Just because it's a fallacy doesn't mean it's incorrect - it just means it's not *always* correct.

The answer to the maintenance and upgrade question is simple - you don't maintain, you don't upgrade. You design the whole thing to be disposable. If an individual server breaks, you turn it off and pretend it doesn't exist anymore. Keep going until the thing is so broken you can't do anything more with it. When it stops working entirely, you abandon it as space junk or splash the whole orbital DC into the Indian Ocean where it can cause environmental havoc for centuries to come.

Bah. Give me WordPerfect 5 with the card you place over the function keys on the keyboard. Memorize those key combos and you were a GOD.

I figured my kid would be doing that. Nope. Kids don't have the appetite for mischief anymore like we did, at least with my family.

The planning commissions *are* the locals, or their elected or appointed representatives. There is no politburo directing this, but based on your response, you seem to desire one. Be careful what you wish for.

Exactly this.

It's economics.

It's always economics.

If they can offer this stuff at a discount compared to ground beef - USD $5/lb or better - they will get sales.

Actually I was being honest. I've seen what you see there and none of it seems to indicate Elon was ever there, which you even state. Curious why you think I'm being dishonest when I asked a sincere question.

I think it's funny though that you reply with basically "Of course he was there!*"

*he was never there.

I guess that's the state of the world.

Would you mind please pointing out exactly where he says this? What part of the Epstein files shows Elon having been on the island?

My teenager prefers to watch any videos on his phone as opposed to the 56" 4k on the wall.

We are moving from a 'home theater' experience to a more personal experience for video - and higher resolutions are not required nor desired for those viewing mechanisms.

TVs are dead, and Sony knows it.

You know exactly why things are not more transparent -- because we keep electing the people who have a vested interest in keeping things hidden. But what are you going to do - vote for the other party?

If Liz Warren said the same thing, you'd be applauding.

I really hope Trump comes out and says that breathing is a wonderful thing, because then you'll finally stop and leave the rest of us in peace.

Our rail cargo system in the USA is the envy of the world. It's precisely because we have chosen to skew our rail toward freight and away from passenger that we have such a terrible passenger rail system. Our passenger trains share track with freight, which delays our passenger trains as they must yield to freight. In Europe and Asia, freight yields to passenger, and in many cases (if not most) passenger trains have dedicated tracks.

Rail freight is also what killed barge traffic on our rivers, though we do move a lot of aggregate materials via barge still.

Matt Walsh is a never trumper?

As far as tariffs are concerned, you'll probably be surprised to find that a massive amount of right wing pundits are against them for exactly the reasons you state.

What I find funny is how people on the left have suddenly discovered Milton Friedman in their railings against Trump.

They don't have to. They only have to subsidize it enough to tank the rest of the world's auto manufacturing. Then, they become the only one left, a monopolist in a market with a huge barrier to entry. They can pull their subsidies at that point and rake in the excess profit.

This is a classic trade manipulation strategy. It's taught in undergrad business classes.