California doesn't? Really? As a California native, I've seen rolling blackouts, wild fires taking out power lines, wind storms knocking down lines, snow storms knocking down lines, tornadoes knocking down lines, etc. PG&E was forced to invest into "green energy" and their lines weren't upgraded as they only have limited funds to do simultaneous projects. Between the governmental interference/ineptitude and just natural issues, California has had many power issues.

Depending on your perspective, Northern Wisconsin or Southern Ontario... Same thing here it seems.

Why is it that you assume that government subsidies are the only way to build out the infrastructure required for electric vehicles? Or that there is zero benefit to an electric vehicle without the government subsidizing the cost of an electric car? Tesla built out an international charging system. Yes their cars here were subsidized but at a tiny fraction of the actual cost (model S price was rather high and the subsidy rather low, basically free money for rich people). There is no need for governments to waste money on charging stations when the companies making the cars can figure it out themselves. The benefits of owning and operating electric are here and not up to the whim of your current dictator of choice. Billions of dollars wasted on unbuilt charging stations is not the way forward. Commercial chargers can make a profit just like gas stations have for a couple generations.

NTP. That's it. Have my oven's clock automatically set the time, adjust for daylight saving time, and pretty much nothing else. Why can't that just happen? I can't turn off the clock display and the time is always a little bit off no matter what I do but it is connected. I'm not sure why it is connected but it is...

I look at this as the modern equivalent of book banning. Just because a right or concept is unpopular with one group does not mean that you need to walk into the library and pull all the books about it.

Sounds like you think people actually pay attention to the road while driving a car that mostly drives itself. Do you have any evidence that a stick shift detracts from what matters most (aka driving)? It is my opinion that having to pay attention to the actual physical act of driving keeps you paying attention to driving. I drive a stick and ride a motorcycle. Both require me to actually pay attention to the act of driving as well as what appears in my path. Also, I find it a little difficult to be holding a phone in your hand while driving a stick. Same with riding a motorcycle.

How is a dedicated line not secure? There is a reason why a fax still exists.

Ummm maybe that's because you weren't a priority. The 9's were given to the people who didn't need to call their mothers but needed to land a plane. Apparently you needed to prioritize properly and your mother was probably better off without your phone call. Especially if she was on a plane.

I was born in Sacramento and have watched my state degrade into chaos and filth. With all the property tax, income tax, sales tax, gas tax, breathing tax and yet the state is falling apart. The weather is nearly perfect yet the roads are pitiful. They pay about the most per student but the rankings are near the bottom. What a waste of a good state.

That's not the only way. There are large numbers who travel from harvest site to harvest site for seasonal work. Even in Florida the oranges don't come ripe all the same week. For harvest season, there are all kinds of different plantings of the same crop and of other crops that can keep pickers occupied for quite a long time. These visad pickers are called either seasonal or migrant workers depending on context. They are required to not stay in an area too long as per their visa requirements but are not required to leave the country immediately. Also, not just Mexicans do this. That's pretty racist right there.

My health insurance company is a non profit. How does that work on with your ideas of massive profits? Also, I have family and colleagues in Canada. It is not nearly as good of a system that people here are claiming. It is more comparable to America's VA health care.

Except that those were changes made to the Constitution by this little thing called an amendment. You know those pesky little things called procedure? Yeah, following then seems hard for our government and even harder for people to understand. It is illegal to change the Constitution without an amendment. Most of what the federal government does is prohibited by said Constitution yet laws were somehow passed and allowed.

I read that as +1 incoherent and laughed. Now I kinda want that.

Wrong party affiliation.

What about reducing labor costs? That also seems like a huge discrepancy in manufacturing costs. Getting innovative here in America seems to fly in the face of union's policies.