David Murray

Barge and agriculture journalist since 2008, English Ph.D., sailed in merchant marine for 10 years, taught college for 18 years.

[David Murray @GypsyBoots8]

@johnkonrad The California Forever site was never a serious contender for a shipyard. California's unions would have made it way too expensive.

[David Murray @GypsyBoots8]

@mattgaetz Coolidge was a far better President by any measure than Wilson.

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

Ask yourself why China doesn’t want us to have date centers.

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Californians could soon see some relief from their sky-high electric bills.

The reason? Data centers.

Thanks to data centers, PG&E has been able to offer rate cuts for the fourth time in two years.

Let's keep building!

[David Murray @GypsyBoots8]

@TheBritishIntel Who is going to train those r*pe units and what will they be taught about "other cultures"?

[David Murray @GypsyBoots8]

@cpgrabow We agree on that! But when you donate food, you're presumably not looking for economic advantage.

[David Murray @GypsyBoots8]

@benshapiro And in related news, more tankers are moving out of the American Gulf (not to be confused with the Gulf of America) and through the American Straits between Iran and Oman.

[Charles Wing-Uexküll @CWingUexkull]

"if Appalachia was a third world nation for white people"

You'd get an economy roughly the size of Spain's, divided among half as many people, giving you a GDP per capita comparable to Finland or Canada.

Finance & manufacturing are the top industries (15.6% & 14.1% of regional GDP, respectively). Note the irrelevance of tourism (3% of GDP) compared to other 'third world nations.'

Appalachistan would have a slightly lower Gini coefficient (less income inequality) than the U.S. as a whole. The unemployment rate is ~4%, comparable to the rest of the U.S. & half of France's.

Counting associates degrees + bachelors, Appalachistan would have a tertiary educational attainment rate of 39%, higher than the EU.

Counting bachelor's degrees only (4 yrs in the U.S. vs. 3 yrs in the EU, so biased toward EU), Appalachistan's educational attainment is comparable to Germany (29% vs 30%).

[Amrith Ramkumar @AmrithRamkumar]

Call it the backlash to the backlash—Unions and building trades say they will oppose candidates attacking data centers, putting Democrats and other long-term allies in a pickle.

W/ @lindsayaellis:

https://t.co/p2AEtv27iI

[Alex Berenson @AlexBerenson]

Five years ago today, at the insistence of the Biden White House and Pfizer, Twitter banned me for this post.

Yes, the gov't made a social media company silence me for telling the truth about mRNA shots.

And the legacy media still won't report it.

You don't hate them enough.

[David Murray @GypsyBoots8]

@cpgrabow Your focus has certainly switched from gas prices, which was the initial argument.

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

That's a serious pulled hammy.

[David Murray @GypsyBoots8]

@amuse I want to see evidence for this extreme claim.

[spiked @spikedonline]

Birmingham has issued a fatwa on the England flag. The city that illuminates its buildings to celebrate Pakistani independence, and where council meetings begin with an Islamic prayer in Arabic, has criminalised English patriotism. Enough, says Hugo Timms
https://t.co/IaIPnk83PV

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

They clubs used to hire college and high school kids.

They don't need to have foreigners to operate. It is a choice.

[Marc Thiessen @marcthiessen]

This is heretical. No Catholic publication would publish this. Where are the bishops?

[Stephen Moore @StephenMoore]

Data centers helped resurrect Quincy, Washington.The poverty rate fell from 29.4% to 6.2%. 

Tech tax revenue funded a new high school, hospital, library, police and fire stations, while residents’ property tax rates decreased.

Build data centers in communities that want jobs, investment, and economic revival!

[David Murray @GypsyBoots8]

@AJDelgado13 @washingtonpost But I see elsewhere that she was in fact unable to have kids. It's good that she was at peace with that, but that still doesn't make it a choice.

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

Dolly Parton was unable to have children of her own due to health reasons. She reportedly had baby names picked out with her beloved husband for the kids they hoped to have. This is not “childless by choice” that some are making her out be. Not every woman will be a biological mother, but every woman is capable of mothering.