Agreed. Fuck Newsome, who will likely be the Dem candidate in 2028 (in the off-chance that we still have elections)

I remember years ago when i first heard of Newsome i thought he seemed decent. The fact he’s against this bill is further evidence that i was mistaken.

Thank you for your service 🫡

Edgy! Go on with your bad self, lol

Why should they? Ice and snow often exist within close proximity of one another

That’s the worst part of all this–these guys have all the firepower and all the backing of the us police and military and they’re the only ones allowed to shoot/punch/react in any way. The protestors have zero ways to retaliate.

When you really add it up, the fascists are the pussies here (surprise) and the protestors are brave as fuck showing up knowing they have no leverage or advantage of any kind.

You make a good point: on one hand, Elon is a raging shithead (bad, as you noted). On the other, Grok is fucking garbage and being able to easily create csam with it should instantly disqualify it’s use by anyone until that feature is removed (also bad)

I mean, it’s not that weird but i guess it’s an observation

They didn’t make Kool-Aid like that when i was a kid! 👀

He never paid?! 😄

For Ms Bannister’s family, the increased cost of healthcare means putting off other spending: “We were saving for a home, and saving money for that is going to take way longer if we have to spend $11,000 a year on healthcare that we barely use.”

That’s bananas, and that’s still not as much as some other people are gonna be on the hook for. Someone else in the article said they’re being charged $30,000 for insurance for the year. How the fuck are the upcoming generations supposed to afford to pay for housing, food, and essentials when half of their paycheck (or more?!) is going directly to health insurance?

It appears that the choice many are going to opt for is to simply forgo insurance. Which is really extra fun because that means even if they’re injured in an accident they didn’t cause, they can still be on the hook for thousands of dollars if they are taken to a hospital. Not to mention, it’s totally normal for a person to need to see doctors for various reasons, elective or otherwise. It might actually make sense to start figuring out what the non-insured charges are for my usual annual visits and see if we can try saving a few grand next year by opting out of insurance as well. What other recourse does one have except to try to secure a job that pays their medical benefits fully…

…and don’t forget, having insurance coverage doesn’t mean you won’t be paying anyway! I’m getting charged over $1000 for taking an ambulance to the hospital after being struck sitting in my truck at a red light. (Due to all kinds of other ridiculous rules regarding insurance, nobody’s insurance is covering it, leaving me to hope my health insurance will… They kicked in what they thought is appropriate and sent me a bill for over $1000)…I supposedly have pretty decent insurance and we’ve been paying about $700/mo for 2 people through my wife’s plan. Can’t wait to see whether that’s gonna double or triple! Perhaps that’ll just make our choice for us and we’ll start rolling the dice as well.

Sounds like another case of Amazon trying to out-Amazon itself