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Panera tried to provide a system that seemed fair. Decide for yourself if it was a success.

The 2018 US Military Budget was right at $700B:

https://militarybenefits.info/...

For the sake of the conspiracy folk let's allow as it is actually double that, so $1.4T.

So then if we halve that we're back down to our $700B.

OAC's bill has an estimate cost of $4.1T. That has been widely criticized as too little, and estimates I could find online range from $14T to $50T over 10 years:

https://reason.com/blog/2019/0...

https://pjmedia.com/trending/o...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com...

Since these numbers are obviously off the cuff I went ahead and took the average of $25.66T over 10 years.

This means confiscating the $700B for the first year that the AC above suggested would account for approximately 3.5% of the cost. At that rate it would take around 35 years to recoup the costs.

Not to mention that catastrophic impacts on the men and women who WORK in the DoD, disruption of every line of industry who makes and supplies equipment to them, etc. Many businesses would probably be severely impacted if not completely out of business.

TLDR: The AC who suggested cutting the military budget in half for a year has zero understanding of what that would do or cost.

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Because he should be able to gut Portland State and wear it like a skin suit because these papers were obvious parodies. IIRC one of them was some sort of "intersectional queer experience in dog parks" paper.

On the activist side, they seriously push ideas like it is racist to warn black people that an old building is not up to modern earthquake codes and might kill them if one hits. Cuz you know, white people only want to scare black folks out so they can gentrify the neighborhood.

And note: this is why the alt-right is gaining ground slowly, but steadily. That siren song "wouldn't it be nice if all of these assholes went away one way or another" starts to sound really fucking appealing after having this sort of bullshit shoved up your ass and backed by amenable authorities.

Google can just copy and paste whatever they use for blocking/downranking conservative content in the U.S, slightly alter the filter parameters, and voila! Instant Dragonfly.

I say let Dragonfly, well, fly! It's not like we are not already allowing them to do the same thing in the U.S., make it worldwide.

> If someone commits a crime against you, call the police and charge them with a crime; otherwise, shut the fuck up.

This is what happens when you put the snowflakes in charge, they eventually turn on their own. “Damore Suit: Google Caters to Furries, Transgenderism, and 'A Yellow-Scaled Wingless Dragonkin'”

..... and replaced him with a fruitcake.

No, that was America.

The selection of PM Zoolander is all on Canada. He's your "sweetmeat," and you're stuck with him, no regifting allowed.

Sure, using support for Democratic politicians as a proxy for leftward lean: "Google employees are spending heavily to elect Democrats in California and to flip the House" and it's not a recent thing, "98% of search engine's employees gave money to Democrats in '04".

For the news sources, see 96 Percent of Google Search Results for 'Trump' News Are from Liberal Media Outlets and then you can confirm for yourself by going to Google News and either looking at their headlines or searching for any politically relevant topic and counting the number of sources they highlight first on the left vs. the right side of the media bias chart, which if anything underestimates sources like CNN which have turned farther left since the election.

Seems like a pure PR-move. Now, when asked about being so partisan in their search-results, Google's PR-people (both paid and otherwise) can smugly switch topic to their "helping veterans".

They already switched the topic to “that is some horeshit you are linking to right there.”

They did seem smug.

What's so special about veterans — from the technological point of view — that a separate platform is warranted just for them?

Seems like a pure PR-move. Now, when asked about being so partisan in their search-results, Google's PR-people (both paid and otherwise) can smugly switch topic to their "helping veterans".

"I will observe, the immediate response was to try and silence my post so it wouldn't be noticed.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/g... [pjmedia.com]

Something of a pattern amongst the left."

Oh please, get off your cross. Everyone in here gets modded down for reasons not inline with Slashdot's suggested mod usage. You're not so special that the evil Left targets you special and the same thing happens to them.

If they are augmenting the searches for hot political topics in the US, they ought to do it in China too.

For equality and the Greater Good[tm], which are the Chinese government's top concerns just as they are for Google's management and employees.

You would be more believable if you had actually read the linked article.

I will observe, the immediate response was to try and silence my post so it wouldn't be noticed.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/g...

Something of a pattern amongst the left.

Seeing as 96 percent of google search results about Trump come from liberal media outlets

https://pjmedia.com/trending/g...

You may wish to rethink you naive view of this.

This only makes sense if you provide objective evidence that ) there's a number of non-liberal (mean conservative) news sources that cover trump comparable to those liberal news outlets you refer to, and/or B) conservative news outlets produce media and news at rates and quantities comparable of those produced by the liberal news outlets.

Until then, the simpler explanation should stand.

Seeing as 96 percent of google search results about Trump come from liberal media outlets

https://pjmedia.com/trending/g...

You may wish to rethink you naive view of this.

According to TFA, it's disturbing and outrageous that the military makes "dark jokes." This coming from the same "woke" camp that has had a spate of people making jokes about raping and murdering children. In the case of Rick and Morty, the creators are beyond sick to the point where their side projects should get them locked up on obscenity charges for a very long time.

But if you follow the outrage logic of the woke it makes sense:

* US military = white male patriarchy.
* Most of our wars are against countries full of People of Color.

Ergo, it's racist white men killing aspiring People of Color thus evil on its face.

But when we make "jokes" about raping little boys or carving their faces off, then murdering them... that's just "dark humor."

This sort of hypocrisy will not be sustainable for long going forward. You want to know why the center-right increasingly takes a reflexive "fuck you and fuck the horse you rode in on" attitude toward the left? This is why. Even most of the mainstream liberals I know refuse to call this out and try to suck the oxygen out of the room rather than admit most of the people to their left are grade A assholes.

The vacuous "logic" of the "woke" can be summarized as "Blame Whitey!"

Do it viciously enough and you wind up on the editorial board at the NY Times.

According to TFA, it's disturbing and outrageous that the military makes "dark jokes." This coming from the same "woke" camp that has had a spate of people making jokes about raping and murdering children. In the case of Rick and Morty, the creators are beyond sick to the point where their side projects should get them locked up on obscenity charges for a very long time.

But if you follow the outrage logic of the woke it makes sense:

* US military = white male patriarchy.
* Most of our wars are against countries full of People of Color.

Ergo, it's racist white men killing aspiring People of Color thus evil on its face.

But when we make "jokes" about raping little boys or carving their faces off, then murdering them... that's just "dark humor."

This sort of hypocrisy will not be sustainable for long going forward. You want to know why the center-right increasingly takes a reflexive "fuck you and fuck the horse you rode in on" attitude toward the left? This is why. Even most of the mainstream liberals I know refuse to call this out and try to suck the oxygen out of the room rather than admit most of the people to their left are grade A assholes.

There is really no justification for this court order, on several levels.

As law professor Glenn Reynolds AKA the Instapundit has pointed out, they have all the justification they feel they need, "the point of gun control is to humiliate and grind down flyover people and demonstrate that the Ruling Class is ultimately the, well, Ruling Class" .

They're also getting somewhat hysterical now that there's the slight possibility that the Supreme Court will have a 5/4 majority against gun control again.

You have got to be kidding...

"Today, 70 percent of all Pakistanis are inbred and in Turkey the amount is between 25-30 percent (Jyllands-Posten, 27/2 2009 "More stillbirths among immigrants"). A rough estimate reveals that close to half of everybody living in the Arab world is inbred. A large percentage of the parents that are blood related come from families where intermarriage has been a tradition for generations.

A BBC investigation in Britain several years ago revealed that at least 55% of the Pakistani community in Britain was married to a first cousin. The Times of India affirmed that “this is thought to be linked to the probability that a British Pakistani family is at least 13 times more likely than the general population to have children with recessive genetic disorders.”

The BBC’s research also discovered that while British Pakistanis accounted for just 3.4% of all births in Britain, they accounted for 30% of all British children with recessive disorders and a higher rate of infant mortality. It is not a surprise, therefore, that, in response to this evidence, a Labour Party MP has called for a ban on first-cousin marriage.

Medical evidence shows that one of the negative consequences of inbreeding is a 100 percent increase in the risk of stillbirths. One study comparing Norwegians and Pakistanis shows the risk that the child dies during labor increases by 50 percent. The risk of death due to autosomal recessive disorders -- e.g., cystic fibrosis and spinal muscular atrophy -- is 18 times higher. Risk of death due to malformations is 10 times higher. Mental health is also at risk: the probability of depression is higher in communities where consanguine marriages are also high. The closer the blood relative, the higher the risk of mental and physical retardation and schizophrenic illness.

And then there are the findings on intelligence. Research shows that if one’s parents are cousins, intelligence goes down 10-16 IQ points. The risk of having an IQ lower than 70 (criterion for being "retarded") increases 400 percent among children from cousin marriages. An academic paper published in the Indian National Science Academy found that “the onset of various social profiles like visual fixation, social smile, sound seizures, oral expression and hand-grasping are significantly delayed among the new-born inbred babies." Another study found that Indian Muslim school boys whose parents were first cousins tested significantly lower than boys whose parents were unrelated in a non-verbal test on intelligence."

There are dozens of neutral citations for every single claim in that passage here: https://pjmedia.com/blog/the-p...

This toxic masculinity thing is being rectified. Masculinity itself is a mental health issue now.... Everyone keeps pointing out the obvious (men and women like different things) but that leads to the wrong-thinking of men and women possibly liking to do different things.

It'll get resolved soon enough. Masculinity is a Mental Health Issue

She pretty much fit the definition of batshit insane. A vegan and animal rights activist who had no trouble shooting people - who last time I checked, are also animals.

Nothing new there. Orwell wrote about it years ago.

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL,
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

Animal Rights: A Dangerous Aspect of Our New Secular Religion

‘Who are you to judge?’

. . . Then in the 1990s, something started to change dramatically in how her students responded to the sobering tale. Rather than being horrified by it, some claimed they were bored by it, while others thought the ending was “neat.”

When Ms. Haugaard pressed them for more of their thoughts, she was appalled to discover that not one student in the class was willing to say the practice of human sacrifice was morally wrong! She describes one interaction with a student, whom she calls Beth:

“‘Are you asking me if I believe in human sacrifice?’ Beth responded thoughtfully, as though seriously considering all aspects of the question. ‘Well, yes,’ I managed to say. ‘Do you think that the author approved or disapproved of this ritual?’

“I was stunned: This was the [young] woman who wrote so passionately of saving the whales, of concern for the rain forests, of her rescue and tender care of a stray dog. ‘I really don’t know,’ said Beth; ‘If it was a religion of long standing, [who are we to judge]?’”

How a Generation Lost Its Common Culture

Tomorrow's menus will include a fine selection of steamed frogs, lightly killed by the most gradual temperature increases.

You've left out some of the real charms of the current era.

Profs claim scientific objectivity reinforces 'whiteness'
Professor Claims Math, Algebra And Geometry Promote ‘White Privilege’
The Appalling Protests at Evergreen State College
All-women's college asks profs not to call students 'women'
Professor notes men are taller than women on average, SJWs storm out angrily
Americans who practice yoga 'contribute to white supremacy', claims Michigan State University professor
Conservatives, Libertarians Are ‘on the Autistic Spectrum,’ Says Duke Professor
Victimhood Culture Only Getting Worse, Professor Warns
Professor: Small Chairs in Preschools Are Sexist, ‘Problematic,’ and ‘Disempowering’
Prof creates checklist for detecting white supremacy

Believing in meritocracy, promoting a "collegial" environment, and even deciding “to stay out of all of this ‘identity politics’” are all forms of tacit white supremacy, she claims.

She Carried A Garrotte!

I blogged yesterday about a mob trying to shut down Jordan B. Peterson and others at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, and wondered aloud, “Where are there police?!” Well, turns out one of the SJWs was arrested after breaking the glass . .

Officials say officers searched her backpack and found a weapon — a metal wire with handles commonly known as a garrotte.”

I could go on, there are so many stones unturned.

You've left out some of the real charms of the current era.

Profs claim scientific objectivity reinforces 'whiteness'
Professor Claims Math, Algebra And Geometry Promote ‘White Privilege’
The Appalling Protests at Evergreen State College
All-women's college asks profs not to call students 'women'
Professor notes men are taller than women on average, SJWs storm out angrily
Americans who practice yoga 'contribute to white supremacy', claims Michigan State University professor
Conservatives, Libertarians Are ‘on the Autistic Spectrum,’ Says Duke Professor
Victimhood Culture Only Getting Worse, Professor Warns
Professor: Small Chairs in Preschools Are Sexist, ‘Problematic,’ and ‘Disempowering’
Prof creates checklist for detecting white supremacy

Believing in meritocracy, promoting a "collegial" environment, and even deciding “to stay out of all of this ‘identity politics’” are all forms of tacit white supremacy, she claims.

She Carried A Garrotte!

I blogged yesterday about a mob trying to shut down Jordan B. Peterson and others at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, and wondered aloud, “Where are there police?!” Well, turns out one of the SJWs was arrested after breaking the glass . .

Officials say officers searched her backpack and found a weapon — a metal wire with handles commonly known as a garrotte.”

I could go on, there are so many stones unturned.

According to a former high level staffer on the Obama campaign, they said they knew Obama's campaign was mass harvesting the social graph and let them do it despite it being against Facebook's rules.

Facebook has been interfering with elections on a level that is utterly unconscionable and must be made an example of.

And in the FBI, I'm pretty sure the percentage of Democrats is significantly lower than average.

Citation needed - and no, your asshole doesn't count. You base your entire argument on this, but cannot produce a smidge of evidence to support it.

Here's an interesting fact - the Legal industry is about 75% Democrat. Get down to specific targets like the Civil Rights departments, and yet get almost 100% Democrat - especially after Obama fired almost all the Republicans and replaced them with Democrats.

This doesn't violate Facebook standards. Or for those who won't read TFL:

Group Threatening to Burn 'Activist Mommy' Alive Doesn't Violate Standards, Facebook Says

Amazing how the examples in the linked article don't constitute a violation of standards on harassment and threatening violence. Must be like the Sarah Palin principle. You can say "someone should shit down Sarah Palin's throat" on national television and not be roundly condemned, but say anything about women on the other side, no matter how tepid the statement, and it's going to be a 2 minute hate session.

Stephen Green had what may be the best comment possible on this at Instapundit the other day (He's edging on @Iowahawk quality snark here):

Please keep this technology out of the hands of my young sons, who would undoubtedly ingest several of these along with Pop Rocks and a two-liter bottle of Coke.

Turns out the entire FBI leadership was, and mostly still is, a rat's nest of opposition to him filled with unethical bureaucrats who think it's their right to have "insurance policies against the President" among other things.

If this were happening in 2009, the Democrats would have been giving Obama--rightly--carte blanch to purge the entire agency's leadership above the level of GS15. It doesn't matter what you think of Trump or Obama. Neither of them were Hitler or Stalin or anything like that. The only proper response from the federal civil service to their every lawful order is "yes, sir." Anything else is insubordination; this is approaching mutiny.

Factually incorrect narratives? You mean like ABC News did just today? The Dow plunged 350 points after the false report.

It's pretty hard to defend anyone for attacking the media when they do such a good job at either lying or being totally incompetent at their job. Remember how they showed why they're so mistrusted when they lied about Trump and the koi pond?

With attitudes like this being pervasive in the SJWs that run HR, who wouldn't prefer a good self-employment option if they can find one they like?

http://www.truthrevolt.org/new...

http://mobile.wnd.com/2017/06/...

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fp...

http://forums.sherdog.com/thre...

http://www.topix.com/forum/who...

https://pjmedia.com/andrewklav...

https://www.thenewamerican.com...

https://www.therebel.media/top...

There is a great article from author Sarah Hoyt on Jerry, who by all accounts was really helpful to other writers - I liked a lot of JP stuff but it's even more impressive to think of all the other great SF the world has today he may have helped foster.

Of special note is that Jerry was truly open minded and not really part of the political spectrum as some here are trying to paint him. From the article:

In fact, that to me was Jerryâ(TM)s characteristic: in an age riven by deep political divisions, he refused to draw a political line, and associated with people on both sides of the spectrum, treating all as humans and worthy â" or not worthy â" of his attention. (Yes, I do remember a few comments of âoeweâ(TM)re done hereâ in answer to less-than-stellar arguments.) If anyone drew a political color line, it was not Jerry. In fact, he urged me more than once to be forgiving of things that colleagues on the left side of the spectrum said while in the heat of battle. Heâ(TM)d point out the good things theyâ(TM)d said â" or done, or written â" and find excuses for their more intemperate behavior.

It's worth remembering that these days, if you do not agree with some people 100% they will consider you a vile enemy, to be tarnished and dismissed. The world is better off with people like Jerry, who welcome discussion from all and treat everyone as human regardless as viewpoint. We would all do well to remember his example.

Have you been forced by google to change your film script?

These guys were forced by Google to delete a post.

Want to see the post so you can applaud Google for taking a correct moral stand? Well, you can't. It's gone. Google abused their market control in web advertising and had it censored.

You may read only what Google allows you to read. You didn't want to decide for yourself anyway, did you?

In related news, Google abuses it's power in advertising. And Google abuses it's power in video. And Google bullies a leftist think tank.

Read the links now, while you still can. If you have Google Fiber, maybe read them on your phone. (Of course you can't read one of the articles in question -- Google made sure of that.)

Even worse, this is already being used to track incidents of "intimidate, harass, humiliate", i.e. not actual crimes.

And then there is how the ProPublica reporters are conveniently now relying on bogus SPLC classifications to work towards blacklisting/removing Internet utilities from bloggers they don't like, because obviously someone who is anti-Muslim-extremist terrorism should have their Paypal account cancelled, etc... but ISIS? They're ok with those guys as not "hateful".

Anyways it is very clear to me that you are a morally bankrupt hypocrite that is bending every way possible to try to justify his racist and viewpoints without coming out and actually saying it, so I am going to stop discussing this with you. Have a good life, which from your ass backwards antiquated views I assume is coming toward its end a lot sooner than mine.

Really? Because this is the stuff you're defending. That's the site they were planning it on.

Yep, you really are an idiot who believes in defending people who are planning terrorist attacks.

We've seen what they want to do either by changing the search results for politically contentious issues, effective shadow bans err "limited states" on youtube without breaking community guidelines, or outright deleted services with no reason of conservative voices. All the while training their AI to do it (see blog post). That isn't even mentioning the accusations that they manipulated searches to favor Clinton during the campaign.

It seems pretty clear what google wants to do for political thought. They want to isolate, disenfranchise, and ban political thought they don't like.

Hmmmm .....

Unhinged Rhetoric About 'Nazis' and Trump Derangement Syndrome Lead to Bloodshed

Now we are supposed to base public policy based on data Iran collected?..

But, hey, why not try this in Venezuela now? Surely, Maduro will listen to the foreign fans of Bolivarian revolution...

The corporations don't care either way, I'm sure. They are simply afraid of boycotts — and worse. Because, when you are fighting for the rights of the delusional to persist in their delusions, all means are just and noble...

Few companies' management have the testicles (sexist metaphore!) of the Chick-Fil-A's one — most are like Mozilla's...

All kidding aside, there's a human element that society won't willingly abandon. Certainly not the powers the be, though they rarely directly interact with the long arm of the law. Which reminds me ... https://pjmedia.com/trending/2... https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

yeah about that

German Judge Says Turkish Man's Forced Violent Sex Is 'Culturally' Not Rape
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2...

Hope your physically fit or gay,. Nahh you're definitely a faggot enjoy your new cultural superiors.

The Panama Papers revealed extensive, documented financial ties between Putin and Clinton cronies:

Almost lost among the many revelations is the fact that Russia’s biggest bank uses The Podesta Group as its lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Though hardly a household name, this firm is well known inside the Beltway, not least because its CEO is Tony Podesta, one of the best-connected Democratic machers in the country. He founded the firm in 1998 with his brother John, formerly chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, then counselor to President Barack Obama, Mr. Podesta is the very definition of a Democratic insider. Outsiders engage the Podestas and their well-connected lobbying firm to improve their image and get access to Democratic bigwigs.

Which is exactly what Sberbank, Russia’s biggest financial institution, did this spring. As reported at the end of March, the Podesta Group registered with the U.S. Government as a lobbyist for Sberbank, as required by law, naming three Podesta Group staffers: Tony Podesta plus Stephen Rademaker and David Adams, the last two former assistant secretaries of state. It should be noted that Tony Podesta is a big-money bundler for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign while his brother John is the chairman of that campaign, the chief architect of her plans to take the White House this November.

Sberbank (Savings Bank in Russian) engaged the Podesta Group to help its public image—leading Moscow financial institutions not exactly being known for their propriety and wholesomeness—and specifically to help lift some of the pain of sanctions placed on Russia in the aftermath of the Kremlin’s aggression against Ukraine, which has caused real pain to the country’s hard-hit financial sector.

It’s hardly surprising that Sberbank sought the help of Democratic insiders like the Podesta Group to aid them in this difficult hour, since they clearly understand how American politics work. The question is why the Podesta Group took Sberbank’s money. That financial institution isn’t exactly hiding in the shadows—it’s the biggest bank in Russia, and its reputation leaves a lot to be desired. Nobody acquainted with Russian finance was surprised that Sberbank wound up in the Panama Papers.

And that is just one of the many documented financial ties between Podesta/Clinton and Putin's regime.

The Center for Investigative Reporting found that some of the photographs posted on the Facebook group may have been taken consensually, but others may not have been.

50 years ago, all of those photos would have been classified as obscene materials and no one would have voluntarily taken them except between some husbands and wives.

And a woman would have her reputation destroyed with an affair, or depending on the social circle, pre-marital sex.

The single most overlooked practical value that the "old norms" had was simplifying things to the point that someone with a 80 IQ could merrily engage with the opposite sex and know with 99% certainty what was permissible and what wasn't.

Whenever you see a seemingly simple set of rules start thinking about how you can get around them, think about how far you could "engage" with the opposite sex before going too far and realize everyone back then was doing the same.

I suspect the rules were a lot more complicated than you realize.

The issue also applies to rape as well, outside of clearly forcible rape. Legal fornication acts as static against the signal as far as law enforcement goes. They must now prove purely a state of mind and cannot rely on circumstantial evidence like "normal girls don't ever have one night stands with men they just met."

Try charging someone with date rape 50 years ago, hell, try charging them with marital rape, in most places it didn't even exist!

In many respects, it is not at all obvious that we are freer today than we were when social and legal conventions were simpler and tighter.

In most respects the major freedoms we lost were the freedom to use our power to take away other's freedom.

Now, if anything, the degree of subjectivity is enormously empowering to bureaucrats and law enforcement. Hell, our own former Vice President said that literally all drunken sex involves a female rape victim.

No, the author of the article was just a disingenuous hack who was deliberately misinterpreting Biden's comment to ignore the obvious fact that Biden meant too drunk to consent.

The Center for Investigative Reporting found that some of the photographs posted on the Facebook group may have been taken consensually, but others may not have been.

50 years ago, all of those photos would have been classified as obscene materials and no one would have voluntarily taken them except between some husbands and wives. The single most overlooked practical value that the "old norms" had was simplifying things to the point that someone with a 80 IQ could merrily engage with the opposite sex and know with 99% certainty what was permissible and what wasn't.

The issue also applies to rape as well, outside of clearly forcible rape. Legal fornication acts as static against the signal as far as law enforcement goes. They must now prove purely a state of mind and cannot rely on circumstantial evidence like "normal girls don't ever have one night stands with men they just met."

In many respects, it is not at all obvious that we are freer today than we were when social and legal conventions were simpler and tighter. Now, if anything, the degree of subjectivity is enormously empowering to bureaucrats and law enforcement. Hell, our own former Vice President said that literally all drunken sex involves a female rape victim. That means if you are married, and your wife happily has drunken sex with you, you are open to being accused of rape between the legal acceptance of marital rape and various other statutes like the ones regulating intoxication (and that the state does not need the "victim's" permission to prosecute).

I'll go pop a soma now. It'll take the edge off of our brave new world.

More unwarranted alarmism from nuclear energy haters? Why yes it is.

The high levels are inside the containment. The radiation reaching the sea is slightly higher than the FDA maximum for drinking water, but you could swim in it directly without harm.

A nice pairing with this to calm y'all down even further is the fact that the residents of the area were actually exposed to much less radiation on the ground than had been estimated.

Is it not an even douche-baggier thing to do to dump lava onto someone else's property to keep them off of it, than to buy up every piece of surrounding property and try to prevent their access by blocking the easements that are required to prevent just such a thing?

It seems like a common thing for rich douche-bags to attempt to commandeer public property like...

* Vinod Khosla (martin's beach), or
* Warren Lent, Simon/Daniel Mani, and David Geffen (malibu beach)

It's not stretch for rich douche-bags to think they can outspend/outlawyer a lowly citizen...

FWIW this shit happens all the time. Sadly I got to see this when I was young, when my father bought some property to build a house, but unbeknownst to us at the time, a big real-estate developer who was mad that he didn't get the property, quickly bought an adjacent ~1-foot strip wide easement next to the property to prevent access from the nearest street in hopes to convince my dad to sell him the property. Fortunately, my dad was able to negotiate street access through an adjacent subdivision on the other side, rendering his strip-property worthless (a couple years later, he quit-claim titled the strip to my dad to avoid being required by the city to make sidewalk improvements all along his 1-foot wide easement next to street).

Useful political advice from Iowahawk:

Huh...

This kind of patronizing attitude is the most pervasive form of sexism. Women don't need "their turn" they're perfectly capable of competing for top jobs.

You know what I like best about the Barack Obama / Hillary Clinton era? All of the healing on relations between the sexes.

Michelle Obama: Hillary Clinton Has “Waited Her Turn” To Be President (Video at link)

Obama Campaign Manager Jim Messina: "We Want Hillary Clinton To Be The Next President," "It's Her Turn And Her Time"

Former Obama campaign manager and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina said Priorities USA, the Super PAC he is co-chairman of, will support Hillary Clinton for president of the United States. Messina is also chairman of the 501(c)(4) Organizing for Action (formerly Obama for America). . . .

"You're pouring your money towards Hillary, correct?" Farrow asked Messina.

"Yep," Messina said. "We want Hillary Clinton to be the next president of the United States."

"It's her turn and her time," Messina also said. I think she would be the right leader for this country moving forward. And we're going to do whatever it takes to make sure she's the president of the United States."

You've been so helpful in identifying sexism. Why are there so many prominent sexists in the Democratic party? (hat tip )

...for their Orwellian "safety committee," they've lost billions of dollars in shareholder value.

They even suspended Instapundit yesterday for expressing non-approved thought, and they already banned @Nero and @RSMcCain.

Will any of Twitter potential buyers make it a forum for users of all political persuasions to enjoy free speech, or will the continue to ban people who object to the SJW agenda?