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Nuke power tech has come a long way. There are reactor designs out there that can't melt down - thorium reactors are the go-to example, IIRC. Nuclear power really is the only viable option for us, though it seems very difficult to achieve. We would need about 10,000 reactors, which take an...

As it turns out, DEI hiring isn't the best practice. For your mayors or your firefighters, or anything else for that matter.

Nah, they want the Mexican firefighters because they'll stick around and vote Democrat.

On camera, while smoking a blunt...

Crack was specifically outlawed in 1986, though it was non-specifically outlawed when cocaine was prohibited in 1914. So, prior to 1914, cocaine (and crack, which hadn't really been invented/popularized) was legal. Fentanyl was scheduled in 1970. I don't think this really changes your...

Might see them switch over and put the conservative party in power. Pierre Poilievre is quite an impressive politician. His public speaking/debate/interview skills are right up there with those of JD Vance.

Sounds a lot like car rental taxes. Around 25%+ in this state nowadays.

My mother went to that mall on the same day, in the morning before it was shut down. She was there to return some jewelry, but the store was dark. She waited around to see if they would open, and eventually a handful of guys in suits showed up, opened the gate, went in, and brought out the...

As spat said, arrest, charge, try. But there's more than that: the prisoner should not have had the opportunity for multiple attacks. One and done. From then on, locked in a cell, only transported fully bound, etc. I understand the point that you are getting at here, that the legal avenues are...

Sort of. Most aerospace engineers (or engineers in general really) start work after their undergrad, then have their employer pay for their graduate degree. That said, there may be a bit of a blip in the system right now due to COVID - a lot of kids graduating during that time opted to jump...

I thought that'd fit into the "two or more races" category (which is listed). Any way you put it, suspicious numbers.

Interesting idea. I'm not a fan of charging parents for the behaviors of their children, as most kids do stupid shit at some point or another no matter how well they were raised. But at the same time, if we're charging parents of mass shooters, maybe we should look into charging parents of kids...

100%. What they were armed with, or even if they were unarmed, makes no difference IMO. I'm just curious. I'm guessing bats/clubs/etc.

There's a lot that doesn't make sense there, though I'm sure with some context it might. For example, it tallies up to 136%, which is obviously not possible. The last two entries are really confusing. They can't be saying that 93% of new jobs went to non-binaries. Maybe it's a tally of males...

I wonder what they were armed with. Not that it matters... even if they were unarmed, if the story is accurate, I support the victim's actions.

One medical professional who watched the videos suggested they might have broken his neck when they picked up up by the neck/collar (after the beating), causing near-immediate paralysis, including respiratory paralysis. I certainly noticed that he was unusually limp the second they picked him...

Your idea would bring us to 56 states, so 7 rows of 8 stars. But, as mentioned, no way would liberals go for this. Their influence at the federal level would be demolished. NY currently has 28 electoral votes that all go blue every time. If we split the state, it'd be 15 for red, 15 for blue...

Wait, are you saying you don't wear tight short dresses when working construction?

I read this and thought, "they're banning cookies, now?" :ROFL:

Some party in upstate was a lot more boring than planned.

I love the idea.

Sorry you have to move back here. It'll be good to have another pro-gun person in the state, but at such a cost to you...

Yes and no. Using the OP's link, if we bought $3k work of that bulk package, it'd work out to 1248 meals, or about 14 months of meals for one person. Giving a thumb-in-the-wind estimate, I'd bet the break-even price of DIY vs buying freeze-dried food is right around the point where you want to...

Yeah, whomever that guy was, his results looked amazing. I really wanted to get into it as well, but the high cost of entry turned me away.

Couple of ways to look at it. Obviously sucks that you had to sell guns. But the first thought that came to my mind was when my wife was doing home visits for inner city schools. All these people on many forms of welfare, all of them with TVs bigger than mine, cell phones newer than mine, etc...

More PA counties breaking the law without consequence.

I didn't mean in relation to supporting the guns, I meant in relation to security. The best lock in the world is useless if a robber can just kool-aid his way into your gun room.

Did you reinforce the walls, too, or are they just drywall?

Not enough information, IMO. Sounds like it could have been a case of "five feet away, but running," or where the agent misjudged the position of the shooter (say, thinking he was looking down the scope but was actually in some other position relative to the rifle).

That's a shame. Dogs are one of the best parts of life. I plan on being outnumbered by dogs right up until I'm too old to properly care for them. The vet bills have gotten absolutely insane, though... you're spot on with that. It costs more for the pre-checkup to get a dog fixed than getting...

This falls into the usual relationship I have with Democrats: I support their purported goals, but oppose the methods they want to employ to resolve them - in part because they're the wrong approach, and also in part because their methods rarely achieve the stated goals. The motivation here was...

You keep saying this, mind clarifying what you are trying to get at? The mere fact that a shooting has occurred does not grant police the right to search any and all nearby vehicles without a warrant. There are circumstances which would allow for warrant-less searches, but they are not anywhere...

FTFA: In other words, the victim is a blooming idiot.

Not exactly. Congress is the body that approves funding. The executive branch is the one that actually spends. So, say I'm congress and you're the president. I can give you $100, but I can't make you spend it.

True. Most cases like this fall into one of two categories: family wealth or blind luck. What's really weird are the self-made ones that act in ways that make you scratch your head. Like... "you used to be normal, what happened?"

Unfortunately, way too true. About 30 years ago, I was in Syracuse courts for a speeding ticket. I forget exactly what the deal was, but they did something like shift my court time that very day so that by the time I showed up, it was too late. I was wandering around the courthouse trying to...

Unfortunately, that rarely solves anything. We need to start having personal accountability when cops behave like this.

Balls of Steel.

"Not domestically" (and therefore subject to potential tariffs) was the point.

Right, but their raw materials likely come from China...

I say whomever wins PA will win the race. Unfortunately, I suspect Kamala will win PA.

Saw a buck trying to lock down a doe in a cornfield all morning yesterday. They must have been chasing throughout the night, as they more or less stayed in one place, laying in the field, for hours. So I think it's either here or pretty close (Southern Tier).

At my old house, I used coal ash on the ice sheet in my driveway. Didn't melt it much, but gave it traction and worked a hell of a lot better than trying to melt it down with bags upon bags of salt.

I think we need to start a collection to fund SW60's move out of his neighborhood :ROFL:

I came in here expecting some stories about fishing with drunk scuba divers. I leave here disappointed.

Come to think of it, they're all white...

I have no problem with downstaters playing in traffic. Net gain for us as far as I'm concerned.

I was about to go with Starlink earlier this year when I moved to the sticks. The only service out here was from the phone company, which I assumed must be DSL. Just before I pulled the trigger, I called just to be sure. Imagine my surprise when I found out I could get fiber out here, 1gb up and...

Gotta love the blatant and shameless violation of the law by the people we pay to enforce it.

Looks just like my old man did during his last week of life, in what they called "comfort care." Which actually translates to "starve and dehydrate the person to death, and give them enough morphine so that they can't protest." The one time my dad woke up during that week, all he did was ask for...