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19 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I hate to give this credit to even discuss, but "we can be self reliant" is a bold claim for a landlocked nation. US imposes a total embargo to punish secession and Wyoming is reduced to subsistence barley and beef farming.
Obviously we'd cut the fiber optic lines and air travel too, so they'd better hope Elon's sub-orbital Starship works.
Would be inconvenient for Union Pacific, thoug a big boost for truck stops on I-70 and I-94
The biggest impact in the US would be for coal fired power plants dependent on rail-shipped WY coal, but I doubt putting some red-state coal fired plants out of business would cause a Dem administration to lift the trade embargo

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Nearby solar projects might reduce values of nearby exurban homes by ~ 1%.

My public policy response: Tough. Build 'em anyway

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Sad News: Our cat Alexander had been struggling with lymphoma this summer, and a few days ago we lost him.

He was 15. He was an excellent cat.

He was my buddy. Image
Alexander adopted me -- not the other way around -- on 9/30/2006, when I lived in Leavenworth, KS, as described in an email I sent a friend the next day. Within an hour of wandering in he was napping, warily, in my living room. A few weeks later he owned the place. ImageImageImage
Alexander would want to be remembered for being a ferocious outdoor hunter.... but despite short adventures out on a leash that skinny alley cat became a pudgy snuggly housecat -- if often disgruntled by his human minions' failings -- with an unforgettable mustache ImageImageImageImage
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General thought about susceptibility to "child sex trafficking" theme: I recall in 'free range kids' discussions 5 or 10 years ago being stunned how many Americans thought kids were nabbed off the street every day

If I wanted to start a CT, sure would have been attractive 1/
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When you think about it, that's absurd, like there were massive fleets of pedo-abduction vans circling every suburban subdivision 3/
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About 350,000 acres now burned -- mostly in 48 hours! -- in three almost overlapping fires between Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Hood. My god Image
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