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Ugh... in addition to the obvious historical realities, "show me your papers" is also a violation of the fourth amendment. Furthermore, no one should need ID to simply exist.

Jesus, are you kidding me? Half of us would be hung within a year. Don't you know how this would play out? Step 1: make gun crime a capital offense Step 2: expand the definition of gun crime

Might be some progress coming on this front. In the name of racial equality, though. NY proposal to ban police from making traffic stops for minor violations

Yup, I worked near-full time during school and well over full-time (2 jobs) in the summers. But, I needed to use the money to live - I moved out when I was 16, so there was no financial support of any kind coming from the family.

IMO, unless you're in a field that requires it, one should never pay for a graduate degree. The reality is that they just aren't necessary. A degree (which he'll already have) gets your foot in the door for employment, and he'll learn way more from actually doing the job than he will in grad...

In many industries, it's quite common for the employer to pay for some/all of the costs of a (field-related) graduate degree. Given your son's degree choices, I'm guessing that will hold true for him as well. IMO, when he graduates, he should look for a job in his field that will cover the costs...

Yeah, late 90s. I didn't pay them off early, but there were many different loans with varying terms and they weren't eligible for consolidation, so most of them were paid off in the first 3-5 years. I might have underestimated the interest I paid, but I don't think it really changes anything.

I'll try to tabulate the cost, but the tl;dr is that yes, I came out way ahead. All numbers are rounded estimates, of course. $30,000 - debt I was left with after college $5,000 - interest paid on that debt $5,000 - money paid out of pocket during school (books, etc) $15,000 - opportunity cost...

Highly disagree with the notion that college degrees are a waste, but there are plenty of people who waste their time in college, and/or choose degrees with very limited employment potential. A STEM degree will give a person a big leg up. While I will agree that a person who knows what they are...

I was too young to remember this story, but my grandfather told it to me many times. My grandfather took me out ice fishing one day. We weren't having any luck, but the guy fishing just a little ways down from us seemed to be pulling fish left and right. So I walked over and dropped my line...

My FIL told my wife that she doesn't need to worry about retirement, she'll be inheriting a tidy sum from him. I told her what you're saying here... never count on anyone else's money for anything. I told him that his plan was silly, that he should buy a Corvette and a boat and find other ways...

I think anything and everything will be used against you in court. "He used hollow points to cause more damage" vs "he used FMJ rounds, this shows that he had no regard for the lives of people behind his target." It's a crappy example, but you get the idea. Here, let me try again: "He used...

I think that most sentences tend to be too heavy-handed. We hand out years like they're candy. 1 year for keying a car seems excessive, for example - that's 1.5% of someone's entire life. I think they'd learn the same lesson from 1 month. That said, it would certainly serve as a good deterrent...

JD is an incredible politician. They would be foolish to not run him.

Politically, it always seems like "things are worse now than ever." With this in mind, I once took some time to read up on the US political climate over its entire history. What I found is that things "back then" were not really any more or less divided than they are now. In fact, the issues...

I just don't think you guys get it. We don't get to determine the value of classified info. If it's classified, it's classified. Period. And this information most certainly was. I have seen white images full of static that were classified. Nothing to be discerned from the images, they were...

Violent or no, once a person has served their sentence (including follow-up conditions), they should have their rights fully restored. If you can't trust them out on the streets with a gun, they shouldn't be out of prison in the first place.

My first impression was that, yes, he could have filed a major lawsuit. Keep in mind that we're talking about town justices here, not judges. There's a big difference. The requirements to be a town justice amount to "be elected." One does not need to be a lawyer, have a law degree, pass the...

SCIFs are pretty strict about what goes in or out of them. Like, no recording devices, cell phones, laptops etc. Even getting new keyboards or mice in there can be a real PITA. Notes made in the SCIF can't be taken out. A participant could certainly still relay a discussion from memory, of...

Here's a pretty damning one, IMO. Note that this is before the strikes occurred...

Just a reminder that a PA LTCF is not required to carry through PA. Non-residents who possess a pistol permit from their home state can legally carry in a vehicle in any fashion, and can openly carry outside their vehicle. That said, it's always a good idea to get a PA LTCF. They're cheap and...

Well, what was released today clears that up. Clearly sensitive info regarding strike times and operational results. But, even last night, the following was abundantly clear: These were the highest-level officials discussing details about military operations and political considerations that...

You're not wrong, but... if you or I did the same thing, we'd be facing charges with a very real possibility of prison time. Are the penalties surrounding this too stiff/unforgiving? I lean towards "probably." But the answer in that case is to change the penalties for everyone, not give...

I wonder how they're even getting away with texting classified info in the first place. AFAIK, classified info can only be sent over very secure channels. Maybe they have cell phones that are somehow secure enough to send classified info... but if so, I'd have expected recipients to be filtered...

Well, AOC won't be minority leader - she's in the house, not the senate. CNYJohn said "the ilk like her" - I'm not sure who that would be in the senate, but whomever it is, they're probably not as dumb as AOC.

It suspended/revoked the security clearances of the firm. --------- This, I believe, is why all of the liberal tech billionaires ran to take a knee to Trump after he won the election. Security clearances stem entirely from executive orders, they are completely under the control of the...

Before I moved last year, I used coal to feed my outdoor wood boiler. Was cheaper than firewood, required no slicing/splitting/stacking, burned hotter, longer, and cleaner. I loved it.

They all look like Mitch McConnell, who in turn suffers from "men who look like old lesbians" syndrome.

I wouldn't think so... that's a county agency, not a state agency. But I certainly don't know for sure.

I don't know about that. The cost of living is insane in any major city. On this, we can certainly agree!

They aren't paying out of pocket, campaigns are run on funds from supporters, lobbyists, political parties, etc. A congressperson can get by in DC on their current $174k salary. It isn't luxurious living, but they can get by. They probably should be paid more, though.

There is a danger to making the pay of elected officials too low, and that is the risk of excluding the middle class from being able to afford to run for office. DC is absurdly expensive. If we capped their pay to, say, the average of their constituents, then only the wealthy would be able to...

Quite the opposite, I'd say. Fixed supply with increasing demand is a very good thing if you hold a position in the asset.

Someone pointed out the other day that if every millionaire in the US decided to add one bitcoin to their portfolio, there wouldn't be enough bitcoin. That's rather eye-opening.

Unfortunately, I am quite certain the Republican party is just as bad. Politicians of all stripes emerge from "service" much wealthier than they went in. Kickbacks are the norm, not the exception. And I doubt there is anything we could really do to stop it. Any measures we take would be...

Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but since I had to look it up... that was not Alito, it was Retired Justice Kennedy.

So, I guess the point here is that we should just let the country run off a cliff instead of taking a turn that will result in some temporary discomfort? Plain and simple, we cannot keep running our country on borrowed money. We need to downsize the government, and that means some government...