Please. The corn used for ethanol isn't edible. At best, livestock can eat it, not humans. Field corn isn't sweet corn!

And please, if it took 5 gallons of fuel to deliver 1 gallon of ethanol, do you think Cargill would keep throwing that money away year after year? That's asinine propaganda. It's just stupid to believe it.

And before you cry, "ethanol is subsidized!", you had better check the massive subsidies pouring into the pockets of Petroleum Inc.

Farmers are often subsidized to NOT grow corn because they can produce far more corn than can be processed. Many years I've seen mounds of corn 4 stories high left out to rot.

By far, more ethanol is produced in my state than anywhere in the world, with double the ethanol production of the 2nd ranked state. That doesn't make me an expert, but it does make me more attuned to the nuances and aware of the politics surrounding ethanol production than the average pump jockeys.

The farmers around here are very efficient producers. If they were to grow crops for human consumption much of it would perish before it could be delivered. Ethanol corn isn't taking food off anyone's table.

Kessler Syndrome!

Trump has so much useless debris orbiting in and around his brain that reality becomes impossible to navigate.

We're probably looking at the common ancestor of a future intelligent species that will replace our own species when the planet reboots.

AFAIK Trump isn't banned from TikToc. He should join them.

This begs the question, is this what Trump is doing at his own business, ditching computers?

Or, is this another inject bleach and eat fish tank cleaner while probing your ---- with a flashlight-type of thing?

I bet Trump is pissed that his pants are polling higher than himself.

Bwahaha!

Boom-shakalaka, shakalaka, boom!

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Most males already have an extra head.

TWINPAC

I did some searching, and it seems the Voyager probes are slowly decreasing speed. They could pick up speed again as they enter the gravitational field of any star they pass near.

Their original speed came from the rocket thrust used to escape Earth's gravitational field. They were slowing down until they did a kind of gravitational 'sling shot' while passing Jupiter in 1978 followed by another smaller gravity assist from Saturn a few years later.

I also read that, eventually, cosmic dust colliding with the probes will turn them into dust.

Amazing what could be done with 70's technology!

The universe is a happy place.
How do you know?
Because if you listen it's humming.

How fast can Voyager go before it breaks up?
I realize it's traveling within the vacuum of space, but I wonder what it's maximum speed is before it begins disintegration?

AI: "If you'd like to take the most direct route, please complete this survey."

AI: "You've arrived at your destination. You may exit the vehicle after rating your experience today. Thank you, and remember, all negative ratings may adversely affect your social credit score. Have a pleasant day."

We all know how it's going to end up... you're running late as you rush out the door, jump in the car urgently shouting out the destination to the AI.

AI: "Welcome, (insert name). You have requested (x) as your destination. Is this correct"?

You: "Yes! Yes! Yes! Correct! Hurry! Go,go,go!

AI: Thank you, (insert name). Your journey will begin right after these short commercials".

Bill, it's obvious you never were a catholic.

Here is why it's a big deal. If a catholic can't take communion, THE most important sacrament to a catholic, which they also (should) believe is the actual flesh and blood of Jesus himself, then they may as well excommunicate Biden.

And Biden just can't switch churches, you know how protestants did and do, because for good, faithful catholics, the catholic church is the only one true church, and all dioceses are under Rome.

Yea, I'm a recovered catholic....and I'm not even angry.

If she was sleeping naked in a car, and the car was parked, how the hell did she get a reckless driving charge?

I read the article. What kind of crap reporting is this where the most obvious question is unexamined. You'd think they might address that by, you know, doing their job... whowhatwhenwherehow!

Bull$#!+, lot's of accidental mothers and fathers are definitely for abortion. Anyone having an abortion is to a greater or lesser extent is for abortion. That's pro-abortion.

Besides, the doctors performing the abortions are pros.

(Wah-wah)

I'm all for abortion being available to those whom choose that for themselves, but I myself am not pro-abortion.

Pro-abortion? No juice and crackers for you!

Cheezits Christ loves you anyway.

So, one time I was wading in a small creek fishing when I noticed a city police officer riding on the bike path just beyond the bend. I didn't see him pass the next opening in the brush and thought that was strange.

10 minutes pass and here he comes stomping through brush down to the creek. He calls me to the shore for a fishing license check. Irritated, I wade to shore and get my license for him. He was a young guy with an attitude that was looking to ticket me. He comments on my filled knife, how large it was. Calls in my DL over the radio. Says he was watching me from the bushes...creeping through them to the creek.

As he is giving me a hard time I look at his badge, then look at his uniform, then look him in the eye and say, "Look at your vest."

He looks down and sees them, 30-40 ticks crawling around his neck, vest, and shorts. He freaked out like a sissy, slapping his clothes and brushing his neck and face off.

That's when I said, "If I were you, I'd ride my little bicycle back to the station to strip down before I got Lyme disease."

He handed my license back and took off. As he was walking off I yelled out, "Hey", he turns and I say "That's what you get for creeping commando in the bushes, idiot!"

I had never appreciated ticks as much as I did then.

@188 WHODAMAN

That was illuminating. Wow. Thank you.

When your father was a contractor there were plenty of small businesses to supply him, that world is mostly gone with the wind.

Betrayal....lol. I've no loyalty to spend my dollars at small businesses that charge 20% more, have one location, have limited stock on hand. Your dad, if he were still Contracting, wouldn't have many choices today.

The small business that hire me, they really give a ---- where the materials come from and are feeling betrayal. LMAO!

Try it your dad's way today, just try.

With that said, I purchase incidental materials, like tape, caulking, screws, etc. from HD in quantities each month that totals in the few thousands...and I'm just a small Contractor.

These "churches" don't know the home improvement market at all. Their efforts will fail because, while HD won't say it, the Pastor's and their acolytes pushing the boycott don't mean ---- to the bottom line of these companies.

Redirect your efforts fools.

When selling for profit who matter$ more, the guy buying 1000 sq. ft. of laminate flooring once, or the guy buying 150000 sq. ft. of laminate flooring every year?

Sorry Mr. DIY boycott, you don't purchase enough to compete.

I find it odd to boycott a place because they remain silent. Boycotting for what they don't do instead of for what they did do seems asinine.

LMAO! Like the boycott will have any serious effect when the people boycotting spend so little money there.

The real money isn't in selling tools and materials to DIY'ers. The big money is in selling to contractors. Both Lowes and Home Depot are heavily pursuing this market share the last few years.

While they've had success selling a gallon of paint or 400 sq ft. of flooring once a year to homeowners, they realize they need to sell materials to the guys purchasing thousands in materials each week of the year. They now target the guys who know their ---- and aren't bumbling idiots asking elementary questions already answered in the TDS's.

This boycott isn't going to do ---- because the people boycotting don't spend enough to matter much. Get contractors to boycott and you may have a good plan. Good luck with that!

He was clearly resisting arrest.

What's the thing people say about stupid prizes...

He didn't deserve death, but he did deserve escalated use of force.

I blame the public school system for failure to teach critical thinking skills.

Action meet consequence.

I'm an introvert, and I have to admit that I quite enjoy the Covid world we live in.

I don't have to shake hands, you don't stand/sit so close to me, no large group activities to drain my energy... an introverts paradise.

Since I'm being candid, when the first widespread lockdowns were starting and everyone was scared, I kept driving my 'essential service' butt across town to the jobsite. I remember traffic everywhere was a trickle compared to normal. By the 3rd day I had thought, 'If 2/3 of humanity got wiped out by this then this is what life could be. I like it!'

The people shocked at the peeing in bottles going on have never spent any real time on construction sites. Capped bottles are way more sanitary than things I've seen and smelled.

Here's one. Imagine a fiberglass tub -------- in the summer... and the ghastly number of flies. Yeah, now imagine some of the flies land on your face and you know where it has been! Some people are another level disgusting.