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Tuesday is Open Mike night at the amateur autopsy club!
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I'd gladly ride around for hours looking for cutaways with you. Interesting chats, decent taste in beers...yeah. Good times my friend, best of luck with the healing and hopefully a high five the next time we meet. Life is but a flesh wound.
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Agree, safeguards for the poor and working poor are necessary but the inherent power of capitalism is necessary. Together with the power from taxes to pay debts and pay for programs. Agree but not at the cost of the environment or reasonable protections for all. Agree big time and throw teachers in with that. Energy is a huge component in the economy and here is an excellent NYT companion article. There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away. "Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security." Currently US data centers consume 4.4% of all electrical demand. "According to new projections published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in December, by 2028 more than half of the electricity going to data centers will be used for AI. At that point, AI alone could consume as much electricity annually as 22% of all US households."
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Thanks for that. The Atlantic has great writers. Automation continues as does the growth in the service economy. Agree, revolutions in productivity always bring about populist solutions that seldom level the playing field, seldom contain the correct concise answers. At least immediately.
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Still have the same Cherokee I've been driving for the last 40 years. Whole lot of upgrades and Kentucky gofasters, but it's still a bug smasher.
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Oh, so you put holes in the meaty part, and tore the crap out of stuff. That's a bummer. You're alive and seem tough enough for the job, that's good. I've had long, hard PT in front of me before and it sucks no matter what they say on TV. I'm pulling for you.
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Torn rotator cuff and tendons, broken orbital, torn bicep, broken at the elbow as well. All on my dominant hand so lots of fun and 4 months of no driving so far. Who’d have thought my worst injury after 30 years of motorbikes and skydiving would be in my house :) Long story short it was like a scene from Monty python. Son went into psychosis and attacked me. Sitting on my back and punching the hell out of me, and screaming it’s just a bruise you pussy. He had no idea or recollection afterwards. Getting this tattoo over the scar :)
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Proximal Humerus fracture and a Bankart lesion? Did the greater tuberosity split off or is that an artifact? In my opinion you fucked up, but I’m no Doctor. I don’t like seeing the Humeral head in contact with the glenoid but maybe if it’s a Bankart lesion that will correct on repair. Otherwise it’s arthritis sooner than later. No reason full range of motion or close enough isn’t possible.
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Interesting article Wendy. I think we’re at a pivotal moment in history and I agree Trump is just a chess piece rather than the central figure. US influence on the world is weakening and I think most countries are looking to diversify their alliances and trading away from the US. Unfortunately, I think it’s going to bring tough changes for the US, probably more than for the rest of us. I just hope the US doesn’t lash out militarily as a last gasp at holding onto their power and influence.
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Hi John, I do not disagree with you. However, if you consider the labor-hours that it took to plumb a new house in 1950 compared to today, I am very sure that you will easily see that it takes about 25% of the labor-hours to do so. This is because of continuing development of easy to use materials. ABS & PEX come to mind. I own two 2015 cars; one I bought new & the other 7 yrs ago. Except for one needing new rear shocks & the other one needing a brake job, I have only spent money for consumable items in the entire time that I have owned them. Today, due to technology advances, cars are a magnitude more reliable than what my dad drove in 1950. Stick built houses will soon be a relic of the past. There is more & more of a trend/demand to keep the costs of housing down. I think the future will see more of a house built in a factory & then assembled on-site; various floor-plans to choose from. All of these things have resulted in a lesser need for manual labor. As I said: The world does not need the amount of manual labor people that is available. Jerry Baumchen
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Definitely top of the list if I can. At this point I can only just do an Elon Salute, and not looking like I’ll be able to get full range of motion on my arm.
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You're also not likely to see an actual plumber or carpenter anytime soon. Try calling one.
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I don't see robots replacing plumbers, car mechanics or carpenters any time soon. I see middle and lower management, white and pink collar jobs, disappearing really fast
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I used to get line twists from small to large on a regular basis on a Diablo 170 which is known to be a very twitchy canopy. The pilot chute looked like it was shaking during deployment so I got a new pilot chute. I got a stowless deployment bag which stopped the deployment bag from dancing back and forth while the lines pull out. The stowless bag gets the canopy out out of the bag pointed straight ahead and into the air quicker, reducing the time for weird things to happen. Lastly, during deployment I keep my legs, knees and feet together and straight and fight during the process to keep my toes pointed straight into the ground. The line twists have gone away.
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I agree their following isn’t the core, but their appeal should be studied, and middle issues worked in a similar way. One of the things I like about it is that it doesn’t purport to be the answer, just a thought approach to check for usefulness Wendy P.
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Kelly works for me, might need to kick in for hair extensions but that does attract some voters.
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Let me expand on this. Wes is "a" name. One that resonates with me, but I agree with your assessment. Sen Kelly is another. What the Democrats need is another "Clinton" type to take the stage, play his saxaphone and fuse the democratic party together again.
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That is one of the best articles I've read in awhile. I agree with Joe on the AOC/Bernie fusion. For me; they make good talking points, but their following is more one of detractors than the focus needed. "The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson, which proposes a progressive political program based on lower-regulation, pro-growth policies as a spark for renewed economic growth." This in my opinion should be the focus.
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Sometimes your eloquence delights me.
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Great piece, at least for me, as a reminder of how we got to today. It is very well written, accurate, and is pleasingly intellectual. So, it won't be much of a surprise that I disagree with the conclusion and it's form, in part: "To develop an alternative to the regressive modernization underpinning Trump’s reelection, the left must come up with a governing economic idea that can compete. Technocratic fixes of the old system look very unlikely to inspire a broad-enough coalition to defeat the potent, if unstable, electoral alliance that reelected Trump. The most promising avenue—one that could address the needs of millions of Americans who feel shut out of growth and prosperity and alienated from America’s governing elite—might be a fusion of AOC/Bernie populism with a more political, less technocratic version of abundance." Those soaring conclusions, especially the last sentence, are hogwash. It is exactly the crap that won't resonate with any voter that we need to turn. The term, "fusion of AOC/Bernie populism" are words exquisitely designed to turn away any voter in dire need of the "fusion of AOC/Bernie populism". That, telling voters what they truly need, is exactly what we don't need. Sure, we need AOC and Bernie in the rear guard, but not in the discussions about who will lead us into the future or why.
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I think what he's saying is that Trump is a symptom of the sky falling, not the cause. While it doesn't necessarily have to fall, the forces that make people look up are real, and worth considering by the (as he called it) Democratic gerontocracy. Consider how popular Bernie was with a decent number of people who subsequently voted for Trump. Maybe we need to take a page from that book, and ask for his advice, maybe even tell him he'll be an official elder statesman with real advice power. The late 1890's to the 1930's were a serious populist era, and people are painting parallels with this one. That, too, might be worth thinking about. Wendy P.
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Paragliding is worth a look. Just saying.....
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Hi Joe, Re: if old white men would . . . would just take a hike At my age, I can begin to see the sunset. But, be assured that I am NOT running towards it. Jerry Baumchen PS) Another great post. If only America would listen to it.
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Hi Wendy, An interesting read. However, I think it is a little too early to run around hollering that the sky is falling. Trump 2.0 has only been in office for less than six months. Additionally, Trump is not a healthy person; I would not be surprised if he could not finish out his term in office. A LOT depends upon the results of the elections next Nov. If the GOP loses either the House or Senate, things would probably change substantially. As for this from your link: but robots will be the main producers, not working-class men on an assembly line. For many yrs now, I have been saying that every day, all over the world, people are working on developing machinery to replace manual labor. IMO that is not going to stop. The world does not need the amount of manual labor people that is available. IMO this is going to be the real problem in the near future; the next 50 yrs or so. As regards the future of the opposition [ the Democratic Party ], I would refer anyone to the excellent, recent posts of Joe Weber on getting rid of the old guard & installing some true mud-begotten fighters. Thanks for bringing this article to our attention; I have sent it on to my 20-yr old grandson. Jerry Baumchen
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Thanks. I know you are a Wes fan and should be were the coming contest one of choosing a swell human being. I would be a very happy camper if we lived in an enlightened land where a female with a german name could be elected leader by a nation of latino's but we are too backward and our founding documents are plainly insufficient in this more modern world. Look, by now we all should know that America would be a safer and more collaborative place if old white men would recognize that diversity and inclusion aren't just concepts but strengths to act upon. Or, better yet, if they would just take a hike. But that won't miraculously be the landscape in 4 years and definitely not in the 4 years we have to prepare. So we need to quit talking Moore and start talking less of what middle America and the boys and girls proudly waving Confederate flags will never vote for. Instead we need to focus only on what has the best chance to win the Presidency. Then we use the rulings of our current, corrupt Supreme Court to start the process of, 1. Ensuring the Right has no chance in 2028 and, 2. Jamming democracy down the throats of all of the ignorant motherfuckers who made this shitty, zero tomatoes, movie a reality.
