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is that list comprehensive? I'd be shocked if only 25 or so congressmen beat the S&P.  if that's the truth, Congress is even dumber than I thought.

I think it's something like only 10% of even hedge fund managers actually beat the s&p so 25 congressmen sounds plausible.

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

I think it's something like only 10% of even hedge fund managers actually beat the s&p so 25 congressmen sounds plausible.

with the information congress has, it should be higher. but I digress. 

Pipeline spills 300,000 gallons of diesel near New Orleans

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pipeline-spills-300000-gallons-of-diesel-near-new-orleans/ar-AASHTQ8?ocid=BingNews

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The pipeline's owner said 315,000 gallons (1.2 million gallons) of fuel with some water mixed in had been skimmed and recovered, primarily from the ponds. Cleanup work is ongoing.

The spill from the 16-inch-diameter (40-centimeter-diameter) line operated by Collins Pipeline Co. was discovered Dec. 27 near a levee in St. Bernard Parish, just east of New Orleans, according to documents from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The spill had not been previously publicly reported.

An inspection of the 42-year-old Meraux Pipeline more than a year earlier, in October 2020, revealed external corrosion along a 22-foot (7-meter) section of pipe at the same site as the spill, federal records show.

The pipe had apparently lost 75% of its metal where the corrosion was worst, which would have required immediate repair, according to the records. But work was delayed and the line continued operating after a second inspection concluded the corrosion was not bad enough to require immediate repair under federal rules, the records show.

Nice regulations - a pipleline can lose 70% of the metal in the pipe and still be deemed ok by the Feds. Sweet.

 

22 foot section found with issues in 2020, but repair was delayed, and another inspection miraculously discovered the pipe wasn't that thin. Amazing!

4 minutes ago, Toastrel said:

Pipeline spills 300,000 gallons of diesel near New Orleans

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pipeline-spills-300000-gallons-of-diesel-near-new-orleans/ar-AASHTQ8?ocid=BingNews

Nice regulations - a pipleline can lose 70% of the metal in the pipe and still be deemed ok by the Feds. Sweet.

 

22 foot section found with issues in 2020, but repair was delayed, and another inspection miraculously discovered the pipe wasn't that thin. Amazing!

Hooray for cutting red tape.

 

 

Pardoned Kentucky killer sentenced to 42 years in prison

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pardoned-kentucky-killer-sentenced-42-years-prison-rcna12693

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A man pardoned by Kentucky’s former governor for a 2014 drug robbery killing will return to prison to serve a 42-year federal sentence for the same crime.

Patrick Baker was convicted of murder committed during a drug trafficking crime last year in a federal trial. He had been out of prison since 2019 when former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned him for the slaying of Donald Mills.

 

But media reports that Baker’s family had political connections to Bevin and hosted a fundraiser for the former Republican governor put a spotlight on the case. Federal authorities brought new charges against Baker for the killing in May, and he was convicted in August.

WTF?

 

edit: This guy is such a scum bag, that AFTER he was pardoned, there was so much crap still out there, he's back in jail. Why would you pardon such a POS?

 

Oh right, donations.

My wife used my laptop to do a Zoom.  I had left the EMB open in my browser and the post my wife read was Toty talking about peeing on yourself.

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

 

7 hours ago, Dave Moss said:

My wife used my laptop to do a Zoom.  I had left the EMB open in my browser and the post my wife read was Toty talking about peeing on yourself.

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

 

Will Munson ever recover? 

On 1/10/2022 at 10:49 AM, paco said:

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This is pretty terrifying 

 

 

3 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

 

 

Vikas' people :lol:

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I mean the poors don't count, do they?

4 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

I mean the poors don't count, do they?

Not well, obviously.

8 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

 

 

I take it they never venture off of Penn’s campus

 

This is good news

 

 

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We absolutely need to manufacture our own chips. 

47 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

We absolutely need to manufacture our own chips. 

I prefer Herrs

We need access rare earth materials that are used in manufacturing chips as well. I think this is the bigger issue.

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1 hour ago, 20dawk4life said:

I prefer Herrs

Me too. I can get them in Sweden now in a special shop. Just two or three types of Herrs but Herrs none the less. 

 

Biden building Merica back 

4 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

We need access rare earth materials that are used in manufacturing chips as well. I think this is the bigger issue.

Are we missing potatoes? 

ThedaCare loses court fight to keep health care staff who resigned

Employees who were subject of lawsuit will start new job at Ascension Tuesday

A hospital in northeastern Wisconsin has lost a court battle to keep health care staff who want to work elsewhere.

On Monday, Outagamie County Circuit Court Judge Mark McGinnis held a hearing on a case that involves staff who were part of ThedaCare’s radiology and cardiovascular team, deciding the employer can't force workers who had resigned to stay until replacements were hired.

The civil court case between ThedaCare and Ascension Wisconsin comes at a time when health professionals are in great demand across the  U.S.

https://www.wpr.org/thedacare-loses-court-fight-keep-health-care-staff-who-resigned

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