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YesYNot says

I think that the real breakdown of whether you are Dem or Republican these days is if you are a conservative Christian. If you are, then the ongoing culture war between Christian conservatives and the rest of society is going to keep you voting for Republicans even if the vessel is Trump.

Good post in general. Very thoughtful, unlike our resident jojo troll. This paragraph was the only one I felt I could add to. I think a good chunk of republican voters are this way, but a lot are just independent and individualistic, or maybe want a tax break or feel the government overstepped with Obamacare. We need these people too, to be engaged and offering ideas. They might not always be ideas we love, but it’s better to have options and input to help craft a solution that makes as many people satisfied as possible. Also these individuals are the ones who tend to be pioneers, leading the way for the innovation and science. It takes individualistic people with big fat egos to break from the bonds of normality, make great leaps of thought, and advance our understanding. 10,000 scientists rehashing the same tired ideas for crumbs of new applications can’t compare to ten scientists with revolutionary ideas.

Sniper says

That's the problem, we DON'T need safety nets, that just makes people lazy and entitled. We need programs that teach people to be self suffcient and to be responsible for themselves. Unfortunately, Dems don't believe in Personal Responsibility and like pandering to the welfare class for votes.

Yes, that worked so well in 1930.

Quigley says

Good post in general. Very thoughtful

Thanks, though I don't see Jojo as a troll at all. Most of his points are in agreement with my own.

Quigley says

10,000 scientists rehashing the same tired ideas for crumbs of new applications can’t compare to ten scientists with revolutionary ideas.

It's true that most innovation comes from a small number of people. However, in general, most of those scientists are going to be working for other scientists. They are like tradespeople working for a contractor - just a much higher trained and specialized version. The best scientists still need gov funding. Find me a physicist who would rather work out of his garage than at CERN. Sometimes, you need the budget to buy big equipment and hire people to do the leg work. Plus, you cannot predict which scientists are going to be the 10 really successful ones anymore than you can predict which businessperson is going to start the next Microsoft/Apple/Google or whatever. As a country, we spend a small portion of our budget on science, and it's pretty critical to our success as a country. I don't see it as a good target for waste reduction.

As for Obamacare, I'm all for conservatives trying to find a replacement, and there might be some good ideas coming out of it. There are surely ways to make healthcare cheaper at the margins. My main gripe is that the ones in office now want to pretend that they have a solution for paying for people with preexisting conditions that doesn't cost a bunch of money. Outside of a major overhaul in how we practice medicine, there is no free lunch. Be honest about letting certain people die early to save money or help figure out how to pay for it.

It's sad to see a site devoted to calling out the excesses and greed of banks suddenly turn 180 degrees and start praising a president who is furiously dismantling the last few protections we have left. You can say goodbye to the consumer financial protection bureau as well as any other laws hindering banks in any way. This is a radical change from how Democrats ran things.

Patrick, when did banks suddenly become the hero? If you're correct that one liberal criminal will throw the election despite everything else, doesn't that mean Republican voters aren't competent to be voting?

joeyjojojunior says

Sniper says

That's the problem, we DON'T need safety nets, that just makes people lazy and entitled. We need programs that teach people to be self suffcient and to be responsible for themselves. Unfortunately, Dems don't believe in Personal Responsibility and like pandering to the welfare class for votes.

Yes, that worked so well in 1930.

Are there more or less now than in 1930?

Sniper says

Are there more or less now than in 1930?

More or less of what? You said we don't need safety nets. Presumably at all.

Jan: If there was Russian Collusion, Bad
April: We're gonna find out so much about Trump's Collusion with Russia
July: Any minute now Mueller's gonna bust Trump!
Sep: Dotard's Russian Collusion must be punished, in the name of the Rule of Law!
Oct: Collusion with Russia isn't such a big deal. Let's move on!

TwoScoopsMcGee says

Jan: If there was Russian Collusion, Bad
April: We're gonna find out so much about Trump's Collusion with Russia
July: Any minute now Mueller's gonna bust Trump!
Sep: Dotard's Russian Collusion must be punished, in the name of the Rule of Law!
Oct: Collusion with Russia isn't such a big deal. Let's move on!

Just curious--who says collusion with Russia isn't such a big deal? I haven't seen anyone say that.

joeyjojojunior says

Just curious--who says collusion with Russia isn't such a big deal? I haven't seen anyone say that.

Democrats - when they are pressed on the Obama/Clinton Uranium dealings, Podesta's contracts representing Russian interests, and Hillary Clinton and DNC "colluding" with Russian operatives with the Fusion GPS dossier.

And don't forget this. www.youtube.com/embed/QS2a44F5TgM

Face it - the Democrats have been soft on Russia and Commies forever. They only butched up on Russia in the last year trying to use it to discredit their election losses.

joeyjojojunior says

Just curious--who says collusion with Russia isn't such a big deal? I haven't seen anyone say that.

Scoops just said it so it has to be true.

socal2 says

Democrats - when they are pressed on the Obama/Clinton Uranium dealings, Podesta's contracts representing Russian interests, and Hillary Clinton and DNC "colluding" with Russian operatives with the Fusion GPS dossier.

I'm looking for some names and specifics.

Sniper says

Really, what has your hero, that guy, Rachel Maddow been spewing lately. Is he still going on night after night about Russian collusion?

I don't watch Rachel Maddow--why don' you link to what you refer?

MAGA! The winning continues.

After this Russian stunt dems pulled-good luck-disgusting.

If we all work for government nothing will get done ever, economy will collapse.

CA government is a drain on society, cost outweighs the few benefits.

YesYNot says

I keep hearing about CA gov workers being overpaid. Why don't more people go for those jobs? Why isn't the free market working?

TwoScoopsMcGee says

Oct: Collusion with Russia isn't such a big deal. Let's move on!

Did someone say this or did you imagine it? Also how do you define collusion?

joeyjojojunior says

Just curious--who says collusion with Russia isn't such a big deal? I haven't seen anyone say that.

socal2 says

Democrats - when they are pressed on the Obama/Clinton Uranium dealings, Podesta's contracts representing Russian interests, and Hillary Clinton and DNC "colluding" with Russian operatives with the Fusion GPS dossier.

There's also Podesta's apparent voting of shares in a Company heavily involved in Russian Investment that he supposedly recused himself from, that was supposed to be under control of his daughter in an LLC. This was in his P@ssword protected Email.

And his restatement of the Ukrainian Activist's payments to the Podesta Group, the same exact organization that is accused of 'being Russian' and paying Manafort. Apparently the Friends of Ukraine or whatever it was called was only Russian controlled when it paid Manafort, not when it paid Podesta Group. In fact I think Manafort was subcontracted by Podesta Group to peddle influence for the Ukranian client.

I agree with @Quigley

The left had some good points, but has simply gone too far. They need to start accommodating instead of just demonizing.

But now it's a religion with them. Very disappointing. Democrats offer nothing but hate now.

Chill, think, drop the identity politics shit. Get back to simply being on the side of all working people without dividing them. Otherwise you lose, and the Republicans will continue to win bigly.

Every npr story about women, gays, blacks, or Hispanics is 10,000 more guaranteed votes for Trump. Just get back to owners vs workers and you'll do fine.

rando says

Just get back to owners vs workers and you'll do fine.

Too late. Owners won everything. It's over. It was handed to them by people who were indignant about social justice warriors.

The estate tax and possibly even the gift tax will now be repealed. All other taxes will be drastically reduced or eliminated and as Republicans have made clear, that includes the AMT. Rich families will resemble those of 150 years ago and their wealth will accumulate and snowball through a succession of economic disasters.

There's a book about how the rich love depressions and other black swan events because it allows them to convert their fiat currency into hard capital assets like real estate. We saw a mini version of this in 2009 and we'll see even more drastic disasters in the future. Then America will face two possible roads. Either the rich will become so powerful that they will essentially run all elections from this point forward or the backlash against the Republicans will put the SJWs in command. Either way is the worst case scenario as future technological advances make most human labor obsolete.

People don't understand the damage they have done by installing a Republican government but they soon will.

anonymous says

People don't understand the damage they have done by installing a Republican government relentless identity politics but they soon will.

Fixed that for you.

You're welcome.

TwoScoopsMcGee says

There's also Podesta's apparent voting of shares in a Company heavily involved in Russian Investment that he supposedly recused himself from, that was supposed to be under control of his daughter in an LLC. This was in his P@ssword protected Email.

And his restatement of the Ukrainian Activist's payments to the Podesta Group, the same exact organization that is accused of 'being Russian' and paying Manafort. Apparently the Friends of Ukraine or whatever it was called was only Russian controlled when it paid Manafort, not when it paid Podesta Group. In fact I think Manafort was subcontracted by Podesta Group to peddle influence for the Ukranian client.

That's a long post but no answer.

Who is saying that collusion is no big deal??

rando says

I agree with @Quigley

The left had some good points, but has simply gone too far. They need to start accommodating instead of just demonizing.

But now it's a religion with them. Very disappointing. Democrats offer nothing but hate now.

Chill, think, drop the identity politics shit. Get back to simply being on the side of all working people without dividing them. Otherwise you lose, and the Republicans will continue to win bigly.

Every npr story about women, gays, blacks, or Hispanics is 10,000 more guaranteed votes for Trump. Just get back to owners vs workers and you'll do fine.

It's really disappointing that you fall for the Trump nonsense. Did you follow the recent vote in Congress? Have you see the tax plan?

I can't believe you care more about sticking it to SJWs than you do voting for people that care about the 99%. Everything Trump has and will do is to benefit ONLY the 1%. And Wall St. And Big Business. His entire platform is a big f&% you to the general public.

Do I agree with SJWs? No, of course not. But it is 1,000,000 times less important to me than fixing wealth disparity, taxes, regulation, the militarization of police, government surveillance, and probably a hundred other issues. I think you used to feel the same way until you fell under the Trump cult.

The most amazing thing about this administration is how much power Trump and the Republicans are going to give the banks and Wall Street. That's incredible considering this site was about bank abuses and Wall Street fraud.

Patrick says

Fixed that for you.

You're welcome.

Identity politics is bad but it's not going to hand the country over to the ultra-rich and the banks. There are plenty of examples around the world of nations that have gone much further over the edge with identity politics than the USA and life there is pretty close to any other developed nations. Also there are plenty of ways to push back and we are seeing some traction even without government interference. It's a social ill, not a political one.

But exactly how are workers supposed to get the country back when the rich don't pay taxes anymore, corporations aren't regulated anymore, and a 50 billion dollar estate will pass tax free to the next generation that will turn it into a 100 billion dollar estate and then a 200 billion dollar estate and then a 500 billion dollar estate ad nausium? It's not like this hasn't happened numerous times in history before right? You want to match a social cancer against a poverty-driven civil war?

anonymous says

But exactly how are workers supposed to get the country back

By being united as American citizens and not divided by some arbitrary division.

There are a lot more working class voters than top 1% voters, lol.

joeyjojojunior says

fixing wealth disparity, taxes, regulation, the militarization of police, government surveillance,

Yet the dems have proven themselves to make each and every one of these problems worse. In fact, the establishment's embrace of policies that created each of your listed problems is exactly why trump won.

rando says

Otherwise you lose, and the Republicans will continue to win bigly.

rando says

By being united as American citizens and not divided by some arbitrary division.

There are a lot more working class voters than top 1% voters, lol.

There is a LOT more money in the top 1% than working class, most of it with the .1 or even .01%. The Republicans (only Republicans that toe the libertarian line though) will continue to win bigly no matter what. The ultra rich libertarians have spent the last 50 years gradually buying the political process one step at a time. The endless whining and crying about identity politics and the liberal MSM is bulshit. It's part of a very long expensive campaign to develop a cult that believes anything other than the libertarian message as evil. It works. Look at the posters here. It's just reflexive at this point. Libertarian good, not libertarian bad. No logic or thinking required.

Look at west virginia. Why would the citizens of a state that has something like 22% of the economy in health care vote in someone who's biggest priority was to repeal obomacare? Once the repeal was being voted on and the reality set in that actually repealing obamacare would devastate the state's economy it was suddenly holy shit wait a minute let's not be so hasty about this repeal thing all over the state. But they all got sucked up into voting for the message that the libertarians spent god only knows how much cultivating without a bit of thought to what it actually meant or the consequences. That's the beauty of the libertarian message. Its always someone elses wasteful government spending that is going to be cut. Really brilliant mantra actually.

Look at our resident trumptard libertarian zombies. Regulations bad. Must get rid of regulations. The trumptards breath clean air, drink clean water, eat steak without cow shit in it, don't work 15 hours a day alongside their young children in a firetrap factory with the doors chained shut, don't die of black lung at 40, don't work all day knee deep in toxic chemicals with no protection then have their employer falsify the records (the koch bros almost went to jail for that one until intervention of their senator got the case dropped), have to move because the entire town was so polluted it's not habitable (koch bro's again) , Yep, you guys are perfectly willing to enjoy the benefits of regulations every single day. Ever actually stop to think about what regulations the libertarians actually want gone while you are crying that regulations are bad? Nope, not a clue. Just regulations bad. Hint, it won't be things like how wide the isle in the grocery store must be. It will be things that cost money, like processing toxic waste or worker safety. Again, brilliant message that can't be countered without actually thinking. Simple mindless mantras are the basis of all good cults.

Now the supreme court has allowed unlimited money to be spent by any entity the only thing that matters is how much money can be put down in the election process and used to generate the message. Democrats and moderate republicans will continue to lose and it has nothing at all to do with identity politics or anything else other than buying the election process. Brainwashing works, there are far more people who want to be told what to believe than want to actually think. Just look at patnet.

Sniper says

Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee violated campaign finance law by failing to disclose payments for a dossier on Donald Trump, according to a complaint filed Wednesday with...

Money doesn't matter in elections?

Patrick says

There are a lot more working class voters than top 1% voters, lol.

As the amount of money in politics exponentially increases, you're never going to get the option to vote out the plutocracy. Don't you understand how many times this has played out before in history?

komputodo says

.america isn't going anywhere.

We are definitely above all the other great civilizations that have failed?
Black Swans are extinct in America?

bob2356 says

Look at our resident trumptard libertarian zombies. Regulations bad. Must get rid of regulations. The trumptards breath clean air, drink clean water, eat steak without cow shit in it, don't work 15 hours a day alongside their young children in a firetrap factory with the doors chained shut, don't die of black lung at 40, don't work all day knee deep in toxic chemicals with no protection

Right - cause we really want ZERO regulations!? There is no in between - right Bob? We either need a fuck-ton of government and regulations or there is no government?

Progs and Democrats are hell bent on preventing ANY reform or streamlining of our massive bloated and inefficient bureaucracy lording over our lives. We just need MOAR taxes to keep feeding the beast.

Bob - do you suppose California would survive if we eliminated a few of these departments? Can we even have this discussion, or is just MOAR taxes?

LIST OF CALIFORNIA STATE AGENCIES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_state_agencies

Administrative Law, Office of (OAL)
African American Museum, California (CAAM)
Aging, California Commission on (CCoA)
Aging, California Department of (CDA)
Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB)
Air Resources Board (ARB, CARB)
Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board (ABCAB)
Alcoholic Beverage Control, Department of (ABC)
Arts Council, California (CAC)
Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus (API)
Assembly Democratic Caucus (ASMDC)
Assembly, California State
Association of Bay Area Governments, Earthquake & Hazards Program, (ABAG)
Athletic Commission, California State (CSAC)
Attorney General (Department of Justice) (AG)
Audits, Bureau of State (State Auditor) (BSA)
Automotive Repair, Bureau of (BAR)
Baldwin Hills Conservancy (BHC)
Bar of California, State (CALBAR)
Barbering and Cosmetology, Board of (BBC)
Behavioral Sciences, Board of (BBS)
Binational Border Health, California Office of (COBBH)
Biodiversity Council, California (CBC)
Blind, Office of Services to the (OSB)
Boating & Waterways, California Department of (DBW)
Boating and Waterways Commission, California
Building Standards Commission (BSC)
Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz)
Business Oversight, California Department of (DBO)
Business, Transportation, & Housing Agency (BTH)
Business.ca.gov (Go-Biz)
Cal EMA (CAL EMA)
CAL FIRE (CAL FIRE)
Cal-Atlas (Cal-Atlas)
Cal/EPA (CALEPA)
CalCareNet
CALFED Bay-Delta Program (CALFED)
CalFresh (CalFresh)
CalGOLD (CALGOLD)
California Channel (CalChannel)
CalJOBS (CALJOBS)
CalPERS (CALPERS)
CalRecycle
CalSTRS
Caltrans (Headquarters) (DOT,CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 1 (DOT, CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 10 (DOT,CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 11 (DOT,CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 12 (DOT, CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 2 (DOT,CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 3 (DOT,CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 4 (DOT, CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 5 (DOT, CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 6 (DOT, CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 7 (DOT,CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 8 (DOT,CALTRANS)
Caltrans, District 9 (DOT, CALTRANS)
CalWORKS (CALWORKS)
Career Resource Network (CALCRN)
Cemetery & Funeral Bureau (CFB)
Central Valley Flood Protection Board (CVFPB)
Child Abuse Prevention, Office of
Child Support Services, Department of (CDCSS)
Chiropractic Examiners, Board of (BCE)
Citizens Compensation Commission, California
Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC)
Climate Change Portal, California
Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC)
Coastal Commission, California
Coastal Conservancy, California
Colorado River Board of California (CRB)
Community Colleges System, California (CCCS)
Community Services & Development, Department of (CSD)
Compensation Insurance Fund, State (SCIF)
Conservation Corps, California (CCC)
Conservation, Department of (DOC)
Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Consumer Services Agency, State and (SCSA)
Contractors State License Board (CSLB)
Controller's Office, California State (SCO)
Correctional Health Care Services, California (CCHCS)
Corrections & Rehabilitation, Department of (CDCR)
Corrections Standards Authority (CSA)
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Court Reporters Board of California
Courts, California
Courts of Appeal
Cyber Safety for Children
Deaf Access, Office of
Delta Conservancy
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Delta Stewardship Council
Dental Board of California (DBC)
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Denti-Cal (DENTI-CAL)
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Developmental Disabilities, State Council on (SCDD)
Developmental Services, Department of (DDS)
Disability Insurance, State (EDD)
Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise Advisory Council (DVBE)
Earthquake Authority, California
Education, California State Board of
Education, Department of (CDE)
eHealth Initiative, California
Elections (Secretary of State) (SOS)
Electronic & Appliance Repair, Bureau of (BEAR)
Emergency Communications Office (911), California
Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP)
Emergency Management Agency, California (Cal EMA)
Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA)
Employment Development Department (EDD)
Employment of People with Disabilities, California Committee on (CCEPD)
Employment Training Panel (ETP)
Energy Commission, California (ENERGY)
Environment Resources Evaluation System, California (CERES)
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Office of (OEHHA)
Environmental Protection Agency (CALEPA)
Equalization, Board of (BOE)
eServices Office (ESERVICES)
Experience Unlimited (EDD)
Exposition & State Fair, California (CAL EXPO)
Fair Employment & Housing Commission (FEHC)
Fair Employment & Housing, Department of (DFEH)
Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC)
Fair, California State (BIG FUN)
Film Commission, California (CFC)
Finance, Department of (DOF)
Financial Institutions, Department of (DFI)
Fire Marshal, Office of the State (OSFM)
Firearms, Bureau of (DOJ)
First 5 California (First 5)
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Fish & Game, Department of (DFG)
Fleet & Asset Management, Office of (OFAM)
Flex Alerts
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Forestry & Fire Protection, Board of (BOF)
Forestry & Fire Protection, California Department of (CAL FIRE)
Franchise Tax Board (FTB)
Gambling Control Commission (CGCC)
Gang & Youth Violence Policy, Governor's Office of (OGYVP)
General Services, Department of (DGS)
Geospatial Clearinghouse (CALATLAS)
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Council, California (CGC)
Government Operations Agency
Governor's Mentoring Partnership (GMP)
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GoED)
Governor's Office of Planning & Research (OPR)
Governor, Office of the (GO)
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Board of (BGDB)
Habeas Corpus Resource Center (HCRC)
Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS)
Health and Safety & Workers' Compensation, Commission on (CHSWC)
Health Benefit Exchange, California (HBEX)
Health Care Reform, California
Health Care Services, Department of (DHCS)
Health Information Integrity, California Office of (CALOHI)
Health Planning and Development, Office of Statewide (OSHPD)
Healthy Families Program
Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau
High-Speed Rail Authority (CAHSRA)
Highway Patrol, California (CHP)
Historic Preservation, Office of (OHP)
Historical and Cultural Endowment, California
Historical Resources Commission, State (SHRC)
Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation, Bureau of (BEARHFTI)
Homeless Youth Authority, California (HYP)
Horse Racing Board, California (CHRB)
Housing & Community Development, Department of (HCD)
Housing Finance Agency (CALHFA)
Human Resources, Department of (CalHR)
I Can Afford College
Independent Living Council, California State (CALSILC)
Industrial Relations, Department of (DIR)
Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC)
Information Security, Office of (OIS)
Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (I-Bank) (IBANK)
Inspector General, Office of the (OIG)
Insurance Commissioner
Insurance, Department of (CDI)
Judicial Council of California
Judicial Performance, Commission on (CJP)
Justice, Department of (Attorney General) (DOJ)
Juvenile Justice, Division of
Juvenile Parole Board (JPB)
Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA)
Labor Enforcement Task Force (LETF)
Labor Market Information Division (LMID)
Labor Standards Enforcement, Division of (DLSE)
Labor Statistics and Research, Division of (DLSR)
Lands Commission, California State (SLC)
Landscape Architects Technical Committee (LATC)
Latino Legislative Caucus (LLC)
Law Enforcement Agencies
Law Revision Committee (CLRC)
Learn California
Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO)
Legislative Black Caucus (ASM)
Legislative Environmental Caucus
Legislative Information (LEGINFO)
Legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Caucus (LGBT)
Legislative Outdoor Sporting Caucus
Legislative Rural Caucus
Legislative Women's Caucus
Legislature, California State (LEGISLATURE)
Library, California State (CSL)
Lieutenant Governor, Office of (LTG)
Little Hoover Commission (LHC)
Lottery Commission (Lotto)
Lottery, State (LOTTERY)
Managed Health Care, Department of (DMHC)
Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB)
Medi-Cal (MEDI-CAL)
Mediation & Conciliation Service, State (CMCS)
Medi-Cal Access Program (MCAP)
Medical Assistance Commission (CMAC)
Medical Board of California (MBC)
Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC)
Mental Health, Department of (DMH)
Mentally Ill Offenders, Council on (COMIO)
Military Museum, California State (CSMM)
Mine Reclamation, Office of
Mining & Geology Board (SMGB)
Missing & Unidentified Persons Unit (DOJ)
Motor Vehicles, Department of (DMV)
Museum for History, Women and the Arts, California
Museum, the California (Museum)
MyCali Youth Portal (MYCALI)
Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Natural Resources Agency, California
Naturopathic Medicine Committee
New Motor Vehicle Board (NMVB)
Occupational Safety & Health, California Office of (DOSH)
Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board (DIR, OSHAB)
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB)
Occupational Therapy, California Board of (BOT)
Ocean & Coastal Environmental Access Network, California (Cal OCEAN)
Ocean Protection Council (OPC)
Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR)
Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development (OSHPD)
Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources
Optometry, Board of
Osteopathic Medical Board of California (OMBC)
Paid Family Leave Insurance Program (PFL)
Parks and Recreation, California Department of
Park and Recreation Commission, California State (PARKS)
Parole Hearings, Board of (CDCR, BOPH)
Patient Advocate, Office of the (OPA)
Peace Officer Standards & Training, Commission on (POST)
Personnel Board, State (SPB)
Pesticide Regulation, Department of (CDPR)
Pharmacy, Board of
Physical Fitness and Sports, California Governor's Council on
Physical Therapy Board of California (PTBC)
Physician Assistant Committee (PAC)
Pilot Commissioners, Board of (BOPC)
Podiatric Medicine, Board of (BPM)
Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP)
Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA)
Privacy Protection, Office of (OPP)
Private Postsecondary Education, Bureau for (BPPE)
Procurement Division (PD)
Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, & Geologists, Board for
Professional Fiduciaries Bureau
Psychology, Board of
Public Employees Retirement System, California (CalPERS)
Public Employment Relations Board, California (PERB)
Public Health, California Department of (CDPH)
Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission (PIAC)
Public Safety Communications, Office of (PSCO)
Public School Construction, Office of (OPSC)
Public Utilities Commission, California (CPUC)
Publishing, Office of State (OSP)
Railroad Museum, California State (CSRMF)
Real Estate Appraisers, Office of (OREA)
Real Estate, Department of (DRE)
Regenerative Medicine, California Institute for (CIRM)
Registered Nursing, Board of (RN)
Registrar of Charitable Trusts (AG)
Rehabilitation, California Department of (DOR)
Research Bureau, California (CRB)
Respiratory Care Board of California (RCB)
Risk and Insurance Management, Office of (ORIM)
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
Safe at Home Program (Secretary of State)
San Diego River Conservancy (SDRC)
San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission (BCDC)
San Gabriel & Lower Los Angeles Rivers & Mountains Conservancy (RMC)
San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC)
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC)
Science Center, California
Secretary of State, California (SOS)
Security and Investigative Services, Bureau of (BSIS)
Seismic Safety Commission, California (SSC)
Self Insurance Plans (DIR, SIP)
Senate Democratic Caucus
Senate Office of Research (SOR)
Senate Republican Caucus
Senate, California State
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Small Business & Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Certification Program
Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
Social Services, Department of (CDSS)
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board
State Mandates, Commission on (CSM)
Status of Women and Girls, California Commission on the
Structural Pest Control Board
Student Aid Commission, California (CSAC)
Summer School for the Arts, California State (CSSSA)
Superintendent of Public Instruction, State (SPI)
Superior Courts, California (COURTS)
Supreme Court of California (COURTS)
Systems Integration, Office of (OSI)
Tahoe Conservancy, California
Tax Service Center, California (TAXES)
Teacher Credentialing, Commission on (CTC)
Teachers' Retirement System, California (CalSTRS)
Technology, Department of
Technology Services, Office of (OTech)
Telephone Medical Advice Services Bureau (DCA, TMAS)
Tourism, California Office of
Toxic Substances Control, California Department of (DTSC)
Traffic Safety, California Office of (OTS)
Transportation Commission, California (CTC)
Transportation, Department of (DOT,CALTRANS)
Treasurer's Office, State (STO)
Trustees, Board of (California State University)
Unclaimed Property (SCO)
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joeyjojojunior says

Do I agree with SJWs? No, of course not. But it is 1,000,000 times less important to me than fixing wealth disparity, taxes, regulation, the militarization of police, government surveillance, and probably a hundred other issues. I think you used to feel the same way until you fell under the Trump cult.

Then shouldn't the Democrat party purge their ranks of the SJW retards and get serious about serious issues?

Most Democrat policies are not that popular with most people when you really examine the issue. It's cheap and easy to promise free shit and demonize the rich. Everyone likes to promise of free shit until they realize the real cost of these things.

I think many leaders in the Democrat party realize this, so they went for a strategy of cobbling together a balkanized coalition of victim groups (women, minorities, gays, immigrants, trannies) thinking it would secure them a demographic majority for the foreseeable future.

So what happens if Trump's incompetence makes SJWs even stronger the next election cycle? There are plenty of signs this is happening.

anonymous says

So what happens if Trump's incompetence makes SJWs even stronger the next election cycle? There are plenty of signs this is happening.

What signs?

The SJW'rs in Academia are eating their own where Liberal professors are starting to speak out against them. The BLM movement massively hurt enrollment at Mizzou. What parent is going to spend tens of thousands of dollars to have screechy SJW'rs tell them there are more than 2 genders and they are all guilty of white privilege?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/us/university-of-missouri-enrollment-protests-fallout.html
The SJW'rs in the NFL have tanked football ratings.

And now we are seeing the total hypocrisy of SJW central (Hollywood/Media) with all the sex scandal stuff coming to light.

I am not giving Trump credit for this - but his "incompetence" doesn't look like he is making them stronger by any means.

Sniper says

Oh Bobby, money doesn't matter, because everyone only gets ONE vote, and there a lot more working class people than 1%ers.

and money never influences votes. go trolll somewhere else.

socal2 says

Right - cause we really want ZERO regulations!? There is no in between - right Bob? We either need a fuck-ton of government and regulations or there is no government?

How come you skipped the other part of the comment? Dishonest much? Why didn't you address what I actually posted instead of putting up this nonsense.

So what regulations do you believe the ultra rich libertarians paying for elections want to eliminate that are keeping them from creating jobs and paying employees more? How about having an honest discussion of the issues from you for once? Na, that's not going to happen. Just strawmen and platitudes.

bob2356 says

How about having an honest discussion of the issues from you for once? Na, that's not going to happen. Just strawmen and platitudes.

Says the guy that said Republicans/Libertarians want all regulations gone and no government.

All the while complaining that we can't have an honest discussion about the appropriate level of government control over our lives? You might want to look in the mirror.

It just amazes me how Democrats can dominate the debate and make it all about the level of taxation - and not about the size, scope and quality of our government.

socal2 says

What signs?

Growth of Antifa, Colbert taking the lead on TV, Republicans getting clobbered in the polls. The latest Fox congressional poll is 50% Democrats, 35% Republicans.

socal2 says

anonymous says

So what happens if Trump's incompetence makes SJWs even stronger the next election cycle? There are plenty of signs this is happening.

What signs?

Absolute horseshit.

Antifa is FINALLY being acknowledged as the problem they are from the left. There are more red-pilled individuals almost daily. Any democrat who embraces identity politics will severely handicap their chances of winning an election.

The R's will continue to dominate the D's until they remember to support the working class over identity politics nonsense.