All four of them, without an ounce of real combat experience among them, marched into hell not once, not twice, but over and over, and somehow came out the other side in mostly one piece. It defies plausibility in the most obvious way. Honestly, the fact that *ANY* of them survived, let alone all four, was practically…

You know, I might not know which side the man himself falls on, but Bill Engvall’s bit is so apt for this trio — “Oh, you’re an idiot. Here’s your sign.”

From what I’ve read about the process, it requires a large amount of water up front, but is mostly a self-contained system, where the water is largely recycled on-site. But that doesn’t mean it’ll end up actually being *done* that way. This is AZ, where the battle between ‘regulations’ and ‘business interests’ has a…

In an ideal world, we wouldn’t be in this situation in the first place. We’re here because this is not an ideal world, and that part of the US has a *massive* gulf between its haves and have-nots that is impassible and intractable. If you think this problem will get handled well, you’ve clearly not been paying…

Shithole America is the worst place in America. It just happens to represent roughly 1/3rd of the country by population and about 2/3rds of it by acreage. In other words, America’s problem is America, one created and carefully nurtured for decades by one specific corrupt, greedy party of malcontents. This problem…

I hadn’t heard that, but it doesn’t surprise me in the least. It takes a certain kind of mind to find power appealing -- the kind of mind that should never have any kind of power. Ever.

“If you’re in charge and something happens, you’re responsible. If you’re in charge and something doesn’t happen, you’re responsible.”

Another flaw in the ‘corporations are people’ mentality — you can’t put corporations in prison or execute them for high crimes. And increasingly, we’re not even willing to hold the leadership in question accountable for their involvement in the actions of their companies and corporations. See: Sacklers.

And the anti-vax thing is telling us how successful our efforts at combating climate change are ultimately going to be....

Duke could be an awesome Superman. Yeah, I said it, and I meant it.

The sad thing is, I’ve kept up with real-time work done by professional and hobbyists using techniques and capabilities of present-day hardware/software, and I can confirm that current engines were capable of doing justice to more diversity than they were ever tasked with handling. The restrictive poly-count handicap…

Which is what happens when the profit motive is misaligned with the purpose motive, ie ‘bad things.’

Hypocrites, crooks, liars, and thieves, what the Republican whines most about is the what the Republican practices and believes.

Yeah, like public education, and public utilities, and public mail service, and public roads, highways, and freeways, and...oh, wait, it seems like your point doesn’t actually stand up to any sort of real scrutiny. You know what ‘nationalized’ infrastructure doesn’t hold up? The kind that Republicans have spent the…

It’s amazing how many so-called capitalists raise a stink about capitalism when it isn’t working their favor, huh?

Automation and law enforcement — a match made in hell.

Hard to say if it’s lying or just hypocrisy. The GOP loves both equally. But either way, they’re shitty people of a cult which prides itself on its shittinesss to other people. Light ‘em all on fire and let their god sort it out later. Humanity can’t really afford to indulge them any longer.

And he should have had his medical license stripped from him after that batshit display of incompetence and stupidity. He’s a danger to anyone in the same room as him.

I wasn’t aware we had offshore *SOLAR* farms in mind...

Who’s paying for it, who’s getting paid for it, and who is missing out -- the reasons why our grid is still fucked up, despite decades of knowledge and capability of doing far, far better.