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https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-record-number-of-homicides/281-94c48238-7841-4346-a223-25bd649d38ea.3 Seattle Seattle records most homicides in at least 44 years in 2023 https://www.kgw.com/article/news/verify/portland-homicides-seattle-san-francisco-2024/283-1dc032c9-a970-4ce8-bced-60a3a5c37f9b Yes, Portland's homicide count exceeds Seattle and San Francisco combined for the first three months of 2024 Yep, I am some kind of scared old suburbanite. But being scared, I see what is happening. And I can discern that the situation is worse than it was years ago. https://news.gallup.com/poll/544442/americans-crime-problem-serious.aspx More Americans See U.S. Crime Problem as Serious More than three-quarters of Americans, 77%, believe there is more crime in the U.S. than a year ago, and a majority, 55%, say the same about crime in their local area. Yep, I am some kind of scared old suburbanite. But being scared, I see what is happening. And so do all the other scared suburbanites and urbanites in the above poll. There seems to be a conclusion among most Americans that the situation is worse than it was years ago. Sorry for your loss UB, but there is a reason why so many feel so unsafe. And that is because crime is only decreasing in comparison to highs in 2020-2022. But people felt much safer before that time period. I'll leave it to you to deduce the causes of that. mspart

That might send a message. The squad specifically and progressives more generally are congenitally incapable of reading the tea leaves. They will keep on going until extinction hopefully, politically speaking. This movement needs to end. It has wreaked ruin on our cities. mspart

https://www.saveservices.org/2024/04/lawsuits-by-detransitioners-skyrocket-as-transgender-movement-retreats/ Lawsuits by Detransitioners Skyrocket as Transgender Movement Retreats WASHINGTON / April 15, 2024 – The transgender movement is facing setbacks on multiple fronts (1). Last week a comprehensive review of gender identity services for youth in the United Kingdom concluded (2): “The strengths and weaknesses of the evidence base on the care of children and young people are often misrepresented and overstated.” Thousands of young people received life-altering treatments with “no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of interventions to manage gender-related distress.” “Social justice” ideology is driving medical decision-making, and “the toxicity of the debate” has created an environment “where professionals are so afraid to openly discuss their views.” In 2007 Boston Children’s Hospital opened the first pediatric gender clinic in the United States. The hospital boasted its Gender Multispecialty Service has “expanded our program to welcome patients from ages 3 to 25.” During the following years, trans medicine became a major money-maker, as nearly 9,000 transgender surgeries were performed annually in the United States (3) with a market value of $1.9 billion in 2021 (4). Medical treatments for gender dysphoria typically include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormone treatments, and eventually surgery on the genitals and breasts. The Mayo Clinic claims on its website that puberty blockers “don’t cause permanent physical changes. Instead, they pause puberty.” (5) But numerous research studies point to the opposite conclusion (6). A recent study, for example, reveals that puberty blockers for boys cause mild to severe sex gland atrophy, resulting in long-term fertility problems (7)... How anyone can countenance this transitioning exercise among minors totally baffles me. We are supposed to protect our younglings. Not experiment on them to their irreparable harm. mspart

They have been trying at Camp David to do just that for the past week. mspart

You are off point RV. You are mad at AIPAC because they gave money to Bowman's opposition and Bowman lost. But you are not made at Soros giving money to people who purposefully undermine the US justice system. Your issue is who is doing the campaign funding. You like Soros obviously, you don't like AIPAC obviously. So there is your line. One undermines US sovereignty by bastardizing the justice system (and I have seen that first hand here in Seattle), the other tries to siphon US dollars to Israel? I guess you can choose which is more evil. The choice is that easy. I choose the US justice system from allowing criminals to get released with no bail, from allowing criminals back on the streets to do more crime, etc. You get what we had with the Columbia student protesters that took over a building, destroyed part of it, held a janitor hostage, and got nothing from the DA Alvin Bragg. They obviously broke the law and were not held accountable. Now we see what happened in LA the other day where Hamas protesters went to a Jewish LA neighborhood, protested in front of the synogogue, and violently assaulted local Jews. It was so bad even Biden called it out. But that is what we get when we let this kind of thing go without legal repercussions. That is what Soros has brought to this country. AIPAC for all the ill they supposedly do have not done that. The amount of harm wreaked by the DAs funded by Soros far outweighs any benefits he may provide for their reach is vast. You gave in to my BS I see so it was not BS. It is well documented what Soros has done. You want this to be about AIPAC. But you chose to frame it in a campaign funding attack. I am giving you an example of campaign funding that has far further reach than what AIPAC is doing and it is harming this country. mspart

Yeah, that looks good and distinguished. Better than mine. mspart

Well I am surprised. OK ,FL gets the stanley cup, no complaints from me. I liked the pic of the outdoor rink by the beach. Great!! mspart

Go ahead and call it. Too bad it is well documented. https://nationalpolice.org/main/george-soros-pledges-to-keep-funding-pro-criminal-anti-police-prosecutors/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5I-K2_j5hgMVTBCtBh0x4wAkEAAYAiAAEgJe5fD_BwE The 91-year-old native Hungarian recently published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. In it he argued the “soft-on-crime district attorneys” he’s backed to the tune of millions of dollars are making the criminal justice system “more effective and just….” Soros said he has no intentions of pulling his support from them. https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/george-soros-criminal-justice-reform-227519 While America’s political kingmakers inject their millions into high-profile presidential and congressional contests, Democratic mega-donor George Soros has directed his wealth into an under-the-radar 2016 campaign to advance one of the progressive movement’s core goals — reshaping the American justice system. The billionaire financier has channeled more than $3 million into seven local district-attorney campaigns in six states over the past year — a sum that exceeds the total spent on the 2016 presidential campaign by all but a handful of rival super-donors. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12183215/Here-woke-DAs-funded-George-Soros-machine-letting-criminals-run-amok.html Billionaire financier George Soros has spent millions of dollars funding the campaigns of woke District Attorneys who have let criminals run amok with no prosecution in many American cities. A study earlier this year found that the 92-year-old spent at least $40million to install as many as 75 prosecutors who support his leftist agenda — either with outright donations or fueled through political action committees. These DAs have stripped away bail laws and opted to forgo prosecuting crimes such as theft and reckless driving, effectively giving criminals a free pass and leading to the breakdown of law and order across the United States. You will choose to reject these. That's ok. Soros has done this. But you like the undermining of the US and State justice systems. So Soros' efforts here are good. AIPAC bad. You don't mind the demonstrated undermining one aspect of the US but take great umbrage at what you consider the undermining of another. mspart

If AIPACs sole mission is to defund police and stop the prosecution of thugs, then I am opposed to them. mspart

Indeed!! All in fun. List of Stanley cup champs in the last few years; 2020 Tampa Bay 2021 Tampa Bay 2022 Colorado 2023 Vegas 2024 Florida Colorado has an outside chance of being a hockey state. It can get cold there. It just seems incongruous. U of MN has a hockey team. Does UCF? FL State? UNLV? Colorado or CO State? Guessing not. mspart

So you feel the same about Soros funding DA candidates in local elections? Yes, money does matter in elections. But for an incumbent, not near as much as for a challenger. People voted for Bowman, saw what a clown he is, and voted against him when given an opportunity. Pulling the fire alarm is relevant, contrary to what you say. Any idiot knows that the fire alarm is just that. It is not a door open switch. It also was convenient to delay a vote, interrupting an official session of Congress. You know, there are people who have been jailed for doing that. So in essence, Soros funding good, AIPAC funding bad. Bowman is a benefit to US citizens even though he denies clear evidence of Hamas' barbarity on Oct 7. Even partisans can see what a buffoon he is. mspart

That would be epic. mspart

Are you saying Jamaal "I pulled the fire alarm interrupting a congressional session because I thought it would open a door" Bowman is a benefit to US citizens? Why isn't George Latimer a benefit to US citizens? Who are you to tell the voters who they should vote for. After that stunt Bowman pulled the other day trying to look gangsta and all that, no wonder he got destroyed in the primary. If Bowman was a great guy he would have won no matter the expenditure. The guy is a clown and rightfully lost. mspart

Indeed!! mspart

This debate has a lot at stake, even Ds say so. If Biden looks as horrible as those on the right say, that he has no mental or physical stamina, then Ds will have to find a new candidate. That's what this debate has for us. I think if Trump looks horrible like CNN will no doubt try to do, the Rs have no choice but to go with Trump as he has won most all the primaries. I guess the delegates could choose someone else but doubtful. But this is make or break for Biden. That's why he has taken a full week off of duties to prep for this. This has never been done in the history of debates. Biden must need a lot of help if he has to take a full week off. Now I would do so, just to go to camp david for a whole week. What a place to go to!! mspart

Apparently the same can be said of Biden. mspart

Yeah, that was amazing!! He pulled up and still set the record. He just smoked the field. mspart

Yes this is true. Snoboarding as well. mspart

Its like hockey in las vegas. What the heck is it doing there? MN yes, I can see that. WI and MI and ND and Canada. Yep you can go outside in the winter and play hockey. Tough to do in FL or NV outside. But congrats to the Panthers on winning the Stanley Cup. mspart

This ^ mspart

So hence our efforts at cleaning up emissions is causing global warming. So we should stop and pollute the crap out of the atmosphere. That's what that is saying to me. mspart

Acceptance is fine. Accept them. No need to accept the sterilization and mutilation of minors. Butchering minors is cruel and inhumane. It is neither kind nor compassionate. mspart

I love watching swimming. But I don't like that they can get a bunch of medals and compete in various events. Wrestling doesn't do that. One event, that's it. Boxing the same. I like to watch gymnastics as well but have the similar reservations plus it is all opinion, like figure skating. mspart

Bolt of Jamaica was not boring, at least to me. That guy was fun to watch. Break dancing, I just don't get that it is thought of as a sport. The guys that do it are very athletic, but it seems like a thing you do rather than a sport. Just me. mspart

Thanks for starting this PA. Too bad it got derailed. Such is life on a chat board. mspart