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On 4/1/2024 at 7:53 AM, wmw999 said:

Boy, that's an excellent question. Never heard of one, but given that it would only likely be reported in a social media era, who knows. And there's the whole world.

But definitely no one on any of the nude jumps I took part in (well, all 3-4 or whatever)

Wendy P.

We need photographic proof of participation...lol

Lucky to be in the path.  Boss threw a parking lot party.  Very cool.

9 hours ago, gowlerk said:

There is no point to have an Executive Branch if it can’t take executive action. Congress is far too cumbersome of a tool for governing.

Point taken.  Perhaps at least limited.  Feels oddly like a dictatorship when a POTUS, with the stroke of a pen can spend billions with no oversight.

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders

I'm constantly amazed at how the usual suspects can take a discussion and turn it into an us/them conversation.  

I'm not ok with any president's ability to spend billions of our tax money without needing approval.  Read that again ANY PRESIDENT.

You seem to have a problem with other President's use of the EO.  How about chiming in on how wrong it is for any of them.  

ALL PRESIDENTS...regardless.

I'm of an opinion that we need to curtail all President's use of these.

"Executive orders are not legislation; they require no approval from Congress, and Congress cannot simply overturn them. Congress may pass legislation that might make it difficult, or even impossible, to carry out the order, such as removing funding. Only a sitting U.S. President may overturn an existing executive order by issuing another executive order to that effect."

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/teaching-legal-docs/what-is-an-executive-order-/

Thoughts?

The best motivation for EVs.  I'd love to get off the oil tit and out of ME politics.  Then they can blow each other back to the stone age for all I care.

On 4/10/2024 at 2:35 PM, billvon said:

A while back we went to Maui, and the second cheapest car to rent was an EV.  Got it (a Bolt) and it was great for us.

Then went to Dallas for the eclipse.  I got a choice of four cars from Avis, and one was the Pacifica PHEV.  Charged it and didn't have to pay for gas the whole time we were there.  (And it was huge.)

Trying to imagine the panic on a conservative's face when he just does the "rent the cheapest car" option to be frugal - and finds himself with an EV.

https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/insurance/auto/articles/hertz-is-selling-20000-electric-vehicles-heres-why-thats-a-bad-sign-for-ev-costs/#:~:text=Hertz recently announced that it,news for used EV buyers.

Looks like the shine is off the penny for Hertz.

He’ll be shown the door shortly 

3 hours ago, ryoder said:

Now here is a story you don't see every day: Plans to re-open a closed plant!

Michigan nuclear plant aims to be first ever to reopen in US

 

Waking up to the fact that wind and solar won't get the job done here on the North coast.

8 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

But it was okay to choose Pence to appeal to evangelical white men?

i doubt Trump needed pence for that.

2 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:

So why, exactly, should Biden replace Harris as his running mate.

And with whom?

Much like Palin I don't like political appointees designed to sway voters feeling based on sex or race vs. ability.

1 hour ago, billvon said:

I think you replied to the wrong person here.

The law of averages. 

9 hours ago, gowlerk said:

Judging from his posts I would say that most likely he is drinking kool aid from the big FOX pitcher. 

I guess I must be incapable of independent thinking 

I don't think Biden can handle 4 more years of the toughest job there is.  I believe a vote for him is actually going to be a vote for his running mate.  Many here don't feel that way.  I'm on record.

2 hours ago, billvon said:

"Alert to injustice in society" is toxic?  Maybe, if the person using it has an issue with being aware of what's going on.  (Which I know many people do; ignorance is a very comfortable place to live.)

But I am less and less worried about the antis on this one.  I was judging at a robotics competition this weekend at a local high school.  They had a bunch of flags up - their team flags, the California flag, a pride flag, some flag that looked like it was from Germany.  No one cared.

The kids were about half and half male and female, with three or four nonbinary kids.  Again no one cared.

They have unisex bathrooms.  And yet again, no one cared.  (Other than some of the older judges, who were perplexed for a minute by the layout.)

The next generation is simply not going to care if someone is trans or nonbinary, and they are going to be a lot more capable in terms of figuring out which bathroom to use than conservatives are.

 

I'm conservative and I don't care.  I only care when children are medically encouraged to change genders.  I think it;s wrong.

Mark my words. Joe will not make it another 4 years in this job. I’m curious to know if he will switch running mates. 

What they really need to worry about is gender neutral toy stores.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/01/us/gender-neutral-toy-aisles-are-now-law-in-california/index.html#:~:text=California Gov.,toys that are gender-neutral.&text=Major retailers in California are,under a new state law.

What's ironic about these types of things is how many products are available in a grocery store with plastic packaging.

I believe somewhere was a manufacturer of these heavy plastic bags that lobbied for this rule.

9 hours ago, billvon said:

Then it's not the motor.  It's more systemic.

Probably. I know zero about the systems 

3 hours ago, gowlerk said:

I can’t be sure what you mean by “the electric motor is dying “ but it’s hard to imagine that the computer monitoring it would not let a reasonably careful buyer be aware of any problem like that.

Rox said when she drove it this week the motor was not as quiet as she remembered. At one point it went completely dead.  She couldn’t get in because the door handles wouldn’t pop out. She did manage to open the trunk and magically it all came back. 

Because it happened quickly. Maybe I’m wrong. I’ve never sold a vehicle to Carvana

1 hour ago, JoeWeber said:

Why? Did he snake them on the trade? Was it justifiable because the Carvana guy looked like Hunter Biden?

I don't know the details of the Carvana sale.  I can only assume the current troubles are not known to them.

I said a few years back that as soon as the economic reality of the cost of addressing climate change becomes real the support for those changes will fall of dramatically.

5 minutes ago, SethInMI said:

I'm curious what your SIL is going to do.  Did he buy the Model S new?  Is he going to stay with Tesla for his next car? Go to a different EV brand? Or go back to ICE?

Purchased new.  He sold the S to Carvana.  Already owned a Y.  Got another Y for his wife.

Feel bad for the person who buys this from Carvana.