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June bug wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:26 am Loving v. Virginia. SCOTUS outlawed Virginia’s ban on inter-racial marriages in 1967.
In Thomas’s Dobbs opinion, he called into question the constitutionality of previous SCOTUS decisions allowing gay marriage and contraception. Notably he did not include the Loving decision, but there’s been a lot of right wing discussion of that as well since Dobbs.
Just as religious folk tend to find that their gods or sacred texts confirm their prior prejudices and choices, so originalists tend to find the drafters and their writings confirm their prior prejudices and choices.
Heartland Signal @HeartlandSignal wrote: Ohio GOP Senate candidate Frank LaRose says that seat belt sensors are government overreach:
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions ... Like the little bell that rings when you don't buckle your seatbelt ... It goes too far."
Isn't he about four decades late with his "protest"? It's not like one cannot start the car and drive away. Next he will call out the breath test analyzers that actually block the drunk driverraison de arizona wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:42 pm Video at link.
https://twitter.com/HeartlandSignal/sta ... 15733?s=20Heartland Signal @HeartlandSignal wrote: Ohio GOP Senate candidate Frank LaRose says that seat belt sensors are government overreach:
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions ... Like the little bell that rings when you don't buckle your seatbelt ... It goes too far."
Me too. Its gotten to the point that I feel naked when it is not buckled.Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:59 pm Pretty sure you can pick up a fake buckle clip on ebay if you're that anal about it. A neighbor has one for some insane reason. I always wear mine.
Obviously fires in cars are bad, but it was claimed a few years ago that many people vastly over-estimate the probability of a crashed car catching fire because Hollywood action films often have cars jumping in the air, bouncing around then bursting into flames. Whereas very few car crashes in reality involve fire, or indeed cars leaping into the air. Crashes tend to be slide-y and crunch-y.
There may be a few (very few) cases in which a seatbelt increases your likelihood of being injured. There are also some accidents that are so bad that nothing will adequately protect you, but, in 99% of accidents, a seatbelt will reduce your injuries. So, why would you give up protection in 99 percent of accidents, just in case you are involved in one of those 1% of accidents?Sam the Centipede wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:19 amObviously fires in cars are bad, but it was claimed a few years ago that many people vastly over-estimate the probability of a crashed car catching fire because Hollywood action films often have cars jumping in the air, bouncing around then bursting into flames. Whereas very few car crashes in reality involve fire, or indeed cars leaping into the air. Crashes tend to be slide-y and crunch-y.
Idiots used to talk about people being thrown clear of crashed cars which wouldn't have happened if they had a seatbelt. Er no, your car is a fairly solid box, you'll be thrown into it. And if you're thrown clear, what are you going to hit?
Back to the fire: well, if you have a seatbelt and your car catches fire in a crash, you're far more likely to have a non-mashed brain and be able to get yourself clear, whereas being unbelted and unconscious isn't much use.
The one issue with seatbelts is that they are still, I believe, designed around the average adult male and could do with a better appreciation of other anatomies.
When I was growing up, my uncle wired his cars with a kill switch so they wouldn't be stolen. The switch? It was the driver's seat belt getting plugged in. The car literally would not start without the seat belt buckled. He figured anyone attempting to steal his car probably wouldn't put on their seat belt, ergo no theft. I suppose it worked, in as much that he never had a car stolen. Ensured his kids wore their seat belts as well. I always thought that was kinda clever.Rolodex wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:51 pm If you're not wearing a seatbelt, what's holding you back?
I used to tell my kids that the car had a system that wouldn't let it start till belts were buckled. Our newer cars (we buy cars relatively infrequently - every 7-10 years, and in that time LOTS of tech advances are made!) have had seat belts that tighten on you when you reach a certain speed. My younger son (I think he was in college at this point) says he feels the seatbelt "hug" him when we hit that speed. I love that description!
Heartland Signal @HeartlandSignal wrote: Kansas State Rep. Trevor Jacobs (R-Fort Scott) goes on an unhinged immigration rant, falsely claiming that the United Nations is involved in order to start at war.
"The world is organizing an army against the United States of America ... To me, this is not a laughing matter."
Not, it's not a laughing matter, the state of the US education system that (a) produces such members of Congress and (b) voters that elect said representatives.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:49 pmAnd we are't all border states BTW. So tired of hearing that. There are a handful of states that abut the southern border and are being affected by this. Kansas isn't one of them. Abbott is doing his best to make it everyone's problem, but Kansas is NOT one of the places he is bussing migrants to! <insert juvenile insult>
https://twitter.com/HeartlandSignal/sta ... 25910?s=20Heartland Signal @HeartlandSignal wrote: Kansas State Rep. Trevor Jacobs (R-Fort Scott) goes on an unhinged immigration rant, falsely claiming that the United Nations is involved in order to start at war.
"The world is organizing an army against the United States of America ... To me, this is not a laughing matter."