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Or perhaps mail in balloting is not secure, as apparently was shown to the judge. And who's to know. Primaries are usually low voter turnout. So stuffed ballots could be in the name of those that didn't vote. When signatures are not checked or there is no ID, who's to know if the ballot is legit or not? mspart

Maybe the question should have been will Yianni make the Olympic Team for 2024? Then people can say their peace on that. Or maybe the question could be who will be our 65KG rep on the Olympic MFS team? Who wants to take on these questions? For myself, I don't see Yianni making the team. He would have to do some major improvement which can be done and a person of his caliber is certainly capable of it. But as has been noted, 65 is super tough. mspart

Pretty sure you don't. mspart

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I didn't remember that so googled it and found that Iran responded with a futile missile attack on Iraqi/US positions that caused no harm to US servicemen. Was there more than this? You said multiple times. It seems that there was no war with Iran that I recall so tensions did not apparently escalate. mspart

After Trump had their chief dude Qasem Soleimani killed? mspart

I think Israel has been very clear that this is an operation to cleanse Gaza of Hamas, all of Hamas. It is Hamas that will negotiate terms. Unless they are eradicated. That's the way I understand it. You are correct, the PA is not involved. To be quite clear, the Palestinians in Gaza have suffered because Hamas has taken all aid and given it to themselves first in the form of its munitions, its investments, and its tunnels. There is precious little left for the Gazans after that. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/world/middleeast/palestine-gazans-hamas-food.html As Gazans Scrounge for Food and Water, Hamas Sits on a Rich Trove of Supplies Hamas has spent years stockpiling desperately needed fuel, food and medicine, as well as ammo and weapons, in the miles of tunnels it has carved out under Gaza. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/13/israel-gaza-hamas-war-west-bank/ Israel orders 1 million Gazans to evacuate; ... “We need to separate them,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told reporters. “Those that want to save their life, please go south.” Hamas dismissed the warnings as “psychological war” and told citizens to stay. mspart

I saw the pictures of the refugee camp and have to wonder why a refugee camp was in the middle of the city. There are broken buildings all around that camp. When I think of a refugee camp, I think of an area outside of cities along borders etc. I'm not saying that it wasn't truly a refugee camp, but it is an odd place to put one. mspart

And what did Iran do while he was president? What has Iran done while Biden has been president? mspart

I have to say I'm not a fan of 3 points. I think a better way to differentiate scoring would be to adjust the escape rule. 0 points for being let go, 1 point for an actual escape. mspart

So Day 1 is pretty good. 4 weights - 4 finalists. Nice. mspart

I am not a Trump supporter GWN. You and I don't know he's a criminal before, during, and after he left office. He is not being criminally prosecuted for anything he did before. He is being criminally charged for things he did toward the end of his time and for things after. So there is that. But I think those charges, for the most part, are politically motivated. The Jan 6 stuff is definitely political as they had the info back then but chose to prosecute now during the campaign. All of the lawsuits and prosecutions have waited until this campaign time. That seems just a little more than suspicious to me. That said, I wish he wasn't running for President. I don't support him. He is toxic to himself and everyone around him. He generally had good policies but submarined them with his antics. I am more of a DeSantis guy, but he is really not telegenic enough to get the traction he deserves in my opinion. But I think he would make a great President. I just see a political hit job on Trump and call that out, not because I support him, but because it is wrong when so many others have done worse and nothing happens to them because they are on the other side. mspart

For a free country to survive, there are duties and responsibilities we all share. When we decide we want to be free of those duties and responsibilities, that is when the freedom of the country is diminished and the plight of those unfortunates caught in the middle is not good. You could say the same about taxes. If someone decided they didn't want to be yoked by that, it does little harm. But when it is typical of the citizenry, then it does great harm to the whole and the country is weakened. A free country does not mean you can do whatever you want. There are penalties for going outside the law. These laws are there to enforce the duties and responsibilities we all have so that the freedom remains. Freedom is not free, it is kept by vigilance to social norms. Families operate similarly as there are duties and responsibilities on the part of the adults. When one or both (normal family arrangement) decide they no longer want to be ruled by duties and responsibilities that they agreed to, the minor children suffer as a result. It is pretty inevitable. When you have a small number of broken families, the result is minor to society as a whole. When it becomes a normal thing, society as a whole suffers. But even if one child suffers, it is worth it to prevent that if possible right? mspart

I want to go to those winter games. Italy is awesome. mspart

That's pretty much 100% of the case. Although there are a few smart ones. One that is not is our own Patty Murray. mspart

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Ah yes, the solid state battery. That may be a game changer if it works as advertised. The other problem with EVs are they are dependent on an already fragile electrical grid. If we all change to them, then we will over stress the electrical production machine that we have right now. This is just part of the problems those on the EV side jumped to without thinking this through. This chart shows we have a long ways to go to be carbon neutral in our electrical generation. This from https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 And if the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow, then you have to have something else to fall back on. You cannot just start and stop generating plants like a light switch. They take time to get on line. So they would have to be running in a backup mode to cover any shortfalls. That is not really a great solution. mspart

Improvement would be a good start. They have not shown improvement. They cost more, don't go as far, are not as easy to refill, and when the batteries go out, a big layout to get new ones. Trucks are even worse as no business would use one for their business because you can't haul anything with them. That's a big deficit. No they are not perfect. They are not even an improvement over what we have except in the emission realm. There has to be more to get people to move that direction. The hybrid is a better situation. Small engine that charges the batteries, smaller batteries that are also charged when braking. More fuel efficient, thus less CO2 emitted. And the minuses of the EV are not attached to the hybrid. Fuel cell might be the better way to go, no emissions at all other than H2O. We are still a long way off from nuclear powered cars. Not sure that should be in the hands of just any Joe. mspart

Well, he was the 5th choice, so he was no one's first, second, or third choice. mspart

Yeah, he was really pretty good, he was tough, and he was fun to watch. Every now and then I think of him and really wished he was able to climb that ladder a bit higher. He got higher than most ever do, so that is something. Pretty unique character. ' I thought he was an Illini, but I see he wrestled for Indiana. Sorry for getting that mixed up. mspart

Hey, now there's an idea!! That is some out of the box thinking. If this didn't happen, what about the poor slobs that get caught in between cities with low/no charge left? I'm thinking specifically west of the Mississippi where towns can be quite far apart. Tough to hitchhike to the charging station and back to pour a coulomb or two of charge into the batteries. That's a must tow situation. Hopefully the EV tow truck has enough charge to get that done. mspart

You got that right. Everyone, except the party elite, share in the misery. mspart

Oh, I was saying with from the river to the sea, Hama's advocation of ethnic annihilation, which you and UB appear to be ok with. Moving palestinians is a far worse crime in your minds. mspart

Getting ready for Thanksgiving. I might have to get the smoker warmed up on something else before then. mspart