a little weird

I ordered sandwiches from them occasionally because they delivered to my office.  But I had no idea it was run by a douchebag.  No more Jimmy Johns for me.

Basically any air that comes out of someone’s mouth can spread the virus – coughing and sneezing can just spray it farther.

They should be abolished completely, but as long as they exist, they should have to follow the will of the voters.

That puts Alaska who went from about 14 cases to about 20 cases in the same category as California (3800 to 5500 cases).  You have to normalize by population or something like that so new cases/100,000 residents for example would be a fairer comparison.

Never underestimate the stupidity of humans.

To make a change like that you have to convince enough people to do it – especially if you’re talking about something that’s under local control.  I don’t think abolishing the police has broad enough support to make it happen anytime soon, but I could be wrong.  And yes I agree that the mass shooting problem could be greatly improved by r…[Read more]

I really don’t believe a majority of people are ready to do away entirely with police.  Cut their funding way down, demilitarize them, get rid of police unions (or make them just another part of public employee unions not specific to police), add them to the regular public employee pension systems rather than having their own, require them to…[Read more]

I don’t know what the rules are for write-in candidates but they still have to jump through some hoops to get ballot access even if their name is not printed on the ballot.  Seems idiotic to me but I don’t think it’s the only state like that.

For the most part, the media decides what we get to see or not see.  So perhaps your question about why some cases get coverage and some don’t would be better directed at them.  In the George Floyd case, there was a shocking video showing the casual, slow murder of a man by a police officer in broad daylight.  I don’t see how anyone, whether li…[Read more]

When they get sued it should come from their insurance and not from taxpayers.  They should be part of government worker unions & pension systems rather than having special ones just for law enforcement.  I don’t advocate 401(k) for anyone.

I also think they should undergo regular drug testing to check for steroid use and regular psychiatric e…[Read more]

If left up to the states I think several would have no minimum wage or labor laws and many would be happy to do away with all forms of government assistance.

There are some people that just legitimately have trouble with social distancing because they are such social people and constantly have to remind themselves to pull back and keep their distance.  But I have seen a lot that seem to take perverse pleasure in getting up in other peoples space, coughing on them, making comments about the masks,…[Read more]

We’re not #1 in that column.  I’m actually surprised we’re not worse off than we are.  I was expecting the healthcare system to be overwhelmed, like what we saw in NY, in many cities across the country but it really hasn’t been the case.   I question the numbers being reported too.  I really find it difficult to believe that a country as popu…[Read more]

When they started screwing over pension funds I knew it was just a matter of time before they did it to 401(k) as well.

I’ll just keep wearing a mask.  I’m pretty sure they’ll contradict themselves again by next week.

I wish we had ranked choice but I don’t have much hope that will happen anytime soon.

@JimLane

As is so often the case, the progressive vote is being split.  The establishment has thrown all their support behind their chosen centrist/conservadem (McGrath) so she’s dominating the airwaves.  I just got my primary mail-in ballot – there are 10 democrats running for this race!  I’ve only heard of 3 of them – McGrath, Booker, and Mike Br…[Read more]

Wtf is wrong with people?

Probably would be good for you to go try out shooting and see what you think about it.  I’m not a fan of shotguns – the ones I’ve shot have been too heavy for me.

I don’t own a gun but I’m comfortable shooting my dad’s guns.  The main reason I don’t own one is because I get depressed from time to time and I’m afraid I might do myself in one day w…[Read more]

I was picturing something like that as well.  🙂