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DiabloWags
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Walnut Creek (although terribly crowded with traffic) is still a great place to grow up or have a family.

Parent's bought a 1500 sq.foot 3-bedroom, 2 bath ranch home with a big backyard in 1963 for $20,000 in the Buena Vista Elementary School neighborhood. They sold it in 2003 for $485,000 and grandfathered their property taxes to their new home. Home actually was short-saled by the second owner (after my parents) after paying $750,000 for it from the previous family who were there for only 4 years. The house sold for $450,000.

At the time, I thought about buying it back but had too much other stuff going on and didn't want to see my weekends filled up with going to Home Dumpster.

Currently listed on Zillow for $1.1 million.

Great place to grow up as a kid.
Just a couple of block walk to school.



"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
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The home I grew up in So Cal. My very vague recollection is the home was valued at like 30K during a divorce in @1980. At that point it was a 2bed 1bath, so probably more like 800-900sf. After a subsequent addition of an extra bath/bedroom it is now @1300sf and @670k.

It was an okay place to grow up. A little rough around the edges, what with the violence and "activities" that come with having a big So Cal gang leaders house at the end of the block.



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DiabloWags said:


Tesla and Prius drivers not happy.

Thank You Republicans!



It's darn tough being an elitist, isn't it?
DiabloWags
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SFCityBear said:

DiabloWags said:


Tesla and Prius drivers not happy.

Thank You Republicans!



It's darn tough being an elitist, isn't it?


I guess the truth hurts bro?
You still waiting for your DOGE check?

"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
tequila4kapp
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New Docs Reveal Jack Smith Intentionally Violated Congressional Republicans' Constitutional Rights

https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/01/new-docs-reveal-jack-smith-intentionally-violated-congressional-republicans-constitutional-rights/
DiabloWags
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To be more specific . . .

"As you are aware, there is some litigation risk regarding whether compelled disclosure of toll records of a Member's legislative calls violates the Speech or Debate Clause in the D.C. Circuit," Principal Deputy Chief of the DOJ's Public Integrity Section John Keller wrote in a May 17, 2023 email to two top members of the special counsel's team.

"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
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DiabloWags said:

SFCityBear said:

DiabloWags said:


Tesla and Prius drivers not happy.

Thank You Republicans!



It's darn tough being an elitist, isn't it?


I guess the truth hurts bro?
You still waiting for your DOGE check?



I'm not the one hurting. I'm a senior citizen, and those carpool lanes are too fast for me, especially when Teslas are in them, tail-gating the lawful drivers up ahead.

And you ain't my "bro", bro, so take it where the sun don't shine.



DiabloWags
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Why so mad bro?
You not like living in San Francisco anymore where the global elite lives?

"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
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DiabloWags said:

To be more specific . . .

"As you are aware, there is some litigation risk regarding whether compelled disclosure of toll records of a Member's legislative calls violates the Speech or Debate Clause in the D.C. Circuit," Principal Deputy Chief of the DOJ's Public Integrity Section John Keller wrote in a May 17, 2023 email to two top members of the special counsel's team.

Keep reading:
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In other words, the Biden Administration ignored Smith's blatant violation of congressional Republicans' constitutional rights under the Speech or Debate Clause because the special counsel's office was unlikely to criminally charge any of the congressional Republicans and therefore, there was little "litigation risk" that a court would exclude the unconstitutionally seized evidence.

That the Biden Administration's DOJ and the special counsel's office viewed the subpoenaed congressional Republicans as uninvolved in any of the supposed criminal activity under investigation related to the 2020 election proves significant for a second reason: Several federal judges or magistrates entered nondisclosure orders under the Stored Communications Act, meaning the telecommunication providers were directed not to "disclose the existence of the Subpoena to any other person (except attorneys for PROVIDER for the purpose of receiving legal advice)."

But the Stored Communications Act authorizes a nondisclosure order only if a judge finds there is "reason to believe" that notifying an individual of the subpoena would result in "(1) endangering the life or physical safety of an individual; (2) flight from prosecution; (3) destruction of or tampering with evidence; (4) intimidation of potential witnesses; or (5) otherwise seriously jeopardizing an investigation or unduly delaying a trial."

Yet in subpoenas sent to Verizon for the records of (R Congressmen) Special Counsel Smith sought a nondisclosure order. *** Judge James Boasberg found "reasonable grounds to believe that such disclosure will result in destruction of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses, and serious jeopardy to the investigation."

Given that the special counsel's team with the concurrence of the DOJ believed it unlikely that any of the congressional Republicans would face criminal charges, it is inconceivable that the special counsel's office would nonetheless represent to a court that there were "reasonable grounds" to believe disclosing the subpoena to the members of Congress would result in the destruction or tampering of evidence, intimidation of witnesses, or otherwise jeopardized the investigation."


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DiabloWags said:

Why so mad bro?
You not like living in San Francisco anymore where the global elite lives?



And they are all good Democrats.
DiabloWags
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The guy that you voted for is President.
Why are you so worried?
"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
PAC-10-BEAR
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How much kickback did Tim Walz receive?
DiabloWags
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GO BEARS!





In fact, Johnson said he even came pretty close to the bear when he was trying to change the camera's batteries.

"I went to replace the batteries, and this huge growl came from underneath the space and scared me to death," he said. "I couldn't stop shaking. It's the strangest sound, too. It's like a roar, but it's got this hiss on it too, like a dragon. I mean, it's just incredible, and coming out from underneath that space, it just reverberates even more... just horrible."

The bear is famous in this neighborhood along Altadena Drive below the San Gabriel Mountains because it's been spotted almost every week for over six months. Some residents believe the Eaton Fire destroyed its home, which is why it now roams their neighborhood looking for shelter and food.

"Our neighbors had a bear, and I hear now there's one across the street. It's the mountains, and we burned, so they had to go somewhere. They had no place to live," said neighbor Janet Patton. "Where are they going to go? A nice dark basement is the perfect place."
"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
SFCityBear
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DiabloWags said:

The guy that you voted for is President.
Why are you so worried?


First you say I'm mad. Now you say I'm worried. How can a person be mad and worried at the same time?

Does "mad + worried" = married? No I don't think so. I'm not married.

How would you know who I voted for?

I did vote once for Lyndon Johnson. I worked hard for the Democrat Party in that election, recruiting people to walk neighborhoods in this city to get out the vote.

I did not vote even once for Reagan.

I did vote once for Dick Gregory for President. If you are not old enough to know who Dick Gregory was, you could look him up on the internet. He said that if elected, he would not live in the White House. His plan was to buy or build a home across the street from the White House, paint it black, and move in. He got 40,000 votes.


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DiabloWags said:

GO BEARS!





In fact, Johnson said he even came pretty close to the bear when he was trying to change the camera's batteries.

"I went to replace the batteries, and this huge growl came from underneath the space and scared me to death," he said. "I couldn't stop shaking. It's the strangest sound, too. It's like a roar, but it's got this hiss on it too, like a dragon. I mean, it's just incredible, and coming out from underneath that space, it just reverberates even more... just horrible."

The bear is famous in this neighborhood along Altadena Drive below the San Gabriel Mountains because it's been spotted almost every week for over six months. Some residents believe the Eaton Fire destroyed its home, which is why it now roams their neighborhood looking for shelter and food.

"Our neighbors had a bear, and I hear now there's one across the street. It's the mountains, and we burned, so they had to go somewhere. They had no place to live," said neighbor Janet Patton. "Where are they going to go? A nice dark basement is the perfect place."

Now this was a good post, a fun post. Why not stick to this and give up the ad hom stuff?

Here is an exercise for you:

There are two people quoted in this post, one is a Democrat, and one is a Republican. Can you tell which one is which?
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tequila4kapp said:

The British government is moving to do away with jury trials in all cases except murder, manslaughter, and rape. Yowza.

Not good for the U.K.

DiabloWags
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SFCityBear said:

DiabloWags said:

GO BEARS!





In fact, Johnson said he even came pretty close to the bear when he was trying to change the camera's batteries.

"I went to replace the batteries, and this huge growl came from underneath the space and scared me to death," he said. "I couldn't stop shaking. It's the strangest sound, too. It's like a roar, but it's got this hiss on it too, like a dragon. I mean, it's just incredible, and coming out from underneath that space, it just reverberates even more... just horrible."

The bear is famous in this neighborhood along Altadena Drive below the San Gabriel Mountains because it's been spotted almost every week for over six months. Some residents believe the Eaton Fire destroyed its home, which is why it now roams their neighborhood looking for shelter and food.

"Our neighbors had a bear, and I hear now there's one across the street. It's the mountains, and we burned, so they had to go somewhere. They had no place to live," said neighbor Janet Patton. "Where are they going to go? A nice dark basement is the perfect place."

Now this was a good post, a fun post. Why not stick to this and give up the ad hom stuff?

Here is an exercise for you:

There are two people quoted in this post, one is a Democrat, and one is a Republican. Can you tell which one is which?


Can you tell who I donated to on Giving Tuesday?

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/131428
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DiabloWags said:

SFCityBear said:

DiabloWags said:

The bear is famous in this neighborhood along Altadena Drive below the San Gabriel Mountains because it's been spotted almost every week for over six months. Some residents believe the Eaton Fire destroyed its home, which is why it now roams their Can you tell who I donated to on Giving Tuesday?



https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/131428

per link gonna guess.. Da Bears
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DiabloWags said:

SFCityBear said:

DiabloWags said:

GO BEARS!





In fact, Johnson said he even came pretty close to the bear when he was trying to change the camera's batteries.

"I went to replace the batteries, and this huge growl came from underneath the space and scared me to death," he said. "I couldn't stop shaking. It's the strangest sound, too. It's like a roar, but it's got this hiss on it too, like a dragon. I mean, it's just incredible, and coming out from underneath that space, it just reverberates even more... just horrible."

The bear is famous in this neighborhood along Altadena Drive below the San Gabriel Mountains because it's been spotted almost every week for over six months. Some residents believe the Eaton Fire destroyed its home, which is why it now roams their neighborhood looking for shelter and food.

"Our neighbors had a bear, and I hear now there's one across the street. It's the mountains, and we burned, so they had to go somewhere. They had no place to live," said neighbor Janet Patton. "Where are they going to go? A nice dark basement is the perfect place."

Now this was a good post, a fun post. Why not stick to this and give up the ad hom stuff?

Here is an exercise for you:

There are two people quoted in this post, one is a Democrat, and one is a Republican. Can you tell which one is which?


Can you tell who I donated to on Giving Tuesday?

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/131428


Irrelevant non-sequitur, the latest in a stream of them.

To get back your original thought, Tesla and other EV drivers will have no trouble losing their perks in the commuter lanes. They are mostly all Democrats, who have little regard for rules and laws, and so they will continue to drive in those lanes anyway. There aren't enough cops to stop more than an occasional violator.

I'm done here.
DiabloWags
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SFCityBear said:

DiabloWags said:

SFCityBear said:

DiabloWags said:

GO BEARS!





In fact, Johnson said he even came pretty close to the bear when he was trying to change the camera's batteries.

"I went to replace the batteries, and this huge growl came from underneath the space and scared me to death," he said. "I couldn't stop shaking. It's the strangest sound, too. It's like a roar, but it's got this hiss on it too, like a dragon. I mean, it's just incredible, and coming out from underneath that space, it just reverberates even more... just horrible."

The bear is famous in this neighborhood along Altadena Drive below the San Gabriel Mountains because it's been spotted almost every week for over six months. Some residents believe the Eaton Fire destroyed its home, which is why it now roams their neighborhood looking for shelter and food.

"Our neighbors had a bear, and I hear now there's one across the street. It's the mountains, and we burned, so they had to go somewhere. They had no place to live," said neighbor Janet Patton. "Where are they going to go? A nice dark basement is the perfect place."

Now this was a good post, a fun post. Why not stick to this and give up the ad hom stuff?

Here is an exercise for you:

There are two people quoted in this post, one is a Democrat, and one is a Republican. Can you tell which one is which?


Can you tell who I donated to on Giving Tuesday?

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/131428


Irrelevant non-sequitur, the latest in a stream of them.

To get back your original thought, Tesla and other EV drivers will have no trouble losing their perks in the commuter lanes. They are mostly all Democrats, who have little regard for rules and laws, and so they will continue to drive in those lanes anyway. There aren't enough cops to stop more than an occasional violator.

I'm done here.


So much for your non-partisanship.
You're as genuine as a $3 bill.

Another extremely predictable Trump supporter.

The guy that claimed that half of all ACA participants were FULLY SUBSIDIZED.

Yawn.

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Israel bombs refugees in tents, kills the siblings of this little girl who survived with serious burns:
Eastern Oregon Bear
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SFCityBear said:

DiabloWags said:

SFCityBear said:

DiabloWags said:

GO BEARS!





In fact, Johnson said he even came pretty close to the bear when he was trying to change the camera's batteries.

"I went to replace the batteries, and this huge growl came from underneath the space and scared me to death," he said. "I couldn't stop shaking. It's the strangest sound, too. It's like a roar, but it's got this hiss on it too, like a dragon. I mean, it's just incredible, and coming out from underneath that space, it just reverberates even more... just horrible."

The bear is famous in this neighborhood along Altadena Drive below the San Gabriel Mountains because it's been spotted almost every week for over six months. Some residents believe the Eaton Fire destroyed its home, which is why it now roams their neighborhood looking for shelter and food.

"Our neighbors had a bear, and I hear now there's one across the street. It's the mountains, and we burned, so they had to go somewhere. They had no place to live," said neighbor Janet Patton. "Where are they going to go? A nice dark basement is the perfect place."

Now this was a good post, a fun post. Why not stick to this and give up the ad hom stuff?

Here is an exercise for you:

There are two people quoted in this post, one is a Democrat, and one is a Republican. Can you tell which one is which?


Can you tell who I donated to on Giving Tuesday?

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/131428


Irrelevant non-sequitur, the latest in a stream of them.

To get back your original thought, Tesla and other EV drivers will have no trouble losing their perks in the commuter lanes. They are mostly all Democrats, who have little regard for rules and laws, and so they will continue to drive in those lanes anyway. There aren't enough cops to stop more than an occasional violator.

I'm done here.


Good bye.
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DiabloWags said:



The guy that claimed that half of all ACA participants were FULLY SUBSIDIZED.

Yawn.



I'm that guy.

Here's what Gemini has (and had) to say

Approximately half of all ACA Marketplace enrollees have an income at or below 150% of the federal poverty level (FPL).
  • In 2024, enrollees with income below 150% FPL accounted for 53% of enrollment in the 32 states using the federal exchange, HealthCare.gov.
  • Across all states (including state-based exchanges), roughly half of enrollees were in this income bracket in 2024.
  • For the 2025 plan year in California's marketplace (Covered California), approximately 12% of enrollees had an income of 150% FPL or less as of early 2025 (this lower percentage may reflect that individuals at or below 138% FPL in expansion states are often eligible for Medicaid instead).
These individuals are eligible for the most generous subsidies, including $0 premium benchmark silver plans and significant cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) that result in much lower deductibles and out-of-pocket costs.

And here are the stats compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation for the 2025 ACA enrollment. You'll see that I'm guilty of rounding 47% up to half

KFF's ACA enrollment stats

To give you the benefit of the doubt, you may have thought that California's experience , with its more expansive Medi-Cal eligibility (leaving fewer needing the ACA subsidy) was representative of the rest of the country.
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Quote:

NEW: How PM Keir Starmer's Machine Quietly Moved to Cripple Breitbart, The Federalist, ZeroHedge, and Left Independent Outlets

On Breaking Points, Ryan introduces Drop Site's latest investigation, adapted from Paul Holden's book, exposing how Keir Starmer and his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney secretly built and funded two organizations, Stop Funding Fake News (SFFN) and the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), to kneecap media outlets seen as threats to the Labour right.

What posed as a grassroots "anti-misinformation" effort was actually a political machine backed by undisclosed pro-Israel donors.

Ryan explains that the operation's first mission was destroying left outlets aligned with Corbyn, like The Canary, which went from a 2530 person newsroom to near collapse. The same network also targeted right-wing and heterodox platforms like Breitbart, The Federalist, ZeroHedge, and Westmonster anything hostile to Starmer's camp.

Emily recounts how CCDH weaponized a report to get Google to demonetize The Federalist in 2020, aided by NBC journalist Ben Collins who "tattletaled" to Google. She calls it outrageous that a foreign political machine was shaping speech boundaries in the U.S., and that American journalists amplified it. Ryan and Emily stress this UK-run operation threatened both left and right outlets.

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There has been surprisingly little news about the DC J6 bomber's arrest. Virtually zero coverage on the major cable networks, etc. Per X it an early 30s guy from VA who is associated with anarchist statements.
DiabloWags
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tequila4kapp said:

There has been surprisingly little news about the DC J6 bomber's arrest. Virtually zero coverage on the major cable networks, etc. Per X it an early 30s guy from VA who is associated with anarchist statements.


ABC, NBC, NPR, CNN, WSJ, USA TODAY, NY TIMES, FOX NEWS, NY POST, BREITBART, etc.

This begs the question where exactly do you get your "news" from?

Take your pick.

Suspect arrested in Jan. 6 pipe bomb case: Sources - ABC News

FBI arrests suspect in investigation into pipe bombs planted near DNC, RNC before Jan. 6 : NPR

Suspect arrested in January 5 DC pipe bomb case

Suspect arrested in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomb investigation

[url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-arrested-jan-6-pipe-bomb-case-sources/story?id=128093323][/url][url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/04/suspect-arrest-jan-6-pipe-bomb-investigation/87601036007/][/url]Everything we know about Brian Cole, the DC pipe bombing suspect | Fox News

FBI arrests Brian Cole Jr. in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomber investigation, sources say | CNN Politics

[url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-brian-cole-dc-pipe-bomb-suspect][/url]Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot - The New York Times

Brian Cole of Virginia identified as DC pipe bomb suspect | New York Post

FBI Makes Arrest in Connection With Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs - WSJ

VIDEO: Suspect in January 2021 U.S. Capitol Pipe Bomb Case Arrested


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It is being covered now. At the time of my post there was a 1 paragraph story on Fox. That was it for print and tv.
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tequila4kapp said:

It is being covered now. At the time of my post there was a 1 paragraph story on Fox. That was it for print and tv.
All those stories appeared in 36 minutes?
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It appears so. Literally, I worked through all the 3 major networks, CNN and Fox. Nada. I looked at CNN, Breitbart and Fox online and there was just the very short Fox thing I mentioned above.
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It looks like a sub-plot to this is that Patel assigned new agents to the case 6 weeks ago. There were no new tips. The fresh eyes saw things and put pieces together. There's already a conspiratorial tone developing in certain corners about the Biden FBI sitting on the case. That is really unfortunate, IMO. As a true crime buff...this sort of thing just happens. Fresh eyes see the same evidence differently and can solve cases.
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tequila4kapp said:

..Fresh eyes see the same evidence differently and can solve cases.

yep, or guilty eyes look away while shaking shiny objects.
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tequila4kapp said:

It appears so. Literally, I worked through all the 3 major networks, CNN and Fox. Nada. I looked at CNN, Breitbart and Fox online and there was just the very short Fox thing I mentioned above.


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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

tequila4kapp said:

It is being covered now. At the time of my post there was a 1 paragraph story on Fox. That was it for print and tv.

All those stories appeared in 36 minutes?

I saw it on CNN and NY Post pretty early today
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Will he get the Jack Ruby treatment?
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