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[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@blsanch @matthewstoller Creating and maintaining a fire of hurt and anger is the key to our 2 party system.

1. Find/create/inflame hurt/anger.

2. Blame the other party.

3. Get donations and win elections.

Actually helping people lead comfortable, conflict-free lives is not helpful to pols' careers.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@AntiCommieBecca @O_What_A_Night @VigilantFox I work in construction in a booming, expensive market (SF)

On the current project I'm supervising I heard the crew chief for our (licensed, well-regarded) electrical subcontractor talk about how he had been trying to find a new job, because he only makes $35/hr.

In SF.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@OrbitalZinc @RandPaul I also had it in March 2020.

It was very rough for me that first time.

Regardless, it was insane that I was forced to get vaccinated in 2021.

(And- the vax was also very rough on me, worse than any subsequent bout of C19)

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@ilovethehop @RandPaul I had covid in March of 2020, and yet, I was forced to take the vax.

You agree that was completely unscientific, right?

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@BelissaCohen @RecallFielder If a supervisor is recalled the replacement is picked by the mayor, not elected.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@MissionLoco Yup

https://t.co/30tAQY5ico

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@bettersoma @decadimitry @Scott_Wiener This is probably a net win for Weiner, politically speaking.

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@Joobman @paulg Depends where you are.

I remember going through immigration checkpoints on interior highways in the southwest back in the 80s. Brief questioning, looking in the car windows.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@ant_trauma_cop @Noumenon72 @AdamPlantinga What's amazing is how few consequences there often are.
Actual detention for attempting dearresting is fairly rare, and then cases are often dropped.

We're in a whole new ballgame as far as policing is concerned.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@Noumenon72 @AdamPlantinga It's actively taught to grown adults as an appropriate course of action akin to free speech.

"De-arresting" is an overt political tactic these days.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@LauraPowellEsq I see this as a net political win for Weiner.

Treated harshly by an element of the left that many aren't fully on board with (militant trans activists)
and booted from a march that ended in violence by those same activists.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@bettersoma @decadimitry @Scott_Wiener This is probably a net win for Weiner, politically speaking.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@incitafusio With very few exceptions they are NOT stealing food to EAT.

They're stealing food (and everything else) to SELL for money to buy hard drugs.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@bettersoma What's at 1622 Ridgewood in Alamo?
Is he trying to send a letter? WTF?

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@JomboyMedia Heck of a bunt.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@SusanDReynolds That corner across the tracks from Truitt & White is NEVER not a garbage strewn mess. There's a trash can there that ALWAYS gets dumped on the ground by tweakers.

And that's 1/2 block from the fanciest shopping district in town.

It's so gross and sad.

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@ocregister That's quite a ratio.

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@_BranTheMan @ocregister The poor kid isn't really the enemy, he's been groomed & manipulated by his mom & others. In a sane world he'd just be a normal gay boy, but they twisted his mind.

He shouldn't be imposing himself on young women's spaces, but he's just a kid. I feel bad for him.

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@SenseNotNoise @Scott_Wiener Source?

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@storage_joe @war24182236 No tasers in SF.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@JHochderffer @rohindhar Middle aged people seem to be drinking at a similar rate as previous generations, but the future, the young, simply don't drink like previous generations.
Plus the new generations just don't go out nearly as much.

And, after-work bar visits are down due to WFH.

[berkeleykev @berkeleykev510]

@JHochderffer @rohindhar It is possible drinking in bars and restaurants is in a permanently shrinking cycle.