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Dear God, Brent. You keep posting the same hyperlink. For that day. This is exactly what pisses everyone off. You pick one data point out of trend and celebrate that data point like a five year-old that's discovered he can write his name in the snow while peeing. What Bill originally posted was, "This is happening because at least one named tropical system has formed in the Atlantic prior to June 1 for the past six years, which is a new phenomenon." The very site you post is the same one that states: May 20, 2021 NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters predict a 60% chance of an above-normal season, a 30% chance of a near-normal season, and a 10% chance of a below-normal season. However, experts do not anticipate the historic level of storm activity seen in 2020. https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-predicts-another-active-atlantic-hurricane-season The NOAA site and what Bill originally posted say the same thing. It's a six-year trend and for this year and next; the level of activity has increased, so we're going to keep an eye on it a couple of weeks earlier for the next two seasons.

I'm not sure I understand.

No. That's exactly when it started. When the cops went to a military uniform and the revenue stream (funding) changed.

I don't think everyone should be forced to stand, but I don't believe in taking a knee as a form of protest should be done or revered either.

Depends on how "National Service" is defined. I do not believe in a national "Military" service, but do believe there are numerous ways to serve those others and your country more so than yourself. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps. NGO's, Food Centers, the local volunteer fire department and even college. You chose to take the path of college and how much have you done for others. That's what it's about - learning to care about your fellow man.

Probably a bad time to bring up use of the Oxford Comma, huh?

That was my point. We had more CSO's before 9/11

Part of LE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_service_officer

Twenty-years ago our world changed and with it; the focus of LE who considered the terrorist threat to be high for their jurisdiction especially in metropolitan areas, or in jurisdictions with critical infrastructure. Traditional funding for law enforcement has undergone some significant changes, particularly with the ending of such U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) programs as the Community-Oriented Policing Services (COPS), which provided LE with funding to hire and reassign officers to community-policing activities with that of terrorist preparedness funding from DHS – there was an attitudinal & behavioral shift. The focus shifted internally where the need for increased counterterrorism and homeland security efforts at the local level took the mission away from public safety efforts. But, that's just one man's opinion.

Morning, Joe. I don't think defunding the police is a solution. I believe a shift towards three rings of LE would help, the first ring being more like "Community Service Officers" (CSO's). Bill & I grew up not that far from each other in Queens, NY. I hung out at Ryan JHS (Middle School) until I joined the military. In the evenings, it was not unusual for the cops to stop by and just hang with us. They'd shoot hoops for a bit until the radio went off, but they also lived in the neighborhood. They knew who the good kids were, the bad kids, and the one's the could salvage. They'd take you home to your parents when you fucked up and I can't remember a time when they shot anyone. Unions - I have an issue with those in government service belonging to a union.

Easy. Just watch what the other Darwin recipients did - and don't do that. Course, there are those creative fuckers who make up new shit - but, we kinda know who they are. :)

Cops Strip-Searched a Black Teen in the Street in Broad Daylight Then, they searched the family home with guns drawn. This is one of those "WTF were you thinking moments." Not just; you were a dumb-shit, but you were both dumb-shits. Of particular note in the article: "All of the officers involved in this incident have continued to work on the force, and no punishment has been handed down for the cop who exposed and touched the teen and his older brother, or any of the other officers, according to WAFB. There is now an investigation into Sgt. Camallo's role in the incident. Louisiana State representative Ted James said he believes qualified immunity, or the inability for individual offices to get sued, is to blame for disturbing overreach of power by the Baton Rouge cop’s last year." No shit. I'll say it again - qualified and sovereign immunity allows this type of stupid shit to continue.

For some reason, my mind simply does not understand the need to incentivize someone to protect their fellow man. Are we going to create an attitude of, "Well, I'm going to wait and see what they'll give me."

This thread is about EV's. Maybe shame on me for not putting [On-Topic] in the thread title, but I'm asking now if we can get back on track.

A couple of readings on this point: https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/tb/stories/blog/38427 Dr. Wang collaborated on a separate paper regarding: Two million miles.

This cracked me up. I've wondered if you just didn't care (cause, ya know, it's the Internet), or if you were channeling e e cummings, or have a really great editor for your book. I've also wondered if Phil punches people out for using "your" instead of "you're."

20,000 deposits the first day. Don't think of this as an electric vehicle; think of it as a digital vehicle.

I haven't been this excited about vehicles since the 72 Chevelle SS (that was an expensive lesson) - The little girl is coming up on driving age and Cari & I were talking about this thread and EV's last night. We also discussed hybrids as a possibility. As the daddy, I'm torn between my need to surround her with a 1965 Bonneville (which I owned and can attest to its tank-like cage) or this little electric Mini-Cooper once they get the issues worked out and some crash-testing completed.

I don't know if you've seen this:

I'm not sure I understand withdrawing the use of airspace as the equivalent to hijacking.

Brent, I've really had enough. Everyone here likes to talk about the issues - both the pros and the cons. We're fortunate to have some very brilliant minds on here and instead of learning from them; you antagonize them with silliness. You really enjoy being a distractor. I'm asking you to stop. Please.

Electric Vehicles: Setting a course for 2030 https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/future-of-mobility/electric-vehicle-trends-2030.html

Well, so far, that's about all I'm getting out of it also.

I'm just now studying up on this "Regenerative Braking." I still have a hard time believing that with moving parts EV's can't utilize that energy to increase its mileage.

Awesome. Path to retirement? I'm a fan of Hyundai and Volkswagen. Unfortunately, neither is conducive to my size. In addition to the Federal tax credit, States also have incentives. https://afdc.energy.gov/laws/state Welcome back.