The other part of drugs being illegal is that addicted users may resort to crime in order to continue the habit. Decriminalization or legalization makes those drugs less expensive (ideally), which means less incentive to commit adjacent crimes.
Mmm it was mid flip. Don’t forget that Republicans railed against Social Security that FDR was proposing.
Only because of Upton Sinclair.
Jesus Christ there’s a whole meme I’ve just learned about, like I just crossed the Atlantic and arrived in the New World.
I guess I have to start enslaving and genociding these savage memes for fun and profit.
Go buy some lottery tickets, you’re bad at math.
Never said it wasn’t, but that’s the realpolitik.
It’s just math.
When you have, for all practical purposes, two choices, and one of them will win, you’re most likely in the position of having to vote for the least shitty candidate. Failing to do so only supports the most shitty candidate.
As long as the general election is FPTP, that math will hold. Specific to Newsom, as bad as he is, I can think of a whole lot of people who are worse than him.
Yeah yeah yeah, MTG is a piece of shit.
The more serious subtext is that the literal president of the United States caused a Representative to receive enough threats that they resigned.
Arm yourself. This will not end well.
And here I thought the /s was loud enough.
They just need robots that will clean up the dog food.
Load sharking
Public executions are a warning not to cross the regime.
Arm yourself.
When we moved into a new house some years ago, there were only rabbits and no squirrels. The squirrels have since moved in.
I don’t think that word means what you think it means.
citation needed
Certain things being remotely controllable is great. Garage door opener, thermostat, some lights, doorbell camera.
Fridge, toaster, coffee maker, washer/dryer? Completely pointless.
I think that if you’re Speaker and you’re not actively against it being broadcast, you should be forced to watch it.