JoeWeber

I had a UPS Parcel delivered to the carrier in CA on the 11th for delivery on the 12th to a UPS store in Oregon. The first delay was this: Your shipment 1ZXF0461039451.... Estimated delivery Tuesday, April 16 by 7:00 P.M. The next delay was this: Your shipment 1ZXF0461039451.... Estimated delivery Wednesday, April 17 by 7:00 P.M. They have their problems, too, and have never offered money back to me. Just sorry's. USPS Next day or Two day is always a lot better priced than UPS or FedEx domestic rates and as reliable or better from Oregon for me. For delivery critical letters to the FAA in Oklahoma City I always us the USPS.

And an even better debater if you couldn't.

Good to know. Can you get me a deal on batteries?

He made his money the old fashioned way: as a public employee with a strong union, lifelong medical benefits, low interest loans secured by the government, and that offered full retirement on the public dole after a mere 20 years and by marrying it.

That's the deal, really, and we all know it. Whether it's money in their pockets today, accepting harm to women in exchange for banning abortions now, putting Jesus in our schools and brown skinned folks in their place, or guns in their pockets, they will vote their personal issues and dissemble here when asked about their voting intentions. Winsor and Kallend are fond of pointing out that the US average IQ of 100 (or slightly less) renders many citizens incapable of participating in modern discourse and decision making. They are correct. I'd go further, I'd say the number is a bit higher at the minimum.

He'll vote for Trump for the money, as others here will for the unborn children, and swear from the rooftops that he wrote in Howdy Doody.

Seeing as how, according to Wiki, these were the Arizona Territories in 1864 does that mean that Phoenix is out and Flagstaff is in?

You're joking, right? How old are you? Since forever women can have all of the penises they want.

It's not? Then maybe you ought not to comment on the negative results that come from voting R in State and Local elections. That's just red meat, you know. In all fairness, aren't you of the mind that erring too far in the direction of no abortions is better than erring too far in the direction of allowing women to have 100% control over the choice?

As the OP here, can you please tell me when genitalia became an environmental issue? Obviously, the whacko bit is well understood.

What a very nice way of explaining what voting republican in state and local elections can do. Oh, wait, that doesn't result in any harm down stream at all. But.... we have tax cuts for bazillionairs, open carry, closed carry, and the soon to come forced carry, rule by a minority, a coming autocracy, etc., etc., etc.

Nope, if Trump wins we'll all be looking back at these as the good old days.

in 2017 the DZ was in the path of totality. Instead of selling camping sites or anything we shut down and just let cool people come on the property to enjoy. We flew a single formation load with two Caravans and our jumpers. I got to fly trail. Super amazing. The jumpers who couldn't be on the airplanes got to enjoy it without a million people around. They also had amazing experiences. One of the spectators who made the cut because she likes to come out and watch took an incredible pic that we have in the lobby. Big fun and long term memories.

Nothing noble about it. Just ass covering on the chance he gets caught.

Played properly the capital gains tax is less than zero. Simply pledge a billion of your stock gains as collateral for a $500 million business loan and party on. More neato is you get to write off all fees and interest on your return. Please tell us what tax horrors the "D's" are likely to visit on suburban house dads? Or is your fear the fear of uncertainty alone? That can be scary.

Some folks just need a whole lot more doors to find the car than others, I reckon.

The system offers the incumbent another shot at the office. The hope is that without reelection on offer after term two they can make hard and unpopular decisions that benefit the nation as a whole. Also, the chance of the party in power staying in power is great. That is vastly different from it being a competence problem.

He couldn't care less, I'm certain. It's not in the nihilist playbook.

Maybe what I dislike the most is how these nouveau princelings have the money, and the capacity for mischief to play kingmaker at home and develop their own foreign policies as is they were private governments. The impact of their wealth to affect domestic policy is manifest.

I'm the OP and I am neither jealous or bitching. Silly me but I think the worldwide historical data that shows somewhat higher tax rates on the morbidly rich won't cause them all to flee to low tax Yemen in response. Hundreds of millions is a crap load of money, plenty really. Billions to hundreds of billions of dollars is a ridiculous amount to let go without a morbidly rich tax.

Well you're the climate scientist here, what do you think caused the Santa Ana winds? Coca Cola?

Um, yes.

'Someone came up with this in the 70's - It's all your fault if you don't vote. Well, Joe. It's not. If NOBODY voted there would still be an electoral vote and if they didn't vote, congress would vote." Well, you might be new but I was there in the 70's and it's as true now as then. Bottom line is that you will also own the electoral vote and, if it ever happens, what congress gives us. But you just go on voting for the American Minority Party, local, state, and federal, for whatever set of reasons justifies your vote and then when the shit is really about to hit the fan hide behind the 'ol your vote don't matter trope.

You are absolutely the wrong guy to have that position. I don't that doubt your opinion is respected in your daily circles and can be persuasive. Not voting for either is a vote for Trump, don't kid yourself otherwise. If a few others don't vote owing to your opinions and Trump is elected you will own that. Given you are a smart man I am starting to wonder if that's what you really want.

At 600ppm CO2 do you think they will make the same observation? How about 800ppm?