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I guess have a problem with that part of it then.

I get that Woke is a concept of realizing the social injustices done to people. But as I've said before we live in a capitalist society. Winners and losers. To be successful you need to know the field and how to play. My father taught me a lot of it. The rest I learned from failure. Not sure what I could do personally to effect change. I'm all for being yourself but don't complain when that version of yourself is left standing on the sidelines.

I think as long as you live in a capitalist economy there will be those who feel marginalized. In order for there to be winners someone must lose. We're bombarded daily with images of "the good life". If you aren't part of that it must be someone else's fault.

Saw this earlier today. From Carl Sagan in 1995. “I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness... The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

I agree.

I guess I'm just wondering if it's unusual.

I guess maybe this is the only place I would ever admit there were choices I made that were hurtful to others in the name of getting laid. As I've gotten older I've begun to take stock of my life. There are a couple in particular I wish I could take back. It's not so much the casual encounters. Maybe I should see a priest :)

I think about them often. Perhaps too often. I try not to but sometimes it's impossible.

Sexual partners. I'm a bit ashamed actually.

No clue why I started thinking about this last night. Decided to review my life and was shocked. 36. I was curious as to whether that number was considered high?

I thought he performed a valuable service. People needed to see just how fucked up others could be.

C'mon man. There aren't significant numbers of EVs on the roads yet to have that kind of effect.

Seems like 16 motors add far too much complexity.

I was wondering about that. On initial climb it appeared several motors were firing intermittently.

Hydrogen powered vehicles have been talked about since I was young. I thought the drawback was the perception of driving around in a hydrogen bomb.

I'm looking forward to it.

Whoosh

Nope. He is trying to say Rs loved Waco. That's a bit of a stretch. If there's blame it's squarely at the feet of David Koresh and the FBI team that ignored the negotiators work. This is simply trying to re-write history. https://www.c-span.org/video/?39845-1/texas-cult-standoff Fun begins at 6 minutes

I seem to remember it was a D in the oval office at the time.

Before the company can secure hundreds of millions of dollars in financing to start building a power plant, it will need a water supply agreement from the Imperial Irrigation District — always a thorny request in a valley whose massive Colorado River water rights are zealously guarded by landowning farmers. An environmental analysis from Imperial County is another prerequisite. Good luck with that.

Actually I do fret about school shootings. I think Mini might have more of a problem with Mickey's proclivities.

I'm not afraid in a personal sense. I just finished watching the Waco doc on NetFlix. I think many on here were either too young or not even born yet to remember. It's disturbing on both viewpoints. I hope the radicals see it as a failure on both sides and not just an ATF/FBI thing.

April 19. As radical as some have become I fear another OKC.

I'm not saying they're going to deny us the materials. I'm thinking more in terms of a monopoly of production. I'm old enough to remember the lines at the gas stations when OPEC decided to flex it's muscles.

https://techinformed.com/almost-400-new-mines-needed-to-meet-future-ev-battery-demand-data-finds/ However, supplies of lithium, graphite, nickel and cobalt are in limited, with China owning the majority of the global lithium-ion battery supply chain. In 2021, China produced almost 80% of lithium-ion batteries, whilst also controlling just over 60% of global lithium refining for the batteries and processing 100% of natural graphite. This is a cause for concern for geopolitical reasons, as well as alleged ethical reasons that suggest the production in China violates labour and human rights. I fear we'll just change dance partners from the ME to China. If you want to trust China be my guest. I don't.