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Apparently so many members can't take the high road. Say all these hateful things and still claim to be oppressed? Rubbish.

This has nothing to do with Capitalism. It is in fact, those in power that bleed the capitalist system dry and create a never ending cycle of despair and chaos much like Argentina, which borrows constantly from the capitalist system and never wants to pay its debts.

California has spent billions of dollars to fight homelessness and drug addiction. Where did all that money go??? Consultants and the vast administrative overhead that creates and executes policy. To connected "Outreach Organizations" who pay their members six figure salaries to hand out useless government pamphlets and ask drug addled vagrants questions expecting honest answers. It's a joke! Like the $1.5 million single public toilet in SF that was supposed to be built last year. It has become an industry that is dependent on the crisis NEVER being resolved with scam nonprofits. This is a dystopian nightmare.

One building in SF, a 22-story glass and stone tower at 350 California Street, was worth around $300 million in 2019, according to real estate records. That building now is for sale. The bids are expected to come in at about $60 million. That’s an 80% decline in value in just four years. LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION

All the statistics from the San Francisco mayor, police, and board are FALSE. They are trying to hide the Truth. They destroyed the city forever. People just DON'T BOTHER TO CALL THE POLICE, as they do not respond.

Detroit lost its economic base, and then the society declined. San Francisco lost its society, and then the economic base declined.

It's because of the drugs from South of the Border. Causing many deaths among very young people which pulls down the average life expectancy much more drastically than if the user's were in their 60's or 70's.

I have no idea what he is talking about.

Yeah Ok. And you also knew at 4 or 5 that Santa Claus and the tooth fairy weren't real.

Au contraire. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health has issued new "guidelines" advising that surgery is now ok at 15. What a nightmare.

This is absolutely despicable, it's literally child abuse. Why would anyone argue that it’s okay to launch a minor right into menopause (what happens with a full hysterectomy) over dysphoria? Even hormones and puberty blockers have serious side effects and can cause damage in so many ways. Someone not old enough to choose their bedtime, but they can choose their gender?

So.....80% of the country is fascists, homophobes and white supremacists.

The next step would b\e no parental consent anyway.

A minor should not get "gender-affirming surgery" with or without parental consent. This is an absolute nightmare. They can decide at 18, period. How idiotic. Let them be kids and decide when they're 18!

Restricting a choice or way of thinking is not about rights. If that were the case then those who identify as sovereign citizens should also have their rights, wants, desires and ways of life granted as well. Such as being able to squat or claim property that isn't rightfully theirs. No license plates, registration or paying taxes. They have just as much belief in who they are or want to be as anyone else even as asinine as it sounds. But No. We can't go that route though because then you create a whole new set of rules for one subset that takes away from the rights or societal way of life for others. Basic Human rights for all equally, Yes. Not the right to be whatever you want to say or believe that you are that trounces the rights of others.

We, as Americans, cannot legally buy Alcohol until 21, drive a car until 16, buy it tobacco 21, vote 18 yrs old, legally purchase a firearm 21 yrs and you are trying to tell me it’s ok for a kid, a child, to be able to have life altering, sex changes and hormone therapies before any of those ages??? Those are forever changes and it is not right. Period. What they do when they are of a legal, established adult age is their business, but not as a child.

Exaggerate much? Doing surgery on minors to change their sex is utterly ridiculous and has NOTHING to do with "equal rights". They can make their own decisions when they reach 18. The gay community has been opposed to conversion therapy for minors to turn them straight but having surgery on minors and rearranging organs is OK! Give me a break.

Preferred stocks offer some really good yields but the 2 main drawbacks are no capital gain potential and interest rate risk (if interest rates the value of preferred shares usually fall, but vice versa too).

Agreed. Of course, gay bashing still exists but the hatred against homosexuals has diminished greatly over the years.

The vast majority of people are just be and let be. Some of these "social controversies" are outrageous and are not making "gay being more socially acceptable". Teaching K-3 kids that perhaps you were born in the wrong body or that we should build hundreds of thousands of bathrooms to accommodate the trans people is just so ridiculous. The backlash is enormous and plays right into the hands of the evangelicals and radical right.

I find the attitudes against smoking fascinating. Weed smoke stinks worse and is mind altering. The pot grown today has 10x the THC levels of the weed from 30 years ago and is causing psychosis and schizophrenia, but that's cool.

I still smoke old fashioned cigarettes. How on Earth can you drink a cup of coffee, or have a beer or do a #2 without a cigarette?? E cig usage is soaring. The tobacco companies aren't going anywhere.

I'm pissed that they are stopping the DVD envelopes in September.

Why is this even a crime? If he was told to stop sending pics but continued to, then it would be harassment. Or if he sent them to minors. I guess it may be like exposing yourself in public, I don't know.

A friend told me he mailed old, matured savings bonds about 2 weeks ago to be redeemed and direct deposited into his bank account. It is taking up to 3 months for the government to process this request because they are so backed up.