nomadpete

All quiet on the eastern front, whilst we wait with bated breath for a new comic episode from the failed reality show star.... "He picked this fight. He chose the timing. He set the rules of engagement. He called it a triumph. And now his only two exits are a war he cannot win and a deal he cannot sell."

Damn. A bitter pill to swallow. To think the tangerine todder gets credit for doing something good, even though he didn't mean to.

Meanwhile the US blockade of the strait is going bigly.... " The Boat Called HUGE While the spam tin emperor was on Truth Social on Friday composing love letters to his own competence, an Iranian VLCC supertanker called HUGE, that is the actual name, capital letters and all, loaded 1.9 million barrels of crude worth nearly 220 million bucks, switched off its transponder, hugged the coasts of Pakistan and India, drifted past Sri Lanka, threaded the Lombok Strait, and is now steaming for China with its destination port already on the manifest. This happened during what the Trump administration has repeatedly called the most successful naval blockade since the Cuban Missile Crisis. 21 warships. 3 carrier strike groups. Over 100 aircraft. 10,000 personnel. The largest US naval deployment since 2003."

Another fun read, this time specifically about the current Middle East unpleasantness. https://ifloz.substack.com/p/israels-fafo-phase-has-arrived-on?publication_id=7671401&post_id=196305427&isFreemail=true&r=tosdr&triedRedirect=true

Warning.... this is not Middle east related. In this new age of infowars, I struggle to find a positive voice. But I stumbled on this guy - although usually very caustic, he's a great source of similies. "The Accidental Unifier: How a Tangerine Wrecking Ball Glued the Fucking Planet Back Together" https://ifloz.substack.com/p/the-accidental-unifier-how-a-tangerine

I suspect most people haven't realised that a battery is simply a different shaped fuel tank. Both types are most useful when not empty.

Sometimes I look back at forgotten news from the past. The old Russian connection to the Tangerine Toddler is largely forgotten. This 4 year old Guardian article notably failed to result in Trump suing. I wonder why. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/15/kremlin-papers-appear-to-show-putins-plot-to-put-trump-in-white-house

Well I will make a connection between grids and EV's. My new solar is connected to the grid. And will charge my EV. So there! Now, back to EV's. (steps down off soapbox)

Recent stats show that 255,000 households have installed a battery.... in the last 9 months. This represents a significant private investment in the electricity market. It also, according to AEMO, reduced the average wholesale price of electricity by more than 15%. This is due to not requiring gas peaking plants to start up during peak use times. So, private home solar installations are definitely NOT causing the price of electricity to go up.

So, what next? all possible paths look too bleak. People assumed it couldn't be -that- bad, that "the system" would curb him. Life would go on. But now they are on track for a busted country? With slave labor camps, gov't death squads in the streets? (such as ICE) Will stupid brutal people rise under this regime, too dumb and short-sighted to keep it together?. The USA may yet collapse and the ruins will be colonized by smarter, more industrious, civic-minded, neighbors. Alternatively, one of the even dumber trumpalo successors will lose another war and cities will be turned to rubble.

-I met a traveller from an antique land, -Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone -Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, -Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, -And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, -Tell that its sculptor well those passions read -Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, -The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; -And on the pedestal, these words appear: -“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; -Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" -Nothing beside remains. Round the decay -Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare -The lone and level sands stretch far away. (Shelly, circa 1800's)

I still have resevations about A.I. Claude just deleted a entire database of a business, and all backups. When questioned, it confessed though. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-agent-deletes-company-s-entire-database-in-seconds/ar-AA21UbLU

Tis all about putting things into perspective....

No. but it less discourteous than the other misnomers that sprang to mind.

OME, in the interest of fact hunting I asked A.I. and the answer to your question is ....... "The price of tea in China varies widely based on factors like quality and type, with average prices around $10 for 250g of tea, while high-quality varieties can cost significantly more, even up to $1,000 for 500g." So there!