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I don't think anyone says prisoners having a choice means they're not prisoners or they are free from jail. Nobody is claiming picking bunks means they're not a prisoner. It's still a free choice among bunks
Yes, exactly! And the presence of a choice in labor doesn’t change the fact that they’re slaves.
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Apparently a fire chief wrote in her boilerplate online bio that her top priority was equity and inclusion with the fire department, so clearly firefighting wasn't her top priority, so clearly the entire disaster is her fault, and so DEI caused the wildfire.
Baltimore bridge disaster, Musk: DEI. Nothing supporting that. Alaska Flight 1282, door blows off, Musk: DEI. Nothing supporting that. I want an electrified future. I want a multi-planet civilization. Read Alex Jones' text that Musk says is "true." It is objectively insane. Why is he doing this? He is discrediting the species-level important things. He used to be the best of us, the clearest thinker. What in the heck…
That or he thinks the United Federation of Planets has to form _now_, and he's playing the part he thinks is required to get there.
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I don't live in LA but would Karen Bass even have much of any input? The palisades is mostly Santa Monica no? Sure its part of LA county but why would the mayor of LA have any input on Santa Monica / Santa Monica mountains. Genuinely curious why she is in the spotlight compared to the local officials in Santa Monica? Edit: I continue to see her name pop up in the news and I have been trying to understand how LA works…
Pacific Palisades is part of the city of Los Angeles and so falls under the mayor’s jurisdiction.
It’s interesting to me how much attention these fires are getting because it affects relatively rich and tourist friendly areas. There are many, many wildfires every year across several states but most don’t even get their governor’s attention, let alone make national news. People seem shocked by what the fires can do but this is what many communities have had to deal with.
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Baltimore bridge disaster, Musk: DEI. Nothing supporting that. Alaska Flight 1282, door blows off, Musk: DEI. Nothing supporting that. I want an electrified future. I want a multi-planet civilization. Read Alex Jones' text that Musk says is "true." It is objectively insane. Why is he doing this? He is discrediting the species-level important things. He used to be the best of us, the clearest thinker. What in the heck…
Honestly? My wholly-unsubstantiated pet theory is that engaging with a large following on social media is as unhealthy for the followee as an intense parasocial relationship is for a follower. That or he thinks the United Federation of Planets has to form _now_, and he's playing the part he thinks is required to get there.
I recall one where the interviewer asked him what was his biggest fear.
He replied something like "that I will be surrounded people who just kiss my ass and don't call me on my shit."
Man, at that point he was such a clear thinker. Truly a victim of his own success in the worst ways.
As far as my own unsubstantiated pet theory, he went publicly nuts right after the time he had to write a multi-billion dollar tax check. Humans are just not evolved for that. It should be part of tax withholdings to avoid that mental trauma.
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Mortgage firms demand Home insurance policies which it covers some fires, but not all fires. E.g. if there’s an earthquake and it causes a natural gas fire, you’re not covered by home insurance. Same goes for if there’s a flood and it causes a fire, not covered. I suspect long term fire insurance due to wildfire will not be covered by home insurance policies. As it’s not a “random” event, and instead a risk of certai…
Your statement is not entirely accurate. Under the insuring agreement of a typical homeowner’s insurance policy, fire—including wildfire—is a covered peril, unless specifically excluded elsewhere in the policy. Standard policies are designed to provide coverage for direct physical loss or damage caused by fire, regardless of whether the fire is “random” or arises in wildfire-prone areas. While some exclusions may app…
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Where the hell is Karen Bass? Our government?
I keep seeing questions about the location of Karen Bass and I don't understand the outrage. Did she fly to Ghana when the fires erupted? Is she not allowed to take vacations? Was she expected to magically reappear in California when things got out of hand? Has her responsiveness been extremely latent.
I think it's one of those issues where both sides of the aisle could agree except for the right-wing side turned it into this weird DEI stuff.
We lost our house to the Eaton fire this morning. It’s difficult to describe the vastness of the destruction in our community. Everything within a couple square miles of us burned.
I'm sorry for your loss. Are you lucky enough to be in a place where insurers in California are still operating? Hopefully you can at least get financial situation taken off your mind