"Fossil fuel vehicles are phased out in three years worldwide,"
Um, no. The used car market makes that unlikely.
And when my 80 mile a day commute doesn't require fast charging at work to make it home with a 5-10% margin, most likely impacted by unpredictable traffic, I'm in. Or, do the other, mch harder thing - make my work, job stability, and income possible closer to home. I'll fix the 'problem' with more efficient cars over the next 10-12 ears, then 'retire'. Maybe.
Or, alternatively, start using honest, accurate data to judge climate change and influences. Go where the honest data leads you.
Hacking, cyber warfare, whatever you call it, is the most excellent example of asymmetrical war we have. Of course other state-level actors are fully engaged in it.
Not much blood.
Virtually no attribution, so virtually no risk or direct consequences.
Potentially limitless impact.
Terrorists and freedom fighters are so 90s. today you run chatbots, fake accounts, social media blitzes.
Of COURSE Russia is doing all this and more. It's so bad they have to take a number to get in line to hack away at even private email servers.
No, the Electoral College does not need to go. We are still a nation of states, a republic. States elect our President.
A nationwide popular vote will, in the current circumstances, guarantee Democrat presidents for the foreseeable future. Whether or not this is reflective of our nation is an interesting question, but it will leave many states entirely without representation.
Though, if we did abandon the Electoral College, maybe things would in fact change. Concept.
"Have been drained of all power, so the majority party (right now the republicans) is pushing their agenda"
If you've been paying attention, you would not write this.
Despite the President being elected as a Republican, the Republican Party, especially the leadership, wants nothing to do with him. the bureaucracy is actively undermining him daily. The opposition, of course, is engaged in preventing him from implementing his policies, and this is both expected and tolerable.
But the clearly active soft coup is an actual threat to our nation. If this is successful, as much as 40% of the electorate will abandon the process and subvert it, having been shown that 'playing by the rules' doesn't work any more. This will happen across all level of government and will be nasty.
The majority party, right now the Republicans, is in fact pushing their agenda. Their agenda is to depose the current, lawfully elected President. It will be interesting to see if this is actually tolerable, that is, if they can 'get away' with this by 'playing by the rules'. Their rules. The intelligentsia's rules. The governing class rules.
Corruption isn't correctly measured by the amount of money involved. It is best measured by the impact on individuals.
Wasting millions on failed urban renewal or public housing is a tragedy and a crime. Taking the guns of an elderly veteran because of a mistaken Social Security number is a tragedy also, and a crime. Denying a farmer the use of their land to establish a pond for irrigation and livestock is a crime and a tragedy. Choking a man to death, even inadvertently, because he was selling cigarettes one-at-a-time, without a license, on the street, is a crime and a tragedy.
It's never really about the money. It's about the people who could have done something else, productive or not, with that money. It's about the people who live diminished lives and who are broken in spirit. It;s about people killed, killed, because power corrupted those in power.
"Although political affiliation is a protected class according to California labor law"
Yeah.
In the current political climate this doesn't matter AT ALL. NOT ONE BIT.
California universities have been tolerating violent, physically violent attacks against speakers, visitors, guests to their campuses, violence in reaction to their professed political affiliations, violence justified by student, faculty, and others NOT AFFILIATED WITH THESE UNIVERSITIES by THEIR political affiliations.
This is not limited to California, but to recite that California law declares political affiliation a 'protected class', that is, political association is by law in California protected and claimed to be a right of the people to participate in, express, and speak freely without threat of suppression, is not merely disingenuous, it is an affront and insult to those who have suffered actual physical injury because those with opposing views would not tolerate their speaking.
What? Google fires an employee for speaking their mind. Students and others at Berkeley physically assault people gathering to protest these suppressions of free political speech. In California. Some were arrested. And the attitude that contrary speech should be fought against, literally fought against, seems to be spreading.
The truth is, in California, there is a coalition of political groups agreeing that contrary speech can and SHOULD be suppressed and prevented, by physical violence if they choose to. And this is happening nationwide. Worldwide.
And it is justified by the 'greater good'.
The political philosophy that claims to be tolerant, inclusive, caring, and above all better, is the one that espouses violent response to their opposition. This philosophy is led to this by leaders worldwide, unapologetic in their goals and tactics.
As best I can make it out, Dr.Ball provided his data, and challenged Mr. Mann to prove it false or wrong. Mr. Mann, unwilling to provide his data, has left the court with the choice of accepting Dr. Ball's data as undisputed, or requiring Mr. Mann to provide his data as rebuttal. Mr. Mann refuses to. He is at risk of losing his suit for defamation, since he offers no proof that Mr. Mann is wrong... The possible contempt charge is unlikely to proceed, as losing the suit will be punishment enough...
PS - I don't recall writing that the case has been abandoned. The court records don't show any update since February. And the judge didn't seem in any hurry to address this further. From the last updates, it appears the ball is Mr. Mann's court, so to speak, as he had been ordered to produce his research data or face losing his case for defamation. That's painfully easy to figure out.
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And on the Interstate you'll see a long train of warnings, lane restrictions, reduced speed limits, culminating in the flagger(s).
A bare stop sign on the Interstate is rare. Very rare.
The Federal Government decided we needed new fonts for street signs.
Again.
"stop sign on an interstate"
Citations, please. Not a lot of these where I live.
It lets these various content providers sell you the same thing again and again.
Netflix for movies and serials.
Disney for Disney and sports.
ESPN for sports.
MLBTV for sports.
Hulu for 'TV'
HBO for HBO
No one wants to develop a single streaming service, nor do they want to license to another one. They want the revenue stream direct to their wallets.
Ala carte? Not likely, unless you want to pay by the game, or episode.
And it is, after all, the money.
And don't forget, in California, if you're Right, you're wrong.
Telling you it's an 80 mile commute, 40 miles each way, isn't changing you response is it...
The corruption is in encouraging government to overstep authority, mostly.
And yet, Trump has;
Reduced federal employees by 11,000 since inauguration.
Instructed DHS to enforce immigration laws resulting in significant increases in deportations.
Appointed a Supreme Court Justice.
Repealed >860 federal regulations.
Eliminated several Y2K-preparation and planning programs, 17 years after Y2K occurred... Think on that...
Changed our strategy for military action against ISIS, with notable results.
All while being, what, being focused 'almost entirely' on healthcare?
Or was it Twitter? Or the Russians? Or whatever the media claims he's obsessing with...
Yeah, keep on with that. Stay distracted, friend.
I still use my MiniDisc, you intolerant clod!
"Fossil fuel vehicles are phased out in three years worldwide,"
Um, no. The used car market makes that unlikely.
And when my 80 mile a day commute doesn't require fast charging at work to make it home with a 5-10% margin, most likely impacted by unpredictable traffic, I'm in. Or, do the other, mch harder thing - make my work, job stability, and income possible closer to home. I'll fix the 'problem' with more efficient cars over the next 10-12 ears, then 'retire'. Maybe.
Or, alternatively, start using honest, accurate data to judge climate change and influences. Go where the honest data leads you.
Hacking, cyber warfare, whatever you call it, is the most excellent example of asymmetrical war we have. Of course other state-level actors are fully engaged in it.
Not much blood.
Virtually no attribution, so virtually no risk or direct consequences.
Potentially limitless impact.
Terrorists and freedom fighters are so 90s. today you run chatbots, fake accounts, social media blitzes.
Of COURSE Russia is doing all this and more. It's so bad they have to take a number to get in line to hack away at even private email servers.
Really. This is dumb.
So you're blaming this on local government incompetence?
Hmm. Whatever the cause, the effect is the same.
No, the Electoral College does not need to go. We are still a nation of states, a republic. States elect our President.
A nationwide popular vote will, in the current circumstances, guarantee Democrat presidents for the foreseeable future. Whether or not this is reflective of our nation is an interesting question, but it will leave many states entirely without representation.
Though, if we did abandon the Electoral College, maybe things would in fact change. Concept.
You had them at "it'll boost tax revenues"
"my skinny vanilla latte"
Racist.
"Have been drained of all power, so the majority party (right now the republicans) is pushing their agenda"
If you've been paying attention, you would not write this.
Despite the President being elected as a Republican, the Republican Party, especially the leadership, wants nothing to do with him. the bureaucracy is actively undermining him daily. The opposition, of course, is engaged in preventing him from implementing his policies, and this is both expected and tolerable.
But the clearly active soft coup is an actual threat to our nation. If this is successful, as much as 40% of the electorate will abandon the process and subvert it, having been shown that 'playing by the rules' doesn't work any more. This will happen across all level of government and will be nasty.
The majority party, right now the Republicans, is in fact pushing their agenda. Their agenda is to depose the current, lawfully elected President. It will be interesting to see if this is actually tolerable, that is, if they can 'get away' with this by 'playing by the rules'. Their rules. The intelligentsia's rules. The governing class rules.
"Personally, I'd like to see ALL electronic voting of any kind, done away with."
Amen and amen. Electronic voting in the U.S. is unnecessary, not even solving a problem that doesn't exist.
I heard more than one *whoosh* a moment ago... Wha happen?
Corruption isn't correctly measured by the amount of money involved. It is best measured by the impact on individuals.
Wasting millions on failed urban renewal or public housing is a tragedy and a crime. Taking the guns of an elderly veteran because of a mistaken Social Security number is a tragedy also, and a crime. Denying a farmer the use of their land to establish a pond for irrigation and livestock is a crime and a tragedy. Choking a man to death, even inadvertently, because he was selling cigarettes one-at-a-time, without a license, on the street, is a crime and a tragedy.
It's never really about the money. It's about the people who could have done something else, productive or not, with that money. It's about the people who live diminished lives and who are broken in spirit. It;s about people killed, killed, because power corrupted those in power.
"Although political affiliation is a protected class according to California labor law"
Yeah.
In the current political climate this doesn't matter AT ALL. NOT ONE BIT.
California universities have been tolerating violent, physically violent attacks against speakers, visitors, guests to their campuses, violence in reaction to their professed political affiliations, violence justified by student, faculty, and others NOT AFFILIATED WITH THESE UNIVERSITIES by THEIR political affiliations.
This is not limited to California, but to recite that California law declares political affiliation a 'protected class', that is, political association is by law in California protected and claimed to be a right of the people to participate in, express, and speak freely without threat of suppression, is not merely disingenuous, it is an affront and insult to those who have suffered actual physical injury because those with opposing views would not tolerate their speaking.
What? Google fires an employee for speaking their mind. Students and others at Berkeley physically assault people gathering to protest these suppressions of free political speech. In California. Some were arrested. And the attitude that contrary speech should be fought against, literally fought against, seems to be spreading.
The truth is, in California, there is a coalition of political groups agreeing that contrary speech can and SHOULD be suppressed and prevented, by physical violence if they choose to. And this is happening nationwide. Worldwide.
And it is justified by the 'greater good'.
The political philosophy that claims to be tolerant, inclusive, caring, and above all better, is the one that espouses violent response to their opposition. This philosophy is led to this by leaders worldwide, unapologetic in their goals and tactics.
Night? Any time solar is available is, like, time to use power? I for one don't sleep that much when the sun is up...
As best I can make it out, Dr.Ball provided his data, and challenged Mr. Mann to prove it false or wrong. Mr. Mann, unwilling to provide his data, has left the court with the choice of accepting Dr. Ball's data as undisputed, or requiring Mr. Mann to provide his data as rebuttal. Mr. Mann refuses to. He is at risk of losing his suit for defamation, since he offers no proof that Mr. Mann is wrong... The possible contempt charge is unlikely to proceed, as losing the suit will be punishment enough...
Ah. So slashdot has gone from a commentary site to an advisory site.
When did this happen? Oh, wait. It didn't.
Really.
PS - I don't recall writing that the case has been abandoned. The court records don't show any update since February. And the judge didn't seem in any hurry to address this further. From the last updates, it appears the ball is Mr. Mann's court, so to speak, as he had been ordered to produce his research data or face losing his case for defamation. That's painfully easy to figure out.
It was not a request for details, but was a comment.