When I was younger I was somewhat apathetic about abortion (in that I would have described NARAL’s slogan of abortion on demand without apology as “too shrill” and claimed that religious people had a right to their feelings) - what flipped me was the killer combo of

We then end up with crypto-fascist President Pence who the Republicans would gladly settle for, and then what?

Don’t blame Uber, the medallion bubble has nothing to do with them.

I mean, I’ve taken video of a train crossing since they aren’t that common where I am from and I thought that encountering one was cool.

Who was protecting them from the old/current taxi medallion system that put many of them into crippling debt?

One thing that strikes me about these super early abortion bans is that it will become impossible to terminate a pregnancy due to genetic abnormalities. You go in at 13 weeks for your anatomy scan and find out that the fetus has trisomy 13 and its like tough shit, you get to carry it, maybe deliver it, and watch it…

Well yeah, we need computerized train control. There are lots of 2 minute delays where you know you are just waiting for a human to flip a switch.

Yes, DiBlasio is at worst vaguely lame. The best thing about him is that he got the cops to end their stop-and-frisk obsession and to refrain from beating black lives matter protesters. (They weren’t so restrained with Occupy Wall Street.)

What is the value of this except to provide entertainment for other restaurant workers?

Yeah, dessert is just a shitty comp, period, and the quickness with which the server offers it tells you how routinely they botch orders.

But if your friend was from Belgium or some shit and he told you he was bringing “frankfurter sandwiches” you’d be, like, “oh, I guess that’s what they call them in Belgium” and you’d accept the hot dogs.  You’d feel good about yourself for being a sophisticated bon vivant.

I have an aunt and uncle who travel a lot, and at Thanksgiving they had booked Southwest. I distinctly remember us stopping everything so they could poke their cellphones and yell at each other in order to claim their seating. Thus, my only real impression of Southwest is that it’s an inconvenient budget airline for…

I like to fantasize about the opposite - turn all of these sparsely populated, over-represented-in-the-electoral college states blue. Bring the universities, arts, tech, and food out there and build a new utopia. All the cattle ranchers will be like it’s no fair, we can’t compete with New Hipster Town and their…

I don’t see why you can’t punt in this situation by saying “I have no idea!” It’s going to be a loooong time before the kid even figures out that it’s a sex thing, since it’s far from obvious.

I mean...just call for backup if your suspect is resisting. Let her walk away, watch where she goes, pick her up later with a whole team. She wasn’t armed, she wasn’t dangerous, and it wasn’t an emergency.

This is my favorite takeout item, and nobody in the ‘hood makes it well, so thanks.

An almost perfect analogy from my own life which goes the other way - I think NYC park police and park rangers overenforce leash laws. There are parks where it is legal to have your dog off leash before 9am, and yet they will still drive through at 10am on a weekday, when there is no one around, and threaten you, even…

“This is stale news.”

I think the New York subway system just asks nicely that you don’t eat on the trains, it’s not a law. The difference being that you can’t get ticketed or arrested for it. People (including me, sometimes) do it, and sometimes people (not including me) leave nasty litter behind or throw it on the tracks.

I mean, just look at that grown-ass woman making a childish gesture on TV. That’s apparently her “I’m getting away with the crime of the century” face.