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Sydin posted:Nah you write that it'll be funded by the state seizing the means of production from the capitalist bourgeois pigs. We'll fund it with a new tax on groundwater extraction, which will coincidentally create a mandate for state-monitored metering of all groundwater extraction for agricultural use; and another new tax on alfalfa and nut tree cultivation.
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# ? Nov 2, 2018 19:24 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 08:11 |
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Nooo, my pistachios
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# ? Nov 2, 2018 19:29 |
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Leperflesh posted:We'll fund it with a new tax on groundwater extraction, which will coincidentally create a mandate for state-monitored metering of all groundwater extraction for agricultural use; and another new tax on alfalfa and nut tree cultivation. You've got my vote.
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# ? Nov 2, 2018 19:35 |
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The people complaining about high speed rail complain that it isn't going to go anywhere that is useful for people to take a train. But I'm guessing this is because it got NIMBYed out of useful corridors. Like how Anaheim didn't want it even though it would've been so rad to take your kids to Disneyland on a bullet train. Opposition to Caltrain Electrification is dumb too. They whine that increased train frequency will cause traffic backups on grade crossings.
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# ? Nov 2, 2018 21:44 |
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Panfilo posted:The people complaining about high speed rail complain that it isn't going to go anywhere that is useful for people to take a train. But I'm guessing this is because it got NIMBYed out of useful corridors. Like how Anaheim didn't want it even though it would've been so rad to take your kids to Disneyland on a bullet train. While there is something to this, it's also not how infrastructure works. Creating infrastructure literally creates places for people to go. It's a powerful form of economic stimulus. Not always, of course, but very often. Moreover, the state's population is rising and will continue to do so: the train isn't intended to only cover capacity for the current demand, but to anticipate and cover capacity for projected demand. Based on current projections, I-5 will be far beyond capacity in really not that long from now. The best argument I've seen is that the HSR is adding required passenger capacity that we are failing to add at our airports, and that expanding our airports would be just as expensive as HSR, but also a lot less environmentally friendly... and involve eminent domaining land in urban and suburban areas, rather than mostly rural areas. So if you vote to cancel HSR, well, have fun with your taxes being spent on numerous new runway projects at SFO, LAX, etc.
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# ? Nov 2, 2018 22:02 |
Leperflesh posted:I will sponsor and begin signature collection on the "replace every road with a train" initiative, which will write into the California constitution that effective immediately, every road is now a right-of-way for rail, and the state shall allocate all funding necessary to tear up every inch of asphalt and replace it with gleaming, shiny rails from border to border. I unironically support this.
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# ? Nov 2, 2018 22:11 |
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Winter Rose posted:I unironically support this. Honestly I'd be down. Saw an anti-10 ad today. "No protections for renters!!" gently caress off!
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# ? Nov 2, 2018 22:27 |
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im glad to see Yes on 8 (for dialysis) finally getting ads on air
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# ? Nov 2, 2018 22:33 |
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Leperflesh posted:While there is something to this, it's also not how infrastructure works. Creating infrastructure literally creates places for people to go. It's a powerful form of economic stimulus. Not always, of course, but very often. I mean, the 99 corridor has way bigger cities on it than the 5, and they’re really underserved by transportation. Fresno, Bakersfield, and Modesto are the three biggest cities in the United States not connected to the Interstate Highway System.
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# ? Nov 2, 2018 22:36 |
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FCKGW posted:I'm a big ol' lefty and I still think the bullet train is kinda dumb trickle down is the most horseshit garbage nonsense and i know no one here needs to be told that, but it's important to remember that bottom-up projects are vastly good and powerful economic spurs and the billions being spent on it just don't evaporate into midair and much of it ends up going right back into the economy (and therefore the state's coffers) in all the little ways from spending more on goods and services and reduced poverty (and ergo less crime), and usefully spread over a very large area. we should really be passing like a 100s billion $ projects to build state wind farms (and take over pg&e), state fiber internet provider and run fiber everywhere, calhousing authority and have state build complexes, etc.
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# ? Nov 2, 2018 23:42 |
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But you don't understand, the bullet train has to slow down on cities.
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 03:39 |
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our economic overlords are not interested in a robust and functioning economy. what they want is feudalism
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 05:49 |
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Re: Train stops to nowhere. Wasn't Phoenix a train stop in the middle of nothing when it started? And look at it now.
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 07:08 |
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Or for that matter, Atlanta
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 07:36 |
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Aeka 2.0 posted:Re: Train stops to nowhere. Wasn't Phoenix a train stop in the middle of nothing when it started? And look at it now. A crime against god and man?
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 08:31 |
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The devil's rear end in a top hat?
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 14:21 |
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Aeka 2.0 posted:Re: Train stops to nowhere. Wasn't Phoenix a train stop in the middle of nothing when it started? And look at it now. In hindsight, they shouldn't have built a station there.
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 15:03 |
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Consider the bustling metropolis of Coalinga.
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 15:12 |
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remember four years ago when lex luthor ran for governor as a republican and cut an ad where he smashed a toy train with a lumberjack's axe
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 16:36 |
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Any links to a good rundown on candidates? I'm currently stuck on Hernandez and Kounalakis. My gut says stay away from Kounalakis because of the real estate dad thing.
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 17:38 |
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Yeah, the DSALA voting guide says Hernandez.
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 18:07 |
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Aeka 2.0 posted:Any links to a good rundown on candidates? I'm currently stuck on Hernandez and Kounalakis. My gut says stay away from Kounalakis because of the real estate dad thing. The hosts of “LA Podcast”, a weekly Los Angeles local politics podcast, put together an entertaining voter guide with a run down of all the candidates. It’s pretty spot on. Tacier fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Nov 3, 2018 |
# ? Nov 3, 2018 19:27 |
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Aeka 2.0 posted:Any links to a good rundown on candidates? I'm currently stuck on Hernandez and Kounalakis. My gut says stay away from Kounalakis because of the real estate dad thing. League of Pissed off Voters gave a good explanation of their reasoning: http://www.theleaguesf.org/voter_guides#lite-gov quote:Lieutenant Governor: Ed Hernandez 💩😕💩
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# ? Nov 3, 2018 20:59 |
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Any good judicial voting guides? DSA-LA had a basic “which governor chose which judge” kind of deal, but I’m in the 1st appellate district so different judges.m Edit: ^ actually LOPO Voters had something that seems about as qualified as you can get for local judges (looked at conservative blogs and chose the opposite) so there you go. idiotsavant fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Nov 3, 2018 |
# ? Nov 3, 2018 21:06 |
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Midterm question: I mailed in my ballot last week, but my county website still isn't showing it as received or accepted. If it's still not processed when Tuesday rolls around, can I stop by a voting booth and cast some type of provisional/backup ballot, in case my mail in one is lost? Edit: I'm slightly concerned cause I accidentally signed the authorized returner section in the top left of the envelope, not realizing that was only necessary if someone other than yourself were dropping off the ballot. This isn't Georgia, so I wouldn't think that would cause them to reject my ballot, but still I'd like confirmation it was accepted. Euphoriaphone fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Nov 3, 2018 |
# ? Nov 3, 2018 22:13 |
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Riverside County rejected my ballot because my ballot signature didn’t match my drivers license signature from like 20 years ago so anything is possible.
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# ? Nov 4, 2018 05:58 |
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https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1059211815723372545 turns out not campaigning is a pretty good strategy
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 04:24 |
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Shear Modulus posted:https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1059211815723372545
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 04:27 |
Leperflesh posted:We'll fund it with a new tax on groundwater extraction, which will coincidentally create a mandate for state-monitored metering of all groundwater extraction for agricultural use; and another new tax on alfalfa and nut tree cultivation. I like where this is going (specifically: traintown)
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 19:54 |
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https://twitter.com/JanzforCongress/status/1059511620362108928
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 20:26 |
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Where is everyone planning on getting their results from? Any particular website better than others?
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 20:57 |
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Zuul the Cat posted:Where is everyone planning on getting their results from? Any particular website better than others? I plan on getting my results from the bottom of a whiskey bottle. I know election results are down there, I just need to get rid of all that dark fluid for them to reveal themselves to me.
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 21:02 |
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I mostly go straight to the source: https://vote.sos.ca.gov/ and my County Clerk-Recorder's results page. Then probably 538 and/or the Needle of Doom for non-California races.
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 21:05 |
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Huffington post is going to have a thing tracking the results, i was gonna use that.
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 21:23 |
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There's a TV/IV thread in CSPAM that I'll follow if I follow at all.
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 22:00 |
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My ballot was counted in Santa Clara despite having a different signature than my idiot 16-year-old self.
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 22:09 |
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Euphoriaphone posted:Midterm question: I mailed in my ballot last week, but my county website still isn't showing it as received or accepted. If it's still not processed when Tuesday rolls around, can I stop by a voting booth and cast some type of provisional/backup ballot, in case my mail in one is lost? Wait I thought we were all being paid for voting multiple times
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 22:12 |
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:My ballot was counted in Santa Clara despite having a different signature than my idiot 16-year-old self. do you have an ethnic or black looking name or more of a WASPy kind of name
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 22:13 |
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I'm going to wait till Wednesday.
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 22:17 |
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Anyone have a link to any reliable polling on Prop 6 and 8? Depending on which newspaper I am reading online Prop 6 is either dead in the water or surging ahead in the polls.
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# ? Nov 5, 2018 22:35 |