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Fraud suit filed against Edison
All fiefdoms should be eliminated or transformed into elected bodies, which are problematic enough, just being another trough from which to feed the already money-bloated. At least avoid a setup that preordains unaccountable despots. Twister PS: Might any of the TV scandal-mongers like Frontline be interested in this nascent scandal?— August 8, 2015 8:26 a.m.
Fraud suit filed against Edison
"Thou art wise, and Thou didst not learn from any other than Thyself, / nor acquire wisdom from another." (See http://www.tau.ac.il/~tsurxx/CIM.html )— August 8, 2015 8:18 a.m.
Fraud suit filed against Edison
I hope there're no statutes of limitations on these crimes. Hell may frieze over before any "justice" is done. The punishment should fit the crime, and if actual and punitive damages are awarded, the ratepayers may have to take over. Air, water, and energy should not be "owned" by anybody, least of all a soulless corporation (aka criminal gang on steroids). Tar and feathers may be too good for the criminals. But there are a lot of lifers looking for new boy friends . . .— August 8, 2015 7:52 a.m.
Fraud suit filed against Edison
You got dat right!— August 8, 2015 7:46 a.m.
Fraud suit filed against Edison
Right ON, bro! And you worked in a highly sophisticated (if there is such a thing) pun to boot! You are still The Champ.— August 8, 2015 7:45 a.m.
Lucchino to leave Red Sox in shakeup
Is this in reverence to Sacramento wine?— August 7, 2015 9:34 p.m.
Water wars: View from the delta
Long or short, when the faucet runs dry, the economy is toast. In fact, the economy will be toasted long before the last drop. That's the long and the short of it.— August 7, 2015 9:29 p.m.
Water wars: View from the delta
Not really complicated; it's just that every policy should be supported by a sound theoretical foundation before it is executed. The policies in effect now are mostly window-dressing to threaten us enough to conserve a little, so that "Nero" and his fellow dreamers can fiddle whilst California dries up. It's kinda like "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on steroids. Best, Twister PS: Anybody can save water and money (except if we save more, we'll be charged more, as the Red Queen might say), by following the principles outlined above--even farmers.— August 7, 2015 9:23 p.m.
Water wars: View from the delta
Don: PROVIDED that no big cutbacks are ignored, as they clearly are now, and have been throughout the long, fundamentally stupid approach to resource management that has put us into the fix we are in now, and have been for some time. Hit the princes and the serfs alike, but don't let the princes go on chug-a-lugging until it's all gone. As in the old Missouri-mule joke, we are finally about to be whacked with a 2x4. We have already, but we are so hard-headed that we have gone on balking in spite of it, (waiting for the fatal one, I guess). Best, Twister— August 7, 2015 9:09 p.m.
Water wars: View from the delta
Re: " Don Bauder Aug. 7, 2015 @ 3:35 p.m. Twister: No, the devil is in the possibility that California will have a 100-year drought. It's the possibility of a long drought which means that no water cutback is too small. Best, Don Bauder" There are three possible, if not probable, scenarios. 1. We don't get enough precipitation this winter to stave off dehydration. 2. We get enough water to stave off dehydration for several months. 3. The precipitation patterns of the past are essentially maintained; we get as much, but no more, than in the past. In scenario 1, we dry up, the economy collapses, and both the poor and the rich are driven out to greener pastures. Donald Trump erects a dual wall with a kill zone around the eastern edge of the Great Basin, and the bones of the desperate litter the western states. In scenario 2, number one happens later. In scenario 3, we continue to party until the ratio of consumption to supply approaches (during which time we procrastinate like we're doing now in total denial), when scenario 1 plays out. One might speculate that climate change will not render us drier, but wetter. That might be possible in some dream world, but is so improbable that we can await the presentation of theoretical foundations to refute this assumption. These are the best of times; the worst of times are quite possible before you and I make it to the barn, Don, but we are concerned about our children, grandchildren, and many good people who will survive us anyway, right? I look forward to any corrections or refutations. Best, Twister— August 7, 2015 8:56 p.m.