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Comment Re:One of the things we don't talk about (Score 2) 64

Is how Mississippi is deep red and it's got a 37% black population. Missouri is even worse at over 40%. There is a saying in politics. There are no red states, there are just States where people are allowed to vote. Anyway this kind of bullshit wouldn't be happening if people could vote.

People vote, but their districts are so Gerrymandered it doesn't matter. Republicans are now cranking that up even more, at Trump's specific direction, starting with Texas in attempt to get 5 more Republican House seats. Democrat/Blue states, like California, are now forced to "fight fire with fire" by doing the same. Though, to be fair, Texas politicians rammed this through w/o any input from constituents while California is putting it on the ballot and letting its citizens decide. Republicans are acting like they'll never be out of power -- and have forgotten, or are ignoring, that what goes around, comes around; what's good for the goose... etc...

Comment Re:Why doesn't Mississippi just block it? (Score 3, Informative) 64

Oh wait, there's no state firewall.

Not yet anyway. Two states over, Oklahoma will require teachers from NY, CA to prove they back 'America First'. So how long until (some, probably Red) states decide to shield residents from information on the Internet they find objectionable? Slippery slope ...

From that article...

Regardless of the subject or grade they teach, they'll have to show they know "the biological differences between females and males" and that they agree with the state's American history standards, which includes elements of a conspiracy theory that the Democratic Party stole the 2020 presidential election from President Donald Trump, which fact checkers have said are false.

The state Department of Education will implement the new certification test for teachers from the two largest Democrat-led states "who are teaching things that are antithetical to our standards" to ensure newcomers "are not coming into our classrooms and indoctrinating kids," Oklahoma schools Superintendent Ryan Walters, said in an interview with USA TODAY. [oblivious to the obvious irony]

Comment Re:postal letter drop (Score 1) 73

Daily deliveries should not be needed. Once or twice a week should work for most people.

Agreed, though bill/reply due dates would need to be adjusted accordingly to account for the slower delivery schedule

For those who want next day or packages use one the other next day services.

FedEx and UPS, etc... are not required to deliver to every/any address, like USPS is.

USPS should be letter only, No bulk mail, no occupant mail.

Senders have to pay for those to be delivered, so they generate revenue. Still, seems like once a week for those would be fine - a dedicated junk mail day, perhaps.

Comment Re:I see both sides of this (Score 2) 225

Following up on the "coal was king" part ...

A coal-fired plant in Michigan was to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1m a day "in operating costs, ... that midwest residents will have to meet through their bills." The Michigan grid operator MISO stated that it had “adequate resources to meet peak demand this summer” without the coal plant in operation.

In Michigan, the cost of keeping JH Campbell open is set to be steep. Consumers Energy initially estimated its closure would save ratepayers $600m by 2040 as it shifts to cheaper, cleaner energy sources such as solar and wind. Reversing this decision costs $1m a day in operating costs, an imposition that midwest residents will have to meet through their bills.

Should the Trump administration go further and force all of the US fossil fuel plants set to retire by 2028 to continue operating, it will cost American ratepayers as much as $6bn a year in extra bills, a new report by a coalition of green groups has found.

Comment Re:I see both sides of this (Score 1, Insightful) 225

> But covering a source of food? That's just dumb.

Are we in that desperate need of land for agriculture? Where I live in Oregon, there is so much land that is not being used for anything at all.

Trump's mind lives in the 1950's where, for example, poor people farmed, coal was king, and white people, like his father, owned/ran everything.

/SweepingGeneralization

Comment Re:"The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!!" (Score 2) 225

Other ways for solar and land to co-exist: Solar Grazing. Apparently sheep are better for low-mounted panel arrays, and higher-mounted ones for goats, cows, pigs, and horses. The animals use the land for grazing and the panel arrays provide shade and shelter.

Trump's blanket negative statements about solar and wind show, to be kind, a lack of imagination.

Comment I repeat, um ... (Score 4, Informative) 120

From my post when Trump was just *considering* this, Um...

Didn't Republicans basically lose their collective minds when Obama approved a loan for Solyndra, claiming the government shouldn't, "pick winners and losers," and in 2024, didn't Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) blast the Biden SBA saying, "“The levers of government should never be used to pick winners and losers based on political priorities." for expanding the Green Lending Initiative?

Ernst to Biden-Harris SBA: Stop Playing Politics, Picking Winners and Losers

Guess it's okay now though, for some reason? /s

Comment Re:Pedantic (Score 3, Informative) 108

There is not much to see for you during the flight. Others might actually like to see clouds and the ground below or even just the wings. When I was young(er) I used to be one of these people before age made me prefer aisle seats.

TFA comments on several reasons people like a window seat:

"For many, it is a special experience to see the world from 30,000 feet, or to watch a descent into LaGuardia. Windows can captivate or distract an antsy child. Many people have a fear of flying, or get claustrophobic or motion sick on planes, and windows give them a greater level of comfort in an otherwise stressful environment. Others just want a burst of sunlight to brighten their days. Whatever the motive, had plaintiff and the class members known they were choosing a windowless seat, they would not have selected it at all, much less paid more money for it," the passengers say.

Comment No one has learned anything (Score 1) 49

"How's that going to work when you go like 10 years in the future and you have no one that has built up or learned anything?"

As if good IT people ever stop learning things. Pretty short sighted to focus on new(er) / cheap(er) employees, simply for their AI tools experience, over people who have more overall and relevant experience, who can add AI tools to that. But, you know, management ... Two less-experienced people at half the price of one more-experienced person isn't necessarily the deal it seems -- especially if the former is narrow and the latter is broad, 'cause you never know what kinds of problems will arise.

Comment Re:Even a broken clock... (Score 1) 81

...is right twice a day.

Or once a day, depending on how the pendulum swings. Consider former Governor of SD Kristi Noem opposing Biden simply considering federalizing the National Guard vs. current Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem supporting Trump actually federalizing the National Guard...

Noem praised Trump for sending National Guard. She opposed it when Biden considered it.

Her position a year and a half ago... Kristi Noem, Feb 6, 2024

If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states' rights.

Over the last several years, we've seen Democrats try to take away our Freedoms of religion, assembly, and speech. We can't let them take away our right to defend ourselves, too.

South Dakota defends the Constitution.

What and/or who is she defending now?

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