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Electric plane manufacturer takes off, receives worldwide orders
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Somebody just paid good money for 20 of these. Tell that to them. And as pointed out earlier, there's a lot of promise in flow battery technology. -
I don't think Trump reshaped the Supreme Court. Rather, he extended right wing dominance. And the majority of Americans clearly don't think it was a good thing. But I guess if you support corporations at the expense of American workers, it might look good to you. And then there is the Dobbs decision. And actually, the stomping of Isis was well underway before Trump took office and he really didn't follow through on that. And how does he killing of terrorists differ from what went on during the Obama administration?
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You think Trump was responsible for the good economy, low inflation and low gas prices? You got some evidence for that? Prison sentencing reform was a good thing although severely reduced in usefulness because sentencing reform was eliminated because Republicans were overwhelmingly opposed. Middle East peace was an ambigous blessing since Trump had the US withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Agreement and further penalized those who would continue to do business with Iran. Among other things, it means that Iran is now supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Why do any of these reason negate Brexit's contribution? Is there some Rule that allows for only 4 factors? -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Apparently you believe proverbs are an adequate substitute for actual evidence. -
DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid 'unwinnable war'
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Supporters of a border wall and increased numbers of border agents seem to believe that this will make any material difference to the drug problem in the USA. That's obviously nuts. In fact, one of the big problems faced by the border patrol is the corruption of agents. They have to be vetted extensively before being accepted. -
Electric plane manufacturer takes off, receives worldwide orders
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Fuel costs are a major airline expense. And the unpredictability of fossil fuel pricing is a huge problem. It's far cheaper to fuel an electric powered plane than a fossil fuel powered one. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gabrielleigh/2019/12/12/electric-airplanes-are-here-will-we-soon-say-goodbye-to-jet-fuel/?sh=df963bb6869e And keep in mind that this article was written before the drastic spike in fossil fuel prices. -
Biden suggests voting for Republicans is a threat to democracy
placeholder replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
It looks like you're conceding that the MAGA message was essentially a con. -
HIs tax cuts, which especially favored himself, were truly a testimony to his success. As a cursory look at the trendlines show, there was no difference in economic growth between what was happening before he took office. He did manage to vitiate environmental protections. His first act in that area was to undermine rules that affected golf courses. So inspirational!
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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
You want an explanation? How about this? Education spending changes put a major brake on levelling up The cuts to education spending over the last decade are effectively without precedent in post-war UK history, including a 9% real-terms fall in school spending per pupil and a 14% fall in spending per student in colleges... The present government has ambitious goals to level up poorer areas of the country, emphasizing a big role for technical education. However, changes to the distribution of education spending have been working in the opposite direction. https://ifs.org.uk/news/education-spending-changes-put-major-brake-levelling -
I know of some people who would disagree with you: Op-Ed: Even the Founders hated the electoral college https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-11-22/electoral-college-popular-vote-founders-james-madison-great-compromise That would include James Madison who is known as the Father of the Constitution.
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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Yes. The nerve of the EU only leaving the UK with tariff free trade after it chose to leave the EU. Just shocking! -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Here's a 10 year chart of British unemployment. Brexit didn't change the trendline. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/unemployment-rate#:~:text=Unemployment Rate in the United,percent in December of 1973. -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Actually, as anyone who actually knows anything about economics will tell you, that's actually a very low number.