Sandra Fluke testified about several friends who needed BC for medical conditions and were denied due to religious objections (despite having health insurance). Conservatives said that was ridiculous because they listened to what Rush said about her instead of listening to her actual words. It seems you fall into this camp as well.

What you're referring to are called "dram shop laws". They do not prohibit serving someone who is likely to drive home. They prohibit (or establish liability from) serving someone who is intoxicated. And these laws exist because the general principle is that enabling a crime via a legal transaction is not a crime and does not establish liability.

Clearly not the same thing. No need to go into any more detail because car analogies are dumb.

You're probably talking about sometime in the 60s.. one of these pollution events was referenced in an episode of Mad Men, and they were one of the big drivers for the early Clean Air Acts.

You're definitely not alone. People like you are what's ruining this country, with their attitude of "my way or I sue", regardless of how it affects anyone else in society.

It is a lie that a majority of Americans were on board with those plans. The GOP house didn't even vote on the Bush plan, as it was so unpopular and they didn't want to (further) embarrass him.

Yes on a first conviction, if you live in the right/wrong state: http://www.madd.org/laws/all-offender-interlock.html

You're talking about the traction control. That is a slightly different system from the stability control (VSC). Regardless, the reason it is so twitchy in the Prius is assumed to be protection of the electric motors.

That doesn't really explain how the plan works, it's criticism of a criticism with the same talking points.

The Court in no way said that a state law takes precedence over the 5th, they ruled the 5th was satisfied. Probably best to read the decision yourself rather than rely on some random slashdotters interpretation.

"Home keys for movement being pl';"

Why not just use the arrow keys? That way, the up and down are properly aligned and you can never accidentally shift to the left or right. Then use the insert/delete/home/etc. block of keys for reload, crouch, etc. You can also use parts of the numpad (sometimes) and the keys on the right of the main keyboard area.

Dunno what you are quoting but it is incorrect. A couple of arcane regulations use ABW but no layman does, it is all ABV.

It is an old system based on the cold war, not really relevant today but it has stuck around. 1st world: US/UK/Western Europe, 2nd world: USSR/China/Eastern Europe, 3rd world: everyone else. Since a lot of the 'everyone else' was lesser developed countries, the term 'third world' has come to represent that status.

This has been discussed to death for many years. At this point, I am comfortable with calling it a lie.

A modern coal plant will still emit a lot of pollutants. For example, the latest NOx standard is 0.76 lb/MWh. Sounds small, but your average plant is 600-700 MWh, so you're talking ~500 lb/hr. For sulfur it's 1.2 lb/MWh so you're talking ~800 lb/hr.

Sure, it's less than the old plants (the thing about oil plants is a strawman since no one has built or modified an oil plant in decades, per EPA records). But "almost no".. not really.