Comments on: Lunch Links

By: bobzbob

bobzbob — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:46:32 +0000

ALthough it was worse in the LA basin, Air quality is a problem for a large part of the state, pollution from the SF bay area visibly degrades the air in Yosemite, and the central valley now has some of the least healthy air in the country, much of it because CARB has little authority over agricultural sources… The CAFO’s in the southern part of the central valley create a yellow-brown twilight over large areas.

Business startup rates in CA would compare favorably to most other parts of the country.

By: Billy

Billy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:55:45 +0000

Speaking of the great state of California…

Schwarzenegger set to ban ‘energy-guzzling’ big screen TVs in California

The LA Times says this can happen as soon as November 4th -

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bigtvs14-2009oct14,0,4908205.story

I’m expecting the Sunday paper to be crammed with big-screen TV ads…

By: MYOB

MYOB — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:44:44 +0000

Radley:

here’s a story that’s similar to the one about the Canuckistani trucker

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8290882.stm

By: RobZ

RobZ — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:38:35 +0000

Surely any car built to the standard would come with an external antenna for the radio?

By: Dr. T

Dr. T — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:56:57 +0000

How can you save fuel in California if car radios are blocked and you cannot get traffic jam reports, and GPS signals are blocked so you cannot get help with alternate routes? Do the idiot politicians believe that electronic devices like radios and navigation systems burn too much fuel?

By: Reasoned

Reasoned — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:32:46 +0000

—Only after the regulatory costs have been capitalized. Of course this also means that it’s much harder to start a business in CA as well.

The CARB was created because the smog was so bad in LA that illness and death rates were much higher than average (smog became a “tax” on the length of your life), and there were significantly increased costs of living and doing business (rubber tires for instance had to be replaced much more frequently due to deterioration from the sulfates in the air).

CARB and related regulations have clearly increased both the wealth and health of the average CA citizen -

—The whole state must submit to burdensome regulation because LA has an environmental problem? Because trees are scarce in the desert no one in the forest shall be allowed to cut down trees?

I have no doubt that LA is a cespool of pollution but applying the solution to the problem seems a better route.

By: DaveG

DaveG — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:16:59 +0000

First Saddam outs Albright as a reptilian, and today Drudge outs Hillary as a reptilian. Gotta love David Icke and the interdimensional E.T theory. Alan Greenspan and Larry King enjoy paring wine with mealworms, as they take instructions from our overlords who lie just beyond normal frequency

By: RobZ

RobZ — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:14:45 +0000

Ah yes. “Follow the money.” Good advice.

The recent Price-Waterhouse report tells me that the insurance companies surely don’t like the current Senate bill. And what Dole, Frist, Sullivan, and Thompson did, tells me that the insurance companies would dearly love it if some Republican Senators would join hands with some of the Blue Dog Democrats and re-write the bill.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:05:23 +0000

Speaking of the great state of California... Schwarzenegger set to ban 'energy-guzzling' big screen TVs in California

By: BamBam

BamBam — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:45:16 +0000

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/40082.html

Chicago police hired to help in Pittsburgh for G-20, details on the kid made to kneel in front of the pigs for a group photo

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:44:22 +0000

The portable satellite radios. I forgot about those.

By: Bee

Bee — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:14:28 +0000

My portable satellite radio’s antenna is inside. I have mine on my dashboard.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:02:28 +0000

The windows block radio and sat radio?

Since when are antennas on the INSIDE of the car?

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:34:01 +0000

What if I work from home? Is smoking banned in my house all the time, or just during normal business hours?

By: bobzbob

bobzbob — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:56:29 +0000

Air conditioners are more efficient than leaving the windows open at highway speeds, so outlawing AC would have a negative effect.

By: bobzbob

bobzbob — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:55:29 +0000

California’s regulatory environment has resulted in a state where there is a substantially lower consumption of energy per unit of GDP than the rest of the country. THis makes it more attractive and cheaper for employers and results in a net increase in standard of living for its citizens. The CARB was created because the smog was so bad in LA that illness and death rates were much higher than average (smog became a “tax” on the length of your life), and there were significantly increased costs of living and doing business (rubber tires for instance had to be replaced much more frequently due to deterioration from the sulfates in the air).

CARB and related regulations have clearly increased both the wealth and health of the average CA citizen -

By: Buttercup

Buttercup — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:28:33 +0000

My husband thought you would like this:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/10/15/jvm.cutting.in.line.jailtime.cnn

By: Aresen

Aresen — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:54:04 +0000

So this means Canadian patrol units don’t smoke in their vehicles, ever, right? Right?

I'm sure Dudley Do-Right doesn't. Can't speak for the rest of the force, however.

By: Windy

Windy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:45:11 +0000

Are all CA politicians and bureaucrats deranged?

Love the skunks story, cute critters, don’t mind the smell if it is faint (it does smell like really good Indica or vice versa), don’t they use it as a fixitive in perfumes?

By: J sub D

J sub D — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:37:35 +0000

So this means Canadian patrol units don’t smoke in their vehicles, ever, right?

Right?

Wrong! Laws are for little people.