This was me:small biz owner; coal trucks/garage; tax collector/generator for government. All my employees are men! This still is me:Antithesis of cool.
How the hell is our child welfare policy so terrible that this is a thing that needs to be done?
"The federal government sent a letter to states Friday underscoring that they can and should end taxpayer-funded adoption subsidies for caregivers who’ve permanently sent their children back to foster care, or otherwise given up on their commitment as parents."
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@TugboatPhil Same no bike helmet. No helmet riding my motorcycle around yard/down dike. (50cc & then 75cc) But, helmet required when me & friends went riding in the woods/trails no adult supervision!!! 10-20 miles from home!
This is wild. Khanna is so maniacal about his desired wealth tax that he’s coming up with hilariously absurd ways of mitigating the problems that *his own ideas* would create—and he can’t see it. At no point has this reduced his mania one whit.
Nearly every single human who’s ever lived — literally ever, in the history of this planet, including many alive *right now* — simply could/can not fathom the comfort, convenience & abundance we take for granted.
For gratitude & perspective, read this:
https://t.co/yN6oNOvBS5
John McWhorter's disgust is palpable in this piece about Jason Arday. One of the most satisfying vivisections I've yet read on the topic - McWhorter gets it ALL out onto the page, bitingly. https://t.co/14YkxE9EsS
🧵A short thread on the latest White House tariff "Fact" Sheet.
If any other country inflicted the damage on U.S. industries that Trump has, we would declare war on them.
Starting point:
“Talking like this” isn’t the issue. He’s talking like this because it’s what he obsessively believes & understands that much of your base demands it, too.
Any modern commercial greenhouse will boost CO₂ levels artificially to between 1,000 ppm and 1,200 ppm—nearly triple outdoor conditions worldwide.
In controlled glasshouse environments, this heightening of CO₂ supercharges crop yields by 20% to well over 40% for staples like tomatoes and peppers.
This is why greenhouse operators spend millions pumping it into their enclosures—the biological return on investment is immediate.
This biological miracle is not only found in greenhouses any more. It's happening in the open fields and arid regions throughout the world. CO₂ has climbed to roughly 426 ppm, powering a green revolution across desert margins and many formerly barren landscapes, such as the Sahal in Africa.
This global greening wave is visible from space and has been measured by NASA satellites. It covers twice the area of two United States.
The climate change bureaucracy declared that rising CO₂ would lead to droughts, floods and food scarcity. The ice caps would melt, flooding many coastal cities. Drought or rainfall would become the norm. These baseless fears were based almost entirely on worst-scenario computer models. That is not how it's turning out.
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellites reveal an unexpected new dawn. Between 10% and 40% of all historical crop yield improvements since 1940 are directly due to rising CO₂. For wheat, soybeans and corn, the atmospheric fuel injection has driven a massive portion of the modern 'green revolution'.
For C3 crops, like wheat, rice and potatoes, the extra CO₂ has been an instant stimulant, driving growth and expanding biomass. CO₂ allows leaf pores (stomata) to stay partially closed, reducing water loss by up to 40%. In dry broadacre zones, this creates unprecedented natural drought resilience.
This data comes from a landmark study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which used satellite tracking to measure the exact impact of CO₂ fertilisation on broadacre field crops.
CO₂ has been painted as an agent of crisis by the climate change bureaucracy, led by the United Nations.
Yet science proves once again that this miracle molecule is the world's primary engine of green agricultural abundance.