And yes…who knows how long this will last.

But it’s still very refreshing to see. I’ll welcome any good political news out there, as there is so little

It’s right to praise him when he does the right thing, no question. But some of the cheerleading seems excessive considering his record in public office.

TexasDude:

Fair enough. I’m cynical too.

However, as an ex-leftist I must say conservatives have a rather top-down, monolithic view of Democrats.

It’s the Planet of the Apes. We’re all doing the bests we can. It ain’t much. But it’s the bests we can.

I wager that Democrats have their hands full keeping Biden’s poll numbers dropping below 30-whatever this week, much less policing this Lex Luthor mutant Senator who has strayed off the reservation.

Why is he being allowed to do this without much pushback from his own party?

There’s a reason and yes I am completely cynical.

When lower product or product input costs are available from offshore suppliers, then…absent significant tariffs…most US consumers are going to buy the lower-cost products. If US companies don’t take advantage of the lower cost possibilities, then European or Asian companies will.

I’m not thrilled to see foreign ownership of US Steel, but the real question si what can be one to make production in the US more economically feasible. This is largely a matter of tax & regulatory policy, workforce skills, and energy costs.

Fetterman may turn out to surprise people. If he is really concerned about working people, he might go against his own party on immigration and clean energy, as well as taking on some of the cultural issues that blue collar types are concerned about.

They are also behind hugely exacerbating any drought. They, along with the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation / Department of Interior. Have you noticed that reservoirs seem to be low? Did you know that despite a drought in the West, aggregate water use in states that use water from the Colorado River is about what it was SIXTY YEARS AGO? Lake Mead really had no reason to hit RECORD lows, even with a drought. Except for the fact that the policy on how much water to retain changed.

Well…

Those record lows at Lake Mead and other reservoirs were exacerbated by a fairly recent policy penned by the EPA and put in place by ACE and BOR/DOI. Essentially, they release water well before the reservoir “fills” up, so that it never really gets “full.” At the highest, they are recommended to be SIGNIFICANTLY less than what we are accustomed to seeing. That alphabet soup has decided the reservoirs aren’t about reserving water, but purely about controlling river flow. So the determination on how much water to release, when to release, etc., is almost exclusively based on downriver factors. The only determination for release based on the reservoir is that it does not reach more than something 55% to 60% of its capacity.

It’s not. Acquisition by Cleveland Cliffs would be best for everyone involved.

Although I am inclined to think that acquisition by Nippon Steel is perhaps the best of the bad alternatives facing USS.