What was political about this story? It stated nothing but facts and offered no opinion. If this story makes you feel called out then it sounds like a you problem.

He said as much 5 years ago https://www.govexec.com/workfo...

The pay was way below market so the positions were filled with H1-B applicants

Acres and acres of flat roofs and parking lots doing nothing but absorbing energy and wasting it. We have devices that passively generate power from sunlight. Sounds like science fiction when you think about it.

Oh no, communists.

Chori pollo. This local place puts some slow cooked onions down before the meat and it's amazing.

Age 70. Enough said.

I still don't understand why the Arduino IDE won't allow you to put spaces in filenames. My OS supports it so what's their excuse?

I know a guy that let 1600 criminals out of jail along with a prolific drug trafficker.

Now you're suddenly concerned with environmental impacts when it comes to turbine blades?

Most cults collapse when the figurehead dies. Dear Leaders death will create an interesting power vacuum and struggle for control. The MAGA movement goes back to the TEA party which was started because of Obama.

I went the entire day without thinking about trans people until you mentioned it. Why do you keep thinking about them?

MAGA with mod points are already butthurt. The Arkansas budget is $ 6.49 billion. https://arkansasadvocate.com/2...

We're looking at what, 0.04% of the budget for PBS?

$2.5 million doesn't even register on the state budget. PBS is incredible value for the money. I watched PBS frequently as a child and not just for the childrens shows. I learned to cook with Julia Child and Yan Can Cook. I learned home improvement from watching Bob Vila. I learned carpentry from Norm and his massive shop and also how it was done by hand with the Woodrights Shop. Not to mention all the science and documentary shows. But I guess all that stuff is woke and gay now for not kissing a certain orange individuals ring.

It's not just Germany. Most of Western Europe has been trending this way since the end of the Cold War, and the roots of such thinking were there long before Hitler was even an itch in his daddy's pants. A lot of Americans seem surprised by this. But Europe isn't America, and European governments have always had a more paternalistic view of their role than American political philosophy allows for. Further, most Europeans are fine with that. Americans gasp when they see such things, but this is just the latest line of code in the old European We'll keep you all safe, comfy, and warm under the blanket of *insert European capitol here* script. European thinking sees the welfare of their people in totality. So it's not just social welfare you get from such systems... "free" healthcare, subsidized housing, schools, etc... but you also get the rest of the "protection" philosophy... that you have to protect people from themselves. Speech codes, bans on anything the government deems "extreme", they're all part of the paternalistic view that you're protecting and providing for your people. Father's job is to feed, house, and keep the kids safe. Part of that is disciplining and setting rules that they have to follow, for their own good. With a few exceptions, this is No Bueno is most of North America, but again, Europe isn't America. It has a considerably different mindset.