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America is Trapped in a Burning Tesla
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“Surprise! The madman stuff wasn't an act”
Yesterday's address to Congress was interesting. More or less: "Full steam ahead!" That quotation continued with "Damn the torpedoes!" ("Torpedo" being the word used for anti-ship mines at the time.) In other words, "I don't give a shit about consequences!" Yeah... There are links in the...
BMW is betting the company on its Gen6 EV battery
Via: Bob Nelson • Stock Market & Investments • 3 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“BMW's Neue Klasse electric vehicles will feature sixth-generation batteries that are developed in-house to be more powerful and long-lasting.”
BMW is a company that makes stuff for rich people. It's very far from "woke". OTOH, not being political, BMW looks at the future with lucidity. It sees EVs there. There are links in the seed.
En gelant son aide militaire, Trump trahit l'Ukraine
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 53 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“Apres l'humiliation infligee a Volodymyr Zelensky dans le bureau Ovale, le president americain consolide le rapprochement russo-americain. Alors...”
This is in French, so Perrie may delete it directly. OTOH, "Google Translate" is available to everyone... Le Monde is Franc's major newspaper, it's "newspaper of record". There are links in the seed.
Trump's new tariffs are profoundly unpopular
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“So why is he going there, and going there bigly?!”
Jared Bernstein is another good economist who is asking "WHY?". It makes no economic sense... but hey! It's Trump, so making sense is not necessary. There are links in the seed.
Trump Hates Canada for its Decency
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 251 Comments • 14 Likes • last year
“The president lacks basic decency, and loathes people who do”
Narcissism is an obvious candidate for "why". Stupidity? I don't think he can be stupid: he has taken over the richest country in history, after all... There are links in the seed.
Hate to say it, but AOC is right about this one
Via: Bob Nelson • Op/Ed • 6 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“If you listen to some right-wing pundits, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running a smuggling ring across the southern border.”
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day... so I guess we can accept that a conservative commentator is right once in a while. This is another example of the Sun's balancing act.
I Was Wrong About Geothermal Energy
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 9 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Sabine Hossenfelder”
Sabine Hossenfelder is an opinionated woman. Fortunately, I agree with her most of the time. She posts daily, on science and technology. She is herself a reputed physicist. I love her battles with other cosmologists.
Private spacecraft Blue Ghost makes successful upright moon landing | The moon | The Guardian
Via: Bob Nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 2 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“US firm Firefly Aerospace celebrates achievement of second-ever commercial lunar landing”
This is a spectacular success, but since President Musk has a monopoly on all things above the atmosphere, it's kinda pointless.
Trump plans to sign executive order making English the official language of the U.S.
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 28 Comments • 8 Likes • last year
“The U.S. has never had an official language, though many states have designated English.”
Did Latinos ever imagine that Trump wouldn't come after them? He's a racist - the kind of person who only excepts others who are JUST like him. Brown skin? Speaks Spanish? CANNOT BE AMERICAN!
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won't Be Upsetting Anymore
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to make measles deaths so common that they wouldn’t be upsetting anymore”
This is kinda crazy: the Musk Administration intends to kill Americans... who applaud.