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PatriciaHenry's avatar

Costa Rica also bringing about digital ID

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Lani Wilson's avatar

Do you not understand the anticipation for a new world?? It’s the only thing that keeps me sane!! Cannot wait to get out of here. This is the devils domain unfortunately!!

Revelation 21:1

"Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.

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Theo's avatar

Interesting.

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Vinny's avatar

As a Millwright currently employed at a power plant in Wisconsin with late 1950’s infrastructure we are in dire need of new reliable base load power. Here and all over the MISO operating grid is experiencing similar situations. Our boilers, turbines, piping, cooling water, and auxiliary equipment is showing its age. With additional equipment installed in the 1970’s and 1990’s throughout the metro area starting to show signs of degradation. As a maintenance crew of 7 guys we have our hands full. Our operators (crew of 9) are working 50-60 hours weeks consistently and 5 of them plan to retire in less than 5 years. Your comment about labor is spot on we need more people with quality skilled trades experience. Even if we build new generation who is going to operate, maintain and manage these facilities efficiently? It takes years or decades of experience to run these facilities.

I am curious your opinion on power plant work in Argentina. I see Westinghouse has plans to overhaul a nuclear plant in Argentina, are there enough skilled trades to run these facilities in Argentina? What about Gas Turbines?

Thank you for all the great information and entertainment!

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Michael Schaller's avatar

Thank you for a very entertaining and amusing conversation. Of course, one of you is safe and sound in Uruguay, so no worries for you. Liked the joke about the job app.

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Michael Schaller's avatar

Pinochet was a fascist. Alllende was the left-winger who was overthrown. The majority of shootings have been perpetrated by the right, but still your narrative is "the danger is from the left." Nice misdirect!

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Jim Jackson's avatar

Did Rudolf Rummel's research show more democide can be attributed to communism than to any other political movement?

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Yes, political scientist R.J. Rummel's research concluded that communism was responsible for more democide than any other political movement in the 20th century. Rummel's work on "democide"—the killing of people by their own government—attributed more than double the number of deaths to communist regimes compared to all non-communist regimes combined.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Did+rudolf+rummel%27s+work+show+more+democide+can+be+attributed+to+communism+than+to+any+other+political+movement%3F&sca_esv=611c10147d17a93d&source=hp&ei=HODgaN6XKZGIwbkPl6GI8A8&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaODuLPcyMK49V3wxYUC-VIknIhkePZg2&ved=0ahUKEwjelbadlYqQAxURRDABHZcQAv4Q4dUDCBo&uact=5&oq=Did+rudolf+rummel%27s+work+show+more+democide+can+be+attributed+to+communism+than+to+any+other+political+movement%3F&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6InBEaWQgcnVkb2xmIHJ1bW1lbCdzIHdvcmsgc2hvdyBtb3JlIGRlbW9jaWRlIGNhbiBiZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVkIHRvIGNvbW11bmlzbSB0aGFuIHRvIGFueSBvdGhlciBwb2xpdGljYWwgbW92ZW1lbnQ_MgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAFIrL4CUABYpLsCcAB4AJABAJgBcKABuSGqAQUzNy4xMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCMKAC1CLCAg4QABiABBixAxiDARiKBcICBBAAGAPCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICDhAuGIAEGLEDGNEDGMcBwgIIEAAYgAQYsQPCAhEQLhiABBixAxjRAxiDARjHAcICCxAuGIAEGNEDGMcBwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAgsQLhiABBjHARivAcICBRAAGIAEwgIFECEYqwLCAgUQIRifBcICBxAhGKABGAqYAwCSBwUzMS4xN6AHj8oBsgcFMzEuMTe4B9QiwgcHMTcuMjguM8gHSQ&sclient=gws-wiz

You, sir, are an ignoramus.

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Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing's avatar

stalin?

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Michael Schaller's avatar

I read that they used AI and facial recognition to judge the reaction of the individual generals to root out any body that might not be on-board with his nuttiness. You guys have a penchant for understatement. Here you have someone that has taken unprecedented control of the entirec ountry and you just talk like he has a strange taste in breakfst cereals.

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Michael Schaller's avatar

"BECOMING DANGEROUS?" That ship has sailed. When has any president sikked the military on its own citizens? He committed multiple felonies in full view of the American public. You can see what he did on Jan. 6 on TV. You can see the classified documents stacked up that he refused to return. You can hear him threatening Rafensberger to make up votes or it will be "bad for your family, Brad." His pathology--malignant narcissism--makes him unfit to lead. He has control of all 3 branches of government, so no more separation of powers (checks and balances). This is why you observe him bring unhinged and chaotic. And by the way, it's pronounced comma-la.

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Clippy Says No!'s avatar

It has happened several times, including during George Washington's term -- ever hear of the "Whisky Rebellion".

Also, in the case of Trump, from what I can tell he's not sending the military against his own citizens, he's dealing with the uncontrolled boarder invasion issue -- those people are not citizens. And while some can be categorized as innocents just looking for a better life; over the past decade the majority are actually not in that category -- being criminals (organized and not) and various covert military & simple replace-the- native types from both nation states and deluded religions.

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Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing's avatar

That was George Washington’s big L

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