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Eggs are still $5 a flat (30 eggs) at the farm around the corner. Even the double-yolkers.

Well, it certainly isn't Republican policies that are paying to house the homeless in motels in this state. A lot of people really have no idea as to the impact the debt is having, and will continue to have, on us. I have certainly heard people on both sides who are essentially clueless in...

Both ends of the political spectrum have a lot of common goals. Speaking generally, no one wants people getting murdered, no one wants homeless people camping on the streets, no one wants enormous debt, no one wants social security to fail, no one wants economic devastation, no one wants wars...

I suggest setting a calendar event on your phone, with recurrence every 3 years.

Waaaay late to the party here, but want to add something to this. Without a PA LTCF or other state's license that PA honors (and note that they distinguish between resident and non-resident licenses of states that they honor), you can carry outside of your vehicle, but you must carry openly...

Wow, that's bad. I've experienced some similar shenanigans in the past, but not that bad, thankfully. Story time: I was driving a group that was out drinking, and went to get my truck. Stopped across the street from the bar they were coming out of. As my gf (now wife) was crossing the street, a...

Puh-lease. Dumping a mag is fun no matter your age. Don't be a fudd.

Don't get me started. I was sitting on millions in gas rights, and was a member of the steering committee for our local area. Best offer was $6500/acre and 25% royalties. Would have made bank even if they never drilled, and would have retired if they did. But FUAC decided he wasn't getting...

I've converted many an anti by taking them shooting then explaining how they'd just broken several NYS laws by touching a pistol, then leapfrogging from that to the many other stupid laws. You can see a light go off in their head when they've just done something totally safe and reasonable that...

Well, that's a new flavor... :ROFL:

Roberts seems way more concerned with the public's perception of the court than he is with the validity or correctness of its rulings.

Last summer, we kept having power outages on Fridays in my area. I'd heard rumors that it might relate to the solar farms that were going up. Well, just yesterday a National Grid guy confirmed it. They were trying to bring the newest farm online and every time they flipped the switch to connect...

I originally considered them really dumb, but I came to like them once I realized that managers were basically copying and pasting what I said into their reviews. I paid attention to what got copied and really focused on those items, and it had the effect of essentially writing my own appraisal...

Yeah, the Amish do not respect land boundaries like most of the rest of us do.

Interesting. Where I'm at (a very rural area) has had a notable decrease in the deer population from 20-30 years ago. Back then, a "run around the horn" (a 2-3 mile circuit) while spotlighting would expose 200+ deer. Today, maybe 50. It's not sport hunting - it used to sound like WWIII on...

My work is constantly pushing for us to use more AI. I don't do much technical work anymore, but I've been using it a lot for the HR-related work... reviews of my team and my self-evaluation and whanot. Pretty handy for that bullshit. I just feed in a few talking points and tell it wordsmith it...

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Agreed. Bullets do weird things once they leave the barrel. I've personally witnessed some wild shit that I would have considered impossible, and there's countless videos of the same. JFK's assassination is a great example of bullets doing seemingly impossible shit. Or not, if you believe the...

Agree with his overall premise that neither Republicans nor Democrats will fix anything. That said, I think that statistically, Trump has delivered on more of his promises than most presidents. The biggest issues presidents have is that a lot of their work - good or bad - doesn't really kick...

Regarding Congressional salaries, I think he's really missing the mark. The people that represented us when Congress had no salary... did not represent the people. Why? Because only the rich could afford to take time away from work to go legislate. IMO, Congressional salaries seem about right...

I'd have to disagree, but from a pedantic perspective: ADs are incredibly rare, and very few people will ever experience one. NDs are not rare. AD (by my definition) is a situation along the lines of a gun in a properly fitting holster with appropriate trigger guard that fires due to a jostle...

Correct, but that's a logical and reasonable extension that I do not expect the court to take. My understanding - which could be flawed - is that the laws being challenged ban specific guns, as opposed to a blanket ban of assault weapons based on features. For example, one of the bans that will...

Only Flock camera within 75 miles of me: Lowes in Hornell NY. My personal expenditures at Lowes from Jan 2022 to today: $67,390.55 Keep it up, Lowes. See what happens.

It's the same thing I've been saying. They'll rule that banning ARs, or AKs, or anything specific, is no good, but they'll be absolutely silent on "evil features."

The vast, vast, VAST majority of people contributing to our society came from our public school systems. Your first statement really holds no water at all. Are there people coming out who are a drain? Sure. There are also people coming out of home schooling and private schooling who are as well...

I tend to disagree with this. I get the idea, but the net result is that people will be unable to afford to send their kids to school. An educated society benefits all... even those who don't participate in the school system. I think there's a very good argument surrounding separating the...

I do that just to avoid door dings. And nine out of ten times, when I come out of the store, some jackass has parked right next to me. Argh.

Yup, that's the real problem. Some counties break down how your property tax money is spent. It goes something like this: Police: $100 Fire: $100 Highway: $100 NYS and Fed mandated (a.k.a. welfare): the other thousands upon thousands of dollars I get the idea behind property taxes: you're...

Yup, pretty much what I was getting at. The laws they're looking at specifically target named weapons. They might declare that to be unconstitutional, but will almost certainly be completely silent about "evil features."

Fingers crossed, but I'm not holding my breath. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see the following outcome: - Capacity bans legal - Can't ban rifles by type/name, but can ban them by "evil features"

I'd take it further. Any place that bans guns - whether public/government or private - should assume all civil and criminal responsibility for protecting the safety of its occupants.

The pattern over the years has been come down off a new ATH and drop to around the previous ATH. The previous ATH was $65k, which is where BTC has been hovering for a few months now. We'll see what happens next. I'm frankly a little surprised it was able to get this low again. With all of the...

I'll never forget the time I sent a full-size .45 back to Taurus for repair. They refused to send it back because it was subject to a class action lawsuit. Two years later, they sent me a sub-compact .40 in exchange. Which was a disappointment (though I do like the gun), but the blame for that...

Jesus, that sounds a lot more like work than vacation. Pick a few and take your time.

In 1835, Andrew Jackson briefly brought our debt down to $0, through land sales and budget cuts. But not since then.

Alcohol as well? We were, after all, taught in school that alcohol is a drug.

Hell, this law was much worse than that. It would be like saying a person who had a beer last week is a felon today for simply possessing a gun, never mind using it to defend themselves.

This has already been established in many states, such as PA.

I know your position on weed is probably influencing your opinion here, but this is a major step in the right direction. Constitutional rights should only be stripped in the most egregious of cases... and no, "felony" is not even the right line. "Murder," "rape," and "robbery" is where it should...

I've always been a bit torn on voter ID. Historically speaking, any requirements the government puts on us in relation to our rights has been abused, and voter ID is just another tool they could abuse (and have). On the flip side, look at the burdens they have placed on the exercise of our...

I'm 50/50 with you on this. I'm with you that I don't think .gov employees (by which I mean, law enforcement) should be masked. But I don't think doxxing should be a crime. Connecting the dots on publicly available information (doxxing) is protected speech. Performing criminal acts based on that...

I don't think that's really achievable. Humans aren't black and white, they're all the shades of gray. For example, I could say the words "I'm going to kick your ass" in five different tones, with five different meanings. The meaning of the words depends on how a reasonable person would...

The example you give is not "fighting words." It is a threat, which, if a "reasonable person" would believe were sincere, could respond to with physical force or even deadly physical force (though you'd likely need to convince a jury that it was a threat and that you were reasonable). "Fighting...

Yup. Never thought I'd miss the good ol' days when we just had to deal with Cuomo.

Yeesh. I thought "you must completely align with my point of view else you're the enemy" was for the Democrats. Listen, I like Trump, but there's no sense in pretending he's without flaws. Or that he's Hitler/a pedophile, for that matter.

Well, it's kind of moot in this state since you have to have a permit to have a pistol, so you're definitely covered to get to your house. But, yes, that is the stupidity of this law. From what I have read, it is generally only enforced as an add-on, as in, shoot someone within 1000 feet, get...

You left out the important part: The vast, vast majority of guns have been moved via interstate commerce.

Well, one of the few exemptions to Gun Free School Zone legislation is to have a permit from the state the school is in. It's really, really, really difficult - basically impossible unless you're deep in the sticks - to go anywhere that doesn't cross within 1000 feet of a school. Hell, I am...

On my initial application (2011), references were never called (not sure if he was the sheriff then). On my first renewal (2016), his deputies refused to allow me in the door since I was a non-resident. I worked my way in, explained to him how he was violating the law by refusing to accept my...

References for PA LTCF are now optional. I was kind of disappointed that I am no longer near Susquehanna County, as I was sure the sheriff would still be trying to require them and I'd have to argue with him a third time to get him to follow the damn law. (The sheriff retired, though, so maybe...