You know we can all read your posts, right?

Yeah, he was paranoid about it turning into MechaHitler when someone else was controlling it, because he wants to be in control of MechaHitler.

Obviously she needs to get Starlink, it's the American way. Heil Musk!

When you're driving, you should expect slowdowns. If you're not sufficiently aware to handle them, you're not sufficiently aware to drive. Also, if you don't know you can proceed to an exit or another safe place when being pulled over, same. This is what happens when we don't expect basic competence from drivers. Which, again, is because we want to maximize profit. In this case it's related to the war on public transportation still being waged by Big Oil, Big Auto, and Big Rubber. None of this has anything to do with serving the public.

This is one of those times when the handclaps between ever word are actually warranted, not to try to wake you up which is impossible, but just for fun. WE *clap* HAD *clap* A *clap* NUCLEAR *clap* DEAL *clap* BEFORE *clap* CHEETO *clap* BENITO *clap* BURNED *clap* IT *clap* DOWN.

Their existence is insane. The problem is, they go with nationalism like bread and butter.

We regulate certain things more or less out of existence because they're dangerous. Certain types of products which people can't or won't make themselves can be prohibited from sale, for example. I generally am in favor of legalizing things and enforcing laws against fraud, so that people get honest information about consequences, but I also like for people to be protected from other people.

Tobacco products are my favorite example because they affect people who aren't even using them. We allow them to persist only because of a profitable and highly taxable industry, not because of any notions about freedom. Freedom would be to permit you to grow your own instead of enabling the cancer stick industry, and let all the smokers move to farms in the south.

I feel like they are asking for the sun. Are you new to negotiations?

I also feel like all of this could have been avoided by just not doing what we've been doing. For decades.

Here's a fun fact, there's a clearing house colloquially known as the "federal hub" where your name, DOB, SSN, and ID numbers can be rubbed together and your citizenship verified in seconds if you're well-documented. It takes longer to verify noncitizen status, but citizenship is stupidly easy to verify once identity has been verified, and registered noncitizens are required to carry their citizenship documents anyway... authorization to work, legal permanent resident card, passport, etc etc. Those are also all photo ID.

The passport is the gold star of verification, as it verifies both citizenship and identity anywhere in the US.

Addictive products are just good products! Have a cigar.

It's more that they have seen they can count on protectionism. Which ironically they also hate because it subjects them to dealers

Indeed. Here in California we are the poster children for this, because we have a 55 mph speed limit while towing which is NEVER enforced. We have a requirement that headlights be aimed correctly, same. We have a law saying that if there are five or more people behind you, you must pull over at the first safe opportunity to let them pass, same. Fender flares must project as far as tires, same. (Anyone who's ever had a rock break their windshield understands.)

CHP cares specifically and only about revenue generation, so they do nothing to improve safety except go after speeders. That's not nothing, but it's not enough.

If they weren't they wouldn't buy their shit, so they KNOW they're stupid

First, Iran has never been close to having a weapon

Second, if they do want one, it's because their primary enemies have one, and one of them is the only country to ever nuke another country

Or the gravel pit