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  • in reply to: Rittenhouse deliberations enter second day #5557
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    Jury probably just having trouble working their way through the 40 pages of jury instructions.  lol

    in reply to: Friday humor. Introducing the Icelandverse #5544
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    Trying to market reality?  That is a concept that will never get off the ground!

    in reply to: The U. S. Navy isn’t ready for a fight… #5462
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    I have read that our navy is still vastly superior to that of the Chinese.  Their navy is lacking “deep water capability”, whatever that is.  Don’t have time at the moment, bit I’ll google it later.  Or maybe DuckDuckGo it.  😉

    in reply to: So, Fauci did lie. Multiple times. . . . . #5453
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    Fauci is not an evil guy.  He’s a typical government bureaucrat.  He’s been caught grandstanding and it is amusing to listen to him play “what the meaning of is is” games.

    in reply to: GR: Yellen’s Wealth Tax by any other name… #5452
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    Unrealized capital gains are not income.  A tax on unrealized gains is not authorized by the constitution.  If we start trying to impair wealth creation, the impact on innovation will be significant.  America will have lost much of its dynamism.

    in reply to: US is not a serious country #5348
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    Not to mention that first they flush half the Spring runoff out to sea.

    in reply to: US is not a serious country #5342
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    China is facing several very major problems in several basic areas of their nation’s ability to function.  The attached discusses the severe water shortage currently going on which is expected to get much worse.  The video mentions climate change, but that is probably only a rounding error effect.  A passing reference is made to the growing population that will increase demand.  That is not true.  China is going to face a debilitating shortage of workers in the foreseeable future.  Their demographic age mix is wildly distorted by the “one child policy” of the past.  But that is a topic for another time.

    The Chinese leaders have mismanaged their existing water supplies and have dramatically worsened the looming shortage.  There is a better video further below, but it is over 20 minutes and I didn’t figure folks here wanted to spend that much time.  People who tout China as a shoe-in to surpass the U.S. in virtually every measure, have not examined the plethora of problems the country faces; many far worse than any lying ahead for us.

     

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    in reply to: Remember the Chinese one child per family policy? #5248
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    Different opinion here about the outlook for China’s population:

    in reply to: Stanford v K-State In Game Thread #5205
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    Cannot believe West was the starter.  I think it speaks volumes about Shaw’s formulaic aprroach.

    in reply to: 6.2% Projected 2022 SS Increase #5204
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    Does anybody know much about inflation-indexed treasuries?

    in reply to: Vegasinsider article #5188
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    Hey!  We got one vote in the Coaches’ Poll.  We’re ranked!

    in reply to: Vegasinsider article #5185
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    Kansas is favored by 3, right?  Yet the ESPN estimate right now is that Stanford has a 56.8% chance to win.  Isn’t that kinda weird?  Does that happen a lot?  I presume different organizations are providing those figures, but still, you would think the team that is favored would be more likely to win.

    By the way, the over/under is 53 so, with a 3 point spread, the estimated final score will be 28 to 25 in favor of Kansas.  I will be interested to watch the game tomorrow.  I really didn’t watch last year’s covid-wracked season.  All the games felt like pre-season or exhibition games.

    From what I’ve read, the game will be largely determined by the running game and each team’s respective ability to stop the other.  Apparently, our run defense is suspect (and that is, I think, a euphemism).  But our run offense is strong.  I think it might turn out to be a good game to watch.

    in reply to: Biden was truly inspiring today #5156
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    Sympathy is appropriate at some level, I guess.  But he wasn’t cognitively challenged for 50 years, during which time he was a corrupt, arrogant fool.  He couldn’t displace Hillary for the top spot, but he comes close to being as bad while still being noted for his geniality.  What a maroon!!  🤣

    in reply to: ESPN Bowl predictions #5155
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    We might get to a bowl?  Really?  Wow!!  I had not been thinking we would have a winning record.  Shame on me.  I let my presumptions divert me.

    Go Indians!!!

    in reply to: United States presidential line of succession #5154
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    Hillary Clinton.  What a truly horrifying thought.  She has probably already defaulted to the idea that she would be the pick.  She has already begun her machinations to get Kay-mala removed from office subsequently.

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