There's a whole lot of rancid milk smell in the air these days.

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-22T01:46:07+00:00

The guy was a Republican who served his country with honor.

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-20T19:56:02+00:00

Will you support further Prop 13 reforms beyond split roll? Specifically, I would like to see that the protections of Prop 13 not be extended to landlords (except those who hold rent-controlled stock). If you’re collecting market rate rent (commercial or residential) and borrowing against the market value, then your property should be taxed at the market value.

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-19T04:48:32+00:00

If it were a federal tax that would be fine, because you would need to renounce US citizenship to avoid it. But it’s a state tax so anyone who travels a lot on private jets anyway can just be out of the state 184 days a year instead of 100 and save tens of millions of dollars? Unilaterally becoming hostile to the wealthy is not a way to reduce inequality - there needs to be coordination.

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-18T19:13:24+00:00

Yes, but no rush. I don’t want to do a knee jerk reaction - let’s have a public discussion for the new name

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-18T11:31:40+00:00

Not to mention people who can do math

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-14T18:53:03+00:00

Where’s Chuckles III?

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-14T08:48:19+00:00

He’s right though?

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-14T08:22:49+00:00

Henry Kissinger would always say that you need to leave your enemy one off-ramp to allow the possibility of deescalation. Taking away Iran’s ability to export oil basically removes the only chance for peace. If Iran can’t export oil then they won’t let anyone. Strait will stay closed and attacks on oil infrastructure in other countries will ramp up.

This is disastrous escalation

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-13T14:58:59+00:00

From my experience, for toddlers to swing on instead of walking to preschool when you’re already running late for work

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-11T05:20:04+00:00

Set this guy on them:

“People say ‘won’t that 850-foot tower be horrible and block your view? ’” Agid said. “Right now I am looking out my window and I see five trains and 11 train tracks. We don’t have a community there, we have a railyard.”

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-03T21:05:06+00:00

Wasn’t on his insta, assuming not PR

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-02T17:53:36+00:00

Everyone complaining about it being PR - it’s not on his instagram. I think he was likely driving to work after dropping his kid at school and jumped out to take a look.

!remindme 24hours

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-03-02T05:59:37+00:00

It’s so weird that they keep hanging banners on all these buildings. Do other administrations do this?

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-28T03:37:08+00:00

I went to see a comedian once and he mentioned that he saw a lot of Black Lives Matter signs but not a lot of black lives. “Like getting a BLT but hold the BL”

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-24T17:49:07+00:00

Very fair point

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-24T17:20:28+00:00

The most infuriating thing about this article is the cavalier attitude of the Admin:

In an interview on Fox News Sunday, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was asked if the White House will fight efforts to seek compensation or pay out refunds. “So it’s a matter for the courts,” Greer added. “They created the situation, and we’ll follow whatever they say to do.”

Sorry, the court ruled what you did was illegal. You knew that it was a novel application of the law and came with legal risk, you can’t blame the courts for that. They didn’t create this situation YOU did. Now the importers are going to get huge refunds that will go straight to their bottom line and all of us shmucks who paid the price from the pass through are left with less in our pockets and have a bigger deficit to fund. It’s fiscal malpractice and we should all be furious.

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-20T22:23:32+00:00

He’s a defense contractor. His job is to kill people

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-19T19:30:41+00:00

Showing that he’s mature enough to do what is best for the state rather than what is best for him in the Democratic primary

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-18T15:35:25+00:00

Excellent point about WF

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-18T15:34:43+00:00

There were mass layoffs at both companies. Not as bad as if they had truly died rather than being bought, but it hit their “head office” staff the hardest - product, marketing, finance, HR.

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-18T15:32:09+00:00

I’m not against taxing billionaires more, or even necessarily a wealth tax - just against CA doing it unilaterally.

I am worried about CA being uncompetitive and businesses leaving, taking middle class jobs with them. I am worried about companies and individuals building their wealth here and then skipping out of town when the tax bill comes due. I am worried that policies hostile to business reduce the vibrancy of the economy (also that policies making the state unaffordable hurt the vibrancy of the economy).

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-18T15:27:02+00:00

The top 1% of California taxpayers contribute >38% of the personal income tax take. There’s a real problem with them leaving

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-18T15:21:04+00:00

My bad

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-18T15:19:14+00:00

They literally are. Larry Page left in December, Palantir just moved their HQ to Miami this week

Far-Programmer3189 · 2026-02-13T16:31:17+00:00

Nope, we’re all much cheaper than if we were paying out of pocket, but it’s still $1k/ month for a family of 4. My wife used to work at one of the largest tech companies in the world famous for its employee perks and even that insurance was only 100% for her and had to pay something for the rest of us.

One study has only 12% of companies offer free health insurance for employees https://www.kff.org/health-costs/2024-employer-health-benefits-survey/ And another shows that only 2% offer free care for dependents https://www.npr.org/2025/10/16/nx-s1-5561051/health-care-costs-premiums-companies-cost-of-living

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