No, no they didn't. There was a switch in the 1920-1930s. The civil rights era's political history is nothing like what you describe nor is it anything like how it is presented in the media. The parties didn't ideologically realign during that period in any real way but there were demographic shifts in party support You can make the case that there was a realignment in the 1980s, but I don't buy that as the election data doesn't really show that either.

Lately, many of the sites I use for things are down a lot more than usual. And the outrages are far longer than in the past. I suspect too much vibe coding is the cause. Is anyone else seeing what I am seeing? What do others think?

Activist is just what we call immature people now...OK.

Its so cute that you believe the numbers the CCP puts out. It also means that none of us have to listen to you. What are you, 6 years old?

We would be lucky to be able to make something that extracts 1% of the energy from this reactor That's because its heat is 1000000C. At 300C we can extract over 50% (up to 60% for a very efficient plant). But that's because we have materials that can handle 300C but there is nothing we know of that can handle 1000000C. I have no idea where you got the 25% number from, that's about half what it is in practice. For a fusion reactor however, we have no idea but achieving 1% would be a miracle. Most fission reactors make 2x the heat as electricity. 2GW of heat and 1GW of power is a pretty standard size for a powerplant.

In all fairness, owning land or a business in California is the surest way to make someone more right wing. Move to a very rural area for the opposite effect.

Considering the heat in this fire is twice most blowtorches, I fail to see how that means anything. Please understand these fires are hot enough to melt structural steel. They are also hotter than the kiln where those clay tiles would have been made.

One, stone isn't a great building material. Sure its still standing, but you wouldn't want to live in it. Second, there are tons of building regulations in the US and especially in a place like this. There isn't much that can withstand the kind of heat a forest fire makes. It isn't like the fires in a city, they are much bigger and more intense. There are several causes of this fire, one is climate change, another is not putting in the effort to clear brush. Building out of stone wouldn't have made much of a difference. The remaining structure isn't livable even if it is still standing.

The insurance companies pulled out of this neighborhood about 6 months ago. All policies were cancelled. They said the state wouldn't let them raise the premiums to a level required to offset the risk. Before you say, greedy insurance companies, 1) they were right, and 2) if they did write these policies, the rest of us end up subsidizing their much more expensive homes. Just though everyone should know this before piling on about insurance.

He is in the UK. Sound financial decisions are not made by government officials in the UK. Its politics all the way down to the poorhouse. Its the UK way.

The insurance companies are already leaving before this was announced. So reality and actions of those involved would seem to indicate that the insurance companies will just leave. Just try to buy a house with a mortgage in CA and you will learn some things.

That's not Godwin's law. Godwin's law is when you call one side of the argument (or whoever you are arguing with) Hitler. This is using that as an example of something silly. But thank you for showing everyone that you don't actually understand Godwin's law. Now turn in your Internet pass at the door as you leave.

Its also shifting blame in a really disingenuous way. The idea that big tech companies are doing something comparable to tobacco companies is pretty rich. Well, this person who wrote this article breaths air. Hitler breathed air. Therefore this author is responsible for the holocaust. See how silly that is. This is an ideologically temper tantrum from someone who is mad about the outcome of an election. Are all the folks who work in big tech angels, no of course not. But does getting folks to argue on the Internet, really cause the same harm as AGW or tobacco companies? That's a really hard argument to make. Especially since those Internet discussions really only impact the chattering class and not normies nor actual public policy.

Its also ex-post facto. Why is that important. Because after I pass my air tax, you own me your lifetime earnings. Also, everything is illegal because at the time you do something, you don't know if I'm going to ban it in the future. So everything is illegal. That's why we don't allow ex-post facto laws.