I will. Stay safe out there.

I've been around long enough just as a commuter to see two serious wrecks with my own eyes, had one friend killed when he hit an animal crossing the road, and have another close acquaintance whose legs were seriously maimed (and yet he is still an avid bike enthusiast). It's not paranoia; it's pattern recognition!

>kind of strange to be angry about a magazine cover in remembrance of a tragic event

I completely agree.

I was talking about the bombers, obviously.

Friends don't let friends ride motorcycles.

I feel ya, but of course Boston Mag was gonna do a 10 year anniversary thing on these morons.

For Iraq introspection and remembering all our democratically elected morons who got us into that dumb and illegal war, you and I will just have to settle for the Useful Idiots podcast, or Breaking Points, etc.

Sort the sub by new, it's pretty standard around here that random ?s go to zero.

Well, I don't see a problem, as long as you're not driving that train.... :p

Let's compromise!

• Dogs: OK.

• People shooting up heroin: OK.

• Dogs shooting up heroin: Not OK.

How am I supposed to deal with the T without my emotional support rhino?

Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often given to wonder what's so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there, and what's so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get there. They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell they wanted to be. — Douglas Adams

How fast can you build a fence?

"Hey good news! We've gotten a ton of money in the budget to deal with slow zones this year."

"Finally! So, how are we going to spend it?"

"Well, that's a stupid question. We're going to develop an app or something. What else would we do with it?"

"No, you are right. Makes perfect sense."

So the shover was released from prison? I don't see that mentioned in the article.

Destroying the livelihoods of the poor until the rich and powerful behave themselves is never a particularly good policy. It never actually works. But hey, mosy Americans obviously don't care about the Iranian people. For them, the cruelty is the point.

>At this link you can find three initiatives the organizers think citizens can ask their representatives to take action on.

For one thing, that's out of date. The U.S. has already labeled the Revolutionary Guard as terrorists. In response, Iran labeled CentCom as terrorists. All this name-calling hasn't helped anybody, AFAICT.

And, one of the other ideas from that link: that America's Congress should tell Iran to end the death penalty? Seriously? That's not exactly the right messenger considering Congress is perfectly happy to have the death penalty here at home.

>Are there any policies experts feel our government should be adopting that it currently isn’t that would help?

Ending the embargoes would be a good start. It's actually bizarre to me that Trump came in like a wrecking ball to our existing deals with Iran, and Biden still hasn't lifted a finger to repair the damage.

I can't blame the Old Pride for just folding up their tent; it's gotta be the worst thing when you are doing charitable work, just trying to bring some joy to the world, and people are running around trying to convince other people that you are a Nazi.

Wasn't the old group being shaken down for money to get some inclusiveness stamp of approval? How is the new group avoiding the same issue, I wonder.

Ah, searching Reddit, the ultimate hack!

Or in the checkout line at Amazing Intimate Essentials.

Oh, what do you got there Sally? Huh, I didn't even know they made gasoline powered ones. How many horse power...? Oh, never mind, my mistake - I saw the word "horse" on the box and just assumed. Well, anyway, um, have fun!

That's why it's the best kind of protest. It doesn't bring attention to an issue the media hasn't already decided to tell everyone about. It's doesn't demand any sort of a actual response from the government. But, in ten years, they can claim they "made a difference" as long as no one asks any follow up questions to nail down the timeline. It's win/win!

What do we want?

What's already happening!

When do we want it?

In a timely fashion as determined by the justice system!

Ever since they got rid of the trolleybusses the 71/73 lines have gone rapidly downhill.

Please don't let the fact that I was delivered there discourage you in anyway. Studies have shown that the hospital your child is born in only determines about 20% of their personality traits later in life.

I didn't realize that was an issue.