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Friday 3rd of May 2024

Bullshitters say It's very easy for folks to say: “Oh, it has to do with Disneyland.” We actually never heard from Disneyland on this. This actually has nothing to do with that. And it has everything to do with the bus riders who use this bus stop. A spokeman for Anaheim, California, home to Disneyland and 800 homeless people, commenting on the city's policy of replacing benches at bus stops with concrete stools at stops on routes to Disneyland in order to reduce the visibility of its homeless people, stop them from sleeping on its benches, and encourage them to leave town © 2017 Kwiple.com
By the numbers Daily wage a prisoner in Portland, Oregon, is paid to clear out homeless camps: $1 Harper's Index, November 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
By the numbers Minimum percentage of inmates in local U.S. jails who have been homeless: 15 Harper's Index, November 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Homelessness My father and I were walking down Fifth Avenue and there was a homeless person sitting right outside Trump Tower. I remember my father pointing to me and saying, “You know that guy has $8 billion more than me,” because he was in such extreme debt at that point, you know? Ivanka Trump © 2019 Kwiple.com
Homelessness Once we've hit the part where my own species is mostly taken care of, I'll start to worry about African rhinos. Until then, I'll just keep restraining myself from punching people when they look me in the face and argue that an ecosystem somewhere is more important than homelessness. Linda Tirado, Hand to Mouth  © 2016 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to guarantee people without a fixed address the right to vote © 2015 Kwiple.com
Psychopaths say I hope to see you and your four children homeless and I will do whatever I can to ensure this. Martin Shkreli, in a letter he purportedly sent to the wife of a former employee © 2015 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say Homeless people are homeless because they want to be © 2018 Kwiple.com
Tech bros say I'm seriously tempted to start fucking with people and pay for homeless guys to ride the Powell Street cable cars in the middle of the day, that ought to get the city's attention. Peter Shih, founder of payment startup Celery, in a blog kvetching about San Francisco, including its 49ers – “all the girls who are obviouslyy 4s and behave like they're 9s” © 2016 Kwiple.com
Tech bros say The wealthy working people have earned their right to live in the city. They went out, got an education, work hard, and earned it. I shouldn't have to see the pain, struggle and despair of homeless people to and from my way to work every day. Justin Keller, founder of Commando.io, in an open letter to San Francisco's mayor and police chief kvetching about the city's homeless “riff raff” © 2016 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say I haven’t given you all a history lesson in a while, and I wanted to give you a little history on homelessness. [In] 1910, Hitler decided to live on the streets for a while. So for two years, Hitler lived on the streets and practiced his oratory, and his body language, and how to connect with citizens and then went on to lead a life that got him in the history books. It’s not a dead end. They can come out of these homeless camps and have a a productive life — or in Hitler’s case, a very unproductive life. Frank Niceley, Republican state senator in Tennessee, supporting a bill to criminalize homeless encampments on public property © 2022 Kwiple.com
 
Veterans We salute our fallen heroes, and ignore them on our park benches. John Archibald © 2019 Kwiple.com