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Multiple cameras inside the building show a man pouring liquid from the red container and dropping multiple matches on the ground, the affidavit said.

Records show the man arrived at the location in a white 4-door Mercedez SUV.

Investigators interviewed the owner of Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop who told AFD Hardeman was the owner of the property next door and had previously asked about purchasing the property at 400 Nueces St.

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Looks like we do have an arsonist…hmmm

 “A prominent Austin businessman and founder of Continental Automotive Group, or CAG, was arrested Thursday on charges of Felony Arson and a State Jail Felony offense of Burglary.

Dorsey Bryan Hardeman, 75, is accused of starting a fire at a downtown Austin building on Sunday, according to an arrest affidavit.”

https://www.kxan.com/investigations/prominent-local-businessman-arrested-in-austin-accused-of-arson/
 

Not sure I totally get the motive but whatever what a dildo. 

He just figured it was better to burn out than to fade away. 

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This is my EXACT argument against the YIMBY clowns.  Trains are the answer for mass transit.. Bull shit, you're not taking cars off the road, you're just changing the destination and adding time onto someone's commute.  Might be saving some fuel for the commuters, I agree.  But it's the equivalent of kicking out the mobile homes of a nice neighborhood.  They're not getting rid of the problem, they're just moving the issue out of sight.

 

And can't forget: the train stops traffic when it crosses roads, too, leading to vehicles idling while waiting 2 minutes for the 10 second crossing.

This is a pretty abysmal take, in my opinion. When public transit is done well (and to be clear, I'm not saying it's done well in Austin), people will use it instead of driving. For example, I used to drive almost everywhere when I lived in the Houston area. After I moved to the Bay Area, I walk, bike, or use public transportation for 95% of my trips, and only use my car when going to the beach/mountains/camping/etc. with friends.

If you are someone who loves driving, it is in your best interests to have well-designed public transit. It means there will be fewer cars on the road and you'll be stuck in less traffic, which saves you time. And, it means people like me can save money and be healthier by walking, biking, and taking public transit instead of driving. In fact, for trips that are <2 miles, biking is usually faster than driving for me here, making it kinetically favorable.

Right now, we are stuck in the high energy transition state between two energy minima, which is what results in these non-idealities. But if Austin commits to doing this right (and in a cost-effective way) I think it'll be very good for the city in the long run.

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This is a pretty abysmal take, in my opinion. When public transit is done well (and to be clear, I'm not saying it's done well in Austin), people will use it instead of driving. For example, I used to drive almost everywhere when I lived in the Houston area. After I moved to the Bay Area, I walk, bike, or use public transportation for 95% of my trips, and only use my car when going to the beach/mountains/camping/etc. with friends.

If you are someone who loves driving, it is in your best interests to have well-designed public transit. It means there will be fewer cars on the road and you'll be stuck in less traffic. And, it means people like me can save money and be healthier by walking, biking, and taking public transit instead of biking.

Right now, we are stuck in the high energy transition state between two energy minima, which is what results in these non-idealities. But if Austin commits to doing this right (and in a cost-effective way) I think it'll be very good for the city in the long run.

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This is a pretty abysmal take, in my opinion. When public transit is done well (and to be clear, I'm not saying it's done well in Austin), people will use it instead of driving. For example, I used to drive almost everywhere when I lived in the Houston area. After I moved to the Bay Area, I walk, bike, or use public transportation for 95% of my trips, and only use my car when going to the beach/mountains/camping/etc. with friends.

If you are someone who loves driving, it is in your best interests to have well-designed public transit. It means there will be fewer cars on the road and you'll be stuck in less traffic, which saves you time. And, it means people like me can save money and be healthier by walking, biking, and taking public transit instead of driving. In fact, for trips that are <2 miles, biking is usually faster than driving for me here, making it kinetically favorable.

Right now, we are stuck in the high energy transition state between two energy minima, which is what results in these non-idealities. But if Austin commits to doing this right (and in a cost-effective way) I think it'll be very good for the city in the long run.

Seriously who is this guy and this rando dickhead @Grande Mart that repped him. 

How many accounts you running, bud?

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This is a pretty abysmal take, in my opinion. When public transit is done well (and to be clear, I'm not saying it's done well in Austin), people will use it instead of driving. For example, I used to drive almost everywhere when I lived in the Houston area. After I moved to the Bay Area, I walk, bike, or use public transportation for 95% of my trips, and only use my car when going to the beach/mountains/camping/etc. with friends.

If you are someone who loves driving, it is in your best interests to have well-designed public transit. It means there will be fewer cars on the road and you'll be stuck in less traffic, which saves you time. And, it means people like me can save money and be healthier by walking, biking, and taking public transit instead of driving. In fact, for trips that are <2 miles, biking is usually faster than driving for me here, making it kinetically favorable.

Right now, we are stuck in the high energy transition state between two energy minima, which is what results in these non-idealities. But if Austin commits to doing this right (and in a cost-effective way) I think it'll be very good for the city in the long run.

Have you biked or run, or walked or even gone outside in Austin in August, vs the Bay Area?   If there’s a paying market for sous vide long pork then yeah, it might be good for the city.  Otherwise it’s hell on EMS having to haul stinking carcasses off the sidewalk.  

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This is a pretty abysmal take, in my opinion. When public transit is done well (and to be clear, I'm not saying it's done well in Austin), people will use it instead of driving. For example, I used to drive almost everywhere when I lived in the Houston area. After I moved to the Bay Area, I walk, bike, or use public transportation for 95% of my trips, and only use my car when going to the beach/mountains/camping/etc. with friends.
If you are someone who loves driving, it is in your best interests to have well-designed public transit. It means there will be fewer cars on the road and you'll be stuck in less traffic, which saves you time. And, it means people like me can save money and be healthier by walking, biking, and taking public transit instead of driving. In fact, for trips that are Right now, we are stuck in the high energy transition state between two energy minima, which is what results in these non-idealities. But if Austin commits to doing this right (and in a cost-effective way) I think it'll be very good for the city in the long run.
Oh spare me. BART is terrible unless you're in the city and even then it pales in comparison to Tokyo, London, Paris, HK and NYC. None of those cities are relevant to Austin's situation.
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This is a pretty abysmal take, in my opinion. When public transit is done well (and to be clear, I'm not saying it's done well in Austin), people will use it instead of driving. For example, I used to drive almost everywhere when I lived in the Houston area. After I moved to the Bay Area, I walk, bike, or use public transportation for 95% of my trips, and only use my car when going to the beach/mountains/camping/etc. with friends.

If you are someone who loves driving, it is in your best interests to have well-designed public transit. It means there will be fewer cars on the road and you'll be stuck in less traffic, which saves you time. And, it means people like me can save money and be healthier by walking, biking, and taking public transit instead of driving. In fact, for trips that are <2 miles, biking is usually faster than driving for me here, making it kinetically favorable.

Right now, we are stuck in the high energy transition state between two energy minima, which is what results in these non-idealities. But if Austin commits to doing this right (and in a cost-effective way) I think it'll be very good for the city in the long run.

This smells like pasken or whatever the fuck his name was.

It's complete utopian bullshit fed to transportation and planning student when they are freshmen, that does not account for years and decades of grift, corruption and just plain stupidity that are involved in public transit projects.

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37 minutes ago, Orange&amp;White said:

This smells like pasken or whatever the fuck his name was.

It's complete utopian bullshit fed to transportation and planning student when they are freshmen, that does not account for years and decades of grift, corruption and just plain stupidity that are involved in public transit projects.

 

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2 hours ago, onsager said:
This is a pretty abysmal take, in my opinion. When public transit is done well (and to be clear, I'm not saying it's done well in Austin), people will use it instead of driving. For example, I used to drive almost everywhere when I lived in the Houston area. After I moved to the Bay Area, I walk, bike, or use public transportation for 95% of my trips, and only use my car when going to the beach/mountains/camping/etc. with friends.
If you are someone who loves driving, it is in your best interests to have well-designed public transit. It means there will be fewer cars on the road and you'll be stuck in less traffic, which saves you time. And, it means people like me can save money and be healthier by walking, biking, and taking public transit instead of driving. In fact, for trips that are Right now, we are stuck in the high energy transition state between two energy minima, which is what results in these non-idealities. But if Austin commits to doing this right (and in a cost-effective way) I think it'll be very good for the city in the long run.

Oh spare me. BART is terrible unless you're in the city and even then it pales in comparison to Tokyo, London, Paris, HK and NYC. None of those cities are relevant to Austin's situation.

 

1 hour ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Have you biked or run, or walked or even gone outside in Austin in August, vs the Bay Area?   If there’s a paying market for sous vide long pork then yeah, it might be good for the city.  Otherwise it’s hell on EMS having to haul stinking carcasses off the sidewalk.  

 

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Seriously who is this guy and this rando dickhead @Grande Mart that repped him. 

How many accounts you running, bud?

Y'all are entitled to y'all's opinion and I'm entitled to mine - that's the beauty of living in a country like America. I think there's probably nothing y'all could say to change my mind, just as there's probably nothing I could say to change y'all's. Let's agree to disagree.

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Y'all are entitled to y'all's opinion and I'm entitled to mine - that's the beauty of living in a country like America. I think there's probably nothing y'all could say to change my mind, just as there's probably nothing I could say to change y'all's. Let's agree to disagree.

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Pretty sure it's AI. Which was my instinct. This sounds totally like AI writing and yet the dipshits in the recruiting thread repped it 6 times. Including ctj. 

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Like closetojumping said, NIL is not as big of a part of the allure of coming to Stanford as opposed to other programs (e.g., Texas A&M). However, organizations like Lifetime Cardinal have started to pick up steam and there's an extremely wealthy core of alumni that are dedicated to making sure that Stanford Athletics exists and is good. It's slowly starting to make a difference from what I have heard.

I think Stanford fans are hopeful about football though. (I think the men's basketball coach should be fired, so I don't feel particularly hopeful about that.) Taylor seems to be a decent coach and there is a good amount of excitement among alumni/fans/donors about him. I think Stanford's most recent recruiting class is actually quite solid considering the (abysmal) state the team was left in after David Shaw resigned (almost all of the starters transferred) and the rebuild will just take time. Although the admissions hurdles are not ideal, I am bullish on Stanford football eventually returning to its heyday (consistent top 25 program with flashes of brilliance).

Explains the multiple accounts, too. Can you ban @immamac?

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6 hours ago, ztejas said:

Pretty sure it's AI. Which was my instinct. This sounds totally like AI writing and yet the dipshits in the recruiting thread repped it 6 times. Including ctj. 

Explains the multiple accounts, too. Can you ban @immamac?

Jesus, if that’s AI, it’s been instructed to abuse parenthesis to appear regarded. 

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This aggression will not stand.

Car crashes into North Austin pho restaurant

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/pho-van-austin-crash/269-7b8f0749-cfbd-4750-87e7-da1a8f0ea163

GODDAMMIT.  THE NAME OF THE PLACE IS PHO VAN, NOT PHO CAR!  DOESN'T ANYONE FOLLOW CONVENTION ANYMORE????

Also, have been there a few times.  It's alright.  The taiwanese bubble tea place and the Julie's Noodles down from it are better.

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21 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

GODDAMMIT.  THE NAME OF THE PLACE IS PHO VAN, NOT PHO CAR!  DOESN'T ANYONE FOLLOW CONVENTION ANYMORE????

Also, have been there a few times.  It's alright.  The taiwanese bubble tea place and the Julie's Noodles down from it are better.

Tan My around the corner is much better, it's actually the best pho in Austin.  When I heard a car had run through a pho place in North Austin near the Target at Ohlen Road, I was screaming in my head "NOOOOO, please don't let it be Tan My."

I mean, it still sucks for Pho Van of course, but ya know...

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Tan My around the corner is much better, it's actually the best pho in Austin.  When I heard a car had run through a pho place in North Austin near the Target at Ohlen Road, I was screaming in my head "NOOOOO, please don't let it be Tan My."

I mean, it still sucks for Pho Van of course, but ya know...

I love Tan My.  My wife isn't so crazy about it - too dirty/sketchy for her.  Sigh.  Women.

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With February in the books, we're at 11 murders on KXAN's count. Previous years:

2024: 11
2023: 15
2022: 14
2021: 13
2020: 9

One thing to note -- this year's 11 homicides include a security guard killing a man in self-defense and this past week a guy who killed another guy in self defense that was slashing tires in a parking lot and allegedly lunged at him.

 

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6 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

With February in the books, we're at 11 murders on KXAN's count. Previous years:

2024: 11
2023: 15
2022: 14
2021: 13
2020: 9

One thing to note -- this year's 11 homicides include a security guard killing a man in self-defense and this past week a guy who killed another guy in self defense that was slashing tires in a parking lot and allegedly lunged at him.

 

Then those aren’t murders. Killing someone isn’t the same as murder. 

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48 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Also, that Casulo Hotel fire? Not sure if discussed here, but just saw it "The fire started in an abandoned three-story building that then spread to the Casulo Hotel, AFD said."

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/abandoned-building-fire-casulo-hotel-austin-texas

Gee, how can a fire start in an abandoned building? 

 

Some homeless dude, probably: "Meth aint gonna cook itself."

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Someone found out.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/austin-homicide-man-killed-slashing-tires/269-01d56ec6-7805-41ea-a6c6-39845aa0926c

AUSTIN, Texas — A man was shot and killed after a confrontation in a parking lot in North Austin on Saturday.

According to police, the incident occurred after 34-year-old Christopher Hernandez had been slashing tires in a shopping center parking lot in the 7800 block of North Lamar Boulevard, near Guadalupe Street and Research Boulevard.

The caller who contacted APD got into a confrontation with Hernandez, who then allegedly threatened the caller with a knife. The caller then shot Hernandez, claiming self-defense.

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Someone found out.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/austin-homicide-man-killed-slashing-tires/269-01d56ec6-7805-41ea-a6c6-39845aa0926c

AUSTIN, Texas — A man was shot and killed after a confrontation in a parking lot in North Austin on Saturday.

According to police, the incident occurred after 34-year-old Christopher Hernandez had been slashing tires in a shopping center parking lot in the 7800 block of North Lamar Boulevard, near Guadalupe Street and Research Boulevard.

The caller who contacted APD got into a confrontation with Hernandez, who then allegedly threatened the caller with a knife. The caller then shot Hernandez, claiming self-defense.

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On 2/29/2024 at 4:20 PM, Ghost of LL said:

It's just Lost Creek that is being put to a vote.  It's the result of a very specific piece of legislation passed last year by the 88th Legislature, following years of lobbying by a handful of residents.  Perhaps it won't surprise you to learn that there are a few lobbyists who live in Lost Creek.

Anyway, it's just a majority of votes cast needed for disannexation.  That's why the City's move here is so puzzling.  In a low-turnout election, it's going to be the highly motivated people who carry the day.  And on this issue, that's clearly the pro-disannexation people.

Madeline Connor is going to get the last laugh. 

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I also see in Oregon they are walking back decriminalizing drug possession. Cuz it ain’t working. Cuz this wasn’t gonna work.  More drug overdoses than ever before there bc they let people sell drugs

. I think marijuana ought to be legal with taxation and government oversight and standards. Use the taxes to protect the border but most especially put that money also into disadvantaged communities and their schools and community centers and whatever will best help them. 
 

Austin is dumb. Let’s try shit that ain’t working other places like with the police or be a sanctuary city or do this or that. Or fuck up I35 or go crazy vet bike lanes and other transit that isn’t going to work and have a ramped homeless issue and have more people than resources like water!
 

People have to value the rule of law and a decent living. Value education and caring for others. Policies we think are meant to do that are doing the opposite with our homeless. With our mentally ill. With the gun laws issue. With disadvantaged people and with our poor minorities.
 

With nearly every crisis we have this issue. The “my heart is in the right place and I want to do the right thing” but we choose the dumbest of all ways to accomplish it. We worry that we will offend. But our heart is in the right place so we think if we choose a dumbass direction that doesn’t work and can’t work and has never been proven to work but also has go overboard to appease people so overboard that it has to be the RIGHT thing when it is in fact—-WRONG! 
 

Sorry but this shit radically pisses me off. I’d wager we all feel the same way about wanting to solve all problems we have. I am compassionate but I am also not an idiot. Blind compassion fueling these horrible ideas that are then pushed onto the communities. But hey, one side got what they wanted. Five years down the road and it’s one crisis after another they will see they are wrong and shrug their shoulders and blame the world. Not their solution. This is absolutely directed at both parties which I do not support. Dumb ideas to solve real problems put into law by useless lawyers…

rant over. 

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I also see in Oregon they are walking back decriminalizing drug possession. Cuz it ain’t working. Cuz this wasn’t gonna work.  More drug overdoses than ever before there bc they let people sell drugs

. I think marijuana ought to be legal with taxation and government oversight and standards. Use the taxes to protect the border but most especially put that money also into disadvantaged communities and their schools and community centers and whatever will best help them. 
 

Austin is dumb. Let’s try shit that ain’t working other places like with the police or be a sanctuary city or do this or that. Or fuck up I35 or go crazy vet bike lanes and other transit that isn’t going to work and have a ramped homeless issue and have more people than resources like water!
 

People have to value the rule of law and a decent living. Value education and caring for others. Policies we think are meant to do that are doing the opposite with our homeless. With our mentally ill. With the gun laws issue. With disadvantaged people and with our poor minorities.
 

With nearly every crisis we have this issue. The “my heart is in the right place and I want to do the right thing” but we choose the dumbest of all ways to accomplish it. We worry that we will offend. But our heart is in the right place so we think if we choose a dumbass direction that doesn’t work and can’t work and has never been proven to work but also has go overboard to appease people so overboard that it has to be the RIGHT thing when it is in fact—-WRONG! 
 

Sorry but this shit radically pisses me off. I’d wager we all feel the same way about wanting to solve all problems we have. I am compassionate but I am also not an idiot. Blind compassion fueling these horrible ideas that are then pushed onto the communities. But hey, one side got what they wanted. Five years down the road and it’s one crisis after another they will see they are wrong and shrug their shoulders and blame the world. Not their solution. This is absolutely directed at both parties which I do not support. Dumb ideas to solve real problems put into law by useless lawyers…

rant over. 

I'm confused as to how lack of police staffing sets a city back 15 years.  So it's 2009 now?

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I'm confused as to how lack of police staffing sets a city back 15 years.  So it's 2009 now?

It’s literally a Fox News story reposted by the NY Post. A one two punch of journalism for idiots.

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Marked safe from Nicole and disaster low levels of Austin police forces after 3 hours on the town lake trails. 
 

All those  healthy trail butts. My god I love spring on town lake. 

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I'm confused as to how lack of police staffing sets a city back 15 years.  So it's 2009 now?

Well there were probably more police and fewer people in Austin back then? I’m not sure 2009 makes a lot of sense. You could pick any year from four years ago on.

 

There is a crisis but honestly people will just shrug down the line when innocent people can’t be saved or 911 is spread too thin during large events until a guy with a machete shows up on their front lawn with a bucket full of sea bass. Then you are fucked. 

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I also see in Oregon they are walking back decriminalizing drug possession. Cuz it ain’t working. Cuz this wasn’t gonna work.  More drug overdoses than ever before there bc they let people sell drugs
. I think marijuana ought to be legal with taxation and government oversight and standards. Use the taxes to protect the border but most especially put that money also into disadvantaged communities and their schools and community centers and whatever will best help them. 
 
Austin is dumb. Let’s try shit that ain’t working other places like with the police or be a sanctuary city or do this or that. Or fuck up I35 or go crazy vet bike lanes and other transit that isn’t going to work and have a ramped homeless issue and have more people than resources like water!
 
People have to value the rule of law and a decent living. Value education and caring for others. Policies we think are meant to do that are doing the opposite with our homeless. With our mentally ill. With the gun laws issue. With disadvantaged people and with our poor minorities.
 
With nearly every crisis we have this issue. The “my heart is in the right place and I want to do the right thing” but we choose the dumbest of all ways to accomplish it. We worry that we will offend. But our heart is in the right place so we think if we choose a dumbass direction that doesn’t work and can’t work and has never been proven to work but also has go overboard to appease people so overboard that it has to be the RIGHT thing when it is in fact—-WRONG! 
 
Sorry but this shit radically pisses me off. I’d wager we all feel the same way about wanting to solve all problems we have. I am compassionate but I am also not an idiot. Blind compassion fueling these horrible ideas that are then pushed onto the communities. But hey, one side got what they wanted. Five years down the road and it’s one crisis after another they will see they are wrong and shrug their shoulders and blame the world. Not their solution. This is absolutely directed at both parties which I do not support. Dumb ideas to solve real problems put into law by useless lawyers…
rant over. 

Yet…you still don’t see the folly in doing one extreme or the other.
“Law and order! War on drugs!” didn’t fucking work.
Decriminalization alone isn’t working/wont work.
So, the logical answer is just to lurch back and forth between those two things that don’t work. Fucking hell.

Or…and just go with me here…we could stop using “drug crime” to create a massive “criminal class” and instead devote resources to mental health and addiction treatment, with law enforcement protecting public safety and order from those who refuse to be helped?

Naaah. That’s either pussy liberal socialist shit, or working hand-in-hand with the Gestapo, depending on who you’re listening to. Instead, let’s just vehemently insist on doing things that don’t work.
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You know, all bad jokes aside...think about how amazing it is that the UT community including campus proper and west campus with faculty and staff is about 75,000+ people.  And that we don't lose more than, on average 1-2, per year.  That's be a shining example to America if it were its own stand-alone city.  All those young people, all that real estate, all those drugs, all that booze.  It's fucking stunning to me that more deaths don't occur.  Obviously this recent one is tragic and saddening.  And yes, I did not have homeless machete-wielding lunatic turns to arson while multiple car dealer inheritance kids also turn to murder was not on my Austin bingo card.  But I think "On the brink of disaster" is a tad misleading.  

Then again, Nicole's still getting prettied up for a night on Rainey Street.  Day ain't over yet..../curly

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28 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


Yet…you still don’t see the folly in doing one extreme or the other.
“Law and order! War on drugs!” didn’t fucking work.
Decriminalization alone isn’t working/wont work.
So, the logical answer is just to lurch back and forth between those two things that don’t work. Fucking hell.

Or…and just go with me here…we could stop using “drug crime” to create a massive “criminal class” and instead devote resources to mental health and addiction treatment, with law enforcement protecting public safety and order from those who refuse to be helped?

Naaah. That’s either pussy liberal socialist shit, or working hand-in-hand with the Gestapo, depending on who you’re listening to. Instead, let’s just vehemently insist on doing things that don’t work.

I don’t disagree. The other day a group of teachers got a car for their school janitor who walked to work every day. Austin would probably just make the sidewalk wider for him.

I dislike both extremes. We need more help funneled into the right areas. But I don’t think implementing failed solutions regarding  certain societal problems just because a certain class of people is more affected is bullshit.
 

I’d legalize marijuana and the sale of it and pour money into the communities that most need financial assistance. I’d use the taxes to protect our border but also to allow for humanitarian aid there. More processors to find out who people are. Who we are letting in. I’d make a realistic path to citizenship. I wouldn’t call them new comers/immigrants/illegals and so on. I would refer to each person as a citizen of whatever their country of origin is. Seeing them as one group all the same with all the same intentions is a fallacy. Because we are letting in some bad apples with a lot of the good ones. Those bad apples are committing real crimes like murder and rape. Those bad apples do not represent all of the individuals that come over here. However they come over. 1 million people can’t all claim asylum here. We can’t take on millions and millions. There has to be some limit. No other country would allow this. None. We don’t owe millions and millions of people south of the border citizenship in the United States. Any more than Canada owes some of us who’d like to flee our oppressive states in the US citizenship.

As far as the homeless population in Austin I’d follow as an example places like Finland or Houston or San Antonio that have had success with their homeless populations and follow a program that has proven to work. You shouldn’t go to jail for selling a little weed. If you’re a cartel that’s different. Gangbanger that’s a little different. Rolling around doing other crimes. That’s different. Decriminalization only works if the people you intend to help accept a little personal responsibility. 
 

The truth is: I have a lot of regrets. Things I look back on and wish I did something different. Said something or helped in some way. I don’t need more shit piled onto the shit I pile on top of myself on the daily. If we all tired a lot harder to first take care of our own messes and see our own actions kind of led us to where we are as well as other factors life would be a lot different. We would be better able to care for those among us who are unable to. If the ones of us with ability would all fix the shit in our own backyard and ask for help for the stuff we can’t fix life would be a lot different. It won’t change.

Things won’t change because the ones who have power won’t give it up and the ones who don’t have power want that power. We all look at each other as the enemy. I can’t take on the responsibility of anyone else’s blame or guilt or shame any more than I would ask someone to take on mine. If we’d take care of our own bullshit we’d be able to fix a lot of problems. Pointing the finger and blame hasn’t worked either. Bringing up the last 200 plus years has nothing to do with me. I didn’t create that. I am not going to shoulder that and I don’t think 60% of American people should have to or want to shoulder the sins of America’s from its origins.

All this breeds is more hatred, guilty, shame and entitlement and division. We are more separated than ever. We see people in a group. As part a group. We don’t see individual people. It sucks and makes me sad. I have a lot of regrets. I have a lot I can do and should do and am trying to do. I am not responsible for anything more than that. I sure as shit am not responsible for how someone’s life in Podunk Idaho turned out. 
 

We want 100% alignment with everyone on every issue and solution or we get triggered or go ballistic. No middle ground. No compromise. It’s a mess. Austin is becoming a bigger mess because of this same thing. We don’t take care of our own messes and it bleeds into everything. Bigger messes and we think the best thing to do is make easier for people to create even bigger messes without supervision. 

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