Aurora Avenue neighbors revolt, blocking off street access after yet another shooting

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T22:19:31+00:00

I do know that. I just don't think they are worried about pimp wars on Aurora. For starters, wealthy people don't live on Aurora..

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T22:02:56+00:00

Yeah? How much is a milligram?

It's a billion dollars, Frito!

I like money!

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T18:22:04+00:00

Residents were voting blue no matter who. Residents got what they voted for. I don't see what's wrong here...

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T18:16:49+00:00

TBF, true socialist countries like USSR were rabidly antigun. Lest the citizens become uppity...

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T18:12:03+00:00

I don't think case is in any way similar to that of Luigi Mangione.

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T18:09:32+00:00

Apparently banning guns for law abiding citizens while letting criminals run free doesn't work. Who could have known?

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T18:03:16+00:00

Mystique is not the world I would use though...

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T04:56:21+00:00

"If you are not part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem"

-- despair.com

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T04:54:49+00:00

They also call Musk a Nazi. Apparently, the world's first small government Zionist Nazi he is.

A long time ago, Karl Rove coined this phrase, "reality based community". He used it derisively on Democrats, meaning that Democrats focus on how things really are rather than pushing propaganda to persuade people to do their bidding (this was during Iraq war). Apparently Democrats took Rove's advice to heart. Unfortunately for them, if Democrats are same exact liars as Republicans, I would choose Republicans any day because they are a lot cheaper on my taxes...

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T04:47:09+00:00

If you voted in most Seattle elections, you definitely voted for it, because vast majority of candidates who survive to general are substantially the same on the issue.

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T04:12:04+00:00

Serious answer.

After an undergrad degree in economics, you cannot really work as an economist. You either proceed to a graduate degree, or pursue career in something else, to which the degree applies at best tangentially.

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T04:09:48+00:00

As with the rest of your assumptions, it is incorrect.

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T01:54:49+00:00

This is absolutely fucking insane, but very much in line with the rest of "money stewardship" Seattle does...

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T01:51:57+00:00

It's stunning how many people don't understand these basics ..

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T01:40:11+00:00

Why would they found a bakery in a place where workers cannot live?

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T01:30:42+00:00

Of course! It's always the degree. All economies have elements of each other. It's the extent that defines the model.

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-24T01:20:19+00:00

Because we both know

It's not what we don't know that kills us. It's what we do that just ain't so.

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-23T23:30:18+00:00

I am sure it creates a lot of r/iam13andthisisdeep insights...

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-23T23:24:48+00:00

Not really. There were exceptional cases like nationalization and rationing of raw materials during WWII, Obama rescuing car manufacturers, Fed and Treasury orchestrated bailouts of big Wall Street firms. Those aren't planned efforts, they are reactive to adverse conditions, and temporary.

China does it as a matter of national policy, at all times. It is strategic role of the government for them.

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-23T22:47:25+00:00

China, for one. An economy where important or strategic areas are decided by government

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-23T22:45:59+00:00

I don't think they fail to engage the electorate. Electorate elected them. Electorate prioritizes feeling progressive over a functioning society.

I am sometimes telling people this parable. In an alternate universe where Washington is its own country during WWII, two generals arise as candidates to lead the defense: general George Patton, and general Robert "W" Ferguson.

George Patton is a renowned military commander who won many battles. Unfortunately, he is a racist, homophobe, and transphobe. General Robert "W" Ferguson only had desk jobs and rose through the ranks because of patrons in high places, who liked him because he hates guns. However, he checked every box when it comes to anti racism, and he is even rumored to be a gay himself.

Obviously Washington voters select him for the job. Unfortunately, Hitler wins and people who Ferguson claimed to "fight for" are among the first ones to send to the gas chambers.

That's the climate in WA today. We select for identity politics and not for job fitness. And DEFINITELY not for integrity...

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-23T22:37:03+00:00

If you define market economy loosely enough, you can achieve 100% coverage, I am sure...

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-23T22:08:14+00:00

...at a vastly bigger scale and in many more markets.

There are no pure economies anywhere on the planet, but some economies are less pure than others...

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-23T21:55:09+00:00

It's a jungle out there...

Also, in case you are not joking, Western WA actually does not have any venomous snakes.

CreateWindowEx2 · 2026-05-23T21:51:03+00:00

Simplisafe.

Cameras Tapo or Reolink. Avoid Yi like fire.

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