It’s often the same reason why many regulations get instituted, too. Especially those regulations that impede or otherwise reduce business profits.

Pretty much. The whole reason societies have laws is because most people *WON’T* do the right thing reliably. They have to be coerced into it, often by force, and punished harshly when they don’t...and if they get away with it, it just encourages them, others like them, to do it more often.

Superficially, I *might* just barely get why Republicans might oppose mandating masks and vaccines — you shouldn’t have to mandate doing the right thing. People should be doing that voluntarily, by default.

Yeah...not likely. Military contractors aren’t known for paying the *employees* well. Just the shareholders and executives.

So, in response to a single incident on an aircraft, which has the provably safest track record of all forms of transportation, he chooses driving, one of the least safe ways to travel??

“Do you want to use your tools to catch bad guys?”

I understand it’s been optioned (even though I’ve not heard anything about it going anywhere so far), but the Cold Fire trilogy is fantastic, all around. Characters, writing, dialog, story, plotting and pacing. All top notch. Fingers crossed that it translates into an equally awesome series.

I understand it’s been optioned (even though I’ve not heard anything about it going anywhere so far), but the Cold…

I know why it isn’t one (because wolves guard the sheep), but lies like this, ones specifically targeted at a given demographic, needs to be a federal hate crime. But not just those kinds of lies, but pretty much all lies in politics need more punitive attention. Politicians and their appointees and staff really need…

Suspended? How about fired instead. Acting like (and thus being) a world-class asshole should bar you from any kind of employment in law enforcement, and grounds for immediate termination for anyone who already is.

I know. I did it. But again, there are other mods which would override any amount of heatsink mods you throw at them. Particular with the sniper, but the shotgun, too. It was great to knock enemies around (fun with physics!) but it was an instant overheat with every shot.

There are legal precedents that some kinds of misconduct on behalf of police officers can result in overturning verdicts in cases that involved those officers. But it doesn’t happen nearly often enough, nor does it initiate anywhere near enough scrutiny on those officers (or punishment) and the precinct(s) they served…

It was also discovered that prosecutors somehow lost exculpatory DNA evidence and inappropriately pushed a witness to come forward.

That only worked for some weapons with some setups. And some mods made that approach flat-out impossible. A single-shot would overheat basically any and every weapon instantly.

Biden honors the deals that Trump made, gets blamed by the Trumpees for the outcome of those deals.

“People who follow ‘our way’ are the masters of this world, destined to rule over everything.”

That’s the only ‘Jesus’ they recognize and accept. Remember, these are the same people who were (and still are) completely fine with forced hysterectomies on not-white women.

Some unions are sometimes bad. Not all of them and not all the time. Unions are the reasons actors get paid residuals for work they did years prior. Unions are the reason you get paid holidays and paid vacation. Unions are the reason you get health insurance (and it used to be 100% employer paid at that). Unions are…

The scam is that they’re preying on lower-income families and individuals who don’t have the financial means to *get* better deals...a vicious cycle that these stores help REINFORCE. For the profit of the few CEOs and shareholders.

I’m pretty sure they’d make a sport out of that. I mean, it wouldn’t be the first sport racists have made out of killing black people.

Hell, if she was suspended *with pay* then she wasn’t even punished — the rest of us call that a vacation day.