gehringer_2 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Just now, Tigeraholic1 said: My buddy lives in Cerritos, CA he had to have three seperate permits to replace his existing overhead garage door last year. I can only imagine what red tape rebuilding up the Palisades will look like. interesting enough, building red tape is something Newsome (a dem!?) has been pushing his state hard about. But funny you should mention it because I'm peripherally involved with some renovation work that a non-profit is doing on one room of their building ~1500 ft sq. This morning I just leafed through a 236 page codes and specifications document from the architect to the general contractor. Now to be fair, everything I took the time to look at in any detail seemed perfectly reasonable, but a 236 page doc of specs for one room? (note this isn't even any of the actual plans). You'd think there has to be a better way. Let me know if you come up with it. As an engineer by trade, I tried as best I could to stay in the process and operations end because I know this kind of stuff would have turned my brain to mush if I had ever gotten cornered into doing project work. Quote
Motown Bombers Posted January 8 Posted January 8 4 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: interesting enough, building red tape is something Newsome (a dem!?) has been pushing his state hard about. But funny you should mention it because I'm peripherally involved with some renovation work that a non-profit is doing on one room of their building ~1500 ft sq. This morning I just leafed through a 236 page codes and specifications document from the architect to the general contractor. Now to be fair, everything I took the time to look at in any detail seemed perfectly reasonable, but a 236 page doc of specs for one room? (note this isn't even any of the actual plans). You'd think there has to be a better way. Let me know if you come up with it. As an engineer by trade, I tried as best I could to stay in the process and operations end because I know this kind of stuff would have turned my brain to mush if I had ever gotten cornered into doing project work. Lot of NIMBYism in California. The state wants to build more housing, but no one wants the housing in their community. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Just now, Motown Bombers said: Lot of NIMBYism in California. The state wants to build more housing, but no one wants the housing in their community. I have a theory () that building red tape is another misdirected recognition that there are too many people already. But the human species doesn't really have any accepted, established social mechanisms for expressing it's desire for population control, other than a short experiment in China, and the topic remains controversial in so many places, so the psychic pressure that builds up in a crowded society manifests itself indirectly in all kinds of rules to make it harder add more people to the neighborhood (If you have no-where to live hopefully you will go away! - etc). Quote
pfife Posted January 9 Posted January 9 4 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said: Fema is telling folks that lost their homes in hurricane Helene they can't rebuild due to being in a flood plain. Cali and its environmental awareness should do the same and bring back the natural pacific coast line. A lot of word salad to say.. 'no' Quote
mtutiger Posted January 9 Posted January 9 (edited) One hell of a non-sequitur here by Co-President Musk, all while people are dying. Edited January 9 by mtutiger Quote
pfife Posted January 9 Posted January 9 (edited) the right, such as magalolic, is prioritizing fighting DEI over fighting fires. Edited January 9 by pfife Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 DEI are the three favorite letters of the right. It's all they ever talk about now. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 4 hours ago, mtutiger said: One hell of a non-sequitur here by Co-President Musk, all while people are dying. And I would just wager that there will probably be a disproportionate number or black and brown people trying to put out the fires that are threatening the houses of a disproportionate number of white people. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 3 hours ago, Tiger337 said: DEI are the three favorite letters of the right. It's all they ever talk about now. Bread and circuses. Need something to keep the masses riled up or they might actually notice what is going on around them. Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 (edited) 8 hours ago, Tiger337 said: DEI are the three favorite letters of the right. It's all they ever talk about now. It was but DEI is over now. Edited January 9 by Tigeraholic1 Quote
pfife Posted January 9 Posted January 9 As we all know, deceased equine remain unabused by the right. 1 Quote
chasfh Posted January 9 Posted January 9 10 hours ago, mtutiger said: One hell of a non-sequitur here by Co-President Musk, all while people are dying. Bring back all-white fire departments. Police departments, military, universities, sports teams, workplaces, and public spaces, too. Make America 1920 again. Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 47 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: It was but DEI is over now. I hope not because that would make us a ****ty country. Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 2 minutes ago, chasfh said: Friendly reminder courtesy of “Mad Dog” Mattis. Some other Presidents (maybe all of them) have divided us to some extent, but Trump is the only one who actively tries to do it every day. He revels in it. Quote
oblong Posted January 9 Posted January 9 But they're not bigots and racists though... remember that. Quote
ewsieg Posted January 9 Posted January 9 19 hours ago, mtutiger said: Does the incoming administration have a plan to address the looming property insurance crisis that being created vy severe climate events? (lol, rhetorical question) The Bulwark podcast solved this issue today. DeSantis and Landry should agree to help push through the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of Trump for 1 Trillion and federally backed insurance. 1 Quote
Tigermojo Posted January 9 Posted January 9 DEI is bad because they want to hire all their ignorant inbred kids for the good jobs. Only the best people. Quote
ewsieg Posted January 9 Posted January 9 I made the mistake of turning on CNN last night to get some updates on the fires as Twitter is starting to suck for even breaking news. Learned that CNN now sucks with it as well. That said, after a quick jump to Fox, I was back on CNN. The host and 1/2 of her guests (the 10 o'clock show, not sure of her name) didn't want to talk about any potential gov't failures and put it all on climate change and begged for Biden to help immediately because Californians have less then 2 weeks of federal help before Trump does everything to derail restoration efforts. And apparently to give 'both sides' an argument, the other 1/2 of the panel refused to address climate change and said it was a disaster only owned by the Dems. Newsom has recently talked about regulations hurting California, he's going to be in a lot of trouble politically (assuming he runs in 4 years) if people are still trying to rebuild their homes but are stymied by state/local regulations. Quote
ewsieg Posted January 9 Posted January 9 10 minutes ago, Tigermojo said: DEI is bad because they want to hire all their ignorant inbred kids for the good jobs. Only the best people. Like most things, it can be abused. Like most things, trying to make it better is the correct choice, not getting rid of it. DEI initiatives have been very beneficial, but focusing too much on DEI can be wrong as well. 1 Quote
Tigermojo Posted January 9 Posted January 9 10 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: Who in the world are prepared for wildfires? Quote
Tigerbomb13 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 12 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: Now there’s a non sequitur if I’ve ever seen one. Quote
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