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Cold weather coming to Ohio again soon. That said, I did all my pruning last week because it was my last week there. Some Callery pears were pushing new growth that was getting frost damage. Crazy rollercoaster of a winter with regards to temperature and precipitation.

That's a good point, and a reasonable concern. Norway is crawling with Russian spies. Greenland is almost as strategically located as Norway for the Russians. And Greenland is one of the most strategically important locations for the US vis-a-vis intercepting ICBMs. Denmark is an ally, but...

I think he has a decent chance. Unfortunately, the memory of him that stands out most to me is his embarrassing behavior during that Zelensky visit way back when. But he definitely has enough time to polish himself up and be a solid candidate. I don't know much about Desantis, but holy jeez...

I totally disagree. We absolutely need this kind of regulation and forward thinking. Government ownership of company shares is not new at all, and it's a fantastic way for the government to have a sovereign wealth fund to draw from instead of taking more taxes from the people. Military...

Trump won, twice. Bush won, twice. Romney would have been a great president, but he was about as charismatic as a dishtowel. I was living overseas during the McCain election, so I didn't see much of his TV presence. I think Trump won because he is charismatic and appealed to the middle...

I don't even think it would be that difficult. The middle majority is tired of the chaos. The first party to give us a charismatic candidate who appeals to the middle majority will win. The Democrats are a bunch of disparate groups who generally hate each other. The republicans have a chance...

They do the same thing in Europe. It's because the state pays them to not work and pays them for every kid they have. Stop giving them money. Stop feeding the cancer.

Agreed. High oil prices help the oil companies. Low oil prices help pretty much everyone else.

How donyou like Braeburn for eating? It used to be a favorite of mine, but it's hard to find ripe ones these days.

Yes, we do, and Denmark has historically let us do whatever we want there. My guess is Trump wants to put in missile defense systems without the Danes being able to peek into what we're doing. There's a fair bit of resources there, too. Seafood and minerals mostly. I just did a quick Google...

You can access a foreign account from an American ATM. If two languages on an ATM bother you, European ATMs would blow your mind. They often have several European languages, and sometimes even a couple Asian languages for the tourists.

I'm in full support of AI. What I meant was it's unfortunate the economic growth seems to be limited to tech and AI as manufacturing growth in most sectors has been slowing down. Something like 75% of new investment is going into tech, with most of the rest in pharmaceuticals. I'm not opposed...

For th last few years, every coyote I got had a problem with it's fur right on top of the shoulders. It looked like it was rubbed off and started to grow back again. Very weird. And it made the pelts essentially worthless.

I disagree. It looks bad for the woman who tried to resist arrest and run over a police officer in doing so. It's standard for any law enforcement agency and considered a reasonable threat in the CCW class I took.

I heard that as well. They also toned down a lot of the doses because they killed off half a million of their customers.