Nutty California

mac · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:04 am Post subject:

Let's stay with the Covid metrics. Studies show that California's economy did not suffer from the shut-down approach. Vaccination rate reported today is up to 58.5%. Marin County is over 80%. Of course the hold-outs are predominately Trumpists. From today's Gray Lady:

boggsman1 · Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 9120 Location: at a computer

Yeah....I think I'll move to Oklahoma City, Charlotte, or SLC.... sure. San Francisco is a spectacular city, I've lived here 31 years. Keep chirping minions....

cgoudie1 · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2021 11:18 am Post subject:

I think you'd like SLC. Outdoor rec potential here is excellent. Crime is low.
Tech is high. Employment potential excellent (if you have tech skills).
Housing and utilities moderate. Higher Education quite good (depends
on the school). The only downside that affects me is air quality. Also
I think Utah did an excellent job in vaccination rollout. I care nothing
about whether my neighbors were "he who shall not be named" supporters,
or Biden supporters. I'd rather be skiing, biking, windsurfing.....with them
(and/or drinking whiskey and listening to vinyl ;*)) anyway.

-Craig

p.s. I could live in San Francisco also, if I had enough resources, might miss my mountains a little bit though.

boggsman1 · Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 9120 Location: at a computer

Craig... I love Snowbird, I love the MTB riding.. I don't love the scorching summer heat, and I don't like the politics.. Two of my best buddies live in Cottonwood Heights, and its an outdoorsman's paradise for sure...Maybe I shouldn't have listed SLC, I'll replace it with Dallas.

cgoudie1 · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2021 12:26 pm Post subject:

I think we've bugged each other about this before. You'll recall
I also live in Cottonwood Heights. Dallas sucks ;*) ;*)

-Craig

J64TWB · Joined: 24 Dec 2013 Posts: 1685

A federal grand jury has voted to indict a former presidents firm and chief financial officer and not one peep of it on Fox News for the past week. Instead they focus day after day, non stop coverage on a single resident of the United States because she choose to to turn her back at a flag. They gang up on her and direct their millions of viewers to stir up online hate and vitriol (possible death threats) because she choose the most simple form of freedom of expression, that constitutional right that Fox viewers implore must be upheld at all costs.

She simply moved her leg muscles during a song. Holy Fuck, this is some serious shit.

This is how dumb Fox viewers are.

coboardhead · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 4303

J64twb

The right has NO other credentials right now except flag waving.

mac · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:53 pm Post subject:

My friends on the Air Pollution Control District have decided to hold big oil accountable for particulate emissions in poor communities. Quick, look over here at DDT in Africa.

mrgybe · Joined: 01 Jul 2008 Posts: 5180

To be fair, on this particular topic.....the impact of bad air quality on poor communities....Berkeley does speak from considerable experience. For 16 years he worked for the Port of Oakland, one of the worst polluters in the State, which services cargo shipping and airline industries, two of the largest contributors to greenhouse gases and bad air quality on the planet. The impact on the surrounding communities has been dire for decades.

"West Oakland residents have endured poor air quality and poor health for decades. Effective community organizing, combined with government regulations and other interventions, have improved conditions considerably, but disparities persist. The highest levels of diesel particulate matter in the Bay Area are found in West Oakland. Neighborhoods near the Port of Oakland and busy Seventh Street experience nearly three times the cancer risk from local pollution sources, compared to neighborhoods farther away. Across West Oakland, people experience higher rates of asthma, cardiovascular disease, and premature death than other parts of Alameda County and the region."
https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/ab617-community-health/west-oakland/100219-files/owning-our-air-plan-summary-pdf.pdf

West Oakland residents whose health has been ruined by the activities at the Port are predominantly black and Hispanic.

mac · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:31 pm Post subject:

Buggy whip being "fair"? Like caring about the environment--not going to happen. He is a serial liar. In fact, the Port of Oakland has reduced the particulate emissions by about 85%. The entire time I was at the Port, the emissions were going down.

Chevron fought particulate controls to the bitter end, threatening layoffs to secure labor support. Buggy whip's hero, Exxon, earned the sobriquet here, "the sign of the double cross."

He is a liar.