They're basically telling them to SWAT their next door neighbor. Better hope they don't kick in the wrong door on accident and shoot them in the middle of the night.

Railroad Joe? The POTUS can't directly influence SCOTUS rulings, and JB only appointed a single justice.

A lawsuit will oblige them to return sooner or later.

Twenty restaurants would entail how many employees, do you suspect? Let's be very conservative, and assume that each restaurant has a dozen workers (it's likely many more than that). You've got 240 employees. You're not really a small business in any genuine sense anymore. Your revenue is probably running into the tens of millions of dollars per anum. Relative to large businesses, are your workers being compensated well relative to the value they are producing? Almost certainly not.

That's odd. I don't recall expressing that sentiment in my comment. Maybe you added that in an assumption?

Also, I think it's fair to question whether or not restaurant franchises, however small, are actually beneficial in communities. Slaveholding was a small business in many parts of the antebellum south. Small business isn't inherently good or bad simply because it is small.

It's not that cut and dry, legally, when it comes to labor practices:

https://lusthausfranchiselaw.com/blog/is-mcdonalds-responsible-for-franchisees-labor-risks/

Now, the NLRB did rule against the plaintiffs in this case, but depending on the circumstances, McDonald's the corporation could ostensibly be held liable for the practices of their franchises.

McDonalds is a megacorp.

It's a giant megacorp. What do we expect?

That's a distinct possibility, but you have to wonder, if the outcome is so obvious, why would the city council approve such a measure? Personally I think that there's still a lot to be learned about what kind of policing is actually effective these days. I understand that the research doesn't necessarily insist that any one approach has been proven best. Broken windows, community policing, and everything in-between have their advocates among serious criminologists.

It may well be the case that for this specific moment in the history of urban America, these kinds of curfews give police an opportunity to keep order. Obviously that may result in civil friction, especially where regular people get swept up in the drag net, but I've heard serious people start to wonder what ought to be done if these kinds of tactics won't work.

If violent crime goes down, that is the only stat which will matter.

I'm curious to see whether and to what extent such a measure might impact violent crime. If this succeeds, Tucker Carlson will talk about it until he is in the dirt.

He implied that he will vote on party lines in two ways:

First, he criticized John Fetterman for disagreeing with Joe Biden and other Democratic party leaders. This implies that Oz views dissent or disagreement in that respect as a negative behavior.

Secondly, he made a blanket statement that he would support the GOP candidate for president no matter who it is. That's not the kind of thing that a maverick says, despite the fact that Oz is trying to frame himself as one.

The only reason he wants to wear that hat is because he believes it is politically expedient. Take a look at his statements during the GOP primary, and ask yourself if this guy is actually going to work towards the middle at all.

The debate between the GOP candidates was almost unilaterally about who would support Trump and his policies most unilaterally.

If you'd consider voting for a healthy JF, then you should know that nothing about his platform has changed, and he'll be a lot better by January.

I've met John in person half a dozen times over the last 5 years. For me, it's about my job and my labor union.

John is the most pro-labor person in PA government.

Oz would support policies which will make my family less secure and force me to work with less dignity and bargaining power.

https://youtu.be/3vi3z9N8UVg

The city of Pittsburgh is heavily heavily democratic in its politics. That's just a fact.

Now, if you're talking about the politics of people who say, "I'm from Pittsburgh," when they're on vacation in OBX, you'll end up with a very different set, but it won't be representative of Pittsburgh as a city or metro area.

You love all things Pittsburgh except for the politics here apparently.

You don:t sound very independently minded. You sound like you're starving for schadenfreude.

I saw him in Butler County last week. He did nationally televised interviews.

I'm not sure exactly what additional transparency folks were expecting. The man had a stroke, and is suffering from aphasia. Like the big man says, no matter what happens in this election, he'll be better in January, and Oz will still be a fraud.

I want to believe that Oz would be a compromiser if he was elected, but the guy literally stood on stage and said he'll support whatever the GOP wants.

That's not being middle of the road. That's being a puppet. Say what you will about JF. He's his own man.

I'm referring to Abrahamic gender roles.

I'm an agnostic atheist and a secular humanist.

"Jesus taught that we should treat others as we would like to be treated. That doesn't mean I have to treat others as THEY would like to be treated. I would want to be treated as if I was ridiculous if I were acting the way that person is! I'm following the guidance of Christ to the letter! Read the bible!"

Just guessing.

I think you can use your imagination as to how the biblical concept of gender and sex might be applied in this situation.

I highly fucking doubt it.