Utter BS. The automakers - in particular the bit 3 have been fighting the right to repair for at least 20 years. Just a delaying tactic.

#4 | Posted by Brennnn

Restrained capitalism is the only way it works. Farming often isn't profitable without subsidies, I remember the 80s well when small farms started to go out because of the reality. Actually "Clarkson's Farm" on Prime video is a great watch. It is Jeremy Clarkson "attempting to run" his own farm. Of course it is full of Clarkson's typical sort of antics but also gets into the reality of it all. I think it was about sending a message to the audience and the small farmers I know had a good laugh with it.

Things like this manufacturer post sales control of your equipment and service are an absolute joke though. The Big 3 have been pushing for it in the auto industry for at least 20 years. And we can also thank the DMCA helped us get here. It is about Shareholder Capitalism and squeezing every penny out of the sales funnel.

#2 | Posted by ChiefTutMoses

If that is the law in Ohio, they are in for a world of hurt because they are going at them for all the damaged trees as well.

I should have linked the Cleveland.com article. I can't believe they only received $2000 for that tree - such a shame. Regarding our property, it has been in the family over 100 years and has survey spikes from the 1960s. We had it re-surveyed about 10 years ago and the lines were within about an inch according to the team. At that time the tech had made a huge leap but the tech today (10 years later) is so much better it is not funny.

That said they clearly didn't have it surveyed and assumed the tree was on their property or are lying about it. Either way you just don't make assumptions. REALLY sucks to be them. They are going to be handing over their property for a lot less than they thought even one way or another. We are considering logging ours but there are magnificent oaks well over 100 years old all over on the property. There are about 20 I can think of that are 150+ years old.

What? No grape Kool-Aide giveaways within 100 yards of the polling booth?

#18 | Posted by Mao_Content

Your full open racism on full display.

How about let's selectively close voting places in poor and minority locations and force those people to vote 30 minutes away and wait in massive lines in intense heat to do so and then make it illegal for anyone to give them a water.

8' outside their property. Even when it on your property should be criminal to cut down a tree like that unless it is dying. I would love to have seen a photo of the tree. We have a White Oak that is over 200 years old. Unfortunately it IS dying and there is nothing to be done - the core trunk is done for.

FTA: "This is so ridiculous that they're doing this," Jones said in an interview with Cleveland.com. "This is insane. There was no ill intent."

I call BS. So I am going with they didn't survey and/or they hoped to get away with it. No survey is going to be 8' off today. I have dealt with this soooo many times. I have neighbors that are either lazy/cheap or deceitful who have even posted on my land with their hunting blind literally not even a foot inside their own property line. They know where the line is but are hoping we don't. It is staked. I have taken down their signs and put them right in front of their blinds at eye level.

#6 | Posted by oneironaut

So a cancervative floats the idea and that's a "loony left" thing how?

Frankly it makes absolute economic sense so I can see why Conservatives would push it. What do you think is the biggest reason corporations are mandating it?

Well Snoof, as an independent, that wouldn't be my comment...

I am completely outraged but not surprised. It should be criminal.

#11 | Posted by GalaxiePete

To be clear - Not defending Texas but fill out the forms.

One thing I learned in dealing with the government - and I already knew it going in - cross your t's and dot your i's because they will find a way to deny you.

#6 | Posted by earthmuse

Except they won't support the actual Freedom to Die.

BTW this guy sound like he is just jockeying in for a "job" of some sort with the corrupt right wingers. He certainly has the resume.

An old college friend of mine turned conservative whack-o-doodle once ran in our district under the GOP for the House (10+ years ago). He lost in a similar landslide - the only reason he did it was "someone had to run". I am going to say thank GOD he didn't win. I know enough current stuff about him to sink him but thinking back in history...

Is there an actual requirement for any one to concede? I always thought it was essentially a formality - a graceful way to say "you won" and the vote stood on its own unless there was to be a recount.

#13 | Posted by humtake

I think Danforth misinterpreted you. My interpretation is that you want to look at vaccinated people that died from Covid despite vaccination. Do you know how many people died between say March (when the "vulnerable" should have been vaccinated) and the end of November from COVID in the US? Just going to rough estimate here 350,000 people died? Maybe closer to 400k? Less than 10k were vaccinated. No vaccine or disease treatment is perfect. But you want to fixate on the 2.8% that were vaccinated and still died (most of those vaccinated being very vulnerable). The number of unvaccinated that died is massive in comparison.

Those numbers fit with what my Nephew tells me. He's been working in an ICU taking care of virtually all unvaccinated people with COVID. He is getting buff from all the CPR he is doing on obese anti-vaxxers who they can't use the CPR machine on. He said for the last few months it is almost all "younger" people too. People mostly in their 30s-40s and not the very old. You want to talk about vaccinated people like the guy I know who just finished his cancer treatments, caught COVID and died. Or my good friend who suffers from MANY health problems caught COVID and actually survived a respirator and has a long road ahead. You want to focus on people like that - the vulnerable who did the right thing and because covidiots everywhere refused vaccination and instead continue to make it possible for the disease to flourish they paid the price.

STFU you ignorant moron.

#20 | Posted by chuffy

This is a slow roll just to be thorough IMHO because they are going to carefully work their way to the top of this cesspool and we all know who is there.

But then again, given what they have had to dig through I am not surprised it took a year. We just live in an instant gratification world today.

#6 | Posted by RUFFALO_ROB

Did you not see what McConnell did with the rules when it suited him?

Can Biden fire him without cause? (Think Postmaster General)

#5 | Posted by CrisisStills

YIKES. I wonder why so much? I assume you mean Montreal in France since you talk in EUR.

Commented on a similar article about Aruba. Where would the US land on it's own travel list?

That's actually an idea that works in Canada. You have to pay for covidiots in a system with single payer health insurance - tax them. Not sure if similar applies to Tobacco and other issues, but it likely should.

LMAO after reading the article. It isn't that it is necessarily funny for those that actually TRY and do the right thing but there are a LOT who don't. Going to invest in a penis pump manufacturer or two.

Dude was evil. Covid almost got him during the trial.

I can see how an incompetent gun owner could fire twice under the right situation when trying to unload the gun. Irresponsible doesn't begin to scratch the surface of it though. Unloading gun (assuming semi-auto)? Step one ensure safety is on. Step two remove magazine. Step three remove chambered shell. I could see an accident happening at step three.

So either a negligent, irresponsible and untrained gun owner or a deliberate shooting. Give this one some time to simmer - I think we will see a follow up saying it was deliberate or an explanation other than "cleaning"...

Just saw this and thought "par"

I read and listened to a lot about this over the last few years. You can't tell whether a district is gerrymandered because of its shape at all - but there is good math you can use. This is especially so since 2010 and the GOP use of sophisticated software to gerrymander states. Nice straight Rectangles are really not possible in general when creating representational districts either. However there is software available that will create districts that are equitable for all and give fair representation to the citizens of the state. It just needs to be mandated that a piece of software like that is used as part of the effort to redistrict.

Not sure what he said, but I would personally love to hear the recording.