This is an animation of traffic flows simulated on 30 different kinds of four-way junctions, from two roads intersecting with no traffic lights or signs to complex stacked interchanges that feature very few interactions between individual cars.
Source: The rates of traffic flow on different kinds of 4-way intersections
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Clearly, someone spent a lot of time thinking about this. How much does progress cost?
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… In Bayonne NJ. A wedding in Saint Henry’s. A long time ago far far away.
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https://lifehacker.com/why-real-christmas-trees-are-better-than-fake-ones-1821354742
Why Real Christmas Trees Are Better Than Fake Ones
Jaime Green Today 3:00pm
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Choosing between real and artificial Christmas trees largely comes down to personal preference: do you want that cozy pine smell and hellacious clean-up, or built-in lights with no personal touch but nary a needle on the floor? Personal preference aside, though, there’s someone else who probably cares: Mother Earth.
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More than anything, why don’t all us “modern Druids” forget about the whole concept of trees.
Didn’t the early Christians steal the concept of a Christmas from the pagans to get them in their movement?
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I agree!!!
Science Adorable munchkins fundamentally misunderstand how times passes. Children as old as four and five think that the actual purpose of a birthday party is to increase your age . It’s not a celebration—it’s a ritual.
Source: Little kids think birthday parties actually make you get older
16 Facts, 16 Years Later About 9/11 That Are No Longer A “Conspiracy Theory”
By Arjun Walia Collective Evolution
December 16, 2017
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Did you know that BBC correspondent Jane Standley reported the collapse of WTC 7 (Soloman Brothers building) 20 minutes before it happened? You can watch that broadcast here.
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Published on Feb 26, 2007
An astounding video uncovered from the archives today shows the BBC reporting on the collapse of WTC Building 7 over twenty minutes before it fell at 5:20pm on the afternoon of more 9/11. The incredible footage shows BBC reporter Jane Standley talking about the collapse of the Salomon Brothers Building while it remains standing in the live shot behind her head. How did the BBC know that it was going to collapse? And why did they report the collapse when it is clearly standing in the background?
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Is there ANY explanation for this?
And if there is NOT, doesn’t that throw the whole “official story” out on the proverbial rubbish pile?
Argh!
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https://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/the-deadliest-natural-disaster-in-us-history-was-a/
Forest Fire, Earthquake, Hurricane, Volcanic Explosion?
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But whatever it was it was caused by “global warming”. Right, California Governor Jerry Brown?
Argh!
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FROM BEHIND THE WSJ PAYWALL
POLITICS
The Taxman Cometh: Senate Bill’s Marginal Rates Could Top 100% for Some
Certain high-income business owners would face backwards incentives; lawmakers work to bridge gap
By Richard RubinUpdated Dec. 10, 2017 6:46 p.m. ET
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WASHINGTON—Some high-income business owners could face marginal tax rates exceeding 100% under the Senate’s tax bill, far beyond the listed rates in the Republican plan.
That means a business owner’s next $100 in earnings, under certain circumstances, would require paying more than $100 in additional federal and state taxes.
As lawmakers rush to write the final tax bill over the next week, they already are looking at changes to prevent this from happening. Broadly, House and Senate Republicans are trying to reconcile their bills, looking for ways to pay for eliminating the most contentious proposals. The formal House-Senate conference committee will meet on Wednesday, and GOP lawmakers may unveil an agreement by week’s end.
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Would anyone like them to be required to READ what they are voting on?
DNF Democrat Nancy Pelosi’s “Have to pass the bill so you can see what’s in it”?
Argh!
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If ignorance of the law is no excuse for me, neither can it be permitted to you.
Congress keeps voting on healthcare bills that no member has even seen, let alone read. This must end. But I can’t expect Congressional leaders to end the practice because they benefit from it. That means I have to rely on YOU, my supposed representative.
I can see no good reason why you would NOT introduce RTBA. I want you to immediately contact Downsize DC and work with them to introduce this bill.
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Seems simple enough!
Argh!
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Charles Barkley Says Doug Jones Win Proves Democrats to ‘Get Off Their Asses and Help Black People
by WARNER TODD HUSTON13 Dec 201771
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NBA Hall of Famer and TNT analyst Charles Barkley, says that Tuesday’s Democrat victory in Alabama proves that if Democrats started doing more for Black Americans, they could win more elections.After Democrat Doug Jones won a shocking victory in deep red Alabama, Barkley, an Alabama native, said how thrilled he was with the victory.
“I’m so proud of my state. I love my state. We got some amazing people here. Yeah, we got a bunch of rednecks and a bunch of ignorant people, but we got some amazing people here and they rose up today,” Barkley said on CNN according to The Hill.
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Make no mistake I like Charles Barkley even though I never met him.
On TV over the years, he always came across as an honest fellow.
Unfortunately, here I think he’s made a bad mistake. The D’s, like the R’s, are only interested in — remember the three “laws” of political motivation — (1) rewarding your friends; (2) punishing your enemies; and (3) feathering your own nest.
Ever election cycle, the D’s count on the “black vote” (their terminology; not mine). Just as the R’s count on their “base” to show up. Sprinkle in a few Greens and Libertarians to subtract from the appropriate totals and that the “election calculus”.
I’d prefer that Charles talk to Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams. who attribute most, if not all of, the problems that “blacks” have to Gooferment “help”.
Best thing that could happen is if the Gooferment left us all alone. Second best, if the Gooferment can’t stop meddling, would be repeal the minimum wage laws. They hurt everyone!
Argh!
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2017-Dec-14
FROM A PRIVATE MESSAGE EXCHANGE
FJohn: Doug Jones Defeats Roy Moore in U.S. Senate Race according to the AP
XXXXXXXXXXX: Yaaasss
Reinke FJohn: Be careful what you wish for. I think that he was “smeared”. And, it shifts the balance in the 2018 back to the R’s as it puts the “sexual harassment” issue back on the D’s. (Note I think both parties suck. Just that the D’s are slightly worse fiscally.)
XXXXXXXXXXX: Can’t argue. Just thought he was a “dolt”.
Reinke FJohn:Not sure of that after all he was an Alabama State Supreme Court Chief Judge and at least one of the accuser admitted forged “evidence”. So, I just don’t know. He may be or not.
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God is watching over us
ABOUT
Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate RaceDoug Jones, a former prosecutor, defeated scandal-scarred Roy S. Moore for the Senate seat once held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.NYTIMES.COM
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MY REPLY:
I’d say the media, politicians, and bureaucrats manipulated “We, The Sheeple” with fake news. Where were all the accusers before the final weeks of the election? And DNF gloria alderedge and the altered yearbook. You know I don’t like EITHER “Party” but this all sounds just too convenient to me. If he was innocent, then he has been irreparably slandered. Who knows what the truth is?
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The D’s, and their lapdog media, made “predator” Moore an issue. Of course, they threw some of their own under the bus to highlight the issue. Unfortunately, they are clearly transparent since they never criticize Bill Clinton.
Argh!
“We, The Sheeple” are so easily manipulated.
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SERVICE REFLECTIONSOF AN AIR FORCE VETERAN DEC 2017 TSgt Samuel McGowan, Jr.
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What profession did you follow after your military service and what are you doing now?
After obtaining my private pilot’s license, I enrolled in Advanced Flying Training using my GI bill benefits. By the time I up for my third reenlistment, I had my commercial pilot’s licenses with instrument and multi-engine ratings and my flight instructor certificate. I was unhappy with the way the military was changing after we withdrew from Vietnam so I decided not to reenlist even though I had 12 years in service.
I went into aviation, first as a flight instructor and charter pilot then was hired as a corporate pilot by a major corporation (Ashland Oil.) I flew corporate from 1984 to 2000 then flew as contract pilot until 2010 when I was placed on medication for nerve pain caused by Type II diabetes that the FAA does not approve.
Since I quit flying, I have spent my time writing. I’ve authored several books, some of which are Air Force related. They can be seen at http://www.sammcgowan.com/books.html. I had intended to finish out my 20 years in the Reserves or guard but when I went for my physical, I learned I was just over the enlistment weight. I never joined either the Reserves or Guard.
I am currently rated 60% disabled due to Type II diabetes and complications caused by exposure to Agent Orange.
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Special place in hell for the person who decided to use that “weapon”.
As well as for all the politicians and bureaucrats that sent us to an unwinable war.
Dona Nobis Pacem
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Advisor, Computer Governance Committee at Manhattan College
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Greater New York City Area
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Philosophy of Liberty
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