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  1. On 3/27/2024 at 8:43 PM, halfmanhalfbronco said:

     

    That's a good point and aligns with some modern sociological theory regarding isolated groups.

    I kinda waffle on it tbh. On the one hand it seems to have worked that way. On the other, there's a lot - A LOT - of wackos in Washington too (no, not just Eastern Washington. Rural western washington has a lot of this). I don't know how much of it is "the aryan nations moved the socially acceptable window" and how much is "the upper northwest just seems to be receptive to far right/conspiracy/racism" which seem to come as a group for some reason. Maybe it's both? 

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  2. On 3/28/2024 at 11:30 AM, utenation said:

    When I said local, meaning Idaho. Most people on the board aren’t in Idaho. Not a shot at your specific area in Idaho. 
     

    It would be flat out scary to have to navigate those politics if you weren’t crazy and lived in the area.  It might be too bad in the first place to live there even being beautiful. 
     

    Btw, Bob has been pretty quiet on this thread other than liking the post that said these women in the situation are just being crybabies. 
     

    LOL. 

    I banned bob. But the way I did it he can still react to things. I told Bob he's welcome to make a new account, but Bob the air force fan handle is lost to history. He's decided he'd rather be a react only lurker which.... I gotta give him props is a goddamn hilarious choice. 

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  3. On 3/27/2024 at 8:07 PM, halfmanhalfbronco said:

    @BSUTOP25 would you agree with this kind of simplistic breakdown?

    • Late 70s through the 90s white nationalists, militants, and antigovernment movements, individuals and families move to Northern Idaho for all the reasons listed earlier
    • Long drawn out legal battles finally result in these groups relocating but enough remained to keep that culture alive in the underbelly for years
    • their kids in the 90's and aughts took up the mantel of their skin head parents in an underbelly with a culture of drug use (meth primarily) and sales.  Keeping them viable.
    • The above was all more or less known and not  that atypical of small rural towns really...at least on the surface....
    • Recently the concern many have is the "unite the right" shit where it seems all right wing takes no matter how extreme are better than any moderation, at all.  Right at costs.  Unite it.  
    • This created a hush hush *wink wink* where "yeah this person is bat shit and yeah her supporters have some Nazis but the left is a much bigger threat. FREDOOM!!! 
       

     

    Seems that is where are at.  That is where the danger lies in Idaho politics.  That is where Idahoans have indeed failed.  

    That is why I am just fine if it seems Idaho is "going extra" in their response to this.  That's a positive sign.  

     

    I'd say that the presence of so many Aryan nations types also pushed the window of acceptable racism further in northern Idaho than anywhere nearby for the general population too.  I dated a Filipino girl the whole time I was at Gonzaga and on the occasions we'd ski in Silverton or have an anniversary date at cedars floating restaurant there would be weird looks from more people than you'd expect. 

    All kinds of good people too.  People who gave the people giving us weird looks the stink eye lol.  The whole panhandle just had a weird vibe

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  4. On 3/26/2024 at 7:44 PM, soupslam1 said:

    You’re painting with a broad brush. I worked in that area for several years. Most of the people up there are good people. Lots of relocated  Californians in CoeurDAlene and Post Falls. There’s a fringe element that are assholes and cause trouble like anywhere else. 

    it's the transplants who are the problem :shrug:

  5. On 3/21/2024 at 1:35 PM, bornontheblue said:

    Yeah I don't read random articles from sources I have never heard of. 

    Maybe you are dumb enough to fall for everything you read on the internet. Perhaps I have given you too much credit. 

    No you can go ahead and provide evidence that they didn't testify of no fraud. 

    he told you not to read that article. he told you to read the decision in the case. if you are incapable of doing that why are you even bothering to post

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  6. On 3/20/2024 at 12:18 PM, Jackrabbit said:

    In between your laughs...is there anyone in this echo chamber who sees how unfair this whole thing is?

    This has damaged the court system and pretty much guarantees Trump will be elected.

     

    "holding politicians i like to account is bad"

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  7. On 3/19/2024 at 10:52 PM, CPslograd said:

    The fundraising issue has always been the Achilles heel of the populist version of the GOP.  Turns out there was a use for the chamber of commerce in the GOP tent after all

    I would say more than just that use. But as far as campaigning use absolutely.

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  8. On 3/20/2024 at 12:07 PM, tspoke said:

    Its great. Its hard to go wrong with any of the Shows Micheal Schur was involved in creating/running. The Office, Parks and Rec, Brooklynn 99 and The Good Place. Don't see much about The Good Place mentioned but it is up there with the other ones.

    I'd put it as #1. but so much less rewatchable. it tells a complete tale. 

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  9. On 3/12/2024 at 2:27 PM, masterfrog said:

    A few things preventing that for me. One, my neighborhood doesn’t really have any renters and I don’t want to be the guy to start that. Two, I have never been very good at letting other people use my stuff. 

    you can't exactly bitch about not being able to downsize when you are unwilling to do anything to actually downsize, especially when the proposed method is "also provide you with passive income forever"

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  10. On 3/12/2024 at 2:24 PM, bornontheblue said:

    I mean I guess when I was first out on my own I had a one bedroom apartment about 800 sf. Seems it would be more efficient to just build condos. 

    lots of fire regulations that drive up cost per square foot when you get condos vs equivalent sized detached houses (from what i understand for good reason too). there's probably a break point when cost of land makes condos more efficient than lots of little houses but ECA would be the guy to ask, not me. there's a reason why all those working class '50s neighborhoods have a ton of 2-3 bed 1 bath 900 square feet houses on little lots instead of 900 square foot condos.

    On 3/12/2024 at 2:24 PM, bornontheblue said:

     

    They have tried mixing those tiny houses in with regular sized houses and people in Boise got pissed about it, and stopped them. 

     

     

     

    tiny houses are dumb too imo. just have many regular sized houses. or hell require certain areas of new subdivisions to have half sized lots. lots of easier ways to do it than "must build little homes"

  11. On 3/12/2024 at 1:31 PM, East Coast Aztec said:

    Since no link or source to OP was provided

     

    Well, a suggestion to use the services instead of a carrot or stick method isn't going to be a success for drug addiction.  And this looks like a blatant and maybe even purposeful misuse of the Measure in general by LEOs and the Courts.

    Measure 110  was about decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs (which included fent, meth, crack and heroin, which I don't agree with personally), yet both government entities allowed public use and public intoxication of items listed in Measure 110.  I can't drink an open beer on the street without rightly getting questioned/cited, yet they tolerated people to smoke fentanyl at the bus stop with disregard for anything and anyone.  Call me crazy, but that is a stark contrast to mere possession.  So I would question (as we should do with any City) why they were allowing something that was not in the measure or law to happen, even though the public safety was at risk.  Police are not a bunch of progressives handing out candy to criminals, you know they didn't want it, and you know the citizens didn't either. 

     

    Almost like this was on purpose...:coffeecomputer:

    1. open container laws are stupid. you should be able to enjoy your hazy ipa while walking around a park as god intended when he made barley

    2. yeah. decriminalization was intended to work hand in hand with a robust social services sector which led to rehabilitation. you need to do the hard part of building the social services, not just decriminalize as a "look we're europe now" button

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  12. On 3/12/2024 at 2:17 PM, soupslam1 said:

    You ever live in a mobile home in a trailer park? I have and it’s not that bad. 

    yes. depends on local climate and yer neighbors. lived in one in laramie and laramie winters are too cold for mobile homes imo.

    the biggest problem with them is the same problem you have with apartments, you're always going to be at the mercy of someone else wanting to raise rates on you. that's why tailing was right about condos making sense. once you have your mortgage, your payment is locked in. 

    On 3/12/2024 at 2:17 PM, tailingpermit said:

    Rent your house out and downsize, in a few years you’ll be able to refinance.  

    or if he's really looking to downsize, pay cash (or at least a massive down payment). 

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  13. On 3/12/2024 at 2:03 PM, masterfrog said:

    What does immigration have to do with race?

    "MY ALL WHITE ANGLO SAXON ENGLISH ANCESTORS MADE THEIR KIDS BE FACTORY SLAVES. BUT THE DAMN IMMIGRANTS NOWADAYS (FROM BROWN COUNTRIES) DON'T DO THAT AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ALL POOR AND DON'T BUILD WEALTH!!!!!"

    lmfao dude either you think I'm a moron, or you're a moron. either way, you're a racist dipshit

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  14. On 3/12/2024 at 2:02 PM, bornontheblue said:

    Excuse me but I thought this was America. 800 square feet homes, SMDH 

    Oprah Winfrey Reaction GIF

    ? do you think single people don't exist? the problem isn't building 3000+ sf homes, the problem is only building 3000+ sf homes. sprinkle those in with 2000, 1500, yes, 800 sf homes. 

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  15. On 3/12/2024 at 1:53 PM, tailingpermit said:

    7% interest rates severely limit buying power and the 1% interest rates during Covid mean I’m never selling my current home. Will rent it out when we move to a new home.  

    ok? we had super low interest rates before covid, too. we had built up housing in a way that guaranteed we'd have a shortage before covid too. hell we were experiencing a surge in demand before covid too because millennials were aging into buying power. covid didn't make anything new, it just made pre-existing economic trends accelerate.

  16. On 3/12/2024 at 1:42 PM, tailingpermit said:

    The FED fcked us all during Covid, now we’re being punished for their stupidity.  

    meh. covid pushed it over the edge but it wouldn't have mattered if we hadn't had decades building to this in the first place. 

  17. On 3/12/2024 at 12:51 AM, masterfrog said:

    Hating of immigrants has nothing to do with the housing prices.  This is a country of immigrants.  Some have just worked harder and longer for their families to achieve the American Dream.  My ancestors came from England and put their kids to work in the factories before the kids were even 10 years old.  Over generations, that resulted in wealth accumulation.  That is what it took for success.  Families pooled their resourcs and bought their ways out of the slum housing.  Today's immigrants are often willing to work hard, but they aren't getting their kids in the workforce like that.  If you want to accumulate wealth as a family, you have to pool your resources.  If the kids were working as hard as they were a century and a half ago, everybody could be a home owner.

    hey man. if you look at the history of wealth accumulation, it pretty much all happened after child labor laws. the vast majority of wealth accumulation in this country happened when the feds started subsidizing mortgages (for white people only, at first). 

    it doesn't really matter how hard anyone works if our planning, zoning, and economic organization ensures that there is a perpetual gap between supply and demand in our most economically successful areas.

    Also, the single largest source of entrepreneurs and small businessmen is the children of immigrants lmao. so your racist rant is wrong in three ways

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