THE MORNING RANT: From Peter Clack - “A society dismantled simultaneously by energy delusion and the abandonment of its sovereign borders”

Amidst all the daily political battles, as well as the internecine arguments among the right, it’s sometimes important to remember just who the left is, what their agenda is, what they have wrought, and how important it is to politically defeat the left.

Peter Clack wrote an excellent short essay on Twitter a few days ago, cutting right to the core of the need to save western civilization. He focuses on the hollowing out of industry, the green energy delusion, and the erasure of national sovereignty. The full essay is below, but his concluding sentence is worth singling out: ”A society that abandons its industrial base and surrenders its borders eventually surrenders its future.”

The one thing I’d add is that the abandonment of Christianity in the West was supposed to bring about a secular enlightenment. Instead, a new apocalyptic religion rose to fill the void – one with an angry climate God imposing bizarre woke sacraments, including the sterilization and mutilation of children. Islam also raced across open borders to provide a replacement religion.

Here is Mr. Clack’s excellent essay:

The economic hollow-out of the West was only stage one of globalism’s experiment.
What is unfolding now is the broader collapse of Western institutional confidence—a society dismantled simultaneously by energy delusion and the abandonment of its sovereign borders.
The push for a wind and solar transition was sold as a technological leap forward. In reality, it ignores the fundamental laws of energy density. Weather-dependent generation can produce electricity for household lighting, but it cannot deliver the continuous, ultra-high thermal energy required for heavy industry, blast furnace steel production, chemical manufacturing, ocean freight or commercial aviation.
By handicapping its own domestic energy grid with high-cost, intermittent generation, the West did not eliminate fossil fuels—it simply outsourced its industrial emissions and heavy manufacturing to Asia.
The irony is stark: to build a green grid, the West must import energy-intensive components manufactured overseas using coal-fired power, creating a new, highly destructive industrial footprint while crippling domestic energy security.
Compounding this industrial retreat is a complete paralysis regarding border integrity and social cohesion. Western political elites, transfixed by the doctrines of multiculturalism, have allowed uncontrolled and unvetted migrant flows to overwhelm public infrastructure, dilute civic identity and erode the rule of law. They are becoming dangerous crime states.
What should be a basic duty of the nation-state—protecting its sovereign borders—has been abandoned in favor of fawning globalist posturing.
When you dismantle domestic industry, enforce artificially expensive energy, and dissolve national borders, you do not create a globalist utopia. You destroy real capital.
Without capital and productive sovereign industry, the fundamental pillars of Western life will (and are) falling apart. The reward for hard work disappears, upward mobility stalls, and the purpose of a long-term career is replaced by managing decline.
A society that abandons its industrial base and surrenders its borders eventually surrenders its future.

In my introductory paragraphs up top, I mentioned “internecine arguments” on the right. It’s important to remember that a great many faux-conservatives are fully on board with the agenda that Mr. Clack decries. The GOPe and the legacy conservative media embraced and still defend the hollowing out of American industry. They rejoice when American plants close and Americans lose their jobs. They have fought for open borders and for the importation of slave-adjacent labor. They have played footsie with the climate hoax by accepting the false pretext of global warming, and by engaging in “venture communism” via the redistribution of taxpayer money to “green” startups. The battle against these anti-American, globalist “conservatives” is not internecine. They are on the other team.

@PeterDClack @ClimateRealists This is a brilliant synopsis of the destruction wrought by “renewable”energy, open borders, and globalism/outsourcing at the expense of sovereignty. The one thing I’d add is that wokeness & climate apocalysm aided the destruction when green/woke filled the void of Christianity.
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) October 6, 2026

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Other Stuff I’m Writing About

My latest piece at the The American Spectator has been published: “ James Talarico’s Political Reversals Stir Trouble in Texas Senate Race; The Democrat’s changing positions on transgender issues have provoked criticism from activists and raised questions about his campaign strategy”

This article discusses the perils of attempting the “Trust me, I’m lying” strategy, because activists on the left see it as a betrayal akin to heresy, while everyone else can see that it’s a pandering lie.

Many of Talarico’s supporters are feeling betrayed. A Mediate piece titled “Trans Advocates Slam James Talarico for Flip-Flopping on Trans Views” quoted several angry Texas voters who are reconsidering their support for Talarico. While there is no chance that they will vote for Paxton, they might withhold their vote from Talarico. Emily Oswin-Welborn was quoted as saying “I feel like I can’t in good conscience be responsible for putting a Democrat in office that is willing to compromise on trans rights.” That is the risk of attempting the “Trust me, I’m lying” tactic with uncompromising true believers.

This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

My latest piece at The American Spectator discusses the "Trust Me, I'm Lying" strategy that Texas senate candidate James Talarico recently attempted. Publicly denying his true radical beliefs is a fraught strategy with his uncompromising left-wing base. https://t.co/A2dZb5XPLE
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) October 12, 2026

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 11:00 AM (7HDzS)

2 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2026 11:01 AM (7HDzS)

3 >>>Here is Mr. Clack’s excellent essay:

Thanks for this, Buck.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 12, 2026 11:02 AM (dK+Kv)

4 Thanks Buck

Posted by: RandomDave at October 12, 2026 11:02 AM (aJQbY)

5 They have played footsie with the climate hoax by accepting the false pretext of global warming

Strangely, nobody on the left has mentioned that Isiaiaiaiaiihh was the first Atlantic hurricane to hit the US this year, and it was a bit of a squib. Usually, any weather phenomenon at all is attributed to climate change. I think they know the grift has run its course, and continuing to harp on it just makes them look stupid.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

6 Willowed:

A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.

https://tinyurl.com/yc664xx9

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 10:45 AM (dkM11)

This is always a huge vulnerability. Our power and water and food systems. If terrorists take out a large high-voltage transformer, it could take a year to replace it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 12, 2026 10:50 AM (l3cgK)

I'm waiting for rioters to break into Louvre and destroy all the irreplaceable art,

cuz, you know, that's a muslim specialty.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 11:05 AM (YSUhf)

7 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 11:05 AM (sgkY8)

8 Thanks for letting us Click on Clack.

Posted by: Ridn' That Train, High On... at October 12, 2026 11:06 AM (EdP2u)

9 Even if I were a voting Democrat in Texas I would probably sit out the election, because why would I want to have someone in office who lied to get elected and then changed his views, (?) because even Pastor Babs sounds like she doesn't like it ,but it's something he has to do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 11:06 AM (JrHfD)

10 Has anyone studied Sydney Sweeney's effect on localized global warming?

Bulg could volunteer for it as part of the control group.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 12, 2026 11:07 AM (0sNs1)

11 9 Even if I were a voting Democrat in Texas I would probably sit out the election, because why would I want to have someone in office who lied to get elected and then changed his views, (?) because even Pastor Babs sounds like she doesn't like it ,but it's something he has to do.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2026 11:06 AM (JrHfD)
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Because lying to get into office is a democrat's stock-in-trade?

Because democrats don't have any actual standards other than whatever gets them more power?

Because they're godless loons who would love to see American society crumble?

I could go on.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 11:09 AM (oqH4h)

12 When the nood is issued for Buck, would that be a Throckmorton Sign?

Also, Internet of Things is Stupid.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 12, 2026 11:09 AM (ENA4W)

13 The Left are mostly made up of useful idiots led by lying mentally ill American hating con men and women.

Attempting to change their minds would be like trying to teach first graders advanced calculus.

Okay maybe just simple algebra because you might have one idiot savant in the group of first graders.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:10 AM (KC5Lt)

14 Canada has vast resources of many kinds, but would rather be a Chinee Vassal. Seems short-sighted. I guess Kung Pao Chicken at 3 AM is more important than being an actual country.

Posted by: America's Hat Needs To Be Cleaned And Blocked at October 12, 2026 11:11 AM (EdP2u)

15 It almost sounds like there's been a conspiracy by globalists that's been going on for decades to destroy western civilization and statehood and replace it with rule by unelected bureaucrats much like the EU and only whack job conspiracy theorists have been fighting back.

We few. We happy few. We band of morons.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:12 AM (viF8m)

16 If terrorists take out a large high-voltage transformer, it could take a year to replace it...

I read somewhere that Trump has developed a plan to start building transformers in the US again. I don't know where that stands, but at least his admin is thinking about it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

17 14 Canada has vast resources of many kinds, but would rather be a Chinee Vassal. Seems short-sighted. I guess Kung Pao Chicken at 3 AM is more important than being an actual country.
Posted by: America's Hat Needs To Be Cleaned And Blocked at October 12, 2026 11:11 AM (EdP2u)
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Their leadership are all softcock cucks and harridans. They haven't had to work for shit for 4+ generations on account of having Daddy on their southern border protecting them from the big bad world.

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 11:12 AM (oqH4h)

18 I'm still digesting the massive morning bolus which Sefton dropped on us.
Douglas Cotton's theory of adding gravity (pressure-gradient) to the atmospheric temperature models seems Big If True. Can it lead to reproducible models of the "ice giants"' atmospheres? Because there are some wildly different models out there (which is why we need more missions).

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 11:13 AM (88C+u)

19 Upon entering the temple Jesus fastened a whip, turned over the tables and drove out the pagans. Ever been bit by a bull whip?
If Jesus entered the temple today and found it full of Muslims would he accept them?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:14 AM (nqf1u)

20 Canada has vast resources of many kinds, but would rather be a Chinee Vassal. Seems short-sighted. I guess Kung Pao Chicken at 3 AM is more important than being an actual country.

I remember when NAFTA was being debated, some Canadians were screeching about how they would be subsumed by the US. I guess they're okay with being subsumed by Xi Jinping.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

21 Ilhan got raided at dawn. On Columbus Day! The intercepted Reddit transmissions will be good today.

She didn't get her panty drawer raided or frog marched out of her home, I assume. so silver linings.

If they can't bust her on evidence on her bro marriage, but can find other illegal shenanigans, like her tax issues or her wine business fraud, I'll take it! Capone style justice.

Posted by: LizLem at October 12, 2026 11:15 AM (Toos7)

22 >>>and it was a bit of a squib

I guess because it wasn't a Cat 4 or 5 you could call it that.

But I spent all day Saturday and Sunday running a chainsaw and a skid steer helping remove fallen trees from Hwy 87 in the Berrydale area well north of Milton, FL.

The area was devastated by a sting jet on the western side of the eyewall with over 100 mph winds.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 11:15 AM (J4Dwc)

23 The left-Muslim alliance is one of the strange ones that happen fairly often in history. Not going to work out well for the left...

Posted by: steevy at October 12, 2026 11:15 AM (YwEeS)

24 We do have a National Religion.
It's recycling.
Drive through any suburban American neighborhood on the right night of the week and you'll see the religious practice on display.
All of the bins at the curb with the duly sorted items offered as a tithe.
No one is paid for the effort or the materials, but it is more frequently practiced than any religious rite.
Why are we washing our garbage?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 12, 2026 11:15 AM (gSZpL)

25 I remember when NAFTA was being debated, some Canadians were screeching about how they would be subsumed by the US. I guess they're okay with being subsumed by Xi Jinping.

I do wonder, though, what fraction of legacy Canadians are okay with what Carney and his ilk are doing. My guess is it's a lot smaller than one might think.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

26 ***Emily Oswin-Welborn was quoted as saying “I feel like I can’t in good conscience be responsible for putting a Democrat in office that is willing to compromise on trans rights.”
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Ms. Welborn should consult with Sweet Polly Purebred on this matter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:17 AM (nqf1u)

27 Canada has vast resources of many kinds, but would rather be a Chinee Vassal. Seems short-sighted. I guess Kung Pao Chicken at 3 AM is more important than being an actual country.
Posted by: America's Hat Needs To Be Cleaned And Blocked at October 12, 2026 11:11 AM (EdP2u)
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Vast resources, yes. But it takes investment, effort, technology, and sane governmental regs to exploit natural resources. It's often easier -- and more profitable for the grafting government -- to outsource most if not all of that.

What is the continent with probably the most natural resources on the planet? Arguably Africa. What is the continent that's easily the most backward, dangerous, corrupt, and barbaric? Also Africa.

I think Canada is selling itself and its resources out to China. We can laugh but the USA almost did so too, and probably would have if not for Trump.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)

28 15 It almost sounds like there's been a conspiracy by globalists that's been going on for decades to destroy western civilization and statehood and replace it with rule by unelected bureaucrats much like the EU and only whack job conspiracy theorists have been fighting back.

We few. We happy few. We band of morons.
Posted by: JackStraw

What fools these mortals be!

cTHIEL reaping billions from the fiction of "Managable War", the separation of "Regional Conflict" from "Strategic Terror" and the deluded LIB masses who Proudly do unto their own People, PRECISELY what they forbid us to do to our Adversaries -- to not only sponsor them, but actively defend them as well; they'll be first into the bunkers, not because they value their own lives, but rather to displace someone else who does.

This is Normal.

LET'S GO BRANDON.
NOW'S NOT THE TIME TO WOBBLE.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 12, 2026 11:19 AM (8GUqI)

29 >>Ms. Welborn should consult with Sweet Polly Purebred on this matter.

When Miss Poly's in trouble I am not slow.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:20 AM (viF8m)

30 >>>I do wonder, though, what fraction of legacy Canadians are okay with what Carney and his ilk are doing.

It's probably small, but they hope to legally euthanize them all within 20 years.

It's strange to think Canada was once so mighty in fighting spirit they got their own beach on D-Day, and now this.

France is also revolting against their leaders but it might be too late.

Posted by: LizLem at October 12, 2026 11:20 AM (Toos7)

31 I hate the Talarico weasel words commercials. I hate it when our side use weasel words because it's unnecessary to indict or tell the truth about the Left.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:20 AM (KC5Lt)

32 It almost sounds like there's been a conspiracy by globalists that's been going on for decades to destroy western civilization and statehood and replace it with rule by unelected bureaucrats much like the EU and only whack job conspiracy theorists have been fighting back.

There was a time in the not so distant past that I thought what you describe was a fever dream, but it's become quite clear that that's exactly what has been happening. I also think the people are now awake and paying attention. Things are going to change, and probably rapidly.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

33 Hurricane Isawyoass did slay four people, so although Florida has seen worse it was still pretty bad.
It's certainly nice we haven't seen worse this year. And Al Gore should go release his chakras by himself

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 11:22 AM (88C+u)

34 While there is no chance that they will vote for Paxton, they might withhold their vote from Talarico.

Nope. Saying that they might is just cheap "purer than thou" virtue signaling. They'll fall in line like always. Remember PUMA?

Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2026 11:22 AM (vTZFs)

35 We have resources here that we let lie dormant because of the watermelons.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:22 AM (KC5Lt)

36 17 14 Canada has vast resources of many kinds, but would rather be a Chinee Vassal. Seems short-sighted. I guess Kung Pao Chicken at 3 AM is more important than being an actual country.
Posted by: America's Hat Needs To Be Cleaned And Blocked at October 12, 2026 11:11 AM (EdP2u)
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Their leadership are all softcock cucks and harridans. They haven't had to work for shit for 4+ generations on account of having Daddy on their southern border protecting them from the big bad world.
Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 11:12 AM (oqH4h)

The last jobs numbers were about 60+ thousand jobs lost in a month so our trade war is going great!!

Someone wrote that would be like the US losing 500,000 jobs. I'm indifferent.

Anecdotally, a lady at the beer store told me business was WAY down. She guessed people don't have money or are scared to spend. After Covid, I don't care. We don't deserve nice things. Jail toilet wine all around.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 11:22 AM (Sco7b)

37 I hate the Talarico weasel words commercials.

I keep getting YT ads with him saying "I'm reducing my ask". I wouldn't give him a cent based on that grammatical abomination alone.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

38 >>>Despite the dubious polls showing Talarico leading Paxton in the Senate race, it will take a near-perfect confluence of events for Talarico to eke out a victory.
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Well known preacher Jim Baker recently passed leaving a spot open on the Christian Grifter Network.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:23 AM (nqf1u)

39
Memo to the AWFLs: No making TikToks between sundown and sunrise.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:24 AM (eRlcH)

40 If we want industry back - because manufacturing jobs are The Only Jobs That Matter - we are GOING to HAVE to be business friendly on all levels of government, and we will need an education system that is worth a damn, teaching math skills needed for manufactures, not “we have six genders”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2026 11:24 AM (1UOiF)

41 Locally -
The Delaware Riverkeeper Network operates as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Pro-development critics point out that its operations are heavily sustained by large private foundations and elite philanthropic funds—such as the William Penn Foundation ($500,000 grant) and the Schmidt Family Foundation. Critics argue this allows wealthy donors to dictate local energy policies from a distance without experiencing the job losses they cause.

Opponents of these groups argue that their "real job" is filing endless lawsuits and using open-records laws to block economic progress. The Riverkeeper Network routinely uses litigation to stall major infrastructure—such as suing the Delaware River Basin Commission over the Gibbstown LNG port project or appealing state pipeline permits. Labor advocates view these legal tactics as deliberate strategies to delay projects until developers run out of money and walk away, killing potential union jobs.
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OTOH, the eco nuts shove a huge port operations into roughly the same areas they're fighting LNG projects; creating safety & health hazards for the local communities, providing jobs for outside the area, and creating drug pipelines.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 11:24 AM (NFX2v)

42 I guess because it wasn't a Cat 4 or 5 you could call it that.

Florida has spoiled the nation because Andrew was such an apocalypse, a mere disaster over there is no longer rated.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 11:24 AM (88C+u)

43 Apologies to our Canadian morons because you have no control but I've always disliked Canada because they gave aid and comfort to our deserters and draft dodgers.

And I say this as the grandson of a man who served in the Canadian Armed Services.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:25 AM (KC5Lt)

44 "I'm reducing my ask".

With what? Carbon monoxide?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 12, 2026 11:25 AM (88C+u)

45 28 15 It almost sounds like there's been a conspiracy by globalists that's been going on for decades to destroy western civilization and statehood and replace it with rule by unelected bureaucrats much like the EU and only whack job conspiracy theorists have been fighting back.

We few. We happy few. We band of morons.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Make Slavery Great Again!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:26 AM (nqf1u)

46 Nukes are making a (small) comeback.

The US military has a program to use small, portable reactors for their bases. Not just here, but remote ones as well that need lots of power for "stuff."

Like lasers. And radars. And shit.

One would power several Google AI datacenters. Or several CIA or NSA datacenters. Or both.

It'll likely be decades before us unwashed masses see any benefits. Never if the left regains power.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 11:26 AM (RORbl)

47 Billion dollar (of our money) solar mirror plant in NV sold for near pennies on the dollar.
Not the one near Vegas but another boondoggle.

I'm all for real-world testing but even I ran the numbers on those and there's just too much heat loss.
And the molten salt is good on paper but it really relied on tech not yet invented, eg to keep the entire system liquid at all times.
And the only way any of it works is if you can have it seamlessly switch between solar and natural gas.
Besides demanding intermittent, high-demand gas delivery, they lose all their green energy grants/credits.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 11:27 AM (3cUTc)

48 Make Slavery Great Again!
Posted by: Braenyard

*fap* *fap* *fap*

Posted by: Jonathan A.C. Brown at October 12, 2026 11:27 AM (88C+u)

49 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar8)

50
Getting hit by a hurricane of any category sucks mud. Power out from a Cat 1 is the same power out from a Cat 5.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (eRlcH)

51 >>>we are GOING to HAVE to be business friendly on all levels of government, and we will need an education system that is worth a damn, teaching math skills needed for manufactures, not “we have six genders”.

Posted by: Cow Demon
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#1 word in business: Dependable

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (nqf1u)

52 France is going bankrupt some time this month. The reason they are all talking about the UK going back into the EU without a vote is because the EU itself is going down. Only Germany is left paying the freight, and they are broke too.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2026 11:29 AM (0U5gm)

53 The EU needs all of the money and borrowing power of the UK to avoid default.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2026 11:30 AM (0U5gm)

54 France is going bankrupt some time this month. The reason they are all talking about the UK going back into the EU without a vote is because the EU itself is going down. Only Germany is left paying the freight, and they are broke too.

Not to worry. They'll make it up on volume.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

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Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar

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It's the residue of Judeo-Christian morality. Get rid of that and you're in the Marquis de Sade territory.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:30 AM (eRlcH)

56 With the collapse of the soviet union, commies moved into different avenues to attack The West. From climate doomsayers to homo fag churches to muslims being airlifted to Minnesota, they took advantage pf a people grown fat and lazy and too preoccupied with greed to counter it.

Posted by: The National Debt at October 12, 2026 11:30 AM (NkqBW)

57 > Getting hit by a hurricane of any category sucks mud. Power out from a Cat 1 is the same power out from a Cat 5.
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It doesn't even have to be a hurricane. We've had wind events that knocked down trees, power poles, etc. And during the winter, ice can be a real bummer.

Sometimes the affected area can rival that of a major hurricane.

We are not exactly "prepared" in some regards for any of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 11:30 AM (RORbl)

58 43 Apologies to our Canadian morons because you have no control but I've always disliked Canada because they gave aid and comfort to our deserters and draft dodgers.

And I say this as the grandson of a man who served in the Canadian Armed Services.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:25 A

No problem. There's nothing wrong with Canada that the elimination of 70% of our population couldn't fix.

Same goes with most countries in Western Europe.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 12, 2026 11:31 AM (Sco7b)

59 The big manufacturing /construction companies are going to have to establish their own trade schools. I know a few have started smaller programs but they need to be larger and publicized.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:31 AM (KC5Lt)

60 their "real job" is filing endless lawsuits and using open-records laws to block economic progress. The Riverkeeper Network routinely uses litigation...

Posted by: L - No nic...
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>>>routinely uses litigation... - routinely uses litigation...

There's the problem. Judges allowing frivolous lawsuits instead of castigating lawyers for bringing foolishness into their court.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (nqf1u)

61 Math and science is where a society can make strides in innovation. We rank #17 in science and #26 in math. The fucktons of money in education isn't helping.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (zcI95)

62
We have well and septic. Also two 7500 watt dual-fuel generators, the 4000 watt in the RV, a 3500 and a 1200. Plus a transfer switch on the breaker.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (eRlcH)

63 55 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal

The consensus of philosophers who define "humanism".

Posted by: madame guillotine at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (88C+u)

64 There's the problem. Judges allowing frivolous lawsuits instead of castigating lawyers for bringing foolishness into their court.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (nqf1u)
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The judges are probably getting something under the table...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (FZ29D)

65 46 Nukes are making a (small) comeback.

The US military has a program to use small, portable reactors for their bases. Not just here, but remote ones as well that need lots of power for "stuff."

Like lasers. And radars. And shit.
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You don't say.

Posted by: The US Navy at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (gSZpL)

66 I don't know how more expensive it is to build and maintain and whether even feasible but underground power lines is the way to go.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (KC5Lt)

67 Gee Buck when will someone invent some where to store intermittently generated electricity?
If they ever do I have a good name for it. We can call it a battery
Of course solar generated best in the day and wind at night do probably we could get 90% efficient storage just by pumping water back up hydro generated dams

Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (yhX3X)

68 >>There was a time in the not so distant past that I thought what you describe was a fever dream, but it's become quite clear that that's exactly what has been happening. I also think the people are now awake and paying attention. Things are going to change, and probably rapidly.

Been saying it for years. Usually followed by people telling to go sit in the corner and wear the dunce cap.

Almost gave up hope until a loudmouth real estate developer from Queens came along and shocked the world. We are very much back.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (viF8m)

69 I don't know how more expensive it is to build and maintain and whether even feasible but underground power lines is the way to go.
Posted by: polynikes

Much more expensive.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:35 AM (zcI95)

70 Math and science is where a society can make strides in innovation. We rank #17 in science and #26 in math. The fucktons of money in education isn't helping.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (zcI95)

But we continue to kick ass in winning the STEM Nobel Prizes and patents. Admittedly hard circle to square. How long can that continue.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:36 AM (KC5Lt)

71 I don't know how more expensive it is to build and maintain and whether even feasible but underground power lines is the way to go.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (KC5Lt)

It's pretty dependent on geology.

What costs millions to move underground for one city could cost billions for another.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)

72 40 If we want industry back - because manufacturing jobs are The Only Jobs That Matter - we are GOING to HAVE to be business friendly on all levels of government, and we will need an education system that is worth a damn, teaching math skills needed for manufactures, not “we have six genders”.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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wpxi news, 2024, '4-day school week now allowed in Pennsylvania. What would the impacts be?'

AKA dumbing down a great deal of future competition & also keeping local government and non-profits in business.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 11:37 AM (NFX2v)

73 Getting hit by a hurricane of any category sucks mud. Power out from a Cat 1 is the same power out from a Cat 5.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (eRlcH)

I was up in the Berrydale community near Jay, FL at a buddy's house when the storm came through. It's a very rural area with building codes that really don't measure up to 110 mph winds.

We went out Saturday morning to assess the damage to his property, and then took a drive over to Hwy. 87.

Complete carnage.

Buddy owns a skid steer. It was sitting on its trailer. So we hooked it up to his truck, grabbed a couple of chainsaws and gas, an headed over to the highway and went to work.

Soon after, we came upon a pontoon boat that had been blown off its trailer and was laying upside down blocking the northbound lane of Hwy. 87.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 11:37 AM (J4Dwc)

74 Much more expensive.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:35 AM (zcI95)

Thanks I didn't have that exact figure😀

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:37 AM (KC5Lt)

75 60.
There's the problem. Judges allowing frivolous lawsuits instead of castigating lawyers for bringing foolishness into their court.

Posted by: Braenyard

True.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 11:38 AM (NFX2v)

76 We ( collectively, of course ) have become Godless. This is why the West has fallen, or at the least is falling. As Hadrian stated upthread we are limping along on the fumes, or the echo, of Judeo Christianity. With every passing year more people are turning to some iteration of the “State” to give. them. what. they. want. What God wants plays no part in their thinking. Rant off.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:38 AM (Gqar8)

77 I read somewhere that Trump has developed a plan to start building transformers in the US again. I don't know where that stands, but at least his admin is thinking about it.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

No business wants to actually do anything in the US because they know that the next Democrat President with just sign an EO making it illegal to produce anything in the US. And the Congress will just nod their heads and say, "Nothing we can do. Please donate today."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2026 11:38 AM (ExV1e)

78 Math and science is where a society can make strides in innovation. We rank #17 in science and #26 in math. The fucktons of money in education isn't helping.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:33 AM (zcI95)

But we continue to kick ass in winning the STEM Nobel Prizes and patents. Admittedly hard circle to square. How long can that continue.

It's important to break the population into blocks. A large block consists of the truly ignorant, and they're the ones dragging the average down.

I suspect we still have lots of very smart people, recently augmented by Asians, who are fighting the tide of mediocrity.

Thus, both things (poor scores, high science productivity) can be true simultaneously.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

79
Buddy owns a skid steer. It was sitting on its trailer. So we hooked it up to his truck, grabbed a couple of chainsaws and gas, an headed over to the highway and went to work.

Soon after, we came upon a pontoon boat that had been blown off its trailer and was laying upside down blocking the northbound lane of Hwy. 87.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 11:37 AM (J4Dwc)

________

Tip o' the hat for helping out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:39 AM (eRlcH)

80 Another good one, Buck!
I'm reading your piece over at Spectator.
There's this glitch:

Mediate
-->Mediaite

("A Mediate piece titled")

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 11:40 AM (odBC9)

81 Domestic manufacturing is gross. Those jobs go to yucky ugly non-college educated troglodytes. We need those jobs in China so our GDP can grow an extra 0.1%.

That’s what true conservatism means .

Posted by: Wall Street Journal at October 12, 2026 11:40 AM (a5PYP)

82 #47 Ivanpah was killed by the solar panel electricity price dropping to new contract prices now being less than any other new build price.

Posted by: President Trump at October 12, 2026 11:40 AM (yhX3X)

83 >>> Posted by: chickenshit retard troll at October 12, 2026 11:34 AM (yhX3X)

If batteries and all the other shit are so great why haven't we been powering everything with them for the past century plus? or anyone else, anywhere in the world?

"It's not REAL ~~communism~~ green energy!"

Retard.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 11:40 AM (3mtzY)

84 (also extracted from The Spectator and posted in this post!)

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 11:40 AM (odBC9)

85 I imagine there are municipalities that have their utilities underground. NYC is famous for it. So are other big cities.

But unless the national electrical distribution network is underground, they'll still be at risk. From terrorists and natural events.

I think some are waking up to the realization that's going to be a long term issue. Taking it seriously is another matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 11:41 AM (RORbl)

86 62
We have well and septic. Also two 7500 watt dual-fuel generators, the 4000 watt in the RV, a 3500 and a 1200. Plus a transfer switch on the breaker.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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You need a spare; just in case.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:43 AM (nqf1u)

87 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal

There isn't one unless you consider the self-worship of a post-modern Gnosticism a moral framework.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 12, 2026 11:43 AM (nEUC6)

88 Thanks Buck!

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 12, 2026 11:43 AM (z6ONu)

89 If batteries and all the other shit are so great why haven't we been powering everything with them for the past century plus? or anyone else, anywhere in the world?

Batteries are making great strides, so what was true 100 years ago is not true now. However, they still have many problems, some what I consider fatal, for them to be a widely used technology, especially in cars.

I have a crazy idea. Howzabout we DON'T shift our entire economy over to an inadequate, unsuitable alternative. Howzabout we keep working on the alternative, and when it CAN meet the need, then we make a switchover if it makes economic and technological sense. It's madness, but it just might work.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

90 When I was younger and stupider I bought into all the con, Inc. bullshit. Including the idea that if everything is made cheap overseas, we benefit from cheap pricing.

Which maybe true. But I’d rather pay an extra $1 for something and not have millions of my countrymen addicted to opioids because their livelihoods are destroyed.

It can’t be ALL about profits and gdp growth and stonk markets.

Posted by: Wall Street Journal at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (a5PYP)

91 C. S. Lewis
Men Without Chests
That Hideous Strength.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (wxsGM)

92 >>> 85 I imagine there are municipalities that have their utilities underground. NYC is famous for it. So are other big cities.

But unless the national electrical distribution network is underground, they'll still be at risk. From terrorists and natural events.

I think some are waking up to the realization that's going to be a long term issue. Taking it seriously is another matter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 11:41 AM (RORbl)

There are solutions for all of these problems, such as "cut down the fcking tree limbs or even the trees anywhere near the power lines" for one.

There's also California, and Oregon, and Washington...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (3mtzY)

93 You shall have power when the sun is shining and or the wind is blowing. Suck it up.

Posted by: Punk at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (d1f3k)

94 The Ends Justify the Means is what guides the Left.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (KC5Lt)

95
With every passing year more people are turning to some iteration of the “State” to give. them. what. they. want.

_________

I'm afraid people like Bill Gates and some of the more deranged AI tech bros will become more numerous. These are people with no beliefs except their own interests, a lust for control, a total disregard for human beings.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (eRlcH)

96 94 The Ends Justify the Means is what guides the Left.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (KC5Lt)

Yes. And what are their Ends?

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:45 AM (Gqar8)

97 For instance, in my little 'burgh, a major industrial area, local industry and government leaders did a big study on moving power-delivery from Major Power Plant underground for the plants along the rivers.

The study resulted in abandonment of the idea. Close to $1b to dig through all the limestone, while all the industrial plant had existing backup power for the frequent but very short power interruptions. Just not worth doing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)

98
You need a spare; just in case.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:43 AM (nqf1u)

__________

Out in the country, you're on your own. Nobody's going to help.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:46 AM (eRlcH)

99 underground power lines is the way to go.
Posted by: polynikes

Much more expensive.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin
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Heat dispersal

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:46 AM (nqf1u)

100 The Ends Justify the Means is what guides the Left.
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:44 AM (KC5Lt)

Yes. And what are their Ends?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:45 AM (Gqar

It's all moral relativism.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:46 AM (KC5Lt)

101 A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.

Not gonna lie, that should probably be a capital offense, trying to engineer a famine.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 11:47 AM (vJrRc)

102 Out in the country, you're on your own. Nobody's going to help.

I second this!

Posted by: Punk at October 12, 2026 11:47 AM (d1f3k)

103 I watched a YT clip about Bentley, the luxury car manufacturer, now owned by VW. Their management cancelled their two long-time successful ICE engines, and bet the farm on a yet-to-appear electric powertrain. The car was to be built on a common platform with Porsche and VW, but the platform was recently cancelled. The electric vehicle has now been delayed until 2027.

Bentley sold a grand total of 6, not 6 thousand, but 6, cars in Britain in the last half year. The American market has collapsed with tariffs, as has the Chinese market, who of course only wanted to steal the technology.

Great move, Bentley management.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

104 But unless the national electrical distribution network is underground, they'll still be at risk. From terrorists and natural events.

I think some are waking up to the realization that's going to be a long term issue. Taking it seriously is another matter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

One can follow the feed from a substation by the pad transformers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:49 AM (zcI95)

105 imagine there are municipalities that have their utilities underground. NYC is famous for it. So are other big cities.

—

I live in a small city.

I had a project in my yard to redo my walkway which required a lot of digging. Before the contractor started, I had to have utility lines marked. There were 7 separate lines identified.

Everything is underground.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 11:49 AM (a5PYP)

106 In my America, power conduit will be buried in trenches by rich Communists who need to learn the value of a ~~day's work~~ short and nasty lifetime's thankless toil.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 12, 2026 11:50 AM (BI5O2)

107 My development has all buried electrical lines but of course it's powered by above ground line/lines outside of the development. The more lines buried though the decrease in issues.

Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:50 AM (KC5Lt)

108 They want what they want when they want it, and will destroy whatever is in their way to get it. Everything guided by their lusts. Lust can have a lot of objects.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar8)

109 Out in the country, you're on your own. Nobody's going to help.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 11:46 AM (eRlcH)

Out in the country, no one can hear you scream.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2026 11:51 AM (3oGOz)

110
Not gonna lie, that should probably be a capital offense, trying to engineer a famine.

We could use him to give the Nidal Hasan firing squad a tuneup before the big day.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

111 The study resulted in abandonment of the idea. Close to $1b to dig through all the limestone, while all the industrial plant had existing backup power for the frequent but very short power interruptions. Just not worth doing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Rock adder can upwards of $70-80 per ft, depending on a number of factors.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:51 AM (zcI95)

112 It would be funny if all of the greentards, *especially* the Gates / Soros / Schwab / types were forced to live the way they want everyone else to live.

Starting today: NOTHING with any petroleum-derived products, in your own personal possesion, or in use by you at all. No more Sixbucks coffee, no more North Face / REI / whoever's the coolest today polyester outerwear, no car nor bus nor bicycle (lubricants, dipshits), no refrigeration, no HVAC, no indoor plumbing...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 11:51 AM (3mtzY)

113 >>>I suspect we still have lots of very smart people, recently augmented by Asians, who are fighting the tide of mediocrity.

Thus, both things (poor scores, high science productivity) can be true simultaneously.

Posted by: Archimedes
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Rhyming with that are the statistics showing Americans are not living as long as before. All of the Chinese induced ODs bring the overall average down.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:51 AM (nqf1u)

114 Batteries store energy. They do not create energy.

There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea of batteries, much of modern life runs on. The issue is creating the energy that charges batteries.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:52 AM (viF8m)

115 We ( collectively, of course ) have become Godless. This is why the West has fallen, or at the least is falling. As Hadrian stated upthread we are limping along on the fumes, or the echo, of Judeo Christianity. With every passing year more people are turning to some iteration of the “State” to give. them. what. they. want. What God wants plays no part in their thinking. Rant off.
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:38 AM (Gqar

It's the old Mao Method applied nationwide.

In China, when Mao took over , they'd tell young grade school children to close their eyes and pray to God for a piece of candy.

The children prayed and opened their eyes and...no candy.

Then they told the kids to close their eyes and pray to Chairman Mao for a piece of candy. While the kids were praying to Mao, the teachers would distribute candy to all the children.

And when the children opened their eyes, they had a piece of candy. Mao came thru and God didn't.

Pretty much the same thing with welfare, etc. LBJ knew what he was doing with his Great Society, when he said in private the n-words would vote for Democrats for the next hundred years or so.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 11:52 AM (YSUhf)

116
A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.

Hackers? As opposed to Frogistan being full of.... Frogs. And those Frogs acting Froggily, with Frogian efficiency and competence.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (iqcvy)

117 Out in the country, you're on your own. Nobody's going to help.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I'm far enough out, I'm lucky my water line is buried. When they built the house, they didn't run a landline phone cable.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (JDhDw)

118 101 A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.
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Not gonna lie, that should probably be a capital offense, trying to engineer a famine.

Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Muzzies, Chinese or internal nit whits?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (nqf1u)

119 The hypocrisy of the leftist climate change scaremongers flying private and living in 30k aq ft mansions has been pointed out for decades. Your typical leftist still doesn’t care. They still will happily give up their car and live in a 300 sq ft shoebox to save the erf.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (a5PYP)

120 We, too, are making great strides and will soon be dominant on the scene.

Posted by: The Indian National Winter Olympic Team at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (EdP2u)

121 >>> 118 101 A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls.
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Not gonna lie, that should probably be a capital offense, trying to engineer a famine.

Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Muzzies, Chinese or internal nit whits?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM (nqf1u)

Yes.

Posted by: Magic 8 Ball at October 12, 2026 11:54 AM (3mtzY)

122 Well I suppose those while natural gas could go back to gas lighting...you see what I did there!

Posted by: Gas Lighter at October 12, 2026 11:54 AM (d1f3k)

123 >>There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea of batteries, much of modern life runs on. The issue is creating the energy that charges batteries.

Posted by: JackStraw
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And better batteries.
_ - > paging Elon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:55 AM (nqf1u)

124 It can be lunch time
And have I mentioned I H8 my co-workers lately?

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2026 11:56 AM (sgkY8)

125 Test - internet issues?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 11:56 AM (Sco7b)

126 I pray that the West has one more Great Awakening left in it.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar8)

127 Also: where is my Mr. Fusion???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2026 11:56 AM (3mtzY)

128 Re batteries - Where are all of the hazardous landfills and recycling centers going to be? Who will be working in them? (It won't be robotic.)

Standard gas and diesel vehicles use lead-acid batteries, which are packed with toxic heavy metal lead and corrosive sulfuric acid. They are legally classified as Hazard Class 8 (Corrosive Substances).

Electric vehicles (EVs) use large lithium-ion packs containing reactive lithium salts, flammable electrolytes, and toxic metals like cobalt and nickel. They are classified as Hazard Class 9 (Miscellaneous Dangerous Substances) due to fire and thermal runaway risks.
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Reuters, Siemens Gamesa CEO warns of capacity cutbacks if Europe's offshore expansion falters, June 2026

Has it ever been stable as a wind turbine company?

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 12, 2026 11:56 AM (NFX2v)

129 Why are we washing our garbage?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

To re-use those resources now, rather than providing jobs for future landfill miners.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 11:57 AM (vJrRc)

130 >>>I'm far enough out, I'm lucky my water line is buried. When they built the house, they didn't run a landline phone cable.

Posted by: rickb223
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Phone company used to run a free line with a one year service contract.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 11:57 AM (nqf1u)

131 - "... filled the void of Christianity."

With acknowledgement that history, past, present and Future is His Story, therefore no judgement of any individual...

When and with what would you time the beginning of the void of Christianity in this country and indeed, worldwide.
Possibily an indoctrination in the school system that grew more and more over time?

A "belief system," and that's what it is, that teaches that you can't trust anything in God's Word or, at the very least, make them mean whatever your heart wants them to mean?

Posted by: TeeJ at October 12, 2026 11:57 AM (ix5nG)

132 Now planned subdivisions can be done UG less expense and much quicker than existing neighborhoods. Still much more than aerial utilities.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (zcI95)

133 Yikes, and they don't even have a social safety net.

China’s debt has shot up so much in recent years that interest payments on all its borrowing are commanding a bigger share of public spending.

Debt-servicing payments will account for 19.2% of the central government’s general public budget this year, up from 12% in 2014, according to new Conference Board estimates cited by the Financial Times.

That tracks with a separate report earlier this year from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which also found that 19% of Beijing’s spending is earmarked for interest on debt. That’s more than the 14% of the U.S. federal budget that goes to interest costs.

https://tinyurl.com/bdzjnbxx

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

134 Borzoi Treadmill Generator is the next leap forward.

Posted by: Floyd The Cat at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (EdP2u)

135 no car nor bus nor bicycle (lubricants, dipshits),
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Make Whale Oil an Industrial lubricant Again!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (vJrRc)

136 Thx Buck
Always like seeing the big solar panel fields after a hailstorm. Good planning climate wizards

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (pJE7g)

137 'Green energy' is what happens when you have idiot ideologue politicians decreeing that you will use technology that hasn't actually been invented yet.

How many leftist states passed laws saying that you weren't allowed to buy anything but an electric car past 2035? Despite the fact that everybody said it was ridiculously unachievable goal, they tried to force it anyway. Now they don't want to even talk about it.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (setIA)

138
Speaking of batteries...

Insty had an interesting article:

https://instapundit.com/827600/

It's about a battery that was invented in the American Space Program that lasts 30 years (16 times longer than lithium batteries.

and can't catch on fire.

And new company has improved the tech to make it cheaper and started building them in a new factory.

And, of course, where is this factory?

China!

American tech, American company, build in China.

Yay, us!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (YSUhf)

139 >>And better batteries.
_ - > paging Elon

There are billions being spent to develop solid state batteries at industrial scale. When the problem gets solved, and it will be, it would be good to be in the battery business.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m)

140 And better batteries.
_ - > paging Elon

***

Friend here in Pensacola just two months ago had a Tesla battery bank installed in his garage.

He lost power for nine hours over the weekend because hurricane. Said the battery bank performed flawlessly.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (J4Dwc)

141 Have no fear, James Talacreepo is BACK

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

142 131 - "... filled the void of Christianity."

With acknowledgement that history, past, present and Future is His Story, therefore no judgement of any individual...

When and with what would you time the beginning of the void of Christianity in this country and indeed, worldwide.
Possibily an indoctrination in the school system that grew more and more over time?

A "belief system," and that's what it is, that teaches that you can't trust anything in God's Word or, at the very least, make them mean whatever your heart wants them to mean?
Posted by: TeeJ at October 12, 2026 11:57 AM (ix5nG)

Satan never sleeps, and he knows the pressure points of humanity extremely well. The World, the Flesh, and the Devil is not some idle phrase.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 12:00 PM (Gqar8)

143 141 Have no fear, James Talacreepo is BACK
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 12, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

Prostate massages all around!!!

Hmmm, okay. I think I have this fixed. Step one. Unplug and turn everything off.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 12, 2026 12:00 PM (Sco7b)

144
That tracks with a separate report earlier this year from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which also found that 19% of Beijing’s spending is earmarked for interest on debt. That’s more than the 14% of the U.S. federal budget that goes to interest costs.

____________

I prefer having our problems than anyone else's. Ours, I think, are solvable with enough determination. Europe, Russia, Japan and China are not.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 12:00 PM (eRlcH)

145 Standard gas and diesel vehicles use lead-acid batteries, which are packed with toxic heavy metal lead and corrosive sulfuric acid. They are legally classified as Hazard Class 8 (Corrosive Substances).

Electric vehicles (EVs) use large lithium-ion packs containing reactive lithium salts, flammable electrolytes, and toxic metals like cobalt and nickel. They are classified as Hazard Class 9 (Miscellaneous Dangerous Substances) due to fire and thermal runaway risks.
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They've taken the lead out of batteries. (that's why they're crap)
Check w/Elon - he recycles 90% of returned (used) batteries.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 12:00 PM (nqf1u)

146 When they built the house, they didn't run a landline phone cable.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM
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Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: Starlink at October 12, 2026 12:01 PM (gSZpL)

147 Call me when Elon's Dragon 10 Heavy Lift rockets are battery powered.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 12:02 PM (JDhDw)

148 When they built the house, they didn't run a landline phone cable.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 11:53 AM
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Yoo-hoo!
Posted by: Starlink

Yeah. You've been there since Day 1.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 12, 2026 12:03 PM (JDhDw)

149 When I was younger and stupider I bought into all the con, Inc. bullshit. Including the idea that if everything is made cheap overseas, we benefit from cheap pricing.

Which maybe true. But I’d rather pay an extra $1 for something and not have millions of my countrymen addicted to opioids because their livelihoods are destroyed.

It can’t be ALL about profits and gdp growth and stonk markets.

Posted by: Wall Street Journal

Outsourcing just shifted our inflation away from product prices. We made up for it in spades with welfare spending, crime, and drug addiction. We just didn't see it on the price tag, we saw it on April 15th.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2026 12:03 PM (0U5gm)

150 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar

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S'tan.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 12:03 PM (dkM11)

151 We all did just fine for 3 years with no phone, no lights, no motorcar. Nobody even lost weight!
The Skipper gained weight, somehow!

Posted by: Here On Gilligan's Isle at October 12, 2026 12:04 PM (EdP2u)

152 >>Electric vehicles (EVs) use large lithium-ion packs containing reactive lithium salts, flammable electrolytes, and toxic metals like cobalt and nickel. They are classified as Hazard Class 9 (Miscellaneous Dangerous Substances) due to fire and thermal runaway risks.

Crack head Hunter helped sell one of the biggest cobalt mines in the world to the CCP. Then Joey shit pants gave $600 million of our tax dollars to help build a choo choo to help carry the cobalt to a port.

The level of corruption the Biden crime family engaged in would make the mafia green with envy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:05 PM (viF8m)

153 We all did just fine for 3 years with no phone, no lights, no motorcar. Nobody even lost weight!
The Skipper gained weight, somehow!

Posted by: Here On Gilligan's Isle

Coconuts have a lot of calories.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

154
no car nor bus nor bicycle (lubricants, dipshits),
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Make Whale Oil an Industrial lubricant Again!
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 12, 2026 11:58 AM (vJrRc)

Fuck

Posted by: Sperm Whales, channelling Henry Cavil at October 12, 2026 12:05 PM (iqcvy)

155 150 Question - what is the guiding moral authority for any culture that is guided by a belief system of secularism, humanism, materialism?
Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar
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S'tan.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 12, 2026 12:03 PM (dkM11)

Yes, Mister Angel of Light. The inventor of Shiny Objects to chase.

Posted by: tubal at October 12, 2026 12:05 PM (Gqar8)

156 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.

Posted by: Mary Ann at October 12, 2026 12:06 PM (gSZpL)

157 74 Much more expensive.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 11:35 AM (zcI95)

Thanks I didn't have that exact figure😀
Posted by: polynikes at October 12, 2026 11:37 AM (KC5Lt)

; )

Posted by: m at October 12, 2026 12:06 PM (odBC9)

158 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.

Posted by: Mary Ann

There's something to be said for age and experience in the sack.

Posted by: Mrs. Howell at October 12, 2026 12:07 PM (Riz8t)

159
The level of corruption the Biden crime family engaged in would make the mafia green with envy.
Posted by: JackStraw

It's a Columbus Day, Jack, lay off a da Family, capiche?

Posted by: Made Man at October 12, 2026 12:07 PM (EdP2u)

160 >>Yeah. You've been there since Day 1.

My favorite trillionaire.

>>SpaceX deal to acquire spectrum license hammers shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile

https://tinyurl.com/ycxf5fs6

Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2026 12:08 PM (viF8m)

161 Bentley sold a grand total of 6, not 6 thousand, but 6, cars in Britain in the last half year. The American market has collapsed with tariffs, as has the Chinese market, who of course only wanted to steal the technology.
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Hey, that's pretty good! What's your secret?

/s/ Jaguar, registering 2--a whole two--new vehicles in all of Europe.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 12, 2026 12:09 PM (3cUTc)

162 There's something to be said for age and experience in the sack.
Posted by: Mrs. Howell at October 12, 2026 12:07 PM

Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Guys who are 29 plus at October 12, 2026 12:09 PM (gSZpL)

163 IMHO, Elon is the most consequential American since the days of Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)

164 > >SpaceX deal to acquire spectrum license hammers shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile
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It just about obsoletes their cellular network.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2026 12:09 PM (RORbl)

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