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1 day agoThey want to solve it with desalination, but this dumps brine into the ocean, which is bad for sea life. My own feeling is they could pump it out into deep water, but I guess they don’t want to pay the cost.
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2·2 days agoMeritocracy usually means “people like me in charge, because I’m awesome”.
3·2 days agoYes but then they won’t oppose your rule.
Exactly this.
The right wing of American politics has laid claim to the military for decades, and the membership of armed forces have gotten more and more Republican-aligned.
It’s a coup followed by a military crackdown waiting to happen.
About 52% of the Colorado River’s water is used for irrigated agriculture, while 18% is consumed in urban areas. The rest supports natural vegetation (19%) and evaporates from reservoirs (11%). No water reaches the ocean.
There’s an interesting documentary, The Brainwashing of My Dad.
Basically rightwing media turns a normal person into a mindless hate zombie. Plenty of y’all have seen it.
It has a happy ending. Mom and dad move to Florida, and the kids just program Fox out of the available channels, and block Facebook on the computer. “Weird. Must be some problem in the new house.” After a while dad returns back into being a normal person, and even chuckles about what an asshole he was for a while.
Mostly they get the same benefits as the average American: roads, foreign wars, corporate subsidies.
Same with my partner. We made a compromise that Saturday is a day to do stuff and Sunday I get to relax, while she continues to Get Things Done.
15·4 days agoMy son is already drooling at the prospect of getting his hands on some of their RAM.
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It’s what Mitch McConnell would have done, were he still alive today.
The Constitution forbids laws that apply retroactively. This is wise.
Maybe court-ordered?
My understanding is that the Republicans need Texas due to shitty electoral college math.
2·5 days agoTea being a code word for dinner, which probably does not involve any tea.
Just like having buying and selling things is not necessarily capitalism, an organization that gets and spends money is not necessarily a company.