The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled that SCOTUS was wrong in the decisions in Bruen and in Heller. For that reason, they have ruled that a man can be prosecuted for rights protected by the Constitution, and have reinstated his case.
I am not interested in litigating the case here. I am interested in pointing out that the states are increasingly ignoring the decisions of the Federal courts. This can only end in one place- the complete collapse of the system of government of the US.
I got the floors looking as well as they can be, cleaned up all of the mess left by the tenants, repaired the holes in the walls, replaced the burned out light bulbs, and replaced the screens on the lanai. I remulched the flower beds and trimmed the trees. I took yesterday off because I have COVID for the third time, and decided to spend the day napping on the couch in a fog of Nyquil induced sleep.
Today’s project is re-plumbing the kitchen sink, fixing some water damage in one of the bathrooms, and replacing a towel rack that was torn from the wall. After that, all I need to do is paint the garage walls and the white trim in the house, and I think we are ready to list it for rent again.
I will be running on cough medicine and Sudafed today.
I don’t like either one of them. That has nothing to do with which of them is more qualified to be President, and it isn’t Nikki Haley.
LAPD raided the offices of an attorney who is representing a BLM activist in her lawsuit against the cops. During the raid, the cops took pictures of documents that contained privileged information. The judge in the case ordered the cops to destroy the photos.
He didn’t go far enough. Behavior like this on the part of the police needs to be dealt with harshly. The judge should grant a directed verdict in favor of the BLM supporter. Any time a cop is caught using their powers to cheat in a case should result in an automatic loss for the cops.
Alaska has announced that they will be deploying their national guard to Texas in support of the Feds and oppose the TX national guard.
The left is finally admitting that the criminal charges against Trump are there not because they think he committed a crime, but are simply to tamper with the election. But, hey, they are “saving Democracy (TM)”
This is banana republic stuff right here. The sort of thing that the US has militarily intervened in other countries to prevent.
If it’s true, that is:
The coming troubles are going to be real eye openers. The left wants to go to war with the people who feed them.
Andrew Wilkow has a theory that the only reason why the left is opposed to capitalism and rich people is because they can’t stand knowing that ordinary people have access to luxuries that only the important people should have. After all, what’s the point of being a VIP if anyone with money could do it? He calls this theory his “Everyman a King” theory. So what’s an elitist to do?
Advocate for laws that restrict the poor from having things while leaving yourself exempt. Check out Taylor Swift, a gun control supporter.
Now check out her $3 million a year worth of armed security, including hiring off duty armed cops. Even in Australia, she is accompanied by armed guards. Guns are only illegal in Oz if you are poor, I guess.
She is so paranoid about security that she admits to carrying what she calls “Army grade QuikClot bandage dressings” for gunshot or stab wounds. She uses facial recognition at her concerts to help weed out security threats.
So she hates guns- unless they are to protect her. Even then, this airheaded, paranoid moron fires her security guards for doing their jobs. It may be a well paid gig, but I wouldn’t be interested.
My tenants moved out a couple of weeks ago. I have been spending every spare minute trying to get the place ready to rent again.
All in all, the damages come to about $20,000. There is no way that I am giving this guy his deposit voluntarily. He is claiming that, since I am doing most of the work myself, I can’t bill him for anything but materials. He claims that since the appliances were more than 5 years old and depreciated, I can’t bill him for that, either.
This is why landlords need to charge so much. This is wiping out a large chunk of the profit from the past four years they were renting from me. This reduces my ROI to about 2.5 percent per year. I would do better putting that money into a high yield CD. The only saving grace here is that the property has increased in value, so when sold I can pull some profit out.
I am seriously thinking about selling now, but the wife likes the passive income and wants to try to find another tenant. So for that reason, I am spending most of my free time getting it ready for the next tenant. Then once that is done, I have to get the other house ready for sale.
For the next couple of months, I don’t have a lot of free time.
Chicago’s city council passed a resolution demanding a cease fire between Israel and Gaza. They might as well have voted to change the value of Pi to 3.0 to make math easier. This is an illustration of just how stupid and narcissistic US politicians are, to think that their resolution matters to people on the other side of the planet.