277 people… over 25 years. It’s statistically insignificant on a population of 300 million people.
By point of comparison:
“On average, about nine children under 5 years of age die every year from strangling in window blinds, shades, draperies and other window coverings with cords.”
So 225 over 25 years. Again, not statistically significant.
While I agree, we also don’t know the history with this kid. It’s POSSIBLE that rolling on the floor screaming is a daily occurrence with him. We don’t actually know how severe his autism is.
277 deaths in 25 years. 11 people per year.
30% of Americans own guns.
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/
The population in 2000 was 282.2 million people, so roughly 84,660,000 gun owners.
11/84,660,000 = such a small number, you need to represent it with scientific notation. By 2024 it’s even smaller. 11/100,470,000.
No piece of technology is going to prevent such an edge case of human stupidity, if it weren’t the magazine issue, it would be something else.
That being said, there’s another preventative measure, my first gun had a little red pop-up when a round was in the chamber:
There was also a red marker if the safety was off:
My share was $6,500. Once I hit that, insurance covered 100%.
Annual out of pocket maximum.
This is why it pays to have even shitty insurance guys!
Me:
Emergency room co-pay: $150
8 days in the hospital + open heart surgery from the head of the department: $100
All the drugs and oxygen bottles I could carry: $100
4 weeks later, my company gets acquired, my insurance changes, I lose all my doctors, my hospital, and have to start over in a new medical system. I also developed complications.
7 days in the hospital getting fluid drained: $6,500.
That met my yearly out of pocket maximum and evaporated my signing bonus with the new company.
Yes, that’s the trick. If you order in bulk, everyone doing the same bulk order should get the same pricing.
Where it starts to get tricky is how you calculate “bulk”.
Back when I worked a manufacturing gig, there were two types of bulk orders.
Lets say you wanted 5 million envelopes, you got a bulk price on that, and everyone buying 5 million got the same bulk price.
BUT -
Clients were ranked based on overall spend and got additional discounts.
So a client buying 5 million envelopes would get a better deal if they also bought 5 million custom forms vs. just the envelopes alone. Or if this was their 3rd order of 5 million vs. their first.
Applying this to liquor distribution, I could see it working the same way. A mom and pop store buying 50 bottles of Jack is going to pay the same per bottle as anyone else buying 50 bottles of Jack.
But a bigger retailer, buying 50 bottles of Jack + 50 bottles of Captain Morgan + 50 bottles of Maker’s Mark + 50 bottles of Crown Royal + 50 bottles of Grand Marnier + 50 bottles of Absolut is going to get a better per bottle deal than the mom and pop store. (I dunno, those are all the liquor brands I could come up with off the top of my head. :)
https://www.law.gmu.edu/pubs/papers/05_26
"In the single product case, courts have consistently applied the ‘not easy to establish’ two part test for predatory pricing set out by the Supreme Court in its Brooke Group decision. As a result, the courts have generally ruled that above-cost volume discounts, including those that use market share discounts and near exclusive thresholds, are lawful and do not violate the antitrust laws. "
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/509/209/
“Evidence of below-cost pricing is not alone sufficient to permit an inference of probable recoupment and injury to competition. The determination requires an estimate of the alleged predation’s cost and a close analysis of both the scheme alleged and the relevant market’s structure and conditions. Although not easy to establish, these prerequisites are essential components of real market injury.”
“Big chains buy at much lower prices, hurting smaller retailers”
Well no shit, it’s called a volume discount for a reason.
Buying 50 bottles of Jack is going to be more expensive per bottle than buying 500,000 bottles. Obviously. A mom and pop shop is not operating at the same level as a Costco.
Electing a convicted felon President of the United States.
Well, there’s a FLAVOR ranking and a HEALTH ranking. :)
Tops for both are avocado oil and extra virgin olive oil.
My general preference is Lucini Olive Oil, they have Italian and Argentinian variants depending on how much you want to spend, and it’s readily available pretty much everywhere.
https://www.delish.com/kitchen-tools/cookware-reviews/g46931475/best-olive-oil-brands-ranked/
Don’t they do that for each President?
LOL - Wiki has Trump already:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year
2024 - Trump
2020 - Biden/Harris
2016 - Trump
2012 - Obama
2008 - Obama
2004 - W. Bush
2000 - W. Bush
1996 - David Ho. Clinton/Ken Starr got it in 1998.
1992 - Clinton
1988 - The Endangered Earth, H.W. Bush got it in 1990.
1984 - Peter Uberoth, Reagan in 1983.
1980 - Reagan
1976 - Carter
1972 - Nixon/Kissinger, Nixon also 1971
1968 - Apollo 8 Astronauts
1964 - Johnson, Also 1967
1960 - U.S. Scientists, Kennedy 1961
Seems like each President gets 1 per term. Nixon is the only one pulling it back to back. '71/'72 after having been skipped in '68.
Johnson is the only 1 term president to get it twice because, obviously, he finished Kennedy’s term.
Bottom one was a Christmas ornament made to look like 3 unfired bullets with “Deny, Defend, Depose” written on them.
Keep hope alive! They got baby Jessica out after 56 hours… She’s apparently 38(!) now!
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Because you disagree with someone who thinks all black lives matter, not just the ones killed by white cops. Got it.
Oh, so you think it’s totally OK to ignore when black people are murdered by people other than white cops? Good to know.
Yeah, did not take long:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1826142856/luigi-christmas-ornament-holiday-gift
This seems in poor taste:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1826682648/deny-defend-depose-ornament-gag-gift
Individual tragedies are never going to be prevented. You might as well mandate kids exist in giant hamster balls 24/7.
Oh, but then they might suffocate.