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  • "ALL asylums of that era have a reputation, dude. Remember when they would drill a hole into a patient's skull and scrape the cortex with a knife? Lobotomies were performed by the 10's of thousands. Medicine evolves like any other human endeavor. Let's not lose focus here, The issue is how California screws up the homeless and drug abuse problems by graft and theft. Milton Friedman and Ronald Reagan have nothing to do with it. It's California's current administration class, one-party rule, "throw money at it" mentality, and "get nothing done" results that are the problem. Something in your finely crafted left-wing college-level screed that was avoided altogether. Even you, "Adam Trask," can see the pattern in California. Billions thrown at problems that NEVER get solved because of crappy, greedy bureaucrats headed by a knucklehead governor who hasn't a clue. Thanks for reminding me of why college today is a useless endeavor."

    Michael A. commented in:
    The steep price of tolerance on 2026-01-03 08:05:22
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  • "No, it won't. Look in any dictionary, in any language, from any part of the planet, published in 1940, and discover the actual hard left political assignation of Socialism and Fascism, while the free world was at war with...socialism and fascism. Google, will lie to you."

    Army commented in:
    The steep price of tolerance on 2026-01-02 19:23:30
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  • "My family used to be in the petroleum industry. I have a friend who's family has been in it for nearly 90 years. They will all tell you that it is much more profitable to import oil. And imported oil is much higher quality. The oil from California isn't even good enough quality to refine for gasoline. Firing up 3 platforms is barely enough petroleum to lube the bicycles of Cal Poly students this year. The ruling simply gets all the dumb asses in a cave the energy to put their cheap cigarettes down long enough to hoot and holler slobber all over each other."

    sezlittle1 commented in:
    Oil production to restart offshore of Santa Barbara County on 2026-01-02 17:59:17
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  • "605,000 deportations of illegals out of our country by ICE and DHS. AND YOU LIBS CAN’T EVEN GIVE ENOUGH FACTUAL CASES OF 1% OF THAT NUMBER OR EVEN ¹/100th Of 1% BEING AMERICAN CITIZENS MISTAKENLY DEPORTED IN THE PROCESS. How about you libtard go do your homework and come back and try to give us “common sense” people. 0.01% (not 1%) case examples of American Citizens being mistakenly deported, (that’s 60 different cases if you aren’t capable of doing the math). DON'T GIVE US ONE OR TWO THEN FINISH WITH SAYING "THERE ARE MANY OF MORE LIKE THIS" ¹/100th of 01%!!!! That all I’m asking. You make the point that this is happening then present the evidence!!!! Bet you libs can't!!!!!!"

    SLOCAL ONE commented in:
    Paso Robles City Councilwoman supports interfering with ICE agents on 2026-01-02 17:46:49
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  • "All the complaints about wind turbines. Now letting a negligent company re open; in an area that saw the worst oil spill in US history; promoting Dick Nixon to make the EPA, now resumes, Oh, How Ironic. Let the Asteroid hit us or the Space Aliens Zap us, Americans do not deserve this country, at all. Drill until it hits home and hurts you. A private company owns the rights to Oil, pretty Insane. That's everyone's oil, and Sable, Does a bad job at extraction. I pray for the workers and Leo's safety."

    kevin rise commented in:
    Oil production to restart offshore of Santa Barbara County on 2026-01-02 17:20:31
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  • "You don't even have to BUY dictionaries anymore. They are FREE. You don't even have to go that far - just ask your phone for the definition of a word. It will give you the best from the best of the best of ALL the dictionaries."

    barkpony commented in:
    The steep price of tolerance on 2026-01-01 22:39:26
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  • "Not sure Camarillo is an example we would like to emulate. It has a checkered and controversial history, including allegations of electro-shock therapy on patients who had not given their consent, and abuse of foster children. Do some research before you pine nostalgically for a place you had no experience with. This is a nuanced issue, but unfortunately the MAGA crowd simply wants black and white. They believe that liberals must be responsible for today's explosion of homeless and mentally ill, but most historians would say it started in California with budget cuts to mental health by Gov. Ronald Reagan and later federal cuts by Pres. Ronald Reagan. In his defense, many sociologists of the day recommended more localized community health operations and applauded Gov. Reagan's efforts to close places like Camarillo (that hospital was finally closed by Wilson in 1997, but had been severely defunded). Unfortunately, when Pres. Carter tried to pass a landmark mental health law in 1980 (Mental Health Systems Act) which provided ample funding to local facilities, Reagan promptly reversed it in 1981 after he took office. Reagan wanted a free market approach to mental health, which is basically what he got. Today we have a complicated myriad of mental health infrastructure which is a Frankenstein monster of state laws and private industry (private industry means that a stockholder makes a profit on your mental health which means poor people are often not treated). Indeed, if you look at many of our current problems you may just find they originated with the Neo-liberal economics of Milton Friedman and his disciple, Pres. Reagan (a man I have personal high regard for—I met him a couple of times when I was a teen, a prince of a man who always seemed legitimately interested in you). If you are unaware of Neo-liberal economic policy, as most of my MAGA brethren appear to be, I suggest you inform yourself. Though I have often thought that Mr. Trump had the right idea when he ran in 2016 (after all, a large percentage of Bernie Sanders' voters switched to Trump in 16 when Clinton became the Dem nominee) his second presidency has descended into a white nationalist fever dream. Not sure if you had talked to Trump 25 years ago, he would have agreed with anything he's doing today."

    Adam Trask commented in:
    The steep price of tolerance on 2026-01-01 20:51:53
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  • ""..unless you support the Man doing whatever they want." Yes, as a matter of fact, I do; and so should you. They're doing all the right things, upholding the Constitution of the United States. Feel free to move to New York City if you feel otherwise, where the newly elected mayor was just sworn in and pledged his allegiance to the Quran. Good riddance."

    RealisticOne commented in:
    Paso Robles City Councilwoman supports interfering with ICE agents on 2026-01-01 12:49:44
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  • "Case in point: Various allegations of misconduct involving Nancy Welsh, the Tenant Commissioner of Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo (HASLO). Welsh shares half of the responsibilities for the approval of the housing agency’s annual budget and sets policies, and was finally fired by the SLO City Council on the 15th of December. https://pub-slocity.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=22812"

    RealisticOne commented in:
    The steep price of tolerance on 2026-01-01 11:43:48
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  • "I literally got jumped by ICE at 615am on my way to work in SLO this Monday and have the pictures to prove it. After showing my ID, they let me go. The masked goon that detained me has a "police" patch on his tactical vest. Are the feds police now? He told me I was being detained because they had a report of a "stolen vehicle." They later smashed the side window of a car in the parking lot of the dumpy, low income apartment complex I live in. I called the SLO PD Watch Commander and was told SLO PD was informed DHS would be operating in the area. I'm a registered Republican and hold Boomers and the Biden administration responsible for this by letting TENS OF MILLIONS of illegals into MY country."

    Tom Joad commented in:
    Paso Robles City Councilwoman supports interfering with ICE agents on 2026-01-01 09:27:33
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  • "My opinion is that the term “mental illness” is used way too often. Remove the drugs / alcohol / substances and there would be very few “mentally ill” amongst us. Offer them help once. Maybe lock them up as a form of treatment. Stop feeling sorry for those who put themselves in the position."

    Blue Oak commented in:
    The steep price of tolerance on 2026-01-01 09:20:09
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