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couple decent shots of this massive guy lumbering through
 
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Candlelight Desolation said:
I have an aunt in Santa Barbara who I got off the phone with some hours ago. She thinks a lot of the fires are being started by arsonists,
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In the middle of a fire disaster where public order is strained, I wouldn't be surprised if a few anarchist types turn into firebugs. Give the authorities something to worry about, they just want to see the world burn, and all that related nonsense.
 
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reptile baht spaniard rid said:
Holy shit we might actually see an Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 case before the supremes before this year is out. Fucking hilarious!

I wonder if CA can somehow violate the third amendment at the same time, just to make it extra fun!
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I sincerely hope this causes the C-suite to discuss sponsoring a few Luigi's in his direction. The financial loss on this will run into 8 digits.
 
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harmacist said:
idk destruction like this reminds me of that retard that broke a dam to strand his girlfriend so he could party and do drugs over a weekend. he ended up getting life i believe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(criminal)

He got 20 to life and is out in 2026 on parole unless he gets silenced first.

Man is a perfect example of why not to be a shitlord IRL. Especially not in your local neighborhood. He was without any doubt a repeat arsonist and burglar that it made people wanted to get rid of his ass enough to scapegoat him for the dam failure. Now at the point an entire community is willing to do this you are either being persecuted massively....or you've spent years making your own bed. Make wise choices.
 
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A moratorium on fire insurance cancellations in wildfire areas in CA.

This is so insane. The high cost of insurance (or, in many cases, outright refusal to sell insurance because the risk is so high) is supposed to act as a information mechanism to force people to stop building in these areas, to move away, etc.

Now that won’t happen. And people will die because of this. This is enabling people to stay in death traps.

The only way we could move the needle on fire safety AND allow people to stay in those homes is if we enact massive political change to reform misguided environmental policies, building codes, etc.

You know what would really light a fire under peoples’ asses to vote for actual reform? $5k/mo fire insurance premiums on a house you couldn’t sell for $300k.

Instead, people will fucking die
 
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Rootless Cosmopolitan said:

A moratorium on fire insurance cancellations in wildfire areas in CA.

This is so insane. The high cost of insurance (or, in many cases, outright refusal to sell insurance because the risk is so high) is supposed to act as a information mechanism to force people to stop building in these areas, to move away, etc.

Now that won’t happen. And people will die because of this. This is enabling people to stay in death traps.

The only way we could move the needle on fire safety AND allow people to stay in those homes is if we enact massive political change to reform misguided environmental policies, building codes, etc.

You know what would really light a fire under peoples’ asses to vote for actual reform? $5k/mo fire insurance premiums on a house you couldn’t sell for $300k.

Instead, people will fucking die
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Wouldn't it be easier to for insurance companies to just "yeah nah, we just ain't doing business in your state lol"? Most of them are already that tilting in that direction anyway.
 
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Harm said:
Can't help but see social media posts begging for donations because their homes burnt in the fires and realize this is what they're really asking for me to replace:

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I occasionally wonder about what will happen to my games if there's an earthquake or a tree falls on the house or something. But the truth of the matter is they are piled high on a giant book case above where I sleep, so odds are they'd just kill me themselves. Fun, fun, fun.
 
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Kane Lives said:
Wouldn't it be easier to for insurance companies to just "yeah nah, we just ain't doing business in your state lol"? Most of them are already that tilting in that direction anyway.
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There is a very real risk that the entire government of Commiefornia may try to legally prevent that. In which case it's time for actions that aren't suitable to discuss on KF, because at that point we're down to barenaked Leninism.
 
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Obstacle said:
The Theosophists attract people still by running private schools that have really artsy curriculums, and huge budgets from private donors.
They look like great places to send your kids on paper.
There's one down the road from me; they are called "Steiner-Waldorf schools" or summat.
When my ma' was shopping around for a school to send me to, she tried to send me there, where we learned that they have negative views on single mothers (I mean, kinda based, ngl) and wouldn't accept students from families with only one parent, due to them having some sort of peculiar holistic mystic religious bent.
So whatever, sounded like I was on track for a free ride 'til that.
Anyway, I talked to two guys who had also worked there as security, particularly, this one big gentle black dude I knew from Brum; he noticed that they don't seem to discipline the kids or intervene in their interactions at all, and that this appears to be intentional.
So a lot of the kids will fight, or one that's attracted the ire of the rest will cop a kicking, and the teachers will basically just watch to make sure they aren't outright murdering one another, but otherwise do nothing.
Interesting place, overall.
Bit creepy, tbh.
My neighbor's missus went there though, and she's alright, pretty based for a hippy lady.
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The Waldorf Schools and Rudolph Steiner are actually Anthroposophists, which are a schism from the Theosophists, who disliked the scammier aspects of Theosophy like mediums and seances. The ideology is filled with woo and bullshit, but at the same time, they've also got some great ideas on education and socialization of children and young adults, including some that really counteract against the social pathologies of our current era.

One is that education should be self-guided, with ample opportunities for a wide ranging set of skills to be developed, and that core curriculum extends from that. Allow the kid to get an interest in say gardening or weaving or woodworking etc, and learn math, history and science out of that applied interest. English, music and other cultural knowledge is cultivated by the study of the classics that involve play-acting and other forms of active participation rather than just reading and rote memorization of facts. Another thing is that students are encouraged to work things out between themselves on their own with a minimum of adult intervention, and allow their natural inclinations to lead or follow, and organic development of roles in group projects (a big thing there) to form. Finally, and probably most importantly, technology as substitution for learning manual skills or socialization is discouraged. You won't find computers or the internet in a Waldorf School. You will find a great library and teachers with a wide ranging set of skills for hands-on learning, and say if the student has a strong interest in something no teacher there knows well, like say, bee-keeping, they will facilitate an outside mentorship within the curriculum.

It's really not for every child, particularly those with behavioral issues or learning disabilities, but IMO, it's the ideal sort of education for gifted and talented kids, or ones that don't do well with sitting at a desk all day. If I had both children and money, I would 100% send my kids to a Waldorf School. Rudolph Steiner was a weirdo who thought he could commune with the dead spirits of the ages, and believed that the phases of the stars and the moon governed the course of human history, but he stumbled upon a lot of important educational insights. There's a reason why a lot of Silicon Valley types send their kids to Waldorf, despite it's strong anti-technological bias. It's expensive as hell, and all the teachers and admin are hippies, but they're pretty based hippies. Even if your kid doesn't go into college after it, they come out with some sort of niche skilled trade or two that's useful as fuck.
 
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reptile baht spaniard rid said:
Holy shit we might actually see an Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 case before the supremes before this year is out. Fucking hilarious!
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That clause only applies to the federal government. Article I, Section 10, clause 1 specifically deals with the states and ex post facto laws. Even then, according to Calder v. Bull (1798 ), the prohibition on ex post facto laws only applies to criminal law, not civil matters.
 
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Rootless Cosmopolitan said:

A moratorium on fire insurance cancellations in wildfire areas in CA.

This is so insane. The high cost of insurance (or, in many cases, outright refusal to sell insurance because the risk is so high) is supposed to act as a information mechanism to force people to stop building in these areas, to move away, etc.

Now that won’t happen. And people will die because of this. This is enabling people to stay in death traps.

The only way we could move the needle on fire safety AND allow people to stay in those homes is if we enact massive political change to reform misguided environmental policies, building codes, etc.

You know what would really light a fire under peoples’ asses to vote for actual reform? $5k/mo fire insurance premiums on a house you couldn’t sell for $300k.

Instead, people will fucking die
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I think certain people saw the rent moratoriums from 2020 and thought "we can definitely just force private companies to pay for all of our fuckups" while ignoring all the negative consequences.
 
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