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  1. Or maybe just DT.
  2. "Conservatives" get to spout counterfactuals but without getting shouted down by the leftists.
  3. So, corporate interests couldn't be bothered to eat a few percentage points of inflation for the good of their fellow citizens. But they'll gladly eat a full 10% or more to shield this fucking jagoff from the consequences of his actions. Shareholders should revolt.
  4. I think it goes back much further than 80 years. For whatever reason(s), the Tsarist monarchy was super-resistant to the Enlightenment and stayed locked in to about the 15th century or so relative to European monarchies. Arthur Koestler, a former German communist writing against Stalinist communism in Darkness At Noon, called it "vivisection morality," a willingness to cut on a living being in the name of "advancement." But Stalin was less an aberration than a reversion to Russian mean. Some Anastasis-style Russian apologist called this "Russian racism," but there's something going on over there that's not good and has been there for a long time.
  5. Also Gust Avrokatos.
  6. There are a whole series of Bob Lee Swagger books that are pretty good. I like Michael Pena and Levon Helm made that movie. Ned Beatty waddling around was pretty funny too.
  7. So here's a question for the Daktaris. Is there any "normal" mental deterioration with age, or is it all "dementia" of varying degree?
  8. Interesting that that credits it to the 40s. A lot of American Music/Femmes from the 19th century pretty strongly resembles bluegrass, to me anyway.
  9. So, all through undergrad, I called my profs "doctor," and so did everyone else. I tend to call expert witnesses "doctor" also, which is the only non-personal contact I have with PhDs. It took some adjustment not to call law school profs doctor. The whole "Dr. Jill Biden" thing is a scam that works on people who've never met a PhD.
  10. The patent discloses a specific strength (UTS/density) for this stuff of 300-500MPa*cm3/g, while steel is 50-255. So 10x is stretching a bit, but supportable. Jimmy has an MSME. I imagine he knows that, although he's a vibration/acoustic guy. We don't deal with wood much (that kind anyway, hey oh), but the density of wood is roughly 0.1x that of steel. So achieving a lower-grade steel-like UTS supports the notion, if just barely. And I guess in most cases, "structural steel" is lower grade. Also, like fiber-composite, there's a directionality to the strength (weaker transverse to the grain). That works for composites because of their near infinite formability. Less so for wood. Looking at this guy's patents, he was apparently originally looking at reducing the weight of wood, but then hit upon compressing it and wound up making it stronger.
  11. Bluegrass isn't country? Fairly serious question. Also, relatedly, Hank Williams.
  12. His contention was that it might have made a difference. It would not. Hell, I'm not even sure convictions affirmed by the Supreme Court would have made any difference.
  13. Dwight Yoakam. His voice might not be that good or unique, but apart from his own music, I think he brought new attention to the genre and to some classic elements of it.
  14. Same. It's off now though, carry on.
  15. Federal court. No cameras at all. Of course, I think it's highly questionable that it's in federal court in the first place.
  16. Well, because it was Trump had him killed.
  17. Apparently not. This process and the resulting product seems to rely on cross-linking cellulose. And aligning the fibers. Lignin is removed from the wood. Also, the chemicals in question seem to be these: The chemical solution can include chemicals used in pulping or pulp bleaching and can include at least one of NaOH, NaOH/Na2S, NaHSO3+SO2+H2O, NaHSO3, NaHSO3+Na2SO3, NaOH+Na2SO3, Na2SO3, NaOH+AQ, NaOH/Na2S+AQ, NaHSO3+SO2+H2O+AQ, NaOH+Na2SO3+AQ, NaHSO3+AQ, NaHSO3+Na2SO3+AQ, Na2SO3+AQ, NaOH+Na2S+Na2Sn, Na2SO3+NaOH+CH3OH+AQ, CH3OH, C2H5OH, C2H5OH+NaOH, C4H9OH, HCOOH, CH3COOH, CH3OH+HCOOH, C4H8O2, NH3.H2O, p-TsOH, H2O2, NaClO, NaClO2+acetic acid, ClO2, and Cl2, where n in an integer and AQ is Anthraquinone. Lotta pretty caustic stuff, but I really don't know how environmentally harmful that class of chemicals is. Also, looks like the ultimate tensile strength of this stuff is 400-500MPa, while steels ranges from 400-1800MPa. But, being non-ductile, it won't have a yield strength because it has little or no elastic deformation.
  18. I can tell you right now, that had Trump been indicted on everything on January 22, 2021, the outcome would have been the same. Chutkan might have actually possibly gotten a verdict in the 1/6 case, but it would be on appeal and not a final conviction. And thus subject to Trumpification. And it would not have made a single solitary shit of difference.
  19. According to my wife, the "Annabelle" doll was "on tour," and had made a stop in NO the day this happened.
  20. https://patents.google.com/patent/US11130256B2/en?inventor=Liangbing+Hu&oq=Liangbing+Hu&page=1 One of the patents for the curious.
  21. Similarly, it probably could have been someone other than Trump. The anti-incumbency was huge. But the fact that he had his dumbass base locked in surely helped.
  22. Excellent point. It really isn't so much the CRT, or Marxism, it's that education encourages higher-order thinking that is necessary to overcome otherism and prejudice, along with generally broadening people's experience. A lot of that happens somewhat naturally, regardless of what is actually taught, but having an anti-empathy curriculum can surely help. Cutting down diversity in schools is probably more effective for breeding other-ists than any other single thing. Something had been bothering me about "our" contention that education or lack thereof was dragging Trumper types down. I think that is more or less same as it ever was. Morons never learn much anyway, regardless of what you teach. And everyone starts to "lose" whatever they were taught the further removed they are from school. When school stops at 18, or earlier, it's just that much quicker, especially if you're in a community of other backwards like yourself, e.g. rurals.
  23. For the record, Republicans couldn't "25th Amendment" him, unless he decided to appoint a bunch of em as Cabinet secretaries. They could have tried to impeach him.
  24. Regarding yesterday's hearing in the Abrego Garcia case, the government submitted a declaration from lil Marco supporting the invocation of state secrets privilege. Judge Xinis found it wanting and will unseal it. Also she was mad that no declarations came from DHS/ICE Barbie. She appears ready to invoke the power to review the material the government is withholding (without showing it to the opposition) to see if the privilege is properly invoked, an "in camera" review. That should be fun. Also, in the expedited discovery period, the plaintiffs were permitted to depose the three people that gave declarations in the status of Abrego Garcia. As could be expected, those people knew nothing and were escape goats. Accordingly, the plaintiffs requested, and were granted, permission to take the depositions of DHS, DOS, and DOJ on an "institutional" basis, where the witness has to dig around for information to answer questions and can't respond "I don't know that's not my area." Also indicated that the court may grant a request for such a deposition of the "White House." Probably pretty unusual.
  25. What were Jonah's "antics" at Florida?
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