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I don't know about the first, but yes, people bid in a lottery type system to get low numbers. It's dumb.
We are spoiled here. A short trip to the ends of the state requires a packed lunch. ;DI'm moving because of catastrophic global warming. Sen. Shelly Whitehouse warned us of the impending doom.
Don't know the total acreage, but there is a lot of farmland and open area in the central and northwestern part of the state. Most of the population is suburban and mainly around the east and west sides of Narragansett Bay…Providence, Warwick, Pawtucket, Cranston, Barrington, Bristol. The other congested areas are Aquidneck Island (Newport) and the southern parts of the state where the main beaches and URI are located, although there are more open spaces and large family farms down there. The “beach traffic” problems going south are because there is only like one major highway to get down there (it helps to know the back roads like the locals do). Newport on the other hand is a complete bottleneck almost all the time…I hate driving there, especially in the summer. The coolest thing is driving from the Providence/Warwick area down to southern RI. It's like going into a whole different world and is my favorite part of the state.
Corruption, high taxes, bad roads, union control of the state, probably the dumbest Governor ever in the history of the US, Sheldon Whitehouse and his climate change pseudo-science shrilling and spending (with every Democrat gubernatorial candidate being the exact same), the most embarrassing Ivy League university in the country…good thing the state unversity is something to be proud of, and high crime rate. If I wasn't so rooted here and the ocean being a half hour away, I'd probably live elsewhere (although moving after retirement is still an option).
The month is throwing me off. Something to do with the end of the war? (but how would they know that?)
Interesting map, bad attitude why they made it though.
In recent decades, respect for European explorers, such as Christopher Columbus, has waned, likely because these once-romanticized swashbuckling adventurers killed people, eradicated cultures, and “discovered” places that people (for example, the natives) already knew about.
If they successfully oppose KXL that will be nothing compared to if they pass a carbon tax (to be honest, this terrifies me…and it's all based on science fiction). We better hope and pray our next few Congressional elections and President will be GOP.
Ukraine was Russia's in the past. This is just typical post-colonialism behavior. Russia wants her Empire back and (some of) Ukraine wants independence. Let them fight it out. Ukraine, although being a “friendly” nation to us has nothing we need. Any natural resources they have already goes to Russia anyway. I don't really see the big issue here, either to us or to Europe if Ukraine goes back into the Russian realm. The US has no reason to and should not get involved in this in any way.
I don't know if it's purpose is to make the opposition look like a moron, although that's quite possible (like when it comes to climate change). It could also be used to make your opponent strengthen his position further by having to dig deeper and come up with better facts.Claim 1: Something is undisputable fact Counter claim: Well what about this?Claim 1 refined: OK, maybe it's not "fact", but it's possible it could be.etc., etc., etc.It's not so much that Claim 1 is a fool, but the counter claim does make the him look further into the facts.
Did you see this?
