45th President Of The United States, Donald Trump (Vol. 14)
Discussion
Byker28i said:
Is because New York was rife with thefts as he claimed? Does that happen elsewhere?
https://slate.com/business/2022/11/cvs-walgreens-s...It's fairly rife in big cities. SF has huge problems.
vaud said:
https://slate.com/business/2022/11/cvs-walgreens-s...
It's fairly rife in big cities. SF has huge problems.
Sounds similar to a trip to the USSR I did years ago. The process was:It's fairly rife in big cities. SF has huge problems.
Go into a shop.
Queue at the counter before pointing at the desired item.
The lady behind the counter would write out a docket and hand it back.
Join the queue for the till.
Once the docket had been paid for and countersigned by the till person, go back to the original queue to pick up the item using the countersigned docket as evidence of payment.
Utterly
Byker28i said:
satans worm said:
Byker28i said:
Eric Trump gave a Fox interview about how hard the trial was for his dad, how he had incredible stamina, despite falling asleep all the time.
However he again tried claiming: All while in New York you can't go into Duane Reade, you can't go into CVS and buy skin lotion because it has to be locked behind plexiglass
https://twitter.com/i/status/1784586045650350165
Acyn points out last year eric claimed it was Advil
https://twitter.com/i/status/1641991631791431681
Or Tylenol
https://twitter.com/i/status/1641618019263692800
In fairness this is true, i tried to get deodrant from a CVS near chelsea and had to get someone to unlock it!However he again tried claiming: All while in New York you can't go into Duane Reade, you can't go into CVS and buy skin lotion because it has to be locked behind plexiglass
https://twitter.com/i/status/1784586045650350165
Acyn points out last year eric claimed it was Advil
https://twitter.com/i/status/1641991631791431681
Or Tylenol
https://twitter.com/i/status/1641618019263692800
My wife and her girl friends are scared to use the subway due to random punching of women in the face but also the general abuse they get (she and her friends are Asian)
its not so rife that you see it happen all the time, but is so much that everyone we know has experienced something at one time or another in the last couple of years
Like a stopped clock, Trump and his like are not 100pct wrong all the time, they are occasionally correct, and its these 'truths' that pubilc listen to as they are often on strongly felt issues.
I believe this is what drives the high rating of Trump (49 v 43 to trump (may be slightly off the number, just from memory) on the latest CNN survey of registered voters
Its easy to say surveys are pointless, but the fact the ratio is what it is is damn scary to me, how i isnt 79 to 10 in favour of Biden is unbelievable, but there you have it,
Edited by satans worm on Monday 29th April 14:00
RustyMX5 said:
vaud said:
https://slate.com/business/2022/11/cvs-walgreens-s...
It's fairly rife in big cities. SF has huge problems.
Sounds similar to a trip to the USSR I did years ago. The process was:It's fairly rife in big cities. SF has huge problems.
Go into a shop.
Queue at the counter before pointing at the desired item.
The lady behind the counter would write out a docket and hand it back.
Join the queue for the till.
Once the docket had been paid for and countersigned by the till person, go back to the original queue to pick up the item using the countersigned docket as evidence of payment.
Utterly
satans worm said:
Actually, crime in New York City is pretty bad, this is the only city ive been to with this stuff locked up (or at least noticed, its not the first thing i look for on vacation ,,)
My wife and her girl friends are scared to use the subway due to random punching of women in the face but also the general abuse they get (she and her friends are Asian)
its not so rife that you see it happen all the time, but is so much that everyone we know has experienced something at one time or another in the last couple of years
We've not been in the last 4 years but were regular visitors to friends there before. Never saw any issues then. Has it got that bad, or just being promoted more to lead to 'the fear'?My wife and her girl friends are scared to use the subway due to random punching of women in the face but also the general abuse they get (she and her friends are Asian)
its not so rife that you see it happen all the time, but is so much that everyone we know has experienced something at one time or another in the last couple of years
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/23/ne...
Byker28i said:
satans worm said:
Actually, crime in New York City is pretty bad, this is the only city ive been to with this stuff locked up (or at least noticed, its not the first thing i look for on vacation ,,)
My wife and her girl friends are scared to use the subway due to random punching of women in the face but also the general abuse they get (she and her friends are Asian)
its not so rife that you see it happen all the time, but is so much that everyone we know has experienced something at one time or another in the last couple of years
We've not been in the last 4 years but were regular visitors to friends there before. Never saw any issues then. Has it got that bad, or just being promoted more to lead to 'the fear'?My wife and her girl friends are scared to use the subway due to random punching of women in the face but also the general abuse they get (she and her friends are Asian)
its not so rife that you see it happen all the time, but is so much that everyone we know has experienced something at one time or another in the last couple of years
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/23/ne...
But its not 'Gotham City' just yet, and perfectly ok for tourists etc, i would say the locals are more concerned about their safety now but not frightened about it yet
Note i only go in once a week as i take my local office ot work instead, for me nothing changed but the homeless, even then, i only walk 20 minutes from Grand Central and back again so i dont get the largest insight, but most our friends live on the Island or in Brooklyn/ Queens and they definitely feel like it has fallen in safety in the last 4 years
sherbertdip said:
unrepentant said:
speedchick said:
It's Melania's birthday today, haven't seen anything from him wishing her a happy birthday yet.
I love this picture of the happy couple. Edited by sherbertdip on Sunday 28th April 06:57
RustyMX5 said:
Sounds similar to a trip to the USSR I did years ago. The process was:
Go into a shop.
Queue at the counter before pointing at the desired item.
The lady behind the counter would write out a docket and hand it back.
Join the queue for the till.
Once the docket had been paid for and countersigned by the till person, go back to the original queue to pick up the item using the countersigned docket as evidence of payment.
Utterly
Possibly Go into a shop.
Queue at the counter before pointing at the desired item.
The lady behind the counter would write out a docket and hand it back.
Join the queue for the till.
Once the docket had been paid for and countersigned by the till person, go back to the original queue to pick up the item using the countersigned docket as evidence of payment.
Utterly
, but not very far removed from the rigmarole required to make a purchase at Foyle’s Bookshop on Charing Cross Road within recent memory! psi310398 said:
RustyMX5 said:
Sounds similar to a trip to the USSR I did years ago. The process was:
Go into a shop.
Queue at the counter before pointing at the desired item.
The lady behind the counter would write out a docket and hand it back.
Join the queue for the till.
Once the docket had been paid for and countersigned by the till person, go back to the original queue to pick up the item using the countersigned docket as evidence of payment.
Utterly
Possibly Go into a shop.
Queue at the counter before pointing at the desired item.
The lady behind the counter would write out a docket and hand it back.
Join the queue for the till.
Once the docket had been paid for and countersigned by the till person, go back to the original queue to pick up the item using the countersigned docket as evidence of payment.
Utterly
, but not very far removed from the rigmarole required to make a purchase at Foyle’s Bookshop on Charing Cross Road within recent memory! As CivicDuties pointed out, it did keep unemployment at effectively zero for the USSR.
satans worm said:
Difficult to answer in fairness, but i do think it has gotten worse, certainly i notice more homeless on the street since Covid, and there are more reported attacks on people (such as the random head puncher or being pushed on the subway tracks)
But its not 'Gotham City' just yet, and perfectly ok for tourists etc, i would say the locals are more concerned about their safety now but not frightened about it yet
Note i only go in once a week as i take my local office ot work instead, for me nothing changed but the homeless, even then, i only walk 20 minutes from Grand Central and back again so i dont get the largest insight, but most our friends live on the Island or in Brooklyn/ Queens and they definitely feel like it has fallen in safety in the last 4 years
To be fair the number of homeless in NY seemed a lot, but then big city, seemed comparable to London? Certainly SF seemed to have more. But its not 'Gotham City' just yet, and perfectly ok for tourists etc, i would say the locals are more concerned about their safety now but not frightened about it yet
Note i only go in once a week as i take my local office ot work instead, for me nothing changed but the homeless, even then, i only walk 20 minutes from Grand Central and back again so i dont get the largest insight, but most our friends live on the Island or in Brooklyn/ Queens and they definitely feel like it has fallen in safety in the last 4 years
Looks like Kari Lake tried too hard, was around magalardo too much and reportedly caused problems with Melania.
I mean, why wouldn't she trust trump around other women?
Also looks trump ready to blame Lake when he loses Arizona, thinking her unpopularity is somehow to blame for his...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/29...
I mean, why wouldn't she trust trump around other women?
Also looks trump ready to blame Lake when he loses Arizona, thinking her unpopularity is somehow to blame for his...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/29...
Peter Navarro wanted to be released from prison whilst he appealed his conviction for contempt of Congress, trying to take it to Scotus has been denied to be heard in a one line response
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/04...
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/04...
vaud said:
Byker28i said:
Is because New York was rife with thefts as he claimed? Does that happen elsewhere?
https://slate.com/business/2022/11/cvs-walgreens-s...It's fairly rife in big cities. SF has huge problems.
Of course NYC and SF get mentioned because they're massive cities.
As a side note, having your pain killers out on a shelf is almost exclusively a first world thing. Most counties have all their medication behind the counter and you have to ask someone for it. Even just some Beechams equivalent that you'd just get at Tesco here.
captain_cynic said:
As a side note, having your pain killers out on a shelf is almost exclusively a first world thing. Most counties have all their medication behind the counter and you have to ask someone for it. Even just some Beechams equivalent that you'd just get at Tesco here.
Not the case in Canada in my experience. Nor the deodorant theft. Whoozit said:
captain_cynic said:
As a side note, having your pain killers out on a shelf is almost exclusively a first world thing. Most counties have all their medication behind the counter and you have to ask someone for it. Even just some Beechams equivalent that you'd just get at Tesco here.
Not the case in Canada in my experience. Nor the deodorant theft. I would have said European but AU/NZ are similar to here and I've not been everywhere in Europe.
Most developing countries I've been to have kept it behind the counter. Colombia was the example I was thinking of above but it could have been most places in Asia or South America.
captain_cynic said:
Most developing countries I've been to have kept it behind the counter. Colombia was the example I was thinking of above but it could have been most places in Asia or South America.
Some developed countries are also super protectionist (e.g. France) where you have to go to the pharmacist...captain_cynic said:
vaud said:
Byker28i said:
Is because New York was rife with thefts as he claimed? Does that happen elsewhere?
https://slate.com/business/2022/11/cvs-walgreens-s...It's fairly rife in big cities. SF has huge problems.
Of course NYC and SF get mentioned because they're massive cities.
As a side note, having your pain killers out on a shelf is almost exclusively a first world thing. Most counties have all their medication behind the counter and you have to ask someone for it. Even just some Beechams equivalent that you'd just get at Tesco here.
Just a couple of weeks ago I was in downtown Sacramento for a show that I screwed up the time for. I was over an hour early! Doh. Anyway, didnt see a single homeless person while walking around. The streets were clean and I didnt feel threatened in any way. Now the morons with the Hemi's could sod off, but you get the picture.
My wife went to a very large shopping mall in the Bay Area the other week too. You know the place, one of those ones that did the rounds because it was "under attack from organized gangs doing mob-based theft" according to the media. Turns out that she didnt see a single crime while there. Well, except for the over priced meal at the snotty restaurant that no one liked - now that was a crime!
As for SF and closing stores - anyone been to SF and know where the 'high crime' areas are? So many news articles about the death of the city center, but the weird thing is that SF has a strange layout. Yes, there have been a bunch of closures there, the biggest one was the Westfield mall on Market - but to be honest, it has been on a downward spiral for over a decade, just like its escalators! Its never had a reasonable spread of stores and for the decade that I have been in and out of SF, it has never been full. Market st itself has never been a great street to visit for shopping too. I have had people comment that when Tower Records closed, it has never been the same, but that was back in 2005! Surprised that it is shifting? Absolutely not. Does it make a great story by the right-wing media to stick the boot in? Absolutely.
On the subject of CVS specifically, this is a weird one. Yes, SOME and certainly not all, stores do lock away SOME merchandise. My local CVS doesnt lock away anything! I would counter a different view though. CVS (and Walgreens too) usually have large footprint stores with relatively high value items that can be resold easily. They are usually staffed very thinly and operate with a skeleton staff, a lot of times without any security guard or loss prevention staff. Big store, high value small items and few staff - errrr, you see a picture here? Could they have created this situation for themselves? Is CVS (and others) suffering pressures in their sector from other competitors?
You get the picture. You can find crime if you want to. It is pretty easy. It makes a great news segment to highlight it, especially if it fits your political narrative.
I will admit that I do not live in SF and I am not there every week. But I do have a view as to what has been happening there for over a decade, and that doesnt match with the narrative from some in the media.
captain_cynic said:
The "narrative" that is being pushed is that it's only a problem in Democrat states ignoring that the pretty crime issue is national however the likes of Newsmax, Fox, et al, don't like mentioning that per capita its far worse in Florida, Alabama and other Republican states.
Interesting, can you provide a link to these Petty crime stats you reference here, please?captain_cynic said:
Whoozit said:
captain_cynic said:
As a side note, having your pain killers out on a shelf is almost exclusively a first world thing. Most counties have all their medication behind the counter and you have to ask someone for it. Even just some Beechams equivalent that you'd just get at Tesco here.
Not the case in Canada in my experience. Nor the deodorant theft. I would have said European but AU/NZ are similar to here and I've not been everywhere in Europe.
Most developing countries I've been to have kept it behind the counter. Colombia was the example I was thinking of above but it could have been most places in Asia or South America.
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