@#3 ... Keep confronting people who have nothing to do with a "protest". ...

... and what, specifically, is the problem with a "protest" that your alias implies?

Yer up ...

@#3 ... Storming a church service is just despicable. ...

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... But when he dug into their records, Cox could see that while many had committed serious crimes, most had never been identified as disabled or offered resources to help with cognitive impairments.

So Cox set about to change that.

He helped create a new unit in the Los Angeles Public Defender's Office dedicated to representing people with cognitive disorders. ...

Back when I was a teenager, I assembled a Heathkit shortwave radio from a box of parts that Heathkit had sent to me.

I used that radio to listen to the world.

Yeah, in the days of the Vietnam War, I listened to Radio Hanoi. And Radio Moscow, and Radio Peking (as it was called back then). And Voice of America, and Radio Free Europe.

The latter two were like sunshine in the dark world of shortwave radio propaganda.

Now, Pres Trump seems to be turning the [formerly, highly respected and sought after] Radio Free Europe and Voice of America into the same type of propaganda outlet I saw in Radio Moscow back in the days of the Vietnam War.

... I used to believe ...

imo, that's the important aspect here.

That is, it is not what the OpEd writer determined to be correct via evidence, but what he wanted to believe was correct.

Maybe Pres Trump will get a Grammy if he releases an album of his ~weaving?~

Is there a Grammy category for mental degradation?

@#11 ... Lewzer would like that. Obama only has two of those. ...

@#3 ... Sometime you need to check out the east coast of Florida, Mara-Lardo and south, and what the Atlantic Ocean is doing. ...

Yeah, given the rising sea levels and most of Florida's low rise above sea-level, there may be a problem.

When I look at the topological maps, one thing I notice is that one has to look miles, many miles, inland before you even get 20 feet above sea level high tide.

So, yeah ,the coastal areas of Florida are threatened.

For example ...

I've driven on the Pacific Coast Hiughway, back in the day.

A spectacular drive, imo. The views presented made it difficult to focus upon driving.

But, also, as I drove north, I noticed the cliffs on the right-hand side of the road. And I said to myself that they do not look stable.

So, was the closure a surprise to me when I read about it?

No.

It was more expected than a surprise.

From the cited article ...

... "This is what the First Amendment is about, the freedom to protest," Lemon told viewers.

"I'm sure people here don't like it, but protests are not comfortable." ...

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... Prime Minister Keir Starmer immediately set about repairing and rebuilding relations with the 27-member bloc after winning the July 2024 election that ousted the Conservatives after 14 years in power.

He hopes a deeper relationship with European neighbours can help fire up Britain's insipid economy and inject life into a premiership that has so far been deeply unpopular with the public.

His Labour government is preparing to introduce a bill that would provide a legal framework for his much-touted "reset" of relations with the EU.

Despite Labour's crushing majority in parliament, the move is expected to be fiercely opposed by the right-wing opposition parties -- the Conservatives, who took Britain out of the EU, and hard-right Reform UK, which leads opinion polls. ...

OK, what's next?

P. Diddy (a.k.a. Sean Combs) gifting his Grammys to Pres Trump in order to get on Pres Trump's favorable side, and get a possible pardon?

@#2 ...
Ballots by mail BAD
Firearms by mail GOOD
...

Yup.

@#15 ... someone's hurtin' ...

Oh, I agree.

And that person seems to be Pres Trump.

I mean, has your current alias seen his approvals ratings of late?

@#12

OK, a couple of questions ...

1) if the 30% lower price is so great, why doesn't the Trump admin state the price?

2) Until investors have confidence in long-term political continuity, capital will remain cautious ...

Yeah, "long-term" and Pres Trump seem to be antonyms.

But, YMMV vary and all that.

Hey, I just responded to my own message again. :)

@#7 ... Especially with Lewzer selling stolen oil at ten cents on the dollar. ...

@#9

hat

-- should be --

what

oops. :)

@#6 ... ppb ...

Parts Per Billion?

C'mon. I mean, really.

I want to understand hat you say.

@#3 ... VFD ...

Variable Frequency Drive?

... because it had failed to "align their message" with Trump's foreign policy. ...

Lies of the Trump admin ineptly disguised as foreign policy?

@#33 ... You should respond to youself ...

Did that suit your current alias?

I mean, at least when I post an additional comment to a message I have posted, I used the same alias to post that follow-up message.

                      :)

Jus' sayin'

@#31 ... If that is true, then that might make their current support of ICE protesters more curious. ...

Yeah, I've not yet seen any indication that the assertion in #30 is correct. And if it is, what are the differences between then and now?

@#33 ... You should respond to youself ...

OK, I will.

@#11 ... What does trump know?? ...

It is not what Pres Trump knows or does not know.

Regarding national security, it is what the US Military knows or does not know.

But since Pres Trump seems to have removed those senior military people who do not agree with him, I now have a concern about the views the military may proffer.

But, getting back to your question...

What does Pres Trump know?

Well, for starters, there are the mineral deposits in Greenland that he and his billionaire friends can exploit, similar to the exploitation of the Venezuelan oil reserves.

... "Izanami," ... However, the name was later dropped after Ellison was informed that when spelled in reverse, it reads "I'm a Nazi," ...

Only if you misspell "I am..."

@#28 ... Just like the Irish and Italians vs the Chinese. ...

@#30 ... They didn't like leftist back in the day... ...

If that is true, then that might make their current support of ICE protesters more curious.

No?

Whoa, I just looked at Pres Trump's approval rating.

It seems to have made a significant turn.

Job Approval
www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating

@#7

Ya think?

@1 ... Flagging oil prices don't help these exploration efforts, Larson said. ...

That seems to run counter to Pres Trump's stated goal of reducing gas prices.

So, what might Pres Trump do?

Try to lower gas prices for workers, or make it worthwhile for Big Oil to Drill, Baby, Drill?

More from the article ...

... The USGS said Wednesday it found 28.3 trillion cubic feet of gas and 1.6 billion barrels of oil in the Woodford and Barnett shale formations, part of the larger Permian Basin, which straddles West Texas and New Mexico.

The USGS began assessing available petroleum reserves 50 years ago after the Arab oil embargo sent the U.S. into a supply crisis. Domestic oil supplies have exploded since then, especially after fracking ushered in the shale boom in the early 2000s, turning the U.S. into an oil-producing powerhouse. ...

The potential in the area is "massive," Larson said, but producing these newfound reserves presents new challenges. Larson said he has been studying the area as it is increasingly of interest to the companies involved in his research consortium.

The reserves are deeper than the formations where oil companies traditionally drill. It's also hotter, meaning there will be more associated gas. Both the depth and the additional gas pose cost challenges to oil and gas producers.

Additionally, in the Barnett, there's more clay, posing drilling hazards.

"And then the other complexity is just really trying to identify the sort of sweet spots," Larson said. "Where across the Permian Basin is the Woodford most likely going to produce oil? And so I think that's what makes the Woodford still an exploration target."

Flagging oil prices don't help these exploration efforts, Larson said. But if the price signals change and oil companies increase drilling efforts, the Woodford and Barnett present an untapped opportunity. ...

@#44 ... Ol' stinkerbell is funny sometimes...

Funny? Or lame? I've not yet decided on that, so I cannot voice a view.

And sometimes? I'd proffer, often, not sometimes.

@#8 ... Greenland wants the freedom ...

And, you know that ... how?

... Pentagon spokespersons had no clear answers as to where it is and when it will be finally released. ...

So, I ask again ...

Is Pres trump's admin the "most transparent" admin, as he has claimed?

Or is that comment just yet another cover-up?

@#4 ... SO... he's threatening to tax Americans if Europe doesn't help him conquer an unwilling Greenland?

Because the tariffs are taxes that WE pay. ...

Bingo!

@#13 ... I'm betting a lot of those extra potash unit trains I see going by here to the coast are heading that way. ...

I wouldn't be surprised.

Canada is a major supplier of potash to the world. Canada used to export potash to the US.

@#4 ... What ever could it mean? ...

Maybe the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are experiencing elevated enrollment because of the divisiveness and white-supremacy that Pres Trump as put into the current culture?

@#13 ... Yes, I'm sure he's the only one named in the 'files'.
The only one. You should be calling them 'the trump files'. ...

No, I'll continue to call them the Epstein files.

And I have never stated or even hinted that Pres Trump is the only one named in the Epstein files. I have asked about the possible multiple times he may be mentioned. But the only one mentioned?

Indeed, what I have said is that I want Justice for the victims. Period, full stop.

To that end, I have asked why Pres Trump seems to be stymieing the release of the files.

So, let me ask, why does Pres Trump seem to be so reluctant to release the Epstein files?

Is he not also concerned about Justice for the victims?

Or is he concerned about protecting people?

@#10 ... That's normal. Those growers are opposite season wrt US growers. ...

Is it normal?

"last year" is different than "growing season."

@#10 ... that was then and this is now. ...

Agreed.

Then and now. As I noted in #3.

The article talking about ~no soybean purchases~ seemed to be focused upon mid- late last year when China was reacting to the Trump tariffs and boycotting US soybeans.

The article about current soybean purchases seems to be focused upon, well, current purchases. Purchases that have been made since China and Pres trump came to a truce about tariffs.

Related ...

More from the article ...

... His administration passed a number of policies at the start of 2025 aimed at boosting birth rates, including an executive order expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and a Department of Transportation directive to give precedence to "communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average."

However, after a recent report highlighted that financial and other kinds of uncertainty are continuing to hinder birth rates in America, experts have weighed in on what more the administration should be doing about the population crisis. ...

As more women are choosing to focus on their careers, it means they are not having children because of what some describe is a "mismatch between the desires of men and women""the idea that women tend to make compromises in their working lives to have children instead of men, and those who are more career-focused may opt to delay having children, potentially until it's too late. ...

@#8 ... Brazil and Argentina made a killing on soybeans last year. ...

Looks that way.

Maybe, instead of spending money to put gold and marble in White House bathrooms, Pres Trump should focus more upon the basic sanitary needs of the military that servers the Country.