THeBlueCashew

Biggie Smiles

There are several issues with the forum. Between you and me (and anyone else who reads this post), I'm not into the political stuff which is most of the posts here but sometimes I'll read something that I want to reply to such as your Disney World thread. I'm headed back to the US next April and I try to get to a theme park when I'm there although I find them to be a disappointment even though I'm trying to relive my long lost youth and now I feel like I'm going to puke after I hop on a coaster. But I digress. Posting as a guest is as problematic as what I went through trying to register an account:

1- I can't reset my password on my original account, as I don't get the reset email nor do I get any sort of message that the email is isn't valid.
2- I created a "duplicate" user ID using the old trick of replacing a letter with a symbol but I'd rather delete this one and reactive the old one if possible, can you do that and email me a reset link
3- On many screens, regardless of which browser I use, I can't see the letters I just typed unless I highlight them, it just looks like a blank box. It's happened on the "subject" line of this post, and on all the verification questions but not the body of the post that I'm typing now.
4- When I log in I only see 3 few boards, notably none of the most recent posts - see screen shot
5- Your verification questions are wacked. I had to watch an instructional video on Django to know if the D was silent, and its unclear when you spell bacon backwards if "the first letter is to be capitalized" refers to the b in bacon or the n in nacob. 

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Quote from: wizeг on October 31, 2025, 03:46:03 AMBiggie Smiles

There are several issues with the forum. Between you and me (and anyone else who reads this post), I'm not into the political stuff which is most of the posts here but sometimes I'll read something that I want to reply to such as your Disney World thread. I'm headed back to the US next April and I try to get to a theme park when I'm there although I find them to be a disappointment even though I'm trying to relive my long lost youth and now I feel like I'm going to puke after I hop on a coaster. But I digress. Posting as a guest is as problematic as what I went through trying to register an account:

1- I can't reset my password on my original account, as I don't get the reset email nor do I get any sort of message that the email is isn't valid.
2- I created a "duplicate" user ID using the old trick of replacing a letter with a symbol but I'd rather delete this one and reactive the old one if possible, can you do that and email me a reset link
3- On many screens, regardless of which browser I use, I can't see the letters I just typed unless I highlight them, it just looks like a blank box. It's happened on the "subject" line of this post, and on all the verification questions but not the body of the post that I'm typing now.
4- When I log in I only see 3 few boards, notably none of the most recent posts - see screen shot
5- Your verification questions are wacked. I had to watch an instructional video on Django to know if the D was silent, and its unclear when you spell bacon backwards if "the first letter is to be capitalized" refers to the b in bacon or the n in nacob. 

(https://i.postimg.cc/wvVVpQBb/not-logged-it.jpg)

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Good morning Wizer. Thanks for taking the time to register and point out a few of these things.

I pay the bills and I do have admin privileges, but I never took the time to properly learn the admin panel. Biggie can help you with these issues.

I can tell you that question 4 is because we have new posters set to a limited default group. He can put you in a new user group where that will be fixed.

In question 5 the D is silent and it is Nocab.

Quote from: wizeг on October 31, 2025, 03:46:03 AMBiggie Smiles

There are several issues with the forum. Between you and me (and anyone else who reads this post), I'm not into the political stuff which is most of the posts here but sometimes I'll read something that I want to reply to such as your Disney World thread. I'm headed back to the US next April and I try to get to a theme park when I'm there although I find them to be a disappointment even though I'm trying to relive my long lost youth and now I feel like I'm going to puke after I hop on a coaster. But I digress. Posting as a guest is as problematic as what I went through trying to register an account:

1- I can't reset my password on my original account, as I don't get the reset email nor do I get any sort of message that the email is isn't valid.
2- I created a "duplicate" user ID using the old trick of replacing a letter with a symbol but I'd rather delete this one and reactive the old one if possible, can you do that and email me a reset link
3- On many screens, regardless of which browser I use, I can't see the letters I just typed unless I highlight them, it just looks like a blank box. It's happened on the "subject" line of this post, and on all the verification questions but not the body of the post that I'm typing now.
4- When I log in I only see 3 few boards, notably none of the most recent posts - see screen shot
5- Your verification questions are wacked. I had to watch an instructional video on Django to know if the D was silent, and its unclear when you spell bacon backwards if "the first letter is to be capitalized" refers to the b in bacon or the n in nacob. 

(https://i.postimg.cc/wvVVpQBb/not-logged-it.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/cCc4T6TV/logged-in-screen.jpg)

Bumping this to keep it on the most recent posts.

We will get on this before the weekend is finished.

Like DKG there's not a lot I can do except keep this topic active and throw in my 2¢ but here goes:

Quote from: wizeг on October 31, 2025, 03:46:03 AM1- I can't reset my password on my original account, as I don't get the reset email nor do I get any sort of message that the email is isn't valid.
2- I created a "duplicate" user ID using the old trick of replacing a letter with a symbol but I'd rather delete this one and reactive the old one if possible, can you do that and email me a reset link

1 & 2 are well above my pay grade.

Quote from: wizeг on October 31, 2025, 03:46:03 AM3- On many screens, regardless of which browser I use, I can't see the letters I just typed unless I highlight them, it just looks like a blank box. It's happened on the "subject" line of this post, and on all the verification questions but not the body of the post that I'm typing now.

That sounds to me like a stylesheet issue and while not a difficult fix as far as the code goes (changing a font/background value from #fff to #000 or the other way 'round, for example) ...it can be tedious to track down the odd stray element that's having an issue.

The more specifics you can provide about the Theme being used (very super important), the page you're on, and the particular textbox/etc. that's borked the easier it'll be to fix 'em.

Quote from: wizeг on October 31, 2025, 03:46:03 AM4- When I log in I only see 3 few boards, notably none of the most recent posts - see screen shot

Am I missing something?
In the screenshot, under the Info Center banner, it looks like there is a list of recent poasts?

Quote from: wizeг on October 31, 2025, 03:46:03 AM5- Your verification questions are wacked. I had to watch an instructional video on Django to know if the D was silent, and its unclear when you spell bacon backwards if "the first letter is to be capitalized" refers to the b in bacon or the n in nacob.

Hmm.
Only a bot would complain about trying to keep out bots.

Your pals down in Data Storage don't call you "Skynet" by any chance, do they?

:smiley_confused1:

Quote from: wizeг on October 31, 2025, 03:46:03 AM3- On many screens, regardless of which browser I use, I can't see the letters I just typed unless I highlight them, it just looks like a blank box. It's happened on the "subject" line of this post, and on all the verification questions but not the body of the post that I'm typing now.

Hi Wizer, long time no see! Hope you're doing well. I get that same problem If I set my browser to dark mode and then mess around with the text colors. Maybe try a lite setting or a different forum theme, you can change that with the drop-down box in the very upper right hand corner. Looking forward to chatting with you!

Quote from: Garraty_47 on October 31, 2025, 10:54:37 AMAm I missing something?
In the screenshot, under the Info Center banner, it looks like there is a list of recent poasts?

Yes you're missing something. The recent posts that I see when logged on do not include more recent posts including those from most of the subforums.

Quote from: Oliver the Second on October 31, 2025, 10:59:17 AMI get that same problem If I set my browser to dark mode and then mess around with the text colors. Maybe try a lite setting or a different forum theme

Thanks for the suggestions but I didn't change my browser or the forum settings in regard to mode or text colors. I get the issue regarding blank text boxes regardless of which browser I use and whether I'm logged in or not. 

Hi wizer. Do you know Joe. He is dumber.

Quote from: wizeг on October 31, 2025, 11:11:40 AMYes you're missing something. The recent posts that I see when logged on do not include more recent posts including those from most of the subforums.

Hmm.
That's probably caused by how the forum is configured to identify and display the Recent list and again, sorry, above my pay grade.

I never use Recent lists, preferring to click on individual subs to check out so I never noticed a discrepancy.

Quote from: wizeг on October 31, 2025, 11:11:40 AMThanks for the suggestions but I didn't change my browser or the forum settings in regard to mode or text colors. I get the issue regarding blank text boxes regardless of which browser I use and whether I'm logged in or not. 

Apologies for being pedantic but the textbox isn't blank as such; the text and background colors are assigned the same values or close enough to blend into each other. Think using a white crayon to mark on a piece of white paper. That's why what you typed shows up when highlighted- highlighting overrides the default color scheme and provides its own contrast. It's a function of the forum Theme's stylesheet (resides on the server, not in your browser cache or elsewhere on the client side) which is why every browser displays the same thing.

Okay, I switched to the Default Theme (Curve2) and was able to replicate the "blank" Subject textbox when starting a new thread.

The text and background colors are both assigned the value of #fff (white) in the stylesheet:

https://thebluecashew.net/Themes/default/css/minified_3b394282f9a0fef96947a23df45778e5.css?smf213_1692571724

input, button, select, textarea {
    color: #fff;
    font: 93.33%/150% "Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue","Nimbus Sans L",Arial,"Liberation Sans",sans-serif;
    background: #fff;
    outline: none;
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
    vertical-align: middle;
    border-radius: 3px;
    box-shadow: 1px 2px 1px rgba(160,187,221,.2) inset;
    padding: .3em .4em;
}
Because of how the forum code is compiled here (if I recall correctly) simply going in and changing the CSS code isn't an easy process; your best bet is using another Theme like Blue_Evolution that's similar to the Default Theme but doesn't have that issue.

That would fix at least one item on your list.

wizer, I sent you a message containing a temporary password for your old account.

I also moved you from the newly registered members group which should take care of problems not seeing boards.

That is about all I can do with my limited knowledge of the admin panel. Anything else falls on Biggie Smiles.

Quote from: Brent on October 31, 2025, 11:26:03 AMHi wizer. Do you know Joe. He is dumber.

That is true, but my Jo Jo has the most adorable little bald spot.

I'm going to look into the email thing now

Okay -- I'm going to need DKG here as the MX records are not set at the root hints

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on October 31, 2025, 01:54:57 PMOkay -- I'm going to need DKG here as the MX records are not set at the root hints

I have no idea what any of that is.

I sent wizer a temporary pw for his original account.

I changed his usergroup so he can receive messages at his new handle.

 Got it thanks

Ok, that's better. I just need to dust off this old profile and do some cleaning up. It appears I left the window open when I left 5 years ago and most of this stuff around here is going to have to be thrown out.

Geez my last post was in September 2020. That was 3 years before retirement, still flipping eyeglass lenses and saying "which is better one or two I hate this fucking job" and living in NY. Seems like another world.

Well anyway, here I am.

Biggie Smiles feel free to delete the other wizer profile with the 2 posts otherwise it may get confusing and then I can update the account email to my usual one which I used on the other one.

Like I said I'm not into politics all that much, I'll just say this much. Trump is an arrogant prick but he's getting the job done and as I tell the whiney democrats, no matter how much they complain about the guy they couldn't come up with anyone the voters liked better so that's why he won.. twice. And he seems to be running the country ok despite there being a lot of crazy stuff going on in the world right now.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
 

I had to look up the meaning of the word pedantic.  :popcorn:

Quote from: wizer on October 31, 2025, 03:51:19 PMOk, that's better. I just need to dust off this old profile and do some cleaning up. It appears I left the window open when I left 5 years ago and most of this stuff around here is going to have to be thrown out.

Geez my last post was in September 2020. That was 3 years before retirement, still flipping eyeglass lenses and saying "which is better one or two I hate this fucking job" and living in NY. Seems like another world.

Well anyway, here I am.

Biggie Smiles feel free to delete the other wizer profile with the 2 posts otherwise it may get confusing and then I can update the account email to my usual one which I used on the other one.

Like I said I'm not into politics all that much, I'll just say this much. Trump is an arrogant prick but he's getting the job done and as I tell the whiney democrats, no matter how much they complain about the guy they couldn't come up with anyone the voters liked better so that's why he won.. twice. And he seems to be running the country ok despite there being a lot of crazy stuff going on in the world right now.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
 

Welcome aboard old friend.

As I'm sure you can attest having known me for nearly 20 years now (good lord the time flies!) that I was never really political. Until the democrats jumped the shark and literally started tearing apart the very fabric of our society.

Now I am involved, see the light and in some small way wish I could go back into my mental slumber. things were just easier when I existed that way.

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on October 31, 2025, 04:03:17 PMWelcome aboard old friend.

As I'm sure you can attest having known me for nearly 20 years now (good lord the time flies!) that I was never really political. Until the democrats jumped the shark and literally started tearing apart the very fabric of our society.

Now I am involved, see the light and in some small way wish I could go back into my mental slumber. things were just easier when I existed that way.

I totally get it old buddy.

If we don't get to WW3 anytime soon, perhaps things will settle down and we can peacefully enjoy our retirements.

Quote from: wizer on October 31, 2025, 03:51:19 PMLike I said I'm not into politics all that much, I'll just say this much. Trump is an arrogant prick but he's getting the job done and as I tell the whiney democrats, no matter how much they complain about the guy they couldn't come up with anyone the voters liked better so that's why he won.. twice. And he seems to be running the country ok despite there being a lot of crazy stuff going on in the world right now.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
 

Right on brother. :drunk2:

Quote from: Biggie Smiles on October 31, 2025, 04:03:17 PMWelcome aboard old friend.

As I'm sure you can attest having known me for nearly 20 years now (good lord the time flies!) that I was never really political. Until the democrats jumped the shark and literally started tearing apart the very fabric of our society.

Now I am involved, see the light and in some small way wish I could go back into my mental slumber. things were just easier when I existed that way.

That is old Herman too. I just wanted to raise canola and cattle and be left the fuck alone. But, the left would not let me. So, now I am involved too.

Quote from: Brent on October 31, 2025, 11:26:03 AMHi wizer. Do you know Joe. He is dumber.

I know "of" Joe from a handful of posts.

He is dumber? Than what? You?

Quote from: Herman on October 31, 2025, 09:30:56 PMI just wanted to raise canola and cattle and be left the fuck alone. But, the left would not let me. So, now I am involved too.

What did the left do to you Herman?

I am different from wizer Biggie and Herman on politics. I was not suddenly forced to take political sides. I have been a fiscal conservative since I was nineteen.

The difference now of course is how extreme the opposing side has become. Compromise is no longer possible with them. They want total control and they have no parameters on how they will achieve it.

Quote from: DKG on November 01, 2025, 05:39:17 AMI am different from wizer Biggie and Herman on politics. I was not suddenly forced to take political sides. I have been a fiscal conservative since I was nineteen.

The difference now of course is how extreme the opposing side has become. Compromise is no longer possible with them. They want total control and they have no parameters on how they will achieve it.

Statements like that seem to me to be sort of like those conspiracy theories. "They are going to control us!". Not saying you're wrong but I'm not seeing it.

I've voted democratic in the past, I don't just automatically stick to one particular political party, however in recent years I find that Republican policies more closely align with my own goals.

The biggest single issue I have with the Republican Party is that they don't give a crap about the environment, they often dismiss global warming and climate change as BS and they promote policies that increase and worsen destruction of the planet in exchange for improving the economy.

The second is that, especially under the current administration, the deficit is skyrocketing.

Both of these issues will be paid for by future generations, but I'm not all that concerned about them to be perfectly honest. As long as things hold together for another 30 years I'm good with it.

Quote from: wizer on October 31, 2025, 03:51:19 PMOk, that's better. I just need to dust off this old profile and do some cleaning up. It appears I left the window open when I left 5 years ago and most of this stuff around here is going to have to be thrown out.

Geez my last post was in September 2020. That was 3 years before retirement, still flipping eyeglass lenses and saying "which is better one or two I hate this fucking job" and living in NY. Seems like another world.

Well anyway, here I am.

Biggie Smiles feel free to delete the other wizer profile with the 2 posts otherwise it may get confusing and then I can update the account email to my usual one which I used on the other one.

Like I said I'm not into politics all that much, I'll just say this much. Trump is an arrogant prick but he's getting the job done and as I tell the whiney democrats, no matter how much they complain about the guy they couldn't come up with anyone the voters liked better so that's why he won.. twice. And he seems to be running the country ok despite there being a lot of crazy stuff going on in the world right now.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
 

Trump was never my first choice as president. But, he was elected to make changes and that is what he is doing. And he is so much better than anything on the crazy Democrat side. I would have voted for him against Hillary and Kamala too.

Enough politics this post.

Welcome back to to your original handle. I am glad we got it sorted out.

Quote from: DKG on November 01, 2025, 05:47:39 AMWelcome back to to your original handle. I am glad we got it sorted out.

I'm working my way through the various themes, they've all got some issues. In fact some are completely broken. I'll do a separate post on it after I'm done with my testing. Not that anyone necessarily cares but hey it's a slow retirement.  :wink:

 

Quote from: wizer on November 01, 2025, 05:46:18 AMStatements like that seem to me to be sort of like those conspiracy theories. "They are going to control us!". Not saying you're wrong but I'm not seeing it.

I've voted democratic in the past, I don't just automatically stick to one particular political party, however in recent years I find that Republican policies more closely align with my own goals.

The biggest single issue I have with the Republican Party is that they don't give a crap about the environment, they often dismiss global warming and climate change as BS and they promote policies that increase and worsen destruction of the planet in exchange for improving the economy.

The second is that, especially under the current administration, the deficit is skyrocketing.

Both of these issues will be paid for by future generations, but I'm not all that concerned about them to be perfectly honest. As long as things hold together for another 30 years I'm good with it.

I live in Canada, but the control freakishness is part and parcel of their motivation like it is with the US Dems.

It's interesting you mention climate change. Few countries have gone as far as Canada has in punishing it's population into reducing our miniscule emissions. From two carbon taxes, to blocking development of our most lucrative resources to dictating what vehicles we can purchase to farm practices. We have deliberately lowered living standards for most Canadians while rewarding an already rich few and it has not moved the climate needle one centimetre.

Interestingly the US saw it's biggest drop in emissions under the first Trump administration because of the widespread use of fracking.

As for the deficit, the congress not the senate controls spending. Something worth noting though is that tariffs are helping to lower monthly deficits. I was not a fan of tariffs, but any windfall from it must be applied to the deficit first.

Quote from: DKG on November 01, 2025, 05:55:45 AMInterestingly the US saw it's biggest drop in emissions under the first Trump administration because of the widespread use of fracking.

It's been my understanding that Fracking considerably impacts climate change because of the release of large amounts of methane which is a potent greenhouse gas.

Quote from: DKG on November 01, 2025, 05:55:45 AMAs for the deficit, the congress not the senate controls spending. 

I thought the president had more than a little to do with how much money is borrowed to finance government spending. For example, Trump's tax bill is credited with increasing the deficit by 2.8 trillion over the next decade. 

Quote from: wizer on November 01, 2025, 06:00:39 AMIt's been my understanding that Fracking considerably impacts climate change because of the release of large amounts of methane which is a potent greenhouse gas.

Fracking has a number of problems, starting with the fact that the components of the fluid injected into the wells are proprietary company "secrets" (nothing ominous there, eh?) but the ones that have been identified are toxic/carcinogenic as fuck. And they're now in deep aquifers where after-the-fact removal is essentially impossible.

The other big one is that it's not a question of if a well's retaining walls will fail, it's a question of when. A certain number fail immediately and over time that number grows to: all of 'em. Hence the methane dumps and methane is more destructive than CO² insofar as environmental impacts.

It's a perfect example of why I detest capitalism... murdering the future for a transitory bump in a quarterly profit report that only enriches a few people at the expense of everyone else is, in my opinion, fucking insane.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 01, 2025, 07:28:39 AMIt's a perfect example of why I detest capitalism... murdering the future for a transitory bump in a quarterly profit report that only enriches a few people at the expense of everyone else is, in my opinion, fucking insane.

There are mega rich in every culture. Look at the Russian Oligarchs with the big yachts for example.

Global warning/climate change is an absolute fucking joke as is the idea that anyone in the over regulated USA is destroying the environment. We dont build jack shit anymore so the type of waterway discharge that existed as late as the 1970's is impossible.

Particulate emissions from diesel engines have been reduced 96% in the last 35 years. A cars gasoline engine has been cleaned up so much so that its become difficult to suicide yourself via carbon monoxide in an enclosed garage! You're as likely to kill yourself from oxygen deprivation. Everything sold en masse thats chromed comes from somewhere else and high end chrome such as getting a bumper re-chromed off an old car is expensive and the waste is completely recovered and processed. The biggest pollution problems we have are some landfills and military sites contaminated 50 years ago! The damned body shop I worked at had to have Safe-T-Kleen haul off the used thinner BY LAW even 30 years ago!!!

Have any of you seen a coal fired power plant built in the last 20 years? Theres one at the corner of I-55 and Stevenson Dr in Springfield, IL. Look at that fucking monstrosity on Google Maps! The building I'm referring to is closest to the highway and what you CANT see is its TWICE as tall as the older buildings to the east and all of that is because of the scrubbers! Street view off Stevenson Dr shows exactly WTF I'm talking about.  It doesnt put out pollution which wasnt even a fucking major problem to begin with. I never even see the old plants running anymore and after all this investment in this new state of the art coal fired powerplant, they want to decommission it in the next 10 years!

For some stupid reason, humans in the west are addicted to fatalism. Its like we cant live unless we feel as if we're on the verge of extinction 24/7. What a bunch of stupid fucking lemmings! You think them assholes in India WHO ACTUALLY GET POISONED 24/7 waste their lives like a bunch of mewling fukin Karens?  :crampe:

Quote from: wizer on November 01, 2025, 04:06:01 AMI know "of" Joe from a handful of posts.

He is dumber? Than what? You?

Yes, but I meant a damp sponge.

Quote from: wizer on November 01, 2025, 05:46:18 AMThe biggest single issue I have with the Republican Party is that they don't give a crap about the environment, they often dismiss global warming and climate change as BS and they promote policies that increase and worsen destruction of the planet in exchange for improving the economy.

The second is that, especially under the current administration, the deficit is skyrocketing.

I thought the super rich progressives who have been telling us that climate change is an existential threat while they travel the world in private planes and build mansions beside oceans have finally admitted it is not as much of a threat to mankind as they told us. Maybe they have made enough money milking that apocalyptic threat or maybe they see a new opportunity in something else. Maybe it is AI.

I thought the Trump administration has found new savings with DOGE cuts and new revenue from global tariffs.

Quote from: Lokmar on November 01, 2025, 10:56:27 AMGlobal warning/climate change is an absolute fucking joke as is the idea that anyone in the over regulated USA is destroying the environment. We dont build jack shit anymore so the type of waterway discharge that existed as late as the 1970's is impossible.

Particulate emissions from diesel engines have been reduced 96% in the last 35 years. A cars gasoline engine has been cleaned up so much so that its become difficult to suicide yourself via carbon monoxide in an enclosed garage! You're as likely to kill yourself from oxygen deprivation. Everything sold en masse thats chromed comes from somewhere else and high end chrome such as getting a bumper re-chromed off an old car is expensive and the waste is completely recovered and processed. The biggest pollution problems we have are some landfills and military sites contaminated 50 years ago! The damned body shop I worked at had to have Safe-T-Kleen haul off the used thinner BY LAW even 30 years ago!!!

Have any of you seen a coal fired power plant built in the last 20 years? Theres one at the corner of I-55 and Stevenson Dr in Springfield, IL. Look at that fucking monstrosity on Google Maps! The building I'm referring to is closest to the highway and what you CANT see is its TWICE as tall as the older buildings to the east and all of that is because of the scrubbers! Street view off Stevenson Dr shows exactly WTF I'm talking about.  It doesnt put out pollution which wasnt even a fucking major problem to begin with. I never even see the old plants running anymore and after all this investment in this new state of the art coal fired powerplant, they want to decommission it in the next 10 years!

For some stupid reason, humans in the west are addicted to fatalism. Its like we cant live unless we feel as if we're on the verge of extinction 24/7. What a bunch of stupid fucking lemmings! You think them assholes in India WHO ACTUALLY GET POISONED 24/7 waste their lives like a bunch of mewling fukin Karens?  :crampe:

I do care a lot about actual pollution. Particularly our oceans. But, almost all of the pollution from the oceans comes from rivers in developing countries.

They not we must do something about it. If they don't we close our borders to their people.

Quote from: Brent on November 01, 2025, 12:12:50 PMThey not we must do something about it. If they don't we close our borders to their people.

The US is one of the worst offenders, if not THE worst offender in producing greenhouse gases that are accelerating climate change and global warming.

Quote from: DKG on November 01, 2025, 05:55:45 AMI live in Canada, but the control freakishness is part and parcel of their motivation like it is with the US Dems.

It's interesting you mention climate change. Few countries have gone as far as Canada has in punishing it's population into reducing our miniscule emissions. From two carbon taxes, to blocking development of our most lucrative resources to dictating what vehicles we can purchase to farm practices. We have deliberately lowered living standards for most Canadians while rewarding an already rich few and it has not moved the climate needle one centimetre.

Interestingly the US saw it's biggest drop in emissions under the first Trump administration because of the widespread use of fracking.

As for the deficit, the congress not the senate controls spending. Something worth noting though is that tariffs are helping to lower monthly deficits. I was not a fan of tariffs, but any windfall from it must be applied to the deficit first.

Wasn't it you who posted that the gap in GDP per capita between Canada and the States is now $35,000 per year? I remember about twelve years ago we were almost at par with the States.

That huge gap is caused by climate alarmist baloney and outragelously high levels of unskilled immigrants.

Quote from: Brent on November 01, 2025, 12:08:35 PMI thought the super rich progressives who have been telling us that climate change is an existential threat while they travel the world in private planes and build mansions beside oceans have finally admitted it is not as much of a threat to mankind as they told us. Maybe they have made enough money milking that apocalyptic threat or maybe they see a new opportunity in something else. Maybe it is AI.

I thought the Trump administration has found new savings with DOGE cuts and new revenue from global tariffs.

Yup, it''s now an 'issue' but no longer an existential threat for some reason.

Quote from: wizer on November 01, 2025, 12:14:18 PMThe US is one of the worst offenders, if not THE worst offender in producing greenhouse gases that are accelerating climate change and global warming.

The States has also reduced it's greenhouse emissions more than any other developed country. But, that is irrelevant when eighty percent of new emissions are in the developing world.

I am not that concerned about rising C02. We will adapt to that and maybe even thrive because it makes the planet greener.

My main environmental worry is real pollution in the oceans. Canada, the States, Europe, Japan, Australia are not causing the rising pollution in our oceans. It is entirely developing countries.

Quote from: Oliver the Second on November 01, 2025, 12:18:14 PMYup, it''s now an 'issue' but no longer an existential threat for some reason.

I think it always was just a problem and never an existential threat. If it was hypocrites like Obama and Gates would not have such massive carbon footprints.

Quote from: Brent on November 01, 2025, 12:20:24 PMMy main environmental worry is real pollution in the oceans. Canada, the States, Europe, Japan, Australia are not causing the rising pollution in our oceans. It is entirely developing countries.

You're not wrong. It's disgusting what's going on in some of those countries. They dump crap everywhere.

Here's one article that shows the US is a top contributer to climate change and global warming.

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/us/countries-climate-change-emissions-cop28/

Quote from: wizer on November 01, 2025, 12:14:18 PMThe US is one of the worst offenders, if not THE worst offender in producing greenhouse gases that are accelerating climate change and global warming.

NOT EVEN CLOSE! Your accusation is a Defcon Karen Level 1 propagandist lie.

India is #1 by far followed by China as #2. I shared several data sheets/websites here a few months back.

china has cleaned up its air some but neither country has done what the ENTIRE west has done to eliminate emissions including NOx, particulates, CO2 which isnt even a pollutant ITFP, and sulfur.

The air in L.A. in the 70's would burn my eyes so fucking bad, I literally had tears streaming down my face the entire time I was in the city. The air in L.A. by 2001/2002 was so pristine, it didnt bother me at all.

Quote from: Brent on November 01, 2025, 12:12:50 PMI do care a lot about actual pollution. Particularly our oceans. But, almost all of the pollution from the oceans comes from rivers in developing countries.

They not we must do something about it. If they don't we close our borders to their people.

They will do nothing. We need to dial our regulations back to around 2006/2007 levels on everything. We have completely won the war on pollution.

Quote from: wizer on November 01, 2025, 04:06:01 AMI know "of" Joe from a handful of posts.

Jo Jo is my boyfriend. We have sex three times a day.

Quote from: Thiel on November 01, 2025, 01:12:17 PMJo Jo is my boyfriend. We have sex three times a day.

With other people I presume.

Quote from: Brent on November 01, 2025, 12:08:35 PMI thought the super rich progressives who have been telling us that climate change is an existential threat while they travel the world in private planes and build mansions beside oceans have finally admitted it is not as much of a threat to mankind as they told us. Maybe they have made enough money milking that apocalyptic threat or maybe they see a new opportunity in something else. Maybe it is AI.

...or maybe they're aware that people are waking up to the fact that aside from the USA's military (the single worst polluter on the planet) it's the 1% and the industries they control that are wreaking most of the havoc.

Distracting everyday people with lies like it's their own lifestyles that are causing most of the problems and using paper straws etc. is the answer just isn't working anymore. They have to either redirect or diffuse the populace's anger or the figurative "eat the rich" could become a literal "yeet the rich" into the nearest woodchipper.

The so-called societal elites may be monsters but they're not entirely stupid.

Quote from: wizer on November 01, 2025, 01:14:01 PMWith other people I presume.

Thiel has a nasty fecal impaction in his prostate from josephine.

Quote from: wizer on November 01, 2025, 04:06:01 AMWhat did the left do to you Herman?

They tax the hell out of diesel which makes farms run. They raised the annual intake of immigrants six hundred percent from the previous Conservative government making housing unaffordable for too many young folks starting out. Too many immigrants is destroying our already weak health care system. The free drug program for addicts has made the Liberal party of Canada the country's biggest drug dealer. They block pipeline and oilsands development projects that would have have created billions for governments and hundreds of thousands of good jobs. They give billions to crony green companies. The catch and release justice system combined with providing drugs has made crime skyrocket. They control what we are allowed to read and say online. They run up record deficits while giving bliions to bullshit causes in foreign countries. They raise taxes, the cost of living, and lower living standards.

I am in my late fifties and doing okay. I feel sorry for younger folks. The Liberals have deliberately made Canada less wealthy, less free, less safe and more corrupt.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 01, 2025, 01:49:50 PM...or maybe they're aware that people are waking up to the fact that aside from the USA's military (the single worst polluter on the planet) it's the 1% and the industries they control that are wreaking most of the havoc.

That's incorrect. China Shenhua Energy Company Limited is the world's biggest producer of C02 emissions. The state-owned coal production and electricity company accounted for 25.79 percent of global carbon emissions between 2016 and 2022. That is double the entire US emissions.

Quote from: wizer on November 01, 2025, 12:14:18 PMThe US is one of the worst offenders, if not THE worst offender in producing greenhouse gases that are accelerating climate change and global warming.

The US is not even close anymore.

I don't get why C02 is driving white people to antidepressants. We see it as a problem and not an imminent armageddon if we don't lower our emissions. However, every problem is a crisis to whites.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 01, 2025, 07:28:39 AMFracking has a number of problems, starting with the fact that the components of the fluid injected into the wells are proprietary company "secrets" (nothing ominous there, eh?) but the ones that have been identified are toxic/carcinogenic as fuck. And they're now in deep aquifers where after-the-fact removal is essentially impossible.

The other big one is that it's not a question of if a well's retaining walls will fail, it's a question of when. A certain number fail immediately and over time that number grows to: all of 'em. Hence the methane dumps and methane is more destructive than CO² insofar as environmental impacts.

It's a perfect example of why I detest capitalism... murdering the future for a transitory bump in a quarterly profit report that only enriches a few people at the expense of everyone else is, in my opinion, fucking insane.

That's not true. The biggest oilfield services company in the world Schlumberger has fracking fluid contents on their website.

Waste water is recycled and used in agriculture where freshwater is scarce and drought is persistent.

Quote from: Shen Li on November 01, 2025, 10:19:45 PMThat's incorrect. China Shenhua Energy Company Limited is the world's biggest producer of C02 emissions. The state-owned coal production and electricity company accounted for 25.79 percent of global carbon emissions between 2016 and 2022. That is double the entire US emissions.

There's more to pollution than CO². Even there it's difficult if not impossible to do a comparison because 'Murica exempts the military from environmental impact statements or assessments.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 01, 2025, 11:00:49 PMThere's more to pollution than CO². Even there it's difficult if not impossible to do a comparison because 'Murica exempts the military from environmental impact statements or assessments.

Oh hell ya. I have worked in some of the most polluted shitholes on the planet. The least of their worries are their C02 emissions. That is a luxury for rich countries.

Quote from: Shen Li on November 01, 2025, 10:35:07 PMThat's not true. The biggest oilfield services company in the world Schlumberger has fracking fluid contents on their website.

Waste water is recycled and used in agriculture where freshwater is scarce and drought is persistent.

They can land spread it in some places because it is over ninety percent water and about five percent sand. Less than two percent are chemical additives.