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Key Point. Once you establish a credibility issue, it’s hard to believe anything afterwards. Well, here’s another court case that... Read more
Key. When you’ve been a US Senator since Nixon was around through the Great Recession ((2008) that is until we... Read more
Key Point. Your election day should be (1) the day you receive your ballot in the mail if you’ve already... Read more
BUZZ: Interesting Transactions That Have Been Recently Reported in the Press The following unverified transactions have been mentioned in various... Read more
Key: A new Border Bill came and went. Schumer and his good bud Minority Leader Mitchell McConnell were unable to... Read more
“Yes! I am down: 28% who approve to 72% that disapprove!” Read more
Key Point. When you’re kin to the most powerful Speaker of the House ever, and favored, and beholden to her,... Read more
Windmills have significant embedded costs. Surprisingly, they are significantly environmentally destructive. Each weighs 1,688 tons (the equivalent of 23 houses) and contains 1,300 tons of concrete, 295 tons of steel, 48 tons of iron, 24 tons of fiberglass. Carrying on a recurrent theme here, we have the rare and expensive to extract rare earths neodymium, praseodymium, and dysprosium. Each blade weighs 81,000 pounds and will last 15 to 20 years, at which time it must be replaced. We cannot recycle used windmill blades. Sadly, both solar arrays and windmills kill birds, bats, sea life, and migratory insects. Ironically, There may be a place for these technologies, but you must look beyond the myth of zero emissions. Windmills will be likely be mostly abandoned once the embedded environmental costs of making and replacing them become apparent. On a recent trip to Europe I saw a couple smaller windmills in an industrial park being dismantled; they were too noisy to have close to the workers and buildings. Many countries in Western Europe are holding off on significant windmill investments because nobody wants to see them, NIMBY, yes, but even “I don’t want to see them way over there,” with a wave of one’s...Read more
Purifying silicon requires processing with hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrogen fluoride, trichloroethane, and acetone and incorporating gallium, arsenide, copper-indium-gallium-diselenide, and cadmium-telluride; much of this is highly toxic. Silicone dust is a hazard to the workers. It’s not like you can have a conveyor belt that takes sand into a containment vessel and spray it with these chemicals. A HUGE amount of sand is required to yield pure silicon. Far more than you can use a conveyor belt and way more than you can haul into a large hangar-sized building, treat, clean up, and haul away. And once more there is a minor chemical disposal issue. Have you ever been to the Tower of London? Outside it I mean? There’s a spot where the King’s and Queen’s poop comes out. They would poop inside on their gilded poop thrones and the stuff would fall through a hidden hole in the floor and run down the outside wall. As far as the royals were concerned they were done with it since they never went outside that way. This is sort of like electrical cars. If you don’t go by the spot where they use the acid, or bury the batteries,...Read more
You might think your electric vehicle (EV) runs because it makes electricity. You’d be wrong. Your EV stores electricity produced elsewhere. “Where does the electricity for charging come from?” “That’s simple! It comes down a wire!” Which is connected to a big plant somewhere, primarily coal, uranium, natural gas-powered, or diesel-fueled generators, some hydro, to be sure. So, to say an EV is a zero-emission vehicle is not usually true. Also, since forty percent of the electricity generated in the U.S. is from coal-fired plants, it follows that forty percent of the EVs on the road are coal-powered, do you see? This can be up to 90% coal powered in some areas of the United States. When your EV is charging, the electricity involved is being created right that second, somewhere maybe thousands of miles away. Something gets hot, turns a generator, and the electricity that pops out goes right into your battery by being pushed by other electricity behind in in all the connecting wires. The way things get hot is we burn something to make them hot; all the electricity we use except wind generation is something getting hot. And in solar panels the thing burning is almost...Read more
Key Point. Once you establish a credibility issue, it’s hard to believe anything afterwards. Well, here’s another court case that has captured US interest; it’s sensational and there’s intrigue. The vote issue in Georgia stemmed from Trump’s phone call to...
Read more“If you need to work about taking on the federal government, you need some F-15s, you don’t need an AR-15. I’m serious! Think about it.” (this from President J.R. Biden) What does that say about January 6th, 2021 trespass into...
Read moreWe do not have to look far back in history to see that peace through strength is much more than a slogan. On the front page every day is the utter devastation and carnage of a developed nation not that...
Read moreKey. When you’ve been a US Senator since Nixon was around through the Great Recession ((2008) that is until we know enough to number them), Joe thinks running the government is about spending people’s tax money and money made from...
Read moreYou can’t rate-hike oil/gas supply and demand back into equilibrium because no matter the rate, the SUPPLY is artificially constrained! We’ve never tried this before in a managed economy, only in a free market economy, which we no longer have...
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Read moreKey Point. Walls work. That’s because gravity works. Really, that’s that. Hey people who do not advocate walls: China has the biggest one, so please believe.
Read moreKey Point. When you work in US Senate for 40 years and then as Veep for 8 years you become really good at not leading anything or standing behind an issue with force. Your head’s in the beltway, or up...
Read moreInfluence is embodied in the illusion of influence. We talk about influence as though we know it. An oft-repeated adage, even on these pages is: “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it.” We could also...
Read moreKey Point. Your election day should be (1) the day you receive your ballot in the mail if you’ve already decided (2) after the last debate if there are debates. Hannity, Gutfeld, Ingraham, Watters, Failla, Kudlow, Bream, Hemmer, . All...
Read moreSo there had to be a calculus behind Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ deal with the Devil to debate California State Governor Gavin Newsome. Of course, the situation changed over time as well. DeSantis is singularly versed on strong policy statements...
Read moreSummary. To preannounce, this is an essay with two bottom lines. What should one expect when dealing with electing governance, one cannot focus on a single cause. Beyond that, anchor to your core values. That’s more difficult than finding a...
Read moreBUZZ: Interesting Transactions That Have Been Recently Reported in the Press The following unverified transactions have been mentioned in various press reports lately. Nancy Pelosi makes $3,000,000 sale transaction of Google/Alphabet equities only a few weeks before a 20-state monopoly...
Read moreKey Point. Stop making these silly comparisons about lower inflation to a car slowing down or a car going the wrong way slowing down. So, if you were planning on spending, say $75,000 a year in retirement, on average you’ll...
Read moreSurprise and No Surprise. A lot of people were employed at the end of 2019. When the pandemic hit US and we shut down the economy, around 20 million people became unemployed almost immediately and stayed that way for a...
Read moreKey: A new Border Bill came and went. Schumer and his good bud Minority Leader Mitchell McConnell were unable to sneak a second misnamed bill past Congress this time… proving Buddy is thicker than Honor. (Mitch’s full name is a...
Read moreKey Point. A man who asks little of himself, gives little of himself, gets little done, but surely is eloquent. Dear Pete, I would call you Secretary Pete, but I am thinking you’re already working your way to eliminate that...
Read moreEveryone wants to see the quarterback throw the long pass, to see the running back dodge into the melee and pop out the other side for an eight second run. Or if your team’s on defense you want to see...
Read more“Yes! I am down: 28% who approve to 72% that disapprove!”
Read moreKey Point. With special regards to our Joisey friends. Spring has sprung. Da rose has riz. I wonder where da boidies is? Dey say da boid is on da wing. But dat’s absoid! We know da wing is on da...
Read moreKey Point. When you’re a true businessman, and the art of the deal for you is the heart of the deal, you never stop coming up with ideas! So, someone was successful in making almost a half $1Bil tenuous for...
Read moreKey Point. When you’re kin to the most powerful Speaker of the House ever, and favored, and beholden to her, you can count on her to pull strings for you. You’ll be sure repay the favor for the dynasty she...
Read moreSummary. When you’re looking to raise yourself from governor to Presidential candidate, do anything you can to get noticed. Also be really good at hiding; learn from your elders. Strut your finger-hung coat and steal Joe’s thunder around the White...
Read moreHillsides, Foothills, Canyons, Mountains, and Sand Do you expect all these land formations to stay as they are forever? Ever hear of erosion? Have you ever visited or seen a picture of the Grand Canyon? Damn large, damn long, damn...
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