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Animal rights activists arrested for terrorizing fur farms
Don Bauder July 25, 2015 @ 7:18 p.m. Twister: That is an explanation for the saying, "Don't corner a rat." Best, Don Bauder No, it's saying that if the power persists in its intransigence, the serfs who have nothing left to hope for will do what they can, even if it costs them prison or their lives. Killing animals who have have lived a life that is normal to them for sustenance is one thing; killing for "sport" or "trophies" or trinkets or superstitions is something else. Humans are a lot different from animals when it comes to their psychoses (a psychotic wild animal is soon eliminated; a cultural animal is psychotic by definition). (See also: Twister July 26, 2015 @ 10:32 p.m.)— July 26, 2015 10:57 p.m.
Animal rights activists arrested for terrorizing fur farms
It's always worth questioning "conventional" wisdom (as well as unconventional wisdom--whilst bearing in mind that neither are necessarily correct). But the real question is, "Is the animal better off taking its chances in the wild, in freedom, or is it better off being born in jail, reared in jail, and killed in jail as soon as it's pelt is big enough?"— July 26, 2015 10:32 p.m.
Businessmen, public defender, and college professor humiliate a homeless man
Some of the finest people I have ever met have been Mexicans. Abuse, however, is an institution in Mexico. Something happens to many Mexicans who "make it big," however. A good friend of mine, quite dark of skin but rich enough to afford leather jackets, pinky rings and shades, referred to those other fine people I knew (and know) with a contemptuous "Bah--INDIOS!" Other Mexican friends, particularly those quite light of skin, were patronizing to solicitous--something like the "liberal guilt" in this country. No wonder so many people flee to here--it may be hell, but better than the hell they have to suffer from their own countrymen. I am proud of my Indian heritage. It's sadly ironic that "we" have the temerity, the gall, to refer to those dark people who cross the artificial border as "aliens." The wall is a wall of shame--shame that should be shared on both sides of the border.— July 25, 2015 8:28 p.m.
More '60s homes in Del Cerro
Oh, yes. If deep excavation is required in the case of a failure of the drain pipe, access might be limited to zero until the work is completed. And from whence will they "borrow" the fill? Yes, this one should be scrutinized carefully.— July 25, 2015 8:07 p.m.
More '60s homes in Del Cerro
In the old days, the Fire Marshal would vote against it, and the fire department would not put pumpers down in that rat-hole. If they're insurable at all, the rates will be high. How they can get 5K sf lots in there must be a trick (right-of-way plus steep banks or how much fill? Likely a massive amount, requiring a large-diameter drain pipe that must be maintained and will be a hazard to children and other life-forms, being an extremely long run buried so deeply that maintenance or repair/replacement will be a costly nightmare--for the taxpayer, not the long-gone developer.). Beware of graphics. Let's see a topographic map, a grading plan, and some quantitative figures. Get flood insurance too. Adjacent property values are likely to dip, and the community will loose one last bit of open space. How many cars have been hauled out of that hole? Where will errant vehicles end up post-development? And who will buy them? Note that there is no cul-de-sac for a firetruck turnaround anyway, so they must not expect any fire trucks. Will the intersection be signalized? Will westbound traffic be required to go all the way to Montezuma, make a U-turn (screwing up traffic there) and then come back, for a two-mile trip to get into the proposed street (200 feet from the major intersection, so a signal is out). Will they be asking for a left-turn lane for W/S-bound traffic, or worse, a break in the median? What's the chain of title on this piece? Did somebody wrangle some right-of-way from the state? Tricks, tricks, and more tricks. And more are likely buried in the details--these are just the ones that spring to mind . . .— July 25, 2015 7:45 p.m.
After 130 years, Daily Transcript going dark
What if we had a "San Diego Daily Translator" to separate the ponies from the shit we get from the other media? In other words, Bauder "on steroids?"— July 25, 2015 7:28 p.m.
Qualcomm traveling Wall Street's road
Don Bauder July 25, 2015 @ 6:13 a.m. Twister: Yes, it was $5 a day -- a princely sum then. Later, Ford had a bitter battle with the autoworkers labor union. Best, Don Bauder Here's another take on the subject: http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/0… What's your take on this take? According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ $5 per day would be about $120 today. That would seem to reinforce the argument against Ford's employees being able to a-Ford.— July 25, 2015 7:22 p.m.
His radio show was on wealth; now he will pay $1 million
What about the screwees?— July 25, 2015 6:36 p.m.
Animal rights activists arrested for terrorizing fur farms
People who live on their own completely outside of "civilization" should be able to do what they must to survive. Those who enslave and kill for ego should get their just deserts. When law is on the side of evil, the law must be resisted.— July 25, 2015 6:34 p.m.
Animal rights activists arrested for terrorizing fur farms
"I agree that eco-terrorism sets the cause for animal rights back many years. Best, Don Bauder" Terrorists are created when their backs are against the wall, as when one is continually ignored by superior power and they are being treated unfairly when everything else has been tried. Even a cornered mouse will turn to terrorism when cornered.— July 25, 2015 6:30 p.m.