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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Los Angeles Has Surrendered
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:28:08 -0000 (UTC)
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On Jun 17, 2025 at 11:21:03 PM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 03:35:36 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Jun 12, 2025 at 5:25:25 AM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>  On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:47:48 +0000, BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid>
>>>  wrote:
>>>  
>>>>  shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>>   On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 05:12:50 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
>>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>   
>>>>  I wouldn't trust Karen Bass to manage an emergency if she was last person
>>>>  on earth. Through a mixture of incompetence and gross negligence she stood
>>>>  by and let the city burn in January and she's standing by and allowing
>>>>  criminals to run free now. Of course she said the Guard wasn't necessary.
>>>  
>>>  I can't comment on that as I have zero idea of how capable she is.
>> 
>> Well, here's something that might illustrate the extent of her stunning
>> incompetence for you:
>> 
>> As I'm sure you know, in January we had a disaster, where two entire cities
>> burned to their foundations in a firestorm of historic proportions. It has
>> since come to light that one of the most significant reasons it occurred was
>> because Karen Bass had funded the fire department at literally half the
>> required strength in terms of personnel and resources that a city this size
>> needs.
>> 
>> And now, here in June, when it's time for the mayor to send the city's budget
>> up, rather than learn anything from the godawful and stunningly negligent
>> mistakes of the past, she's slashed the budget of the fire department EVEN
>> FURTHER. And she cut 45% of the jobs in the city's Department of Emergency
>> Management. And after two weeks of violent rioting, she decided to defund the
>> police even further, also. (A city the size of Los Angeles needs 10,000
>> officers. We're currently at 8,500 and by the time the Olympics roll around,
>> we'll be down to 7,900 under Karen's budget.)
>> 
>> Obviously this woman isn't intelligent enough to manage a Starbucks, let
>> alone
>> the nation's second-largest city.
> 
> Though maybe the problem isn't her, but the voters that thought she
> was the best option.

Well, of course. She's black and has a vagina. Those are the only two criteria
that matter to a significant portion of the Los Angeles voting public. When
that's what you base your vote on, this is the shit-show you get.

The karma will be exquisite if the barbaric denizens of South Central and East
L.A. decide to put on another one of their signature "mostly peaceful"
performances right in the middle of the Olympics while the entire world is
tuned in and watching.