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Oooops. Maybe I misunderstood Phi ?

There is no absolute yardstick for determining where you are on the political spectrum, Phi. Using YJ's analogy, A Gore might be on the left of B Sanders if we use the Climate change yardstick. If we use the Education yardstick B Sanders might be on the left of A Gore. I myself, used the gun owner yardstick to place Zapatos to the right of JCMacSwell. So I would argue it is subjective, as it depends on which metric you decide to use for making the left/right determination. ( if it wasn't there would be no need for the thread Zap opened ,'Attributes along the Political Spectrum' )

I wouldn't think these receptor genotypes change with age, yet, if you go by percentages as in your quote from the link, there is a very strong correlation between age and political inclination. A larger percentage of young people are progressive or even socialist, while a large percentage of the elderly are conservative. I usually take any 'social' studies with a grain of salt. It's virtually impossible to isolate any/all extraneous variables, so at best, you gain insight into a correlation, not a cause.

Let's keep Zap's wise words regarding YJ02 in mind guys, before neg repping him to death, and forcing a new member to quit. Diversity of opinion, and discussion of those opinions, makes us stronger. There won't be much discussion here if it's an echo chamber where everyone left thinks the same. I am a strong advocate of the 'carrot' approach, show him where, and if, he's going wrong in his thinking. Not so much of the 'stick approach, where you disparage and neg-rep him.

Yes they do, Zap. But I don't have an FAC and other requirements ( Canadian law ) to bring it to Canada. And I've fired my friend's S&W .357 magnum, JC. ( shortly after saying "Go ahead; Make my day." )

Tell us about your cat, or cats, Ella...

Had a 'prohibited' semi-automatic handgun for a while. Found it after my dad passed away; I have no idea how he managed to bring it on the plane from Italy in 1968. Took me a year and a half to get the police to come take it away. Still own a side by side Beretta shotgun in Italy that belonged to my grandfather and the municipal government took for safe-keeping when he passed. ( I remember shooting that when I was 5 yrs old ) And a good friend of mine, Peter, is an instructor at a nearby gun club, which I've visited. But no, have no need for, and don't like guns. ( especially in the hands of other people )

That would be correct. As the J A Wheeler saying goes ( paraphrasing ) "Mass/energy tells space-time how to curve, and curved space-time tells mass/energy how to move" IOW the distribution of mass/energy ( and associated momentum ) is an indicator of the gravitational field.

What if you like both wine and whiskey. And beer too ! And I like my comfort foods, like breads, pasta, chicken and potatoes, and other traditional Italian foods, but I've also tried ( and sometimes hated ) frog legs, snails, squid, cookies with grasshoppers, and all things you can get on a stick in Shanghai. What does that make me, other than drunk and confused ?

The gravitational field IS the space-time geometry. The geometry is everywhere; so is the gravitational field. As space expands, it carries its geometry ( and gravitational field ) with it. All infinite fields can be said to be one field of infinite extent ( as per quantum field theory ), with the associated quantum particles being 'real' if they exceed a certain threshold of action ( energy ).

That 'cell phone' is actually a defibrillator. I have a friend who had a quadruple bypass at age 52. Some parts of his heart are damaged, and have not recuperated, so on occasions when his heartbeat becomes irregular, the defibrillator gives it a jolt to reset his heart. It also stores/transmits this information to your doctor so he/she can decide if medical intervention is necessary. If not needed, and you never have episodes where a defibrillation is necessary, they can be removed. Go with your doctor on this. For your own health and safety.

Sorry, the EF. What usually happens is that the blood vessels supplying the heart get blocked. This leads to the heart having to work harder with a more limited supply of blood. And this can lead to heart attacks and/or reduced heart function. The reduced heart function would show up as lower EF. If the heart has been damaged, this reduced function could be permanent, IE sections of the heart are 'dead' and can't function properly anymore. The stents will not improve EF, but will keep it from getting worse. Your symptoms were probably shortness of breath because of fluid build-up in the lungs, chest pains, and if really bad blockage, numbness and cold sweat, IE you're having a heart attack ! I'm sure you talked to a specialist before the procedure was performed. Make a follow up appointment; he/she is the one you should be consulting with.

As has been mentioned, we really have no models for the era prior to Electroweak dissociation. If I had to hazard a 'guess', I would think that gravity was the first to split off from the grand unified force, and became evident as soon as geometry was possible. The geometry is the field, so as soon as the 'quantum foam' coalesced into a recognizable space-time geometry the field would have been there also, and likewise gravity. It did not expand from an origin as you seem to imply, and was solely due to the high energy density of the existing fields ( even gravity itself ), as there was no 'mass' until post Electroweak dissociation.

I have two cats myself. Love them to death. They are both female and their names are BB and DD. They can be real funny and sometimes weird. Sometimes when I visit the Toronto Zoo in the summer, the mannerisms of the lions, tigers, jaguars and other large cats reminds me of my little ones.

They don't usually put stents on the major arteries coming out of the Lventricle as they are more prone to aneurysms than blockages. They usually put stents in the much smaller arteries supplying the heart itself with blood. That is the case for everyone I know that's had stents put in; so I don't see what EV has to do with it. Your heart specialist is the best person to have this conversation with

If Flamingo is interested he can have my grounded wrist strap for working on computer equipment, that I haven't used since the 80s. These days, even though features on ICs are hundreds of times smaller, I simply touch the faucet ( older house, all copper piping ) to 'discharge' before handling CPUs or RAM. Haven't 'killed' any equipment yet. Sometimes if I'm feeling lucky, I'll just leave the computer plugged in ( but off ) and touch bare metal before handling components. You can never trust cheap switching power supplies, though.

Not necessarily that small, John. I remember in 3rd year Uni, sending a piece of metal ( for the life of me, I don't recall what it was ) to a nearby reactor, to sit in the core and be irradiated for about a week. When it came back, we took radiation readings of the shielded sample through a collimator shield to determine half-life, and other properties of the NA product. This was a piece of heavy metal, and it emitted copious amounts of radiation for several weeks, but I think even air and water are capable of neutron activation. I would imagine that when they decommission a reactor core, it isn't just the fuel rods that are radioactive waste, but also quite a bit of the process and support structure.

Wrong thread !

We don't build too many nuclear reactors in Canada anymore as they are expensive to build and maintain. But the biggest drop in CO2 emissions in my province of Ontario was due to closing down some coal fired generating plants and replacing them with natural gas generation. Lately My ( Conservative ) Premier and two others from neighboring provinces have been talkin about SMRs/SSRs ( small modular/scale reactors ) quite a bit. I would love to see even natural gas generation shelved in favor of these small cheaply built reactors which are assembled on site; every major city could have one. Along with wind/solar and a little natural gas for peak loads, we would have enough electrical to go totally electric in transportation. Gas stations would have only one pump for gasoline, like they do for diesel now, and multiple quick charge stations. That would drive electric car sales, and reduce their prices. I see that as the 'carrot' approach. Telling me ( through taxation ) to buy an electric car, at twice the price ( because nobody buys them ), and then I can't go anywhere more than 100 mi away because of the lack of infrastructure ( which is why nobody buys electric cars outside metropolitan areas ), is the 'stick' approach

As far as I know, just over 300000 was the total aircraft production during the war years. Of the automotive companies, most produced sub-assemblies, and parts; not whole aircraft. H Ford was retired at the time, but still had some control over the company he built. He had Ford take over some land and an airport, Willow Run, where they were the only automotive manufacturer to build whole planes. Of the total 18000+ B-24 Liberator bombers built, almost 7000 were built by Ford ( with a lot of initial problems ). As for G Thunberg, I'll be impressed when she has a climate change rally in China. All she's doing in the West, is taking a popular subject and running with it ( thereby increasing her popularity, to Person of the Year, no less ). Until then, she's mostly 'preaching to the choir'; Only people who agree with her listen to her. Real change comes when you start changing people's minds. These are just some facts and opinions as I know and see them. Neither is meant to belittle the seriousness of AGW. Edit: And given the choice, people prefer the 'carrot , not the stick'. Change people's minds by offering them something better and/or a choice, not by punishing them with regressive taxation without an alternative. One change will be embraced, the other resented. ( IE you haven't changed their mind, just forced them to comply )

The US ( and Canada ) give aid to a lot of countries that don't need it. But for specifically military aid, the US gives to several counties. Off the top of my head, I can name Israel, South Korea and Taiwan ( on and off, depending on relations with China ). The US also has bases all over Europe, the middle East and the far East. They are there for European protection and protection of S Korea Japan and Taiwan; the ones in the middle East are there to protect oil supplies ( am I being cynical ? ) Even Canada has troops ( and equipment/aid ) in Latvia as a deterrent to Russia. Do they really need the military aid ? Probably not. Is it the right thing to do ? I think so.

Instead I've always thought folks on the right tend to tell you how you can act, while folks on the left tend to tell you how you can think. I'm probably being too general/simplistic and just considering the worst of either group. ( is it any wonder I don't like labels )

When I mentioned gun ownership, Zap, it was just a shot in the dark ( no pun intended ). I didn't know you were a gun owner;.I'll watch what I say from now on; you can find where I live from my profile. ( just kidding ) I would imagine political values are subjective in that a lot of criteria are involved. I do consider myself somewhat socially liberal, but somewhat fiscally conservative. Then again, that is based on what I consider liberal or conservative, which might be different from the metric you, or CharonY, use. IOW, everyone has a lot of scales, and everybody's scales have different units.

Oh yeah. I forgot about your messed up electoral system.

Arms exports by the Ukraine were 224 million in 2018, YJ02. Down from 471 million in 2016. And down from 1498 million in 2012. ( when did the Ukraine-Russia conflict start ??? ) https://tradingeconomics.com/ukraine/weapons-sales Most sales under a billion are for a single contract ( yes arms are expensive ) The Ukraine doesn't have a single arms manufacturer ranked in the world's top 100, so I don't see where you get that it is a top arms exporter. Just Lockheed-Martin and Boeing together ( never mind Raytheon, Northrop-Grumman, L3, General Dynamics, etc. ) sell over 50 BILLION of arms per year.