Steve Dustcircle

When Trump starts talking science, I know we are about to hear words of wisdom from a stable genius. No one else has such complete grasp of astrophysics, medical science, chemistry, mechanics, electronics, particle physics…..I could go on, the list is long. Just give the man the Nobel Peace Prize already, I am sure he thinks he deserves it. Oh,…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Robert,

The environmental benefits of electric cars are favorable even after mining and processing the materials for EV batteries, such as lithium and cobalt, the impacts are generally considered to be less than with the extraction and refining of fossil fuels. This assumes that the power companies burn less and less…

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Imagine a machine that turns carbon dioxide into fuel!!

It’s just sweet when people vote with their wallets. Trump has been trash-talking electric cars for years, so this Musk/Trump “partnership” is bullshit from the beginning. It will be even more fun as these aluminum framed/steel skinned “bulletproof”, cyber-“trucks” begin to fatigue. Well, not really bullet proof either. I inherited a few WW2…[Read more]

@Enco – having driven both the Model Y and the ID4, I am happy to keep my old BMW V8. (The E39, if that does it for you!)

@Jakelafort – glad you liked the video. I would recommend  David McRaney’s book too.  I have used his ‘technique’ in debates over the last year with some positive results. It helped to fine tune some of my own approaches.

One thing is true time and time again. Modern corporations and their CEOs have short term financial goals. They measure themselves by the quarter. Exhibit A, The “self-regulating” Boeing Company. Look at the tabaco industry or opioid manufacturers if want to know their true nature. Environment be dammed. When governments are weak this is always…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Robert, Are you trying to out-Strawman Unseen? Reducing taxes and untaxing everyone and reducing government spending across the board isn’t “Trickle-Down” or “Trickle- Up,” but a Big Splash. And wouldn’t people of all classes be more resilient against disasters with more of their own earnings in their pocket?

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Big Splash = Tidal Wave

@Unseen – I shared out the first linked post again. Hopefully it will work this time. I can share 10 posts per month with my NYT account.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Robert, A government that kept to Constitutional bounds wouldn’t be worth billionaires buying it off because attempting to buy off such a government would be self-defeating for anyone wanting to accumulate wealth. By the way, accumulating wealth is how the poor stop being poor.

Happy with your trickle-down, are you? I’d b…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
The SCOTUS case that’s not getting enough attention.

Paywall.

Thanks, Reg!!

Have a great week everyone!

“Those people aren’t attacking Tesla dealerships. They are tourists showing love. I learned that on January 6th 2021” – FaceBook meme.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Fellow Unbelievers, Wokeism, Antisemitism/Antizionism, and Pseudoscience all at taxpayer expense. And it was all on Biden’s, Obama’s, and Bush’s watches. No big loss if this dies. A Columbia Professor Marched for Hamas—and Received Millions in Public Funding Jennifer Manly has been associated with over $100 million…

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I think the three pillars that made America into the greatest democratic powerhouse ever: (a) strong, dominating military and alliances that promote (b) global trade and (c) the encouragement of trustworthy democratic elections throughout the world.

This established the US dollar as the world’s standard currency and all the advantages that…[Read more]

@Reg

You reaffirmed for me that I don’t want to live in any Muslim country and I finally know why the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza is justified.