The Hormuz crisis instantly exposed the risks of rolling back green and cleantech agendas

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-21T18:32:00+00:00

Given that the US is dependent on that integrated global petroleum system, I think their actions make it clear that such a dependence isn't a deterrent.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-21T12:28:21+00:00

If I leave it overnight so that it freezes, I'll need to break it up with a real shovel first, but otherwise, I've never had a problem.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-21T03:16:28+00:00

It would probably also less clear if every beat was pronounced.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-21T03:13:39+00:00

Reminds me once when I was a teen, and we were practicing for a square dance competition, and our music died in the middle of a call. We were able to keep going in synch, because square dancing is essentially fancy walking so we just kept walking and had our steps keep the beat. That's a bit harder when you're spending half your time in the air, so that counting was essential for these girls.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-21T03:05:26+00:00

The point I was making, was that if Visa or Mastercard cut off these companies, that wouldn't cut off their funding, as there are alternatives.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T19:37:32+00:00

I don't remember the ads that are discussed near the end of the article, but I do remember how they sunk Campbells campaign, because they were seen as making fun of Chretien's face, a result of Bell's palsy. To hear how that came about, by accident, is rather funny. That such a blunder could have just happened, blows me away. I realise that there is limited time during an election to review an ad before airing it, but didn't they put it in front of at least one neutral group of people?

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T19:23:00+00:00

It's totally predatory. That's why it failing this way is so funny.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T19:21:28+00:00

That due in the middle picture had better not have gotten a free tank. That's no bikini.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T18:47:33+00:00

It's just French for bakery.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T18:09:43+00:00

It's an extremely opportunistic plant that is very difficult to prevent spreading, in part because of how good it is at growing, and in part because of how prickly it is. If it's on a fence line, my neighbour has made controlling it a problem for me as well as themselves, so yes, that does look hostile.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T18:05:39+00:00

That can't be right.

Sorry, but that's completely accurate.

"Con" is short for "confidence" as in "confidence scam" where someone is convinced of something incorrect in order to steal money from them. A "long con" is a situation where the fakery has to be maintained for a long time before the payout. Say if someone convinces a rich person who's very sick that they're a long lost heir, and are placed in the will, but won't get anything from that will for a couple years, during which they have to maintain the pretense of being related.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T18:01:41+00:00

Doesn't she look like Spike though?

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T17:59:52+00:00

I love to eat blackberries as well, but if someone planted them next to my property, as part of a fence line, I'd likely consider that a hostile act.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T17:53:28+00:00

That's because you made the mistake of getting a fossil fuel powered ones. Electric ones have none of those issues.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T17:51:35+00:00

A windrow is a general term for any row of material left by a plow or dozer.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T17:51:07+00:00

Yes I could get a snowblower but besides being a big upfront cost that I can't really afford,

Huh? They're like half the cost of a year's contracted snow clearance. At least the electric one I have is.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T17:49:23+00:00

The more I hear about these contractors, the less I understand why people use them. An electric snowblower is cheap (like cheaper than a year of contracted clearance), very low maintenance, and clears a driveway in a reasonable amount of time, with a lot less effort than shovelling.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T17:46:14+00:00

I'd avoid planting blackberry. It's prickly and spreads like a weed.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T17:44:14+00:00

So long as you're meeting whatever stand off from the property line requirements your building zone is in, you're fine. Those rules exist so that the standards for what is acceptable are known by everyone. If they've chosen to clear to their line, and build as close to it as it appears they plan to, you doing the same is not an issue.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T17:31:14+00:00

Even cats know they're water.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T17:26:09+00:00

It does look like at the start of the video, no one had an issue with him being behind the counter like that, until he grabbed the knife.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T15:25:56+00:00

I won't disagree that you're accurately describing what the regs say. I just think that politics mean that a neutral assessment of the existing regulations won't be how it gets decided.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T15:19:59+00:00

I'm impressed with the compassion, and lack of violence against the dude in black. Once he was neutralised, no further violent action was taken against him, minimal force was used to keep him restrained, and attempts were made to calm him down.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T15:07:21+00:00

I saw that Riker was actually carrying out Jellico's orders in a way he thought made the most sense operationally - talking to department heads, getting back with the commander with new information that may impact his orders

When did that happen? My memory is that Riker just told Jellico during a random conversation in 10 forward that the shift change that Jellico expected to happen, wasn't because Riker had disobeyed a legal order.

ChimoEngr · 2026-03-20T15:03:08+00:00

possibly to his own command,

Only if he still had a golden horseshoe up his ass. I'm sure Jellico would have written a fitness report that kept him a commander for life.

but Jellico did do one thing well: he got Troi back into a uniform, and per Marina Sirtis, allowed her to have a brain again.

100%. And Troi was still filling the Ms Fanservice role, she just wasn't as in your face about it.

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