US Army saved my ass last eclipse in 2017. On a motorcycle did not fill up before getting there. Ran low trying to get out, started pushing my 600 pound bike. Humvee rolls up across a field, there soldiers get out, one gets a jerry can and fills me up roadside. Wtg, guys! No charge, Socialism at work.
IDK if I'd really call that "socialism." That just sounds like reflecting the values that our country is supposed to be built on, being of service to the community, and having a heart.
@@davidbryden7904 : It's about mutual aid and peoples rights. It's horizontal power as opposed to top down power. Socialism is a necessarily Democratic system, where as Capitalism is multi-class hierarchical system that massively supports the whims of the Capitalist over everything else. Including our potential for survival.
@@davidbryden7904 : Also, did you know that Karl Marx was a fan of our Constitution, and a great admirer of Abe Lincoln, and would write him often? Can you name even one country in all of known history that was ever _classless, moneyless,_ or _stateless?_ Let alone all three of the core principles of Communism. No country has ever claimed to have attained Communism. This is all just Red Scare BS created by the Capitalist-class.
My wife and I are extremely thankful for planned parenthood. We never used their abortion services, but as a newly married couple having someplace affordable to go for checkups and contraceptives was a Godsend. That was 30 years ago.
Same here and when it wasn't available because I moved... unplanned pregnancy. And I had some issues caught early before that which would have led to future disease in my reproductive system. My mother and two aunts all had to have full hysterectomies when I was a child. I had an outpatient procedure at 18, no surgeries, and three healthy children.
The people who oppose abortion also seem to appear to oppose the precautions needed to avoid becoming pregnant to begin with (and make it the woman's responsibility, as if the man has nothing to do with it). They have an almost prurient obsession with other people's intimate lives and forcing their own beliefs onto others regarding said intimacy. That's not even touching the way they want to regulate all female healthcare. (I actually talk to women, so I've heard some of what goes on.)
@donaldwert7137 Yes... I've read too many comments about keeping legs closed(like that works!!??). None about making birth control easily accessible, or penises being kept in pants. Thanks for being a reasonable human. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.
I wonder if they will ever forbid a man from getting the snip. If so, it will be fun to watch the entitled type guys complaining about getting "controlled"!
@@donaldwert7137there's also plenty of publicly available reporting that they're hoping to next undo married couples' rights to privacy in the bedroom which means removing married people's access to birth control / family planning. They're way too obsessed with other people's business.
And they're trying to force people out of being able to have protected sex, and force anyone who does have sex to have a baby and risk getting an STD. It's clearly stealing the rights of women, but it's also an attack on everyones rights to have sex, and their right to safety from STD's.
They're going after family planning... Which includes recreational sex. They want to make it so that the only reason to have sex is in pursuit of procreation. The only reason for marriage is in pursuit of procreation. I'm not against procreation for others, but it's my choice if I don't want to procreate while still wanting to enjoy being with my partner. Get out of my bedroom!
Marriage is firstly to secure financial rights and to identify Family members. Resulting children are supposedly protected by parents and will obey them. Recreational sex is most often identified as such by Religious doctrine.
It seems to me it is about women's sex only because I never hear of making condoms illegal, or forced vasectomies to avoid unwanted pregnancy. I only ever hear about controls on women's choices and decisions.
I was one of the trains people. Thank you for the "yes, and!". Also thank you for bringing up the rural/urban divide, and also that we will need to revamp our entire infrastructure.
The folks in the *suburbs* do not want to walk half a mile to public transportation, so the don't ask for it to be more robust. Their areas are not built for walking and they don't conceive of last mile solutions.
@@BardovBacchusIt isn't about suburbs. It's about true rural Americans like myself (Appalachia, Kentucky specifically). What are the chances that these trains service the most forgotten and historically undeserved region in the country?
Even in the suburbs it could be an issue because of all NIMBY crowd that block bus and train stations. In the suburbs where I grew up the nearest bus stop was about a mile away and there was no parking lot there so you had to walk it or get dropped off. The nearest train stations were a couple of towns over, but they at least had a parking lot. And keep in mind those buses and trains run on the half or full hour, not the 15 minutes or so they might in a city.
He says family planning because they are trying to take away birth control access, IVF treatment, and abortion. Just completely take away a woman's rights to their own body
Mostly womens rights, yes. But also the right of everyone to have safe, protected sex, that doesn't have to result in a baby. They are literally in your bedrooms and it's always been creepy AF how they constantly have had their noses buried deep in everyones underwear.
They are also going after no fault divorce. They really want to force women to be barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen. I was born in 1968. My mother birthed 8 children. Without birth control, babies will come before the postpartum depression goes. More women and children trapped in abusive homes, trapped in poverty, because neither women nor children are perceived as human
Let's not forget that Texas was trying to determine how to prevent interstate travel for women who _might_ be pregnant. The GOP in some places really isn't pulling any punches when it comes to their attempts to take ownership of women.
It frustrates me when they talk about raising the age to help solvency for SS / Medicare. All they have to do is raise the ceiling for the contribution cut off so the wealthy pay their fair share.
People also fail to make the connection between anti-immigration policies, and more immigrants leaving the US than entering the US ==> fewer $$ for SSA. Immigrants pay more money into social security than the elite USians, and when we have fewer immigrants paying taxes and paying into social security, the entire country suffers. But yeah, immigration bad😒
Though the video is full of important information, I'd like to thank Beau specifically for the "family planning" bit. It's so scary to have your healthcare options threatened by legislation because some folks have a very limited understanding of women's health. This kind of pushback is vital and gives me a small sense of hope. I am grateful.
"Republicans proposed raising Socia Security retirement age in their wish list." I think you meant to say, "Republicans advised voters to support Democrats and vote Blue next election."
When you said "23% of Twitter users have fallen over the last year" For some reason I was questioning why they were so clumsy. My brain is broken today.
Another PSA (sort of). NASA is asking for people in the path of totality to help with a “SunSketcher” project. This would be really cool as a school, scout, community, or family event to help out NASA.
Yes. I am working on getting setup to participate. My house is dang near center line to the path of totality. Have to buy a cellphone tripod mount. Checked the view at the expected time. Looking good.
_"I worry very much that what we are seeing now is not a space race between The United States and other countries as to witch nation will return to the moon or perhaps get to Mars, but a space race between Mr. Musk and Mr. Bezos, the two wealthiest people in America, as to who will gain control over NASA and future space explorations. In other words, if we are able to accomplish the unbelievable extraordinary goal of sending a person to Mars, I want the flag flying on that planet to be the flag of The United States of America, not the flag of Space X or Blue Origin."_ --Bernie Sanders, a true American patriot
@@ronlynnsnively5323 trump already sold them condos in south Florida in a place called little Russia. You have to have a billion to live there. Russian people with billions have been going to Cuba for decades.
It's weird and antiquated, the US policy towards Cuba. In the UK, Cuba is one of the most popular holiday destinations nationwide, and has been for decades.
That’s strange people in Cuba are dying no food no health care no heat etc. when you get off the plane the scams begin at the airport . Be careful Cuba is dangerous.
As a US citizen, I think we should open trade with Cuba and normalize diplomatic relations. We had relations with countries in South America when they were Communist and as we do with China. Cuba's small and the impact would overwhelm their people's view of government.
@@davidbryden7904 Some states have laws that allow soup kitchens to reclaim that food, and use it to feed the poor. In Raleigh, NC, I helped with the soup kitchen, and they got regular supplies from Second Harvest, a program that picked up food grocery stores and restaurants couldn't sell. They took the food to soup kitchens and food pantries around the area. But I assume your comment is directed at the starvation in Gaza. The disparity is horrible.
We need more trains in America across and between states. I used them with pleasure to get around in Spain, France, Germany, and Austria. Cheap, on time, and comfortable getting you from point A to point B without disruption and on time!! Especially in Germany. Those trains arrived on time like clockwork!!
Before planes were the most popular form of mass transit the people took trains. In the early 1950's my mother and I took a train from the East coast to Kansas.
I wonder what the comparison in pollution would be if there were enough trains to move as many people as airlines move??? My Uncle used to take the train from California to Detroit to get a car from the factory. You used to be able to get them MUCH cheaper if you bought them direct. Then he drove the car home, and it was broken in by the time he got to California. He did that every other year. And because he was a Telegrapher for the railroad, he traveled for free. It was a good deal for him.
'Clans' goes over very well in Scotland. Just a matter of spelling. How many Americans wonder what or look up their family tartan - the tartan that tell you which clan you belong to!
Most Americans have little enough Scottish ancestry that they don't even think about it. My own heritage is mostly German, French and English with a dash of Scots-Irish. I know so little about that dash that I would basically have to pick a clan and claim to be part of it. Now, if you get into Appalachia, you start talking about a significant Scottish ancestry and they love it, as they should.
An island nation has to survive largely on trade. After 6 decades of U.S. embargoes and the government forcing most other nations to emgargo them as well, it is a real testament to the strength of Socialism that Cuba is not doing far worse than they are. People who look at Cuba and only see how much they're struggling, and them blame the wealth distribution system that has enabled them to last this long are just falling to recognize basic Red Scare tactics.
What other countries have a trade embargo with Cuba? I know Canada has never had one. At the UN vote it 187 for the resolution that the US should end the embargo, US and Israel against and Ukraine abstained.
It's fairly gross that after putting our promise (to support them in defending against invasion) on "pause" so that adult babies could have months-long tantrums over any and everything else, we're complaining to Ukraine about the fact that their efforts to MacGyver some kind of defense are raising our gas prices a bit 🙄
Exactly! If the US were under attack, there is NO way we’d refrain from hitting the attacker’s fuel supply, to avoid higher gas prices. Gas goes up when summer starts, anyway! Meanwhile, maybe some Ukrainians will be alive because Russia can’t afford quite as much oil-funded ammo?
If you look at a map of train tracks in Europe and look at them in the US it's amazing how few there are considering how many people could use them if it was done properly. One little train could take about 50 cars off the road immediately, helping the climate.
Would be nice. Are they putting it in your backyard? That is going to be the sticking point in the US. Several years ago the Trans Texas Corridor was proposed. There were alot of stay off my property signs along the proposed routes. Texas is again proposing a high speed rail from DFW to Houston. They are have been contemplating this since the 1970s. With all the NIMBY people in the US. The land costs and legal battles are going to be astronomical.
@@shawnr771 If they can just take your land off you to build a wall then surely they can do the same to built a train track! Ooooh! Did I just say that? 🤣
My brother is the last of my family still living in the poor backward state of Oklahoma. He works in the oil and gas industry and apparently those folks are seriously concerned about an EMP occurring during the eclipse………. My brother is also an avid amateur astronomer……..and can only shake his head at how bad his home state has become….
Here in the Pacific Northwest there used to be many more rail lines connecting cities like Seattle and Portland with other Western states, but over time they were phased out and many have been converted to walking trails. If we want to use train systems up here, we would need to rebuild them from scratch.
The constellation Coronae Borealis. Familiarise yourself with it in the night sky, because a nice little surprise is likely in the weeks and months ahead. 🌟
@@annj.m.s.harlan6836Yes, just to the south of the bottom left star in the wee semicircle that is the constellation. Hopefully I'll get to see it from Down Under.🤞
Don't kid yourself...they got their conversion plans straight from Putin who got 'em from trump. Would he really do that? Ans: He already has. And he'll do it again. Step up Justice. Jail his @ss now!
I live in rural California, and I have to drive at least 1 1/2 hours to get to a city to do any real shopping and to see doctors. I’d love different options than driving, such as a train up/down state hwy 395 and then I-15.
Yeah I was thinking an eclipse and a comet...some folks will lose their shit. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.
Q's already losing its mind. When hear what the have mad up you'll role your eyes so far back it'll give a headache. Including staring unprotected at the eclipse to see the second coming of Christ. 🙄💙🇺🇸🕊️
@@AuntieMamieswhen you make it hard to vote. The party behind that is cheating. That is the party to avoid. All parties are supposed to be there for you. Not them.
@@AuntieMamies : Yeps. Just putins Russia and other clearly fake Republics. I also know of very few other countries that are so far right-wing as the U.S. Aka; Capitalist. A multi-class Hierarchical (Authoritarian/anti-Democratic) based system of wealth distribution. The corporate dems are center right-wing (Capitalist). Only the Progressives in this country are even Centrist (a combination of Socialism and Capitalism).
They are calling for exponential population growth. It is in part, pzrt of the "go forth and mulyiply" portion of many services, Bible classes, position statements, religious expansion, and fellowship culture.
They didn’t have birth control until 1960. While working on my genealogy, I discovered going back a couple of generations that it was extremely common for women to have 10 and 12 children. It also appeared that was the only goal for women to have children.
It was a different time back then. Today it will be a family living in poverty. Unless money is there from a good job source, or generation wealth. Most people will not be in that position.
While not as effective and socially stigmatized, condoms have been mass produced in the US since the 1860s. The idea and acceptance of family planning may have been one of the best best side effects of the "sexual revolution" and "women's liberation" movements of the 1960s.
Part of the reason for so many children was limited birth control and part of the reason was that children were needed to help around the farm or the house. Children often didn't live to be adults particularly before the discovery of penicillin. My mother (born in 1911) lost 2 (of 3) brothers when they were teenagers.
My grandfather on my dad's side was third eldest of 11. He didn't talk much about him childhood, but he did tell me that as soon as the boys could reach up and grasp the handles of the plow, the were put to work. As as the girls could hold a broom, they were put to sweeping. All of my great grandparents' children graduated high school, and most of them graduated from university (all of them became teachers).
Go to any old cemetery anywhere in the USA. Walk through and look at tombstones from prior to the mid-1930s. Then count the number of graves for infants and children. Mortality rates due to a lack of basic sanitation and basic public health practices were extremely high. In the 1950s when antibiotics really made major breakthroughs, along with efforts to vaccinate people for a variety of issues dropped child mortality even more. Women could have had ten babies but often only a few made it to adulthood. And mothers often died during pregnancy and birth as well.
VW does not have a problem with unions like american firms. In germany unions are part of the corporate architecture (but there are still strikes if necessary).
Speaking of MT and trains: Plans are in the works to reinstate an old Amtrak route, the North Coast-Hiawatha (and extend it to add a stop in Helena vs Butte). The current Empire Builder route follows the hi-line of the state (along the Canadian border), which misses ALL of Montana's largest cities and requires a 3-4hr car trip to drive from the largest cities to the nearest Amtrak station, which makes no sense at all.
Trains, and bikes, and pedestrian walkways, and buses, and more trains, and some extra trains, and a few evs sprinkled around the edges. When we switch to EVs we should be trying to bring that number of cars down immensely (like below 1/3 the current number), but that also means fighting the car lobby.
Thanks for addressing "yes..and..." aspect of Public Transit 🎯 Many urban Americans aren't aware of the thousands and thousands of miles of track that's been completely lifted and recycled? "Rail track mileage has fallen Drastically since the 1930's...." So perception based an "antiquated data" often & understandably happens.. Again, TY..
You must have a phenomenal memory, Beau! Especially for all the military acronyms. I was married to a naval officer for 26 years, and I still don't know most of them. 🇨🇦
A significant factor in the republicans attack on family planning has to do with the current birthrate. There needs to be a birthrate of 2% for a country's population to be stable. The US and several other Western countries are at 1.7% or lower. Here in the US, this fact is driving a lot of the conspiracy theories, in particular the Replacement theory. As long as the Congress refuses to deal with income inequality, causing the financial necessity for possible parents to both have to work , it will continue to be a major factor in the declining. birthrate. Add in healthcare costs and the lack of viable daycare, it is no wonder couples are having fewer or no children at all. Until the social ills that cripple our country are addressed, our long downward slide will continue.
Don’t worry about how your voice sounds to us, you could speak in a high falsetto & and we’d still listen, because we know “having the right information will make all the difference”, 😉
When I was in Europe I used trains a lot. I hope we build a lot more track and put electric trains on them. If a train had lots of cars behind the motor and they all had solar panels on the roofs, could trains be able to solve or help mitigate battery problems?
Typically electric trains are externally powered with cables hung above the rails (attached to the power grid), apparently this works extremely well. Unfortunately, a lot of USA projects have been specifically sabotaged to legally require only 'battery electric' trains, which work the way you're thinking of and might benefit from such a scheme -- but that would drive the costs up even further than they already have been. Externally-powered trains are a far better idea in general, though.
Yuuuuuuuup! Problem is; it's the folks in rural areas loudly proclaiming that they need cars is primarily what the folks in the *suburbs* hear the most. The folks in the suburbs do not want to walk half a mile to public transportation, so the don't ask for it to be more robust. They don't conceive of last mile solutions. Yes, we know that rural folks will still need and want pick up trucks. However, you are also lulling the SUV driving soccer moms into a false sense of security. Yes, and don't be yucking another person's yum just cause it won't work by you. In my not so humble opinion, we are too reliant on convenience
I live on the outskirts of a suburban area. In order to get to public transportation (which doesn't serve the city itself), I'd have to find a ride to the parking area where the bus is, or walk about 7 miles on the side of the road (no sidewalks) to get there. They've been promising public transportation for the tri-county for at least 10 years. It has yet to happen
Whew! You mentioned faulty or fake eclipse glasses. I found a set at Walmart and remembered the coming eclipse, so I bought a two pair set. According to the website listed, they WERE on the list of good ones.
Ken Buck said 3 other guys were going to drop out. Does anyone think he said that because Buck already had a plan on what he was going to do? I know you talked about Buck already Beau, is that what you were thinking?
I had the experience of traveling EU in trains in the 70's and again in 2019. High speed trains make travel between cities more comfortable and convenient than going out to an airport through processing and waiting for the plane then traveling back into another inner city. It could transform the East Coast. I live in rural Utah so it makes little sense here.
The Beeching cuts were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s. The country has been suffering the effects of these ever since.
I've worked a 4 day week. 4 10 hour days. It's still a 40 hour work week. But, having 3 days off was really nice. Done this way. Employers still get a full 40 hours. Employees gain an extra day off, and maintain full pay, benefits, etc. While enjoying more time off . 4 10 hour days is a win win solution. I don't see a 32 hour work week as viable without adding some extra U.B.I. Till then. A 40 hour week is the absolute minimum. For most people. In my opinion.
Our Cuba Policy is more Vindictive than Vintage. I don’t see our Cuba Policy changing until our general Foreign Policy shifts as the empire recedes further. Out here near me Island County WA adopted the 32 Hr Work Wk last Oct which is cool & 2 of the local tribes I am connected to have had proposals put forth at Council to adopt Bernies Proposal which is also cool. The only push back to it has been from the older members for some reason.
Beau and Team, I've reached out before and still willing to discuss the actual Bulk Electric System, and the shortcomings of current state renewable energy. I am offering not because I feel renewables are not the answer, but wr need a group effort to get legislators, power companies, technology companies, and regulatory groups to focus their efforts in new directions that are ignored by all of the above groups.
'Trains could replace planes.' From your mouth to God's ear. A high speed rail system in the Northeast? That would be an absolute dream for those of us who live here!
I feel for those folks...doubt they are all happy to be that close to him. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.
And his $226,300 yearly pension. I think he prob has the worst of the secret service ppl, meaning those that are easily bribed w/ extra perks & luxuries. Wouldn’t they b putting in for transfers otherwise?
@@tammystockley-loughlin7680Remember that 30-40% of the population support him and I suspect that continues into all types of public service. It would explain Pence’s reluctance to get into the car, the slowness of the prosecution, the thousands of documents being released at the last minute that has delayed a state prosecution. The list goes on.
@@LeftCoastStephen : _"30-40% of the population support him"_ Thankfully it's not even close to that bad. At their height in 2020, the entire republican base and all "independents" that voted with them, were less than 30% of Americans 18 and older (74 million out of 255 million). After J6 at least 1/3 and as much as 1/2 of republicans stopped supporting x45 and many just left the party. Now it's easily less than 1 in 5 (20%).🙂
Get well! But you do sound stronger today. Keep it up. I think Ken Buck will do something about electoral reform. He expressed exasperation about the twitter faction and their ability to not do the job and still get re-elected. Also, it screws the Republicans, something I think he likes, he seems petty like that.
I'm all for a 4-day work week, but that only works for people in offices. How about the rest of us? Hospitality, construction, factory production, retail, etc.?
I’ve worked and managed in every type…it’s a scheduling issue. If equipment, machinery or services must run 24/7/365, there is added expense due to scheduling coverages and additional crews, but there’s already decades of productivity research showing overall increases in individual productivity and wellbeing offset the initial expense. We have to break the obsession with short term, only this quarter’s profit and think a bit longer term economic stability and population wellbeing. We’re paying through the nose right now with unsustainable health problems!
It's really not that hard to work out. The way we handled it was to work one longer day and then take Friday off. Other people took Monday off, etc. You just have to work out the scheduling. As someone else mentioned, it works out due to increased productivity of people who are not overworked.
1/2 of the workers have the friday off the other half the monday. You will probably also need more personnel. Maybe some parttimers working on monday and friday, who if needed could also work on one of the other days. Such parttime jobs could be great for people who have some children to care for.
I was wondering if the security worries for aid in Northern Gaza were just because not enough aid is getting through. Hearing Beau say that flooding aid would remove black market problems makes me more confident that the security problems in the North are caused by shortages.
Trains would require a lot of revamping. When I lived in East Central Florida I considered taking a train to visit my family in the southern part of Illinois (300+ miles South of Chicago). It would have taken 3 days, up the east coast, across to Chicago then south the 300+ miles. I once inquired about a route that didn't go up the East Coast. two and one-half days with an eight to twelve-hour layover somewhere near New Orleans, no accommodations provided. Needless to say I always flew or drove. About a twelve hour drive each way or 8 hours flying, including travel to the airport. (Edited for punctuation and spelling)
Even in Japan, where they have the Shinkansen (bullet trains), they still fly a lot. The budget carriers are cheaper and faster than even a bullet train.
Relieved to find that the eclipse glasses I got are on the list. Also did a light test and saw nothing while looking directly at an interior lights. BTW, even if you have approved glasses, if your eyes hurt at all then stop looking!
Sorry everybody, you can hear my cough drop and maybe my stomach. I still sound horrible, but am starting to feel better.
You've been putting out 3-4 videos a day while ill, I'm sure only 6 idiots will make an issue of you making human noises.
Hope you feel better soon and have a great Sunday Ok.
at least it’s only your voice.
Some people always sound horrible due to what they say.
Just glad you're bouncing back
Dude! just get better. We can handle you being a human person :)
US Army saved my ass last eclipse in 2017. On a motorcycle did not fill up before getting there. Ran low trying to get out, started pushing my 600 pound bike. Humvee rolls up across a field, there soldiers get out, one gets a jerry can and fills me up roadside. Wtg, guys! No charge, Socialism at work.
IDK if I'd really call that "socialism." That just sounds like reflecting the values that our country is supposed to be built on, being of service to the community, and having a heart.
@@davidbryden7904 AKA, socialism.
@@davidbryden7904 It's US tax $ being used by the government to freely help those in need. Not the actual Def of socialism, but the GOP's definition
@@davidbryden7904 : It's about mutual aid and peoples rights. It's horizontal power as opposed to top down power. Socialism is a necessarily Democratic system, where as Capitalism is multi-class hierarchical system that massively supports the whims of the Capitalist over everything else. Including our potential for survival.
@@davidbryden7904 : Also, did you know that Karl Marx was a fan of our Constitution, and a great admirer of Abe Lincoln, and would write him often? Can you name even one country in all of known history that was ever _classless, moneyless,_ or _stateless?_ Let alone all three of the core principles of Communism. No country has ever claimed to have attained Communism. This is all just Red Scare BS created by the Capitalist-class.
My wife and I are extremely thankful for planned parenthood. We never used their abortion services, but as a newly married couple having someplace affordable to go for checkups and contraceptives was a Godsend. That was 30 years ago.
Same here and when it wasn't available because I moved... unplanned pregnancy.
And I had some issues caught early before that which would have led to future disease in my reproductive system. My mother and two aunts all had to have full hysterectomies when I was a child. I had an outpatient procedure at 18, no surgeries, and three healthy children.
So frustrating, its not abortion, it's the whole person's ability to make decisions about their own health care!
The people who oppose abortion also seem to appear to oppose the precautions needed to avoid becoming pregnant to begin with (and make it the woman's responsibility, as if the man has nothing to do with it). They have an almost prurient obsession with other people's intimate lives and forcing their own beliefs onto others regarding said intimacy. That's not even touching the way they want to regulate all female healthcare. (I actually talk to women, so I've heard some of what goes on.)
@donaldwert7137
Yes... I've read too many comments about keeping legs closed(like that works!!??). None about making birth control easily accessible, or penises being kept in pants. Thanks for being a reasonable human. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.
I wonder if they will ever forbid a man from getting the snip. If so, it will be fun to watch the entitled type guys complaining about getting "controlled"!
@@donaldwert7137there's also plenty of publicly available reporting that they're hoping to next undo married couples' rights to privacy in the bedroom which means removing married people's access to birth control / family planning. They're way too obsessed with other people's business.
And they're trying to force people out of being able to have protected sex, and force anyone who does have sex to have a baby and risk getting an STD. It's clearly stealing the rights of women, but it's also an attack on everyones rights to have sex, and their right to safety from STD's.
They're going after family planning... Which includes recreational sex. They want to make it so that the only reason to have sex is in pursuit of procreation. The only reason for marriage is in pursuit of procreation.
I'm not against procreation for others, but it's my choice if I don't want to procreate while still wanting to enjoy being with my partner. Get out of my bedroom!
This. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.
That's the old, probably still, Roman Catholic dogma. No marriage, no kids, no sex.
"Party of small government"...
Marriage is firstly to secure financial rights and to identify Family members. Resulting children are supposedly protected by parents and will obey them. Recreational sex is most often identified as such by Religious doctrine.
It seems to me it is about women's sex only because I never hear of making condoms illegal, or forced vasectomies to avoid unwanted pregnancy. I only ever hear about controls on women's choices and decisions.
I was one of the trains people. Thank you for the "yes, and!". Also thank you for bringing up the rural/urban divide, and also that we will need to revamp our entire infrastructure.
The folks in the *suburbs* do not want to walk half a mile to public transportation, so the don't ask for it to be more robust. Their areas are not built for walking and they don't conceive of last mile solutions.
@@BardovBacchusIt isn't about suburbs. It's about true rural Americans like myself (Appalachia, Kentucky specifically). What are the chances that these trains service the most forgotten and historically undeserved region in the country?
@@BardovBacchusget an EV scooter.
if you're just commuting to a train station, an ev scooter is... under 2k, maybe under 1k, and saves you the walk.
Even in the suburbs it could be an issue because of all NIMBY crowd that block bus and train stations. In the suburbs where I grew up the nearest bus stop was about a mile away and there was no parking lot there so you had to walk it or get dropped off. The nearest train stations were a couple of towns over, but they at least had a parking lot. And keep in mind those buses and trains run on the half or full hour, not the 15 minutes or so they might in a city.
I'm not really the one that needs convincing, @@vforwombat9915. I live in a city, not the burbs, and I have no problem walking a mile of two.
He says family planning because they are trying to take away birth control access, IVF treatment, and abortion. Just completely take away a woman's rights to their own body
Mostly womens rights, yes. But also the right of everyone to have safe, protected sex, that doesn't have to result in a baby. They are literally in your bedrooms and it's always been creepy AF how they constantly have had their noses buried deep in everyones underwear.
They are also going after no fault divorce. They really want to force women to be barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen. I was born in 1968. My mother birthed 8 children. Without birth control, babies will come before the postpartum depression goes. More women and children trapped in abusive homes, trapped in poverty, because neither women nor children are perceived as human
@@LucyVSaturn
They are the ameriklan taliban………
Make no mistake about it.
And having that abortion so the already born kids don't starve or go without medical care.
Let's not forget that Texas was trying to determine how to prevent interstate travel for women who _might_ be pregnant. The GOP in some places really isn't pulling any punches when it comes to their attempts to take ownership of women.
It frustrates me when they talk about raising the age to help solvency for SS / Medicare. All they have to do is raise the ceiling for the contribution cut off so the wealthy pay their fair share.
A bill (Social Security Expansion Act) doing just that is in committee right now.
People also fail to make the connection between anti-immigration policies, and more immigrants leaving the US than entering the US ==> fewer $$ for SSA.
Immigrants pay more money into social security than the elite USians, and when we have fewer immigrants paying taxes and paying into social security, the entire country suffers.
But yeah, immigration bad😒
That's Bernie, being the consciousness he wants to see in the world. Gotta love that man!
Though the video is full of important information, I'd like to thank Beau specifically for the "family planning" bit. It's so scary to have your healthcare options threatened by legislation because some folks have a very limited understanding of women's health. This kind of pushback is vital and gives me a small sense of hope. I am grateful.
"Republicans proposed raising Socia Security retirement age in their wish list."
I think you meant to say, "Republicans advised voters to support Democrats and vote Blue next election."
When you said "23% of Twitter users have fallen over the last year" For some reason I was questioning why they were so clumsy. My brain is broken today.
They are so clumsy because they are staring at their phone while walking.
Another PSA (sort of). NASA is asking for people in the path of totality to help with a “SunSketcher” project. This would be really cool as a school, scout, community, or family event to help out NASA.
Yes.
I am working on getting setup to participate.
My house is dang near center line to the path of totality.
Have to buy a cellphone tripod mount.
Checked the view at the expected time.
Looking good.
_"I worry very much that what we are seeing now is not a space race between The United States and other countries as to witch nation will return to the moon or perhaps get to Mars, but a space race between Mr. Musk and Mr. Bezos, the two wealthiest people in America, as to who will gain control over NASA and future space explorations. In other words, if we are able to accomplish the unbelievable extraordinary goal of sending a person to Mars, I want the flag flying on that planet to be the flag of The United States of America, not the flag of Space X or Blue Origin."_ --Bernie Sanders, a true American patriot
@@aylbdrmadison1051 In the world of Star Trek, I always envisioned planet Earth as a Federation planet--not the Ferengi.
Cuba policy is 60 years old and the Castros are gone.
They are really starting to cater to the Russians in Cuba. Now there will be a lot of rich Russians on the USA doorstep.
@@ronlynnsnively5323 trump already sold them condos in south Florida in a place called little Russia. You have to have a billion to live there. Russian people with billions have been going to Cuba for decades.
It's weird and antiquated, the US policy towards Cuba. In the UK, Cuba is one of the most popular holiday destinations nationwide, and has been for decades.
Canada also. I've been 8 times.
@@deborahhammond100 I would LOVE to go! A lifelong fan of Latin music, especially Cuban 💙
That’s strange people in Cuba are dying no food no health care no heat etc. when you get off the plane the scams begin at the airport . Be careful Cuba is dangerous.
As a US citizen, I think we should open trade with Cuba and normalize diplomatic relations. We had relations with countries in South America when they were Communist and as we do with China. Cuba's small and the impact would overwhelm their people's view of government.
The US wastes so much food. It's pretty crazy when you just look at only the reported numbers.
In my area, some stores throw away enough salvageable fresh produce every day that just two or three of them could run a soup kitchen 7 days a week. 😢
@@davidbryden7904 Some states have laws that allow soup kitchens to reclaim that food, and use it to feed the poor. In Raleigh, NC, I helped with the soup kitchen, and they got regular supplies from Second Harvest, a program that picked up food grocery stores and restaurants couldn't sell. They took the food to soup kitchens and food pantries around the area.
But I assume your comment is directed at the starvation in Gaza. The disparity is horrible.
We need more trains in America across and between states. I used them with pleasure to get around in Spain, France, Germany, and Austria. Cheap, on time, and comfortable getting you from point A to point B without disruption and on time!! Especially in Germany. Those trains arrived on time like clockwork!!
Years ago I rode trains a lot around the Frankfurt area while in the army. The stories I could tell.
Need more trains, and they need to be affordable too, dammit. If the tickets are just as expensive as airtravel, it doesn't do us any good. 🤔
@c.b.- of course! Here in Florida, we have Brightline, and the tickets are a bit pricey for what you get! It only goes from Miami to Orlando.
Before planes were the most popular form of mass transit the people took trains. In the early 1950's my mother and I took a train from the East coast to Kansas.
I wonder what the comparison in pollution would be if there were enough trains to move as many people as airlines move??? My Uncle used to take the train from California to Detroit to get a car from the factory. You used to be able to get them MUCH cheaper if you bought them direct. Then he drove the car home, and it was broken in by the time he got to California. He did that every other year. And because he was a Telegrapher for the railroad, he traveled for free. It was a good deal for him.
my mother and sister and I took the train from the west coast to Kansas
@@jf-be4zy When I was little we took trains several time from San Francisco to Missouri.
Let's remember that electric trains are a thing, and have been for decades.
'Clans' goes over very well in Scotland. Just a matter of spelling. How many Americans wonder what or look up their family tartan - the tartan that tell you which clan you belong to!
McCleod!!! Though I think my family is Campbell, distantly 😆 Maybe Clan has less fraught connotation outside The South
Family "tartan" = White sheet and hood.
We aren’t in Ireland… so sorry to all 12 of you 🤣
That flag the southern clan, that has alt spelling, fly is also based off the Scottish Flag. The base for both is St. Andrew cross.
Most Americans have little enough Scottish ancestry that they don't even think about it. My own heritage is mostly German, French and English with a dash of Scots-Irish. I know so little about that dash that I would basically have to pick a clan and claim to be part of it. Now, if you get into Appalachia, you start talking about a significant Scottish ancestry and they love it, as they should.
An island nation has to survive largely on trade. After 6 decades of U.S. embargoes and the government forcing most other nations to emgargo them as well, it is a real testament to the strength of Socialism that Cuba is not doing far worse than they are. People who look at Cuba and only see how much they're struggling, and them blame the wealth distribution system that has enabled them to last this long are just falling to recognize basic Red Scare tactics.
What other countries have a trade embargo with Cuba? I know Canada has never had one. At the UN vote it 187 for the resolution that the US should end the embargo, US and Israel against and Ukraine abstained.
Thanks for the point about trains. Those of us living in extreme rural areas appreciate it.
Exactly
Happy you're feeling better. Glad that you're taking things a little easier.
>stop hitting refineries
perhaps if someone had supplied us with some ammo...
when Beau said that, my thought was that was exactly what Ukraine said to the US.
It's fairly gross that after putting our promise (to support them in defending against invasion) on "pause" so that adult babies could have months-long tantrums over any and everything else, we're complaining to Ukraine about the fact that their efforts to MacGyver some kind of defense are raising our gas prices a bit 🙄
@@gypsyveganluckily those babies are loosing their majority and soon will be irrelevant.
@@ktmac7610🤞
Exactly! If the US were under attack, there is NO way we’d refrain from hitting the attacker’s fuel supply, to avoid higher gas prices. Gas goes up when summer starts, anyway! Meanwhile, maybe some Ukrainians will be alive because Russia can’t afford quite as much oil-funded ammo?
If you look at a map of train tracks in Europe and look at them in the US it's amazing how few there are considering how many people could use them if it was done properly. One little train could take about 50 cars off the road immediately, helping the climate.
Would be nice.
Are they putting it in your backyard?
That is going to be the sticking point in the US.
Several years ago the Trans Texas Corridor was proposed.
There were alot of stay off my property signs along the proposed routes.
Texas is again proposing a high speed rail from DFW to Houston.
They are have been contemplating this since the 1970s.
With all the NIMBY people in the US. The land costs and legal battles are going to be astronomical.
@@shawnr771 If they can just take your land off you to build a wall then surely they can do the same to built a train track!
Ooooh! Did I just say that? 🤣
@@margaretnicol3423 you are in a sarcastic mood today.
Nice.
Or a football stadium.
I know tell em its a wall and put a train on top of it.
@@shawnr771 👍😀
I have rode on trains both in the US and Germany while in the army and loved it. As a americans the stories about my train travel, I could tell.
Even under the weather, you make more sense than most people
My brother is the last of my family still living in the poor backward state of Oklahoma.
He works in the oil and gas industry and apparently those folks are seriously concerned about an EMP occurring during the eclipse……….
My brother is also an avid amateur astronomer……..and can only shake his head at how bad his home state has become….
Here in the Pacific Northwest there used to be many more rail lines connecting cities like Seattle and Portland with other Western states, but over time they were phased out and many have been converted to walking trails. If we want to use train systems up here, we would need to rebuild them from scratch.
43! Thank you Beau. Take care of yourself. We need you!
The constellation Coronae Borealis.
Familiarise yourself with it in the night sky, because a nice little surprise is likely in the weeks and months ahead. 🌟
oh is that where the nova is expected?
@@annj.m.s.harlan6836Yes, just to the south of the bottom left star in the wee semicircle that is the constellation. Hopefully I'll get to see it from Down Under.🤞
lol, “vintage” foreign policy…love it.
Glad you’re feeling a bit better!
At least his humor is back already.
1:22 Sarcastic political irony at it's best 😅
The nation w/out a navy just created two brand new Russian submarines in the Black Sea.
There is a fierce competition between Storm Shadow missiles and Sea Baby drones for who coverts the most Russian ships to submarines.😁👍🇺🇸💙🇺🇦🕊️
I love "Sea Baby drones."
And yes, as former resident of Kyiv, Slava Ukraina!
Don't kid yourself...they got their conversion plans straight from Putin who got 'em from trump. Would he really do that? Ans: He already has. And he'll do it again. Step up Justice. Jail his @ss now!
Slava 🇺🇦 Ukraine
I live in rural California, and I have to drive at least 1 1/2 hours to get to a city to do any real shopping and to see doctors. I’d love different options than driving, such as a train up/down state hwy 395 and then I-15.
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel"
Ah, City of New Orleans!
2nd gen Cuban-Americans who think they are going to get the family plantations in Cuba back.
Yep, I got the feeling those who fled Cuba way back then were the villains in that overall story.
Come April Fools Day I'm expecting more about " The Devil's Comet " being hyped in the fringe media
Yeah I was thinking an eclipse and a comet...some folks will lose their shit. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.
@@tammystockley-loughlin7680 👍👍
Q's already losing its mind. When hear what the have mad up you'll role your eyes so far back it'll give a headache. Including staring unprotected at the eclipse to see the second coming of Christ. 🙄💙🇺🇸🕊️
Another 2 Ropucha class vessels hit apparently the Azov and The Yamal. Apparently by Storm Shadow City missiles imho.
In case he doesn’t mention it: Alabama just passed into law a more restrictive absentee ballot measure.
I know of no other country that makes it so hard to vote
@@AuntieMamies But..but…they’re trying to protect against voter fraud! Can’t have 100,000 dead people or a million illegal aliens voting, right?
@@AuntieMamieswhen you make it hard to vote. The party behind that is cheating. That is the party to avoid. All parties are supposed to be there for you. Not them.
@@AuntieMamies : Yeps. Just putins Russia and other clearly fake Republics. I also know of very few other countries that are so far right-wing as the U.S. Aka; Capitalist. A multi-class Hierarchical (Authoritarian/anti-Democratic) based system of wealth distribution. The corporate dems are center right-wing (Capitalist). Only the Progressives in this country are even Centrist (a combination of Socialism and Capitalism).
@@AuntieMamies
North Korea? 😉
Thank you. Been subscribed since you were pre 100k. Really appreciate your just thoughts !
They are calling for exponential population growth. It is in part, pzrt of the "go forth and mulyiply" portion of many services, Bible classes, position statements, religious expansion, and fellowship culture.
They didn’t have birth control until 1960. While working on my genealogy, I discovered going back a couple of generations that it was extremely common for women to have 10 and 12 children. It also appeared that was the only goal for women to have children.
It was a different time back then. Today it will be a family living in poverty. Unless money is there from a good job source, or generation wealth. Most people will not be in that position.
While not as effective and socially stigmatized, condoms have been mass produced in the US since the 1860s.
The idea and acceptance of family planning may have been one of the best best side effects of the "sexual revolution" and "women's liberation" movements of the 1960s.
Part of the reason for so many children was limited birth control and part of the reason was that children were needed to help around the farm or the house. Children often didn't live to be adults particularly before the discovery of penicillin. My mother (born in 1911) lost 2 (of 3) brothers when they were teenagers.
My grandfather on my dad's side was third eldest of 11. He didn't talk much about him childhood, but he did tell me that as soon as the boys could reach up and grasp the handles of the plow, the were put to work. As as the girls could hold a broom, they were put to sweeping.
All of my great grandparents' children graduated high school, and most of them graduated from university (all of them became teachers).
Go to any old cemetery anywhere in the USA. Walk through and look at tombstones from prior to the mid-1930s. Then count the number of graves for infants and children. Mortality rates due to a lack of basic sanitation and basic public health practices were extremely high. In the 1950s when antibiotics really made major breakthroughs, along with efforts to vaccinate people for a variety of issues dropped child mortality even more. Women could have had ten babies but often only a few made it to adulthood. And mothers often died during pregnancy and birth as well.
Thanks for a fantastic video!
All hail the Algorithm!
Thanks Beau. Hope you are feeling well soon.
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Your voice sounds better, Beau ❤
👋
Thanks Beau and crew 😊.
VW does not have a problem with unions like american firms. In germany unions are part of the corporate architecture (but there are still strikes if necessary).
Speaking of MT and trains: Plans are in the works to reinstate an old Amtrak route, the North Coast-Hiawatha (and extend it to add a stop in Helena vs Butte). The current Empire Builder route follows the hi-line of the state (along the Canadian border), which misses ALL of Montana's largest cities and requires a 3-4hr car trip to drive from the largest cities to the nearest Amtrak station, which makes no sense at all.
I agree with you. See my comment, in this thread.
Trains, and bikes, and pedestrian walkways, and buses, and more trains, and some extra trains, and a few evs sprinkled around the edges. When we switch to EVs we should be trying to bring that number of cars down immensely (like below 1/3 the current number), but that also means fighting the car lobby.
Thank you Team Beau. Glad to hear you're feeling better Beau, take care.
Thanks for addressing "yes..and..." aspect of Public Transit 🎯
Many urban Americans aren't aware of the thousands and thousands of miles of track that's been completely lifted and recycled? "Rail track mileage has fallen Drastically since the 1930's...." So perception based an "antiquated data" often & understandably happens.. Again, TY..
You must have a phenomenal memory, Beau! Especially for all the military acronyms. I was married to a naval officer for 26 years, and I still don't know most of them. 🇨🇦
A significant factor in the republicans attack on family planning has to do with the current birthrate. There needs to be a birthrate of 2% for a country's population to be stable. The US and several other Western countries are at 1.7% or lower. Here in the US, this fact is driving a lot of the conspiracy theories, in particular the Replacement theory. As long as the Congress refuses to deal with income inequality, causing the financial necessity for possible parents to both have to work , it will continue to be a major factor in the declining. birthrate. Add in healthcare costs and the lack of viable daycare, it is no wonder couples are having fewer or no children at all. Until the social ills that cripple our country are addressed, our long downward slide will continue.
In a few years "western" democracies will be competing for immigrants. IMO.
Hello. Here we are on the roads again..
Don’t worry about how your voice sounds to us, you could speak in a high falsetto & and we’d still listen, because we know “having the right information will make all the difference”, 😉
When I was in Europe I used trains a lot. I hope we build a lot more track and put electric trains on them.
If a train had lots of cars behind the motor and they all had solar panels on the roofs, could trains be able to solve or help mitigate battery problems?
Typically electric trains are externally powered with cables hung above the rails (attached to the power grid), apparently this works extremely well. Unfortunately, a lot of USA projects have been specifically sabotaged to legally require only 'battery electric' trains, which work the way you're thinking of and might benefit from such a scheme -- but that would drive the costs up even further than they already have been. Externally-powered trains are a far better idea in general, though.
Thanks Beau for keeping us informed !
Yuuuuuuuup! Problem is; it's the folks in rural areas loudly proclaiming that they need cars is primarily what the folks in the *suburbs* hear the most. The folks in the suburbs do not want to walk half a mile to public transportation, so the don't ask for it to be more robust. They don't conceive of last mile solutions. Yes, we know that rural folks will still need and want pick up trucks. However, you are also lulling the SUV driving soccer moms into a false sense of security. Yes, and don't be yucking another person's yum just cause it won't work by you. In my not so humble opinion, we are too reliant on convenience
I live on the outskirts of a suburban area. In order to get to public transportation (which doesn't serve the city itself), I'd have to find a ride to the parking area where the bus is, or walk about 7 miles on the side of the road (no sidewalks) to get there.
They've been promising public transportation for the tri-county for at least 10 years. It has yet to happen
Whew! You mentioned faulty or fake eclipse glasses. I found a set at Walmart and remembered the coming eclipse, so I bought a two pair set. According to the website listed, they WERE on the list of good ones.
The outcome of a true compromise is that no one is satisfied.
Ken Buck said 3 other guys were going to drop out. Does anyone think he said that because Buck already had a plan on what he was going to do? I know you talked about Buck already Beau, is that what you were thinking?
Looks like Murkowski might be the next.
I had the experience of traveling EU in trains in the 70's and again in 2019. High speed trains make travel between cities more comfortable and convenient than going out to an airport through processing and waiting for the plane then traveling back into another inner city. It could transform the East Coast. I live in rural Utah so it makes little sense here.
The magas can just look straight at the sun lol 😝
The Beeching cuts were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s. The country has been suffering the effects of these ever since.
Have a good evening from this internet person. Thanks for your hard work.
Why does it sound like countries don't have a choice about U.S presence when it comes to trade like it does about our military presence
Scrap the military base and build a factory there instead!
Hello Internet People!!
People doing food aid have known about black markets for years. At this point any food people get to actually eat is good.
I've worked a 4 day week.
4 10 hour days.
It's still a 40 hour work week.
But, having 3 days off was really nice.
Done this way.
Employers still get a full 40 hours.
Employees gain an extra day off, and maintain full pay, benefits, etc.
While enjoying more time off .
4 10 hour days is a win win solution.
I don't see a 32 hour work week as viable without adding some extra U.B.I.
Till then.
A 40 hour week is the absolute minimum.
For most people.
In my opinion.
Same, I work 4 10s. It’s great, that’s probably an easier sell.
The FT article points to their own source that's not disclosed, thus unverifiable (and behind a paywall). 🤔
Our Cuba Policy is more Vindictive than Vintage. I don’t see our Cuba Policy changing until our general Foreign Policy shifts as the empire recedes further. Out here near me Island County WA adopted the 32 Hr Work Wk last Oct which is cool & 2 of the local tribes I am connected to have had proposals put forth at Council to adopt Bernies Proposal which is also cool. The only push back to it has been from the older members for some reason.
Glad you are feeling better. Please keep taking care of yourself.
Beau and Team, I've reached out before and still willing to discuss the actual Bulk Electric System, and the shortcomings of current state renewable energy. I am offering not because I feel renewables are not the answer, but wr need a group effort to get legislators, power companies, technology companies, and regulatory groups to focus their efforts in new directions that are ignored by all of the above groups.
'Trains could replace planes.' From your mouth to God's ear. A high speed rail system in the Northeast? That would be an absolute dream for those of us who live here!
Hope you are feelin better Beau!!! Take care!!!
Will be interesting to see if they go after agencies that assist women hurt by domestic & sexual violence.
Good Morning.
Thank you Brother Beau.
How can we get secret service protection stripped away from trump?
I feel for those folks...doubt they are all happy to be that close to him. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.
And his $226,300 yearly pension.
I think he prob has the worst of the secret service ppl, meaning those that are easily bribed w/ extra perks & luxuries. Wouldn’t they b putting in for transfers otherwise?
@@tammystockley-loughlin7680Remember that 30-40% of the population support him and I suspect that continues into all types of public service. It would explain Pence’s reluctance to get into the car, the slowness of the prosecution, the thousands of documents being released at the last minute that has delayed a state prosecution. The list goes on.
Why would you want to do that? You people are truly sick.
@@LeftCoastStephen : _"30-40% of the population support him"_ Thankfully it's not even close to that bad. At their height in 2020, the entire republican base and all "independents" that voted with them, were less than 30% of Americans 18 and older (74 million out of 255 million). After J6 at least 1/3 and as much as 1/2 of republicans stopped supporting x45 and many just left the party. Now it's easily less than 1 in 5 (20%).🙂
Get some rest, my friend. Thanks for what you do.
Beau finds a simple solution for the black market problem in Gaza
1:22 Sarcastic political irony at it's best 😅
Hey Beau and internet folks.
Get well! But you do sound stronger today. Keep it up.
I think Ken Buck will do something about electoral reform. He expressed exasperation about the twitter faction and their ability to not do the job and still get re-elected. Also, it screws the Republicans, something I think he likes, he seems petty like that.
Take care we need you.
Life is good 👍
I'm all for a 4-day work week, but that only works for people in offices. How about the rest of us? Hospitality, construction, factory production, retail, etc.?
I’ve worked and managed in every type…it’s a scheduling issue. If equipment, machinery or services must run 24/7/365, there is added expense due to scheduling coverages and additional crews, but there’s already decades of productivity research showing overall increases in individual productivity and wellbeing offset the initial expense. We have to break the obsession with short term, only this quarter’s profit and think a bit longer term economic stability and population wellbeing. We’re paying through the nose right now with unsustainable health problems!
Same. There are plenty of people out there who can use the work and fill those shifts.
Pay them more to reflect the amount of time spent by the employees at the job. If they're critical, they're critical.
It's really not that hard to work out. The way we handled it was to work one longer day and then take Friday off. Other people took Monday off, etc. You just have to work out the scheduling. As someone else mentioned, it works out due to increased productivity of people who are not overworked.
1/2 of the workers have the friday off the other half the monday. You will probably also need more personnel. Maybe some parttimers working on monday and friday, who if needed could also work on one of the other days. Such parttime jobs could be great for people who have some children to care for.
WTH Texas & Arkansas... there was a total eclipse just last year a little further west and no one was overrun with eclipse tourism 😂
I appreciate you doing these as well as your work on your main channel.
Thank you Beau, hope you feel better soon.
Thanks Beau, get well soon!
I was wondering if the security worries for aid in Northern Gaza were just because not enough aid is getting through. Hearing Beau say that flooding aid would remove black market problems makes me more confident that the security problems in the North are caused by shortages.
Take care, Beau! Hope you feel better soon ❤
Thank you for the content
Thank you Beau
Thanks Beau.
Trains would require a lot of revamping. When I lived in East Central Florida I considered taking a train to visit my family in the southern part of Illinois (300+ miles South of Chicago). It would have taken 3 days, up the east coast, across to Chicago then south the 300+ miles. I once inquired about a route that didn't go up the East Coast. two and one-half days with an eight to twelve-hour layover somewhere near New Orleans, no accommodations provided.
Needless to say I always flew or drove. About a twelve hour drive each way or 8 hours flying, including travel to the airport. (Edited for punctuation and spelling)
Even in Japan, where they have the Shinkansen (bullet trains), they still fly a lot. The budget carriers are cheaper and faster than even a bullet train.
Feel better
Relieved to find that the eclipse glasses I got are on the list. Also did a light test and saw nothing while looking directly at an interior lights. BTW, even if you have approved glasses, if your eyes hurt at all then stop looking!
Yes and ... take care of yourself Beau. Looking forward to seeing you well again soon.
Beau You look better today color is coming back . 😊