" EV drivers generally stop and charge when doing something else like lunch "

Awesome.

How does that work when EVERYONE has an EV, there aren't enough chargers to go around and the
charge times are long ?

Hitting companies with fines that have a significant amount of bite to them would solve this problem.

Set the fine as a percentage of overall Company worth at the time of the infraction ( ~5% as an arbitrary number ) and
watch how quickly this behavior self corrects.

Today, that would equate to a ~$5B fine for Facebook. ( In addition to what investors would do to it afterwards )

If both companies mandated keyboard / mouse support for all games on their platform, they would likely get a significant chunk of PC gamers to make the switch. Bigger user base = more money for them so why it hasn't been considered yet is puzzling to me.

I'm surprised the Texas Bitcoin Industry hasn't been sued yet for driving up Electricity Costs by keeping demand artifically high.

My price / kWh has increased by 60% since the BitCoin folks arrived :|

Most merchants wouldn't push those savings to the end consumer.

You and I would still pay the same price and the seller would make a little extra $ on every transaction :|

This will get shot down by the Supreme Court on First Amendment grounds.

From the lower courts:

"The State has a legitimate goal in protecting children from sexually explicit material online, but that does not negate this Court’s burden to ensure that the laws passed in its pursuit comport with established First Amendment doctrine."

If you don't want your kiddos watching porn online, you should take steps to mitigate it.
( Or better yet, since you can't stop it, at least educate them on how unrealistic it really is )

This does, however, require one to be a parent and cease letting the internet be your
digital babysitter.

See title

Another quick reminder:

If the Federal Government would do their fucking job, the States wouldn't have to do anything to deter the millions of illegals pouring across the border.
( Most of the US could give a shit since it only impacts those in the Border States )

Since the Biden Adminstration seems unwilling to do anything about it, the States have to step up instead.

If this finally makes it to the Supreme Court, I'm pretty sure the Justices will all agree that immigration is the responsibility of the Federal Government.
They will, however, likely recognize the rights of the States to do what must be done should the Federal Government fail in their responsibilities.

So, this can go either way.

" The problems on the border should not bother Texas, most are G-d fearing Christians and consider themselves to be part of a Christian Nation. They should be welcoming them with open arms. Come on Gov. Abbot, are you a Christian or not? "

Texas understands that everything comes with a cost. Be it financial or resources.
( Sanctuary Cities are learning this the hard way with but a fraction of the total people the border States are dealing with )

Has nothing to do with being Christian or not. There are simply a finite amount of resources available to throw at the problem before you begin to degrade services and resources in place for legal citizens.

You simply don't put your citizens second by trying to accommodate half of South America showing up at the border demanding entry because the Federal Government is either too incompetent or unwilling to do their job.

" Because it's populist bullshit to use to win an election. "

Unless I'm mistaken, this is how an elected official stays an elected official.

Going against your constituents wishes, regardless of how silly those might be, is how you become an ex-elected official in a hurry.

A few things to note:

1) The State of Texas is doing everything they can to stop the influx of illegals at the Border into the State. The problem is the Biden administration is doing everything it can to stop them. Hence, the reason Texas started bussing said illegals into self-proclaimed " Sanctuary Cities " to turn up the pressure. As they are quickly finding out what Texas already knows, you cannot endure an influx of people that size with the finite amount of resources available. It simply doesn't work.

2) The State of Texas doesn't have a debt problem. In fact, it had quite the opposite last year. So much so, they changed the laws regarding property taxes in favor of the citizens. ( Homestead exemptions were raised quite a bit which will lower property taxes across the State )

3) Public Education I'll give you. It's a shitshow but definitely not limited to Texas. This entire country has become a lost cause when it comes to the education of the next few generations of adults.

All that said, the reason Texas does the things it does is likely due to the large amount of religious population that lives within its borders.

Folks can blame the legislature and / or the Governer all they want but when your constituents demand a thing, and they are a majority, you ( as an elected ) official ) must play along or your political career will be a very short one. Regardless of the popularity of how those decisions sit with the rest of the Country since they aren't the ones who will be voting in the Texas elections when they come about.

Do we all agree with it ? Of course not. But, again, those that disagree with how Texas is handling things are outnumbered ( voting wise ) by those that do.

Regardless of how you feel about it, that's how it works. Be mindful of this when folks talk of abolishing the Electoral College and simply want to go with majority rules. It's a very narrow viewpoint that's awesome when your side gets what it wants, not so much when the other side is getting what they want instead.

Finally, and unrelated, I have to ask about your username. ( sinij )

I've seen it before and am curious if it is associated with a certain group who were of the " Glory and Beer " persuasion.
The writing styles are similar, thus, I thought I would ask.

Hence the reason all of my locks ( including the one on my gun safe ) are of the analog variety.

I simply do not trust the digital variety.

In fact, as time goes on, I'm trusting digital anything less and less :|

All news sites in the US are propaganda or sensationalism . . . . or both.
They are the unofficial fourth branch of government, the one that shapes / manipulates public opinion.

They're so blatant about it these days ( they're all government mouthpieces, leaning Team Red or Team Blue depending on site ), it's comical.

The days of what used to be known as " The News " actually reporting non-biased, factual ( read that, useful ) information are long gone.

You literally could not pay me to watch any of it in this day and age.

" Murder is illegal too and that doesn't stop murder "

The number of mass shootings in this country tend to disagree with that statement.

It's akin to expecting a " No Guns " sign on the front of a Bank to deter bank robberies . . . . . .

People who are going to break the laws don't really care about the laws they're breaking.

The Supreme Court had enough foresight to understand that if they allowed the States the authority to remove Federal Election Candidates from the Ballot, that other States could and would do the same turning the entire election process into a bigger Circus than it already is.

Can you imagine the lunacy if all the Red States removed the Blue Candidate and vice versa ?

What would be the point of even having an election. . . . .