Man, the hilarious thing about the anti dei shit is that people like Pete Hegseth are like the shining example of a dei hire. The only reason he’s ever had a job is because he is a veteran…which is a protected class.
A whole bunch of veterans are about to learn that the only reason they qualify for their cushy USgov.jobs program is because they are dei hires.
The problem is probably coming from where the undermount of the sink meets with the wood. I’m guessing there’s probably a good chance your finish may have been damaged during installation. It’s pretty easy to damage a couple layers of PU.
From my experience with PU, you prob want more like 4-5 layers instead of two, and I would suggest sealing the seam where the sink meets the wood with some silicone.
As far as the damage goes, you’re prob going to want to put in a dove tail and refinish it, or you can try impregnating it with epoxy if you have any experience with it.
Tbh this just isn’t a good place for butchers block, too many end grains exposed from a variety of wood that swells to different degrees. Ya mix that with heat and humidity and you got yourself a bunch of different places problems can pop up.
More picks would be nice, is this the lip of the sink we’re looking at?
Butcher block is fine for countertops, but I haven’t ever really seen them used with an under mounted sink. I’m not really sure how one would expect to keep the wood from swelling considering it’s end grain is probably getting steamed every time you use hot water.
What are we using to seal this?
Cops and Jan 6th participant engaging in a gun fight
Me - Let them fight dot gif.
It is not an appeal to authority… It’s called a rebuttal. If someone makes a claim that no real smart person can do x, an easy way to prove them wrong is to provide an example of a smart person doing x.
And you would be sitting in a cell awaiting arraignment, the exact place the police want people who do not cooperate with authority.
I never said to actually provide the police with any information. The whole point of having a lawyer is that they get to handle the heat.
With an attorney present saying that you won’t cooperate isn’t a crime. All you’ll have to say is, sorry I would like to help but I’ve been advised by my legal representation to not speak to you.
This is terrible legal advice, do not do this.
If you stonewall during an actual questioning with local police they can treat you as a hostile witness, or even attempt to charge you with aiding and abetting or impeding an investigation. It probably won’t stick, but you’re still not going to have a great time. As they say, you can beat the charge, but you can’t beat the ride.
If you are officially being questioned be polite, keep an even tone and demeanor and state " I would really love to help you in your investigation, but I would like to speak to my lawyer first." If they press you afterwards just keep repeating that you would really like to help, but to do so you require legal representation. That way if anyone can be accused of slowing down an investigation it’s the police, and it’s because they are wasting time denying you your rights.
Do not make statements to the police without a lawyer present, even if it’s something as small as “I don’t know”. More than likely if it’s for immigration, these will be federal officers. If you lie to a federal officer, you will be charged with a felony.
No way, look at that grass. That grass screams suburban dad spending too much time on the lawn.
Ain’t nobody got any time for that. Imo smokers are overrated for the amount of time and effort you have to deal with them.
If I want to do a fancy steak I’ll usually just do a sous vide.
Also as Yogthos alluded to, China doesn’t have eminent domain, they can’t just take your house like in America. This has lead to people who refuse to sell having highways diverted around their house, parking lots, and in 1 case, a shopping center surrounding the house.
They don’t have eminent domain because their legal system isn’t designed off of common law. They do however have forced evictions and land expropriations, which basically boils down to the same thing.
It’s just academically dishonest to claim that the Chinese government can’t just take your home, as that is by far the most common reason for organized protest in the country.
1993-2003, Shanghai From 1993 to 2003, 2.5 million people were evicted in the city of Shanghai.[9]
2008, Beijing Olympics In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, many of Beijing’s densely populated neighborhoods were torn down in order to make way for new developments and infrastructure projects. The Center on Housing Rights and Evictions estimated that 1.5 million people in and around Beijing were forced from their homes, often with inadequate compensation. Chinese authorities maintained only 6,000 families were relocated, and that all received proper compensation.[10]
1995-2005, Chongqing Three Gorges Dam From 1995 to 2005, an average of 86,754 people were evicted annually in connection to the Three Gorges Dam,[9] totaling an estimated 1.4 million people.[11] Recalcitrant residents in the city of Chongqing had their water and electricity turned off in order to force them to move; the residents said they had not yet left because proper resettlement hadn’t been arranged.[12]
2013-present, Beijing “Limited Property Right” houses From 2013 to present, 108 communities that are listed as “limited property right” houses, with over ten thousands households are forced evicted. At the same time, thousands of households with “limited property right” due to historical reason, which are not included in the 108 communities list are also being evicted illegally, such as XiangTang village and JiuhuaYuan community eviction. During the winter of 2020, the city of Beijing and government of Xiaotangshan township cut off water and electricity of the residents, and send unpermitted security guards to the community, in order to force the residents to leave. The security guards and excavators go to residents’ house when they go out for food and water, and demolish their home without any negotiation or arranging settlement.
Every government that has transitioned to an industrialized economy has some sort of way of land procurement for public works. One of China’s main economic advantages compared to the west is this procurement can be done at scale via a centralized apparatus of the government.
To say there is no way for the government to procure “private property” is either very ignorant or very dishonest. Especially considering that the procurement and sales of rural property is a large part of how local governments create funding in China.
I personally see nothing wrong with governments procuring private property for public works, it’s just part of securing economic growth for the nation. However, claiming that it doesn’t happen at all is just inaccurate.
Yeap, kinda the epiphany on my end. Had a steak I was wanting to reverse sear but already had the oven set for something else. Figured the air fryer was just a fancy oven and gave it a shot. Steak came out better than normal and have been doing it ever since.
I haven’t tried finishing it in the air fryer yet, been worried it might not sear correctly since it’s not getting direct heat.
It’s actually really good for a reverse sear. The air circulates at a more even temp than a regular oven and can be kept at a nice low consistent heat.
Just pop it in the air fryer at 250f and bring the steak 10 degrees from your desired cooking temp and then finish it off on some cast iron.
Ahh, well that’s definitely not going to help. However, that seems to have been a long systemic problem for this network, and it looks like they are still hemorrhaging money through their emergent care.
"Our hospitals overall in Connecticut are still operating at a negative margin,” CHA Vice President of Policy Paul Kidwell said, adding that deficit was an improvement from 2022.
The report found expenses for the hospitals rose by a combined $1 billion.
Kidwell said it’s because the reimbursement rates are too low, forcing the hospitals to make up for those losses on charges for patients with private insurance.
Sen. Heather Somers (R-Groton) said the state should also educate the public on when they should go to urgent care centers and other facilities, not emergency rooms.
Emergency rooms are often the most expensive form of care, and Connecticut’s facilities are also overcrowded."
Even though most hospitals spend way too much on administration, I doubt that’s really the reason they are 1-10 billion dollars in debt.
That’s just because hospitals aren’t very profitable, especially nowadays when they are competing with dozens of private clinics who only do specialty medicine.
Because of the lack of universal healthcare running emergency medicine departments have become giant money holes. Where all the other departments in the hospitals only real goal is to make enough money so they can keep the ER afloat.
So when a new private hospital or clinic opens that don’t have a ER or trauma ward, its basically siphoning the funding stream away from hospitals whom do practice emergency medicine.
The real catch is that states often mandate that hospitals keep their emergency departments operational, as there are often only a few operating in populated areas to serve the general public. However, they often do not mandate that new hospitals open new emergency medicine departments.
This is just going to be more and more of an issue as we continue to ignore the fact that healthcare is a natural monopoly and should not be operating off a profit motive.
I work at the only trauma 1 hospital in my state and we just had to basically get a bail out for the same reason.
More like a ruthless struggle to break up with one colonizer in favor of a new one.
There’s a reason more than half the oligarchs fled to Russia at the onset of the war.