Posted on 08/10/2020 5:05:37 AM PDT by robowombat
Solution: Cut the police budget.
Michigan Ave was always at risk for the occasional feral uprising and hell-raising.
Now its become nearly automatic.
antifa, blm and the mayor are getting their wish: destroy businesses, put people out of work, turn downtown into a ghost town ruled by antifa and blm.
The stunningly incompetent mayor, Lori “The Groot” Lightfoot, is waaaaaay out of her league. She was elected mayor because she could check off the right boxes (her only qualification): Black (check); female (check...well, that one’s kind of iffy); queer (check). She’s definitely a one-termer, as even those who supported her candidacy initially have thrown up their hands on her.
It is open for debate whether Chicago will recover from her idiocy. No one wants anything to do with downtown Chicago now, and with the Magnificent Mile closing and the Loop soon to follow, Chicago is finished, and will be another Detroit, only worse.
I’m listening to the radio, and call-ins are openly advocating for the shooting of the rioters and vandals.
Interesting times.
antifa, blm and the mayor are getting their wish: destroy businesses, put people out of work, turn downtown into a ghost town ruled by antifa and blm.
It is called ‘Rather reign in hell than serve in Heaven.’
FBG Duck?
Well the South side of Chicago
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a rapper named FBG Duck
This is organized looting, but not widespread arson. If that starts, Chicago will not recover.
Bkkmk
Any business that stays open there is run by fools. But then most of them are democrats.
Black Lives that Loot are the Black lives that should not Matter
Current U-Haul rental rates for a 26 foot truck for next Saturday 8/22:
Orlando, FL to Chicago, IL: $885
Chicago, IL to Orlando, FL: $4108
I heard (late night AM radio) something about a huge riot of smash and grab, with huge plate glass storefronts shattered. First attempt by police failed to stop the looting. Then seemingly not a peep of this riot anywhere on news sites.
See my previous. The differential is even worse for Chicago.
What kind of people could know there are record setting murders and shootouts in one part of town and not do anything about it. Cancer spreads.
I was unaware that Chicago had a large Amish population.
If this trend continues, we won’t have a viable downtown. And it’s not going to be that long. We’re talking a few MONTHS
Chicago to Dallas: $2,779
Dallas to Chicago: $1,159 (2.4X cheaper)
Los Angeles to Dallas: $4,017
Dallas to Los Angeles: $1,469 (2.7X cheaper)
Boston to Jacksonville FL: $3,112
Jacksonville FL to Boston: $819 (3.8X cheaper)
New York to Orlando: $3,128
Orlando to New York: $783 (4X cheaper)
Portland OR to Boise ID: $1,242
Boise ID to Portland OR: $91 large truck special 13.6 X cheaper!
Nobody is moving from Idaho to Oregon, but they sure are going the other way!
Lots of voting with feet for sure.
4.6X more in my Chicago-Orlando example.
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