POLITICS SCHMALITICS

[Tigerbomb13]

30 minutes ago, oblong said:

it's the new strategy of the right.  Any time there's something going on, look for the first woman or minority involved and suddenly it becomes a DEI thing.  The racists are now empowered to be racist again.  They don't have to hide in the shadows.   As if the world would be completely safe and cool and calm if we'd just have left it to the straight white "christian" men.  "You can't even smack a woman on the ass in the office anymore since all this woke and me too bull****..."

 

It’s not so secretly coded anymore 

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

Of course, obesity is so epidemic in the US now that even a 150lb 'fireman's carry' req still leaves more than half of citizens in line to be toasted. The ship has sailed on that concept.

(average body wt for both men and women >170lb! - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/body-measurements.htm)

Don't understand the concept of "He got himself there". No mention of obesity in the video. 

[LaceyLou]

3 hours ago, oblong said:

it's the new strategy of the right.  Any time there's something going on, look for the first woman or minority involved and suddenly it becomes a DEI thing.  The racists are now empowered to be racist again.  They don't have to hide in the shadows.   As if the world would be completely safe and cool and calm if we'd just have left it to the straight white "christian" men.  "You can't even smack a woman on the ass in the office anymore since all this woke and me too bull****..."

 

This makes me think of a cartoon I saw many years ago when a man is complaining about how stressful his job is, and the reason he gives for being unhappy is "All day long I have to be NICE to people!"

[CMRivdogs]

1 hour ago, LaceyLou said:

This makes me think of a cartoon I saw many years ago when a man is complaining about how stressful his job is, and the reason he gives for being unhappy is "All day long I have to be NICE to people!"

I think that may have been me after working Monday mornings at a couple of call centers. Not to mention actually volunteering for several years at Detroit Metro Airport. (This was prior to things like Facebook and the BlueBird of unhappiness app)
It's amazing how many angry stupid people there are.

[LaceyLou]

35 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

I think that may have been me after working Monday mornings at a couple of call centers. Not to mention actually volunteering for several years at Detroit Metro Airport. (This was prior to things like Facebook and the BlueBird of unhappiness app)
It's amazing how many angry stupid people there are.

Working with customers is often not fun, especially the general public. 

[Tigeraholic1]

 

 

[pfife]

lol andy ngo

[Tigeraholic1]

6 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

 

 

Whelp… what an epic train wreck of a city.

 

[pfife]

Congrats, you seem thrilled.

[Tigeraholic1]

46 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Whelp… what an epic train wreck of a city.

 

Redemption, like a Hollywood movie.

 

[pfife]

LMAO

Nice sources 

[Edman85]

So glad the right is trying to score political points here. Congrats. You must be proud.

[chasfh]

19 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

I think that may have been me after working Monday mornings at a couple of call centers. Not to mention actually volunteering for several years at Detroit Metro Airport. (This was prior to things like Facebook and the BlueBird of unhappiness app)
It's amazing how many angry stupid people there are.

They’re angry because they’re stupid, or at least ignorant. They don’t get how things work, so they lash out against the big unknown.

[Tigeraholic1]

A review of last year's California state budget shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut funding for wildfire and forest resilience by more than $100 million.

The budget, signed in June and covering the 2024-25 fiscal year, eliminated $101 million from seven "wildfire and forest resilience" programs, according to a report from Newsweek.

Cal Fire had a $5 million reduction in spending on fuel reduction teams, including funds used to pay for vegetation management work by the California National Guard, the report noted.

 

Other changes:

• $28 million cut from multiple state conservancies that expand wildfire resilience
• $12 million cut from a "home hardening" experiment that would protect homes from wildfires
• $8 million cut from monitoring and research spending, mostly dedicated to Cal Fire and state universities
• $4 million cut from the forest legacy program, which encourages landowners to manage their properties
• $3 million cut from funding for an inter-agency forest data hub

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

A review of last year's California state budget shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut funding for wildfire and forest resilience by more than $100 million.

The budget, signed in June and covering the 2024-25 fiscal year, eliminated $101 million from seven "wildfire and forest resilience" programs, according to a report from Newsweek.

Cal Fire had a $5 million reduction in spending on fuel reduction teams, including funds used to pay for vegetation management work by the California National Guard, the report noted.

 

Other changes:

• $28 million cut from multiple state conservancies that expand wildfire resilience
• $12 million cut from a "home hardening" experiment that would protect homes from wildfires
• $8 million cut from monitoring and research spending, mostly dedicated to Cal Fire and state universities
• $4 million cut from the forest legacy program, which encourages landowners to manage their properties
• $3 million cut from funding for an inter-agency forest data hub

Of course, if Chip Roy were in Sacramento he would have supported all those cuts and more wouldn't he?

Politics is always choices.

Edited January 11 by gehringer_2

[Edman85]

1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

A review of last year's California state budget shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut funding for wildfire and forest resilience by more than $100 million.

The budget, signed in June and covering the 2024-25 fiscal year, eliminated $101 million from seven "wildfire and forest resilience" programs, according to a report from Newsweek.

Cal Fire had a $5 million reduction in spending on fuel reduction teams, including funds used to pay for vegetation management work by the California National Guard, the report noted.

 

Other changes:

• $28 million cut from multiple state conservancies that expand wildfire resilience
• $12 million cut from a "home hardening" experiment that would protect homes from wildfires
• $8 million cut from monitoring and research spending, mostly dedicated to Cal Fire and state universities
• $4 million cut from the forest legacy program, which encourages landowners to manage their properties
• $3 million cut from funding for an inter-agency forest data hub

Governors don't unilaterally slash budgets.

[Tigeraholic1]

The governor was not the only one to fail that’s for sure. Why would the state with a budget larger than some countries cut funding to the number one natural disaster threat facing said state?

[gehringer_2]

12 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

The governor was not the only one to fail that’s for sure. Why would the state with a budget larger than some countries cut funding to the number one natural disaster threat facing said state?

Is it even #1? They have reservoirs that were damaged by the atmospheric river last yr, they have parts of US1 that are unstable and would cut off thousands of people in case of total failure, There are water management issues in the Central valley and also with the Salton sea. CA is a place that doesn't lack for high priority issues related to geography! Maybe the programs cut weren't effective, maybe they had to spend it somewhere else, maybe they were idiots - but there is no way to determine what the choices were or the fine details of the facts from the sniping of advocacy press and social media posts. 

Edited January 11 by gehringer_2

[Tigeraholic1]

35 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Is it even #1? They have reservoirs that were damaged by the atmospheric river last yr, they have parts of US1 that are unstable and would cut off thousands of people in case of total failure, There are water management issues in the Central valley and also with the Salton sea. CA is a place that doesn't lack for high priority issues related to geography! Maybe the programs cut weren't effective, maybe they had to spend it somewhere else, maybe they were idiots - but there is no way to determine what the choices were or the fine details of the facts from the sniping of advocacy press and social media posts. 

We can only speculate with the information provided. Maybe we will find out otherwise, until then it does not look great for Gav and the gang.

[oblong]

I read something that a “cut” referred to specific equipment that was purchased so… they didn’t need that money anymore because they had it. 

[Tigeraholic1]

Probably a bunch of bored kids.They failed to cut the locks on the uniform cabinet but I bet they just wanted to play dress up.

https://www.newsweek.com/humvees-bayonets-stolen-army-center-amid-california-looting-2013517
 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/3-humvees-stolen-from-tustin-army-reserve-center/ar-BB1rgs2Z

[Deleterious]

Is Meta about to buy Tik Tok?  Zuck has his nose so far up Trumps butt its insane.  Is he buttering him up so his DOJ overlooks what should be a massive antitrust case?

 

[Tigeraholic1]

23 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Is Meta about to buy Tik Tok?  Zuck has his nose so far up Trumps butt its insane.  Is he buttering him up so his DOJ overlooks what should be a massive antitrust case?

 

Go figure. Also, when did start looking like he just jumped off the Mystery Machine? 😂

[pfife]

Lol

"I can only speculate and my speculation doesnt look good for gav"

Good talk 

[Tigermojo]

Every wildfire for the next four years is Trump's fault. No excuses.