A man says goodbye to New York City…
Goodbye, Gotham
SOHRAB AHMARI:
“…Life in “The City” has become unbearable, and it’s about to get worse. The grim transformation isn’t the fault of some nebulous scapegoat called the pandemic, but of concrete policies enacted by the Big Apple’s ruling class and, in many cases, demanded by fellow New Yorkers, if indirectly through their ballot-box choices. And, I’m sorry to say, I doubt incoming Mayor Eric Adams can turn much of anything around, if only because he’s hemmed in by a hard-left City Council, elected anti-anti-crime prosecutors, and many other entrenched political forces.
Any one of the city’s manmade crises, on its own, would have been tolerable. But their combined force is intolerable. Consider a few:
In 2019, before anyone had heard of either the novel coronavirus or George Floyd, the state legislature passed and then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an ill-conceived criminal justice “reform” package, removing judges’ discretion in setting cash bail for criminal defendants in a vast range of violent offenses. Even before the law came into effect, judges were forced to preemptively release suspects. The revolving door of criminality would be hilarious if it weren’t deadly: Suspects are released in a day, only to commit the same offense a day later, then are sprung again.
No, my own family hasn’t been directly impacted by the rising crime. The worst is concentrated in the very black and brown neighborhoods the “reformers” claim to seek to liberate, and besides, we own a car and can otherwise afford to avoid sidewalks, buses, and subways. And yes, the chances of any one person being shoved by a freshly sprung psycho into an oncoming subway train are low. Ditto for the chances of having an elderly relative punched out by some thug with a Tolstoy-length rap sheet. But the law-abiding taxpayer, whether residing in Midtown or the South Bronx, shouldn’t have to live with this degree of risk, and this degree of fear, period.
Then there are the addicts and crazies. Please, liberals, don’t gaslight us. Don’t you dare say, “Welcome to New York—it’s always been like this.” No, it was not ever thus. It has gotten much worse, despite the nearly $1 billion City Hall spent on its ThriveNYC mental-health program, with much of the money wasted on fighting mental-health “stigma” and combating generalized depression and anxiety, rather than getting the severely mentally ill off the streets and into the involuntary inpatient programs they need.
Why do ordinary families have to be treated to the sight of a humongous crazy lady taking a dump on the corner? When will the self-talking, needle-jabbed, leaning-over-half-dead heroin addicts be cleared off Broadway and Penn Station? Where is the compassion in letting the crazy lady s**t on the open street? What humane end is served by not confronting the addicts and getting them the help they need, even if they’re too f***ed in the head to realize it?
Now layer the Covid biomedical security state on top of all this: the cruel and development-warping masking of kids, which won’t end anytime soon, if ever, though we have known for more than a year that they are at minuscule risk from the virus and transmit it at a much lower rate than do adults; the prolonged lockdowns that carved a swath of destruction through some of the most beloved small businesses in my little rectangle and many other neighborhoods, as well; the endless vax-mandate and booster-shot treadmill, just extended to children as young as 5; and, yes, the added informal enforcement of it all by sad, mostly childless middle-aged white women henpecking you in elevators and in department stores, even when and where mask mandates aren’t in effect.
You know what? Take the Big Apple dream and shove it—for now, at least. I’ll miss my rectangle, but not enough to subject my family to its insanities…”
Public education in Democrat California
Pearl Harbor
Survivors return to Pearl Harbor to mark 80th anniversary of WWII attack
When I was in college I travelled to Oahu to visit a friend who had moved there. I was always aware of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and, even back then, I was something of a military history buff. So it is fair to say that I was more informed than most kids my age. As part of my visit, I went to the Pearl Harbor Memorial. I was not prepared for the impact the memorial had on me.
The first thing I remember is the waiting area for the boats that transport visitors to the actual memorial. The commemorative plaques in the waiting area, from all over the country, made me realize the true extent of the attack and the human disaster for the American sailors and soldiers on duty that morning. One plaque in particular, I remember, quoted the Gettysburg Address. It said something along the lines of these men had given “the last full measure of devotion.” I was choked with emotion and surprised at my reaction. It brings tears to my eyes today as I write this.
The memorial itself, located in the harbor and on top of the sunk USS Arizona, was also a shock for me. The wall of names.
It was an emotional visit. One I will never forget. God bless those men.
Covid is politics. Everywhere.
Virtue signaling stupidity replaces careful policy as Democrats attempt to move low income people into high income neighborhoods.
L.A. City Council Okays ‘Affordable Housing’ Project on Edge of Pricey Venice Beach Neighborhood
The ultimate effect will be destruction of the neighborhood, exodus of current owners, reduction in tax base, and increase in local homeless populations.
This is Democrat governance. It is stupid exemplified.
Venice is a liberal enclave. I’m sure most folks in this area voted for at least one of the nitwits on the City Council. Prior to this latest idiocy, I’m sure most local folks supported this type of policy.
Okay. You voted for it. Now live with it.
Covid stupidity. Covid is politics. Insane Democrat politics.
Covid stupidity
Leave the animals alone. Do-gooders just can’t help themselves. They come up with all kinds of cockamamie explanations for culling the herd.
Democrats, federal bureaucracy, scared to death at Trump social media project. How can you tell? The government is already investigating his company dealings.
Liberalism is a mental disorder
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1468024511379296256
Joe Rogan: I Used To Look At CNN As Where You Get The News, Now They Are “F*cking Propagandists”
Related:
Recapping some of CNN’s biggest lies over the years.
Today’s show: https://t.co/U7IObMfWi9 pic.twitter.com/XBtxEZTdKE
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) December 6, 2021
Psaki: No One Told A Kamala Harris Staffer To Tweet That He Loves Working For Her
Sound advice from an experienced and successful businessman
Social media is garbage
Crime In Washington, D.C. Is So Bad The Media Is Giving People Tips On How To Avoid Being Carjacked
Democrat governance – Washington D.C. style
I&I/TIPP Poll: 22% of Americans want Biden to run for President a second time
Senate Democrats vote to fire unvaccinated.
Every Democrat in the Senate voted in favor of firing unvaccinated workers.
Remember this when they ask for your vote in the next election.
— Stephen Moore (@StephenMoore) December 6, 2021
Single action hammer fire?
For Anyone Interested 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/cxO6ab4xFn
— ᖇ. ᔕᑕOTT ᔕIᑕᗩᖇIO 2.0 (@SicarioScott) December 7, 2021
Some businesses are waking up to the illegality of Biden’s federal vaccine mandates
BREAKING: One of Florida’s biggest hospital systems has ended all vaccine mandates
Advent Health will no longer require its 83,000 employees to be vaccinated against Covid. pic.twitter.com/GXKnEwteaZ
— Andrea Jackson TV 📺🇺🇸 (@AJacksonTV) December 5, 2021