Originally Posted by Three Wolves In Snow

How much damage is a 77 year old going to do to anyone? So what if he "typically behaved poorly" and was aggressive. That punch was not self defense. If he was such a problem, they should have banned him from the store not kill him.

Manslaughter with no less than 10 years would have been the appropriate sentence.

Originally Posted by Neuling

I was just watching a little documentary on the new Luanda World Trade Center, a huge project that will cost several billion dollars. The problem is that in my view the city goes in the wrong direction, with all that fancy new infrastructure prices will continue to rise, while most people have to live in slums around the city.

Since Angolans are not overly qualified, basically they have to hire foreigners for any more sophisticated jobs. There are already 300k Portuguese living in

Originally Posted by WhiteWidow

Not saying I endorse it:

However, wouldn’t allowing the entire world and economy to crash (from the Covid)be the right thing to do from correcting society? Sending out the stimulus check, is that not just prolonging the inevitable?

The American dream should find a way....

Originally Posted by T. Damon

Sherman Heights/Stockton, Logan Heights (Barrio Logan has already most definitely popped), Fairmont Park/Azalea/Hollywood Park, El Cerrito, Rolando, Talmadge.

Most of these are close enough to downtown and some are served by transit, are somewhat segregated from most of the riff-raff (not so much Logan Heights) by canyon/topography or street design, are close to community services and amenities and generally have a good (enough) quality housing stock.

Originally Posted by NoMoreSnowForMe

By any chance, is this home on a hill in Oakland, CA? If so, sounds exactly like the one my daughter bought and later sold before it became worse lol. She did well on it, but it's a ticking time bomb.

What can happen is with the slope, you can end up with water that needs to be pumped out from under the house, too (hopefully, just from under the house and not in it). It came with a sump pump, which was a red flag and it was a pain to deal with when it was really rainy. Not the