It was Jake's turn to set the agenda. So we talked about subjects that caught his fancy. I cooperated as best I could and tried to hide my seething resentment for being forced to think about things that weren't already on my mind.We talked about the upcoming California presidential primary election, the measures for Indian casinos, sponsorship of our podcast, trash problems in Naples & the de-Italianification rays at Ellis Island.
We then got into our main topic, which was a list found by Jake of the most dangerous cities in America. I brought up the flawed methodologies and inconsistencies that make lists like this pointless, but it still worked as fodder for our conversation and led us to discuss Banana-Peel city, Razor Blade town, guys named "Cleveland", American Apparel, Jake's dance party at a gay bar in Memphis, Christine the evil car, St. Louis Blues fans in Hooters and the People-Mover in Detroit
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Presumably, you are discussing the FBI Uniform Crime Report since you mentioned, I believe, 4 of the 8 index crimes that they measure. These statistics are not the most accurate, however, they are the second best way to measure crime rates that we have. The best way is the NCVS- National Crime Victimization Survey. Anyways, the UCR is bad because the different agencies that report the information to the FBI has different ways of cataloging the information. Also, these rates can be thrown off when there are changes to the criminal codes for different cities. Another problem is that funding is based on crime so if an agency has higher crime rates, they tend to get more funding. You can see where this may lead to some altering of numbers. Finally, these stats can be off because they are not based on clearance rates but instead on reported crime. If the crime didn't actually occur but was reported, it still gets counted.
One more thing, the crimes that are counted are rape, murder, robbery, assault, arson, vehicle theft,larceny, and burglary.
excellent intro/closing music. i <3 that song.
Wow, I find myself in the center of a heated and very serious ethical standoff between our hosts.
For the sake of clarification:
Born to an Indian mom, I'm terminally native. i joke about not being Indian because it's all so absurd. I am no longer legally allowed to call myself a tribal member. My Indian-ness is up to interpretation on a case-by-case basis. To the Feds, not Indian. To the casual observer on the street, wow, that's a big Indian.
I will gladly throw 1-4 votes Phil's way to repay his generous intentions toward a fellow Ukiah guy. Maybe it isn't exactly 'ethical' but it's how the world really works. Props to Jake for standing up as well and defending a 'pure' ethical POV.
Great work, as always. You both put lots of energy into these VS projects and I appreciate it.
For the record, I do consider myself to exist in a pseudo-ronin-like circumstance. Death threats, landlessness, RICO charges and scorn...sounds like a modern take on a masterless soldier to me.
*bows*
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