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  1. Re:Parents Rights on Time To Remove 'Philosophical' Exemption From Vaccine Requirements? · · Score: 1

    In addition, if somebody is NOT vaccinated (due to choice) and gets sick, I do not believe that insurance should have to cover any sickness. IOW, that individual or the parents should be held 100% accountable for their medical costs.

  2. Charter school for the unvaccinated on Time To Remove 'Philosophical' Exemption From Vaccine Requirements? · · Score: 1

    Seriously, they need to create a single school in each district and simply have all those that are not vaccinated because of religious or philosophical reasons to attend it. Those that can not physically take the vaccine would be able to attend the regular schools.

    This would limit the exposure and issues.

  3. What law has he made? None.

  4. I wonder on Google News To Shut Down In Spain On December 16th · · Score: 1

    Will Spain's gov compensate the media for lost volume? In fact, can these companies sue the gov for loss of business?

  5. screw the laser on US Navy Authorizes Use of Laser In Combat · · Score: 1

    I want to see the railgun. That is where things change. With the railgun, you can shoot 100 miles and over the horizon.

  6. Re:Wow on Monochromatic Light As a Species-selective Insecticide · · Score: 1

    And with the plants liking that frequency for photosynthesis, it will likely mean good things.

  7. most photosynthesis LOVES 440 NM on Monochromatic Light As a Species-selective Insecticide · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It would appear that this is about the same wavelength that many plants want. As such, by sweeping over plants with high levels of it for short periods, it might help the plants while at the same time, killing pests.
    Way cool.

  8. Re:When you're a space nutter on China Plans Superheavy Rocket, Ups Reliability · · Score: 1

    LOL.
    Your racism is just amazing. Nothing less than amazing.

  9. Re:When you're a space nutter on China Plans Superheavy Rocket, Ups Reliability · · Score: 1

    compettition is great.
    Only an idiot plays in somebody elses yard in which they control the rules and have already proven that they will not even honor the rules that they created.

  10. Re:When you're a space nutter on China Plans Superheavy Rocket, Ups Reliability · · Score: 1

    And that technology for the maglev came from transrapid, that China stole from them.
    Germany, just like other western nations, is in such a hurry to make sales that they are gutting their future.

  11. Re:When you're a space nutter on China Plans Superheavy Rocket, Ups Reliability · · Score: 0

    Sigh.
    Losing your technology and ultimately company, is not what I call cheap manufacturing.
    When you outsource to China, they watch and see what is selling and what is not. If you have something that is selling, they will produce generic versions of it using your tech/molds/etc and sell it through several of the box stores.

    That is the most expensive cheap manufacturing that any company can have.

  12. Interesting reliability on China Plans Superheavy Rocket, Ups Reliability · · Score: 0

    Hmmm. How come China does not release the data associated with this?

  13. Re:When you're a space nutter on China Plans Superheavy Rocket, Ups Reliability · · Score: 1

    Cheap? Nope.
    SpaceX is cheap. CHina is very expensive. In fact, going to China with Manufacturing is the MOST expensive thing that you can do.

  14. Re: Mostly Smallpox on New Mexico Levies $54M Against Energy Dept. For Violations At Nuclear Repository · · Score: 1

    Any reason why you quoted something that was NOT in that link? In POF, the link kindof refutes what you said by stating that it killed UP TO 95%, while you unequivocally state that they were killed. In addition, that was in 1400, 3-400 years before mexico would form and then start trying to attack north american Indians.

  15. Re: neo-cons stealing from the feds. on New Mexico Levies $54M Against Energy Dept. For Violations At Nuclear Repository · · Score: 1

    He obviously meant NM.

  16. Re: neo-cons stealing from the feds. on New Mexico Levies $54M Against Energy Dept. For Violations At Nuclear Repository · · Score: 1

    Name calling? It is no more name calling than referring to Obama as a dem, liberal, or even left-winger.

    In addition, nm went from 1 of the top 5 ran states to 2nd to last worst ran state.
    The level of incomprtence shown by neo-cons like Martinez is nothing less than staggering. She and her cronies took a state in a great position, and destroyed it.

  17. Why? It was never theirs. Any land ends up belonging to those with the greatest number of ppl. The area claimed by mexico was never theirs. It was owned by native Americans or indian tribes that had 5-10x as many ppl as Mexicans had here. Sadly, the genocide that the Mexicans started in America was continued by the other Europeans that had moved to america.

    But to claim that any of this belonged to new Spain or mexico is a joke.

  18. neo-cons stealing from the feds. on New Mexico Levies $54M Against Energy Dept. For Violations At Nuclear Repository · · Score: -1, Troll

    NM is currently under neo-con control. This spill occurred on federal land within WIPP. The state had nothing to do with cleanup or trying to get the gov to do so. Yet, this neo-cons trash wants to demand loads of money to make up for their mismanagement of the state.

  19. Re: Standard FBI followup on Man Caught Trying To Sell Plans For New Aircraft Carrier · · Score: 1

    It depends on the level of clearance that you get. You obviously got Confidential, and probably do not have direct access to data.

  20. Re: Standard FBI followup on Man Caught Trying To Sell Plans For New Aircraft Carrier · · Score: 1

    I would mod you up if I had not been the OP.
    I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ON THIS.
    I have already dealt with 1-2 chinese spies. It is obvious to me that spying here is endemic and that we MUST return back to the older age of when FBI did the clearance. We can NOT count on private companies to do this right.
    However, even with that done, we will still have ppl that turn on us. Snowden comes quickly to mind. In about 10 more years, he will realize that he went way too far in what he exposed. There is a HUGE difference between a whistle blower (which is what he was, when he spoke about the spying on Americans), vs. a traitor (which is everything else). Likewise, this guy had no issue with getting access to this info and giving it to Eygpt, but was probably told that it would go to AQ, along with China. IOW, this guy was a true traitor, not one that simple kept walking the plank. We will always have a need to go after ppl like him. They will ALWAYS happen. BUT, we need to stop these ppl from getting in FIRST.

  21. Re: Strategic resource on Romanian Officials Say Russia Finances European Fracking Protests · · Score: 1

    Sigh.
    Why do you fools think that you can substitute electricity for oil? The fact is, that you can not. Oil is fungible, but NOT with electricity. The only place that it is true, is in a hybrid vehicles, but right now, that is only in small cars, and is worthless.

    You are DEAD wrong that gas and diesel are cleaner than nat gas. Totally impossible to be the case. Clean nat gas has 2 emissions: CO2 and H2O. Even gasoline and 'clean diesel' do not come that clean. EVER.
    In addition, nat gas or oil turning a variable speed engine is inefficient. However, using multiple small engine/gens turning on-off and ran at single speeds would allow the engine to run at ~ 35% efficiency. Add the 95% efficiency of the motor, and you are still above 30% being delivered from the fuel to the wheel.
    OTOH, you will never see that in a normal ICE based vehicles. They will ALWAYS be below 25%.

  22. Re: Strategic resource on Romanian Officials Say Russia Finances European Fracking Protests · · Score: 1

    No, you said "strategic resource", which means that you want it all left in the ground.
    Big mistake. Instead, we need to use it to get us off oil, while cleaning up our emissions and moving us to full electrics.
    Right now, nearly all of our commercial vehicles, along with large passenger vehicles (such as suburbans), are incapable of moving to full electric economically.
    BUT, by moving these vehicles to nat gas, and then to serial hybrids with nat gas, it makes it easy for makers to move to full electrics or even fuel cell based serial hybrids.

    Point is, that we NEED to start thinking strategically, rather than tactically to solve issues. Sadly, ppl like you continue to think very short term, and poor tactics at that.
    I see very little difference from the far right extremists that deny climate change, then the far left extremists that does not understand economics, or that there is a unstated cold war going on.

  23. Re: "Turk Stream" on Romanian Officials Say Russia Finances European Fracking Protests · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but LNG from America will be about the same price as Nat gas from Russia.
    However, the SMART thing is to convert your coal into methane. In America, it costs us less than $7/MMBTU to dig up coal and convert it. It should be less than that if done in eastern europe. And with Russia charging you $10-15/MMBTU, this would be quite the savings. Interestingly, it would also be cleaner.

    BUT, I agree with your last bit there. I am not convinced that sanctions on Russia will work the way that they would be expected. Basically, Russian citizens will blame the west for their hardships for longer than putin is in office.

  24. Re: "Turk Stream" on Romanian Officials Say Russia Finances European Fracking Protests · · Score: 1

    profits do not matter what others sell at. Profits are revenue - costs. Russia has some pretty high costs getting oil from Siberia. As such, selling nat gas at 70% is pretty close to selling at COSTS.

  25. Re: One should be careful on the logic here on Romanian Officials Say Russia Finances European Fracking Protests · · Score: 1

    And the other problem is if they do not properly seal the well prior to injection, which HAS happened.
    BUT, that is an issue with regulations on fracking, not an issue with fracking itself.

    And if oil companies are not sealing their wells, I would be objecting as well if I were you.