Phil1111

Experience and judgement don't necessarily come with any job. Nor do time on the job, training, rank, etc. bring judgement to the equation. Good answer.

Sure, easy. I don't have to kiss the same rings to get my check. Once apon a time most of the world was covered in ice. They were called glaciers and it was called "the ice age.". The climate of the planet shifted and the ice melted. What caused the ice to melt? Natural climate shift or anthropogenic global warming? If Elon didn't sign onto this whole thing back in the Obama administration do you think he would have gotten his $500 million DOE guaranteed loan? I don't- he wouldn't have gotten a penny and Tesla would have been gone like a fart in the wind. That being said, I fell in love with the EV1 when I drove it back in 00 or 01 and GM could have owned the market if they pushed ahead with the EV2, but that is another story. What's holding back Tesla is the battery. A smaller battery with a backup APU in the trunk would reduce the cost dramatically but allow full electric daily with multifuel backup power for longer trips. This was the series design of the EV2 and if GM had stuck with it they could've been the Tesla before Tesla. Says everything about the #10 welding shade filtering your view of the world. Where politics takes precedent over logical science. Over the critical, analytical yet flexible thought process. Too bad because you had a long post about the possibility of a scientific mind hiding somewhere. You understand the forces in play. The changes that time bring to the equation. But not the effects that 7.5 billion people have brought to the equation.

Its called leadership. No name calling, no grandstanding, stand at the front and lead.

Don't be: "It was, in large part, a facade. A months-long investigation by The Washington Post has not been able to verify many of Trump’s boasts about his philanthropy. Instead, throughout his life in the spotlight, whether as a businessman, television star or presidential candidate, The Post found that Trump had sought credit for charity he had not given — or had claimed other people’s giving as his own. It is impossible to know for certain what Trump has given to charity, because he has declined to release his tax returns. In all, The Post was able to identify $7.8 million in charitable giving from Trump’s own pocket since the early 1980s. In public appearances, Trump often made it appear that he gave far more. Trump promised to give away the proceeds of Trump University. He promised to donate the salary he earned from “The Apprentice.” He promised to give personal donations to the charities chosen by contestants on “Celebrity Apprentice.” He promised to donate $250,000 to a charity helping Israeli soldiers and veterans.... Instead, The Post found that his personal giving has almost disappeared entirely in recent years. After calling 420-plus charities with some connection to Trump, The Post found only one personal gift from Trump between 2008 and the spring of this year. That was a gift to the Police Athletic League of New York City, in 2009. It was worth less than $10,000." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-boasts-of-his-philanthropy-but-his-giving-falls-short-of-his-words/2016/10/29/b3c03106-9ac7-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html?utm_term=.af43d677dbbc The illusion of philanthropy is all part of the marketing campaign of the trump-tribe. Charities will never call someone out for failing to follow through on a donation promise because its bad for PR.

You don't really understand how science works do you? Why do people like you insist on ruining the narrative of Breitbart and FOX. Complex checks, quantifiable study sets, scientific peer review of quantifiable data and analysis. Is much, much easier to understand when corruption and politics drives the agenda.

Hey buddy, I hope you are still fighting. You mentioned that you were having some medical issues in another thread. You still have work to do here before any flames go out.

People can say what they want about Micheal Bloomberg. For certain he comes up with some elitist, nutty, left wing ideas. His soft drink ban comes to mind. But Bloomberg news has real journalists along the lines of the NYT.

Harvey to be costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, estimated cost of $190 billion Hurricane Harvey could be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history with a potential price tag of $190 billion, according to a preliminary estimate from private weather firm AccuWeather. This is equal to the combined cost of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, and represents a 1% economic hit to the gross national product, AccuWeather said. “Parts of Houston, the United States' fourth largest city, will be uninhabitable for weeks and possibly months due to water damage, mold, disease-ridden water and all that will follow this 1,000-year flood,” said AccuWeather president Joel Myers. https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/08/30/harvey-costliest-natural-disaster-u-s-history-estimated-cost-160-billion/615708001/ Hurricane Harvey damage costs could reach $75 billion, research firm says... The firm's current estimate ranges from $48 billion to $75 billion, with an average of $57 billion.... "The computer models we normally use to do estimates for hurricanes don't really work that well for this kind of a storm," Chuck Watson, the director of research and development at Enki Research, said in an interview with "Power Lunch." "This is more like a big, broad flooding low-pressure type thing and it's over such a large area that a lot of the normal assumptions that you build into the system start to break down."... JPMorgan predicts the eventual insured losses from Harvey could be as much as $10 billion to $20 billion. However, Watson pointed out that he's currently estimating about 20 percent of the damage will be covered by insurance. "It's going to be a huge hit to the flood insurance program, but we're currently thinking as much as 70 or 75 percent of the losses and impact from this storm will not be insured," he said. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/30/hurricane-harvey-damage-costs-could-reach-75-billion-research-firm-says.html Well trump wanted a infrastructure and jobs bill.

Well if trump would have focused all his hot air and bluster. He could have moved the two high pressure systems out of the way that pinned Harvey over S. Texas. Problem solved.

Well FOX ain't no BBC. It would be nice if there were several world broadcasters like BBC. US news broadcasters have a narrow focus on US stories almost exclusively. Canadian ones are better because they all receive BBC and all the major US news feeds. Its not as if ABC, NBC don't or can't get the same stories. Editors know their target audiences. Canadian ones will cover more world stories. CNN used to be worldwide news before they went US domestic politics 23/7. FOX ... well they know their market.

Why are you always the first one to play the race card? You need to recheck the title of this thread. The story of Harvey is yet to be told. There will be months and years of recovery. Katrina was a recent lesson and a different situation. For which the army corps of engineers received blame. http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1941102,00.html Harvey will be a costly event for all Americans. Insurance rates will jump again as they did after Katrina and Sandy.

There are moderates on both sides and they mostly sit on the committees.

Well this event could have been used as a turnaround point for his popularity. Thankfully his ego and stupidity came to the fore.

Top 3 in your search...CNN, NPR, and NY Times. All spinning why it was OK. And yet the evacuation orders are flying in now. I understand...the Mayor is a Dem and above reproach. Trump cut FEMA and Flood Insurance funding to free up funding for his wall. I don't see you posting anything about that. Must be because he has an R behind his name. When President Trump released his proposed budget earlier this year, it included cuts across the board — including hundreds of millions from programs that help Americans cope with disasters like Hurricane Harvey. Throughout last fall's election, President Trump called for cutting billions in waste out of Washington. The White House's proposed fiscal 2018 budget, released this past May, attempts to make good on those promises. Hefty cuts are proposed for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the agency charged with overseeing the government's response to natural disasters, as well as the National Weather Service and the government's flood insurance programs. http://time.com/money/4918458/trump-budget-targest-disaster-response/ Yet now trump is too happy to authorize spending.

Well Texas is certainly hurting. Despite federal flood funding. Much of the damage will not be covered. Commercial insurers aren't burdened by the stupidity of climate denial. Everything has a price and some areas of Florida, Texas, etc. are no longer covered. For home-buyers it means CASH. As mortgage lenders want protected assets.

From the story: "This is total madness. Taxpayers who habitually bail out the NFIP are almost literally throwing money into the ocean,... The program is currently $24.6 billion in debt to the Treasury." Katrina damages were $108 Billion and Hurricane Harvey may inflict as much as $30 billion in damages on homeowners, according to preliminary estimates. But only 40 percent of that total may be covered by insurance — and of that, the federal government will bear the biggest liability. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/business/dealbook/flood-insurance-harvey.html?mcubz=3 There goes the trump wall...er Mexico wall. Another $18 billion from Harvey will bring the NFIP to $42 billion.

How to use Trump Tower and other luxury high-rises to clean dirty money, run an international crime syndicate, and propel a failed real estate developer into the White House. https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate

Harvey formed during the peak of hurricane season, in a hurricane hot spot. It would've formed regardless of climate change, and there is no real scientist on the face of the planet that would try convincing you otherwise. However, they would then break it all down and try to determine how climate change may have intensified the effects of this hurricane. For example, higher sea levels could cause more damage during a storm surge. Warmer than usual temps in the gulf might explain why Harvey actually strengthened as it approached landfall, which is relatively unusual. Higher wind speeds = more damage. However, when it comes to the amount of rainfall for this particular storm, any meteorologist will tell you that it has more to do with the current high pressure systems in that region than it does with climate change. Without that pressure, Harvey would've most likely continued northward, dissipating over the midwest/southeast. Unfortunately tho, this type of "over-analysis" isn't convenient enough for those who habitually limit themselves to 140 characters or less. Surface temps: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dataphod1/work/HHP/NEW/2017239ca.jpg Track: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/152721.shtml?radii

I heard that exact point on a radio interview with a legal expert yesterday. Thats all hunky-dory but in order to sue the trump tribe you would have to prove personal damages. A personal direct harm arising from trump selling out, borrowing from, favoring and conceding interests to Russian/Putin. Without a direct personal link or corporate damages such a claim would likely be struck by the courts. The US state would be unlikely to pursue such a action.

Sorry Marc. This is a concept that you cannot seem to get straight. trump IS NOT a Republican. Both the two Bush presidents never voted for him. Many republicans never turned out for the vote because of who trump is. What he stands for. Every day republicans have to calculate the chances of success in getting tax reform passed vrs the baggage that gets piled on every day to the republican plane because of trump. Come midterms there will be racism, Russia, and 50 other scandals that keep the republican plane from getting off the runway because of all the trump baggage. No its not Dems. vr Republicans. Its trump vrs. the electorate. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/where-republicans-stand-on-donald-trump-a-cheat-sheet/481449/ US corporations have had their equity priced to perfection in the stock markets. All based upon what republican control of government has the possibility of achieving, re tax reform. If trump can't move it forward he will blame it on McConnell and other leaders, instead of himself.

Deplorables led by the likes of Bannon and trump. Anything is possible.

trump is just setting the bar low so that when the pardons are issued for Ivanka, Don Jr., etc. Nobody will get too upset!

President Trump Pardons Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/trump-pardon-arpaio/537729/

I made a post here last year about the disregard for the environment by smaller fracking oil companies. The smaller ones are just as bad because dumping of chemicals and waste oil is common as well.

And let me add: 6) You should learn about lockout, a common problem with tethered (i.e. ground-launched) hanggliders and paragliders. After a day of drinking we decided it would a good idea to "parasail" a square canopy. Additionally a good chance to cool off in the lake as it was a hot day. So a stratoflyer was rigged up behind the boat and into the gusting 10-15 mph winds I went. I had experience with conventional parasails, PC's rigged as parasails and towed hang gliders. After about 1000' of towed distance, I had had enough. The variables of gusting conditions, lack of inherent stability along the line of travel overrode everything else. Subsequently a more adventurous jumper I knew broke a leg and arm towing a square canopy behind a truck. As previously posted, video's of the hurricane jumping are required, or it didn't happen.