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Election day discounts

samedi 17 novembre 2018 à 01:00

(satire) Uber Offering Discounted Wages For Election Day.

UK nuclear power plant

samedi 17 novembre 2018 à 01:00

The UK is desperate to build another nuclear power plant, but companies keep refusing to build one, even with the enormous subsidies that the UK offers.

There is speculation that the real motive for building new nuclear plants has to do with maintaining the capability to build and operate nuclear submarines, and that part of the cost of the submarines is being hidden by lumping it into electric generation.

Renewable generation plus batteries will do the job, and safely too.

Jim Acosta

samedi 17 novembre 2018 à 01:00

The bullshitter denied CNN reporter Jim Acosta access to White House press-insult sessions. Naturally, the reason cited was a lie.

These sessions are worthless anyway. CNN should show it doesn't care about this by covering something important instead of them.

Ranked choice voting

samedi 17 novembre 2018 à 01:00

A congressional race in Maine will be decided by ranked choice voting, making the first time this occurs in the US.

As a citizen of Cambridge, Mass, I've used ranked choice voting for decades in elections for the city council, and I'm in favor of extending the practice to other offices. Other flexible systems seem even better.

Vietnam War whitewashing

samedi 17 novembre 2018 à 01:00

The Pentagon is whitewashing the history of the Vietnam War, including factual falsehoods.

The US troops that fought in Vietnam deserve condolences and an apology, right after the apology that the Vietnamese deserve. I don't see anything to "honor" them for.

This is not to say that the North Vietnamese victors' side was any better.