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Let's discuss this (interesting reading). Are the points valid? If not, who can rebut what's said here? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Political Risks of Mandating EVs for Everyone [...] With so much money combined with political mandates and PR momentum, we should not be surprised to find no auto maker dare avoid genuflecting to the grand vision of an all-EV future. But money can't buy a change in the laws of physics and underlying engineering realities. [...] https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2023/10/25/the_political_risks_of_mandating_evs_for_everyone_988506.html

A defense of Trump — from the ACLU Millions of people support former President Donald Trump. They come from all walks of life. But one place it is hard to find Trump defenders is in the upper reaches of the legal establishment. Now, though, a certified part of that establishment, the American Civil Liberties Union, has filed a brief on behalf of Trump in special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 case against the former president. On Wednesday, ACLU lawyers argued against the gag order Judge Tanya Chutkan imposed on Trump. Their argument is a solid defense of First Amendment rights — even for a former president hated by so many on the Left. [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-defense-of-trump-from-the-aclu

Sad, and worse are the links within the article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Old Friend Is Ripping Down Posters of Kidnapped Children https://www.thefp.com/p/my-old-friend-is-ripping-down-posters

'Eyes were gouged out, a woman's breasts cut off and a daughter had her legs severed': Horrific details of Hamas massacre emerge as rescue worker recounts how entire families were slaughtered [...] the IDF showed a 45-minute-montage of Hamas murdering, torturing and abducting Israeli civilians to journalists who have told of the horrors with which they were confronted. The lengthy compilation, pieced together from material recorded by Hamas gunmen on bodycams and smartphones, was shown by the IDF to a closed pool of journalists in Tel Aviv yesterday. One Breitbart journalist said audience members began weeping as they sat in their chairs, while others whimpered 'make it stop' after a matter of minutes. 'There is no moment of redemption in the footage,' he said. 'After the video was done, we were allowed to go outside to retrieve our equipment... I had to sit down. I leaned against a wall and cried.' Another journalist for The Atlantic said some audience members were heard retching and heaving - a violent, involuntary response to the level of evil and gore on display. 'I certainly hope I never see any of the extra footage again,' he wrote. By all accounts, the footage was stuffed with clip after clip of civilians being shot, stabbed, tortured and burned. Their corpses were arranged for all to see - bound, gagged and riddled with bullet holes and knife wounds. Others were decapitated with knives - and one pour soul was partially decapitated with a garden hoe as he lay cradling a bullet wound in his stomach. And one young girl was seen hiding under a desk, waiting as the terrorists decided what her fate would be. Moments later they decided to gun her down from point-blank range. The full unedited footage will not be shared with the public, Israel says, unless all of the families of those killed within view it and give permission, meaning it is unlikely the whole clip will ever be released to the world. [...] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12666289/Eyes-gouged-womans-breasts-cut-daughter-legs-severed-Horrific-details-Hamas-massacre-emerge-rescue-worker-recounts-entire-families-slaughtered.html

Addendum to Thrilling Thursday non-din-din report, see man: Siesta #2 successfully zzz'd, zzz we man. Highly local but really anemic Friday GS/ES itinerary, sigh man. Just Many (2+1) ESs and a multifamily GS, gee whiz man. Rant, grrr man: One ES co. (that we'd never heard of before) had trouble with the correct address of its own sale, and man. Of all the things to be sloppy about, man...

I really think that the Bureau of Consular Affairs should be consulted about what to do and how to proceed.

Thrilling Thursday non-din-din report, see man: We awoke a couple of minutes before the alarm did its sadistic thing, let us zzz more man. Miu indicated an intense interest in miu-breakfast, comply we man. Weather forecast was for periods of heavy rain, even more on Friday man. We reluctantly decided to mow the lawn, couldn't delay any longer man. But then, pop-up shower, timely man.' Lunch was the remaining 2 corn dogs, ingest we man. By then, rain had stopped and steamed off, rendering lawn fit for mowing man. Mowed front and undead one-Many'rd of back yard, mow we man. Blew detritus from driveway/sidewalk, blow off we man. Just Many minutes thereafter, a heavier shower started, How Dry We Aren't man. This one would have rendered lawn unfit to mow for the rest of the day, timely we man. We commended ourself on our impeccable innate sense of timing, self-congratulate we man. Job consumed 2 sweatbands, one job one recovery man. Went to sit under ceiling fan to dry off, perspirational we man. Watched one episode of The Twilight Zone, good stuff man. Miu occupied our lap for most of this time, sweaty miu-hair all over ourself man. Showered and siesta'd, both intensely needed man. Mama T-B. call with an update about Many (2x2x2 +2+2+2) minutes before alarm rang, oh well man. Mama T-B. doing OK, complaining about too much mealtime food man. This is when we left for din-din, leave we man. [insert Separate, Special, Stupendous Din-Din report here, see separately specially stupendously man] The skool campus where din-din was hosted was adjacent to a supermarket, grocery for week we man. On return to casa, got text from ex-Mrs.-T-B., offering free pasta/meatballs, too late man. That would have been another free din-din, die and go to heaven we man. We are undecided about another siesta, self-debate we man. Party with the rubias later tonight, cavort we man. Need energy for cavorting, consider we man. Have not yet compiled Friday ES/GS itinerary, must do man. The man who straddles the fence gets a sore crotch, conclude we man. Maybe we shall siesta, zzz we man.

Separate, Special, Stupendous Thursday Din-Din report, see separately specially and stupendously man: Mini-B.'s skool district hosted food-vendors who were vying for the skool district's breakfast/lunch contracts, big shindig man. This looked like a good opportunity for free din-din, of course intensely interested we man. We T-B.-mobiled to the location where samples were being served for 2 hours over din-din time, not far man. Place was mobbed with parents and kids and Many00 vendors, BIG shindig man. We made our rounds, asking for samples, vendors only too happy to oblige man. We absolutely stuffed ourself with all types of din-din food, ingest and self-stuff we man. We went back for more of the especially tasty stuff, return we man. It was like a buffet served by heaven, ingest we man. It was even better than the samples at Costco, no comparison man. There were no vegetables, either, take that man. And the price was FREE*, ZERO*, NOTHING*, NADA*, heavenly man. *thus "refunding" some of our outrageous skool taxes, take that man Once stuffed with this din-din, we congratulated ourself, financially savvy brilliant ingenious we man.

So in other words, you have rocks in your head, eh mam ma'am. Got it, first try, insightful we man!

Arkansas family trees have no branches. Ain't no 'fisticated part o' Arkansaw, yew idjit!

More authentically, "Didja git yer..."

This is cruel albeit usual punishment, sigh man. Need to use black, yellow, something neither of those, and dotted or dashed lines, si man. --- So what is our degree, huh mam ma'am -- PetrE, Geology, both, neither, Skool of Life, huh mam ma'am?

Mama T-B. underwent cranial MRI the other day, recall we man. Nothing noteworthy was found, no man. We conclude that "They imaged Mama T-B.'s head, and found nothing!" si man.

It sounds quite boreing, si mam ma'am. English-only outside the regional forums, si mam ma'am! Reported!!!

Oh, deer...

Go Hawks. ----- A new computer was set up at the University of Iowa Student Union. Students could pay a quarter, insert their index finger, have their I.Q. measured, and enjoy a 3-minute conversation with the computer on the basis of their I.Q. The first student put in his quarter and stuck in his finger. The computer said, "Beep beep! Your I.Q. is 187; let us discuss nuclear physics." After the first student left, the second student repeated the process. The computer said, "Beep beep! Your I.Q. is 123. Let us discuss politics." His time ran out, and the third student put in his money and stuck in his finger. The computer said, "Beep beep! Your I.Q. is 12. How about them Hawks?"

Good for you, si mam ma'am. And what is it that you teech, huh mam ma'am? We are slightly-to-moderately red-green c'blind, sigh man. Sometimes, we can guess fairly well, si man. Other times, we are way off, sigh man. Traffic lights to us look red, yellow, and white, see we man. We have no idea about "shades," pink/magenta/rose etc. man. We also rarely guess right between blue and purple, what's "purple" man. We used to have a female neighbor who was yellow-blue c'blind, exceptionally rare man. In skool, we remember a day when the teechur produced two of the Ishihara (?) C'blindness plates, si man. One was to indicate red-green, the other yellow-blue, distinction man. We were the only c'blind stoodent, si man. We could see the number buried within the red-green, but not the yellow-blue, see and no man. This perplexed us and our contemporaries derided us some, embarrassing man. It occurred to us, many years later, that the book's editors weren't c'blind and had no one on staff who was, and they inadvertently swapped the plates and published them wrong, vindication for we man man!

To Shed 'Gay Beer' Image, Bud Light Partners With Sport Where Sweaty Men In Underwear Hug For 25 Minutes [...] "This will totally fix things," said Bud Light marketing executive John Tenta. "We want to regain the market share we had when we were known as the go-to beverage for rugged, masculine consumers. That's why we're slapping our name and logo on a sport where men wear tiny shorts and [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/to-shed-gay-beer-image-bud-light-partners-with-sport-where-sweaty-men-in-underwear-hug-for-25-minutes

Gavin Newsom Visits Xi Jinping To Get More Ideas On How To Run California BEIJING — California Governor Gavin Newsom went to China to meet with the head of the totalitarian Communist regime after reportedly feeling "burned out" with his latest efforts to oppress Californians. "I just feel like I'm running on empty, like I have no good ideas left," Gavin reportedly told President Xi Jinping. "Closing churches. Masks. Streets riddled with decay and filth. I feel like I've done it all. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/gavin-newsom-visits-xi-jinping-to-get-more-ideas-on-how-to-run-california

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mike Johnson's Family And Friends Stunned To Learn He's A Congressman BENTON, LA — On the heels of Louisiana Representative Mike Johnson's election as Speaker of the House, family and close friends of the new speaker were shocked and amazed to learn that Mike Johnson is a congressman. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/mike-johnsons-family-and-friends-stunned-to-learn-hes-a-congressman

Sobering. Look at the results of those polls. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Palestinian Arabs Overwhelmingly Support Hamas And Its Genocidal Aspirations [...] In fact, Hamas overwhelmingly represents the Palestinian people. [...] https://thefederalist.com/2023/10/25/palestinian-arabs-overwhelmingly-support-hamas-and-their-genocidal-aspirations/

Every word needs reading. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Watched Hamas Unleash Hell At a press conference like no other, Israel broadcast footage that bore testament to an ancient hatred. [...] A new scene depicts a man in a football shirt lying on the ground covered in blood. He moans in pain. A terrorist picks up a hoe and starts smashing him over the head—over and over and over again. "Allahu Akbar!" he screams, over and over and over again. [...] https://www.thefp.com/p/i-watched-hamas-unleash-hell

Stanford Students Demand the School Fly Them to Gaza So They Can Grieve Properly [...] they want their round-trip after the ceasefire has been negotiated. [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2023/10/25/stanford-students-demand-the-school-fly-them-to-gaza-so-they-can-grieve-properly-n2388994

Los Angeles Man Arrested for HORRIFIC Home Invasion While Shouting 'Free Palestine' at Jewish Family [...] The victim, who is nine months pregnant, told KTLA's Ellina Abovian that the intruder first kicked in the door to their master bedroom. Her husband fought with him while she called 911. "[He said] I'm going to kill you because you are Jewish … Israel kills people," she said in broken English. [...] https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2023/10/25/san-francisco-free-palestine-break-in-n2389002

Yikes! The Foreign Minister of Islamic Republic Granted Visa to The US and Tax Payer Funded Protection This one is really hard to believe. Apparently, the United States granted a visa to the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic. His name is Hossein Amir - Abdollahian. He has meetings with such folks as Hamas leaders (those are the terrorists who just killed over 1400 people in Israel) and also the leader of Hezbollah (they're the ones trying to start some with Israel from Lebanon). So, this guy is in America getting security paid by tax payers and then runs off and meets with terrorist organizations. How quaint. [...] https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2023/10/25/foreign-minister-of-islamic-republic-visa-in-america-yashar-n2389004