God, that article is just one long list of totally avoidable disasters, for people all over the world and for US future diplomacy. All to save some undetermined fraction of 1% of the budget and stop imaginary condom distribution. The ends are stupid and the means are worse.
No, I read it that he is demanding more water for Los Angeles for some reason.
“I want to see two things in Los Angeles: Voter ID so that the people have a chance to vote. And I want to see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and throughout the state. Those are the two things. After that, I will be the greatest president that California ever has ever seen,” he said
California requires state or federal id when registering to vote and when voting for the first time in person. They recently banned cities and districts from making additional requirements.
Los Angeles primarily gets its water from three main sources: the Owens River, Northern California, and the Colorado River, along with local groundwater. Approximately 57% of the region’s water supply is imported, while groundwater accounts for about 34% of the total supply.
As a former los angeleno, I have always been proud of the changes they’ve made to conserve water in homes and business over the last few decades and I don’t believe most people living there expect to receive more water from outside the region as the climate worsens. But then, I don’t own any golf courses
Holy shit. Kepler was born in the wrong solar system
Ok, thanks for the added context. My point is the same things were said about the Altadena fire when I was in high school nearby, the same year as her first Parable book was published. Fire was not new to the area then, either.
I may be wrong as I haven’t read closely, but I don’t believe anyone is surprised by these fires. Growing up in the area, fire burned those same areas more than once during my school years. It’s chaparral and it is supposed to burn every 10 years or so. But like anytime else it’s a big deal when it hits your (or a celebrity) neighborhood vs a couple miles away, and the biggest difference is over the last few decades is that they keep building higher and higher into the mountain, so what used to just be a wildfire is now a neighborhood burning down.
That’s everywhere, as far as I can tell.
Tricky, as the Tesla would also have to be stopping/stopped for decent impact. Better as a cure for a tailgater, maybe.
Maybe not. Data wasn’t broken down by choice of weapon.
Among children and young people aged 0 – 19 years in the US, COVID-19 ranked eighth among all causes of death; fifth among all disease-related causes of death; and first in deaths caused by infectious or respiratory diseases.
Yeah, in the yard, though, not the driveway, that’s all.
I once thought so, but in my experience with maples and fir needles it works really well. Much easier than raking for wet stuff. Of course, the correct way is to wait until all of the leaves have fallen (enjoy Autumn to its fullest) and then round them up once for the whole season. Every week or two is why everyone hates leaf blowers.
This is opposite. I think. The double and triple negatives are getting out of hand. The opportunists are threatening to primary (with billionaire backing) any Republican opposed to Trump.
This is the truth. The point of singling out minorities for the harshest policy is to make their white supporters happier and quieter about being ducked a little less roughly.
This paragraph I don’t understand:
Only the movements in solidarity with Palestinian freedom offered a substantive challenge to the Harris coronation, as it remains the only issue impervious to party influence. To be sure, the absence of a primary for the Democratic Party lessened the ability of progressive forces to push back against Harris galloping rightward.
What does it mean to say the opposition to genocide was “impervious to party influence”?
I do agree the one clear problem was lack of a primary-- that’s the major structural difference from 2020. Without a primary you can’t prove who has the votes and who is voting, it was easy for them to pretend “progressives won’t vote” even though from this article it is clear progressives delivered via in Biden’s election.
Some people just want to be criminals. They are gamblers or just enjoy feeling superior
I thought I would miss things or be tempted by them so much more than actually happened. My own cooking is still not as tasty to me as before, but I’ve got enough of a repertoire of good meals to be comfortable with it. Main thing is I am pretty much never excited about restaurants anymore…
You’re the one giving them money every day for sugar water. I just said to maybe stop?
I’m not trying to change billions of people’s habits, just a few that I know and love :)
But, I don’t think I’m alone.
Where is the button I push to dissolve CocaCola? Our pure hatred isn’t going to do it.
Everyone wishes they could somehow multiply their own influence over the world, but being just one person is no reason to give in and do what they told you.
Voting once a year with a Coke in your other hand is a recipe for status quo.
I’m just going to be unpopular for a minute here and say if you find yourself drinking out of single use disposable containers everyday, take some time to see if you can change that, even a little bit.
The future “goals” listed here are so lame I don’t think you can pretend there’s a sustainable way for billions of people to have that habit.
Dude, I thought they meant people who shared the same name and I didn’t even think it was too stupid to be true.