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@Mark- No sir, I have no idea on that. The HTML code for the picture simply directs your browser to the data stored at a particular internet address, in this case an NPR picture file.
Unless you take some specific action to store that image data, …
According to the Associated Press/NBS News Russian oil accounts for only about 8 percent of U.S. oil imports, according to the most recent data from last year. That accounts for about 5 percent of Russia’s crude oil exports.
The US embargo is mostly…
Following is an excerpt from today's column by Matt Levine in Bloomberg's "Money Stuff".
Russia’s decision to block foreign owners from seizing hundreds of planes worth about $10 billion is roiling a market where aircraft leases are bundled into bon…
"Russia is one of the players in the OPEC cartel"
Yes- that's one of the reasons that the Saudis have been reluctant to help out on the situation. The other main factor seems to be that the US has a rather poor relationship with Saudi Arabia at the…
I've always disliked Cadillacs of any type. Second-class engineering, bought by people who don't know any better and think that "expensive" = "good". In some areas of the vehicle world that's very true, but certainly not out of Detroit.
Lest anyone…
@AndyJ- Hello there- I wouldn't waste too much thought on PG&E's specific role in this concept as they now see it. I'm certain that they'll try to structure the setup to their own maximum advantage, but whatever they're thinking now will likely …
Yeah, that "elite" part of the comment really stung...
I guess I should consider trading in my 12 yr old Tacoma for something more elite, like one of those totally stupid Cadillac "pickups".
When I worked for SF I always said that the main reason …
" it seems the average man on the street is the one out of touch with reality."
That would seem to lead us back full circle: People- Ignorant and Proud of It.
Well, I suspect that he isn't a happy camper. I've been called worse, but that "elite" part really hurt.
Once again I have to admire the faultless logic of their point-by-point response, buttressed with verifiable facts. Really hard not to be impre…
With great difficulty I'm holding my tongue in the interests of MFO. Because a very few posters abuse this site to promulgate their own personal "populist" agenda does not release me from my obligation to respect the interests of the common good- a …
Yes, sometimes it's very tempting. But then, there's a very select and exclusive contingent who know where the good stuff really is, and tend to hang out there. (You know who you are.)
@davidrmoran - The Off-Topic posts are not allowed to appear anywhere other than the actual OT section. This was a compromise that David made some years ago, when there were a fair number of complaints from posters who did not want to see any OT stu…
As we all know there are many subtleties to overall financial and economic situations. Sometimes there is even disagreement between "experts" in the fields.
As we also know from years of discussion here on MFO, the great majority of individuals can…
If in fact he is facing internal opposition, he surely wouldn't want to suggest that to the outside world. I don't put much credence in that particular theory.
The two best jobs that I had in my life were four years with the Coast Guard and twenty-something years supporting San Francisco's public safety radio systems.
Sometime in the last couple of weeks I read an article (can't remember where) commenting on, and wondering why, in the recent weeks all of Putin's meetings seem to have him seated at the end of very long tables with lots of separation from anyone el…
"Best recollection is these are shoulder launched."
Yes- "Stingers", generally used against relatively low-flying aircraft. In Afghanistan they were mainly used against Russian helicopters. Most likely still effective for that. Russia knows that th…
