Here’s the problem with only subsidizing degrees that lead to certain high paying jobs- it completely ignores supply and demand and floods the market. If only 1% of the population is qualified to do a job, it commands a higher wage than if 35% of the population can do the job. We’re already seeing this where the worth…

The current system is not only expensive, inefficient, and leaves people uncovered, it’s designed for profit. Medicare for All changes that. In just 1 quarter last year, private health care insurance companies recorded $25 billion in profit. Right now, Medicare is prohibited by law (thanks Repubs) from negotiating…

The Dothraki cavalry had to be dealt with up front for logistic reasons, not story reasons. Battle scenes with horses are difficult, expensive, and dangerous for the animals and stuntmen. 

Fucking cross-overs. I don’t understand manufacturer’s slavish obsession with killing all the good will of vaulted brands with a mediocre cross-over. Ford wiping their ass with “Mach 1", Mitsubishi is farting away the “Evo” and now Chevy flushing away “Blazer”

Look at a map yourself much? 980 is only a 2 mile stretch. South of 980, the 580 and 880 run parallel for 15 miles about 3 miles apart, until Castro Valley when 580 turns East, and 880 continues to SJ. Also in Castro Valley- another connector between 880/580- the 238. You can nix 980.

I had a similar scammy Mazda dealership experience. Told us we qualified for certain rebates, we signed the paperwork, took the car, and 2 days later they claimed we didn’t qualify for certain rebates due to undisclosed terms and conditions. These T&C’s weren’t on the rebate itself, and weren’t available online…

I believe anything over 3 days falls under cruel and unusual punishment, prohibited by the Geneva Convention

It’ll never come out. He may or may have not come to terms with it, but it’s not happening. He’s now spread himself thin with a variety of other ASOIAF projects, prequel books, prequel shows, the encyclopedia, etc. He doesn’t WANT to finish the story, and never did. The series was supposed to end after ASOS, not as a…

The change of focus from “politics” to “fantasy” will be a big deal breaker for many. Those two topics, and the characters associated, had very little overlap. The politics angle was fun, interesting, exciting, and unpredictable. From the very first chop of Ned Stark’s head, you saw this was a story where everything…

The roomette’s are a joke. It’s a private rectangle shaped cabin with two chairs facing one another. A 6 footer could touch both ends. The chairs don’t recline. At night, the two chairs combine into a single size-ish bed; a pull down from the top creates a second bunk. Great way to test your relationship, or give the…

CA already has carpool lanes that require an electronic sensor/pass in your car. You can use the same technology to enforce. You make a required special pass, that in order to obtain your vehicle has to pass a safety inspection, you have to get a different tier license, and pay monthly fees to use it. To get cops to…

Vehicle inspections are magical in that they’re a great idea, but political poison for both parties. Dems oppose because the costs associated will have a disproportionate impact on the working poor who can’t afford anything more than their 15 year old saturn shitbox with bald tires they bought for $500, and will…

10w-60 actually. And you can baby the E90-92 M3's during start up, and still end up hosed with the rod-bearing replacement issue. But that’s due to a design defect with the S65 V8's (they had the same problem with the older V10's and repeated history anyways). When you do the replacement, shops don’t use OEM’s, they…

People are dumb enough to do that?? Hard to negotiate on price when you’re going to lose 5-10% for walking away, and the seller doesn’t even have to honor the contract price.

Aux->Bluetooth adapters are cheap. Pair with a smartwatch to change to next track. Sure, it’s not as good as integrated bluetooth, but it beats messing with a cable and fumbling to find your phone.

It’s all just a very convenient scapegoat for NOLA’s poor play and game management- they completely botched the two minute drill and OT . With the game tied, 13 yards out, and you call a pass play on first down?? With 90 seconds left on the clock, you let the Rams march down field to tie it up? You WIN the coin toss…

It holds a unique place as its one of the few pieces of jewelry/accessories that ANY man can wear [the exceptions for certain guys being: 1-wedding ring if you’re married (you’ll remember before gay marriage, gays used to give each other really nice watches in lieu of rings to symbolize commitment), 2-class ring if…

You can’t contract around gross negligence involving intentional conduct especially unlawful conduct. Shop would not be liable, if say a third party ran a red light and hit the car. But performing an illegal u-turn? That’s intentional unlawful conduct, and they’re going to be on the hook.

It’s because “Racist” is a bad bad word. It’s the worst thing you can be called. It calls to mind the most evil villains of history, and is a synonym for “evil”. And because of the severe connotations of this word, it has divorced wipipo’s connection of the label with certain actions. In their mind, certain…

As someone missing Obama’s America, I hate to use the term “ivory tower elite” but there was a very real and clear disconnect between the reality of this country (and how messed up it truly is just below the surface) and the lens he viewed the world as both as an academic and Harvard alum/professor.