The good thing about making lower-value thefts misdemeanors rather than felonies is that thieves will still pay for their crimes when caught, but won’t lose the right to vote--which they shouldn’t. If you’re a felon you don’t get to vote in most if not all states I believe. I know this because I have friends with prior felonies from when…
The good thing about making lower-value thefts misdemeanors rather than felonies is that thieves will still pay for their crimes when caught, but won’t lose the right to vote--which they shouldn’t. If you’re a felon you don’t get to vote in most if not all states I believe. I know this because I have friends with prior felonies from when they were 19-22 years old and still can’t vote or own a gun for self defense. In general I don’t agree with denying felons voting rights, and if we can’t get that part changed then at least we can reduce the number of minor crimes that count as felonies.
My brother works as a cinematographer in Hollywood (he listens to Sunny’s pods btw), and I asked him about the WGA strike last month before it kicked off in May. He says it looks like it will probably go all summer, but the real risk to the industry is whether or not the director’s guild will go on strike, with their decision due at the end of June. He says they will probably honor the WGA strike and strike alongside the writers if the WGA strike is still ongoing at that point, at which point *everything* shuts down. There are still productions in the works because the scripts have already been written, but if the directors go on strike everything stops. Period. That’s really going to put a hurting on Hollywood if it comes to pass.
That is okay, I don't stream AND I recorded the whole Mannix series on cable. Some of the best writing and acting that you simply don't see the likes of today. I also have the full Lucifer series on disc, and I am currently watching my way through Fringe. I have tried watching some of these new streaming series and have found them uninteresting and full of shoddy acting and writing. However I do say more power to the writers.
It's not okay with me because I live in LA County though I'm not in the industry. If everything shuts down, a whole lotta people will be out of work (17% of the county workforce per LA County Film Office), getting meager unemployment benefits and diminishing their savings. That negatively affects the local economy which has spillover effects from film & TV employment. It could effect enrollment at the private school where I work.
Here's the rub: If the WGA strikes for better pay under the slogan of "a living wage" in a city like Los Angeles whose cost of living continues upward because of their refusal to tax their own rich, then at best, the WGA is buying themselves 3-7 more years of being able to keep up with the cost of living that their own rich co-denizens keep raising every year. If they don't pair wage gain demands with taxes on the rich, they are at best negotiating for an economic bandaid on their cost of living crisis that they still refuse to address via taxing their own rich. You can make your wages more affordable by taxing away the ability of the rich to raise the cost of living via the rich not being able to afford to live so decadently. Asking for wage gains is just asking for help keeping up with a cost of living problem that will just keep going up anyway.
If they want better living affordability then they should be taxing the decadently-rich EPs and actors they work for and with. But instead, they'd rather keep being bootlickers to the rich people they wear golden handcuffs for. They've grown to love their chains and have become dependent on their own producer class who they ultimately work for.
I thought the prohibitive cost of living in LA was due to housing affordability, which is due to NIMBY zoning and land being no longer cheap as it was in the Golden Age - after the war and up to the late 70s when the Prop 13 revolution capped property taxes.
The good thing about making lower-value thefts misdemeanors rather than felonies is that thieves will still pay for their crimes when caught, but won’t lose the right to vote--which they shouldn’t. If you’re a felon you don’t get to vote in most if not all states I believe. I know this because I have friends with prior felonies from when they were 19-22 years old and still can’t vote or own a gun for self defense. In general I don’t agree with denying felons voting rights, and if we can’t get that part changed then at least we can reduce the number of minor crimes that count as felonies.
My brother works as a cinematographer in Hollywood (he listens to Sunny’s pods btw), and I asked him about the WGA strike last month before it kicked off in May. He says it looks like it will probably go all summer, but the real risk to the industry is whether or not the director’s guild will go on strike, with their decision due at the end of June. He says they will probably honor the WGA strike and strike alongside the writers if the WGA strike is still ongoing at that point, at which point *everything* shuts down. There are still productions in the works because the scripts have already been written, but if the directors go on strike everything stops. Period. That’s really going to put a hurting on Hollywood if it comes to pass.
Can felons who can't vote still run for office? ;-)
They sure can. Just can't vote for themselves.
https://www.factcheck.org/2008/11/felons-in-office/
I have to say that doesn't make much sense. Sigh.
That is okay, I don't stream AND I recorded the whole Mannix series on cable. Some of the best writing and acting that you simply don't see the likes of today. I also have the full Lucifer series on disc, and I am currently watching my way through Fringe. I have tried watching some of these new streaming series and have found them uninteresting and full of shoddy acting and writing. However I do say more power to the writers.
It's not okay with me because I live in LA County though I'm not in the industry. If everything shuts down, a whole lotta people will be out of work (17% of the county workforce per LA County Film Office), getting meager unemployment benefits and diminishing their savings. That negatively affects the local economy which has spillover effects from film & TV employment. It could effect enrollment at the private school where I work.
Here's the rub: If the WGA strikes for better pay under the slogan of "a living wage" in a city like Los Angeles whose cost of living continues upward because of their refusal to tax their own rich, then at best, the WGA is buying themselves 3-7 more years of being able to keep up with the cost of living that their own rich co-denizens keep raising every year. If they don't pair wage gain demands with taxes on the rich, they are at best negotiating for an economic bandaid on their cost of living crisis that they still refuse to address via taxing their own rich. You can make your wages more affordable by taxing away the ability of the rich to raise the cost of living via the rich not being able to afford to live so decadently. Asking for wage gains is just asking for help keeping up with a cost of living problem that will just keep going up anyway.
If they want better living affordability then they should be taxing the decadently-rich EPs and actors they work for and with. But instead, they'd rather keep being bootlickers to the rich people they wear golden handcuffs for. They've grown to love their chains and have become dependent on their own producer class who they ultimately work for.
I thought the prohibitive cost of living in LA was due to housing affordability, which is due to NIMBY zoning and land being no longer cheap as it was in the Golden Age - after the war and up to the late 70s when the Prop 13 revolution capped property taxes.