{"id":15632,"date":"2019-05-23T00:02:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T07:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=15632"},"modified":"2019-05-23T00:02:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T07:02:57","slug":"quick-takes-rise-of-the-urban-rat-overlords-new-york-los-angeles-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2019\/05\/23\/quick-takes-rise-of-the-urban-rat-overlords-new-york-los-angeles-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes &#8211; Rise of the Urban Rat Overlords: New York; Los Angeles; San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Pizza Rat for Mayor!!1!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C_ijc7A5oAc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5372\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ah, the Big Apple that is being gnawed away by vermin. But enough about Mayor de Blasio and other politicians of his ilk. <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/Klgcj#selection-395.0-399.258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York<\/a> has a rat problem.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;So many rats regularly lurk on a sidewalk in Brooklyn that it is the humans who avoid the rats, not the other way around. Not even cars are safe: Rats have chewed clean through engine wires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;A Manhattan avenue lined with trendy restaurants has become a destination for foodies \u2014 and rats who help themselves to their leftovers. Tenants at a public housing complex in the South Bronx worry about tripping over rats that routinely run over their feet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not to be outdone, the City of (Fallen) Angels, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/47501\/trash-city-sky-high-trash-piles-found-los-angeles-ashe-schow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles<\/a>, seems to be determined to not come in second to New York.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;&#8216;Even the city&#8217;s most notorious trash pile, located between downtown LA&#8217;s busy Fashion and Produce districts, continues to be a magnet for rats after it was cleaned up months ago. The rodents can carry typhus-infected fleas, which can spread the disease to humans through bacteria rubbed into the eyes or cuts and scrapes on the skin, resulting in severe flu-like symptoms,&#8217; \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The trash piles \u2014 and the rats attracted to them \u2014 can cause numerous health problems for the surrounding population. Dr. Jeffrey Klauser, a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the University of California-Los Angeles, told the media outlet that a growing rat population could spread diseases like salmonella and even the bubonic plague.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Surprisingly enough, rats are brave enough to venture into the needle-strewn feces filled hellhole that is <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2018\/01\/22\/growing-san-francisco-rat-infestation-creates-huge-demand-for-exterminators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Fransisco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Some San Francisco residents say they are dealing with a particularly bad rat infestation, and exterminators agree \u2013 telling customers they can\u2019t come out right away because of the demand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;That\u2019s because there is now a long waiting list for people desperate for exterminators.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Obama_rats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Obama_rats.jpg 544w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Obama_rats-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rise of the Urban Rat Overlords: New York; Los Angeles; San Francisco\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: Pizza Rat for Mayor!!1!\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Obama_rats.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Pizza Rat for Mayor!!1! 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