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Again, I do not think that @Old_Skeet or anyone else should be faced with a headline here on MFO such as "More from the Orange Abortion at 1600".
Not only is it in extremely poor taste, but all that it accomplishes is to cause readers to lose sight…
"only one side is pounding the table for mail-in voting"
Evidently you didn't bother to read WABAC's post, just above. So here it is again:
In Iowa, the Republican Party mailed absentee ballot applications to voters without waiting for requests. In…
Well, it certainly seems to be a wake-up call, I'll give you that. But the folks in CA seemed to handle it well when asked to reduce their power consumption, resulting in no additional rolling blackouts after the Monday episode.
130° in Needles, CA…
Thanks, Mark. If we lose the Guerneville place it will be very ironic, as the Russian River runs right through the end of the back yard. Could well happen- Guerneville burned more than once in the early 1900s. Back in the 1950s there was a fire in t…
Hi there WABAC- Yes, I remember the Oakland Hills fire very clearly. That one dropped actual burnt pieces of paper over the area. This morning it's completely gray out there- can't tell if it's smoke or overcast, but I suspect a combination of the t…
Personal political preferences aside I can understand why a supporter of the present administration would react with anger when staring at a headline like "More from the Orange Abortion at 1600".
It's one thing to feel strongly, as many of us do, t…
Ashes and fine soot covering just about everything around the outside of our house. Heavy smell of smoke. And we're located west of Twin Peaks, if you know SF, where the air is usually very good due to the nearness of the ocean and the prevailing wi…
The SF Chronicle today ran an article regarding local landlords making major rent concessions in return for a one-year lease (instead of month-to-month).
No, it certainly couldn't, and at this stage of development it was never intended to. Sharing power reserves between various producers on an interstate or intrastate grid is a totally normal and anticipated business practice. It's really not too har…
These abridged excerpts are from an article in last week's The Economist.
A reserve-currency issuer should play an outsize role in global trade, which encourages partners to draw up contracts in its currency. A historical role as a global creditor h…
Regardless of one's political leanings we seem to have reached a new low in misusing and abusing MFO as a relay for Zero Hedge trash. Then again, considering the destruction of national civility in the last three years, I suppose that it's just more…
@Old_Skeet- I'm curious... is there some reason that you are continually choosing to use a dubious source like zero hedge rather than a more conventional and believable source? Are you perhaps having difficulty finding any factual documentation for …
For those that prefer a legitimate source of information, here are excerpts from a current San Francisco Chronicle article:
California braced itself for another potential round of rolling blackouts on Tuesday as excessive heat continued to plague th…
@Old_Skeet- And why exactly is it that you have installed a quite expensive automatic-start generator?
Maybe because of unusual weather events?
Like hurricanes?
Or maybe once-in-30 years heatwaves?
Come off it, Skeet.
From an article in The Wall Street Journal:
The couple’s attorney has alleged that protesters broke a gate to enter the private street, but charging documents by police say they walked through the gate.
I don't for a minute believe that Old Skeet is deliberately helping to spread Russia-generated disinformation. But it is simply pathetic that an intelligent individual would rely on such a compromised source of information without cross-checking to …
I won't dispute your figures, but aren't we talking about two different things here? GDP is looking at a state's productivity, the other is looking at how well individuals living in a state share in that productivity. Or am I looking at this incorre…
"Old_Skeet is a Southern Democrat that voted for Trump in the last election and I paln (sic) to vote for him again in the upcoming election."
And Old Skeet should be truly inspired by these folks-
The white St. Louis couple who attracted national at…
Bipartisan Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Shared Campaign Info With Russia
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort passed internal Trump campaign information to a Russian intelligence officer during the 2016 election, a new bipartisan Senate …
Wise up! Lowering taxes on the rich and ultra rich is guaranteed to raise production.
Absolutely incontrovertible. Proven time after time. "Trickle Down" works great too.
@Crash: Having watched the entire broadcast (via PBS) I will tell you flatly that the entire powerful theme of the presentation was inclusiveness. I completely disagree with the excessive weight that you are assigning to a common "religious" throw-a…
OK, good point. So how about we rate them on something a little easier to observe: understanding the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic and intelligent response thereto?
Would those be the same "well-run red states" that thought that they were immune from the coronavirus "hoax", and are now paying the price with the dead bodies of their citizens?
It would be helpful if we could confine our reporting sources to those of generally recognized credibility. There's already more than enough phony crap on the web without misusing MFO to generate even more.
@Crash: MikeM is absolutely correct. There is significant history with respect to the term "Southern Democrat", and it has little to do with those in the South who today register as "Democrats". You would need to go back to the days of Lyndon Johnso…
Rono said:
This year, there is a wrinkle called Covid-19. What you're seeing now is the strategic move of genocide of the people that are either of color or political persuasion to vote against the President. By forcing inner city residents to vote …
