where does it realistically end

Somewhere at the bottom of that slippery slope, I imagine.

There’s always going to be a threshold where things that previously weren’t problems, become problems. Imagine trying to argue that DUI laws shouldn’t exist because when you have had one beer you’re fine, but once you’ve had 20 beers now the police have a problem with it. How many beers is too many? We don’t know since that’s different for everyone- but we all agree at some point, it’s too many.

You yourself pointed this out: when such weapons weren’t easily available, they weren’t really a problem. Now that they are easily available, they’re a problem.

From a different article:

But DirecTV claims it “will benefit US video consumers by creating a more robust competitive force in a video industry dominated by streaming services owned by large tech companies and programmers.”

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

From another article:

In a statement, DirecTV chief executive Bill Morrow said a merger between the two companies “will be better able to work with programmers to realize our vision for the future of TV, which is to aggregate, curate, and distribute content tailored to customers’ interests, and to be better positioned to realize operating efficiencies while creating value for customers through additional investment.”

Corpo-speak 101: how to use a lot of words to say absolutely nothing.

I don’t want to have to drive from McDonalds, OH to Walmart, KY on the I-71 brought to you by Microsoft.

You should have taken the Apple iWay instead of Microsoft’s I-71. The ride is much smoother, as long as you accept you can only exit where Apple says you can. And have the “courage” to hold your pee since they removed all the rest stops on the way.

Seriously kids, don’t vote Republicans if you don’t want every mile of your trip privatized and monetized.

Given that SCOTUS is focused on destroying the government one agency at a time, you’re likely to see them rule that the FTC is unconstitutional because it didn’t exist in the 1600s or some other equally-bullshit excuse.

Yes, but if they did that, the prisoner wouldn’t suffer!

As best as I can remember, everything in the Steele Dossier has either been verified, or is unverified. Nothing to my knowledge has been proven to be incorrect.

¡Este comentario es una puta mierda!

Every engineer working on the project simultaneously groans in despair. The resulting low frequency wave shakes the foundations of Sagrada Família, setting the construction back another generation.

Are we sure the Sagrada Familia isn’t a source of perpetual energy?

What, never heard of powerline networking? 😂

So risk someone else beating you to market? And they’ll either have the resources to make it superior, therefore making yours irrelevant, or they’ll make it inferior, which generates bad press for you?

And 11% nationwide.

With numbers like Texas, I think we can safely assume that 11% number is being driven exclusively by red states.

It’s far more expensive to try to have two systems and possibly handle a CA resident incorrectly.

Apple: Hold my doesn’t-cure-cancer fruit smoothie!

Probably why he’s been sucking up to Elon so hard recently. Hoping Elon will buy it out then continue to let Alex spout his bullshit.

I don’t think this is even about Trump. This is about state officials wanting to look “tOugh On crIME” for reelection.

Yes, but they’re expired because the private school they were for closed due to due to being forced to accept more low-income students.

Hmm, it’s too late to have a debate but not too late to shove an unqualified ideologue into SCOTUS.

Got it.

You mean the guy selling shirts that say “Never Surrender” with pictures of his mugshot from where he surrendered to the police?

First day finding out about America?

In most of the US, if you want to get a gun, you go to a store, plop your money on the counter, and as long as the guy behind the counter decides that from a hundred feet away through a dirty glass you don’t look like you might shoot up a GOP candidate, you’ll have a new gun.

If you’re unlucky, you’ll have to wait a few days first.

At least Philomena Cunk is a character.

Techbros are, frighteningly, real.

free education

Best I can do is siphon more tax dollars away for private education.