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    In the late 1800's people moved West into the Colorado river basin, water was cheap and economics were largely agricultural so they established farms and ranches based on river water. At some point California figured out how to divert large amounts of Colorado river water to their Imperial...
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    FYI: 70-80% of Colorado river water goes to agriculture. About half of that is used to grow alpha and hay to feed cattle. The basin has been in a "drought" since 2000 and although there have been wet years like 2023, 2025 again was "dry". The Supreme Court years ago established what...
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    I am willing to concede water use is growing too much in the Colorado river basin because the water allocations are based on a nominal water supply and the river is running below that -- and all 7 states are close or above their allocations, so lake Mead is dropping every year. In 2006 the US...
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    The principle of "senior" water rights. What is going to decide water rights for Colorado river water is the concept that who started using the water first deserves priority when it becomes scarce. This is loved by politically big California and the other 6 states in the basin are on notice...
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    This is an interesting article about Ukrane attacking Russia's oil exporting ports on the Baltic and Black Sea with drones. The gist is that Russia is facing economic headwinds with the continued war in Ukraine and was hoping to capitalize on higher oil prices to get some relief. Apparently...
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    I worry about unending growth as well given the Colorado river is shared and some water is supposed to go to Mexico. I don't trust the local politicians as they would rather build and figure it out later. AZ has rules in place they have been enforcing about there needs to be a 100 year supply...
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    Southern Nevada and Southern California have almost no water sources other than the Colorado. I think there is one desalination plant in San Diego, which could be a solution but I think the environmentalists are against any more. Both S Calif and S Nevada are still growing. AZ also is still...
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    More culture wars: "Pennsylvania House Democrats withdrew consideration of a resolution honoring March as "National Women’s Month" after a Republican lawmaker filed an amendment to include the physiological definition of "woman" in the text."...
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    IOC limits women's sports at 2028 olympics to biological women only. I purposely linked the AP article (which tends to have left of center readers) as the comments are illuminating. Most are saying they are liberals, left of center, never would vote for a Republican, etc but applaud the...
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    The only thing I have to add is large conventions are expensive and someone pays for the travel, hotel, convention costs and entertainment expenses. It is the old way of marketing. I expect this sort of event to get less popular, particularly at the large size and expense it takes to do it in...
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    I saw this a few days ago and looked it up. McCormick Place is among the largest convention spaces in the country and is centrally located, so Chicago has been a major player in attracting conventions. As strange as it may be, the hotels are partially behind this tax as no one except...
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    I just looked up Spanish flu (politically incorrect name) and the estimated death toll was 50 million worldwide from 1918-20. It started during the end of WW1 and spread rapidly among the troops and elsewhere. What is interesting is the age group hit hardest was 20-40 yr olds. Something...
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    Hakeem Jeffries today said that ICE agents are a risk to travelers - "they are untrained and may kill people". The rhetoric is just so stupid. I can hardly wait for the midterms.
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    My understanding is that after WW1 the US became isolationist because we lost a lot of lives in WW1 and the world did not get better (WW1 was proclaimed the war to end all wars). The Allies won largely because of the Americans joining the fight. The Germans had settled with Russia so could...
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    Newsome is working on his lies for the upcoming elections. Newsome: Texas has higher taxes because they don't have a progressive income tax schedule that charges the rich a higher tax rate like we do. In Calif we charge the rich so we can give money to you. Talk about putting lipstick on...
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