I guess someone didn’t read the article.

You don’t think he can get 51 votes to leave the senate?

The Talarico campain should really sell bumper stickers for the embarrassed Tesla owners to atone for their purchase.

I’m willing to cut slack to those Tesla drivers who bought before it became evident Elon was a threat to democracy, but “I bought this before Elon went crazy” isn’t enough.

“Sorry for my Tesla purchase, I donated to James Talarico.”

But that’s not the reason why he isn’t in the HoF. (You’re not wrong, it should be, and it would likely disqualify others).

Meanwhile, Pete Rose isn’t in the hall of fame.

Most definitely not the case in California. No consuming after 2am no exceptions.

I can see how that paints a legal picture, and you’re not wrong reading that way. I only meant that speeding is something easy to get away with even if it’s not allowed.

I never said it was “illegal” to do it, it was against the terms of their credit card acceptance. They weren’t putting their business or liquor license at risk, only their ability to accept credit cards.

Maybe OP was complaining about the noise the trains make from the perspective of the cars? /s

I’ve been to Chicago exactly once in my life, for just about exactly 24 hours, ten years ago. And while I did ride the CTA, it wasn’t the Red Line. Why was I instantly able to recognize this as Chicago? Rosemont Station on the Blue Line was my hotel stop, and that’s where I thought this was until I googled Garfield Station.

Public transpiration in the US is woefully inadequate, so you won’t see me defending it’s current state too much. But there is a logic to a line following a highway; clearly this thoroughfare has the demand of people to get from point A to point B; that’s why there’s a highway there.

Same way speeding in your car isn’t allowed.

Not really. I’ve bartended (and managed bartenders) in this state for twenty years. The only binding thing is the 2am cutoff, and that means no one is allowed to have ANY alcohol at 2am. For that reason, most places call last call 15–30 minutes before 2. Nothing out of the norm there, but he absolutely could have sold me one more beer at 1:40 saying that it has to be finished by 1:59.

No doubt, at least on the minimum cc purchase thing. They were, however, choosing to not serve me a second beer 20 minutes before 2am. That was definitely a choice the bartender made.

I’m any case, I wasn’t rude about it.

My understanding is that it used to be against their terms, but it no longer is.

What exactly was I supposed to do? Both options were as a result of their self imposed limitations: the credit card minimum is allowed now, but back then it was explicitly prohibited. And while they called last call, it was still twenty minutes away from the 2am when the law prohibits more sales. (Calling last call 20-30 minutes prior to 2am is common, and I have no issue with that).

This was years ago when things were cheaper and a beer was like five dollars. Obviously (because I’m in the US, I’m going to throw down a couple of bucks for a tip, but it still wouldn’t have met their minimum.

Years ago, when imposing a minimum credit card purchase was not allowed, I had the following exchange:

Me: I’d like to order a second beer.
Bartender: Sorry, we’ve already called last call.
Me: Okay, I’ll just close out my tab then. Here’s my credit card.
Bartender: You’ve only have the one beer, and we have a ten dollar minimum for credit card purchases.
Me: Cool, I’ll have that second beer then.
Bartender: But we’ve called last call.
Me: ….
Me: Listen, you can pour me a second beer and I’ll meet your minimum. Or you can ring me up for the one I had. Your choice. The alternative is I just leave.

They rang me up for one.

“Stop buying things” is really just saying “buy fewer things.”

1. Do you need it?
2. Do you have something already that works in it’s place?
3. Can you buy it used?
4. Can it be repaired?

If the answer to those is “no”, then go ahead and buy what you need. Exhaust the no-buying options first. Good advice even outside the enshittification conversation.

I’m a no-death penalty absolutist, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think there are people who deserve to die. Hasan probably does, and Hegseth does too; I don’t want see Hegseth die, but it wouldn’t break my heart if some Iranian special forces kidnapped him and administered their own brand of justice.