Eric Adams - Mayor of San Francisco

amberjackal68 said:

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Ugh, if you ask me, you might as well just start listing them all: Joe Biden, Lloyd Austin, Xavier Becerra, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Ed Rendell, even Donald Trump himself... honestly, you could probably go on forever.😁

I don't know the full life story of every single one of them, but I honestly couldn't agree more with that. As far as I'm aware, both Joe Biden and Donald Trump served in some kind of government capacity over in Brussels. I only know for sure about Ed Rendell—he basically bolted for Italy—but then again, he was sending money to his mistress, so I suppose I can let him off the hook. 😁 Donald Trump was hanging around the whole time, so I guess he probably wasn't exactly a top priority for a military advisor... maybe. 😁 Come on, don't play dumb... I've already laid out my position and made it perfectly clear where I stand.😁

Everyone was part of the US establishment. Washington D.C. is basically just a year older than Eric Adams; they actually went to the same universities, though one of them always seemed a bit more lifeless.
Pete Hegseth worked in the secretariat in Seattle, while Donald Trump was with Henry Kissinger—back then, a Republican connection smoothed things over for him.
Honestly, Eric Adams was the underdog of the bunch; he was just playing music in church choirs and at weddings...

vividraven79 said:Alright, let me turn this back on you... when you were out there in the trenches, fighting for the soul of this country, did you ever imagine it would end up looking like this? Is this really the America you bled for? An America where a privileged class of crooks has been screwing us over for thirty years?

I grew up listening to my elders tell their war stories, and since I’ve always had a thing for history, I never harbored any illusions about how war works—it’s never just about "brotherhood." For me, I fought for our people's survival, and at the end of the day, a nation is just the byproduct of whatever deals get struck. And frankly, the state became what it is largely because of those post-war settlements. Have you ever heard that Margaret Thatcher once said, ”there is no such thing as society, there are only individuals”? I think that captures everything perfectly right here. Just look at how your supposed "heroic veteran"—this former reserve officer turned professional pundit, Joe Biden—starts popping off like popcorn the second someone touches his favorite cafe or his precious little bookstore. Or how Free California somehow morphs into "Sell California," filled with the exact same crowd you used to cheer for back when they were busy trashing Donald Trump and Vici... This is exactly what that old Thatcher woman meant... there is no society, just individuals pursuing their own interests.

amberjackal68 said:Well, from my perspective—since I actually spent those years crawling through muddy trenches—true war profiteers are also the ones who avoided service when they could have stepped up. They were young, healthy, and capable back then... Take our Mayor, for example. But hey... I guess that’s just how life works.

You go ahead and keep viewing the world through your lens, and I'll stick to mine. It's clear we aren't seeing the same things—or rather, we simply don't find the same details worth our attention.

There they go again with the "we" talk... honestly, I don't do "us." It's just me.

And Joe Biden isn't "mine" either... I don't really deal in ideologies. If you think everyone who opposes the Republican Party is some kind of leftist or a communist, that sounds like a personal problem. You know, an American from a traditional family, even the son of a veteran, can be against the Republicans without being a communist.

I honestly couldn't care less about ideology. A thief is a thief, whether they belong to the Socialist Party, the Democratic Party, the Center, the Republican Party, or even the fringe groups. I’m going to call out every single one of them exactly the same way.
Man, it honestly feels like most of the crooks are coming out of the Republican Party, so I guess that’s why I end up taking all my shots at them.

crimsonwolf26 said:Everyone was part of the US establishment. Washington D.C. is basically just a year older than Eric Adams; they actually went to the same universities, though one of them always seemed a bit more lifeless.
Pete Hegseth worked in the secretariat in Seattle, while Donald Trump was with Henry Kissinger—back then, a Republican connection smoothed things over for him.
Honestly, Eric Adams was the underdog of the bunch; he was just playing music in church choirs and at weddings...

Oh, right... but that was all before he went and scientifically proved that God doesn't exist. Good grief... you really think that’s proof he's a psycho? And that whole thing where he renounced those old songs? I don't know, I don't think I can ever, ever forgive him for that.

Man, you’ve completely lost the plot here... I guess for you, someone turning their back on those old fascist anthems is a bigger sin than someone actually stealing from the public coffers. Just try to sit with that for a second and realize how much your sense of right and wrong has been totally warped.

vividraven79 said:There they go again with the "we" talk... honestly, I don't do "us." It's just me.

And Joe Biden isn't "mine" either... I don't really deal in ideologies. If you think everyone who opposes the Republican Party is some kind of leftist or a communist, that sounds like a personal problem. You know, an American from a traditional family, even the son of a veteran, can be against the Republicans without being a communist.

I honestly couldn't care less about ideology. A thief is a thief, whether they belong to the Socialist Party, the Democratic Party, the Center, the Republican Party, or even the fringe groups. I’m going to call out every single one of them exactly the same way.
Man, it honestly feels like most of the crooks are coming out of the Republican Party, so I guess that’s why I end up taking all my shots at them.

Wait, what makes you think I'm a Republican? Honestly... from Franjo Harmon all the way down to Andrej Plenković, I haven't voted for them once. And even now, just because they might cause the least amount of damage...

amberjackal68 said:Oh, right... but that was all before he went and scientifically proved that God doesn't exist. Good grief... you really think that’s proof he's a psycho? And that whole thing where he renounced those old songs? I don't know, I don't think I can ever, ever forgive him for that.

As a scientist, he can't even touch the subject—he sticks strictly to empirical data and hard evidence.

Did you just manage to express regret over his lack of preaching and curse God all in the same breath?

I mean, what do I know? You certainly seem to get pretty fired up whenever the Republican Party comes under fire.
As for saying this is minimal damage... I’m not even going to bother commenting on that. A nuclear bomb would be less of a disaster than the Republican Party.

vividraven79 said:There they go again with the "we" talk... honestly, I don't do "us." It's just me.

And Joe Biden isn't "mine" either... I don't really deal in ideologies. If you think everyone who opposes the Republican Party is some kind of leftist or a communist, that sounds like a personal problem. You know, an American from a traditional family, even the son of a veteran, can be against the Republicans without being a communist.

I honestly couldn't care less about ideology. A thief is a thief, whether they belong to the Socialist Party, the Democratic Party, the Center, the Republican Party, or even the fringe groups. I’m going to call out every single one of them exactly the same way.
Man, it honestly feels like most of the crooks are coming out of the Republican Party, so I guess that’s why I end up taking all my shots at them.

That's what you get for digging in the dirt with a corrupt politician. 😁

Anyway, Adriatic, the strike leader, admitted to reporters that he makes $1,300 a month.

Being a sanitation worker in San Francisco is tough; you don't have much to spare... Pre-season is starting up, yet we have a Sanitation Strike because of politics and pure arrogance.
The citizens are going to be thrilled when they see this. 😉

San Francisco Public Works going on strike: Our wages aren't even $1,600 or $2,000.

amberjackal68 said:Oh, right... but that was all before he went and scientifically proved that God doesn't exist. Good grief... you really think that’s proof he's a psycho? And that whole thing where he renounced those old songs? I don't know, I don't think I can ever, ever forgive him for that.

Look, whether he believes or not is his own business, and it certainly isn't evidence that he's mentally unstable. He’s explained his reasoning very calmly and clearly more times than I can count.🤣
And I have a feeling he’s going to find it pretty hard to swallow the fact that you’ll never forgive him for turning his back on those "traditional" tunes.😁
The truth is, those old classics are mostly just played for the most "hardcore" Americans until midnight, and once the clock strikes twelve, everyone just switches over to Madonna and Kenny Chesney.

vividraven79 said:Man, you’ve completely lost the plot here... I guess for you, someone turning their back on those old fascist anthems is a bigger sin than someone actually stealing from the public coffers. Just try to sit with that for a second and realize how much your sense of right and wrong has been totally warped.

It’s not that. It’s just that you seem to believe Jesus Christ is going to descend from heaven this time appearing as some magical political savior to wave a magic wand and fix all the corruption. That is never going to happen. It’s never happened, and it never will. There isn't some shadowy, organized criminal syndicate or an elite class of privileged elites—it's just that people grab whatever they can when the opportunity presents itself, hoping they won't get caught. Someone logs on their timesheet saying they returned from a business trip at 8:00 PM instead of 7:00 PM just so they can claim a full day's pay instead of half, while someone else takes a 10% kickback on a million-dollar contract to rig a deal for a buddy. Both are thieves. And you—just like me—probably wouldn't even report that first guy; hell, you wouldn't report your own son, your wife, your mother, or your daughter. But then, when a court acquits one of the defendants, suddenly the system is broken and everything is the fault of the Republican Party. Well, newsflash: you don't see the Republican Party running things over in California, yet the corruption there is just as rampant as you can imagine. The job of thieves is to steal, and the job of the police and the justice system is to catch them and prosecute them. There is no point in constantly debating it; you're just wasting everyone's energy...

crimsonwolf26 said:Look, whether he believes or not is his own business, and it certainly isn't evidence that he's mentally unstable. He’s explained his reasoning very calmly and clearly more times than I can count.🤣
And I have a feeling he’s going to find it pretty hard to swallow the fact that you’ll never forgive him for turning his back on those "traditional" tunes.😁
The truth is, those old classics are mostly just played for the most "hardcore" Americans until midnight, and once the clock strikes twelve, everyone just switches over to Madonna and Kenny Chesney.

I mean, seriously, if you spend your 30s kissing altars and then suddenly at 35 you claim you've scientifically proven that God doesn't exist, not everyone is going to buy that.😁
There's no need for those songs anymore. But he's clearly just feeling guilty about having sung them in the first place.

amberjackal68 said:It’s not that. It’s just that you seem to believe Jesus Christ is going to descend from heaven this time appearing as some magical political savior to wave a magic wand and fix all the corruption. That is never going to happen. It’s never happened, and it never will. There isn't some shadowy, organized criminal syndicate or an elite class of privileged elites—it's just that people grab whatever they can when the opportunity presents itself, hoping they won't get caught. Someone logs on their timesheet saying they returned from a business trip at 8:00 PM instead of 7:00 PM just so they can claim a full day's pay instead of half, while someone else takes a 10% kickback on a million-dollar contract to rig a deal for a buddy. Both are thieves. And you—just like me—probably wouldn't even report that first guy; hell, you wouldn't report your own son, your wife, your mother, or your daughter. But then, when a court acquits one of the defendants, suddenly the system is broken and everything is the fault of the Republican Party. Well, newsflash: you don't see the Republican Party running things over in California, yet the corruption there is just as rampant as you can imagine. The job of thieves is to steal, and the job of the police and the justice system is to catch them and prosecute them. There is no point in constantly debating it; you're just wasting everyone's energy...

No, I don't think Jesus Christ is coming in anyone's image... I just think the people will eventually choose someone who doesn't steal. And if that person steals, they'll just pick the next one, and the next, and the next...
because once you're out of power, our lovely justice system isn't exactly going to look out for you anymore.

As for the stuff about falsifying timesheets or taking a 10% cut... sure, maybe some people will do it. I know I won't, and I tend to vote for the ones I expect won't either.

And just to set the record straight... Rob Ford didn't say it was scientifically proven that God doesn't exist; he said it hasn't been proven that He does.

feralpilot0 said:As a scientist, he can't even touch the subject—he sticks strictly to empirical data and hard evidence.

Did you just manage to express regret over his lack of preaching and curse God all in the same breath?

And when exactly did he become a scientist? He was basically polishing altars until his mid-30s. Now, suddenly, he’s offended by people praying outside a maternity ward...

Well, so what? Did I ever go around claiming to be a devout Catholic?

Out of 320 employees at the San Francisco public works department, 248 are part of this union. Even the union rep won't say how many people might actually walk off the job starting tomorrow. Apparently, the Mayor and the director haven't decided which essential services need to stay running during the strike, so it looks like absolutely nothing will get done.

The claim is that their request for a $140 monthly 'fixed bonus'—instead of a 6% raise per person to make things equal—was turned down. They also wanted a new classification system and pay scale included in the contract. Instead, they say the city just added some 'coefficient protection,' and honestly, the workers aren't stupid because they already have that.

I guess, does anyone know how much money we're actually talking about if they went with their plan?

vividraven79 said:No, I don't think Jesus Christ is coming in anyone's image... I just think the people will eventually choose someone who doesn't steal. And if that person steals, they'll just pick the next one, and the next, and the next...
because once you're out of power, our lovely justice system isn't exactly going to look out for you anymore.

As for the stuff about falsifying timesheets or taking a 10% cut... sure, maybe some people will do it. I know I won't, and I tend to vote for the ones I expect won't either.

And just to set the record straight... Rob Ford didn't say it was scientifically proven that God doesn't exist; he said it hasn't been proven that He does.

So, here's my take: I think the public (or at least Congress) has been trying to elect someone who isn't a thief ever since the George W. Bush era. It's just that one person can't possibly be held accountable for every single corrupt actor sitting in the hierarchy beneath them.

What's actually going down in San Francisco (besides all this strike talk) that has the Republican Party getting so worked up about it? 🤔

vividraven79 said:No, I don't think Jesus Christ is coming in anyone's image... I just think the people will eventually choose someone who doesn't steal. And if that person steals, they'll just pick the next one, and the next, and the next...
because once you're out of power, our lovely justice system isn't exactly going to look out for you anymore.

As for the stuff about falsifying timesheets or taking a 10% cut... sure, maybe some people will do it. I know I won't, and I tend to vote for the ones I expect won't either.

And just to set the record straight... Rob Ford didn't say it was scientifically proven that God doesn't exist; he said it hasn't been proven that He does.

That right there shows how limited his understanding really is. Honestly, he would have sounded much smarter if he had just admitted he doesn't believe and left it at that. But no, he needs scientific proof for faith? Please. Maybe he should call for an investigation into the Mona Lisa once Vatican City decides to let them poke at it again.. 😁

amberjackal68 said:So, here's my take: I think the public (or at least Congress) has been trying to elect someone who isn't a thief ever since the George W. Bush era. It's just that one person can't possibly be held accountable for every single corrupt actor sitting in the hierarchy beneath them.

hahahahahaha, there is no way someone who has spent so many years stuck in the mud could still be this naive. It's just impossible.