ExiledInIllinois

Good read about EVs AND the infrastructure needed to replace the internal combustion engine: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Inconvenient-Truth-About-Electric-Vehicles.html "...Electricity appears to be easy to handle sending it through wires. But it is the small scale that makes it look cheap. Scaling it up takes a pound of metal for so many electron-miles. Twice as much distance means twice as much metal. Twice as many amps means twice as much metal. Converting the transportation system into an electrical based system would require scaling up the amount of metal and electrical infrastructure by factors of hundreds or thousands. Where are all those lines going to go? They destroy environments. Where is that much natural gas going to come from for the electrical generators? There is very little natural gas in existence when using it for a large-scale purpose. Natural gas must be used with solar and wind energy, because only it can be turned on and off easily for backup. ..." "...One of the overwhelming facts about electric transportation is the chicken and egg phenomenon. Supposedly, a lot of electric vehicles will create an incentive to create a lot of expensive infrastructure. There are a lot of reasons why none of the goals can be met for such an infrastructure. The basic problem is that electricity will never be appropriate for such demanding use as general transportation, which means there will never be enough chickens or eggs to balance the demand. It's like trying to improve a backpack to such an extent that it will replace a pickup truck. The limitations of muscle metabolism are like the limitations of electrical energy. ..." Agree. It started with hate radio first.

Blast from the past... Thought of it today:

No... No. Roberts knows that the legitimacy of the court, it's prestige, honor, and how seriously people take it has been severely damaged by the populist conservatives... Demagoguery...

Just as much as you have a right to bear arms... You have a right against being subjected to any cruel or unusual punishment... Unless... You want swap a few rights... I don't see it happening here.

So they can set up security around the SCOTUS... Get fences in place. Security and retreat to their ivory tower while they ***** the American people. They got theirs the hack court. Roberts is right... SCOTUS is now worse than CongressCritters. They are CongressCritters with a life time appointment.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/07/four-bears-killed-alaska-park-reserved-homeless-people Chew on that!

Probably worse. The last public execution was a 26 year old guy that raped and murdered a 70 year old woman. Gee the threat of a public hanging in Kentucky really deterred him...

You think it changed things or created more of a public circus? There's reasons why things were changed 90 years ago. https://www.grunge.com/342564/this-was-the-last-public-execution-in-the-united-states/

That's a dumb statement. It's all about convenience. But it has more potential energy than a knife. Same with suicide. Greater damage with impulsive action.

Yeah... But certain guns are more efficient. Wipeout a whole pile of people on one impulse. The knife less efficient.

You know what's really beyond messed up? "Irina and Kevin McCarthy were among the dead victims identified Tuesday. The couple had brought their toddler son to the parade, according to a neighbor, Adrienne Rosenblatt. The boy was found alone after the shooting. Rosenblatt said she recognized him in an online notice and showed it to the boy's grandparents, who brought the boy home from the police station. “It’s just sad,” Rosenblatt said, adding, “Do you call him an orphan?” " How ***** -ing sad is this story! 😞

Goes back to the Capone days. Even before that, the agrarian days. Gangster and guns... Political machine, etc... There's still a mixing of rural/country agrarian values too w/city. There are still places where it's perfectly legal to hunt in Chicago... And yes, on SouthSide, but not the media hyped places. LoL... It's an arms race out there. People can easily obtain guns for protection, outdoors/sportsman activities, etc... And close... Even just miles away.

Does Chicago really depend on tourism like a lot of other places? Maybe a little. I always thought of the area as a place to live and work... You want to be a tourist, you go elsewhere. Unless you wanna see downtown. So many better places to go to.

What's your answer than? More guns? Why is Chicago such a trigger for the gun rights people. Chicago is the "saloon" where you check your gun at the door... Obviously people aren't following the rules. What's the answer? Don't go tough on guns in Chicago? Yeah, that will help. Just like the gangster era... Gun control didn't start to happen until the violence spilled over on Michigan Avenue. Highland Park is that "Michigan Avenue" and the gun control they have been overturning since the 1990s now has to be revisited... Clock needs to be turned back to where it was starting when the police were outgunned by the gangsters. Police, just like 1920s... Need to get the arms race back.

Started in the early 1980s. Cost too much $$$$, cheaper to throw them on the street.

It is pretty shocking... Because it's not in Cook County... But one of the collar counties. On the well-heeled North Shore. When violence starts spilling over into these parts of suburbia, you know we have a a gun problem on our hands.

The horse is pretty late. Barely cracks into 1st 15 animals domesticated by humans. Goals #2: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/animals-who-have-been-domesticated.html

2000, Long Lake, New York general store... Checked out right behind Bruce Willis, his daughters and nanny... Strange, they were buying a crap load of bottled water... Anyway... He's into music too:

Stud fee?

Well... At least Clinton is out of picture. The Republicans blamed him for everything. Clinton Bad!

Maybe it isn't that unpopular after all.

You never been to "Nine-Eleven Tavern" (911 Bloomfield, South BFLo). Like eating candy🍬😋🤪. That's the Gold Standard... And they are culturally snobby in a "working💪man" kinda way... SouthBFLo > EastAurora/Williamsville/Amherst...

Bar Bill wings aren't the best and are NOT the gold standard for wings in BFLo area... Not by a mile. 😏 Propaganda/bougie settings/marketing and groupthink makes them hands down favorite. People haven't tried the best. But, ignorance isn't stupidity, that's all they know! Overrated! Beef on wreck is a "hot roast beef sammich" and should be treated as one. Served w/gravy... Because it was invented by working men... Not pencil pushing closers who dabble on weekends w/the "Salt of the Earth." Gee... I love ❤️😍 thread and emoji use!

The Jets are gonna win AFCeast. "Disco" albums rock... The Rolling Stones really do suck most of the time, except for this cheeseball #13 hit... And it was written and jettisoned years earlier on Goats Head Soup...