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This is a new baseball error -- Mariners manage some stuff that wouldn't even happen in beer league softball. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jun 4, 07:53
Why traffic camera enforcement is bullshit. My personal example - Bacon Jun 4, 07:52 1
- *ding* -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 08:06
So, we need a Jeopardy match-play game with James, Ken and Brad. - Will Hunting Jun 4, 07:48
Driving in Texas will be more dangerous starting in Sept. as the governor has signed a bill making red-light cameras illegal. *smh* -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 4, 07:20 62
- They aren't employed for safety, they're to make money for municipalities, safety is the excuse they use. Many municipalities got rid of them when -- (edited) - jnine Jun 4, 08:16 1
  - Yup. Just like the speed cameras on the desolate highways in Arizona and such. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 08:18
- I have issues with any system that tickets the car, not the driver. - TWuG Jun 4, 07:40 1
  - I disagree - Spawn Jun 4, 07:40
- I'm on the fence about them. I don't have a problem with camera enforcement in principle but municipalities often game them - Reagen Jun 4, 07:33 17
  - Happened here and the city wound up refunding some portion of the tickets when they got caught. -- nm - pmb Jun 4, 08:10
  - Reagen is correct. The problem is implementation, not the technology itself. Greedy cities screwed themselves and now - Strongbad Jun 4, 07:44 6
    - The one that irritated me was... - Dark Callisto Jun 4, 07:48 5
      - Yep they turned all of ours into doing that too. -- nm - Bacon Jun 4, 07:53 4
        
        I don't consider myself an expert in many ST topics of the day, but I know a lot about this. - Strongbad Jun 4, 08:07 3
        
        The greed angers me because it leads to what we see here, no one trusts them and wants them all gone. - Krusty Jun 4, 08:09 2
        
        Correct. Plus, there are technologies like - Strongbad Jun 4, 08:13 1
        
        Exactly. The perception, due to greed in places, makes it very hard to even have a conversation about it. And I don't mean here but in cities - Krusty Jun 4, 08:17
  - They did a study here and found some of the yellow times shortened after they installed them. It's a scam to make money -- nm - Bacon Jun 4, 07:34 8
    - If they shorten the yellow to catch people that's very wrong and undermines the initiative. It should only be about safety and not turning people - Krusty Jun 4, 07:49 4
      - Our story - Strongbad Jun 4, 07:55 3
        
        New Jersey did the same thing -- nm - decline Jun 4, 08:00
        
        krusty, I am sorry, but you are wrong on all counts here. -- nm - groiny Jun 4, 07:57 1
        
        I'm not because our numbers show a drop in accidents where the cameras were installed. -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 08:00
    - Then the problem is not the lights themselves, but the way cities use them. If you're gonna make a law, might as well make one that fixes that -- nm - Guigue Jun 4, 07:48
    - They are usually third party administered, too. Stop turning law enforcement into a profit center, it just encourages enforcement abuse. -- nm - TWuG Jun 4, 07:45 1
      - I think they all are 3rd party administered. And I agree 100% with the whole "ticketing the car" situation. nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 4, 07:46
- They stopped them here, too. I would agree to having *cameras* on the intersections still, but the ticketing of them needs to go. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 4, 07:32 7
  - Why? If you run the light you get a ticket. If you don't run the light then there's nothing to worry about. - Krusty Jun 4, 07:34 2
    - Because more people slam on the brakes to stop short of the light, and it ends up causing more accidents. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 4, 08:15 1
      - The worst spots were those where the "Don't walk" lights did not have a countdown (just flashing). At least with the countdown people would have a - pmb Jun 4, 08:18
  - then what good is a camera? -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 07:32 3
    - To record what actually happens, or for insurance / legal cases. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 4, 08:18 2
      - That seems far more big brother-ish to me. -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 08:19 1
        
        I'm ok with that. We're being tracked anyway. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 4, 08:20
- You people are all insane. They save lives and if you people didn't run red lights so often they wouldn't be needed. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 4, 07:30 19
  - Studies in Chicago showed the opposite. There was no reduction and more accidents caused by people stopping suddenly in anticipation of the lights - pmb Jun 4, 08:09 1
    - yes, I was going to go there, people slam on the brakes on yellow lights so they do not get tickets. -- nm - groiny Jun 4, 08:11
  - I don't "run red lights" but police cameras are just Big Brother. Plus, I have heard countless court cases where a car was ticketed for going through - Spawn Jun 4, 07:32 16
    - You have a source about the yellow lights because I've read a lot about them lights and that's not something that comes up. - Krusty Jun 4, 07:36 15
      - It is the same thing, it just doesn't fit your agenda. It's the definition of big brother, Krusty. -- nm - Bacon Jun 4, 07:38 2
        
        I will say I'm not a fan of cameras watching us all the time. But these cameras only do one thing, take pictures of people running red lights. - Krusty Jun 4, 07:45 1
        
        I have gotten numerous tickets from them, none of them for "running" a red light. - groiny Jun 4, 07:50
      - Sorry, that was from talking to my attorney (unrelated to car stuff!). -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 07:37 11
        
        I haven't read anything about that happening. If you're in the intersection when it turns red it doesn't take the pic. - Krusty Jun 4, 07:39 10
        
        They most certainly do, they take a picture if you are past the limit line when the light turns red. They are particularly annoying in LA County at - jnine Jun 4, 08:33
        
        do you even drive, Krusty? -- nm - groiny Jun 4, 07:50 8
        
        Why does that matter? I'm a pedestrian and I've nearly been hit by many cars that have run red lights. We all have a stake in this not just - Krusty Jun 4, 08:01 7
        
        it matters because you are not subject to getting a ticket for bullshit. - groiny Jun 4, 08:15 1
        
        Or when someone doesn't stop at the red light. I don't cross until it's red but some cars are going too fast and aren't able to stop until - Krusty Jun 4, 08:20
        
        IT matters here. You haven't dealt with the camera bullshit on this side of the issue. - Bacon Jun 4, 08:05 4
        
        That's bullshit. The issues you have with them are timing issues with the yellow. That shouldn't happen and can be corrected. Overall they save lives. - Krusty Jun 4, 08:07 3
        
        Next you will say that you are okay with men passing laws about women's bodies? -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 08:08 2
        
        Not the same thing. Don't do that. -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 08:10 1
        
        Exaggeration? Maybe. But it is still true. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 08:16
- lol. Good for them. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 07:28
- good - so glad we got rid of them in MO. -- nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 4, 07:25
- oh honey, no one in Houston even cares about Red Lights - it just means 4 more cars can go through an intersection. - Epiphany Jun 4, 07:23
- Good I am all for this bill. I hate electronic policing. Hire more police. - Bacon Jun 4, 07:23 8
  - The numbers where they do have them say it improves safety -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 07:28 5
    - Fuck em! - Bacon Jun 4, 07:37 4
      - 2nd question, would it change your mind at all - Strongbad Jun 4, 08:16
      - Would it change your mind at all? - Strongbad Jun 4, 08:11 1
        
        the issue for me, is any ticket, I pretty much have to burn a day off work (which are limited) to go to court to save 100 bucks. - groiny Jun 4, 08:13
      - agreed -- nm - groiny Jun 4, 07:53
  - Your IM is exactly the point. It's all about that money. -- nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 4, 07:26
  - Because traffic is the best use of police. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 07:25
Paul Manafort will be transferred to Rikers Island & held in solitary confinement until trial, which is probably a pretty terrible thing to happen to - decline Jun 4, 07:03 1
- Yes it is. He gets no sympathy from me. -- nm - pmb Jun 4, 08:13
1 point for every item you would not eat: I'm a 6 -- (link) - decline Jun 4, 07:01 25
- 10, but I'm allergic to 2 of them. -- nm - jnine Jun 4, 08:46
- 35 -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jun 4, 08:18
- 10 -- nm - JD Jun 4, 07:59
- 9. But I read it as not eating them by themselves or mostly by themselves. - TWuG Jun 4, 07:43
- 4 -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 4, 07:31
- 2 - I mean I prefer not to eat snails but I have in the past. - Epiphany Jun 4, 07:29
- 3. Maybe only 2. - Beryllium Jun 4, 07:28 1
  - you cover the cooked snails in cheese. Its...chewy. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 07:29
- 8. Brussels Sprouts, Cucumber, Beets, Oysters, Celery, Mushrooms, olives, snails. - JaxSean Jun 4, 07:28
- 312.50... real answer is 35. -- nm* - Spawn Jun 4, 07:28 2
  - heh - decline Jun 4, 08:12 1
    - Could have been 37 but a couple are borderline. -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 08:15
- 16 for me -- nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 4, 07:25
- 29 -- nm - mud Jun 4, 07:23
- Not fair that fish alone gets you 3 points - cooked, canned or raw is a hard pass from me. Total with tomatoes gives me a 4. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 4, 07:19
- 0 -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 07:14
- I'm a 0 on a totality scale, but if we're just going by normal preferences, I'll say 4 (brussel sprouts, zucchini, eggplant, cauliflower) - Shaun Jun 4, 07:10 3
  - I have found in teh last few years that cooked zucchini and eggplant are delish. - Will Hunting Jun 4, 07:49 2
    - if you have never made this, it's delicious - Coconut Zucchini - it's Kare's site. -- (link) - Andie Jun 4, 07:53 1
      - lord have mercy! looks yum -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:19
- 17 -- nm - Tim Jun 4, 07:09
- 1. Mayonnaise. Plus I don't love canned fish, but i would eat it. (just not with mayo.) -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 07:08
- Would not eat: 1 (oysters). Would prefer not to eat: considerably higher. -- nm - Brightbaron Jun 4, 07:07
- 27 -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 07:05
- 1 - Liver -- nm - Amoxy Jun 4, 07:04
Primary polls right now hold very little meaning to me but I found this one demo split surprising - ty97 Jun 4, 06:38 2
- I think honestly, as you age, you lose that youthful idealism that Bernie's trafficking in. - Will Hunting Jun 4, 07:10
- Also look at Dem Polls for Red States vs Blue States... -- (edited) - budice Jun 4, 06:50
CVS to add dietitians and yoga studios to some of it's stores -- (link) - decline Jun 4, 06:31
Dead to Me gets a second season (we just finished watching this. Solid B) -- (link) - oblique Jun 4, 06:17 3
- I'm an A on it. Really enjoyed it. -- nm - pmb Jun 4, 08:12
- We finished it last night. B+ (and a S2 makes me happy). (very minor spoils) - JaxSean Jun 4, 06:33
- I'm only somewhere in ep 2 I think, hasn't grabbed me yet, but from what I expect is going to happen I was curious if (not spoilers but spoilery?) - ty97 Jun 4, 06:19
Marvel's Avengers countdown. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 4, 05:43 1
- *splurt* -- nm - Strongbad Jun 4, 06:01
Pippy alert - TeeFury shirt of the day. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 4, 05:31 3
- Will do! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 08:05
- apparently there is a run on America's Ass because the website is down. Good looking out! - Epiphany Jun 4, 07:22 1
  - Keep trying! It's active for 13 more hours!!! :) -- nm - Shaun Jun 4, 07:24
Recent viewing: Last Breath: B+; Deadwood movie: B-/C+ - prayformojo Jun 4, 05:22 1
- What would you rate the Deadwood seasons? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 4, 06:34
Don the Con knows a mark when he sees one, says May should stick around as PM to do US-UK trade deal. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 4, 05:03 1
- And at the same time, couldn't be more out of his depth. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 05:11
Ocean Conservancy is having a photo contest. Thinking I will enter some shots. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 00:30
Jeopardy spoiler - . Jun 3, 23:14 1
- Spoiler - Beryllium Jun 3, 23:18
Jeopardy spoilers - Mop Jun 3, 22:46 1
- spoilers - Brightbaron Jun 4, 05:57
The Penguin's in Accepted. -- nm - David Jun 3, 22:06 4
- The Penguin's in John Wick 3 -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 22:09 3
  - And looks gross in it. -- nm - David Jun 3, 22:11 2
    - Very much, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 22:32 1
      - I just ate a Penguin for the first time in many years. -- nm - LMS Jun 4, 04:49
I don't "get" football, but it's really nice to see talented plays broken down like this. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 3, 21:48 3
- LOL Royce Freeman - Strongbad Jun 4, 06:31
- I love videos like this -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 06:26
- Oh, and of course I nicked that off an STer. Oops. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 21:49
Andrew Garfield would be great as Egon. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 21:21 1
- I understand he's keen to do comedy -- nm - LMS Jun 4, 06:13
Jeopardy spoilers - Tim Jun 3, 20:58 1
- I haven't watched, but.. (spoils) - b. Jun 3, 21:24
I somehow wound up watching clips of Miriam Margolyes on the Graham Norton Show on YouTube. -- nm - Dano Jun 3, 20:38 1
- Time well spent -- nm* - LMS Jun 3, 23:43
if you have any Perdue or Chef Quik chicken, there's been a recall. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 3, 20:01 1
- i'm safe. no mention of them supplying Seafood City with chicken hearts. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 3, 20:07
At some point, the idea of Undertaker as the Dead Man stopped being metaphorical. -- nm - David Jun 3, 19:59 1
- I mean, they just got the 90's in Saudi Arabia, so that's why it's Goldberg vs. Taker at Return of the Jeddah. -- nm - Tim Jun 3, 19:59
Okay, that's pretty good. Truth is gold. -- (link) - Tim Jun 3, 19:56
Firefly Fun House is so high concept for WWE. -- nm - Tim Jun 3, 19:23 1
- That creepy Vince doll will haunt my dreams. - David Jun 3, 19:23
"Golden State Warriors forward Kevon Looney could miss the rest of the NBA Finals with a fracture in his collarbone" - David Jun 3, 18:56 2
- Kawhi is strong. Not only can you not stop him, he will literally break you 😳 -- nm - JD Jun 3, 18:59 1
  - Looney for a Loonie -- nm* - budice Jun 3, 19:47
Not sure if this is any good or not: "You will have to make sacrifices to save the planet" -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 3, 18:08 11
- What? I’m supposed to cut down to a single martini lunch? -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 22:52
- The planet will survive no matter what. The planet has experienced extinction events that have wiped out 99.99% of all life many times in history. - ReluctantCynic Jun 3, 21:11 4
  - Hopefully we can get past the first pedantic objection and save us all some time going forward. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 03:43
  - This is true. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 21:25 2
    - Get ready for pedantry! The worst mass extinction event (Permian-Triassic) wiped out ~95% of species. The other 4 are all 50-75%. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 00:47 1
      - Well, the first sentence is still true. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 01:42
- The only way Sacrifice 2020 is ever going to win is if you convince the populace with math that it costs more to not sacrifice. - Max Jun 3, 18:44 2
  - "how much is Miami worth to you?" -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 02:50
  - Your plan is to sway the will of the American people ... with math? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 18:53
- Eh, my conclusion after reading is that any party that truly wants to fix the problem needs to lie their way into power because the plebs are ... - Beryllium Jun 3, 18:30 1
  - well they can always retire to their hyperbaric chambers while their robotic armies vaporize any intruders -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 18:38
The nice thing about President Buttigieg will be that the US won't be the target of so many international jokes. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 18:02

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