Re: Political Randomness
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:45 am
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
http://octopusoverlords.com/forum/
That's something like 12k barrels and on top of earlier spills, including an equally big one in 2017.The Keystone pipeline system, an addition to which has been the subject of environmental protests for years, leaked about 383,000 gallons of crude oil in North Dakota, covering an estimated half-acre of wetland, state environmental regulators said.
The spill, which has been contained, occurred in a low-gradient drainage area near the small town of Edinburg in northeast North Dakota, less than 50 miles from the Canadian border, according to Karl Rockeman, the director of the state Department of Environmental Quality’s division of water quality.
“It is one of the larger spills in the state,” he said in an email on Thursday.
There are no residences near the site and the wetland is not a source of drinking water, he said. State regulators and cleanup equipment are on site, but Mr. Rockeman could not say whether cleanup had begun.
Before constructing the pipeline, TransCanada provided a spill risk assessment to regulators that estimated the chance of a leak of more than 50 barrels to be “not more than once every seven to 11 years over the entire length of the pipeline in the United States,” according to its South Dakota operating permit.
For South Dakota alone, where the line has leaked twice, the estimate was for a “spill no more than once every 41 years.”
You should read his tweetstorm, it's a really good look at how advertising and politics clash in a social media world.
Enough wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:04 pm Member berry when?
TransCanada's spill risk assessment estimated that the chance of a leak of more than 50 barrels from Keystone to be “not more than once every seven to 11 years over the entire length of the pipeline in the United States..."
That's something like 12k barrels and on top of earlier spills, including an equally big one in 2017.The Keystone pipeline system, an addition to which has been the subject of environmental protests for years, leaked about 383,000 gallons of crude oil in North Dakota, covering an estimated half-acre of wetland, state environmental regulators said.
The spill, which has been contained, occurred in a low-gradient drainage area near the small town of Edinburg in northeast North Dakota, less than 50 miles from the Canadian border, according to Karl Rockeman, the director of the state Department of Environmental Quality’s division of water quality.
“It is one of the larger spills in the state,” he said in an email on Thursday.
There are no residences near the site and the wetland is not a source of drinking water, he said. State regulators and cleanup equipment are on site, but Mr. Rockeman could not say whether cleanup had begun.
Before constructing the pipeline, TransCanada provided a spill risk assessment to regulators that estimated the chance of a leak of more than 50 barrels to be “not more than once every seven to 11 years over the entire length of the pipeline in the United States,” according to its South Dakota operating permit.
For South Dakota alone, where the line has leaked twice, the estimate was for a “spill no more than once every 41 years.”
...A viral video shared by a Democratic state lawmaker in North Carolina shows "political corruption in real time," as Republican state senators refuse to hold a vote while Democrats are present—in order to secure corporate tax cuts in their proposed budget.
State Sen. Jeff Jackson posted a video to Twitter on Thursday in which he is shown demanding that Republicans, who control both houses of the state legislature, call a vote on Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the state budget.
Shelly Simonds handily defeated four-term Delegate David Yancey Tuesday in a race for the 94th District in Newport News.
The close 2017 race between the two went to a recount, then to court. Eventually, officials used the luck of the draw, placing the name of each candidate on a piece of paper and each piece of paper in a separate film canister.
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On Tuesday, Simonds won nearly 58% of the vote. Yancey won about 40%.
Do it with a puppet show and then post the video here.YellowKing wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:10 pm I really hope to God they send out the Republican vote people to go door to door, because I'm going to tell them what a bunch of criminal corrupt fucking assholes they work for.
I got the first 3 wrong and called it quits there.
whoops!!!!In a recent interview about her organization's media presence, a senior executive of AARP—the American Association of Retired Persons—took a jab at the viral "OK, boomer" meme by making fun of the relative destitution of younger Americans.
The executive, Myrna Blyth, made the comment during an interview with Axios. Blyth serves as the senior vice president and editorial director of AARP Media. AARP is a non-profit organization, 38 million members strong, whose mission is to "empower people to choose how they live as they age," according to its website. To qualify for membership, applicants must have already passed their 50th birthdays.
"OK, millennials," Blyth reportedly said in the interview. "But we're the people that actually have the money."
I'm not sure how "But we're the people that actually have the money" translates to marketing execs pitting generations against each other or how saying "we have that money" to those who won't be getting pensions or work sponsored medical when they retire and are essentially victims in the greatest economy ever is an appeal to need for generations to work together.On Tuesday evening, a spokesperson for AARP reached out to Newsweek via email. "Myrna Blyth's words are being taken out of context," he wrote. "Blyth's point is that ad and marketing execs routinely pit generations against one another and overlook older people, especially older women."
"Our societal challenges need generations to work together to solve them," the email concluded.
it isn't just about politics. It is also downstream of the effects of economic factors on millennial and gen-x folks. 'OK Boomer' is the proxy complaint about a 'ruling class' that has denied climate change, protected sexual abusers, saddled them with debt, the economic crisis, endless war when they wouldn't fight it themselves, etc. What do millennials hear? Snide comments about how they are lazy, bad with money, won't leave home, etc. I think the dam has broke because now they see the ultimate boomer Trump destroying our country. It isn't that these are 100% wrong but it is an incomplete picture. It is a reflection of the zeitgeist now.Defiant wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:41 pm The whole "OK Boomer" inter-generational fighting of late, between all the generations just strikes me as unnecessarily divisive. Every generation has good people and bad people and tons of people in between. Yes, older people were more likely to vote for Trump, but you're talking about 55% voting for Trump at one end vs 55% voting for Clinton at the other end.
I hope it makes them vote.malchior wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 4:10 pmit isn't just about politics. It is also downstream of the effects of economic factors on millennial and gen-x folks. 'OK Boomer' is the proxy complaint about a 'ruling class' that has denied climate change, protected sexual abusers, saddled them with debt, the economic crisis, endless war when they wouldn't fight it themselves, etc. What do millennials hear? Snide comments about how they are lazy, bad with money, won't leave home, etc. I think the dam has broke because now they see the ultimate boomer Trump destroying our country. It isn't that these are 100% wrong but it is an incomplete picture. It is a reflection of the zeitgeist now.Defiant wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:41 pm The whole "OK Boomer" inter-generational fighting of late, between all the generations just strikes me as unnecessarily divisive. Every generation has good people and bad people and tons of people in between. Yes, older people were more likely to vote for Trump, but you're talking about 55% voting for Trump at one end vs 55% voting for Clinton at the other end.
+1 and also hope they stay invested and "enfranchised". They are the now and the future. They are the consumers and the future of the producers and if they have the will, they can and will be the decision makers.
Millennials are on the cusp of surpassing Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest living adult generation, according to population projections from the U.S. Census Bureau. As of July 1, 2016 (the latest date for which population estimates are available), Millennials, whom we define as ages 20 to 35 in 2016, numbered 71 million, and Boomers (ages 52 to 70) numbered 74 million. Millennials are expected to overtake Boomers in population in 2019 as their numbers swell to 73 million and Boomers decline to 72 million. Generation X (ages 36 to 51 in 2016) is projected to pass the Boomers in population by 2028.
I find the "OK Boomer" thing amusing. Millennials did come of age in hard times, and they do have legitimate gripes against The Man, but it's a class thing, not a generational thing. Is "the ultimate boomer Trump" a horrible person because he's a boomer, or because he's an awful person who amassed power and wealth?
Yeah, IDK very many millennials but the ones I do know range from hard-working and responsible to a 27-year-old living in his parents' basement, playing computer games and getting high all day and making no pretense of ever changing that. There are boomers who fit the villain stereotype just as there are millennials who fit their snowflake stereotype; there are also plenty of examples of each who don't conform to expectations. Just like any other large groups.YellowKing wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 6:45 pm At some point people have to stop focusing on how we're different and figure out how we're alike. Because look around - the world's going to shit while we bicker about stuff that ultimately doesn't matter that much.
Gen Z wasn't even alive when Boomers started fighting for civil rights and when Boomers and Gen Xers died to AIDS in significant numbers. Polls showed more Gen Xers supported gay rights than opposed them back in the 00s (and overwhelmingly support them now), and a majority believe in climate change and support addressing it. And when it comes to vaccines, skepticism in vaccines grows the younger you are.Julia, a 23-year-old in Norway wrote:"They’re usually racist, homophobic, and transphobic, don’t believe in vaccines or climate change, and are mostly also the parents of Gen Z children."
Thanks. Now I know what we're talking about. mehKraken wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2019 1:23 am Tonight's news in ginned-up generational wars: the Zoomers call Gen X the "Karen Generation." That's got some meta levels right there, but I'll let you fill in your own blanks.
Yeah, the notion that a whole generation gets credit or blame for the iconic qualities of a few is pretty ridiculous.Defiant wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2019 2:14 am Yep. Like I said, in every generation there's a chosen... errr, there are good people and bad people and lots in between. And even as I recognize that, I'm thankful of the advances pushed forward by earlier generations and respect what they had to endure to make those advances so that I don't have to endure them now.