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3 minutes ago, Roundybout said:
Yes. Here is a study from Headwaters Economics, a research firm in Montana.
https://headwaterseconomics.org/public-lands/wildfire-public-land-housing/
"Less than 2% of the 181 million acres of Forest Service operational and Department of Interior land included this analysis are close enough to towns with housing needs to be practical for development—around 2.4 million acres. Most of this land is concentrated in a handful of western states—primarily Nevada, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Utah—and the vast majority of the land is managed by DOI. Forest Service lands offer even fewer options, with only three states (Arizona, Utah, and Oregon) having more than 5,000 acres near towns."
Developing housing on public lands may offer benefits in a limited number of communities, but it is not a broad solution. While access to low-cost land can help, housing affordability depends on a complex set of factors—such as construction and labor costs, financing availability and interest rates, insurance access and affordability, and proximity to jobs. In addition, hyperlocal constraints like water supply and community opposition can further restrict feasibility.Beyond this, I don't want our pristine and beautiful natural lands to be taken over for suburban sprawl. It's unsustainable development. Housing policy should be focused on upzoning existing municipal lands and reusing underdeveloped sites, instead of paving over new ones.
I can’t work up any outrage over .5-.75% of government owned land being opened up for development. The remaining 99.25-99.5% seems like a lot of wilderness left to appreciate. To quote Frankish, “nobody cares”.
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1 hour ago, B-Man said:
It was too depressing to write this last night, after we got off air, so I went to bed.
But, it needs to be said by more Democrats: this was not an impeachable offense,
and Trump did not need congressional approval for one precision attack under
the circumstances, just as Obama did not when striking Bin Laden.
Why can’t our Party just say it’s great we achieved the objective and destroyed
Iran’s nuclear sites, god bless the soldiers who carried this out and made it home safely,
god bless our country, military, allies, and we look forward to a full intel briefing. .
If one must then assert Congressional authority at the moment, add that any
escalation will require congressional approval.
And if you must, express concern for where this may go and what might come next.
But, for so many in my Party to knee jerk with unhinged calls for impeachment -
and sadly omit in their statement support for Iran not having nuclear weapons,
which has been a principle of our Party for 40 years -is truly TDS.
The esteemed barrister that goes by the handle ChiGoose, has already declared the action blatantly unconstitutional. Turrentine is, therefore, wrong.
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4 minutes ago, Roundybout said:
The land the federal government owns in the west is pristine and also not developable. Leave it be.Do you have data to support the “not developable” claim?
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NYT bringing the heat!
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41 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:
Let’s celebrate how the president of the US likely made part of this decision to offset the TACO stigma. That his pride is important enough to impact decisions that affect the entire US. Yea, let’s celebrate this man.
My god 🙃
It was all about Trump’s ego!
sigh
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On 10/13/2023 at 10:30 PM, ChiGoose said:
I personally think that anyone who is ok with the human trafficking currently being done by Texas should be ridiculed, mocked, and shunned from decent society for the rest of their lives. They should never be able to be in public without being shamed.
But that’s just me, I guess.
“Everyone else is dumb”
-chigoose
hoo boy
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1 minute ago, ChiGoose said:
Always funny when people who can’t read or lack critical thinking skills complain about being called stupid.
You can’t fix stupid. But you can point and laugh at them.
Remember how you thought it was gross that one side was happy about the election and that you were apparently morally superior? And now look at you go!!
On 11/6/2024 at 7:50 PM, ChiGoose said:An entire thread dedicated to reveling in fellow Americans being sad and disappointed.
Pretty gross.
A lot of people here just telling on themselves.
Fellow Americans!!
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11 minutes ago, Trump_is_Mentally_fit said:
Ya, now there is honor among criminals and thugs? Ya sure. I bet Putin is just crying about his Iranian buddies plight, lol. Whatever
You don’t seem to want to address the question. That’s ok. It’s actually expected.
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4 minutes ago, Trump_is_Mentally_fit said:
Huh? What simplistic idea is floating through your little brain on this?
How many posts do you believe there are from you and your likeminded liberal friends saying Trump is Putin’s btch? Just wondering what the status of btch-being is after Putin’s ally just got smoked. That’s not a nice way to treat your master, is it?
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Is Trump still Putin’s btch? Wondering how that whole idea goes after tonight. There are a lot of people invested in that thinking. Should be fun to see how those people frame this.
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15 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:
Don’t pretend like you know what erudite means.
Sorry, Trump ran on ensuring Iran doesn’t have nuclear capability and using military force if required. You MAGA are such inbreds.
Touchy!
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1 minute ago, Mikie2times said:
He would be the weakest player on any poker game *10. If the target doesn’t have ability to respond aggressively he will be be aggressive. If the target can respond aggressively he will bluff. Just keep repeating this until the end of time.
You want to boil the matter of Iran’s nuclear ambitions down to Trump’s ego. I say go for it! Makes you seem erudite and rational.
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1 minute ago, Mikie2times said:
Stunning. A guy whose ego keeps getting flicked over inaction overcorrects.
Deep thoughts. Thank you.
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1 minute ago, Roundybout said:
I love the little tough guy faces they’re trying to make. Vance looks like he just let out a wet fart and is trying to hold it in.We’ve all been there.
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Kristol is alternative scum at this point, I think. Anyway, this had to go somewhere.
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Kinzinger on board. I’m out.
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1 minute ago, nedboy7 said:
didn’t agree with that and don’t agree with this. You forgetting I’m not in a Liberal cult.That’s good. Now try to come to terms with the orange dufus being in office another 3.5 years. See you at the ballot box in 26 and 28.
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Just now, ChiGoose said:
Bootlickers gotta lick boots.
Even if they spent the whole campaign talking about how Kamala was going to drag us into a war in the Middle East, as soon as Dear Leader does it, they come up with excuses.
At this point, you have to wonder: do they have presences on which types of boots taste better? Are Timberlands the modern go-to, or do they long for the taste of a good Marschstiefel?
Preferences.
Your sabbatical didn’t do much for your humor. Maybe Frankish can help you with that.
Was Kamala dragging us into a war really an election year topic? Sounds made up.
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5 minutes ago, stevestojan said:
Really cute with the “cope” bulls.hit. He promised no new wars. If he ran on Iran not having nukes, why did he wait for Ben to start the bombing and not just drop a few MOABs on day one? Thought he was a leader; not a weak follower. I didn’t think you were a MAGA, honestly. But your bootlicking of the TACO president is making it clear.Going full PPP lefty hysterical, huh? Super lame.
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5 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:
So let's see what happens
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2 minutes ago, stevestojan said:
Honestly not sure I follow this one; can you clarify? (and not being a dick, just not sure I follow the question.)
Trump did lie, (as did many other previous POTUSes - is that the plural of the acronym? Not sure) and the spin on Twitter is incredible. But it seems to only be the true MAGAs; many standard republicans are wholly against this action as well.
Also, I would feel better (if that’s possible) about this action if Trump had just run on “we’re going to ensure Iran doesn’t have nukes and if they don’t stop attempting to build one, I’ll bomb the ***** out of them” vs only taking action after Ben decided to start bombing Iran.
And for the record, do I think Biden would have handled this better? I think his handlers would have. I am just so ***** sick of America being the big brother on everything in the god damned Middle East. If I was going to have voted for Trump, his promises to stay out of that cess pool would have been one of the only reasons.
Americans will die because of this. So much for “America first.” Only took 4 months.
Many people on both sides are against it. That’s not surprising is it? Some of the most hardcore maga online dweebs are against it.
Regarding the bolded - are we sure this is how it played out. There has been acknowledgment that Israel and the US have been in lockstep all along. Maybe one day we will know if that’s true.
What do you think Biden’s handlers would have done that would have been better?
Iran needed to be dealt with. I would have liked it to be without direct US intervention. So be it.
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1 minute ago, ChiGoose said:
Yeah, Trump really seems to have found a final solution for the border question, huh?You nailed the whole border issue from “human trafficking” to the border bill being the only remedy. I am open to reading how you were right about it all if you ever feel like blowing your horn. We can assess many of your previous posts. It’ll be fun!
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1 minute ago, stevestojan said:
How badly you MAGAs (read: not all republican as I know many on the right are against this too) were all lied to and the best you can come up with is that previous democrat presidents lied too. Strong defense. 🙄
Just admit you fell for the conman’s cons yet again. I wonder how much of this newest forever war was caused because he has such a fragile ego he was afraid he would be called the TACO President again.
I’d go research how many times he promised no new wars during his campaign but I don’t have time to count that high and it won’t matter since MAGA logic will somehow tell us that this is different than what he said to get your votes.
I’d say this is unbelievable but anyone with a brain would know it’s 100% believable and was almost inevitable.
God speed to any Americans in the area. Iran is surely known for taking it on the chin and just crying uncle….
This is the time to proudly have TDS. I’d wear a ***** goofy red hat that says the same.
Some things are overcome by events, don’t you think? For every president ever? The whole “Trump lied and you bought it” bit is of zero importance to what took place today.
UPDATE: ISRAEL v IRAN - Ceasefire reached?
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Are you a John Bolton fan?