The absolute most powerful thing we can do is teach our children the right way to behave and how to treat others. I think we are making progress. But there is still a lot to be done.

There are two types of countries:

OR allow Congress members to invest only in funds that track the market, not specific stocks or other investments. To me, that would be fair. A 401K with a targeted retirement fund, for example. No specific company / industry would benefit him/her... only the market as a whole. I’d be fine with that.

The ACA was a fantastic gift for health insurance companies. What other industries get the government to FORCE citizens to buy their products?

While not perfect, capitalism is responsible for providing the BEST quality of life in the history of human existence.  That is a fact.  

It’s the Buzzfeedification of modern journoblogging. Everything bad that happens is the worst, the most catastrophic, the most devastating, etc. Everything good is iconic or historic or legendary.

Her heart is in the right place.  I agree with her desire to, for example, push green initiatives.  But when the rubber hits the road and she has to actually produce numbers to back up her policies... she fails miserably. That is my problem with her. She is laughably clueless on so many fronts. She prefers to me…

“Violent criminals need to locked up but treated with compassion...”

One wonders if he was white from Britain, and, more importantly, not an activist ICE, would he even have been arrested.

1. Yes, I think that is / you are ridiculous and bitter and you hate rich people and perhaps the world.

How? If someone believes that sexuality is binary, then they are clearly not sexually attracted to ‘all kinds.’ So... he/she would get no pleasure from partaking in what you are eluding to... ergo he/she is, in fact, not missing out on anything.

“we need a 99% estate tax”

“Quietly is how Ricketts usually prefers to exert his power. It’s an insidious luxury available to people like him with the money...”

Based on my experience with the backup camera in my car, I can assure you cameras are NOT more fool proof. It it was a hard wired permanent camera, maybe... but the software interface reduces the reliability factor many fold.

Compass in Southern Hemisphere points to South Pole

“We tend to assume the worst about strangers but the best about ourselves and our loved ones.”

“... kind of feel like he just accidentally fell asleep on a long, boring drive”

“Consequently, right wing and even some all mainstream news outlets, ever obsessed with black sex and sexuality...”

“turbochargers are a wonderful exhaust energy recovery tool”

Thermoelectrics exist. You might be able to scavenge a percent or two of the lost energy. They are not very efficient.