1- In the last few days (months) I've been told breaking the law is perfectly acceptable in Jackson, Mississippi as long as a couple of boxes are checked. All of these are perfect examples of why the majority of Jackson is a 3rd world hell hole.

- It's acceptable to kidnap 14 year old black kids off the streets of Jackson, record yourself beating them with a pistol and post it on social media as long as they're returned home safely by dark (and of course if you claim they were involved with some carjackings, and of course as long as you're also black)

- You can illegally set up a billboard along the interstate advertising BBQ for sale in the Pull-a-part parking lot at Elton Rd. because that's just another man trying to make a dollar. - It's perfectly legal to set up a BBQ restaurant in the parking lot of the junkyard without a permit from the Mississippi State Department of Health, without a permit of any king from the City of Jackson

- Government, etc. I'm just trying to understand what is and what isn't legal because I might just buy a BBQ trailer (to hell with a food truck) and just start pullin up at every busy intersection and selling BBQ. Because screw all the restaurants and food trucks that have to spend tons of money, get serv-safe certified, get permitted, pass health inspections, pay taxes, etc. Why would I do any of that if I don't have to?

- Circling back to a couple of months ago, there's a guy who pops up in front of ABC permit holding bars and restaurants on the weekends in downtown Jackson and has a fully operational bar in the back of his van selling mixed drinks to anybody that wants one. Again, if this is legal why in the hell would I jump through rings of F'N fire getting a liquor license from the Mississippi Alcoholic Beverage Control?

You can't even set up and sell those goofy Easter and Valentines gift baskets in parking lots of opened or closed businesses in Rankin county without the cops running you off or ticketing you for operating without a permit. It's called being accountable to your permitted & legal business owners that do things the right way, Jackson is run like a F'N swap meet and it really shows.

The fact I have to explain this to a bunch of smooth brained idiots is exactly why Jackson is in the condition it's in. The overwhelming majority of the citizens don't even realize what is and isn't legal. 

2- LOS ANGELES FIRE STUFF This is an assistant Chief of Los Angeles Fire Department. This is DEI in action in a job it does not need to be in. LA fires are still burning. Residents have so many reasons to be angry. This is just one.