“But it makes me sick watching the Republicans this week using fear of guns being taken away for political gain, when the obvious response is to just look at this shit that happens over and over and over again.”

New Zealand gun collector activists, it wasn’t politicians who took your guns away. It was this terrorist. He ruined it for everyone. In the US, the guns should have been taken away generations ago after massacres in Texas, decades apart. But we have a suicidal vow to reward gun collectors after one of them abuses his…

He’s a Republican but not a Trump Republican, who has created a Twitter persona that makes it seem like he’s anti-fucked-up policy, but he’s not. He’s just not a Trump Republican.

That’s not for us to judge. Feeling abused is relative.

Not listening to a cop shouldn’t get you shot unless the thing you’re not listening to is ‘Please let the hostage go’ or something like that.

Here’s hoping.

Explain.  I distinctly remember all the OEM CEO’s travelling to DC to meet with Obama and stating publicly their agreement for the challenging CAFE standards.  I’m losing faith in the tortilla wisdom.... you’re all over the place today.

That’s what’s so baffling.  it’s like, “I hate my neighbor, so I’ll burn down my house in hopes of melting some of his siding.”

Do you.... realize

The CARB directors are appointed by the elected governor, and confirmed by the elected senate. They’re a creature of statue - meaning they’ve been created by the elected state legislature and serve at the will of the elected representatives of California - including through the placement of two oversight members who…

There is a lot to unpack here...

Really, tell us more.   Why is California an evil demon?

Do you.... realize that all automakers and states were in agreement with obama’s standards? Trump is the one who single handedly created this issue.

Yup.... eeeevvvviiiilllle California.... how evil of them to basically more or less invent modern social media, the computer processor, integrated circuitry and the other stuff that you are now using on this site. Terrible California for single highhandedly inventing movies and modern forms of entertainment and shows…

#3 In a time of work shortages, record unemployment, and a pandemic, the last thing we need are two separate emissions standards to complicate things.

I  don't think you are following the argument well.

Yup. The entire strategy here is simply to demonize California and Californians as a way to scare conservatives into voting for him.

As has been reported in Gizmodo, the Post Office could run profitably, if it it didn’t have Congressional Mandates on things like paying its retirement benefits. Which were set up under Republicans in an attempt to undermine the Post Office. 

Meanwhile, the military gets another 750 billion and never has to “break-even”.

If you want to hear about how the government is ineffective, ask a Republican. If you want to SEE how the government is ineffective, vote him into office.