Occasional Reader 1/10/2022 6:24:17 AM

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Good morning.

So, it seems the leftist SCOTUS "Justices"  did not exactly cover themselves in glory during Friday's oral arguments re: vaccine mandate. 

vxbush 1/10/2022 7:16:38 AM

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In #1 Occasional Reader said: So, it seems the leftist SCOTUS "Justices"  did not exactly cover themselves in glory during Friday's oral arguments re: vaccine mandate. 

I would concur with that assessment. Not being a lawyer, and not knowing what the acceptable protocol is at the Supreme Court, I have to ask: is it not possible for the lawyers present to make it clear that the stats and figures that the justices are sharing are wrong? 

vxbush 1/10/2022 7:20:15 AM

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In COVID stat news: There is starting to be a trend to simply take a look at all-cause mortality (usually per capita) and look for the number of excess deaths, as opposed to trying to look at deaths in each age group and then try to separate it out into vaccinated or unvaccinated, as the data is very messy and a lot of people aren't going to be interested in looking at this. 

el gato is one such stats person looking at this, and he's sharing data from other stats people. This type of data is much easier to share and explain, although people freak out a little at the term "excess mortality." 

Occasional Reader 1/10/2022 8:12:35 AM

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In #2 vxbush said: is it not possible for the lawyers present to make it clear that the stats and figures that the justices are sharing are wrong? 

Well, these are oral arguments: so I'd say "yes"... but do it politely. 

The only time I've attended SCOTUS oral arguments (while in law school, for a search & seizure case), one of the attorneys made the mistake of asking then-Chief Justice Rehnquist a slightly-heated rhetorical question during arguments, along the lines of, "but if the Court holds ABC, what will that mean for XYZ?!"

Rehnquist replied, in a voice that could freeze hot plasma: "I... don't... knowwww."

Kosh's Shadow 1/10/2022 8:19:31 AM

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Estimate that the electric grid needs to grow 30% to support all those electric cars.

So California will require cars that don't exist, and won't be able to charge them anyway

Occasional Reader 1/10/2022 8:33:01 AM

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In happier news: Rejoice!  Benchmade is having a sale.

(I ordered a Mini Bugout folder.) 

Occasional Reader 1/10/2022 8:33:30 AM

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In #5 Kosh's Shadow said: So California will require cars that don't exist, and won't be able to charge them anyway

See?  So it all works out! 

buzzsawmonkey 1/10/2022 8:48:12 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 5:

I'm sure that will mesh beautifully with Gov. Hochul's planned mandates that a) all new New York construction, and b) all renovation of old New York buildings and apartments be made all-electric.  

No natural gas, heavens no.  Fossil fuels need not apply.

vxbush 1/10/2022 9:14:34 AM

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In #5 Kosh's Shadow said: Estimate that the electric grid needs to grow 30% to support all those electric cars. So California will require cars that don't exist, and won't be able to charge them anyway

I've heard we actually need 4 times the current capacity, or 400% growth. 

JCM 1/10/2022 9:23:57 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 5:

CA needs 300 new power plants to handle that new demand.

Nationwide we would need 1500 new power plants.

There are no new power plants planned in CA.

And only a few nationwide.

buzzsawmonkey 1/10/2022 9:27:45 AM

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In #10 JCM said: There are no new power plants planned in CA.

I thought that there was some sort of "organic" source of power that the greenies were talking about, called "biomass."  Aren't those supposedly "power plants?"

Kosh's Shadow 1/10/2022 9:33:05 AM

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In #1 Occasional Reader said: So, it seems the leftist SCOTUS "Justices"  did not exactly cover themselves in glory during Friday's oral arguments re: vaccine mandate. 

There is a Peter Cook comedy bit in which he says he wanted to be a judge, but he couldn't pass the exam, so he became a coal miner, because the exam only involved writing his name.

At the end, he says when you get too old and stupid to be a coal miner, you have to retire. But not if you are a judge.

To be fair, the leftist justices were stupid when they were young, too.

JCM 1/10/2022 10:53:15 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 12:

It's the same with so many beliefs that leftist have, electric cars to covid..... The are beliefs... not knowledge.

As Reagan said, "they know so much that just isn't so."

Occasional Reader 1/10/2022 11:12:44 AM

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COVID just wants to date AOC:

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-aoc-tests-positive-for-covid-19

JCM 1/10/2022 11:14:59 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 14:

BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!

Occasional Reader 1/10/2022 11:37:54 AM

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Reply to JCM in 15:

(I stole that comment from a linked Tweet at Insty)

buzzsawmonkey 1/10/2022 3:35:05 PM

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In #12 Kosh's Shadow said: There is a Peter Cook comedy bit in which he says he wanted to be a judge, but he couldn't pass the exam, so he became a coal miner, because the exam only involved writing his name.

Sitting on the Bench.

Kosh's Shadow 1/10/2022 3:59:06 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 17:

You can do anything you want as long as you load 2 tons of coal a day.

2 tons?

How about 16 tons! (jukebox 1)

Of corned beef, rolled beef, and hot pastrami (jukebox 2)

buzzsawmonkey 1/10/2022 4:14:46 PM

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In #18 Kosh's Shadow said: How about 16 tons! (jukebox 1)

buzzsawmonkey 1/10/2022 4:17:53 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 19:

Sorry, that should be "...you get..." instead of "do yet?".   Typos, you know.