“I am glad that Bill Cosby is out of jail because now hopefully they will put The Cosby show back on the air and I will get my residual checks again.”

I get what you’re saying. But the thing is they push for minority gun ownership to help their cause....until the minority gun owners start differ from their thoughts on other issues. Then it’s going to be holy hell when minority gun owners have exercised their gun rights, but ALSO want fair treatment.

Even if the police can be relied upon to like you, another argument is that “when seconds count, the police are minutes away.”

Always irritating when you’re pulled out of one of those really good dreams.

God damn. I’m so sorry Michael. I can’t imagine being in your shoes.

It’s either that the Chinese regime needed a convenient boogeyman to scaremonger against in general to help quell dissent within its populace, or (probably more likely) it’s a retaliatory globalist power move against something the Swedish government either said or did recently regarding China and/or its practices and…

I bought my gun last year and took training to learn how to shoot and maintain it. I am very happy I did. As a female, no one is going to protect me but me... Now I am applying for my concealed carry permit... I would hate to shoot someone but if its going to be me or him, I would rather it be him. 

OK, but stats are not everything: correlation not causality. The reason it is generally not safer to own a gun is many people who own guns are far to casual about it and end up getting drunk and shooting themselves or someone else by accident.

The primary gun show in northern VA is quite different. First, it is very diverse. Everyone mingles pretty freely, and there are no racially charged posters, etc.(though lots of politically charged things). Second, every vendor there uses the federal instant background check system. Third, things are not cheap.

This was a great read. Thank you for sharing.

The “unlicensed dealers” like you’re describing are probably committing crimes. “Not making a living” isn’t the standard the Feds use to nail unlicensed dealers. https://www.atf.gov/file/100871/download

This article was cool enough in its own right, but I hope it’s just a teaser for a series of articles about Project 459 because that sounds like a pretty intense build with a really awesome design goal. I would gladly read lots more about it.

I’m in favor of a pretty steep wealth tax (the GND proposal of a 70-something percent tax on every dollar north of $10 million is, I think, a great idea.) The larger issue is that Elon Musk is not standing in the way of the programs Bernie wants, and he’s far from the proximate cause of the perpetuation of these…

Wouldnt a non connected bike + an ipad w/ Peloton app be the smartest choice? The bikes are ungoldy expensive for a “connected” experience but i havent seen any evidence that you need THEIR bike to achieve this. Sure “auto follow” wouldnt work but seems like a “bonus” and the reviewer didnt even like it

Some counter points:

“If you go to that site, your computer will explode. Also, you’ll stub your toe.” — the rozzers

Seems like Apple could reduce e-waste more effectively by not having a proprietary connector.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/vindication-for-ron-desantis-11614986751

I understand where they’re coming from though; if you’re working for the White House, at that high level of government, if you’re unable to convincingly lie about your drug use then who knows what else you won’t be able to convincingly lie about.

On the flip side I know a “lot” of friends who have the older HomePod and a few who have the mini, and I own both.

There’s a great map which shows concentrations of lead by county in the US. The conclusion is urban areas have the highest lead levels and western, rural areas have the least. However, states are not required to report lead poisoning so the data is inconsistent.