The Federal budget is passed annually, and all spending bills must originate in the House.

Risk Compension predicts that drivers would simply use this new information to drive more aggressively, negating any possible safety benefits.

Without even clicking I knew what the links would be, because they are the same ones that always get posted. And because this is a zombie myth, it doesn’t matter how many times they get debunked people still post them anyway. Your United Way “Study” is especially silly; for example it claims more than 25% of San Francisco housing units are vacant which is obviously not true.

Ah yes, the Tankie-Nimby zombie myth that California already has enough homes if not for the evil capitalists hoarders at Blackrock. Note that 25,000 housing units is around 1% of the total housing supply in the SD metro area; i.e. about the number of empty homes we would expect just due to normal turnover and renovations.

The point is that the US has gathered enough evidence to get indictments against them. Germany has access to that same evidence and has very similar laws that were violated – but has done basically nothing.

The Board had discussions about how to stonewall California. US prosecutors have filed charges against the CEO but Germany won’t extradite.

They are all guilty as fuck.

Despite what the headline says, no execs went to jail. The two who were punished with jail terms were middle management.

Martin Winterkorn, the CEO, will probably avoid any serious consequences.

Democrats in Congress picked Connolly to serve as the ranking member of the Oversight Committee in December, rejecting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bid to serve as the party’s leader on the powerful panel. Ocasio-Cortez, 35, was one of multiple younger Democrats seeking generational change among the party’s top ranks.

California could easily override this by charging prohibitively high vehicle registration fees on newer ICE vehicles.

I suspect it is just the Emergency Rapid Shutdown, which all newer PV systems must incorporate.

What a silly article. California building code already requires the design features mentioned in the article; i.e. the hardscape, window design, etc – so just about any house is getting built this way. The only thing somewhat unique is the metal fence.

Even worse:

Fiore, who does not have a law degree, was appointed as a judge in deep-red Nye County in 2022 shortly after she lost her campaign for state treasurer.

“My friend is trying to convince me that any contractors working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when the space station was destroyed.”

The easiest and cheapest way for large corporations to deal with the issue is by giving Trump kick-backs, in exchange for special tariff exemptions. This is why tariffs are a gold-mine for corrupt practices.

And note that the Atlanta Fed model has been widely misinterpreted. Imports have surged in anticipation of tariffs, which skews the model (i.e. the exports-imports factor in GDP).

2022 4th quarter was the big drop, 2023 was small decline. The reason was higher than expected inflation, with expectation of interest rate hikes by the Fed.

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