[MrEdd]

The parallels between extreme ice skating and russet potatoes.

Hey, I can write comparisons that make just as much sense as the thread title.

Sometimes a writer reaches so far that the point they thought to make is hidden in another time zone.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The parallels between extreme ice skating and russet potatoes.

Hey, I can write comparisons that make just as much sense as the thread title.

The title is attention-grabbing, and the article is useful in pointing out that

there were 42,249 casualties in 2016 related to opioids. This is double the 21,089 reported in 2010.

For a little perspective, given all the attention guns are getting these days, per the FBI, in 2015 there were 13,455 murders, 9,616 committed with firearms.

that the Democrats’ beloved “gun violence” issue is only about ¼ the significance of the opioid issue. Tho if you put gun suicides in the mix the story changes noticeably and becomes, IIRC, about ½.