Maybe, just maybe, this issue is that our existing process cannot handle the influx. So, either the influx needs to be reduced to what the system can handle or the system needs to be changed to handle the influx.
"Earlier on Wednesday, the mayor’s deputy for health and human services, Anne Williams-Isom, argued that migrants were attracted by New York City’s right-to-shelter law, which she described as “like our little secret” once but now something “the whole globe knows.”
Nearly 60,000 migrants currently occupy beds at the city’s homeless shelters, according to the New York Times. An estimated 20,000 of their children are expected to start attending the city’s public schools this week.Earlier on Wednesday, the mayor’s deputy for health and human services, Anne Williams-Isom, argued that migrants were attracted by New York City’s right-to-shelter law, which she described as “like our little secret” once but now something “the whole globe knows.”
Nearly 60,000 migrants currently occupy beds at the city’s homeless shelters, according to the New York Times. An estimated 20,000 of their children are expected to start attending the city’s public schools this week."
How can this be when everyone knows immigration strengthens the economy?
Fact: My old company sent everyone but production employees home during covid. 2 years later, they were told to start coming back. There was instant pushback. Marketing said: "we just finished 2 years of record sales and profitability and we did it virtually. Screw you. We just demonstrated we don't need to be in the office or travel as much." They are still at home.
People have also, for a very long time, had restrictions on where foreigners could trade, when they could enter the city, etc. For millennia, people solved their problem with "the village on the other side of the hill by killing everyone in that village.
I'd argue that the primary history of the human race is it's continual behavior of butchery against the "not us".
Maybe if, perhaps, shoplifters and such were actually prosecuted there wouldn't be this problem. And a lot of this is "organized".....ie organized crime, not random. You reap what you sow.
"California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday the state would be tripling California Highway Patrol resources in the Los Angeles area to help combat organized retail theft.
The CHP has been tasked by the state to battle retail crime, and the Governor’s Office said their efforts have been successful.
But following major large-scale burglaries across the Los Angeles region in recent weeks, the Governor says additional help is needed.
The announcement by Newsom follows a similar announcement made hours earlier by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other local leaders, establishing a new organized retail theft task force to crack down on “flash mob“-style burglaries.
That regional task force will be similar in nature to the CHP’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force, and will include statewide partners, including Highway Patrol. CHP will be expanding its resources and allocating more investigators specifically in L.A."
No. When your choice is between someone very liberal and slightly less liberal that the other guy, there is no material difference in the candidates. This has been the case for decades. Besides, the entire state reliably votes democratic both within the state and in congress, so my vote doesn't matter, nor anyone's else that doesn't toe the line of the majority. My time is much more valuable improving myself and the quality of my own life instead.
I take minor exception to the comment about OT posters having open minds. I think the range of opinions and thus the quality of content has narrowed from "back in the day"....ofc this was years ago. YMMV.
I no longer talk about politics much. I don't care anymore. As I told someone running for office once. "You helped pass the largest tax increase in the state and here you are touting that you got 1M to improve a local road." Even the republicans here are "liberal". There is no point. I'm content to read others thoughts, make the occasional posting pointing out their hypocrisy and watch, with drink in hand, the fall of the empire. "May you live in interesting times."
Oh yes, I do love a nice martini in the winter. Traditionally I've used Tanqueray or Hendricks. Of course, it's dirty with an olive and ONLY Noilly Prat extra dry vermouth :)
Not that interested in Rum, but I do like Pussers.
Scotch Whiskey: Highlands typically, but moved towards Balvenie double wood--though not bought it in years as I can't stomach a 130 dollar bottle.
Bourbon-currently the drink of choice: Jefferson. Really like Ocean but again, not paying that much. Allegedly my booze monger can get me Blanton's. Going to try that--a friend owes me a birthday gift :)
As a french friend long ago said "not that impressed with the very old spirits (whiskey, bourbon, etc) from a price / value perspective." Gotta agree.
Made some cocktails with Sagamore rye. It's ok in mixed drinks. Bit harsh straight.
The first half of it is more of an indictment against the US gov't use of a single point of failure CEO who's conviction to the "cause" seems optimistic and subject to sway. Apparently the USG didn't have anyone monitoring this guy's "commitment" or if he was talking to others with a differing view, nor did they actually have the formality of an actual contract. Sheesh.
"Define immigrant as someone whose forefathers are not from America, and you end, at best, with Native Americans. " Actually, current scientific understanding is that what we conventionally label "Native Americans" were immigrants too.
"Spain won their first Women's World Cup final vs. England on Sunday 1-0 but did it without a handful of top players because of an ongoing protest against the Royal Spanish Football Federation." So, those players apparently were not needed.....
"very few people personally know an immigrant and therefore can’t speak about it with anything other than vague platitudes or random urban legends." Depends upon how you define "immigrant" I guess.
Although I am not a conservative....
EV vehicles...."shudders".
Mandatory vehicle safety equipment: Auto stop, collision avoidance, land departure, etc.
You need to be there 30 years to get generational change, if it works. We didn't. That being said, America is an empire, yet we don't think of ourselves as one, nor does the gov't. You can't exist like that. You are and act like it or you're not. Choose one or the other. I'm sure a lot of people got wealthier because of it though.
It wasn't an attempt at deflection. It the same thing.
There's documented evidence...just read the papers/news...of jurisdictions where elected officials have won elections on platforms of not pursuing prosecution of specific criminal behavior. So, based on EXACTLY what you wrote, fascism has won. And thanks for the slander about what I'd like society to be like. Sheesh.
Well, fortunately for me, I guess, is that I live in a progressive state full of blue voters and a paradise to live in....if you don't count major cities with terrible records of educating kids, terrible crime rates, and an ineffective mayor and city commission. But i live in the suburbs so WINNING!?
Oh, I agree. I'm not saying they did this, I'm saying it's "fishy" and this is one way folks within the system know how to work the system. That's the beauty of it. It's totally fishy and totally not.
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On “Open Mic for the week of 8/28/2023”
Maybe, just maybe, this issue is that our existing process cannot handle the influx. So, either the influx needs to be reduced to what the system can handle or the system needs to be changed to handle the influx.
On “Chrome & Punishment”
Start making sticks. No one can steal much less drive those.
On “Open Mic for the week of 8/28/2023”
"Mass immigration will “destroy” New York City unless something is done about it, Mayor Eric Adams has warned."
https://www.rt.com/news/582550-new-york-mayor-migrants/
"Earlier on Wednesday, the mayor’s deputy for health and human services, Anne Williams-Isom, argued that migrants were attracted by New York City’s right-to-shelter law, which she described as “like our little secret” once but now something “the whole globe knows.”
Nearly 60,000 migrants currently occupy beds at the city’s homeless shelters, according to the New York Times. An estimated 20,000 of their children are expected to start attending the city’s public schools this week.Earlier on Wednesday, the mayor’s deputy for health and human services, Anne Williams-Isom, argued that migrants were attracted by New York City’s right-to-shelter law, which she described as “like our little secret” once but now something “the whole globe knows.”
Nearly 60,000 migrants currently occupy beds at the city’s homeless shelters, according to the New York Times. An estimated 20,000 of their children are expected to start attending the city’s public schools this week."
How can this be when everyone knows immigration strengthens the economy?
On “From the New York Times: All That Empty Office Space Belongs to Someone”
Fact: My old company sent everyone but production employees home during covid. 2 years later, they were told to start coming back. There was instant pushback. Marketing said: "we just finished 2 years of record sales and profitability and we did it virtually. Screw you. We just demonstrated we don't need to be in the office or travel as much." They are still at home.
On “Let’s Save America with Civility”
People have also, for a very long time, had restrictions on where foreigners could trade, when they could enter the city, etc. For millennia, people solved their problem with "the village on the other side of the hill by killing everyone in that village.
I'd argue that the primary history of the human race is it's continual behavior of butchery against the "not us".
On “Open Mic for the week of 8/21/2023”
Maybe if, perhaps, shoplifters and such were actually prosecuted there wouldn't be this problem. And a lot of this is "organized".....ie organized crime, not random. You reap what you sow.
"
"California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday the state would be tripling California Highway Patrol resources in the Los Angeles area to help combat organized retail theft.
The CHP has been tasked by the state to battle retail crime, and the Governor’s Office said their efforts have been successful.
But following major large-scale burglaries across the Los Angeles region in recent weeks, the Governor says additional help is needed.
The announcement by Newsom follows a similar announcement made hours earlier by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other local leaders, establishing a new organized retail theft task force to crack down on “flash mob“-style burglaries.
That regional task force will be similar in nature to the CHP’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force, and will include statewide partners, including Highway Patrol. CHP will be expanding its resources and allocating more investigators specifically in L.A."
https://ktla.com/news/california/newsom-triples-chp-enforcement-in-los-angeles-to-combat-retail-thefts/
On “Paternalism as Government Policy”
Happiness is not an end goal; it is a means to an end.
On “Let’s Save America with Civility”
No. When your choice is between someone very liberal and slightly less liberal that the other guy, there is no material difference in the candidates. This has been the case for decades. Besides, the entire state reliably votes democratic both within the state and in congress, so my vote doesn't matter, nor anyone's else that doesn't toe the line of the majority. My time is much more valuable improving myself and the quality of my own life instead.
"
I take minor exception to the comment about OT posters having open minds. I think the range of opinions and thus the quality of content has narrowed from "back in the day"....ofc this was years ago. YMMV.
I no longer talk about politics much. I don't care anymore. As I told someone running for office once. "You helped pass the largest tax increase in the state and here you are touting that you got 1M to improve a local road." Even the republicans here are "liberal". There is no point. I'm content to read others thoughts, make the occasional posting pointing out their hypocrisy and watch, with drink in hand, the fall of the empire. "May you live in interesting times."
On “Open Mic for the week of 8/21/2023”
Oh yes, I do love a nice martini in the winter. Traditionally I've used Tanqueray or Hendricks. Of course, it's dirty with an olive and ONLY Noilly Prat extra dry vermouth :)
Just started into Lime Rickeys...with gin.
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Never understood the desire to see "disaster porn".
Sheesh, just do a flyover. That's all that's needed.
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Not that interested in Rum, but I do like Pussers.
Scotch Whiskey: Highlands typically, but moved towards Balvenie double wood--though not bought it in years as I can't stomach a 130 dollar bottle.
Bourbon-currently the drink of choice: Jefferson. Really like Ocean but again, not paying that much. Allegedly my booze monger can get me Blanton's. Going to try that--a friend owes me a birthday gift :)
As a french friend long ago said "not that impressed with the very old spirits (whiskey, bourbon, etc) from a price / value perspective." Gotta agree.
Made some cocktails with Sagamore rye. It's ok in mixed drinks. Bit harsh straight.
"
The first half of it is more of an indictment against the US gov't use of a single point of failure CEO who's conviction to the "cause" seems optimistic and subject to sway. Apparently the USG didn't have anyone monitoring this guy's "commitment" or if he was talking to others with a differing view, nor did they actually have the formality of an actual contract. Sheesh.
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I doubt Vox is correct. I think society is tolerating crappy behavior more and that's encouraging people to do it more.
On “The Biscuit of Diversity”
"Define immigrant as someone whose forefathers are not from America, and you end, at best, with Native Americans. " Actually, current scientific understanding is that what we conventionally label "Native Americans" were immigrants too.
On “Open Mic for the week of 8/21/2023”
Spain's Women's World Cup controversy explained: Why coach Jorge Vilda is under fire despite winning title
https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/spains-womens-world-cup-controversy-explained-why-coach-jorge-vilda-is-under-fire-despite-winning-title/
"Spain won their first Women's World Cup final vs. England on Sunday 1-0 but did it without a handful of top players because of an ongoing protest against the Royal Spanish Football Federation." So, those players apparently were not needed.....
On “The Biscuit of Diversity”
"very few people personally know an immigrant and therefore can’t speak about it with anything other than vague platitudes or random urban legends." Depends upon how you define "immigrant" I guess.
On “Beware the Nuts”
Although I am not a conservative....
EV vehicles...."shudders".
Mandatory vehicle safety equipment: Auto stop, collision avoidance, land departure, etc.
On “Columbia Up And Left Kabul”
You need to be there 30 years to get generational change, if it works. We didn't. That being said, America is an empire, yet we don't think of ourselves as one, nor does the gov't. You can't exist like that. You are and act like it or you're not. Choose one or the other. I'm sure a lot of people got wealthier because of it though.
On “Trump and 18 Others Indicted By Fulton County Grand Jury: Read It For Yourself”
It wasn't an attempt at deflection. It the same thing.
There's documented evidence...just read the papers/news...of jurisdictions where elected officials have won elections on platforms of not pursuing prosecution of specific criminal behavior. So, based on EXACTLY what you wrote, fascism has won. And thanks for the slander about what I'd like society to be like. Sheesh.
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Try again. That's not what I was talking about.
Think about the guy stealing cigs at a convenience store in cali
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"If we stop pursuing prosecution of criminality because some portion of voters doesn’t want to deal with reality, then Fascism wins."
Oh, but we ALREADY are doing exactly that.
On “Open Mic for the week of 8/7/2023”
Well, fortunately for me, I guess, is that I live in a progressive state full of blue voters and a paradise to live in....if you don't count major cities with terrible records of educating kids, terrible crime rates, and an ineffective mayor and city commission. But i live in the suburbs so WINNING!?
"
Oh, I agree. I'm not saying they did this, I'm saying it's "fishy" and this is one way folks within the system know how to work the system. That's the beauty of it. It's totally fishy and totally not.
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