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4 hours ago, tamarack said:

I doubt anyone knows exactly how this will shake out, given the law of unintended consequences, which will never be repealed.  A 20-head piggery in a PWM residential neighborhood?  Animal abusers using the new amendment as a defense?   
???????

I've been wanting to expand my flock of 6 hens to a dozen, and ideally add a rooster and geese for predator protection.  Maybe this'll allow that here in SoPo!

9 hours ago, mreaves said:

I read this article and am still unsure what the passing of this amendment means

That's what frustrating.  Nobody understands it, but is willing to vote for it (by an overwhelming majority - i think 61/39).

46 minutes ago, snowman21 said:

People in Maine can't grow their own tomatoes? That's a weird one. I can have all the tomatoes I want in my garden.

that's the thing.  we can.  we passed a referendum in case some day some corporation decides we can't, or something.  wild.

9 minutes ago, dryslot said:

It did pass, I worded that wrong, I would have been pissed if i wouldn't be able to grow my tomatoes....lol.

Ha, that's what's confusing about this.  Were you ever concerned that someone was going to tell you that you can't grow tomatoes?  Or buy seeds for a new variety of tomatoes?  Or save your seeds from last year?

It's a referendum to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

59 minutes ago, dryslot said:

The other dumb referrendum that got defeated, Dendrite would not have been able to raise his chickens here if this passed, And lol at that last line....

Maine voters agree: Food is a basic right

The right to food won rave reviews Tuesday from Maine voters, who passed the nation's first guarantee for people to grow, harvest and eat according to their own wishes.

The Maine ballot measure was one of several in states seeking to create new constitutional rights touching on an array of issues. Some were a response to policies put in place during the coronavirus pandemic, including a pair of Texas proposals limiting restrictions on religious gatherings and nursing home visits.

Maine's unique measure declares individuals have an “unalienable right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing.” It passed comfortably.

“It’s always a good idea to secure and protect an individual right in the world we live in. Food is life,” said Democratic state Sen. Craig Hickman, a supporter of the proposal. “I don’t understand why anyone would be afraid of saying so out loud in the constitution.”

Opponents had worried the measure might lead some people to try to raise cattle in cities.

I thought this one passed?  Dumb referendum is right, though...

From this article:  https://bangordailynews.com/2021/10/17/homestead/what-you-need-to-know-before-voting-on-maines-right-to-food-referendum-joam40zk0w/

The legislators who wrote the bill have said that they worry in the future that the government might create roadblocks and restrictions on what Mainers can grow. Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham, R-Winter Harbor, testified earlier this year before the Legislature’s agriculture committee that he is concerned that companies like Monsanto may “own all the seeds” in the future, and gardening may become “a luxury reserved for the rich.”

Making amendments to the state constitution based on something that MIGHT happen in the future is a dangerous move.  Nobody is being denied the right to grow their own food and save seeds right now.

20 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

The same people trying to stop it are the ones with cars rotting in the front yard, dumping oil and other shit in the woods or burning it, while riding around in a diesel pick up truck doing rolling coal rallies. Such environmentalists. 

And oddly enough people who are truly environmentally conscious opposed this, too.  As Eaves pointed out, it was a complex mix opposed to this thing.

That map is interesting dryslot.  Look at Cape Elizabeth as the outlier voting for the corridor.  

8 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Was the big deal just clearing a 100’ area of trees to bring it down? What was the big issue outside of that?

I think that and "Mass profits at Maine's Expense" were the big ones people were drawn too.  And I think the pro-corridor campaign adding in the retroactive law aspect did more harm than good.

The question wording was a mess, too, which didn't help. 

"Do you want to ban the construction of high-impact electric transmission lines in the Upper Kennebec Region and to require the Legislature to approve all other such projects anywhere in Maine, both retroactively to 2020, and to require the Legislature, retroactively to 2014, to approve by a two-thirds vote such projects using public land?"

This article did a good job breaking it all down, unbiased IMO.  

https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2021-10-22/what-maine-voters-should-know-about-question-1

16 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Yes and goodbye corridor.

I guess people really bought into the advertisements.  I could see if I owned property near the new 50 miles I'd be against it.  And CMP can definitely suck it.  But how are we going to move forward with renewable energy if we don't allow them to complete the project?  Contract isn't going away.  IMO Mass using hydro is better than other less sustainable alternatives. 

I think I'm more shocked by voters approving 3, amending the Constitution over a tinfoil hat conspiracy. 

We shot down renewable energy and approved amending the Constitution, doesn't make sense.

4 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

Anyone know why Tim Kelley left NECN?

Going to make an uneducated guess that it was vaccine mandate related.

Voting day.  RIP to the endless CMP Corridor ads.

3.93" for the event.  15 miles to my south there were several 6"+ reports.

32 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

This person is widely known on Twitter 

Ah.  The guy who should probably stick to tweeting pictures of the CT river vs. tweeting every QPF/Wind output from every model and model run?

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Actually no it’s not. We’ve been texting all morning. It’s another individual in S CT

out with the name, wiener.

5 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

lol, probably. Just need to keep the grubs away.

Looks the best I've seen over the years.  Apply Nematodes in early May, before there are signs of grub damage. 

1 hour ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

The crux of the financial markets and consumer inflation in one paragraph by David Einhorn 

 

Hasn't inflation always been here to stay?  I'm no economist, but isn't inflation kind of arbitrary / artificial, relative to wages?  Listened to these guys detail it a few months back, was relatively informative to me as a noob when it comes to this stuff.  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/episode/what-causes-inflation-83185373/

Clover is Stein resistant and a favorite of honey bees...where's the problem?

2 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

41.9f. Still haven't been in 30s yet.

Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk
 

37.4 for the low here, hit 39 back on 10/1. 

loud noises

While SNE was enjoying the sun on Saturday, we were socked in with clouds all day, but it the cloud cover, lack of wind (dead air), and relatively warm lake water made for some great large mouth action.

27 minutes ago, dryslot said:

39.2°F

ditto

1 minute ago, tamarack said:

I'd thought that the co-op was at the old NWS office site at the Jetport.  Or are there 2 co-op sites at PWM?

Hmmm.. not too sure about that.  Maybe @OceanStWxcan clarify?

Just now, tamarack said:

Same site, I presume.

I'm not sure where the old observer was located, but this'll be a new site.  Old COOP person retired, and GYX reached out to me based on my CoCoRAHS data and location.  I'm within 2-3mi from the jetport, depending on where at the jetport you are, so a good enough proxy to call it official.

I'm the new COOP observer for PWM, so you can lock-in futility for me for this season...

9 hours ago, OceanStWx said:

I was going to do nematodes too, but with the baby at home I just don't know if I'll have the time to commit to applying them before they die. Might be a next spring deal.

I hear ya, I've been there

I think they can live two weeks (maybe four) in the fridge.

I takes me about 5 minutes to apply, fwiw.  Dump them in the watering can, pour (the temperature recommended) water in the can, water the impacted area.  

Where it can take more time is if your soil is dry and you need to water first and then potentially again subsequent days.

^ good point..  the great part about nematodes is they treat more than just Japanese beetle grubs