Thank you for such a concise and outstanding explanation of why voter ID laws are racist. And for your patience of explaining it, repeatedly, in this thread. Too often I find myself rage-typing, and it’s nice to see such a measured and intellectual (and calm) response. 

Saying, “I need an ID to buy a candy bar with my credit card so why shouldn’t I need my ID to vote,” is a false equivalence, but it has the appeal of being logically sound on the surface. And that’s why politicians have found voter ID laws to be such a potent weapon.

I have to respectfully disagree and point out that voter ID laws are objectively racist in that they disproportionately effect poor communities of color.

It should probably be clarified that this isn’t Toyota going away from JIT production. This is applying an alpha value for risk to how they source their parts and how they control inventory. They likely looked at their tier 2 and tier 3 suppliers and realized that there was considerable risk in some of them so they…

Toyota has a really cool manufacturing process and ethos, in general. I toured the Toyota Tundra plant here in Texas after I got my last contract with them, and it was such an eye-opening experience. Their assembly line has this thing called an “Andon Cable” and it’s basically this long rope that stretches the entire…

I work in the Nuclear world. Details down to the exactly which scoop of dirt the ore came down to can be made available. For a price.

because Toyota actually thinks long-term, not just the next quarter

He probably dreams of riding his plane, yowling and yeehawing, into the ground like Slim Pickens sitting on that damn bomb.

I always thought people rolled coal because they were very insecure about their balls.

A lot of rednecks and hillbillies come to my city from out of town. One thing a lot of them have in common is a childlike impatience for city traffic. They hate sharing the road with other drivers, perilously tailgating everyone as they weave in and out of lanes in a beat up old pickup truck that certainly isn’t made…

I hope they yank the guy’s license. He’s a ‘suicide by pilot’ just waiting to happen.

Rolling coal = manliness? Think we found a contender for “smallest penis” award.

They have a 2.8 star rating on Google Maps.

Yeah this screams “$200 non-refundable application fee that won’t be rolled into rent/deposit” to me

And high turnover is often a sign that the owner/management company sucks.

I’ve seen apartment complexes that do this. It’s often a sign that there’s high resident turnover. They’re constantly having to pull in new renters, so they want the cars to look nice so people aren’t turned off when they tour the apartment.

Sounds like an apartment manager is about to have a lot of dents and flat tires on their car.

Years ago I read a book called The Millionaire next Door. It was mainly about small business owners who lived in the same area with lawyers, brokers, doctors, etc. The millionaire  business owners were richer than their neighbors but usually didn’t have the flashy house, car, etc. They just lived an average low key…

These aren’t even “luxury” apartments. Just some normal ass, $900/mo units. Give these people a fucking break.

But don’t pull through forward, or use an empty space in front of you to avoid backing up, if it puts you in someone else’s way.

I was at Home Depot once, picking up a very heavy shop tool. I had the cart sitting in the empty space next to my car and was starting the awkward transfer of this very heavy item from the car…