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industry tactic of blaming ca for not allowing more refineries is specious at best arizona has zero refineries and their gas prices are far lower before tax i just did a little spreadsheet to calculate some things ca has a population of around 40 02 million with 19 refineries that s about 2 1 million people served by each refinery at first glance states like nevada new mexico and utah seem to have massive amounts of refining per capita coming in at about 2 7mil 700k and 640k respectively but factoring in colorado with its single refinery for its 5 76 million inhabitants and as stated before arizona with no refineries at all we get a ratio of 2 1 million inhabitants per refinery for the region hmmm where have i seen that number before similarly washington state has 5 refineries but oregon and idaho have none so the three state region of 13 7 million people works out to 2 1 million people served by each refinery again the same ratio as california and the az co nm nv ut region yet ca wholesale petroleum prices far exceed the prices in other regions it s not a lack of refineries it s not supply and demand this is price gouging pure and simple tagged california gas tax gas prices feb 11 2019 leave a comment shit my mom does mom vs driving for the last several years i ve been driving mum around when she needs to run errands during the week she doesn t drive she s never driven does not have a license she used to walk everywhere but after a couple of cars almost knocked her down i just felt it would be safer plus it gets me out of the office for half an hour or so and it helps her get things done faster so about two to three days a week we ll pop out to a bank the post office or perhaps cvs definitely somewhere to get lotto tickets today was two banks as we were leaving the second bank she said we could go out to get lotto tickets tomorrow or wednesday and then switched topics as something about driving came on the radio that caught her attention oh that reminds me prince philip is going to give up his driver s license i heard something about him being in an accident i m surprised he s driving at all oh he loves driving but after that accident they won t let him drive any longer and he is 90 after all he probably shouldn t be driving anyway well yeah but beyond that i m just shocked that any member of the royal family just drives around town it seems bizarre to me what about security don t they have drivers i know i wouldn t want to drive if i had it my way i d never drive i d have a chauffeur to drive me all over when i needed to go somewhere you do jun 03 2016 leave a comment uncategorized fascism is knocking will you let it in it has been said that if a lie is repeated often enough people will believe it is the truth for the last few decades those on the right in the united states have been waging a campaign of one big lie repeated so often and with so much vehemence that they have made almost everyone believe it is the truth that lie the liberal media the liberal bias of the media there has never been such a thing here there are or more accurately were facts that those facts happen to align with liberal politics doesn t make them any less factual but the repeated conservative mantra the big liberal media lie has made it so that facts are routinely unreported lest the reporting agency be accused of bias news agencies go out of their way to report things with a more conservative slant for instance in this past week local news agencies have repeatedly mentioned the number of attendees at trump rallies while blatantly not mentioning the numbers at rallies held by bernie sanders though those numbers are much higher this underreporting of facts means that the media does now have a bias a conservative bias yet that doesn t stop those on the right for continuing to rail against those who would continue to ask the hard questions and attempt to maintain some semblance of journalistic integrity there is a systematic movement to quash such things verbal attacks on journalists ridicule an unabashed attempt to control the media through intimidation and that s how it starts folks control of the media is one of the core characteristics of fascism for those who aren t familiar with them those characteristics are powerful and continuing nationalism fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos slogans symbols songs and other paraphernalia flags are seen everywhere as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays disdain for the recognition of human rights because of fear of enemies and the need for security the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of need the people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture summary executions assassinations long incarcerations of prisoners etc identification of enemies scapegoats as a unifying cause the people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe racial ethnic or religious minorities liberals communists socialists terrorists etc supremacy of the military even when there are widespread domestic problems the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding and the domestic agenda is neglected soldiers and military service are glamorized rampant sexism the governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male dominated under fascist regimes traditional gender roles are made more rigid opposition to abortion is high as is homophobia and anti gay legislation and national policy controlled mass media sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government but in other cases the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives censorship especially in war time is very common obsession with national security fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses religion and government are intertwined governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government s policies or actions corporate power is protected the industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power creating a mutually beneficial business government relationship and power elite labor power is suppressed because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government labor unions are either eliminated entirely or are severely suppressed disdain for intellectuals and the arts fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education and academia it is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested free expression in the arts is openly attacked and governments often refuse to fund the arts obsession with crime and punishment under fascist regimes the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws the people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism there is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations rampant cronyism and corruption fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability it is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders fraudulent elections sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries and manipulation of the media fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections if a good chunk of these sound familiar well then you re dealing with fascism folks it s just that simple and the big lie has allowed this to happen because the media so afraid to report the truth lest they be considered liberal isn t going to bring itself to say it sure some stalwarts will stand up though they have been ridiculed and unfairly discredited to the point that they are sidelined at best dan rather anyone so their voices go unheeded and so the rise of fascism goes unchecked because everyone is afraid to say that the emperor has no clothes well then i ll say it donald trump embodies the vast majority of these qualities he is bringing fascism to america it s knocking at your door do you really want to let it in and make it feel welcome apr 17 2014 leave a comment shit my mom does mom vs halloween halloweens in the village of la jolla downtown la jolla has been referred to as the village by locals as far back as i can recall aren t anything exceptional however the kids from stella maris academy will typically take a parade around the block in their costumes often workers in local shops and banks will also dress up to one extent or another one halloween morning my mom left the office and went to wells fargo to do some banking this particular halloween was a bit more festive than others as she waited in line looking at each of the tellers and managers in their mostly last minute and half hearted costumes she realized that even a few people in line were dressed up for the day one of them the woman standing right behind her had what my mom considered to be the best costume of all now as i ve mentioned my mom was an army brat and spent a good chunk of her formative years in india the sights sounds and smells are forever vivid in her mind and she holds great respect and love for that country my mom turned to the woman behind her and pointing to the tellers said i think yours is far better than any of theirs the woman was somewhat taken aback and said i beg your pardon your costume my mom exclaimed it s so much better than what any of the tellers are wearing the woman straightened in her flowing saffron sari a haughty expression on her face highlighted by the perfectly round bindi on her forehead and announced i am not wearing a costume apr 08 2014 leave a comment shit my mom does mom vs the postwoman when i was very young single digits summers often meant walks to the beach with my mom we lived maybe eight or ten blocks from the ocean though the closest part was all rocky cliffs and no beach i d say it was a mile and a half to the nearest actual beach but the extra distance was no matter as it was always a nice little excursion along the meandering tree lined lanes leading down to the crashing waves the sand the tide pools and that vast expanse of deep deep blue on one such walk i found a gold bracelet in the gutter it had very small emeralds inset in each rectangular section i gave it to my mom she being the good soul she is took out an ad in the lost found section of the local paper no one called i m pretty sure she still has the bracelet somewhere but i digress this story is about another walk clad in shades of blue with his oversize brown leather satchel our local mailman had passed us on the sidewalk moments before readying envelopes for the next house on his route lessening his load by a few small ounces at a time while this had undoubtedly occurred dozens of times in the past this occasion set wheels and gears flying into motion inside my mom s head she began wondering out loud to me why there are only mailmen and never any mailwomen mind you this was the early 1970s and gender barriers at many workplaces were still rigidly in place so this wasn t as strange a question as it may sound these days naturally at eight years old i had absolutely no answer for her we continued on our stroll under the clear cloudless blue sky the morning sun warming the air and our backs and her thoughts soon left her unanswered question behind our conversation surely went off in other directions while i can t recall any clear details of the rest of the walk down or that particular day at the beach something happened on the way back that is etched in my memory we had just crossed the boulevard when my mom spotted her across the street clad in blue with the oversize brown leather satchel she she walked in the rear entrance of the local pharmacy my mom was stunned such an amazing coincidence she had to know how long this woman had been working as a mail carrier after quickly admonishing me to stay right where i was not to go anywhere at all my mom hurried across the street and into the pharmacy after her heretofore mythical quarry it couldn t have been even a minute before she was back out and on her way across the street again with a strange look on her face and a sparkle in her eye well i found her right away she was waiting to be helped at the counter i went up to her and asked i hope you don t mind my asking but how long have you been a mail woman she seemed confused and said i beg your pardon i said i m sorry but you re the first female letter carrier i ve ever seen in fact i was just wondering this morning why there aren t any and here you are i just want to know how long you ve worked for the post office she got the most offended look on her face and said madam i am not a letter carrier and i do not work for the post office i said oh i m terribly sorry i saw the bag and the blue clothes and i just assumed you were at which point in her recounting my mom burst into laughter and said she s probably going to go straight home and throw that entire outfit away i daresay she was right tagged beach brown leather bag brown leather satchel letter carrier lost and found mailman post office apr 03 2014 2 comments shit my mom does mom vs the veil of death this isn t a funny mom story but it is an important mom story now i am not a religious person at all but this is a story that well i ll tell it and then i ll discuss back in the mid 1970s when i was around 11 years old i recall waking up in the middle of the night because my mom was crying hysterically in the hallway it was about 1am and she was inconsolable my dad finally calmed her down enough to find out what was wrong it was a dream she had she saw her dad sitting in his living room in his favorite chair and he died she saw and felt the life leave his body it was so real i felt it it was so real she said over and over after what seemed like an eternity but was likely a half hour or so she calmed down enough that we could all go back to sleep as my dad said it was just a dream at 7am the phone woke us my aunt kate was calling from london that morning while the family was in the kitchen preparing for a birthday party my grandfather had suffered a massive heart attack and passed away sitting in his living room in his favorite chair at 9a...