Usually it is required upon purchase of a home

“No HOA” was one of the absolutely essential parts of my home search a few years back, both as an auto enthusiast and as a musician.

Why do people join HOAs?

Honest question, I’ve never heard of *any* good reason to be part of one; they just seem like you’re agreeing to give control over what you can and can’t do on your property to the worst bored old-lady busybody stereotypes.

Because public transit in Minnesota is awesome! :/

Safety in a collision, you say?

Pictured: This car’s arch-enemy.

That image sells surprisingly well abroad. For bikes that are less than ideal for either the small, curvy roads of Europe or the rutted unpaved roads in India, I’m always impressed by their sales. It’s a luxury good and a status symbol.

Harley sells bikes in the US based mostly on heritage and image. That doesn’t translate well internationally, especially when there are better, cheaper options available.

Yeah, the entire field of quality assurance was designed to ensure standards are met regardless of which country or how competent or motivated your work force happens to be. India builds their own space rockets and satellites. They can figure out a Harley. If the product is shit, the process to build it and qualify it…

The new BMW is built in India. Its gotten good reviews. Nothing inherently wrong with Indian manufacturing.

Its not a tax; its a tariff. That’s a special tax imposed only on goods being imported.

Your Amazon/MS comparison is incorrect and has been debunked before.

The second and third paragraphs of the article sum up the crux of the argument and rely on verifiable fact. The article is too long and goes too wide, sure, but those two paragraphs are key.

Perhaps you think there’s nothing wrong with the contractor structure, and how nice for you if that’s the case. But the finance…

McCain/Feingold was a CYA maneuver that kept him in office after a rank corruption scandal that should have ended his career. And it’s been ludicrously ineffective to boot.

My understanding was that Palin was pushed on him by the Republican leadership. If so, you can blame him for not doing his due diligence in vetting her, or for being weak enough that he allowed the party to pick his VP without openly complaining (which would have forced the party’s hand).

… isn’t he the only R in congress promising committee hearings into the Russian connections…

I think McCain is an excellent illustration of how positive character traits are not necessarily transitive from one context to another. Just because he was brave in one circumstance hasn’t precluded his being a coward others.

Photoshop is a thing.

There’s plenty of charity being given without the expectation for anything (especially accolades) in return.

Whether this can really be considered altruistic depends on how you look at it. Is altruism in the act itself or in the intent? Many would argue the latter.

Lyft is being reactive by using optics to take a bite out of Uber’s customer base. We can speculate about whether or not they would have donated to the ACLU had Uber not have fucked up so publicly, but it’s important for customers to know what they are buying into. Uber fucks over drivers and has Trump connections.…