I will go "upvote" the regulars' posts so you all get past the "3 reputation/wait 120 seconds" business.
Some one please "upvote" my posts too.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/train-derailment-usns-mercy-coronavirus_n_5e859db7c5b60bbd734f6204

[quote]LOS ANGELES (AP) — A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there to help during the coronovirus crisis, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

The locomotive crashed through a series of barriers and fences before coming to rest more than 250 yards (230 meters) from the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Mercy on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a release.

Nobody was hurt.

Eduardo Moreno, 44, was charged with one count of train wrecking, prosecutors said. It wasn’t immediately known if he has an attorney.

Moreno acknowledged in two separate interviews with law enforcement that he intentionally derailed and crashed the train near the Mercy, according to the criminal complaint.

“You only get this chance once. The whole world is watching. I had to,” Moreno told investigators, according to the complaint. “People don’t know what’s going on here. Now they will.”[/quote]

Posting this from an iPhone using Safari.
So far so good.

@George-K said in The White House plan for cutting gas prices:

He could invoke the National Defense Act to accelerate the rate of oil and gas permits. He could set a floor of $80/barrel for re-filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which would be a powerful incentive for the industry, because it would prevent prices from falling to unprofitable levels.

How do Conservatives feel about the government meddling with production and setting prices of goods and commodities?

@LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

@Axtremus said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

Ohio :

A 10 years old girl, six weeks and three days pregnant, an abuse victim, denied abortion in Ohio.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/07/01/ohio-girl-10-among-patients-going-indiana-abortion/7788415001/

That’s Ohio, in the good old USA.

That's good old political hackery and media manipulation.

The Ohio Ban allows for abortions in cases where the mother's health would be severely impacted and at risk. There is no question or doubt that a 10-year-old's health would be severely at risk. This is them trying to use this girl for a political statement.

Is it not a fact that the pregnant 10 year old girl has been denied abortion in Ohio? You arguing “political statement” is not helping that 10 year old, and Ohio remains complicit in subjecting the 10 year old to severe risks.

Ohio :

A 10 years old girl, six weeks and three days pregnant, an abuse victim, denied abortion in Ohio.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/07/01/ohio-girl-10-among-patients-going-indiana-abortion/7788415001/

That’s Ohio, in the good old USA.

Allowing cryptocurrency firms to directly tap into the Federal Reserve system?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/07/03/crypto-banks-risk-lummis/

"... part of a sweeping proposal to regulate the crypto industry that Sens. Cynthia M. Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced in June — would force the Federal Reserve to grant so-called master accounts to certain crypto firms seeking them from the central bank. The accounts give holders access to the Fed’s payment system, allowing them to settle transactions for clients without involving a separate bank."

@Jolly said in Give 'em hell, Neil.:

@Axtremus said in Give 'em hell, Neil.:

Dude, I am sharing my wisdom to help you see the other, better side that you have not been able to see on your own. You should be thanking me.

No you are promoting a universe of anarchy, where no human would want to, or could, live.

What? You think a public school football game without a state employee kneeling at the 50 yard line is “anarchy”? What kind of snowflake are you?

Dude, I am sharing my wisdom to help you see the other, better side that you have not been able to see on your own. You should be thanking me.

@Mik said in Give 'em hell, Neil.:

And it wouldn't hurt them one little bit. We have pressure to do all sorts of things in society. That is the entire nature of civilization. We give up some individual freedoms to reap the benefit of a cohesive whole. There will always be some degree of conformity required. This is what the coach believes is good for his team.

It would not have hurt the coach one little bit to not kneel at the 50 yard line while on the clock as an agent of the state. We have pressure to do all sort of things in society. That is is the entire nature of civilization. We give up some individual freedoms to reap the benefits of a cohesive whole. There will always be some degree of conformity required. The coach could have done better by giving up his little bit of self-righteousness.

@Mik argues to let the kids bear the pressure and spare the coach.
I say let the coach (the adult) bear the pressure and spare the kids.

If it’s your tax money getting spent by the military acquiring firearms, you’d hope that the military do a better job at vetting their prospective suppliers. Not saying that the military should not pick the best rifle design just because the design came from a very small business (“3 guys in a shed”), but they should do that with their eyes open knowing that they will be sourcing firearms from a very small business.

No way something like this happens today with modern RFI/RFP practices.

@taiwan_girl said in 16% Inflation:

Two questions:

1. No dark colored, soy sauce like substance to go with this dish?

2. No chicken skin on the chicken meat … did you have to asked the vendor to not serve the skin or does it come standard without the skin?

@Mik said in Give 'em hell, Neil.:

So what? How is that kid harmed by kneeling down and shutting his eyes for a few seconds? I've done it many, many times not out of any religious faith just out of respect for those I am associating with. There are times to take a stand, and times to just shut up and respect the views of others. It's part of civil society.

How is the coach harmed by not kneeling down at the 50 yard line while on the clock as a state employee? There are plenty of other times he could be kneeling down in his own private time while not on the clock as an agent of the state. “There are times to take a stand, and times to just shut up and respect the views of others; it’s part of civil society” could just have been as easily said to the coach. A middle-aged coach should have known that much better than a bunch of kids, don’t you think?

Compare this to you complaining about a drag queen reading books to children at a library — why didn’t you tell the kids to just shut up and respect the view of others then? In the case of book reading at the library, the book reader is a private volunteer (not an agent of the state) and the kids don’t even have to “shut up and respect the view of others,” the kids can be there or not be there with zero pressure, zero impact on his social standing — it’s a true voluntary reader, voluntary attendee environment. If you yourself could not put up with the book reading by a private volunteer with zero authority, why ask the kids to put up with the kneeling of a coach who is a state employee with state-delegated authority? Where is your “small government,” “limited government” bona fide?