There is no context that makes this a smart thing to say in Texas when you're running to be a US Senator. It doesn't matter how rabidly you oppose 2A rights, you keep your mouth shut and don't say a goddamn thing.
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Off the top of my head, the only one that I've watched in recent memory was Fallout.
That's okay, I'll ramp up my piracy of Amazon-exclusive shows in 2025 too.
Imagine trying to argue that DUI laws shouldn’t exist because when you have had one beer you’re fine
Eh, except you probably aren't. Depending on the state, your size, the beer, etc., one may be enough to put you over the legal limit.
The big issue is that there's no difference at all between a 3D printer that's used to print cute little toys and useful household gadgets, and one that's used to print a Glock-style frame. It's the same printer. So it's absolutely unreasonable to regulate all 3D printers as though they were firearms, but that's what some states are pushing to do. The second big issue is that the BATF has had regulations for years about what part constitutes a gun, and what parts are unregulated. Now the ATF is changing the rules, and prosecuting people that relied on prior rulings before doing anything.
The ghost gun thing is particularly ridiculous. You've always had the right to make your own firearm, and for decades the BATF has said that if a receiver (or frame, or whatever) is only 80% complete, that it's legally not a firearm (yet). The reason it's an issue now is that it's finally easy enough for a regular person to make their own. Once you start regulating a block of metal--or in the case of New York, a 3D printer--as though it was a firearm, where does it realistically end? If I can pay $20,000 for a Haas 5 axis benchtop CNC mill, then a plan block of aluminum is not a 'gun' since I can easily mill it to be such.
Turns out Vance is full of shit. Vance said, "which does [emphasis added] drive up costs". The quote he provided says, "There is a risk that strong consumer demand for services, increased immigration, and continued labor market tightness could lead to persistently high core services inflation. Given the current low inventory of affordable housing, the inflow of new immigrants to some geographic areas could result in upward pressure on rents, as additional housing supply may take time to materialize." It's clear from the wording in the quote that these pressures have not yet resulted in the higher prices, and that it's a potential factor at some point in the future, rather than a current pressure.
Vance is, at best, being misleading.
O'Rourke is such a fucking moron. What kind of pants-on-head, helmet-wearing, short-bus riding, genetic defect of a village idiot tells people in Texas, "Hell, yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47"? And it's going to be even worse now, because more and more Democratic-leaning voters own firearms than did in 2019. It's so goddamn infuriating, because by every possible metric, Cruz is a godawful human and has zero principles.
If Dems dropped gun and magazine restrictions/bans entirely, and never brought it up again, they could peel off significant numbers of single-issue Republicans, just like Republicans could peel off a lot of single-issue Democrats is they entirely dropped abortion/birth control restrictions/bans. (And, in both cases, you're better off addressing root causes.)
Depends on how the fines work. Check out Finland day-fine system. It's a bit complicated, but essentially the gov't knows how much money you make/what kind of wealth you have, and scales fines according to that. So a person that's in the lowest 10th percentile may only pay a few dollars for a traffic fine, while someone that's in the 99th percentile for income/wealth can end up with a speeding ticket that costs over €100,000.
But the point of saying that certain things are dealbreakers is that, outside of those, anything is within the realm of possibility.
Do I prefer people with "extreme" body modifications? Sure. Is that a requirement? No.
With food, maybe I prefer Brazilian steakhouses, but the only thing I really dislike is pasta, sandwiches, and deep-fried everything. I'm not going to exclude Thai, Indian, Ethiopian, or Polish food, just because it's not my favorite kind of restaurant. I'm literally going to be fine with anything that isn't on my dislike list.
I'm curious what areas are seeing the gain in YIMBY; I have a hard time thinking that any of it is coming from La Jolla. And yeah, San Diego really needs more high-density housing. I lived there for a few years in the early 90s, and there really wasn't much at the time.
The problem isn't political will per se, but specifically steamrolling local NIMBYs. The people with the most political power and will tend to push high density housing out of more desirable areas and into less desirable areas. If you wanted to, for instance, but a 100 unit building in Ukrainian Village or Wicker Park in Chicago, you'd have a really stiff fight on your hands from local property owners who want to keep their neighborhood all brownstones. OTOH, if you want to demo a square block near Garfield Park and build there--and I wouldn't recommend doing that--you'll have the local alderman holding a golden shovel for the groundbreaking.
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I'm curious how hard it would be for a typical user to chain VPNs together so that my traffic went sequentially through VPNs. In theory it seems like VPN #1 would know that it was connected to my home and VPN #2, so it couldn't tell where data was originating. VPN #2 could see the site that was being accessed and VPN #1, but not me.
I have no idea if it actually works this way in practice through.