Jason

3 hours ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

50 and rain in North Jersey. I cancelled my beach weekend due to the crap weather. 

My dad had to switch the air conditioning back to heat this morning, it was seriously cold when I woke up, like 48 outside. 

An “anti-NIMBY” bill will soon be law in Virginia. Will it have an impact on affordable housing?

GGWASH.ORG

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In less than six weeks, Virginia will become just the third state in the nation to officially go on the books as saying no to NIMBYs.

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“We‘re not sure if those people are right for our community,” said Bourne. “Do we really want this type of development for those folks in our town?” Those are just a couple of the questions Bourne says he often hears about when new affordable housing goes before Virginia localities for permit approvals. They are also the kinds of questions about new development that he hopes his anti-NIMBY bill will put an end to.

37 minutes ago, Uaarkson said:

Ah yes, trees are another blessed gift that the American development pattern loves to obliterate.

Because we design our streets to freeway standards. You remove trees so motorists don't wrap themselves around a tree if they mess up...which is appropriate for a freeway but not a city street. 

2 minutes ago, Ricofoley said:

 

6 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

 

 

This was just an idea that I had floated to myself some years ago where I used to live. Of course it was a pipe dream because they couldn't be even bothered to build a proper sidewalk there the 20+ years that I lived there. The best they did was  add an asphalt curb to the side of the road to separate the road from the "sidewalk"

 

There as a 2 lane street, followed by railroad tracks followed by highway 101 which was like 4 lanes and then you'd have all the businesses. But you weren't supposed to cross the tracks so if a cop saw you you'd get a fine. So a 2 minute walk would end up being much longer because you'd have to walk to a railroad crossing which were like a mile apart. So in this case I was like a "well if they made it so we could walk over all the traffic we wouldn't be breaking the law and we could travel places faster." type of idea

Highway overpasses are terrible for pedestrians, they exist to keep pedestrians out of the way of motorists. 

Just now, Keyser_Soze said:

 

They should just have more pedestrian bridges like they have in Las Vegas.

no

55 minutes ago, SimpleG said:

 

I assume this is what you are talking about ?

Not just stroads, a lot of urban streets aren't really stroads but are still too wide, etc.

2 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

Not everyone lives in New York.

Even in metros where it's spread out and you need a car to get around because there isn't good transit, you still have pedestrian areas where it's inappropriate to have the streets engineered to freeway standards.

1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

oh my god just build more fucking houses

 

On 5/27/2021 at 9:39 AM, Kal-El814 said:

 

Harry stayed at the Weasley’s rent free all the time, ate everything they put in front of him (including Ginny) and never offered to pay for the groceries.

On 5/19/2021 at 11:12 PM, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

I search Twitter for the term buzzkill

 

There's nothing in front area now, it's just frunk. Absolutely no reason other than small penis syndrome to not alter the front to a cab-forward, lower, sloped design.

2 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Mitch did his job and that's exactly what the filibuster does you absolute moron

 

 

He's so fucking dumb taking the flak is McConnell's job. 

4 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

One can hope this is an arithmetic wake up call for manchin and Sinema to abolish the filibuster but lol fat chance of that

Why would Sinema want that when she can go with "it would have failed even if I was there"? Shits like her love avoiding accountability. 

21 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

lmao

 

Who was griefing me for saying that Sinema's "how do you plan to get your agenda passed" question was meant to be taunting? 

20 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

 

 

 

Just now, osxmatt said:

What the hell happened?

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AMC 🚀 

Matt Gaetz Tells Fans to Carry Out ‘Armed Rebellion’ Against Government if Neccessary

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Having learned precisely zero lessons from the Capitol riot, the troubled congressman whipped up a Georgia crowd on Thursday night.

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18 U.S. Code § 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government

 

Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or

 

Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or

 

Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof—

 

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.