There was no easing and the meeting where the sanctions were discussed were a bust, as reported by everyone there.
Trump has blocked sanctions at every turn. They were passed by the House with only 3 members voting no and passed by the Senate 98-2. Trump missed the first deadline, in October, to apply the sanctions and has now missed the second deadline, as of Monday of this week.
This is more of a publicity stunt than anything else. T-Mobile headquarters is just outside of Seattle here in Western Washington. We're already 90%+ hydroelectric power in this region. The remaining 10% is heavily influenced by wind power generation as well. The only areas they need power otherwise is primarily for cell towers throughout the country.
So, you're confirming that the story is true, but it's still a "publicity stunt"? Would it have been better if they had hidden the fact that they're committed to 100% renewable energy? Does hydroelectric power somehow not qualify as "renewable" in your mind?
There are 31 states with budget deficits. Most of them are Republican states with Republican legislatures and Republican governors. California is not one of them. As a famous economist once said,
"Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye."
So don't worry about us. When the time comes for us to bail you out, we'll do our part. We always have.
Traffic in Houston, Texas is much, much worse than the worst traffic you will ever see here on the Central Coast. I rode my bike to the beach today and I could look in my rear-view on hwy 1 and not see a single car for minutes at a time. This was at lunchtime.
don't forget sky-high rent and the worst traffic in the country!
You can rent a 2 bedroom house in Morro Bay for the same price as a 2 bedroom apartment in Houston. Sunday, we went to a bbq at the house one of my wife's colleagues is renting. It was $1350/month. In Houston, a 2 bedroom apartment in the Museum District is $1350. The difference is, when you walk out the door here, you're somewhere beautiful instead of a shit hole, and you don't have to run your air conditioner 10 months out of the year. In fact, you don't need an air conditioner.
Well, the Watergate investigation took a little over 2 years. The president has a lot of means to obstruct an investigation. Putting together a watertight case against a sitting president takes time. It might go faster if a certain person were to actually be honest with the investigators.
So, what you're saying is that California has a debt-to-GDP ratio that's better than Texas, Kentucky, Alaska, Louisiana, South Carolina , Indiana and all states combined.
If the state of California is going to go belly up, there will be a host of red states that go belly up first, which is some comfort.
Meanwhile, the quality of life is a whole lot better in California than it is in Texas, Kentucky, Alaska, Louisiana, South Carolina or Indiana.
Say it with me, there are no beaches in California. Everyone is raped and murdered at least once, the state is hopelessly broke and taxes are at 400% and everyone is ugly plus it snows 24/7/365 often 10' at a time. California is HORRIBLE, don't move there, don't visit and definitely don't even talk about it because it's that horrible.
That's not to mention the sharks all up and down the beaches.
I learned pretty quickly that the first rule of California is you don't talk about how nice it is in California.
Your other two citations are a right-wing "think tank" and a libertarian magazine. But you don't trust the Wall Street Journal, right? And really, jwhyche, why don't you get a life and stop stalking me? It's getting a little creepy.
That's the shit we tell rust-belt people so they don't come here.
The beach I'm going to today, I think maybe in Cayucos (there are ten beaches within ten miles of me) is perfectly clean. I mean, I've lived in California since September, and I still haven't seen litter anywhere.
Also, California now has a $6.1 billion SURPLUS. If you believe that's because of bad calculations, you might want to tell the Wall Street Journal how to use a "calculator's basic functions", because clearly you're the only one who knows how they work.
So now we've got Net Neutrality, abundant cheap produce, legal weed, blondes in short-shorts, and surfing. It's 75 degrees and sunny on the 30th of January and I'm about to ride my bike down to the beach.
Suck it, red state losers. You can keep your meth, guns and fat girls. If this is socialism, I'm in for two.
The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to update the country's wireless emergency alert system, aiming to ensure that local officials only sound alarms on Americans' smartphones when those citizens are truly in harm's way.
If everyone's phone isn't blowing up right now with emergency alerts, then the system's already hopelessly broken.
Brocoin dudes are trying to outdo the pharma companies for the worst names. Confido really sounds like something you take for IBS and has a list of side effects that includes dizziness, suicidal thoughts, elephantitis and death. Ask your doctor if Confido is right for you, you poor bastard.
Doing some research with google and bing translators this quote still doesn't seem to be a true Serbian saying.
It really is a Serbian saying. It became well-known among Serbs during the 1990s, when the US (NATO) was bombing the hell out of Belgrade, destroying the Academy of Science, some 14th century churches, and the TV station, among other things. Of course, it could have been strictly a Beograd thing, since the rest of the country has their own reasons for hating Americans.
However, if you ask any Serb about u pichku materinu ("you're mother's pussy"), you will find that it's probably the most popular colloquial phrase in Serbian. And "crawling back into your mother's pussy" is an extremely common formulation. It's added to practically everything. Serbs are very creative at cussing. The one that really kind of took me aback the first time I visited there (I've been there quite a lot) is "fuck your God". I had to double check with someone because my Serbian was not very good at the time and I wasn't sure what I'd heard. It's a curse that is very common in former Soviet satellite or client states.
If you want an example of just how over the top Serbians can be when they curse, check out this post-game interview with Serbian basketball star Darko Milii. He felt he had been wronged by the referree, and describes in great detail what he's going to do to the ref's mother, daughter, grandmother and dog. Milii would later be drafted 2nd overall in the 2003 NBA (after Lebron James and ahead of Carmelo, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh) and would play for the Detroit Pistons.
We have been watching the increments of UIDs over time on Slashdot and have concluded what we knew all along to be true since the time of the BizX buy-out by the "Investors from Dubai." Little does propaganda-pusher Whipslash know that his site is being doubled down by external forces with sleeper accounts.
Slashdot UID trutherism is my new favorite conspiracy theory.
For the record, let the record show that I've been here since Cmdr Taco was in charge. I was taking Soros money to upset the ACs on Slashdot before it was cool.
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Trump has blocked sanctions at every turn. They were passed by the House with only 3 members voting no and passed by the Senate 98-2. Trump missed the first deadline, in October, to apply the sanctions and has now missed the second deadline, as of Monday of this week.
https://www.reuters.com/articl...
This was a law that Trump himself signed because Congress had a veto-proof majority. He is in direct contravention of the law.
There's a little more to California than just San Francisco.
So, you're confirming that the story is true, but it's still a "publicity stunt"? Would it have been better if they had hidden the fact that they're committed to 100% renewable energy? Does hydroelectric power somehow not qualify as "renewable" in your mind?
There are 31 states with budget deficits. Most of them are Republican states with Republican legislatures and Republican governors. California is not one of them. As a famous economist once said,
So don't worry about us. When the time comes for us to bail you out, we'll do our part. We always have.
Traffic in Houston, Texas is much, much worse than the worst traffic you will ever see here on the Central Coast. I rode my bike to the beach today and I could look in my rear-view on hwy 1 and not see a single car for minutes at a time. This was at lunchtime.
You can rent a 2 bedroom house in Morro Bay for the same price as a 2 bedroom apartment in Houston. Sunday, we went to a bbq at the house one of my wife's colleagues is renting. It was $1350/month. In Houston, a 2 bedroom apartment in the Museum District is $1350. The difference is, when you walk out the door here, you're somewhere beautiful instead of a shit hole, and you don't have to run your air conditioner 10 months out of the year. In fact, you don't need an air conditioner.
See? We found common ground.
Well, the Watergate investigation took a little over 2 years. The president has a lot of means to obstruct an investigation. Putting together a watertight case against a sitting president takes time. It might go faster if a certain person were to actually be honest with the investigators.
Does collusion with a foreign government to influence the election for a quid pro quo of easing sanctions matter to you at all?
Nah, man. That's the California anthem.
Here are some more California anthems:
https://youtu.be/cjCa8i5JDF4
https://youtu.be/uWbXQQG9B6c
https://youtu.be/GAS12yS9AFM
Notice how you don't hear many songs by people in California who are wishing they could move back to Kansas?
So, what you're saying is that California has a debt-to-GDP ratio that's better than Texas, Kentucky, Alaska, Louisiana, South Carolina , Indiana and all states combined.
If the state of California is going to go belly up, there will be a host of red states that go belly up first, which is some comfort.
Meanwhile, the quality of life is a whole lot better in California than it is in Texas, Kentucky, Alaska, Louisiana, South Carolina or Indiana.
You can rent a 2 bedroom house in Morro Bay for the same price as a 2 bedroom apartment in Houston, Texas.
That's not to mention the sharks all up and down the beaches.
I learned pretty quickly that the first rule of California is you don't talk about how nice it is in California.
Be glad to. Here is a more recent article from the Sacramento Bee that tells us the state actually has a $19 billion surplus.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/pol...
Your other two citations are a right-wing "think tank" and a libertarian magazine. But you don't trust the Wall Street Journal, right? And really, jwhyche, why don't you get a life and stop stalking me? It's getting a little creepy.
That's the shit we tell rust-belt people so they don't come here.
The beach I'm going to today, I think maybe in Cayucos (there are ten beaches within ten miles of me) is perfectly clean. I mean, I've lived in California since September, and I still haven't seen litter anywhere.
Also, California now has a $6.1 billion SURPLUS. If you believe that's because of bad calculations, you might want to tell the Wall Street Journal how to use a "calculator's basic functions", because clearly you're the only one who knows how they work.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/j...
So now we've got Net Neutrality, abundant cheap produce, legal weed, blondes in short-shorts, and surfing. It's 75 degrees and sunny on the 30th of January and I'm about to ride my bike down to the beach.
Suck it, red state losers. You can keep your meth, guns and fat girls. If this is socialism, I'm in for two.
https://youtu.be/R_q6aRwoV3M
Well then, I don't want to be the one to tell the president. Do you?
Will the room-service robot also have big fake breasts and pee on my bed? Asking for a friend.
If everyone's phone isn't blowing up right now with emergency alerts, then the system's already hopelessly broken.
Thank you, friend. Now do you think I could get that in large print?
OK, I think I'm done here for the night. I read that summary four times and I still don't know what it's about except something to do with video.
Brocoin dudes are trying to outdo the pharma companies for the worst names. Confido really sounds like something you take for IBS and has a list of side effects that includes dizziness, suicidal thoughts, elephantitis and death. Ask your doctor if Confido is right for you, you poor bastard.
I'm not too drunk to have caught that joke. I should probably drink more.
It really is a Serbian saying. It became well-known among Serbs during the 1990s, when the US (NATO) was bombing the hell out of Belgrade, destroying the Academy of Science, some 14th century churches, and the TV station, among other things. Of course, it could have been strictly a Beograd thing, since the rest of the country has their own reasons for hating Americans.
However, if you ask any Serb about u pichku materinu ("you're mother's pussy"), you will find that it's probably the most popular colloquial phrase in Serbian. And "crawling back into your mother's pussy" is an extremely common formulation. It's added to practically everything. Serbs are very creative at cussing. The one that really kind of took me aback the first time I visited there (I've been there quite a lot) is "fuck your God". I had to double check with someone because my Serbian was not very good at the time and I wasn't sure what I'd heard. It's a curse that is very common in former Soviet satellite or client states.
If you want an example of just how over the top Serbians can be when they curse, check out this post-game interview with Serbian basketball star Darko Milii. He felt he had been wronged by the referree, and describes in great detail what he's going to do to the ref's mother, daughter, grandmother and dog. Milii would later be drafted 2nd overall in the 2003 NBA (after Lebron James and ahead of Carmelo, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh) and would play for the Detroit Pistons.
https://youtu.be/Sc5E3kVIs3s
Slashdot UID trutherism is my new favorite conspiracy theory.
For the record, let the record show that I've been here since Cmdr Taco was in charge. I was taking Soros money to upset the ACs on Slashdot before it was cool.