I would suggest they should move the top level next door to where they build most their products, be it military or commercial or west or east coast. Even "simple" military programs like the KC-46 are in trouble now. The move to Chicago got communicated as moving to the the big stock plac...
Jump to postOr charge market rates for the water? Agreed. Which would likely discourage building settlements of millions of people in a desert. This is a nice theory, but there's only so much room for people to live in "watery" areas. To expand settlements in areas with more water, you' have to devel...
Jump to postFrom what I vaguely remember, 1 days fliw of the Columbia breaks the draught. Feeding the water into Powell and Mead allows it to be stored for future use, but before that, California and to a degree Arizona need to take a hard look at their use age. That sounds like a logical solution, assuming he...
Jump to postNot shocking at all. What’s surprising is that this made news.
Jump to postFrom what I vaguely remember, 1 days fliw of the Columbia breaks the draught. Feeding the water into Powell and Mead allows it to be stored for future use, but before that, California and to a degree Arizona need to take a hard look at their use age. That sounds like a logical solution, assuming he...
Jump to postFrom what I vaguely remember, 1 days fliw of the Columbia breaks the draught. Feeding the water into Powell and Mead allows it to be stored for future use, but before that, California and to a degree Arizona need to take a hard look at their use age. That sounds like a logical solution, assuming he...
Jump to postThe deal is apparently on hold. Is Musk looking for a way out, or is this just another of his publicity grabbing moves? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/13/twitter-takeover-temporarily-hold-elon-musk It's Musk...what isn't a ploy for publicity? This is what I don't get. Not knowing e...
Jump to postWhen I was at a conference in the mountains near Las Vegas in the 1980s we had an assignment to do research for one day. I chose to organize a group to look at the Las Vegas water district's efforts even then to switch over to low water residential yards. We also were told that those extravagant lo...
Jump to postYeah, lawns in the desert just don't make sense. And as I much as I love playing golf when I visit PHX or LAS (in winter anyway) lush golf courses there don't make sense either. And neither do all the extravagant water features at the Las Vegas hotels. The idea of draining Lake Powell to support La...
Jump to postWhere have I said Europe is not helping? I am saying not at the same rate or at the same amount as the US when they should. That's all. If you are in agreement on the US footing the bill to secure Europe and they not committing as much, that's another topic. But as an American I would have thought ...
Jump to postThe deal is apparently on hold. Is Musk looking for a way out, or is this just another of his publicity grabbing moves? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... -elon-musk
Jump to postSo please provide evidence or sources on my claim that the US is not funding much more than Europe with this 40 Billion, than Europe ever has. I have seen other reports on which Europe has sent 500 million more, and another 550 million. With the 500 million today we are at the very least 1.55 billi...
Jump to postHere you go https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-61404062 As for adding aid, if you add all the aid the US has given since 2014, you will find that the US has vastly funded over Europe in Ukraine. Thank you for the source. Your post then is misleading, as the source says an "additional.&...
Jump to postI just read today Europe will send 500 Million. Twice mentioned. Twice unsourced. Source please. Here you go EU to send Ukraine another €500m of military aid The European Union has pledged another €500m (£425m) in military assistance for Ukraine, the Reuters news agency reports. Previous EU package...
Jump to postTo the European posters who are criticizing Rand Paul and his slowing of this money, I ask. Why can't the European nations then fund this or partially fund it? I just read they are sending 500 million. Whereas the US is sending 40 Billion. If this issue is such a serious problem for Europe why can'...
Jump to postThose saying good for Rand, $40 billion is too much need to read the full article posted in the opening post. Sen. Paul isn't objecting to the price tag (not in that article at least). "who wanted to include language in the bill to expand an Afghanistan inspector general role to include oversig...
Jump to postWhat do you think? I think it's equal parts sad and comical that a country with an aerospace industry as historically capable as Russia has to make news out of refurbishing 11 aircraft and has to rely on 35 year-old designs that aren't even being updated. There has been plenty of money moving aroun...
Jump to postI always take these things with a grain of salt. Crime does indeed happen everywhere. Crime indeed has increased in the last year or so. But I've also lived in a lot of different places from rural Georgia to the big evil crime ridden liberal corrupt hive of Chicago. My father's wallet was stolen out...
Jump to postSYD-LAX is the Pacific version of JFK-LHR. It has historical colonial ties and many multinationals are movuing APAC/Oceania HQ to SYD/SIN/ICN/HND from HKG/Mainland China due to the lockdown in China & HKG. Also SYD/SIN speak English for the most part making recruiting easier. What colonial ties...
Jump to post, which means that infant supply festers longer in orphanages. And also by the way, contraception is next. GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters wants to allow states to ban contraception use https://www.azmirror.com/blog/gop-senate-candidate-blake-masters-wants-to-allow-states-to-ban-contraception-us...
Jump to postEquating donating an organ to a woman having a child in the womb is not the same, won't be the same, a woman's health isn't severely affected after giving birth. Another comment divorced from reality, and an example of why non-MD men talking authoritatively on these topics is silly. Guess in your w...
Jump to postYou are the one that introduced the idea of some level of concurrence between humans and animals. Something regarding how humans were gifted the responsibility of procreation... Procreation is just a fact of life. As is abortion and the decision to not carry or support said creation. And of course ...
Jump to postInteresting poll from 2018 shows the changing differences among women by age on abortion. Will be interesting to see if Pew/Gallup run this again soon . https://news.gallup.com/poll/235652/young-adults-remain-supportive-abortion-rights.aspx https://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/P...
Jump to postIs anything much done in the US to reduce the abortion rate, noting that the lowest rates are in countries where abortion is legal? No. The actual goal is to punish women for having sex. Remember that Roe v. Wade only really became a rallying point after the battle to keep schools racially segregat...
Jump to postI think we’re all getting too caught up in the legal fine print here. Let’s concentrate on the primary issue, we’re about to revert to a 1950s era of back alley abortions, coat hangars, women dying from unsafe procedures, more unwanted pregnancies, increased trauma for rape victims, and the potenti...
Jump to postBecause it's not necessary. Roe invoked the 14th amendment, there was nothing new to be written. And it's only a polarizing issue because some people can't keep their religion-based morality out of other people's business. Yeah silly me I was under the assumption that if a right was protected it di...
Jump to postAnd the irony of such preposterous claims being made in a thread about the possible overturning of Roe v Wade is too much. Only 1 in 3 Americans support overturning Roe, and despite such marginal public support, Republicans have strategically pursued that goal... just ask Merrick Garland about that...
Jump to postThey should just release the ruling ASAP. That's it end of story. If anything changes from here to the announcement, its done, the justice system is broken. And therein lies one theory as to why this was leaked by a conservative clerk, and not a liberal - To intimidate the conservative justices int...
Jump to postMaybe it was Thomas that leaked it. Under Alito's reasoning, his own marriage would be at risk, and perhaps Thomas wanted to Embarrass Alito while pushing his majority opinion. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/alitos-draft-ruling-matters-marriage-equality-rcna27070 Were that to b...
Jump to postCalifornia and Texas are on record saying they will punish corporations interacting with their respective state's residents doing transactions outside their sovereing borders. We pillory China for it's supposed attempts at prosecuting speech or other matters beyond their borders, yet Texas openly h...
Jump to postPossible scenario: The court is already in hot water over Clarence Thomas and his loony wife. One, if not two members could face Senate hearings in a more extreme scenario -- it has only happened once that a Justice be impeached, but it has happened. So somebody leaks it to back the other into a co...
Jump to postPossible scenario: The court is already in hot water over Clarence Thomas and his loony wife. One, if not two members could face Senate hearings in a more extreme scenario -- it has only happened once that a Justice be impeached, but it has happened. So somebody leaks it to back the other into a cor...
Jump to postSusan Collins has released a statement stating that Gosuch and Kavanaugh were apparently not honest in their discussions during confrimation. This does not surprise me considering who nominated them , but here we are. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/susan-collins-reaction-kavanaugh-gorsuch/...
Jump to postIt's a good point. This will certainly become THE rallying cry for a despondent Democratic voting block. Looking at the conservative response to today’s news it’s almost as if they are aware about the potential for this ruling to solidify mass support for Democrats at the midterms. Overturning Roe ...
Jump to postJust the latest example of GOP hypocrisy. Florida is full of it. Remember when DeSantis punished private employers from enacting COVID safety measures? "Party of small government, unless we can own the libs" is more like it. DeSantis did the right thing. Covid is the most horrific lie eve...
Jump to postJust the latest example of GOP hypocrisy. Florida is full of it. Remember when DeSantis punished private employers from enacting COVID safety measures? "Party of small government, unless we can own the libs" is more like it. DeSantis did the right thing. Covid is the most horrific lie eve...
Jump to postThe continued presence of the world's major investment banks says NYC is not gone. But whatevs. Well one guy online who lies about everything says NYC is over so must be true :rotfl:[/quote] I often feel like I'm watching a Pace salsa commercial when I hear people talk about the evils of the big ci...
Jump to postAgree with everyone else who recommends the Delta Flight Museum. Just know that they are closed on Wednesdays and randomly on other weekdays for special events. They have a calendar on their website that shows the days that they are closed. Last time I was there they had a 737-200 simulator that yo...
Jump to postBen Shapiro got an AP journalist sacked because she expressed support for the Palestinian cause. Republicans had a pants wet when Colin Kapernick kneeled. Don’t tell be the right is pro “free speech” Just because Republicans didn't like Kapernick and were vocal against him doesn't mean they disagre...
Jump to postThe four states at the bottom of the list for rates, ID, VT, ME, NH, all have fairly high gun ownership rates and few gun regulations. DC, at the top, has famously tight regulations, challenged in Heller v. DC, and highest rate. Go figure. Comparing urban to state rates is intellectually dishonest....
Jump to postDon’t waste your time at the World of Coke. It’s expensive. And a lot of standing in video presentations that will bore most kids. The only thing they would like is trying the different sodas from around the world; which is at the end of the tour. I would verify that this is still available post pan...
Jump to postc933103 wrote:luckyone wrote:c933103 wrote:Being legal doesn't mean morally right?
So is the government supposed to legislate morality? IE: Be more involved and less-limited??
I don't think one can only criticize illegal things
Something is really going on, considering many prominent conservatives have seen bumps of up to more than 100K followers. Don't see any reason to believe that other than Twitter was shadow banning conservatives. Whether it is or isn't going on is irrelevant to just about everything, especially how ...
Jump to postIt probably is hard to underestimate the power of a narrative of nationalistic greatness and the "us against them" mindset. It's very comfortable to go along with this and not question anything, almost in a religious way. And even those who don't agree with Putin's poliltics will likely b...
Jump to postThe right has been in control of media an content for the past few decades. This is patently false. The media is dominated by left leaning networks like NBC and CNN. Look at the WH press corps. What % of they are right wing? Your statement is "patently false". Fox News - despite its admis...
Jump to postShe's camera friendly and really good at getting attention, but she's not actually that bright. 'Not actually that bright', with regards to MTG, has to be the strongest euphemism I've read outside of a Douglas Adams novel. She's camera friendly in the same way a car wreck slows traffic. Horrible in...
Jump to postAnd it's not just her, it's everyone that's captured in the release acknowledging on January 6th that the capitol was being stormed by a violent mob bent on death and insurrection (as if we all needed this after the world saw it with its own eyeballs on television) and only Trump had the power to s...
Jump to postI'm not sold on the supposed altruistic purposes of Musk's purchase--nobody drops $43 billion dollars for the betterment of mankind. He's an egomaniac just like the rest of them, and he has his own agenda -- and like all the others he's just as disingenuous. He makes a lot of noise about policy and ...
Jump to postI'd ask you and Max Boot the same question...what is the difference between "censorship" and "content moderation?" Private ownership vs public mandate would be the simplest way I view that. Private entities are free to moderate their platforms in whatever way they choose. Censor...
Jump to postFor democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less. I'd ask you and Max Boot the same question...what is the difference between "censorship" and "content moderation?" Private ownership vs public mandate would be the simplest way I view that. Private entities are...
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