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Shirtless dude smoking cigarette seen driving city bus through Oakland
notthebee.com ^ | Oct 11, 2026

Posted on 10/12/2026 6:18:11 AM PDT by V_TWIN

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I think this is what libs call "California Dreamin'"

Nothing says "Oakland" more than a shirtless man with a ciggy between his lips driving a bus around the city, flashing a peace sign at the people videoing him.

A shirtless guy with a cigarette and a wrecked city bus made for one seriously bizarre sight on Oakland's streets β€” and the footage has many doing a double take.

The mystery man was filmed driving a retired San Francisco Muni coach through West Oakland, piloting a vehicle that appeared to have seen much better days. The front windshield was missing, the remaining glass was riddled with cracks, and a paper license plate was attached to the bumper. Somehow, the electronic sign above the damage was still lit up with the words 'Not in Service.'

It's America. There's no law against buying and driving a used bus, I guess. The windshield being out, I'm not so sure about.

(Excerpt) Read more at notthebee.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: california; oakland

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1 posted on 10/12/2026 6:18:12 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

At least he wasn’t black.


2 posted on 10/12/2026 6:20:46 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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3 posted on 10/12/2026 6:24:39 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: V_TWIN

lol!! Looks like the Dos Equis dude after a bender.


4 posted on 10/12/2026 6:29:58 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Jane Long

I cringe to think what the inside of that bus looks like. 🀒


5 posted on 10/12/2026 6:35:19 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: Jane Long

It does.


6 posted on 10/12/2026 6:35:20 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Jane Long

I don’t often drive city buses through the streets without my shirt on, but when I do it’s in Oakland. Stay thirsty my friend.


7 posted on 10/12/2026 6:39:22 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: V_TWIN

There’s a white guy in Oakland?.......


8 posted on 10/12/2026 6:46:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: freefdny

He should turn on the windshield wipers.


9 posted on 10/12/2026 6:46:59 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: V_TWIN

Does the bus run on diesel fuel? It’s got to be close to $10.00 a gallon in California.

No wonder he can’t afford new glass.


10 posted on 10/12/2026 6:58:50 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Red Badger

IKR? Crossed my mind as well.


11 posted on 10/12/2026 7:15:22 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

This is not news. Someone is trying to get attention, and it’s not the guy driving the bus. It’s not a city bus because it is not owned by the city. It was probably street legal at the time the guy bought it but hanging out with other meth users will get your windows bashed out.


12 posted on 10/12/2026 7:27:10 AM PDT by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words?)
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To: webheart

It wasn’t posted as news, it was posted because anyone with a modicum of a sense of humor will find it funny.


13 posted on 10/12/2026 7:39:59 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Must have wandered in from across the bay..........


14 posted on 10/12/2026 7:40:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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15 posted on 10/12/2026 7:42:56 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: freefdny

:-)

Perfect!


16 posted on 10/12/2026 7:51:32 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: webheart

Take a humor break. Sheesh.


17 posted on 10/12/2026 7:53:15 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
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18 posted on 10/12/2026 7:53:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Red Badger

I don’t know anything about where this happened, but here where I live, it would be way past just “suspicious”. Would be very much likely to make the local news, I’d think.


19 posted on 10/12/2026 7:55:27 AM PDT by oldtech (oltech)
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To: V_TWIN
paging inspector Callahan!!


20 posted on 10/12/2026 8:08:23 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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