20170530 Verse of the Day
Oh Donny Boy, Oh Donny Boy, Show Me the Money!
From this article in the Washington Post dated May 24, 2019:
“In all, American families will pay an additional $767 a year for everyday items following the latest round of tariffs, according to a report by the Trade Partnership, a Washington-based research and consulting firm. If the Trump administration extends that tax to all remaining Chinese imports, that figure could go up to about $2,389 a year for the average household.”J.C. Penney and Kohl’s have failed their most loyal customers: Middle-aged moms
we can see the potential affects of Trump’s trade war on us all. Trump punishes China and I see a loss of nearly $2400 a year? Trump offers up $27 billion dollars in relief to farmers and U.S. Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue, no conflict of interest there, says:
“The package we’re announcing today ensures that farmers do not bear the brunt of unfair retaliatory tariffs imposed by China and other trading partners,”Trade impasse: Trump pledges $16B to farmers; markets slump
The latest bailout comes atop $11 billion in aid Trump provided farmers last year. And Donny boy says:
“We will ensure our farmers get the relief they need and very, very quickly,”Trade impasse: Trump pledges $16B to farmers; markets slump
How about showing the rest of us the money Mr. President?
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RIP Charles Krauthammer
“In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon,
always choose stupidity over conspiracy,
incompetence over cunning.
Anything else gives them too much credit.”
-(Charles Krauthammer)
Charles, we are going to miss you.
Vote for Trump for Assistant Dogcatcher!
Here’s a letter to the editor I sent to the Washington Post. I haven’t been published yet…..
“According to the June 16, 2018, article, in the on-line version of the Washington Post, “‘Dictator envy’: Trump’s praise of Kim Jong Un widens his embrace of totalitarian leaders,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said of the North Korean leader, “Kim “is NOT a talented guy. He inherited the family business from his dad & grandfather. He is a total weirdo who would not be elected assistant dogcatcher in any democracy.”” He could have said the same regarding Mr. Trump but for the fact that we elected Mr. Trump, not assistant dogcatcher, but president of the United States! The irony of Mr. Rubio’s statement is impossible to ignore.”
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Pave Paradise and Put Up More Data Centers
It griefs me to see how much the area by my office has changed. My office is in a data center in a complex of four buildings, nearby is what was once the Verizon HQ which has a few large building, and Amazon has data centers in the area. As of this time last year, there were 6.5 million square feet, about 107 acres, of data center floor space in my area, which is Ashburn, VA, one of the wealthiest areas of the country w/ very high property values. The fact that there are so many data centers here already makes it cheaper to build more data centers in the area. With the property values as they are, the fact that companies can afford to host data centers here means they must be making a good profit though one of the reasons they do build here is because we have some of the cheapest electricity in the country. Why that would be I don’t know.
As Ed can attest to, there was a fair amount of undeveloped land in the area….not virgin forest by any stretch of the imagination but there were maybe 500 acres of unused land. As I watch day by day and month by month, construction (or destruction) vehicles, rip up the trees and bushes to clear the land to build more data centers. It was particularly unsettling to watch, as I sat at a stop light near my office, the destruction of some very lovely flowering trees. More than likely, that section of land will be cleared by the end of this coming week.
I don’t understand why we need all these data centers. What is all this data for? Where is it coming from…besides Facebook? What good is all this data? Can it really make life better for humanity? I doubt it. And what about the damage to the environment. We’ll see more erosion, convert less carbon dioxide to oxygen, diminish habitat for God’s creatures, and certainly not improve the views. It takes power to run all these computers in the data centers. Then it takes power to cool down the computers in the data centers. As of last year, there was 676 megawatts of commissioned power for data center use in Ashburn.
I don’t know what that means really or how it translates into say… powering homes. I am still trying to figure that one out. I do know that it seems like a waste of resources. As regards that data, I am not keeping my personally created files out there in someone’s data center so whatever all this is for, it isn’t benefiting me. Given that, is it really benefiting that many of us that is worth the expense and resources. I would venture to say no.