Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
The problem with hardwired smoke detectors (or at least just in my house) is that they require a battery backup and start beeping really, really loud if the battery gets low. Even though it’s on and hardwired. You can’t just shut off the beeping until, you know, the next morning when you can go to Walgreens to pick up the, you know, $3 a piece 9v battery. They just beep incessantly until that battery is replaced. The only way to stop the beeping is to either unplug the detector entirely from the hardwired circuit, or, shut off all the smoke… Read more »