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    California recently...

    - Passed a law reducing penalties on adults to have sex with minors as young as 14 years old

    - has been unable to power half their state due to disastrous green regulations

    - has been unable to contain massive wildfires due to mismanagement of their parks

    - passed a disastrous labor law resulting in tens of thousands of lost jobs over night, plus requiring the two largest private transportation companies to shut down operations in the state (until a court bailed them out)

    - mandated the power shut off of private homes due to having people over

    - threatend a hair salon for exposing the hypocrisy of the speaker of the house

    - leads the country in unfunded liabilities

    - has lost population since 2014

    - its largest media company recently launched a movie of 11 year old children sex dancing

    Its been a banner year for California's leadership

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    Companies founded by Stanford alumni generate more than $2.7 trillion in annual revenue, equivalent to the 10th-largest economy in the world.

    Some companies closely associated with Stanford and their connections include:

    Hewlett-Packard, 1939, co-founders William R. Hewlett (B.S, PhD) and David Packard (M.S).
    Silicon Graphics, 1981, co-founders James H. Clark (Associate Professor) and several of his grad students.
    Sun Microsystems, 1982, co-founders Vinod Khosla (M.B.A), Andy Bechtolsheim (PhD) and Scott McNealy (M.B.A).
    Cisco, 1984, founders Leonard Bosack (M.S) and Sandy Lerner (M.S) who were in charge of Stanford Computer Science and Graduate School of Business computer operations groups respectively when the hardware was developed.
    Yahoo!, 1994, co-founders Jerry Yang (B.S, M.S) and David Filo (M.S).
    Google, 1998, co-founders Larry Page (M.S) and Sergey Brin (M.S).
    LinkedIn, 2002, co-founders Reid Hoffman (B.S), Konstantin Guericke (B.S, M.S), Eric Lee (B.S), and Alan Liu (B.S).
    Instagram, 2010, co-founders Kevin Systrom (B.S) and Mike Krieger (B.S).
    Snapchat, 2011, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy (B.S).
    Coursera, 2012, co-founders Andrew Ng (Associate Professor) and Daphne Koller (Professor, PhD).

    For a longer, more comprehensive list:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...versity_alumni
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    Is there a red state university whose graduates generate that kind of economic dynamism and wealth creation? I am aware of several other blue state universities that come close, and one that probably surpasses Stanford in terms of wealth creation from companies started up by its alums.

    Are these things accidents of geography? I think not.
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    at the moment im focused on the current government of the largest state in the union.

    Is there another state that requires its citizens to unplug their toasters at 3pm in order to power their homes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    at the moment im focused on the current government of the largest state in the union.

    Is there another state that requires its citizens to unplug their toasters at 3pm in order to power their homes?
    then you can have the mississippis and arkansas and west virginias...they are more your speed...
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    Yes my speed does require electricity and not endorsing pedophilia, I will admit

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    This is another pretty good list:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...versity_alumni

    looking forward to something comparable from a red state

    i'll spare y'all the ivies since they are all second rate by blue state standards
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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    Yes my speed does require electricity and not endorsing pedophilia, I will admit
    i wouldn't want you to compromise your principles
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    You seem awfully upset at questioning why this amazing state requires people to unplug their toasters in order to preserve power.

    Might be trending in the wrong direction.

    Make California Great Again

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    to paraphrase Milton better California on the way down than Arkansas on the way up
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    Maybe you're right.

    But at least they have electricity

    (Are you ever gonna comment on that, by the way?)

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    but I disagree slightly with Milton

    for SOME people Arkansas IS better

    a chacun son gout

    those be french words
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    Just to be clear, I posted several things the California government has done just this year, and your only response has been that Stanford is a great school - of which I agree.

    Feel free to comment on the subject at hand rather than averting your gaze to the destruction your party is doing to a once great state

    Btw, have you downloaded the human feces locator app yet? I hear it comes in handy out there

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    Just to be clear, I posted several things the California government has done just this year, and your only response has been that Stanford is a great school - of which I agree.
    sorry to be pedantic...should read "with which I agree"
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    There he is

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post

    Btw, have you downloaded the human feces locator app yet?
    i have some good news...credibly accused creepy joe is going to prioritize mental healthcare
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    9 of 10 highest unemployment rates are states with D governors. NY is 49th... California doing much better at 45th.

    #laidership

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    9 of 10 highest unemployment rates are states with D governors. NY is 49th... California doing much better at 45th.

    #laidership
    For reference, of the top 10 states in lowest unemployment rate, 7 out of 10 are led by Republican governors

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    9 of 10 highest unemployment rates are states with D governors. NY is 49th... California doing much better at 45th.

    #laidership
    enjoy the bragging rights while they last

    in February the top 10 highest unemployment rates included: Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alaska, Ohio, Arizona

    i'm sure the natural order of things will reassert itself soon enough
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    what are the unemployment numbers not during a pandemic?
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