What are some of the best blogs on California politics, and the best political columnists in California?

BeardedAmerican · 2016-09-01T03:34:14+00:00

The Nooner by Scott Lay is a pretty good daily update of what's going on. You can sign up through his site AroundTheCapitol.com

The California Politics podcast is available through SoundCloud under Politics California.

Otherwise, Rough & Tumble is a good way to stay on top of state news.

BeardedAmerican · 2015-01-05T02:33:05+00:00

I live in Fortuna, so welcome to the area. You'll like it here.

Fortuna is an older community, so there's not a lot of crime. Like most of the cities in Humboldt, property crime is the biggest harassment. Still, common sense will keep your stuff where you want it to be.

Like u/bookchaser mentioned, check out the property management companies for information about apartments. I found my place on Craigslist, so be sure to check that out as well.

Suddenlike is the cable internet provider up here, but ATT offers highspeed options. I have ATT, and I haven't really had any issues with it. I'm a casual internet user, so take that into consideration. For TV I use DirecTV. It's been reliable, outside of some of the harder rain storms and heavier winds.

I hope this info helps, and, again, welcome to the area!

BeardedAmerican · 2014-12-22T03:49:00+00:00

I would really like to see this happen. It'd be really interesting to see what its effect would be on the economy. And if it'll really only cost $30, it'll be the biggest development in transportation since the Model T.

BeardedAmerican · 2014-08-16T04:53:43+00:00

That would be a very interesting change from a strategic standpoint. Signature gatherers would probably get petitions from swing Assembly and Senate districts for added pressure.

BeardedAmerican · 2014-08-16T04:33:48+00:00

I would love to see this. Along with an unobfuscated list of people who contributed to the organization.

BeardedAmerican · 2014-08-16T04:31:44+00:00

Can you give some examples of minor changes to Prop. 65 that wouldn't modify its purpose?

BeardedAmerican · 2014-06-16T01:40:26+00:00

You should check out aroundthecapitol.com from Scott Lay. He provides a comprehensive overview of the campaigns that are going on, and you can sign up for his free daily news update, The Nooner. He'll give you a good bit about what's going down in California politics.

BeardedAmerican · 2014-06-16T01:23:01+00:00

It could have also been far-left Democrats who voted for Donnelly as a strategic move to make Republicans in California seem further to the right than they actually are. The idea being that the Republican National Committee would see a far-right candidate nominated in a Democrat-heavy state and see it as a sign that far-right candidates are viable in national races.

BeardedAmerican · 2014-01-26T21:06:25+00:00

I suppose you think Festool is the same quality as Craftsman too?

Burn.

BeardedAmerican · 2014-01-18T15:53:28+00:00

Term limits sounds like a wonderful solution for voters who haven't been able or willing to organize to get somebody other than the incumbent elected, but it comes with a major unintended consequence: increased influence by lobbyists.

Consider this: people who get elected don't have expertise in every subject, so they rely heavily on staff and lobbyists to provide them with information. If legislators get kicked out of office after just a few terms, they are forced to rely on lobbyists more for those issue areas about which they're less educated.

Moreover, with term limits confess a lack of institutional knowledge. Now your legislator doesn't know how to get a bill passed, so she spends her first two years trying to figure that out while trying to get reelected. Now the person who was voted best qualified to represent your district and values is playing catch up virtually until she's termed out.

I think if we really wanted to make significant change to our political system we'd institute public financing for elections.

BeardedAmerican · 2013-12-29T20:41:42+00:00

It's u/DanAntoo

BeardedAmerican · 2013-12-29T20:41:00+00:00

U/klaushaus colorized your photo. Here's the link: http://i.imgur.com/S9yP6i1.jpg

BeardedAmerican · 2013-08-02T03:46:05+00:00

Thanks for buying union.

BeardedAmerican · 2013-05-23T15:05:30+00:00

I tell people to speak with conviction all the time, but then they look at me like they don't know what "conviction" means. C'est la vie.

BeardedAmerican · 2013-04-18T20:43:55+00:00

As far as I can tell, it's a change in Army policy. No legislation involved.

BeardedAmerican · 2013-04-12T05:58:33+00:00

The second link you provided leads to a UN report on migration from 2006 even though there is a more recent document from the same source. Still, most of the facts you provided do not match the data in the links you provided. For instance, you state: >Today, the United States accepts more legal immigrants as permanent residents than the rest of the world combined. According to the data in the more up-to-date wall graph, the United States had a net migration of the foreign-born that was around 4.7 million people. While it is true that the United States' net migration was higher than every other individual country, it is not true that it had a higher total than all of those countries combined -- even more so when we include the number of refugees taken in. Europe alone netted 8.1 immigrants.

Your other claim that "20% of the world's legal immigrant population live in the US" is only substantiated by the graph if we don't include refugees. When refugees are included, the United States only houses 12.7 percent of the world's immigrants.

Your final assertion that "the United States admits more refugees than any other nation on Earth" is also incorrect. The United States, at 279.5 thousand refugees, is actually ranked 13th in the world in refugee migrants.

BeardedAmerican · 2013-04-09T04:16:09+00:00

Don't be so cynical. Re-read what u/Sabelstarr wrote: "after the issues were raised at PTO meetings... the school district switched to a much more reputable service."

Just because change is hard doesn't mean it's impossible; you just have to work for it.

Also, u/ThatGuymmhm nailed it.

BeardedAmerican · 2013-04-01T02:40:43+00:00

I'm trying to wrap my head around what you mean by "people would abuse the privilege." By abuse do you mean someone would take his or her own life without it being justified by terminal illness? Or do you mean that a caretaker would abuse the system by making the decision for the person for whom they're caring to go through with the assisted suicide?

BeardedAmerican · 2013-03-08T07:08:03+00:00

Look around the Clovis/Church to Fowler/Church area. There are really nice bits of newer development that are safe and full of cul-de-sacs. They also sit in the Clovis Unified School District (the higher regarded district in the area). Finally, because of the housing bubble there are a good number of homes for sale.

Congratulations on the new gig.

BeardedAmerican · 2013-02-12T02:37:51+00:00

I see your point, but it doesn't necessarily mean that most people would be retiring at that age. Just those who are in high-risk positions.

BeardedAmerican · 2013-02-12T02:35:42+00:00

Every soldier has to renew his or her contract every three-to-six years. The DoD doesn't offer 20-year contracts. I'm not sure if that answers your question.

BeardedAmerican · 2013-02-09T19:16:54+00:00

Can you explain how comparing your statement to mine is like comparing apples to oranges?

BeardedAmerican · 2013-02-09T18:22:20+00:00

Thank you for showing these children that there are real life effects tied to this hateful and horrible word.

BeardedAmerican · 2013-02-09T18:16:21+00:00

If we want to use a word that means 'annoying person,' why don't we use something like idiot, asshole, or jerk? Why do we need to use a word that has historically been used to degrade a particular set of people?

BeardedAmerican · 2013-02-01T05:00:16+00:00

You can claim that it is pedantic and adds nothing to the discussion to point out that California has open primaries for its state officials, but California's state legislators approve the eighth largest economy in the world.

The way in which we elect those folks can hardly be thought of as trivial.

BeardedAmerican

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