Drusas

California is not the most progressive state. It’s just so big that it being progressive makes the news more.

I have found another local one with a higher limit, but I don’t know if they are as invasive and, frankly judgmental, about it when you need to exceed that.

I use a local credit union. I am extremely unsatisfied, and they are widely viewed as the best credit union / banking option in the region.

Want to make a purchase or pay a bill over $1,500? Have to call the credit union! And they’ll want to know exactly what you are spending this money on before they’ll approve it. That’s right: They will withhold your own money from you if your large expense isn’t satisfactory to them.

Fuck you, BECU. One of these days I’ll switch to another credit union or back to one of the big banks.

Sugar is not needed for survival.

I will fight you.

Oh, no doubt.

I read somewhere a few days ago that there’s supposed to be something like one translator per 30 (?) North Koreans. I don’t know if it’s accurate.

I’m a Washingtonian and have thought the same. It has led to more people bringing their own bag(s), though.

Norwegian Forest cat?

Good. It is literally the least we could do.

Now let them use the weapons we’ve been sending as they see fit.

It was Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Heavily blue areas closely surrounded by heavily right areas.

They also haven’t seen the shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities.

This is cool, but in what way is it news?

I had never even heard of them having this content.

That is a debit card, not a credit card. We also have debit cards in the US.

It was a lot less rapey in the show than in the book. Still rapey, though, yes

I really think a gun safety class should be required to own a firearm. However, I also see how that would violate the second amendment (by making it harder for those of lesser means to exercise their right to own a weapon because they do not have the same resources available to take a class).

I think that as long as we have the second amendment, we should be offering taxpayer-funded firearm safety courses in all states. And requiring them.

Gun storage requirements vary dramatically from one state to the next.

As an American gun owner, I would not give them the benefit of the doubt. There’s no reason they couldn’t have secured their weapon or–even better–not had one in the house where their mentally troubled son lived. There’s absolutely no excuse for him having had access to that firearm.

I agree that the company shares some blame, but ultimately it comes down to the fact that they gave this kid access to a gun, knowing full well that he had mental health issues.

Anecdotally, as a Seattlite, this is very much the case.