Jesus, 18%.

If you had a $200k mortgage, you would be paying $3,000 in just interest every month. And that's assuming you get the central bank rate, you don't. Probably looking more at like 20% for a loan an individual can actually get.

Good luck opening or expanding a business with rates like that too.

I feel like this post belongs on !noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works with absolutely zero changes. Just.....the complete disaster that would occur if the ERA ever actually triggers here....

She must not have said the sweet nothings Putin wanted to hear.

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Plastic at supermarkets is very effective at reducing food spoilage. Ditching the plastic will result in much more food hitting the bin, and higher food costs. Given all that binned food must be created and transported again, it's a huge net negative for the environment.

Not that I'm aware of. The uncrewed surface vessel in this case was one of the attacking vessels.

unless black people are owning guns then they’ll be all for gun control

Red states tend to have some of the most free firearms laws in the country. And many of those states, particularly in the south, have large black populations. In fact, many of them have explicitly killed policies that were used to discriminate based on race, namely may-issue permitting laws.

The founding writers of the constitution never imagined people would fit hand cannons in their pants ... Try walking around with an 18 inch pistol concealed in your pants.

Hand cannons for hundreds of years before the writing of the Constitution were smaller than that. Where do you get this idea hand cannons were always that large?:

In 1432, Joseon dynasty under the reign of Sejong the Great introduced the world's first handgun named se-chongtong (세총통). Se-chongtong has a total length of 13.8 cm [5.4in] ... Se-chongtong was used by both soldiers and civilians, including women and children, as a personal defense weapon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handgun#History

Some games also have beta channels that are just the past versions of the game. Weather this exists or not is completely up to the game publisher though. I mostly see it in games that have active mod communities, so they want to let you lock down your version so your mod pack doesn't break suddenly.

Making it harder for firearm education, use, handling and entertainment videos to be on the most popular video platform is not a positive step. The resources people have to safely handle and use firearms has now diminished.

Making it harder for firearm education, use, handling and entertainment videos to be on the most popular video platform is not a positive step. The resources people have to safely handle and use firearms has now diminished.

Why the hell is that even a headline. Archive link, scroll down a little.

The founding writers of the constitution never imagined people would fit hand cannons in their pants.

Hand cannons had been in use for hundreds of years (citation 1, citation 2) before the Constitution was written. Where do you get this idea they were not aware of their existence?

I agree. Schools need to teach kids practical skills. Firearms handling and use among them. Other good ones would be how to file taxes, how credit cards/loans work, how to repair basic items around the house, how to cook basic meals, etc. It doesn't need to dominate schooling, a class or two covering the above in highschool would be plenty. Most of those topics are pretty short, but very important for life.

The right of the people to keep and bear arms is explicitly in the Constitution. The Constitution supersedes state law.

A well regulated watch is a watch in proper working order. 'Well regulated' does not mean 'to pass regulations' in this context.

Example sentences from online:

"regulate one's habits"

"regulate the pressure of a tire"

If you go to your profile there is a listing of your subscribed communities. I normally navigate from that.

Yep, the ones Russia constantly insists must be removed and the enforcement of which is present in the very article we are replying to.

Yeah, AWD has a small MPG penalty and one-time purchase cost. If you live in a cold climate or drive off-road it is incredibly important to make sure you don't get stuck. If you live in a warm climate and keep it on the road, probably would opt for FWD. I suppose RWD is also an option, but then it is much, much easier to get stuck, to the point I would never consider it unless this is a side car you don't care about.

I also have had very, very few issues with tires. I don't tend to drive on upright nails or hit curbs at high speed, so at least for me the advantage of only needing to replace two at a time vs four (or get a new one ground down to match) is almost a non-thought.