NZ is still a long way from utopia but compared to most places, faarrrkkkkk.

If guns aren’t the problem, it must be Americans with guns that are the problem.

There was a good piece on the Conversation about Scomo and his slogans before policy schtick. Only works for so long, then eventually people start to twig there is nothing more to him than the slogans.

Get a ride on.

“Anyone surprised that there are two ‘Blue Lives Matter’ flags in his garage?”

I mean we’ve all heard of the legendary “owned by a little old lady, never driven in the rain”, etc but this is off the chain. Seriously look at that pristine barcode on the chassis, that’s as close to original condition as you’ll ever get. (I’m guessing lots of rubber seals, etc aren’t so great of course)

Maybe they grew watching too much TV with the old image of the friendly village “bobby” whistling his way politely down the street and helping little old ladies cross the road.

Of course if you’re in the doubly harassed group of black women you can even expect to be interrogated as being “suspicious looking” entering your own apartment. Just ask Amanda Gorman.

For most of the MAGA base he is exactly what they want, just how they think a *real man* should behave. And unfortunately were not just talking about the male base...groan...

Years ago I had bought a shitbox 74 Passat wagon for $250 while I was doing an engine rebuild on my main car. I was out on a nice summers day when suddenly a flash thunderstorm dumped a ton of rain and hail. Conscious of the poor condition of the car I slowed down gently as I came to a set of lights but due to the…

Right, so many great scenes.

I’m sure someone, somewhere has a well preserved specimen of this beast in a museum collection somewhere. Not really interested in knowing where but one will exist and that is plenty in this world.

This “tactic” of surrounding or cornering groups of peaceful protestors seems to be one of the main ways police escalate situations. We saw it all through the BLM protests, the same has been going on in Myanmar with the protests against the coup there and now yet another example.

This has to have been inspiration for the 2007 film Hot Rod, surely?

As more and more of the pathetic Republican’s wanting changes to voting laws crop up the legal opinions keep saying the same thing. Degrading voter rights will never stand up to legal challenges, pure and simple. This hollow “fraud is rife” shit will not stand scrutiny because as “I’m melting” Rudy found out when you…

I know the laws are way different for you guys but here in Australia we can get this stuff pretty easily.

I think you spelled that out well in your story which really covered everything quite fairly.

By hating, killing and marginalizing people of color, the entire LGBTIQ community and all women who don’t “know their place” they are increasingly becoming an anachronistic irrelevance. The reality of America is the antithesis of their own delusion of America.

Designed for a world without speed humps, a true dreamer...

Not really but kind of related.