Conservatives vs. Liberals :)

Oregon. We have no sales tax here.

I sell on eBay. I shipped something to a guy in Washington not long ago and for the first time ever eBay charged him sales tax. It’s all gotta be related. Just part of all the extra money Trump promised us.

I agree, having been a PC user for 30 years, I can't count the number of times I have lost data. So now I'm paranoid and every bit of data that I have that I truly care about I have at least 2 backups of it. And as disk space has gotten cheaper and cheaper over the years this has just made it even easier for me to justify. Heck, just this morning I was looking at external drives on Amazon and they have an 8TB drive for only $139. That's astonishing. I spent way more than that for a 20MB (yes, Megabytes) hard drive back in 1990. Talk about cheap storage!

I have always realized that there are 2 schools of thought to the "should I turn it off or leave it on" debate. This goes for not just hard drives but computers in general. The first school of thought is that if you leave a computer turned on all the time it will develop more "wear and tear" and will wear out faster.

The other school of thought (and the one I have always followed) comes from the knowledge that as electronics are turned on and off, they get hot and cold and hot and cold, which causes the components to constantly expand and contract, which, IMHO, causes more wear and tear than the first school of thought. So no, I NEVER turn my computers off, they go to sleep of course when not being used, but they are always turned on unless I am moving them (desktop computers, not laptops). This has always worked well for me. YRMV.

I’m sure the “ang” in his name is short for “angry”.

I've never k**led a baby, a fetus, or anything remotely similar. People like you though make a******n seem like something that can come in handy. Why are you such a grumpy old man? You should ask your doctor to prescribe you an SSRI. The world would be a much better place.

"A perv attacks my family pays"

Gee, that makes perfect sense. NOT! Did you forget to insert a comma in there somewhere?

The rest of your statements don't even deserve the dignity of a response. Are you married to Ann Coulter?

Roses are red, violets are blue, I'll never be a woman, and neither will you!

Thanks for making my point for me about tolerance and acceptance.

I just read a news story today that made me think of this discussion we are having here. Maybe partly because it has to do with AOC and her ideas, and she has been specifically mentioned in this thread. Anyway, the article is on inc.com, here’s part of it. I think we can all learn a bit from it.

“Weak arguments start by criticizing the person behind an idea. Strong arguments begin by criticizing the content of the idea.

Attacking the author reveals defensiveness and invites counterattacks. Refuting the message reveals civility and invites dialogue.

Or, to put it another way, I'll listen closely if Richard Branson gives me advice about whether to invest in a certain startup. But if the very same advice comes from the kid who bags my groceries, I won't -- especially if that advice doesn't line up, at least initially, with my own perspectives and viewpoints.

"What does he know about startups?" I might think. "He's young. He's inexperienced. He doesn't know how things really work."
By reflexively criticizing the messenger, we fail to evaluate the idea on its own merits. Sometimes that means placing too much credence on the actual message. Other times, not enough.

Either way, that means we fail to engage in a dialogue that might help turn a seemingly bad idea into a good one.

It's natural to like an idea more if you like the person who proposes it. Just like it's natural to dismiss an idea if you don't particularly like -- for wh**ever reason -- the person who proposes it.”

Food for thought?

Rumor has it he had his colonoscopy today and we now know where you've been hiding.

Live and let live is my motto. "Christians" right to their beliefs end at the point they try try to shove their beliefs down my throat. I had a girlfriend once who worked as a waitress in a popular breakfast restaurant. She absolutely dreaded working on Sunday mornings because the "Christians" would get out of church and go out for breakfast and they are the rudest, most condescending "holier than thou" people on Earth. They would bring her to tears with their rudeness, treating her like she was their s***e. We agreed that self described "Christians" are some of the biggest hypocrites on Earth. They tend to think they are better than everyone else. "Do as I say, don't do as I do" seems to be their motto. Christians are some of the most intolerant people on Earth IMHO. Nobody seems to believe in "love thy neighbor as thyself" any more. The world is swirling around the toilet bowl and it's really sad.

I realize now that you will likely accuse me of painting with too broad of a brush, but this has been my experience, and is therefore my perception, and I tend to be more perceptive than most. YRMV.

Again, you're the pot calling the kettle black. Why aren't you just as much of a bigot because I don't see things the way you do? You want to attack me because I disagree with your religious philosophy. You're just as bigoted about my viewpoint. We just need to agree to disagree and stop with the personal attacks and insults. I suggest you listen to John Lennon's "Imagine". Maybe more than once.