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Gil Bang

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  1. A little off topic, but the new Michael Connelly book, "Nightshade", is really good and it takes place on Catalina. Main character is the head LASD cop on the island.
  2. a close family member has a pellet grill. It's fine. I've eaten several good meals with meat that was cooked on it. There's nothing wrong with it, but the "set it and forget it" thing doesn't appeal to me. I like to tinker (and drink) when I'm smoking. My WSM is super-stable, but I still tweak the vents a bit here and there.
  3. he seems touchy
  4. TEAMme has been gone a while.
  5. oh. I'd always assumed that you were straight. My bad.
  6. I used to be a big NASCAR guy, but my interest has lessened over the past several years, and I didn't know anything about this. I enjoyed it very much, despite the fact that Rick Hendrick is a fat fucking asshole. I'm not surprised that Knaus ran the show, he's a sharp motherfucker. But, in all fairness, he built on a lot of shit that Ray Everham invented.
  7. that word doesn't mean what you think it means
  8. new series from the "Bosch" universe starts Wednesday, "Ballard".
  9. I believe that some shagsters invested in one if his enterprises, and it didn't work out
  10. Yep. Mayor Pete should do it.
  11. If the GF and I drive 1 mile or 100 miles to get to a destination, it will take her 5 minutes to get her shit together to get out of the car. "hold on, I've got to find my sunglass case...where is my lipstick?" etc.
  12. muck and drywall is a tomorrow problem. Feeding people is a today problem.
  13. Yeah, that whole thing sucked. What does #51 mean?
  14. fucking donald trump over here.
  15. I'll wager that he smells better than Full-Diaper Don.
  16. Six Republican California lawmakers sent a letter to President Donald Trump, asking him to avoid sweeping workplace immigration raids that have caused some workers major fear. Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones and Assembly Member Laurie Davies, who both represent parts of San Diego County, each signed the June 27 letter penned by State Sen. Suzette Valladares, of the 23rd District. “We have heard from employers in our districts that recent ICE raids are not only targeting undocumented workers, but also creating widespread fear among other employees, including those with legal immigration status,” the letter reads. “This fear is driving vital workers out of critical industries.” “We support the enforcement of federal law,” the letter continues. “But we urge you to direct ICE and DHS to focus their enforcement operations on criminal immigrants, and when possible to avoid the kinds of sweeping raids that instill fear and disrupt the workplace.” Jones and Davies both declined interview requests. Valladares said the group sent the letter because they were frustrated by California’s Senate Bill 54 – a law passed in 2017 to limit state and local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Earlier this year, they introduced a bill to require local law enforcement to work with federal agents, which ultimately did not advance. “We have seen decades of failed policy when it comes to border security,” Valladares said. “And so our real intent behind this letter was asking that California change its sanctuary laws, which is why we presented our bill.” When asked about the letter, the White House pointed to Trump’s comments that aired on Fox News Sunday, proposing a kind of temporary pass to exempt certain workplaces from raids. “When you go into a farm and he’s had somebody working with him for nine years doing this kind of work, which is hard work to do and a lot of people aren’t going to do it, and you end up destroying a farmer because you took all the people away, it’s a problem,” Trump said. “I’m on both sides of the thing, I’m the strongest immigration guy that there’s ever been, but I’m also the strongest farmer guy that there’s ever been and that includes also hotels and, you know, places where people work,” he continued. “We’re working on it right now, we’re going to work it so that some kind of temporary pass where people pay taxes, where the farmer can have a little control as opposed to you walk in and take everybody away,” Trump added. His comments came as an analysis from the Cato Institute shows 93% of people booked in ICE detention since the fiscal year began in October have not been convicted of a violent crime, in contrast with the administration’s stated goal of targeting violent criminals. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday she didn’t have further details on Trump’s proposal. “The President’s focus and the focus of this administration is, of course, to remove public safety threats from the streets and to deport as many of the illegal criminals, especially the violent criminals, that we know are still here because of the previous administration,” Leavitt said. “I think it's important to recognize, too, that when you create a disruption in a workplace, it detracts from the purpose of what the president is trying to accomplish, which is to deport criminal, illegal aliens,” said Andrew Hayes, a Lakeside School Board member who’s active in the San Diego County Republican Party. “The whole purpose of saying let's bring the tenor down is important because people who are here illegally, who are criminals, should know that they're going to be deported,” Hayes continued. “But at the same time, you don't want to threaten people who you know are going to work.” The letter also asked Trump to “modernize our immigration process to allow non-criminal undocumented immigrants with longstanding ties to our communities a path toward legal status” and reform work visa programs to make it easier for California businesses to hire more employees. “Here in California, our immigrant population is a huge part of our workforce now,” Valladares said. “We're calling on the president and Congress to figure out those details of what that looks like, but with the understanding that immigrants are an important part of our workforce and California's workforce.”
  17. whatever happened to Jonny M. He was a good dude
  18. of course. Shitbags of a feather...
  19. no idea about the piano, but he was Jerry's cousin. Imagine, being related to Jerry Lee and being even fucking creepier than the guy that married a 13 year old.
  20. the whole closing industry is a shitshow. I was a manager of an escrow company. I didn't do escrows, I managed a fund control for construction lenders, but downstairs we had about 10 escrow officers doing closings and exchanges. There was somebody crying at her desk every fucking day.
  21. arrivederci, cocksucker. See you in hell, you horrible shitbag.
  22. oh for fucks sake
  23. not only is she evil, she's also corrupt https://www.yahoo.com/news/kristi-noem-secretly-accepted-huge-152942068.html
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