Gabbro B-Sides

Berkeley is only the 8th scariest liberal city in the country. We can’t even beat out Detroit? Sigh. But you gotta love what makes that city so very very liberal:

The Almanac of American Politics notes that [Detroit] was “a city where liberal reformers hoped to create model anti-poverty and anti-discrimination programs.”

As opposed to conservative reformers’ model programs, which are pro-poverty and pro-discrimination, tee hee hee (and this would be a funnier joke if it weren’t so true).

Oakland doesn’t appear on the list at all, but I’m moving there anyway. Maybe if I have lots of abortions and fight poverty and sue some Boy Scouts, I can help put my hometown-to-be on the map.

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