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PS: In my other work, I was a Defense Contractor doing military training.

NOTE: Quote about one of the victims:

On Monday, Ms. Wilford, 17, walked into a conference center at Broward Health North hospital flanked by her parents, a cast on her arm the only outward sign of the injuries that could have killed her. Doctors said the bullet wounds to her torso and abdomen had essentially healed, and that she could be physically ready to return to school as early as next week.

– she was shot 3 times. Another was shot 5 times and survived (both legs and through his back – no aputation). I also heard it was over 30 minutes from start till rescue was allowed in.[/quote]

Since it’s unclear if you’ve ever treated any gun wounds, why don’t we hear from one of the doctors dealing with the Parkland patients. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/what-i-saw-treating-the-victims-from-parkland-should-change-the-debate-on-guns/553937/

Oh, I forgot: one of those elitists with an anti-gun agenda……

Anyway, I’m fully supportive of the 10 round limit here in CA. I’ve got a pump action shotgun for hunting (3 round limit) and for home defense (6 rounds). I’ve got a semi-auto rimfire for fun plinking. Even in CA, no one is taking away my guns though I think the handgun registry (which lists which handguns can be sold in the CA) is a bit arbitrary. I think there’s a middle ground most folks can get to but the NRA won’t let the discussion start.

PS. I like how the NRA thinks federal agents are jackboot thugs but police going around engaging and killing civilians without any attempt to defuse the situation doesn’t really seem to be a problem.

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It’s really amazing how much you like to live in your own echo chamber.

Trump visited Woodside,CA in August for a 25k fundraiser and though there were protesters, there was no violence. Or are you going to claim that Woodside isn’t in a coastal county?

Donald Trump’s visit to Woodside greeted by phalanx of Hillary Clinton signs

As for pictures of those “thugs” at the April Burlingame rally, here are some pictures.

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/04/29/donald-trump-california-gop-convention-burlingame-protest/

Yeah, look at all those dangerous women sitting on the street. Frankly, we all know that your term “thugs” are directed at blacks and Latinos.

And yes, there were some clashes which I object to, but your ability to use the term “thugs” for protesters here in CA, but your inability to articulate any position on Trump supporters who (a) cold-cocked a 69 year old woman in Asheville, (b) attacked a black man in Albany, (c) suckerpunched a black man in Tucson, (d) assaulted a black teen-ager in Louisville, etc. etc. (Here’s a partial list: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/02/a_list_of_violent_incidents_at_donald_trump_rallies_and_events.html)

just shows a mind-boggling ability to consistently articulate a double-standard (or blind racism) with regard to behavior from both sides.

You want to talk about it some more or perhaps you should do some actual research (instead of getting all your news at redstate.com or breitbart). And if you’re going to “argue” a point, why don’t you leave some links so we know where you’re getting your data.

Oh, and there was some nonsense in this thread earlier about union costs driving up wages. Dude, you can’t have it both ways. You can’t claim to want the old days of good salaries for blue collar workers (coal, textiles, steel, cars) without acknowledging that those wages and benefits were due to union power. You think without unions that workers were miraculously getting those salaries and pensions? Check out this article on wages/social contract. Someone tell me where the thesis goes awry. http://prospect.org/article/wages-and-social-contract

As for EPA regs, maybe you should get your ass over to Chengdu/Beijing/Delhi to breathe the air in a non-EPA world before you spew BS.

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[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Rich Toscano]So please, spare me the accusations of “partisanship”…[/quote]

I don’t CARE about the MSM making hay of Trump’s rhetoric or how many of the Right Wing nutjobs in the GOP end up “disavowing” him. I don’t need my president to be “nice” and “likeable.” I honestly don’t think Trump is a true Republican. I think he felt he couldn’t win the election running as an Independent so he chose to run on the (crowded) Republican ticket.

HRC is NOT the right person to run this country, IMO. She didn’t even have enough courage to quietly walk away from her serial-philanderer of a spouse (after he left public office) … in SPITE of the fact that she was extremely well-educated and successful in her own right.

“Billy Bob” made a colossal fool of HRC in broad daylight for over two decades, and, like the Chump she is, she looked the other way. And one only has to look at her and listen to her now to realize that she has suffered tremendously in every way, shape and form over the years because of it. Although several years older than me, I actually consider HRC one of my “contemporaries.” In my mind, she doesn’t set a good example for girls and women. She doesn’t represent me and my values, nor does she represent the values of my close friends and relatives because she doesn’t live her truth but instead panders to what she thinks people want to hear … all for the possibility of obtaining the power of the position of the highest office in the land. [/quote]

So much bearishgurl in this post. To wit:

(a) I can’t support a woman who sticks in a marriage with a serial philanderer, but I can support a serial philanderer on this 3rd marriage. Nice, victim-blaming there…..

(b) HRC doesn’t represent my values so I won’t vote for her. So Trump’s birther conspiracy, anti-Islam, anti-Mexican values reflect yours? Oh, yeah, you’re the one who complained back in April about “illegal aliens” waving “Mexican flags” here in California. Ok, getting closer to the truth.

(c) The MSM is “making hay” of Trump’s rhetoric. You’re making hay of Hillary’s marriage yet somehow pointing out Trump’s rhetoric of “using nukes”, “paying supporter’s legal bills for assaulting minorities,” “banning people based on their religion” and “his belief that Obama was born in Kenya” is less substantive???

(d) HRC isn’t living her truth. But Trump’s lack of truth on his charity donations (none), his other financials (tax return, Russian financing), his outsourcing of jobs (the real truth vs the fake I’m bringing jobs to the US) just seems to escape you?

(e) Nice pot calling kettle. You are the most frequent political poster here. The funny thing is if you just typed less, people probably would respect you more. But the more you type out your rationales, the more transparent your real beliefs and motives are.

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When bearishgurl speaks, I think of this:

As a lifelong citizen of the US I am beyond embarrassed by the protesters out in force against our good governor, George Wallace. In my travels across the country, people have always said that the good people of Alabama are very genteel and kind, and what has happened these past few weeks makes our state look so chaotic and ill-served especially trying to negotiate pass those Negros out on the streets disturbing the peace with their anti-segregation talk. WTF? Why a black woman going to white school. What is the world coming to?

This whole sordid mess plays into what Wallace was saying “In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”!! That’s the truth!!

Black, Muslims and Hispanics need to understand the message and accept it peacefully. Good lord, disturbing the peace and forcing our policemen to actually use their dogs. Poor things… It’s all so disgusting.

And “good riddance” to those other folks who think otherwise I hope they die in an earthquake or during the end of times.. Bunch of crazy hippies and liberals. Now we have to spend tax dollars to control these heathens and minorities. It is utterly ridiculous.” Stupid healthcare. Utterly ridiculous. Food stamps. Utterly ridiculous. This country’s gone to @#$@, only white people who contribute should vote.

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For the HOA range, I think the DC and SF market are similar. DC was awhile ago for me but I have friends in SF highrises and I think their HOAs are ridiculous.

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/333-Main-St-94105/unit-7G/home/17305933

$842/month for a 837 square foot condo. (doesn’t look like tax included in the HOA description).

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/333-Beale-St-94105/unit-2B/home/103722208

$1,056/month in a brand new building 1b/2ba condo.

[Dukehorn]

If the assessment was an “emergency” then the Davis-Sterling voting requirement does not apply (from my understanding).

Also, if it was an emergency, then the issue of taking multiple bids is questionable due to time issues.

If one unit has a leaky roof, you can do a short-term patch but if multiple units were having problems, that might be enough to push it into an emergency replacement. Should be in the minutes though.

We changed our board at a normal election for all the seats. Nothing special. One guy had been a dictator for awhile, was afraid to raise the HOA, so we were spending more than taking in. Reserves were pathetic so we had to blindside him to get some changes. If you have an elevator in your complex, then $500 dues are not unexpected. $400 seems to be market rate. In DC HOA’s were hitting that in the late 90s. Units with doormen, fancy gyms have HOAs in the $700-1000 range.

At least in my building, being on the board is a thankless job. Kind of odd to talk about Brazil money when the money is held in escrow by your management company. This isn’t the Wild West, CA has plenty of regulations re: HOA management.

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If you haven’t been going to the HOA meetings, I think you’d be hard-pressed to make the assumption that it was arbitrary and made up. How often are your HOA meetings and have you been attending? Go back to the minutes and see when and why the vote occurred.

I’m in a small complex and it turns out that our HOAs have not been keeping up with the budget for the past 8 years before I moved in. We voted out the old board and voted in folks with a finance background to try to get the budget back in line. Without raising monthly HOAs, our reserve is 25k in the hole per unit (and that’s without considering emergency/unexpected repairs).

Unless the HOA is building a spa with that money (which has happened at a friend’s complex), usually the assessments deal with practical issues that are not fully funded at the time.

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What a cluster@#$@ of a thread. Here’s an easy way to look at it. If tuition for private school for my two kids is 25k each year for 7 years, at a minimum, I’m willing to toss in that extra $350k into a house with a junior high/high school rated in the 850s or above–easy, no questions asked.

I might be willing to drop my kids down into a lower scoring school but it would be nice for them to have AP classes. I wouldn’t drop them into a 600s scoring high school ever. I agree with flu that having a discourse on college admissions scoring students higher from a worse performing high school is a stupid thread piece–is spdrun going to give us sociology studies about what happens when kids are extremely bored at school for 7 straight years. hint, it usually doesn’t turn out well.

[Dukehorn]

There are a lot of millionaires who are plumbers, realtors, developers, ambulance chasers, etc. Good for them.

There are also lots of millionaires who are interventional radiologists, CEOs, CFOs, investment bankers, partners in law firms. Most of these folks who I know do have Ivy level degrees.

If you are a smart kid which pool do you want to come out of?

There’s nothing wrong with having a middle-class lifestyle with your kids just as there’s nothing wrong with being a Harvard Law grad who would like to be a Supreme Court clerk.

Different strokes for different folks.

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What about Pigginton was ever polite :p??

I’ll put it another way. If your kid is driven, he/she can figure out life at a state school fairly well.

I’ve seen kids at private high schools here in the Bay Area whose parents have to ride them to do their homework. They may get good grades now but I wonder if they would adapt well to the “take no prisoners” aspect of a large state school. Those are the people that go to a Boston University, Grinnell, Swarthmore (if they can’t get into an Ivy). Because if you think an Ivy isn’t worth the money then what the heck do you do with the second tier privates??

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I’m a state school undergrad with private school law degree. Sis is Ivy undergrad with state school grad degree.

I had scholarships for both schools. Sis got financial aid at the Ivy and stipend for a PhD. It was a wash for our parents.

My best friends at my state school got a Stanford MBA, a Yale PhD, a Yale JD. Her roommates her frosh year got 2 MDs and a PhD.

The biggest difference is I had to work at finding smart friends and a good thesis mentor at my 50k plus university. Classes were hard to schedule. Add/drop policy sucked. She was always surrounded by smart folks and had really liberal add/drop policies to keep up her already Ivy inflated GPA. She dropped one class after the final exam.

What’s harder? A 3.5 state school GPA with a double major in Engineering/History or a 3.7 GPA in biology at an Ivy. I’d argue my coursework was more stressful and harder to accomplish but….

What’s more impressive to grad schools and hiring committees? The 3.7 at an Ivy.

What happens when google is flooded with resumes that it imposes a 3.7 undergrad GPA cap even on experienced attorneys? You don’t get your foot in the door.

When I was doing hiring at my law firm, here was the criteria. Top 5 students at the University of Houston, top 5% at SMU, top 15% at UT, top 33% at Duke, anybody breathing at Harvard Law.

And in this day and age, it’s the affluent and well-educated marrying among themselves. Latest weddings I went to JD/JD, MBA/MD, MBA/MD, Phd/MD, Phd/MD. I know a few couples with a MD wife and a BA/BS husband (but all the guys were swimming in tech options). Hate to say that marriage has a business like transaction aspect to it but let’s not pretend that it doesn’t.

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[quote=kcal09]Despite the clear abuse of Constitutional powers
(such as using the IRS as a weapon against conservatives) and the trashing of Israel and ultimately allowing Iran to get the bomb), why would educated Jews continue to support Obama and his party?[/quote]

Maybe because we’re Americans first and don’t want to support a party which believes Moses is a Founding Father, which places states’ rights and sectionalism ahead of slavery as a cause of the Civil War; claimed that Joseph McCarthy’s blacklists of Americans were justified because communists had infiltrated the government during the Cold War; thinks that dragons still exist and are the dinosaurs of the past. [the past two weeks news on the Texas School Board “Republican standards” and a interesting critique blog of a science museum).

Maybe you know very little about Jewish history in the US? The history of discrimination/anti-semitism in the 20th century is well documented and there’s some natural sympathy for the party which pushed for equal rights more than the other party.

That’s just a start.

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I would beg to differ on whether it’s that important to start at an Ivy if you have plans for grad school or professional school. What’s important is to end up at an Ivy type institution eventually. What’s the point of shelling out 160k at an Ivy if you can’t get into med school (see my younger brother)? I went to a public university on scholarship and then into a top 10 law school with my first year covered by a scholarship.

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edited to add: And this is NOT the kind of police state that concerns me. What concerns me is when soldiers, police forces, and other govt resources are used to spy on innocent civilians and take down anyone who poses any kind of a threat to the existing power structure (including political threats). [/quote]

Based on your logic of “any threat to the existing power structure”, then you’re opposed to the FBI investigating any sort of terrorist threats, threats to public officials, and threats to infrastructure. Try again.

Everyone is “innocent” till proven guilty which means that any sort of investigative resources are initially focused on “innocent” civilians/tourists etc.

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Yeah, but that tends to support my argument. They were police states and now they are functioning democracies with gun control. I’m very aware of how our anti-communism policies propped up the KMT in Taiwan, the Fourth Republic in Korea and the Pinochet regime in Chile.

Wait and registration isn’t a fix-all but it might prevent certain crimes “of passion” (and I’m not using that in the strict legal sense). I’m wondering if we could have a different mental health trigger if a certain number of firearms are purchased in a certain time period. I know the NRA will squawk at that but if someone is trying to build an arsenal legally to conduct a massacre, it could be a deterrent. Again, lots of different ways to approach this if people are willing to talk about it.

I don’t know how to fix these random shootings when “law abiding” people get angry. I guess as a society we’re willing to live with those costs.

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