You've made this comment several times in this thread. Can you give me a link to the sign that was removed? I didn't see it in the linked article. Perhaps, to answer your question, some context might help? Unless you're not at all interested in an answer to your question...

Also, if you think all this started with George Floyd, you've been asleep for the last 30+ years.

The 2nd is about the militia. "To bear arms" is to defend the country. You might want to read the citizenship oath for a clue. You can't just erase half the 2nd amendment because you don't like it.

>>90% of the U.S. population has health insurance.

Not for long. The Felon in charge and all his Minions are working hard to eliminate subsidies. I work in budgeting for a national healthcare provider. Expectation for 2026 is a reduction in membership, with that reduction being mostly the healthy people who feel they don't need insurance. So, revenues will go down, but costs won't go down. (The healthcare provider I'm talking about is both an insurance company and a hospital system.)

Also, I'm pretty sure we lead the world in personal bankruptcies as a result of medical costs. I have a hard time calling a system that bankrupts its users "functioning".

Of course, if you're rich, it's like all the Republicans say it is: "The best health care system in the world, baby!"

Looks like they've made live-action remakes of just about every cartoon I watched as a kid. Even the bad ones. And people pay good money to see these. What's next? A Josie and the Pussycats movie? Can't wait.

I had a 4a, had them swap the battery. I had no hassles with the battery swap. Then, just a few months later, the new battery was just as bad as the old one. So I replaced the phone. I know that switching to another manufacturer is pointless, but there was no way I was going to replace the Pixel with another Pixel. Fuck those people.

I have little doubt that I'll be complaining about the Samsung before too long and I'll switch again.

Expected life on one of these things is somehow exactly the same as the contract you sign with the service provider. I found the experience of replacing the phone to be quite painful. This is the standard experience, and it sucks. And I only use half a dozen or so apps on any regular basis. Getting everything transferred to the new phone was bad. I can only imagine the pain for people who do everything with their phones.

You know the Fermi Paradox? I'm guessing other advanced civilizations collapsed because of their phones. If I was in charge of the nuclear codes, I'm afraid I'd just push the button and end it all on my next "upgrade".

One of my pet peeves.

"could do it for 1000X less money."

If something costs $100, what would its cost be if it was 1x less? At 1x less, that would be 0, right? "1000x less" is nonsense.

Even without my pet peeve, 1000x less is deranged. He's saying he could do it for $20 billion? Clearly, he's smoking much better shit than I can get.

Have you ever read the 2nd Amendment? I have. It's about who can defend the nation, not whether you can own an AK-47.

There's that bit about a "well regulated militia" and "the security of a Free State". How does your ownership of your Glock relate to a well-regulated militia or the security of a free state?

Oh, and "bear arms" doesn't mean what you think it means. Have you read the citizenship oath? You know, where the oath taker agrees "that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law".

If only the members of the Supreme Court and ammosexuals understood simple English.

I can't help but note the irony in legislators and judges wanting to allow everybody, including sociopaths and children, to possess guns. Except where these legislators and judges work. If they're serious about this shit, let me carry a flamethrower into the courtroom.

These gun nuts saying it's "mental illness" that causes all these gun deaths are right: the mental illness is the desire to own guns.

I'm guessing you didn't bother to read even the first sentence of the article.

"in a series of robberies"

And you're out of your mind if you think US pumps can only dispense 10 gal/hr. My car's tank is 10 gallons. It's never taken me more than a few minutes to fill the tank.

So, we've established that you don't read and have never bought gasoline.

Obvious example: Hobby Lobby. According to this SC decision, corporations can have "deeply held religious beliefs". Recall that a corporation is a legal construct designed to limit liability. How any legal construct can have any beliefs at all is beyond me. Noted Republicans have been spouting the idea that "corporations are people, my friend" for quite some time. Corporations aren't people. People own corporations, just like I own my car. But my car is not "people". A corporation can no more have a deeply held religious belief than can my car.

If you remain silent, you may be the only one to recognize that you're an idiot. By speaking, you make it clear to all.

Are you suggesting the hotel that burned to the ground was constructed just like a house? Perhaps you're trying to solve the wrong problem....

The suburbs this fire ripped through aren't exactly a "fire prone area".

You know nothing about this fire.

It began near the intersection of Hwy 93 and Marshall Road. It's miles from the nearest subdivision. The problem was the 115mph winds and extreme drought. The fire managed to travel miles before hitting a subdivision: it doesn't matter how close together the houses were.

Fires from lightning are natural.

There was no lightning that day.

This wasn't a forest fire, it started in grasslands. Initial reports were that the fire was caused by a downed power line, but that's looking unlikely now.

Your comment has nothing to do with this fire, its causes, or possible remedies.

Record latest first snowfall of the season. And that was 0.3". The first significant snowfall in the area was the day after this fire: 4-6", depending on location.