The New Coffee Room

2F here and headed for -2. Got 6" of snow yesterday. Hate it.

Yeah, with casual dress there's not so much need anymore.

Class act.

...if you hate self-checkout as much as I do.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/walmart-reports-a-64-crime-drop-after-ditching-smart-tech/ar-AA1SeZl9

(that said, I really wouldn't have a problem with them doing that - better these guys get to go home and tell others)

Dumb. Can you name me a weapon that can destroy the boat but spare the occupants? Lethality is what weapons are for. Maybe we should have dropped them some water wings and told them they had 5 minutes to get swimming.

I cannot imagine designing such a system without simple trend checking. Unless, of course….

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minnesota-gov-walz-compares-somali-accountability-to-white-men-committing-crimes/ar-AA1SfRAO

Haven't heard from our globetrotter for a while.

I guess I'm not really a libertarian.

I voted against that in Ohio too. "It's for the SCHOOLS!". Riiiiight. That's why our schools are chronically underfunded.

I fully expect to see sex work legalized by referendum in my lifetime. It's about the only one of the traditional rackets that haven't been taken over by the government.

I've voted against every gambling initiative that ever came up. They're all lies and the camel's nose under the tent. We have a close friend who is addicted to the slots, which are everywhere now. $15,000 wouldn't come close to what she's lost.

Gambling produces nothing, it just redistributes wealth and is deliberately designed to be addictive.

I don't buy his whole premise, but there are clearly holes that need to be plugged.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-real-villain-in-minnesota-s-1-5-billion-fraud-scandal-isn-t-somalis-it-s-the-feds/ar-AA1Sflu2

I've had relatively good experiences with chiropractors. But none of them have ever wanted to get invasive.