I don't care for her music either but that's what we create and apparently a lot of people around the world love giving her their money. I don't understand it either. We also do still have pretty amazing military hardware. Sure, nothing last forever (including this administration) but we're still doing just fine with our military. Yes, it could be better, though I think we increase our military spending with this last "BBB" law Trump just signed.

A well can be drained by others and you will have to go back and dig deeper. We're draining aquifers faster then we are filling them back up. Depending on where you live, you can actually install rain catcher devices (pretty cheap) and store the water for a later use. Obviously this will depend on what home you live in and the amount of rainfall your region gets in a given year. A 1000sq roof can capture up to 620 gallons of water per inch of rain captured.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fharvestingaqua.com%2Frai...

As far as heating the water (you initially were talking about preventing it from freezing), many newer systems are tankless water heaters that run on electricity. I don't understand how they work but many people have them and I'm sure someone on here could explain precisely how they work.

You could also have a black cover of your water and the sun will heat that up. I've seen this effect with my friend's pool. He covers it and when you take the cover off in the summer, the top foot or so of water is downright hot. Surprised me at first, as I figured the cover wouldn't transfer that much heat downward but it did.

Not every state will allow you capture rainfall, so check your local laws. California does let you. I think Arizona not so much. Where I live in San Diego, we even have a city rebate program. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiego.gov%2Fpubli...

Yep, and I left mine in the market because I have another 20 years to go. I'm up a pinch but obviously it's not the greatest year. In the long run, I'll be just fine. Really, if the market goes down, it just represents a buying opportunity because it will come back. It always does and the day it doesn't, the entire country will very likely have much bigger problems on it's hands then worry about the market.

Here's a nice youtube video link to a comic but fairly accurate portrayal. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

Jump to to the 2 minute mark if you don't want to watch the first part, that's really the relevant part.

P.S. Yes it's comedy, but all this has it's basis in reality.

I've tried giving food to homeless. You get mixed results. Some appreciate it and others want cash...

So you think today is worse then say, 1860-1865? Interesting.

A true revolution would be a disaster. I imagine Russia would just walk in and take Alaska and what could we do if we were murdering each other? Nothing. It would very likely cause the entire continent to splinter into numerous smaller, overall weaker nations.

We are better off staying the United States then becoming the Divided States.

If our currency becomes "weaker" compared to the "EU", it will attract more tourist from the EU because their money will go further. That brings money INTO our country. It also means Americans are less likely to travel abroad because it would cost more, so that also puts pressure on keeping American's money in the more local economy, which also helps prop up taxes because any time you spend money, it is taxed.

So a weaker dollar isn't entirely bad though it does make foreign goods cost more and traveling to foreign locations more costly as well. So pluses and minuses here.

They don't to hear facts. That doesn't match up with their preferred media.

A balanced budget means not adding to the debt every single fucking year. It's called spending less then you bring in via tax dollars. How is that a hard concept?

Also, "dept" was a typo for debt but since you didn't really have anything to contribute, you decided on pettiness.

Rand Paul, Tom Tillus, and one other senator stood there ground. That's why JD Vance had to be a tie breaker despite the senate being 53R/47D. The senate could of stopped it but Murkowsi (Alaska Senator) took the pork for her state to vote yes.

And even if we completely shift to EVs and electricity, oil is in an insane amount of products. It's not going anywhere.

We export our culture. Look how many idiots in the EU forked out major money to go see Taylor Swift during her Eros tour. We also do in fact make stuff, it's just not the stupid shit you see at Walmart. We sell military hardware to many countries and other stuff as well. We also swap food back and forth with the southern continents.

You act like that has not always been the case. It has. You just got more media coverage of it now. Just look at US history. What did the army do after the civil? Why, it started committing genocide on native Americans because "Manifest Destiny".

Primary reason we even have a military is to protect rich folks and their businesses.

As far as I'm concerned, Linux need not expand anymore on the desktop. Let the 99% stay on Mac and Windows. Please. I'd hate to have to move to BSD just to avoid Linux becoming MS-lite.