One of them thar days.
Nothing much, just another Monday. All quiet on the Midwest Front. So we can just go to the links…
- They just want better schools.
- Sloopy mentioned this in the Morning Links.
- Euro vs. USD in race to the bottom.
- Switzerland contemplates war with India.
Comments are open and yours.
Education Minister Edourd Geffray called the movement “legitimate at the outset” but said it has now been “taken hostage by ultra-left groups.”
Protests escalated with high-school students lighting fires outside of schools across France.
Give ’em a whiff of the grape.
Ultra-left. I think that’s first time I’ve heard that modifier applied to someone on the left, though maybe it doesn’t count since it came from a politician rather than “objective” news source.
“As opposed to the merely far-left government I represent.”
Madness!
bueno
This is what you get with cradle-to-grave government coddling. See also France.
Europe never really moved past feudalism, they just replaced decentralized lords with a central point of control.
Spain ain’t nearly as centralized as Britain.
IIRC Wales’ and Scotland’s “devolution” has increased in recent decades. Not sure how it compares to Spain. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
“Europe is taking the spotlight at the start of the week, as fiscal and political concerns hit the bloc. France is the epicenter of the concerns. However, Spain is also set to get ready for an early election, which is adding to investor worries,” XTB research director Kathleen Brooks told The Guardian.
As retarded as our elections and body politic are, it’s a real challenge to out-‘tard the Euroweenies.
We suck, but not nearly as hard and fast as the Masters in Belgium.
They don’t compare to the old Dutch Masters.
I bet they are just salivating over starting WWIII still.
My understanding is that Bad Orange Man has already started WWIII a half dozen or so times.
Why would anyone care? We all dyed from net neutrality.
started WWIII a half dozen or so times
Now you understand why AOC was talking about WW eleven.
We all dyed from net neutrality.
That only killed white people, not people [already] of color.
juris:
Wasn’t that Omar not AOC talking about WW 11? It’s a good thing she didn’t go to the movies.
Omar not AOC
May well have been, I just knew it was a stupid woman and that name came to mind first.
Mammary Monday is looking forward to a brighter day!
https://archive.is/NgWpF
1 looks like fun. 2 looks high maintenance, but still would. I’d caddy for 5.
Six looks to get stabby, but I could go to the line.
Yes, the dark night of fascism is truly upon us now 🙄️
As I said this AM, Europeasants will not give a shit if they have to go all Fascist to right this ship.
Refinery capacity matters?
Modern refineries are enormously complicated systems of distillation towers, catalytic crackers, hydrocrackers, cokers, hydrotreaters, and other processing units. Each was designed around particular crude slates and product markets, and while operators can optimize within those constraints, there are limits to how much the product mix can be changed. That is why a shortage of diesel cannot be solved simply by pointing to record crude production and telling refiners to make more.
There is also a practical limit to how much additional diesel U.S. refineries can produce when utilization is already high. During the third quarter, U.S. refineries reportedly operated at an average of roughly 96% of capacity as companies responded to very strong refining margins. Diesel crack spreads, which measure the difference between the value of diesel and the crude oil used to produce it, reached extraordinary levels as global product supplies tightened.
It’s a good thing California has been shutting down refiners.
Who needs refineries when everything will be electric in the glorious future?
How complicated can they be when every politician seems to think he is qualified to manage one?
Literally the only reason the USD is still a reserve currency, and we’re still allowed to carry 125% debt to GDP, is that we’re the tallest dwarf.
Thank the gods that Switzerland is so small and unambitious.
“We all want to be
GermanySwitzerland, but do we really have the strength of will?”Meh. The only invention the Swiss have made in 500 years was the cuckoo clock.
The only invention the Swiss have made in 500 years was the cuckoo clock.
/cuddles 7.5mm Swiss rounds
Rubin’s work on that round is the basis for all the .30 caliber class rounds.
I double checked.
The French were working on what would become 8mm Lebel at the same time as Rubin did his work.
I was going to say the tourbillon, but technically it was conceived by John Arnold, though developed and patented by Breguet.
Illiterate heathens.
The Third Man, you fools!
Never seen it. In fact, now that I think about it, I don’t think I’ve seen any of Welles’ ouevre.
Building additional capacity is also very different from drilling another oil well. A major refinery expansion can require billions of dollars, years of engineering and construction, lengthy permitting, and confidence that the investment will remain profitable for decades. That is a difficult commitment to make in an industry where demand growth, environmental policy, electrification, and fuel-efficiency standards all introduce uncertainty about long-term returns.
Just wait ’til the Democrats take the wheel.
That’s exactly when the evil oil barons will decide to raise prices and rake in OBSCENE PROFITS.
The only structures more evil than oil refineries are data centers. You wouldn’t want one in your neighborhood, would ya? would ya?
I’d lease my ground to either.
Bigly if True
With Iran’s economy in free fall, the country’s currency is getting dragged down too and continues to find new depths, with the regime facing a major cash crunch soon.
The U.S. naval blockade has sent Iran’s oil exports to virtually zero, while its Persian Gulf neighbors have boosted their own shipments under the protection of the U.S. military, which is eroding Tehran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz.
Maybe this is just propaganda or wishcasting, but I’m not going to lose any sleep over the ayatollahs reigning over a barren hellscape.
Who knew that after all the missiles and bombs, some of the most effective warfare would be at computer terminals in DC, New York, and London?
Scott Bessent – that’s who.
The smug retard.
We’re up to, what, 58 victories over Iran?
“shipments under the protection of the U.S. military, which is eroding Tehran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz”
What’s this? The media keeps telling us “Iran has closed the Strait.” I find it hard to believe (chuckle, chuckle) that the media doesn’t know perfectly well that the Strait is open even if subject to random, largely ineffective, attacks from Iran. This would be like saying the Nazis “closed the Atlantic Ocean” because their subs would sometimes score a few sinkings in merchant convoys.
Nevada’s Wolf Pack is more effective than these jokers at this point.
Europe is particularly exposed because the continent has steadily reduced refining capacity over the past decade and a half. European and neighboring refining capacity has fallen from roughly 17.5 million barrels per day in 2009 to about 14.4 million barrels per day today, increasing dependence on imported refined products. When several traditional suppliers are simultaneously constrained, buyers compete more aggressively for available barrels, and those prices feed back into the U.S. market.
The genius which is Brussels. “We’ll just get our fuels from the Russians.”
CNN headline:
“Why doesn’t high speed rail work in America?”
Well, you see, we have these things called airplanes. They are faster, more flexible and don’t have to buy right-of-way on every foot of of their route.
Because America is large.
Tl;dr: Europeans think 200 miles is a long distance, Americans think 200 years is a long time. Choo choos are great if everyone lives stacked like sardines in a handful of cities and don’t need to get anywhere else. If you live 80 miles from the nearest train stop, that’s a long walk.
Curious Commonwealth asks: Is high-speed rail possible in Virginia?
There are about 25 bus trips between Richmond and D.C. every day, with transit time about 2hrs/15m. Article lists various “freedoms” you have on the train vs. tense behind a steering wheel. Cool – if you pay for your “freedoms”, I will pay for mine. But that isn’t what the choo-choo fans want, is it?
They want to relive their Eurail experience, creech.
Because passenger rail is multiple times more expensive than owning a car.
Driving: see you a day or so.
Flying: see you in a few hours
Train: next week we will be passing Texas maybe.
By George, I think he’s got it
“Just to make sure I have a correct understanding. Presumably, if you prevail, the next day a municipality in every single state will file a lawsuit,” he told Boulder’s lawyer, Kevin Russell.
Although Boulder’s claims are based on consumer deception, Roberts also seemed skeptical that the lawsuit was anything other than what he called “an effort to reduce emissions.”
The object is complete paralysis in the energy markets, which will bring about a glorious new energy free future.
The Energy Wars™ should have a cool name like Holodomor.
Those of us who own horses will be the new nobility when all the rest of you are walking or bicycling.
Yes, having your own poop factory is always a winning deal.
“The Dark Times”?
“Return of the Wood Stoves”?
“Let’s use candles”?
There are others, I’m sure.
I’ll be stealing your horses to plow my field.
We just need that last push into renewables, that will fix everything!
🙄
If by “effort to reduce emissions” he really means “effort to impoverish the country” he might be on to something.
It would bring about a Mad Max hellscape.
I should order black leather before Amazon runs out of fuel.
I’m trying to describe what it is about the flavor of Nashville Hot Chicken that needs fixing. It’s not the heat, it just doesn’t taste very good and I’m unsure of how to fix that.
Though this is entirely academic. I don’t intend to cook any anytime soon.
Sounds like the taste buds are the problem.
I miss Hot Chicken Takeover.
Incorrect. Taste buds are just fine.
Number of things, mainly how it is constructed and application of those spices.
But it might be the final coat that throws you off. Its basically a spicy paste using lard, traditionally.
Or the buttermilk and pickle brine prep.
The heat messes up the flavor.
I don’t want any government schools.
What can I burn down?
Jews. The answer is always Jews.
Will you only be burning or will you also be looting?
If the latter, it is recommended to loot first and burn second.
https://x.com/newyorkstateag/status/2107186861093613796
I encourage this POS to take all the needles she wants and shove them right into her forehead.
You’re a state AG. Stay in your lane, asshole.
But you can’t grift if you don’t swere out of the lanes from time to time.
NY is missing all that free Medicaid reimbursement money if the vaccines aren’t recommended.
I don’t want any government schools.
What can I burn down?
A firehouse.
Is it a jooishy firehouse?
bridges?
Most of them are government owned too.
I remember the Johnny Carson show sometime in the. early ’70s. Carson had a Chinese national on as a guest.
When asked they are not interested in a free country the Chinaman answered “Because freedom means you are free to starve”. At the time the Chinese were dying like flies from starvation. America was crazy prosperous.
What is at work here is not rational thought. It is the desire to lord it over your fellow man. When people are starving they will do as they are told to keep some food in their children’s mouths.
Leftists are evil people
It’s the same reason they team with Islamists.
The Green Party is now an openly anti-Jewish party
Something something, history doesn’t repeat but it rhymes.
Google updated the satellite map of Gaza.
It’s worth a scroll around. The Jews did a pretty good job but it looks to me like they missed about 1/3 of the buildings.
Damn that right wing antisemitism!
Critical Drinker on Digger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLmVVZl_cFU
Some of Tom Cruise’s best work in decades, in a movie that’s a complete, and Drinker never wants to watch the movie again.
Low Bar. The only movie of his where I thought he was any good was Collateral.
I enjoyed the new top gun and edge of tomorrow.
I’ll be skipping the ManBearPig actor navel gazing exposition.
🤬
The gantry as I initially installed it measured at 0.07mm of skew. The printer is now suddenly measuring it at 0.9mm. This maks it out of tolerance so the machine is throwing a hissy fit.
That original, gloriously precise alignment was done with the print head off, as the alignment tool doesn’t fit under the drive belts when it is attached. The text description of how to do a gantry alignment with the print head on is so wonky and imprecise that I’m going “cut down on the drugs, man.”