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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Alright that’s it, let’s do it.

    We start the beige party here and now. Well do our best to get everyone in our side. Here’s my ideas for a local government platform. Grass roots people!!

    Max ownership of 1 residential property per person.

    Our local minimum wage will keep pace with inflation.

    Municipally owned internet. Comcast?! No. YourTown Telecom.

    We tax your business on an exponential scale, based on whatever the average net worth of the c suite executives is. We will allow your big box stores, but probably not at a price they’ll want to pay 🙂

    Farmers markets.

    Livenation is not welcome.

    We’re paying teachers a lot more.

    Our fines will be based on taxable income. Speeding tickets, violations, whatever.

    What else?












  • I agree that controlled detonations can be the safest route, especially for highly unstable materials where any disturbance could trigger them. I’d understood, though, (again, not an expert), that in many cases… especially if no immediate threat to people is present… technicians might start with robots to examine the material remotely or potentially neutralize it without detonation, if safe.

    And, from my non-expert opinion, some explosive materials are sensitive enough to warrant a controlled detonation right away, but it seems there are far, far more often initial remote investigations before they make that call, to avoid unnecessary detonations. It’s always fascinating to see how much science goes into evaluating safety protocols! Or doesn’t, in this case.