Breakdown In Civil Order

[thebeave]

Will be interesting to see if this leads to any changes.

Changes to what?

There are a couple of interesting developments in LA. There should be a proposition getting on the November ballot to change the catastrophic Prop 47 that was voted in a few years ago. Plus the idiot DA George Gascon faces a defeat in the up coming November election.

And Steve Garvey seems to be making inroads in his run against imbecile Shifty Schiff.

I don't know. The incident reminded me of this old Frank Rizzo quote:

Old timey quote

Maybe we'll find out soon enough if there's any truth to it.

 

[TSwizzle]

Another victim of the "homeless" problem in Los Angeles.

woman died after being stabbed in the throat Monday morning on a Metro train before she got off at the Universal/Studio City station, and a suspect was arrested, authorities said. The attack was reported shortly after 5 a.m. in the 3900 block of Lankershim Boulevard, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said. Authorities initially said the woman was stabbed as she exited a subway train at the station, but later said it happened on the train. "The attack occurred on the train. Somewhere between the last stop and here at Universal City station," said LAPD Det. Meghan Aguilar. "She then is able to exit, and the suspect exits as well, but the attack does occur on the train." The suspect, Elliot Tramel Nowden, 45, of Los Angeles, was later booked on suspicion of murder and held on $2 million bail, according to the LAPD. A photo of the suspect was released as investigators "strongly believe there are additional, unreported victims of Nowden." Anyone who may have been victimized by the suspect was asked to come forward.

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This is what the visitors to Los Angeles have to look forward to. I heard an interview with a German tourist who got caught up in this incident. He had a very dim view of the environment and clientele on the trains. I used to use this station to go to the Crypto stadium downtown occasionally. I wouldn't dare use it now. And this is the public transport the like of Bass wants us to take? Not while the drug addled mental cases are allowed to practically live on the trains.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Another victim of the "homeless" problem in Los Angeles.

woman died after being stabbed in the throat Monday morning on a Metro train before she got off at the Universal/Studio City station, and a suspect was arrested, authorities said. The attack was reported shortly after 5 a.m. in the 3900 block of Lankershim Boulevard, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said. Authorities initially said the woman was stabbed as she exited a subway train at the station, but later said it happened on the train. "The attack occurred on the train. Somewhere between the last stop and here at Universal City station," said LAPD Det. Meghan Aguilar. "She then is able to exit, and the suspect exits as well, but the attack does occur on the train." The suspect, Elliot Tramel Nowden, 45, of Los Angeles, was later booked on suspicion of murder and held on $2 million bail, according to the LAPD. A photo of the suspect was released as investigators "strongly believe there are additional, unreported victims of Nowden." Anyone who may have been victimized by the suspect was asked to come forward.

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This is what the visitors to Los Angeles have to look forward to. I heard an interview with a German tourist who got caught up in this incident. He had a very dim view of the environment and clientele on the trains. I used to use this station to go to the Crypto stadium downtown occasionally. I wouldn't dare use it now. And this is the public transport the like of Bass wants us to take? Not while the drug addled mental cases are allowed to practically live on the trains.

Much more likely a nutter, homelessness is a symptom, not a cause.

 

[Politesse]

The only reasonable time to put scare quotes around "homeless" is when the homeless population is being blamed for things they did not, in fact, do.

Assholes like these guys, for instance, might be called "homeless" since all instances of public pee and poo are routinely blamed on homeless people, but plenty of only "homeless" folks contribute to the problem:

 

[TSwizzle]

The only reasonable time to put scare quotes around "homeless" is when the homeless population is being blamed for things they did not, in fact, do.

They are not "scare" quotes (not even sure what that means) they are just quotes in that the term "homeless" or the more laughable "unhoused" is attributed to a wide array of problems that blight the Los Angeles area. The person that carried out this vicious murder was likely a drug addled mental case that was allowed to use the train as a shelter because he was "homeless".

Your picture seems to show "drunks" or "assholes" or possible "drunk assholes" being antisocial. A different problem altogether from the "homeless" crisis in Los Angeles.

 

[thebeave]

Suspect arrested after breaking into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ residence

A suspect has been arrested after breaking into the Getty House, which is the official residence of Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass.

The incident occurred around 6:40 a.m. Sunday morning at the Getty House, located at 605 South Irving Boulevard. The Los Angeles Police Department arrived on the scene and arrested the suspect.

Mayor Bass and her family were not injured during the incident. The Mayor’s office released a statement about the break-in at the property.

“The Mayor is grateful to LAPD for responding and arresting the suspect,” the statement said.

Will be interesting to see if this leads to any changes.

Looks like its Adam Schiff's turn now.

Adam Schiff's bags stolen from parked car in San Francisco

California Rep. Adam Schiff’s luggage was stolen from his car as it sat in a downtown San Francisco parking garage on Thursday, according to multiple news outlets.

The theft, first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, meant that the Democrat, and the likeliest candidate to become California’s next senator, spoke at swanky dinner party dressed in the only clothes he had: a navy long-sleeve shirt, an olive vest and a pair of gray pants (The Chronicle and SFGATE are both owned by Hearst but have separate newsrooms).

 

[TSwizzle]

Looks like its Adam Schiff's turn now.

Good enough for the mendacious little weasel.

 

[unapologetic]

Old timey quote

How are the background pics relevant to the quote? And why do we need a choice of 12?

The only reasonable time to put scare quotes around "homeless" is when the homeless population is being blamed for things they did not, in fact, do.

Assholes like these guys, for instance, might be called "homeless" since all instances of public pee and poo are routinely blamed on homeless people, but plenty of only "homeless" folks contribute to the problem:

A YELLOW bus in the middle of the day, is NOT a "party bus".
In the US that's a SCHOOL BUS.

 

[Politesse]

A YELLOW bus in the middle of the day, is NOT a "party bus".
In the US that's a SCHOOL BUS.

Well, you're new.

That is unmistakeably a Busin, you can see the edge of their logo in the photo. They buy up old schoolbuses, deck them out all crazy inside, and rent them to tourists for a lark. Not even the only company to do it, Gillibus does the same thing only they paint the outside hippie colors. Tourists will pay good money to be publically infantilized.

 

[ZiprHead]

https://www.busin.info/

 

[Loren Pechtel]

A YELLOW bus in the middle of the day, is NOT a "party bus".
In the US that's a SCHOOL BUS.

Well, you're new.

That is unmistakeably a Busin, you can see the edge of their logo in the photo. They buy up old schoolbuses, deck them out all crazy inside, and rent them to tourists for a lark. Not even the only company to do it, Gillibus does the same thing only they paint the outside hippie colors. Tourists will pay good money to be publically infantilized.

Never heard of them and I'm surprised it's legal to have a vehicle that looks that much like a school bus.

 

[TomC]

A YELLOW bus in the middle of the day, is NOT a "party bus".
In the US that's a SCHOOL BUS.

Well, you're new.

That is unmistakeably a Busin, you can see the edge of their logo in the photo. They buy up old schoolbuses, deck them out all crazy inside, and rent them to tourists for a lark. Not even the only company to do it, Gillibus does the same thing only they paint the outside hippie colors. Tourists will pay good money to be publically infantilized.

Never heard of them and I'm surprised it's legal to have a vehicle that looks that much like a school bus.

Me too.
When I was a boy scout my troop had an old school bus to take a bunch of us school age kids on trips. It was not allowed to have the yellow with black color combination because it was not just for school purposes. It got repainted an ugly green.
Tom

 

[thebeave]

A YELLOW bus in the middle of the day, is NOT a "party bus".
In the US that's a SCHOOL BUS.

Well, you're new.

That is unmistakeably a Busin, you can see the edge of their logo in the photo. They buy up old schoolbuses, deck them out all crazy inside, and rent them to tourists for a lark. Not even the only company to do it, Gillibus does the same thing only they paint the outside hippie colors. Tourists will pay good money to be publically infantilized.

Never heard of them and I'm surprised it's legal to have a vehicle that looks that much like a school bus.

Having it resemble a school bus does comes in handy at times, though. You can set the red lights flashing and drop the bus's "STOP" sign arm so that the drunk party boys can safely leave the bus to take a whiz.

 

[unapologetic]

A YELLOW bus in the middle of the day, is NOT a "party bus".
In the US that's a SCHOOL BUS.

Well, you're new.

That is unmistakeably a Busin, you can see the edge of their logo in the photo. They buy up old schoolbuses, deck them out all crazy inside, and rent them to tourists for a lark. Not even the only company to do it, Gillibus does the same thing only they paint the outside hippie colors. Tourists will pay good money to be publically infantilized.

Never heard of them and I'm surprised it's legal to have a vehicle that looks that much like a school bus.

Yeah, me too. But I'm guessing it's up to state law.
I've seen busses that are half yellow/half something else, so they can use them for other things. Around here the school district only rents the busses from a private business.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Two lefties come upon a person who has just been robbed and beaten unconscious on the sidewalk. One lefty turns to the other and says: “We need to find who did this, and help them.”

I would want to help both individuals, if possible. What would you do? Is your response different if the person on the sidewalk has no money with which to pay a medical bill?

I’d want to help the victim; not coddle and make excuses for the perpetrator.

How would you help the victim? And what would you do about the perpetrator?

We put the perp in jail! That's the solution, even though it does literally nothing to *prevent crime* in the first place, considering that's what we've been doing and the victim still gets stabbed anyway! Yes, I I am morally righteous and superior! Take that, lefties!

 

[TSwizzle]

What a hell-scape has been created in Los Angeles;

A Metro passenger was fatally shot on a bus Thursday afternoon in the City of Commerce hours after Mayor Karen Bass ordered a “surge” in law enforcement amid alarming incidents of violence on the region’s bus and subway system. A Metro spokesperson confirmed the shooting took place on a Line 108 bus. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a suspect, according to Metro. The shooting is the latest violent attack on a Metro rider. Three people were stabbed in two incidents this week. Last month, a 66-year-old woman was fatally stabbed on the subway as she came home from her night job.

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This is what happens when you empty the jails and allow the "homeless" to use public spaces as their shelters.

 

[Politesse]

This is what happens when you empty the jails and allow the "homeless" to use public spaces as their shelters.

ie. allow prisoners to leave when their sentence has concluded.

I note that instead of arresting and detaining murderers, who have committed an actual crime, you want us to focus on arresting the poor for being poor. Or are you claiming, on the basis of no evidence whatsoever, that the shooter on the Metro was homeless?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

California must be saving a fortune with all these empty jails.

 

[Gospel]

This is what happens when you empty the jails and allow the "homeless" to use public spaces as their shelters.

Serious question, @TSwizzle . No trickery—my inquiry is entirely sincere. Private prisons generate revenue through government contracts, meaning taxpayers fund the room and board for individuals who have committed crimes. The intention is to remove these individuals from society and rehabilitate them, ideally returning them in better condition (though the success of this is a separate debate). Why not encourage these same corporations to develop or renovate existing properties to provide food and shelter for the homeless, also funded by government contracts with the end game to help them back on their feet to working, tax paying citizens?

Assuming everything proceeds as planned (despite the imperfect track records of governments and corporations), would you be comfortable with your tax dollars funding a project like that?

I'm curious.

 

[TSwizzle]

Hope this helps;

California has not been tracking its spending on addressing the state’s homelessness crisis or the results of its programs, a state audit revealed this week. The report, which took over a year to complete and was requested by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, sought to account for the $24 billion California has spent on its fight against homelessness. “Not only did the audit struggle to measure the effectiveness of programs that we’re spending money on, in most cases, we don’t have enough information to even measure the outcomes of programs and where the dollars are going,” Assemblyman Josh Hoover, of Folsom, said. California spends more on homelessness each year, but the number of people on the street continues to climb as many as 181,399 as of 2023.

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