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EV's and the lessons of I-95

Eric Peters
Eric Peters Auto
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:58 UTC
I-95 Traffic Jam
© Eric Peters Auto
A few days ago, Virginia - home to this writer - was hammered by a sudden-onslaught blizzard that dumped almost a foot of snow along the I-95 corridor, the name we Virginians use to reference the stretch of Interstate 95 that runs from Richmond up to Northern Va, near DC - before it threads up the east coast to New York and beyond.

The snow was so fierce and heavy it paralyzed traffic on I-95, which became a kind of extended parking lot for much of the distance between Richmond and Northern Virginia, which is more than 100 miles.

Thousands of drivers were stuck inside their cars, for as long as 27 hours - which is more than one full day, if you're counting. This is extremely inconvenient - as well as uncomfortable, assuming your car isn't an RV with beds in the back and cable TV.

It could be something else - if your car happens to be electric.

EVs don't like sudden, unplanned things - because they're more likely to be not ready for them - since it takes them hours to charge, if not plugged in to a "fast" charger - and none of these are at home. You have to drive to where they are.

This is hard to do if you can't drive to where they are.
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Attention

Explosion from suspected gas leak causes government building to collapse in China, 16 dead


NDTV
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 11:21 UTC
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At least 16 people died when an explosion triggered by a suspected gas leak caused a building to collapse Friday in the Chinese city of Chongqing, state media said.

The blast at 12:10 pm (0410 GMT) brought down a neighbourhood committee building housing a canteen, trapping 26 people, the Xinhua news agency said.

In the early hours of Saturday, Xinhua put the new death toll at 16, with 10 more injured, one of them critically.

Comment: Other gas explosions and fires in the news recently:

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Arrow Down

Video shows cop shoot without warning at man firing into air

Mark Gillispie
AP
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:55 UTC
Canton Police shooting
© Canton Police Dept. via APThis still image taken from from Canton Police Department body camera video shows officers holding up their weapons before entering a house Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Canton, Ohio. James Williams, 46, of Canton, was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Police in Ohio released body camera footage Thursday showing an officer firing multiple rounds through a wooden privacy fence without warning at someone shooting gunfire into the air on the other side.

James Williams, 46, of Canton, was shot in the chest minutes into the new year and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. The video was released by the Canton Police Department.

The video shows the officer approach the tall privacy fence in a residential area as the sound of multiple gunshots ring out. Smoke from what appears to be a gun can be seen spurting into the air above the fence.

Comment: Graphic video:



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Bizarro Earth

Most voters believe American society & culture "is in a state of decay" - poll

Sean Salai
Washington Times
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:24 UTC
American flag
© Todd Berkey/The Tribune-Democrat via APThe sun rises behind an American flag posted outside of Petrunik's Kitchen, Door and Moore store at the old Eureka Department store in Windber, Pa., Wednesday, July 10, 2019.
A new poll finds that most U.S. likely voters believe American society and culture is in decline — including large majorities of self-identified Democrats, Republicans and independents.

The survey by the Trafalgar Group revealed that 76.8% of respondents from all political affiliations said that "American society and culture is in a state of decay," compared to only 9.8% who said "a state of progress." The remaining 13.4% said they were unsure.

Voters on both sides of the aisle are unhappy with the current state of hot-button social and culture war issues for different reasons, said pollster Robert Cahaly, who founded Trafalgar Group in 2016.

Comment: By most metrics, the US empire (along with many of its allies) are at a stage of terminal decline, and possibly teetering on the edge of total collapse: Also check out SOTT radios': NewsReal: Kabul Airport Atrocity - What Actually Happened?



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'Expert' pilots make increased mistakes after flying breaks due to Covid


News.com.au
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:25 UTC
Qantas airline
The memo noted that air and ground crews have both been affected by disrupted flying schedules.
Reduced flights, staffing stand downs and global disruptions may have affected the skill level of pilots returning to work, according to internal communication from Qantas.

Internal memos obtained by nine newspapers show airline bosses noting a reduction in "cognitive capacity" and "recency" (the skills and regulation compliance required to fly) among expert pilots.

The memo also noted incidents in which pilots have misidentified "altitude as airspeed," instances of planes "commencing takeoff with (the) park brake set," and the loss of "situational awareness".

"Combined with reduced flying across the network, we recognise a flow on effect for flight crew's focus and familiarity with the operation," they said.

"Routine items that used to be completed with a minimum of effort now occupy more time and divert attention away from flying the aircraft."
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Yoda

Best of the Web: Detained tennis star Novak Djokovic breaks silence over Australia visa row

Ben Burrows
Yahoo! News
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:05 UTC
Novak Djokovic
© This is the Coast UKTennis ace Novak Djokovic detained in quarantine facility in Melbourne.
Novak Djokovic has broken his silence over his ongoing Australian visa row to thank his fans for their support.

The world number one was detained on Thursday after he was denied a visa to enter the country for this month's Australian Open.

He remains detained in Melbourne as he appeals against the decision and while holed up at an immigration facility in the city took to social media for the first time since.

"Thank you to people around the world for your continuous support," he wrote on Instagram. "I can feel it and it is greatly appreciated."

Djokovic has been detained since Thursday morning after his visa was cancelled following scrutiny of the medical exemption over the Covid vaccine he had secured to enter the country.

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Second Australian Open tennis player detained by Australian Border Force for having vaccine exemption

WWOS Staff
Wide World of Sports
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:59 UTC
Renata Voracova
© APRenata Voracova of the Czech Republic returns a shot.
Veteran Czech Republic tennis player Renata Voracova has been detained by Australian Border Force officials and had her visa revoked just days before the Australian Open.

It is understood she had entered Australia with a vaccine exemption on the basis she had been infected with COVID-19 in the last six months, the same reason used by men's world No.1 Novak Djokovic, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

It's believed the 38-year-old is being held at the same Melbourne immigration detention hotel as Djokovic, who is contesting his revoked visa in a court hearing set for Monday morning.

Comment: Voracova has actually been in Australia since December and even played in a pre-Open warm-up tournament!

It's likely that the players with exemptions only went to Australia because it was made clear to them that they could play in the Australian Open without being vaxxed. The Australian government apparently reneged on that deal essentially deceiving them. They're currently using Djokovic's high-profile status to send a message to the unvaxxed: 'we will get you'.

It remains to be seen whether the government will back down and let him in to play, and even if they do, it has stimulated yet another polarizing vaxxed-vs-unvaxxed 'debate'. Divide and conquer...

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Juror revelations may jeopardize Ghislaine Maxwell verdict


RT
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 12:08 UTC
ghislaine jeffrey
© AFP / US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers have been allowed to apply for a retrial, after reports emerged that two jurors may have swayed others to convict her for sex trafficking by revealing their own childhood sexual abuse histories.

On Wednesday, New York judge Alison Nathan gave the defense until January 19 to submit a legal motion to vacate the conviction. Maxwell's lawyers had told the court that there were "incontrovertible grounds for a new trial" after one juror - identified as "Scotty David" - told various media outlets that he'd revealed his experience of abuse during jury deliberations.

Prosecutors also asked the judge to conduct a hearing into Scotty David's interviews next month. The 35-year-old Manhattan resident told Reuters on Tuesday that he brought up his history after some jurors were skeptical about the accounts of two of Maxwell's accusers.

Comment: See the Daily Mail's full interview with Scotty David below. He doesn't discuss how his sexual abuse may have influenced the trial, but he does go into more detail about the material that was shown to the jury.

He describes a photograph found in Epstein's apartment which shows a 6-year-old Celina Dubin (daughter of his ex-girlfriend Eva Andersson Dubin and hedge-fund manager Glenn Dubin) bending over and removing her underwear. Reportedly, Epstein was Celina's godfather and in later years he said that he wanted to marry her. Scott David said that there were other photographs of young girls littered around the house.



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Propaganda

National Geographic author falsely claims that Kyle Rittenhouse killed 'two Black men' in new book

Ari Hoffman
The Post Millennial
Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:24 UTC
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A National Geographic author falsely claimed in her new book that Kyle Rittenhouse killed "two Black men." In her book The Good Kings, Egyptologist Kara Cooney wrote, "...consider Kyle Rittenhouse, who used his semiautomatic weapon to kill two Black men in Kenosha, Wisconsin while waging a glorious war on behalf of his inherited White power."

Rittenhouse shot three white men on the night of August 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisc., killing two. A jury concluded that he shot them in self-defense. Hours of video evidence was shown that backed his claim, as well as eye-witnesses who testified that the men shot had threatened and advanced on the teen.

The glaring error from Cooney's book was brought to the attention of Twitter by Kara McKinney, of OAN's Tipping Point. She wrote that the text appeared in the last chapter of Cooney's book, and showed that Cooney is "not the brightest bulb and it shows." McKinney found another error in the book as well, when Cooney said that noted Civil Rights activist and organizer Rosa Parks sat in the "White section" of a bus in Montgomery, Ala. But Parks' protest, instead, was to refuse to give up her seat to a white passenger.

Comment: How many layers of edits did this text go through without anyone doing so much as a simple fact check? It's amazing how ideological possession can bias one's perspective so effectively.

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Bacon

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: How food production and prices will change in 2022 (forecast)


Adapt 2030
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:41 UTC
food
Global Food Production will be anywhere near where it has been over the last five years. There are now fertilizer, herbicide, equipment and labor shortages coupled with rising diesel and food prices. These events will amplify in 2022 ending in rationing and life changing choices moving forward.


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