That's great, except if you're looking for a part for a specific car, specific year, trim level, engine, throwing other stuff in front of the user won't make them buy those things - it will just annoy them with useless spam.

It wouldn't be if EBay and Amazon provided Boolean search that actually worked. (Like many websites used to even 10 years ago.)

Stifle away. Strangle innovation in the crib. It's fine - we're fine the way we are.

The Great Recession was awesome in some ways - mass incarceration in the US started to fall and states started to end marijuana policy. Hitting the swine in the pockets made them realize that keeping almost 1% of the population in the jail was too damn expensive.

Good - if they stopped being proactive and only reacted to serious crimes involving people actually being harmed, the US would likely be a more pleasant place to live. Quality of life pigging lessens quality of life for everyone.

Yep - something like a civilian complaint review board. Also, plenty of people would be happy to take the job of pissing pigs off, considering how utterly vile most American cops are.

Finding someone not guilty by reason of insanity doesn't mean they walk free: it means that they end up in a secure psychiatric facility for years to decades.

I never did.

Germans, Swiss, and Austrians have it right - clinging to cash like a Pashtu tribesman clings to his weaponry.

Why not an HDMI cord from server to TV?

Let me connect an external hard drive full of music and movie files - that's all the smart I need. Otherwise, HDMI input and ATSC.

This is why more people should start paying for as much as possible with cash. Re-normalize it. If they ask why - many stores and restaurants here in NYC charge you 4% or so extra for the privilege of using a card (due to processing fees). Think of it as getting 4% cash back on many purchases.

The problem is venue shopping - they could find a judge that's either a fascist at heart, subject to kompromat, or on the take in some manner.

Or you made an informed choice to value human freedom over mere years of life. Quality vs quantity.

I think Trump thinks about the children far too often, unfortunately.

#4 in economy. Thats pretty good.

CA is also:
#1 in homelessness AND #1 in per capita homeless spending!
#1 in poverty.
#1 in highest taxes (excluding property tax the only tax stat they are middle-of-the-road)
#1 in lowest in adult literacy rates

But hey! California's overall high school graduation rate grown over the last 20 years to north of 87%! Something we can be PROUD OF! Too bad only ~37% can perform math at the expected levels. But we are AWSOME with reading skills! Just under 50% can read at expected levels!

I live in CA. We hide failed education programs by elevating grades such less than a whopping 25% of high school grads are ready for college. Third to last! Thank god for West Virginia and New Mexico!

Damn shame we don't fix our problems with that "boast" of a California economy.