Boycott Berkley California
When I sent a letter to the mayor of Berkley and the Police chief about a ticket I got for not wearing a seat belt on University Avenue – I got no reply.
I asked the cop, don’t you have anything better to do and his reply was “Shut the Fuck up or I am going to take you in”
What is wrong with Berkeley?
Mayor of Berkley, CA
Berkeley Mayor’s Office
2180 Milvia Street, 5th Floor
Berkeley, CA, 94704
United States
Phone: (510) 981-7100
Fax: (510) 981-7199
Election season finally over, I was kind of rooting for Kamala Harris but getting 2-3 mailings a week from the Harris campain asking for money to “Defend Democracy” was not much of a platform/vision for the country … and with over 1 billion$ in campaign contributions think she could have done better.
Election season over thank God – Wish the Trump guy and Mr. Dan Lurie luck in the New Year. Breed and Harris lost the election fair and square. Got 2-3 mailings a week from the Harris campain asking for money to “Defend Democracy” (and with with over 1 billion dollars in campain contribution could not even articulate a vision for for the country – pathetic). Democracy did Win. Former mayor Breed did not even respond to emails or USPS mail sent to her office. Now we will see what Team Lurie can do … Still wonder why he wanted the Job.
Former mayor Breed is out … she could not even be bothered to reply to email/USPS mail sent to her office.
Biden promised not to pardon his son and did it anyway. The Demo party (the party of the KKK in the South and machine politics in the North) will have some reflecting to do as they lost the support of the struggling/working class in the country … guess the coastal elites may have to reflect on why they cannot buy elections with thier $$$.
Trump played the Trump card and won. We will have to wait another day for the First Women President in the White House and for a “First Man” in the White house. . And to think Dr. Jill did not even like Ms. Harris.
At least Breed and Biden are out to pasture. Breed was a complete looser in my book – could not even be bothered to respond to email or USPS mail sent to her office … She will probably get appointed (by Newsom) to a state commission where she will collect $200,000 per year to attend 4 board meetings per year. Certainly not a Willie Brown style of politition who actually responed to USPS mail sent to his office.
History: … The “Democrats” were the party of the KKK in the south and Roosevelt (b.1882 – d. 1945) issued order 9066 to put US Japanese citizens of the United States into concentration camps. And Kamala Harris sent 2-3 letters a week asking for money to “Defend Democracy”. Could have done better with the over 1bill$ she got in campaign contributions from the coastal elites. Even Jill Biden did not like her. As the coastal media … The NYTimes still repeats the mantra that Epstein (b. 1953 d. 1919 age 66) actually committed suicide while in jail. Building 7 … lets pull it? Get real … and you wonder why there is no trust in the national media … all they are is an advertising venue for overpriced watches and fancy houses. Present: Trump played the Trump card and won fair and square playing to income insecurity. The Future: We shall see … The future will be what the future will be. My sense is that None of us will get out of this life alive.
Some reflections from Bob in the Bayview.
They do not even bother to reply to email sent to them.
San Francisco Chronicle – circulation of more than 512,000 and a Sunday circulation of over 539,500.
Email reciently sent, no reply….
We are subscribers to the Sunday edition and live in the Bayview. Here are some comments/suggestions:
Just some thoughts and hope they are helpful.
Sincerely,
Bob Black
<update 12/20/2024> Griffin from The San Francisco Standard responds to email. Guess the SF Chron is a dying paper - part of an old generation. Wonder if the Chron is even making money for the Hearst Corporation.
Supervor Shamon Walton (District 10) and many other online publications respond to email … why do you not even bother to reply to email? Still waiting.
My advice:
You mzy be one of the worst presidents of the United States. You are obviously past your sell by date … could not even do live press confrences and could barely read a teleprompter . And to pardon your son for IRS tax evasion and gun violations after you promised not to … give me a break … no wonder your team lost in the election. You are the epitome of couruption. Son getting $50K/month from a UKration oil company while you were VP … all legal coruption.
Joe Biden issuing a pre-emptive pardon of his son Hunter Biden for any crimes committed during an 11-year period shamed the Presidency and is a permanent stain of scandal on Biden’s legacy.
Thought that Kamala had it in the bag with over 1 billion$ in her warchest. But getting 2-3 mailings a week asking for money to “Defend Demorcacy” seemed a littile lame. And Oprha shakering her down for $1 mil for a single night … tacky. Kind of wanted her to win and have a First Man in the Whitehouse but democracy did finally win out in the end with the Trump guy finally getting back in. Dont have a clue why he wants the day job of President of the USA but hope he gets rid of the 20,000 government employees around Washington DC plannning for a war with China.
The Year of the Tiger is amost here.
You are an insult to Jews Worldwide. Your Nazi/Zionist style tactics to the residents of Gaza are not part of the Jewish tradition and will only perpetuate anti-semsitism for decades to come.
Get out of the way or kill yourself as Hitler did years ago.
Netanyahu: (b. 1949 d. ___ ) You are obviously a war criminal – with the blood of over 40,000 Gaza residents on your hands … all paid for with US taxpayer dollars. Hitler wantabe? Is it just the beach front land you want for a greater Isreal? Not sure what goes on your mind but think you are a dispicable human being that does not represent the best of the Jewish tradition. My adviice, end your esistance on this earth.
Interesting site in the city …
https://localwiki.org/sf/Old_Mission_Police_Station
In 1897, the Chief of Police argued for building new police stations for San Francisco. His opinion on the existing 17th Street Station was scorching: “this station is without proper accommodations, badly lighted, in a wretched condition, so far as draining and plumbing are concerned, a condition of things which is the natural outcome of the use of an old, small and dilapidated building.” He goes on to ask for proper funding to build a “substantial” and “fire-proof” station nearby, noting the everpresent risk of riotous mobs.
The fallen turret after the 1906 earthquake. (From a 1994 survey of the building as a historical resource.)
This seems to have worked! A few years later, the Mission got a new police station in the Romanesque Revival style of the time. A historical resources survey says “Built in 1899, the two-story concrete police station was designed by the firm of Shea & Shea. Damaged in 1906, the police station was repaired – minus its original corner turret – and placed back into service. It remained in service as the Southern District station until 1950 when the SFPD moved to a new district headquarters at 1240 Valencia Street.” (It later moved to its current location at 630 Valencia Street.)
The police department says it was built in 1902, and the city’s building records say it was built in 1903. According to this survey of the building, the story is that it was built from 1899-1900 and then completed in 1902.
Credit toUC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Abraham Lincoln could give a speech without a Teleprompter. Our current President does not seem up to the task. Is Dr. Jill and Hunter (trusted son/advisor and convicted felon) propping him up? One wonders who are the puppet masters running the show who stand to loose their jobs/Power if he stumbles at the polls in November. Kamala Harris is certainly not ready for prime time. But getting 3 letters a week asking for campaign contributions – give me a break – I am not even registered as a Democrat. At least they are contributing to the coffers of the United States Postal Service.
Mohammed Abu Hashem Spent 22 Years in U.S. Air Force. He Quit After Israel Killed His Aunt in Gaza – an article at Democracy Now. Biden? Is he all there?
Trump Trashes Biden while welcoming Kamala Harris … Eagle News July 9, 2024
Donors and even the NY Times are suggesting that for the good of the country Biden should go out to pasture. The guy is clearly not up to another 4 years – and why at his age does he want a day Job anyway? Are wife Dr. Jill and his convicted felon son Hunter Biden really running the show? They cannot even stop Netanyahu’s genocide in Gaza – and Biden wants another 18 billion in US taxpayer dollars$ to go to “defense” contractors that Eisenhower warned us about to support the bipartisan Zionist genocide in Gaza. Xi Jinping must be amused … at the collapse of “Democracy” in the USofA. Give me a break … does not even pass the smell test.
Dr. Jill and son Hunter are his chief supportors not to mention the pupput masters who stand to loose if he gets Trumped in November.
Then there is Obama – the 1/2 Black 1/2 White guy in the oval office that committed 100,000 US troops to Afghanistan … How did that work out, Mr. Obama as commander in Chief? At least you got a 20 mil$ book contract and are comfortable in your house in a “good” neighborhood in Washington DC. Never sent your kids to government schools.
George W Bush … what happened to him? Hear that he is doing paintings of the soldiers that died on his watch in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Al Gore … the want a be President and inventor of the Internet … still searching for data on his carbon footprint.
Bill Clinton? Still looking for video of him on Epstein’s island. The “I never had sex with that Lady” kid. And Hillary? At least we were spared having her as the 1st Women President – not the best representative of her gender in my not so humble opinion
Trump … never Trump a Trumpster … a want-to-be Dictator competing with a guy obviously past his sell by date – hear that he still wants the Job. What is the “Free” World coming to? And they call this democracy – the choice between Biden and Trump?
Xi Jinping of China must be amused watching the “Democratic” circus play out in the USofA.
The Future will be what the Future will be … big money and Politics … The Crips and Bloods all legal under the constitution of the USofA. And the Demos are all after the Supreme court. Did not get their guys/gals in. Get a life and enjoy your Fucking drinks, fancy watches and good food while the rest of the folks in the USofA (legal and illegal) are swamped by credit card debt and student loans. I say let them all eat cake. But have to Thank American Express for the $25K working European Vacation a few years back.
Just some thoughts from an old Bob in the Bayview of San Francisco.
To celebrate my g-friend’s 70th B-day. Took the train from SF to LA and back. Interesting what you see of California by train. Lots of RV’s, mobile home parks and agricultural fields. Also apartments and apartment construction. … but it is a 10 hour ride on Amtrak … great way to see California between SF and LA … totally recommend if you have the time.
In LA, recommend the Broad and the Getty. Both art museums are of the highest quality and are Free. As well as MOCA … also with free entry. But there are a lot more in LA.
Stayed at the Biltmore downtown. 100 year old hotel that hosted the first Oscars. Classic Place. They were even filming the upcoming Forever series on Netflix while we were there. Classic Last Bookstore nearby. Even have a Whole Foods close by.
Good trip, Hope you had a good B-day Leslie.
Bob
Interesting article at foreignaffairs.com Sleepwalking Toward War – Will America and China Heed the Warnings of Twentieth-Century Catastrophe?
From Democracy Now … “The Night Won’t End”: New Film Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault
The Israel/Gaza bombing/starvation is a sad story … Netanyahu is obviously a war criminal. Even the NYTimes had a story yesterday (6/13/2024) about an academic in Israel being fired and detained for calling it genocide. 37,000+ killed under his “leadership” – mostly women and children. What is wrong with this man that promotes Zionism without regard for human life? Greater Israel? Is it just about Land? The hair of a Jew is worth 1 million Arab Lives? Biden are you still alive or all do you care about is your Hunter Biden son? Or is about getting campaign contributions from the military industrial complex that Eisenhower warred us about? And do not get me started about Trump – and we call this a democracy in the USA?
Netanyahu. Are you happy killing over 37,000 women and children in Gaza? … you are an the director of a mass murder/genocide. My suggestion is to end your life as Hitler did. Hope you rot in Hell for all eternity for what you have done to real human beings in Gaza. Even Jewish humans in Israel are appalled by you behavior. My advice: Kill yourself now before you keep on killing more people.
Giant anti-government protest rally grips Tel Aviv … BBC,
And to Netanyahu (b. 21 October 1949, 3 kids) … 36,000+ women and kids killed by his genocide party all at US taxpayer expense … hope you rot in Hell for all eternity Mr. Netanyahu. You are clearly a genocidal war criminal. And you want to starve to death the remaining 2 million Palestinians in Gaza just for more beachfront Land for the expansion of Israel? Hope they bury you in an unmarked grave … the despicable human being that you are and a disgrace to the Jewish tradition. The Butchery Is Netanyahu a war criminal as charged? The Dangers of an Ungovernable Gaza Without Basic Postwar Stability, “the Day After” Might Never Arrive By Dana Stroul May 20, 2024. Is Zionism is past its prime? Or does does it still control USA Politics/World Banking System and the elite Universities?
Inside Israel’s deadly operation to rescue four hostages, and kill 270 Palestinians … article by Allegra Goodwin and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN foreignaffairs.com) Is Zionism the same as Jewish culture? Is the hair of a Jew worth 1 million Arab lives?
And to Biden … stop sending me 2 letters a week asking for campaign contributions – can’t you get money from your Hunter Biden son? Hope he does jail time for the gun/tax laws he broke … And asking US taxpayers to pay for $18 billion dollars to fund Netanyahu’s genocide in Gaza – give me a break. Perhaps it has something to do with getting campaign contributions from the military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about. All beyond my pay grade. What is going on with the guy? Joe Biden can’t even stay on script during a choreographed press conference
Biden is obviously complicit in genocide in Gaza … Netanyahu has clearly got him by the balls. Perhaps it is all about getting campaign contributions from defense contractors and support from the Jewish lobby (AIPAC).
And then there is the issue of Biden’s son, Hunter … now a convicted Felon – a first for a sitting president. $50K/month from a Ukrainian oil company while father is VP with the Ukrainian account? No law against … but certainly does not pass the smell test. Why did he even need a gun in the first place? And raising 30 mil from elites in Hollywood? All with the help from Obama? What is going on?
There there is is issue of the Prime minister of India, Narendra Modi (b. 9. 17, 1950 (age 73 years) (website) who seems to want to return India into a Hindi nation with no English speakers or Muslims or other ethnic groups. Is that a good idea, Mr. Modi?
What is the World coming to?
Update 7/5/2024
Reciently ordered a pad from Walmart Online. Tried to return … wanted me to drive to San Leandro to take it back. Chat was a failure. I am sticking to amazon.com
Recent experience with Walmart online customer service. Tried to get help with sending back a product which I ordered. The only answer I got was I would have to drive to San Leandro to return. Said they would transfer chat – 0 wait time …. Never happened.
Walmart 702 SW 8th St Bentonville AK 72716
WALMART INC WMT: NYSE
John Furner President and CEO, Walmart U.S. $15,363,015/year
Suresh Kumar Global Chief Technology and Development Officer $14,492,269/year
Until I get a reply … I advise not doing business with the company.
No far no reply from Walmart . or their high paid execs or assistants.
And I am still left with a $200 pad that is unusable AND THEY REFUSE TO OFFER REASONABLE RETURN OPTIONS. Fuck Walmart.
AMAZON.COM IS GREAT! WALLMART IS Not a company I want to do business with again, BOYCOTT WALMART. WARNING – DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM BY MAIL – THEY ARE NOT AN ETHICAL OR RESPONSIVE COMPANY.
From Google AI …
WILL WALMART MAKE IT RIGHT?
JUNE 12, 2024 BOBBLACKEDIT
Woman Butchered to Death Inside Walmart Superstore as Witnesses Watched
Published Aug 05, 2024 at 4:02 PM EDTUpdated Aug 05, 2024 at 8:30 PM EDT
Is this what Walmart has become? And my only problem was trying to return a $200 Product. Are you listening Mr. John Furner President and CEO, Walmart U.S? or just enjoying your millions?
Reciently ordered a pad from Walmart Online. Tried to return … wanted me to drive to San Leandro to take it back. Chat was a failure. I am sticking to amazon.com
Recent experience with Walmart online customer service. Tried to get help with sending back a product which I ordered. The only answer I got was I would have to drive to San Leandro to return. Said they would transfer chat – 0 wait time …. Never happened.
Walmart 702 SW 8th St Bentonville AK 72716
WALMART INC WMT: NYSE
John Furner President and CEO, Walmart U.S. $15,363,015/year
Suresh Kumar Global Chief Technology and Development Officer $14,492,269/year
Until I get a reply … I advise not doing business with the company.
No far no reply from Walmart . or their high paid execs or assistants.
And I am still left with a $200 pad that is unusable AND THEY REFUSE TO OFFER REASONABLE RETURN OPTIONS. Fuck Walmart.
AMAZON.COM IS GREAT! WALLMART IS Not a company I want to do business with again, BOYCOTT WALMART. WARNING – DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM BY MAIL – THEY ARE NOT AN ETHICAL OR RESPONSIVE COMPANY.
This article is about a customer’s negative experience with Walmart’s online customer service and return policy. The customer tried to return a $200 pad that they ordered online, but Walmart would only accept the return if the customer drove it to a store in San Leandro. The customer was not happy with this option and feels that Walmart is not an ethical or responsive company.
The article also mentions a recent news story about a woman who was butchered to death inside a Walmart Superstore. The customer is using this story to highlight the problems with Walmart.
Overall, the article is a negative review of Walmart’s customer service and return policy. The customer is urging others to boycott Walmart and to do business with Amazon instead.
Here are some key points from the article: