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Another point I will make on cloud seeding.
It's not the most invasive thing you can do to the weather, or nature. In fact, within my limited self education on the topic, I'd estimate it's a 3 out of 10.
Lets consider what we accept today. Nitrate fertilizers and engineered seeds :| That allows the farmers to feed BILLIONs of people including a large percentage of poor people.
Is that wrong ? I'm tempted to say "yes". So if cloud seeding is wrong, then it's all wrong.
Feel free to dispute this.
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@btcave1 @braxton_mccoy Cloud seeding has been around since the 1970's. If there's lessons to be learned they probably some of them.
The reason question is not the seeding, its who is doing the seeding. If it's private citizen farmers, then it's fine. If its the government, then its bad.
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Have been asked my thoughts on this a bunch. I'll just say this, I don't know enough about it to give a worthwhile opinion. However, anytime you start messing with systems God created every alarm bell in my body goes off. Reflexively skeptical doesn't equal firmly against, either
The Washington Post@washingtonpost
Rainmaker says it is the first U.S. commercial cloud-seeding operation to prove it has generated water, in efforts to battle drought in Utah and Idaho. Many researchers have doubted how much precipitation “cloud seeding” can generate in the real world. wapo.st/4cP4VhJ
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@angryRussian177 lol, exactly. There's nothing immoral about protecting yourself first. Without a base, how does one extend that protection to their outer circle ?
The collectivist wants the government to force them it everyone :|
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Voting red implies that we can't control human nature, we can't fix people, everybody is selfish to a different extent, and it's normal.
Red is just in favor of isolating unfixable people from the rest of society.
No contradiction with high-trust society.
ꑭMathew J Fichtꑭ@MathewJFicht
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@btcave1 @braxton_mccoy No way. All powders are made over seas. Nitric acid is in short supply.
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@braxton_mccoy I wonder if the import ammo thing will put downward pressure on powders and component prices in time. Powder prices are killing me. I just can't do it.
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Ridiculous that people are pissing and moaning about this. Every step forward is a good one and there are a few in here.
Firearms Policy Coalition@gunpolicy
The ATF has posted summaries of the new regulations, which include: 1) Repeal Biden's pistol brace rule 2) Revising "engaged in the business" rule 3) Revising machine gun definition in response to Cargill decision 4) Remove requirement for FFLs to post info about Youth Handgun Safety Act 5) Revising 4473 form, including allowing electronic forms and increase the time NICS checks remain valid 6) Allow FFLs to keep electronic records 7) Replace indefinite retention of 4473s with definite time periods of 20 or 30 years 8) Allow “Non-Over-the-Counter” firearm sales by FFLs to residents of the same state 9) Repeal interstate NFA transport notice requirement for trips under 365 days, with all others no longer requiring approval before transport 10) Joint NFA registration for married couples 11) Remove NFA CLEO notification 12) Clarify that "common, reasonably necessary activities during travel" are covered by FOPA transportation protection 13) Allow import of dual-use frames, receivers, and barrels 14) Clarify that "training rounds" are not ammunition 15) Eliminate engraving requirement for people making NFA firearms out of existing serialized guns 16) "Clarify that a person receiving assistance in only one functional area (such as financial management) would not, on that basis alone, be considered prohibited" under mental health disqualifier 17) Requiring biological sex on ATF Forms 18) Clarify when a transaction is a straw purchase 19) Formally define "willfully" for firearms violations 20) "Remove the list of former Soviet countries from which ATF currently denies applications to permanently import most firearms and ammunition, retaining only the Russian Federation" atf.gov/rules-and-regu…
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Sparta deliberately created the most inconvenient money imaginable: heavy iron bars that rusted, took up enormous space, and became worthless if you accumulated too much. The Spartan state wanted to prevent wealth accumulation entirely, so they made money itself a burden rather than a store of value.
This represents the ultimate statist fantasy: money that punishes savers and makes capital formation impossible. While Athens developed sophisticated banking and trade networks using silver coins, Spartans struggled to conduct basic commerce with their cumbersome iron currency. You couldn't hide wealth, transport it easily, or even store it without dedicating entire rooms to your "fortune."
The economic consequences were predictable and devastating. Sparta never developed the merchant class that fueled Athenian prosperity. No foreign traders wanted to deal with iron money that lost value through oxidation. Spartans couldn't engage in long-distance trade or accumulate the capital necessary for economic growth. The state got exactly what it wanted: economic stagnation disguised as virtue.
Modern economists celebrate this monetary system as an early example of "preventing inequality." Sparta's iron money didn't eliminate wealth differences—it simply ensured that everyone remained poor together. The helots who comprised 80% of the population stayed enslaved while the Spartan citizens stayed economically primitive.
Today's central bankers pursue the same goal through different means: negative interest rates, inflation targeting, and wealth taxes all serve to punish saving and capital accumulation. The only difference is that our financial overlords use sophisticated mathematics instead of heavy iron bars.
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@AlfredENewman5 @FreemyerGreg @WallStreetMav Maybe it's the opposite ? Light is cheaper to convert to diesel ? So are Tx refiners set up for sour ?
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@AlfredENewman5 @FreemyerGreg @WallStreetMav Yes I get that. I've read that heavy sour crude is better for diesel fuel production. I guess I misunderstand that.
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The US is importing crude oil from Venezuela, and exporting diesel, gasoline and jet fuel to Europe.
With Venezuela no longer sending oil to China, it is mostly going to refineries in Texas and India. Then those refineries are shipping gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to desperate markets in Asia and Europe.
The new energy superpower is the USA.
China's discounted sources of oil from Venezuela and Iran have been cutoff. The major beneficiary is the USA.
Wall Street Mav@WallStreetMav
Those that claim the US dollar dominance is at risk or in decline, due to the Iran war, are completely wrong. The US dollar is becoming even more dominant in international transiations. The US dollar's percentage of international transactions rose to a record 51.1% in March. The world is still betting on the USA as the world reserve currency. China is not an option due to capital restrictions. Europe is in economy stagnation and decline, so the Euro currency is not really an option. The "news" media is trying to sell a narrative, but the data is clear. The US dollar still dominates trade and it is growing, not declining.
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@AlfredENewman5 @WallStreetMav I thought Texas refiners were setup for light crude not that heavy sour tar.
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@WallStreetMav If the US has enough surplus refined products to export, why has the domestic price jumped more than a buck?
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Absolute non-expert and total newbie: It seems like Iran is able to defeat US made missile defenses and can and will strike ME oil. China appears to show no signs of energy shortage as of yet. US Navy seems ineffective.
Does China need US as a market ? How much and for how long ? They surely aren't going to sell us critical materials to make weapons to be used against China ?
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Mish is right.
Oil pricing never anchored dollar dominance by itself.
Buyers can hedge, swap, and settle through deep FX markets without holding huge dollar reserves , currency is fungible .
There is no sudden petrodollar collapse and no near-term yuan replacement. If OPEC ( mostly ) moves to the U.S. bloc a collapse will be very very unlikely
CNY has metals pinned down for now but it’s losing control of energy
The dollar system is changing, but the petrodollar theory explains nothing
What matters is who has $ swap access under stress . It’s the rainy day USD options that drive the everyday choices .
Mike "Mish" Shedlock@MishGEA
@ctindale CNY settlement idea is nonsense. Oil priced in Yuan is meaningless. The gulf states need $$$. So no settlement in yuan. Ridiculous theories. mishtalk.com/economics/what…
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@btcave1 Comfortable locations are the most expensive and always infested with Commies. They ruin the good places first and work their way everywhere else :|
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The Idaho boys may have to suffer my eternal presence in the future.
random user@RandomU75575
@btcave1 lol...sorry you'll need to move further away soon :|
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@angryRussian177 @ChiefEngineerCE Brazilians are know for software as well.
Russians are great coders and good with electronics.
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@ChiefEngineerCE Slavs are the best for tech jobs, or top 3 easily. Now maybe weaker folks, but still good.
Indians are at the bottom, literally have Russian memes about "Indian code" (индусский код).
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Remember when Trump won the Whitehouse and all the tech bros ran around saying we need unlimited H1B and were giddy beyond belief?
They were fainting thinking about all the money they would make replacing Americans.
How many Americans would still have jobs right now if Vivek had gotten his wish?
How many Americans will be hired for Tech in Ohio if he becomes governor?
How many Ohio native STEM grads will get jobs who graduate from Ohio universities if he becomes governor?
He's showing us 👇
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Just never trust a person who doesn’t even blink when he speaks
SMB Attorney@SMB_Attorney
This will be remembered as the worst lie in the history of mankind
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@SteveHenke9 @d_foubert It is artificial, it's not an issue. An organic country is Japan or China. It's not an insult.
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@d_foubert Artificial country ?
One of the most fantastically dumb statements on X
Indeed we were significantly aided by France/ was in the best interest of both countries-👍
Heard of Omaha Beach? Belleau Wood?
Evidently you r historically ignorant
BTW IM totally aware of 1812
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The US would not be independent without France’s support.
France created the US. It is an artificial country.
Very Brexit Problems@VeryBrexitProbs
Americans love banging on about the War of Independence. They’re quieter on the War of 1812. Here’s why. In 1812, America declared war on Britain. The plan was to march into Canada and annex it. Thomas Jefferson said it would be “a mere matter of marching.” It wasn’t. The Canadians sent them packing. Two years later, the British sailed up the Potomac. American forces collapsed at Bladensburg in what’s still called “the Bladensburg Races” because of how fast they ran. President Madison had already fled to Maryland. The British walked into Washington unopposed. They sat down in the White House, ate the dinner Dolley Madison had laid out for forty guests, used the President’s silver, then set fire to the building. Then they burned the Capitol, the Treasury and the Navy Yard. A freak thunderstorm put the fires out the next day. The British left when they were ready. It’s still the only time a foreign army has captured the US capital. You can see why it doesn’t come up much.
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@d_foubert Credit should go to the Pirates. They stole the Catholics gold and silver and transferred it to the British Navy, who protected the colonies.
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@d_foubert Duh, of course its artificial. Guess who bailed out France twice in more recent history :|
Actually Americans do know about the War of 1812. Being an armed society, we enjoy the stories of privately armed militias defending against the British.
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@btcave1 lol...sorry you'll need to move further away soon :|
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Local facebook group.
Recent transplant warning us about a man in camo walking down the road carrying a rifle. They called the sheriff.
It's freaking bear season lady and we all live in the woods or on farms. This is normal here. It will take a deputy 45 minutes to get here FFS.
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@ChudTheBuilder @piperboywilliam Funny how "intellectual" blacks always have precocious X handles....The Oracle 🤡
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@piperboywilliam Lmao this guy wants to get shot by me on camera because it’s the most notoriety he’ll ever achieve.
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Since Chud wants to get in my comments. I challenge him to meet me in Nashville where he be at and try this shit with me. Livestream or not.
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