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So now you say a Commonwealth is not a state as in the 50 states. Your bullshit is not even interesting. I pointed that out to you a long time ago, and all we got in return was mouth breathing.
English, please.
Trump Devotional Syndrome is a disease similar to Stockholm Syndrome. It is treatable by mental health professionals. No amount of evidence will ever change you from voting against your own interests and against the good of the country. Some Republicans have figured it out and bailed, but you will just have to suffer a defeat again so that you have something to whine about.
The real scourge is Trump Devotional Syndrome, which seems to be a form of Stockholm Syndrome. Guys like you are unable to shake it on their own, professional help needed.
What if someone told you oil isn't actually from finite fossil and plant matter?
I would look into the science of abiotic petroleum creation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenic_petroleum_origin
Oil has biogenic markers in it in nearly all cases. (compounds originating in cell walls, for example) If the abiotic deposits are shown to exist, they are not at a globally significant amount.
If a well re-pools and produces again, it can be compared to a water well being pumped dry, then it refills from surrounding areas, which fracking, for instance accelerates.
So it is an interesting argument, but the evidence points away from much oil being created abiotically. Some could have originated from methane in comets, etc. but it would be devoid of biological markers.
I am not an expert in that part of geology, so I can't argue the point from a position of knowledge, only from internet articles and treatises. I do agree, however, that oil companies are generally greedy bastards, excluding hookrider.
Trump Devotional Syndrome is a tough mental illness to cure. Like Stockholm syndrome on steroids.
Jade, for example, is comparatively very hard so is durable for carvings.
It is relatively soft so exposed corners or protuberances get knocked off easily if they are dropped or bumped. Ovals, not so much.
Just from the pictures, the one on the left looks like a Welo opal from Ethiopia and the black fre opal looks to be Australian.
Yes, opal is common. It is softer than agate so isn't used for jewelry much unless it has unusual play of color. American opal absorbs moisture and often crazes if exposed to heat or excessive drying.
It is a bonus that keeps me looking. I post hundreds of my finds elsewhere, nowadays crystals are very popular.
Everyone bugs me to share coordinates of deposits I have found over the years, I usually only share with my kids as I typically hike alone. I am out of cell range most days, so my kids got me a gizmo that can send texts via satellite for emergencies.
Petrified wood that is agatized is abundant here and in winter I sometimes polish a lot of that when I set up a flat lap by the wood stove in my parlor when the desert is snow covered.
I have a fully equipped lapidary shop, but I am not a silversmith
I rarely make jewelry but both girls make polished cabochons. Carving takes a lot of time in the shop, and I prefer being out finding stones
I will make more things when and if I am unable to hike as much when I get older. My whole purpose for rock hounding is exercise.
Carnelians are some of my favorite agates that occur here. I have many quart jars of them, some very similar to Gobi desert agates.
Yes, it is a weak part of the premise.
Has anyone else seen the new 2024 movie that is streaming called "Civil War"? The western forces led by Texas and California as an alliance that defeats Washington? I find it pretty interesting.
I wonder how many resources are spent to protect a whole golf course footprint every time the mobile diaper does his daily round of golf. Maybe he needs a pope mobile type of golf cart.
It is just a shame that his mother didn't knock him in the head and feed the milk to the cats.
Which has even more meaning now that he thinks post-birth executions are apparently happening.
I think that occupying a piece of ground after death is not what I want, either, I personally feel it is a bit egotistical. Seems like property ownership after death. Half my ashes are going to be scattered at a remote petrified wood deposit that is my happy place and half will be scattered where I once built a log cabin during a back-to-the-land self sufficiency kick in the 70's-80's in northern Idaho. Like Houdini, I will come back to visit if it is possible, but I know such ideas have been tried thousands of times and not one has ever been successful, so dust to dust it is, IMHO.
That is a hopeful article that actually displays optimism, something rare in any article about any health issue.. the don't do this or that type articles that seem to say things like "change your toothpaste brand and you might affect your floral biome and cause your toenails to become curly" or whatever things to add to someone's worry files.
I have a daughter who was fearful of covid, so much so that she basically locked down her son. He didn't respond by becoming paranoid, he spent hours and hours watching youtubes of chess matches while confined and became a junior chess master, got third in the San Fransisco youth tournament and got recruited for a chess team (didn't even know such things existed)
My reason for posting a boast was that we can respond to things in a positive or a negative manner, the choice is often ours. When I threw a blood clot into my heart in middle age, I was freaked, but responded with becoming way more physically fit, even though I was already in pretty good shape. I hiked daily at least an hour or two, and because of how and where I chose to hike, I ended up with a rock and crystal shop for my finds, since I live in a mineral-rich area, and hiked in a new place every day to prevent the ennui of walking or running in circles on pavement in town.
I cared for a long haul covid patient for a year until she mostly recovered, it mostly just made me grateful that it was not my struggle. Anecdotally, her full faculties have returned and she still works remotely at her job. No more trips to the ER for her has made my life calmer, but I have a special place in my negative bin for anti-vaxxers who do not care if they helped cause others to suffer more severely than necessary or kill off more old people. I no longer am very interested in arguing wth people who reject reality and science, which are numerous even here, who revel in thinking they are counter-cultural warriors. They get treated figuratively by me as Kristi Noem treats puppies too slow to learn. Anyway, that was a good thought-provoking article, thank you for posting.
zab, glad your treatment is helping you feel better... I often think about how much modern medicine has progressed. Many of us in this age cohort would not even be here if not for modern medicine. I know that a generation or two ago, my heart attack at age 54 would have probably resulted in a dirt nap. So I am perplexed as to why the life expectancy is not expanding in terms of years, but I guess more die younger now from violence or car crashes or something that brings the average down.
I know that, but trolls attempting to be clever seldom if ever accomplish it.
or is just trying to be clever to conceal his other identities, i.e. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Republic of Texas, etc.
Oh dear, maybe he has a broken finger nail or something this time.
Dana bash crucified him after he tried lie after lie and got called on them on a CNN show I was listening to on the way down the mountain with a load of firewood.
Yep, one can lead a magat to reality, but you can't make them think.
Just for comparison equivalency sales, can you name something significant that Mike pence accomplished, since that seems to be one of your expectations?
you present no evidence for your assinine assertion, you seem extra needy for negative attention today, after zab figuratively grabbed you by what is left of your hair and bounced your head on the bar about half a dozen times with credible links.
Looks like some power politics going on in the Senate. Shumer is bringing the IVF bill back to the floor after the magats killed it via cloture rule in June. The move will put every one of the fuckers on record as against IVF just prior to the election. Which, given the women's blue tidal wave, could cost some of them bigtime. Chuck is putting a little fire in his normal pablum politics.