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The 6th largest economy in the world is hitting 100% solar periods on a daily basis
From Electrek (Industry blog) : In a major clean energy benchmark, wind, solar, and hydro exceeded 100% of demand on California's main grid for 30 of the past 38 days. Stanford University professor of civil and environmental engineering Mark Z....
by umbra 101 comments 460 Recs
Just one note on the Mayorkas impeachment fiasco
Mitch McConnell: “Tabling articles of impeachment would be unprecedented in the history of the Senate.” Well, so was tabling the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Mitch. But you had no qualms with that, did you? Maybe you should just...
by Dartagnan 20 comments 115 Recs
Fed Chair Jerome Powell reveals the cause of persistent inflation - economy is becoming uninsurable.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was nominated by Donald Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the US Senate. President Joe Biden renominated him when he entered office in January of 2021. The job of the Fed...
by Pakalolo 66 comments 215 Recs
Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine launches devastating attack on Crimean airfield
Ukraine launched a strike against Russia’s airfield in Dzhankoi, Crimea. Reports indicate ATACMS rockets may have been used and that 15 were wounded and 22 are missing. The photo shows the destroyed S-400 Triumph air defense system. The strike was...
by quaoar 63 comments 384 Recs
Isn't it odd that Melania and none of his kids are at his criminal trial?
I do. I find it odd that his own family that we know of is not at his trial. Not one sibling, not any family or if he has friends...where are they? I know if my husband or family member was on trial, I would try to be there at least one day. If Melania...
by Vetwife 413 comments 442 Recs
The truth about Amtrak
President Joe Biden has made it a priority to improve and expand the National Rail Passenger Corporation, better known as Amtrak. What is a problem for many people is that Amtrak does not show a profit, except for particular routes. There are repeated...
by xaxnar 116 comments 194 Recs
MAGA influencer tries his hand at jury tampering on social media. It backfires bigly
The fellah doing all the illegal jury tampering suggestin’ is one Clay Travis. What the hell is a Clay Travis? I dunno, but the apparent Megamind recently put that whole secret squirrel operation of Tank-Manhattan-Criminal-Court-Case-Against-Trump...
by sepiasiren 245 comments 634 Recs
8 weeks Post Total Left Knee Replacement Surgery Update,
Good Evening. Where to start! I am doing very good, today I was at drakestone working on the trailer, I was drilling & tapping the almost 300 fasteners in the 6 pieces of 3/16 aluminum diamond plate. (I have 100 to go) Got there at 7:15 am & at noon I...
by eeff 31 comments 85 Recs
Miscellany: Donald violates gag order (again) plus MTG wants space lasers at the border
Apparently non-senior Biden staff have a nickname for Trump. as MSNBC’s Laurence O’Donnell reports that a Trump posting on Truth Social violated the gag order. Protesters shut down San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in both directions for hours Monday...
by annieli 21 comments 61 Recs
Boeing Crisis Ignites Call for Strict U.S. Stock Buyback Laws
I hate stock buybacks. I think they are one of the most self-serving things that corporate America does. Instead of investing in workers and in training and in research and in equipment, they don’t do a thing to make their company better and they...
by thomhartmann 85 comments 262 Recs
Ohio AG *REJECTS* Provisional Certification Solution to Put Biden on the Ballot - Is Court Next?
For those who aren’t familiar with this bizarre little saga, the basic background is this: Ohio state law requires officials to certify the ballot 90 days before an election (which, in this case this year, is August 7th). Although, as noted further...
by Munchausen 294 comments 372 Recs
81 year old white Ohio man with handgun murders unarmed defenseless Black 61 year old woman
This story was first posted by maggiejean on 4/15. Story number 12 in the overnight news digest. www.dailykos.com/… An Ohio man was charged with murder after shooting a Black ride-share driver in an unprovoked attack, following the most recent string...
by Kevo2007 101 comments 172 Recs

Recent Diaries

Countdown With Keith Olbermann, S2E160: Trump: Jimmy Kimmel And Al Pacino Are The Same Guy
Episode 160 has been uploaded. iHeartRadio this podcast all podcasts Omny.FM this podcast all podcasts ivoox this podcast all podcasts Apple this podcast all podcasts Preview is a short this time. YouTube, later A-Block SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump is an...
by Proginoskes 1 comments 1 Recs
US Army Financial Counselor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Gold Star Families of Millions
On 16 April, Caz Craffy, a US Army civilian employee (DAC) and Major in the US Army Reserve, pleaded guilty to bilking millions of dollars from Gold Star families. From May 2018 to Nov 2022, he obtained over $9.9 million from victims who received a...
by C0RI0LANUS 6 comments 9 Recs
IAN:Thursday 4/18/2024 Spring is Here, Get an Air Fryer
The neighbors have been replanting their front yard flower beds and trimming their hedges.� The birds have stopped coming for daily baths, I assume their time is otherwise engaged.� New shoots are ...
by art ah zen 4 comments 7 Recs
Ukraine Invasion Day 785 "Russian advances will accelerate, absent urgent American action"
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian military airfield in occupied Dzhankoi, Crimea, overnight on April 16 to 17. Geolocated footage posted on April 16 shows explosions at the airfield in ...
by annieli 4 comments 21 Recs
Late Night Insomniacs Vent Hole
SPOILER WARNING: A late night gathering for non serious palaver that does not speak of that night’s show. Posting a spoiler will get you brollywhacked. You don’t want that to happen to you.
by sallym 8 comments 3 Recs
Overnight News Digest for April 17 2024
The Hill — Johnson turns to Democrats on Ukraine aid amid ouster threat Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lean heavily on Democrats to move a series of bills in the coming days providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and other democratic allies overseas — a...
by jeremybloom 19 comments 13 Recs
Trying to fact-check an e-mail from my Senator. (Jim Risch - ID)
Okay, I got this in my e-mail, and since I was doing other weird research, it drew my attention, as the numbers seemed really high (On immigration). I’m pasting this all, then snipping it into bits. Democrats Blocked Secretary Mayorkas' Impeachment...
by CrystalHR 7 comments 3 Recs
Miscellany: Donald violates gag order (again) plus MTG wants space lasers at the border
Apparently non-senior Biden staff have a nickname for Trump. as MSNBC’s Laurence O’Donnell reports that a Trump posting on Truth Social violated the gag order. Protesters shut down San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in both directions for hours Monday...
by annieli 21 comments 61 Recs
Just one note on the Mayorkas impeachment fiasco
Mitch McConnell: “Tabling articles of impeachment would be unprecedented in the history of the Senate.” Well, so was tabling the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Mitch. But you had no qualms with that, did you? Maybe you should just...
by Dartagnan 20 comments 115 Recs
PWB Kitties Love Bats
Today is International Bat Day…�Bats are beautiful creatures, and kitties appreciate their place in the world…�Let’s celebrate bats tonight… But first, the rules… You are all ...
by mamajo2k 46 comments 61 Recs
Top Comments: TFG's Testimony
I’m sure he won’t testify. But that didn’t stop me from writing an approximation of how it would sound. But first, a word from our sponsor! Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker 11 comments 16 Recs
SCOTUS Suddenly Concerned About Overcriminalization...for J6 Insurrectionists: 'BradCast' 4/17/2024
Guest: LawDork's Chris Geidner Also: Scam GOP impeachment trial ends in one day AZ Repubs spike repeal of 1864 abortion law (again) Voter turnout doubles in AL's new majority minority U.S. House District... On today's BradCast: If only the corrupted...
by TheBradBlog 2 comments 4 Recs
8 weeks Post Total Left Knee Replacement Surgery Update,
Good Evening. Where to start! I am doing very good, today I was at drakestone working on the trailer, I was drilling & tapping the almost 300 fasteners in the 6 pieces of 3/16 aluminum diamond plate. (I have 100 to go) Got there at 7:15 am & at noon I...
by eeff 31 comments 85 Recs
Kitchen Table Kibitzing 4/17/24: Pony Up
Sixty years ago today was the debut of one of the world’s most successful cars, and my personal favorite, Ford’s Mustang . The first-generation Ford Mustang was manufactured by Ford from March ...
by jck 101 comments 27 Recs
Fed Chair Jerome Powell reveals the cause of persistent inflation - economy is becoming uninsurable.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was nominated by Donald Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the US Senate. President Joe Biden renominated him when he entered office in January of 2021. The job of the Fed...
by Pakalolo 66 comments 215 Recs
State Department Inertia
Brett Murphy of ProPublica reports that “SOS Blinken has not acted upon the recommendations of a Special State Department Panel that found that several Israeli military and police units do not qualify for US arms transfers under the Leahy law due to...
by AvoidAmnesia 3 comments 9 Recs
Taps...
I hadn't thought about him for months. But during the Spring and Summer the windows tended to be open we'd hear him every night just at dusk. One minute of thumpity like music. Always the same melody, always the same duration of time. Then the Fall and...
by phcarb 3 comments 16 Recs
A Serious Proposal For A New Slogan For The Trump Campaign
"Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The Battle of Gettysburg, what an unbelievable, I mean it was so much, and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of...
by KeithDB 10 comments 19 Recs
Trump Caught Between Day(dreams) and Knight
Somehow, I stumbled upon the video shown below, and oh what delicious news it delivers! Apparently, the bond issuer chosen by Donnie DumbQuips (Knight Specialty Insurance Company) originally considered underwriting the entire $450M+ obligation set as a...
by Northern Pol 2 comments 12 Recs
Why information about the jurors could be a problem.
I know it’s public information when the jurors are questioned and things about their background are discussed. But how many of them maybe hunted down with the information published? The defense can’t say names and the judge has instructed only the...
by Dune 14 comments 17 Recs

	Larry Summers, withdrawing his name from consideration as Federal Reserve chairman
2%	1 votes
	Rep Phil Gingrey (R-GA), revealed as complaining (in a GOP caucus meeting) that staffers can eventually become high-paid lobbyists, but …. ‘I am stuck here making $172k a year’
10%	4 votes
	One-time Ayn Rand associate Harry Binswanger, writing a Forbes essay that called for million-dollar earners to pay no income tax … and that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein did more for humanity than Mother Teresa
8%	3 votes
	Aaron Alexis, shot dead by police after the former Navy reservist killed twelve people in a shooting spree at the Washington Navy Yard
2%	1 votes
	Federal prosecutors who convicted five New Orleans policemen of shooting six unarmed people after Hurricane Katrina (and then covering it up) … after a judge threw out the convictions ... due to prosecutor misconduct ... and ordering a new trial
5%	2 votes
	The Los Angeles Dodgers, widely criticized for celebrating their winning the National League’s western division by jumping in a stadium pool … at a road game against divisional rival Arizona Diamondbacks
0%	0 votes
	U.S. Investigations Services, a private firm that conducts background investigations, under considerable investigation for its vetting of both Aaron Alexis (the Navy Yard shooter) as well as NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
5%	2 votes
	Far-right Greek political party Golden Dawn, under high scrutiny after one of its sympathizers was arrested on charges of fatally stabbing an anti-fascist rapper
5%	2 votes
	Former Halliburton employee Anthony Badalamenti, charged with destroying evidence ... following BP's 2010 massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
0%	0 votes
	Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior member of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, sentenced to death by that nation’s Supreme Court for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence
2%	1 votes
	NBC analyst Chuck Todd, for implying that instead of identifying political falsehoods: it was actually the responsibility of the (harmed) political party to sell its message better
32%	12 votes
	Twitter users upset at the winner of the Miss America pageant, some of whom misidentified her as a Muslim … and others simply upset that ... an Indian-American could win a Miss America contest
5%	2 votes
	Pennsylvania police chief Mark Kessler, fired after he created several YouTube videos showing him cursing about liberals … and shooting at targets of John Kerry and Nancy Pelosi
5%	2 votes
	JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon – agreeing to pay nearly $1.3 billion in fines over violating securities laws and also selling credit card customers bogus services
8%	3 votes
	Multiple names - other names (please specify whom in a comment)
5%	2 votes

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