always a great read around this time

*grr*

They’re worried about water usage and electricity prices. But, they sometimes seem to harbor a nagging suspicion that their local officials are selling them out for big businesses.

Yet any such funding mechanism remains purely conceptual. As of now, the industry and policymakers are not even aware that the problem exists.

// oh

In all honesty, the 7-11s in the article look great compared to just about any convenience store in Houston. I don't think most people realize just what a comparative sh!thole Houston is becoming/has become.

The "teen" euphemism wasn't deployed here, surprisingly.

I mean, they're obviously bored teens and don't have enough taxpayer-funded activities. That's what we're told by Democrats who enable (if not encourage) this sort of thing.

The cannabis being consumed today is much stronger than in the past. In the 1960s through ’80s, THC content was less than 2%. Now, the cannabis industry has developed strains of marijuana with THC concentrations as high as 28%.

It is no accident that none of these left-wing billionaires made their fortunes by building tangible products but rather through divorce settlements, financial speculation, or social media. 

What is ironic, then, is the outcry from the online commentariat about Nolan’s reinterpretation. Many of the commentators most livid with Nolan seem to have a simplistic view of Western civilization as a single, monolithic, and continuous tradition, unchanged by two millennia of history or constant contact with other parts of the world. This is a view which sees no fundamental differences between, say, the era of the Crusades and the Renaissance, or between the cultures of the Mediterranean and those of the Germanic north. It results in a reflexive aversion to any reimagination of a classic, which has the ultimate effect of limiting its holders’ ability to appreciate or influence culture and the arts.