Locked Down in Third World California

[rangerrebew]

Locked Down in Third World California

David Cole

March 24, 2020
 

Los Angeles, CA

As I type these words, Californians are under a mandatory “stay at home” edict issued by the Patrick Bateman cosplayer in our statehouse. Any Californian caught leaving his, her, its, or zir home for “nonessential” reasons is subject to fine or imprisonment.

Yes, the state that removed criminal penalties for knowingly giving someone AIDS has imposed criminal penalties on anyone who might inadvertently spread Wuhanvirus. Yes, the open-borders governor who claims he has no moral authority to tell Mexicans to stay out has ordered all Californians to stay in.

And yes, the state that’s rapidly decriminalizing property crimes has criminalized going outdoors. A Californian who decides to take a walk in a park risks more severe penalties than an illegal alien who steals a TV. Cities like San Francisco have reclassified property crimes as non-arrest offenses (citation only, as if for jaywalking), and California as a whole has deemed theft of items valued at less than $950 a non-arrest offense (as a result, such thefts are rarely pursued by police). On the other hand, any violation of Gavin Newsom’s “stay at home” edict is “punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or by imprisonment for no more than six months” (L.A.’s separate “stay at home” order carries the same penalties).

https://www.takimag.com/article/locked-down-in-third-world-california/

[Hoodat]

"We are all just prisoners here, of our own device."

[Idiot]

"We are all just prisoners here, of our own device."

I like what you did there.... 

[PeteS in CA]

What a pack of ignorance, stereotypes, and distortion!

1. Ignorance - California is far from the only state in "shelter-in-place" shutdown. If David Cole is ignorant of that, maybe he should read the news once in a while.

2. Stereotypes - California, contrary to the title, is not any closer to "Third World" than any other state in the US, and may be farther from that status than some.

3. Distortion - "Essential" is defined very broadly. It includes shopping for food and other consumables. It includes shopping at hardware stores. Which means store employees and delivery people are "essential". It includes hospital and doctor visits, which necessarily means a wide array of medical and support staff are "essential". It includes buying take-out food from restaurants, and therefore some of the restaurant workers. It includes people essential to many businesses' operations, so as businesses decide who are essential, there are production and support people still going to work (e.g. me and many in my work group).

I realize California-Bashing is a beloved sport for many conservatives, but could lovers of that "sport" at least post articles less stupid than the article in this thread's OP? Day--yum, that article is DUMB! So dumb I wonder if the author really resides in California.

[truth_seeker]

Caliifornia bashing is an ignorant passtime. It in full effect, when Reagan was Governor.

We are used to it.

[sneakypete]

 On the other hand, any violation of Gavin Newsom’s “stay at home” edict is “punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or by imprisonment for no more than six months” (L.A.’s separate “stay at home” order carries the same penalties).
 

@rangerrebew

Meanwhile,anyone homeless,including illegal aliens,are free to wander around and take dumps or urinate on the sidewalk or in people's yards at will,while coughing or spitting on people.

[mountaineer]

San Francisco Asks Homeless Residents To Poop At Home
March 24th, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—San Francisco Mayor London Breed has asked all the homeless residents of her city to please poop at home as coronavirus spreads throughout the nation.

"Please, we urge the homeless residents of our great city to please poop in their homes during this crisis," she said in a speech after dodging several piles of feces on the way to the podium. "Return to your homes and relieve yourselves there, not out in public where you might spread the virus."

She also asked them to work at home rather than going outside at least for the next one to two months. "We are all in this together. Whether you're taking care of business or running a business, let's all make sure to do it in the privacy of our own homes. Even if your home happens to be, well, the sidewalk."   ...  YES, it's from the Babylon Bee 

[sneakypete]

San Francisco Mayor London Breed

@mountaineer

"London Breed"????

Is that his real name,or a stage name?

Sounds like a name a homo drag queen would pick.

Ok,now I see it is a "her" and not a "he". Has this creature always been a "her"?

[mountaineer]

Female.

[PeteS in CA]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Breed : Born in SF, raised by Grandmother in public housing, one sibling died of OD, another serving hard time for manslaughter and armed robbery. Quite a messed up family and upbringing (I'm not saying her Grandmother was messed up).

[IsailedawayfromFR]

San Francisco Asks Homeless Residents To Poop At Home
March 24th, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—San Francisco Mayor London Breed has asked all the homeless residents of her city to please poop at home as coronavirus spreads throughout the nation.

"Please, we urge the homeless residents of our great city to please poop in their homes during this crisis," she said in a speech after dodging several piles of feces on the way to the podium. "Return to your homes and relieve yourselves there, not out in public where you might spread the virus."

She also asked them to work at home rather than going outside at least for the next one to two months. "We are all in this together. Whether you're taking care of business or running a business, let's all make sure to do it in the privacy of our own homes. Even if your home happens to be, well, the sidewalk."   ...  YES, it's from the Babylon Bee 

Wonder where this bozo thinks their home is if they are homeless?

They are pooping in their homes, the streets of the city.

[PeteS in CA]

Wonder where this bozo thinks their home is if they are homeless?

They are pooping in their homes, the streets of the city.

@IsailedawayfromFR, that "article" is, as noted in that post, from the Babylon Bee, a satire site.

[sneakypete]

Wonder where this bozo thinks their home is if they are homeless?

@IsailedawayfromFR

Call me a wild-eyed radical if you want,but I am beginning to suspect the leftist leadership is even more confused than the people who vote for them.

Ifn I were the cynical type,I might even begin to suspect the leftist leadership knows no more about their supporters and CARES no more about their plights than they do particle physics.

In street lingo,deys pimp-in out dere  peeps fo votes, for personal power and wealth.

BTW,this story also tells me there are no homeless in the neighborhoods where she lives or socializes,and she never walks the streets of the city herself.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

@IsailedawayfromFR, that "article" is, as noted in that post, from the Babylon Bee, a satire site.

If she did not make these comments, this is fake news, not satire.

[sneakypete]

If she did not make these comments, this is fake news, not satire.

@IsailedawayfromFR

You have to admit that it is getting harder and harder with each day that passes to tell the difference between reality and satire.

[mountaineer]

If she did not make these comments, this is fake news, not satire.

No, it's still satire.

[PeteS in CA]

No, it's still satire.

"The Babylon Bee" is almost as well known as a satire site as is "The Onion".

[IsailedawayfromFR]

No, it's still satire.

How do you differentiate? 

[Cyber Liberty]

How do you differentiate?

"Fake News" is news that's expected to be believed.  "Satire" is obviously false to anybody who pays attention to real news.

[Smokin Joe]

If she did not make these comments, this is fake news, not satire.

No, it is satire and clearly labelled as such on the site.

It's just that the Left has gone so batsh*t crazy that even satire is only a micron away from reality and the line is easily blurred.

[sneakypete]

"Fake News" is news that's expected to be believed.  "Satire" is obviously false to anybody who pays attention to real news.

@Cyber Liberty
 

That USED to be true,but it seems to be getting harder and harder to tell the difference between satire and reality with every day that passes.

[Smokin Joe]

@Cyber Liberty
 

That USED to be true,but it seems to be getting harder and harder to tell the difference between satire and reality with every day that passes.

Last week's satire is next week's headlines.

[sneakypete]

Last week's satire is next week's headlines.

@Smokin Joe

Sure seems that way,doesn't it?

[truth_seeker]

Part of the story:

Obamacare includes "Essential Health Benefits, which indlucles substance abuse treatment.

Everbody accross the lande is eligible for govt. subsidized healthcare.

A profitable industry springs, up recruiting patients nationwide.

Problem adicts/alcoholics are approached by "salespersons:

--How would you like to get clean-sober?

--In California

--You can be on a plane tomorrow

--trip to the gym every day

--trip to the beach every day

--free healthcare

--free sober living

------------------------------------

Then when they test dirty, they get dropped and "curbed," without return travel to their point of origin.

And they wind up homeless, in our towns

[Smokin Joe]

Part of the story:

Obamacare includes "Essential Health Benefits, which indlucles substance abuse treatment.

Everbody accross the lande is eligible for govt. subsidized healthcare.

A profitable industry springs, up recruiting patients nationwide.

Problem adicts/alcoholics are approached by "salespersons:

--How would you like to get clean-sober?

--In California

--You can be on a plane tomorrow

--trip to the gym every day

--trip to the beach every day

--free healthcare

--free sober living

------------------------------------

Then when they test dirty, they get dropped and "curbed," without return travel to their point of origin.

And they wind up homeless, in our towns

Quite a racket, but then, those who really want to quit, do. The rest are likely just playing someone.