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It went like this (numbers made up): 100,000 watts was fed into the experiment facility from the power company 50,000 watts was lost to inefficiencies while the equipment generated the laser beam 50,000 watts shot out of the lasers and hit the fuel 60,000 watts came out of the fuel when it fused So in the context of a science experiment the fusion was energy positive (10,000 more watts came out of the fuel than went into it), which is brand new and why this is big news, but within the larger nonscientific context of "can the facility run itself on fusion while generating useful electricity to distribute" it still fell short by a large margin
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shoeberto posted:"In other words, this fusion breakthrough could propel a ball far enough for a field goal over a distance of 3 football fields" "In other words, think of what Harry Kane did on his 2nd penalty shot" https://i.imgur.com/CxwtRbA.mp4 Vintersorg fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Dec 13, 2022 |
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Diane Feinstein plans to make an announcement in the coming months about her Senate career. Seems likely she will announce she will be retiring (seeing as she passed on the Senate Pro Tem title and turned down the Chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee). She says she will not retire in the middle of the term and that means she will likely decline to run for re-election and set up an open seat in 2024. Reps. Ro Khanna, Katie Porter, Adam Schiff, and Barbara Lee have already been asking for money and endorsements for a potential 2024 Senate race. https://twitter.com/NolanDMcCaskill/status/1602472109791379456
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Diane Feinstein plans to make an announcement in the coming months about her Senate career. It sucks how much everyone has to pretend she’s fit for purpose when she obviously is not. I have more power to take away my mom’s driver’s license than anyone has to control this woman’s utter inability to perform a supposedly-critical job. A society built on so much kayfabe and deference to power cannot help but be incapable of addressing actual material needs, IMO.
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I’m gonna make a movie about the whacky hijinks of a team of interns using the dead body of a senator to pass hilarious legislation and call it Weekend at Diane’s
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selec posted:It sucks how much everyone has to pretend she’s fit for purpose when she obviously is not. I have more power to take away my mom’s driver’s license than anyone has to control this woman’s utter inability to perform a supposedly-critical job. A society built on so much kayfabe and deference to power cannot help but be incapable of addressing actual material needs, IMO. Agreed. Even if the job is in and of itself powerless, offering Feinstein the 3rd-in-line-of-Presidential-succession is seriously  The committee chair thing, too, of course.
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Instead, Patty Murray got it.  I should explain further, this position is also linked with being the chair of Senate Appropriations. Solkanar512 fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Dec 13, 2022 |
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Diane Feinstein plans to make an announcement in the coming months about her Senate career. https://twitter.com/justin42310/status/1602663236830117892 lol I have no idea how to fix this. There's no way senators are going to impose a mandatory retirement age on themselves.
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Judgy Fucker posted:Agreed. Even if the job is in and of itself powerless, offering Feinstein the 3rd-in-line-of-Presidential-succession is seriously The Presidential Succession line is part of the constitution. They didn't offer it to her, someone pushed her to pre-announce that she would pass it along to the next person in the chain if it every came to that.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The Presidential Succession line is part of the constitution. They didn't offer it to her, someone pushed her to pre-announce that she would pass it along to the next person in the chain if it every came to that. The Presidential Succession Act is not a part of the Constitution.
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The Constitution only authorizes Congress to establish the line of succession beyond the VP. The actual line of succession is controlled by statute. It was last updated in 2006 to add the Secretary of Homeland Security (as last in line)
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Judgy Fucker posted:The Presidential Succession Act is not a part of the Constitution. Correct, sorry. I should have said it was part of the law. It wasn't something they offered her, though. It was something she had to pre-emptively decline.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I have no idea how to fix this. There's no way senators are going to impose a mandatory retirement age on themselves. Maybe you could get some on board by making the retirement age only apply to senators elected in the future, not any of the ones currently sitting.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I have no idea how to fix this. There's no way senators are going to impose a mandatory retirement age on themselves. at the end of the day, voters are entitled to elect incompetents
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evilweasel posted:at the end of the day, voters are entitled to elect incompetents Aristotle was right, democracy sucks
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Judgy Fucker posted:Aristotle was right, democracy sucks It’s great inside the union hall. Just gets worse and worse the more you let rich people take part in it.
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Gort posted:Maybe you could get some on board by making the retirement age only apply to senators elected in the future, not any of the ones currently sitting. A bunch of old people grandfathering themselves sounds about right, honestly.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/MattLaslo/status/1556760810684284934 I'm still not entirely sure what this means but I think it means that it's good Feinstein isn't one bad day from the nuke button?
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projecthalaxy posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/MattLaslo/status/1556760810684284934 Jesus loving Christ, for those who don't want to bother clicking through to the transcript: quote:“David, where are my keys?” Feinstein asked her chief of staff. Emphases and brackets mine
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Does she currently own a live dog
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Imagine the confusion if the Senate had added a big sex puppy
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I can't tell if this is worse than what the Republicans kept doing with Strom Thurmond or not but it's terrifyingly bad regardless.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Does she currently own a live dog Did in March at least. No word since.
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haveblue posted:Imagine the confusion if the Senate had added a big sex puppy At least Herschel wouldn’t have had to worry about knocking her up.
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I don't think Mr. Walker did much worrying about that...
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projecthalaxy posted:Did in March at least. No word since. she probably forgot about it and its like either living with someone else or like a skeleton by a bowl. Judgy Fucker posted:Jesus loving Christ, for those who don't want to bother clicking through to the transcript: i mean id have had to hear it on video but holy gently caress.
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evilweasel posted:at the end of the day, voters are entitled to elect incompetents The fact that they're encouraged to is just icing on the cake. And if the only options are incompetent? Well, that's democracy.
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Angry_Ed posted:I can't tell if this is worse than what the Republicans kept doing with Strom Thurmond or not but it's terrifyingly bad regardless. Hard to say. Feinstein can at least walk on her own and is sometimes lucid. It's awkward that people have been trying to push her into retirement for 4 years, but she is the only one who can retire and refuses to do so. So, they just weirdly move along while everyone tries to convince her to retire and leaks to reporters about how worried they are about her. Thad Cochran had dementia and was taking medication for it for the last 8 years he served as a Senator. He was finally convinced to resign in the middle of his term in 2018.
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There's not like a 25th amendment type thing for saying a senator is not medically able to their job right? Like I guess impeachment but being old isn't an impeachable crime?
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projecthalaxy posted:There's not like a 25th amendment type thing for saying a senator is not medically able to their job right? Like I guess impeachment but being old isn't an impeachable crime? The Senate can expel a member with a 2/3 vote for "disorderly behavior." They never defined what "disorderly behavior" is, but only a few Senators have ever been expelled and all of them were for treason or joining the confederacy (but, I repeat myself).
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First major national poll to show DeSantis ahead of Trump - and way ahead. It's just one poll and primary season isn't kicking off for real for another few month, plus there's still campaigning to do. Have to see if any other polls back this up / if DeSantis pulls the trigger and officially gets in / whether campaigning has any major impact. https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1602658397198901249
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Hard to say. Feinstein can at least walk on her own and is sometimes lucid. It's awkward that people have been trying to push her into retirement for 4 years, but she is the only one who can retire and refuses to do so. So, they just weirdly move along while everyone tries to convince her to retire and leaks to reporters about how worried they are about her. I remember Cochran cheating on his wife when she was dying with dementia. Didn't realize he ended up having it too. I've dealt with multiple family members suffering from it and I think even mild cases are enough that they shouldn't be in a position like Congress. It's a high bar but also yeah, Congress should be a high bar. Even mild Alzheimer's is a nightmare of details and expertise slipping away and it doesn't get better. There is no going in reverse or suddenly coming back and being able to function at all levels again.
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When was the last time Feinstein had to do a debate?
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Gumball Gumption posted:I remember Cochran cheating on his wife when she was dying with dementia. Didn't realize he ended up having it too. Yeah, Cochran's dementia was sort of an open secret. They interviewed a DC pharmacist who provides medication to Senators and said he was concerned that he had been filling prescriptions for Alzheimer's medication for one for years. He was barely present for votes for about a year. Then, he had a urological issue that kept him at home for months. Then, he suddenly released a statement saying he was resigning and he died a year later.
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Eric Cantonese posted:When was the last time Feinstein had to do a debate? The most recent one I could find is this hour plus debate from 2018. I haven't watched it due to work constraints. https://www.c-span.org/video/?453176-1/california-senate-debate
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Gumball Gumption posted:The fact that they're encouraged to is just icing on the cake. And if the only options are incompetent? Well, that's democracy. i mean, at the end of the day i would rather have feinstein as my senator than whoever the last republican who ran was. the thing about legislators is they really only need to do what they're told to be pretty good. that said, california's primary system means that next election is probably a Democratic candidate running against her in the general election
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evilweasel posted:i mean, at the end of the day i would rather have feinstein as my senator than whoever the last republican who ran was. the thing about legislators is they really only need to do what they're told to be pretty good. It was that way in the last election but based on DeLeons recent behavior I'm not certain if Feinstein winning was the worse outcome.
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evilweasel posted:i mean, at the end of the day i would rather have feinstein as my senator than whoever the last republican who ran was. the thing about legislators is they really only need to do what they're told to be pretty good. I have horrible news about Alzheimer's and your ability to follow directions. Edit: honestly this feels like paradoxical nonsense where being a senator is both wildly complicated and important and also so simple a person with Alzheimer's needs to follow directions and press the button the right way. Gumball Gumption fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Dec 13, 2022 |
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Thad Cochran was given a mulligan on his vote after making a whoopsie on at least one occasion (I mean, given what that vote actually was, we'd probably all be better off if he hadn't, but the point is the Senate is flexible in this regard)
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