Gregg R Thomas

The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit.

RFK Jr., the new Secretary of the HSS, has proposed allowing bird flu to spread naturally through poultry flocks. He suggests that by doing so, farmers could identify and breed birds that exhibit natural immunity to the virus, potentially reducing the need for mass culling.  He even said that vaccinating birds would turn the farms into…[Read more]

I wonder when/if there will be a standard charging connector across all brands. I don’t see ecars really taking off until there are plenty of charging locations and you can charge your car wherever you find one and not just a location or station that services just one brand of car.

Or, if the industry put their heads together and instituted a…[Read more]

Imagine a machine that turns carbon dioxide into fuel!!

@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.

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.

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.

@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.

Palestinians in Israel (as citizens) have more legal rights than those in most Arab nations and generally have more economic opportunities than Palestinian refugees in Lebanon or Syria. There are about 2 million Arab Citizens of Israel .

Many Arab countries have hosted Palestinian refugees since the creation of Israel in 1948 and subsequent wars.…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
She was living in a “safe” country when I knew her.

That’s good to know.  She was courageous.  I was afraid of what might happen to her.

We were in contact once. She was living in a “safe” country when I knew her. I have no reason to suspect that she does not continue to live a ‘normal’ life. I can only imagine her walking with her head held high, as befits her character.