Most dual-flush toilets use a drop valve, which sits underwater at the bottom of the tank.
Instead of relying on siphoning it uses gravity to do the job, which means less water for every flush.
But that valve can easily be stuck open by mineral deposits or other debris, causing the toilet to fill continuously.
Plus: “The volume of water loss is getting bigger every day as more people refurbish and retrofit their older toilets and as we build more homes, so we’re actually adding a problem.”
BEN SHAPIRO IS GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Why I’m Leaving California.
When my family moved to North Hollywood, I was 11. We lived in a safe, clean suburb. Yes, Los Angeles had serious crime and homelessness problems, but those were problems relegated to pockets of the city—problems that, with good governance, we thought could eventually be healed. Instead, the government allowed those problems to metastasize.
As of 2011, Los Angeles County counted less than 40,000 homeless; as of 2020, that number had skyrocketed to 66,000. Suburban areas have become the sites of homeless encampments. Nearly every city underpass hosts a tent city; the city, in its kindness, has put out port-a-potties to reduce the possibility of COVID-19 spread.
Police are forbidden in most cases from either moving transients or even moving their garbage. Nearly every public space in Los Angeles has become a repository for open waste, needles, and trash. The most beautiful areas of Los Angeles, from Santa Monica beach to my suburb, have become wrecks.
My children have personally witnessed drug use, public urination, and public nudity. Looters were allowed free reign in the middle of the city during the Black Lives Matter riots; Rodeo Drive was closed at 1 p.m., and citizens were curfewed at 6 p.m.
To combat these trends, local and state governments have gamed the statistics, reclassifying offenses and letting prisoners go free. Meanwhile, the police have become targets for public ire. In July, the city of Los Angeles slashed police funding, cutting the force to its lowest levels in over a decade.
Decay is a choice.
GLEICHSCHALTUNG: Virginia Forces Christian Ministries to Adopt ‘Government Ideology’ or Pay $100K. “The so-called Virginia Values Act (S.B. 868), which Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) signed on Holy Saturday (the day before Easter Sunday) in the middle of a pandemic, compels churches, religious schools, and Christian ministries to hire employees who do not share their stated beliefs on marriage, sexuality, and gender identity. A companion law (H.B. 1429) requires ministries and others like them to pay for transgender surgery in employee health care plans, a procedure that violates these ministries’ convictions.”
ANTITRUST: US could sue Google for search, advertising dominance. The lawsuit reportedly accuses Google of trying to put search rivals such as Bing at a disadvantage. More specifically, it’s claimed that Google deprives rivals of ‘the data about users and user preferences’ that these rivals need to improve their services and advertising.”
JUSTICE: Man charged in ambush shooting of 2 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies.
Deonte Lee Murray is also believed to be involved in a Sept. 1 carjacking and robbery that occurred prior to the shooting. He was arrested in connection with that incident on Sept. 15.
He was charged with carjacking, second-degree robbery and assault with a semiautomatic firearm and attempted murder in the carjacking incident.
Ballistics testing of the gun discarded during the pursuit showed it was the one used in the attack on the deputies, LASD Homicide Bureau Captain Kent Wegener said. He also noted that the gun held eight rounds, five short of its capacity, and that five rounds had been fired at the deputies.
He also faces allegations of association with a criminal street gang and discharging a rifle inflicting great bodily injury in the carjacking incident.
Investigators later linked Murray to the shooting of the deputies and charged him, authorities said.
No motive for the shooting was given, other than “the fact that he hates police officers and he wants them dead.” said Wegener.
I blame the Democrats and their climate of hate.
VERY DANGEROUS. YOU GO FIRST: Supermassive Black Holes Might Really Be ‘Traversable’ Wormholes, Astrophysicists Suggest.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE: Classroom Indoctrination Season Is Here: NY Anti-Trump Professor Caught on Tape Is ‘Reassigned’ for ‘Electioneering.’
TODAY AT 3:30pm EASTERN: VIP Gold Live Chat with VodkaPundit, Kruiser, and Preston.
Cold drinks, hot takes.
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Save Us from Another Terrible Debate, Joe Rogan.
Insanity Wrap needs to know: What’s better than Chris Wallace moderating a presidential debate?
Answer: Literally anything up to and including stubbed toes, speed traps, and hemorrhagic fevers.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
- Andrew Cuomo wants to stick you with his tab.
- Presidential debate inspires dreams of moving to Canada
- The Brave Sir Biden Supercut
And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
HIGHLIGHT REEL: Your Obligatory Trump-Biden Debate Post.
MATT MARGOLIS: Here’s How We Know Trump Won the First Debate.
IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: Disgraced former Trudeau Finance Minister was chauffeured around Toronto, Ottawa during peak lockdown.
SOCIAL DISTANCING: Extramarital affairs soar in pandemic with technology’s help. “Shortly after U.S. lockdowns began, the Ashley Madison ‘married dating’ site saw an uptick in members. Today, more than 21,000 people are signing up each day for the online membership service, up from 17,000 a day in March. That’s on top of a worldwide base of 65 million members around the world in 2019.”
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Please God Let the Next 2 Debates Die In a Fire and Spare Us All. “That’s an ongoing problem of mine with modern presidential debates — the questions are always on topics that the Democrats want to make important whether they are or not. Last night it was Trump’s taxes and climate change, for example. There was nothing about the Hillary bombshell from earlier in the day yet Wallace let Biden babble on unchallenged about Trump and Russia.”
Wallace let — encouraged? — Trump to bring out his worst, while also being the best part of Biden’s performance.
But other than that he did a fine job.
STEPHEN GUTOWSKI: Barrett Nomination Could Signal End of Supreme Court Inaction on Guns.
GRILL HIM: 10 Questions James Comey Could Face During His Senate Testimony.
Your PJ Media crew will liveblog the hearings starting at 10am Eastern.
THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE DISEASE: COVID-19 Linked to Rising Suicide Rates Among Teens “The rise in suicide cases, though, was most pronounced among the nation’s youths. While 11% of respondents to the CDC survey had “seriously considered” suicide in the past month, that same figure jumps to 25% for people aged 18 to 24—a deeply worrisome statistic to health officials across the country.”
Otherwise healthy young people are basically at no risk of death directly from COVID-19.
PROGRAMING NOTE: Tonight’s Presidential Debate Drunkblog begins around 8:45 Eastern.
There is no drinking game. There is only drinking.
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