Here in Arizona, it’s illegal to smoke in bars and restaurants (thank god), but you’re allowed to smoke on open air patios (which we obviously have a lot of), even within 20 feet of an entrance, as long as a separate “smoke free entrance” is available, and the patio area is either open to the sky or covered with a…

Fine - keep cigarettes legal, but if you use them, you’re banned from getting Medicare for your emphysema when you’re old and gross.

If we are tall, we shouldn’t have to shell out more money because the airline only accommodates the “average” person.

More like 20-30 years ago, but yes. They have the old style legroom for slightly less than the old style price. Airlines would love for you to buy them, few people ever do, and then they complain about things being smaller than they used to be.

If you’re tall, you should buy Economy Plus (e.g. Economy Comfort, Main Cabin Extra, etc). You have that choice. I’ve *never* seen a flight where the extra-legroom cabin is totally sold out - because most passengers are cheap. If you don’t buy the extra room you require, and you complain that the seat you chose to buy…

You are operating under the mistaken assumption that we have choices. Most of the time, the only choice we really have is which logo is on the wing of the plane

So much more satisfying than running on policy change and enacting said policies.

Winning elections simply for the sake of winning elections is bad.

The photo itself is a stock photo more than 15 years old.

Not all movie theaters are created equal. Most theaters you hear about with $15+ tickets are those deluxe, reserved seat, barcalounger chair, alcohol service and full menu joints. Or in places that are stupid to go to movies, like literal Hollywood, Times Square, etc.

I don’t know what kind of point you’re trying to make here, but thank you for digging up the numbers for a single year for Texas, to prove the point that ALL states benefit from federal infrastructure spending.

Oh come on, don’t be dense. The Hudson River tunnels are New York City’s equivalent of the Dallas’s freeways in terms of critical transportation infrastructure. They are also 110+ years old.

Sorry, but Dallas, LA, SF, Miami aren’t going to become Mogadishu because a subway tunnel failed connecting NY and NJ.

British Airways for Europe are you mad?

Also, go back to the galley and see if the crew has put out any snacks. On most long-haul flights with meal service, they will put a tray of sandwiches, bags of chips, granola bars, and a spread of drinks (sometimes even booze) out for you to self-serve. This has been true on my last flights on British Airways, Delta,…

I know California is a two-party consent state; is it possible that, as it was a radio interview, he was able to revoke consent for the visual but not the audio?

It’s complete and utter horseshit that a federal official, being paid by taxpayers, on official business, giving a public speech in a public place sponsored by a public university that receives state and federal tax dollars

That’s very common in nordic countries - fines are income based.

Modern behavioral economics has shown, again and again, that the choices people make in the marketplace are deeply affected by the things offered by “default”. So even if cheeseburgers are still available (which they are), not including them as an option by default (even if they are offered elsewhere on the menu) will…

McDonalds is a corporation deciding to sell a (marginally) healthier kids meal, probably not because they really care about health, but rather because they have calculated that both market demand for healthier options and the PR value of the change (especially when children are the market segment) will result in more…