mtutiger

Great post - this technology (along with the proliferation of bitcoin mining) is absolute bottomless suck of energy. There's no guarantee that it will be cost effective any time soon

If we want to be totally honest, Los Angeles finds itself in the predicament that it's in because (in large part) it's really not an area where a major metropolis should have been built. But that's the fault of the likes of Fred Eaton and Wililam Mulholland, not contemporary politicians. My guess is that Donald Trump probably has no idea who William Mulholland was nor understands anything about hydrology, and views this more using the tragedy of others for his own gain.

I didn't realize that being anti-harassment and in favor of safety and occupational health qualified for "woke" under this new administration

http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/ All this just makes the tech bros look more divorced from reality...

*crickets*

Going to a state recently ravaged by a Hurricane and then suggesting the elimination of FEMA is.... not what I would call looking like a real POTUS.

A lot of conservatives in high-output ag states like Illinois or Iowa see solar farms as a waste of productive agricultural land.... it's not entirely wrong, but on the other hand, farms are generally outputting way more product that can be marketed domestically and we export a massive amount of corn, grain, other commodities. And these farms, which on average (at least in Illinois) are around 50 acres, are generally smaller than subdivision and new housing, for which there's far less controversy when they overtake productive agricultural land.. The opposition to windmills, of which there's little footprint to speak of, is even more mystifying.

Him name-checking Florida in this is interesting....

The politics around wind and solar are still fairly polarized, but it also comes down to land rights as well. Farmers see a source of additional revenue, we all benefit from secondary sources of energy, it's hard to see the downside exactly. So yeah, Trump can speak for himself when he goes all "we don't want _____"

What's Trump's plans to combat low home sales and high interest rates?

He's also wrong in that Cubans have pretty much always been a GOP constituency going all the way back to the fall of Batista / rise of Castro

They are also freeing up resources from other departments that don't deal directly with immigration (such as DEA) to focus on immigration as well. Which in turn makes dealing with laws that fall under other department's purview harder to combat or enforce. You are correct, none of this makes us any safer.

It bears repeating yet again, but people who live and reside in the Midwest are in-line to be acutely impacted by Canadian tariffs should they happen. Plan accordingly.

Trump's fascination with AI has been interesting to watch, particularly for a guy that has long run as a guy preoccupied (whether genuine or not) on the onshoring of American jobs.

There's a lot to be frustrated about with this point that we find ourselves in, but the preoccupation with the innermost thoughts of these tech bros (who clearly have nothing in common with normal people or can relate in any way to their problems) remains a real crutch for all of us. Literally the only reason we are forced to care what any of these guys think about anything is their money. That's it.

It goes without saying that commodity prices are taken as an average for a reason. Also, the Aldi near our house has them going about 10 cents more expensive than when I was there on Sunday, so.... lol

The second paragraph is a good breakdown of one of the unintended consequences of prioritizing immigration enforcement over everything else.

This rando is free to make the decision that some of us made with Twitter - leave.

I keep awaiting some sort of indication that this government is aware of the price of eggs or the indication that bird flu is a serious problem, but everything they've done this far has suggested that they don't care and has gone in the direction of making government less transparent about bird flu in general.

https://www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-ras-j-barakas-statement-on-ice-raid-on-newark-business-establishment “Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a local establishment in the City of Newark, detaining undocumented residents as well as citizens, without producing a warrant. One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned. This egregious act is in plain violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees ‘the right of the people be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures….’ “Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized. I will be holding a press conference in alliance with partners ready and willing to defend and protect civil and human rights. Details to come.” This was always the thing with the ICE Raids - they will inevitably end up with arrests of legal individuals and actual citizens

I agree, for what it's worth I'm curious is Holic's liking of your post constitutes agreement with the characterization that they are both narcissistic ***holes and total control freaks

Incredible, but nothing surprising for these guys

Hope everybody stocked up lol