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I saw another item (not on FR...I think Facebook) that said the US had also sent B-52’s from Barksdale AFB. So apparently B1’s AND B52’s participated in the show of force...

Rand Paul is an idiot...

Same, Houston...

I know the history of gerrymandering and what I see on the maps. I could give a sh*t what the media thinks.

As I am in San Antonio, this issue is “local” to me. When the local news shows the two different sets of district maps on TV, the current maps are way more gerrymandered than the suggested new maps.

I would suspect that the same measures taken to protect the many petrochem. plants along the Texas coast would be implemented. A nuke plant actually should be easier because the ground footprint of nukes is much smaller than a petrochem. plant.

Upon reading the article, I did not note what they plan to power the desal processes with. Natgas, nukes, both??

More like fifty...

Probably. It depends, I think, on the amount that the original structure is insured for.

The owner is talking about rebuilding/restoring.

Anybody with two working brain cells knows that the measles outbreaks stem from Brandon’s open border allowing un-vaccinated and un-quarantined invaders into the country.

Good news. I look forward to voting for Paxton. I truly HATE cornyn.

I already have Linux Mint running on a Dell laptop that I occasionally fiddle with. Got lazy in retirement....

The hardest part of getting that machine up was finding a wifi dongle driver that both the Dell and Linux recognized.

But that is done.

I hope it happens...

Fortunately, I am retired and no longer need to fight it. The wife (also PhD Chem) is still working and requires Windows for her job (and for whom I am “tech support”...which is the sole reason I run Windows). Once she retires, Windows is gone!

Only with OS software. Windows OWNS the non-computer technical world. I am an analytical chemist (PhD). If I run a mass spectrometer, gas chromatograph, liquid chromatograph or any other hard-core analysis instrumentation, the software for those instruments runs on Windows, and only on Windows (and quite possibly on only a specific windows version).

Would that it were not so...

Guys have a lot more reasons to suffer hearing loss than women. Growing up on a farm, I ran chain saws, fired shotguns and other powder-propelled weaponry, drove tractors with no or minimal mufflers, and many more. The ladies for the most part spend time in much less noisy environments...

And yes, I have hearing aids...

Bravo for including the back links. This is a textbook good example of how multi-part postings should be done.

Thank you...

IIRC, he was the only president who succeeded in balancing the budget.

Ah, but think of the boon it will be for home-schooling...

The key difference between an electric vehicle and an electric power tool is that you can have an already-charged battery pack ready to swap into the tool. Not possible with electric vehicles.