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it's 2022 brother, ever since the BLM riots a couple years back, security/policing IS the pork barrel project.
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I just wanna know when CA is going to decide whether or not to double the refund for aluminum, because these bags of crushed cans are strangling my back yard.
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Apr 10, 2022 16:14
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If anything we're more likely to reduce it or get rid of it lol
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Larry Parrish posted:If anything we're more likely to reduce it or get rid of it lol Most of those stories concentrate on plastic iirc; I'm not sure if aluminum was heavily affected or not.
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Apr 10, 2022 21:07
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Aluminum recycling is profitable, so that actually gets done. Mostly because smelting new metal from bauxite is hideously energy intensive (about 3% of total worldwide electricity) Reprocessing scrap aluminum is cheaper than starting from ore
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Yeah, something massive like 70% of all aluminum ever smelted is still in circulation worldwide, a few percent lower in the US
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Apr 11, 2022 01:50
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You better believe my soda cans are the one thing I proudly chuck in the recycle bin every time
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Highbrow Slick posted:I just wanna know when CA is going to decide whether or not to double the refund for aluminum, because these bags of crushed cans are strangling my back yard. It's only been $0.05 since...the early 90s?
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assistant chief counsel of the department of fair housing and employment resigns over newsom interfering with their lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard and firing the chief counsel. Proctor said in the email to staff that in recent weeks, California Governor Gavin Newsom and his office “began to interfere” with the Activision suit. “The Office of the Governor repeatedly demanded advance notice of litigation strategy and of next steps in the litigation,” Proctor wrote in the email, which was seen by Bloomberg. “As we continued to win in state court, this interference increased, mimicking the interests of Activision’s counsel.”
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lmfao. acti-blizz execs really are part of the Hollywood rape elite, I guess. i remember my first thought when it dropped was nothing will happen like it usually doesn't for the big production companies. i guess Based Newsom is trying to make that a reality. what's with the media industry in this state and rape, they love it.
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Apr 14, 2022 03:08
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Doc Hawkins posted:assistant chief counsel of the department of fair housing and employment resigns over newsom interfering with their lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard and firing the chief counsel. Perhaps the assistant chief counsel of the department of fair housing and employment is simply making this up to uhhhh... Uhhh... Tarnish Newsom's stellar, spotless record, out of jealousy?
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Vox Nihili posted:Perhaps the assistant chief counsel of the department of fair housing and employment is simply making this up to uhhhh... 
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Apr 14, 2022 11:35
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Larry Parrish posted:lmfao. acti-blizz execs really are part of the Hollywood rape elite, I guess. i remember my first thought when it dropped was nothing will happen like it usually doesn't for the big production companies. i guess Based Newsom is trying to make that a reality. what's with the media industry in this state and rape, they love it. Activision-Blizzard is absolutely rife with spooks and lobbyists, of course they're part of the Hollywood rape elite.
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Cup Runneth Over posted:Activision-Blizzard is absolutely rife with spooks and lobbyists, of course they're part of the Hollywood rape elite. it's cool how every large corporation in this state finds the same type of freak to work for them. like maybe they're all like that across the country but it seems like we only get delusional tech CEOs who confuse internal reports with their own marketing and people who smoke adrenochrome that they personally harvested from homeless teenagers.
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Larry Parrish posted:it's cool how every large corporation in this state finds the same type of freak to work for them. like maybe they're all like that across the country but it seems like we only get delusional tech CEOs who confuse internal reports with their own marketing and people who smoke adrenochrome that they personally harvested from homeless teenagers. That's what the up and coming generation of the ruling class looks like, yes.
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Yes, DiFi is gaga, and no, nobody is going to do anything about it.quote:But Wednesday, two senators who have served with Feinstein for years said they believe she does not always fully recognize them. They said they get the sense that Feinstein realizes she knows them but isn’t able to quickly recall their name or home state. One Senate staffer said they’ve seen their boss on a few occasions greet Feinstein in hallways with a preemptive self-introduction.
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Doc Hawkins posted:assistant chief counsel of the department of fair housing and employment resigns over newsom interfering with their lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard and firing the chief counsel. On that note, here is a pretty good article about why Gavin will never become President https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Gavin-Newsom-needs-a-reality-check-17078264.php
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i really wish that pointless recall went through just to gently caress him over tbh
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Bodhidharma posted:On that note, here is a pretty good article about why Gavin will never become President Larry Parrish posted:i really wish that pointless recall went through just to gently caress him over tbh Alas, The Rock never ran, so we never got full scale entertainment in the recall election.
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BeAuMaN posted:He's still going to run though. yeah, he'll run, but I wouldn't be surprised if he couldn't even win the primary in california when he does I'd even toxx on it if we still allowed toxxes.
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Speaking of Newsom I checked out the primary candidates and lol. Dude's gonna coast to another easy W. Nobody else worth mentioning running as a D, the R's are all a bunch of failed idiot recall candidates with the only guy even approaching an existing profile in the state being Dahle, and then the usual mix of hopeless non-affiliated randos. Looks like Faulconer and Elder both declined to run, and I can't find any mention of Cox whatsoever so I assume he finally got embarrassed enough about how much of a sad sack he looked like pretending he was a viable candidate to bow out as well. I'm kinda surprised Elder isn't running again, even if doesn't have a shot in hell at actually winning the general he would have coasted to an easy primary victory on name recognition alone and could have milked the grift a bit more.
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Sydin posted:Nobody else worth mentioning running as a D Nobody actually willing to primary the sitting dem governor, in California? You don't say... Quick, someone find Kevin de Leon.
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:Nobody actually willing to primary the sitting dem governor, in California? You don't say...  Same reason no one broke rank during the recall. Sydin posted:I can't find any mention of Cox whatsoever so I assume he finally got embarrassed enough about how much of a sad sack he looked like pretending he was a viable candidate to bow out as well.  I'd vote for the bear.
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I want to see the bear in a debate with the other candidates. I bet it's got some strong opinions on environmental protections, trash cans, and any hidden snacks.
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jetz0r posted:I want to see the bear in a debate with the other candidates. 
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I forgot who was the one with the bear but I think that person should run again and have a bear cam or something, really lean into the gimmick.
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sb hermit posted:I forgot who was the one with the bear but I think that person should run again and have a bear cam or something, really lean into the gimmick. what kinda bear cam are we talkin here is it the sort with swanky sax music and leather
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:Nobody actually willing to primary the sitting dem governor, in California? You don't say... I mean, they should, cuz even if it pisses off the state and national party, nobody likes Newsom. Even people who aren't politics brained like us heard about him letting PG&E off the hook, and they are not happy about it.
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:what kinda bear cam are we talkin here Just a bear doing what a bear desires, unscripted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gMjJNGg9Z8
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sb hermit posted:I forgot who was the one with the bear but I think that person should run again and have a bear cam or something, really lean into the gimmick. It was Cox iirc and he got really mad people fixated on the bear. So I think the chances of him leaning into it are slim
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Cup Runneth Over posted:It was Cox iirc and he got really mad people fixated on the bear. So I think the chances of him leaning into it are slim 
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It feels like a given that Feinstein is going to retire after her current term ends this year. But.... but what if she decides to retire early and let Gavin select someone? Likely he'd choose one of his cronies, sure, but what would be a great choice to distract from his current woes and energize the populace enough to win re-election? The joke answer is schwarzenegger. Maybe Danny Devito except he's not retired yet. Maybe a state senator like Dave Min or a us rep like Katie Porter. But the true, out-of-left-field appointment would be gavin himself. Just drop the governorship and run for us senate so that he isn't in charge of statewide poo poo anymore.
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BeAuMaN posted:He's still going to run though. Absolutely. His ego is too big. He's wanted to be President since he was Mayor of SF and wants to follow in the footsteps of the Kennedy brothers, who he sees as political role models. There's still a small chance that he doesn't run. If Newsom recognizes that his odds of winning the Democratic primary are slim, then he might back off to spend time with his family. The guy has 4 young children that don't get to see him a whole lot. I also think being Governor during the pandemic has taken a whole lot out of him. A whole bunch of his staff who he hired on in his first year in office were really experienced working in DC, but many of them have already left the administration in the last year and a half to take jobs working for the Biden Administration.
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i bet the only thing about the pandemic that worried Newsom was being beaten to the punch about writing a book about how amazing you are at handling it before the first year was over. he certainly didn't seem to give a poo poo being caught violating his own quarantine orders over and over
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I don't think Feinstein is going to retire unless she is forced out.
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sb hermit posted:It feels like a given that Feinstein is going to retire after her current term ends this year. Her current term doesn't end till Jan. 2025. With any luck, she can be talked into stepping down before then, but the problem is that between the dementia and her ego she's convinced that she's A-OK.
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What's the system / process for someone else taking over making decisions when your brain is mush? Is it up to her husband or next living relative?
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Spouse, then Next of Kin unless someone has power of attorney that you handed them? In this case I guess her Chief of Staff and staffers are responsible for getting mushbrains to sign off on poo poo.
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A lot of states have adult protective service agencies & watchdogs; bank tellers, among others, are trained to recognize elder abuse & exploitation and encouraged, if not mandated, to call APS. I wonder if her staffers have been tempted to call APS at times, except it's hard to say that she's being exploited rather than being the one doing the exploiting.
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droll posted:What's the system / process for someone else taking over making decisions when your brain is mush? Is it up to her husband or next living relative? Nobody in Feinstein's family is going to take DiFi to court for a legal conservatorship, (A) because Britney's imprisonment is fresh on everybody's mind (B) because she's well enough that she might not be judged incompetent (C) because of family shame and infighting. The only way to get her out is a recall (yeah, right), or the Senate voting to expel her, which won't happen. For one thing, too many other gaga Senators' staffs wouldn't support it. e: Also, her husband died this year.
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