Prediction; they'll swiftly get broken, by the orcs who are taking over the Metro; because of course there's little to no enforcement of ANY of this.
Up until two years ago or so, turnstile-jumpers were, to me as a near-daily Metro user, an incredibly rare sight on the DC Metro. Now, on the relatively rare occasions I use the Metro, they're not uncommon. But I'm sure it's the fault of Trump and climate change.
Wouldn't have anything to do with homeless squatters.... nah, that couldn't be it.
Occasional Reader
3/21/2023 7:42:05 AM
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In #3 JCM said: Gee wonder how it started.
Trump, and climate change. Again!
JCM
3/21/2023 7:42:16 AM
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Quiet day, only 2 shootings in the area this morning.
Occasional Reader
3/21/2023 8:19:05 AM
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In #5 JCM said: Quiet day, only 2 shootings in the area this morning.
One was by Trump; the other, by climate change.
/theme for the day
buzzsawmonkey
3/21/2023 8:19:42 AM
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In #5 JCM said: Quiet day, only 2 shootings in the area this morning.
Oh, I'm sure a lot of people "shot up" in the "homeless camps."
buzzsawmonkey
3/21/2023 8:20:45 AM
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In #2 Occasional Reader said: turnstile-jumpers
There are so many in New York that I am convinced they believe turnstile-jumping is now an Olympic sport, for which they are practicing.
JCM
3/21/2023 8:44:53 AM
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Occasional Reader
3/21/2023 8:50:43 AM
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Reply to JCM in 9:
Without even watching the video, based only on the title, I'm going to go ahead and suggest that those consequences are not necessarily 'unintended".
buzzsawmonkey
3/21/2023 9:04:34 AM
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Reply to JCM in 9:
Vox populi---vox DEI.
Occasional Reader
3/21/2023 9:35:31 AM
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I have a dermatology appointment tomorrow. So they text me saying, "check in for your appointment, after downloading this app!"
Uh, no.
vxbush
3/21/2023 10:03:36 AM
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In #12 Occasional Reader said: I have a dermatology appointment tomorrow. So they text me saying, "check in for your appointment, after downloading this app!"
Uh, no.
Wow. Sounds identical to an experience a family member had with their eye doctor, although the doctor's office did make it clear that this was their new preferred product for client checkins, indicating they had made this change since his last appointment.
buzzsawmonkey
3/21/2023 10:07:09 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 12:
They want to make sure you have skin in the game.
vxbush
3/21/2023 10:21:42 AM
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Another article at The American Prospect about Silicon Valley Bank, which notes at the end, "All this [trouble with multiple failing banks worldwide] emanating from a problem bank [Silicon Valley Bank] that was so obvious, supervisors caught it before interest rates started to rise, yet ended up doing nothing about it" (edits mine). The article points out banking regulation issues going back to the 2008 crisis and regulators doing their job but with no teeth.
vxbush
3/21/2023 1:25:49 PM
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Hypothesis: We are so tired of living in a Biden universe that we have no desire to talk about it. Discuss.
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Occasional Reader
3/21/2023 1:33:48 PM
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Reply to vxbush in 16:
Come on, man! Biden was there at the creation of the universe. He also was there when Corn Pop was cast out of heaven, for rebellion, I think.
lucius septimius
3/21/2023 2:15:10 PM
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Reply to vxbush in 16:
I'm just worn out with it all. WSJ catalogues the endless bullshit the current Marxism-Bidenism tosses out, then says what he could do to make things better but that he'll never, ever do. Then there is the endless Monday-morning quarterbacking on the bank crisis. And now the Banana Republic touch of the NYC prosecutor who puts murderers and rapists on the street but is going to arrest Drumpfhitler and finally send him to the gallows or something. Meanwhile I'm on track to lose more money this year than I made in my last two years of working.
The parties offer us the option between full-blown Mussolini corporatism with out the fun uniforms and giving in to the corporatists (the GOP, aka the Palooka Party). China and Russia are winning and we care more about making sure that every honor ever bestowed upon women goes to pedophiles who wear dresses than defending our country. We've turned over the schools to Communist trans-activists in league with drug companies and sadistic doctors addicted to flesh sculpture. We are becoming increasingly dependent on countries like Poland and Japan to defend us from the barbarian hordes. Except this time there will be no miracle before the gates of Vienna but a bunch of mushroom clouds.
Fuck it. I give up. I'm going to tend my garden (figuratively). Who cares about what's going on in the world? It's pointless.
Lucius, has anyone ever told you that your relentless sunshine-and-lollipops cheerfulness sometimes gets annoying?
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lucius septimius
3/21/2023 2:18:46 PM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 19:
We need Richard J. Daley. Shoot to kill. Better yet, do like the Tsars did to the Decembrists and let go with the grapeshot.
lucius septimius
3/21/2023 2:19:21 PM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 20:
Sorry, but I've had it.
vxbush
3/21/2023 2:26:11 PM
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In #17 Occasional Reader said: Biden was there at the creation of the universe. He also was there when Corn Pop was cast out of heaven, for rebellion, I think.
Hey, I know Biden is old, but I didn't think he was THAT old. Has he shared stories of talking to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?
Occasional Reader
3/21/2023 3:09:01 PM
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In #22 lucius septimius said: Sorry, but I've had it.
(They didn't exactly break the bank on the special effects for that video, did they? Great song, though.)
buzzsawmonkey
3/21/2023 4:06:36 PM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 19: What I find disturbing about this---and many other similar videos---is that people are filming this stuff instead of calling 911.
Occasional Reader
3/21/2023 4:09:07 PM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 26:
Yyyyyep.
Alice in Dairyland
3/21/2023 4:12:33 PM
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In #18 lucius septimius said: Meanwhile I'm on track to lose more money this year than I made in my last two years of working.
I've heard that happens when you have a girlfriend. ////
Just trying to make you laugh.
Occasional Reader
3/21/2023 4:20:38 PM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 26:
As I’ve said before, I really don’t like living in a dystopian science-fiction story.
Kosh's Shadow
3/21/2023 7:09:30 PM
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In #29 Occasional Reader said: I really don’t like living in a dystopian science-fiction story.
Did you read my novel? I don't think so, but I went back and started re-reading it recently. It predicts "cancel culture" - that was obvious by 2016.
JCM
3/18/2023 5:12:09 PM
Kosh's Shadow
3/21/2023 7:09:30 PM