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General News of Social Breakdown in the US: Thread

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Re: General News of Social Breakdown in the US: Thread

Unread postby Newfie » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 09:31:30

So we have a DA (Democrat) in Philly who will not enforce laws for holding guns illegally.

Here is a bit of new news in an old story about 2 DEMOCRAT judges fine an additional $206 million for locking up over 4,000 CHILDREN in NE PA in order to receive kick backs.

https://apnews.com/article/crime-trendi ... 47b1be50f0
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Re: General News of Social Breakdown in the US: Thread

Unread postby C8 » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 10:18:36

China has a new train that runs on real magnets (not electromagnets) thus it can run w/o electricity and levitates.

China also has the largest rail system in the world:

China has the world's largest high-speed railway network, which measures a staggering 35,000 kilometres (21,747 miles) as of 2019, according to China Central Television Station.

The distance is more than two-thirds of the world's total.

The country's total railway coverage is 139,000 kilometres (86,370 miles), enough to wrap the Earth three times by the equator.

China is investing heavily in the construction of its rail system.

It plans to spend no less than 2.8 trillion yuan (£307 billion) building no less than 23,000 kilometres (14,291 miles) of new railways between 2016 and 2020, according to a government plan.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... icity.html

This shows why the soft on crime policies of Democrats are setting the US back- people won't ride public transit here b/c they are in personal danger. But mass public transit is the only way to really reduce energy use and become sustainable- EV's won't do it.

Liberals are killing public transit with pro-criminal policies and stoking race conflict. The Chinese left is organizing- they mold their society into higher productivity. The US left is anarchist- they want to tear down the social order b/c they see it as white. China encourages work, US liberals give out free benefits that undermine work and encourage illegal immigration.

Democrats can't make the US strong b/c they hate it's white population and it's history. You can't save a nation you hate. You can't move ahead by embracing criminals, riots, and welfare.
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Re: General News of Social Breakdown in the US: Thread

Unread postby C8 » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 10:38:14

NYC career criminal who punched Asian woman last year arrested for 42nd time for attack on MTA worker

A man charged for sucker punching an Asian woman in New York City’s Chinatown last year is back behind bars after allegedly attacking an MTA worker last week.


Alexander Wright, 49, is accused of beating subway cleaner Anthony Nelson at the Pelham Bay Park Station on the No. 6 line at around 8:40 a.m. last Thursday. Reports say Nelson confronted Wright, who had been harassing other customers.

Nelson, 35, wound up in the hospital with a dislocated nose and broken collarbone. He underwent surgery on Monday and has remained hospitalized as of Tuesday.

“This man Alexander Wright should not be walking the streets,” said Nelson’s mother, Lisa, according to the New York Post. “I hope these politicians and these judges give him the max that he deserves and do not let him walk free.”

This was just sent to me from my constituent. This just happened in my district in Chinatown. He has been arrested and our precinct is investigating. pic.twitter.com/sxNfCbrlza

Wright, a known transient, was taken into custody shortly after the incident. Police sources said this is his 42nd arrest, as per Eyewitness News.

His last arrest occurred in June 2021 after he allegedly assaulted a 55-year-old Asian woman in Chinatown. Surveillance video shows the moment a man sucker punches the victim without provocation, knocking her out instantly.

Wright has been charged with two counts of assault and one count of harassment in the latest incident. He remains held on a $5,000 bail.

He reportedly appeared briefly at The Bronx County Courthouse on Tuesday, but his hearing was adjourned to Friday. A union rally attended by Nelson’s family and supporters took place on the same day outside the building.

“To assault an MTA employee is a felony charge up to seven years. We want the maximum,” Robert Kelley of Transport Workers Union Local 100 said, according to CBS New York.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyc-career-c ... 11091.html

A perfect example of what I just wrote- a career criminal just keeps getting let out by Democrats in NY and attacking people on subways- who would ride public transit?
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Re: General News of Social Breakdown in the US: Thread

Unread postby Newfie » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 13:56:38

The primary role of government is to provide a single set of fair rules to all citizens. When it deviates from that it becomes a tyrannical anarchy.
The government can be a democracy, republic, or via a strong man (royalty, dictator) or whatever, the form doesn’t matter.

When the government does not provide this service internal strife follows. When bad enough outside entities then can take advantage of the weakened state. Bad enough and you have civil war as internal elements vie for power and the new leadership.

This is where we are. 2 parties battling for leadership, neither one minding the helm. Biden is kinda like a pilot and the passengers are in a brawl.
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Unread postby Doly » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 15:28:19

The US left is anarchist- they want to tear down the social order b/c they see it as white.


Anarchism is an actual philosophy that has absolutely nothing to do with the current Democrat position.

China encourages work, US liberals give out free benefits that undermine work and encourage illegal immigration.


Benefits can't encourage illegal immigration much, since very few benefits are available to illegal immigrants.

Unless you are trying to say that companies prefer to hire illegal immigrants because benefits aren't available to them so they are willing to work for very little money, and that encourages illegal immigration. If there weren't any benefits for anyone and companies could hire anyone for as little as they wanted, they'd probably not have a preference for illegal immigrants.

Democrats can't make the US strong b/c they hate it's white population and it's history.


It's highly doubtful that anyone can make the US strong, given how far it's gone down the road of refusing to solve its own problems. For starters, it refuses to acknowledge that a Soviet-style two-party system is as bad, or worse, than a Soviet-style one-party system. Each party has chosen a set of pet hates that are about as nonsensical as the pet hates of any authoritarian system. The difference with a one-party system is that one of the parties (Republicans) can focus almost exclusively on nonsensical pet hates, while the other (Democrats) is still trying to include some actual policy items in their agenda. But in the cold light of day, it's hard to see the difference between the current American situation and the internecine fights between factions of the Soviet one-party system, one radical and the other still trying to do some amount of sensible governing.

Admittedly, the USA hasn't committed any major genocide on its own population or started a World War... yet.
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Unread postby AdamB » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 15:38:00

Newfie wrote:The primary role of government is to provide a single set of fair rules to all citizens. When it deviates from that it becomes a tyrannical anarchy.


Welp, sounds like you've just described the US since inception. It was built by, the rules were written by, and those rules were then enforced by rich, white, male, property owners.

Fair rules to all citizens, the US was a slave country for a century, wouldn't allow women to be involved in the affairs of the MEN for half a century after that, was apartheid for another half century after that, and right about the time the Supreme Court begin agreeing that yes, fine, maybe we'll let folks of color or without that important man part we are so enthralled with, get a little help here in the courts, and okay fine, women really can control their reproductive health, look what happened? The rich white guys revoked that through the same courts that previously granted it, and then tried to overthrow the government when it became obvious that the other rich white male dominated party wouldn't do it quickly enough for their tastes!

newfie wrote:This is where we are. 2 parties battling for leadership, neither one minding the helm. Biden is kinda like a pilot and the passengers are in a brawl.


Two parties....alternatively, two rich old white guys (certainly ain't about to let them wimmins in the club!) giving lip service to what Americans think they deserve/are owed/hope for while lying to them about what they will actually do. I wonder who wins in this kind of rigged game....inquiring minds want to know....mmmm.....

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Re: General News of Social Breakdown in the US: Thread

Unread postby C8 » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 18:12:48

NYC thug, 55, who put on gloves to knock out diner in unprovoked attack is FREED after attempted murder charge is downgraded to misdemeanor: Left victim in a coma with fractured skull three years after leaving prison for rape

Bui Van Phu, 55, from the Bronx, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after punching a man unconscious, fracturing his skull and causing a brain bleed

On Thursday, Phu was allowed to leave Bronx Criminal Court after he was charged with assault - a misdemeanor

NYPD initially said that he faced attempted murder charges, however the Bronx DA decided on the misdemeanor charge instead

Phu is now charged with third-degree assault and second-degree harassment

The registered sex offender, who was convicted in 1995 of sexual abuse and spent six years in prison with lifetime parole

Victim whose skull was fractured had brain surgery and is currently in a coma


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... eanor.html

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A man who punches an innocent man minding his own business from behind puts somebody in a coma is only charged with a misdemeanor and is set free!

This is Democrat New York where criminals rule and get slaps on the wrist for severely harming others

These are Democrat values


all the apologists for this should be ashamed of themselves- how would you like to be in a coma?
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Re: General News of Social Breakdown in the US: Thread

Unread postby AdamB » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 19:51:52

C8 wrote:A man who punches an innocent man minding his own business from behind puts somebody in a coma is only charged with a misdemeanor and is set free!
This is Democrat New York where criminals rule and get slaps on the wrist for severely harming others
These are Democrat values

all the apologists for this should be ashamed of themselves- how would you like to be in a coma?


So as you've gotten older, it has been a severe tilt to the right.

A coma. What kind of pansy Qanon supporter are you? Buck up!!!

Republicrats Do It Right!!! NO FEAR!!! Except for the children they don't mind being murdered of course.

376 law enforcement officers descend on Ulvalde shooter.....wait 77 minutes for shooter to kill kids before doing jobs.
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Re: General News of Social Breakdown in the US: Thread

Unread postby Newfie » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 20:13:54

Adam,

That last post makes no sense.

There was only one reference to party affiliation in your article. From your linked article.


McCraw previously dismissed the idea that his state troopers could or should have stepped in to take control from Arredondo.

Yet when pressed by Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat whose district includes Uvalde, McCraw conceded that confronting an active shooter is more important than deferring to an officer who, according to protocol, is the rightful incident commander.
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Unread postby JuanP » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 23:21:39

We need to start using the death penalty for all repeat violent offenders. People like that simply don't deserve to live and putting them in prison is a waste of our taxpayer dollars. If you rape, beat, assault, or kill more than once and you are found guilty you get shot on the spot. Simple, fast, efficient!
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Re: General News of Social Breakdown in the US: Thread

Unread postby AdamB » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 23:43:04

Newfie wrote:Adam,

That last post makes no sense.


Oh, if you look at who I was responding to, it makes perfect sense.

I only demonstrated that if folks want to cherry pick a terrible example of living in Democan land, that I can certainly find terrible examples in Republicrat land.
Newfie wrote:There was only one reference to party affiliation in your article. From your linked article.


If someone wants to assign bad events at the individual level to political plurality in Democan states who really have nothing to do with the individual bad actors, I can do the same thing in Republicrat states.

You aren't familiar with the circumstances of the recent coupe attempt here in the US, by an idiot taking advantage of other idiots and this kind of political divide? It wasn't as obvious before 2016, but anyone should be able to see it now.
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Unread postby AdamB » Thu 18 Aug 2022, 23:45:46

JuanP wrote:We need to start using the death penalty for all repeat violent offenders.


Yes. And not just criminals of color or nut jobs, but anyone, you do bad stuff and get the death penalty, you should get the death penalty.
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Unread postby Newfie » Fri 19 Aug 2022, 11:39:21

Here is another example of why we have distrust, do not trust the government to be fair.

With 35,000 employees you would think they could find a few who were not tainted with the past fiasco. Even if not partisan it shows, at the very least, a complete disregard for the optics and the FBI’s reputation.

Really, really stupid.


Although the former head of Crossfire Hurricane, Peter Strzok, was fired after the disclosure of his vitriolic anti-Trump tweets, several members of his team remain working in the counterintelligence unit, the sources say, even though they are under active investigation by both Durham and the bureau's disciplinary arm, the Office of Professional Responsibility. The FBI declined to respond to questions about any role they may be taking in the Mar-a-Lago case.


https://www.realclearinvestigations.com ... 48582.html
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Unread postby C8 » Fri 19 Aug 2022, 19:10:53

Newfie wrote:Here is another example of why we have distrust, do not trust the government to be fair.

With 35,000 employees you would think they could find a few who were not tainted with the past fiasco. Even if not partisan it shows, at the very least, a complete disregard for the optics and the FBI’s reputation.

Really, really stupid.


Although the former head of Crossfire Hurricane, Peter Strzok, was fired after the disclosure of his vitriolic anti-Trump tweets, several members of his team remain working in the counterintelligence unit, the sources say, even though they are under active investigation by both Durham and the bureau's disciplinary arm, the Office of Professional Responsibility. The FBI declined to respond to questions about any role they may be taking in the Mar-a-Lago case.


https://www.realclearinvestigations.com ... 48582.html


In the Durham trial it was was revealed that the FBI knew that Hillary Clinton's people fed fake info on Russian/Trump collusion- yet the FBI still sold the info to the media as true- a President was impeached on evidence the FBI knew was fake. Now this same unit of the FBI raids Trump- it is impossible to trust them on whatever "evidence" they find since they have been shown to be conspirators with Clinton. They could plant anything and claim it was "discovered".

This really is third world politics (as was Trump's riot) but while many Republicans denounced Trump, not a single Democrat has denounced the FBI/Clinton collusion- and that is the scariest part.
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Re: General News of Social Breakdown in the US: Thread

Unread postby Newfie » Fri 19 Aug 2022, 20:59:30

Agree with your conclusion.
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Unread postby C8 » Fri 19 Aug 2022, 23:39:59

Shocking moment mob of looters RANSACK and destroy 7-Eleven store in Democrat-led LA, leaving store worker fearing for his life
More than 100 people descended on the convenience store in Los Angeles, California, on August 15, after blocking the roads
They ransacked the store while shouting at each other, with surveillance footage capturing them throwing items across the counter



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Shoplifting is almost de-criminalized in CA and convictions are unlikely. The Democrats have become America's first "pro-criminal" party
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Unread postby Plantagenet » Sat 20 Aug 2022, 01:00:11

Portland, San Francisco and Cleveland face the worst declines in downtown business----foot traffic down due to homelessness and crime

downtown-areas-in-san-francisco-portland-are-deserted-

The Ds have lost their minds........by allowing crime to run rampart and homeless encampments to spread through the downtown areas of major D cities, they are destroying the cities. There is so much crime people dont go downtown to shop anymore.

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Unread postby Newfie » Sat 20 Aug 2022, 06:52:55

For this year, as of June, 262 officers have left and the city is on pace to lose more than 500 officers by the end of 2022.

And as for new recruits, the city is only averaging more than 100 so far this year.


https://6abc.com/philadelphia-police-st ... /12143591/

Overall force level is 6,400 so that is like an 8% drop.
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Unread postby C8 » Sun 21 Aug 2022, 00:22:06

Newfie wrote:
For this year, as of June, 262 officers have left and the city is on pace to lose more than 500 officers by the end of 2022.

And as for new recruits, the city is only averaging more than 100 so far this year.


https://6abc.com/philadelphia-police-st ... /12143591/

Overall force level is 6,400 so that is like an 8% drop.


Its worse than that in reality, the liberal media, BLM, and Dems demonized police so much that no cop wants to make an arrest and be the next target of a deceptively edited video that goes viral and leads to personal attacks and charges. In Seattle cops aren't even responding to sexual assault calls- they just wait it out and let "officer time" handle the case.
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Unread postby Newfie » Sun 21 Aug 2022, 20:24:08

Short and sad story.

37 yo bank executive hit by stray bullet while driving near HQ. Killed. No arrests.

https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiX2 ... id=US%3Aen
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