Sure looks like it. It’s simple math. Lake Mead’s surface elevation is 1,071 feet, and is dropping by 20 feet a year; when it reaches 895 feet, no water comes out at the bottom of the dam. That means the Colorado River dries up and Hoover Dam stops generating electricity 9 years from no[...]
Archive for June, 2021
Bolton gets “Get Out of Jail Free” card, and keeps his book royalties
The Justice Department is dropping its legal actions against John Bolton, including its efforts to confiscate royalties from his book about Trump’s “diplomatic bungling,” CNN reported on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Read story here. Trump’s two primary motivations are revenge an[...]
June 16th, 2021 - 1:41 pm § in Foreign Affairs
North Koreans facing hunger again
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned about possible food shortages and urged the country to brace for extended COVID-19 restrictions as he opened a major political conference to discuss national efforts to salvage a broken economy,” ABC News reported on Wednesday, June 16, 2001 (read [...]
June 16th, 2021 - 1:28 pm § in Law and Courts
Sperm donors should beware of child support bills
Can sperm donors be charged child support? I can’t categorically answer that question, nor can any lawyer or judge, because it depends on the facts of the case and which legal jurisdiction you’re in. But several recent cases have raised red flags for potential donors. In other words, the[...]
June 16th, 2021 - 12:27 pm § in Misc.
Personals: 19-year-old cat seeking forever home
A 19-year-old cat surrendered to an Ohio animal shelter by an elderly owner who went into assisted living needs a new home. However, “Anyone interested in adopting Sammy must come to Cincinnati Animal CARE to meet him in person, as the organization doesn’t do virtual adoptions,” so if [...]
June 15th, 2021 - 7:27 pm § in Humor
A voyeur’s guide to boorish flying
Just when you thought airports and planes couldn’t get any worse, they got a lot worse. It’s extraordinary what people do in airports and in airplane seats. Well, not really. Our inner barbarian is always there; the cabin fever induced by the Covid-19 pandemic merely brings more of it to[...]
June 15th, 2021 - 7:02 pm § in Misc.
Will Big Tech companies be broken up?
One of Big Tech’s most vocal critics now runs the Federal Trade Commission, the federal that oversees corporate mergers and exercises regulatory power over anti-competitive behavior, and that may be a harbinger of things to come. Lina Khan (photo), a Columbia law professor Vox calls “an [...]
Making Arizona’s colleges unsafe for learning
“Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) has issued an executive order prohibiting public colleges and universities in the state from requiring unvaccinated students to be routinely tested for COVID-19 or wear masks,” The Hill reported on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 (read story here). This isn’t su[...]
June 15th, 2021 - 4:24 pm § in Politics
Ex-GOP Rep’s bizarre and pathetic “protest”
It seems Dana Rohrabacher was at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Not as a working congressman; he was bounced from the House in the 2018 “blue wave” election. “I marched to protest, and I thought the election was fraudulent and it should be investigated, and I wanted to express tha[...]
Kamala Harris’ apprenticeship
Kamala Harris isn’t new to politics, but still needs more polishing. That’s the opinion of a black female reporter who describes “the Kamala Harris we saw on the 2020 presidential campaign trail [as] a bit indignant, defensive and flustered,” and says she still is. But the re[...]