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Are you saying there should be no teachers, home health aides, social workers, or other workers to care for children, the disabled, and the elderly?

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Are these really the examples you used as to why we shouldn’t make massive cuts? :lol:

Our public education system is god awful. We’ve got kids graduating high school with a 3.0+ GPA and can’t even read what’s on the diploma. The decline of our public education starting with the creation of the Dept of Education. Hell, charter schools get some public funding but a lot of their $$$ comes from donations and grants from the private sector and scores show they are better then public schools.

Home health is horrible and lots of abuse goes on, if they even show up at all. My mom helps out a family friend who is disabled and the wife has Alzheimer’s. It’s a horrible situation. They go thru at least 10 aides a year. They don’t show up, steal from them with zero remorse or flat out will refuse to do their job. In the last 6-8 years, only 1 aide has been worth what they are getting paid. And she left to go to the private sector since it’s better run, surrounded by better co-workers and better pay.

And what have we been told to do the last few decades regarding the short comings of public services like these? They are underfunded and need more $$$. So they get more $$$ and absolutely nothing has changed and I’d argue they have gotten even worse. At some point, basic economics comes into to play. You want to keep your job? Provide value, show you are worth it. These services fail to do that and do not care about the quality of work done.

If these people are actually good at their job, they will have no problem getting hired. There is a HUGE need for good teachers, home health aides, etc. But most are absolutely horrible and do not give a shite at all and just leeching off the govt.

Such a joke…

People at the highest level of govt were “tricked” due to bad data.

All you had to do was make a normal grocery run to figure it out. Very few employees, prices absurdly high and quality way down.

But we were told the economy was thriving under Biden the entire time and we were wrong. 4 years of that shite isn’t a “trick”, it was another intentional feature.

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You’re a stupid count, this exact same rationale would then apply to the Louisiana leadership and their failure to secure the new years event from vehicles driving down streets full of people.

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Yes it would. And yes it does. I say that as someone born and raised in Louisiana and lived there most my life.

Do I blame the Cali / Louisiana govt for these catastrophic events happening? Not at all. Can’t prevent forest fires in California or a terrorist with a car on New Year’s Eve from causing carnage. And in the New Orleans attack, I applaud the first responders / police on bourbon st. Those cops heard it and immediately ran to the danger. Pretty awesome.

But, the lack of preventative measures and response (Cali) to reduce the amount of damage from said catastrophes? Local and state leaders of both states absolutely are responsible.

Would the concrete barriers on Bourbon St have prevented the attack from happening? Maybe. Could have deterred the terrorists from doing it at all. Worst case scenario, it forces him to get out the car and just start firing on foot if he decided to still do it. Which would have resulted in less death. That’s on the govt leaders.

California is always at the top of the list for wildfires. Everyone knows this. It’s a tinderbox and always has been. It is absolutely insane that they don’t use basic preventative measures like brush and undergrowth clearing or controlled burns. Especially around populated areas. It’s also insane that they have budget cuts for fire departments knowing wildfires are their biggest risk in terms of natural disaster and have unqualified people making those decisions. And to make it even worse… SOME AREAS FIRE HYDRANTS ARE DRY AND ITS AN OCEANFRONT CITY. Fresh water has always been an issue in Cali due to the climate. But if you KNOW wildfires are your biggest risk for natural disaster, have an emergency plan in place to pull water from any source to help combat them.

These simple measures wouldn’t prevent forest fires. They 100% would still happen. But the biggest issue with these forest fires is 0 containment. All the above + having and executing emergency plans would help massively with containment, resulting in less catastrophic loss. And that is 100% on the clowns in leadership over there.

Imagine if the govt stopped maintaining levees / pumps in NOLA and south LA on the river ? We know what the result would eventually be. That’s what Cali officials / policy have done. 0 preventative measures and no emergency plan in place when shite hits the fan. And that’s on them.

Safety is by far the biggest weakness we have on this team and is the biggest reason we got shredded vs Bama.

Bama did exactly what it would do if I was going against lsu d. Force the safeties to play disciplined with good angles and open field tackling. And they failed massively. Bama didn’t do anything wild from a schematic standpoint. It was more like a high school game plan. RPOs, QB runs, and lots of quick screens / bubbles. Which takes our DL, pass rush and Weeks out of the game.

They didn’t attack our CBs at all. Strictly forced our safeties to play smart and disciplined and tackle in the open field. And they had no chance.

It’s the worst trio of safeties I have ever seen at lsu. Give someone a shot, doesn’t matter who they are. Just see what someone else can do.

Completely agree. Tall, rangy, and a freakishly fluid athlete. Kid can be a real impact player for us and a matchup nightmare.

Only issue is Green and 88 are not blockers at all. But I have no problem using Green in the slot instead of a WR on those seam and post patterns.

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Looks to me like he was surprised to see someone or wasn’t sure and picked up his head to look. Maybe he wasn’t sure if it was someone just climbing on the roof to see better. Who knows.

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My initial thought as well. Still a mistake and a bad look.

I want to know who in the SS planned the security for this event. Everyone inside the actual rally had to go through security with metal detectors and wands and have bags checked. Looking at the aerial image, that building is clearly the 1 that provides a clear shot at a simple distance that was outside the rally perimeter. Easily top spot to do this. Why didn’t the SS put someone there or at the very least guard it?

And we’ve all seen the video of the redhead guy saying he told police there was someone on the roof with a rifle and was watching him for a few minutes. Who got that info and where did it go?

Massive failure for the SS and police doing the security.

And now the freaking fbi gets to do the investigation :banghead:

DJ Shipley episode was great in terms of being a badass DEVGRU operator. His episode was the first one I watched and was absolutely hooked.

Chris VanSant episodes were awesome. Think there are 2 parts to it. He was part of the initial Iraqi Invasion, part of the Saddam capture, and then took out a lottttt of high value targets. Very cool episodes considering he was part of a lot of historic ops.

Sarah Adams episodes are great too. Think there are 3 now. She was a CIA targeter, part of the Benghazi team, and knows a shite ton of what’s going on in the Middle East now.

Lots of good guests on Shawn Ryan Show that sent me down rabbit holes on different things. Enjoy.

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Basically, Corporations are using increasing costs of materials, components and labor as excuses to increase their prices even higher, resulting in bigger profits.

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1 of the dumbest things I’ve ever read.

If the costs of goods / materials / labor goes up and the corps don’t increase the price, the only other option would be to lay off a huge percentage of their workforce. During extreme inflation and shite housing market and economy. You do realize this right?

And if this “administration” really gave a frick about inflation, they would have changed their tune on the oil and gas industry and wouldn’t be sending billions and billions of taxpayer $$$ to fricking Ukraine… all while bacon costs us $15 and the average family home is unaffordable for the average family.

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"Canadians have the right to feel safe in their homes

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How is this supposed to make them feel safe?

Having a firearm and knowing the proper way to handle them would make them feel safe in their homes. Preventing law abiding citizens from being able to purchase said firearms should make them feel unsafe. Now you gotta rely on the Mounties / wait for them to get there if something bad does happen.

What’s that saying… only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is having a good guy with a gun…