[Interesting discussion from the last sandbox on Baltimore, shithole cities, and the misguided attack on Kushner and other investors in companies willing to provide housing in crime and drug infested ghettos. The simple-minded accuse such investors of being "slumlords" with the same logic that investors (like me) can be accused of causing the opioid epidemic by investing in pharma companies or killing women and children in the mid-east wars by investing in defense industries. Go figger. gjr]
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292 responses to “Sandbox – 2aug19”
Sweet! Fresh kitty litter on this Friday that saw another new record number of people with jobs!
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Then there are the numbers for the minority employment. Its the economy stupid! –
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/08/02/black-youth-unemployment-falls-to-lowest-level-in-history/
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Don, you failed to mention that the unemployment rate for high school dropouts is also the lowest since they first started tracking the numbers.
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First, a correction from the last box. CRIME causes poverty. The Left has it ass backwards.
Second, The Bigger Discussion Issue: Charges of Racism slams the door to having any real honest discussions concerning the problems and solutions in the one-party teacher union stranglehold shitholes.
Whenever the topic of the large city urban problems comes up (with 3rd World living conditions, squalor, corruption, graft, crime, pathetic schools, low to no economic vitality and opportunity) and the light is shined on the problem that the MOST vulnerable endure in these Dem controlled shitholes, the cry of “Racism!” drowns our everything. The discussion is stopped in its tracks. Shut the conversation down.
The Race baiters,politicians, and poverty pimps always point to the Oppressors as the cause of all their problems. And they are quick on the draw. And, of course, the opposers are always some other guy as you move up the chain of blame. No ownership. No coming together to fix the sucker. Blame some other dude. The ‘other dude did it’ chuck and jive.
In the current climate, the word ‘infestation’ is a now blatant undisguised word for racism. Tragic. Hollow charges of racism, which is the fall guy for everything…but only in Bad America and hurled by the con men. Where do you go from there? Nowhere. Discussion over. Dare not look this way.
Shine the light, Mr.Trump, and don’t let the bastards off the hook. A fantastic thing about Trump is he is willing to sustain political and personal damage if the Resistance sustains even more political damage. Then, and only after then, needed change and dialogue can commence. He will sustain damage to fix things. Most R’s and all Lefties cannot or will not take the risk to but America First. We need to look over the horizon, post Trump for the sake of our country.
People can see through this racial garbage, hyped by the media and Leftinistas whenever they read their ugly heads. Turn on the lights and the cockroaches scramble. About time for Trump put the cowboy boots on with those pointy toes so he and we can step on the cockroaches in the corners.
Spot on Dr. Rebane. Very complex problems do not lend the selves to simple “either or” answers or solutions. As things currently stand, the best we can hope for in a discussion with the Lefties goes something like this:
Lefty sez: “While we admit mistakes may have been made, we are convinced the other guy is more at fault! Fascists.” Pride is a prison.
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Well Proggys,, you bitch about people being slum lords there.
So go there and buy some of that cheap shithole housing and fix it up, rent it out, and make money. Show us all how it’s done.
(I ain’t going to hold my breath)
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,,,happy Friday Fishstick!!!
Valerie Jarrett??? You mean a real estate developer who takes advantage of existing tax breaks,,,like Trumpski??? But nothing to say about him,,,hmmmm???…
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Posted by: AVMan | 02 August 2019 at 02:57 PM
Well you raised the issue dugsKKKi…… as usual you were selective about who you directed your “cranky old man anger” towards.
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AV 257pm – Who would blame either Jarrett or Trump for taking advantage of legal tax breaks in the development of anything? Tax breaks, lest we forget, are the govt’s way to nudge us to do the things it wants – Cass Sunstein explained the whole matter to us.
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I need a question answered.
How do I add interest to a court judgement?
The deadbeat wants to make payments. I just got the whining “I have no money” papers from the court.
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George
Can you name a few Republican led cities that are being governed in a manner that you approve? You know what I mean, the opposite of a shit hole in your view.
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Hi Walt, There is a statutory interest rate that applies to all judgements. The court house can tell you what it is currently.
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Thanks Don.
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Cities by ranking.
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-run-cities/22869/
Running a city is a tall order. The larger the city, the more complex it becomes to manage. In addition to representing the residents, local leaders must balance the public’s diverse interests with the city’s limited resources. That often means not everyone’s needs can or will be met. Leaders must carefully consider which services are most essential, which agencies’ budgets to cut or boost and whether and how much to raise taxes, among other decisions.
But how do we measure the effectiveness of local leadership? One way is by determining a city’s operating efficiency. In other words, we can learn how well city officials manage and spend public funds by comparing the quality of services residents receive against the city’s total budget.
Using that approach, WalletHub compared the operating efficiency of 150 of the largest U.S. cities to reveal which among them are managed best. We constructed a “Quality of Services” score made up of 37 metrics grouped into six service categories, which we then measured against the city’s per-capita budget. Read on for our findings, expert insight and a full description of our methodology.
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Go for it LIBS!! Your going to re-elect Trump all by yourselves.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/more-than-half-of-house-democrats-on-board-with-trump-impeachment-inquiry
Besides attempting to impeach one of the best presidents that ever existed, what else are they going to work on? Oh wait! Open borders, confiscate guns, repeal the 2nd Amendment, free benefits for illegals, socialism, Sharia Law, end the use of oil, windmills and solar panels as far as the eye can see, reparations…..I’m sure I missed some.
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The AFL-CIO scolds them but I bet they will still shovel money at them but this bodes well for 4 more years! –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/02/labor-union-president-blasts-democrats-for-globalist-free-trade-agenda/
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Yup, This is going to work out well.
Is Berkeley paying attention?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sweden-biggest-cities-face-power-040000499.html
“(Bloomberg) — Sweden’s introduction on Thursday of a tax aimed at phasing out the nation’s last remaining coal and gas plants to curb global warming comes with an unintended consequence for some of its biggest cities.
Hiking threefold a levy on fossil fuels used at local power plants will make such facilities unprofitable and utilities from Stockholm Exergi AB to EON SE have said they will halt or cut power production.
The move means that grids in the capital and Malmo won’t be able to hook up new facilities including homes, transport links and factories. While Sweden doesn’t have a shortage of power, there’s not enough cables to ship it to the biggest cities.
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WINNING!
CNSNews.com) – The number of people employed in the United States hit a record 157,288,000 in July, according to the employment report released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That was up 283,000 from the 157,005,000 employed in June.
The unemployment rate held steady in July at 3.7 percent, the same as it was in June.
According to the employment report, the civilian noninstitutional population in the United States was 259,225,000 in July. That included all people 16 and older who did not live in an institution (such as a prison, nursing home or long-term care hospital). Of that civilian noninstutional population, 163,351,000 were in the labor force, meaning that they either had a job or were actively seeking one during the last month. That equaled a labor force participation rate of 63.0 percent–an increase from 62.9 percent in June.
Of the 163,351,000 who were in the labor force, 6,063,000 were unemployed, equaling an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent.
The other 157,288,000 did have jobs, yielding last month’s record number of people employed.
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/record-xxxxxxxxx-employed-july
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Walt 4:05 – Wow – what a coincidence! Boise is number 3!
Perhaps Paul should go back and read the thread on my praise of downtown Boise. It isn’t just the R or D after the civic leaders’ names. It’s the culture and general attitude of the populace. There is no reason for anyone to spray paint crap on public or private property and no reason for the populace to tolerate it. Boise does have an alley downtown where taggers, artists and whatnots can have all the fun they want. It’s a designated place for it and very accessible for viewing by anyone who wants to look at it. Outside of that area, it’s not tolerated. Because once it starts and no one stops it, a lot of other anti-social behavior sets in. Based on the “broken windows” policing theory.
https://cebcp.org/evidence-based-policing/what-works-in-policing/research-evidence-review/broken-windows-policing/
There are a lot of moving parts in keeping a city orderly and a place where folks want to live. Petty crime is not petty if it is endemic and ongoing.
Boise does have an issue with the homeless – in fact, it was Boise that pushed the issue of a city govt having the right to not tolerate vagrancy.
https://www.curbed.com/2019/4/5/18296772/homeless-lawsuit-boise-appeals-court
Even though Boise lost the lawsuit, you will not see people camping out downtown in the streets. The idea that Boise or any other municipality was trying to “criminalize” homelessness is BS. They are saying you don’t have the “right” to make the public areas into your toilet and campground. Businesses have spent too much money in setting up their store fronts to let some bum make a crap-hole in front of their store.
I think it gets down to something called common sense. Left-led cities don’t seem to have any and conservative cities do.
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Go back to where you are from. Get out of here. Your kind ain’t welcome here. Sweet justice.
https://trib.al/S2ryQKQ
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DAMN!!! You LIBS are in real deep shit now.. Losing the union vote?(what little union there is left)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/02/big-labor-afl-cio-union-vote-democrats-campaign/
“AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka put Democrats on notice Wednesday, saying they can’t maintain union support with simple “campaign rhetoric.” “
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Found this video on Y-Tube.
Short and sweet.
Politics and economics.
But please don’t move here, we’re full.
Really.
You wouldn’t like it here.
It’s awful.
Gets really cold in the winter.
Brrrrr!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGDd4lAhtlI
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PaulE 334pm – No, I’m not aware of any large urban areas that have been under Republican governance for any length of time. Maybe you can name a few.
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President Trump uses ‘lamestream media’ – a request to readers is found here –
https://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2019/07/scattershots-30jul19.html
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More issues for the Dems to answer.
https://www.modbee.com/news/state/california/article233372547.html
Oh, I know – “racism”.
It’s the answer for everything for the left.
6 times the national average.
Think about it.
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Rebane 5:30
Back from R&R to open RR. Nothing has changed, so it seems. GR claims, “No, I’m not aware of any large urban areas that have been under Republican governance for any length of time”
Jacksonville, FL is the largest city in America and almost entirely dominated by Republican politicos. Want crime? Go to Jacksonville, Want homelessness? Go to Jacksonville. Shithole schools, medical care, and public transport? Jacksonville. Among the highest addiction rates in the country. My travels take me hither and yon and unfortunately that includes the homophobic, right wing religious frothing at mouth Republican controlled Jacksonville that is in a state of ruin.
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“Jacksonville, FL is the largest city in America…”
You might want to rethink that statement.
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Scott O-
“Jacksonville, in northeast Florida, is the largest city in area in the contiguous 48 states at 840 square miles (2,175.6 sq km).”
They even have a welcome sign to prove it. I took its picture.
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Oh, I see – “by area”. You sorta left that out.
Now we’re waiting for facts and statistics.
Waiting…
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Scott O
What’s your acceptable definition of largest city? Now you’re going to claim that Jacksonville isn’t run by “real” Republicans.
Keep waiting. And waiting. Whatever you might be looking for is as close as Google if you are truly interested. But you’re not.
I see Rebane keeps culling the herd to keep his boys a hand clapping mono cultured crop.
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“that includes the homophobic, right wing religious frothing at mouth Republican controlled Jacksonville that is in a state of ruin.”
So – what is the percentage of Jacksonville residents that are afraid of homosexuals?
And how much froth have you collected?
By weight, or volume – your choice.
Do you have comparisons to other cities in terms of froth or fear?
Waiting…
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“The contiguous 48 states” – so, it’s not the biggest city in the US.
And you have no facts to back up your BS about the cities demeanor or ruin.
Methinks you are the one frothing at the mouth.
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“Now you’re going to claim that Jacksonville isn’t run by “real” Republicans.”
Nope.
Never did.
Wrong again, Bozo.
Do you ever get tired of being wrong?
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“I see Rebane keeps culling the herd”
How do you ‘see’ that?
You lefties are a fun lot.
You show up here and I slap you around and you just seem to love it.
Let’s continue.
Your turn.
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Oh dear – I fact-checked the wiggly pig and it seems he made a slight mistake.
No – not Snopes.
I used the ultra, ultra right wing web site Wikipedia and the Wiggler has been miss-led.
His photograph not withstanding.
Jacksonville is numero cinco in terms of land area of US cities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_area
Like all other of his assertions – probably not upheld with facts.
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Wow, who could ever have seen that coming? A great mystery. Keeping a man on Death Row and hiding evidence to set him free. Liars and Lefties are synonymous. Police State and Totalitarians are synonymous.
She never did answer Tulsi’s question. Strike that. Her answer was to smear Tulsi as a Russian tool.
https://www.oann.com/calif-removes-arrest-data-from-harris-years/
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If George was “culling the herd, jiggy, you would be one of the first fed to the predators. But that would be cruelty to animals. LIBS are pure poison. Don’t want the buzzards falling off the tree branch from gut rot.
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Posted by: Jig Wiggly | 02 August 2019 at 06:41 PM
Maybe a good nights sleep for the frantic traveler Jiggly! You sound cranky!
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No putin cuddling here. the Russians already built their new conventional 3500 mile range and since the chi coms were not an issue back then and were not a signatory they have a massive arsenal to target our pacific bases. So putin says hay Europe call a moratorium on yourselves. Even the Germans said ya lets talk when the chi coms are at the table! Meanwhile our new sec def acknowledged we are deploying with a focus on the chi coms —
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday it had asked the United States to declare and enforce a moratorium on the deployment of short and intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe as a landmark arms control pact banning such a move formally ended.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-asks-u-missile-moratorium-095803892.html
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Dr. Rebane @ 5:30 pm
Me thinks somebody was trying to send you on a wild goose chase. You didn’t fall off the turnip truck last night….or any night.
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Walt-
Heard from Rocky lately? He’s been culled. Probably along with Jon, Oz, and the many of my comments. If you no longer hear my dissenting views, it isn’t because I left willfully. You are being fed propaganda by a censored media. What better lie than to decry censorship while censoring?
Scotty is trolling the red herring by nit picking about US Census stats. All to lead the herd away from the lie or utter ignorance of the quote “No, I’m not aware of any large urban areas that have been under Republican governance for any length of time”
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It seems the sock puppets are made with inferior threads that always wear out and then say they are going away. Hmmmmmm At least he lets you troll as a sock puppet. Its still worth saying how so many of them sound alike as the names morph.
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Nice try . One Proggy, MANY dirty, used, nasty socks.
Maybe Typepad sees you as spam. You not the only one who’s posts get lost in cyberspace. What make you feel special?
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This is the shit that will hand us the election! –
“The meeting was how can we help the black community,” Owens said. “That was my concern. That was the purpose of the meeting. That is the reason why I came to Washington and that is my focus, helping our inner city young people especially, our children, our young people.”
BEN SHAPIRO CALLS CNN’S DON LEMON A ‘JOKE,’ SAYS HE SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF MODERATING
After taking a moment to aggressively press Owens over his criticisms of President Obama for supporting same-sex marriage, the “CNN Tonight” host pivoted back to the president allegedly being “racist.”
“I know it’s hard for you. You think it’s hard to believe that Trump is racist,” Lemon said. “But he’s repeatedly used racially charged language. He consistently attacks black and brown elected leaders. So, why is that hard to believe, Pastor?”
“I find President Trump [attacks] leaders of all colors. He attacks who he will. He’s his own man,” Owens shot back. “I can’t dictate what he should or should not do. But he does not just attack black people. He attacks anybody. And you know it.”
Lemon then appeared to question Owens’ faith and suggested the pastor was “condoning” Trump’s attacks.
“So as a man of faith, as a Christian, you’re saying he attacks anyone. It sounds like you’re condoning attacks? Is that Christianly or Godly?” the host asked.
“I’m just stating a statement of fact,” Owens replied. “I’m not condoning anything. I’m stating a statement of fact. President Trump does not pick the people he attacks because of color. He attacks anybody he feels needs it … I’m not his judge.”
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnns-don-lemon-slammed-for-ambushing-black-pastor-who-didnt-criticize-trump-during-interview-journalistic-malpractice
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Posted by: Jig Wiggly | 02 August 2019 at 07:21 PM
Heard from Rocky lately? He’s been culled. Probably along with Jon, Oz, and the many of my comments.
God you guys are whiners……two weeks ago the threat was……”c’mon progressives, let’s just not post here anymore…..that’ll show em”!
As far as “Rock” is concerned he was here a couple days ago discussing your bro date at your Tahoe house!
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Add Minneapolis to your list of shit hole cities!
Minneapolis is “the crime capital of our country” claims an extreme right wing Republican who is trying to unseat Ilhan Omar. Stella, most inconveniently, was arrested twice for felony shoplifting on top of other crimes committed under her previous name. Gotta love them holier than thou crime fighting pubbers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/25/danielle-stella-republican-ilhan-omar-charged-felony-qanon-trump?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR2VI1ToDCrr7zoR50_sAH3lr57DqgCAW2WLKCrzHcggwlUgJyt4XSKrr0o
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“Scotty is trolling the red herring by nit picking about US Census stats.”
Funny – I didn’t see any stats at all about froth or ruin or frightened people.
But of course, if the Wiggly Pig wants to show up here and throw out false info…
It’s a free country.
Hey Paul – care to join in?
You asked about large cities run by Rs.
Do you have any facts or stats?
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Our TROLL(s) ,,kinda reptilian. Need to keep shedding the skin for that new look. But still the same tongue flicking bug muncher.
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I see the Wiggly Pig has wiggled over to another subject.
Hey, what happened to Jacksonville?
Now he wants to talk about a single nut case in Minneapolis.
One single person.
That really defines what?
Just a single person.
We were talking about cities, dude.
Do try to stay focused.
Where are your stats on Jacksonville?
And I don’t mean the square miles, fool.
Waiting, waiting…
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Scott. I gave him the list! The ONLY “big” city with a Repub., is San Diego. Yet still in better shape than most.
Yes, Minneapolis can be added to that list. No argument there.
It’s also full of Muslims. It used to be Little Sweden.
Come to think of it, Sweden has the same damned problem. The Vikings are rolling over in their graves.
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Posted by: Jig Wiggly | 02 August 2019 at 07:42 PM
Minneapolis…..oh……you mean “The Somalia of Lower Canada”……?
Sorry chief….from “Ballotopedia”:
But you’re right….the claim is false. The award for most ”most crime ridden” is certainly some other progressive stronghold.
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Nice try Jigger.
Cherry picking per your M.O., I see. You have to search high and low for that one. The poor woman is mentally ill, has as a guardian to care for her, suffers extreme anxiety if she is in a public place, and the story is old news. Last week’s fishwraper. Swung on and missed.
Why do you hate the mentally ill, Mr. Handicap Man? Why does your kind pick on people of color? Why are you “guys” so violent? Why do you excuse the fascists? What’s wrong with u? I though you Commie bastard pinkos loved the color Red
https://abc7ny.com/nyc-gallery-owner-says-he-was-attacked-for-maga-hat/5435583/
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