• A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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      [someone] was charged by federal authorities with arson of a building used in interstate and foreign commerce

      So because they sell wares in other states, it’s a felony? Not sure I agree with that.

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      The initial estimate found the paper product inside the warehouse being worth $500 million the building itself being worth $150 million

      Damn. Thoughts and prayers. Though it does suck for the people who lost jobs over this.

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        Nobody lost a job that was paying enough to live there. They should open a co-op in the ashes… Of course it’ll still be profitable enough for the company to rebuild and refill the warehouse.

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          It was still a job for those people. If they aren’t being paid enough, sudden unemployment would be pretty scary. I’m not passing judgement on the act, just recognizing the situation that this has put those workers in.

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      Oh nice, I thought this was in Ontario. Some difference though.

      *It was in a town called Ontario, in California… D:

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          No, it says

          Thick smoke billows from the roof of the Kimberly-Clark paper products facility Tuesday in Ontario … 40 miles east of Los Angeles

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            While we were distracted with Iran, Washington and Oregon joined Canada and allowed their army to begin annexing into SoCal. Western Washington/Oregon was cool with it for social reasons; Eastern was cool with it for gas prices.