Climate of Complete Certainty

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:43:53 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 5:35:08 PM UTC-8, John Larkin wrote:

Fiasco? All you are doing is calling names at a legally elected
President.

Fiasco describes a situation accurately, is not name-calling.

You snipped the name calling. Why?

This 'legally elected president' is thought by over 50% of the legally elected representatives
of his nation to be a criminal, but less than 2/3. That means something important,
and the meaning is not 'winner'.

Just you wait.

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John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing precision measurement

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com

 

John Larkin <jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote in
news:urg84fpmat73f9r8oc165k8revarqhcfom@4ax.com:

On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:43:53 -0800 (PST), whit3rd
whit3rd@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 5:35:08 PM UTC-8, John Larkin
wrote:

Fiasco? All you are doing is calling names at a legally elected
President.

Fiasco describes a situation accurately, is not name-calling.


You snipped the name calling. Why?


This 'legally elected president' is thought by over 50% of the
legally elected representatives of his nation to be a criminal,
but less than 2/3. That means something important, and the
meaning is not 'winner'.

Just you wait.

Trump, his son, his son-in-law, Giuliani, Barr, Pompeo, Nunes, and
even Pence, and about 20 others, should all be doing time in prison,
on the INCARCERATED side of the bars, at GITMO, on bread and water.

And THEN you retarded dumbfucks will NOT EVER trivialize illicit
behavior ever again.

Put me in office.

 

[whit3rd]

On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 6:21:48 AM UTC-8, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

The water problems in California are dominated by agriculture, namely
growing enormous amounts of water-hungry crops like almonds and cotton
for export. There are lots of people here, but we use a small fraction
of the water. "Urban use" is about 10% of the water supply, and that
is dominated by silly stuff like lawns and swimming pools.

What makes you think that agriculture (which pays close attention to water
resources) is the problem? It's an important industry that is sensitive
to the problem. People ARE using that agricultural water resource,
if they eat foodstuffs.

Your imagination seems to see silliness everywhere, but blame casting
doesn't solve anything.

The biggest "use" for water in California is "environmental", which is
precisely not use.

Why should all the water falling from the sky go to direct human use? You certainly
benefit from the photosynthesis output of every weed, and are reliant on LOTS
of beneficial insects etc. Blame the worms for being slimy, or disregard the
insects as vermin, and you become one of the fools who really CAN be blamed,
for ruining the natural garden that supports all life.

Case in point: Mao decided to eliminate sparrows, because they were a pest
that ate grain. To some extent, he succeeded, BUT those same sparrows ate
locusts as well. Grain harvest suffered.

 

[John Larkin]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:28:58 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 6:21:48 AM UTC-8, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

The water problems in California are dominated by agriculture, namely
growing enormous amounts of water-hungry crops like almonds and cotton
for export. There are lots of people here, but we use a small fraction
of the water. "Urban use" is about 10% of the water supply, and that
is dominated by silly stuff like lawns and swimming pools.

What makes you think that agriculture (which pays close attention to water
resources) is the problem? It's an important industry that is sensitive
to the problem.

And has enormous political influence.

People ARE using that agricultural water resource,
if they eat foodstuffs.

Ag uses about 40% of the available water supply. Domestic use is about
10%. Maybe there is no water problem in California.

Except for salting up the farmland through evaporation without
drainage. The huge rice fields don't have that problem. That's funny,
growing cotton and rice in what is by the usual definition, < 20
inches of rainfall a year, desert.



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John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing precision measurement

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com

 

[Bill Sloman]

On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 4:10:13 AM UTC+11, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:56:45 -0500, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 2/11/20 11:04 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

Trump is loved here. I've never seen anything like it.
(I'm ~60) I see no such enthusiasm on the left.
And much as I like Joe Rogan, if Bernie was the D nominee..
I'd be hard pressed to vote for either he or T.
I'm amazed at the level of his opposition's ignorance. PBS'
Newshour's Mark Shields and David Gergen, for example.
I try to listen to as little news as possible.
Sports and weather are OK. Except for my below average
hockey team.

I mostly keep up with events on the internet, which makes it easy
to check what is and is not true. For example, I'll read the
news coverage, then watch video of the president making a
statement, and marvel that the coverage isn't anything like
what was actually said. It's amazing. Orwellian.

The lefty press like to insert "debunked" and "unproven" every chance
they get. There must be a mandatory list of insults with a daily quota
for the NYT, CNN, NPR reporters.

People do notice this. It makes some mad. It shows up in turnout.

With the US mostly divided into two tribes who are about as rational
as soccer fans, turnout is what will matter.


CNN didn't quote Bernie Sanders one time in today's article about his
victory in the NH primary it was all quotes from Buttigieg and Amy
Klobuchar.

Imagine writing an article about a sporting event where you don't quote
the winner you only quote second and third place.

The press is less and less about reporting and more and more about
promoting agendas. On both sides. Even the "scientific" press.

People eventually notice.

The Murdoch empire has been at it for years. One the agenda's they promote (for their fossil fuel extracting advertisers) is climate change denial. John Larkin won't have noticed that.

Reading more objective sources leaves John Larkin with the nagging feeling that he looks like a gullible sucker, which he doesn't find flattering, and rationalises away.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com> wrote in
news:cb93a117-30fe-4adb-9fc9-c420d2adaef6@googlegroups.com:

Subject: Re: Climate of Complete Certainty
From: whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design

On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 6:21:48 AM UTC-8,
jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

The water problems in California are dominated by agriculture,
namely growing enormous amounts of water-hungry crops like
almonds and cotton for export. There are lots of people here, but
we use a small fraction of the water. "Urban use" is about 10% of
the water supply, and that is dominated by silly stuff like lawns
and swimming pools.

What makes you think that agriculture (which pays close attention
to water resources) is the problem? I

In Cali, the Almond crop growers get Colorado river diverted water
by the cubic hectare. They get WAY more than they need or use, and
they will NOT relinquish their allotments.

It IS a problem. And Almonds are NOT a water hungry crop, per se.
It is just the lands and soils they chose to grow them on need
irrigation to work, and they grabbed up way more than they needed and
will not alter their agreements.

 

[John Larkin]

On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:53:41 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 1:10:34 PM UTC-8, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:28:58 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 6:21:48 AM UTC-8, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

The water problems in California are dominated by agriculture...

What makes you think that agriculture (which pays close attention to water
resources) is the problem? It's an important industry that is sensitive
to the problem.

And has enormous political influence.

Nothing in comparison with cities' domestic water users.

Big Ag wins in Sacramento. Household users lose.

Ag uses about 40% of the available water supply. Domestic use is about
10%. Maybe there is no water problem in California.

Nice try, but obviously agriculture in California has a water problem in ... wait for it...
CALIFORNIA.

Twisting words around doesn't grow crops. Dividing the state into factions is pointless,
they all eat agricultural products, so they ALL use that water.

Much of the Big Ag crops are grown with cheap water and exported for
profit. It takes over a gallon of water to grow one almond.





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John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing precision measurement

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com

 

[whit3rd]

On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 1:10:34 PM UTC-8, John Larkin wrote:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:28:58 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 6:21:48 AM UTC-8, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

The water problems in California are dominated by agriculture...

What makes you think that agriculture (which pays close attention to water
resources) is the problem? It's an important industry that is sensitive
to the problem.

And has enormous political influence.

Nothing in comparison with cities' domestic water users.

Ag uses about 40% of the available water supply. Domestic use is about
10%. Maybe there is no water problem in California.

Nice try, but obviously agriculture in California has a water problem in ... wait for it...
CALIFORNIA.

Twisting words around doesn't grow crops. Dividing the state into factions is pointless,
they all eat agricultural products, so they ALL use that water.

 

[Rick C]

On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 1:33:51 PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:

Much of the Big Ag crops are grown with cheap water and exported for
profit. It takes over a gallon of water to grow one almond.

I prefer cashews and peanuts anyway.

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Rick C.

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[whit3rd]

On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 10:33:51 AM UTC-8, John Larkin wrote:

On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:53:41 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

What makes you think that agriculture (which pays close attention to water
resources) is the problem? It's an important industry that is sensitive
to the problem.

And has enormous political influence.

Nothing in comparison with cities' domestic water users.

Big Ag wins in Sacramento. Household users lose.

If you want to void the water rights that go with agricultural lands, why don't you advise Sacremento
to purchase land (eminent domain, but they have to pay market prices), retire the water rights
that go with it, then resell the land?

You can't afford it, I suspect. This isn't a 'win' for agriculture, it's just their property and water
rights that you are willing to sacrifice for (your own) "greater good".
Your willingness isn't enough. Where's your wallet?