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  1. Identify something of substance in this and I'll bet back to you: "So you don't like him, it seems..... But, you are right, his whit hasn't changed...."
  2. I guess you're not aware that under Georgia law, except for the usual exceptions, abortion is forbidden after 6 weeks.
  3. The results in 2016 weren't clear at all to Trump and 50% of his supporters who clamed he won the popular vote as well. Poll: Half of Trump voters say Trump won popular vote Roughly half of voters who said they voted for Donald Trump last November, 49 percent, believe Trump won the popular vote, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. That’s compared to 40 percent who say Democrat Hillary Clinton won. https://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/26/trump-clinton-popular-vote-240966 As for Canada, the Conservative party was "winner" of the popular vote as a plurality, not even close to a majority. 33.7% to be exact. The combined vote for just the top 2 progressive parties was 50.4%. If you throw in other parties whose views mostly align with progressives that jumps to over 60%. https://www.sfu.ca/~aheard/elections/1867-present.html
  4. The first comeback is, as usual, without content in respect to either facts or reason, a second which avoids the fact that you got it wrong, and the third comment being, I guess, the kind of joke that isn't funny. I grant that you have a gift for that.
  5. The time for Sunak to make the right decision re Zahawi was a long time ago. He failed at that.
  6. It's not hilarious but sad that you didn't read the article and still commented on it. The survey was not conducted by WhichEV. They were merely reporting on it. And GroveHillWanderer was replying to someone who made allegations about what users in the UK and Norway felt about their EV's. Yet no objection the party that raised the issue? Could that be because that person was telling you what aligned with your prejudices?
  7. Not like this https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-political-lies-of-boris-johnson-as-he-leaves-downing-street/ And keep in mind that his lies didn't begin with his political career. He was sacked from The Times for a made-up quote. And there's this from his classics master at Eton: "Boris really has adopted a disgracefully cavalier attitude to his classical studies. "[He] sometimes seems affronted when criticised for what amounts to a gross failure of responsibility (and surprised at the same time that he was not appointed Captain of the school for the next half). "I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation that binds everyone else." https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1549804/Boris-Johnson-news-letter-teacher-Eton-party-Martin-Hammond He hasn't changed a whit.
  8. Well, your plan is subsidized by the federal govt. In addition, In addition, since you're already getting Medicare that further subsidizes the cost of your plan. Obamacare is not for people on Medicare. So comparing Obamacare to an FEHB program isn't vaild.
  9. From your comment that your "wife is still under SS age", by which I assume you mean Medicare eligible age, I'm assuming you're not. So you are not eligible for Obamacare. Which means you're covered by Medicare. And your health care plan even covers you in the USA? All the international plans I've looked at for people aged 65 and over are extraordinarily expensive if they include the US. And not cheap even if they don't. What is your insurance company?
  10. Johnson's past form is a matter of public record.
  11. It's all about the odds. And the odds are based on past form.
  12. I just went to the Kaiser's Obamacare calculator. I gave Pennsylvania as a place of residence in a wealthy district of Philadelphia since the costs would be higher there. I typed in an income of $150,000 per year. I wrote that there were 4 adults being covered by the plan. 2 were age 64 and 2 were age 25. I used the age of 64 since that would be the highest age before Medicare kicks in. For a silver plan the cost to such a family would be $1063 per month. The subsidy would be $1413 Here's the link https://www.kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/
  13. Actually, for what it's worth. Zahawi is Kurdish. "Nadhim was born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents in 1967. Under threat of persecution from Saddam Hussein’s regime, his family immigrated to the UK when he was 9. He grew up in Sussex and was educated at King’s College School in West London and University College London where he studied Chemical Engineering." https://www.zahawi.com/about-nadhim
  14. Clearly, the Rasmussen poll asked leading questions. And given Rasmussen's dismal predictive performance in the 2022 elections, it's difficult not to see them as the in-house pollsters for the Rebublican Party. Here's a just-released poll from CBS: Public sees Biden cooperating with documents investigation; job approval remains unchanged — CBS News poll https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-documents-investigation-opinion-poll-2023-01-29/
  15. I guess you believe sales of EVS are skyrocketing because people need the exercise.
  16. What do you mean by promoting? Acknowledging that they exist?
  17. So many young lives destroyed by reading "Heather Has Two Mommies".
  18. And they certainly don't want the power and perks that come with those positions.
  19. Given your fact-free and childish dismissal of the IMS report, you got what you deserved. If you reply with facts and reasoning, you'll get a different response. Where has it been mandated that all motor vehicles be EV? China mandated that 40% of motor vehicles sold in 2030 be EV. In 2022 that number was over 25%. In fact, around the world, EV sales are way ahead of what has been predicted. Electric Car Adoption Soars Above Expert Predictions Nobody really predicted that EV sales would be as high as they are right now. https://insideevs.com/news/606721/ev-adoption-above-expectations/ Once again, you call something a lie, but you offer no facts to back it up. Please share a factual rebuttal to this Fossil Fuel Subsidies https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/climate-change/energy-subsidies Actually, that 97% figure is no longer correct. Now it's 99.9% More than 99.9% of studies agree: Humans caused climate change More than 99.9% of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is mainly caused by humans, according to a new survey of 88,125 climate-related studies. The research updates a similar 2013 paper revealing that 97% of studies published between 1991 and 2012 supported the idea that human activities are altering Earth’s climate. The current survey examines the literature published from 2012 to November 2020 to explore whether the consensus has changed. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/10/more-999-studies-agree-humans-caused-climate-change As for your comments about the organizations burning the fuel causing damage,...now maybe you know of a magic wand that can instantly get the world off of fossil fuels and completely on renewables. If so, can you share it with the rest of us? There's a huge installed base of fossil fuel plants out there. So it's going to take a while to replace them all. But... Renewables Take Lion’s Share of Global Power Additions in 2021 https://www.irena.org/News/pressreleases/2022/Apr/Renewables-Take-Lions-Share-of-Global-Power-Additions-in-2021 Coal plants are disappearing because even before the runup in coal prices they were being outcompeted by renewables. Renewables Increasingly Beat Even Cheapest Coal Competitors on Cost https://www.irena.org/news/pressreleases/2020/Jun/Renewables-Increasingly-Beat-Even-Cheapest-Coal-Competitors-on-Cost https://www.lazard.com/media/451086/lazards-levelized-cost-of-energy-version-130-vf.pdf
  20. This video was already featured in some thread or other a while back. As I recall, the information was outdated. And while the name of the company makes it sound like it's some sort of scientific research organization, they mainly do consulting work for the oil industry
  21. The question isn't about what ignorance is; it's about what ignorance isn't. And it can't be a person.
  22. I did not refer to a member as being "ignorant". And exactly how does one refer to a member as being "ignorance"? "Ignorance" is an abstract noun.. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that yellowtail is an actual flesh and blood person.
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