Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

It's a racist Just-So story, please stop spreading it. It's cool that you like how racism makes people uncomfortable, but please stop.

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The better hypothesis that has been floated and includes more evidence ascribes it generally to just an aging of the population. Young people commit more crimes. Fewer young people -> fewer people committing crimes

Good Parmesan posted:

Aren't late night restaurant joints also a contributor to crime?

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

How can you go from "violent crime is caused by bored young men" to "abortion does not impact violent crime rates"?

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Long complicated story warning. Bonus if you like this sort of thing I guess.
So Son & DIL move into my AZ house (house is in my name only, my wife is not on the deed) when we move to TN. They make significant changes to the house such as totally remodeling the kitchen and also replacing major appliances without prior notice. At first I panic because WTF. But they are family and so I let it ride after talking about it with my son and making it perfectly clear that they are not now, and never shall be, the homeowner. I also ask them not to make any more changes without prior consent. As it turns out the kitchen job was a nice improvement. But the washer and drier were replaced when I was never told they may or may not have had issues (they were fine when we moved out). Stove also replaced, but I caught wind of that one and told them to put mine in the garage instead of throwing it away. Not sure if it is still there. Again it was fine when we left the state.
Fast forward a couple years and they are getting divorced. At one point, the police arrive and BOTH of them end up in lockup for a night due to domestic violence. No kids.
So she moves out at the end of June leaving most of her belongings. We are here in TN trying to not take sides but also not go insane. He puts her items on the back patio (which is covered) for her movers/friends to take. For "reasons" she has not taken them all yet but continues to claim that the movers are coming to get the rest "soon". He does not want to have her and three or four friends walking through the house taking things and I don't blame him. He agrees to her and one other person for a walk through.
Rent has not been paid for June or July. She wants a reference letter from me stating that she lived there from Date_1 to Date_2 and the final month's rent paid was $XXXX. I was going to just sign it and give it to her in the interest of family ties and ask her politely for half the June rent.
Before I could make this communication, she sends a letter via FB to my wife located here at PasteBin (all identifying information has been scrubbed). In it she claims that there were repairs required to make the place livable. This is inherently untrue. There are some repairs to the guest bathroom sink area that could be made and I said I would in order to help them get a roommate, but it is by no means in any way unlivable.
She is claiming that she requested that we evict our son because it made the house unsafe. This stems from FB communications that she had with my wife, but it was never to that level that I am aware of. They fight a lot. Both of them do things they should not. Apparently police have been there more than once but I was never informed as to any tenant being a threat to anyone by them.
She is claiming that she no longer owes rent for June or July due to this. I considered that she was gone at the end of June and only wanted half of June rent from her. But now she is stating that July 15th is her 30 day move out notice. So from my point of view, she now has legally admitted to owing me half of June, July and one quarter of August rent.
We have a loosely written lease that lists only Son and DIL as tenants. They have had roommates on occasion but as far as I am concerned, the rent is from them only. Any rent agreements from a roommate would be between them and not include me from my point of view.
She is also stating that if I try to collect rent from her, she will file against my homeowner's insurance due to "unsafe tenants". In addition she claims she will file against them for any of "her" possessions that are damaged or destroyed. From my point of view, I have NO horse in that race. How can I be liable for their inability to split goods I never owned in the first place? If she tries to take the washer and drier, what are my options? They replaced them and threw away mine without notice.
The final roommate is a paralegal and sent us a photo of her room when she moved out in order to cover her rear end which is fine. The room looked OK in the photo.
So how much of her letter is bullshit? Am I entitled to rent from her for half of June, half of July and one quarter of August? Can she file claims against my homeowner's insurance? Does anything at all that she claims in her letter hold water legally?
EDIT TO ADD: Original lease was a one year which has passed, but it was never "officially" re-upped with a new copy. Does this make them month to month now?

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stuff about abortion

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Hey everyone, so I'm 18 and got my first card in december with a $750 line of credit which I maxed due to lack of steady work, needing to buy food, and quite a few other expenses which added up. I always made consistent payments but also consistently used my card, keeping me at a gross 97% utilization. Well I've picked up a handful of jobs now and have paid off $500 in two weeks last billing cycle and just paid another $80 today and will have the whole card paid off this week. It feels great. I had a 646 last month and I assumed an increase was inbound but somehow it's now a 636. Is there any reason for this? Thanks everyone

paragon1 posted:

BWM: Someone took a promotion at my job that will only raise their hourly pay by thirty cents. It comes with a cost that will be at least $1000 a year.

curufinor posted:

this is the salutory thing about capitalism, in that the rate of profit decreases, and often by a lot, but it doesn't work salutorily in practice because the accumulated capital doesn't get redistributed after it does its useful work. that latter fact is why the koch brothers can do anything, having inherited billions of daddy's money. same deal with orange man

Guest2553 posted:

I hope I'm not first person who noticed your millennial -> snake people script, because it would be a shame so many missed it.

paragon1 posted:

BWM: Someone took a promotion at my job that will only raise their hourly pay by thirty cents. It comes with a cost that will be at least $1000 a year.

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Just a heads up too all the small business owners in Elizabeth. A scam that is prevalent in NYC has reared its ugly face in NJ. Here's how it goes.. A man will come in your establishment in a suit and tie. He will say he works on "behalf" (keyword) of The Department of Labor. He will hand you an official looking business card that reads something like "Compliance Officer... Labor Regulations".. He will then ask to see a series of compliance signs in the store ~ most of which you will not have. He will then pull out the laminated official looking signs from his briefcase. He will be a "good" guy and let you purchase the signs from him for about $175 and avoid any tickets.. 100% scam...

All officers of any government agency will have either a badge or official NJ state ID and they will NEVER sell you anything...

LLCoolJD posted:

Re: lead exposure and violent crime rates - there is no single explanation. Greater police presence, smarter policing, the flight of more prosperous citizens to less accessible suburbs and enclaves, and ER trauma units saving a greater percentage of patients with gunshot wounds all factor in as well.

curufinor posted:

so, conjecture. does this analogy follow?

women : horses :: men : trucks

22 Eargesplitten posted:

Actually, I would say that abortion is related to lower crime rates compared to before 1973.

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

How can you go from "violent crime is caused by bored young men" to "abortion does not impact violent crime rates"? There's not nearly enough data for it to be the sole explanatory variable or anything, but if abortion plays a role in depressing birth rates, it will also depress crime rates. And there is plenty of evidence that access to comprehensive reproductive health services does in fact reduce birth rates. If I'm not mistaken abortions historically fall at something like 1/5th of live birth rates. Beyond that estimating the impact of better access to other forms of birth control and reproductive health education would probably be much harder to create a definitive estimate for, but I don't think it's at all a stretch to suggest that things like proliferation of hormonal birth control would also depress birth rates. The question at that point would only be a magnitude of the effect and the relative impact compared to other factors that have decreased violent crime.

"Providing greater agency to women over reproductive matters may decrease violent crime rates in the long run" is probably a better and less emotional presentation of that argument than "poor mothers getting abortions may decrease violent crime rates in the long run". Legalization of abortion simply happens to be the most clear-cut (and controversial) change in policy in that regard, while other improvements were more incremental.


The aging of the population is a direct result of decreased birth rates (death rates have an impact, but have not gone down nearly as fast in the period in question), which are directly impacted by increased access to reproductive healthcare (including abortions).

curufinor posted:

so, conjecture. does this analogy follow?

women : horses :: men : trucks

Guest2553 posted:

Underwater on an 8 year note for a truck at 14.5% interest bought without savings, but I'm in a better place and have a bangin' credit score of 653 so can someone help me refinance at a lower cost?

Leon's stories are like raw fentanyl straight to the urethra, but this BWM still made me feel something again.

Farg posted:

I feel like TB doesn't argue in good faith

Farg posted:

I feel like TB doesn't argue in good faith

Non Serviam posted:

I don't think he's mentally stable.

monster on a stick posted:

"Don't poo poo up the thread" should also be part of fundamental human decency and yet...

ranbo das posted:

Droo posted:

This conversation reminds me of an article I saw this morning.

http://www.businessinsider.com/liberals-can-win-if-they-stop-being-so-annoying-2017-7

curufinor posted:

if we take the analogy further, there should be a world of deranged truck poo poo, beyond even truck nuts and rolling coal dealios

where are the truck psychologists, truck spirit healers, truck mediums?

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/3/34/Techpriest2.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20111026163206

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

I politely asked someone not to spread a racist fairy tale and now here we are. If you don't think racism shits up a thread then that says a lot about you.

Non Serviam posted:

Everyone is racist except you TB.

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Why do I never see the loving bird after somebody posts racism? Why do you shits only ever have a problem with anti-racism?

I know, but do you?


Anything's on topic in here as long as it's helping racists feel safe to post, I guess

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

You can retreat into your slimy goonshell and jam your tentacles in your ears whenever you get criticized, but until you stop being a horrible reddity creep people aren't going to stop noticing that you are.

Zo posted:

lol mostly because you never follow up with sources or links so all we have to go on is the questionable word of a severely mentally ill person (a reputation of your own making, just so you know)

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Just to clarify... you would like a source on "racism is wrong"?