The Shining City Upon a Hill

[BillyCarpenter]

Yep Gov Dipshit doing great pissing off the teachers and parents of kids getting Covid19. Don't worry I am sure they going to vote.

How's your State?

Is your governor democrat or republican? Answer that question and you'll have a pretty good clue as to which way the state leans

Swamped with Covid19 I wonder why?

You'll get no argument from me that the states with the highest covid rates are run by republican governors. That's a fact. And the reason for that is that too many republicans don't trust the vaccine. Personally, I think that's foolish because the data is clear that the vaccine is safe. What's not safe is not being vaccinated. That debate is over.

Also, there's a high black population in the south and they don't trust the government, either.


PS - Some of the repubican governors and politicians are saying some crazy shit about the vaccine. Some of it is embarrassing.

[slimslob]

Apparently you DON'T know crap about wind farms.
Fast Facts about California Wind Energy
Wind energy projects totaling at least 5,535 megawatts (MW) of capacity are operating in California today,1 providing enough electricity to power more than 2 million California households.2 This represents more than a tripling of wind energy capacity since California's Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) law was adopted in 2002.

In 2018, California wind projects generated 14,078 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity – 7.2% of all power generated within California.3 In 2018, out-of-state wind projects generated 18,633 GWh of electricity for California, representing 21% of total power imports.3 Combined, wind projects supplied over 11.5% of California’s total system power,3 more than enough to power all homes in Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Counties combined.2

Wind energy accounted for 29% of California’s renewable energy production for the RPS as of 2018.4 (See figure below.)

Generating wind power creates no emissions and uses virtually no water:

The water consumption savings from wind projects in California total more than 3.4 billion gallons of water per year1
The wind power installed in California will avoid over 7.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, the equivalent of taking 1.7 million cars off the road1

I live in California and there are currently less wind farms now than there were at one time. Too many people consider them an eyesore and they are too costly to maintain. Most of thee wind farms that used to be in Altamont Pass are gone. There are a few left on the mountains flanking Tehachapi Pass but not ass many as there used to be and the ones between the pass and Mojave are all gone. They can no longer compete cost-wise with the massive solar farms being built and already built on major portions of the Southern California desert. Solar is the way to go. Too bad you don't have mush open space in Florida to build solar farms.

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I live in California and there are currently less wind farms now than there were at one time. Too many people consider them an eyesore and they are too costly to maintain. Most of thee wind farms that used to be in Altamont Pass are gone. There are a few left on the mountains flanking Tehachapi Pass but not ass many as there used to be and the ones between the pass and Mojave are all gone. They can no longer compete cost-wise with the massive solar farms being built and already built on major portions of the Southern California desert. Solar is the way to go. Too bad you don't have mush open space in Florida to build solar farms.

Florida is building one of the largest solar farms in the US
you should REALLY REALLY learn how to Google I think you brain is mush

Six Florida municipal utilities, including those in Orlando and Kissimmee, are joining the growing number of power companies able to provide their customers with solar power, a cleaner source of energy.

By the end of June, two of five new solar farm sites, the Harmony Solar Energy Center in St. Cloud and the Taylor Creek Solar Energy Center in east Orange County, are expected to begin commercial operation.

[copier addict]

You'll get no argument from me that the states with the highest covid rates are run by republican governors. That's a fact. And the reason for that is that too many republicans don't trust the vaccine. Personally, I think that's foolish because the data is clear that the vaccine is safe. What's not safe is not being vaccinated. That debate is over.

Also, there's a high black population in the south and they don't trust the government, either.


PS - Some of the repubican governors and politicians are saying some crazy shit about the vaccine. Some of it is embarrassing.

Even in Alberta, our most radical right wing province the people are pissed off with the conservative premier for not introducing enough measures to help curb covid

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[SalesServiceGuy]

Two Canadians imprisoned by China have been released, Prime Minister Trudeau says


Two Canadians detained by China for nearly three years have been released, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday night.

Trudeau said Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor boarded a plane headed for Canada at about 7:30 p.m. ET Friday night and would land in Canada sometime Saturday.

"These two men have gone through an unbelievably difficult ordeal for the past 1,000 days, they have shown strength, perseverance and grace and we are all inspired by that," said Trudeau at a late evening news conference in Ottawa.
Trudeau would not discuss details about how their release came about but he thanked Canadian allies for their support.

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been held in China since late 2018. They were arrested on espionage charges in China shortly after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a US warrant related to the company's business dealings in Iran. However, China has consistently denied that the cases were in any way connected.

Earlier Friday, the United States Department of Justice and Meng reached an agreement to defer prosecution of US charges against her until late 2022, after which point the charges could be dropped.

The US case centered on whether Meng misled HSBC bank about Huawei's relationship with an Iranian subsidiary, Skycom, which the US alleges would have violated US sanctions against Iran.

Meng appeared virtually in a court in Brooklyn, New York, and pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud.

However, as part of the deal, Meng confirmed the statement of facts in the deferred prosecution agreement are true.

Those facts include that she misrepresented Huawei's relationship with Skycom to HSBC, according to court documents. If she says or implies otherwise, it could violate the terms of the deal and result in her prosecution.

CNN affiliate CTV News says it has confirmed that Meng left Canada aboard a private jet Friday evening.


... Meng, living in luxury in Canada finally admits potential guilt to US charges and leaves the country. The two Canadians imprisoned in squalor are same day released. Both were political prisoners of China.

[SalesServiceGuy]

... "China ... up until now, has said that there's been no linkage between the two, but by putting them on the plane tonight, they've clearly acknowledged that this was hostage-taking," said Colin Robertson, a former Canadian diplomat for more than 30 years.

"It reminds me of the swaps you used to have of spies in the Cold War."

Robertson implied that U.S. President Joe Biden, who is directing increasing attention to China, may have brokered the deal during a recent call with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

[SalesServiceGuy]

Ford making its biggest single manufacturing investment ever to build electric vehicle factories


The Ford F-150 Lightning, its first all-electric full-sized truck, is expected to go on sale next year.

Ford Motor Co. and South Korea-based energy company SK Innovations are investing $11.4 billion to build two new enormous manufacturing campuses for electric vehicles, creating more than 10,000 new jobs and representing Ford's largest-ever single manufacturing investment in the company's 118-year history.

Ford's share of the investment will be $7 billion, Ford executives said. Ford previously announced it will spend $30 billion by 2025 on its shift to building more electric vehicles and that it expects 40% of its sales, worldwide, to be fully electric vehicles by 2030.

The two sites, one in Kentucky and one in Tennessee, will employ a total of a total of about 11,000 people, and between them, the sites will include three electric vehicle battery manufacturing plants and a factory to build electric pickup trucks.

The factories will begin production of batteries and trucks in 2025, Ford executives said.

Ford also announced it is investing a total of $525 million across the United States over the next five years to train electric vehicle repair technicians.

... an important facet of President Biden's $3.5T infrastructure plan is to build a grid of electric vehicle recharging stations across the USA.

[BillyCarpenter]

Did you know?


Biden is planning on taxing big business?


Did you know that they are gonna raise prices and as a result this is a tax on the middle class?

[SalesServiceGuy]

Did you know?


Biden is planning on taxing big business?


Did you know that they are gonna raise prices and as a result this is a tax on the middle class?

Yes, raising the tax on big business has long been a focus of his political promises. The idea is very popular with most Americans.

Kind of a stretch to suggest this is a tax on the middle class.

Big business's costs are rising due much more COVID and logistic dislocations in the global economy.