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There may be a reason that Venezuela went from being one of the richest countries in the region to one of the poorest. I wonder what that is....

Uh, that would be "an adult human female", Ted.

Also a very good technique to see that they actually HAVE a "P", given the large number of "chicks with d1cks" in the LOS...

"it says the clip was not designed to mislead, but just to shorten a long speech, and that the edit was not done with malice." Bwahahahaha! You really believe this? Purely a coincidence that they edited exactly 54 minutes of the speech, to bookend the two bits that they used.... And if this were true, why the resignations of top level people? Mama Beeb got caught and will have to pay.

Just saw The View episode where Marjorie Taylor Greene was the guest. She said some surprisingly popular things, and the hosts were respectful. No overtalking, no bickering. A polite but pointed discussion. Then, I saw the after-show bit were the producer talks to the hosts. They all suddenly started backstabbing MTG, bad mouthing her, etc. Basically saying things they were too scared to say to her face. It was rather disappointing.

Newsom was the Lt Governor when the project got started. He knew about it, was involved, and was part of the state government that implemented it. He didn't walk in blind in 2019 and say "oh dear, what on earth is happening?" The biggest problem was changing the route to inland from the coastline. Well, actually the biggest problem was the whole project. Nobody wanted it, there was little in the way of needs assessment, it was just a big honey pot for politicians to dip into and reward their friends with juicy government contracts. Those billions could have gone to helping addicts and homelessness, but no. A Big Flashy Project was more important. Not completed? It hasn't even started yet. The earliest estimate for any track to be usable is 2032, and that is a stretch in the desert between Nowheresville and WhoCares.

State regulations on pollution and ecology combine with local regs in gumming up the works for building permits. It is an unholy combo of incompetence at both levels. By the time Trump rightly pulled the funding, the high speed rail project was already a disaster. I am sure you have heard of the concept of "throwing good money after bad"? The thing was supposed to be FINISHED in 2020.

Perhaps you could regale us with all the things the good governor has done to alleviate any/all of those issues... I will help with a couple. For victims of the fires last winter, only 10% have had building permits issued so that they can begin to rebuild. Local and state regulations and red tape is preventing them from even starting to rebuild their lives. The high speed rail link from San Francisco to LA is an utter disaster. It has been 17 years, and one short section may, just may, open in 2033. And the cost has tripled in that time to an estimated $100 billion. Good start?

Newsom needs to start being a governor again. He is too busy cosplaying at President while his state suffers. What has he done to alleviate homelessness, addiction, the price of gas, the high speed rail boondoggle, helping victims of the Palisades fire to rebuild their homes? Jack squat, that's what he has done.

It is a bit of both, actually. The previous government had started raising, and the new PM added even more. Plus signing agreements with countries such as the Philippines and Australia. You should have married that girl you met, she sounds like she knows a thing or two...

People here in Japan largely support the new PM and are happy that she has a good relationship with the American president. Japan is in a very dangerous neighbourhood, surrounded by Russia, CHina, North Korea. Any alliances and friendship with the free world are welcome.

True, rural land is cheaper.. but ten square miles of land, 6000 acres, for one data center? Now imagine trying to service and maintain 250,000 solar panels on that land.

That is TEN SQUARE MILES!

Ooops, you are right. I read the wrong figures. Development costs are high, but long term will be less. Plus less land needed. And far more reliable and portable than a county size solar field.

Hello all! WARNING! Potential stupid questions ahead! Read at your own risk. I am reaching retirement age and planning to spend a large part of the year in Thailand. I can easily get an O retirement visa if needed. But... I am worried that I might be bored with so much time on my hands. So I was thinking of teaching a few classes remotely just to pass the time and get a bit of extra cash. All students overseas (Japan), all financials handled overseas as well. I am talking maybe 3 classes a day, three hours max. Would this fit under the DTV category? "Under the table" O or OA visa? OR is it just impossible... Also thinking of tutoring local Japanese expat kids where I am planning to live (Chonburi province). ESL and TOEFL/TOEIC classes to prepare them to go back to school in Japan. This would be a different kind of situation altogether. Again, possible or idiocy... Thanks any and all for your insight and guidance in how best to proceed.

Just checked out what is happening back home. 300 MW modular reactors are budgeted at $750 million in Canadian pesos, so about $500m USD. Call it 200 for 100MW, given some over-ride in budget. Plus it takes up far less space than solar. Remember, a 100MW solar farm needs 400-600 acres of land! Total land area for an SMR for 300 MW is just 15 acres.

The mighty Mama Google AI generated answers. Cost I am not sure Also said that a solar panel field for 1 MW of power requires 4 to 6 acres. So a small data centre needs 40 to 60 acres, a large center 400 to 600 acres.

To supply a 10 MW data centre (a small one) would be 25,000 solar panels, to be optimistic. Something like 70,000 sqm. of panels. a 100 MW centre would be 250,000 panels, a total of 700,000sqm of panels.

That is a great idea on a small scale and if you have the space. Your typical data center uses 10 to 100 megawatts of power, a lot of which is dedicated to cooling the computers. Areas with solar power tend to be rather warm, so it is a waste to put the data center near them. Mini nuclear reactors are the obvious solution. One small modern reactor can kick out 300 megawatts. How many solar panels are needed to reproduce that level?

In Canada, we need it to protect the Arctic from encroachment by Russia and China. Also to patrol the oceans and prevent drug/human smuggling. Plus fulfil our obligations to NATO, which sadly have been ignored for the past decade.

Nobody believes the nonsense about 51st state. That was just Trump trolling, and sadly many people in Canada took the bait. He is better off leaving Canada as is. Plus, it would be an economic drag on the US to let us in.The US would get vast resources, but also vast whining and socialism.

Canada cannot afford to delay the purchase. Our CF-18 fleet is ancient, some of the planes are more than 40 years old. They were to be replaced in the early 2000s, but politics and so on have been in the way. We need F-35s yesterday!

No. A thin ring of brown sugar around the edge of the bowl, followed by a little milk. Handful of raisins on top. Northern Lights Option- substitute maple syrup for the brown sugar.

What a maroon. Popping up and down like some demented jack-in-the-box, running his piehole. I commend the officers for their professionalism.

Nope. Using the alleged poor behavior of one group to excuse the poor behavior of another group is childish. "They did it first!" mentality. If ICE is not operating correctly, the cases will surface in the court system.In the meantime, thousands of serious criminals have been caught, and something like 2 million illegals are gone. Good results.