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Fraud suit filed against Edison
Re: CaptD Aug. 8, 2015 @ 7:28 a.m. Wildcard indeed! What all clever weavers of tangled webs persist in forgetting is that if another agency, individual, or set of individuals smell blood in the water, a feeding frenzy ensues to reap the glory, the promotions, and more scratch. Not to mention the thrill of the hunt, a chance to be a hero, and a launching pad into much higher office. THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSTS! Best, Twister— August 8, 2015 2:43 p.m.
Fraud suit filed against Edison
Darling, the slippery slope steepens! You've been watching too much Judge Judy. By "hitting back" with a pillow, you're lighting the fuse connected to the big black round thing you're sitting on--at least that's how the cartoon might be drawn . . .— August 8, 2015 2:21 p.m.
Fraud suit filed against Edison
If somebody like Rickover had been in charge, there would have been a blizzard of minority reports. THEORETICALLY, if licensed engineers were putting the chop on anybody--bye-bye license! That means they felt safe. This has "suit" dominance written all over it. Remember the Challenger? The engineers were overridden by MBA types. Conditions were out of spec for launch. Even after the exposure by Feynman, it was BAU. Murder, fraud, and theft. You just can't keep out the clowns anymore. An MBA is a license to be incompetent. Clever? Yes. Whore yoreself? Absolutely. No "Boy Scouts" allowed!— August 8, 2015 2:18 p.m.
Fraud suit filed against Edison
Who and/or what controls Darling?— August 8, 2015 2:05 p.m.
Water wars: View from the delta
I'll vote for No. 1, but no matter which actually happens, the consequences are essentially the same with respect (to the unrespected) economy. Best, Twister— August 8, 2015 11:02 a.m.
Water wars: View from the delta
Re: ImJustABill Aug. 6, 2015 @ 9:33 a.m. Don't forget almonds. "About 70% of California's almonds are sold overseas." http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-california-… I will need more data to reach a sensible conclusion about collusion, or, for that matter, the technical validity behind the conclusion that almond trees “use” more water than other tree crops. I’d like to see a competent study. I’m also unsure of the “statistic” about the amount of water required to produce a unit of almonds. In most cases, I suspect that the extra water is actually waste, rather than “use.” Depending upon whether or not a field is drained and what happens to the drainage water, some fraction of the “wasted” water just might end up recharging the water table. To what extent, I have no idea, but it is theoretically possible. However, theory should be the driver of research, not a surrogate for it (as is common in agronomic “studies”). If the LA Times piece is the result of disciplined journalism, that fact is well-hidden. No references to sources for the statistics are even mentioned, much less cited or linked. In the Internet age, there’s no excuse for refusing to provide links to sources (we all know that reporters do most, if not all their “research” on the Internet). The article says nothing about the ratio of water “used” to the unit-area, and provides no insight as to how that fact was determined. Almonds are a perennial crop (as are some other crops), so requiring that irrigation actually cease would not pencil out in positive territory, while the same would not be true for, say, alfalfa or rice which fields could be fallowed with minimal damage to the investment; however, if such a policy were put into action, equity should require that the losses should at least partially offset by payments out of almond and other beneficiaries of the policy. Best, Twister Related post: Twister Aug. 7, 2015 @ 1:45 p.m.— August 8, 2015 10:53 a.m.
Water wars: View from the delta
Not on your site! One (and only?) of the intellectually fertile sites on the whole #*&amn$# Internet. Most (if not all) of the others are intellectual deserts which no supermarket can nourish.— August 8, 2015 10:23 a.m.
Water wars: View from the delta
Consulting contracts are commonly used as a tax-money laundering device. I lost a lot of contracts because of this. Honesty cannot compete with people who put the buck before the work.— August 8, 2015 10:12 a.m.
Fraud suit filed against Edison
Would stock performance serve as a surrogate for the state of affairs, at least in the opinion of investors?— August 8, 2015 10:06 a.m.
Fraud suit filed against Edison
Some of 'em should probably put in holes along with their meretrickiousness--whatever that is . . .— August 8, 2015 10:04 a.m.