The system we live in is corrupt and deeply flawed. The results of undue, undemocratic influence by minority interests is enormous and we are paying a heavy price. The fact it’s been that way for a long time is hardly a justification. We can change it if we choose to. The midterms were encouraging, but there’s so much…

Politicized gerrymandering and the perversity of the allocation of Senators. In the last midterms the Dems in the Senate received millions more votes than the GOP, but lost seats. Add the systematic suppression of voters by the GOP and the clear democratic majority has been out flanked. It’s less that the voters lose…

Yes, plus perverse gerrymandering and a non-democratically representative Senate. We’ve been hijacked by the tyranny of a rabid minority.  It must end.

The premise was the House, Senate and WH would be in Dem control. It’s clear a majority of citizens do not support the GOP agenda, so not a huge sell job would be required to get the balance back to normalized. If the minority backed GOP could block Garland and confirm Kavanaugh just because they had the power, why…

Sometimes that’s practical, sometimes not, depending on the layout. This cashier had the bags sitting right in front of him and bagged as he scanned. Other times there’s a bagger, and you’d have to excuse them out of the way awkwardly implying that’s ok, I’ll take over since I don’t trust you to do your job. 

Use grocery self-checkout 99.9% of the time. There are some hiccups but the overriding plus for me is bagging things the way I want. Last week a line was free so I tried cashier checkout for about the 3nd time in a year, and the guy dropped my avocado twice. And I ended up with 8 bags instead of the 4 I would have…

Bologna sandwiches, lots of variations of stuff on pasta, cheap cereal and powdered milk, cheap burgers once a week or so. Oddly after a week or two using powdered milk I really couldn’t taste the difference. But looking back at those ancient college years it’s hard to see through the smoky haze that enveloped those…

Amazon has many to choose from.

So are you against drunk driving laws? What about your “freedom” to get plowed and plow into pedestrians? No one cares if you get drunk, but if you endanger the lives of others that’s a crime. So, you and your kids can go unvaccinated and get as sick as you want, although I’d consider that child abuse, but you have to…

I don’t mean random arbitrary, but the second meaning:

That bronze pot doesn’t look a day over 1000, so maybe the elixir just slows aging.

Driving while using a phone is not illegal where I live, but it should be. It’s been proven to be as dangerous as driving drunk, even hands free. I hate seeing people driving way too slow for conditions or weaving across lines because they’re using a phone. I fear the person coming the other way veering into my lane…

Until the campaign finance, lobbying laws and hire after leaving Congress corruptions are fixed we will never be rid of politicians shilling for corporations. It’s how they got elected and how they stay elected, so they have zero motivation to change the system. It could happen quickly, like the societal change in…

No. Had phones since they came out and never used a front facing camera.

Much better solution than a notch. But then I never take selfies so any potential unreliability is a non-issue.  I’d be happiest with a cheaper model without a front facing camera.  But obviously I’m in the minority. 

No question many governments are salivating over universal constant tracking, and sounds like China is well on the way. But we should resist. Tracking is one thing, but it appears they’re enforcing limits on leisure travel, and other behavioral restrictions for potentially arbitrary “offenses”.  Of course we do have…

Smoking while driving is a crime? I saw a mention of punishing someone for playing video games too much. The article says “one intent of the social credit system is clearly to help the ruling Communist Party fight dissent”. The gov is already requiring that every electric car be connected to a centralized data…

Has she or any of your friends committed any of the acts being targeted for punishment? It’s also very possible that it’s in the pilot stage and only a portion of the population is currently being tracked, with plans to implement it for everyone eventually. One example that has been definitely documented is the…

I’m hoping this is sarcastic.  You can’t actually want some government goons making judgements about acceptable behavior short of crimes and restricting common freedoms accordingly.  

O didn’t brag about being a genius or what school he went to while lambasting previous Presidents for not releasing their transcripts. He also released his tax returns.