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mac
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| techno900 wrote: | | mac wrote: | | Bathe his brain in paranoia Techno has once again ignored the fact that property crime is down, not up. |
Of course, when stores don't report the thefts because the the police won't do anything, the stats likely get swayed. |
Now you’re just making shit up. Like buggy whip, you’re not man enough to admit you were wrong. |
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mac
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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It is amusing to watch the backflips that Techno--and the media--perform to complain about a relatively minor crime that is almost impossible to solve. But the GOP stands united to make sure that no resources are devoted to a much more expensive crime--cheating on your taxes. Here are a few inconvenient facts, which Techno will ignore, or doubt, because he is incapable of either research or thinking for himself.
| Quote: | • Inventory shrink cost the US retail industry $46.8 billion. (Source: NRF Survey)
• Organized Retail Crime (ORC) costs the retail industry approximately $30 billion each year. (Source: NRF) |
Source: https://www.facefirst.com/blog/retail-loss-prevention-and-violent-crime-statistics/ (this outfit is trying to sell you face recognition gear.)
California is far from the top in larceny per state; Louisiana is by far the most larceny ridden state.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/232583/larceny-theft-rate-in-the-us-by-state/
I'm not trivializing the impact on retail businesses--they are responding by securing inventory where that makes sense, and by insurance. But as a surreptitious crime, it is hard to detect, low on the priority for response by a uniformed officer, and hard to clear. All larceny only clears at 30%, I would venture that shoplifting is lower than that.
These are generally crimes perpetrated by poor, and often damaged people.
But we don't hear anything from the right on cheating on your income taxes.
| Quote: | • April 13, 2021
The United States is losing approximately $1 trillion in unpaid taxes every year, Charles Rettig, the Internal Revenue Service commissioner, estimated on Tuesday, arguing that the agency lacks the resources to catch tax cheats. |
Like I said, Techno is not man enough to admit he was wrong. Or to think about what crimes should actually get attention. |
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techno900
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| It's so simple - When crime is ignored by the authorities, it escalates. If California thinks that petty larceny is no big deal and there is justification to ignore it, fine with me. That's why Calif is nutty. |
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coachg
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:28 am Post subject: |
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| techno900 wrote: | | It's so simple - When crime is ignored by the authorities, it escalates. If California thinks that petty larceny is no big deal and there is justification to ignore it, fine with me. That's why Calif is nutty. |
Our authorities ignore petty larceny in our state while your authorities ignore racism in your state. We all have to choose the problems we are willing to live with.
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mac
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| techno900 wrote: | | It's so simple - When crime is ignored by the authorities, it escalates. If California thinks that petty larceny is no big deal and there is justification to ignore it, fine with me. That's why Calif is nutty. |
Seldom in doubt, rarely correct. Like I said, not man enough to admit he was wrong. |
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swchandler
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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| techno900, what stands out to me is where you find your news. That tells a lot about a person and how they think. |
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mac
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Non-nutty California regulates oil companies--at last--leading to diversion attempts by buggy whip. Here's how deeply offended Richmond has become by the continuous whining of Chevron:
| Quote: | y SHOMIK MUKHERJEE | smukherjee@bayareanewsgroup.com |
PUBLISHED: July 30, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: July 30, 2021 at 6:05 a.m.
RICHMOND — With its towering smokestacks and earth-toned tanks, the Chevron Richmond Refinery occupies a 2,900-acre swath of land next to a very long wharf, where for decades it has produced the gasoline that fuels the auto industry and provided high-paying jobs to more than 1,200 local residents.
But to many of the thousands of people who live within its shadows, the refinery is more reviled than respected. They say it spews hazardous pollutants into the air, which researchers attribute to an asthma rate that is two times higher in Richmond than surrounding cities. And over its century-long presence, it has been the scene of numerous explosions and fires.
So when Chevron cried foul after the Bay Area Air Quality Management District voted 19-3 last week to make it and the PBF Energy refinery in Martinez install “wet gas scrubbers” to drastically reduce particulate emissions, local residents and even the city’s mayor didn’t want to hear it.
“They always whine,” Mayor Tom Butt said. “Whenever something like this is imposed on them, they say they’re going to leave Richmond. Who knows, we’ll see — but I don’t think so.”
Chevron officials say they’ve already finished a refinery modernization project that reduced particulate matter by 25% and the costs associated with wet gas scrubbers would devastate their operations.
The scrubbers would cost about $1.48 billion to buy and install, much more than the $241 million to $579 million estimated by district staff, according to Chevron officials, who said they’re exploring legal options.
Sean Woods, an El Sobrante resident who has worked in Richmond for years, isn’t sympathetic. He says Chevron’s costs are irrelevant compared to the number of lives that could be saved by reducing pollution.
“People are having kids, and they’re coming up with bad breathing problems,” Woods said earlier this week as he was providing free cellphones to homeless people near the BART station on Nevin Avenue. “That’s out of line.”
Besides Chevron and PBF Energy, those who also worry about the additional costs are the refineries’ union workers, some of whom urged the air quality board to not require the scrubbers. The workers said they feared getting laid off to make up for the expense of installing the equipment.
But one Richmond resident who previously worked at the Chevron refinery said he doesn’t believe that will happen.
“Chevron? Come on, they’ve got too much money,” Michael Scott said outside a Point Richmond restaurant. Scott, whose old job was to chip residual crude oil from storage tanks, applauded the air quality board’s decision. “It’d be great if they can cut the air pollution — we’ve got a lot of young people here, and we need to keep the next generation popping — but they ain’t laying nobody off.”
Until the scrubbers are installed, particulates will continue to be emitted into the air by the refineries’ fluid catalytic cracking units, which play a crucial role in converting crude oil to gas and other fuels.
Before the district board met last week, Chevron released a 98-page letter saying the scrubbers are too expensive and that by tweaking the refinery’s existing air control devices it could reduce pollutants by 45%. The district’s goal is a 72% reduction.
The way some Richmond residents see it, however, the issue runs deeper than percentages.
RICHMOND, CA – JULY 28: Charles Simmons also known as “Cowboy” speaks to this newspaper about the air quality near the Chevron refinery in Richmond, Calif., on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)
Standing outside a T-Mobile store, longtime city resident Greg McClain said it was no coincidence that central Richmond — the “inner city” — is where pollutants blown by southerly winds regularly end up.
“It’s easy to release it on us — they’re releasing it on Black people,” McClain said. “Wherever the owners of Chevron are at, they’re nowhere around here. They make sure they’re far, far away.”
The city has twice the state’s asthma rate, according to a UCSF study, which previously estimated that 11 people die prematurely each year from air pollution caused by the city’s refinery.
Throughout the years, the refinery has been the scene of explosions and fires, including one in 2012 that resulted in Chevron paying $2 million in fines and restitution after six employees suffered burns.
Charles Simmons, another longtime Richmond resident, said that while the refinery’s “hiccups” are what usually make headlines, the real harm comes in residents having to breathe “Chevron-conditioned air,” which he said has given him and his children asthma.
“Inside of us, I’ll bet you we look like a bouquet of chemicals,” Simmons said as he stood inside a Walgreens in central Richmond. “We breathe it every day. They should give us free gas — we didn’t ask to breathe this air.”
Bonnie Jo Cullison, a volunteer with the Point Richmond History Association, said Chevron needs to do a better job of engaging local residents.
“If Chevron were a little bit more communicative and willing to explain situations to the community, I think people would probably be a little more understanding,” Cullison said. “Not that they would change their minds. I think there will always be a certain adversarial relationship because of, primarily, the air quality issues. … That’s pretty darn explosive stuff over there.”
A Chevron spokesman did not respond to a request for comment last week about the criticisms from residents. |
The arrogance of buggy whip fits the pattern. |
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mac
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| techno900 wrote: | | It's so simple - When crime is ignored by the authorities, it escalates. If California thinks that petty larceny is no big deal and there is justification to ignore it, fine with me. That's why Calif is nutty. |
It's so simple. When Republicans ignore tax fraud, and abet it by defunding the IRS, it escalates.
Techno remains silent, yet again, on some types of crime. Particularly those that advance white grievance. Make the whole world safe for pig shit lagoons. |
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mac
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wsurfer
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Cali is the land of Nuts, Fruits and Flakes.
I'm happy to be in the Garden State!
Corn, tomatos etc. are peaking right about the last couple weeks.
Nothing like it not even in SoCal!  |
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