Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle At The Door

On 1/10/25 18:05, Cryptoengineer wrote:

On 1/10/2025 8:44 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 1/10/2025 5:15 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:

On 1/10/2025 4:04 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:

On 1/9/2025 4:57 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 1/9/25 12:21, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 1/8/2025 5:52 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 1/8/25 14:11, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:

Pearls Before Swine: Uncle At The Door
      https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/01/08
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I figure before this nightmare is over, they will come for all of our

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It's your fault.   Voting for for the spend and no tax republicans.
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One should reduce spending - before - reducing the income.  Any
rational
non-republican recognizes that.   The "starve the beast" idiom is
stupid
GOP thinking that obviously hasn't been effective.

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       MAGA voted for the billionaires pal. He is such a good pal that
he cut taxes before on the most well off to move the burden of the
nation's wars and disasters to the less well off. He intends to
continue this inflationary policy until he stops breathing.
       People believed him when he said he would cut the cost of
the groceries but as soon he could he gave an interview and said
it was impossible. We controlled prices during WW II so it is not
impossible. We have several wars going on right now the most meanful
is to reduce carbon dioxide output from human activities so the
War On Climate Change might make rationing and price controls
rational again.
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       bliss - the hobbler

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Hey Bobbie,
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Got water in your fire hydrants ?
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Lynn
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       I live in San Francisco not the City of the Angels.
Since the Fire and Quake in 1906, Water for the Hydrants
has been a big item.
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       Remember when thinking of Los Angeles that the
Devils and Demons are all fallen angels. There are books
and Movies that relate the way LA got its water and now
it is attempting to drain the rivers of Northern California.
Look up Delta Project in the Central Valley of California.
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       bliss - the hobbler

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I know this, you have typed about the SF library several times.
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If LA has dropped their water sources, can San Fransisco be far behind ?

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The only problem with your question is that the first part isn't
even partly true; therefore the second part is completely irrelevent.

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https://fakenews.com/jenvanlaar/2025/01/10/bombshell-key-reservoir- was-empty-when-palisades-fire-started-contributed-to-loss-of-homes- and-life-n2184190

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You really need to find more reliable sources.

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-10/as-flames-raged- in- palisades-a-key-reservoir-nearby-was-offline
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Lynn
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 The story's true - I saw it from other sources too. Why you chose to
point us at a garbage source to start, I don't know.
The reservoir was down for quite some time to repair rips in its cover.
 Would it have made a difference? We're certainly going to see analysis
of this in the coming months, as politicians move into the
finger-pointing phase.
 The impression I get is that it would have helped, but not hugely. It
could have feed some more water to the tanks that pressurized the
hydrants, but probably not fast enough to keep the highest ones running.
 The system simply wasn't sized to deal with this big and widespread a
fire - it would have been fine if a few streets were involved but not
30 square miles of houses. The problem was compounded by the high
winds, which not only spread the fire, but also grounded air tankers.
 pt

The real problem originated last year when after two years
of heavier than normal rain no fuel clearance was done by the
County and the State on the coastal range behind the LA basin.
As was pointed out today by the Mayor of LA, the Fire Department
is much smaller than the City requires but has not been dealt
with for many years while the City of Los Angeles has grown both
in population and area. Who resists paying property taxes to
the City for vital services?  I dunno but the original property
tax reduction done some years ago benefitted big business though
it was touted as a benefit to old retired folks. That was I believe
Proposition 13.  Well I don't have to believe it I have the
WWW and it tells me that in 1978.

Proposition 13 is an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978, by means of the initiative process, to cap property taxes and limit property reassessments to when the property changes ownership, and to require a 2/3 majority for tax increases in the state legislature.

So the rich profitted immensely and the old folks without
county services paid for by property taxes soon lost any benefit.
Not only the retired but the young suffered as programs like
Physical Education and Art including Music were cut back to what
the parents could afford. I think that is when Civics education
was cut.
I think San Francisco voted solidly against this measure
but the rest of the state was not so well informed as to the
consequences. Cutting schooling is like a cutting the throat
of the future. It certainly is a way to hobble young minds.
bliss - hobble, hobble, my ankle is broken but not
my spirit.