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  1. Maynard Keenan

    Released Guantanamo Bay prisoners have killed Americans, Senior Defense Official says

    If they've committed a crime, charge them and try them
  2. Maynard Keenan

    MIT’s new warm incandescent light bulb is nearly 3x more efficient than LEDs

    Transportation does account for a significantly larger amount of energy usage than lighting (which uses about 12% of residential and 25% of commercial electricity usage), but if any single sector can reduce its energy usage by 90%, it's going to make a huge impact. And we are making...
  3. Maynard Keenan

    MIT’s new warm incandescent light bulb is nearly 3x more efficient than LEDs

    The link you posted lists efficiency in lumens per watt. I was listing percentage of electricity converted into visible light. Good LEDs convert about 20% of their electricity used into visible light while a classical incandescent light bulb converts around 2% of their electricity usage to light.
  4. Maynard Keenan

    MIT’s new warm incandescent light bulb is nearly 3x more efficient than LEDs

    Do a bit more digging than that very brief article, and MIT has created a 6.6% efficient bulb that theoretically could get as high as 40%. Current bulbs are 5-20% efficient. The typical gasoline engine has a thermodynamic efficiency of around 20% and can be built up to around 40% efficient...
  5. Maynard Keenan

    Conservatives Are Far More Generous Than Liberals

    I'm not comparing the costs of a church to the cost of a private charity. 40% of "charitable" giving merely supports the operation of religious congregations. To say that more-religious conservatives are more generous than less-religious liberals because religious people donate to religious...
  6. Maynard Keenan

    Socialism on the rise?

    Ironically, conservatives have rehabilitated the term socialism. By calling anything and everything left of Ted Cruz "socialism," they've managed to dilute any negative connotations the word once had. If the center left policies of President Obama are now considered "socialism," then it's not...
  7. Maynard Keenan

    Conservatives Are Far More Generous Than Liberals

    An interesting look at a similar study from a couple of years ago: Link When money given to congregations is factored into the charitable giving, the deck is stacked in favor of the religious, and in favor of conservatives who are more likely to be religious than are liberals. 40% of charitable...
  8. Maynard Keenan

    Putin at UN: We need a 'genuinely broad alliance against terrorism, just like the one against Hitler

    Every time those in power want to convince the people to support a war, the Hitler meme gets dragged out.
  9. Maynard Keenan

    White lives matter too......

    Why do you keep pretending like murder is the only kind of violent crime, or the only kind of crime police will be arresting people for? The vast, vast majority of police encounters aren't related to murders, so I don't understand why the relative murder rate of black vs white Americans has...
  10. Maynard Keenan

    Should we recognize English as the official language of the US of A?

    Spain actually has FIVE official languages. I was in Barcelona recently and most signage was in 3 languages. I don't see any practical difference in having no official language but one de facto national language, or having a primary official language while recognizing co-official languages in...
  11. Maynard Keenan

    Belfast Pastor on trial for offending Islam

    Britain's hate speech laws are ridiculous. But that does not mean this pastor is "brave," or praiseworthy. What he said should be legal. Many things that are legal are not wise or worthy of support.
  12. Maynard Keenan

    White lives matter too......

    When a criminal homicide occurs, it is expected that the perpetrator will be sought, arrested if found, and convicted if sufficient evidence exists. When a police officer kills someone, it is expected that he or she will be given the benefit of the doubt, that the police department will support...
  13. Maynard Keenan

    Is it true grade schools are teaching kids Islam? If so why?

    Are you paying attention? Christianity and Judaism are also part of the curriculum. They are introduced and taught at an earlier age in this district (6th grade) while Islam is not taught until high school world history. Also, "no religion in schools" doesn't mean "no studying religions as a...
  14. Maynard Keenan

    Is it true grade schools are teaching kids Islam? If so why?

    Other students say they didn't have to recite prayers or statements of faith. I'd have to see exactly what was taught to give a 100% definitive answer but learning about religions, their histories, their principles, and their beliefs and practices is just part of education. I went to Catholic...
  15. Maynard Keenan

    Should Iran Trust The US?

    While we have many reasons to distrust them, they too have many reasons to distrust us. That's why this agreement is such a big deal. The very fact that we made diplomatic steps is a huge improvement on the past 40 years. It's in everyone's best interest for us to establish friendly relations...
  16. Maynard Keenan

    Historic Iran Nuke Deal

    The present situation was not preventing them from moving toward production of a nuclear weapon. They could have just let the sanctions stay in place and in a relatively short time produced a nuclear weapon under the current status quo. The purpose of sanctions is to cause the country so much...
  17. Maynard Keenan

    police in America

    These are absolutely terrible numbers...