No. She is arguing that a strong program of social housing could and should provide an alternative to renting from private landlords. People would still be able to own houses and apartment buildings, but private landlords might need to provide better housing for less rent in order to compete with social housing. I…

“I’m sure Conway’s already prepared her biting retorts for the next time reporters so much as say the word ‘Hatch’ in front of her.”

Solution: make them cute and give them faces. Just as (some) drivers interact and communicate with each other through eye contact and hand gestures (I’m thinking waving someone on, not giving them the finger), self-driving cars could be more effective if they could communicate not just with other self-driving cars,…

They could probably do that, unless the rapist knows the woman got pregnant and demands a genetic test to prove the kid is theirs. Rapists frequently know the people they rape, so it might be difficult for a survivor to hide their pregnancy from the rapist. 

YES!

I should hope so!

MJ Hegar is running against Cornyn: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/23/mj-hegar-enters-race-challenge-john-cornyn-texas-2020/

When I say pragmatism and true fiscal restraint, I’m not talking about austerity. I’m talking about investing in society now so we don’t have long-term costs and consequences. Deporting people who have lived here quietly for decades is an unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars. Same with drug-testing welfare recipients…

Those are the things that keep people fed and comfortable. They don’t notice those things while they have them - they take them for granted- but they sure as heck notice when the things pragmatism and fiscal restraint provide are taken away.

The domestic migrant factor may not work as much in the Democrats’ favor as you would think. People are willing to move to Texas not just for jobs, but also because of - not in spite of - its cultural reputation. I can’t find the statistics right now, but I remember reading that native-born Texans were less likely to…

The blue wave in Texas isn’t just about personalities, although those help. Republicans have taken things away from people that made voting citizens feel secure. They defunded Planned Parenthood in Texas and increased maternal mortality in the process. When the Trump administration deports undocumented residents, and…

The Rock is one hoopy frood!

The conclusion of the trials for the occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge was when I first realized America was no longer operating as usual. I expected convictions and prison sentences. Instead, they got off virtually scott free (aside from the one who was killed). They should have gone to prison.

The internet claims he is 5"9'. I am not sure I buy that (perhaps he was 5"9' once, but people shrink as they age), but looking at photos of him next to Paul Ryan, he may not be as short as I thought. FusilliJerry might have seen someone else.

McConnell is very small.

I think if more people thought of abortion as healthcare, they’d feel differently.

With modern technology, it is possible some seniors could become pregnant. I vaguely remember a case where a woman who had already gone through menopause carried her grandchild to term because her daughter could not. That sounds like a pretty high-risk pregnancy to me, and if things had gone differently, she may have…

An abortion is almost always* safer than a pregnancy and childbirth, so it would make more sense from a health and safety perspective to get an abortion than carry a pregnancy to term.

I thought barbershops and salons sterilized their equipment for just this reason? You never know which if your customers might have a blood-borne infection. The customers might not even know themselves. Surely barbershops and salons take precautions?

I’ve read chemical castration can have permanent effects on bone density and cardiovascular health.