Did the deceased drive a ICE car?
Did the deceased know about the effects her driving would have on the environment?
The impact on the climate is due to the burning of fossil fuels, which is not something the oil companies did - it was their customers.
Was the woman's death because of the climate or because of her inability to mitigate the climate she found herself in?
So your argument is that we can sue drug dealers because they didn't force their customers into rehab?
Really?
A single person doesn't have the power to choose not to buy petroleum products.
Really?
Millions of car-less New Yorkers would disagree.
You can choose to live near your job, grocery store. You can choose to avoid fossil-fueled public transport and stick to electrified rail and subway lines, etc.
It is absolutely possible for an individual to "choose not to buy petroleum products".
The lawsuit alleges the companies created a "fossil fuel-dependent economy"...
The oil companies created the fossil fuel-dependent economy? Really?
that resulted in "more frequent and destructive weather disasters"...
More frequent? Than when - I'd like a citation, not an opinion please.
...and foreseeable loss of human life."
Humans are mortal, everyone dies, on the day her relative died literally millions of others in the same region survived, why did she die? What did she lack that those other millions of had? Air conditioning? Water? Shade? A fan?
This case will get thrown out LONG before it ever gets to SCOTUS. I predict the reason will be the ever-popular "standing" issue, the plaintiffs lack legal standing.
This case will enjoy great success until someone establishes that the temperature in the region exceeded 108 degrees before fossil fuels were a thing.
You don't think the folks at the major oil companies won't be able to establish that fact in court when their existence is on the line?
Curious what percent of the income taxes collected do the top 1% of filers pay?
The top 1% of tax filers paid 40.4% of all income taxes paid in 2022
It was $40M out of the military recruitment funds - without the parade it would have gone towards more billboards or TV ads for recruitment.
Biden used to throw another $100M in military aid at Ukraine every other week, in Washington terms, $40M isn't that much.
Free college sounds great, until you realize that college will be rationed, probably by academic achievement, which would block students from under-performing K-12 schools from entering college. Is that the plan? Or are we going to fill colleges based on racial, gender, or economic factors?
Ideally, federal student loans don't cost anything, because the borrower has to pay it back, with interest, and can't discharge the debit thru bankruptcy... Except, of course, Democrats decided that it was unreasonable to expect people that borrowed tens of thousands of dollars to get an education to pay back their loans. Cancelling those loans cost us hugely, all that debt went right on to the national debt.
Requiring aid is racist, or haven't you heard?
You mean ID, right? Yes.
As a serious question, how does one cash a Financial Aid check without ID? How does you open a bank account to have the funds deposited in?
Why do students get actual checks sent to them to pay tuition?
This just seems all kinds of messed-up...
They have 8 ovens, 6 were out of commission, only 2 were operating.
The ship was struggling to feed its crew of over 4,500 because six of its eight ovens were out of action, and sailors were barred by contract from fixing them themselves.
Why didn't the carrier have a supply of MREs? Or would the sailors rather go hungry than eat an MRE? BTW, MREs don't require the use of an oven...
Food service is one obvious example. And a common explanation I have heard is that enlistment is so challenged that there are not enough personnel to do 'all that'. Oh, downstream of failed leadership, I think. Leadership is crucial.
Except under the current administration recruitment goals are being met, but at least you got the chance to try and tie the clauses in a naval supply contract signed under a previous administration to the president you don't like... (it was the PREVIOUS administration that struggled to meet recruitment quotas, but you knew that, right?)
Outsourcing base camp operations is cost-effective, or is the guy scooping out mashed potatoes in the mess hall required to be a trained soldier?
Denmark is not migrating off Windows/Office for any cost or technical reasons, they are doing it because they fear being over-reliant on technology solutions controlled by entities outside of the EU:
Because they're concerned about who controls European data, who sets the rules, and who can potentially cut off access to essential services in times of geopolitical tension.
But, of course, Linux advocates will claim this proves Windows is inferior, and Denmark will save countless millions of dollars/year... but neither is likely true.
The Windows/office ecosystem offers lots of capabilities that just aren't there in the free offerings out there, though most can be recreated with effort and some expense.
I don't think Denmark will save money, but I don't think costs will increase either, it will most likely be about a wash... Money that was spent on MS software licenses will be converted into software developers and training, and I suspect there will be a not insignificant number of mission critical applications that will not be easy to port to Linux.
The press was distracted by the protests - they will likely accuse Trump of orchestrating ICE raids in LA to distract the press on Friday!
Reminds me of one of my favorite Phil Hartman sketches on SNL - Reagan and the Girl Scout (?)
Always think of something new; this helps you forget your last rotten idea. -- Seth Frankel
