StumpTownStu

What if there was a Yellowskins? Stereotypical asian mascot. Does kung fu at half-time. Offensive or not?

Naming your school after a cowboy hat is crazy work.

East Carolina 1h -7 -105, 0.5 units

Liberty 1h -6.5 -110, 1 unit

add,,,,,,,,,,,florida st -4.5,,,(this is a sin because i am a huge noles fan and know better than to bet on my own team),,,,an_timeout,,,,,pitt/lsu over 147,,,,,,,thumbs_up

juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust missed with canisius losing by 400 the other dayreallyhappy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,very suspect today in this drake/ fla at total,,,,only 145.5,,,,,,fl at has gone over every game,,,,had the drake /mia over yesterday,,,both teams can score, should be much higher,,,,,,dont like the early start but im suckered in,,,,,,,,,,drake/fla at over 145.5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thumbs_up

For Art Vandelay

None of this would happen if we simply gave them a sandwich and a juice box and immediately put them on a bus back across the border.

It costs about 0.20-0.50 a day to light most houses, depending on rate, size, number of residents, etc. And that's being liberal. A very small percentage of an electric bill goes to lighting. So yeah, even costing 70-80% less, you're saving 4 bucks. As far as lasting 25+ times longer, it's a crock. The diodes are pretty bullet proof and theoretically they could last that long but even with the early home consumer bulbs, you weren't seeing that kind of longevity. And the bulbs that are on the market are engineered to fail at similar intervals as incandescents. Qhy would GE or Philips want to sell you a bulb that lasts. Quite honestly, what burns out incandescent bulbs more than anything is constant on/off. Given that current home LED bulbs are designed to fail, in some cases, in fixures that aren't constantly switching on/off, or in dimmable fixtures, an incandescent bulb could outlast an LED.

Using less water, sure. Again, some of that is negated by simply washing things on longer, heavier cycles like me though admittedly, most don't do that. They don't use less electricity though. Nor do the dryers. And less water consumption is a scam too. In a perpetually drought stricken state like California,  every citizen conserving water doesn't negate the use of large scale agriculture and industrial use. As far as light bulbs, they 100% use less energy. Drop in the bucket. I can't stress enough how relatively little electricity is used by light bulbs in residences. So sure, I guess cumulatively, a widespread switch to LEDs has some affect on the power grid but you're talking a small percentage of electricity consumption. Not enough to make a dent in the average persona pocket book, I promise you.

Poor Squee and Tobin. And of course Big Doug.

Light bulbs- Biggest scam. This scam started years ago with CFLs (compact fluorescent lights). CFL bulbs do use significantly less energy. They are often in a spectrum of light that is disagreeable to the human eye though. And fluorescents "hum". And if you are sensitive to such things, that hum can actually make you feel pretty crappy. And they were significantly more expensive than incandescent bulbs. For this reason, they never caught on.

LEDs (light emitting diodes) are actually great. I have been familiar with LEDs for quite a while because they were used in entertainment long before the had a home consumer application. The light is much more agreeable to the eye. The light can be any color, any relative intensity. They also use a fraction of the electricity of an incandescent bulb and are now comparable in price to incandescent bulbs. They are engineered to fail in similar intervals as traditional incandescent bulbs. LEDs should last for years, and the early iterations of consumer LEDs, i.e. LED tapes, and even early LED bulbs, lasted forever. Manufactures purposely engineer them to fail so you have to keep buying bulbs. Not having to buy bulbs as often was supposed to be a benefit. I feel like the current home use LED bulbs now burn out faster than incandescents. Incandescents will last a while too if you aren't constantly turning them on and off.

Here is the rub though. Light accounts for a very small amount of the average household's electricity consumption. As I said before, things that generate heat, and/or have motors are what draw electricity. So while LEDs and compact fluorescents both use significantly less energy, any savings are eaten up if you forget to turn the warmer off on your coffee maker on day and it sits their warming a half pot of coffee for two hours. Or when your wife/girlfriend used the blow dryer, or the styling iron. Or when you go to use a power tool. Or whenever you use your highly inefficient electric furnace, oven, or water heater. LED bulbs are the biggest scam. And that's coming from a guy that swears by LEDs. I've used them in the home for over 10 years and commercially for over 15.

@Raiders22

 Like I said, alternative energy sources, in theory, are a good thing. All those products are total scams. I'll go down the list.

Ceiling Fans- Remember, I knew nothing of "energy efficient" ceiling fans. This is what I do know though. There hasn't really been much advancement in electric motors. If a ceiling fan is using less energy, it's because the motor is moving at a lower rpm, which means it's moving less air. Fans don't really cool to begin with. They just circulate air. Try telling that to some poor shmuck in some hot climate that doesn't have A/C. Forcing "energy efficient" fans on people, is dirty work.

Washers/Dryers- Again, I can't stress enough, there is so real "energy efficiency". If it creates heat via electricity, uf it drives a motor, or both, it draws what it draws. Dryers haven't really changed in decades. They have electric motors that drive a drum (tumbler). They create heat via electricity or natural gas. Dryers are the one heating element where I prefer electricity to natural gas. There's no real way to make them "energy efficient". Washers are made "efficient " via shorter cycles, less agitation, and use of less water. This is canceled out by people like me who simply wash things on longer cycles. Energy efficient washers/dryers are a scam.

Furnaces and stoves/ovens- I'm lumping these two together as they are essentially the exact same thing. I will just say this. Generating heat via electricity vs. natural gas is incredibly inefficient, and incredibly expensive. Insanely inefficient and insanely expensive. Sticking people with electric furnaces, electric stoves and ovens, and electric water heaters is just sticking people who are often without the greatest of means, sticking them with astronomical electricy bills. And you lose them in a blackout. Personally, I don't even believe in electric pilots (starters technically). I want to be warm and have hot water during a snow storm. Electic furnaces, stoves, and water heaters... total scams.

@Raiders22

 No need for a link. I can put two and two together based on other "efficiancy" product scams. Green energy, that is alternative energy sources, is not a scam. Solar energy is a good thing. Wind energy is a good thing. Water driven energy is a good thing. The notion that we can one day rely 100% on so called "renewables" is total bull crap though. And "energy efficient" products are definitely a scam. I'll break that down product by product after I run a few errands.

I need more details. What about the ceiling fans? I haven't heard about this aspect. I'm aware of the ridiculous movement away from natural gas towards electricity for heating, cooking, etc. I'm aware of ridiculous mandates for electric lawn equipment. What's this about ceiling fans? Are they newly mandated "efficient" fans?

@Raiders22

 I think the myth is all of these people supposedly wanting handouts. I know nothing about cd329. It is well documented that qe aren't friends but call it a hunch, I don't think the guy is looking for handouts.

Doing "fine" is not thriving, let alone winning/getting ahead.

@Raiders22

 So basically I would support a flat income tax in retern for less corporate tax breaks, less subsidies. Taxes on gains can actually be pretty high already so raises such taxes isn't a straight forward thing but we do need more government regulation. I'll give you an example. Can we at very least put an end to foreign investment in US property, both residential and undeveloped lands. Whether those lands be zoned for future development, for mineral rights, for timber rights, etc. I have a friend who was born in Russia but moved to the US when he was like 4. He doesn't even seem Russian. No discernable accent. Both his parents are now US citizens. He's still a Russian citizen because when he switches, he'll essentially forfeit like 2 million dollars worth of property he has over there. America is open to the highest bidder. I would like to at least change that.

Blame our more laissez fair approach to capitalism we have employed in recent decades. The chasm between the have nots is ever growing, and more the ever the deck is stacked against the commoners. Wages have not increased commensurate to true cost of living increases, to increases in corporate profit, etc. for decades. The schmucks who thing they want something for free are becoming a peasant class that will be living in Amazon company housing while working for Amazon scrip in about 5-10 years. The ones left holding the bag are those if us left in the middle. Sure, we're homecowners. Maybe we own investment property. Maybe we've seen some nice gains on some of our. investments. Crypto. Cinderella stocks like Nvidia, Netflix, etc. We thing we're doing something. What would've been considered moderately wealthy a generation or two ago is really just middle class now. What was middle class is borferline really just the working poor now.

What percentage of income do the top 10% account for? I think most people when complaining about tax cuts for the rich are talking about corporate taxes, gains taxes, etc.

That's racist. Calling him a bengal because he's Indian.

I'm pretty sure Vivek is from Ohio.

This is what you fail to realize though. Elon Musk was already deeply involved with government. So was Jeff Bezos. So was Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.