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[gregj410]

This guys a real pos. We were so deeply seated in racism, yet he had to make up a hate crime. He and Bubba Wallace should be sharing a jail cell together. 22 FBI agents to investigate an ‘alleged’ noose on the garage door to Wallace’s garage back at the same time Juicy pulled this stunt.....bull$hit!

[v8vega]

Smollett made $1,000 per epesode. Now he mkes nothing.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Smollett made $1,000 per epesode. Now he mkes nothing.

Way off.....$1,000 is a joke......$65,000 per episode but even that might be off as it was reported Thursday it was $125,000 an episode.

[v8vega]

your right, I heard 100,000 and typed 1,000.

[v8vega]

A lady ran into a gas station pump. Thousands of gallons ran into a wash. It hasen't ignited so far.

[HONDO74]

With inflation running rapid increases, it caught up with DOLLAR TREE. They now need to rename the stores..... DOLLAR & A QUARTER TREE.. Nothing for a dollar anymore..

[robert.]

With inflation running rapid increases, it caught up with DOLLAR TREE. They now need to rename the stores..... DOLLAR & A QUARTER TREE.. Nothing for a dollar anymore..

If they were to list price per OZ. You would find their snacks (chips and candy) Are priced higher than the grocery store. Even things like tape look cheap. Until you brake it down into price per square foot.

[up148]

Union Pacific Official Blames L.A.’s Far-Left Policies for Massive Train Thefts, Considers Leaving L.A.
By Ryan Saavedra

•Jan 16, 2022 DailyWire.com

An official with Union Pacific (UP) revealed late last week that the organization believes that approximately 90 shipping containers are compromised by theives every day as images have gone viral in recent days showing the aftermath of the thieves stealing thousands of packages.

Adrian Guerrero, director of public affairs for UP, revealed the following in a letter to far-left L.A. District Attorney George Gascon:

“Since December 2020, UP has experienced an over 160% increase in criminal rail theft in Los Angeles County. In several months during that period, the increase from the previous year surpassed 200%. In October 2021 alone, the increase was 356% over compared to October 2020. Not only do these dramatic increases represent retail product thefts – they include increased assaults and armed robberies of UP employees performing their duties moving trains.”

Over the last three months, “over 90 containers [are] compromised per day.”
“This increased criminal activity over the past twelve months accounts for approximately $5 million in claims, losses and damages to UP. And that value does not include respective losses to our impacted customers.”
Guerrero then slammed the city’s far-left politics, saying that they are enabling the criminals who he says brag about being let off easy for their crimes.

“Criminals are caught and arrested, turned over to local authorities for booking, arraigned before the local courts, charges are reduced to a misdemeanor or petty offense, and the criminal is released after paying a nominal fine,” Guerrero said. “These individuals are generally caught and released back onto the streets in less than twenty-four hours. Even with all the arrests made, the no-cash bail policy and extended timeframe for suspects to appear in court is causing re-victimization to UP by these same criminals. In fact, criminals boast to our officers that charges will be pied down to simple trespassing – which bears no serious consequence. Without any judicial deterrence or consequence, it is no surprise that over the past year UP has witnessed the significant increase in criminal rail theft described above.”

“While we understand the well-intended social justice goals of the policy, we need our justice system to support our partnership efforts with local law enforcement, hold these criminals accountable, and most important, help protect our employees and the critical local and national rail network,” Guerrero added.

Guerrero said that the problem is so bad that Union Pacific is now evaluating “serious changes to our operating plans to avoid Los Angeles County.”

One individual that The Los Angeles Times interviewed, who apparently steals things off the trains, said that he has found everything from a Louis Vuitton purse to a robotic arm worth tens of thousands of dollars. “We find things here and there, make some money off of it,” the man said.

The issue exploded onto the national news scene late last week after CBS Los Angeles photojournalist John Schreiber published a series of tweets that contained images of the mayhem on the train tracks.

“Keep hearing of train burglaries in LA on the scanner so went to #LincolnHeights to see it all. And… there’s looted packages as far as the eye can see. Amazon packages, @UPS boxes, unused Covid tests, fishing lures, epi pens. Cargo containers left busted open on trains,” Schreiber tweeted. “I’m told by law enforcement these @UPS bags are especially sought after by thieves opening cargo containers… they are often full of boxes with merchandise bound for residential addresses. More valuable than say, a cargo container full of low value bulky items like toilet paper.”

I’m told by law enforcement these @UPS bags are especially sought after by thieves opening cargo containers… they are often full of boxes with merchandise bound for residential addresses. More valuable than say, a cargo container full of low value bulky items like toilet paper. pic.twitter.com/Tj5bQNIeby

— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) January 13, 2022

“As you can see, trains frequently slow or stop in this area as they get worked into the @UnionPacific Intermodal facility near Downtown LA. The thieves use this opportunity to break open containers and take what’s inside. I’d say every 4th or 5th rail car had opened containers,” Schreiber continued. “Missing a package? Shipment delayed? Maybe your package is among the thousands we found discarded along the tracks. This is but one area thieves have targeted trains. We were told this area was just cleaned up 30 days ago so what you see is all within the last month.”

Missing a package? Shipment delayed? Maybe your package is among the thousands we found discarded along the tracks. This is but one area thieves have targeted trains. We were told this area was just cleaned up 30 days ago so what you see is all within the last month. @CBSLA pic.twitter.com/43002DPyZa

— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) January 13, 2022




“Responsibility for policing the railroad right of way falls on Union Pacific Police… not local agencies like LAPD,” he concluded. “We did see Union Pacific police chasing two people today off the tracks and keeping an eye on things.”



Related: Shocking Videos Show Massive Sea Of Stolen Packages Laying On Railroad Tracks In Los Angeles



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[Rufus T. Firefly]

Translation: It's not our fault that we're not competent at protecting our own trains, or the cargo that we get paid to carry, and it's someone else fault that this is happening and they should be doing our job for us. When did UP get taken over by millennials?

[up148]

I think we are seeing the future if something doesn't change. Lawlessness can not be tolerated, but I guess that is a belief of our generation, not those that have followed.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I think we are seeing the future if something doesn't change. Lawlessness can not be tolerated, but I guess that is a belief of our generation, not those that have followed.

Every generation says that about the ones that are following,

Bu this never ending action of deflection - "It's not our fault! It's their fault!" - finger pointing is a part of the problem. No acceptance of responsibility; just blame others just encourages the decline and fall......

[HONDO74]

Tonga tsunami: Before and after eruption

Satellite images and aerial photographs show the scale of the destruction.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-60039542

[Rufus T. Firefly]

You could have watched from space.....



unless you were a member of the flat earth society...

[v8vega]

A plane with 132 aboard went straight down for 90 seconds in China. A Alaska plane here did the same thing several years ago for 60 seconds.
Can you imagine the terror? All you could do is make your final prayers.

[HONDO74]

So when will they start banning plastic bottles...??

Scientists discover microplastics in human blood for the first time
https://www.ky3.com/2022/03/27/scientis ... irst-time/

(Gray News) – Microplastics have already been found in water, air, fish and food. But for the first time, scientists have discovered plastic particles in human blood, according to a new study.

As enormous amounts of plastic are dumped into the environment each year, it was already known that humans were consuming various plastic particles through food, water and even the air, but research conducted in the Netherlands has made a newly alarming discovery.

In the study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental International and first reported by The Guardian, scientists found plastic particles in the blood of almost 80% of people tested from samples collected in The Netherlands.

Researchers tracing the plastic types found in the blood samples determined the most likely sources for the plastic were drink bottles, food packaging and plastic bags. The findings, however, still require more study.