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THe house we lived in for 2 years had a rail line running behind the property - about 20 yards from the house. We always joked that one day a train would derail.

Well that day was last Friday and the train derailed less than 1/4 mi from our old house. We moved in April, to the downtown area and literally 3 minutes from out old house. We heard all the sirens and saw the helicopter, figuring it was all for the Strawberry Festival which was beginning at 4pm on Friday.

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89Hen wrote: So your answer is yes, occupation should be a protected class.

What if I have a duplex and I don't want to rent to a night shift operator because I'm afraid their hours will conflict with mine? For example, I had an upstairs neighbor when I lived at the beach who was a waitress at a bar. She would arrive home at 2am, often drunk (puking drunk) and she would get in a fight with her boyfriend and then have loud make-up sex two or three nights (mornings) a week. I had to be up at 6am most mornings to work my day job. She was an ugly pig to boot.

If you put occupation in as a protected class, I have to rent to her if has owned that building and I'd probably have a hard time getting rid of her without fear of being sued.
Being a nuisance is one thing. But why wouldn't you rent to someone b/c they work the graveyard shift? Many first res ponders and medical professionals work the night shift. It just seems silly to me. If they have stable employment and the ability to pay, you have them sign a lease and lay out all expectations. If you don't want to rent out to college students or some group that is more likely to be a problem - then that's your prerogative.

The last time I rented an apartment my next door neighbor was a paralegal by day an an avid gamer at night. She was hot though.

I guess it all depends on your circumstances and comfort zone. I wouldn't care how you made money,as long as it was legal. I would only have a concern if you started damaging the property and weren't paying. :twocents:
The issue is protected class. If you don't have a problem being woken up by your tenant, good for you. But the moment you make it a protected class means that if I don't like being woken up by my tenant, I still HAVE to rent to them or fear being sued.
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Ibanez wrote: Being a nuisance is one thing. But why wouldn't you rent to someone b/c they work the graveyard shift? Many first res ponders and medical professionals work the night shift. It just seems silly to me. If they have stable employment and the ability to pay, you have them sign a lease and lay out all expectations. If you don't want to rent out to college students or some group that is more likely to be a problem - then that's your prerogative.

The last time I rented an apartment my next door neighbor was a paralegal by day an an avid gamer at night. She was hot though.

I guess it all depends on your circumstances and comfort zone. I wouldn't care how you made money,as long as it was legal. I would only have a concern if you started damaging the property and weren't paying. :twocents:
The issue is protected class. If you don't have a problem being woken up by your tenant, good for you. But the moment you make it a protected class means that if I don't like being woken up by my tenant, I still HAVE to rent to them or fear being sued.
I get your perspective and it makes a lot of sense.
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Sounds like a majority of Hillary supporters want to MAGA

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CID1990 wrote:Sounds like a majority of Hillary supporters want to MAGA

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White Women Weaponizing Their Tears to Avoid Accountability

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... untability

I absolutely love these kinds of articles
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I am not sure I really understand what is all going on in that article. And I do not think the author does either. :?
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Winterborn wrote:I am not sure I really understand what is all going on in that article. And I do not think the author does either. :?
Sometimes you just have to stop thinking critically

Take a deep breath... relax...

Just sit back and embrace the vacuum where reason used to exist
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CID1990 wrote:
Winterborn wrote:I am not sure I really understand what is all going on in that article. And I do not think the author does either. :?
Sometimes you just have to stop thinking critically

Take a deep breath... relax...

Just sit back and embrace the vacuum where reason used to exist
I will need some good Scotch or beer before I can turn off the critical thinking. Superpowers just don't have an off switch. :D

BTW: For some reason a monk sitting on top of a mountain popped into my head as I was reading that and it was surprisingly relaxing. :shock: :? :D
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In this context, their tearful displays are a form of emotional and psychological violence that reinforce the very system of white dominance that many white women claim to oppose.
:lol: :rofl:

Someone's got to write a book called "Shit SJW Nuts Say". In a saner time this would be called over-the-top satire.
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This is a few months old, but I don't recall seeing it posted...

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Perivoitos received serious injuries to his face and neck, extensive hemorrhaging and his larynx was crushed, an inquest heard...
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Pwns wrote:
In this context, their tearful displays are a form of emotional and psychological violence that reinforce the very system of white dominance that many white women claim to oppose.
:lol: :rofl:

Someone's got to write a book called "**** SJW Nuts Say". In a saner time this would be called over-the-top satire.
They can start with Trips’ posts. :roll:
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http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/ ... woman.html
An employee tries to separate the two and eventually a woman, who identifies herself as the supervisor of the coffee shop, asks the man to leave.

“Why are you not serving him?” the woman asks the supervisor.

“Because he is disrupting a public place and being very racist,” she says
Whatever you make of this story, I don't really care, but I keep getting hung up on one point... Muslim is not a race. :suspicious:
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89Hen wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/ ... woman.html
An employee tries to separate the two and eventually a woman, who identifies herself as the supervisor of the coffee shop, asks the man to leave.

“Why are you not serving him?” the woman asks the supervisor.

“Because he is disrupting a public place and being very racist,” she says
Whatever you make of this story, I don't really care, but I keep getting hung up on one point... Muslim is not a race. :suspicious:
Actually, that is precisely what the left has done with criticisms of Islam - they have conflated it with race

Most Muslims are brown, and that’s why the western right doesn’t like Muslims
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CID1990 wrote:
89Hen wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/ ... woman.html



Whatever you make of this story, I don't really care, but I keep getting hung up on one point... Muslim is not a race. :suspicious:
Actually, that is precisely what the left has done with criticisms of Islam - they have conflated it with race

Most Muslims are brown, and that’s why the western right doesn’t like Muslims
Yea, those blond haired, blue eyed Slavic Bosnian Muslims really fit into that “racial” image of muzzies...

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CID1990 wrote:
89Hen wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/ ... woman.html



Whatever you make of this story, I don't really care, but I keep getting hung up on one point... Muslim is not a race. :suspicious:
Actually, that is precisely what the left has done with criticisms of Islam - they have conflated it with race

Most Muslims are brown, and that’s why the western right doesn’t like Muslims
I'ts been hinted more than once
that my negative affliction with Islam is really just thinly veiled racism

:geek:

Which confuses me...
But there's no easy way to point out that something is alarmingly flawed (such as Islam)

As Jordan Peterson says
"Jesus is easy to understand...
Mohammed was a warlord with a child bride and I don't know what to do about that..."
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Another privileged liberal in Jersey. :rofl:

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89Hen wrote:Another privileged liberal in Jersey. :rofl:

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She literally checked ALL the boxes

1. I’m on the school board
2. Crying card
3. You’re disadvantaging my kids
4. I’m scared of cops
5. Indignation
6. Go call my kids school you peasant
7. I don’t have my stuff with me
8. I don’t want to go to court
9. Namecalling

How this woman didn’t die in a hail of bullets I cannot explain... maybe Dal can help with that

I wonder how long it’s going to take these wilting flowers to realize that when you are dealing with a cop these days you are ALWAYS on camera
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CID1990 wrote: How this woman didn’t die in a hail of bullets I cannot explain... maybe Dal can help with that

I wonder how long it’s going to take these wilting flowers to realize that when you are dealing with a cop these days you are ALWAYS on camera
And, it's not you who gets to decide if the video is released.

If the cop did decide to unload on her - the video wouldn't be seeing the light of day anytime soon. :coffee:
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Skjellyfetti wrote:
CID1990 wrote: I wonder how long it’s going to take these wilting flowers to realize that when you are dealing with a cop these days you are ALWAYS on camera
And, it's not you who gets to decide if the video is released.

If the cop did decide to unload on her - something tells me the video would be harder to come by. :coffee:
Mmm hmm

I’m enjoying the butthurt from the “cops must have cameras” crowd over the exact thing I predicted - exonerated cops in the vast majority of cases
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CID1990 wrote:
Skjellyfetti wrote:
And, it's not you who gets to decide if the video is released.

If the cop did decide to unload on her - something tells me the video would be harder to come by. :coffee:
Mmm hmm

I’m enjoying the butthurt from the “cops must have cameras” crowd over the exact thing I predicted - exonerated cops in the vast majority of cases
The Seattle Chief of Police made the same observation a few years ago...
She was clear that she wanted cameras and so did many of her officers

:notworthy:

And not to "catch them breaking the law or being assholes" but for their own protection against scammers
A lot of rich white people get pulled over in Seattle and they are the number one culprit

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Chizzang wrote:
CID1990 wrote:
Mmm hmm

I’m enjoying the butthurt from the “cops must have cameras” crowd over the exact thing I predicted - exonerated cops in the vast majority of cases
The Seattle Chief of Police made the same observation a few years ago...
She was clear that she wanted cameras and so did many of her officers

:notworthy:

And not to "catch them breaking the law or being assholes" but for their own protection against scammers
A lot of rich white people get pulled over in Seattle and they are the number one culprit

:nod:
ALL cops know this - inherently

That's why we saw very little noise from police organizations over the idea

Internal Affairs offices in PDs all over the country breathed a sigh of relief because their jobs just got exponentially easier - "Let's just look at the video, shall we?"

My only reservation is that there will also be some cop snuff porn getting out there - but that's the price most cops are willing to pay


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Chizzang wrote:
CID1990 wrote:
Mmm hmm

I’m enjoying the butthurt from the “cops must have cameras” crowd over the exact thing I predicted - exonerated cops in the vast majority of cases
The Seattle Chief of Police made the same observation a few years ago...
She was clear that she wanted cameras and so did many of her officers

:notworthy:

And not to "catch them breaking the law or being assholes" but for their own protection against scammers
A lot of rich white people get pulled over in Seattle and they are the number one culprit

:nod:
I remember that. I conducted a test of body cameras with some folks from Seattle PD. EVERY department said the same thing.


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