Not to worry! The Global Neo-Fascist Eugenicist Oligarchs will steal the rest of your wealth through a CBDC. You’ll own nothing and be happy! And the beatings will continue until morale improves, comrade! Work makes you free!
I SOOO want to move out of Mass, but daughter and son-in-law don't want to move. We have a few more years here where we don't have to make a decision, but worse times are coming for this state with the likely election of a Dem governor.
I want to move to TN. We have been visiting regularly and really like it. The rest of the snobs in MA don't think they have schools and running water. One benefit of that is that it will take longer for progressives to move there. Instapundit showed me the way to the state.
I get it. Tennessee is nice. We looked at it ourselves but wound up in Vegas for a couple of reasons; mostly because our kids were in CA. Nashville is a nice town and I have a friend that moved from Chicago to Knoxville. The eastern part of Tennesee is better than the western part....but the BBQ in Memphis is top notch.
We are definitely looking at Eastern TN, potentially someplace near the Smokies so people will want to come visit! We have also looked at Bristol, Jonesborough, Johnson City, and Knoxville, but the Smokies and Dollywood might be nice for future grandkids.
A plurality of the murders and shootings in Mpls occur in the Near North(side). In the commercial area there, or what remains of it, there's a liquor store sort of kitty-corner tho' mid-block from a gas station. A lot of shootings occur in and around these two businesses which is also considered the "one of the city's largest open-air drug bazaars".
With that in mind: MN Attorney General Ellison, trying to look “tough on crime” after 3.85 years of actively coddling it, is going after public enemy number 1: those businesses around which the crimes are taking place:. "If you are a business creating a dangerous public nuisance and turning a blind eye to gun violence and illegal behavior—I am watching you. And I will act."
Huh. Threatening the businesses in the area where crimes occur. Businesses that can do... what, exactly? I'll admit that this angle for solving crime was something I didn't expect.
So, here's my question. The Twin Cities are generally downhill from Chicago in almost every way. Is this "blame the businesses" tool something that Mayor Gollum came up with in Chicago or is it the invention of the local proggies?
Wow, had not contemplated groupon in a long time. Thanks for the memories.
The BTC chart is winding up for a breakout lower, that, or it somehow miraculously holds.
Here in the Bay Area, away from the cesspools of San Fran and (specifically) Oakland -- which spill over to neighboring districts -- most feel safe. It's just too expensive to live here (spread out too) and rampant crime finds it hard to grab a toehold in good areas. I think the Government is worse, lol. Especially during the covid penalty shake downs of small businesses and churches that were out of control.
Be woke, go broke. Sad times in America. So many of your blog posts channel exactly how I feel and think.
I'm just thankful it's not rampant, yet, in the western suburb of Chicago I reside in. I'll say one thing though: interesting to find out how your fellow neighbors lean/vote during and election cycle, at least if those with politician yard signs are showing their true colors. I've been shocked, to say the least.
The smash-n-grabs spread to Walnut Creek, Palo Alto, and San Jose, with some attempts in Pleasanton and other smaller cities. Only a matter of time (aided by lack of enforcement and consequences.)
Berkeley has always had the nuts bug. It's big brothers of Oak and SF helping to sink it's ship -- drugs, crime, woke. You don't even need to be in the super big money burbs you reference here to feel safe, have opportunity and enjoy the weather. But traffic is back this year, unwinding much covid-induced joy. Thanks for responding to my post :)
Just did a "is GroupOn still in business" search - honestly, I had no idea - and learned this fun fact: after a 1-for-20 reverse split, they are down 95% from their IPO.
"Name an urban area that is a delightful place to live, has great public schools, doesn’t have rising crime, and you can build wealth right now. The only ones I can think of are in the Old Confederacy."
I guess maybe I have too high a bar for "urban" or "delightful place to live" but I'm having trouble coming up with any? Nashville is almost there but I think has rising crime and doesn't have good public schools? Raleigh? Jacksonville? Tampa? Miami? Fort Lauderdale?
Griffin moved to Florida because of taxes and also because he spent 10's of millions of dollars trying to elect a democrat turned republican to the governor's office in Illinois. Richard Irvin may have been sincere in his conversion, but it was terrible optics. Instead we have a nincompoop, downstate republican supported with millions of dollars by fatso running for governor.
Griffin learned there is no path to high public office as a Republican in Illinois. If the two ballot initiatives pass that should be the death knell for Illinois until bankruptcy of Chicago and/or Illinois.
Speaking of the walking Thomas Nast cartoon that Illinois has as a governor, came across this article today (I know, it's VICE, but just glide over their obligatory bias):
There is a hell of a story to be written about the Pritzkers - the grandpa and wellspring of the family wealth waged an epic, multi-year successful fight with the IRS over off-shore trusts, Penny Pritzker played a big role in the rise of Obama, "Jennifer" Pritzker is the lead behind the family's funding of several transgender initiatives, Jay Pritzker tried to cut Liesel and her brother out of the family fortune, JB is trying to buy the presidency... these people are a living/breathing HBO series.
Not to worry! The Global Neo-Fascist Eugenicist Oligarchs will steal the rest of your wealth through a CBDC. You’ll own nothing and be happy! And the beatings will continue until morale improves, comrade! Work makes you free!
Arbeit Macht Frei !
not the Holocaust......not sure that satire is appropos. But, the people in charge are stupid...
Looks like John Galt cigarettes to me!
I SOOO want to move out of Mass, but daughter and son-in-law don't want to move. We have a few more years here where we don't have to make a decision, but worse times are coming for this state with the likely election of a Dem governor.
I want to move to TN. We have been visiting regularly and really like it. The rest of the snobs in MA don't think they have schools and running water. One benefit of that is that it will take longer for progressives to move there. Instapundit showed me the way to the state.
I get it. Tennessee is nice. We looked at it ourselves but wound up in Vegas for a couple of reasons; mostly because our kids were in CA. Nashville is a nice town and I have a friend that moved from Chicago to Knoxville. The eastern part of Tennesee is better than the western part....but the BBQ in Memphis is top notch.
We are definitely looking at Eastern TN, potentially someplace near the Smokies so people will want to come visit! We have also looked at Bristol, Jonesborough, Johnson City, and Knoxville, but the Smokies and Dollywood might be nice for future grandkids.
I'm NEVER moving to Memphis. Crime and too hot!
A plurality of the murders and shootings in Mpls occur in the Near North(side). In the commercial area there, or what remains of it, there's a liquor store sort of kitty-corner tho' mid-block from a gas station. A lot of shootings occur in and around these two businesses which is also considered the "one of the city's largest open-air drug bazaars".
With that in mind: MN Attorney General Ellison, trying to look “tough on crime” after 3.85 years of actively coddling it, is going after public enemy number 1: those businesses around which the crimes are taking place:. "If you are a business creating a dangerous public nuisance and turning a blind eye to gun violence and illegal behavior—I am watching you. And I will act."
Huh. Threatening the businesses in the area where crimes occur. Businesses that can do... what, exactly? I'll admit that this angle for solving crime was something I didn't expect.
So, here's my question. The Twin Cities are generally downhill from Chicago in almost every way. Is this "blame the businesses" tool something that Mayor Gollum came up with in Chicago or is it the invention of the local proggies?
Give the business owners "double O" designation? And maybe throw in a few Beretta 418s and Walther PPKs?
Lightfoot has been targeting Arab owned businesses like gas stations or convenience stores in the ghetto. Many stories online.
Wow, had not contemplated groupon in a long time. Thanks for the memories.
The BTC chart is winding up for a breakout lower, that, or it somehow miraculously holds.
Here in the Bay Area, away from the cesspools of San Fran and (specifically) Oakland -- which spill over to neighboring districts -- most feel safe. It's just too expensive to live here (spread out too) and rampant crime finds it hard to grab a toehold in good areas. I think the Government is worse, lol. Especially during the covid penalty shake downs of small businesses and churches that were out of control.
Be woke, go broke. Sad times in America. So many of your blog posts channel exactly how I feel and think.
great minds.... agree. hard to go to Danville CA or Atherton and commit crime. Easy in SF or Oakland. I hear Berkeley is nuts and that's too bad.
Of course, it is spreading to suburbs in Chicago.....
I'm just thankful it's not rampant, yet, in the western suburb of Chicago I reside in. I'll say one thing though: interesting to find out how your fellow neighbors lean/vote during and election cycle, at least if those with politician yard signs are showing their true colors. I've been shocked, to say the least.
you must not be in Oak Park.
The smash-n-grabs spread to Walnut Creek, Palo Alto, and San Jose, with some attempts in Pleasanton and other smaller cities. Only a matter of time (aided by lack of enforcement and consequences.)
Berkeley has always had the nuts bug. It's big brothers of Oak and SF helping to sink it's ship -- drugs, crime, woke. You don't even need to be in the super big money burbs you reference here to feel safe, have opportunity and enjoy the weather. But traffic is back this year, unwinding much covid-induced joy. Thanks for responding to my post :)
Just did a "is GroupOn still in business" search - honestly, I had no idea - and learned this fun fact: after a 1-for-20 reverse split, they are down 95% from their IPO.
https://nypost.com/2022/09/20/record-number-of-new-yorkers-swap-to-florida-licenses/ leaving NY, Oregon, Washington, NJ and PA for Florida.
"Name an urban area that is a delightful place to live, has great public schools, doesn’t have rising crime, and you can build wealth right now. The only ones I can think of are in the Old Confederacy."
I guess maybe I have too high a bar for "urban" or "delightful place to live" but I'm having trouble coming up with any? Nashville is almost there but I think has rising crime and doesn't have good public schools? Raleigh? Jacksonville? Tampa? Miami? Fort Lauderdale?
There are still places here in the South where you can smoke indoors.
Griffin moved to Florida because of taxes and also because he spent 10's of millions of dollars trying to elect a democrat turned republican to the governor's office in Illinois. Richard Irvin may have been sincere in his conversion, but it was terrible optics. Instead we have a nincompoop, downstate republican supported with millions of dollars by fatso running for governor.
Griffin learned there is no path to high public office as a Republican in Illinois. If the two ballot initiatives pass that should be the death knell for Illinois until bankruptcy of Chicago and/or Illinois.
Besides, Griffin is a native Floridian.
Speaking of the walking Thomas Nast cartoon that Illinois has as a governor, came across this article today (I know, it's VICE, but just glide over their obligatory bias):
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvgdad/what-happened-to-a-little-princess-star-liesel-matthews
There is a hell of a story to be written about the Pritzkers - the grandpa and wellspring of the family wealth waged an epic, multi-year successful fight with the IRS over off-shore trusts, Penny Pritzker played a big role in the rise of Obama, "Jennifer" Pritzker is the lead behind the family's funding of several transgender initiatives, Jay Pritzker tried to cut Liesel and her brother out of the family fortune, JB is trying to buy the presidency... these people are a living/breathing HBO series.
Thomas Nast! Excellent name to drop in this context ;-)