RidgeDweller

Possibly! Where I'm located, building regulations require the lowest floor of the structure to be one foot higher than the mapped 100 year flood elevation. Most affected parcels are left vacant, but this is how I'd expect folks to get around that requirement if they were determined to build in those areas.

A call to securely tie a bag over a dick-tater's head? Or asphyxiate via condom for magnum dong?

Just pay your fucking taxes and shut the fuck up. Alternatively, do a shit load more ket and shut the fuck up permanently.

Dad is ignorant of phrogging.

It's even stupider than that. She opted out of the body scan for a pat down and then got upset that it took longer. Another layer of stupidity is that she says she opted out because she's pregnant and was worried about radiation exposure from the scan, yet she's apparently ignorant that its radiation dose would be significantly less than exposure to cosmic radiation from the flight itself.

Now, I don't expect people to know exposure levels from different radiation hazards offhand. I actually looked it up out of curiosity after reading the article. But, I think it's reasonable for a pregnant person that's worried specifically about radiation to know stuff like this. Feels like fake outrage and grift on her part, tbh.

That said, I won't be bummed if this brings down the TSA somehow.

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It's usually super thin discs on a white pie with pesto or rosemary and mozz/parm. Worth a try!

News orgs, and frankly many public institutions, seem to be lliability averse to a fault. My guess is journalists have generally been instructed to use passive language to avoid libel lawsuits due to the expense of settlement or counsel fees.

Passive language has become so common in journalism these days, and the far right terrorist cohort realizes the vocal minority bad faith pearl clutching schtick works well enough that they continue to threaten litigation against objective truth regularly. It's Trump's MO, and I assume it works because those being sued are terrified his base will be out for blood if he doesn't get his way.

The more the news orgs settle and normalize this shit, the more inertia there is to get back to reality. It's maddening, tbh.

This guy and his comedy has sucked for a long time.

She was qualified? Or she was a Project 2025 stooge?

Thanks for the info. I know we're in a league of our own, but the numbers are interesting and sobering.

Maybe we should consider going in the opposite direction? Require gun safety and firearms training in elementary, middle, and high school; implement first time gun buyer programs for qualifying low income Americans; ban all concealed carry permits; allow firearms in your carry-on at the airport.

I'm being facetious, but California's Mulford Act shows Republicans can pass gun control laws if they're terrified that their outgroups are also armed. Though I'm sure a similar law today would be entirely partisan and only apply to their opposition or something. As a sidenote, I do think everyone should have at least a basic education in gun safety.

Maybe implement a voluntary gun buyback program and tighten up gun laws like Australia? Might not have prevented this case, but it's better than the old "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas" approach.