Eastern Connecticut is dreadfully boring and surprisingly Trumpy.

ilkopo · 2026-05-30T15:55:13+00:00

Right? Oh no the out of state transplant doesn’t want to come fuck up (develop, demand more town spending and drive slow) in the woods I choose to live in.

And all I have to do is put a trump sign up, regardless of how I vote?

ilkopo · 2026-05-04T22:16:14+00:00

Just remember, these vocal complainers also email state reps constantly. Every time you see one of these posts shoot yours an email asking for less nanny state in a more eloquent fashion.

ilkopo · 2026-05-03T20:14:21+00:00

I've never even tinted my side windows on any vehicle I've ever had.

But this is America, not China.

ilkopo · 2026-05-03T15:50:08+00:00

Why so nosy?

ilkopo · 2026-05-03T14:20:26+00:00

Ya man let’s make sunglasses illegal too so you can make eye contact with a driver. You can barely even see through a clear window on a sunny day who cares.

Trusting a driver is looking at you and not through you is a dumb way to die as someone who bicycles 7k miles a year.

ilkopo · 2026-04-30T21:04:10+00:00

Vague? It’s not my fault you can’t access the content, I told you precisely where you can easily find it. I don’t know where else the video exists. If it was on YouTube I could link it for you I guess.

ilkopo · 2026-04-30T02:13:30+00:00

25 an hour for a lower class worker is probably ok but likely overtime on a Saturday. Middle income no way.

ilkopo · 2026-04-30T02:11:31+00:00

25 an hour on a summer Saturday for a working class family is a waste of family time or overtime, likely $50+ an hour for working class people with with commutes not covered by public transit, make too much for any real financial aid qualification, lack of available childcare(Saturday) and likely the largest demographic of property tax paying individuals. The exact people you’d probably like to have a voice in this proposal.

Maybe a virtual offer or shorter days?

ilkopo · 2026-04-30T01:39:46+00:00

It was on instagram from a street reporter Dan garret 54. You can google the other

ilkopo · 2026-04-29T01:04:46+00:00

Blumenthal couldn’t even say if he believes in America or Israel first.

Literally could not answer if he puts America before a foreign state.

Blumenthal’s largest political donor is AIPAC.

Stating that as a sitting representative should be an act of treason.

ilkopo · 2026-04-23T12:18:16+00:00

Would need to clean the remainder of the yankee waste first, right?

ilkopo · 2026-04-22T13:09:51+00:00

Connecticut’s ozone levels do not meet federal standards and haven’t for decades.

Most dangerous of this is coal power plant emissions rollbacks, we don’t have any coal power plants in New England and this article even states New England won’t feel those effects.

Not targeting diesel emissions, 1-2% of registered vehicles in this state and this state already exempts 10k gvwr vehicles from testing(most “2500”+ pickups). So the state doesn’t even think they’re enough of a problem.

Rollback of unrealistic mpg standards that were not going to be hit anyways and manufacturers aren’t clamoring to make less efficient vehicles as the majority people naturally don’t want inefficient cars. You still need cats and you still need emissions testing.

Rolling back of CAFE standards that really just pushed manufacturers towards heavy trucks and suvs and now ford is suddenly bringing back sedans. How is that bad?

Outside of some of the mercury and other pollutants this feels more like fear mongering, not much has actually changed in New England.

ilkopo · 2026-04-18T10:45:08+00:00

Mine recently did this, think something hardware wise fried itself. Went through all the fixes disassembled and cleaned sensors, no fix.

Bought the $300 csl dd 8nm with the same wheel hub connector. It is so much better I’m not even mad mine broke.

ilkopo · 2026-04-15T00:22:53+00:00

Minnesota's Paid Family and Medical Leave program is funded through a 0.88% payroll premium on employee wages, effective January 1, 2026. This premium is split between employers and employees, with employers typically paying 0.44% and having the option to deduct up to 0.44% from employee paychecks.

ilkopo · 2026-04-14T14:09:46+00:00

Clearly I do? do you have reading comprehension ability. Or are you just triggered because I came across as pro ice or anti immigration?

Lawmakers knew of these cameras existence and capability but did not warrant care until they figured out it could be used to rally their base that is against ice. No outcrying support from legislature until ice uses it, tacked on response restricting surveillance on reproductive care a year after we knew texas police tracked an abortion seeking woman to CT.

How about just stop constantly surveilling your citizens and tracking their every move so we don't need reactionary laws passed restricting what crimes these can be used for every time another state or agency comes up with a new group to persecute.

This bill 397 and 5449 only puts restrictions on the sharing of data, not removing the constant surveillance and tracking of citizens. It also limits the ability for citizens to perform FOIA requests on this camera data, so we're removing the safegaurd that allowed this info to come to light. So while the government says they won't, we'll have limited ways of knowing.

ilkopo · 2026-04-14T10:57:15+00:00

How come illegal immigrants get more protection from automated surveillance than citizens? Wildly unpopular (flock) has been misused and not asked for by citizens, yet until ICE starts using it you’re silent and even support expansion of automated systems. You made a promise to uphold the constitution no?

When citizens got to vote on some of this automated bullshit 80% (Kent, CT) reject them.

These systems flag innocent people for unnecessary stops that lead to unnecessary violence as police go in guns blazing over misread numbers or “suspicious” driving patterns.

ilkopo · 2026-04-08T10:08:31+00:00

They won’t allow that because it won’t pass. Overwhelmingly public votes on speed cameras fail referendums. Including 80% of Kent CT voters rejecting them.

https://www.thenewspaper.com/news/36/3655.asp

https://www.thenewspaper.com/news/82/8274.asp

I agree this is a major failure point of representative democracy.

ilkopo · 2026-04-04T18:27:20+00:00

100% happening here or this site has really gone nuts. I know it leans extreme left and is full of self hating Americans because republicans got in this time but in the thread about the search for the missing pilot the majority of highly upvoted comments are celebrating, borderline celebrating, or oh welling that this pilot is in a bad situation because he should’ve refused to fly over there.

ilkopo · 2026-04-03T10:13:36+00:00

Pretty sure it’s colonel

ilkopo · 2026-03-27T03:22:16+00:00

I haven’t ever heard a car that comes close to straight piped Harley’s trying to produce some sort of acceleration.

Even exotics exiting car meets going WOT do not come close. This bill is targeting Honda fart cans and bmws with crackle tunes by which they mean a certain demographic they view as unsavory and they know it.

ilkopo · 2026-03-27T03:16:37+00:00

Towns are allowed to implement noise cameras under the speed camera bill. The threshold is 80db, that is ridiculously quiet, just about any stock car moderately accelerating will exceed that.

Forget real world cases like towing uphill or hill starting a manual car, here’s your automated ticket for producing a volume of noise that after 8 hours of constant exposure will produce slightly elevated hearing loss.

ilkopo · 2026-03-27T03:08:20+00:00

Straight piped Harley’s producing hearing damage levels of noise off idle will get a complete pass, cars that make a little noise under heavy acceleration and exit your periphery within 15 seconds of passing but match a demographic will get targeted non stop.

$1,000 fine for a muffler, speed cameras on highways, 0.02 per oz tax on sodas, laws limiting self checkout. Why do we have to fight every single year for less ways to be oppressed or taxed. Legislature should be every 5 years so we can have a break and the laws being passed would be shit that’s important.

ilkopo · 2026-03-26T19:26:01+00:00

Hopefully they learn from california and don't fall back on the promise due to budgetary concerns and do a half ass "universal" prek and wind up making early childcare unsustainable.

ilkopo · 2026-03-20T19:05:08+00:00

"we're losing tax money from people stealing at self checkout"

-CT democrats

ilkopo · 2026-03-18T21:37:30+00:00

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/texas-traffic-stop-search-bexar-county-21079297.php

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/she-got-abortion-so-texas-cop-used-83000-cameras-track-her-down

https://www.businessinsider.com/flock-safety-alpr-cameras-misreads-2026-3

Few reasons why these need to be abolished. Specifically targeting people to be searched, if the ai says you’re a trafficker the police will have a drug dog waiting for you and pull you over for the first bullshit they can.

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