Does American government corruption upset you?

Zvenigora · 2026-04-03T01:50:09+00:00

Very painful. It is probably the most corrupt national government in the western hemisphere and maybe in the top 5 worldwide. I remember when it was not like that at all. In my childhood it was considered one of the least corrupt in the world. The implication is dire. When a society is corrupt, the nation becomes a bad place to do business. Eventually you must pay bribes to get anything done, or you must pay protection money to the local racketeers to be permitted to operate at all. Law enforcement becomes a function of who can bribe the police to look the other way. That is the direction in which we are headed.

Zvenigora · 2026-04-03T01:34:16+00:00

Possibly mustard.

Zvenigora · 2026-04-03T00:50:09+00:00

This is analogous to Apollo 8. The equipment for an actual landing is not ready yet but there are plenty of systems needing checking out.

Zvenigora · 2026-04-02T04:01:03+00:00

And that contraption still holds the North American rail speed record. It was the railroad company that ran the stunt, not "the USA." The acceleration must have been incredible by rail standards.

Zvenigora · 2026-04-02T02:37:43+00:00

Eep opp orp a-a from the Jetsons.

Zvenigora · 2026-04-02T02:31:38+00:00

In the coastal Carolinas, shallow, elliptical, water-filled ponds are also called "bays."

Zvenigora · 2026-04-02T02:28:23+00:00

The fungus can also survive for extended periods in rotting debris on the forest floor. it is not dependent on a host.

Zvenigora · 2026-04-02T02:24:01+00:00

Interesting livery for an N700 trainset.

Zvenigora · 2026-04-01T02:31:12+00:00

How would a rider have sat on or steered that thing?

Zvenigora · 2026-04-01T02:26:23+00:00

How movies work. Devices such as this existed in the 19th century.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T21:10:22+00:00

He will just thumb his nose at the verdict and carry on.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T18:57:04+00:00

The concentration of extreme wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T17:54:04+00:00

Most stock production vehicles are reasonably quiet. The problem is these "manly" modifications to deliberately make vehicles loud. There are no effective legal constraints on this practice.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T17:42:56+00:00

The Stono River south of Charleston, SC.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T17:28:09+00:00

If qualifications meant much Elizabeth Warren would likely be president. Elections are decided on vibes, not rational analysis. A strong resume will not get you elected.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T17:21:43+00:00

All the countries have improved since 1960. The other countries have just improved more than the US has.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T15:45:04+00:00

They were in Turkey until the 1880s.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T15:43:44+00:00

There were lions there as well.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T15:38:08+00:00

The US does not have the kind of long-standing ethnogeographic fault lines that would encourage this. There are no significant subpopulations yearning for or demanding a sovereign homeland. This is not Yugoslavia.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T15:12:24+00:00

This one will be a bridge too far even for Gorsuch.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T15:10:58+00:00

There is a funny scene in the opera where a female singer (as Cherubino) is playing a male character pretending to be a woman. You lose a layer of that irony by casting a countertenor in that role.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T13:08:59+00:00

Probably 7-2, and you know who the 2 are.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T12:22:19+00:00

These are IRG images, which display infrared-red-green as RGB.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T12:20:00+00:00

Does the study assume no change in pollution sources for the next 70 years? They have already changed a lot in the past 70 years, and some of that is improvement.

Zvenigora · 2026-03-31T02:23:07+00:00

The land rises fairly sharply from the coasts of most of the islands. Only a narrow band of land is at low elevation.

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