You just learned that today?

appointing a Supreme Court Justice during an election year

FTFY. Voting had already started when they rammed the handmaid in there to replace Ginsburg.

In the US, electric vehicles are only affordable for wealthy drivers.

Here’s 14 used EVs for under 5k. Yeah, they’re not the greatest whizbang self driving blah blah blah, but I put almost 100k miles on a 2011 Leaf and had little issue with it, and my kid is still driving it to this day. It’s all you need if you’re just running around town doing errands. Rent something for long trips.

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventorylisting/viewDetailsFilterViewInventoryListing.action?zip=90017&inventorySearchWidgetType=AUTO&sortDir=ASC&sourceContext=untrackedExternal_false_0&distance=100&sortType=BEST_MATCH&entitySelectingHelper.selectedEntity=d2077

There is competition here, though. It’s not like it’s a single insurance company monopoly. You can usually get a better deal by shopping around.

It’s kind of funny you mention this. I just sat down and went through every insurance company I could find (over 15 of them) that are still writing policies here in CA because Geico decided to jack my rates over 20% this renewal. Literally every one of them were within $5 every 6 months of the price Geico is charging me for the renewal.

Tell me again how I’m supposed to “get a better deal by shopping around”?

monthly subscription for “Walmart+” where you can scan and pay for your items as you shop and never even have to go through the registers or kiosks at all.

This isn’t entirely true. You still have to stop by the self checkout and scan a code on the screen there and confirm a few things, but it is way faster.

Yup, we did 2 x 5200+ mile round trips this year with zero issues. I think the problem is that people don’t like the fact that you actually have to think a tiny bit and plan a tiny bit sometimes instead of just jumping in the car and going until it yells at you to stop and get gas. People in this country, especially the anti-ev crowd, really dislike having to think for themselves.

BattleBots!

for people without insurance the covid vaccine is $120

Bullshit, get the fuck out of here with your misinformation.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0914-uninsured-vaccination.html

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/bridge/

but HIPPA is fairly strong

Hopefully they abide by HIPAA too!

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB43

How about you read the bill yourself instead of asking some dipshit on the internet to tell you what to think?

Interesting how you dropped the second half of that sentence to try to hammer it into your point about “oh em gee teh gubmint is gunna git me”.

The new law, which reforms the state’s conservatorship system, expands the definition of “gravely disabled” to include people who are unable to provide themselves basic needs such as food and shelter due to an untreated mental illness or unhealthy drugs and alcohol use.