Posts posted by Foosters
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7 hours ago, Nicole44 said:
I have zero hope of a decent prosecution as LA or similar have an abysmal track record of prosecuting celebrities or quasi ones. We shall see. The identification of her body yesterday really caused this investigation to kick into high gear.
They got Weinstein and Masterson recently.
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Just now, Rip76 said:
Maybe I quoted the wrong thing?
One gets fired for saying what they feel and one got shot for it.
I don't understand the point you're trying to make.
Is it that because he was shot in the neck, any punishment short of that is fair game for those who criticize him?
We can't criticize the gov't punishing speech because he was shot in the neck?
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18 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:
Is Newsom and/or his troll army still alive? Not a peep out of them since we had to go all in on licking Charlie Kirk's ass.
https://edsource.org/2025/young-men-loneliness-crisis/741081
QuoteGov. Gavin Newsom is calling on 10,000 young men to serve as mentors, coaches and tutors through a new campaign called the California Men’s Service Challenge.
The statewide initiative, announced on Tuesday, is the latest in an executive order directing agencies to address mental health in boys and young men.
“We have an epidemic of loneliness, and so much of that is manifesting and metastasizing online in very profound and consequential ways, and last week only underscored that further,” said Newsom on Tuesday, referencing the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university campus.
In California, boys and men age 15 to 44 die by suicide at three to four times the rate of women, often by firearms. Almost half of female homicide victims are also killed by a current or former intimate male partner.
Over the course of a year, the state will partner with youth organizations, including Improve Your Tomorrow, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Mentor California, and the American Institute for Boys and Men, to recruit and train them as mentors for young boys.
“The goal is to create consistent, positive relationships where men model integrity, empathy and community engagement while helping young men develop confidence and purpose,” Josh Fryday, the state’s chief service officer, told EdSource.
Fryday said the initiative will include ongoing one-on-one and group mentoring, tutoring or reading programs, service projects, coaching youth sports and guiding young men through college and career exploration. It will be supported by California Volunteers, the state’s $275 million program for community service and civic engagement.
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12 minutes ago, Foosters said:
Hell, just look to California. Below is a non-exhaustive list of legislation passed just in the last 2 years. Strangely, nothing about allowing kids to pee in litter boxes or after-birth abortion. California, despite its faults, churns out legislation year after year that assists the poor, marginalized, and working class. The rest of America calls it "socialism" and then proclaims that the CA model won't work anywhere else. Ok then.
and then there's this which I just saw:
https://edsource.org/2025/young-men-loneliness-crisis/741081
QuoteGov. Gavin Newsom is calling on 10,000 young men to serve as mentors, coaches and tutors through a new campaign called the California Men’s Service Challenge.
The statewide initiative, announced on Tuesday, is the latest in an executive order directing agencies to address mental health in boys and young men.
“We have an epidemic of loneliness, and so much of that is manifesting and metastasizing online in very profound and consequential ways, and last week only underscored that further,” said Newsom on Tuesday, referencing the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university campus.
In California, boys and men age 15 to 44 die by suicide at three to four times the rate of women, often by firearms. Almost half of female homicide victims are also killed by a current or former intimate male partner.
Over the course of a year, the state will partner with youth organizations, including Improve Your Tomorrow, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Mentor California, and the American Institute for Boys and Men, to recruit and train them as mentors for young boys.
“The goal is to create consistent, positive relationships where men model integrity, empathy and community engagement while helping young men develop confidence and purpose,” Josh Fryday, the state’s chief service officer, told EdSource.
Fryday said the initiative will include ongoing one-on-one and group mentoring, tutoring or reading programs, service projects, coaching youth sports and guiding young men through college and career exploration. It will be supported by California Volunteers, the state’s $275 million program for community service and civic engagement.
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my wife grew up in the bay area and her experience with weather related phenomena is all fucked up as a result.
Clouds in the sky? Must be a cold day. Going to rain? Must be a cold day.
This morning, after raining overnight in LA for the first time in like 6 months, the sky was dark. Occasional sprinkles. Temp was like 82 degrees and it was as humid as I've ever felt it. As in, nice sticky layer of sweat from just getting into the car. Daughter comes downstairs for school with pants on, heavy rain coat, and rain boots. Wife is wearing a thick turtleneck sweater. Forecast called for .03 inches today.
"Uhhh, its gonna be a miserably warm and humid day today."
"Is it? Have you looked outside yet?"
"Yes. I've also already walked the dog and she's in the corner over there panting" I say, as I wipe sweat from my brow with a kitchen towel.
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28 minutes ago, qwertyu1234 said:
I generally like this flavor, but why is blue raspberry a thing? Obviously not its traditional color.
https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/pop-culture/article/what-is-blue-raspberry-flavor
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18 minutes ago, fuggled said:I recognize that you're full of shit and not asking any of this in good faith, but I've been thinking for a while that there's something to this.
If the Texas Democratic party wants to build any type of support, they should focus on winning hearts and minds through practical action that actually improves people's lives. Words and rhetoric aren't going to move the needle. People aren't going to pay attention to abstract concerns about "fascism vs democracy" or finger pointing at Republicans.
Instead they should focus on things like:
- Welfare checks, meals and other support for the elderly and disabled
- Providing books to kids (better yet, daycare, after school care, summer camp)
- City beautification efforts
- Honoring every single veteran in a visible way on Veteran's Day
- Recruiting and training CASA volunteers and foster parents
- Sponsoring sports leagues, teams and facilities for kids
- Providing free sex education resources and contraception
These are just a few ideas off the top of my head. Some require a ton of resources. Some invite more controversy and criticism than others. But the point is to put the focus on things that matter to people. Don't try to fight fire with fire. The more the regime takes away, the more the opposition should step up and give away.
Hell, just look to California. Below is a non-exhaustive list of legislation passed just in the last 2 years. Strangely, nothing about allowing kids to pee in litter boxes or after-birth abortion. California, despite its faults, churns out legislation year after year that assists the poor, marginalized, and working class. The rest of America calls it "socialism" and then proclaims that the CA model won't work anywhere else. Ok then.
QuoteHealth Care
Group health care service plans and disability insurance must cover infertility and fertility services under SB 729, including for LGBTQ+ people, generally starting in mid-2025. The California Association of Health Plans warns of higher premiums as a result.
And the governor signed AB 869, allowing small, rural, or “distressed” hospitals to get an extension of up to three years on a 2030 legal deadline for earthquake retrofits. But he vetoed SB 1432, which would have allowed all hospitals to apply for an extension of the deadline for up to five years.
Medical Debt
Credit reporting agencies will be prohibited from including medical debt in consumers’ credit reports under SB 1061, but last-minute amendments weakened the protections. Earlier this year, the Biden administration proposed federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients’ credit scores.
Medi-Cal
Medi-Cal, which provides health care for about 15 million low-income people, will cover hospital emergency rooms’ treatment of psychiatric emergencies under AB 1316.
Mental Health
Newsom signed more than a dozen bills aimed at boosting behavioral health care, including through California’s new court-ordered treatment program.
Abortion
California will increase penalties for obstructing or impeding access to reproductive health care services, and for posting personal information or photographs of a patient or provider. These are currently misdemeanors; AB 2099 would make them punishable as misdemeanors or felonies.
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California also backed AB 2085, smoothing approval of new health centers, and SB 1131, supporting California’s Family PACT (Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment) program for people with family incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level.
Aging
Newsom approved a dozen bills related to aging, including measures requiring increased training for law enforcement (AB 2541) and health care professionals (SB 639) in helping people with dementia. AB 1902 requires better access to prescription labels for those who have trouble seeing or who need translated instructions. And he signed another package of bills aimed more broadly at helping people with disabilities.
Violence Prevention
The state is taking more steps to deter gun violence with two dozen new laws. Among them, SB 53 increases requirements for safely storing firearms, in keeping with a push from the White House. AB 2621 will increase law enforcement training and revise policies on using gun violence restraining orders, while AB 2917 expands when courts can impose gun violence restraining orders.
And hospitals will eventually have to screen patients, family members, and visitors for weapons at entrances under AB 2975.
Substance Use
AB 1976 will require workplace first-aid kits to include naloxone or other drugs that can reverse opioid overdoses, while protecting those who administer the naloxone from civil liability.
Youth Welfare
California is the first state to generally bar public schools from providing food containing red dye 40 or any of five other synthetic food dyes used in products including Froot Loops and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. AB 2316 is Democratic Assembly member Jesse Gabriel’s follow-up to his legislation last year that banned a chemical found in Skittles candy.
A bill to increase transparency with the use of restraints and seclusion rooms in state-licensed short-term residential therapeutic programs became law with some high-profile help from celebrity Paris Hilton. She backed SB 1043, which will also require the state Department of Social Services to post the information on a public dashboard.
And school districts’ sex education curricula must include menstrual health under AB 2229.
Health Care
Group health care service plans and disability insurance must cover infertility and fertility services under SB 729, including for LGBTQ+ people, generally starting in mid-2025. The California Association of Health Plans warns of higher premiums as a result.
Local health officers can inspect private detention facilities, including six immigration detention centers, under SB 1132.
And the governor signed AB 869, allowing small, rural, or “distressed” hospitals to get an extension of up to three years on a 2030 legal deadline for earthquake retrofits.
Medical Debt
Credit reporting agencies will be prohibited from including medical debt in consumers’ credit reports under SB 1061, but last-minute amendments weakened the protections. Earlier this year, the Biden administration proposed federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients’ credit scores.
Medi-Cal
Medi-Cal, which provides health care for about 15 million low-income people, will cover hospital emergency rooms’ treatment of psychiatric emergencies under AB 1316.
Mental Health
Newsom signed more than a dozen bills aimed at boosting behavioral health care, including through California’s new court-ordered treatment program.
Abortion
California will increase penalties for obstructing or impeding access to reproductive health care services, and for posting personal information or photographs of a patient or provider. These are currently misdemeanors; AB 2099 would make them punishable as misdemeanors or felonies.
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California also backed AB 2085, smoothing approval of new health centers, and SB 1131, supporting California’s Family PACT (Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment) program for people with family incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level.
Aging
Newsom approved a dozen bills related to aging, including measures requiring increased training for law enforcement (AB 2541) and health care professionals (SB 639) in helping people with dementia. AB 1902 requires better access to prescription labels for those who have trouble seeing or who need translated instructions. And he signed another package of bills aimed more broadly at helping people with disabilities.
Violence Prevention
Assault or battery against a doctor, physician, nurse, or other health care worker within an ER could bring up to a year in county jail, a $2,000 fine, or both under AB 977. That makes it the same maximum punishment as for assaulting a medical worker in the field. California law previously set a lesser penalty for assault within an ER.
The state is taking more steps to deter gun violence with two dozen new laws. Among them, SB 53 increases requirements for safely storing firearms, in keeping with a push from the White House. AB 2621 will increase law enforcement training and revise policies on using gun violence restraining orders, while AB 2917 expands when courts can impose gun violence restraining orders.
And hospitals will eventually have to screen patients, family members, and visitors for weapons at entrances under AB 2975.
Substance Use
AB 1976 will require workplace first-aid kits to include naloxone or other drugs that can reverse opioid overdoses, while protecting those who administer the naloxone from civil liability.
Under AB 1775, local jurisdictions will allow retailers to sell non-cannabis food and beverages and have live music and other performances in areas where cannabis consumption is allowed. Assembly member Matt Haney, a Democrat from San Francisco, said his intent is to allow Dutch-style cannabis coffeehouses. Newsom approved the measure despite vetoing Haney’s similar bill last year, amid critics’ concern that the measure would undermine California’s nation-leading effort outlawing indoor smoking.
Youth Welfare
California is the first state to generally bar public schools from providing food containing red dye 40 or any of five other synthetic food dyes used in products including Froot Loops and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. AB 2316 is Democratic Assembly member Jesse Gabriel’s follow-up to his legislation last year that banned a chemical found in Skittles candy.
A bill to increase transparency with the use of restraints and seclusion rooms in state-licensed short-term residential therapeutic programs became law with some high-profile help from celebrity Paris Hilton. She backed SB 1043, which will also require the state Department of Social Services to post the information on a public dashboard.
And school districts’ sex education curricula must include menstrual health under AB 2229.
But Newsom vetoed AB 2442, which would have sped licensing for providers of gender-affirming care, and SB 954, which would have provided free condoms in high schools.
Women’s Health
Selling menstrual products with intentionally added PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” will be banned under AB 2515. PFAS, short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have been linked to serious health problems.
AB 2527 is aimed at improving treatment of pregnant women who are incarcerated. Critics wanted the original version, which banned solitary confinement, and were upset when it was amended to allow up to five days of confinement if prison officials find a safety or security threat.
AB 518 is aimed at increasing participation in the CalFresh nutrition program, part of a package of healthy-food bills.
And under SB 1300, the public will get more notice when hospitals plan to close their maternity wards. The measure will increase the notice requirement to 120 days, up from the current 90.
Social Media
SB 1504 broadens California’s Cyberbullying Protection Act regulating social media platforms to apply to minors instead of pupils. Social media platforms that intentionally violate the law could face civil penalties of up to $10,000, along with compensatory and punitive damages. Those damages could be sought by a parent, a legal guardian, or various prosecutors. Under current law, damages are capped at $7,500 and may be pursued only by the state attorney general.
SB 976 restricts “addictive feeds” to minors, including banning social media notifications to minors during school hours.
And AB 3216 will limit the use of smartphones in schools.
SB 525 by Sen. María Elena Durazo, a Los Angeles Democrat, would raise the minimum wage for California’s lowest paid health workers to $25 an hour. This raise would apply to employees such as nursing assistants, medical techs and janitorial workers.
SB 497 would mandate that the California Labor Commissioner’s office and state courts assume employers are illegally retaliating if they take certain disciplinary actions against a worker who in the prior 90 days has made a wage claim or a complaint about unequal pay. Employers would be able to rebut the retaliation assumption by showing that there is a legitimate, non-retaliatory reason for the employee discipline.
SB 616, authored by Long Beach Democrat Lena Gonzalez, increases the number of paid sick days employers must provide to workers from three to five, starting in 2024. Proponents originally sought seven days, but it was reduced in the appropriations suspense file. The bill also extends protections against retaliation to workers who are in a union, but excludes provisions that would have granted railroad employees access to unpaid sick leave.
SB 487, would prohibit health insurers and the state from penalizing medical providers who have been sanctioned in other states for performing abortions, gender-affirming care or procedures that are otherwise legal in California. Current law requires the state to automatically suspend Medi-Cal providers that have lost their license in other states or federal jurisdictions. The proposed law would not prevent the state from taking action in instances where providers lost their out-of-state license due to conduct that is illegal in California.
AB 28 by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, a Woodland Hills Democrat, would impose an 11% excise tax on retailers and manufacturers for sales of guns or ammunition. Modeled on a similar federal levy for wildlife conservation, the tax could bring in an estimated $160 million annually for violence intervention programs, school safety improvements and law enforcement efforts to confiscate guns from people who are prohibited from owning them.
AB 1078 would penalize school boards that ban books and other education materials based solely on the materials’ inclusion of history related to Black, Latino, Asian, Native American, LGBTQ people and other groups. It would amend the existing education code, which requires teaching materials to include the experiences and perspectives of diverse racial, ethnic and LGBTQ groups in curriculum.
AB 5, by Assemblymember Rick Zbur, a Santa Monica Democrat, would require teachers to undergo an online, 1-hour training annually on how to support LGBTQ students. The training, which would be provided by the California Department of Education, would include information on clubs and other peer support groups, counseling services, anti-bullying and harassment policies, privacy and other topics. SB 760, proposed by Sen. Josh Newman, a Democrat from Fullerton, would require schools to have at least one gender-neutral bathroom, beginning in 2026. The bill would bring schools in line with California businesses and government offices, which the state has required to provide gender-neutral bathrooms since 2017.
AB 2319 was passed in an effort to improve enforcement of a 2019 law aimed at reducing the disproportionate rate of maternal mortality among Black women and other pregnant women of color.
AB 2527 is aimed at improving treatment of pregnant women who are incarcerated. Critics wanted the original version, which banned solitary confinement, and were upset when it was amended to allow up to five days of confinement if prison officials find a safety or security threat.
AB 518 is aimed at increasing participation in the CalFresh nutrition program, part of a package of healthy-food bills.
And under SB 1300, the public will get more notice when hospitals plan to close their maternity wards. The measure will increase the notice requirement to 120 days, up from the current 90.
AB 12, by San Francisco Democratic Assemblymember Matt Haney, limits the amount that landlords can require in security deposits to one month’s rent, rather than the previous two months’ rent. The bill aims to make securing housing more attainable for California renters, who often have to save up thousands of dollars to rent a home.
AB 1418, by Inglewood Democratic Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, prohibits cities and counties from enacting “crime-free” housing programs and nuisance ordinances that require landlords to evict people when a household member is a convicted felon.
SB 497 would mandate that the California Labor Commissioner’s office and state courts assume employers are illegally retaliating if they take certain disciplinary actions against a worker who in the prior 90 days has made a wage claim or a complaint about unequal pay. Employers would be able to rebut the retaliation assumption by showing that there is a legitimate, non-retaliatory reason for the employee discipline.
SB 616, authored by Long Beach Democrat Lena Gonzalez, increases the number of paid sick days employers must provide to workers from three to five, starting in 2024. Proponents originally sought seven days, but it was reduced in the appropriations suspense file. The bill also extends protections against retaliation to workers who are in a union, but excludes provisions that would have granted railroad employees access to unpaid sick leave.
SB 487, would prohibit health insurers and the state from penalizing medical providers who have been sanctioned in other states for performing abortions, gender-affirming care or procedures that are otherwise legal in California. Current law requires the state to automatically suspend Medi-Cal providers that have lost their license in other states or federal jurisdictions. The proposed law would not prevent the state from taking action in instances where providers lost their out-of-state license due to conduct that is illegal in California.
AB 28 by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, a Woodland Hills Democrat, would impose an 11% excise tax on retailers and manufacturers for sales of guns or ammunition. Modeled on a similar federal levy for wildlife conservation, the tax could bring in an estimated $160 million annually for violence intervention programs, school safety improvements and law enforcement efforts to confiscate guns from people who are prohibited from owning them.
AB 1078 would penalize school boards that ban books and other education materials based solely on the materials’ inclusion of history related to Black, Latino, Asian, Native American, LGBTQ people and other groups. It would amend the existing education code, which requires teaching materials to include the experiences and perspectives of diverse racial, ethnic and LGBTQ groups in curriculum.
AB 5, by Assemblymember Rick Zbur, a Santa Monica Democrat, would require teachers to undergo an online, 1-hour training annually on how to support LGBTQ students. The training, which would be provided by the California Department of Education, would include information on clubs and other peer support groups, counseling services, anti-bullying and harassment policies, privacy and other topics. SB 760, proposed by Sen. Josh Newman, a Democrat from Fullerton, would require schools to have at least one gender-neutral bathroom, beginning in 2026. The bill would bring schools in line with California businesses and government offices, which the state has required to provide gender-neutral bathrooms since 2017.
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Just now, Thetexashammer said:
I'm not arguing your viewpoints. You've already decided that conservatives are Nazis. I am talking from the MBA perspective, just basic marketing. What people sometimes say about Trump, that he was given billions of dollars of "free media" prior to 2016.
Let's assume your cause is just. Right now, the leftists talking point is "we are going to kill you when you least expect it". It's pasted all over the internet. I am suggesting that you might want a better branding than assassination. What are you offering the public in exchange for armed revolution? You really need to up your marketing game.
Negged for utter falsity. Straight up lying and gaslighting.
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3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:
And multiple people who were the richest and most powerful in the country stepping up and doing something for the greater good. That isn't happening this time.
Admittedly, my knowledge of the period is somewhat only surface level, but are you referring to the robber barons philanthropic projects or something else?
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1 minute ago, cmontexas said:
There is no way a revolution or resistance has any chance at anything close to resembling plausibility without significant foreign assistance. Otherwise we are talking about sending lambs to the slaughter
Indeed. The ship has sailed.
As I've stated in the past. I plan on keeping my head down and finding humor in the pain inflicted on MAGA supporters and the occasional absurdity. I'm as WASPy as they come and will have no problem laughing as the Iconos of this land get hauled off, the rurals continue to suffer economic devastation, and people die from diseases that they chose to inflict upon themselves.
If history is any indication, that pain and suffering is the necessary condition for true change. As long as everyone has their TV's, food, health, and climate control, where's the catalyst?
What ended the gilded age? Shit loads of pain, death, pestilence, and abject poverty.
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2 hours ago, Descendant said:Absolutely.
“I said maga was trying everything to prove that the shooter wasn't one of them. Well more info has come out and it looks like crazy comes in all shapes and sizes. Maybe joking about an assassination wasn't the best idea. Anyway, coming up next we have Sydney Sweeney and a musical performance from Tate McRae everybody.”
I'm sure it never occurred to him or his writers.
What, specifically, did Seth and Fallon say then?
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Front page of the NYT today:
QuoteEzra Klein argues that the left desperately needs a unifying project — for its own survival and for the sake of the country. In this episode of Ross Douthat’s “Interesting Times,” Ross and Ezra assess the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and debate whether the left has taken a dark turn.
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Strong, tough Gilda
weak, pitiful Gilda
"I voted for Trump and am still on the fence about whether that was a good move." Meanwhile, I've accrued 1 million in debt and have started seeing a therapist due to the financial strains. "The world needed someone gullible and stupid, so God made a farmer."
Economic genius, Don.
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1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:
Why? They cling to guns as the only amendment that matters. You save that for last before you strip every other
No they don't. If tomorrow an executive order went out to confiscate all firearms registered to registered voters of the Democratic party, they'd cheer it on.
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8 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:
Reminder that the first real indicator of where Russia was going (their media market in the 1990s was free-wheeling and actually excellent in a lot of places) was when the Kremlin made a show about puppets stop using a puppet of him they didn’t like. Then in 2001 they forced a sale of the network to Gazprom and then in 2002 just killed the show. There was also a blowup over a program that upset the Kremlin about some bombings of apartments blamed on Chechens.
You know that this regime isn't the brightest when they're going after speech first and guns last.
One fascist move after another while allowing the citizens of the opposition to continue to arm themselves? Have fun.
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Charlie Kirk got ded, Erika Kirk grifts in place
in Cloak Room
So you've remained silent for days as this actually happens to those on the left, and then a Surly poster suggests doing the same to the right and you immediately jump on to smugly criticize?
There's the incredulity we know so well.