03:16 PM (fapp/)

285 I am still unsure whether Sid is actually a stupid troll or someone making fun of them.

Embrace the power of "AND".

Sometimes it's real Sid being stupid. Sometimes it's people socking him for hilarity.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:16 PM (2ocoG)

286 It annoys me that the only American open source AI alternative to CHYNNAAAA is Google's Gemma models, and it's complete ass shit

Meta's new open model is not terrible (not gonna threaten Opus 5.5, but also not total ass like Gemma), and I'm seeing a lot of hype around Ripple-65B like I mentioned upthread.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:17 PM (2ocoG)

287 Speaking of AI, did you guys see Anthropic bragging about how they no longer send the entire conversation history to each sub-agent every 30 seconds so it can give you a status update?

99% less cost per update!!

That's not an "improvement," it's a bug fix. Good job fixing a bug, but they're talking about it like they made an amazing breakthrough.

http://tiny.cc/i87d101

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 03:18 PM (mkw2N)

288 281 It's like the multi-Spiderman meme, except all the Spidermans have guns.

hmm. not certain whether the plural of "spiderman" is "spidersman" or "spidermen".

Posted by: anachronda at November 05, 2026 03:18 PM (v3pYe)

289 Let's see....

Ramen Scattering....

Ramen Spectroscopy.....

Ramen Noodles......

Where the buffalo ramen....,

It's comedy gold, Jerry.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 03:19 PM (QGaXH)

290 none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)
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Sounds like she didn't practice her fundamentals

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 03:19 PM (L9C9L)

291 She's much worse than uneducated. She has an bachelor's from Harvard and a Masters from MIT.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 05, 2026 03:19 PM (wGerL)

292 Ripple-65B like I mentioned upthread

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I hope they come up with a 30B variant thats more optimized for Macs, I think this version is geared towards Nvidia hardware but still a step in right direction

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 03:19 PM (fapp/)

293 That's not an "improvement," it's a bug fix. Good job fixing a bug, but they're talking about it like they made an amazing breakthrough.

May be why multiple people have left Anthropic for OpenAI this week, including one of the major Claude Code guys.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:20 PM (2ocoG)

294 Lockheed Martin hit with $29.5 million dollar settlement fee for discriminating against white workers.

http://tiny.cc/k87d101

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 03:22 PM (mkw2N)

295 May be why multiple people have left Anthropic for OpenAI this week, including one of the major Claude Code guys.

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I wonder if this is going to start enshittifying Claude Code now, of course just when ive really started to use it too

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 03:22 PM (fapp/)

296 Is California a strictly mail-in state? Like WA? They will never be right if that is the case.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (iOpI2)

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Once you go all mail voting it is no longer a democracy, the fraud is far too easy.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 03:22 PM (uKqbA)

297 The Chinese have been distilling U.S. AI models.
So yes, while some may be original models most of their advanced stuff is basically copies of OpenAI, Anthropic, or Muse.

IP theft, just like it's been since the 90s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:23 PM (6ydKt)

298 California seems nice. I will move there and get a job at the InNOut burger place and live in Malibu with my wife a 4 kids.

like Brady Bunch only cooler

Posted by: Texas democrat at November 05, 2026 03:23 PM (D5ixm)

299 Muse = Meta.
oops.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:23 PM (6ydKt)

300 Truth from MS-NOW.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
MSNOW's Stephanie Ruhle kicked off her 930am segment gloating about how the markets were surging because Democrats won.

"[Investors] made it abundantly clear that they welcome a massive check on presidential power."

The markets immediately tanked.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 03:24 PM (ndZc7)

301 294 Lockheed Martin hit with $29.5 million dollar settlement fee for discriminating against white workers.
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Future Dem admin will sue them for discriminating against non-white workers. But won't settle for an amount less than twice what it cost them to discriminate against white workers. It's all about incentives.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 03:24 PM (Dv3i1)

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