You've elected a steak salesman who can barely formulate two complete sentences in a row unless he reads from a teleprompter as your president. Idiocracy is alive and well. What else should he have replied?
He should have a brain and understand the situation, but he doesn't...
No ruler rules alone, Trump is just the figurehead, the real question is, who really runs things...
Answer? Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner. She has her daddy's ear and he knows what he is doing. She got him to get rid of the first two campaign managers and give it to Kellyanne Conway (a very qualified woman). He got Trump to keep Chris Christie off the ticket (Trump wanted him as VP) and got him to demote Chris Christie today from the head of the transition team.
Mike Pence is now the "head" of the transition team in name, but the vice-chairs of it are now Ivanka and Jared, who are really running things.
I would very much like to see Ivanka run for President in 2024. When she gave her speech at the RNC convention, I rather thought we had nominated the wrong Trump. But she is too young and not ready for that, give it 8 years...
"Ha ha, Russia is going to invade and tens of millions of your citizens will die! America could step in and stop that, but fuck you, we don't owe you anything."
Why should America care if Germany is under the control of Germans or Russians?
Why is the whole world's problems ours to solve?
I suppose we could rent out our military, how much are you offering?
You have the right to believe what you wish. You don't have the right to force others to believe what you wish. Feel free not to believe in gay people, but don't expect _them_ to change just because _your_ belief is in conflict with _their_ reality.
Your post provides the reason you lost the election, you simply don't get it...
You think that there are only two positions, either total enforcement and support, or outright bans... You bully people into either thinking your way or you call them "deplorable".
This is why you lost, reasonable people have grown tired of it. I'm tired of being called a racist when I'm not. I'm tired of being called homophobic when I'm not. What I AM tired of is being told how to think and how to behave in my private life, if I wish to not be called "deplorable".
If you were really tolerant, then you'd be understanding and accepting of someone who DOESN'T believe in gay people.
You're happy to accept people who think like you do, but you can't imagine it is acceptable to think otherwise. That is your great flaw.
That is why Trump won. Until you understand that, you will continue to have problems on the right.
Trump didn't win by getting 10% or 20% of the country to vote for him, he got 48%, which is more or less half. And yet you dismiss half the country as "deplorables" and wonder why you lost...
Hello fool, still walking around thinking you know anything?
I figured you might have had a chance to buy a clue, but it seems not...
Germany now is producing 'around base load' capacity with wind alone.
You're going to bankrupt yourselves trying... Watch what happens when you actually have to defend yourselves and spend money on your military.
Trump just got elected, he likes Russia more than Germany, you will have to change your budget soon... the USA is not going to cover for you anymore, or did you miss the news?
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Further point, if your tiny little brain can try and hear it... Germany is a small, wealthy nation, it does not reflect the world. Even if you turn off all your power tomorrow, it doesn't mean anything. We all share the same air. You REALLY fucking suck at math, you have no idea what it will take to stop CO2 rise in the air, it is simply not going to be stopped.
This might come as a terrible shock, so maybe you need to sit down.
And THIS might come as a terrible shock...
President Obama didn't sign on behalf of anybody else: just the US. So, revoking that signing doesn't cancel the accord. All the other 196 signatures are still on there.
If the US isn't on there, then it doesn't mean jack shit...
What you don't understand: weather forecasts and how costs reduce over time.
Wind could be free, it will never be base load. Or at least, not in my lifetime.
What's the real cost of extracting that coal, when all the effects on the landscape and the environment are taken into account?
That doesn't matter because I don't pay it.
Now you could debate if you like if I SHOULD pay it, but I don't, so that is a moot point.
Can wind power replace coal today? No. But how much electricity is generated by natural gas today? Wind power is potentially cheaper than natural gas today.
Natural gas is even less expensive than coal, at about 2.2 cents per KWh, coal is having trouble because of natural gas at the moment. Wind is about double the cost of natural gas, give or take.
In any case, natural gas is "cleaner" than coal, but not by enough to change the outcome.
The issue is not what should be used today, but where should our investments be? You can invest in technologies that will make life much more difficult and expensive in the future, or technologies that will reduce global climate change and reduce global tensions.
Did I say I was against wind and solar? I'm not, they are fine for producing perhaps 25% in the near term and up to 50% in the long term of our total power needs. Where do we get the rest from?
The primary problem is point 1 above, Math... people simply suck at it, unable to understand how much energy is used, consumed, and what it would REALLY take to stop the rise in CO2 levels.
It will take more than we're willing to do, full stop. Everything else is just fantasy and expensive.
The point of no-return probably passed 30 years ago, we are way, way beyond that point, adaption to the new world is where we should be putting our money, not trying to keep the Titanic from sinking after it has already hit the iceberg.
Of course, there's another reason that Clinton lost: because there are so many voting shitheels.
You are the perfect example of the intolerant left, you claim to be all accepting, but you're really not.
In my experience, the left is FAR more xenophobic and intolerant than the right is, bunch of idiots you are, which is why Trump won. The left is STILL falling all over themselves trying to figure it out, clueless...
Clinton lost because she sucks, is a terrible person, and wanted to start WWIII. Nothing Trump has done is even remotely close.
Yes, that NYT tool was really cool, it went from 20% Trump to 80% Trump in less than an hour and just kept climbing, never looking back...
John King saw it in his numbers on his "Magic Wall", but every time Wolf saw something positive for Clinton, he jumped in "she's ahead by 2,000 votes!", to which John would say "yes, but lets see where there are outstanding votes", and Wolf just wasn't interested...
California could declare a moratorium on paying federal taxes and use that money to arm the California National Guard which could the proceed to surround the US Army bases and force a withdrawal.
The CNG is already armed, but the US President can nationalize them. If they refuse, that is treason/act of war.
Anyone who thinks that 1 state could win a violent fight against the other 49 just doesn't understand the situation. Now if you had 10 states against 40, you have yourself a civil war, then it depends on what the military wants to do.
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You've elected a steak salesman who can barely formulate two complete sentences in a row unless he reads from a teleprompter as your president. Idiocracy is alive and well. What else should he have replied?
He should have a brain and understand the situation, but he doesn't...
No ruler rules alone, Trump is just the figurehead, the real question is, who really runs things...
Answer? Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner. She has her daddy's ear and he knows what he is doing. She got him to get rid of the first two campaign managers and give it to Kellyanne Conway (a very qualified woman). He got Trump to keep Chris Christie off the ticket (Trump wanted him as VP) and got him to demote Chris Christie today from the head of the transition team.
Mike Pence is now the "head" of the transition team in name, but the vice-chairs of it are now Ivanka and Jared, who are really running things.
I would very much like to see Ivanka run for President in 2024. When she gave her speech at the RNC convention, I rather thought we had nominated the wrong Trump. But she is too young and not ready for that, give it 8 years...
"Ha ha, Russia is going to invade and tens of millions of your citizens will die! America could step in and stop that, but fuck you, we don't owe you anything."
Why should America care if Germany is under the control of Germans or Russians?
Why is the whole world's problems ours to solve?
I suppose we could rent out our military, how much are you offering?
You're welcome. The sad part is that most of the people who think they're making the world a better place by having children are dead wrong.
The irony is that you finally said something I agree with!
See, goes to show that one of us is right from time to time.
The real trick is... which one? :)
You have the right to believe what you wish. You don't have the right to force others to believe what you wish. Feel free not to believe in gay people, but don't expect _them_ to change just because _your_ belief is in conflict with _their_ reality.
Your post provides the reason you lost the election, you simply don't get it...
You think that there are only two positions, either total enforcement and support, or outright bans... You bully people into either thinking your way or you call them "deplorable".
This is why you lost, reasonable people have grown tired of it. I'm tired of being called a racist when I'm not. I'm tired of being called homophobic when I'm not. What I AM tired of is being told how to think and how to behave in my private life, if I wish to not be called "deplorable".
THAT is why Trump won...
That's such a rich post I don't even know where to start.
And that is why you lost the election...
For starters, we have a pretty strict separation of church and state
Again, you still don't get it... it has nothing to do with religion, another of your failings...
You either give me the evidence I require
I'm not obligated to give you anything, and you're not entitled to "require" anything, another of your failings...
Please note: You lost, Trump won, that alone should give you a very long pause...
Then make up your mind ...
You're still a fool? Yep, pretty sure on that one...
Wind is not working because:
You continue to not see it, either because:
1. You are an idiot
2. You choose not to see it
3. You're a troll
If you were really tolerant, then you'd be understanding and accepting of someone who DOESN'T believe in gay people.
You're happy to accept people who think like you do, but you can't imagine it is acceptable to think otherwise. That is your great flaw.
That is why Trump won. Until you understand that, you will continue to have problems on the right.
Trump didn't win by getting 10% or 20% of the country to vote for him, he got 48%, which is more or less half. And yet you dismiss half the country as "deplorables" and wonder why you lost...
You still have not grasped what base load is ...
Hello fool, still walking around thinking you know anything?
I figured you might have had a chance to buy a clue, but it seems not...
Germany now is producing 'around base load' capacity with wind alone.
You're going to bankrupt yourselves trying... Watch what happens when you actually have to defend yourselves and spend money on your military.
Trump just got elected, he likes Russia more than Germany, you will have to change your budget soon... the USA is not going to cover for you anymore, or did you miss the news?
---
Further point, if your tiny little brain can try and hear it... Germany is a small, wealthy nation, it does not reflect the world. Even if you turn off all your power tomorrow, it doesn't mean anything. We all share the same air. You REALLY fucking suck at math, you have no idea what it will take to stop CO2 rise in the air, it is simply not going to be stopped.
Is that the best you can do for a reply?
And you don't understand how big the USA are.
Oh, you again, the idiot from Germany who has his head up his butt?
You missed point #2, geopolitical lines on a map, the USA doesn't have a national power grid and we aren't going to any time soon.
This might come as a terrible shock, so maybe you need to sit down.
And THIS might come as a terrible shock...
President Obama didn't sign on behalf of anybody else: just the US. So, revoking that signing doesn't cancel the accord. All the other 196 signatures are still on there.
If the US isn't on there, then it doesn't mean jack shit...
What you don't understand: weather forecasts and how costs reduce over time.
Wind could be free, it will never be base load. Or at least, not in my lifetime.
What's the real cost of extracting that coal, when all the effects on the landscape and the environment are taken into account?
That doesn't matter because I don't pay it.
Now you could debate if you like if I SHOULD pay it, but I don't, so that is a moot point.
Can wind power replace coal today? No. But how much electricity is generated by natural gas today? Wind power is potentially cheaper than natural gas today.
Natural gas is even less expensive than coal, at about 2.2 cents per KWh, coal is having trouble because of natural gas at the moment. Wind is about double the cost of natural gas, give or take.
In any case, natural gas is "cleaner" than coal, but not by enough to change the outcome.
The issue is not what should be used today, but where should our investments be? You can invest in technologies that will make life much more difficult and expensive in the future, or technologies that will reduce global climate change and reduce global tensions.
Did I say I was against wind and solar? I'm not, they are fine for producing perhaps 25% in the near term and up to 50% in the long term of our total power needs. Where do we get the rest from?
The primary problem is point 1 above, Math... people simply suck at it, unable to understand how much energy is used, consumed, and what it would REALLY take to stop the rise in CO2 levels.
It will take more than we're willing to do, full stop. Everything else is just fantasy and expensive.
The point of no-return probably passed 30 years ago, we are way, way beyond that point, adaption to the new world is where we should be putting our money, not trying to keep the Titanic from sinking after it has already hit the iceberg.
Some of us don't breed, by choice. And I've been dumped over that particular issue
Honestly, you just brought a smile to my face, thank you...
The idea that you won't breed will make the world ever so slightly better...
Thank you
If things keep going this way, I'm all for the UN coming in and setting up a new provisional government. This insanity has to come to an end some way.
That isn't how it works... that isn't how anything works...
You might want to actually get an education and grow up before you run around talking like that out loud...
We pay about 2.5 cents per KWh for coal power (wholesale), give or take...
Wind may well get there, but it has another problem... 24/7 uptime...
And if your next reply is "but storage" or "but it is always windy somewhere", then you don't understand 2 things.
1. Math
2. Geopolitical borders on maps
Meanwhile, I wonder Trump thinks he can cancel the Paris Climate Accord?
You seem to not quite understand how government works...
Yes, he indeed can pull out of that agreement...
Of course, there's another reason that Clinton lost: because there are so many voting shitheels.
You are the perfect example of the intolerant left, you claim to be all accepting, but you're really not.
In my experience, the left is FAR more xenophobic and intolerant than the right is, bunch of idiots you are, which is why Trump won. The left is STILL falling all over themselves trying to figure it out, clueless...
Clinton lost because she sucks, is a terrible person, and wanted to start WWIII. Nothing Trump has done is even remotely close.
Nonsense. We could build things to last and keep them longer.
We "could" do many things... but we aren't likely to do so...
You're just having a bout of wishful thinking...
You can't compare the price of coal in Europe to the price of coal in the US.
CGP Gray did a good video on this topic...
https://youtu.be/S92fTz_-kQE
Ok, this is Texas, not California, but the same principle applies...
In short, the US Constitution is mute on the subject, but the US Supreme Court has ruled, "No, there is no secession, you cannot leave".
If you want to go, there are two ways to make it happen.
1. Revolution
2. Constitutional Amendment
Neither of those are likely to happen
The SCOTUS it is the same thing as a law, or do you think you can just ignore their rulings?
Every? I'm still waiting to hear where it's legally written that the U.S. is indissoluble, even after we fought a war about it.
Then you haven't looked very far, this issue was settled by the SCOTUS 150 years ago.
Yes, that NYT tool was really cool, it went from 20% Trump to 80% Trump in less than an hour and just kept climbing, never looking back...
John King saw it in his numbers on his "Magic Wall", but every time Wolf saw something positive for Clinton, he jumped in "she's ahead by 2,000 votes!", to which John would say "yes, but lets see where there are outstanding votes", and Wolf just wasn't interested...
In short, those of you who support the EC largely are mistaken in your understanding of how it works, or why it exists, and the net effect on it...
Many of you say "but then they'll just campaign in the big cities", but that is false and a knowledge of the facts would inform you on that.
Anyone who wants to discuss this subject needs to watch CGP Grey's video on the subject:
The Trouble with the Electoral College
https://youtu.be/7wC42HgLA4k
Short version - Using the EC, you can become President with less than 22% of the popular vote.
This is not democracy, this is indefensible.
California could declare a moratorium on paying federal taxes and use that money to arm the California National Guard which could the proceed to surround the US Army bases and force a withdrawal.
The CNG is already armed, but the US President can nationalize them. If they refuse, that is treason/act of war.
Anyone who thinks that 1 state could win a violent fight against the other 49 just doesn't understand the situation. Now if you had 10 states against 40, you have yourself a civil war, then it depends on what the military wants to do.