Seems these riots are really a planned political event. Let’s see how irresponsible the democrat politicians will get and how much they will fan the flames. As an Angelonian what is your opinion of the LAPD in all this?
Here in Rust Belt City (East Coast), the early-morning local TV news is featuring citizens meandering on a freeway and aerial views of smoke rising near distant skyscrapers. There are no Mexican flags or masked members of the Antifa Press Corps.
The station then cut to the LAPD Chief's version of Leslie Nielson's "Nothing to see here" (https://youtu.be/aKnX5wci404?t=35). The segment concluded with Mayor Karen Bass' defense of her mostly peacefully protesting constituents. She made a good point: once provoked by Tsar Trump's actions, it's hard to imagine any redress of grievances that would not start by torching robot taxis and blocking expressways.
Black rioting and Hispanic rioting are distinct phenomena. The left wants to whip Hispanics into a frenzy over deportations; this summer we will find out if they can. Provoking black riots does not take much, as we have seen.
But profit-oriented criminals, like car thieves? I'm thinking driverless cars will be nearly as resistant as regular cars, what with automated or remotely operated controls, cameras, alarms, etc. Do you think they'll be easy to steal? Even when they have passengers, or mostly when empty?
Very easy to steal. Disable the communications and electronics, throw 'em on a flatbed and drive to a garage. Of course you could strip a lot of stuff off one right on the street with some power tools. No need to steal with passengers. Just call it to a convenient location where cops won't be looking. They're just expensive cars with a radio and a computer. Jam/block the radio signal and cut the power and they're helpless.
I'm thinking of how ridiculously easy it would be to hijack a driverless vehicle. You just set up a fake customer profile and it will literally drive right to where you need it. Then you and your gang disable the electronics, slide a stinger arm under the drive tires, and tow it to a chop shop. Done. I would think there's easily $5K of salvage from one of these vehicles. The catalytic converter alone should be at least $500 - $1K.
Yeah these things are sitting ducks without cops babysitting them. And really, who believes cops are going to prioritize driverless cars unless they get paid a fat bonus to do so?
What part of this would not work with a regular car service, taxi or Uber?
You set up the same fake customer profile, and the Uber will literally drive right to where you need it. You disable the electronics, tow it, and chop it. All the same as a driverless car. Done.
You would have to send the driver away - that is easy enough. And the only witness would be a scared human being with a shaky memory, rather than a set of cameras recording everything with perfect accuracy right up until the moment that they get turned off.
Perhaps the shirtless donut man is a little like Clint Eastwood in "Fistful of Dollars" playing both sides. "The Rojos on this side and the Baxters on the other side and me in the middle." He's playing the rioters off with the television reporters.
As an aside, the Honda Odyssey is an excellent family vehicle.
It might at present be more tame than 2020, but it has demonstrated yet again that Democratic politicians simply will not enforce basic laws or public order if they are sympathetic to these mobs. There's a ton of squawking about Trump's substantially more aggressive approach to illegals and response to various courts, along with the usual mumblings about how it heralds a new authoritarian order. The same people just flat out ignore the anarcho-tyranny that is wielded by the left for its political aims, and to the extent they comment on it they act as though its spontaneous and organic, rather than something that is clearly supported by a network of activist groups whose leadership and funding sources we definitely should not look into.
To the extent that the left is correct that our current political era might result in a substantially stronger executive and reduced participatory democracy, it will be because of stuff like this, where the public clearly wants action and the left is openly trying to thwart the will of the people through minor rebellions and legal action. At some point people don't care how things get done or if its strictly by the book, they just want results and will support whatever person and mechanism that gets it.
Dem playbook in action: encourage protests, mention that the “outrage” (Mayor Bass actually used that word) is justified so as it signal the Antifa that its go time to riot, gaslight the public with the “mostly peaceful protest” line (regardless of how many burning cars) are shown on live TV, slow roll the police response, and then go hysterical when Trump inevitably calls for law and order, calling him an authoritarian.
Will it work this time? It seemed to have in 2020 w BLM, but the abundance of Mexican flags is not going to go over well with most Americans.
Beyond with Trump's lack of communication clarity--i.e. that this is about the right of Americans to have a nation, the right of American kids to "the American Dream"--the other depressing thing here is how little deportation is actually going on.
Trump has improved the situation at the border dramatically simply by having people do their jobs again--rather than the Mayorkas wave-'em-in, "drown the goyim" program. But deportation wise--despite all the squawking--it is trivial.
Simply to reverse the Mayorkas millions, Trump needs to be running at about 5000 deportations a day. That would be 15 jumbo jet flights or 50-60 C130s (depending on model). Many--most?--of these people will have melted away. But we know where to find a lot of them. For example, someone decided to turn Springfield into Port-au-Prince, Ohio. (And note no one sane and rational could argue there is any benefit to importing Haitians, this was/is just sheer "stick it to them" nastiness.) Trump could have his minions wade in there, gather those people up and send them back. He needs to have his dog-killer MILF out there scouring every corner with a "load 'em up!" agenda. And be willing to argue for and assert Article 2 supremacy on preventing invasion against the kritarchy.
My guess is the LA riots are some "Democratic" Party "activists" trying to gin up some trouble to demonstrate that there will be "massive resistance" to any real attempt to do deportation. That is all the Parasite Party needs to win. If the immivasion is a somewhat steppy, but monotonically increasing function--the Democrats open the border and wave people in, MAGA Republicans can close the border but can't deport, i.e. a ratchet--then the Parasite Party wins. The MAGA white gentile, "heritage American" base is simply inundated and the American nation is simply vanquished--replaced by a squabbling "mutli-cultural" empire ruled by a bossy Parasite Party dominated super-state.
BTW, Microsoft pitched me a story that Jewess now running Mexico is badmouthing Trump and praising the "Mexicans" who make LA what it is ... or something.
This one would seem to be a pitch belt high across the plate for our ego driven President.
Trump should announce that Mexico has been chronically unhelpful on immigration, on the drug smuggling cartels and now is interfering in American politics--against for law and order, promoting riot and disorder ...
... and order the US-Mexican border closed.
Allow Americans now in Mexico (or Central America) a few weeks to get back home. Allow Mexicans here to leave. But otherwise the border is *sealed*. No people, no trucks, no trains, no planes.
Tarzan of the Urban Jungle!
Seems these riots are really a planned political event. Let’s see how irresponsible the democrat politicians will get and how much they will fan the flames. As an Angelonian what is your opinion of the LAPD in all this?
Here in Rust Belt City (East Coast), the early-morning local TV news is featuring citizens meandering on a freeway and aerial views of smoke rising near distant skyscrapers. There are no Mexican flags or masked members of the Antifa Press Corps.
The station then cut to the LAPD Chief's version of Leslie Nielson's "Nothing to see here" (https://youtu.be/aKnX5wci404?t=35). The segment concluded with Mayor Karen Bass' defense of her mostly peacefully protesting constituents. She made a good point: once provoked by Tsar Trump's actions, it's hard to imagine any redress of grievances that would not start by torching robot taxis and blocking expressways.
Obviously. I’m just so impressed by how much restraint these peaceful protesters are showing. I mean they did burn down a business or two.
Black rioting and Hispanic rioting are distinct phenomena. The left wants to whip Hispanics into a frenzy over deportations; this summer we will find out if they can. Provoking black riots does not take much, as we have seen.
They're torching waymos, confirming my prediction in regards to driverless cars.
What was your prediction? That they would get torched a lot?
That they'd be at the mercy of criminals.
The occasional vandal, sure.
But profit-oriented criminals, like car thieves? I'm thinking driverless cars will be nearly as resistant as regular cars, what with automated or remotely operated controls, cameras, alarms, etc. Do you think they'll be easy to steal? Even when they have passengers, or mostly when empty?
Very easy to steal. Disable the communications and electronics, throw 'em on a flatbed and drive to a garage. Of course you could strip a lot of stuff off one right on the street with some power tools. No need to steal with passengers. Just call it to a convenient location where cops won't be looking. They're just expensive cars with a radio and a computer. Jam/block the radio signal and cut the power and they're helpless.
I'm thinking of how ridiculously easy it would be to hijack a driverless vehicle. You just set up a fake customer profile and it will literally drive right to where you need it. Then you and your gang disable the electronics, slide a stinger arm under the drive tires, and tow it to a chop shop. Done. I would think there's easily $5K of salvage from one of these vehicles. The catalytic converter alone should be at least $500 - $1K.
Yeah these things are sitting ducks without cops babysitting them. And really, who believes cops are going to prioritize driverless cars unless they get paid a fat bonus to do so?
What part of this would not work with a regular car service, taxi or Uber?
You set up the same fake customer profile, and the Uber will literally drive right to where you need it. You disable the electronics, tow it, and chop it. All the same as a driverless car. Done.
You would have to send the driver away - that is easy enough. And the only witness would be a scared human being with a shaky memory, rather than a set of cameras recording everything with perfect accuracy right up until the moment that they get turned off.
It's a much more serious crime to rob a person. Also much more risk involved.
The Uber driver values his car far more than the computer program driving the Waymo and is probably packing as well.
Minivan, you say?
I think we all know who owns a minivan.
Will “shirtless dad” file a claim with the GEICO gecko to fix his momvan?
Perhaps the shirtless donut man is a little like Clint Eastwood in "Fistful of Dollars" playing both sides. "The Rojos on this side and the Baxters on the other side and me in the middle." He's playing the rioters off with the television reporters.
As an aside, the Honda Odyssey is an excellent family vehicle.
It might at present be more tame than 2020, but it has demonstrated yet again that Democratic politicians simply will not enforce basic laws or public order if they are sympathetic to these mobs. There's a ton of squawking about Trump's substantially more aggressive approach to illegals and response to various courts, along with the usual mumblings about how it heralds a new authoritarian order. The same people just flat out ignore the anarcho-tyranny that is wielded by the left for its political aims, and to the extent they comment on it they act as though its spontaneous and organic, rather than something that is clearly supported by a network of activist groups whose leadership and funding sources we definitely should not look into.
To the extent that the left is correct that our current political era might result in a substantially stronger executive and reduced participatory democracy, it will be because of stuff like this, where the public clearly wants action and the left is openly trying to thwart the will of the people through minor rebellions and legal action. At some point people don't care how things get done or if its strictly by the book, they just want results and will support whatever person and mechanism that gets it.
Perhaps these are “riots” meant for TV and newspapers with the usual rent-a-mobs in a tightly controlled environment. Like a film set.
NYT already teeing up the “mostly peaceful protest” line nicely: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/opinion/los-angeles-protests-national-guard-trump.html
Dem playbook in action: encourage protests, mention that the “outrage” (Mayor Bass actually used that word) is justified so as it signal the Antifa that its go time to riot, gaslight the public with the “mostly peaceful protest” line (regardless of how many burning cars) are shown on live TV, slow roll the police response, and then go hysterical when Trump inevitably calls for law and order, calling him an authoritarian.
Will it work this time? It seemed to have in 2020 w BLM, but the abundance of Mexican flags is not going to go over well with most Americans.
Beyond with Trump's lack of communication clarity--i.e. that this is about the right of Americans to have a nation, the right of American kids to "the American Dream"--the other depressing thing here is how little deportation is actually going on.
Trump has improved the situation at the border dramatically simply by having people do their jobs again--rather than the Mayorkas wave-'em-in, "drown the goyim" program. But deportation wise--despite all the squawking--it is trivial.
Simply to reverse the Mayorkas millions, Trump needs to be running at about 5000 deportations a day. That would be 15 jumbo jet flights or 50-60 C130s (depending on model). Many--most?--of these people will have melted away. But we know where to find a lot of them. For example, someone decided to turn Springfield into Port-au-Prince, Ohio. (And note no one sane and rational could argue there is any benefit to importing Haitians, this was/is just sheer "stick it to them" nastiness.) Trump could have his minions wade in there, gather those people up and send them back. He needs to have his dog-killer MILF out there scouring every corner with a "load 'em up!" agenda. And be willing to argue for and assert Article 2 supremacy on preventing invasion against the kritarchy.
My guess is the LA riots are some "Democratic" Party "activists" trying to gin up some trouble to demonstrate that there will be "massive resistance" to any real attempt to do deportation. That is all the Parasite Party needs to win. If the immivasion is a somewhat steppy, but monotonically increasing function--the Democrats open the border and wave people in, MAGA Republicans can close the border but can't deport, i.e. a ratchet--then the Parasite Party wins. The MAGA white gentile, "heritage American" base is simply inundated and the American nation is simply vanquished--replaced by a squabbling "mutli-cultural" empire ruled by a bossy Parasite Party dominated super-state.
The updated version of the Roof Korean.
BTW, Microsoft pitched me a story that Jewess now running Mexico is badmouthing Trump and praising the "Mexicans" who make LA what it is ... or something.
This one would seem to be a pitch belt high across the plate for our ego driven President.
Trump should announce that Mexico has been chronically unhelpful on immigration, on the drug smuggling cartels and now is interfering in American politics--against for law and order, promoting riot and disorder ...
... and order the US-Mexican border closed.
Allow Americans now in Mexico (or Central America) a few weeks to get back home. Allow Mexicans here to leave. But otherwise the border is *sealed*. No people, no trucks, no trains, no planes.
Let's see how the Mexicans like that.
Trump crashed remittance to Mexico (idk how, but the Aztec priestess whined about it in a press conference): it will be enough.
Add to the list.
California politicians:
Can’t stop rampant crime.
Can’t stop homelessness.
Can’t stop wildfires.
Can’t build high speed rail.
And now:
Can’t stop rioting.