Bullet Points:
** Uranium Energy (UEC.A) said on Tuesday it restarted uranium production at its Christensen Ranch operations in Wyoming, with shipments expected in November or December. Uranium is the most widely used fuel for nuclear energy. According to the International Energy Agency, with a global push for clean energy, nuclear generation could roughly double by 2050, and so should supply. With a rebound in uranium prices, miners are planning to restart defunct mines to boost the domestic supply of nuclear reactor fuel at a time when the country gets most of its fuel from Russia
** A record number of Americans are living in their cars. These are not just vagrants. These are folks with jobs that used to pay a living wage. Flight attendants with major airlines can’t afford to rent apartments in the cities in which they are based. They sleep in their cars and rely upon meals during flights to feed themselves. Many cities have now created safe “parking zones” in which people can keep the vehicles in which they sleep. Not since the depths of the Great Depression and Hoovervilles have we seen the like.
** Reuters reported, “Canada, following the lead of the United States and European Union, said on Monday it would impose a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese electric vehicles and announced a 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminum from China.” When President Trump did this it was xenophobic. It was a tax on the poor. And it was anti-capitalistic. When Castro’s likely lad does it, it’s forward-thinking and historic. Go figure.
** Breitbart reported, “Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has removed over one million people from the state’s voter rolls in an ongoing effort to bar ineligible voters, including non-citizens, from polling day. The move on voter fraud comes 69 days out from Tuesday, November 5, 2024. presidential election.” Cemeteries are hardest hit.
** Radio Free Asia—Restaurant woes in China—back to cold rice and rat meat? (h/t Claudio) I don’t think the takeaway is that China is folding, but they have their financial woes in a declining glide path.
** Housekeeping – The software problem remains, and I cannot upload new graphics. I can pull and post from the library, which is what you’re seeing. I need to fire people and hire new people.
Will a Wall Stop Aliens?
Claudio reviews Alien Romulus.
Being a fan of Alien (1979) and an Uber fan of Aliens, I tried hard to approach the movie with an open mind, as the intent was to break with Alien 3 onwards. I was satisfied.
This story is heavily inspired by Alien 1, as it should be, and has plenty of pull quotes, including a word-for-word one from Aliens.
The initial setting is a bleak mining colony on the night side of a tide-locked, ringed world. The population is less than 2800 souls, going down relatively fast due to numerous diseases no one is immune to. Adults of forty and more seem especially vulnerable. The Company tries to help by doubling the work quotas to ensure it does not lose too many workers and prevent emigration.
This leads us to the cast, all young people born in situ who want out fast, and one damaged synthetic that the leading young lady considers her brother. Some of them operate a grav shuttle, which could allow them to reach a better colony if they can find enough hypersleep capsules and the fuel to operate them.
And this lot discovers a derelict Weyland Yutani ship passing close to the colony…
The movie features plenty of action, almost nonstop at the end. It is pretty woke in casting, but all characters are very hetero. And most have a very British accent. There are plenty of shades of Ripley, and only some manage to think straight. There is a solid family angle, as well. The monster scenes made me jump out of my seat more than a few times, so I got my money’s worth. The final boss monster was a letdown, but the FX of that fight is worth the movie admission price. And, of course, the company will screw everyone for a bountiful bottom line. That angle gets old fast.
And there will be a sequel…
It is not one for the kids, it earns its R rating.
So how many Texas democrats are going to lose reelection now that their base vote got cut by a million?
Hopefully all of them.
How many dead who voted for L.B.J. will now lose their vote?
Nope, walls do not stop Alien. Best to nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. And you could miss even then.
More nukes?
With an Alien, more is always better. It beats the alternative…
Turn the Terminators loose on them. Terminators HATE aliens. They can also handle the contract for the US Southern Border.
Until the acid starts spraying, and the Terminators melt. But Terminators are indeed better than Predators.
Predators can turn on humans even faster than the SkyNet products.
“Not Laboring Day” for me…well, except to assist my rancher neighbor with an injured bull we managed to pull out of the willows and drag into the corral for doctoring and now need to get him more meds and hay. Later will give a hand to a friend/neighbor with his finicky pre-DEF F250 diesel, which should be interesting. Discovered yesterday that diesel tanks left to fester for a Winter build mold that clogs the entire fuel system because…well…have no idea why fuel suppliers don’t put an additive in to combat this ($40/qt for PS Bio-Kleen) as most ranchers/rural folk have bulk tanks on site.
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Later should be brats or burgers…or both…on the grill. Getting fed by a ranchers wife is often “comprehensive”.
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Enjoy gentlemen.
How does your neighbor know what a bull is? Isn’t it the same thing as a cow? Don’t they use the same restrooms? How can you differentiate between a brat and a burger?
The bull looked down, saw “it” and said, “I must be a bull.” The cow has no such concerns and was happy with her calf, whereas the bull said, “Get that thing away from me, I’m trying to nap here.”
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Now the brat/burger thing, seems obvious… Manuel and Pablo went to their first American baseball game. Both got hungry so Manuel says, “Hey, he’s selling something people are eating.” Manuel says “One of each”, pays, and grabs the flatter one, then takes a bite out of his burger. He looks over at Pablo who has a worried look on his face, Manuel says,’What’s wrong?” Pablo looks inside the wrapper, turns to Manuel and says, “Uhh, what part did you get?”
Don’t forget that high housing prices are largely the fault of restrictive Democrat policies that favor the owners of existing housing.
They have restricted supply beyond the market by making it hard or impossible to build in many areas, and expensive to build where it is allowed.
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X3…“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” (h/t Reagan) — I’d add: “If the government doesn’t like you or your business, destroy it.”
Honestly, I think a bigger problem is that a lot of people can;t afford cars to live in.
They’ve intentionally raised the cost of car ownership by about an order of magnitude
over my lifetime, intentionally.
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Used to be when you were down-and-out your car could often get you through until
you were back on your feet. Nowadays it’s people with good jobs living in the cars…
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They want nothing but peasants, billionaires, and billionaire servants.
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– Kle.
Sure looks that way, Kle….
Nice F-101 Voodoo. It would be nice if we had more Gov. Abbots throughout the U.S. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way that cemetery could be on a “no vote” registration list? Have all of the names and pedigree information of the dead in a database that if used during an election would get flagged as lets say a “crypt vote,” to which the person or mail in ballot would be tossed out and not counted? Followed by charges of voter fraud or public lashings for each year of the dead persons age that the person used to vote? Wishful thinking I guess. UEC- I’ve had stock in them since they released their IPO. The Pedo administration has made it hard for them to open up some of those mines, go figure since they are all about clean energy. UEC just wasn’t’ giving their 10% to the Big Guy. I wonder if Barrak Hussein and husband Big Mike get 5% of the ten as an “Uncle Joe” tax for the wicked?
The Social Security Administration has a pretty bulletproof list of dead people, since they’re the only branch of gov’t that has any interest in keeping track.
That would be the place to start.
A few years ago, I had a spat with the county treasurer over a three dollar late fee for something that was his office’s fault. It started out friendly enough, but he became condescending and me being me, hilarity ensued. Finished up with me reminding him he had an elected position and promising to campaign for his opponent in the next election. If you’re thinking this was childish, you may be right, but it was annoying. Public “service” shouldn’t approximate what a bull does to a cow. Anyway, went in to vote in the fall election and was told I couldn’t, because the voter rolls said I was deceased. Turns out I was so declared shortly after that rat-bastard and I had words. What a coincidence.
You forgot “you work for them” now. Total nudge most likely that kid who got stuffed into a locker during Junior High gym class because he annoyed everyone….now enacting his retribution on the unsuspecting.
Passive/aggressive response.
Wedge a small potato from the inside of a rear wheel on his vehicle. He will find the problem soon enough. He will spend hours trying to think of who he pissed off enough to 1. Sabotage his vehicle and 2. When it will happen again.
Couple people in county gubmint told me after my resurrection that they had no doubt (a) he was capable of it and (b) did it. Deep State, writ small, ya follow?
speaking of nuclear (“newqyular” a la the peanut farmer”) energy, it appears that the “Greenies” led by Bill Gates may now be OK with it as an alternative to unicorn exhaust. Bill’s startup (the OL texted me “Gates detailed his deep financial involvement with TerraPower, a company he backs as the principal investor.” (Benzinga)); it appears, though I could be mistaken, that the only thing “new” is the use of Sodium as a coolant (vs. water) which is very far from a new idea (I believe it was already being considered during the late ’40s).
I trust Gates about as far as …
Is he going to try to enter the “world stage” as a candidate on the next blue ticket (backed by György boy)?
USGOV underwrote his use of a Russian design for TerraPower to the tune of billions and he’s behind schedule. It’s a Wyoming company and because it’s a Gates project, it’s woke.
A bunch of us have done the numbers on how much capacity would have to be added to the power grid if all transportation went electric, and it always comes up to be in the vicinity of tripling the capacity. Remember that means powerlines, substations, and lots more besides just bigger or more generators. Using nuclear to double it isn’t a bad idea, especially if the EV nonsense stops.
I still like the idea of lots of smaller reactors instead of big ones. It’s absolutely a coincidence that we all happen to know somebody in the business.
It can be done and maybe it should be done, but it will take a lot of time and money to get there. One way to pay for it as we scale up is by using SMR generators to desalinate seawater and pump it inland where it’s needed (on a massive scale). The desalinated water will cost more than ground water, but there’s a need for it in the Southwest, particularly Las Vegas, where they’re willing to pay for it. The reactors/generators don’t have to be placed anywhere near geologic fault lines or along the coast. Just run lines to the desalination stations. California needs water. There’s a whole ocean. They need power, build SMR farms and distribute them to make the grid more robust.
X2…but there you go offering a proper solution; government doesn’t want solutions to the problems they created, they prefer chaos to keep the “little people” (aka. Schlub’s, Serf’s, etc…) in line.
Get back to work, slave. Don’t concern yourself with the work of your betters in government. WSF has the bunk concession at the Colorado FEMA camp. You can spend VM bucks for an upgrade. See him for details – don’t forget to give his dog a snack.
Yeah, well, Colorado is a police state anyway…but they have to catch me first (Go-Bag at the ready – hehe).
Paul M lives a quick sprint from the Wyoming line. With his background he will likely be in charge of building the FEMA camp; having some direct experience.
Already have the plan set from the WW2 Amache Japanese Internment Camp in Grenada, CO…dang near Oklahoma. It has since been rebranded The Grenada Relocation Camp. Housing was basic panelized barracks and could be built in short order once the short foundation wall was in. But hey, each “apartment” had its own coal bin and coal stove…plus there was a Mess Hall, Rec Hall, Bath Houses…similar to a military post on some foreign land.
A view into the past: https://amache.org/
only if green leafy bills can fall off the money truck into someone’s (I’d honestly like to whose) pocket
(I may be a cynic and I may have a wry eye, but my vision is 20/20)
I’d appreciate it (greatly) if someone in the field could explain to me (outside of $$$) why we can’t run power lines in underground (impermeable, non-conductive) plastic conduit (with lockable access/maintenance entrances every 100′ or so); I was thinking they might be a little bit less subject to simple sabotage
Cost.
TNX
Agree with SiG. Power plants are one thing, but you also need to triple the Transmission/Distribution System for the plants to supply the power to the end user.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/09/u-s-nuclear-regulatory-agency-approves-first-generation-iv-nuclear-reactor/
Living in one’s car – there’s whole yousetub channels devoted to that activity, telling people how to avoid the police and nosy people and such. And with the prices of housing, I’m not surprised. I remember when being a stew was a life-changing job, paid very well, often the airlines had apartments that they put the stews up in when not flying, all that stuff. Yeah, sure, the companies were very concerned about image, but the bennies were worth it.
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But, today? Crazy levels of stupidity involved in housing. And, seriously, would you trust roommates these days? Not me.
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As to nukes, did you know most nuke powerplant fuel is 95% recyclable? It just costs so damned much, ‘fresh’ uranium is cheaper.
It’s not just flight attendants, it’s also computer programmers in Silicon Valley, SFO and Washington State. Six figure incomes and cannot afford to rent anything.
Well, Musk is moving Twitter to Texas.
My father passed last December in Texas. I hope he is no longer voting. Tom
Great movie(s).
Ahem… great post.
And wow, sleeping in their cars. This is just outrageous.