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Many studies done on these issues both in the US and elsewhere. Many law abiding pro-gun owners think harsher sentencing is the answer. Make the use of guns so punitive that they would use other weapons. "THE IMPACT OF INCARCERATION ON THE RISK OF VIOLENT RECIDIVISM" "Yet rigorous empirical studies on the nature of the incarceration—recidivism link are limited. As a whole, existing research suggests that the effect of imprisonment, relative to non-custodial sanctions, is either null or slightly criminogenic. These findings call into question the ability of prisons to exert a specific deterrent effect."

DeSantis’s reelection campaign has introduced T-shirts with the new classic "“How the hell am I going to be able to drink a beer with a mask on?” Plus the new standby “Don’t Fauci My Florida” Common sense in Florida would require a Judge Dredd order.

That would be China, not the US. Due to the transmissibility of the Delta variant experts have suggested that 90% of the population is now required to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. US new doses are at just under 700k per day. Which means herd immunity for the US(90%) will occur March 21, 2022. At which time its anticipated that both Florida and Louisiana will be absent GOP voters due to mortality.

When BIGUN imagines crimes against his family he tends to lose it a bit.

Japan "The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late on Friday told police he became incensed when he saw women who "looked happy" and wanted to kill them, Japanese media reported on Saturday." In the US with the ready availability of guns there would have been at least 10 dead. "The Sankei newspaper reported that suspect told police: "I began feeling like I wanted to kill women who looked happy about six years ago. Anyone was fine, I just wanted to kill a lot of people."

I'm surprised to see a guest editorial in Forbes be so far off base. IMO Forbes in generally very credible. As far as coal prices in China, too bad, once again Brent fails to see past misinformation and personal bias. "China’s coal-fired power generators have seen profits evaporate amid surging domestic prices, with imports unable to provide much relief amid an ongoing unofficial ban on buying cargoes from major exporter Australia. Out of 10 listed coal-fired power companies, four reported losses and five others saw first-half profits plunge, according to a report on Chinese energy industry website BJX News on July 27. The only utility to post a rise in profits was Changyuan Electric, which benefited from its large portfolio of renewable energy, according to Refinitiv analyst Yan Qin. The dramatic drop in profitability comes amid a surge in domestic thermal coal prices, with SteelHome data showing the benchmark price at Qinhuangdao in northern China ending at 1,009 yuan ($155.47) a tonne on Wednesday."

Technically they are all the same are they not? The problem with very harsh sentencing is that they attempt to use logic on people that are not deterred by it. Somewhere up the supply chain of the weapons would likely be deterred if certainty of prison was given. I like the rest of your thinking.

Yet this thread goes on and on. Reminiscent of some climate change denial threads.

Rome had a little dictator and their senate dealt with him properly. America just got rid of their Caesar in the ballot box. Just too bad the US senate wasn't as vigorous as Rome's. But I digress. Most of the worlds democracies are now turning away from populists and dictators. China, Russia, N. Korea the exceptions.

Well if it was "pussy grabbing" or something even more outrageous they would. Instead Cuomo faces calls for resignation from powerful Democrats in wake of AG report even five months ago democrats took the higher ground for behavior. Ex president trump will soon call the democrats and Cuomo weak for arguing over such trivial conduct.

Agree The authority to prohibit the protestors access to the mayors house did not exist for the armed idiot lawyers. Thats why they PLEAD GUILTY. Why they paid fines and agreed to forfeit their weapons. Now an idiot governor has gifted them with pardons. Lawyer-politicians in America, truly the entitled ones.

They leave stupid up to the GOP, Darwin's theory and evolution.

Because tax breaks are for the wealthy. Social programs for the little guy.

Ssssshush. Canada has a good thing going. Cherry picking the best most well educated and monied immigrants using its points system. It doesn't need the US elbowing into that sweet setup. The GOP has it right.

Don't listen to carnival barkers?

Wrong again. Most US debt is held domestically Who Owns the US National Debt?

I'd agree allot of hoopla over not much. However it does generate more interest in "space". Personally if the flight doesn't reach orbit it isn't space and doesn't qualify you as being an astronaut. Just my opinion. SpaceX seems to be doing more than all the national space agencies put together. Perhaps they will have orbital flights for tourists soon. All in all, why not. It sees similar to a tandem student first jump.

"I wish I was wrong." Well you are. Debt per taxpayer is currently $227k per the debt clock. "50 percent of federal revenue comes from individual income taxes, 7 percent from corporate income taxes, and another 36 percent from payroll taxes that fund social insurance programs " "Conclusion The current tax code raises low levels of federal revenues from corporate income taxes, thus contributing to the growing national debt. However, there are opportunities for tax reforms that can help make our nation’s fiscal outlook more sustainable."

The "Lord" recognizes those who have chosen Lucifer over his way. trump is nothing but a test for conservative Christians. One in which they have failed and now many millennia will have to pass before he provides guidance in person again. He teaches "Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil." "But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness." "Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly."

That would be your GOP membership card, a receipt for donation to MAGA or other such "proof of stupidity".

Tribalism runs deep in Alabama and the GOP.

Engineers will come through. Given the stunning amount of money pouring into batteries, engines, etc. MB just announced another $47 billion in EV development. and new announcements seem to come each quarter. Of course you're right about promises v reality. Storage for homes, the grid, auto's, recreational vehicles and consumer products is insatiable.

Solid state batteries show the promise to put the final knife in the oil industry, sorry Brent. "Li and his team have designed a stable, lithium-metal, solid-state battery that can be charged and discharged at least 10,000 times — far more cycles than have been previously demonstrated — at a high current density. The researchers paired the new design with a commercial high energy density cathode material. This battery technology could increase the lifetime of electric vehicles to that of the gasoline cars — 10 to 15 years — without the need to replace the battery. With its high current density, the battery could pave the way for electric vehicles that can fully charge within 10 to 20 minutes." "a solid-state battery with solid electrolyte shows improved stability with a solid structure, and increased safety since it maintains the form even if the electrolyte is damaged. " What You Need to Know About Solid-State Batteries

With costs

Here is a good article that explains the right and how loyalty to the right, a disdain for experts or others in authority telling them what to think. Combines with culture war identity to define them. "Why isn’t the right more afraid of COVID-19? Its from the Harvard Gazette last fall.“One of the things we know from studies about how people respond to news is that nobody likes science or empiricism when it conflicts with their deeply held views. What’s happening now is that this crisis is locked into science and partisanship in a way that really strikes at the heart of the Republican Party as it’s currently constituted,” said Tom Nichols, a political scientist who teaches at Harvard Extension School and the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I." “It is simply a commitment to a way of viewing the world and viewing a leader that ‘I’ve’ chosen to follow. In that sense, when I start to hear in the media that maybe Trump is not actually looking out for me and his promises about when a vaccine would be delivered aren’t coming true, and when he said the virus wasn’t a big deal and I believed that, it’s too threatening to think that I was lied to and that I, myself, believed him and talked to others about my beliefs,” she said. “And so instead, I’m going to find news sources online that will keep allowing me to say, ‘Trump is my guy and he is looking out for me." Sounds like many right wing SC people that will search the four corners of the interwebs to find supporting "facts".