The Supreme Court says that's not quite true, and in fact they are entitled to certain First Amendment rights, just somewhat restricted relative to adults.

That isn't exactly correct. Case law has already weighed in on many of the dimensions of this issue, including several court decisions.

The issue at stake is an inferred result of the Interstate Commerce Clause called the Dormant Commerce Clause. It infers that regulation of the internet from one state to another inherently forcing companies to implement procedures to be compliant, but inadvertently affects commerce between two totally unrelated states, thus imposing an undue burden on other states and is therefore Unconstitutional. However, a similar issue was litigated where a California law required CNN to provide Closed Captioning to California residents; the argument was that CNN (based in Georgia) would then have to provide that to every state. The courts ruled that because current technology allowed to geolocate viewers, then CNN could be compliant with California and not affect other states, and it was upheld.

Further, you're talking about empowering parents to regulate what speech their minor children are exposed to, which is a contentious and yet to be settled issue in the US; a similar law is currently being litigated and debated in Ohio and it hinges on minor's rights to free speech vs. parents' right to regulate unauthorized communications to their minor children. So I think this going in a different direction than interstate commerce.

Get bent with your mRNA conspiracy theory BS.

mRNA vaccines mimic the specific sequence in a virus that produces a specific protein to force your immune system to recognize it and produce antibodies to fight it. There's not enough genomic material in mRNA vaccines to do anything meaningful to our bodies, and are inherently unstable molecules and degrade rather rapidly.

No, the lowest common denominator is a global pandemic caused by a virus that actually inserts itself into our genomes because that's what viruses do. And it does so by hitting all over our genomes, not just in specific places.

Cancer is due to out of control cell growth of genomes that have been altered or mutated. mRNA doesn't alter DNA. Viruses do.

Don't introduce FUD if you don't have a basic understanding of facts.

OK, so that's not correct.

Blanket forgiveness is actually been ruled by SCOTUS to be not possible with an executive order, Congress would have to do it. Instead they're using existing loan forgiveness programs that are underutilized. Most of these forgiveness programs are complicated and many people may not even realize they qualify for them, so in essence his administration used the existing framework and reviewed federal borrower's loans for them and found where they qualified for forgiveness, they implemented it. This is the point about the Public Loan Forgiveness Program; that's been in place for public sector workers for some time now, but it would seem many didn't even know they could take advantage of it.

And the other part of this whole student loan equation is that there are (by one classification) two types of borrowers, those that take private loans and those that take Federal loans; remember the government is part of the student loan system too. He can only affect those that took government student loans; there is no forgiveness for private loans at all.

What you're saying would be true if they gave the private student loan companies a check to clear those debts on behalf of the debtors; that's not what's happening here. Instead they're clearing the debt off the government's books with tools they already have.

I'm rarely one to support any administration's efforts, but in this case this is a pretty good strategy, and no I don't think it'll affect the student loan issue with the private sector at all.

That's good news for China!

It most certainly is a positive response given that China canceled the one meeting where they describe their economic results and projections just a few days ago. But I'm sure all of the economic data out of China is solid that this is certainly achievable and not propaganda.

Replying to an AC only to defend myself.

Because as much as people hype Tesla and drive up their stock price, they're a shitty car company compared to good ones, like Toyota. We were waiting for a Toyota Rav4 Prime, but it was 7 months backlogged not just due to the various supply chain issues but because they're also just great reliable cars with a good support system. The Model Y got discounted to be cheaper than the Rav4 Prime and could get it in 2 days, and my spouse's car was in need of a replacement. So we clenched our buttocks, bought the car and hoped it wouldn't be the S-show we thought it would be.

We were wrong. There are things I like about it. But most is a waste of time.

Oh, and one more thing. Why no "oh-shit" handle? Have they driven with my spouse? I fear for my life when I'm not the driver, the oh-shit handle is a critical item when you have a crazy driver spouse.

To be fair, I have not tried voice command. But given how accurate my text-to-speech is on my phone, I admit to some reservations.

We started driving a Tesla recently. I hate it. So many things are fundamentally wrong from a design-level, and the majority of it is about the touch screen.

First of all the sales guy was a doofus. He made the point in the process that we wouldn't have to do maintenance on the car except to change the tires. The the car would last 500,000 miles before needing a battery swap, so we were saving money over the long haul. I looked at him like the idiot he was; fortunately we weren't buying the car for this reason. Technically he's right, in that there is no major transmission overhaul required or fluid changes over time or whatever. But 500,000 miles? In a normal driving pattern, the average person does 12,000-15,000 miles per year. 500,000 miles would mean the car would be good for 30+ years. I have never once seen a touch screen, or sensors, or any form of electronics last that long outside of my old Gameboy. And all of those parts are $1,000+ to replace. What good is the car if the touch screen goes out? You can't control the damned thing!

Second was this exact issue about buttons. The first time I drove the car when it started pouring rain, I turned on the windshield wipers. Except it was just the single-use button. How do I turn it on permanently? Oh, there's a pop up menu on the touch screen, I can select which speed I want. Except I have to take my eyes off the road and look at that stupid screen, which is literally the last thing i want to do when it's pouring rain in traffic on the freeway. Why would you make this design decision!?! Oh right, because it's software guys designing a car. Literally the stupidest UI/UX design decision for a car; every important control should be available to the driver without them taking their eyes off the road.

We know we're going to sell the Tesla off in a few years, but unfortunately they depreciate faster than every other car. Sigh, thanks for nothing Elon Musk.

So... it's not the size of the nm that counts, it's how you use it?

Not really. If a Republican (not Trump) was in charge, they'd do the same thing. The Middle East is a powder keg right now, keeping the conflicts from spreading is key. Surgical strikes is more important than amputation. And while I'm not a huge fan of Biden either, he's smart enough to know that this also plays out with other players. The US is not affected by Suez Canal shipping disruption, but China and Europe are, but those regions are impotent to handle the economic damage of Houthi piracy. And no one is interested in destabilizing Iran, and no one is interested in giving any legitimacy to the Houthis by declaring war on those drug-addicted losers as the most powerful country in the world.

Biden and his administration isn't the smartest or best administration we've ever had, but what you're talking about is checkers while they're playing chess.

Well the good news is cooler heads than you are in charge.

Firing missiles at commercial ships is also an act of war. And yet we do not declare war on the Houthis, we just destroy their missile sites.

Providing arms to a terrorist group so it can fire missiles at ships is an act of war. And yet no one has declared war on Iran, even when they knowingly have a an intelligence gathering ship actively providing targeting information to the Houthis to direct their Iranian provided missiles.

Why is that? Because war has many consequences that spiral out of control. Particularly when it comes to hacking groups, who are basically criminals; by declaring war you destabilize the government, limit their ability to provide a meaningful economy, and set the incentives for more criminals to get into hacking because it makes money. No, war is the wrong solution to this problem. It's a murky, difficult problem but war is like trying to cure a cold by cutting off your nose.

Have fun being destitute.

Credit card companies do not make money on you. They make money on merchants. They charge you for being stupid and misusing the card.

But if used appropriately, credit cards are one of the most important pillars to financial success. Try getting a mortgage without credit history. Showing you're responsible with money is the fastest way to get institutions to give you money to buy assets and achieve financial independence.

Meanwhile if you're smart with your cards, you can get serious benefits. I know my regular expenses, so I often apply for a new card every year. The bonus miles or points for spending $X in 3 months or so are easy to obtain when you know what you're spending. Every year I apply for a new card, earn the bonus miles by spending what I was already going to spend, pay off the card so I pay no interest or fees (I had the money for my expenses anyways), and use the bonus miles for a free vacation, then close the card and start again. One or two new cards a year doesn't affect your credit, I'm not in debt because teh cards are paid off, and a free family vacation every year. Easy.

Credit cards are not bad. Rather they are bad for people who are already very bad with money, and therein lies the source of the problem. People don't want to admit that they suck with money, and blame their bad behavior on the companies. Heck there are even cards who will help people get out of destitution! But there is one thing a credit card company can't help with: fixing poor financial behavior.

Period.

Well I guess that depends on what you're doing. The Vision Pro and the Quest 3 might be quite useful if you need a distraction from the abject terror that is driving a Tesla on Autopilot, and maybe some people want to enjoy their last moments of life in a fantasy world before dying in fiery wreck.

Or maybe you're really into kitchen remodeling. I hear VR is great for that.

How about we focus on power generation first? Because thus far AI is set to destroy the environment with it's power needs before it ever achieves the lofty dreams that people are talking about.

It's all well and good to talk about these hypotheticals, but the resources simply aren't there to actually do this stuff.