Superficial as always. No surprise.old salt wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:51 pmGreat guy. ...a real dog lover & role model. Father of 15 from 9 baby mamas. OD'd at 51, bankrupt from unpaid child support.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:12 pmSeriously abused by his mother, bi polar, chose to be homeless and make friends w stray dogs as a teenager because it was so bad at home. Was given a Coke laced (what was once described to me as a “wubanger”) joint when he was 14. One of the most honest and complicated folks and owned the musical world for a stretch after Tupac & Biggie were murdered (only person to have five straight albums debut #1). Loved and hated a lot of people. A reflection of us all whether some here wouldTypical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:00 pmAnd this is the "clean version"Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:48 pm I don’t know about you but I’m forever a part of the ruff ryders! Where my dogs at?!?!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlhSnRk21E
Run to close and lock their door when they see a image or video of him. He represents the spectrum of humanity. (New HBO documentary is solid)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dmx/ ... 8020080509
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Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
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Ok... once the earth is a husk, we will move on.NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:20 pmI said we don't regulate our consumption. We're the most efficient at consuming lots of resources.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:55 pmWe regulate our consumption? In what way?NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:47 pmWe fit in perfectly with the rest of the animals. Just not harmoniously. Every other organism does what we're doing. We're just a helluva lot more efficient at staying alive and consuming lots of resources as we spread. Very few organisms self-regulate their population and consumption.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:20 pmYep!! You should read the Sixth Extinction. We are an odd species. Don’t really fit with the rest of the animals that inhabit this planet. We will eventually do ourselves in. It seems inevitable.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:15 pmJust in time for the matrix reboot with old a** Keanu coming out.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:20 pm https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/americas ... index.html
Very few organisms regulate their consumption. The Matrix lie is that the only organism like us is a Virus. Virtually every organism is like us. Again... very few organisms self-regulate their population and consumption.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/e ... resources/
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SERIOUSLY?!!?!??!
Why you gotta bring Rodgers and Hammerstein into this?
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I've rescued, rehab-ed, fostered, sanctuary'd & adopted out dogs for 25 years. Saw some awful stuff along the way.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:17 pmProbably. I just remembered seeing something when I was about 6-7 years old. I am certain you have never seen anything like it. I haven’t thought about it in years. Really awful. Kid would be in jail today.old salt wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:36 pmThe sad thing is -- those stray dogs were probably the best thing in his life as a kid.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:10 pmold salt wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:51 pmGreat guy. ...a real dog lover & role model. Father of 15 from 9 baby mamas. OD'd at 51, bankrupt from unpaid child support.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:12 pmSeriously abused by his mother, bi polar, chose to be homeless and make friends w stray dogs as a teenager because it was so bad at home. Was given a Coke laced (what was once described to me as a “wubanger”) joint when he was 14. One of the most honest and complicated folks and owned the musical world for a stretch after Tupac & Biggie were murdered (only person to have five straight albums debut #1). Loved and hated a lot of people. A reflection of us all whether some here wouldTypical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:00 pmAnd this is the "clean version"Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:48 pm I don’t know about you but I’m forever a part of the ruff ryders! Where my dogs at?!?!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlhSnRk21E
Run to close and lock their door when they see a image or video of him. He represents the spectrum of humanity. (New HBO documentary is solid)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dmx/ ... 8020080509
One is sleeping on my foot right now. You're right. Things have gotten better.
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This guy says thank you for helping his cousins out so much. He thinks you're a mighty kind hearted super star and says that's awfully doggone nice of you!!
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+1
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old salt wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:39 pmI've rescued, rehab-ed, fostered, sanctuary'd & adopted out dogs for 25 years. Saw some awful stuff along the way.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:17 pmProbably. I just remembered seeing something when I was about 6-7 years old. I am certain you have never seen anything like it. I haven’t thought about it in years. Really awful. Kid would be in jail today.old salt wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:36 pmThe sad thing is -- those stray dogs were probably the best thing in his life as a kid.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:10 pmold salt wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:51 pmGreat guy. ...a real dog lover & role model. Father of 15 from 9 baby mamas. OD'd at 51, bankrupt from unpaid child support.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:12 pmSeriously abused by his mother, bi polar, chose to be homeless and make friends w stray dogs as a teenager because it was so bad at home. Was given a Coke laced (what was once described to me as a “wubanger”) joint when he was 14. One of the most honest and complicated folks and owned the musical world for a stretch after Tupac & Biggie were murdered (only person to have five straight albums debut #1). Loved and hated a lot of people. A reflection of us all whether some here wouldTypical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:00 pmAnd this is the "clean version"Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:48 pm I don’t know about you but I’m forever a part of the ruff ryders! Where my dogs at?!?!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlhSnRk21E
Run to close and lock their door when they see a image or video of him. He represents the spectrum of humanity. (New HBO documentary is solid)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dmx/ ... 8020080509
One is sleeping on my foot right now. You're right. Things have gotten better.
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"The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog." - Calvin, to Hobbes
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Thanks shipmate. That look makes it all worthwhile. He looks exactly like my Henry (rip), had him for 13 yrs. The ultimate fetcher, he'd place the ball in my stick.
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Ha, needless to say "that look" is him focused on the ball being held in front of his face. All about it all the time (and I love it). These videos don't seem to stay up long, hopefully you'll catch it before it goes to wherever it goes. Good tosser? Watch this guy, gives it right to you. One bounce and a toss every time. Will only do that nineteen hundred times or so. Fun dog.
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=5E11DC2B ... 12&o=OneUp
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=5E11DC2B ... 12&o=OneUp
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old salt wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:17 pmThanks shipmate. That look makes it all worthwhile. He looks exactly like my Henry (rip), had him for 13 yrs. The ultimate fetcher, he'd place the ball in my stick.
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A little exposition on the physical state of water and trends in the Rocky Mountains (Colorado watershed).
And some about the parlous state of our old, old earthen dams.
You do the math...
And some about the parlous state of our old, old earthen dams.
You do the math...
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“ Water will cost more. Know that now
By now, it should be clear that while the 500-plus plan may be a needed emergency measure, it also is fundamentally unsustainable. We can’t keep paying people $100 million a year not to use water (if $100 million will even cut it – you know the asking price is only going to go up the longer this goes on).
But it’s also clear that water is going to get more expensive, no matter what we do. We can spend that cash on stopgap measures or more lasting fixes.”
https://news.yahoo.com/500-plus-plan-sa ... 47034.html
By now, it should be clear that while the 500-plus plan may be a needed emergency measure, it also is fundamentally unsustainable. We can’t keep paying people $100 million a year not to use water (if $100 million will even cut it – you know the asking price is only going to go up the longer this goes on).
But it’s also clear that water is going to get more expensive, no matter what we do. We can spend that cash on stopgap measures or more lasting fixes.”
https://news.yahoo.com/500-plus-plan-sa ... 47034.html
"There is nothing more difficult and more dangerous to carry through than initiating changes. One makes enemies of those who prospered under the old order, and only lukewarm support from those who would prosper under the new."
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And yet. our states and federal gov't do not allow us to use rain water, to our discretion, equally. It's a big effing racket....in the same of political BS. https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/ ... e-illegal/ About 10 years ago, the blue blooded knuckleheads in MD , tried to tax us on rain fall.
It is so simple to collect and reuse rain water.....and frankly, should be standard on most single family homes in this CC era. Instead....they are forcing builders to collect the rain water underground and just allow the water to leach back in to the yard....in an attempt to have a zero sum run-off, based on sq/ft of property.
And as we discussed earlier....we can barely figure out how tp solve the water consumption issues in the massive datacenters....which ironically are in the zones that are in proximity to zones at risk.
It is so simple to collect and reuse rain water.....and frankly, should be standard on most single family homes in this CC era. Instead....they are forcing builders to collect the rain water underground and just allow the water to leach back in to the yard....in an attempt to have a zero sum run-off, based on sq/ft of property.
And as we discussed earlier....we can barely figure out how tp solve the water consumption issues in the massive datacenters....which ironically are in the zones that are in proximity to zones at risk.
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You should direct some of your TSP (or whatever they call that retirement plan now) into thisyouthathletics wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:26 pm And yet. our states and federal gov't do not allow us to use rain water, to our discretion, equally. It's a big effing racket....in the same of political BS. https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/ ... e-illegal/ About 10 years ago, the blue blooded knuckleheads in MD , tried to tax us on rain fall.
It is so simple to collect and reuse rain water.....and frankly, should be standard on most single family homes in this CC era. Instead....they are forcing builders to collect the rain water underground and just allow the water to leach back in to the yard....in an attempt to have a zero sum run-off, based on sq/ft of property.
And as we discussed earlier....we can barely figure out how tp solve the water consumption issues in the massive datacenters....which ironically are in the zones that are in proximity to zones at risk.
https://www.calvert.com/Calvert-Global- ... lsrc=aw.ds
Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
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https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/10333387 ... ould-it-bePizzaSnake wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:49 am “ Water will cost more. Know that now
By now, it should be clear that while the 500-plus plan may be a needed emergency measure, it also is fundamentally unsustainable. We can’t keep paying people $100 million a year not to use water (if $100 million will even cut it – you know the asking price is only going to go up the longer this goes on).
But it’s also clear that water is going to get more expensive, no matter what we do. We can spend that cash on stopgap measures or more lasting fixes.”
https://news.yahoo.com/500-plus-plan-sa ... 47034.html
Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
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Elon Musk today: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/147 ... 52070?s=20
SpaceX is starting a program to take CO2 out of atmosphere & turn it into rocket fuel. Please join if interested.
SpaceX is starting a program to take CO2 out of atmosphere & turn it into rocket fuel. Please join if interested.
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A 1.09% expense ratio?!? Are you kidding me??? No, thank you.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 1:02 pmYou should direct some of your TSP (or whatever they call that retirement plan now) into thisyouthathletics wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:26 pm And yet. our states and federal gov't do not allow us to use rain water, to our discretion, equally. It's a big effing racket....in the same of political BS. https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/ ... e-illegal/ About 10 years ago, the blue blooded knuckleheads in MD , tried to tax us on rain fall.
It is so simple to collect and reuse rain water.....and frankly, should be standard on most single family homes in this CC era. Instead....they are forcing builders to collect the rain water underground and just allow the water to leach back in to the yard....in an attempt to have a zero sum run-off, based on sq/ft of property.
And as we discussed earlier....we can barely figure out how tp solve the water consumption issues in the massive datacenters....which ironically are in the zones that are in proximity to zones at risk.
https://www.calvert.com/Calvert-Global- ... lsrc=aw.ds
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Oops!!! Percentage not specific acre feet.
https://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/ ... 495797001/
"Now, the new URC report claims that three of the four Upper Basin states — Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, but not Wyoming — are "likely already using more water than they are allocated." This calculation is based on long-standing legal agreements that allocated Upper Basin states a percentage, rather than a fixed quantity, of "the leftovers" in the river after delivery obligations to Lower Basin states and Mexico have been met.
As climate change reduces the overall flow, volumes allocated to Upper Basin states will shrink accordingly. But the URC argues that ongoing usage rates have not recognized the shift in supply. The overall current use by Upper Basin states of 4,592,000 acre-feet per year exceeds what its modern climate-adjusted allotment of 4,088,000 acre-feet should be by 504,000 acre-feet, the report says. That's approximately 164 billion gallons of overuse that still does not include some Tribal water rights that have not yet been developed."
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion ... 839556002/
500K acre feet, is, interestingly enough, the same amount recently agreed to be left Lake Mead to forestall "dead pool". Of course, it is going to cost big bucks... Maybe the Church of Latter Day Saints can dip in to their "Jeebus 'Prodigal Son' party fund" tax scam they're running and pony up.
"The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, comes 16 months after a former high-level investment manager with the church filed a whistleblower complaint to the Internal Revenue Service. The complaint, which The Washington Post obtained in December 2019, alleged that the Church amassed about $100 billion in accounts intended for charitable purposes and misled members by stockpiling surplus donations using the tax-exempt donations to prop up a pair of businesses."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion ... story.html
C'mon, boys and girls, say it with me, "qui tam", or whatever the IRS ratforker provision is called.
"In a declaration signed under penalty of perjury, Nielsen urges the IRS to strip the nonprofit of its tax-exempt status and alleges that Ensign could owe billions in taxes. He is seeking a reward from the IRS, which offers whistleblowers a cut of unpaid taxes that it recovers.
Nielsen did not respond to repeated phone calls and emails seeking comment.
His twin brother, Lars P. Nielsen, provided a copy of the complaint to The Post, along with dozens of supporting documents. Lars Nielsen, a health-care consultant in Minnesota, said he prepared the complaint with his brother and helped him submit it to the IRS."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investig ... story.html
"Based on internal accounting documents from February 2018, the complaint estimates the portfolio has grown in value from $12 billion in 1997, when Ensign was formed, to about $100 billion today."
And the "money quote", the ne plus ultra, "According to the complaint, Ensign’s president, Roger Clarke, has told others that the amassed funds would be used in the event of the second coming of Christ. Clarke did not respond to an email seeking comment."
Really, he said this with a straight face? Gotta love cults...
$100B?!?! That's going to be one h$ll of a blow out when Jeebus returns...
https://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/ ... 495797001/
"Now, the new URC report claims that three of the four Upper Basin states — Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, but not Wyoming — are "likely already using more water than they are allocated." This calculation is based on long-standing legal agreements that allocated Upper Basin states a percentage, rather than a fixed quantity, of "the leftovers" in the river after delivery obligations to Lower Basin states and Mexico have been met.
As climate change reduces the overall flow, volumes allocated to Upper Basin states will shrink accordingly. But the URC argues that ongoing usage rates have not recognized the shift in supply. The overall current use by Upper Basin states of 4,592,000 acre-feet per year exceeds what its modern climate-adjusted allotment of 4,088,000 acre-feet should be by 504,000 acre-feet, the report says. That's approximately 164 billion gallons of overuse that still does not include some Tribal water rights that have not yet been developed."
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion ... 839556002/
500K acre feet, is, interestingly enough, the same amount recently agreed to be left Lake Mead to forestall "dead pool". Of course, it is going to cost big bucks... Maybe the Church of Latter Day Saints can dip in to their "Jeebus 'Prodigal Son' party fund" tax scam they're running and pony up.
"The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, comes 16 months after a former high-level investment manager with the church filed a whistleblower complaint to the Internal Revenue Service. The complaint, which The Washington Post obtained in December 2019, alleged that the Church amassed about $100 billion in accounts intended for charitable purposes and misled members by stockpiling surplus donations using the tax-exempt donations to prop up a pair of businesses."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion ... story.html
C'mon, boys and girls, say it with me, "qui tam", or whatever the IRS ratforker provision is called.
"In a declaration signed under penalty of perjury, Nielsen urges the IRS to strip the nonprofit of its tax-exempt status and alleges that Ensign could owe billions in taxes. He is seeking a reward from the IRS, which offers whistleblowers a cut of unpaid taxes that it recovers.
Nielsen did not respond to repeated phone calls and emails seeking comment.
His twin brother, Lars P. Nielsen, provided a copy of the complaint to The Post, along with dozens of supporting documents. Lars Nielsen, a health-care consultant in Minnesota, said he prepared the complaint with his brother and helped him submit it to the IRS."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investig ... story.html
"Based on internal accounting documents from February 2018, the complaint estimates the portfolio has grown in value from $12 billion in 1997, when Ensign was formed, to about $100 billion today."
And the "money quote", the ne plus ultra, "According to the complaint, Ensign’s president, Roger Clarke, has told others that the amassed funds would be used in the event of the second coming of Christ. Clarke did not respond to an email seeking comment."
Really, he said this with a straight face? Gotta love cults...
$100B?!?! That's going to be one h$ll of a blow out when Jeebus returns...
"There is nothing more difficult and more dangerous to carry through than initiating changes. One makes enemies of those who prospered under the old order, and only lukewarm support from those who would prosper under the new."
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo ... d=msedgntp
GOD BLESS TEXAS... I suppose it takes a Texan to ram it up the tailpipe of the FLP environmental freak show...
GOD BLESS TEXAS... I suppose it takes a Texan to ram it up the tailpipe of the FLP environmental freak show...
I use to be a people person until people ruined that for me.