morekaos
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…and yet…they doHow can the nation feel safer with a president who says he can do whatever he wants?







…and yet…they doHow can the nation feel safer with a president who says he can do whatever he wants?
I’ve mentioned this anecdote before but worth repeating: in the early 90s I played a lot of hoops at Heritage Park, evenings and weekends. Incredible hoops scene - best I’ve ever experienced. Lots of brothers. One Saturday the crowd got huge, with girlfriends and drinking etc. The next morning when I went to the courts Irvine PD was at the parking entrance , checking IDs to restrict usage to Irvine residents. Not sure that was legal but the scene totally changed, for the worse.Irvine has had a fascist police force going back to the 90's. Driving while brown was a very real crime. And being Asian while attending UCI was cause for harassment.
Now there are so many Asians living in Irvine the police have had to back off on racial profiling, but the "America's Safest City" accolades over recent decades were due to these policies.
So it's not fascism because Irvine manipulates statistics and the public's perception?I thought the safest city designation was from lack of crime reporting. It definitely wasn’t from police carrying military grade weapons standing outside Costco and walking through strip malls with assault rifles.
What did you say before when the stock market initially tanked?But, but, but…50 Nobel prize winning economists signed a letter telling us that Trump would tank the economy…
U.S. economy expanded 3.3% in Q2, with growth even stronger than initially
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/us-economy-grew-3point3percent-in-q2-growth-was-stronger-than-initially-thought.html?__source=iosappshare|com.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard
- Gross domestic product rose at a 3.3% annualized pace in the April-through-June period, the Commerce Department reported.
- The reading was better than the initial 3.0% estimate as well as the 3.1% Dow Jones consensus forecast, as consumer spending helped push the number higher.
I am enjoying the Newsom/Trump Troll War.So we have:
Tariff War
Disaster Support War
ICE War
Redistricting War
How many wars is this president going to start? This is going to lead to:
Pretty sure I said I was selling and it was going to adjust to reflect the realization that Biden economy sucked. When it hit bottom in march/April I told you to load up…not cherry picking but pretty perfect timing. My clients will tell you soWhat did you say before when the stock market initially tanked?
Timeline cherry picking babeeeee!
IHO believes you should buy stock if you can afford it because your losses will be healed over time.…not cherry picking but pretty perfect timing
Are you still hurt? Just let go!!!!!IHO believes you should buy stock if you can afford it because your losses will be healed over time.
Stop acting like you don't know what I mean. Trump said it was Biden's stock market when it was down and then it was Trump's when it was up. The effects of tariffs is going to take more than 8 months... and maybe you're right... but if any of your clients are in the import business (or rely on imports), it does have an effect (ask zubs).Pretty sure I said I was selling and it was going to adjust to reflect the realization that Biden economy sucked. When it hit bottom in march/April I told you to load up…not cherry picking but pretty perfect timing. My clients will tell you so![]()
It’s the Kaos era!!But it's okay... tariffs, illegal arrests, militarization... it's the chaos era!!
Some day some study will show that McDonalds and KFC were superfoods that everyone should have been eating and that kale causes cancer…Objectively, these reports of Trump's health are malarky. Well.. other than dementia and delusions of grandeur... his physical health seems pretty good for a guy of his age/shape. All these "Oh look at the bruises and swelling" stuff is so dumb.
And Vance would probably be a step down (although he did impress me with his debate performance).
The stench of desperation hangs thick in the airObjectively, these reports of Trump's health are malarky. Well.. other than dementia and delusions of grandeur... his physical health seems pretty good for a guy of his age/shape. All these "Oh look at the bruises and swelling" stuff is so dumb.
And Vance would probably be a step down (although he did impress me with his debate performance).
Where the rubber (or bodies) meets the road…not some BS statistics but real dead bodies…Pritzker, “Remain calm…all is well!!”From GPT:
If you want the clearest, nonpartisan, data-driven evidence that crime is down, the best sources are the ones that collect or analyze crime statistics without political framing. Here are the top options:
1. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
2. Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ)
- The FBI is the official federal repository for crime data.
- Their 2024 Annual Report showed:
- Violent crime down 4.5%
- Murder down 14.9%
- Robbery down 8.9%
- Property crime at its lowest since 1961
- This is as close as it gets to nonpartisan, authoritative data.
FBI – 2024 Crime Statistics
3. NORC at the University of Chicago (Independent Research Group)
- A bipartisan think tank made up of criminologists, former law enforcement leaders, and policy experts.
- Their Mid-Year 2025 Update (tracking 42 major cities) found:
- Homicides down 17% vs 2024
- Gun assaults down 21%
- Carjackings down 24%
- Most categories of crime below pre-pandemic 2019 levels
- Widely respected by both Republicans and Democrats.
Council on Criminal Justice – Crime Trends 2025
- Runs a Live Crime Tracker, updating continuously with police department data.
- Their 2024 analysis showed:
- Homicide down 20.9%
- Auto theft down 18.6%
- Burglary down 16.8%
- NORC is nonpartisan and highly trusted in data collection.
NORC Live Crime Tracker
Even Repulicans recognize the drop.
Maybe it's not accurate but 3 different sources state the same trend so not sure it's "total BS".
The bigger concern is autonomy of city, state, fed (ironic because that was partly the concern of the 2nd Amendment long ago).
I have a friend who is also very red and he doesn't think this is a big deal either... unless a Democrat does it.![]()