Two cartels that created a false scarcity of a common item in order to artificially inflate their prices in order to gouge consumers for over a century in De Beers' case? Oh, no! Cry me a freakin' river.

About freakin' time. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving group of assholes.

You can totally trust what I post. I have no reason to lie while hiding my name. - Anonymous Coward

Yep, less water and less hydro power. Good job, California, getting rid of a "green" source of power.

The quote starts off with

Why does it have the "(sic)" in it? The verb following is in the proper tense for "Tennessee" and the state name is properly spelled. So what's the problem with it?

The New York Times announced that it's going to sue it's readers for copyright infringement from using their paper to learn things.

General aviation gas still contains lead in it.

Why Some Airplanes Still Use Leaded Fuel

While many consider Wikipedia the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate.

(with apologies to Douglas Adams)

Or it could just be that the testing methodology is wrong. To quote James Burke, the historian/TV presenter, in a speech given to the Linus Pauling Memorial Lecture Series in May 5, 2020

So now they are trying to find ways to have these "microplastics" somewhere they couldn't be because plastics weren't invented then. It couldn't be that their whole theory and testing methodology is wrong, so it must be correct to fit their theory. Congratulations, you found the "intergalactic egg".

Interesting how the numbers are suddenly shooting up just as the US Presidential election primaries are starting up.

Just sayin'....

As soon as those who have a lot of properties and a lot of money start paying off, er, contributing to the politicians in charge this will die a quick death.

I'm convinced professional politicians are the leeches of society and should be treated as such.

California bans something else for "ecological reasons" and it backfires. Film at 11.

Technically, he's right. A picture from a film camera is a photo while one from a digital camera is an image. I learned that in one of my meteorology classes in college while studying weather satellites.

However, while both a photo and an image can be faked, it is easier to do so with images. Photo manipulation takes a darkroom and a lot of time. Anybody with a computer can doctor images these days very easily.

But it isn't untrue.

Congratulations, Raspberry Pi has gone completely over to the Dark Side after the whole "We're more concerned with our corporate customers than enthusiasts during the Covid 'Crisis'". Get ready for $200 RPi boards soon.


It was a fun ride while it lasted.

Pepperidge Farm remembers.