Who Can Vote in U.S. Elections?
Please don’t tell me the good people of Alabama are unfamiliar with the U.S. Constitution. I refuse to believe it. 🙂
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Trump Gets Tough on Illegal Immigrants
Wow, that’s one tough president.
Soon, he’ll be coming after their government-paid sports cars, three-martini lunches, sexual massages, and real estate in the Hamptons.
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Synthetic Fuels
Shown at left is a subject known as synthetic fuels, that’s been around since the days of the Third Reich in the 1940s. There is nothing “groundbreaking” about it whatsoever.
In order to be made efficient enough to be meaningful, we need a) high concentrations of CO2, and b) huge amounts of off-peak energy.
Please see this piece on Doty WindFuels.
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The Sound of Music – A Statement on Antifa from Simpler Times
Set in the late 1930s, when the Nazis were coming to power and pressure was being put on Austria to join the Third Reich, this magical story is somehow more relevant–and poignant–than it’s been in 75 years.
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Turning Peaceful Protests Violent
I don’t know the cause of the fracas in this video, but it’s certain that stuff like this puts a big smile on Trump’s face.
One of the key ingredients in any plan for him to stay in power past 2028 is an incredible volume of domestic unrest. If all he has are peaceful “No Kings” protests, even in amazing size and number, it’s going to get increasingly difficult for him to make his point that the country is a lawless mess that needs martial law and cannot support an election.
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Solar PV as Windows
A reader asked me about the supposed breakthrough in making PV solar panels transparent, so they can replace windows in office buildings.
I don’t believe this. PV works by absorbing photons and using them to knock loose electrons from a silicon substrate. If the photon passes through the substrate, it does no good. In fact, part of our efforts to improve the efficiency of solar are focused on allowing fewer photons to pass through.
What are These Federal Troops Actually Doing in Our Cities?
There may be some MAGA rhetoric on some subject that is somewhat plausible (though I can’t think of any offhand).
As I posted earlier, however, anyone who believes this particular line of crap from the White House is a total fool:
a) our cities (Democratically led cities only) are hotbeds of violent crime
b) federal troops are required to establish peace and order,
c) Once they arrive there, ICE troops are under attack by the violent criminals, and
d) these ICE troops are not permitted to defend themselves against these cruel attacks.
For the true moron.
Meanwhile, in Chicago, a Bit of Neil Diamond
We all know this one:
The girls with the megaphones: “Sweet Caroline!”
Crowd: “Bom, bom, bom!”
Girls: “Good time never seemed so good.”
Not bad for a war-ravaged city whose people have taken up arms and are violently attacking federal troops. That is, when they’re not looting stores, selling hard drugs, and beating up old ladies.
One has to be stupid beyond belief to think that our cities are under siege by the radical left.
New Approach to Wind Energy?
Wind energy is based on removing some of the kinetic energy from a certain volume of moving wind and converting it to electricity. Think of the volume of wind that passes through the area bound by the circular movement of our traditional three-bladed system, moving at a certain speed. Then ask yourself: How much volume of air, traveling at the same speed, passes close to one of those poles?
It’s a tiny fraction, which is why the closest we’ve come to making this a reality is some claim that “Scientists in Timbuktu may have made current wind turbines obsolete.”
If there’s anything to this (which there isn’t) how about this: Instead of talking about it for 15 years, just pound a pole into the ground, and measure how much energy these wobbles/vibrations is generated.
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No DEI in the Trump Administration — and That Has a Humorous Side
Yes, that is funny. They were chosen specifically because they were incompetent; their only qualification is their willingness to do whatever Trump asks of them.
Phew. At least they’re not competent, honest people who are black, female, or gay; what a trainwreck that would have been.
