Recent content by OwnTheRide

Oh, I can answer this one. Prices go up, benefits go down. I know because the thread title said Hochul.

This is a dumb waste of everyone's time and money. "86" has long been used in common parlance to say "get rid of" or "toss out." When I was in grad school 20 years ago, I'd go to lunch at a local bar that served potato chips instead of fries. I'd always tell them to hold the chips, which they...

Agreed that a non-cop could get out of this situation without charges, though I think a cop is more likely to. Also, I can't help but notice a few things that potentially indicate preferential treatment: 1. He wasn't arrested 2. His guns were not taken 3. His name has not been released That...

One hundred percent, she should have kept control of her dogs. But, watch the footage, and in particular the body language of the GSDs. Those dogs were not attacking. Charging, barking, yes... but not attacking. I'll give you that we can't expect everyone to be able to read dogs as easily as I...

Or, remember how Bill Clinton ran for office and one of his policy goals was to increase taxes on the rich, which he defined as households making $250k or more... then, when his wife ran 24 years later, one of her policy goals was to increase taxes on the rich, which she defined as households...

Back when I was living in Binghamton, about once a week I'd be driving to work and it would smell like there was a dead animal under my hood. Sure enough, ten miles down the road, I'd catch up to a semi hauling trash from NYC/NJ, presumably heading to that landfill. And the smell would finally...

"A right not exercised is a right lost" I understand your point that folks that do this kind of thing are putting themselves in harm's way regardless of the fact that they are exercising their Constitutional rights. That said, the fact that these rights were paid for in blood certainly suggests...

Not sure where you're getting the 75% number. All stats I find say that about 20% (4.5m) of NY residents are gun owners, so that'd be 40% or so of the voting population, of which only 1.2m voted in the last gubernatorial election. If we could boost that to 3m of the 4.5, we could see a radical...

Waiting periods are so dumb. Maybe, MAYBE, they have an effect on a first-time gun buyer. But certainly no benefit in relation to the purported purpose of these waiting periods. (We all know the real purpose is to impose more hurdles to jump over and hoops to jump through for law-abiding gun...

Quite true, particularly given that you are automatically registered to vote on transactions with the DMV, unless you specifically opt out. Interestingly, the state passed legislation that automatically registered people to vote (unless opted out) for many transactions with the state, but...

I've seen sources that suggest that less than 1/3rd of NYS gun owners vote. Here's an example. I can't speak to the validity of this data.

They'd be stupid to do it. One successful attack on any of those companies on US soil will erase practically all resistance to the war. We'd have more Americans in Iran than Iran has Iranians.

I think one of the biggest faults we've had with military engagements is not going full-bore right from the get-go. If you're going to go to war, throw everything you legally can at it. Our military is incredibly powerful, but they're always restrained by politics. Tossing million-dollar...

Same happened to me, though with a swifter resolution. I had failed to disclose an "arrest" (appearance ticket) on my application that had happened when I was 16, with charges that were eventually dismissed. I hadn't forgotten about it, but I did not know at the time that an appearance ticket...

Correct, though it was more like a decade-plus ago. I don't know if it has changed back since then, but I highly doubt it.