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Because you have a better shot with the drunk? Surely your momma taught you that it's what's on the inside that counts, right? I mean, for your own sake.

He attacked them, Dummy. He slandered two innocent women like crazy to the point that they were getting death threats from the MAGA crazies and they had to leave their homes and go into hiding. All repugnant lies in the service of the Trump mafia--who do not care about anyone or anything else. That's why he lost the case and they were awarded a massive judgement. Once again, we see that it really irks you when wrongdoers are held responsible for their actions.

How? Are you making a threat against the president elect?

Taking shots at Smith is definitely a lot easier than trying to dispute the facts of Trump's well-documented crimes. Have fun with that.

Jeebus. That's like how a child would describe legal proceedings. It's nonsense.

Um, no. This did not mean at all what you think it means. He was already found liable and already owed $148 million in judgment. He was fighting to keep his home and a couple of other things. Someone gave Rudy the money to pay off the victims, so now he'll get to keep the home(s). The wrongdoing is already established. They've already got most of his money. But the scumbag will not be homeless.

Again, complete bullshit--and you know it The SCOTUS did not make any judgement on the facts of this case. They did not "throw it out." They ruled that presidents cannot be tried for any official act, no matter how illegal. So Smith had to revise his charges to provide the legal reasoning for why Trump's criminality was not an official act. Your defense of Trump's outrageous crimes is just pathetic. You can't even argue that he didn't do what he's accused of. Because he did exactly what he's accused of. The corrupt conservative justices pushed through an absolute travesty of a decision, but they never once claimed that Trump wasn't guilty. -- And the second they made that decision Biden should have "officially" thrown a few of them in prison to see how much they really like the tyranny they have enabled.

Bullshit. The report contains thoroughly documented crimes. Not hunches or rumors or allegations. The facts of the coup attempt, for example, are not remotely in question.

Of course not. Jeebus, the number of things in life higher on my list than that is almost endless. I read the indictment. I don't need spin from Trumpworld to pre-chew my food.

That's a very funny way to describe a thoroughly documented and evidence-backed presentation of facts.

This comment is just aggressively, offensively stupid. It's hard to believe that the harmful effects of lead exposure can be treated as a culture war issue, but apparently here we are. This problem was identified and solved back before Republicans had completely abandoned science and reason in favor of the mindless spite that you've demonstrated here. And really, you should be pissed off about it. Without leaded gas you might have hit triple digits.

Article As of 2015, more than 170 million Americans (more than half of the U.S. population) had clinically concerning levels of lead in their blood when they were children, likely resulting in lower IQs and putting them at higher risk for other long-term health impairments, such as reduced brain size, greater likelihood of mental illness, and increased cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Leaded gasoline consumption rose rapidly in the early 1960s and peaked in the 1970s. As a result, Reuben and his colleagues found that essentially everyone born during those two decades are all but guaranteed to have been exposed to pernicious levels of lead from car exhaust. Finally, it all makes sense. Also a pretty good reminder of why we have regulations, so businesses aren't still selling this poison.

But if he did have a Swastika tattoo, you'd be telling us he's just celebrating Hindu religious symbols. You know why he has it.

Nah, you could make a modest list of them. What does that have to do with anything? This is a guy who has been MeToo-ed more than he's acted in the past 15 years. Does the fact that some other people are toxic shitbirds have any bearing on the fact that that is Woods' reputation?

Sorry, but that's total crap. There are fires annually, but they have always been managed with fewer resources than are now available. THIS does not happen annually. If it did, none of us would be having this conversation. And, again, funding for the fire department was increased YoY.

Sorry, but that's not how that works. Funding at levels that can handle any wildly outlying events is not practical or sustainable. You can't just idly park 10x the resources you usually need in case something comes out of left field.

You may not follow entertainment circles, but he's famously and unstable a-hole. Nobody wants to work with him because of his behavior.

If only that were relevant. In case you're not aware, every department everywhere complains that they are underfunded. They all want more money. No department head has ever said, "Eh, we have too much budget, maybe you should spend some of this elsewhere?" So again, the impartial third part looking at the budget--numbers you can verify yourself--is certainly who I would believe first.

Perhaps you should go back and re-read. A. It beggars the concept of irony that you would tell ME not to jump to conclusions in response to a post in which I proposed not trusting unsubstantiated social media posts. B. The post claimed that budget was diverted from the fire department to illegal immigrants. To which I replied that there is no evidence of any such thing, and indeed, the fire department budget was a net increase. And here you come posting an article relevant to neither of those points. There are indeed tests for attitudes (and aptitude) like that. 🙄

That's easy. A reporter. An impartial third party who is actually looking at the budget documents. Which are public, btw. The fire chief is likely not looking at the budget and is heavily incentivized to blame someone else--doubly so if it gets the department more money I'm the next budget.

Well, we're adding a DOGE and a ERS now. 2 new agency-like entities to "shrink" the government. But on the other hand Americans apparently don't need education or an environment, so it'll probably balance out. 🙄 Boy are those MAGA voters who were whining about inflation (while spending their stimulus checks) going to be surprised when they show up at the Wal-Marts in their short-shorts and wife beaters to discover that most of the crap they buy is 20-60% more expensive.

Bunch of ungrateful c*nts.

Following the law and doing their jobs is not sabotage. And what you are supporting is the creation of an entirely and deliberately partisan civil service. You are SUPPORTING what you claim to be a problem. Spare me the faux outrage. You don't have principles, just goals.

I can't prove the negative any more than anyone else, but there is no evidence of funds being diverted from the fire department to illegal immigrants. And available evidence contradicts the basic premise. The fire department According to the LA Times, after the 2024-25 budget was passed, the city council approved $53m in pay raises for firefighters and $58m for new kit, such as firetrucks. Once that funding is taken into account, the fire department's operating budget technically grew this year, according to the newspaper. The LAFD has an overall budget of approaching $1bn, and it isn't the only department responding to the fires. But again, why you you simply believe some random unsourced, unsupported claim from social media--let alone one from a known pathological liar.

Maybe find something from a credible source. The one above has posted lie after lie after lie about these fires--and thousands of others.