Yes, about every third car on the road here is a blasted Tesla. Iâ(TM)ve also seen 1 Rivian and a single Pole Star or Pulsar. Granted, I live in the DC Suburbs. My boss owns a Tesla, no idea what model. Iâ(TM)m holding out for plugs to actually have a standard. My Ioniq hybrid gets good mileage.

Our diplomacy has not been the best, especially that period we just ended. That said, the debt trap thing isn't working out. https://apnews.com/article/chi...

It's about the same as the US, may be higher. Also, while we have problem in the US, we don't colonize regions of our nation and currently held territory to promote racial and cultural harmony...that just sounds wrong. There was Korea The issues with Taiwan (ROC) Invading and annexing Tibet Tibet Uprising (CIA Backed that) PRC vs Burma Xianjian Conflit 1950-today. Sino Indian War Vietnam War (Backing North Vietnam) 1967 Sino Indian Clash Sino-Soviet Conflict of 1969 Sino-Vietnames War 1973 1979-1991 Chinese Vietnamese Conflicts Current India Skirmishes

I never considered it a "F...China" Narative. The problem with China stems from the intersection of the state intelligence apparatus and private industry. The Chinese National Intelligence Law Article 7 spells it out " All organizations and citizens shall support, assist, and cooperate with national intelligence efforts in accordance with law, and shall protect national intelligence work secrets they are aware of." The US requires agencies to get a warrant, or court order. Granted, that court may be a bit secretive, and our track record needs some polish, but we try. China doesn't even pretend. Then you have: Theft of the F-35 design https://www.industrialcybersec... Building and covert infiltration of the AU Headquarters. https://www.voanews.com/a/east... Dutch Government? https://www.theguardian.com/te... https://www.theregister.com/20... The list goes on and on.

I went on unemployment in 2014, got terminated in lieu of layoff to dodge severance payments. Would have had 22 weeks if I was let go in an earlier round. Instead I was given 0.00 after almost 10 years of work. VA not only verified my status, but then gave me the maximum rate of $300. Every week I had to log at least (I think it was) 5 jobs I applied to. I needed the verification email. When my wife was cut the next year, she was denied because the employer put it down wrong. We argued it all the way to the state commission with proof and a letter from the employer, still denied. Be careful what you wish for.

I don't know about any BS except the pro Trump crap. Claiming a news organization, which is likely owned by a mega corp is anti-trump just because they quote the man, that is nonsense. You think Comcast (owns NBC) or Paramount (CBS), or Discovery WB (owns CNN and has said they want to make a right turn) give two figs? Try harder. I watch the man call my friends and fellow veterans suckers, active duty are losers? Bone Spurs meanwhile can't keep a Simple Oath. I work in DC, I saw the fallout. There is not a single respectable thing about that entire party left. Had Donald been in office Putie would not have had to invade Ukraine, Donny would have gift wrapped it. Wake up, get out of your Facebook group echo chamber and go look at what the man said and more importantly what he did.

Let me put this so you will understand. As an old soldier, Donald may as well have sucked Puttie off. He was busted handing the Russians classified material in the White House. He had meetings with Putie that we still have not gotten the minutes of. Dude was a traitor. Jan 6 proves it. Several of my friends from the service went to for the Capital Police, so, maybe still a bit ticked there.

How is it detrimental? A laptop with no chain of custody, no actual evidence, was found by a Republican operative with suspect material on it. Working in IT, and having felt with collecting systems from users for Law enforcement, not to mention preservation of data, this entire thing is nonsense.

Spying on the Dutch? https://amp.theguardian.com/te...

When I worked Fast Food, benefits would have wiped out my paycheck. I made $0.50 over minimum and at the end of the week barely made enough to cover utilities. Forget rent.

Iâ(TM)ve tried that, but found that by ripping I end up with a consistently higher quality rip and decent size.

I have been tinkering with this for a bit, use my file server now, just bought the new Dune in 4k. Ripped to 88GB unencrypted file. Took that and ran it through Hankbrake into 10bit H.265, ended up with a 3GB file lwith both Dolby II and 7.1 audio that looked as good as the master.

How do we set the bar. The System is compromised. Even those whose job it is to review the cases failed.

I grew up and lived in VA most of my life. VA is a very traditional Southern State and loved the Death Penalty. The problem came up back in the late 90's and early 00's it was discovered that a very large number of people suffering from such disadvantages as autism, mental illness, and being the wrong shade of "not white" while in the south, had been put to death. The problem is not that a high degree of certainty is needed, the problem is people. The attorneys, the judges, the juries, nobody involved tried to stop it. It was a system designed to come to one conclusion and that was that. Until the system has real oversight and consequences I can not support it. Life in prison is expensive, but if we screw it up we can at least let the person go and write a big check. Sure, they lost 10 years and may be institutionalized, but they aren't dead. Can't even try to set it right if you kill the wrong person.