Antnee83

Antnee83 OP t1_iu3rbao wrote

> The proposal would require automakers to make wireless repair and diagnostic information available to independent shops in Maine. Only car manufacturers and dealerships have access to data collected by the wireless technology that is in most new vehicles today.

> That means many consumers need to take their cars to a dealership to diagnose and fix a problem, leaving independent shops out of the loop, said Tim Winkeler, president of VIP Tires and Service in Maine.

This also has broader implications and can help ensure that products sold here are not locked behind an impenetrable wall of DRM.

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Antnee83 t1_itnvvxi wrote

I second the Dempsey center recommendation.

I watched my mom succumb to cancer over a period of two years. So while I don't know exactly what you're going through (everyone's situation is different), I probably know enough to lend an ear.

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Antnee83 t1_itg8vkp wrote

I'll save you a click.

> Maine Democratic Governor Janet Mills is debunking a Maine Republican Party 30-second TV attack that accuses her of imposing one new tax, a nonexistent grocery tax, and trying to raise another, the state's gas tax, which she never did.

> Mills said in an interview on Thursday, “I do not support a gas tax increase, will not support a gas tax increase, and there is no grocery tax. I do not support a tax on groceries."

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Antnee83 t1_it9n5iy wrote

> Also, unless you are in your 70's or older you have never experienced real capitalism. The free market hasn't existed for a LONG time.

Oh that's just straight up nonsense revisionism. What's your angle here? Absence of subsidies? What?

Because basically the exact same government/business relationship existed then as it does now.

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Antnee83 t1_isyuthu wrote

Reply to comment by hike_me in Midterm by Ok-Box8267

That's true, but also not relevant to what I said.

She polled much much lower than her actual results. That holds true for a lot of republicans in many states. I think polling firms have yet to come to grips with the fact that there is a growing Shy Tory effect happening, and reweight their models accordingly.

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Antnee83 t1_isytktd wrote

Reply to comment by Porcupine-Baseball in Midterm by Ok-Box8267

I think that held true 6 years ago. I think the difference now is so stark, and the right's actions (and the effects) so vile that yeah, I kinda do look down on you for that.

I've set aside my absolute disgust for the democratic party for now, because throwing women and minorities into a christian nationalist meat grinder is the alternative.

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Antnee83 t1_isysqk9 wrote

Reply to Midterm by Ok-Box8267

I've said it repeatedly: I think LePage will win by a cunt hair.

  1. I straight up do not trust state-level polling. It's consistently really wrong; look at the margins of Collins' wins against what she was polled at. Sometimes double-digit differences.

  2. The environment is not at all favorable to Democrat incumbents.

I think if he loses, it will be because of the Abortion pushback. That's the wildcard nationwide at the moment, and frankly I don't believe that the average voter has the memory span to stay that mad about something to make a difference.

I guess we'll see.

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