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    Today, 04:37 PM
    RFK Jr.'s address at the LP convention: https://x.com/beinlibertarian/status/1794103807934079312 1794103807934079312
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    Today, 03:44 PM
    Well, I'm out for the weekend, but since we're acknowledging things, I should acknowledge that I made it sound like James lost his time and materials without compensation.... He still lost them but he was compensated. It's not "stimulating" like his profit because there was an equal loss, but I should have acknowledged it. In any case, his net benefit is $10, but the difference is whether American has both the chair and the time and materials, or the chair and waning FRN's. Seems like there's no need for expensive protectionism in any case. Enjoy the long weekend!
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    Today, 03:42 PM
    The Doge is dead.
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    Today, 02:50 PM
    Fixed: "Congrats to Thomas for another win! Next up, the Senate Philosopher-King ..."
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    Today, 02:34 PM
    This guy coulda been a contender - but he didn't die (so I guess that makes him ... what? a dishonorable mention?): https://x.com/YayAreaNews/status/1794032354970989030 1794032354970989030 Man survives after SUV explodes when he tried lighting up a cigarette inside https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/car-explodes-in-van-nuys-parking-lot/ {Matthew Rodriguez | 24 May 2024} A man tried lighting up a cigarette in his SUV with propane canisters inside, leading to a sudden explosion with the vehicle flying into pieces in Van Nuys Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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    Today, 02:31 PM
    Starts at 54:03 for some odd reason.
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    Today, 02:15 PM
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    Today, 01:16 PM
    Submitted for consideration for inclusion on "compare the United States to the late Roman Republic" bingo cards: FTA (all emphasis in the original): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dictator A Roman dictator was an extraordinary magistrate in the Roman Republic endowed with full authority to resolve some specific problem to which he had been assigned. He received the full powers of the state, subordinating the other magistrates, consuls included, for the specific purpose of resolving that issue, and that issue only, and then dispensing with those powers immediately. A dictator was still controlled and accountable during his term in office: the Senate still exercised some oversight authority and the rights of plebeian tribunes to veto his actions or of the people to appeal them were retained. The extent of a dictator's mandate strictly controlled the ends to which his powers could be directed. Dictators were also liable to prosecution after their terms completed. Dictators were frequently appointed from the earliest period of the Republic down to the Second Punic War (218–201 BC), but the magistracy then went into abeyance for over a century. It was later revived in a significantly modified form, first by Sulla between 82 and 79 BC and then by Julius Caesar between 49 and 44 BC, who became dictator perpetuo just before his death. This later dictatorship was used to effect wide-ranging and semi-permanent changes across Roman society. After Caesar's assassination in 44, the office was formally abolished and never revived.
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    Today, 12:44 PM
    :) I noticed you skipped this part... You can use your math, if you can make it work. You also didn't address the cost of creating and implementing the tariffs that is borne by Americans.
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    Today, 12:41 PM
    Rabbit Gaslit Me, So I Dug Deeper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLvFc_24vSM {Coffeezilla | 24 0May 2024} Is the LAM a Scam? Down the rabbit hole we go.
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    Today, 12:39 PM
    So what's the over/under on how long it will be before they start sending tax bills to every person born outside of Canada who has a parent who has been Canadian for three years?
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    Today, 12:19 PM
    THREAD: Has Ana Kasparian taken the red pill?
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    Today, 12:17 PM
    THREAD: Thomas Massie to AIPAC: You can't intimidate me
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    Today, 12:07 PM
    When Nixon sold us out at Bretton Wood, that many dollars would buy you this page, pay tag, title and tax on all three, and leave you more than enough change for a lawnmower.
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    Today, 11:42 AM
    McDonald's started it and Pfizer turbocharged it, most likely.
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    Today, 11:32 AM
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    Today, 10:06 AM
    I thought the answer was that you don't have to mess with heavy, expensive, unreliable batteries when and where you can just plug in the cord. So, why deal with the noise and exhaust? Besides, teeny tiny ICEs aren't the most efficient. And few people have gasoline pipelines to their homes. Or are these answers too obvious?
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    Today, 09:48 AM
    Electro-magnetic diesel? Why would you magnetize an engine block? I'm sure it had some servos on it somewhere, but the SW1500 came with the D-32 generator, not an alternator. EMD stood for Electro-Motive Division (of General Motors). Before the buyout (and for a few years after) it was EMC, the Electro-Motive Corporation, originally a maker of propulsion systems for gasoline-electric motorcars. They generally used Winton engines, which is how Alfred P. Sloan of GM became familiar with the company. None even had diesel power until after Kettering (the guy who invented the starter motor) created a two cycle diesel engine. General Electric and Ingersoll-Rand built a real hybrid "oil-battery-electric" switcher in the 1920s because diesels only made 300 horses, which wasn't enough for the job. The batteries would recharge when it was sitting or coasting, and discharge to boost output when hauling a cut of cars. Some had third rail shoes to tap into the New York Central's 600 volt DC system under Grand Central, and were true three power locomotives. They weren't particularly popular because of complexity, and because battery explosions were more common then. They carried a lot more lead/acid batteries than any EMD ever did, which made the occasional explosion pretty spectacular. The prime mover of NYC 1525 was between the cabs. Batteries filled up both ends, between the cabs and the pilot beams. Wow, like, that's a lot of acid, man.
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    Today, 09:31 AM
    When I worked on the railroad in PA, I ran the EMD-SW1500. 1500 hp electro-magnetic diesel. The diesel engine charged the lead acid batteries and those powered the motor. 1.2 megawatts of output. Electric motors are very responsive and very efficient. But the diesel did the work of giving the power to those batteries! lol - today, they'd call that a hybrid. (interestingly, when the diesel engine cut out, you could still run off the batteries - for about a minute or so, depending on the load :D)
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    Today, 09:27 AM
    At the risk of continuing a trolling operation, it may be instructive to anyone who seriously wants to understand this... This is a basic misunderstanding of economics. Wealth is created due to the discrepancy in subjective value. I valued the chair at $70 (really probably somewhat more than that since I was willing to trade) and James valued it at $60 which is why after the trade, he ended up with a profit. That's precisely how wealth is created. Again, that same basic misunderstanding. Money is a measurement of wealth - not wealth itself. I exchanged my measurement for something of greater value, so I increased my wealth. And because I added wealth to myself, I added wealth to America in the aggregate. Using your misunderstanding, wealth could never be created internally because it's like passing money from my left hand to my right hand.
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    Today, 08:55 AM
    As a tool, electric transportation has benefits for certain use cases and significant drawbacks for others. I can certainly see electric being the dominant method of urban travel in the future. But to expand much beyond that, you'll need dramatic technology advances that are still far off. And without the subsidies, even urban electrification is cost-prohibitive. As for battery exchanges, it comes up a lot in discussions - especially on the medium/heavy duty side... But that has drawbacks, too. It's unlikely going to happen anytime soon on the light duty side. Constantly connecting and disconnecting batteries of that size creates problems when the operation is not well controlled. It's not as easy as exchanging a propane tank. Then, there's the ownership/lessee arrangements. Not insurmountable, but I'd expect electrified robotaxis that return to a hub to charge when needed to preclude the need for exchanges.
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    Today, 08:46 AM
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by acptulsa on 07-02-2017 at 08:46 AM
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So, you take a sniff, mistake an anti-Fed argument for a minimum wage argument, and jump off board? Do you think victims of inflation and the systematic destruction of manufacturing jobs should be stripped of the right to vote, but corporations should get to vote even though they are things, not people? You say government is the problem, not the corporations, but I don't see you acknowledging who or what it is that is paying the lobbyists to make the particular bribes they make.

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by acptulsa on 06-15-2016 at 10:08 AM
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Did a delay in response give the gunman more time? Cops face questions over why it took three hours for SWAT teams to storm Orlando nightclub as police chief admits officers may have shot some of the VICTIMS

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by acptulsa on 09-23-2012 at 10:16 AM
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I just can't decide who to vote for in the presidential race. They're both just so perfect! I can't believe it. Things are just going so well I never considered firing the president, but this Romney guy is just such a temptation!

Romney promises us more war. Obama promised us just the opposite, but that's ok, because he saw Dubya's two wars and raised us three police actions. I think that's a wonderful thing, and can't wait for the next one. I heard somewhere that with six you

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by acptulsa on 09-23-2012 at 10:14 AM
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Once upon a time, there was a thing called the Interstate Commerce Commission. It was founded to prevent kamikaze capitalism amongst railroads in a day when their efficiencies and primitive technology pretty much guaranteed them a monopoly in viable transportation.

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