brenthutch

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  1. https://www.thenation.com/article/the-other-poison-gas-killing-syrians-carbon-dioxide-emissions/ "The gas attack in Syria on April 4 consumed the world’s attention and galvanized the Trump White House, leading to the launch of 59 cruise missiles on a small airport from which the regime of Bashar al-Assad has been bombing the fundamentalist rebels in Idlib province. The pictures of suffering children, Trump said, had touched him. Yet the president and most of his party are committed to increasing the daily release of hundreds of thousands of tons of a far more deadly gas—carbon dioxide. Climate scientist James Hansen has described our current emissions as like setting off 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs each day, every day of the year. " There you have it CO2 is "far more deadly" then sarin nerve agent or nuclear holocaust.
  2. Yep the climate changes what a hell of a shock and guess what! It will continue to change regardless of what mankind does. Cause that is what climate does......... it changes Next. If we only had a carbon tax
  3. What will you do if there is no there, there? You are becoming overly invested in the "it was the Russians" narrative. I am worried about your emotional well being if it does not pan out.
  4. So you would agree with me that a move from a high labor cost environment (Washington) to a lower labor cost environment (South Carolina) is necessary to remain competitive.
  5. You are going to confuse him with facts.
  6. +1 Started out on a Startrac 265, in the early 90s swooping killed people so that was not for me, I now jump a Zaos 27 98. Never wanted to get into the business because of the burnout I witnessed, I now run a small DZ and do it all. I had a tough time for a while when I looked around and all of my heroes were either dead or retired, it then dawned on me that it was my turn to take up the mantle. Having done that I am much happier. That said, I could never have imagined myself being in this place twenty five years ago.
  7. They were laid off due to slowing sales, something that had been going on for centuries, not because they were replaced by robots.
  8. +1 and your perspective as well. Share your thoughts and provide a link to support your position.
  9. +1 Started out on a Startrac 265, in the early 90s swooping killed people so that was not for me, I now jump a Zaos 27 98. Never wanted to get into the business because of the burnout I witnessed, I now run a small DZ and do it all. I had a tough time for a while when I looked around and all of my heroes were either dead or retired, it then dawned on me that it was my turn to take up the mantle. Having done that I am much happier. That said, I could never imagined myself being in this place twenty five years ago.
  10. Just because you were parroting something stupid, does not make your remarks less so.
  11. You may not have brought it up initially but, "But even in the car industry you see this dumbbell effect. With luxury and cheap doing well and the middle struggling." Are YOUR words. Since I am having trouble, why don't you break it down for me and explain what "But even in the car industry you see this dumbbell effect. With luxury and cheap doing well and the middle struggling." Means. Or better yet admit that it was a stupid example who's facts are at complete odds with the point you were trying to make.
  12. Given how often it happens, one would think you guys would be able to take "being wrong" with a bit more grace.
  13. Uhm, no I didn't. This was my post: Car or automobile isn't even close to being mentioned. IOW you could not be more wrong. Who wrote, "But even in the car industry you see this dumbbell effect. With luxury and cheap doing well and the middle struggling"?
  14. You brought up cars as an example of your "dumbbell effect" not me. I would point out that the least expensive cars are not even close to being top sellers. Oh and the most expensive cars are not even close to being top sellers. IOW you could not be more wrong. Getting a jump on the legal weed up there?
  15. A car is already a luxury item. Plus the F150, RAM Trucks and Chevy Trucks all sold more units than the Camry. Corolla was also down almost 10%. The bifurcation in retail is definitely happening. It may help you too look at a grander scale and not just at one line of luxury items. I was replying to your comment about the CAR industry. BTW the trucks you mentioned are also in the middle of the price spectrum. FYI the Corolla is at a lower end of the price spectrum. I find it amusing that you provide the data that refutes your own point.
  16. A new car already being a luxury. But yes, the auto industry is shielded from this due to it already being a luxury and a very regulated market. But even in the car industry you see this dumbbell effect. With luxury and cheap doing well and the middle struggling. ??? The Toyota Camry is the top selling car in the US. It doesn't get much more middle than that. “It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so.” RWR
  17. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/04/10/susan-rices-claim-that-obama-got-syria-to-verifiably-give-up-its-chemical-weapons-stockpile/?utm_term=.c030f7afe7b1 Susan "it was the video" Rice...four Pinocchios
  18. CO2 cannot be a very effective GHG then. And how did we get our CO2 levels back to the "safe" level of 350ppm, carbon tax?
  19. Why did the ice sheets form under those high CO2 levels? And where did those greatly elevated CO2 levels come from given there were no coal fired power plants nor SUVs? And how can there be any life left in the ocean given the acidification that was surely occurring.
  20. He is motivated by the polls, and the insatiable need for approval. He has no intellectual nor philosophical moorings. To call him a carnival barker is a disservice to carnival barkers.
  21. I don't know but so far so good.
  22. I must have missed something. What did the CIA, FBI, Congressional and Senate investigations uncover?