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Got a cite for that? I don’t think he ever said he was in favor of Keystone XL (which imports tar sands crude from Canada). He did say he wouldn’t end fracking, which is unrelated to Keystone XL. EDIT: I see you already conceded you spoke too soon. |
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If masks offer protection then why was California emergency rooms full of COVID patients? Why is Florida and California basically in the same place yet Florida had much less restrictions? Why when you look at the data 2 percent die and of that vast majority seem to be the very old and sick. I don't think your analogy works. |
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America last again. All this for a environazi led control structure. And you wonder how we got Trump. |
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So, are you trying to tell us that a 20 year old agreement that clearly was sucking American jobs out of the country should have not been renegotiated? If you are, then you are simply a retard. We can argue the effectiveness of the new agreement when data actually comes in. Unfortunately it will take years to see where we are with it. |
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I live next door to a guy who was growing 4 to 5 plants and the smell would knock us down. It was even coming through the walls in our house. Even when we would pull up to the front of our house it would about knock us down. I am for keeping it as illegal as the day is long. |
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I guess we could say that keeping Canadian oil out of the US so that US prices remain high enough to support domestic production is also putting America First? Or would it be better to import the Canadian oil and then just pay the sidelined American workers directly, like the farmers, when the price of the worldwide commodity falls? |
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Do you know how many jobs were lost due to Trumps China Tariffs? hint, more, lots more. |
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If anyone decided to plant that shif outside next to my house, it wouldn’t make it past bud. That is totally rude to plant that outside next to a neighbor. At least indoors you can use a carbon air filter. |
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China Joe is trying to end leases and shut down fracking. Trying to kill oil and natural gas with ZERO back up plan other than this magic panels that do not work at night. They already are killing coal. What is the end game? If I read the tea leaves, the goal as usual is to move American wealth out of the country. You do it by making everything more expensive via energy. Our greenhouse emissions have been continuing to go down even during Trump and we are WAY ahead of the others in the world. So being that we are ahead and don't have to worry about the middle east, we should be in a pretty good spot to relax and let the technology run it's course. |
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If your spot is in the middle of the lawn, you need help or you need to learn what the definition of lawn is. I’ve seen plenty of people call a dirt patch lawn. As for the kids, why do you care about them learning about dope when their school teachers are already teaching them about trannies, homos and fisters like Ralph? |
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I guess if you want to be a real party pooper, my for mentioned weed true believes that I know said just get a male plant and the pollen will make the buds bloom or something like that. Supposedly it kills the reason for the season but who knows. It's done regardless. |
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If its all cool, just let the kids smoke up, why not start them at an early age, give them shrooms and pot as soon as possible. then we can see how it plays out over time:) Dont hide from the kids. let them help, maybe get them to pack you pipe, roll a few, fun for the family. Remember its totally safe, cool, and has no long term affects or causes any social disorder, doe not affect your job, your education or your brain.
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You even said that people complain about it being illegal even when they aren't going to prison. Another contradiction in your argument. As with most issues there are a number of factors. If it's legal then it's going to be cheaper. Just the idea that you can be prosecuted for a crime even when it's unlikely justifies complaining about it being illegal. Bottom line is that your claim that using pot when it's illegal proves addiction was stupid. Of course you could define addiction as simply anything that you have a strong hankering to do despite the possible negative consequences. Like parachuting out of an airplane, wakeboarding, or playing golf when you wife hates you doing it all the time. I know when I want to throw down a new trick or even an old one on the board I'm thinking about the possible consequences of getting hurt. |
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My whole point is if you truly believe that false story of "just a joint" gets you into prison, then I counter you must be stupid or addicted because no sane person would want to go around the stuff if that were true. The contradiction is not in my argument, it is in theirs. No one wants to do 5 to 10 for just a "joint". If you really did, then stupid or addicted must be the answer because that is a heck of a lot of time just to prove a point or get out of your mind. The reality most people including law enforcement typically does not care at all if you are smoking on your own and not driving around or if you are rolling with big bags of weed saying it is for you while parked in your car. The whole talking point is a lie/ legend. While the discussion points you speak of are all true, no one is arguing if your golf addiction that is killing your relationship is going to get you prison time. I would say the same thing. If you TRULY BELIEVED your golfing was going to get you time in prison, then you are either stupid or addicted because no sane person would do it unless they were trying to be a martyr for the cause. You usually don't have that many martyrs doing it in back rooms they do it in public for political reasons. Point is, you are not going to jail for a joint so quit arguing that you are. |
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Second, what happens to all that nasty nasty waste and cost of what amounts to a total engine overhaul with the electric cars. If cost of ownership cheap when you have to spend $10,000 for a battery replacement? Never mind the low duty cycle of running an electric vehicle. not completely opposed, I am not willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater based on alarmest politicians who want no more than to move our wealth out of the country and gain control. |
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Oh, the only fast charger, 15min charge was on the other side of the city, and he has to call tesla for a charge as he didn't make it after we parted ways. I started my car with gas! i know y'all say its fixable, but its a major PIA and its not effective as a real, usable, car unless you put a charging station at your office etc etc and only drive it to be "in the in crowd" We will see what the future looks like. |
The model x is bit of a dog, it's 10 year old technology now, the 3 & Y are much better in many ways.
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How about it. Explain why California , a state that has had the most restrictive mask requirements and lockdowns, is doing worse than a state that had almost none , even with said state being home to more high risk individuals per capita, quite a bit more in fact. Maybe they should’ve been wearing 4 masks in Cali.l to keep all the bull**** they’re spewing in . There’s already enough piles of **** all over their cities. |
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Just wondering what’s taking Biden so long to come up with a National plan to force teacher’s unions to get back to in-school learning ? He was the man with a plan for all of America, at least that’s what he ran on any the supporters here claimed. Yet we’ve seen him do nothing but implement a useless mask policy. Guess the CDC data and “the children “ don’t mater to him that much.
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Why did he have a vape pen on the boat and not a 12 pack of cold ones? He is a boxer and was in training. He cannot have the calories. Why vape and not actual pot, because it is easier on your lungs. I would have never guessed that weed was essentially legal and edibles/vapes were a felony. That simply makes zero sense. I bet that if it was the middle of the summer and there were any other boats on the river, they wouldn't have even stopped him for a safety check (which he passed) and even if they found something, they wouldn't have wasted a whole day to haul in a guy with a used up vape pen. He was just unlucky. The law was applied to its maximum force. We need consistent science based drug laws. Not some hodge-podge of silly half laws that change city to city, county to county and state to state. |
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You point out that burning fuel in the car is lower efficiency and give us a range. Fare enough. For one, you want to compare an electric vehicle and give a single efficiency number, when in fact it has to be a range. Heck just driving over 55 mph changes the arrow dynamic curve and power needed to overcome the wind resistance so the static number is more than likely a positive upper limit because the article you posted was a pro electric car talking point. There has to be a range. Second, you are completely ignoring the burning of the fuel on the front end and the power delivery over the grid. That is where my number comes in. So no, I don't believe you. If you want to counter with people can charge at home with solar panels? I may be able to buy it except, most people have to get to work during the day thus charge where? Now we are getting into nuance but most people are not going to have solar panels any time soon. Like a generation or more. You still have the issue of toxic waste and battery failure. |
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Here is a thought. Quit doing drugs and quite advocating. It does not do any good for society. It is getting to the point of 1980's mullet guy in cut off genes in a '78 firebird trying to tell us how drinking and driving is cool and that Budweiser is the cure of the world while chucking empty cans out the window. |
Why vape and not actual pot, because it is easier on your lungs. "
You sure about that? The good people at Philip Morris couldn't even make them safer than a cigarette. |
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Never heard anyone say pot doesn’t harm your lungs.
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All drugs have their abusers even the legal ones. How many times have you heard someone say they were switching from beer to liquor because the beer just isn't cutting it? I will only consider the argument in your last paragraph if you abstain from all drugs-- Including alcohol and caffeine. If you drink alcohol, you have no moral high ground to me. The legal vs non-legal is nonsense (the whole point of my argument). They need to be discussed as most harmful to least harmful (to society). Your "It does not do any good for society" argument is an absolute joke. A lot of things do nothing good for society--Like wake boarding, but it is fun and it doesn't hurt anyone else. The part that is really bugging me is that I could not imagine this discussion only a few years ago on a wakeboard website. I didn't smoke for my early years in the sport (until I was 21ish), did a little here and there and now pretty much don't at all. I just pass on it. But I am a wakeboarder--a laid back guy. Why would I care what other people do? The sport has roots in rebellion and counter-culture. Why is pot a big surprise? It just makes me sad that I feel like the sport has lost its edge and I don't really know who to blame. |
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Lowering fuel economy standards for vehicles doesn’t do any good for society. Alcohol consumption doesn’t do any good for society. Most of the food we eat doesn’t do any good for society. This could go on all day.
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Weed is not harmless. It stunts brain development. Alcohol does in youth as well. Weed users have been funneling billions of dollars to violent drug cartels for decades who then abuse all sorts of people and murder them to get weed users their drugs. Sounds like a very selfish thing to me. Maybe people want to legalize it to get rid of the demons of all the people who died so they can smoke instead of having a glass of wine. With that said, I have been around countless people smoking weed. Doesn't bother me. Most drugs society has found out that it made the users useless to society as they were not able to participate. Then society had to pay for their hospitalization. That is why many of them were illegal. They tried it with alcohol but it seemed to be the last straw for society. Wakeboarding does hurt society too. Heck many of the arguments is it is bad for the environment through gas usage and soil erosion. So does youth sports to a big degree as it racks up billions a year in ER visits. All these things have impact to society. They also have positive impacts as well. It is about finding a balance of healthy and destructive. We can play all day as John said. That is the constant battle. As far as wakeboarding being a rebel sport? Hard to be a rebel riding around in $200,000 worth of rig to get to and on the lake. Maybe it is a rebel sport in a Beverly Hills 90210 kind of way. Muffy did not get her full allowance and only got 10k instead of 20k for the week and had to delay the trip to the party in Dubai by a day. ;o) |
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Here is the law and order the left represents on full display. Murder Victim’s family has zero rights , Double Murderer gets every option available. Only in Commiefornia, but coming to a major city near you. Imagine watching someone who took you child’s life walk free while you sit there and don’t get a voice, representation , or support .
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If I was the parent I would be happy he is getting out.
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So he did over 30 years and was under 18 at the time of the crime. What’s the recidivism rate for these folks? I thought people who are released in their 50s are pretty low risk as a general proposition? Is rehabilitation possible? Nobody can ever replace a dead loved one. But should we lock up their killers forever and ever and ever? |
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Before Gascón’s arrival, the prosecutor’s office routinely sent representatives to hearings to argue against early release of offenders. But Gascón’s edict puts an end to that practice. Instead, the department’s new “default policy” compels prosecutors to “support in writing the grant of parole” for every person who has “already served their mandatory minimum period of incarceration.” Furthermore Gascón has eliminated gang enhancements for weapons violations , and violent felonies . So now the prosecutors office is by decree in support of releasing everyone on parole that has served out their minimum sentence, not only that they are barred from attending the parole hearing and arguing that parole shouldn’t be granted to certain violent offenders when warranted . Imagine being a parent of a child who’s rapist is about to be let go, you have no representation from the prosecutors office that handled the case to speak in regards to the horrific events the guilty POS was convicted of . You have no shoulder to lean on for advice on how to handle the situation at hand , and all you can do is sit there and listen to the fact ****bags attorneys and anyone else who wants this piece of garbage released has to say , while you and your child sit there with no voice or representation to keep him behind bars . Personally I don’t believe anyone that takes a life should ever be allowed to live one outside of prison. Hell they shouldn’t even be allowed to live one in prison either. A murder conviction should spell the end of the road , if that was the actual law, people wouldn’t be so quick to kill. The problem right now is that there is zero accountability for committing violent crimes. Who would have guessed we just had record numbers of violence in 2020 piggybacked on all these “justice reforms “ Biden ran on eliminating bonds and empowering further justice reforms for people of color. So buckle up and enjoy the ride. Maybe we shouldn’t even have prosecutors trying cases. The judge should just listen to the defense and decide on how to rule. |
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(scarcasm off) I guess he had to pay up finally for that “white privilege “. Welcome to the actual true life story of the justice system bias. You know how many white suburbanite kids were hammered with minor drug possession offenses while minority counterparts skate free for actual manufacture and delivery charges of controlled substances? You know how many white business men spent time in jail and caught felony charges for possession of .02 grams of powder while black dealers walk free? I ca tell you it’s in the 1000’s here in Cook County Illinois The fact that the federal government , state governments , and municipalities are promoting drug legalization and advocating for its usage is utterly appalling and should open anyone’s eyes who actually follows recreational drug use statistics. Since your an Illinois border guy you already know the push to legalize as many “medical “ cards as possible in Illinois came up way short of their prediction , only all the lefty politicians down state that investors in the weed farms and bought the lad and funded the ventures , were now about to be in the hole because of it. So what did Illinois do ? Tripled the marketing, lowered the standards, and made it easier to obtain an exception. They have everyone fooled by focusing on weed while backdooring hard drugs . Not sure how long ago your buddy’s thing was , but if you actually follow drug trends , vape pens are the hottest commodity in addicting our youth to the drug . They’re used in schools across America and the battle to control that epidemic daily is failing miserably. Statistics overwhelming show that those kids who are doing vape pens in Jr High are exponentially trending towards heroin before graduating high school. There is a reason the heroin epidemic is skyrocketing, all research points to the ease of accessibility to weed at young ages. They simply burn themselves out l, and the weed high no longer does it for them , so they jump to the next drug. Why wouldn’t they in their minds drugs aren’t bad , politicians are pushing to legalize them , we won’t het arrested if we are caught with em , so let’s go to west side and buy some heroin. |
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Still awaiting the answer on ig 13yr old boys belong in lockerooms with 13yr old girls changing and showering. Still awaiting the answer on how you arrest someone fighting you with a knife after a taser doesn’t work. Still waiting for the explanation of how canceling piproline amc ekimiting 1000’s of jobs helps the us economy Still awaiting on you calling AOC out on trying to equate her rape to the feelings her end people felt about the Capitol. Maybe you’ll commentiing on the new BLM curriculum being taught to Ames Iowa indoctrinating study nets as young as preschoolers with trans topics. Encouraging children to break up nucleus of white families. 6. Queer Affirming – We are committed to fostering a queer‐affirming network. When we gather, we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking or, rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual unless s/he or they disclose otherwise.” “7. Trans Affirming – We are committed to embracing and making space for trans siblings to participate and lead. We are committed to being self-reflexive and doing the work required to dismantle cis-gender privilege…” “11. Black Villages – We are committed to disrupting the Western prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and ‘villages’ that collectively care for one another, and especially ‘our’ children to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable.” The school district’s recommended lessons for middle and high school students during this week include a “Justice for Trayvon Martin Tool Kit” that includes the following statement for class discussion: “Discuss George Zimmerman and his Internalized Racism [sic] how even though he is Latino, why he is labeled as white. Ex. George Zimmerman is ethnically latino[sic]–however, [sic] he has the same racial privilege as white person, living in a gated community. He has a light skin color, and he holds [sic] no spanish [sic] name. So Zimmerman is so white-washed, and consumed by white supremacy that [sic] is why he is white.” A Latino man is judged by the color of his skin and then dehumanized in racial terms because of where he lives. This is okay to teach children in America using public tax dollars and public institutions. The grammatically embarrassing “tool kit” also says: “THIS CAMPAIGN DIRECTLY TARGETS A PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THAT SUPPORTS DRACONIAN DRUG POLICIES, IMMIGRANT DETENTION, AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.” It also encourages students to “organize in their schools and communities” with activities such as “hosting a school assembly about police violence, starting a student organization dedicated to discussing and working on issues around police violence and racial profiling…” https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/28...by-skin-color/ Maybe we will head your thoughts on Biden telling America the CDC expert’s opinion on children returning to school isn’t scientific. I am sure you’re just formulating all that content as we speak. |
So all we’ve heard from lefts biggest spokespeople over the past month is how fearful they felt while locked in their safe rooms completely removed from any attack or confrontation with peaceful protestors exercising their first amendment rights under heir guidelines any rule book. We’ve been forcefed AOC’s embellishments , heard Pelosi and Biden on repeat. Where were all these bigmouths calling fit federal prosecution when BLM activists attacked senators and congressmen leaving the RNC ? Where were they when BLM protestors went to Senator Hawley’s house to physically harass and intimidate/threaten his wife and young child ? Where were these loudmouths when Houde Majority Whip Scallise was shot ?
We’ve been fed news story after news story stating the attack on Capitol was led by white supremacy and skin ideology, They’ve mentioned several names of people arrested and their political views. Suspiciously absent from the minute news coverage of those arrested for violent acts during the 8 months of riots in support of BLM was their political affiliation and the constant borage for news media outlets condemning all the BLM supporters tied to Antifa and communist groups . The exploitation here a single event is a complete and utter fabrication , where were all these words of substance when everyday American citizens watched their life!s work burn to the ground due to the lefts rhetoric ? Where were the calls and immediate immobilization of the Guard to combat mobs of people looting , destroying personal property , and attacking citizens ? Where were the calls for the maximum forces to descend on rioters in Chicago , Portland , Seattle , Minneapolis, Louisville , Atlanta ? Where were the daily news reals of trauma incurred by these American citizens due to the lack of action from the left ? Just another spotlight on the usual heaping piles of manure being spewed from these commies. Now we even have an article published in Time magazine outlining the full on assault of our election process , and how big tech aligned with the dems in order to pull off one of the most concerted efforts to alter the outcome of an election as well as the information disseminated during the process to skew the actual facts . Straight from the article , they’re not even hiding it anymore now that Joe was confirmed and inaugurated . That’s why the participants want the secret history of the 2020 election told, even though it sounds like a paranoid fever dream–a well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information. They were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it. Their work touched every aspect of the election. They got states to change voting systems and laws and helped secure hundreds of millions in public and private funding. They fended off voter-suppression lawsuits, recruited armies of poll workers and got millions of people to vote by mail for the first time. They successfully pressured social media companies . It’s all there...,,,,,,,,,, with a complete leftist spin that they did it/had to do it , to save America. Anyone who thinks this was a fair and impartial election needs a labotomy https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.co...gn/%3famp=true |
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Next they are gonna try to convince us that a guy who shows up to a BLM protest with his macho-gun and then accidentally shoots a couple of people because he gets skeered is worse than a straw man of millions of 13 year olds joining the trans movement to get into girls locker rooms.
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2.) He is 100% Mexican. 3.) He is also an elite level wakeboarder (for his age) 4.) He is the director of sales at a $0.25B private company Damn, I've read a lot of your stuff and reserved a lot of judgement because you being in Law Enforcement gives you a unique perspective worth listening to, but damn dude. I purposely left out his race to avoid creating a distraction. Why did you have to make it about race at all? Also, your thoughts on drugs are foolish, ill-informed and archaic. It kinda scares me that you have the prejudices you share on here and a badge and a gun. |
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They are not my numbers, they are the US governments. There is a range, they list city, highway and combined but yes you are right there is a range between car models too which is ignored. This difference is quite significant about 30% between the best and worst ev's. How the fuel is produced is not considered in either petrol or electric, this data is just considering the efficiency of the car itself but it does look like they include grid loss for ev but don't include transportation loss of petrol to pump so they haven't aligned the comparison perfectly. But what can't be disputed is electric motors are almost 100% efficient and electric cars have regen breaking, petrol engines have over 50% heat loss and petrol cars don't have regeneration braking. That's the point. What the interesting article was pointing out was if you turn of x amount of btu's of petrol off you only have to add 1/3x worth of power to the grid to compensate because ev's are significantly more efficient that petrol cars. |
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Race was brought in because that is the norm from the left , we are not allowed to talk about anything without first getting all the privilege out of the way and breaking everything down to race. I didn’t make the rules of recent developments........Only adapting to the way I am Told by the left we need to talk about things. See how absolutely retarded it sounds . It’s disgusting. Not sure if you understand how the left works either. Mexicans are white when they’re successful and minority when they’re not . So you’re wrong again about how the Democratic world views your very successful Mexican buddy. This from the National and most recent BLM supported curriculum being implemented in schools just across the border to your west . “Discuss George Zimmerman and his Internalized Racism [sic] how even though he is Latino, why he is labeled as white. Ex. George Zimmerman is ethnically latino[sic]–however, [sic] he has the same racial privilege as white person, living in a gated community. He has a light skin color, and he holds [sic] no spanish [sic] name. So Zimmerman is so white-washed, and consumed by white supremacy that [sic] is why he is white.” A Latino man is judged by the color of his skin and then dehumanized in racial terms because of where he lives. This is okay to teach children in America using public tax dollars and public institutions. Those words and ideology above are being taught in a public school curriculum as part of the BLM package. This story should’ve been very simple. Your buddy had a lapse in judgment. Didn’t understand the law. He paid his fine, went through the process and moved on. Simple as that. Instead you wanted to use this poor example as a reason to champion drug reform. |
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