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So, my question is how are the charities and such doing there? Is it more or less than the national average? Honestly? I couldn't tell ya. I haven't personally gotten to the point where I can "give to charity", so instead I personally feed a few people myself when I can so I know that what I do give is being used efficiently. cavete terrae.

Sure, I'm just saying that overall, living in California has a much, much much higher demand. I'd live in Texas, personally, but not for anything under $200,000/yr after taxes, with at least 12 weeks of paid time off per year. cavete terrae.

Think about what you posted for a moment. The south bay area and peninsula are proximate to Google, Apple, Facebook, etc. Places where hundreds of thousands of people are paid pretty well. These people don't want to have hour (or more) commutes, they want to live reasonably close, in a reasonable nice area. As a direct result, the prices go up. Supply, demand. Does it suck to be a guy who bags groceries for a living? Probably. But that's not the fault of the area, or of the workers. There's a reason why the cost of living here is high: people want to live here, and there's a limited ability to do so. Compare with Texas: Plenty of room for everyone who wants to move there, and a low cost of living. Why? Because not many people think "Man, I should move to Texas". cavete terrae.

I'm an old school conservative when it comes to wanting small government and to be left the fuck alone (I'm not really "conservative" like the word has come to mean. I don't care who's sticking his dick or her tongue where, who's marrying whom, I don't give a damn if people get abortions and I sure as hell don't care what a bunch of asswipes are doing in other countries). I used to be heavily in favor of the death penalty until I stopped letting emotion into the equation. On a purely logical level, the death penalty is pretty ridiculous. cavete terrae.

I am in the same boat Robert. The more mistakes I see made in the judicial system the less I can get behind the death penalty as an option. Does the state (sometimes knowingly and ) wrongfully prosecute persons for a crime they did not commit? Yes. Does the state sometimes succeed at this? Yes. Can the act of execution be reversed? No. Thus, I cannot support the death penalty, because by doing so I am supporting non-defensive homicide by the state. Further, there's no evidence to support it as a deterrent (and people who think it does are probably delusional. Who the hell has ever been in the red mist and thought "wait, hang on, does this state have the death penalty or will I just get life in prison?) , which means that the only thing left supporting it is to satiate the bloodthirsty and vengeance-seekers. cavete terrae.

Fixed that for ya. cavete terrae.

Sounds like he's got more between his ears than most of the folk I've met from Missouri. cavete terrae.

Well, it's probably right on the edge. I think the reason that they can get away with it is the "released on bail" part. According to the story, they offered to allow him to go free on $50k bail, but he doesn't even have $5 to put up. So, in theory, he could be freed. But in reality, he's sitting for a long, long time. So much for the 8th amendment. cavete terrae.

Well, he's asking people that are already known to be gullible and stupid. Might as well aim high. cavete terrae.

How about whatever is best for your personal use cases and needs, rather than whatever others think is best for you? For me, I use an iPhone. Why? Because it's the most efficient tool for my job and life. If I found that my job or life would become easier by getting an Android device, I'd buy one of those instead. cavete terrae.

One might be able to argue with some success that giving military aid to Egypt, Saudi, Israel, etc would fall under that. None of them are "friends" by any sane definition of the word, even if they're not true enemies. cavete terrae.

I dunno about successfully prosecuting for treason, but I'd get a huge, huge laugh out of all of them being charged with violating the Logan Act. cavete terrae.

Unless of course you hate Nutella. I'll stick with PBJ cavete terrae.

Peanut butter on both slices, otherwise the jam (jelly has no place in any self-respecting person's life) soaks into the bread. cavete terrae.

I for one fucking hate the smell of coffee. cavete terrae.

Um. He doesn't take my calls. What, you don't have iOuija installed? cavete terrae.

Crooked politician? Isn't that like "dead corpse"? cavete terrae.

https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/ultimate-marvel-marathon-2015 If that doesn't cure you, I don't know what will cavete terrae.

I could almost buy my own ship for that? Yeah, kid, but who's gonna fly it? cavete terrae.

is that like a bagpipe? or an oboe? pretty sure a banjo fits the descriptionI've heard "perfect pitch" described as throwing an accordion through a window and taking out the bagpipe player on the sidewalk outside. Don When I was at Microsoft back in the early '00s, my boss had a sign on the window next to his door that I'll never forget. It depicted a pair of police beating a man on the ground with truncheons, a smashed accordion next to him. It was captioned "Play an accordion, go to jail. It's the law." cavete terrae.

Basic rule of thumb for how to remember people who've died skydiving: If you kill yourself, it's sad. if you kill another skydiver, it's a tragic accident. if you kill a tandem passenger, you're a fucking asswipe who brings shame to all. cavete terrae.

A bunch of lawyers who want to climb the corporate ladder, politically appointed, from Washington DC descend on a town. And you don't think they are going to find SOMETHING to justify their existence. They came blazing looking for criminal charges, they could not justify those, so they give this. Not surprising. You're saying that people whose job it is to find criminal behaviour will dishonestly inflate small infractions into larger charges if they didn't find what they wanted? SkyCop, meet the police. http://i.imgur.com/5RRMsmM.gif But seriously, 10/10 would applaud again. cavete terrae.

is that like a bagpipe? or an oboe? Clarinet. cavete terrae.

Ok, so a person that is legally not allowed to own a gun, shoots someone in obvious self defense . . . Is that now legal? guy that is Illegally practicing medicine saves a life, was his work now leagal? A person obtains a fraudulent and fake law license, and saves a guy from death row, is the act now legal? A drug dealer claims his income and pays taxes on it, is that legal now too? If you are here illegally in this country, logic seems that anything you do is now illegal. Logic. Actually it does make sense when you step back far enough. The law isn't written in such a way that a qualifying factor for a person to participate in the tax system be that said person acquire a job legally. If a person is paid above the minimum threshold, the person must file a tax return. The IRS doesn't communicate with INS about persons filing returns, and that's probably for the best for many reasons, not the least of which being privacy and also knowing if they did communicate, it would dramatically increase the complexity of an already overcomplex system, which would cost taxpayers (you, me, and the folks people are trying to run out of the country alike) more money out of our paychecks. I know it's popular to hate on those filthy brown folk who are streaming over borders and stealing our jobs, but I'm not convinced it's as big of a deal as certain groups make it out to be. Interestingly, I know that I frequently go off on people for trying to attribute things to certain parties, but I can't help myself here. Before I do, don't for a moment think that because I'm asking this, I'm in favor of any other party's platform: If part of the modern Republican platform allegedly is to take a hands-off approach to the minimum wage since the free market will solve the problem, why is the party apparently opposed to migrants doing the work at the wages the free market employer is willing to pay, if the existing populations aren't willing to do that work? Job is worth $7.25/hr to employer, who considers it basic unskilled labor and thus minimum wage. Nobody in the area will do the work for $7.25/hr. The job remains open for months. It's an unskilled job so it's not eligible for an H1B worker. Frank, from another country will do the work for $7.25hr. In fact, Frank will do the work for $5 if he's paid cash. Who is the loser if Frank does the work for $7.25? Who is the loser if Frank does the work for $5 cash? cavete terrae.

When you sign up to be an instrument of defense, and become an instrument of aggression? That'd be my guess, anyway cavete terrae.