Topic: Los Angeles is now fining people whose homes burned down
Anonymous A started this discussion 3 weeks ago #133,484
Los Angeles is now fining people whose homes burned down
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4469521/los-angeles-now-fining-people-whose-homes-burned-down/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4469521/los-angeles-now-fining-people-whose-homes-burned-down/
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 59 minutes later[^] [v] #1,421,900
I'm not clicking that CP.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 6 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,421,917
Good. Emergency services and cleanup aren't free. I'm sick of people trying to freeload and then complaining they have to pay for what they use.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 17 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,421,920
I have been underwhelmed by Republican-run cities. I have been driven to rage by passive aggressive anarcho-tyrannical Democrat-run cities. They excel at collecting fines and fees and raising property taxes regardless of current housing prices.
The police arrest people but the DAs let them off. Minor crimes? Forget it. But if you chase a porch pirate and they fall down they’ll sue or claim assault. And win.
Go outside and see your city block has been converted into a bike lane and you can’t park there any more.
Any criticism is deflected as sexist or racist.
The police arrest people but the DAs let them off. Minor crimes? Forget it. But if you chase a porch pirate and they fall down they’ll sue or claim assault. And win.
Go outside and see your city block has been converted into a bike lane and you can’t park there any more.
Any criticism is deflected as sexist or racist.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,421,931
@previous (D)
Learn to live with people who look different than you, and stop blaming all your problems on women.
Learn to live with people who look different than you, and stop blaming all your problems on women.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 24 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,421,935
@previous (E)
I’m pretty sure he has some kind of mental disorder because he’s obsessed with American politics and isn’t even an American in the first place.
I’m pretty sure he has some kind of mental disorder because he’s obsessed with American politics and isn’t even an American in the first place.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 7 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,421,962
@1,421,931 (E)
> Learn to live with people who look different than you, and stop blaming all your problems on women.
I can live with everyone. It’s the local governments that are awful. No services and tons of taxes, fines, and fees. It’s a collection racket.
> Learn to live with people who look different than you, and stop blaming all your problems on women.
I can live with everyone. It’s the local governments that are awful. No services and tons of taxes, fines, and fees. It’s a collection racket.
Anonymous E replied with this 3 weeks ago, 4 hours later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,025
boof joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 36 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,028
The Washington Examiner is an American conservative news magazine based in Washington, D.C., consisting of a website and a weekly printed magazine. It is owned by billionaire businessman Philip Anschutz through MediaDC, a subsidiary of Clarity Media Group.[3]
Anschutz supported the Parents Television Council, a group that protests against television content that they consider indecent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Television_and_Media_Council#Activism [fucking cancel culture powerhouse for decades]
The PTC also criticized The Muppets for not meeting "family viewing" guidelines and suggested a boycott, based on the mockumentary format of the series including mentions of plastic surgery, "inside" business language being used in a crude manner, and the Muppets in a bar consuming alcoholic beverages.[124]
Through the Anschutz Foundation, he had made grants to conservative think tanks, including the American Enterprise Institute, the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation.[47][48][49] Anschutz contributed $1 million to conservatives during the 2016 U.S. elections, and $200,000 to Republican politicians and political action committees during the 2017 elections.
Anschutz supported the Parents Television Council, a group that protests against television content that they consider indecent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Television_and_Media_Council#Activism [fucking cancel culture powerhouse for decades]
The PTC also criticized The Muppets for not meeting "family viewing" guidelines and suggested a boycott, based on the mockumentary format of the series including mentions of plastic surgery, "inside" business language being used in a crude manner, and the Muppets in a bar consuming alcoholic beverages.[124]
Through the Anschutz Foundation, he had made grants to conservative think tanks, including the American Enterprise Institute, the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation.[47][48][49] Anschutz contributed $1 million to conservatives during the 2016 U.S. elections, and $200,000 to Republican politicians and political action committees during the 2017 elections.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 9 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,048
@OP> Los Angeles is now fining people whose homes burned down
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> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4469521/los-angeles-now-fining-people-whose-homes-burned-down/
The latest response disaster has been fines levied against residents in the Pacific Palisades for brush-clearance penalties.
boof replied with this 3 weeks ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,143
If I could play devil's advocate, I think we should think about who stands to gain by saying all these bad things about the devil so much.
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 3 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,199
@1,422,025 (E)
> Blaming people of color wont fix any of that.
Blaming POC how? I’m talking about corrupt and ineffective government employees.
> Blaming people of color wont fix any of that.
Blaming POC how? I’m talking about corrupt and ineffective government employees.
Anonymous E replied with this 3 weeks ago, 23 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,201
@previous (J)
The actual problem with government is money in politics. Putting the blame on DEI is simply bigotry.
The actual problem with government is money in politics. Putting the blame on DEI is simply bigotry.
AVeryBlackGuy joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,202
@previous (E)
At this point I feel like I don’t even really want to deny that DEI is responsible for everything that goes wrong in the world. Mostly because I find it kind of funny to imagine that sitting here in my room having the audacity to be black is somehow causing white people to crash airplanes.
At this point I feel like I don’t even really want to deny that DEI is responsible for everything that goes wrong in the world. Mostly because I find it kind of funny to imagine that sitting here in my room having the audacity to be black is somehow causing white people to crash airplanes.
AVeryBlackGuy double-posted this 3 weeks ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,203
Like "oh a bridge collapsed because of DEI? My bad, when I woke up today I decided to be black and now people have to swim across the river in a city I’ve never been to. My bad." Just the concept of that is kinda funny.
(Edited 28 seconds later.)
AVeryBlackGuy triple-posted this 3 weeks ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,204
My blackness is so powerful it causes people to die in accidents in places I didn’t even know existed.
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 4 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,206
@1,422,201 (E)
> The actual problem with government is money in politics. Putting the blame on DEI is simply bigotry.
The subordinate problem with government is good tidings and zero competence. 20 years for a site and environmental study and no new bridge.
> The actual problem with government is money in politics. Putting the blame on DEI is simply bigotry.
The subordinate problem with government is good tidings and zero competence. 20 years for a site and environmental study and no new bridge.
AVeryBlackGuy replied with this 3 weeks ago, 4 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,207
@previous (L)
I think that’s more of a cultural thing. I don’t know why but for some reason it feels like Asians build stuff fast and Europeans build stuff slow. And it’s not a new thing, look at traditional European buildings. Construction started on Cologne Cathedral in 1248 and it wasn’t finished until 1880. That’s 632 years.
I think that’s more of a cultural thing. I don’t know why but for some reason it feels like Asians build stuff fast and Europeans build stuff slow. And it’s not a new thing, look at traditional European buildings. Construction started on Cologne Cathedral in 1248 and it wasn’t finished until 1880. That’s 632 years.
AVeryBlackGuy double-posted this 3 weeks ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,208
If I had to hazard to guess I’d imagine Africa is somewhere in the middle. Because it took 20 to 30 years to build a pyramid, and the Egyptians built a hundred, then Sudan has somewhere between two and three hundred. So they weren’t building fast but they built a lot so idk. Obviously now they’re poor, but in ancient times it doesn’t seem like they were fast, they just had way too much free time back then.
AVeryBlackGuy triple-posted this 3 weeks ago, 5 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,422,209
At least that’s what the stereotype is. German efficiency isn’t real, maybe Japanese or Chinese efficiency also isn’t real. I hope it is though. Because Germany… Germans don’t build fast. They just don’t.