Thank you! I’m so tired of the potato hate. I’ve started subbing baked potatoes whenever I would otherwise use bread, pasta, or rice. I enjoy eating the baked potato far more than the usual whole grain substitute, and find that I’m satisfied with less food and feel sated longer. One of my favorite meals now is taco…

I imagine they can just use the existing amazon.com cart and checkout infrastructure. If you’re curious about the price in store, scan the bar code with your phone or have a sales person look it up.

Yeah, the brick and mortar store can definitely serve as a mini-warehouse for Amazon Now sales.

He isn’t saying that people in Flint should skip the bottled water. He’s saying that is a useless, superficial, token gesture for people living hundreds/thousands of miles away to collect and ship bottles of water.

It’s not that sending water is only a quick fix - sending bottled water doesn’t even reach that standard. Flint needs 300,000 cases of bottled water per day to meet the bare minimum standards for drinking and cooking. That’s 8 gallons per person, or three cases of 24 bottles. The storage and transportation for that…

I agree the 50 gallons estimate is a reach - based on WHO standards, it’s more like 8 gallons per person, per day to meet basic drinking and cooking needs. That’s 3 cases of water bottles per person, per day.

Except that this crises is set to last for years until they replace the pipes in Flint. At a minimum, people in Flint need 8 gallons of water per person, per day to meet the WHO recommended standard for drinking and cooking water. That’s three cases of bottled water (24 bottles, 16 oz. each) per person. There are…

Sending water is incredibly wasteful. I have a Facebook friend who spent days driving about her town in NC collecting cases of bottled water. She filled her car and drove to Flint to deliver it. Lots a Facebook likes, but ultimately will only help a few people for a few days. How many gallons of gas and wasted hours…

Flint has plenty of water - they need a way to safely and efficiently transport it to individual households. No need to melt snow or collect rain water.

You don’t spend much time in Baltimore, do you?

Yes, because grocery stores only sell Oreos and you can’t possibly go to the store and buy other food for yourself.

On the one hand, OrderUp just sent an email blast to let me know that they will be up an running through the storm. On the other hand, we’re expecting 2 feet of snow, 35 mph sustained winds, and 50 mph gusts. Plus, city and state official are basically begging people to stay indoors until Sunday morning. So no, I…

In my neighborhood, there’s a very real risk of water main breaks. We have at least one break somewhere in the city everyday with freezing temps. A water main break means no water for 24-36 hours in the best conditions. With 2 feet of snow on the ground, it might take 3+ days to fix. I won’t buy a ton of bottled…

My best NYE ever was last year in San Antonio. My step-dad died right before Thanksgiving, and neither my mom or I were up for a big party. We saw a brief mention of San Antonio NYE festivities, and found a great air/hotel package. Ended up in a room overlooking the Alamo, down the hall from the UCLA football team (in…

PG is definitely the first choice for the prosecution if the trial is moved, but I don’t see the judge agreeing to a change of venue just yet.

Not all white - I think it would be next to impossible to seat an all white jury in Baltimore. I don’t remember the exact count, but Black women were the largest group, followed by white women, and Black men. IIRC, there was one white man.

Yes, I know transcripts are never provided. That’s why I said I understood the refusal.

But it does mean that the prosecution can’t/won’t call Porter as a witness in the other trials.

Yeah, that’s one of the things that bothers me the most. I fully understand the issues with transcripts - there can be errors, and you don’t want to give jurors a transcript that wasn’t technically entered as evidence. I don’t understand why the judge couldn’t clarify evil intent - that isn’t exactly a standard legal…

Every officer involved in the arrest and transport was charged. This particular office was the one responsible for buckling the seat belt (or not buckling the seat belt, in this case). The prosecution’s case was basically that he should have buckled the seat belt, and should have called for an ambulance when Gray…