impartialobserver

"If Trump gets elected "he will pull the US out of NATO". Not might... Will." This is not a lie.. this is a prediction. A lie would akin to saying that the Arizona Diamondbacks are the reigning World Series champions. That event has passed and it is established fact that Texas Rangers won. Trump being elected has not occurred this time, 2024. To echo another poster.. all politicians do lie. I work with them. They are all equally phony and disingenuous.

One reason that I have such a universally low opinion of politicos is this. If the opposing party wins, that candidate is a fascist, a dictator, a Nazi, totalitarian. Both sides do it and the age of the internet will only make it worse.

Parks is where you will see this though. We have it in Reno. The middle class family takes the kid to the park and finds it full of homeless people. So then next time.. they go to another part of town and therefore zero chance that you take your kid to get ice cream or whatever. This is a problem with no easy solution. To simply round them all up and put them in jail does not work and there are case studies to show this. To incarcerate someone costs money and time. Ask a member of law enforcement whether they would rather cite someone for vagrancy, take them to jail, and then do it all over again in 3 to 4 days OR work in a much bigger case such as murder, rape, drug trafficking.. the latter wins out. Society also values the latter over the former.

Ok, will give you this one. QCEW dates to 1935 and Soros is from 1930.. But he financed it at 5 years old.. quite the comedian. Still.. I can tell that you have absolutely no idea what QCEW is... You think it is a magazine or a blog... damn, you can't make this stuff up

Financed by George Soros.. you are quite the comedian.. the qcew data set predates George Soros. I know that you have absolutely no idea what QCEW is.

You breeze over where I mentioned "hybrids".. typical internet forum poster.. all passion, no intellect. If you truly want to make a case.. show some raw data not cherry picked internet articles. Show the absolute number of proven cases by year and place... I know that goes beyond your skill set. If you want an example of raw data (no summarizations, no articles).. look below. https://www.bls.gov/cew/data.htm

You exaggerate. Yes, a few of them have had issues but the hybrid models have had very few documented issues like you describe. But lets not let data get in the way of your narrative.

A lot of them are simply bored and seeking affirmation.

Anyone that cares about politics is the same. They want you to care about the topics that they care about. They want you to have the same morals, values, etc as them. If you do not.. then you can eff off and blah, blah, blah...

I have had political fatigue for quite some time so welcome to the club, aristides.

But you still occasionally engage in discussions with these types? I know that I do.. regrettably.

We have a nude beach at lake tahoe. Lots of signage so one can't say that you came to it by accident. Besides only two ways.. one in which is very treacherous. Been here for 14 years and never heard a single complaint. The nude beach is regarded much like an adult shop.

true. On the bright side for them.. most cities/towns do not have gay pride parades. To avoid this.. you have to move away from the bigger cities but it seems like if this bothers you so much.. it would be an easy move.

What was so awful about it?

I have done enough research to know that they are practical for myself now. A bit pricey but in most cases, they do the job fine. I do not agree with mandates being as they are expensive and do have a few more issues. Besides some folks need a genuine truck for work and in the winter.. commuting. Back to the point though. I do not do this because of some deep seated need to be a climate change warrior. as for censorship.. this is not censorship. This is more selective ignoring. Censorship would be the person being banned from posting. This is where folks simply do not look at your stuff.

My desire to purchase a hybrid or EV is not due to some evangelical need to help climate change.. Nope. It is simple a matter of trying to save some cash in the long run and not use as much gas. This might be a moot point being as I may have new employment which does not demand a commute.

live in Toronto or live in Reno?

for those of us who live out West.. this should be our hero from May to late Sept.

If I was in control of the US senate and house of representatives.. I would impose term limits. 2 terms in the Senate and 4 for the House. Career politicians do not get better with age. Job experience does not help them. They get worse with age.

not the biggest lie but a close second is that marijuana is a gateway drug. This idea that you will proceed up the ladder in perfect predictable order.. Yeah, well my life experiences growing up in the trailer park do not line up with this at all.

I have experience with being truly homeless and so know the plight intimately. This is not where I lived in my car because my next home was being built. No.. It was moving to SLC in 1999 and my job falling through. They hired me technically but upon arriving on August 21.. they told me that I was not needed and so started the shi$storm. That being said, I spent 8 weeks on the street and can say that most that I encountered were there by choice. yes, they would have moved into an apartment if given it but they chose to not have jobs and all that comes with it. Second, most were drug addicts and that dictated their life. The city of Salt lake had similar laws. We got around them by sleeping in abandoned buildings, alleyways, and in parks where you could not be seen from the road.

on the U.S side.. West Virginia leads the way in fentanyl use and overdoses. It used to lead the way in oxycontin use and deaths but they put the brakes on that and so the users replaced it with fentanyl. There is no data that says this explicitly but my guess is that this is why WV is depopulating and having a hard time luring in outsiders.

Average home price in my neck of the woods.. $525k. So $750 mortgage is a bit unrealistic but still its funny.

the labor shortage in the US that came during and after Covid 19 was deceptive. In the most general and absolute terms.. no there was no shortage. However, in certain industries and cities the number of applicants was well below that of the stated need. The most publicized was fast food and limited service (Denny's or Chilis) restaurants in mid to large cities. Were all industries affected? no. Mining and high end manufacturing (anything but food) were not struggling to find folks. I can understand why someone would try their best to move on from fast food and limited restaurants. A lot of not so great customers, relatively low pay (in comparison to others) and frequently not the most family friendly hours.