Where did you live that people think you’re wealthy because you have a horse? Where I was from horses usually meant you were too poor to afford a car, and a lot of people had them around town once you got out into the farming neighborhoods.

While there are correlations between the two, a 16th century monk merely pointed out 95 things that he felt were corrupt with the Catholic church at the time, I’m not really familiar with the nuances to understand how that feeds into a country that didn’t exist until 400 years later, or how it supported white…

I thought the planet was an ellipsoid?

Great analysis!

You essentially are proving my points for me.

You seem to be under the impression that the method of enforcement is driven by voter desires in some weird mob-rule kind of way, this is not how government works.

Have they increased headroom in the caddys yet? I love the design and the power would be nice if I didn’t have my head dragging the ceiling everytime I sat in one.

Did you read the comment on the Judiciary Committee? Do you understand how immigration policy differs from border security? Your comments do not reflect this knowledge if that is the case.

It actually is both NY and DC that drives federal policy, if you haven’t looked into the origins of the president and his cabinet, I suggest you do so. Most of the Judiciary Committee on border security is diverse, including TX, IA, IL, and WA, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to say by “driving policy” since a…

What does Idaho have to do with DHS? Or anything for that matter?

While the sad state of American roads is the main reason this wouldn’t work (potholes, improper snow removal, salt, etc.) there is a concept at work that Argonne labs is doing. Basically instead of encoding data, the car benefits from an inductive circuit and charges an electric car battery while driving.

I definitely get how a poorly executed travel restriction was an insanely bad idea, but I’m not really with you on the premise of “muslim country”. If we were targeting “Muslim” countries, places like Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and others would be on there. This looks like more of a list of the worst active…

Medically speaking you are a host to a parasite (baby). The only difference is some people choose to keep the parasite once it has been removed. My residents do refer to children (both gestating and post-birth) as parasites so I believe the analogy is accurate.

I’d say being 8th on the list in firearm murders per capita and 9th on overall murders per capita refutes that point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_the_United_States_by_state

It’s cute that they think that all communications aren’t already monitored, especially with something as critical as NSC discussions.

The republicans and democrats did nothing on gun laws, this all had to be adjudicated through the courts as Obama’s gun control crusade could not result in substantive change in Congress, nor could Congress provide a bill that Obama would sign, thus the status quo was maintained and existing laws were enforced by the…

To your point, Republicans have not controlled the federal government for the better part of the last decade, and thus have not had considerable influence, except to keep the status quo on firearms laws. In terms of “states where guns are coming into Chicago from” I’m confused by why this matters. If guns were a…

This was felt very intensely throughout the various divisions of DOD and DOE. The shutdowns and budget shortfalls and never ending continuing resolutions were huge blows to the departments; it’s hard enough getting maintenance and repair money since most congress persons want to have “new” everything to put under…

Yes, obviously there are other areas of Illinois, but that doesn’t explain why the piece is explicitly blaming Republicans when they have virtually no power in that state. Furthermore, concealed carry is nationwide and upheld by a plethora of court rulings. Doesn’t explain why the murder per capita via firearms is so…

So I’m confused by a couple of the pieces in this. Isn’t Cook County and most of the Chicago metro heavily regulated and controlled by the Democrats? According to Wiki, the only red in the lineup is at the Gov/Lt. Gov position. Why is the focus on a party that doesn’t even hold power in the state?