Lots of interesting news today

Southern_Transplant said:
For his birthday, he said he wanted to learn a new trick...
USA TODAY: The world's oldest living dog, a chihuahua named TobyKeith, breaks Guinness World record.
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The world's oldest living dog, a chihuahua named TobyKeith, breaks Guinness World record

A Florida chihuahua named TobyKeith is the world's oldest living dog at more than 21 years old, Guinness World Records has confirmed.
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The secret is he sleeps a lot. On some really fluffy pillows.
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SCOTUS agrees w/ the Admin... you may be citizens but that doesn't mean equal treatment.
Easily forgotten that not having to pay Federal taxes... including SSI - comes at a price
www.reuters.com

U.S. Supreme Court allows Puerto Rico's exclusion from welfare program

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a bid to extend a federal program offering benefits to low-income elderly, blind and disabled people to residents of Puerto Rico, finding that Congress had the authority to prevent those living in the American territory from receiving the assistance.
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RatLabGuy said:
SCOTUS agrees w/ the Admin... you may be citizens but that doesn't mean equal treatment.
Easily forgotten that not having to pay Federal taxes... including SSI - comes at a price
www.reuters.com

U.S. Supreme Court allows Puerto Rico's exclusion from welfare program

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a bid to extend a federal program offering benefits to low-income elderly, blind and disabled people to residents of Puerto Rico, finding that Congress had the authority to prevent those living in the American territory from receiving the assistance.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
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I am amazed that AOC isn't all up in arms about this. Or maybe she is, and I just don't give a fu©k about what she says, thinks or does.
 
www.marketwatch.com

Biden says all light bulbs have to be more efficient --- here's how LED can save hundreds of dollars over a bulb's lifetime

All light bulbs, even the iconic pear-shaped option, will have to meet new efficiency standards because of long-delayed federal rules finalized Tuesday.
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The new regs require 45 lumens / watt, which is basically impossible w/ incandescent bulb.

So this is gonna suck for replacing dead bulbs of any kind in older cars. Yeah nowadays they all use LEDs, but a lot of vehicles have problems w/ the low current draw of LED replacement bulbs, I know this is a problem in my Toy trucks.
And if you're restoring an old vehicle to be classic? If I understand correctly, even selling - not manufacturing - inefficient bulbs will not be allowed. So it will be impossible to find things that match. In theory a mfr can make a replacement, but that only happens for cases where there is sufficiently large consumer demand to justify the expense of design and mfr.
 
RatLabGuy said:
www.marketwatch.com

Biden says all light bulbs have to be more efficient --- here's how LED can save hundreds of dollars over a bulb's lifetime

All light bulbs, even the iconic pear-shaped option, will have to meet new efficiency standards because of long-delayed federal rules finalized Tuesday.
www.marketwatch.com www.marketwatch.com

The new regs require 45 lumens / watt, which is basically impossible w/ incandescent bulb.

So this is gonna suck for replacing dead bulbs of any kind in older cars. Yeah nowadays they all use LEDs, but a lot of vehicles have problems w/ the low current draw of LED replacement bulbs, I know this is a problem in my Toy trucks.
And if you're restoring an old vehicle to be classic? If I understand correctly, even selling - not manufacturing - inefficient bulbs will not be allowed. So it will be impossible to find things that match. In theory a mfr can make a replacement, but that only happens for cases where there is sufficiently large consumer demand to justify the expense of design and mfr.
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So, you're saying your desire to hold on to and use antiquated and wasteful products is more important than the need to demonstrate some kind of environmental policy that moves us to a greener future?

You realize without decisions like this on pressing matters like how many watts does it take to screw in a lightbulb, Biden's environmentally concerned/confused voting block may realize that the rest of his energy policy is a shit show...
 
jeepinmatt said:
That's really cool! Hard to believe such a thing is just lost to nature so close to "civilization".
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The fact it is/was a church may have been lost, but I'd bet there was more than one person who saw the article and went "so that's what that clearing is!" If it was on the other side of 95, that would be a different story, there's about 25k acres between Brogden and Bentonville that has been seen by less people than attend a Biden rally haha.

Duane
 
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