No, that’s THE discussion. The reason companies automate or offshore jobs is because it’s cheaper to have a robot or Mexican do the work than an American who demands competitive pay and benefits.

Don’t tariffs have to be approved by Congress first? I mean he sure blusters a lot but he can’t really do it all without Congressional legislation being enacted. Yes, the GOP owns both houses of Congress BUT they are also closer to their constituents. The very ones who you mention can’t afford more expensive cars.

Point taken. I mean within reason, of course. Not advocating for anti-vax or some other horseshit.

Yes, let’s just scrap the Internet altogether because hackers can deploy viruses remotely. Seems like this tech is more trouble than it’s worth.

“What I do not understand is why every manufacturer wants to come out with their own system for this tech.”

Autonomous cars for the grind of a daily commute would be a godsend for me. Even though I like rowing my own gears, us car lovers still hate the commute just as much as you do.

Not only that but business will run, not walk, to autonomous vehicles. We already have autonomous factory robots, the next segment of the work force to be eliminated is drivers. No salaries, no benefits, no paid time off, no unions, nothing.

Well, just this morning I heard that my city, Denver, is going to do just that in order to stay ahead of the oncoming autonomous vehicle flood. If you’ve got a progressive city with progressive leadership, it’ll happen. Just like with virtually every innovation, social or otherwise.

The first step is to stop giving a shit about what other people think about your parenting.

“Human kind has visited rocky worlds and icy worlds, but we’ve never seen a metal world...”

I have a friend who does the sit-on-the-couch-and-motivate thing for nearly every new goal she comes up with. Posts about it on Facebook, buys the organizers, the whole nine yards - everything except actually fucking doing it.

A pair of decent chains run about $35 on Amazon. Rather only have to get out in the snow/cold/wind once to put them on than having to stop every mile to replace a broken tie (which you’ll have littered back down the road).

Even with normal chains you’re not supposed to just continue hauling at highway speeds. Tire chain manufacturing instructions give a maximum of 30 mph while chains are applied to your tires.

Most of these racist shitbags know juuuuust enough to be dangerous, but not enough to foresee the consequences. Racists outing themselves and subsequently getting owned on social media is the perfect incarnation of this. Another is voting for Donald Trump and eventually getting their lives fucked even more because of…

Come on, y’all. I’m pretty sure Melania is just as pissed at this outcome as most of the world is. No need to body shame her. Pretty sure she had absolutely no say in Trump’s decision to run.

No shit.

Not worth it. Not even close.

Well, considering that in 2015 estimated total spending (discretionary + mandatory) on the military was 16% whereas social programs accounted for just over 50%, I’m gonna say, a negligible amount.

Innocent people are already suffering. And will suffer even more.

The way I see it, if these militia types want to rise up against the government, they are fighting against decency and fairness. They are fighting basically to maintain white men in power at the expense of marginalized groups. They are fighting against equality and civil rights of others.