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A "Hard Leftist" being anyone who doesn't see things according to the Mines_Engineer bible.
Re "Mines Engineer" definition- a few possibilities:
• A disgruntled unemployed coal-mine engineer from West Virginia
• A disgruntled unemployed coal-mine …
Trump campaign fails to show evidence of vote-by-mail fraud, filing reveals
Below are excerpts from a current article in The Guardian:
Donald Trump’s campaign failed to produce any evidence of vote-by-mail fraud in Pennsylvania after a federal jud…
An excellent discussion of a difficult situation. I firmly believe that the United States needs to set in place alternative sources for critical manufactures and raw materials.
Considering that any format change requires the least amount of time spent by the site administrators probably the cleanest approach would be an "Off-Topic-Political" section.
"I'm not in favor of ballot harvesting. I agree that is the weakest link in the chain. And it is a very weak link indeed. "
Totally agree. Just asking for trouble, from any side.
@WABAC: More bad news... as if we needed that- Chron just now reporting that another dry lightning storm due over Northern CA Sunday thru Tuesday. We are well and truly screwed.
I love the seemingly innocent but snidely derogatory "the Dr. Fauci’s of the world".
Would you be meaning those doctors who have devoted their lives to public safety and the exploration and investigation of epidemiological disease?
Why would anyon…
You folks know that I'm not afraid to engage in battle when challenged. But surely we can have even major differences of opinion on specific national issues without lowering MFO to the infantile name-calling favored by the present occupier of the Wh…
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…
