Quote from: Rick on April 17, 2024, 04:43:01 PMBack to power plants:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/internet-data-centers-fueling-drive-150206807.html

In truth, this is a reflection of reality, power usage is and has been on the increase for decades.
Be it cell phones or I Pods and computers, we are a world full of consumers of the latest gadgets and it's only the beginning.

In fact over 35 years ago when I built my off grid home, I wired it for 12 VDC and only a few 110 VAC outlets because I was beyond content with everything 12 Volt in the house, be it toaster, blender or stereo and TV, it was all good, life's conveniences were simply a different voltage, even freezers and refrigerators, are in essence 12 volt today, they simply add an inverter\converter to match the grid.

Thing is, the internet had not yet been invented, nor had Congress taken away our public airwaves yet and gone digital.
Kinda reminds me of the days of the rotary phone, before push button came along.
Anyway, point being, no one ever thought we'd be using this amount of power, let alone plug in a monster user such as a car constantly.

If people want conveniences, and the Govt tries to jack up the price to prohibitive levels, people are going to revolt.
Goes back to my argument over the "Smart Meter/Grid", the Govt can literally shut down certain appliances in your home at any given time, but that's another story for another time.

Quote from: Solar on April 17, 2024, 11:58:19 AMAhh, they aren't done, didn't know that.

There will be six alternates, not eight.

Back to power plants:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/internet-data-centers-fueling-drive-150206807.html

Quote from: Solar on April 14, 2024, 04:48:21 AMThey were setting the narrative even back then, that masculinity was no longer welcome.
In 1967 the school stuck me on Ritalin, went from high energy and happy, to straight "A"s and zombie like, and the real me was being suppressed, the kid who was built to be a warrior, the kid who knew every second of what was happening at 360 degrees within his environment. The kid who could out perform everyone else on every level physically and mentally, these fucks didn't want us in their world view, we were the ones who laughed at the pawns and didn't accept their global BS views. No, I wasn't a bully, I was the guy who kept the punks in order. I was literally the all American boy. Still have JFK's Presidential fitness award.

Even the army was pushing back against us, they no longer wanted warriors, they wanted the academic, the calm, order following drone.
That was obvious all throughout specialized training, they were picking out the quiet guys and advancing them towards OCS, they weren't looking for high achievers, they wanted compliant.
I saw it, but I had no idea what it meant, I just knew actual warriors were no longer wanted or needed. this was at the end of Nixon's term, the man the left despised as they ushered in the incompetent Carter era.

Men can be A - producers, providers, and protectors,
or they can be B - parasites, prostitutes, and predators.

Conservatives are A. Leftists are B.

Or put another way, there are three kinds of men -
sheep, wolves, and sheep dogs.
The sheep are the general population.
Leftists are wolves (predators).
Conservatives are sheep dogs (protectors).

Today's "education" system is run by wolves,
and is designed to weed out, neuter, and destroy sheep dogs.

In today's military, George Patton would have been
kicked out before even being allowed to become a First Lieutenant!

When I worked for the Air Force, the security briefing,
presented by an OSI agent, literally said,
"Highly principled people are a security risk."
Those were her exact words! They publicly admitted it!

I'd like to say right now -
Highly principled people ARE a security risk.  But only to criminals!

OSI - Office of Special Investigations

Quote from: Solar on April 16, 2024, 03:38:23 PMExactly!
We aren't losing anything, it's just the left escalating their attacks against our very Founding.
Libs only read headlines, while Conservatives ask why are you doing this?
In the end, the lib thinks the right is bad and out of touch, and the Right gets painted as extremists because we want to hold onto our God given rights.

That's one of what I call "crooked media tricks."
They publish a misleading headline,
and then several paragraphs down, they admit the actual facts.
They can claim that they published the truth,
but many people read only the lie.
Also, the headline often does not explicitly state the lie.
It only implies it.

Along the same lines, they enact legislation making discrimination illegal,
and then THEY discriminate in enforcing the legislation!

Quote from: je_freedom on April 17, 2024, 02:15:41 PMLooks like New York's rules are different from Ohio.
When I served on a jury, it was left to the jurors to select the foreman.

Yeah, that was new to me as well.
But, as is typical with the left, competence plays no part in reality.

Quote from: Solar on April 17, 2024, 07:28:14 AMJuror #1: Because he was selected first, he'll serve as the jury foreman.

Looks like New York's rules are different from Ohio.
When I served on a jury, it was left to the jurors to select the foreman.

Quote from: supsalemgr on April 17, 2024, 11:52:44 AMSeven more will be selected along with, I believe, eight alternates.

Ahh, they aren't done, didn't know that.