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silence7,

Doesn’t seem to be limited to afternoons or evenings; he fell asleep during his trial again today:

Trump is struggling to stay awake. His eyes were closed for a short period. He was jolted awake when Todd Blanche, his lawyer, nudged him while sliding a note in front of him.

silence7,

For all his anger, Trump couldn’t even stay awake:

Trump appears to have fallen asleep in court again. It happened several times just now. His eyes were closed for extended periods and his head dropped down twice.

silence7,

They cut the size, but not the price. Then they increase the price six months later.

silence7,

The doxxing happened before a full jury was selected. People chosen later in the process have less information released.

silence7,

It’s a mix of different battery chemistries; various Lithium-based chemistries predominate, but there are several utility-scale batteries using iron chemistries. This will change over time as some of the heavier battery types become cheaper for stationary energy storage, and as a need for seasonal storage (instead of overnight) starts to be significant.

silence7,

Most won’t — the idea with third party candidates is to peel off a handful of votes, thereby swinging the election.

silence7,

He’s not even running as a Democrat. Once it became clear that Biden was going to get 80%+ of the vote in the Democratic primary, RFK Jr decided to run as an independent, but to try and trade on his name, rather than run on the pro-measles positions he’s been pushing for the past couple decades.

silence7,

Despite that one staffer’s bombast, the place where RFK Jr matters is probably in the swing states, rather than NY. Siphoning off a percentage point more Biden voters than Trump voters in one of those would have a pretty meaningful impact.

silence7,

Per the article:

  • His uncle was on a military aircraft in WWII
  • The plane crashed in the ocean near an area historically inhabited by cannibals
  • The uncle most likely died in the crash
  • The uncle’s body was never found
  • Nobody asked the cannibals if they ate him

Last time this kind of thing happened, Corn Pop turned out to be real

silence7,

It’s physically possible, though there is as-yet no evidence aside from family legend — Joe Biden was probably listening to what older cousins had to say, and it wouldn’t surprise me if they made up a detail.

silence7,

Maybe even tax the billionaires and do it at the public expense…

silence7,

A big public noisy endorsement might reach a few though. Not all, but some, and every bit helps

silence7,

If the election is as close as it was in 2020, that’s enough to swing the outcome.

silence7,

Unfortunately New York State doesn’t allow for anonymous juries.

silence7,

That’s not so clear — Michael Cohen has already served prison time for his part in this, as others have done on a regular basis for similar crimes

Even if he doesn’t end up serving time a criminal conviction would likely sway enough Americans to keep Trump out of office.

Heavy Rain and Floods Kill 19 in Oman and Disrupt Dubai Airport | A year’s worth of rain fell in one day in some areas across Oman and the United Arab Emirates, bringing cities to a standstill. (www.nytimes.com)

The extreme weather appeared to be the result of a relatively normal weather system bringing rain that had been turbocharged by ocean and atmospheric warming, said Janette Lindesay, a climate scientist at the Australian National University. “It’s highly likely that global heating has played a role in the intensity of the...

silence7,

It’s not impossible; it just requires building a whole lot of expensive infrastructure which is used very infrequently. People usually don’t choose to do that.

silence7,

The NYT is also very clear that it’s not cloud seeding:

Although some have speculated that recent cloud seeding efforts by the U.A.E. — using chemicals to increase the chances of clouds producing rain — could have contributed to the extreme weather, scientists said this was very unlikely.

“Rainfall enhancement could not cause that kind of increase in rainfall,” said Steven Siems, an expert in cloud seeding at Monash University in Australia, adding that any effects from cloud seeding would have been “marginal” at most.

silence7,

Bloomberg (the news outlet) has a bunch of rather competent reporters who regularly cover climate, and Michael Bloomberg (who owns a controlling interest in it) was one of the major funders of the Sierra Club’s campaign to phase out coal use in the US.

Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives | At a Mar-a-Lago dinner, Donald Trump doubles down on promises to derail a key form of clean energy (wapo.st)

“I hate wind,” Trump told the executives over a meal of chopped steak at his Mar-a-Lago Club and resort in Florida, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation....

Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S. (wapo.st)

In a classified addendum to Russia’s official — and public — “Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation,” the ministry calls for an “offensive information campaign” and other measures spanning “the military-political, economic and trade and informational psychological spheres” against a “coalition of...

The Smothering of Abortion Rights Reveals Something Else About Republicans (www.nytimes.com)

The states’ rights case for determining abortion access — let the people decide — falters on the fact that in many states, the people cannot shape their legislature to their liking. Packed and split into districts designed to preserve Republican control, voters cannot actually dislodge anti-abortion Republican lawmakers. A...

silence7,

Workers can be replaced. Profits can’t.

silence7,

Biden can look forward to a federal government pension when he retires in 2029

silence7,

The best option would be to increase its size — it was designed to have as many justices as there are appeals circuits, but the number of appeals circuits was rasied without increasing the size of the Supreme Court. Doing that will require electing a Democratic President and at least 50 willing Democratic senators (eg: a total of 55+ Democrats in the Senate)

silence7,

However meritorious this might be, the Republicans would still have a 5-seat majority on the Supreme Court.

silence7,

More than half the jury pool said ‘no’ to that

silence7,

Meanwhile, in the real world:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/nyregion/trump-asleep-criminal-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kk0.GqGo.DSFPUDUY_cQ0

I strongly recommend watching Biden’s State of the Union if you want to get a sense of his vigor

silence7,

The other people on the ballot are running to help get Trump elected. Their staff literally tell us that.

silence7,

The third party candidates are on the ballot to make it easier for Trump to win.

You sometimes even see their staff saying so

silence7,

Oh I’m not writing for the trolls — I’m writing for bystanders to make the point of how awful the trolls are.

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