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Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

https://twitter.com/IdahoBones/status/1299471929909411843

(Because Democrats are worthless)

# ¿ Aug 29, 2020 19:59

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 19:12

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Doc Hawkins posted:

literally unbelievable

https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1304503083968331776

someone really ought to do something. great photo btw. so, what do you do for a living?

Digging the jacket, though.

# ¿ Sep 12, 2020 03:16

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

The Glumslinger posted:

PG&E is gonna shutoff power to half a million people on Sunday

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lafayette-Orinda-Moraga-brace-for-PG-E-outages-15670411.php

Does someone have links handy regarding PG&E pocketing funds for safety and just paying out executives? I want something on hand for some of the common arguments from conservatives (e.g., PG&E is being prevented from clearing brush, etc.).

# ¿ Oct 24, 2020 03:59

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

The Glumslinger posted:

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-diverted-safety-money-for-profit-bonuses-2500175.php

From when their overpressurized gas lines exploded in San Bruno

Excellent thank you. My google skills apparently leave much to be desired.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2020 04:29

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Jerry Brown with the moon behind him on the 50.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2020 06:17

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

How about SF Democrats decide to let people live their lives and focus on more important things, christ.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2020 02:39

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

John Chiang could probably use a job. :v:

# ¿ Dec 5, 2020 16:20

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Final Fantasy Football posted:

So that means potentially Newsom gets three appointments (assuming he appoints Padilla) - a senator, State AG, and Sec of State.

"I am California." - Newsom in like 3 months or so

# ¿ Dec 7, 2020 02:29

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

DeadlyMuffin posted:

At least you didn't replace the "l"s with "r"s I guess.

Oddly enough I read that in Borat voice.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2020 04:17

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

DukeDuke posted:

https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1341444613689753609?s=21

In response to being passed over for the Senate seat, London Breed's strategy apparently is to whine: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/art...medium=referral

Webpage is ad heavy, so:

quote:

San Francisco Mayor London Breed does not approve of California Secretary of State Alex Padilla's appointment to the United States Senate seat currently held by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

During a virtual press conference Tuesday a couple hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the appointment, Breed called it an "unfortunate situation," hoping to see a Black woman appointed to replace Harris.

"The sad reality is [Harris] was the only African American woman in the Senate at this time, and when you think about the history of this country and the challenges that exist for African Americans especially ... this is a real blow to the African American community, to African American women, to women in general," Breed said. "I think it�s really challenging to put it in words."

Breed was apparently taken aback by the pick despite Padilla being the reported front-runner for quite some time.

"It was definitely a surprise and it's an unfortunate situation as we are trying to move this country forward in making sure that Black lives truly matter and that African Americans have a seat at the table, especially African American women," she said.

Breed's remarks are similar to those made by former S.F. Mayor Willie Brown, who had called for Newsom to appoint one of Reps. Barbara Lee or Karen Bass. Brown previously declared, "There's no way that Gavin Newsom should allow anyone other than a Black woman to fill the seat of Harris," and, "Racial minorities should know they should not try to fill each other's vacancies."

After Tuesday's announcement, both Lee and Bass were gracious and congratulated Padilla, who will become the state's first Latino senator.

"I congratulate Secretary of State @AlexPadilla4CA on his historic appointment to fill VP-elect @KamalaHarris�s seat in the United States Senate," Lee tweeted. "[Padilla] has a track record as a skilled legislator and a steadfast advocate for justice, and I believe he will be a powerful voice in the Senate for those who continue to be denied our country's promise of equality. I look forward to working with him on behalf of all Californians to address the economic and public health crises we are facing, and to create a brighter future for our state and for communities across the country."

"I want to congratulate Alex Padilla -- someone I've known dating back to when he served our city as the youngest-ever President of the Los Angeles City Council," wrote Bass. "... Today, our state gains yet another champion following a distinguished line of individuals who have shattered glass ceilings and hurdled obstacles in their way. After then-Senator Harris�s historic election in 2016 as the first woman of color to represent California, we now have another historic barrier shattered as Alex will be the first Latino to serve California in the United States Senate."

# ¿ Dec 23, 2020 03:30

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Arsenic Lupin posted:

It's also why BART doesn't go down the Peninsula IIRC.

Isn't that also why it doesn't go into Marin County?

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 23:11

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Should have voted for John Chiang, California!

# ¿ Jan 12, 2021 17:35

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Newsom probably could have added a bit of goodwill from the electorate too if he followed his own COVID-19 guidelines.

Imagine how much better it would have been if California had a governor following the same social distancing and isolation rules as everyone. Could even do a new personal youtube video every day to speak to regular Joe Californians and record his slow descent into madness until the loneliness overtakes him completely.

Instead though we got the French Laundry thing.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2021 03:11

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Eric Cantonese posted:

My Youtube feed is infested with "Why I'm leaving California!" videos due to going down the financial Youtube rabbit hole. What's the coverage like in California over people moving out?

And are the people leaving more likely to be voting Red or Blue? Something tells me it's the former.

As a percentage of the population, the number of people leaving California for other states like Texas is negligible (though this isn't really here or there, see below) . As for voting preferences, it probably depends on why they're moving (job making them relocate vs. moving because they don't feel like paying income taxes).

The bigger question is how much this will end up impacting the economy because population growth is slowing, but I think the reason for it is pretty simple-- housing is expensive. Sure, eggs are a bit more expensive in California, and gas prices suck, but the absolutely gargantuan housing prices are the biggest problem. I don't know how it's really being covered in California though, but I can tell you that I hear about it plenty in Texas because Greg Abbott can't shut the gently caress up about it.

The reasons that these companies say they are moving though (horrible socialist California policies or whatever) are a complete joke though. Companies in developed social democracies do fine. It's just a race to the bottom and the country will ultimately be worse off for it, IMO.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2021 04:20

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

What folks in other states don't seem to grasp when they talk about about 100,000 Californians (or whatever number) moving out of the state is that the population of California is 40 million. Not 11 million (Georgia), 8 million (Washington), 6 million (Colorado), 7.5 million (Arizona), 22 million (Florida), or even 29 million (Texas). Forty million.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2021 04:26

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

CopperHound posted:

Okay, I looked up the top two primary act. It doesn't apply to governor.

I like that Laryy Flynt was listed as a Publisher.

Yeah, we didn't get the jungle primary until after Schwarzenegger was governor. Our current jungle primary system was the result of a compromise to get a single Republican state legislator on board with some budget bill, otherwise the Dems couldn't pass anything.

The Republican dude (Abel Maldonado) was super passionate about jungle primary systems apparently that that was his big requirement for the deal.

EDIT: To clarify, his requirement was that the state legislature submit it as a ballot proposition to be voted on.

Bizarro Watt fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Jan 27, 2021

# ¿ Jan 27, 2021 15:24

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Sydin posted:

Arnold sucked and tried to do poo poo like force Chiang to severely cut the pay of state workers for the duration that the legislature refused to agree to his lovely budget that would have functionally defunded our school system. Just because he's one of the less crazy Republicans now doesn't mean he is or ever was good policy-wise.

He also wanted to sell off certain state parks/lands for temporary fixes to the budget, iirc.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2021 23:04

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article248775710.html
California would ban bear hunting under new legislation, even as wild population rebounds

I guess this is what San Francisco Democrats like Wiener do instead of working on housing.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2021 03:33

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Hunting is actually good and there is no real scientific justification for hunting bears. It's dumb. But a good distraction.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2021 03:40

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Well that's embarrassing. I must've gotten Wiener mixed up with someone else. :thunk:

I maintain the bill is still pointless, however.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2021 15:10

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Rah! posted:

not sure why bizarro watt has a problem with this:

https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article248775710.html

I've been unnecessarily flippant so far, but essentially I don't think there's adequate enough reason for instituting this ban other than "I don't like sport hunting"-- and the article you linked mentions that the hunting quota never comes close to being met anyway, unless there's a lot of poaching going on. So it's not a conservation issue.

That said, I'm not one of those that is decrying the loss of "hunter's rights" I see from conservative people I know. Hunters don't have rights, they have privileges, and this is one I don't see adequate enough justification for removing.

Rah! posted:

leave the bears alone u hairless ape freak

Making a bold assumption there.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2021 19:06

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

withak posted:

What the bay area used to look like before climate change.

As a kid in the 90s I remember the near constant rain we would get each Dec - Feb in my part of California. Not so much anymore. :smith:

# ¿ Feb 7, 2021 20:36

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

FilthyImp posted:

I feel like all the out of states do that dumb gender reveal shot.

Ah, Texas. Famous for its temperate climate and even more well-tempered denizes and natural beauty such as... uh....

As mentioned, Texas has multiple different climates (all hot, though). And the geography of the state does lend itself to a lot of natural beauty, just different from the kind you get in California.

That said, a Texan very much hyped up on Texas tried telling me once that Big Bend National Park was better than Yosemite, and they even did it with a straight face.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2021 13:44

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

Shear Modulus posted:

that's just liberals in general

Yeah I got some bad news for the OP about Texas liberals, same poo poo.

And driving through Central Texas and seeing all the development going on with new big family homes taking up more space than they should, it definitely seems like history is repeating itself.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2021 17:57

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

https://twitter.com/charlottealter/status/1398305422528987141?s=21

# ¿ May 29, 2021 13:31

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 19:12

Bizarro Watt: May 30, 2010; My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

As others have stated, Arnold was pretty ho-hum overall, and the best that could be said about him was that there was a certain degree of sincerity to his approach of being a Republican governor, rather than purely cynical opportunism.

His fiscal policies were crap though, and at one point I think he talked publicly about selling off some state parks permanently as a fix to the budget woes of the time. He also tried to slash all state worker salaries to the federal minimum wage because a budget hadn't been passed as a way to pressure the legislature. John Chiang, the state controller at the time and in charge of the payments, told him to eat poo poo.

The best thing Arnold did was veto some random bill with a message that discreetly spelled out "gently caress YOU" to the state legislature. Or at least, you think it's cool until you find out he just did it as some petty move against a legislator that wouldn't let him into an event.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2021 03:26

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