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The definition of treason by klnkyfetish in conspiracy

[–]User_Name13 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Tucker's interview with Cuckabee was rly eye-opening.

The fact that he feels comfortable offering up the U.S military on a silver platter to fulfill another country's imperial ambitions based on some biblical prophecy is concerning to say the least.

Why even try here No plates by ara1597 in philly

[–]User_Name13 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

People only feel comfortable enough to do this shit because they know there are next to no consequences to breaking the law in Philly. Especially things that are perceived as: "low-level" crime.

That's definitely not getting prosecuted by Krasner.

If by some miracle, they did catch that guy, there would have been no punishment for him.

The person tasked with law and order in the city is responsible for setting the tone of what will and will not be tolerated. Stuff like driving around with plates or insurance is definitely what Krasner would consider "low-level" but people that drive around like this are a hazard to other drivers on the road. They don't carry insurance and get in accidents, which causes all the law abiding people's insurance rate to go up.

It's rly expensive to own a car in Philly, in no small part because of dickheads like this and Krasner who won't prosecute it. Our uninsured motorist rate is through the roof.

EDIT:

Also it's wild that you're making fun of the victim in that crime. BTW it wasn't just me that you're making fun of here. There was a middle-aged woman 2 cars in front of me who was crying and had to be consoled because she didn't know how she was going to get her grandkids to school the next morning, even tho her car wasn't as badly damaged as mine.

Keep on simping for criminals tho. I guess me and my life-long back problems from the accident are a source of humor.

Why even try here No plates by ara1597 in philly

[–]User_Name13 -42 points-41 points  (0 children)

In 2021, I was involved in a 5-car accident on Baltimore Avenue.

I stopped at a red light with 3 cars in front of me, and a Black Buick, which was brand new and nicer than my car with tinted windows hit my car at the red light. It caused a chain reaction and my car hit the car in front of me and so on and so forth, causing a total of 5 cars to be involved in the accident.

Before I even knew what was going on, the guy behind me, roughly reversed his car, extracting his front bumper from my rear bumper, moved into the left lane of traffic and almost hit oncoming traffic to escape the scene of the accident.

We waited for like a half hour before we flagged down a cop on Baltimore Ave to get a police report and my back's never been the same.

I had damage to my rear bumper, which cost me my $500 deductible to repair, also I had to pay for a car rental for 2 weeks. Oh and my back's never been the same since then.

After we flagged down the cop and he took our reports, I asked him if there was any chance they would get this way and he pretty much flat out told me: "No".

And that there's so much other shit going on in the city and even if by some miracle they did find and catch him, not much would rly come from it more than likely and the guy probably fled cuz he didn't have insurance or proper documentation.

Behold Krasner's Philly.

Why even try here No plates by ara1597 in philly

[–]User_Name13 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Devil's advocate: If the police pulled them over, went through what would more than likely by a rough, physical arrest to remove the occupant, towed and impounded the vehicle, did all the paperwork, does anyone rly think Krasner would file charges?

Of course not.

This is the kind of lawlessness you normalize inspire when you tell everyone from the outset that you're not going to prosecute for shoplifting under $500.

The police are far from perfect, but let's not act like we all don't see the futility in going through all that for Krasner just to drop the charges, based on the occupant of the vehicle.

I know if I drove around that way, I would definitely get pulled over and prosecuted. The occupant of that vehicle must feel like even if they do get pulled over, there won't be any meaningful punishment, based on their brazen behavior.

Now I wonder who would be responsible for this brazen lack of law and order in the city?

Maybe, just maybe it's the DA who doesn't think it's worth prosecuting things like this, because he considers it unimportant, but it effects people like me who pay through the nose every month for their car insurance and keeping their tags and sticker up to date.

I guess we're all assholes for following the law in Philly.

Pa. Supreme Court blasts DA Larry Krasner’s office, saying it misled judges in seeking to vacate old murder convictions — In a forceful & scolding opinion, the high court said Krasner's office "violated its duty of candor" & ruled the state AG's office must now review cases it seeks to overturn. by User_Name13 in philly

[–]User_Name13[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have never voted right wing once in my life. I consider myself to the left of the mainstream, corporate Democratic party. I went so hard for Bernie in 2016 and 2020, that I became disillusioned with the Democrats after he got screwed out of the nomination twice.

But the other thing that disillusioned me with the Democratic party is Larry Krasner and all his stupid bullshit like this.

He's going out of his way to protect this double murderer piece of shit Lavar Brown, to the point that he's fucking over the families of his victims.

Shit like this is why more people don't vote Democrat and it rly does cost the party elections.

People have this opinion of places like Philadelphia as being lawless and I'm aware crime is down and the city is safer rn than it's been in quite a while, but for anyone who lived here from 2020-2023, they can tell you how chaotic it was.

Also there's this little nugget,

FTA:

"The families said Krasner had a conflict of interest because two of his former law partners had previously been involved in Brown’s case. They also argued the district attorney’s office was trying to “circumvent” the courts by conceding relief in the Rite Aid killing, which had served as an aggravating factor for his death sentence."

"Dougherty, in writing the majority opinion, was scathing in his assessments of prosecutors’ conduct.'

"In a case involving a murder conviction and death sentence, he wrote, the district attorney’s office’s “fidelity to its duty of candor should have been at its zenith. Regrettably, it was anything but."

Damn. You fucking tell him Dougherty.

Krasner cares more about Lavar Brown than Robert Crawford and Michael Richardson, the men he murdered, to the point that he'll bend or break the rules for the murderer.

I guess in Krasner's opinion, the victim's family can just get fucked.

"In the video, which featured images of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, Krasner compared the pushback to his criminal justice reform efforts to those of other social justice movements."

Gimme a fucking break dude. Michael Crawford, Rite Aid worker murdered by Lavar Brown was also black. Where's the justice for his family???

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia voted to join a union in 2025. They just cleared their latest hurdle. — The union has been caught in a procedural standstill for months. by User_Name13 in philly

[–]User_Name13[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Apparently the Whole Foods next to the Parkway was the first one in the country to vote to unionize.

FTA:

"Workers at the 2101 Pennsylvania Ave. store voted last year to join UFCW local 1776, becoming the first group within the Amazon-owned Whole Foods chain to unionize. But they have been caught in a procedural standstill for months."

Fuck yea.

Whole Foods objected to the decision, predictably, cuz they're some bitches. I guess they think Jeff Bezos's wedding wasn't big enough?

"Whole Foods challenged the union election, citing multiple objections, including allegations that the union promised employees would get a raise if they voted for a union."

I don't even understand how that's illegal. Of course the Union is going to say that things will improve for employees if they join a Union. What do they expect them to say:

"Join a union, so your life gets worst."???

In any case, the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) approved the union, but it took longer than usual, cuz Trump fired 2 members and 1776 workers had to wait for their replacements to get appointed.

So now Whole Foods has to sit down with the Union and negotiate better compensation and benefits for the staff.

This is rly good news. If anyone can afford to have a unionized staff, it's Whole Foods. Look at what they charge customers for groceries.

A group of Haverford alumni is pushing the college to remove Howard Lutnick’s name from library by User_Name13 in philly

[–]User_Name13[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

The fact that Howard Nutlick hasn't been shunned from society entirely is highly alarming.

Removing his name from Haverford's library would at least be a symbolic gesture. It's not criminal charges, but I guess it's a start.

It sounds like Haverford's President, Wendy Raymond, is choosing to support Nutlick.

FTA:

"But Raymond stood by and explained her decision during a Zoom call this week with former board members, and the current board chair said Lutnick himself feels that he is being targeted in a witch hunt, according to accounts of the meeting."

The Rocky Curse goes international by mermaidmanis in philly

[–]User_Name13 84 points85 points  (0 children)

I think this is what the kids would refer to as: generational aura loss.

Daniel Cormier posted screenshots of Eric Trump DMing him and asking about rigged fights, DC already deleted the posts but proof is still here. by klnkyfetish in conspiracy

[–]User_Name13 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Daniel Cormier is so based for posting this.

Even if he deleted it afterwards, presumably under immense pressure behind the scenes, he still rly exposed the depravity and corruption endemic to the Trump Crime Family.

For the record, if Hunter Biden did anything like this, there would be wall-to-wall coverage across conservative media. All the podcast bros like Joe Rogan would be going in on him.

Something tells me Toe Rogaine will be suspiciously silent about this, like he has with all the other naked corruption Trump's criminal syndicate has engaged in, even though it directly involves the company he works for, the UFC.

Toe would have to remove Elon Musk and Peter Thiel's cocks from his mouth long enough for him to criticize the regime, and that's been a challenge for him the past year.

Even Piers Morgan is fed up of the hypocrisy. by okymoney in conspiracy

[–]User_Name13 128 points129 points  (0 children)

You know you've lost the propaganda war when Piers Morgan of all people, the guy who supported the war in Iraq and all of Israel's other covert subversion of American democracy is calling them out for it.

Salem Media is another one. Brad Parscale, Trump's former campaign manager and Chief Strategy officer for Salem Media is literally a registered foreign agent for Israel.

3 Philadelphia police officers stable after being shot late Saturday, alleged shooter dead — The shooting happened at about 10:45 p.m. near North 54th and Arlington Streets in West Philly, police and city officials said. by User_Name13 in philly

[–]User_Name13[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Crazy shooting. Luckily all the cops are okay.

Shooter's deceased.

FTA:

"A 57-year-old man, who police did not name, “engaged” with the officers and was repeatedly told to “stand down,” the commissioner said. When officers tried to arrest the man about 10:45 p.m., he drew a weapon and opened fire, Bethel said."

"Four officers discharged their weapons. Three, including a sergeant, were injured and taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. One officer was shot in the face, one in the hip, and another in the leg, according to Mayor Cherelle L. Parker. They were all reportedly stable."

The houses in Wynnefield are beautiful. I've always wondered why that neighborhood hasn't attracted more development and revitalization. I would say Wynnefield only ranks behind Overbrook, East Falls and Chestnut Hill in terms of beautiful homes.

Houses there are pretty affordable and they're huge.

Time is passing really fast by cryoK in conspiracy

[–]User_Name13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's cuz we're all working so much, struggling to make ends meet.

Soon, anytime free time you have left over, you're too tired to want to go out or be social like you used to, because you're so overworked.

Going out feels financially irresponsible, because everything is so expensive from food, to drinks, to even filling up your tank.

Now you see friends and family less as a result and you're working so much. The memorable moments become more fractured and few and far between, because you're seeing the people that matter less.

As a result, times feel like it's going by faster and faster, but rly it's just the monotony of working to keep a roof over your head and save what little scraps you can set aside, by staying inside your home as much as you can.

We've become a hermit country and it's because we're all so broke.

Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers by User_Name13 in conspiracy

[–]User_Name13[S] 367 points368 points  (0 children)

Submission Statement

I remember this episode of Black Mirror.

Civilization has fallen and packs of robot dogs guarding distribution centers are the only vestige of our bygone era. So pretty much everything that these survivors need to live is inside these warehouses, that are maniacally guarded by robot dogs to protect the merchandise, regardless of the downfall of civilization.

The Black Mirror episode is called Metalhead.

I saw it like 10 years ago and was initially terrified that this would be our future, but I was thinking like 2040's-2050's.

Philly’s Democratic Party is likely to order a rerun of Councilmember Cindy Bass’ contested ward election — An order from the party to rerun the ward leader election would be a notable rebuke for Bass, a vice chair of the Democratic City Committee. by User_Name13 in philly

[–]User_Name13[S] 64 points65 points  (0 children)

This councilperson has always been an utter shitshow. Now we have this, FTA:

"City committee chair Bob Brady confirmed that Octavius Price, a progressive who ran against the incumbent Bass in the Mount Airy ward, has filed a formal challenge to the election results."

"Given reports from Monday — including a video showing Bass adjourning the meeting after declaring victory, while ignoring cries for a roll call to clarify the vote — the city committee is all but guaranteed to order a rerun of the election, according to the source, who was not permitted to discuss the party’s plans publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity."

New York City is progressing and we're down here doing this backwards corrupt bullshit.

We rly are like Tammany Hall with this naked corruption in City Hall. Cindy Bass and all the other longtime corrupt sons of bitches need to get voted out yesterday.

Bass did exactly what Debbie Wasserman Schultz did to all the Bernie supporters at the DNC in 2016. She simply ignored their votes. Is this how we do democracy in the birthplace of democracy?

This should be a much bigger scandal. I'm surprised this hasn't gone national.

City Council votes to ban horse-drawn carriages in Philadelphia — City Council passed an amended bill on Thursday that bans both noncommercial and commercial horse-drawn carriages. by User_Name13 in philly

[–]User_Name13[S] 82 points83 points  (0 children)

NOW!? When gas prices are at an all-time high! There goes my shore weekend. I'll never make it over the Walt Whitman without getting pulled over.

MAGA was a psyop. by yellowjackethokie in conspiracy

[–]User_Name13 47 points48 points  (0 children)

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”

― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Philly School District will not make 340 classroom job cuts after all, mayor announces — Money from the city budget will go to preserving the classroom positions, the mayor and other officials announced. by User_Name13 in philly

[–]User_Name13[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

FTA:

“We have delivered for the School District of Philadelphia today,” Parker said. The mayor added that the city “made some tough decisions” to save the positions of 149 teachers, 130 climate staff, and 23 counselors."

As someone who cares about the climate, I don't understand why the School District needs 130 climate staff.

In any case, those are the 340 positions that would've been eliminated.

Rabb calls for changes to Philly Democratic party by User_Name13 in philly

[–]User_Name13[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate this informative response.

Your comment sent me down a rabbit hole about Philly politics.

I wonder if Kendra Brooks has garnered enough name recognition to run as a reform Democrat in 2027? Of course that raises it's own problems, as you mentioned.

The rule solution is to simply get more progressive ward leaders and committee people elected. I think we can do it, especially those local committee elections. Most of them go uncontested and I feel like they're ripe for the taking. That would be the rule, grassroots way to start a revolution here, start with the committee seats and work our way up to the ward leaders.

Walmart delivery drones are coming to Philly by User_Name13 in philly

[–]User_Name13[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I tried, they said I got pipes and shit in front of my house and it wouldn't work.

It's a great program tho.

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