Agreed. Especially with the subsidies, i.e. my money.

A little bit of finesse and you can cause a massive loss of face. That will get a chinaman's attention.

If it were not for copyright, Disney would not have to rehash the same shit over and over, but would be forced into some creativity. Star Wars, anyone?

Indeed. I treat any copyright over 14 years as a "taking", and take my own corrective action.

If you have never put a wheel over a lane marker I guess you can be as sanctimonious as you want.

The problem is not that corporations are buying politicians for favors, or that corporations are people, or that politicians are venal.

The problem is that politicians have the power in the first place to hand out favors, to discriminate, to meddle, to obstruct or promote, subsidize or penalize. Remove these powers, and money will evaporate from the influence system and pathological deviants will no longer run for office.

A freely-entered agreement between you and an automaker is one thing. A federal law limiting your rights is another.

Indeed. Now not everyone thinks the Cato Institute is a reputable source, but you have to admit this is thought-provoking: http://object.cato.org/sites/c...

Reasoned rebuttals, please. And if you invoke either of the two major parties, I'll ignore you.

You understand that there is essentially no correlation between school spending and student achievement?

https://www.americanprogress.o... or try some googling.

The inflation-adjusted cost of schooling has tripled since 1970, with no discernible improvement in education outcome.

Then may I quote the Constitution:

"Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States..."

I'm betting he identifies as straight.

I would like to know how often members of the high-level GOP have to stand in a TSA line, and how often they get groped? Are there any data?

Meanwhile, POTUS flies on public transport regularly (Air Force 1) - how often does he get groped?

Still available (https://www.nic.sucks/domainsearch):

ftc.sucks
icann.sucks
slashdot.sucks
electrolux.sucks
beta.sucks

Taken:

voxpopuli.sucks

I am particularly uncomfortable with the presence of Cisco in this party.

The courts have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect the people from the depredations of the Leviathan. The judicial branch of government is as complicit as the executive and legislative, and needs to shaken up pronto.