What’s funny about it?

How do you all decide who gets the Meghan McCain beat on any given day?  Splinter writes about her incessantly, and unnecessarily.  It’s got to suck to draw that short straw.  

Maybe.  That recent decision by the Kansas supreme court was really interesting.  But Kansas is, broadly speaking, full of crazy people.  It’s hard to believe that the decision will be implemented in good faith over time.  Take a look at those other cities I mentioned, though.  There are a lot of cities that are right…

The Times article is out of date. AOC already signed onto the bill after Pelosi agreed to some changes.

I see how you think what you said was clear.  “GOP cooperation” read to me as “cooperation among the GOP” when you were suggesting “cooperation by the GOP with a Democrat.”  So, that’s fair.  I still don’t see this as even “fairly unique.” Maybe it’s the only example that has been studied and quantified.  The states…

Kansas City’s situation is not unique.

It’s not that simple.   Funding beds and toothbrushes and soap is enforcement.  The appropriations need to specify their use clearly.

AOC et al are responsible if they do nothing.  If they prefer nothing over a real bill, they are part of the problem.  The government is going to take kids into custody.  That is how it works--the government is responsible for executing the laws, including the existing immigration laws.  Withholding support here is…

What do you think appeasement means?

Burgers topped with giardiniera and celery salt!

How’s it drive?

Dude, read up. This article links to an NY Times piece. When you click through, this is the lede at the Times:

The thing is that luxury housing also commands higher prices which means more profit. Maybe you’re right. I honestly don’t know. For a while, the developers were making money selling apartments to rich foreign nationals who were either hiding or laundering money. The federal government in about 2015 did a mild…

Yes, I agree with you. There are legitimately historic areas that should be protected.  But the misuse of historic districts is really frustrating.  It’s people using their power to pull the ladder up after themselves, creating barriers for other people who have less money.  I don’t have numbers demonstrating how big…

That’s a bad take.  No one is suggesting taking down the Empire State building.  What I’m talking about is rich brownstone owners having their neighborhoods declared “historic” so no one can build an apartment building there. 

New York needs more housing.  Some of the real obstacles here are zoning, historic districts, and nimbyism.  Nimbyism, of course, makes both zoning and historic building regulations worse.  Rent protections are fine, but they are not going to solve the huge demand for housing in New York.  

Um, the filming locations for this episode are listed on IMDB.com.

DEBLASIO 2020!  Get him out of New York!

I realize I’m coming to this late, but let’s take another example. Racially restrictive covenants in real estate. It used to be that people would write into their house deed that it could not be sold to black people, or Jews, or in some cases anyone who wasn’t white. These are private covenants about land. But in…

I don’t understand how these maintain lateral flex better than a normal tire.