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The Morning Report - 2/16/21 [J.J. Sefton]

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Good morning, kids. Tuesday and the beat-down goes on. While President-in-Exile Trump has been acquitted in that second impeachment "trial" - in quotes since it was a complete sham of a kangaroo court show trial without even a scintilla of legality - the effort to prevent him or anyone who like him has any notion of running with the aim of dismantling the State formerly known as Deep and now totally out of the closet goes on. And the GOP-e is fully on board with that enterprise. Despite my loathing of the seven traitors who voted with the Democrats to convict, Mitch McConnell beats them out by a mile in the despicability derby by voting to acquit yet going to the microphones to blood libel PIEOTUS Trump. When he and his ilk do that, they are doing it to all of us. We are a constituency in search of a party, and on the way to being without a country.

Let's look at the numbers, first. A record 50% of Americans surveyed now identify as political independents. It is an even split for those identifying as members of the two major parties at 25% apiece. This finding is a net drop of 5% identifying as Democrats and an increase of 1% for Republicans since early January. The Gallup poll found that 62% of U.S. adults say the "parties do such a poor job representing the American people that a third party is needed."

According to Gallup's historical trends, 60% supported a third party in 2013, which increased to 61% in 2017. These surveys followed the reelection of Barack Obama and the election of Donald Trump, respectively. It is interesting to note that it has not fallen below 57% since 2013. In cycles since 2003, it fell into the 40s during election years. That did not happen in 2016 or 2020. In September of 2020, with two candidates to choose from in November, it sat at 57%. Since the election, the desire for a third party has risen to 62%.

Because they lean left, Gallup seems to think the cause for the increase in support for a third party comes from anti-Trump Republicans from prior administrations. That idea is debatable. There are just as many Trump supporters disillusioned with moderate GOP members. There was also a significant amount of support for President Trump's rumored Patriot Party...

...It seems more than possible that a platform that returns us to intelligent energy independence, a foreign policy that clearly defines our allies and enemies, with a focus on Americans' prosperity and security at its core, could appeal to a broad coalition. A return to a shared and more patriotic national identity is popular among 57% of likely voters. The party that can define it, communicate it authentically, and find candidates to support it will be the undeniable winner in the future.

As Stacy Lennox at PJ Media notes, there is disaffection if not hatred for both the Democrats and the GOP not just at each other but crucially from their respective bases, albeit for different reasons. Let's strip away all the vituperative rhetoric and the personalities and try to get to the core. Two concepts are in play here. First, there's the debate over specific policy issues and second is the debate over the very nature of how we are to organize society and run our affairs to deal with those issues. The gigantic hurdle that must be overcome is the brainwashing of so many on the Left of the illegitimacy and original sin that America is evil. Assuming that we can at least breach that divide (and the jury is out on that), the recognition that there is indeed something rotten in Denmark could engender a renaissance of the MAGA movement, perhaps by another name, but still with the same goal of liberating us from globalist enslavement.

It's kind of ironic that 10 years on "the 1%" label is no longer something to be mocked as a Bolshevik smear but as a reflection of the political reality we are all facing, both Democrat and Republican voters. We are indeed controlled by a self-proclaimed elitist cabal of information oligarchs, Wall Street and banking mega corporations who have subsumed our G-d given liberties for their own advancement and embellishment.

In lots of places, people feel like second-class citizens in their own country. The defining characteristic of many Third-World societies and all totalitarianisms is that a tiny elite, whether called the party members or oligarchs who call the shots. Generally speaking, only the democratic West was the exception to this rule. The U.S. long avoided the aristocrat/peasant split through growth in middle- and lower-class income. But beginning with Ronald Reagan or Barack Obama, depending on what economist you believe, this income growth stopped and trends started splitting America into two halves. Unchecked, the combination of stagnating middle-class incomes and increasing 'elite' control over government would inevitably fuel a Third-World-ization of America and spark a populist rebellion against the status quo...

...For reasons of their own, the members of the globalist coalition wanted to get rid of the Deplorables, along with their ideas of high wages, vacations, G-d, and American exceptionalism. Here was the basis for the greatest alliance of convenience since Detroit built trucks for Stalin during WW2. "A decade ago, no one would've put NBA superstar LeBron James and Apple CEO Tim Cook in the same family album, but here they are now, linked by their fantastic wealth owing to cheap Chinese manufacturing."

Can we somehow bridge this divide? Can we somehow deprogram a significant number of reflexively Democrat voters and create some semblance of a nation again in order to solve political differences without making the legitimacy of the nation itself a political difference? PIEOTUS Trump was the first and so far only person who was able to do that. 75-80 million people who re-elected him last November is proof that he attracted a significant number of Democrats and disaffected others to cross over and vote not just for him but his vision of what this nation should be, as became tangible in his achievements from 2017-2020 (the Chinese Lung AIDS pandemic shut down sabotage notwithstanding). All of this assumes that national and local races will not be rigged going forward. But there are millions and millions of pissed-off people out there. And as this insane junta shambles on, ruining lives, destroying/confiscating wealth and growing richer and more powerful as all of us descend into misery, the stage will be set for a real revolution.

I'm hoping it's a massive and peaceful one. I fear it may not be. But something is going to happen.

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 07:47 AM (Zz0t1)

2 FUCK Mitch. In the squeaker. With a barbed mace.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 07:47 AM (Zz0t1)

3 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 07:47 AM (yrol0)

4 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 07:48 AM (5/lDN)

5 Dang, it's cold.

Posted by: iandeal at February 16, 2021 07:48 AM (ysYn+)

6 Bill Gates says: "Eliminate all carbon from YOUR life"

Bill Gates does: https://tinyurl.com/3llokrjz

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 07:49 AM (nkc1K)

7 Two-ayy is the line. That ain't me sayin' that.

Posted by: AJ Duie at February 16, 2021 07:50 AM (Ez9qG)

8 G'mornin' Horde !

only 9 below this morning ! heatwave ftw !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2021 07:50 AM (h89VN)

9 It's freezing down in Texas.

Posted by: Stevie Ray at February 16, 2021 07:50 AM (gVkxx)

10 Morgan

Ihre papieren bitte

Just getting used to the new regime.

Posted by: Latemarch (a member of the rabble in good standing) at February 16, 2021 07:51 AM (7T5tR)

11 Morning Horde!

Posted by: Ironwood at February 16, 2021 07:51 AM (6YMId)

12 Good Morning, and Happy Birthday, JJ!

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at February 16, 2021 07:51 AM (uo2jO)

13 Mornin', all. Brrrrrrr. I'm looking forward to the single-digit heat wave we are supposed to get later.

Thanks, for the news, JJ, and Happy Birthday!

Posted by: Catherine at February 16, 2021 07:52 AM (pUTTN)

14 RE: David Perdue link.

McConnell never comes to his senses. What he did to Arizona, running McSally twice and (as a result) losing two Senate seats, the Republican dumbkopf now wants to do to Georgia.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 07:52 AM (nkc1K)

15 That's a really great article about the homeless mission run by a pastor and his wife and their compassion towards the one man who died. Very touching.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 07:54 AM (VP4Cd)

16
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 16, 2021 07:54 AM (JKabS)

17 14 RE: David Perdue link.

McConnell never comes to his senses. What he did to Arizona, running McSally twice and (as a result) losing two Senate seats, the Republican dumbkopf now wants to do to Georgia.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 07:52 AM (nkc1K)

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He can push anyone he wants.

It's the Republican voters of these states who are ultimately to blame.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 07:54 AM (LvTSG)

18 JJ,

The photo is awesome, lol.

You rock!

Posted by: four seasons at February 16, 2021 07:54 AM (PisyI)

19 Well the Democrat base hates their party because their party hasn't delivered communism fast enough, the GOP base hate's their party because the party has delivered ungatz on pumpernickel for them.


The best speech in the history of speeches was Alex Lifeson's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech, now look at your average GOP dipshit and imagine that speech coming out of their mouth's but instead of the word 'Blah' substitute the word 'Conservatism."

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2021 07:54 AM (bimUh)

20 I heard a few weeks ago that David Swalwell was involved w/a Chinese spy...and I've never heard it again...

Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 07:54 AM (AwYPR)

21 Nancy Mace can kiss my ass.

That is one vote that I had cast, that I just know I will come to regret.

Posted by: Kermit, The Amphibian Paolo of Miss Piggy's World at February 16, 2021 07:55 AM (3D/fK)

22 "Vituperative"? That's a 1%'er word right there.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 07:55 AM (KAi1n)

23 8 months from now, we'll look back at these trying times while making Christmas gift boxes for troops serving in The Army of the Potomac.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 16, 2021 07:55 AM (I58tH)

24 Bill Gates says: "Eliminate all carbon from YOUR life"

Posted by: Huck Follywood


I'm trying Bill. But you keep popping up!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 07:56 AM (5/lDN)

25 And nice article about Lent; I appreciate you including it, J.J.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 07:56 AM (VP4Cd)

26 It's freezing down in Texas.

Posted by: Stevie Ray at February 16, 2021 07:50 AM (gVkxx)

we used to call them Blue Northers. I recall many times in South Texas when 45 degrees was the coldest weather ever, once you took into the wind into account. This is a whole other thing. But really, Texas has always had insane weather. Maybe not this much snow and ice this far south, but the idea that extreme weather is rare in Texas is something I can't accept.

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 07:56 AM (gkHkW)

27 "It's the Republican voters of these states who are ultimately to blame."

Now wait a minute. I bit my tongue, held my nose, stomped on my self respect, and toed the line. Are you blaming me?

Posted by: Stevie Ray at February 16, 2021 07:58 AM (gVkxx)

28 Ah dang it off Stevie sock.

Posted by: Stevie Ray at February 16, 2021 07:58 AM (gVkxx)

29 "In lots of places, people feel like second-class citizens in their own country."

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I think this is key, and was the pervasive public sentiment in Weimar Germany, and in today's U.S.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2021 07:59 AM (EZebt)

30 OFF I SAY!!

Posted by: f'd at February 16, 2021 07:59 AM (gVkxx)

31 Morning all. -15 here this morning. With luck, this will be the coldest day until next winter begins.

Posted by: Muad'dib at February 16, 2021 07:59 AM (Q9w+/)

32 Mitch McConnell has been and continues to be the Swamp King.

Posted by: squeakywheel at February 16, 2021 07:59 AM (iDGpQ)

33 I heard a few weeks ago that David Eric Swalwell was involved w/a Chinese spy...and I've never heard it again...

Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 07:54 AM (AwYPR)

he should be unknown

Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 08:01 AM (AwYPR)

34 27 "It's the Republican voters of these states who are ultimately to blame."

Now wait a minute. I bit my tongue, held my nose, stomped on my self respect, and toed the line. Are you blaming me?
Posted by: Stevie Ray at February 16, 2021 07:58 AM (gVkxx)

=========

Did you vote for the establishment choice in the primary? Cause I'm talking about the primaries where establishment stooges win majorities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:01 AM (LvTSG)

35 Me thinks that Jamie Raskin fails to understand the meaning of the words..'Successfully prosecute'.

Posted by: Kermit, The Amphibian Paolo of Miss Piggy's World at February 16, 2021 08:01 AM (3D/fK)

36 32 Leatherback turtles do rule the swamp. Sneaky bastards.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 16, 2021 08:01 AM (I58tH)

37 but the idea that extreme weather is rare in Texas is something I can't accept.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 07:56 AM (gkHkW)


I moved to Houston 20 years ago and this is the 4th or 5th time that an "Arctic Invasion" has occurred and made for one shitty freezing week. So no, it ain't you.

Posted by: TryHardNeckBeard at February 16, 2021 08:02 AM (Lp34m)

38 Mitch Mcconnell has no discernible neck, thus he falls into the maxim, never trust a man with no discernible neck.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2021 08:02 AM (bimUh)

39 I'm starting to believe that the left has successfully coopted their populist flank.

The right hasn't figured it out yet.

Posted by: MJ at February 16, 2021 08:02 AM (gAMkn)

40 Morning all. -15 here this morning. With luck, this will be the coldest day until next winter begins.

Posted by: Muad'dib at February 16, 2021 07:59 AM (Q9w+/)

I would hope so. I thought I knew of cold but maybe I don't. The coldest I recall at home was around 9. I do recall a hunting trip up north where if you spit on a twig the spit would freeze before it fell. But no way was it -15, if it were, we would likely have ended up dead.

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 08:02 AM (gkHkW)

41 38 Mitch Mcconnell has no discernible neck, thus he falls into the maxim, never trust a man with no discernible neck.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2021 08:02 AM (bimUh)

OUT: Toned Arms...

IN: The Flap that Faps...

Posted by: TryHardNeckBeard at February 16, 2021 08:03 AM (Lp34m)

42 OK, now that I've read the content. I think the real reason for the dissatisfaction of the American public is that most of our politicians are working for someone else, not us voters. They have been bought off by big tech, lobbyists, China, etc. They pit us against each other so we will not pay attention to them. How was Trump able to get the lowest unemployment in history, renegotiate trade deals, create peace deals in the Mideast, all while being attacked by the deep state, the media, the dems, and being betrayed by Republicans? Because he was not bought off by all the special interest groups. He actually worked for America's best interests. Look at how divisive Biden is out of the gate when the country is so evenly divided.

Posted by: iandeal at February 16, 2021 08:03 AM (ysYn+)

43 "It's the Republican voters of these states who are ultimately to blame."

Now wait a minute. I bit my tongue, held my nose, stomped on my self respect, and toed the line. Are you blaming me?
Posted by: Stevie Ray at February 16, 2021 07:58 AM (gVkxx)


I assume this is a parody of Vote Harder.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:04 AM (y7DUB)

44 "Did you vote for the establishment choice in the primary? Cause I'm talking about the primaries where establishment stooges win majorities."

The primaries in Georgia are where Lolefflor and Perdud lost. The stupid GA GOP caused that and I had to make the best of it. A lot of folks here said that if I didn't do that it was my fault if the Dems won GA. Well I got screwed just like the whole country by the corrupt election.

Posted by: f'd at February 16, 2021 08:04 AM (gVkxx)

45 When I was a kid growing up in Texas, we had 'Blue Northers' but they only brought sleet and snow, and freezing temps for a day or two. This storm system seems to be an order of magnitude more powerful and larger. That being said, there is just no good reason why so many people should be so adversely affected as they are.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 16, 2021 08:05 AM (5XK0y)

46 It's in the 50s in South Carolina.

I feel like I'm going to freeze to death, especially after the 80 degree weather in Orlando this weekend.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:05 AM (LvTSG)

47 It's the Republican voters of these states who are ultimately to blame.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 07:54 AM (LvTSG)

================
Since I was talking about McConnell, not voters (who I expect will reject McConnell's choice, again, I think he's still an inveterate dumbkopf.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 08:05 AM (nkc1K)

48 -4 here in NE Texas. Record shattering cold.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 08:06 AM (JUOKG)

49 "there is just no good reason why so many people should be so adversely affected as they are."

The Green Nude Eel...


It's f'n amazing, ain't it?

Posted by: Kermit, The Amphibian Paolo of Miss Piggy's World at February 16, 2021 08:06 AM (3D/fK)

50 >> Mitch Mcconnell has no discernible neck, thus he falls into the maxim, never trust a man with no discernible neck.


"Hey now! That's a bit harsh. . ."
-- Chuck Todd, whose goatee still does not hide his nrcklessness

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:06 AM (bDqIh)

51 47 Since I was talking about McConnell, not voters (who I expect will reject McConnell's choice, again, I think he's still an inveterate dumbkopf.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 08:05 AM (nkc1K)

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If the Republican voters will reject Purdue so easily, then McConnell's machinations mean nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:06 AM (LvTSG)

52 Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 08:02 AM (gkHkW)

Cold, like at Team Spirit?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 16, 2021 08:06 AM (5XK0y)

53 Morning!
As always.. Thanks for the newz, J.J.!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:06 AM (CjFDo)

54 Temps have been dropping all morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2021 08:07 AM (3D/fK)

55 "The Green Nude Eel...

It's f'n amazing, ain't it?
Posted by: Kermit"

It's more of a worm.

Posted by: Mrs Piggy at February 16, 2021 08:07 AM (gVkxx)

56 And as this insane junta shambles on, ruining lives, destroying/confiscating wealth and growing richer and more powerful as all of us descend into misery, the stage will be set for a real revolution.

----

Some will personally not have the stomach to begin exterminating us -- although I believe the vast majority do, as they incessantly tell us daily, and are indeed as evil as their past totalitarian genocidal heroes ... and thus the added benefit of being able to outsource that to the Chinese.

#TiredOfHoping

Posted by: ShainS at February 16, 2021 08:08 AM (WqPYg)

57 I can only hope Texans re-fire/rebuild coal and natural gas power plants while they begin building new nukes. Fuck DC and fuck the democrats.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 16, 2021 08:09 AM (5XK0y)

58 Gates' head needs to have a meeting with a nail gun. What a nefarious, meddling imbecile.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 08:09 AM (O+I8R)

59 WTF is this I never heard this

Hours after he was sworn in January 26 as presiding officer for the trial, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) was rushed to the hospital with a mystery illness.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:09 AM (yrol0)

60 Running for Senate must be more lucrative way to spend 2 years than working.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2021 08:09 AM (EZebt)

61 >>Bill Gates says: "Eliminate all carbon from YOUR life"


Gates can f#@$ right off.
You think it's the right lifestyle? Do it yourself.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:09 AM (bDqIh)

62 @42

The first thing any prospective political candidate is asked is how much money can you bring to party and or raise and are you controllable.

ie, from the normal pathway to political power, dynastic families, COC pathway, military, etc.

Outsiders will not be accepted.



Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2021 08:10 AM (bimUh)

63 I got stuck with that carpetbagging kunt Lolefflor when lunkhead Kemp appointed her over our protests.

Posted by: f'd at February 16, 2021 08:10 AM (gVkxx)

64 If a meteor or asteroid hit DC, the country would be saved.

Posted by: Lulu at February 16, 2021 08:10 AM (TB7HE)

65 61 >>Bill Gates says: "Eliminate all carbon from YOUR life"


Gates can f#@$ right off.
You think it's the right lifestyle? Do it yourself.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:09 AM (bDqIh)

========

Him first. Start with food. No food with any carbon in it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:10 AM (LvTSG)

66 People are literally freezing to death in TX.

Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 08:10 AM (S1hrL)

67 Dems and Repubs are two sides of the same filthy coin. We're down here swabbing the deck, while they're up on the bridge enjoying the fruits of our labor. We deck hands get all worked up and argue with each other over the periodic elections to pick whose hand is at the helm. Our betters up on the bridge laugh at us because they know it doesn't matter, and they're content to take turns steering us deeper into the whirlpool.

Posted by: windbag at February 16, 2021 08:10 AM (+e6ZA)

68 WTF is this I never heard this

Hours after he was sworn in January 26 as presiding officer for the trial, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) was rushed to the hospital with a mystery illness.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:09 AM (yrol0)


Pretty sure it was talked about it here including wondering if he'd be able to preside over shampeachment 2, itself a violation of ethical norms in Shecky's Circus.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:12 AM (y7DUB)

69 "Can we somehow bridge this divide? Can we somehow deprogram a
significant number of reflexively Democrat voters and create some
semblance of a nation again in order to solve political differences
without making the legitimacy of the nation itself a political
difference?"
No and no, because the people causing the divide do not want agreeable political differences, they want advantage. And they will not willingly relinquish that advantage. If term limits had been enacted 30 or 40 years ago, this might have been prevented, although that is arguable. Now? the people bringing the ruin have left only one recourse to us, and they have ignored the time tested saying, "be careful what you wish for."

Posted by: Grog at February 16, 2021 08:12 AM (weXmt)

70 That being said, there is just no good reason why so many people should be so adversely affected as they are.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 16, 2021 08:05 AM (5XK0y)

Wind is worthless. We put a quarter of our eggs into a basket with a broken handle and no bottom.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:12 AM (yrol0)

71 Seems over half of the wind turbines in Texas are frozen and can't operate.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 08:12 AM (JUOKG)

72 Good morning. It's -9, wind chill -17. But, we'll have sun today and a high of 9 degrees!! Whoopie! Snow tomorrow.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 16, 2021 08:12 AM (nxdel)

73 Salena Zito is a fine writer. I always enjoy reading her articles. I'm not just saying that because she's a fellow 'Yinzer' either. She's really good.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 16, 2021 08:13 AM (t+Ly7)

74 71 Seems over half of the wind turbines in Texas are frozen and can't operate.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 08:12 AM (JUOKG)

=========

You pointing this out means that you hate science.

Why do you hate science?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:13 AM (LvTSG)

75 I coulda been First, but I read the commentary. I regret nothing.

I'm seeing more and more that we are in a class struggle -- the Commoners vs the Elites. The Elites have the upper hand, and control of most levers of power. As commoners, we have each other.

It's long been true that an organized group with a self interest goal can defeat the poorly organized majority. As one example, take the 80+ year tariffs on foreign sugar. It's nearly 100%, allowing domestic producers high profit margins with no competition from abroad. For 80+ fucking years.

You'd think that their need for 'protection' would be of finite length. Nope. Their lobby is well funded, and they NEVER lose. Hmmm, copyright law also comes to mind. Oh well. This is the uphill battle we will always face.

Posted by: GnuBreed, oh well at February 16, 2021 08:13 AM (F0YaR)

76 Found a scum of ice on the pet water bowls this morning here on the Gulf Coast. It is always odd to me that our coldest weather comes in February.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 08:13 AM (i9ZF7)

77 @71

Stephen Den Beste smiling face radiates down from heaven, if he were alive and still politically active, he would right a 40k word treatise on this bit of stupidity.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2021 08:14 AM (bimUh)

78 Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said Monday on MSNBC that both an independent commission and a white nationalism task force

I wish he would get back to face fucking Fang Fang and leave us alone.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:14 AM (yrol0)

79 Mitch Miller > Mitch McConnell

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2021 08:14 AM (Qm/Qo)

80 Heh.

@liamgallagher
I said maybeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:15 AM (bDqIh)

81 >>>If the Republican voters will reject Purdue so easily, then McConnell's machinations mean nothing.
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We are talking at cross-purposes and you keep raising a tangential point, ie what the voters will do. I'm talking about the failure of Republican leadership. McConnell is failing to lead, again. Like an old dog, he keeps doing the same old, same old. Despite his embarrassing failure in Arizona, despite his terrible misread of the public sentiment on Trump, he is doing it all again. It's kind of amazing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 08:15 AM (nkc1K)

82 Morning peeps. 7 here in the Bluegrass and still some snow flurries out there. Looks like about 4, maybe 5 inches of snow. They say we may get more tomorrow and Thursday.

Greenfield's essay takes awhile to get to the point; another state of emergency, this time for "insurrection." He claims that's why the National Guard is still in DC and why there may be more activity like that. I think he's right.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 16, 2021 08:15 AM (3H9h1)

83 Who exactly did he incite? He cannot be responsible for those inside the Capitol who were not his supporters. Indeed, he was addressing his supporters at a venue 45-minutes away when the breach occurred.

Nor can he be blamed for those who were waved into the building.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:15 AM (yrol0)

84 I think I just saw the guy in today's photoshop on a recent rerun of Bonanza.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 08:15 AM (O+I8R)

85 but the idea that extreme weather is rare in Texas is something I can't accept.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 07:56 AM (gkHkW)


I moved to Houston 20 years ago and this is the 4th or 5th time that an "Arctic Invasion" has occurred and made for one shitty freezing week. So no, it ain't you.
Posted by: TryHardNeckBeard


I lived in Galveston for three years, '82-'85. I stood in snow, on the island, in '83. So yeah, it does get that far south sometimes.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 08:15 AM (5/lDN)

86 84 I think I just saw the guy in today's photoshop on a recent rerun of Bonanza.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 08:15 AM (O+I8R)


Yes that is indeed the venerable Hop Sing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:16 AM (s2VJv)

87 It's kind of ironic that 10 years on "the 1%" label is no longer something to be mocked as a Bolshevik smear but as a reflection of the political reality we are all facing, both Democrat and Republican voters.
________
That is true. And there IS a point to it for us to learn from. We (and I was one of them) did sneer at the leftists there. But we should admit they were onto something we were missing. Their actual diagnosis was wrong, and their suggested cures worse, but they did pay attention to symptoms that we missed. Until Trump. (Well, there were a few who were a bit more aware, e.g., Gingrich and Santorum pointed in that direction.)

Fas est hoste doceri.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2021 08:17 AM (7X3UV)

88 81 >>>If the Republican voters will reject Purdue so easily, then McConnell's machinations mean nothing.
=============
We are talking at cross-purposes and you keep raising a tangential point, ie what the voters will do. I'm talking about the failure of Republican leadership. McConnell is failing to lead, again. Like an old dog, he keeps doing the same old, same old. Despite his embarrassing failure in Arizona, despite his terrible misread of the public sentiment on Trump, he is doing it all again. It's kind of amazing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 08:15 AM (nkc1K)

==========

I think the two points are related.

If McConnell's moves in leadership aren't followed by the voters, then he's no longer leading. He only leads because the voters allow him to. Picking Purdue again is a bad choice, but it could be McConnell is the platoon leader about to get fragged by his own troops. It's just up to the troops whether they're going to follow another bad order or take control of the situation themselves. Should they follow again, I blame the voters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:17 AM (LvTSG)

89 Hey Martini Farmer, did you every get your garage door unfrozen?

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 16, 2021 08:17 AM (nxdel)

90 Read some accounts of Army Group Center outside Moscow, winter 1941-42, and things won't seem too bad.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 08:18 AM (KAi1n)

91 Pardonnez-moi, avez-vous des poupons gris?

Posted by: Hercule Poirot at February 16, 2021 08:18 AM (fmeXW)

92 84 I think I just saw the guy in today's photoshop on a recent rerun of Bonanza.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 08:15 AM (O+I8R)

================
Wikipedia tells me Bonanza ran for an incredible 14 years. I did not know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 08:19 AM (nkc1K)

93 Morning peeps. 7 here in the Bluegrass and still some snow flurries out there. Looks like about 4, maybe 5 inches of snow. They say we may get more tomorrow and Thursday.



Wow. 2 degrees here with more snow predicted for tonight. 3-5 inches.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 08:19 AM (5/lDN)

94 No one here even knows what "weather" is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2021 08:19 AM (EZebt)

95 Mitch Miller > Mitch McConnell

More coffee.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2021 08:14 AM (Qm/Qo)

****

Mitch Hedberg > Mitch Miller > Mitch McConnell

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 16, 2021 08:19 AM (flINI)

96 A bitter Mardi Gras today.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 08:19 AM (i9ZF7)

97 >>>If the Republican voters will reject Purdue so easily, then McConnell's machinations mean nothing.
=============
We are talking at cross-purposes and you keep raising a tangential point, ie what the voters will do. I'm talking about the failure of Republican leadership. McConnell is failing to lead, again. Like an old dog, he keeps doing the same old, same old. Despite his embarrassing failure in Arizona, despite his terrible misread of the public sentiment on Trump, he is doing it all again. It's kind of amazing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 08:15 AM (nkc1K)


McConnell directs the GOP Senate election money away from conservatives and to establishment hacks. Including in Thad Cochran's case running ads calling his opponent a racist.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:20 AM (y7DUB)

98
Pardonnez-moi, avez-vous des poupons gris?

Posted by: Hercule Poirot at February 16, 2021 08:18 AM (fmeXW)

but of course!

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 08:20 AM (gkHkW)

99 >>>If McConnell's moves in leadership aren't followed by the voters, then he's no longer leading.

==============
There you go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 08:20 AM (nkc1K)

100 96 A bitter Mardi Gras today.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 08:19 AM (i9ZF7)


Lots of shroved ice...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:20 AM (s2VJv)

101 I love the intellectual honesty of this particular post. It hits all the right nails on the head.

Posted by: Carly at February 16, 2021 08:21 AM (iFhQM)

102 LGBT activists don't want that.

Related, and seen elsewhere: Jessica Yaniv is back again! Xhe's now had "gender reassignment" surgery and is being fined by the city because xhe keeps getting in the bathtub and calling the fire department claiming xhe can't get out without assistance. (The actual purpose of course is to show off xer new fake vag).

Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2021 08:21 AM (6XLoz)

103
91% of Brazoria County is without power. Enjoying my Green Blackout.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 08:21 AM (UJgXw)

104 No voters voted for McConnell to be Senate leader. It's internal party machinations.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:22 AM (y7DUB)

105 Read some accounts of Army Group Center outside Moscow, winter 1941-42, and things won't seem too bad.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 08:18 AM

Ranchers here are going around rounding up newborn calf's and taking them inside their houses so they won't freeze to death.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 08:22 AM (JUOKG)

106 105 Ranchers here are going around rounding up newborn calf's and taking them inside their houses so they won't freeze to death.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 08:22 AM (JUOKG)

==========

"I saved your lives and you just shit on my floor?!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:23 AM (LvTSG)

107 Yes that is indeed the venerable Hop Sing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:16 AM (s2VJv)

Charlie Chan's son #1

Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 08:23 AM (AwYPR)

108 Lots of shroved ice...


and on your birthday. My condolences.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 08:23 AM (i9ZF7)

109 Mitch Hedberg > Mitch Miller > Mitch McConnell

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 16, 2021 08:19 AM (flINI)

Mitch Hedberg > Mitch Cumstein > Mitch Miller > Mitch Mconnell.

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 08:23 AM (gkHkW)

110 Todays FOAD list:

Nancy Mace

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:23 AM (yrol0)

111 Trivia: there's an actual Democrat named "Calvin Ball". He's a county executive in Maryland. Somehow that's perfect.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2021 08:24 AM (6XLoz)

112 Mitch Hedberg > Mitch Miller > Mitch McConnell

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 16, 2021 08:19 AM (flINI)

Mitch Hedberg > Mitch Cumstein > Mitch Miller > Mitch Mconnell.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 08:23 AM (gkHkW)

*****
I do think I've identified the alpha Mitch

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 16, 2021 08:24 AM (flINI)

113
Me shrove you long time!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:24 AM (s2VJv)

114 103
91% of Brazoria County is without power. Enjoying my Green Blackout.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 08:21 AM (UJgXw)

Knock on wood, the Panhandle is OK. The power outages seem to be a thing for the more heavily urbanized areas of TX.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 16, 2021 08:24 AM (49Dnm)

115 California's Multibillionaires Intend to Conquer the World
_______
At one point that article suggests that the Californionaires are adopting Dr Strangelove's mineshaft strategy.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2021 08:24 AM (7X3UV)

116 Ranchers here are going around rounding up newborn calf's and taking them inside their houses so they won't freeze to death.
Posted by: Mister Scott

"I saved your lives and you just shit on my floor?!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


That's why you don't buy a truck with carpeting.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 08:25 AM (5/lDN)

117 Despite his embarrassing failure in Arizona, despite his terrible misread of the public sentiment on Trump, he is doing it all again. It's kind of amazing.

--

One gets the feeling that it's indeed become personal for McConnell. His hatred of the Tea Party (an early iteration of what would become Trump's base) in his declaration that he was going to "squash them." Back then, that was an incredible statement to make. It tells all there is nothing conservative about Mitch McConnell. When coupled with his disdain for Donald Trump, his actions today make perfect sense. Imagine being a Senate leader (majority or minority) who detests his own voters. That's Mitch McConnell. KY has to get rid of that jackass. He's everything wrong with the GOP and he will be the reason it fails over and over and over again.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 08:25 AM (O+I8R)

118 Comey the Boy Scount. When I first heard that story I knew it was a lie!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:25 AM (yrol0)

119 Note to Wayne Allyn Root from Lt. Aldo Raine:

"If Twitter wants to become a progtard echo chamber, OBLIGE THEM."

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 16, 2021 08:25 AM (MkuC5)

120 Wind turbines need snow days, just like schoolchildren.

Posted by: Green In Texas at February 16, 2021 08:25 AM (9Fwwf)

121 50% of Texas wind power generators are not functional. Most power providers went 50% "renewable energy" to their customers.

How's that working out, dipshits?

You bet on global warming and LOST. WE suffer for it.

GFY, assholes.

We need REAL leadership in this fucking state. NOW.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

122 Knock on wood, the Panhandle is OK. The power outages seem to be a thing for the more heavily urbanized areas of TX.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 16, 2021 08:24 AM (49Dnm)

The rural areas are winning this storm. I have had no power concerns, but south Kansas City had rolling blackouts. Thank God for the Missouri co-op system, I've said more than once.

Posted by: Catherine at February 16, 2021 08:26 AM (pUTTN)

123 107 Yes that is indeed the venerable Hop Sing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:16 AM (s2VJv)

Charlie Chan's son #1
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 08:23 AM (AwYPR)


IIRC, the actor who played #1 son in the 30s serial was Keye Luke, who went on to become Master Po in "Kung Fu" among other roles. The old Chinese man who sold Hoyt Axton the gremlin in "Gremlins" as well. And TOS episode with Lord Garth.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:26 AM (s2VJv)

124 Janice Dean-whose in-laws died as a result of Cuomo's egregiously bad decision is still tweeting away about him:

Someone called her a "weather girl" and this was her response:

If you're attacking me with: weather girl doesn't know much about anything except maybe weather then you have no clue who I am, what my family has been through or what I am capable of. Bring. It. On.

Good for her!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 08:26 AM (VP4Cd)

125 "I saved your lives and you just shit on my floor?!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:23 AM (LvTSG)

Saved their lives...FOR HOW LONG??? Hehehe...
We DO still need hamburger, steak, etc...
(And no, I am NOT eating the vegeterian crap. Vegetarian! NOT "MADE FROM PLANTS!!!!!")

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 16, 2021 08:26 AM (49Dnm)

126 "Re: "Nearly Half Of Voters Have No Confidence Censorship Is Unbiased"

Since censorship is biased by definition, this goes down as further proof water is wet. What I don't understand is how any voter exists who thinks censorship isn't biased.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 08:26 AM (nkc1K)

127 115 California's Multibillionaires Intend to Conquer the World
_______
At one point that article suggests that the Californionaires are adopting Dr Strangelove's mineshaft strategy.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2021 08:24 AM (7X3UV)

Folks, gee mineshaft!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:27 AM (s2VJv)

128 Seen on David Thompson's place: the knockout game is on again, except now the yoots of color are targeting elderly Asians in Oakland's Chinatown. A Vietnamese activist from UC Berkeley (where else?) has proclaimed that the blacks are doing this because of white supremacy and Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2021 08:27 AM (6XLoz)

129 Todays FOAD list:

Nancy Mace

--

Mace is another Nikki Haley. She's come right out of the box, freshly elected, and already showing her phony colors. She's SC's Mia Love. I hope she's jettisoned right out after 2 years.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 08:27 AM (O+I8R)

130 91% of Brazoria County is without power. Enjoying my Green Blackout.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Knock on wood, the Panhandle is OK. The power outages seem to be a thing for the more heavily urbanized areas of TX.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

ERCOT turned off the power. Now the system can't handle the load upon restart. I call bullshit. In Texas, some homes have NG, some have Propane for heat. But they ALL have electric AC. We see these loads EVERY summer when the state cooks.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 08:28 AM (5/lDN)

131 The full list includes: Ebola Makona (three different varieties), Mayinga, Kikwit, Ivory Coast, Bundibugyo, Sudan Boniface, Sudan Gulu, MA-Ebov, GP-Ebov, GP-Sudan, Hendra, Nipah Malaysia, and Nipah Bangladesh.

But we cant say Wuhan Flu!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:28 AM (yrol0)

132 129
Mace is another Nikki Haley. She's come right out of the box, freshly elected, and already showing her phony colors. She's SC's Mia Love. I hope she's jettisoned right out after 2 years.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 08:27 AM (O+I8R)


"I know, right?"

- - Renee Ellmers

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:28 AM (s2VJv)

133 >>Yes that is indeed the venerable Hop Sing.


Oh, I was gonna say, "Wassup, Hiroshi?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPlhd8vK_CQ

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:28 AM (bDqIh)

134 That being said, there is just no good reason why so many people should be so adversely affected as they are.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
..Why?It's a once in a lifetime event. People do not prepare for events like this.

There is every reason to expect so many people would be adversely affected!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:29 AM (CjFDo)

135 > 89 Hey Martini Farmer, did you every get your garage door unfrozen?

Yea, finally. I put an electric heater in the garage and pointed it at the door, in the middle. I also ran a kerosene heater while I was out there dicking around and it brought the inside temp up to 33 degrees.

We'll see what today brings, but I don't have to go anywhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 16, 2021 08:29 AM (3H9h1)

136 We need REAL leadership in this fucking state. NOW.
Posted by: Sponge


That excludes Abbott, Paxton, Bonnen and Miller.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 08:29 AM (5/lDN)

137 Good morning Horde.

That thing in the sidebar about destroying the GOP just to destroy it? Yeah, that. Because if we manage to VOTE HARDER and it actually works and Republicans take both houses of Congress, we get McConnell as leader and McCarthy as Speaker. No thanks.

Make a better offer, GOP.

Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2021 08:29 AM (ZfRYq)

138 Imagine being a Senate leader (majority or minority) who detests his own voters. That's Mitch McConnell. KY has to get rid of that jackass. He's everything wrong with the GOP and he will be the reason it fails over and over and over again.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 08:25 AM (O+I8R)


Levin spent almost the full first hour ranting about McConnell last night and how he is responsible for the sad sack GOP performance in the Senate by exerting no leadership and concentrating his ire on conservatives.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:29 AM (y7DUB)

139 ERCOT turned off the power. Now the system can't handle the load upon restart. I call bullshit. In Texas, some homes have NG, some have Propane for heat. But they ALL have electric AC. We see these loads EVERY summer when the state cooks.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 08:28 AM (5/lDN)

Those loads in the summer theoretically have solar to help, which has been . . . unavailable during this storm. Not to excuse, just sayin'. My family members who moved from SC to TX really miss their nuclear power with its $50/month power bills in the SC summers.

Posted by: Catherine at February 16, 2021 08:30 AM (pUTTN)

140 Correct link for

The Sole American On The WHOs COVID-19 Investigation Team Handed Communist China A Propaganda Victory

https://tinyurl.com/yybz2mvv

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:30 AM (yrol0)

141
ERCOT turned off the power. Now the system can't handle the load upon restart. I call bullshit. In Texas, some homes have NG, some have Propane for heat. But they ALL have electric AC. We see these loads EVERY summer when the state cooks.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 08:28 AM (5/lDN)


This, yes.

However, they've been building the SHIT out of SEVERAL areas, which I'm sure has affected this quite a bit.

That being said, yes, summer draws a TON more current than heat in the winter.

They've fucked up.

Bad. Leadership.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

142 Richard Feckless Scumbag Crapweasel Burr was censured last night by the NC GOP.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 16, 2021 08:30 AM (PiwSw)

143 So, going back to the earlier discussed Navy Pledge issue..

Remember that it was right here on this blog that we created the idea of 'A Tiny Sip of Penis', just to prove your commitment to gay rights.

Sounds like we are a whole lot closer to that overall concept than we were just a few months ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2021 08:30 AM (3D/fK)

144 143 So, going back to the earlier discussed Navy Pledge issue..

Remember that it was right here on this blog that we created the idea of 'A Tiny Sip of Penis', just to prove your commitment to gay rights.

Sounds like we are a whole lot closer to that overall concept than we were just a few months ago.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2021 08:30 AM (3D/fK)


"I pledge of my penis, to the fags, of the United States of America..."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:31 AM (s2VJv)

145 Reinhard Cuomo should be shipped off to the Hague to stand for his crimes.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 08:31 AM (03n3v)

146 106 105 Ranchers here are going around rounding up newborn calf's and taking them inside their houses so they won't freeze to death.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 08:22 AM (JUOKG)

==========

"I saved your lives and you just shit on my floor?!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:23 AM (LvTSG)

Maybe they'd be more grateful if you didn't name them Burger #1, Burger #2, Burger #3....

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 08:32 AM (Zm+LZ)

147 >>The full list includes: Ebola Makona (three different varieties), Mayinga, Kikwit, Ivory Coast, Bundibugyo, Sudan Boniface, Sudan Gulu, MA-Ebov, GP-Ebov, GP-Sudan, Hendra, Nipah Malaysia, and Nipah Bangladesh.


Ebola Reston

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:32 AM (bDqIh)

148 Re Perdue:

Yeah, not a dime. There is only one issue in Republican primaries: will you shitcan McConnell as leader?

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 16, 2021 08:32 AM (puu6v)

149
I'm out now and don't expect to be back up today. Live in a rural location and, to be vulgar, you're sucking hind tit.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 08:32 AM (UJgXw)

150 Schools are putting kids in plexiglass cages, while gagged. This is f***ing beyond ridiculous and enraging, yet I am singled out as irresponsible nut case if I don't want my kids to comply with this insanity. Men and women are identical expect for artificial labels given by society. Bill Gates and the tech elite want to feed us artificial foods grown in factory labs and live like rats in mini-apartments while they jet around the world on luxury vacations. Could not have imagine this 20 years ago This country is not going to survive 10 more years of this shit.without collapse or civil war.

Posted by: Ripley at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (MxEKc)

151 140 Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:30 AM (yrol0)


Link fixed. Thanks.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (s2VJv)

152 And yes, Calvin Ball is a barely functional idiot.

Which seems to be a prerequisite for holding the office of County Executive in Maryland.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (3D/fK)

153
That being said, yes, summer draws a TON more current than heat in the winter.



They've fucked up.



Bad. Leadership.

Posted by: Sponge
That's wrong. heaters use about 3 time more electricity than A/C units.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (CjFDo)

154 Seen on David Thompson's place: the knockout game is on again, except now the yoots of color are targeting elderly Asians in Oakland's Chinatown. A Vietnamese activist from UC Berkeley (where else?) has proclaimed that the blacks are doing this because of white supremacy and Orange Man Bad.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2021 08:27 AM (6XLoz)

===

Because there is no sanction, no consequence, it is now open season on the weak, frail, and elderly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (EZebt)

155 I watched a show on utube called Wyoming Blizzard of 1949.

Some people were snowed in for nine weeks.

Posted by: four seasons at February 16, 2021 08:34 AM (PisyI)

156 Ranchers here are going around rounding up newborn calf's and taking them inside their houses so they won't freeze to death.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 08:22 AM (JUOKG)
-
"Don't worry, lil' heifers. Veal make it through this one one or the other!"

Posted by: Biden's Dog at February 16, 2021 08:34 AM (+zr6a)

157 127 115 California's Multibillionaires Intend to Conquer the World


I've long advocated that the world's billionaires take over third world nations (either by agreement or by force) and run them as absolute monarchies. It would be a type of competition.

And although they won't admit it out loud, the ability to say "Off with his head" and have it done is what every billionaire wants.

Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 08:34 AM (/BlEx)

158 A post over at CTH that gets it.

https://tinyurl.com/vjjpcl5n

Key line: It is not a sense of boundless hypocrisy that drives them to showcase their disconnect, the disconnect is purposefully part of the ideological advancement of their goal.

Watch the video with Lee Smith.

I don't take the view that the elites are afraid of us. They manifestly are not. The NG is not in Washington because they are afraid, they are there to oppress.

Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2021 08:34 AM (ZfRYq)

159 CDC School Openings

building cleaning and contact tracing

1. Wuhan flu has never been isolated on a surface. There is ZERO proof the the RNA strand(s) that are blamed for the Wuhan Flu infections lice on surfaces much less are transferred by touch.

2. They has yet to be one (1) single case of a student spreading the virus to a teacher or admin person. Contact tracing in NYC (a $10 M project) worked on less than 1 out of 4 cases. Meaning that less than 25% of the time was a positive cases shown to be associated to another positive case.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:35 AM (yrol0)

160 Gates can f#@$ right off.
You think it's the right lifestyle? Do it yourself.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:09 AM (bDqIh)

Him first. Start with food. No food with any carbon in it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:10 AM (LvTSG)

He's trying...

@disclosetv

NEW - Bill Gates: "All rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef. You can get used to the taste difference."

Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 08:35 AM (cF8AT)

161 96 A bitter Mardi Gras today.


It's in the 40s here at Babylon on the Potomac. I'm going to get ingredients today for Jambalaya (or Gumbo).

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 16, 2021 08:35 AM (t+Ly7)

162 As a student of history this ends one of two ways: Bolshevik Russia model or Spanish Civil War model. I suspect the Spanish model "wins" here. Anybody who had a Biden Harris sign on their lawns should be wary of the retribution from angry citizen/neighbors.

Posted by: hugh janus at February 16, 2021 08:35 AM (u+hAv)

163 154
Because there is no sanction, no consequence, it is now open season on the weak, frail, and elderly.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (EZebt)

==========

So...I should move to California and just start breaking into old people's houses? It's not like they'll be able to defend themselves or like the police will chase me or anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:35 AM (LvTSG)

164 I'm out now and don't expect to be back up today. Live in a rural location and, to be vulgar, you're sucking hind tit.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 08:32 AM (UJgXw)

I guess I should have said rural MO wins again. I'm often amazed at how well our state government runs certain things. Our Conservation folks are serious, and starting rural power co-ops in the late 1940s still benefits me to this day. But then, those co-ops have one singular mission: power the rural areas. They do it very well.

Posted by: Catherine at February 16, 2021 08:35 AM (pUTTN)

165 Link fixed. Thanks.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (s2VJv)

you Sir are very welcome!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:36 AM (yrol0)

166 Se Texas has no electricity.

And Resident Biden likes to burn logs in the White House fireplace.

Fireplaces being a leading contributor to smog, pollution and CO2, according to California.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2021 08:36 AM (3D/fK)

167 Ebola Reston
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:32 AM (bDqIh)


You know that monkey facility in Hot Zone? They burned it down.

A McDonalds stands there now.

Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2021 08:36 AM (ZfRYq)

168 163 154
Because there is no sanction, no consequence, it is now open season on the weak, frail, and elderly.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (EZebt)

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So...I should move to California and just start breaking into old people's houses? It's not like they'll be able to defend themselves or like the police will chase me or anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:35 AM (LvTSG)

Just keep thefts under $1000.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 08:36 AM (Zm+LZ)

169 McConnell never comes to his senses. What he did to Arizona, running McSally twice and (as a result) losing two Senate seats, the Republican dumbkopf now wants to do to Georgia.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 07:52 AM (nkc1K)


Mitch blew the Senate on purpose

that's why he wouldn't allow the $2 K vote

he knew his re-election assured

now he can spend the next 6 years in his "Bob Michel" mode

scraping the crumbs and dining in peace with his Chinese wife in tony DC eateries

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 08:36 AM (6iURM)

170 the knockout game is on again, except now the yoots of color are targeting elderly Asians in Oakland's Chinatown.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2021 08:27 AM (6XLoz)

There was funky Billie Chin and little Sammy Chong
He said, here comes the big boss, let's get it on
We took the bow and made a stand
Started swaying with the hand
A sudden motion made me skip
Now we're into a brand new trip.....

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2021 08:36 AM (Qm/Qo)

171 NEW - Bill Gates: "All rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef. You can get used to the taste difference."


No.

Thanks Bill. This has been an enlightening conservation. Now, can you fix your crappy software?

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 16, 2021 08:37 AM (t+Ly7)

172 Yeah, not a dime. There is only one issue in Republican primaries: will you shitcan McConnell as leader?

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Who would be next up after him? The next Chamber of Commerce stooge? The entire party leadership/upper echelon needs a giant douche. The conservative ranks, those who have the stones to be strong, really needs to grow. We must get rid of these GOP failure theater fools.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 08:37 AM (O+I8R)

173 Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:29 AM (CjFDo)

I will be honest, I have not followed it even a lick. I keep hearing about it now and that is why it is on the radar. I recall a relative in South Tex talking about the extremely rare snow they had a month ago. They also had that horrible ice event in Ft. Worth a week ago. I am thinking there were some signs here that it would be a bad Winter.

i recall a winter in the Deep South over thirty years ago. I was travelling the length of the place and it was Hell. The major interstates were either closed or reduced to one lane. The chance of getting a hotel room off an interstate was nil. I still recall they used bulldozers to plow the snow. That left an inch or two of compacted snow and ice.

No one denies that this is serious. And we all wish everyone well. But government should have planned for this. I thought rolling black outs were a CA thing. I know I have never faced them. And to do it in a deep freeze is pretty shitty imo, someone needs to answer for it.

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 08:37 AM (gkHkW)

174 Richard Feckless Scumbag Crapweasel Burr was censured last night by the NC GOP.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 16, 2021 08:30 AM (PiwSw)


Maybe this time the feckless state parties will start acting on this, such as supporting primary challengers strongly. I think this election bullshit has the party base outraged enough to not lose sight of this in two years. It looks like in Ohio there are two MAGA supporters in Josh Mandel and Jane Timken ready to run for Portman's vacated seat. I just hope they don't knock each other out and lose to some Huge Hewitt type squish. Plus taking out DeWine and Sherrod Brown have to be planned for.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:37 AM (y7DUB)

175 You know that monkey facility in Hot Zone? They burned it down.

A McDonalds stands there now.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2021 08:36 AM (ZfRYq)

I have the Big Mac with the Special Monkey Flu sauce.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:37 AM (yrol0)

176 Today is Mardi Gras?

Laissez les bon temps rouler!!!


Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 16, 2021 08:37 AM (PiwSw)

177 We'll see what today brings, but I don't have to go anywhere.

Well, hopefully you don't have to deal with that again.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 16, 2021 08:37 AM (nxdel)

178 Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:29 AM (CjFDo)

Individuals failing to prep for a 'once in a life time' event is one thing. And FWIW, I don't consider this a 'once in a life time event'. Blizzards have raged across the plains and across Texas long before this one and been endured by people with far fewer resources than those enduring the current one. The real difference is the infrastructure in place now compared to what was in place back in the day.

Failing to execute basic governmental responsibilities like delivering power to its citizens is entirely different.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 16, 2021 08:37 AM (5XK0y)

179 >>NEW - Bill Gates: "All rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef. You can get used to the taste difference."



OK, just want to point out that the 4channers (or /pol/?) who always say "I will not live in a pod, I will not eat bugs. . ." were right.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:38 AM (bDqIh)

180 Mitch does not spend his day thinking about GOP voters

not one minute

mostly he's asking Chuck where they are having dinner

and getting his wife a 5 million a year K street job

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 08:38 AM (6iURM)

181
Richard Feckless Scumbag Crapweasel Burr was censured last night by the NC GOP.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 16, 2021 08:30 AM (PiwSw)

________

If there was no 17th amendment, state legislatures could vote these guys out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 08:39 AM (UJgXw)

182 NEW - Bill Gates: "All rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef. You can get used to the taste difference."

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Synthetic beef. How utterly disgusting. Freakish. Bill Gates thinks he gets to dictate how you live because he's richer than anything we can perceive. Rich = do what I want; do what I say.

No. FOAD, you ugly amphibian.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 08:39 AM (O+I8R)

183 "Failing to execute basic governmental responsibilities like delivering power to its citizens is entirely different."


Damn straight!!

Posted by: Andy Cuomo at February 16, 2021 08:39 AM (3D/fK)

184 That's wrong. heaters use about 3 time more electricity than A/C units.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (CjFDo)


A majority of the heat in Texas is GAS, not electric. The only electric is the blower motor.

So, you're wrong.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

185 You pussies in TX need to man the fuck up.

Posted by: Chip Hailstone at February 16, 2021 08:39 AM (wQX0G)

186 IIRC, the actor who played #1 son in the 30s serial was Keye Luke, who went on to become Master Po in "Kung Fu" among other roles. The old Chinese man who sold Hoyt Axton the gremlin in "Gremlins" as well. And TOS episode with Lord Garth.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:26 AM (s2VJv)

That was the first "Chan" film...Sen was #2 son in about 10 "Chan" films.

Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 08:40 AM (AwYPR)

187 Bill Gates and getting used to the taste difference of synthetic meat. What it requires is ketchup. Lots of ketchup. Where does John Francois Kerry get his yacht money? Heinz. Another conspiracy solved.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 16, 2021 08:41 AM (I58tH)

188 179 >>NEW - Bill Gates: "All rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef. You can get used to the taste difference."



OK, just want to point out that the 4channers (or /pol/?) who always say "I will not live in a pod, I will not eat bugs. . ." were right.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:38 AM (bDqIh)

Given the oligarchs' success thus far, it seems more like they were wrong and will be living in pods and eating bugs.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 08:41 AM (Zm+LZ)

189 Hey, the suns out!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2021 08:41 AM (3D/fK)

190 174 Richard Feckless Scumbag Crapweasel Burr was censured last night by the NC GOP.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 16, 2021 08:30 AM (PiwSw)

he doesn't give one teeny tiny rat's ass, He aint going back to NC

He staying in DC on K street

he traded his vote for that and the insider trading stuff dropped

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 08:41 AM (6iURM)

191 >>NEW - Bill Gates: "All rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef. You can get used to the taste difference."

who gives a crap what that goof says? Maybe he should lead his half of America and we can make it official. I doubt this fool has as broad an education as a high school grad in the 1950s.

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 08:42 AM (gkHkW)

192 Black Lives Matter movement was to embrace BDS and dismantle the Jewish State of Israel.

The Black Lives (really dont) Matter club really really really hates G D and any reference or honor to G D. They must eliminate the Jewish state as it is a real, physical, representation of G D in this world.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:42 AM (yrol0)

193 Despite my loathing of the seven traitors who voted with the Democrats to convict, Mitch McConnell beats them out by a mile in the despicability derby by voting to acquit yet going to the microphones to blood libel PIEOTUS Trump.
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I will admit to not following the Shampeachment 2.0 drama. I didn't even know it was over and that Trump was "acquitted" until someone called me. So this is also the first I've heard of McConnell going out to smear him post-"trial."

There's a word for this, and it's obvious to anyone who cares to pay attention. That word is "cowardice." What McConnell and anyone else doing the same thing - voting to acquit and then hitting the circuit to smear him - are actually doing is saying, "I am against him. I support the actions we have collectively taken against him, but I am personally too big a pussy to stand up and vote my beliefs so I instead voted against my beliefs but want you to know what I *really* think so you don't hate me too much."

Sorry, but no bid. No one gets to have his cake and eat it too. Fuck him and all the cowards like him.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 08:42 AM (UZVEt)

194
If there was no 17th amendment, state legislatures could vote these guys out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 08:39 AM


preach it, brother

absent the Seventeenth Amendment, the senate would tilt to the right 70 / 30

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 16, 2021 08:42 AM (zU+k4)

195 No one denies that this is serious. And we all wish
everyone well. But government should have planned for this. I thought
rolling black outs were a CA thing. I know I have never faced them. And
to do it in a deep freeze is pretty shitty imo, someone needs to answer
for it.


Posted by: Quint
..meh.. you don't build infrastructure for events like this.

People will flat out not pay for it.
Heating takes 3 times more electricity than A/C. That's why we up here in the North don't heat with electricity! We use natural gas!
Large parts of Texas and other Southern states don't feel the need to run NG infrastructure and feel electricity suffices.. fine.. but it doesn't suffice in an event like this.
You be the one to tell the tens of millions of people in the South they need to run gas lines and pay for the infrastructure to bring it to them just to satisfy a once in a lifetime event like this..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:43 AM (CjFDo)

196 >>If you're attacking me with: weather girl doesn't know much about anything except maybe weather then you have no clue who I am, what my family has been through or what I am capable of. Bring. It. On.

Good for her!
- - -
Indeed!

And the idea that a "weather girl" has no business challenging them on COVID handling is rage-inducing, since ALL OF US can challenge them on it as free citizens.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 08:43 AM (bDqIh)

197 Concerning the upcoming midterms...

Trump has the ability to raise hundreds of millions if he started a 501c3 pac that is totally divorced from the RNC. With this cash, he can fund handpicked candidates for local, state and federal offices. Each potential candidate would be vetted by the online community looking back on the social media posts that candidate made over the last 5 years.

No third party. Just people elected as republicans that are loyal Trump voters.

Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 08:43 AM (/BlEx)

198 Now the GOP is touting how they are going to take back the house

for what ??

so Kevin can be Speaker

they should watch the end of "The Heiress"

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 08:43 AM (6iURM)

199 Sara Jacobs is a pain in the ass. All so worried about "white Christians" and discrimination while her family made billions. Some discrimination.

As a Jewish woman, I am getting very sick of this situation and the idea that a POC alliance includes us as we are not white but victims (they never ever mention POC violence against Jews or Muslim, but target whites in order to be so PC). I think this is an extremely dangerous path, and I do not see this Black/Jewish alliance materializing. KT had a great article two Saturdays ago about Israel being labeled as apartheid by the same people people like Sara Jacobs want to champion with her ministry of truth BS.

Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 08:43 AM (ONvIw)

200 Maybe I'll watch Kill Bill today.......seems, necessary.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

201 That's wrong. heaters use about 3 time more electricity than A/C units.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (CjFDo)


But the saturation of air conditioners is usually much higher in areas where natural gas is available for just the reason you say. Heat pumps are more efficient but don't work well in really cold days and have to be backed up with resistance heaters. Water heaters are where gas has the biggest advantage over electricity.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:44 AM (y7DUB)

202 198 they should watch the end of "The Heiress"
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 08:43 AM (6iURM)

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That's in my Netflix DVD queue. #108 right now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:44 AM (LvTSG)

203 Cuomo

Who cares?

33 [percent], 28 [percent]. Died in a hospital. Died in a nursing home. They died.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:44 AM (yrol0)

204 Heyboy
Thanks JJ
Good job

3° calm and beautiful sunrise ( yeah I got your commas in my pocket pixel)
Damn to hell ERCOT and its head punk Magness.
Coulda been a champion and protected Texas but whored out to industry

Posted by: CarpetheadLaRo at February 16, 2021 08:45 AM (GHHRC)

205 absent the Seventeenth Amendment, the senate would tilt to the right 70 / 30
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 16, 2021 08:42 AM (zU+k4)
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Probably, but I actually think that's secondary. The 17th broke the Republic. We're a federal state. Powers are devolved *to* the Federal *from* the State. The states must have representation and meaningful power at the federal level. That is why the Senate exists. The People directly get one house, the States get the other. But now we have two peoples' houses, and no state houses. That amendment broke the country.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 08:45 AM (UZVEt)

206 If there was no 17th amendment, state legislatures could vote these guys out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 08:39 AM

If there were no 16th amendment, we wouldn't be here

that was the beginning of the end

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 08:45 AM (6iURM)

207 I live in South Carolina and our furnace is nat gas Chi-town.

Posted by: four seasons at February 16, 2021 08:45 AM (PisyI)

208 Mark Levin was on fire yesterday slamming mcconnell. everything he said was right on the money. the man is worthless, he speaks like arlen specter used to (like a mouth full of marbles) and he gives exactly zero fucks about salvaging the Republic. its all about him and his grift. despicable tyrant.

Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 08:45 AM (g9Yw6)

209 200 Maybe I'll watch Kill Bill today.......seems, necessary.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

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I showed that to my younger brothers a couple of weeks ago. Well, the first part. We didn't get the second night to watch Part 2, so I just gave them my DVDs since I have the movie on Blu-ray.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:45 AM (LvTSG)

210 People will flat out not pay for it.
Heating takes 3 times more electricity than A/C. That's why we up here in the North don't heat with electricity! We use natural gas!
Large parts of Texas and other Southern states don't feel the need to run NG infrastructure and feel electricity suffices.. fine.. but it doesn't suffice in an event like this.
You be the one to tell the tens of millions of people in the South they need to run gas lines and pay for the infrastructure to bring it to them just to satisfy a once in a lifetime event like this..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:43 AM (CjFDo)


You are very off here.

Rural areas run PROPANE in tanks. Not electric heat.

Most homes in city areas run NG heat.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

211 The right needs to adopt the left's playbook.

1. promise the fringe a few things
2. lie to the media about it
3. everyone knows its a lie, wink wink
4. get elected
5. do ALL the fringe things

We lose at step 1 most of the time, and then the clean up is at step 2 and 3.

Posted by: MJ at February 16, 2021 08:46 AM (gAMkn)

212 The Black Lives (really dont) Matter club really really really hates G D and any reference or honor to G D. They must eliminate the Jewish state as it is a real, physical, representation of G D in this world.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:42 AM (yrol0)

A lot of Jews are ok with this as they are "the good jews". While in college at CMU, my kid was pilloried by other jews, for supporting Israel, by professors and fellow Jewish students.

Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 08:46 AM (ONvIw)

213 It's not like there's just one big switch for the grid. Load shedding and balancing is very easy to do if your shit runs in cold weather.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 08:46 AM (03n3v)

214 OMG! I just can't even...

@Newsweek

Joe Biden, playing as Luigi, wins in Mario Kart race against granddaughter at Camp David

Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 08:46 AM (cF8AT)

215
Now 93% of Centerpoint customers in my county are out but just 18% of Harris County.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 08:46 AM (UJgXw)

216 In the end, the artificial meat will cost more an use more energy to produce than actual meat if you look at the entire chain. But is will still be pushed because it is healthier,, safer, uses less land and it tastes like shit and FU peasants. There will still be farms with cows and will be available to members of the club, which you are not in.

Posted by: Ripley at February 16, 2021 08:47 AM (MxEKc)

217 That's wrong. heaters use about 3 time more electricity than A/C units.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:33 AM (CjFDo)



A majority of the heat in Texas is GAS, not electric. The only electric is the blower motor.



So, you're wrong.

Posted by: Sponge..
The stats I saw say about half of Texas homes use electricity for heating.
That said.. even if you use gas, if you don't have electricity for the blower, you're shit out of luck.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:47 AM (CjFDo)

218 (been a long while but finally, Conrad Black makes sense - jjs)
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That's a bit too harsh. I, too, often think Black is wrong. But he's always been strongly idiosyncratic in his takes, and IMO, that's where his value lies. Just because he's wrong does not mean that he's not seeing something I'm not, and pointing it out. (See my earlier comment on the 1%).

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2021 08:47 AM (7X3UV)

219 214 OMG! I just can't even...

@Newsweek

Joe Biden, playing as Luigi, wins in Mario Kart race against granddaughter at Camp David
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 08:46 AM (cF8AT)

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This is comparable to that story Newsweek ran about Trump trying to personally murder children he separated at the border from their parents with a go cart.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:49 AM (LvTSG)

220 you all want to hear something that will make you scratch your head?
check this out. was listening to David Webb on XM the other day. he had an energy expert on- missed his name. but he explained about how the US imports natural gas. And here is the kicker- the New England states, the bluest of the blue, import their natural gas from....RUSSIA.
because Russia has the supertankers that can move the gas across the pond.
the US does not have any ships. he went on to say that there is legislation on the books that only allow US flagged ships to move energy. We don't have the ships. Hence the Russia ones. The guy said he has tried to get the laws changed but congress won't. So the Russia ships continue to sail.
And those fucking dems said Trump was in Russia's pocket. We are being lied to non stop.

Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 08:49 AM (g9Yw6)

221 Rural areas run PROPANE in tanks. Not electric heat.

Most homes in city areas run NG heat.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)
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Look at the age of the build. We nationally went through phases, punctuated by the "energy crisis" brought about by the oil embargoes. Houses built between 1974 and the early 80s are *much* more likely to have electric heat. Even if gas infrastructure was available to the neighborhood, developers and builders often didn't use it. Electricity, though less efficient, was supposed to be more reliable because grid capacity can scale based on different fuels. Electricity for everything was the future.

This was a bad assumption, especially given the "no source of energy is a good source of energy" attitude of the "green" movement.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 08:49 AM (UZVEt)

222 Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:43 AM (CjFDo)

maybe this is once in a lifetime, i have not checked the details on it. My guess is people in the North Dakota and Michigan would call it Tuesday. But Texas has always had extreme weather. I won't waste my time explaining it but from Hurricanes to car destroying hail, extreme weather is common in Texas.

So they got some extreme cold. If the politicians and those that run the grids are not supposed to plan for this stuff, then what exactly are they supposed to be planning for?

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 08:49 AM (gkHkW)

223 DAMN!!!!! And I was JUST ABOUT to make a cup of coffee......got a whole 40 minutes of electricity that time.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

224 218 Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2021 08:47 AM (7X3UV)


The last few columns were distinctly anti-Trump even as he seemingly was criticizing the Deep State. He is definitely in that "elite" category so he also does not care for PDT's Queens accent.

But this was a good one for sure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:49 AM (s2VJv)

225 McConnell is doing exactly what he wanted... making sure his "nest egg" is intact for the next 6 years and unless he croaks in office he's set for the rest of his life regardless of whether or not he runs again.

His real fear IMO is that the whole Congressional corruption gig will be exposed and he'll end up "looking bad." None of those shit stains will see the inside of a prison, ever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 16, 2021 08:50 AM (3H9h1)

226 "President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office, as an ordinary citizen, unless the statute of limitations has run," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday, according to the Associated Press (AP). "He didn't get away with anything, yet." (McConnell is a filthy, traitorous, venal rat bastard - jjs)
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Hate to throw shade on his Chinese new year celebration, but - good like finding a jury without a Trump supporter on it that will nullify the charge - even IF it is a real charge.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at February 16, 2021 08:50 AM (buTO7)

227 Joe Biden, playing as Luigi, wins in Mario Kart race against granddaughter at Camp David
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 08:46 AM (cF8AT)


Oooh oooh, Mr. President!! How did beating your granddaughter at a video game enchant you?

--Intrepid WH Journalist

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 16, 2021 08:50 AM (PiwSw)

228 We used to have the "big lie"; now we have the Big Stupid. The idea that Joe Biden is "saving lives" by wearing a mask at a press conference is so monolithically stupid that it can't even be replied to.

Posted by: Caliban at February 16, 2021 08:50 AM (HgGBT)

229 Rural areas run PROPANE in tanks. Not electric heat.

Most homes in city areas run NG heat.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

we all runs our hait on earl not pane

and trays

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 08:51 AM (6iURM)

230 Great photo of that Chinese pig.

Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 08:51 AM (S1hrL)

231 Here's another fun opinion piece showing the prevalence of the "we are not white" movement, that leads to truth commissions and all sorts of bullshit:

https://tinyurl.com/1xw2z07u

I am getting very worried about this nonsense and the national consequences of hatreds the like of Sara Jacob's crap.

Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 08:51 AM (ONvIw)

232 For the same price as what we're pissing away on solar panels and windmills, we could build 500 to 1000 small, modular, factory built molten salt thorium reactors that would be spread out throughout the country.

All identical.

Owned by the government to prevent liability and delays from lawsuits and run by a public/private consortium, feeding the incredibly simplified grid at no charge. People would receive power for just the cost of transmission. Heat and cool a average house for $10/month.

Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 08:51 AM (/BlEx)

233 Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:47 AM (CjFDo)

a lot of people here are Texans or have lived there. If you haven't, you might want to simma down.

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 08:52 AM (gkHkW)

234 Look at the age of the build. We nationally went through phases, punctuated by the "energy crisis" brought about by the oil embargoes. Houses built between 1974 and the early 80s are *much* more likely to have electric heat. Even if gas infrastructure was available to the neighborhood, developers and builders often didn't use it. Electricity, though less efficient, was supposed to be more reliable because grid capacity can scale based on different fuels. Electricity for everything was the future.

This was a bad assumption, especially given the "no source of energy is a good source of energy" attitude of the "green" movement.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 08:49 AM (UZVEt)


My neighborhood was built in the early 80's. Gas heat.

My FiL's trailer house was planted in 77. Propane heat.

There's more gas heat in Tx than electric. From my observations, anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

235 His real fear IMO is that the whole Congressional corruption gig will be exposed and he'll end up "looking bad." None of those shit stains will see the inside of a prison, ever.
Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 16, 2021 08:50 AM (3H9h1)

You're welcome

Posted by: Billy plays Bagpipes at February 16, 2021 08:52 AM (ONvIw)

236 In other words, if a religious school forbids homosexual behavior among its students or teaches it is a sin, based entirely on that schools religious beliefs, it accreditation should be cancelled, and its ability to provide students legally recognized degrees eliminated.

My guess is 100% of these schools also forbid fornication and adultery. Most probably also teach that sex should be between married, of age, consenting adults.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:52 AM (yrol0)

237 Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 08:47 AM (CjFDo)

You can't run fans or blowers without electricity, but if you have a gas oven or a range, you can always light the stove and the burners.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 16, 2021 08:53 AM (5XK0y)

238 A bitter Mardi Gras today.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Does this Tuesday make me look fat?

Posted by: Miklos, will try to get drunk later nevertheless at February 16, 2021 08:53 AM (QzkSJ)

239 The party of science is on a full court press to destroy math.

https://tinyurl.com/1c4x00hu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 16, 2021 08:53 AM (VVEnO)

240 Based on what Jason Chaffetz said last night he might be challenging Romney in 2022.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2021 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

241 You are very off here.

Rural areas run PROPANE in tanks. Not electric heat.

Most homes in city areas run NG heat.
Posted by: Sponge


The fucking idiots in my town built the first neighborhoods with gas. Then about 79 - 88, they got on this all electric kick, (my house), then when they built the last section of ritzy homes, they put gas back in so people could heat their hot tubs and pools. So those homes have access to gas.
I can't wait to finally move to the country and get propane.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 08:54 AM (5/lDN)

242 My natural gas/propane heater is microprocessor controlled and is plugged into a 120v receptacle. Without electricity, I'd probably be gassed out and die from CO poisoning.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 08:54 AM (03n3v)

243 239 The party of science is on a full court press to destroy math.

https://tinyurl.com/1c4x00hu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 16, 2021 08:53 AM (VVEnO)

=========

"Math is racist."
-Party of Science

"Fuck yeah..."
-Reflexive Democratic voters, masturbating to science memes

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 08:54 AM (LvTSG)

244 Several of the articles, and the reference to "original sin" in the intro, make me think of two things.
1. There is a sense that slavery can be seen as "original sin", but not the way the left sees it. In the strict sense, OS is ubiquitous; we all suffer from it. And that is certainly true of slavery; those who think it uniquely American (or Eurocentric) just don't know what they are talking about.
2. There is, however, a genuine weakness in American culture which we should be aware of. That is the tendency to moral crusades that get out of whack. The main example is Prohibition; that is really peculiar to us, and is a caution. But the basic tendency seems a real problem here. Most of my life, tobacco has been Public Enemy #1, but lots of other things have been in the running. Not just things like red meat, but phonics, marriage, you name it. Right now "anti-racism" is a biggie. And of course, the need to embrace trannies.
I suspect this has a lot to do with Macron's recent deviation into sense.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2021 08:54 AM (7X3UV)

245 Chinese vice foreign minister Ma Zhaoxu "had a phone conversation with U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley at the latter's request, and the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the Iranian nuclear issue.

My guess is China wants the agreement back so they can sell nuke technology to the mullahs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:54 AM (yrol0)

246 when I lived in Dallas, everyone used NG

and you can run a NG furnace or boiler with a small generator

would be tough with an electric jobby

even with a standby

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 08:55 AM (6iURM)

247 There will be no revolution. If there were, it'd have started by now. We watched a coup happen in real time and with zero pushback. Zero. Nada.

I hate to say it but instead people were worried about Gina Carano's career. And I hate to say it even more but for all the strong words amongst the Moron Horde what have *we* done? Again, nothing. Nada.

It may be true that the Dems are acting as if they are desperate, but it's out of a spiritual desperation and not a pragmatic one. They have this locked up and they know it. More's the point, deep down, *we* know it. No revolution is in the future, peaceful or otherwise.

We lost. We lost big. And the world goes on. But hey, WGAF what I have to say anymore.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 08:55 AM (TB7HE)

248 So, if McConnell is stuffed to the gills with Chinese money, doesn't care about the voters, probably doesn't care about getting re-elected and is safe behind the wire and gates of Congress, what can people possibly do to help him "get a clue"? (And no; I am not advocating violence; I am just asking a question.)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 08:55 AM (VP4Cd)

249 Oregon math teachers getting re-educated to teaching math. How to tell a student (POC) that 2 +2 does not equal four without being racist. Epoch Times today.

Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 08:55 AM (S1hrL)

250 220 you all want to hear something that will make you scratch your head?
check this out. was listening to David Webb on XM the other day. he had an energy expert on- missed his name. but he explained about how the US imports natural gas. And here is the kicker- the New England states, the bluest of the blue, import their natural gas from....RUSSIA.
because Russia has the supertankers that can move the gas across the pond.
the US does not have any ships. he went on to say that there is legislation on the books that only allow US flagged ships to move energy. We don't have the ships. Hence the Russia ones. The guy said he has tried to get the laws changed but congress won't. So the Russia ships continue to sail.
And those fucking dems said Trump was in Russia's pocket. We are being lied to non stop.
Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 08:49 AM (g9Yw6)

I also think NY is very strict on new gas pipelines.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:56 AM (yrol0)

251 50% of Texas wind power generators are not functional.

That low? They must be brand-new.

Posted by: Altamont Pass Junkyard at February 16, 2021 08:56 AM (l0Lgi)

252 242 My natural gas/propane heater is microprocessor controlled and is plugged into a 120v receptacle. Without electricity, I'd probably be gassed out and die from CO poisoning.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 08:54 AM (03n3v)

you can run it on a small generator, maybe like 3K

so you wont die

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 08:56 AM (6iURM)

253 248 So, if McConnell is stuffed to the gills with Chinese money, doesn't care about the voters, probably doesn't care about getting re-elected and is safe behind the wire and gates of Congress, what can people possibly do to help him "get a clue"? (And no; I am not advocating violence; I am just asking a question.)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 08:55 AM (VP4Cd)

what makes me scratch my head is how a state can elect a statesman like Rand Paul and a completely corrupt swine like mcconnell. talk about bipolar.

Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 08:56 AM (g9Yw6)

254 President Trump has been out of office for a month yet, the left still needs him as a villain.

But, PDT is a proxy for normal Americans who need to be put in their place, so, I guess it's to be expected.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 16, 2021 08:57 AM (2SdPm)

255 Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 08:55 AM (TB7HE)

I give AF, but I'm more concerned about you at the moment. What can you do to take care of yourself?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 08:57 AM (VP4Cd)

256 Good morning, J. J. Great job, as usual.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 16, 2021 08:57 AM (2SdPm)

257 Catherine upthread mentioned rural electric co-ops. I'm on one as well. The thing about co-ops is that they run right on the margin as they're not specifically in the business to make money. This can result in service restoration issues as I experienced a couple years ago after another ice storm. The local co-op had only 3 bucket trucks to use when restoring power caused by downed lines. 3 trucks, for a geographical area of hundreds of square miles. The ice storm hit other rural electric co-op service areas too, so the coordination among about 6 or 8 of them was something left to be desired. But generally, yes, they're pretty good.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 16, 2021 08:57 AM (3H9h1)

258 Whew, that was heavy. How 'bout a Fresca?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 16, 2021 08:57 AM (XZqHd)

259 OK, this is bothering me.

Any French-fluent Morons out there

Is it "bon temps" or "bons temps"?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 16, 2021 08:58 AM (PiwSw)

260 248 So, if McConnell is stuffed to the gills with Chinese money, doesn't care about the voters, probably doesn't care about getting re-elected and is safe behind the wire and gates of Congress, what can people possibly do to help him "get a clue"? (And no; I am not advocating violence; I am just asking a question.)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 08:55 AM (VP4Cd)

He could be deposed by his caucus

but don't bet on it

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 08:58 AM (6iURM)

261 259 OK, this is bothering me.

Any French-fluent Morons out there

Is it "bon temps" or "bons temps"?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 16, 2021 08:58 AM (PiwSw)


Its "bon" sans the s.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:59 AM (s2VJv)

262 The United States Chamber of Commerce is cheering the newly confirmed head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerian economics?? WTFO?

The GDP per Capita in Nigeria is equivalent to 19 percent of the world's average.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 08:59 AM (yrol0)

263 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:59 AM (s2VJv)

Merci. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 16, 2021 08:59 AM (PiwSw)

264 UN Report: Iran Uses Electric Shocks on Gay Children

BFD!

Here in the US we use the Lincoln Project on children.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:00 AM (yrol0)

265 The older I get, the truer the old folks and their sayings are. "One in the hand beats two in the bush."

I'd rather have a tank of propane, filled, out back than rely on a "service". ERCOT & "rolling blackouts" and whatever company that provides NG. They just shut down one of our plants by throttling NG.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 09:00 AM (5/lDN)

266 Biden v. Manchin: Which Joe Will Win on Climate?
________
I know I'm not alone in hating the idea of relying on Manchin. I wonder, is he more like the Democrat's Mitt Romney, or their Ben Sasse? A posturing asshole, either way.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2021 09:00 AM (7X3UV)

267 I hate to say it but instead people were worried about Gina Carano's career. And I hate to say it even more but for all the strong words amongst the Moron Horde what have *we* done? Again, nothing. Nada.

We lost. We lost big. And the world goes on. But hey, WGAF what I have to say anymore.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 08:55 AM (TB7HE)

We were falsely lulled to sleep by the "trust the plan" Q crap and that everything was being taken care of and there was nothing for us to do. Pence ran the election integrity commission, or whatever it was called, and accomplished betrayal. We let our guard down and got squashed.

Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 09:01 AM (ONvIw)

268 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:59 AM (s2VJv)

Merci. You are a gentleman and a scholar.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes


The jaunty beret suits him!

Posted by: Le Mikleuse at February 16, 2021 09:01 AM (QzkSJ)

269 ... And here is the kicker- the New England states, the bluest of the blue, import their natural gas from....RUSSIA. Because Russia has the supertankers that can move the gas across the pond. ...
Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 08:49 AM (g9Yw6)
++++
We are a net NatGas exporter, too. But we do import for certain regions, namely New England. Why? Because New England doesn't have much gas, and to get it there from places like Pennsylvania requires a pipeline. Geography being what it is, those pipelines would need to cross New York State. NYS is anti-pipeline and obstructs any attempt to build one.

New England is buying foreign gas not because we don't have it, but because we can't get our domestic gas there without crossing through enemy territory that refuses pipelines. Shipping it - even if we had the LNG vessels (and we have some that are used for export) - doesn't make economic sense. The trip from the Great Lakes or the Gulf Coast to New England doesn't make sense cost-wise even if we had domestically-flagged vehicles to haul it between US ports.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:01 AM (UZVEt)

270 We lost. We lost big. And the world goes on. But hey, WGAF what I have to say anymore.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 08:55 AM (TB7HE)
=====
Some days I share your sentiments. Those are realistic days.

Hoping that conservatives can organize a movement to take back what's being torn from us every day. The drip drip tactic by Dems makes us complacent slouches in front of our screens.

Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 09:01 AM (S1hrL)

271 "That's wrong. heaters use about 3 time more electricity than A/C units.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry "


It depends on where you are. I have two heat pumps and in the Summer is when my energy consumption is higher.

So as usual, you are wrong.

Posted by: f'd at February 16, 2021 09:02 AM (gVkxx)

272 People are using their cars to warm up. They are moving them out of the garage and cracking a window to keep warm. They are also charging their cell phones this way.
Now Imagine if we went completely to electric cars.
And then there's Hurricane season.
Whenever your Lefty friends talk about the green new deal remind them of this.
If you're living in Texas be sure to remind your friends on social media.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2021 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

273 Also re: Gates pushing synthetc meat, pledging to not eat bugs -- the young, anti-woke set have a particular hate for oatley oat "milk." It is not good for you.

https://tinyurl.com/1sa72qop

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 09:02 AM (bDqIh)

274 FINALLY! Sun shine pouring through the window! A week of snow and gloom and now finally SUNSHINE!!!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 16, 2021 09:02 AM (Vxu+H)

275 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:01 AM (UZVEt)

The soccer moms in NJ are fighting a pipeline to bring cheap gas from PA!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 16, 2021 09:02 AM (Q9lwr)

276 Its "bon" sans the s.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 08:59 AM (s2VJv)

I have a collection of 18th and 19th century Italian and french barometers

have no idea what all the writing on them means

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 09:02 AM (6iURM)

277 I guess the purpose of the new math is to make vote "counting" easier.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 16, 2021 09:02 AM (VVEnO)

278 morning horde. so i begin day 3 with the 'rona, and for me, i've had colds that were worse so far. not much to this other than a bit of stuffy head and cough. we shall see how this goes.

as for romney et al in the senate, mitch should strip them of all committees and responsibilities and have them sit on their hands until their voters remove them from office... i know, i know, i crack myself up. and no, i'm not delirious. i know it'll never happen.

Posted by: SturmToddler at February 16, 2021 09:03 AM (8D42x)

279 New England is buying foreign gas not because we don't have it, but because we can't get our domestic gas there without crossing through enemy territory that refuses pipelines. Shipping it - even if we had the LNG vessels (and we have some that are used for export) - doesn't make economic sense. The trip from the Great Lakes or the Gulf Coast to New England doesn't make sense cost-wise even if we had domestically-flagged vehicles to haul it between US ports.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:01 AM (UZVEt)

Would not it be great if there was someone with the power to help out the New Englanders??

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution empowers Congress "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several States, and with the Indian Tribes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:03 AM (yrol0)

280 Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 08:56 AM (g9Yw6)

McConnell has lots of campaign money and people are used to him. As you know, the longer people stay in Congress the more corrupt they become. Rand Paul is still fairly new to Congress.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 09:03 AM (VP4Cd)

281 "Team Biden" Sought to Cultivate Ties to Businessman Who's Now Awaiting Sentencing on Federal Charges
________
My money's on six months community service.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2021 09:03 AM (7X3UV)

282 > what makes me scratch my head is how a state can elect a statesman like Rand Paul and a completely corrupt swine like mcconnell. talk about bipolar.

To be honest, here in KY the alternative to McConnell has always been a freakshow. Last time it was the very unpopular Matt Bevin, former governor. To primary the turtle you'd need a billion dollars and someone from the state who isn't retarded.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 16, 2021 09:04 AM (3H9h1)

283 Fen, just thinking of a poem that pixy won't allow me to post here because it apparently looks like spam. Yet another metaphor to make me wonder about the future.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 09:04 AM (TB7HE)

284 The soccer moms in NJ are fighting a pipeline to bring cheap gas from PA!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 16, 2021 09:02 AM (Q9lwr)
++++
I suspect most people out protesting pipeline construction will tell you that they oppose it because of the environmental damage of pipelines. Furthermore, I suspect that those people have never consciously seen a pipeline. They have probably seen several in reality, but didn't even notice them. Pipelines are extremely low-impact infrastructure. Roads are far more harmful from an environmental standpoint.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:04 AM (UZVEt)

285 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution empowers Congress "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:03 AM (yrol0)
++++
I assume this was ironic. Even if the Constitution mattered, the Feds are entirely in the tank for anything that makes life worse for Americans.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:05 AM (UZVEt)

286 @tvnewser 4m

Fox Business will launch Kudlow today at 4 p.m. ET. The show's first guest will be former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 09:05 AM (cF8AT)

287 Bob lived in California and was a lifelong environmentalist and was defeated in the House of Representatives election. He was sick of the world; of Covid 19, Brexit, Russian belligerence, global warming, racial tensions, and the rest of the disturbing stories that occupy media headlines.

Bob drove his car into his garage and then sealed every doorway and window as best he could. He got back into his car and wound down all the windows, selected his favorite radio station, started the car and revved it to a slow idle. Four days later, a worried neighbor peered through his garage window and saw him in the car. She notified the emergency services and they broke in, pulling Bob from the car.

A little sip of water and, surprisingly, he was in perfect condition, but his Tesla had a dead battery.

This is to be expected from a California Democrat.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 09:05 AM (5/lDN)

288 So they got some extreme cold. If the politicians
and those that run the grids are not supposed to plan for this stuff,
then what exactly are they supposed to be planning for?


Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 08:49 AM

Problem is more than half of the wind power and nearly all of the solar power are off line because of the cold and snow. Wind turbines are frozen solid and can't spin and snow is covering nearly all of the solar panels making them next to useless. Texas gets about 18% of it's power from those two sources.

If you pull 10-15% out of the grid when you have historic demand something is going to break. It's not rocket surgery, and you can't "plan" for something like that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:05 AM (JUOKG)

289 We put the mask-lovers in power, and now they're going to ram them down our throats.

Posted by: Caliban at February 16, 2021 09:06 AM (HgGBT)

290 The United HealthCare presentation claims several 'clinical benefits for consumers and physician relationships based on race.'

I demand a thick skulled, short dicked Irish alcoholic doctor with a burning hate for Kyle Busch.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:06 AM (yrol0)

291
"Math is racist."
-Party of Science

"Fuck yeah..."
-Reflexive Democratic voters, masturbating to science memes

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

IKR? They wouldn't know science if their overinflated Bill Nye love dolls exploded on their feckless dicks.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 16, 2021 09:07 AM (XZqHd)

292 "Failing to execute basic governmental responsibilities like delivering power to its citizens is entirely different.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 16, 2021 08:37 AM (5XK0y)"

And somebody's head MUST ROLL.

87 year old dad has been without power for over 30 hours because a bunch of faggot loving baby killers decided to build a bunch of fans and solar panels up around Amarillo instead of seeing to the health and welfare of the people.

I am LIVID.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 16, 2021 09:07 AM (MkuC5)

293 "To be honest, here in KY the alternative to McConnell has always been a freakshow."

Bitch, please.

Posted by: California at February 16, 2021 09:07 AM (KAi1n)

294 Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 09:04 AM (TB7HE)

If you feel comfortable doing so, send it to me at FenelonDirection18 at sign gmail.com. I would like to see it and I will respond.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 09:07 AM (VP4Cd)

295 When does the pushback start again?

Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 09:07 AM (S1hrL)

296 I assume this was ironic. Even if the Constitution mattered, the Feds are entirely in the tank for anything that makes life worse for Americans.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:05 AM (UZVEt)

Yes! My point was someone smarter than us figured out States would fuck with each other and created a SPECIAL way to remedy that.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:08 AM (yrol0)

297 If you pull 10-15% out of the grid when you have historic demand something is going to break. It's not rocket surgery, and you can't "plan" for something like that.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:05 AM (JUOKG)
++++
No, you can't - but this was an obvious potential outcome that lots of folks who were skeptical about "green grids" pointed to as a risk. The politicians in charge pointed at "low probability" and soldiered on, with a "technology will save us" chaser.

If, say, a war or an earthquake knocks out 15% of your capacity then yeah, no one can really plan for that. Your windmills freezing up and your solar panels getting blocked are known hazards that the social engineers in charge chose to ignore.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:08 AM (UZVEt)

298 It is to laugh. Assuming elections won't be rigged (and that's a big ask), Georgians better start now to prevent this corrupt RINO stooge from getting the nomination.
David Perdue Files for 2022 Senate Race Against Democrat Raphael Warnock
________
The McSally strategy. Be sure to pick someone who knows how to lose.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2021 09:09 AM (7X3UV)

299 Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 09:04 AM (TB7HE)

P.S. If the "Great Beyond : in your handle is your job-o.k.
but if it's life beyond here, please don't do that. Too many people need and care about you-including we folks here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 09:09 AM (VP4Cd)

300 Up to 4.3 million without power in Texas, more than Hurricanes Harvey, Laura, Katrina and Sandy COMBINED #TexasPowerOutage

-
Damn this global warming!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 16, 2021 09:09 AM (VVEnO)

301 Problem is more than half of the wind power and nearly all of the solar power are off line because of the cold and snow. Wind turbines are frozen solid and can't spin and snow is covering nearly all of the solar panels making them next to useless. Texas gets about 18% of it's power from those two sources.

If you pull 10-15% out of the grid when you have historic demand something is going to break. It's not rocket surgery, and you can't "plan" for something like that.
Posted by: Mister Scott

You CAN plan for it.
YOU DON'T USE SOLAR AND WIND.
That's called planning.
None of these fucks that push wind EVER thought they'd freeze up. I've never heard them mention that.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 09:09 AM (5/lDN)

302 Texas is the top U.S. producer of both crude oil and natural gas. In 2019, the state accounted for 41% of the nation's crude oil production and 25% of its marketed natural gas production.

something something cobblers children

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:10 AM (yrol0)

303 If you pull 10-15% out of the grid when you have historic demand something is going to break. It's not rocket surgery, and you can't "plan" for something like that.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:05 AM (JUOKG)

Normally coal and nuclear plants are built such that there is more than enough capacity. They don't run into this sort of problem generally. That's how you'd plan for it.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 09:10 AM (Zm+LZ)

304 The soccer moms in NJ are fighting a pipeline to bring cheap gas from PA!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 16, 2021 09:02 AM (Q9lwr)

They probably keep referencing to this. Happened about 6 miles from me back in 1994.

https://tinyurl.com/yyd2kskx

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 16, 2021 09:10 AM (zkS5c)

305 f you pull 10-15% out of the grid when you have
historic demand something is going to break. It's not rocket surgery,
and you can't "plan" for something like that.


Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:05 AM (JUOKG)

I beg to differ. If they went for wind and solar that was their choice. No way does that mean you can't plan for unusually cold weather. Maybe the voters will have their say. But we know these days that the political lines are rigid and people rarely vote against their so called kind.

But people did screw up in Texas because bad weather is something you should plan for. It is not like this is the Apocalypse. I have given examples in this thread of much worse weather in the very deep south.

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 09:11 AM (gkHkW)

306 MartiniFarmer, you down south? My co-op may be extra amazing, but I know we have MANY bucket trucks and send them to other areas often. My co-op also buries power lines on all new construction and my 1970-1990-built neighborhood has buried lines. The co-op has been in charge of all rural areas in a defined region and regularly gets the franchise in towns when they grow.

And it's bons temps. Lessez les bons temps roulette!

Posted by: Catherine at February 16, 2021 09:11 AM (pUTTN)

307 Leftist Activists Try to Ban Researchers From Studying Transgender People

Holy shit Batman. Thats one fugly lady!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:11 AM (yrol0)

308 If politicians can still be "held accountable" after leaving office, there's a certain ex-president who trampled all over our rights and well-being during his terms. Can we try him for his corruption and crimes against humanity?

Posted by: Emmie, grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 16, 2021 09:11 AM (ofYez)

309 "a bunch of faggot loving baby killers"

Not every greenie is a "faggot[-]loving baby killer" and some of those "faggot[-]loving baby killer" may actually be on the same side as you on this, and many other things, but when you choose to choose sides at this level, you wonder why so many people are against you.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:12 AM (KAi1n)

310 I'll try to post some things in parts here bc of the spam limits.

I watched The Matrix trilogy last week and it set me on a philosophical path. There are a lot of stories that if you think about go back to about the beginning of telling stories that is a recapitulation of the Hero's Journey iteration: Hero goes with Guide, has all the Quests and things, learns the Language of the Birds and therefore learns control over the mutable world.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 09:12 AM (TB7HE)

311 Greetings alienated fappers and fappees. What fresh hell awaits us this day?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 09:12 AM (HaL55)

312 297 If you pull 10-15% out of the grid when you have historic demand something is going to break. It's not rocket surgery, and you can't "plan" for something like that.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:05 AM (JUOKG)

The assertion that "you can't plan" for outages stemming from reliance on power sources with known reliability issues in extreme weather conditions is ill considered.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 16, 2021 09:12 AM (MkuC5)

313 The politicians don't give a rat's ass that people are freezing. All they care about is the getting kickbacks from the manufacturers of the windmills and solar, all that green stuff.

Think any of them are without electricity?

Posted by: four seasons at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (PisyI)

314 I have no idea what happened to my post. There's not supposed to be a strike-through.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (KAi1n)

315
What these iterations synthesize about that mytheme is the fact that if you have absolute, if not glitchy, control over The Matrix, then you ABSOLUTELY OWN what happens. If your mind...not your ego or the best parts of you but your ENTIRE SELF...is in charge of reality, then you had better be squared away. The things you don't allow yourself to think are what is going to screw you.

And that's every story ever written, and it's the point of every religion that has ever existed. I don't like to say life has objective meaning, but if it did then that would be it. Buffy the Vampire Slayer spent two years messing with that idea (hence the Joss Whedon story yesterday kicking this off for me) that we have to acknowledge and take ownership of the ways we warp the world around us. The good AND the bad. What you leave behind when you are so set on ignoring your effects on the personal world.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (TB7HE)

316 Ugly Morning here. I'm trying to dig out from last night, and my neighbor has an apparent heart attack while shoveling snow! I called 911 and tried to keep him as warm and comfortable as possible under the conditions. No CPR was needed. On top of that, the ambulance had a hard time even getting to us on our side street. Fortunately, they were able to get him stabilized, and at last report, he's looking to pull through ok.

Posted by: Fortcoins at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (nV60k)

317 304 The soccer moms in NJ are fighting a pipeline to bring cheap gas from PA!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 16, 2021 09:02 AM (Q9lwr)

They've been fighting that for a while now. Mercer county was full of anti-pipeline signs for a couple years now.

Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (ONvIw)

318 Normally coal and nuclear plants are built such that
there is more than enough capacity. They don't run into this sort of
problem generally. That's how you'd plan for it.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 09:10 AM


Good luck getting permitted to build a coal fired power plant. We haven't built a Nuke plant in over 40 years and I doubt we will ever build another one.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (JUOKG)

319 "a bunch of faggot loving baby killers"

Not every greenie is a "faggot(-)loving baby killer" and some of those "faggot(-)loving baby killer" may actually be on the same side as you on this, and many other things, but when you choose to choose sides at this level, you wonder why so many people are against you.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (KAi1n)

320 If politicians can still be "held accountable" after leaving office, there's a certain ex-president who trampled all over our rights and well-being during his terms. Can we try him for his corruption and crimes against humanity?
Posted by: Emmie


You'll have to be more specific. That could go all the way back to FDR.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (5/lDN)

321 There are wind farms out here in the Dakota's too. They have to shut them down a lot because the wind blows too hard out here a lot of the time. Another fun fact: wind turbines are responsible for killing a large proportion of migratory birds and raptors.

Posted by: Archer at February 16, 2021 09:14 AM (gmo/4)

322 WATCH: PIEOTUS Trump Surprises Supporters at Presidents Day Rally in Florida, Crowd Goes Nuts
________
Would the appropriate equivalent title for Biden be "PINO"?

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2021 09:14 AM (7X3UV)

323 308 If politicians can still be "held accountable" after leaving office, there's a certain ex-president who trampled all over our rights and well-being during his terms. Can we try him for his corruption and crimes against humanity?
Posted by: Emmie, grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 16, 2021 09:11 AM (ofYez)

We are no longer in a position to do so.

Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 09:14 AM (ONvIw)

324 The high for today is lower than the average low for today. Global warming is one hell of a motherfucker.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 16, 2021 09:14 AM (hS+kz)

325 "214 OMG! I just can't even...

@Newsweek

Joe Biden, playing as Luigi, wins in Mario Kart race against granddaughter at Camp David

Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 08:46 AM (cF8AT) "




I am reassured by this evidence that all is well and that there are no problems confronting us that have not been solved ! UNITY !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2021 09:14 AM (h89VN)

326 I use a little pane for cooking and generator

I have a couple of 100 pounders

when one goes empty , I switch with the full one and take the empty to the pane guy and he fills it

it's like half the price they charge if it's delivered

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 09:15 AM (6iURM)

327 307 Leftist Activists Try to Ban Researchers From Studying Transgender People

Holy shit Batman. Thats one fugly lady!
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:11 AM (yrol0)

==========

"You can't study transgenders in a scientific environment! That's problematic!"
-Party of Science

"Fuck yeah..."
-Reflexive Democratic voters, furiously masturbating to science memes

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 09:15 AM (LvTSG)

328 319 "a bunch of faggot loving baby killers"

Not every greenie is a "faggot(-)loving baby killer" and some of those "faggot(-)loving baby killer" may actually be on the same side as you on this, and many other things, but when you choose to choose sides at this level, you wonder why so many people are against you.
Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (KAi1n)

Nearly all of them are, and NIMBYism and lithium mines isn't a great look anyways.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 09:15 AM (Zm+LZ)

329 >>You can't run fans or blowers without electricity, but if you have a gas oven or a range, you can always light the stove and the burners.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Sadly, this isn't true. The newer gas stoves are built with an electric lighter and are designed so that you can't run the oven or light the burners without electricity.

Posted by: squeakywheel at February 16, 2021 09:15 AM (iDGpQ)

330 But people did screw up in Texas because bad weather
is something you should plan for. It is not like this is the
Apocalypse. I have given examples in this thread of much worse weather
in the very deep south.


Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 09:11 AM (gkHkW)

the low temps they are quoting are pretty incredible though. I have seen worse snow storms for sure, but those are some bad temps in the part of TX that normally doesn't face this stuff. I am not going to include W. Tex, North TX and E. Tx because they are well known for extreme and dangerous weather.

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 09:15 AM (gkHkW)

331 308 If politicians can still be "held accountable" after leaving office, there's a certain ex-president who trampled all over our rights and well-being during his terms. Can we try him for his corruption and crimes against humanity?
Posted by: Emmie, grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 16, 2021 09:11 AM (ofYez)

===========

OBAMA KILLED AN AMERICAN WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. HE LITERALLY ORDERED THE MURDER OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BASED ON HIS OWN SAY SO.

Murder charges.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 09:16 AM (LvTSG)

332 Posted by: Fortcoins at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (nV60k)

What a night and morning. Glad you were able to get your neighbor stabilized.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 09:16 AM (VP4Cd)

333 Ugly Morning here. I'm trying to dig out from last night, and my neighbor has an apparent heart attack while shoveling snow! I called 911 and tried to keep him as warm and comfortable as possible under the conditions. No CPR was needed. On top of that, the ambulance had a hard time even getting to us on our side street. Fortunately, they were able to get him stabilized, and at last report, he's looking to pull through ok.
Posted by: Fortcoins at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (nV60k)
++++
I am glad you were able to help and that he's doing okay so far! In CO back in 2002 (I think), we had a helluva blizzard. Watching the emergency services do triage was mind-boggling in terms of what they could do. If you broke a bone, you were waiting. If you had a heart attack, they'd send a tracked APC to smash through the snow to get you. We had warning on that one, and the governor staged Guard units around the area "just in case." "Just in case" was needed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:16 AM (UZVEt)

334 Sadly, this isn't true. The newer gas stoves are built with an electric lighter and are designed so that you can't run the oven or light the burners without electricity.
Posted by: squeakywheel


Srsly? You can't turn on the burner and then light the gas with a match?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 09:16 AM (5/lDN)

335 Great article in Am Thinker "What Were They Thinking." Guess what? They weren't. And still conservatives do essentially nothing.

Dems are not going to let the winter weather crisis in TX and midwest go to waste. Count on it.




Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 09:16 AM (S1hrL)

336 >>Srsly? You can't turn on the burner and then light the gas with a match?
Posted by: rickb223

Nope.

Posted by: squeakywheel at February 16, 2021 09:17 AM (iDGpQ)

337 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 16, 2021 09:17 AM (u82oZ)

338 Sadly, this isn't true. The newer gas stoves are built with an electric lighter and are designed so that you can't run the oven or light the burners without electricity.
Posted by: squeakywheel at February 16, 2021 09:15 AM (iDGpQ)

I can light the burners with a match, but not the oven. The old pilot light ovens had a few advantages, but posed risks as well.

Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 09:17 AM (ONvIw)

339 You open the door on the ugly stuff so you can stop messing up the world around you.

So you do for yourself, in other words take the idea that some fictional person shapes the world around yourself and bring it into the real world. Where things you don't allow yourself to think are the things that will mess you up. This isn't blaming the victim or anything like that, but it is pragmatic. Be a jerk on the highway and the person you cut off goes to work and is a jerk to a client because he's mad at you and needs to pin the rage somewhere, and then gets fired. There's a tiny percentage of that which is on you. See what I mean?

We're in the Matrix. And that's why 99.9% of therapy is spent trying to get your crap under control. What you did, why, where it came from, etc. Your things are things that can warp and shape the universe.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 09:17 AM (TB7HE)

340 @Newsweek
Joe Biden, playing as Luigi, wins in Mario Kart race against granddaughter at Camp David
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 08:46 AM (cF8AT)
++++
At least he isn't playing golf while the world burns!

Posted by: Never Trump at February 16, 2021 09:17 AM (UZVEt)

341 Good morning, comrades! A glorious morning, finding another 12" of glorious snow on the ground. And it is - gloriously - still snowing!

"What were the Democrats thinking?
What is this "thinking" you speak of, comrade?

Posted by: Flyover at February 16, 2021 09:17 AM (Rbu5d)

342 the low temps they are quoting are pretty incredible though. I have seen worse snow storms for sure, but those are some bad temps in the part of TX that normally doesn't face this stuff. I am not going to include W. Tex, North TX and E. Tx because they are well known for extreme and dangerous weather.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 09:15 AM (gkHkW)
**********
College Station reported the coldest temperature since 1899.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2021 09:18 AM (NpAcC)

343 Sadly, this isn't true. The newer gas stoves are
built with an electric lighter and are designed so that you can't run
the oven or light the burners without electricity.

Posted by: squeakywheel





Srsly? You can't turn on the burner and then light the gas with a match?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 09:16 AM

My propane fire place has a battery back up. Two D cells will ignite it if the power is out.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:18 AM (JUOKG)

344 so how does one copy text into a response without having it rejected?

Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 09:19 AM (g9Yw6)

345 309 "a bunch of faggot loving baby killers"

Not every greenie is a "faggot[-]loving baby killer" and some of those "faggot[-]loving baby killer" may actually be on the same side as you on this, and many other things, but when you choose to choose sides at this level, you wonder why so many people are against you.
Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:12 AM (KAi1n)

I neither wonder nor do I care about why so many of these people are "against" "me", and I would remind that Cali's grid has been completely compromised by these same utterly irresponsible people. The result has been death and mayhem on an heretofore unimaginable scale.

And it will only get worse.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 16, 2021 09:19 AM (MkuC5)

346 -10℉ right now. Before the ever present winds.

No work today. Rolling blackouts may be a thing.

Getting up was like winter camping. That move out of the sleeping bag is usually bracing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 16, 2021 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

347 In Reinhard Cuomo's mind, a bodybag is standard PPE.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 09:19 AM (03n3v)

348 336 >>Srsly? You can't turn on the burner and then light the gas with a match?
Posted by: rickb223

you white supremacist !!

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 09:19 AM (6iURM)

349 All this third-party stuff is hokum. There are, and in essence will only be two parties: the human flourishing party and the totalitarianism party. There may be the eco-green wing, the race-baiting wing, the sexual degradation wing, the "humans are the disease" wing, but when it comes down to the very basic elements of governing a people, they will always clamp down on human flourishing for the sake of their tribe (the well-connected Ivy League snobs that consider us shoe scum) every single time.

Many Republicans are just as repulsed at the "stench of Trump support" as the Democrats. It's a matter of who's going to do the logistics work of replacing them and bringing human flourishing back into the fray.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at February 16, 2021 09:20 AM (HK8/E)

350 "We haven't built a Nuke plant in over 40 years and I doubt we will ever build another one."
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (JUO


Having to deal with anti-nuke crazies is why the private sector stays away from new reactors. The only practical way to go nuclear is with small, modular, factory built reactors on federal land.

Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 09:20 AM (/BlEx)

351 344 so how does one copy text into a response without having it rejected?
Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 09:19 AM (g9Yw6)

send 5 dollar and we show you

Posted by: comment masters at February 16, 2021 09:20 AM (6iURM)

352 You'll have to be more specific. That could go all the way back to FDR.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (5/lDN


Heh. I was non-specific on purpose, since there are multiple ex-presidents who've exploited and mistreated and betrayed the American people.

Posted by: Emmie, grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 16, 2021 09:21 AM (ofYez)

353 "You can't study transgenders in a scientific environment! That's problematic!"
-Party of Science

"Fuck yeah..."
-Reflexive Democratic voters, furiously masturbating to science memes
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 09:15 AM (LvTSG)

The scientist described in one part of Gulliver's Travels were trying to make a rock so soft it could be used for a pillow.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:21 AM (yrol0)

354 Posted by: Never Trump at February 16, 2021 09:17 AM (UZVEt)

*****

::blink:: ::blink::

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 16, 2021 09:21 AM (flINI)

355 We are no longer in a position to do so anything.

WASTF and no one seems interested in rebelling to take back our freedom to run our country as we see fit. That's the only way it will happen.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 09:22 AM (HaL55)

356 so how does one copy text into a response without having it rejected?
Posted by: Jack Burton


Carefully. Seriously. You have to go thru and remove every , " ' and - and replace them with the marks from your keyboard.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 09:22 AM (5/lDN)

357 Having to deal with anti-nuke crazies is why the
private sector stays away from new reactors. The only practical way to
go nuclear is with small, modular, factory built reactors on federal
land.

Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 09:20 AM

Which would see saw back and forth from building to shutting down based on who was President.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:22 AM (JUOKG)

358 There are, and in essence will only be two parties: the human flourishing party and thePosted by: Homer's Donuts at February 16, 2021 09:20 AM (HK8/E) totalitarianism party.

THIS.

I am convinced now that aoc, pelosi and schumer want me dead or enslaved. or perhaps re-educated which will eventually lead me back to death or enslavement. It absolutely is not about left and right. Government control is a scale- from the left, total control to the right, zero control, or anarchy.

Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 09:22 AM (g9Yw6)

359 314 I have no idea what happened to my post. There's not supposed to be a strike-through.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (KAi1n)

Was there a 's' at the end of 'killer' and did you bracket it?

Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 09:22 AM (cF8AT)

360 Newer gas stoves...gotta be safe even if you're freezing to death.

Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 09:22 AM (S1hrL)

361 All this third-party stuff is hokum. There are, and in essence will only be two parties: the human flourishing party and the totalitarianism party. There may be the eco-green wing, the race-baiting wing, the sexual degradation wing, the "humans are the disease" wing, but when it comes down to the very basic elements of governing a people, they will always clamp down on human flourishing for the sake of their tribe (the well-connected Ivy League snobs that consider us shoe scum) every single time.

Many Republicans are just as repulsed at the "stench of Trump support" as the Democrats. It's a matter of who's going to do the logistics work of replacing them and bringing human flourishing back into the fray.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at February 16, 2021 09:20 AM (HK8/E)

Man...that's some profound shit, right there.

Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 09:22 AM (AwYPR)

362 So fix you, fix the world.

Thing is, look at who we are led by. These are people who have spoken the Language of the Birds for pretty much their entire adult lives, and along comes someone who...doesn't. And we can celebrate that and honor that and everything, but at the end of the day it's just another iteration of the Hero's Quest, and our Hero either didn't or couldn't overcome those bad parts of himself...and the world warped. Again, glitchy control of The Matrix.

And it's why the second and third Matrix movies...sucked...because those two movies talked about the consequences of having imperfect control over the code of existence. What we're going through right now, and indeed have been going through for a long time now, is the same bloody thing. And it's accelerating. We have people being held up who have taken crazy cult philosophies and made them into financial strategies. And in response the folks on our "side" are looking for avenues that simply do not exist any longer.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 09:23 AM (TB7HE)

363 Having to deal with anti-nuke crazies is why the private sector stays away from new reactors. The only practical way to go nuclear is with small, modular, factory built reactors on federal land.
Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 09:20 AM (/BlEx)

On 9/11 Bush should have had the balls to build 40 to 50 identical Nukes, secured on Military bases, leased back to the utilities. It would have cost much less than the Afghan and Iraq wars.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:23 AM (yrol0)

364 On 9/11 Bush should have had the balls to build 40 to 50 identical Nukes, secured on Military bases, leased back to the utilities. It would have cost much less than the Afghan and Iraq wars.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:23 AM (yrol0)

And told the middle east to eat sand and oil FUCK YOU!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:23 AM (yrol0)

365 337 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 16, 2021 09:17 AM (u82oZ)


And just like that, NaCly puts a smile on my face.

Posted by: Emmie, grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 16, 2021 09:24 AM (ofYez)

366 College Station reported the coldest temperature since 1899.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2021 09:18 AM (NpAcC)

oof. that is a crazy temp. That area was famous for Blue Northers, but damn, that is freaking cold. All chatting aside, my best wishes and prayers for those dealing with the extreme weather. I hope all are safe and warm.

Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 09:24 AM (gkHkW)

367 "...It seems more than possible that a platform that returns us to intelligent energy independence, a foreign policy that clearly defines our allies and enemies, with a focus on Americans' prosperity and security at its core, could appeal to a broad coalition. A return to a shared and more patriotic national identity is popular among 57% of likely voters. The party that can define it, communicate it authentically, and find candidates to support it will be the undeniable winner in the future."

Which is EXACTLY what the undeniable winner of the 2020 election did. This was Trump's platform and his entire Presidency. What am I missing here?

Posted by: GatorGirl at February 16, 2021 09:24 AM (BuPAd)

368 Having to deal with anti-nuke crazies is why the private sector stays away from new reactors. The only practical way to go nuclear is with small, modular, factory built reactors on federal land.
Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 09:20 AM (/BlEx)
++++
I have long advocated an X-Prize for next-gen atomics. Simple idea, with huge sums of money involved as incentive. The first outfit to bring a modular-design Thorium (or other meltdown-proof, single-purpose system) plant online generating a megawatt or better and transfers the designs to the public domain gets a prize of $20 billion. The second outfit to do the same gets $15 billion. The third gets $10 billion.

Then we have three production-capable, reproducible reactor designs that serve a single purpose only (electrical generation) and that can be stamped out. The designs can be sold to foreign actors to help recoup the cost of the prize if needed (since such designs aren't very useful for atomic weapons production, there are few risks with regard to proliferation). We routinely piss away $45 billion on a hell of a lot less.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:25 AM (UZVEt)

369 A majority of the heat in Texas is GAS, not electric. The only electric is the blower motor.

The data someone posted on Twitter is that the vast majority of heat in Texas is a heat pump, with a resistive (old fashioned heating elements) backup.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2021 09:25 AM (6XLoz)

370 Srsly? You can't turn on the burner and then light the gas with a match?
Posted by: rickb223

No kidding. I can do that and I live in S.F. (which has banned new gas stoves).

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:25 AM (KAi1n)

371
so how does one copy text into a response without having it rejected?

Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 09:19 AM


scrub it through this: stoatnet.org/ace/

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 16, 2021 09:25 AM (zU+k4)

372 So that's where I am. I wrote this all out much nicer in something I was going to send to Ace as a possible guest post, but I shredded it. Because, again, I'm left wondering WGAF about this at this point. It's hard to think about the world, true, and even harder to think that while we warp and change the world around us that we can be complicit in what we see now. After all, we are affecting our personal worlds in a massive and complex fashion, and it's always more comforting to think we are always on the side of the angels even when we act as though we are not.

OK, I'm finished rambling. Thanks.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 09:25 AM (TB7HE)

373 Emmie, grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter

There is no possible way you are grubby. If low born, you have risen above your birth status. You and Bassman are classy people.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 16, 2021 09:25 AM (u82oZ)

374 Then we have three production-capable, reproducible reactor designs that serve a single purpose only (electrical generation) and that can be stamped out. The designs can be sold to foreign actors to help recoup the cost of the prize if needed (since such designs aren't very useful for atomic weapons production, there are few risks with regard to proliferation). We routinely piss away $45 billion on a hell of a lot less.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:25 AM (UZVEt)

We are building that now.

https://tinyurl.com/yxr46tew

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:26 AM (yrol0)

375 On 9/11 Bush should have had the balls to build 40 to 50 identical Nukes, secured on Military bases, leased back to the utilities. It would have cost much less than the Afghan and Iraq wars.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:23 AM (yrol0)


Instead of the expensive site-built reactors built in the past, we need to go with small, modular, factory built reactors. The cost would be a fraction of what the larger plants were and the quality would be better.

Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 09:27 AM (/BlEx)

376 367 "...It seems more than possible that a platform that returns us to intelligent energy independence, a foreign policy that clearly defines our allies and enemies, with a focus on Americans' prosperity and security at its core, could appeal to a broad coalition. A return to a shared and more patriotic national identity is popular among 57% of likely voters. The party that can define it, communicate it authentically, and find candidates to support it will be the undeniable winner in the future."

Which is EXACTLY what the undeniable winner of the 2020 election did. This was Trump's platform and his entire Presidency. What am I missing here?
Posted by: GatorGirl at February 16, 2021 09:24 AM (BuPAd)

Some people are still desperately clinging to the notion we can vote our way out of this?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 09:27 AM (Zm+LZ)

377 here in the great northwest, we have hydroelectric dams that provide a ton of energy. so much so, we sell it to OR and CA cheap so they can claim they are green.
and yet, we have reps (a republican, no less) in Idaho that wants to tear down the dams for the salmon runs.
this is an ongoing debate in olympia and the hallowed halls of our legislature. the greenies and liberal loons who loove them some wind power want to save the salmon by knocking down a completely green energy source.
and their solution? More wind turbines of course. These people will get us all killed or starved to death. or i guess freezing to death.

Posted by: Jack Burton who was born ready at February 16, 2021 09:27 AM (g9Yw6)

378 No kidding. I can do that and I live in S.F. (which has banned new gas stoves).
Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:25 AM (KAi1n)
++++
That is a mind-boggling decision by the masters of the universe running San Francisco. I was blown away when it was announced, and I still am.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:27 AM (UZVEt)

379 "Lent isn't intended to be a staid, formulaic religious practice, but a fountain of grace that points our hearts, minds, and bodies toward the eternal."

Truth.

All the lenten seasons are this, even regular Wednesdays and Fridays, which are also lenten. Granted, most Orthodox Christians practice abstention instead of a true fast (I am one). I liketo say, "We aren't fasting away from food (and media, entertainments, andother distractions) but rather toward God."

Posted by: Flyover at February 16, 2021 09:27 AM (Rbu5d)

380 ha!

Oregon Education Dept. Says Asking Students to Show Their Work in Math Class Is White Supremacy

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:28 AM (yrol0)

381 You and Bassman are classy people.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 16, 2021 09:25 AM (u82oZ)


NaCly, it's an Ace quote from the sidebar.

Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 16, 2021 09:28 AM (ofYez)

382 Was there a 's' at the end of 'killer' and did you bracket it?
Posted by: Tami

You mean, was I trying to import correct grammar, yes Pixy, you ignorant slut, I was.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:28 AM (KAi1n)

383 Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

It is stupid Dunning-Kruger people all the way down.

Poverty is linear with length of Democratic Party legislatures.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 16, 2021 09:29 AM (u82oZ)

384 The data someone posted on Twitter is that the vast
majority of heat in Texas is a heat pump, with a resistive (old
fashioned heating elements) backup.


Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2021 09:25 AM

That's what the vast majority of houses run in the Town I live in. I have turned mine off because it was constantly cycling 24/7 trying to produce hear and switched to "emergency heat" which is 100% electric. Most people I know are doing that and that is driving up the demand for electric when the supply is dwindling.


My bill is going to be through the roof next month.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:29 AM (JUOKG)

385 380: That's so sick. How is a kid going to be given assistance in correcting errors, if you can't see where the error was made?

Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 09:29 AM (ONvIw)

386 @johncardillo

I can't tell you how many struggling NYC biz owners, cops, firemen, and construction guys have told me, "if we only had some uncoordinated mimes doing street ballet, everything will go back to normal."

https://tinyurl.com/yy8val58

Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 09:29 AM (cF8AT)

387 Oregon Education Dept. Says Asking Students to Show Their Work in Math Class Is White Supremacy
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:28 AM (yrol0)


*Emmie screams and tears her hair out*

Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 16, 2021 09:29 AM (ofYez)

388 Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter

Thanks! I dive into the comments. Breitbart was right. Except he never met J.J. Sefton, that I know of.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 16, 2021 09:30 AM (u82oZ)

389 "Stakeholders. In other words, lobbying groups. Lobbying groups over parents and students."


In the 80s, Freidman and others came out with the new concept of corporations sole duty was to the bottom line, profit. This was a distinctive change from chamber type groups previously, where a corporation was considered part of the nation in which it did business, with some ethical responsibilities. --"Stakeholder" was a term used, versus mere "shareholders" that only wanted share price to increase (or dividends). But now "stakeholder" is sometimes used as having stake in other things ... like in the company ... so it changed the meaning, imo. -- But we need to start looking at the character of companies (corporations are people) ... and whether they are anti-liberty. Consumers are stakeholders in their country, and we may need boycott wars against our corporate captors, or real war against them is next (or just submission).

Posted by: illiniwek at February 16, 2021 09:30 AM (Cus5s)

390 I want new artwork and I want it NOW!

Posted by: J.G Wentworth whiner at February 16, 2021 09:30 AM (ukNFU)

391 380: That's so sick. How is a kid going to be given assistance in correcting errors, if you can't see where the error was made?
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 09:29 AM (ONvIw)
++++
That you think in terms of correctness and error is indicative of your white supremacy. Such binary thinking is a mark of privelege.

Posted by: Oregon Education Department at February 16, 2021 09:30 AM (UZVEt)

392 386 @johncardillo

I can't tell you how many struggling NYC biz owners, cops, firemen, and construction guys have told me, "if we only had some uncoordinated mimes doing street ballet, everything will go back to normal."

https://tinyurl.com/yy8val58
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 09:29 AM (cF8AT)

Is this really some pol's attempt to solve NYC's economic woes with interpretive dance or what?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 09:30 AM (Zm+LZ)

393 Related, and seen elsewhere: Jessica Yaniv is back again! Xhe's now had "gender reassignment" surgery and is being fined by the city because xhe keeps getting in the bathtub and calling the fire department claiming xhe can't get out without assistance. (The actual purpose of course is to show off xer new fake vag).
__________________

But remember folks, this person is definitely NOT mentally ill. Totes normal, and somebody your kiddies should aspire to be like!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 16, 2021 09:31 AM (k4dH2)

394 Its 7 here. Our water and power are out.

Posted by: LASue at February 16, 2021 09:31 AM (E/Lwd)

395 Instead of the expensive site-built reactors built
in the past, we need to go with small, modular, factory built reactors.
The cost would be a fraction of what the larger plants were and the
quality would be better.

Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 09:27 AM

If you can build a reactor and shove it in a submarine you can build one anywhere. We already have the plans for those and mass production would bring costs way down.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:31 AM (JUOKG)

396 359 314 I have no idea what happened to my post. There's not supposed to be a strike-through.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:13 AM (KAi1n)

You were clear in your intended meaning, and, aside from the above stated fact that I literally do not care what the referenced political constituency may think, I do apologize for any offense to the horde I may have caused.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 16, 2021 09:31 AM (MkuC5)

397 We are ruled by traitors and tech oligarchs.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 16, 2021 09:31 AM (nakwk)

398 Oregon Education Dept. Says Asking Students to Show Their Work in Math Class Is White Supremacy
Posted by: rhennigantx

Copy someone else and show their work! I'll never forget something that happened in 4th grade. We were doing a math exercise and not supposed to look at the math tables on the wall. Some boy calls out, "Mrs. ..., [insert girl's name] is looking at the tables." Teach, who was a British exchange teacher (which made studying Virginia history interesting) says, "how do you know that?" Silence. Ooops.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 16, 2021 09:31 AM (KAi1n)

399 I'm just a moron, but why not build facilities and switchgear for emergency purposes where you can park a nuclear aircraft carrier off the coast and bug into the grid. Or a dozen or two diesel-electric locomotives. Probably not as cost effective as solar panels or windmills. My bad.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (03n3v)

400 ...and Boom. New Art upstairs.

Posted by: J.G Wentworth whiner at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (ukNFU)

401 364 On 9/11 Bush should have had the balls to build 40 to 50 identical Nukes, secured on Military bases, leased back to the utilities. It would have cost much less than the Afghan and Iraq wars.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:23 AM (yrol0)

And told the middle east to eat sand and oil FUCK YOU!
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:23 AM (yrol0)

But then, he'd hafta turn in his globalist membership card. Wasn"t going to happen, in hindsight.

Posted by: Flyover at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (Rbu5d)

402 389 But we need to start looking at the character of companies (corporations are people) ... and whether they are anti-liberty. Consumers are stakeholders in their country, and we may need boycott wars against our corporate captors, or real war against them is next (or just submission).
Posted by: illiniwek at February 16, 2021 09:30 AM (Cus5s)

==========

I think it's about time to roll back Corporate rights.

Limiting what a corporation can actually own, like Intellectual property, while increasing personal legal exposure to those who run the corporation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (LvTSG)

403 Would not it be great if there was someone with the power to help out the New Englanders??



Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution empowers
Congress "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several
States, and with the Indian Tribes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:03 AM (yrol0)

=================
I will never permit another LNG terminal in Boston harbor.

Posted by: Ed Markey, Baron Of The Realm at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (nkc1K)

404 I personally don't think the people who decided to install solar panels and wind turbines in TX ignored the hazards. I don't think they even considered them because they're retarded. Seriously. Math is racist. You can have your engineering degree because of your intersectionality and skin color, never mind that you can't put together 8 Legos by following directions.

Nothing will be built in the country that will withstand time, the elements or the stupidity of man ever again.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (3H9h1)

405 Don't worry Texas, it's -9F here in South Dakota warmer temperatures are on the way.

Posted by: Archer at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (gmo/4)

406 385 380: That's so sick. How is a kid going to be given assistance in correcting errors, if you can't see where the error was made?
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 09:29 AM (ONvIw)

Your questioning comes from a position of white supremacy. SHUT UP!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (yrol0)

407 See what I mean? WGAF.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (TB7HE)

408 Rolling brown- and blackouts ... how racist is that!

As bad as saying 2+2=4 to a POC.

Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (S1hrL)

409 Having to deal with anti-nuke crazies is why the private sector stays
away from new reactors. The only practical way to go nuclear is with
small, modular, factory built reactors on federal land.


I've always wondered what type of people don't want us to have abundant, cheap energy. Especially since there's nothing wrong with that idea.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (HaL55)

410 In a world were lower pricing and faster service always wins:

USPS to Increase Rates, Slow Down First-Class Service

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:33 AM (yrol0)

411 336 >>Srsly? You can't turn on the burner and then light the gas with a match?
Posted by: rickb223

Nope.
Posted by: squeakywheel at February 16, 2021 09:17 AM (iDGpQ)
------------
I've never heard of this. We have a Five Star brand dual fuel range and we can light it with a match if no power.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at February 16, 2021 09:33 AM (uo2jO)

412
In the 80s, Freidman and others came out with the new concept of corporations sole duty was to the bottom line, profit. This was a distinctive change from chamber type groups previously, where a corporation was considered part of the nation in which it did business, with some ethical responsibilities. --"Stakeholder" was a term used, versus mere "shareholders" that only wanted share price to increase (or dividends). But now "stakeholder" is sometimes used as having stake in other things ... like in the company ... so it changed the meaning, imo. -- But we need to start looking at the character of companies (corporations are people) ... and whether they are anti-liberty. Consumers are stakeholders in their country, and we may need boycott wars against our corporate captors, or real war against them is next (or just submission).
Posted by: illiniwek at February 16, 2021 09:30 AM (Cus5s)

Well the good news is that the corporations are more concerned with ethics and non-shareholders than ever before. CEOs are especially fond of this trend. The bad news is that they're agitating in a direction the opposite of what you want.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 09:34 AM (Zm+LZ)

413 I want new artwork and I want it NOW!
Posted by: J.G Wentworth whiner at February 16, 2021 09:30 AM (ukNFU)

******

Liberty Liberty Liberty... Liiiiiiibertyyyyy

Posted by: Liberty Mutual at February 16, 2021 09:34 AM (flINI)

414 I'm just a moron, but why not build facilities and switchgear for emergency purposes where you can park a nuclear aircraft carrier off the coast and bug into the grid. Or a dozen or two diesel-electric locomotives. Probably not as cost effective as solar panels or windmills. My bad.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (03n3v)
++++
Capacity and time, I suspect. Aircraft carriers are big and powerful, but they can't supply cities effectively. Locomotives, ditto. Old locos are often used for major site power (like for huge datacenters), but there isn't enough oomph there to operate at scale. There is also a time factor. By the time you get a ship to port and hooked up, the crisis has probably passed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:34 AM (UZVEt)

415 Texans forced to cut open cattle with light sabers and crawl inside for warmth.

Babylon Bee.

Posted by: Archer at February 16, 2021 09:34 AM (gmo/4)

416 391: But I'm being told that I'm in the minority club, so it's ok

Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 09:34 AM (ONvIw)

417 Gates' wife is not any better: "unpaid labor"
Does having to prepare my own meals and do my own laundry count as inpaid labor -- am I reallt to expect to be paid to take care of myself and my family? They want to enslave us through dependency:

https://tinyurl.com/68nvi6mo

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 09:34 AM (bDqIh)

418 I think the Wizards-of-Smart are reading the overwhelming number of Independents thru rose colored glasses. IF, we get a MAGA, or Trump Party. I suspect it will garner more than 40% of voters, while decimating both the GOP and the Dem's. Many sitting congressmen will switch over to it. It will have control rather quickly. At that point it will be difficult keeping the squishes from jumping on the Band-Wagon. Any sitting known Squish need not apply, but they will. Spinless Bastages that they are.

Posted by: Paladin at February 16, 2021 09:35 AM (a2PDj)

419 My bill is going to be through the roof next month.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:29 AM (JUOKG)

On Sunday power was going as high as $9,000/mwh.

So yeah, I lot of people are going to be impacted by the financial cost of bad decision making in Austin.

BTW, I'm long uranium as of Friday. URA and CCJ both opened +5% this morning and not because of the Texas debacle.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 16, 2021 09:35 AM (MkuC5)

420 Is this really some pol's attempt to solve NYC's economic woes with interpretive dance or what?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 09:30 AM (Zm+LZ)

From DeBlasio's timeline....

https://tinyurl.com/y4x9fgeq

Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 09:35 AM (cF8AT)

421
I think it's about time to roll back Corporate rights.

Limiting what a corporation can actually own, like Intellectual property, while increasing personal legal exposure to those who run the corporation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (LvTSG)

Strictly speaking corporate liability protections don't extend to employees or managers, only to shareholders. The reason the corporation gets hit up is because that's where the money is.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 09:36 AM (Zm+LZ)

422 Capacity and time, I suspect. Aircraft carriers are
big and powerful, but they can't supply cities effectively. Locomotives,
ditto. Old locos are often used for major site power (like for huge
datacenters), but there isn't enough oomph there to operate at scale.
There is also a time factor. By the time you get a ship to port and
hooked up, the crisis has probably passed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 09:34 AM

At the Nuke plant I used to work at they had a couple of those old giant Locomotive engines for backup power in case something went wrong. You did not want to be close by when they fired those babies up for their weekly test.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 09:36 AM (JUOKG)

423 Nood. Art not nude.
Colorful ... uh, uh, ... colorful.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 16, 2021 09:36 AM (u82oZ)

424 "Instead of the expensive site-built reactors built in the past, we need
to go with small, modular, factory built reactors. The cost would be a
fraction of what the larger plants were and the quality would be better."

Mobility would also be a good feature when the burning times come.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 16, 2021 09:38 AM (qH6FZ)

425 76... It is always odd to me that our coldest weather comes in February.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 08:13 AM (i9ZF7)

It takes a while for the largest heat accumulator - soil - to cool down. One reason.

Posted by: Flyover at February 16, 2021 09:39 AM (Rbu5d)

426 However, one airline, Cathay Pacific, created quite a stir when it announced it will be giving its business and first-class passengers the option to remove their masks.

It is good to be rich!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:39 AM (yrol0)

427 USPS to Increase Rates, Slow Down First-Class Service

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2021 09:33 AM (yrol0)

Oh right. They've been doing that for a year now.

Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 09:42 AM (S1hrL)

428 See what I mean? WGAF.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, off to the great beyond. at February 16, 2021 09:32 AM (TB7HE)

I'm sorry; I was making breakfast for FenSpouse and Son.
Keep sharing your thoughts. I can't make sense of Matrix analogies because I've never seen the movie, but yes things are speeding up.

And please don't take people not responding to your posts as not being interested in either you or the post. People have their own stuff going on and also it takes then a while to process things. When people are depressed (and I know because I have been) they either think "I'm not good; I can't explain this so people don't care". It's faulty thinking because of brain chemistry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2021 09:43 AM (VP4Cd)

429 >>>By the time you get a ship to port and hooked up, the crisis has probably passed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

>You're probably right. I guess FEMA, the DOE, and DARPA can all go back to looking at internet porn.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 09:44 AM (03n3v)

430 From American Thinker regarding the Texas freeze.

https://tinyurl.com/yyp3e8ej

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 16, 2021 09:47 AM (zkS5c)

431 I burn witches for warmth in the winter.

Posted by: Witchfinder General at February 16, 2021 09:51 AM (fmeXW)

432 Beat down ?
Nah, sorry. But I can see flailing and desperateation by Soros and his sycophants but I'm not seeing a beat down.

Posted by: O ' bama s 3rd term at February 16, 2021 09:51 AM (ODrGP)

433 430 From American Thinker regarding the Texas freeze.

Yes, if TX doesn't wake up about the BS of green energy, they can look forward to this happening again..it's not global warming, its the second Ice Age cometh.

Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 09:51 AM (S1hrL)

434 The idea of modular nuclear plants, pebble bed or otherwise, has been around for at least 30 years and we are no closer to having them.

The problem is not design, it is politics.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 09:52 AM (yQpMk)

435 "corporations are more concerned with ethics and
non-shareholders than ever before. CEOs are especially fond of this
trend. The bad news is that they're agitating in a direction the
opposite of what you want." Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

That is more PR and political, not so much acting as a responsible member (stakeholder) of the community. And a few oligarchs with other agendas (21?) drive those decisions. -- WalMart seems more likely to be responsive to the locals than Amazon or Google, WalMart has locals come to their stores (workers and buyers). -- Sadly, few people that buy stocks in the FANGs (BigTech, where most profits have been for 20 years), will sell those stocks just because they are destroying liberty and becoming untouchable globalist monopolies.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 16, 2021 10:01 AM (Cus5s)

436 * desperation.
Speech to text, plus autocorrect = new word.

Posted by: O ' bama s 3rd term at February 16, 2021 10:07 AM (ODrGP)

437
That's Mitch McConnell. KY has to get rid of that jackass. He's
everything wrong with the GOP and he will be the reason it fails over
and over and over again.


In his eyes he is not failing.

Posted by: Paladin at February 16, 2021 10:08 AM (a2PDj)

438 J.J., I think that Actual President Trump may have gotten 90 million votes to Biden's 60 million and essentially matched Reagan's 49-state reelection. Whatever it was, it was a landslide.

That means we don't need to convince Americans--they're convinced. We need honest elections--Whatever It Takes.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 16, 2021 10:47 AM (Ndje9)

439 438 Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 16, 2021 10:47 AM (Ndje9)


I tend to agree with you. The election rigging is a huge hurdle now, perhaps insurmountable. What am I hoping for is drawing in disaffected Democrats who are not completely brainwashed, if indeed these people exist, to make for an actual revolutionary movement to destroy the globalist leviathan. Peaceful if at all possible.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 10:53 AM (s2VJv)

440 I did not realize Jamie Raskin's son had committed suicide on Dec. 31 2020.

I have a lot of thoughts on privileged young people who kill themselves. They run along the same lines as the privileged young people who become drug addicts (Hunter Biden being one). I'm not sure how to express them without seeming insensitive. All I can say is anyone who thinks they have it bad, when they have a roof over their head, food on the table, college and law school educations paid for, should spend a week at a refugee camp or in small town in a third world country. You'd be amazed how happy people who shouldn't be, actually are.

People tell me people afflicted with depression and addiction don't think clearly. That being said, I've seen the suicide of privileged young people up close many times over the years. It's a permanent solution to a temporary problem, and it's the most selfish thing I think a person can do.

I wonder if Rep. Raskin should have participated in the impeachment farce at all. He is clearly unwell and IMO, should take a step back and think about what's really important in the world. Taking your life out on Trump isn't one of those things.

Posted by: the other coyote at February 16, 2021 11:41 AM (jSj7o)

441 But I thought Gov Abbott in Texas was the real deal? How could he let Texas be supplied with 20% windmill and solar energy while being the biggest producer of oil in the Country?
I drive I35 daily amd the trucks full of windmill parts is non ending

Posted by: Gonzotx at February 16, 2021 11:56 AM (0WEXg)

442 440 Posted by: the other coyote at February 16, 2021 11:41 AM (jSj7o)


It's the anger and emotional and spiritual emptiness of "progressives" that no amount of money or power can assuage. About the only thing that gives them pleasure is to see those they hate suffer.

That cannot last and like an addiction requires more and higher doses. The more they get, the emptier they become.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2021 12:15 PM (s2VJv)

443 People arguing over Texas power and fuel sources:

What we have here is a mix, based mostly on what was the cheapest at the time house was built. My last house ran on propane for heat, electricity for A/C. Propane then got VERY EXPENSIVE- so all the houses w/o access to nat gas built in the last 5 years in my co-op (cheap) electricity area of county are all electric. In town, there are gas lines so some nat gas heaters (when it was cheap). Houses built 2006-2012 are all electric (nat gas went to something ridiculous like $10).

My co-op sent out an email trying to explain whose power got cut and why. Said they cut off power at a "feeder" and everyone behind that feeder lost power. They are required (??) to keep power on to feeders serving hospitals, nursing homes and fire stations. I'm now forgiving all the 2 am fire engine sirens from the fire station around the corner, now that I realize they are why my power stayed on w/ no interruption.

The large industrial concern I work for agreed to curtail power and shut down to save power. I was extremely disappointed to see that (completely empty) Dallas & FTW office buildings didn't shut off all the lights and cut the heat.

Posted by: the other coyote at February 16, 2021 12:23 PM (jSj7o)

444 You know the rule about "Attaboys". Mitch has earned 1,000 Attaboys for his work in getting the right sort of judges up on the Circuit Courts of Appeal.

But rule about Attaboys is that just one "Aw sh@t" moment wipes out 1,000 Attaboys. And now the old Mitcheroo has had several of those moments--his disgraceful comments to the press this weekend, followed by his op ed piece in today's WSJ. Don't think I'll be donating to Mitch's campaigns any more.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at February 16, 2021 12:52 PM (NVDjf)

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They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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