# The Crazy Years **URL:** \ **Category:** The Happening World\ **Tags:** crazy-years, clown-show\ **Created:** [30 May 2022 12:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451 "2022-05-30T12:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [24 May 2023 10:40 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2077 "2023-05-24T10:40:43Z")
> **[South Africa load-shedding: The roots of Eskom's power problem](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65671718)** > > How corruption backed by a criminal network have led to South Africa's worst-ever power cuts. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [24 May 2023 10:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2078 "2023-05-24T10:43:21Z")
> **[Scientist sues University of California officials over DEI statement](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12115141/Scientist-sues-University-California-Santa-Cruz-officials-DEI-statement.html)** > > A scientist has sued officials at the University of California at Santa Cruz after he was required to submit a statement vowing to support 'diversity, equity and inclusion' with his job application. > **[Haltigan v. Drake, 5:23-cv-02437 - CourtListener.com](https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67405674/haltigan-v-drake/)** > > Docket for Haltigan v. Drake, 5:23-cv-02437 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 11:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2079 "2023-05-25T11:01:33Z")
> **[Are flours made with pulses better for us?](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230524-are-flours-made-with-pulses-better-for-us)** > > Bean and pea-based flours are higher in fibre, as well as beneficial fats and essential amino acids. But does that make them a better alternative? ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 12:30 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2080 "2023-05-25T12:30:59Z")
> For any owners of Ford EVs without AM broadcast capability, we’ll offer a software update. > **[Inspiring: Ford Decides To Keep AM Radio In All New Vehicles](https://jalopnik.com/inspiring-ford-decides-to-keep-am-radio-in-all-new-veh-1850469348)** > > Give us amplitude modulation, or give us death. Or at least a functioning radio. ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 14:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2081 "2023-05-25T14:32:52Z")
This rust-bucket tub is not operated by a third-world Navy, but the USS James E. Williams (DDG-95), a guided missile destroyer which was commissioned in December 2004. I guess they’re sending all of the grey paint to Ukraine these days. [![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6e2eb1bf7dc046001b5442f516113947017968d5.jpeg)](https://twitter.com/WarshipCam/status/1660740976942501893) ---
**Author:** ![Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/devereaux/32/285_2.png) [@Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Devereaux)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 14:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2082 "2023-05-25T14:39:52Z")
I’ve been rereading this thread from a ways back. It is quite interesting to read it straight through rather than just the add-on’s. Gives you a different perspective on some of the comments. In the rereading I have found comments I either disregarded somewhat previously or misconstrued. When read as a whole they have been more meaningful. I have wound up adding a number of “likes” to stuff I seem to somehow have missed or missed the point. ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 15:26 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2083 "2023-05-25T15:26:09Z")
> **[Supreme Court rules against EPA in dispute over regulating wetlands](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-epa-clean-water-act/)** > > The Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency in a dispute over its authority to regulate certain wetlands under the Clean Water Act. > The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate certain wetlands that qualify as “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act, curbing what has long been seen as a key tool to protect waterways from pollution. > > The high court ruled against the agency in a long-running dispute with Idaho landowners known as Sackett v. EPA. In an [opinion](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-454_4g15.pdf) authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the court found that the agency’s interpretation of the wetlands covered by the Clean Water Act is “inconsistent” with the law’s text and structure, and the law extends only to “wetlands with a continuous surface connection to bodies of water that are ‘waters of the United States’ in their own right.” Here is the [decision in Sackett _v._ EPA](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-454_4g15.pdf) [PDF], which reversed the (surprise!) 9th Circuit’s definition of “wetlands” to include just about everything with a drop of water. The decision was unanimous, 9-0, but the reasoning behind the decision split 5-4. > The court ruled unanimously in favor of the Idaho couple, Michael and Chantell Sackett, that brought the case, but split 5-4 in its reasoning. Joining Alito’s majority opinion were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson concurred in the judgment. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 15:30 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2084 "2023-05-25T15:30:35Z")
@Devereaux Back in the day, didn’t junior enlisteds spend much of their time scraping and painting? What has changed? Paint deemed (or become) too hazardous? ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 15:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2085 "2023-05-25T15:39:09Z")
> [@johnwalker](#): > > which reversed the (surprise!) 9th Circuit’s Ann Coulter used to joke that the Supreme Court had preprinted forms reading: “We reverse the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for the reasons set forth in Judge Kozinski’s dissent.” ---
**Author:** ![Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/devereaux/32/285_2.png) [@Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Devereaux)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 17:34 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2086 "2023-05-25T17:34:12Z")
Well, that was always the joke in the Marine. You would compare Navy enlisted rank to Marine Corps enlisted, and the Marines would be Squad Leaders, Platoon Guides, Platoon Seargents, and the Navy … would chip paint! 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/devereaux/32/285_2.png) [@Devereaux](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Devereaux)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 17:37 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2087 "2023-05-25T17:37:31Z")
And maybe, just _maybe_ we will see an end to the silly concept the courts have held that the government “logic” was always right. Abuse of the law and powers under it, have been going on for far too long. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 18:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2088 "2023-05-25T18:18:45Z")
And it’s a flagship: > TOULON, France – During a busy period in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) flagship, USS James E. Williams (DDG 95), carried out a series of exercises and activities with FS Languedoc (D653) of the French Navy > **[NATO task group strengthens high-end capabilities with French Navy ahead of...](https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3405637/nato-task-group-strengthens-high-end-capabilities-with-french-navy-ahead-of-tou/)** > > TOULON, France – During a busy period in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) flagship, USS James E. Williams (DDG 95), carried out a series of exercises and activities > **[Standing NATO Maritime Group Two Sets Sail With New Flagship](https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3264158/standing-nato-maritime-group-two-sets-sail-with-new-flagship/)** > > ROTA, Spain - Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) departed Naval Station Rota on Friday, January, 6th 2023 after a scheduled change of flagship to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 18:54 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2089 "2023-05-25T18:54:16Z")
> **[Why are Americans so obsessed with ice?](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-americans-obsessed-ice-182717177.html)** > > When it came time to return to the office, Elle Cayabyab Gitlin didn't really see the point. A 44-year-old technologist living in Southwest D.C., Cayabyab Gitlin felt that she had been doing just fine working from home, nor was she keen on schlepping... ---
**Author:** ![1789Libertarian](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/1789libertarian/32/1089_2.png) [@1789Libertarian](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/1789Libertarian)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 23:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2090 "2023-05-25T23:53:47Z")
Yeah I’ve noticed the likes. ---
**Author:** ![1789Libertarian](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/1789libertarian/32/1089_2.png) [@1789Libertarian](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/1789Libertarian)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 23:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2091 "2023-05-25T23:55:25Z")
> [@CTLaw](#): > > Back in the day, didn’t junior enlisteds spend much of their time scraping and painting? > > What has changed? Paint deemed (or become) too hazardous? Junior enlisted hell! I did plenty of that as an E-5! But I suppose that is still considered junior enlisted. USS Bulkeley (DDG-84), 2008-2010. ---
**Author:** ![1789Libertarian](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/1789libertarian/32/1089_2.png) [@1789Libertarian](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/1789Libertarian)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 00:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2092 "2023-05-26T00:01:33Z")
> [@Devereaux](#): > > Well, that was always the joke in the Marine. You would compare Navy enlisted rank to Marine Corps enlisted, and the Marines would be Squad Leaders, Platoon Guides, Platoon Seargents, and the Navy … would chip paint! 🤪 Yup that was exactly why I got out. I was transferring duty stations from NSA in 2007. I was also a trained cryptologist. In 2007 we were in the midst of “The Surge” in a combat zone where the killer of choice was IEDs detonated via cellphone. Well I happen to have specific training in tracking and jamming cellphone signals. So when seeking orders I asked to go to the Sandbox as we liked to call it. Instead I was sent to a ship because I had never been on a ship and this very serious national security threat be damned. Two years later I was a defense contractor actually tracking and supplying info to targeteers to neutralize the threat. ---
**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 00:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2093 "2023-05-26T00:59:11Z")
[![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fd6c3a190208296a6cc43fc28e982224bee0e46d.png)](https://twitter.com/neuralink/status/1661857379460468736) ---
**Author:** ![1789Libertarian](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/1789libertarian/32/1089_2.png) [@1789Libertarian](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/1789Libertarian)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 01:04 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2094 "2023-05-26T01:04:29Z")
Why people are still denying the Truth of the Christian Bible I will never understand. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 10:06 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2095 "2023-05-26T10:06:40Z")
> **[Jolene Bunting banned from harassing Belfast drag queen](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-65676754)** > > Actor Matthew Cavan is granted the injunction against Jolene Bunting over her social media posts. ---
**Author:** ![1789Libertarian](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/1789libertarian/32/1089_2.png) [@1789Libertarian](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/1789Libertarian)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 10:48 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451/2096 "2023-05-26T10:48:37Z")
> [@CTLaw](#): > > [Jolene Bunting banned from harassing Belfast drag queen - BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-65676754) Wow! So in Ireland you can get a court order to prevent someone from posting negative things about you on Facebook. Yeah we live under the rule of law alright and it has become despotic! [Previous page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451.md?page=103) [Next page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-crazy-years/1451.md?page=105)