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#174476: Feb 15th 2017 at 1:40:20 PM

[up][up]I realized I had to shut up about automation because it only explains mines still in operation replacing workers. It doesn't explain the fact that mines were shutting down entirely. This does. Seriously, my state needs to kick the coal habit hard. There's work on it. Let's hope it's enough.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#174477: Feb 15th 2017 at 1:54:18 PM

So guys, The race at the Georgia 6th is going to be crazy. Today was the deadline for candidates, and we're gonna have 18 of them. 11 GOP, 5 Dems, and two Indies.

Also, since this seems to be a Dem coven, I offer you this: Georgia 6th task force. Don't even have to be here. Just mobilize.

edited 15th Feb '17 1:54:43 PM by FFShinra

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#174478: Feb 15th 2017 at 1:57:17 PM

On it! Especially, to beat the guy who's openly campaigning on being Trump's lapdog.

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Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#174480: Feb 15th 2017 at 2:13:02 PM

I think part of it is because coal has a perception of being cheap because for a long time, it was. Since "everyone knows" coal is cheap and solar and wind are prominent and "everyone knows" they're expensive, it must have been EBIL GUBMINT REG'LATIN' that killed it, rather than the free market and natural gas that did it.

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#174481: Feb 15th 2017 at 2:18:24 PM

Sen. Roy Blunt (R, Missouri), member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wants a full 'exhaustive' investigation into potential Trump-Russia Ties. He also wants Flynn to testify, but it's important to note that he wants an investigation on Trump specifically.

Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#174482: Feb 15th 2017 at 2:23:30 PM

Unfortunately that isn't gonna happen. For saying that he is now a "Establishment Republican" and deserves to get buried in the Trump regime according to Trump voters.

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#174483: Feb 15th 2017 at 2:27:53 PM

Dems need to be pushing this too. The more Republicans we can turn to our cause, the better, but it ain't gonna happen without us.

A handful of turncoating Republicans are just a voice on the breeze, but if backed up by blue support, we can turn a minority into a majority.

edited 15th Feb '17 2:28:53 PM by TobiasDrake

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#174484: Feb 15th 2017 at 2:29:26 PM

Besides, it's one thing to say something and quite another to actually do it.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#174485: Feb 15th 2017 at 2:42:25 PM

@GA race: It would probably be better if all the Democrats could rally around one candidate while the Republicans split their votes. I don't know how likely that is though.

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#174486: Feb 15th 2017 at 3:22:33 PM

Reince Priebus's days are numbered according to Breitbart. (Don't worry, this link is The Week, not Breitbart)

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#174487: Feb 15th 2017 at 3:25:02 PM

[up][up]That seems to be the big concerns from GA dems I've talked to. Ossoff is the clear front runner, but he's backed by a lot of outside money (Daily Kos in particular) and having John Lewis' endorsement is not seen as a positive in the 6th, which is Blue Dog where it isn't GOP. Slotin is considered the Dem establishment choice as he is a former state senator. Of the other three, they are relative unknowns: a doctor, an engineer, and a teacher-veteran who teaches at GSU.

Of the two indies we have a Futurist and a libertarian-in-all-but-name.

Of the 11 GOP, Handel is the front runner. Ran for gov and barely lost out to Deal, ran for Senate and barely lost there too. She realllly wants in. Makes her name on anti-abortion. However, she isn't openly beholden to Trump like some. The one I like the most from their group is the air force pilot. Garden variety conservative, but I'll take that over single issue wonks and Trumpkins.

edited 15th Feb '17 3:25:16 PM by FFShinra

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#174488: Feb 15th 2017 at 3:58:47 PM

CNN are saying (as of two hours ago via their breaking news app) that the Pentagon is considering proposing sending ground combat forces into northern Syria.

edited 15th Feb '17 4:11:26 PM by Silasw

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#174489: Feb 15th 2017 at 4:10:25 PM

Ironically, this is what one of the tabloids said about Hillary- complete with a nice photoshopped image of an aged Hillary behind bars. It was so bad looking I had to laugh.

We sell those tabloids at my workplace. Our severely mentally handicapped janitor took one look at it and said "that's not really her." What this says about the reasoning skills of the average Trump voter I do not know.

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#174491: Feb 15th 2017 at 4:14:00 PM

So, what would be the consequences of this?

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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#174492: Feb 15th 2017 at 4:19:53 PM

[up]Day late and a dollar short. Nothing worth a damn unless it's of a larger scale than is being alluded to.

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#174493: Feb 15th 2017 at 4:31:33 PM

A lot depends of whoes side they fight on as well, if they help Turkey slaughter the Kurds or help Assad regain control it would destroy the little international reputation that the US has left.

If they fight alongside the Kurds against ISIS it would be a very late bit of help, assuming that they stick around to help rebuild (which they won't) and don't commit war crimes by doing things like "going after their families" (which they might) it won't be to bad, if they avoid war crimes and simply don't help rebuild we'd just see things speed up a little, but the underlying weakness of Syria would remain.

edited 15th Feb '17 4:31:58 PM by Silasw

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#174494: Feb 15th 2017 at 5:03:22 PM

I'm guessing the point is to seal the border as Iraq pushes Daesh north and west.

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#174495: Feb 15th 2017 at 6:35:52 PM

This may only be of interest to me, but this is a fascinating article I thought I'd link: What Geology Has to Say About Building a 1,000 Mile Border Wall

Basically, the executive order calls for (among other things) just six months to survey the geophysics and topography of the entire border. note  This is pretty much impossible, and no amount of ranting about 'the power of American ingenuity,' and how 'dangerous' immigrants are (half the comments on the article) will change that.

The variety of terrain along the border brings about a thousand smaller challenges to actually building the thing, and after that it's susceptible to disasters and natural wear and tear. All for a useless project that won't actually keep people out.

In a way, it's weirdly comforting to me. Rocks and dirt do not give a damn who the President is.

Also in STEM: Tufts University to offer a course in the Geometry of Redistricting - an overview of the historical context and mathematical aspects of redistricting, in order to train mathematicians to testify in court cases on gerrymandering, and "for incorporating voting and civil rights into mathematics teaching." It's aimed at Ph Ds in math, but some of the sessions will be open to the public.

From the site:

More broadly, we are assembling a team of mathematicians, lawyers, statisticians, and active citizens of all stripes to work on practical metrics and solutions for gerrymandering in advance of the 2020 U.S. Census.

edited 15th Feb '17 6:39:04 PM by Pseudopartition

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#174496: Feb 15th 2017 at 6:42:52 PM

I didn't even think about the effect of natural disasters on the wall. How the hell is it going to hold up to an earthquake? What about hurricanes? Tornadoes? Do we have any way of reinforcing it?

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#174497: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:07:41 PM

Guys, I know it's fun and satisfying, but following up almost every single news article about Trump and his administration doing something asinine with a sarcastic quip about the smear campaign on Hillary got annoying really fast. We're all well aware that anything the GOP accused Hillary of doing, Trump can do it better, there's no need to mention it constantly.

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#174499: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:11:35 PM

Barring extreme climate changes, tornadoes don't usually reach down that far. Like, the bottom of what's called Tornado Alley stops somewhere in north Texas. Sudden thunderstorms in the desert areas, possibly hurricanes on the Gulf of Mexico side, those are more of a concern than tornadoes. And I'm also not sure that California's earthquake problem is still a problem that far south.

Of course, the biggest issue is he appears to want this to be one continuous wall that has to account for a great variety of environments for its whole length, which is going to be a huge challenge if it even gets that far. This is not a four year project he wants. Hell, it's probably not even an eight year project, and if started is highly likely to be abandoned by whoever gets the office next when he leaves.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#174500: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:39:27 PM

The best historical example of this is the Great Wall of China. Which bankrupted like four different dynasties because it was built four different times. I think one dynasty collapsed entirely because of it. And it barely worked anyway. I'm pretty sure that the mongols actually captured the wall entirely once.

And the reason I'm referring to dynasties and not specific emperors? Because none of the emperors who ordered it survived to completion, with the exception of Qin Shi Huang, mostly because his wall was mostly connecting a collection of preexisting walls together.

Please correct me if I got anything about this wrong.

edited 15th Feb '17 7:40:18 PM by Zendervai


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