A lot of other threads have become largely about the LA ICE protests and news. While some of that is appropriate for those topics, I didn’t see a good place for some of the, let’s say, less orange discussion points and news.
So it looks like the California AG wisely applied for the TRO on the National Guard and Marine deployment in the Northern District of California, where T**** has ZERO appointed judges. It’s not even jurisdiction-shopping, or at least defensible, because the Southern District of California is located four blocks from the bulk of the protest.
LA Mayor Bass had a press conference admonishing people for breaking shit.
I get it, but if the priority isn’t prosecuting LAPD officers who attacked peaceful protesters or journalists, screw that. If LAPD dirty cops aren’t in jail, then they shouldn’t be putting vandals in jail.
There is no evidence that baking soda or milk is better than cool water alone. There is one small randomized controlled trial that found that baby shampoo is no better than water. Using baby wipes or makeup wipes if water is not immediately available may cause increased irritation.
I wonder if it comes from the fact that milk is very slightly more effective than water at neutralizing the effects of capsaicin when you eat hot chile peppers, and many tear gases use pepper spray? Even with eating hot peppers, though, the milk is only very, very slightly better than water. The problem with capsaicin, both in eating it and in pepper sprays and tear gas, is that it’s not water soluble. That makes it very persistent in staying around in places that cause lots of pain.
Ugh, people are going goofy about Newsom’s public address. I mean, it’s the bare minimum. It only looks courageous in contrast to T****’s perfidity. It’s nauseous to see people talking about him looking “presidential.” He only looks that way in comparison to a guy who can barely walk or say a complete sentence and can’t remember what he had for lunch.
it’s not clear how large the anti-Trump crowd might be in Washington. Officials said they expect hundreds of thousands of Trump supporters to be there.
We’ll see if that actually happens. I commute into DC, and I don’t see any of the obvious signs of a large number of people coming in for an event. No heavier traffic than usual, no larger influx of Turons on the streets than usual, no crowd control barricades on the obvious parade routes, no traffic redirection in preparation for a huge event.
My guess is that he’ll have fewer people than his first inauguration, and people who do show up will include Non-MAGAts who just like to see the military hardware. (Which is what I would do on Saturday if it the Fanta Fascist wasn’t involved in it.)
