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  • in reply to: Newsom circumventing California voters #10386
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    But it’s part of a pattern in recent years of lawmakers, mainly in Republican-led states, undercutting or working to roll back voter-designed measures to enshrine abortion rights, expand Medicare and raise the minimum wage.

    There’s some unbiased reporting.  Not.

    Washington somehow finds a way to overturn voter approved initiatives on a routine basis.  Just another day in the office.  $30 car tabs is one example, roll back green house gas taxes is another.

    This is more grandstanding by Newsome.  Anything will fly in a blue state if it is presented as anti-trump.  WTF cares what Texas does? Looks more like petty grandstanding than leadership.

    in reply to: Maxwell #10382
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    Oh please.  Any mention of a pardon by Trump or his inner circle would mark a significant shift. Mawell’s legal team has an appeal headed to the USSC.

    Trump reportedly considered a pardon during his earlier presidency, his team  advised him against it due to the potential political backlash.  Unless I am mistaken, isn’t Trump’s DoJ asking the court to unseal Grand Jury testimony? If the testimony reveals evidence Trump was party to Epstein’s pedophilia, a pardon becomes moot.

    in reply to: Congress has an age problem? #10362
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    In his farewell address, Washington warned against the dangers of concentrated power and the potential for tyranny if a president were to remain in office for too long.  Washington was of course referring to the presidency, but the same rationale applies to all elected officials.

    Since the late 1800s, once elected to Congress you have a 90% chance of winning re-election.

    I’m in favor of an amendment that caps the age for running for any federal office.  Older than 75 seems like a good spot.  Potentially you could serve in the Senate until reaching 81. Seems like a good place to cap the age of federal judges as well.

    in reply to: Doing Stanford proud… #10361
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    Adam Schiff lied? I’m shocked, shocked I say!

     

    in reply to: Clyburn is introducing Newsom as Presidential candidate #10354
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    Who carries the Republican banner in 2028?

    Vance
    DeSantis
    Sanders
    Abbot
    Rubio
    Hayley
    Kemp

    Vance and Rubio will have to figure out a way stay just close enough to Trump’s policies to claim them as their own if they economy improves.  Ending the Ukraine Russia conflict won’t hurt.

    It would be fun to watch Newsome run on his record.  Outside of liberal strongholds, Newie would be as polarizing as Harris.  He will pivot to the middle, alienating leftists, but won’t be able to convince conservative voters he has moved on from his socialist agenda.

    in reply to: Too much skin at the office #10321
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    meh.  🙂
    An attractive young lady interviewed for an admin job (20 years ago.)   I thought her email address looked like a web address. Yep- Full on lingerie model.

    Fortunately, she disqualified herself by answering her cell phone a second time after I asked her to turn it off during the interview.

    Thinking back to my first office job in ’73, micro minis were a thing.  🙂

    in reply to: Will Kamala Harris run for California Governor? #10308
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    The reader comments are priceless.

    Kamala running and probably winning will be the final nail in the West Coast’s coffin.   I say west coast because it is hard to discern one entrenched left liberal super majority from another.  I believe there is a weekly conference call between governors of Cali, OR and WA to exchange creative ways to milk taxpayers.

    in reply to: New York #10293
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    Mick, your story reminds me of the baseball strike in 94.

    Young Dawg (10 at the time)  was talking to his grandfather about the strike.  His question – that grandpa couldn’t answer – was players make a lot of money.  Why do they need more?

    in reply to: Losing international students #10202
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    It’s hard to see the difference between this policy and what you’d get if a bunch of 10yos locked the teachers in a closet and rewrote the rules.”

    I’ve got 8 yo granddaughters, and they object to you baseless and unfounded characterization.  They would laugh at this, stating it looks more like summer vacation than school.  Of course, mom is a public school principal. 

    in reply to: American homes are shrinking #10199
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    My dining and living room are the most under utilized rooms in the house.  I could board up access to those rooms and never miss them, about 800 sq ft.

    Looking at median home prices, cost per sq ft has not gone up that much since 1970.  Median home price in 1970 was $24,400 for a 1500 sf home.  CPI adjustment puts that home at close to $205k today.   Today’s median home is 2200 sf, with a median sell price of $420,000, or roughly $190 sf.

    These are not typical California or any west coast metro numbers, but it shows home prices may not be as crazy as they seem.  New construction on that 1500 sf home today gets you $285k, which is not surprising when factoring in permits, fees etc.

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    in reply to: Who Could You Want Other Than Me? #10169
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    Interesting to read differing accounts about who knew what and when regarding Biden.  Jake Tapper’s indignation is laughable.

    So here is one more point- 14 months ago, Biden gets a clean bill of health.  Today, he has stage 4 Prostate cancer.  Nothing to see here, move along.

     

    in reply to: Fetterman vs. AOC #10146
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    So….when Fetterman was running for Senate it was off limits to discuss his health and ability to serve.  Today, dems are alarmed he might not be in full control of his faculties?

    Seems the only thing missing is a poor performance in a debate and you have the “Get rid of Biden playbook part II”.  His health was fine until he became a liability….

     

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    in reply to: GDP by American states and their country equivalent #10144
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    California does not look quite as impressive when you take Chevron, Meta, Tesla and Google out of the picture.  Chevron is already out the door, the left is hell bent on destroying Tesla, Meta and Google could leave tomorrow if they choose to do so.

    Since 2019: Over 200 companies have relocated their headquarters out of California, including major firms like Chevron and Hewlett-Packard.

    In 2023, corporate tax revenue was approximately 50% below forecast, partly due to businesses reducing their presence in the state

    Movie production is abandoning LA, finding states other than California much less expensive. Ben Affleck recently blasted Newsome about his lack of support for the movie industry.  Rob Lowe noted it was cheaper to fly a hundred people to Ireland than walk across the parking lot to film at Fox.

    Ranked per capita, Cali comes in fourth, well behind New York, Massachusetts and Washington, but just ahead of Connecticut, North Dakota and Alaska.  California’s GDP as a percentage of US GP suddenly does not look as impressive when figuring in it’s percentage of the population.

     

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by AvatarBeeg_Dawg.
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    OK, I read this 3 times.  Twice to make sure it wasn’t from the Onion or Babylon Bee.

    For the record, Todd has been blasting Demo Party elites, commenting the rise of Trump has been 10 years in the making as the party failed to address key concerns for most Americans. I assume this is code for DEI, Immigration and reproductive rights.

    Blaming party elites and water carrying pundits for covering up Biden’s cognitive decline makes me wonder what type of “journalist” Todd really is.

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