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The City Square: It's a paradox! Homelessness in San Francisco
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Technology and Current Events. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnCitySq. Sunday, November 25, 2012. Homelessness in San Francisco. This is a couple years old but it is a worthy addition to my "it's a paradox" collection. A news article in the San Francisco Weekly reports. Despite its spending more money per capita on homelessness than any comparable city, its homeless problem is worse than any comparable city's. Hat tip: Ed Driscoll. PREVIOUSLY on the paradoxes that vex liberal minds:. 8226; It's a paradox!
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The City Square: US Judge decides that California's death penalty serves no "purpose"
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Technology and Current Events. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnCitySq. Thursday, July 17, 2014. US Judge decides that California's death penalty serves no "purpose". US District Judge Cormac J. Carney has ruled. That California's death penalty is unconstitutionally in violation of "the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment." In his opinion [PDF]. So far, Carney's decision applies to just to the case of one Ernest Dewayne Jones who raped and murdered his girlfriend's mother. Pres ...
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The City Square: It's a paradox: Supporters of Obamacare are confused
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Technology and Current Events. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnCitySq. Monday, September 30, 2013. It's a paradox: Supporters of Obamacare are confused. From the Newark, New Jersey, Star-Ledger. From the lead paragraph:. More New Jerseyans approve of the Affordable Care Act than the rest of the nation, but they are less likely to understand how the law affects them, according to a poll released today by Monmouth University and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. They don't understand it. James Taran...
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The City Square: Mass transit: when liberalism meets reality
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Technology and Current Events. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnCitySq. Thursday, July 31, 2014. Mass transit: when liberalism meets reality. Despite the mountains of subsidies they receive, buses account for a mere 3% of passenger-miles traveled. They get those subsidies because Democrats love the idea. Of mass transit. The reality. Is something else. In the (Toronto) National Post. For example, one liberal discusses his awakening:. No amount of government funding will make this system work well. The (UK) Dai...
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The City Square: In 50 years, liberals have not changed
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Technology and Current Events. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnCitySq. Saturday, August 30, 2014. In 50 years, liberals have not changed. Reagan warned us about Obama:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). San Francisco Tea Party greets Obama; Picks up the trash. Pres Obama came to San Francisco tonight for yet another fundraiser, this one at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. The San Francisco Tea P. San Franciscans protest against Obama. Study: Male upper body strength strongly correlates with political views.
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The City Square: Hillary visits San Jose; Tea Party breaks out
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Technology and Current Events. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnCitySq. Thursday, April 10, 2014. Hillary visits San Jose; Tea Party breaks out. After ducking a shoe. Earlier today in Las Vegas, Hillary Clinton traveled to San Jose State University to speak tonight. A tea party broke out outside the Event Center where Hillary was speaking (click on any image to enlarge):. Channel 2 News showed up and interviewed tea partiers:. The student on the left is the chapter's vice president. Off to the side of the prot...
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The City Square: Women, children sacrificed to political correctness
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Technology and Current Events. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnCitySq. Saturday, August 30, 2014. Women, children sacrificed to political correctness. Regarding the Rotherham horror, Allison Pearson asks. If South Yorkshire Police can mount a raid on Sir Cliff Richard’s home in pursuit of evidence linked to a single allegation of child sex abuse 30 years ago, why were South Yorkshire Police incapable of pursuing multiple allegations against multiple men who raped 1,400 children over 16 years? Pres Obama came ...
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The City Square: It's a paradox!
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Technology and Current Events. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnCitySq. Sunday, March 25, 2012. The Washington Free Beacon reports. Despite calls for stricter guns laws. In response to the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Firearm stocks are soaring as gun companies struggle to keep up with high demand. Despite . . ."? As James Taranto points out. Shouldn't that be "because of . . ."? PARADOX FLASHBACK: From 10 years ago on Instapundit. GUN PERMITS SURGE, BUT NOT VIOLENCE," the Detroit News. 8226; It's a paradox!
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The City Square: It's a paradox! Higher taxes yield less revenue
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Technology and Current Events. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnCitySq. Tuesday, January 01, 2013. Higher taxes yield less revenue. Regarding Portugal's current economic crisis, the Financial Times reports. Income from value added tax, the government’s biggest source of tax revenue representing about 36 per cent of the total, has been falling since 2008, despite a sharp increase in the rate. Income from the tax "has been falling . despite[! A sharp increase in the rate"? 8226; It's a paradox! 8226; Paradox: cr...
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The City Square: In San Francisco, Support for Kate Steinle, Opposition Sanctuary Cities
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Technology and Current Events. Follow me on Twitter: @JohnCitySq. Monday, July 27, 2015. In San Francisco, Support for Kate Steinle, Opposition Sanctuary Cities. Today, concerned citizens held a press conference on Pier 14 to call for an end to "sanctuary city" policies in San Francisco and across the nation:. Debbie Bacigalupi, who ran in 2012 as the Republican nominee for California's 14th congressional district, is shown below speaking for the cause:. Looking the other way, visitors to Pier 14 have a ...
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