djf: “I would much rather see billionaires invest in businesses in minority communities than fund nonprofits that donate to BLM.” This comment is typical of Kling’s cluelessness. He’s clueless about both (1) the motives behind corporate donations to BLM and (2) the likely results of the business investment that he “would much rather see.”
Sam J.: People can hate on Tesla all they want but only with Tesla’s can you get little White girls to say “PUNCH IT CHEWIE” and scream. https://twitter.com/i/st atus/1482410689075494913
Gavin Longmuir: Sam, be serious! If solar power was so wildly economic, governments would be taxing Big Sun — not subsidizing it. And utility companies would be installing solar power willingly, not because they are forced to do so by political mandates. And customers utility bills would be going down as solar power installations increased. None of that is happening. Draw your own conclusion.
Sam J.: “Solar panel can generate more than four or five times the energy used to produce them.” Gavin Longmuir says,”…To be serious for a minute, we all need to be careful about system boundaries…” If it’s only double, which I doubt anyone with common sense would not allow, that’s still 100% better. If someone told you could make a guaranteed extra 100% on your investment would you turn them down? So where are your “boundaries” ? 100% profits, 200%”...
Gavin Longmuir: Bomag: “Plus, the business model is more “sell a new product, don’t fix the old one”; thus fewer repair shops for harder to fix things with harder to get parts.” The only constant is change. There may be a future big opportunity in repair shops if — as expected — imports of new products from China increase in price and decline in volume as the US Dollar inevitably drops to a level that eliminates the unsustainable Trade Deficit. We could imagine a kind of kinder...
Bob Sykes: Our local not-for-profit hospital has bought up all (all) the private medical practices in the county. This appears to be a trend nationwide. My family doctor, once independent, now an employee says his life is better, no paperwork, no late Sunday night rotations.
Pseudo-Chrysostom: None of this is by accident of course; a ‘work of all ages’, you might even say. https://pbs.twimg.com/me dia/FIml7UJVEAUAotu.jpg: orig https://pbs.twimg.com/me dia/FImto-NUcAISZ3y.jpg: orig https://pbs.twimg.com/me dia/FImwR4jVEAAIO5E.jpg: orig
Bomag: “Before all the supply houses kept a lot of odds and ends to make sure that when you went there they would have ‘something’ you could make work. No more. It’s all order it.” This. Plus, the business model is more “sell a new product, don’t fix the old one”; thus fewer repair shops for harder to fix things with harder to get parts. Used to be many shade-tree repairs for cars and appliances; not so much anymore. Commodity agriculture is somewhat of a model:...
Sam J.: A bit of info I have seen. The Hedge funds or other large funded entities are buying all the supply houses for materials, parts and supplies in the US. Think plumbing supply, electrical, air conditioning, etc. They have massive cash from their FED buddies so they buy ALL the supply houses. Subsequently, they suck afterwards. They database all the best selling stuff and only keep it; the rest you have to order. Before all the supply houses kept a lot of odds and ends to make sure that when you...
Sam J.: Hats. Maybe Anunnaki. https://i.pinimg.com/474 x/ea/26/89/ea2689d689654 4cec0f53d2934234957̵ 1;dagon-star-system.jpg http://i2.wp.com/in5d.co m/images/mitre-2.jpg?res ize=569%2C276 Could it be these people? https://www.bibliotecapl eyades.net/arqueologia/e sp_malta04.htm Some of if not all the skulls disappeared from Malta. Anthropologist wrote a book about Malta and did detailed measurements of them. https://redice.tv/news/t he-mystery-of-maltas-lon g-headed-skulls Some of this is blown up...
Gavin Longmuir: VXXC: “Also made me increase my estimated likelihood that China may go to war with us just to prove a point.” We have to move with the times. We tend to think of war as involving bombs & bullets. Perhaps the Chinese Communist Party has decided that it is better to make subtle economic war. And has been fighting that war for the last 25 years while the West slept. First, you make the West very heavily dependent on you by attracting all their industry, leaving the...
Jim: VXXC: “If we could only perhaps CRISPR sheep docility into Homo sapiens we’d have a winning and high-margin design. I’m sure someone’s working on it now…” Where have you been since March 2020?
Jim: David Frum: https://www.jihadwatch.o rg/wp-content/uploads/20 18/11/david-frum.jpg No further questions, Your Honor.
Jim: Sam, I’ve long been fond of this photograph: https://cdn.ebaumsworld. com/thumbs/natural/video /2537046/86140611-157628 1679.jpg Speaking of, does anyone know the origin of those tall hats worn by the head priest of the Vatican mystery religion?
Jim: Seven Laughing Skulls: “Lol.” Thanks. I thought it was funny too.
VXXC: I just watched The 800 Heroes [siege of Shanghai 1937 and last stand of the Heroic 524 Battalion of Chinese Army in a Shanghai warehouse]. The movie is remarkable on it’s own in all respects, a masterpiece. Also made me increase my estimated likelihood that China may go to war with us just to prove a point. The century of humiliation is not forgotten, nor I daresay forgiven.
Sam J.: They could collapse the number of murder victims if they would just enforce the laws we have, Felons are not supposed to have guns and if, as we have at times, given them steep jail sentences for carrying them then they would not. That’s what they did in New York City. They frisked people constantly, basically looking for guns and when they found them it was to the slammer. Where ever you see a lot of gun violence you will see DA’s letting felons go with lenient sentences for...
Steven: Perfect example of a “Celebration Parallax” as coined by Michael Anton: “The Celebration Parallax may be stated as: ‘the same fact pattern is either true and glorious or false and scurrilous depending on who states it.’ In contemporary speech, on any ‘controversial’ topic—or, to say better, regime priority — the decisive factor is the intent of the speaker. If she can be presumed to be celebrating the phenomenon under discussion, she may shout her approval from the rooftops. If...
Bomag: “A higher variance for weirdness probably encourages creativity. But is it a positive development on net? We are going to find out.” Among our scientists and researchers, yes. Among the general population, not so much. In past days we celebrated the mad scientist. Now our scientists tend toward the orderly and buttoned down: don’t suggest anything that would get you cancelled.
David Foster: “Administrative overhead mainly means dispatchers, schedulers, and the guys who handle getting the equipment fixed”….migh t also include the guys who *actually fix* the equipment, in some companies, and in other companies, the money paid to outside firms to do the fixing. Also, there will be the costs for salespeople who develop new customer relationships and maintain existing ones.
