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Texas is Freezing as Unreliable Wind Energy Production Fails
Texas is being hit by Arctic cold, and the windfarms it relies on to heat it during the winter... froze solid.
The windmills can't turn. They're frozen stuck by ice. People are literally going to die. And the media will not report this. This is a good threat about the situation. Yes, even Texas went the "Green Energy" route. (Though that probably has something to due with federal mandates and federal subsidies.)There is a lot of conflicting "information" about the TX blackouts. Here's the bottom line: the root cause of the TX blackouts is a national and state policy that has prioritized the adoption of unreliable wind/solar energy over reliable energy.
For the last decade+ policy in TX and in the US has been focused on mandating or subsidizing as much wind and solar as possible. TX has bragged about being the biggest wind generator in the US. The TX focus on wind has come above all at the expense of coal, which has the resiliency advantage (along with nuclear) of being able to store large quantities of fuel onsite; gas mostly requires "just in time" delivery from pipelines. "In 2009, coal-fired plants generated nearly 37 percent of the state's electricity while wind provided about 6 percent. Since then, three Texas coal-fired plants have closed... In the same period, our energy consumption rose by 20 percent."
Because intermittent wind and solar can always go near zero--as we saw recently in TX--they don't replace the cost of reliable power plants, they add to the cost of reliable power plants. This is why the more wind and solar grids use, the higher their electricity prices. To lessen the price increases from "unreliables" governments try to get away with as few reliable power plants online as they can get away with. TX is no exception. The Public Utilities Commission of TX has called their grid's margin for error ("reserve margin") "very scary." Additionally, the expense and distraction of accommodating "unreliables" takes away money and focus from resiliency. In CA this meant not maintaining power lines. In TX it may have meant not focusing enough on making the reliable power plants resilient enough to winter weather. While we don't know yet what exactly caused certain gas and coal plants to go down--lack of resilience for those plants, grid mismanagement, or fuel infrastructure--we know with 100% certainty that gas and coal plants can easily run in far more adverse conditions than TX has now. We know with 100% certainty that gas, coal, and nuclear plants can easily run in far more adverse conditions than TX has now. And we know with 100% certainty that even if no wind turbines had frozen they would have been nearly useless during large portions of recent weather. If you are looking at the facts in TX, the obvious lesson here is: stop subsidizing and mandating unreliables--which are often useless when you need them most--and do a better job at managing reliables. Instead of acknowledging the reality that unreliables can't keep us warm or powered in the winter--and that the "100% renewable" direction is disastrous--advocates of unreliables are instead implying that no source of electricity can be relied upon, so no need to single out wind. Dr. Emily Grubert of GA Tech writes: "Let us be absolutely clear: if there are grid failures today, it shows the existing (largely fossil-based) system cannot handle these conditions either." Really? Ever heard of the Midwest or Canada? ... We know how to produce enough low-cost, reliable electricity for every situation. You just build a whole bunch of reliable power plants, including those with on-site fuel storage--such as coal and nuclear. You place a premium on reliability and resilience. That's it. TX is having an electricity crisis during bad winter weather because it did not focus enough on building reliable power plants and infrastructure--because it was obsessed with getting as much unreliable wind/solar electricity as possible. Let's all learn from this mistake. Right now TX's plans include
* 0 new nuclear plants
* 0 new coal plants
* 9.4 GW wind (the existing 32 GW went to 1 GW during crucial times this week)
* 11.9 GW solar (solar was useless much of the week)
* 5.0 GW gas (to handle the unreliables) These plans should change. As bad as TX's plans to "rely on unreliables" are, they are nothing compared to the Biden Plan, which calls for nearly 100% solar and wind electricity by 2035! Everyone should be asking him how the hell his plan would have fared in TX this week.
TX and America need to totally change direction in energy policy toward one of energy freedom, including freedom for the wonderful but demonized and criminalized ultra-reliable, non-carbon electricity source known as nuclear.
Tucker Carlson discussed this last night.
Comments
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Best argument against socialized power generation and delivery.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 16, 2021 12:56 PM (wGxSf)
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Even on their best days, windmills suck.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 16, 2021 12:56 PM (wGxSf)
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And solar doesn't get rid of the need for, oh, coal.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 16, 2021 12:57 PM (wGxSf)
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Mario Kart
Posted by: ... at February 16, 2021 12:57 PM (yq1z2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2021 12:58 PM (lmikk)
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I wonder if they will have a story about Fake President teaching his granddaughter how to fiddle.
Posted by: ... at February 16, 2021 12:58 PM (yq1z2)
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As I said earlier, I really wish Stephen Den Beste were around and in form, he would write 40k words about how all of this is preposterously stupid.
I miss that guy.
I miss that guy.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2021 12:58 PM (Rji+c)
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Well if it saves one bird, brr texas, I guess.
Posted by: Nckate at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (+6Fup)
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I was told there would be nude Alexis Texas....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (ifmtJ)
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"Because intermittent wind and solar can always go near zero--as we saw recently in TX--they don't replace the cost of reliable power plants, they add to the cost of reliable power plants. This is why the more wind and solar grids use, the higher their electricity prices."
This is important to understand.
This is important to understand.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (Zm+LZ)
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We have some windmillssouth of here. They built them. Then, couldn't use the power b/c theinfrastructurewasn't in place to carry the power from the soybean and corn fields to the population centers.
Geniuses.
Geniuses.
Posted by: Nobel Committe at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (lmikk)
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"Feature, not a bug"
-- Environmentalists and Great Resetters
-- Environmentalists and Great Resetters
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (bDqIh)
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We need more coal/gas fired generation plants and nuclear. Period. Full stop. "Wheels" Abbott better pay attention.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (jvt6t)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (UJgXw)
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"Renewable energy" = "Saving Gaia"
Gaia > humans
They will not stop demanding renewable energy, people will die and the Powers the Be will not care. At all. They want us dead.
Case in point: COVID patients to nursing homes in NY, NJ PA and MI.
Gaia > humans
They will not stop demanding renewable energy, people will die and the Powers the Be will not care. At all. They want us dead.
Case in point: COVID patients to nursing homes in NY, NJ PA and MI.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (tjZg/)
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5 You can feel the noods coming.
Round about every hour or so. Strange.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2021 12:58 PM (lmikk)
As the Age of Chaos is nearly upon us the Horde develops psionic powers. What could possibly go wrong?
Round about every hour or so. Strange.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2021 12:58 PM (lmikk)
As the Age of Chaos is nearly upon us the Horde develops psionic powers. What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: SMH at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (toBA3)
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The windmills are fine.
Posted by: Dominion Power Systems, Inc at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (yq1z2)
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The Greenie Weenies want to tell us that he solution to this is huge banks of batteries, but they never say where they're going to get all the materials, i.e. rare earths, etc. for the batteries or what to do with them at the end of their lifespan, which is less than ten years currently.
But, if they just ball their little fists up hard enough and wish! those racist laws of physics will be repealed and they will save the world, they just know it.
But, if they just ball their little fists up hard enough and wish! those racist laws of physics will be repealed and they will save the world, they just know it.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (Wm5SB)
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Why are we upset the windmills stopped?
Posted by: Texas Birds at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (bDqIh)
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12 Threat or thread, ace?
Yes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (lmikk)
Well, the situation IS quite threatening.
Yes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (lmikk)
Well, the situation IS quite threatening.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:01 PM (ynpvh)
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They don't want us to have clean, inexpensive energy. They don't want us to have any energy at all.
They don't want us to have clean, inexpensive energy. They don't want us to have any energy at all.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 01:01 PM (UJgXw)
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Actually it's the failures of unrestrained capitalism. And global warming.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (UJgXw)
Right. Cause what we have now in any way resembles a free market.
That means this will be the death of all windmills in Texas right? They don't work when you need them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (UJgXw)
Right. Cause what we have now in any way resembles a free market.
That means this will be the death of all windmills in Texas right? They don't work when you need them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2021 01:01 PM (lmikk)
Posted by: Flyover at February 16, 2021 01:01 PM (Rbu5d)
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Donkey Hoity
Posted by: Biden's Dog at February 16, 2021 01:01 PM (+zr6a)
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Well, the situation IS quite threatening.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:01 PM (ynpvh)
16 degrees in Dallas? Wow
Well, the situation IS quite threatening.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:01 PM (ynpvh)
16 degrees in Dallas? Wow
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:02 PM (ONvIw)
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The temperature in Texas right now is 75 degrees.
Posted by: Dominion Weather Systems, Inc at February 16, 2021 01:02 PM (yq1z2)
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Additionally, the expense and distraction of accommodating "unreliables" takes away money and focus from resiliency.
++++
Resilience engineering is a thing, and it's important. And it's de-prioritized by a lot of organizations. Efficiency comes at a price, and that price is often resilience or the size of the damage cross-section when failures occur.
We have optimized for efficiency at the expense of resilience a lot. The entire fragile but hyper-efficient JIT supply chain comes to mind, too.
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Resilience engineering is a thing, and it's important. And it's de-prioritized by a lot of organizations. Efficiency comes at a price, and that price is often resilience or the size of the damage cross-section when failures occur.
We have optimized for efficiency at the expense of resilience a lot. The entire fragile but hyper-efficient JIT supply chain comes to mind, too.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 01:02 PM (UZVEt)
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This is the Democrat Communist Party's dream.
More dead conservatives. More dead Texans.
Hey, Wuhan virus might cause sterility, says an American Thinker piece. It's already killing the elderly in millions across the globe. And the UK is "culling the herd" by Do Not Resuscitate for the "mentally challenged."
Globalists like Gates, Obama, Fauci and Soros and the Commie Dems only dreamed of this day of reducing the "overpopulated" earth. Now they have a hold of it.
This is the Democrat Communist Party's dream.
More dead conservatives. More dead Texans.
Hey, Wuhan virus might cause sterility, says an American Thinker piece. It's already killing the elderly in millions across the globe. And the UK is "culling the herd" by Do Not Resuscitate for the "mentally challenged."
Globalists like Gates, Obama, Fauci and Soros and the Commie Dems only dreamed of this day of reducing the "overpopulated" earth. Now they have a hold of it.
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2021 01:02 PM (bbdhK)
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Remember the bumper stickers Texans had on their cars in the late '70's?
"Let the Damn Yankees Freeze"
"Let the Damn Yankees Freeze"
Posted by: JoeF. at February 16, 2021 01:02 PM (HrMC1)
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California is another disaster zone when it comes to energy production. No new hydroelectric plants for what, 30 or 40 years? Lots of wind turbines and solar panels, but when the weather gets hot and the wind is not blowing, doesn't do much. Texas should be a wake-up call, but it won't be.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:02 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 01:02 PM (UJgXw)
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How dare...I mean, carry on.
Posted by: Greta Thunberg at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (6UvYI)
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They don't want us to have any energy at all.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 01:01 PM (UJgXw)
Or food.
Or clean water.
Or families.
Or...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 16, 2021 01:01 PM (UJgXw)
Or food.
Or clean water.
Or families.
Or...
Posted by: Flyover at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (Rbu5d)
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Worth mentioning, if Texas doesn't have it's shit together, the rest of the country is proper fucked.
Soon as the weather turns and the price gouging subsides, going to pull the trigger on a decent generator.
Soon as the weather turns and the price gouging subsides, going to pull the trigger on a decent generator.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (ifmtJ)
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Batteries. That is the biggest issue with unreliable energy. Even when they work solar and wind need a battery system to store the energy for local use.
Just dumping power into the grid works until the grid fails then your spinning a wind mill for no reason unless you hate birds.
Just dumping power into the grid works until the grid fails then your spinning a wind mill for no reason unless you hate birds.
Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (6Pqz7)
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Wind Power: Killing Birds AND People!
Wind Power: Killing Birds AND People!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (pNxlR)
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They don't want us to have clean, inexpensive energy. They don't want us to have any energy at all.
Exactly.. Ideal for them is us all in slum high-rises in areas where they can watch us and no private vehicles.. We must ride the public transit
Exactly.. Ideal for them is us all in slum high-rises in areas where they can watch us and no private vehicles.. We must ride the public transit
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (Zmnko)
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I guess it's the state of dumbed-down America, but the analysis there is painfully restrained on how absurd it is to rely on unicorn power of any kind for base-load.
It's amazing how simply stupid "modern" societies can be. Germany retiring its nukes - pure idiocy.
Now - TEXAS - acting like CA or OR or MA??
It's almost like the "red" states are a big part of the national problem, too.
It's amazing how simply stupid "modern" societies can be. Germany retiring its nukes - pure idiocy.
Now - TEXAS - acting like CA or OR or MA??
It's almost like the "red" states are a big part of the national problem, too.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (OTzUX)
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1. Remove stupid law that says we cannot reprocess nuclear waste.
2. Open Yuca for what we can't reprocess.
3. Build nuc plants if you want electric cars.
It really is an either or decision right now. Want your electric cars? Build Nuc Plants.
Don't want Nuc? Give up your pipedream of Electric cars.
2. Open Yuca for what we can't reprocess.
3. Build nuc plants if you want electric cars.
It really is an either or decision right now. Want your electric cars? Build Nuc Plants.
Don't want Nuc? Give up your pipedream of Electric cars.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (oHd/0)
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Soon as the weather turns and the price gouging subsides, going to pull the trigger on a decent generator.
Yep. Here too.
Soon as the weather turns and the price gouging subsides, going to pull the trigger on a decent generator.
Yep. Here too.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (tjZg/)
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I grew up in Michigan. Temps were very low in winter and fell below zero at times. Our heat never failed, when you got inside it was warm, and when you went out your boots were cold rated and your feet didn't freeze. No solar energy, no windmills, and we did fine.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (ONvIw)
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1 Best argument against socialized power generation and delivery.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 16, 2021 12:56 PM (wGxSf)
=========
"Or...the best argument for it?"
-The Left
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 16, 2021 12:56 PM (wGxSf)
=========
"Or...the best argument for it?"
-The Left
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (LvTSG)
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Wind power: gives you power when you don't need it the most.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (ynpvh)
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grew up in Michigan. Temps were very low in winter and fell below zero at times. Our heat never failed, when you got inside it was warm, and when you went out your boots were cold rated and your feet didn't freeze. No solar energy, no windmills, and we did fine.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (ONvIw)
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But the Earth didn't, you retrograde wrecker. The Earth paid the price for your mere comfort.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (ONvIw)
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But the Earth didn't, you retrograde wrecker. The Earth paid the price for your mere comfort.
Posted by: Environmentalist Left at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (UZVEt)
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It's like Bob Dylan said . . .
Clouds so swift
Rain won't lift
Gate won't close
Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain't goin' nowhere
Clouds so swift
Rain won't lift
Gate won't close
Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain't goin' nowhere
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (VVEnO)
48
Exactly.. Ideal for them is us all in slum high-rises in areas where they can watch us and no private vehicles.. We must ride the public transit
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (Zmnko)
Yup, you'll be able to ride the high speed rail all the way from Bakersfield to Merced!!!
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (Zmnko)
Yup, you'll be able to ride the high speed rail all the way from Bakersfield to Merced!!!
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (oHd/0)
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the idea of electric power from the wind and the sun is irresistible to the enviro-leftists
they will NEVER give it up
they will NEVER give it up
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (iTXRQ)
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41 1. Remove stupid law that says we cannot reprocess nuclear waste.
2. Open Yuca for what we can't reprocess.
3. Build nuc plants if you want electric cars.
It really is an either or decision right now. Want your electric cars? Build Nuc Plants.
Don't want Nuc? Give up your pipedream of Electric cars.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (oHd/0)
They're going to choose the other route. Where everything falls apart.
2. Open Yuca for what we can't reprocess.
3. Build nuc plants if you want electric cars.
It really is an either or decision right now. Want your electric cars? Build Nuc Plants.
Don't want Nuc? Give up your pipedream of Electric cars.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (oHd/0)
They're going to choose the other route. Where everything falls apart.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (Zm+LZ)
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For leftist totalitarian policies "If it saves one life"
Against leftist totalitarian policies "Sacrifices have to be made" which is just a rephrase of Stalin's comment about omelettes.
I've often said I'll treat this "global warming" thing seriously when those who say it's happening treat it seriously and that requires a huge backlog of nuclear power plants to be built in the US.
Against leftist totalitarian policies "Sacrifices have to be made" which is just a rephrase of Stalin's comment about omelettes.
I've often said I'll treat this "global warming" thing seriously when those who say it's happening treat it seriously and that requires a huge backlog of nuclear power plants to be built in the US.
Posted by: Saintly Akin at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (POEVS)
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Babylon Bee: Texans Forced To Cut Open Cattle With Lightsabers And Climb Inside For Warmth
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (xPl2J)
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We need more coal/gas fired generation plants and nuclear. Period. Full stop. "Wheels" Abbott better pay attention.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (jvt6t)
Governors in some states, like Ohio, appoint the heads of the utility commission. I don't know how much autonomy the state commissions have on encouraging coal but nukes are almost under complete control by the feds.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (jvt6t)
Governors in some states, like Ohio, appoint the heads of the utility commission. I don't know how much autonomy the state commissions have on encouraging coal but nukes are almost under complete control by the feds.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (y7DUB)
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They're going to choose the other route. Where everything falls apart.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (Zm+LZ)
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Only for us, as we're stacked like cordwood into high-rise tower blocks and own nothing and pay them the vig for everything we do use. It'll be just fine for them.
Just ask 'em.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (Zm+LZ)
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Only for us, as we're stacked like cordwood into high-rise tower blocks and own nothing and pay them the vig for everything we do use. It'll be just fine for them.
Just ask 'em.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (UZVEt)
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Texas is dying, and not just from the lack of heat. Politics is killing the state too.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (qoNQ/)
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The entire fragile but hyper-efficient JIT supply chain comes to mind, too.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 01:02 PM (UZVEt)
Yes, indeed. Lots of manufacturing had to close down during the plandemic response by govt, b/c no parts or materials.
Food shortages? Same. Processing plants shut down, throw out the food.
Consumables shortages? Same.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 01:02 PM (UZVEt)
Yes, indeed. Lots of manufacturing had to close down during the plandemic response by govt, b/c no parts or materials.
Food shortages? Same. Processing plants shut down, throw out the food.
Consumables shortages? Same.
Posted by: Flyover at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (Rbu5d)
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https://tinyurl.com/5fxkhzjm
Do you accept less investment return to save the planet?
Do you accept less investment return to save the planet?
Posted by: jeff at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (J2JqR)
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>>>Let's all learn from this mistake.
Everything is bigger in Texas. Sorry to the Texas morons who got caught out in the cold on this. The lesson is government does nothing well, and you are on your own, quite literally. Prepare accordingly.
Everything is bigger in Texas. Sorry to the Texas morons who got caught out in the cold on this. The lesson is government does nothing well, and you are on your own, quite literally. Prepare accordingly.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (KnJdm)
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37 Batteries. That is the biggest issue with unreliable energy. Even when
they work solar and wind need a battery system to store the energy for
local use.
Just dumping power into the grid works until the grid fails then your spinning a wind mill for no reason unless you hate birds.
Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (6Pqz7)
One (somewhat inefficient) idea was to pump water up to a high-elevation reservoir (loss of efficiency), use hydro-electric to get the energy back when needed (loss of efficiency). In a place like Kali where they haven't build a dam think in years, won't happen.
they work solar and wind need a battery system to store the energy for
local use.
Just dumping power into the grid works until the grid fails then your spinning a wind mill for no reason unless you hate birds.
Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (6Pqz7)
One (somewhat inefficient) idea was to pump water up to a high-elevation reservoir (loss of efficiency), use hydro-electric to get the energy back when needed (loss of efficiency). In a place like Kali where they haven't build a dam think in years, won't happen.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (ynpvh)
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I grew up in Michigan. Temps were very low in winter and fell below zero at times. Our heat never failed, when you got inside it was warm, and when you went out your boots were cold rated and your feet didn't freeze. No solar energy, no windmills, and we did fine.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (ONvIw)
Yes, but that's MICHIGAN.
You have dealing with the cold down to a science.
Even in NJ, we have a handle on that.
But places like Texas and Florida where there are massive pileups after an inch of snow, it's different.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (ONvIw)
Yes, but that's MICHIGAN.
You have dealing with the cold down to a science.
Even in NJ, we have a handle on that.
But places like Texas and Florida where there are massive pileups after an inch of snow, it's different.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (HrMC1)
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Texas seems to have gone the way of Spain. Some of the land masse is similar but not all for sure. Texas is easily one of the states with the most variety in its climate and landscape. But there is some severe irony here. The state the produces the most oil has been felted over wind and solar. Don't tell me having more large cities than any other state, and all of them being deep blue, doesn't change things.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (gkHkW)
62
Natural gas can be stored in huge multi million dollar tanks....For the once in a lifetime need.
Posted by: torabora at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (034Xl)
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So, you Texas keyboard commandos,
Whatcha gonna do about it?
Write another sternly worded letter?
Whatcha gonna do about it?
Write another sternly worded letter?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (W2Pud)
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Let's talk about electric cars. People are using their gas powered cars to charge their cell phone and to keep warm. They are being told to unplug electric appliances that put a strain on the system.
Imagine what this would be like if everyone had an electric car in Texas not just now, but during Hurricane season.
Imagine what this would be like if everyone had an electric car in Texas not just now, but during Hurricane season.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (NpAcC)
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This is what happens when you get scientific imbeciles in power. They have no idea about what it takes to produce energy and only have a toehold on that whole "physics" thingy.
I always wonder who it is who doesn't want everyone to have cheap, abundant sources of energy. I also wonder exactly what is wrong with them.
I always wonder who it is who doesn't want everyone to have cheap, abundant sources of energy. I also wonder exactly what is wrong with them.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (HaL55)
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54 They're going to choose the other route. Where everything falls apart.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (Zm+LZ)
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Only for us, as we're stacked like cordwood into high-rise tower blocks and own nothing and pay them the vig for everything we do use. It'll be just fine for them.
Just ask 'em.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (UZVEt)
That's more of a goal of their's than a plan. Their plans make the Norks and Soviets look like smart and capable people.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (Zm+LZ)
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Only for us, as we're stacked like cordwood into high-rise tower blocks and own nothing and pay them the vig for everything we do use. It'll be just fine for them.
Just ask 'em.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (UZVEt)
That's more of a goal of their's than a plan. Their plans make the Norks and Soviets look like smart and capable people.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (Zm+LZ)
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ultra-reliable, non-carbon electricity source known as nuclear.
Ding, ding, this is the winner. I fear however as the former USA moves towards the dark ages, many second and third world countries will get there well before us, mostly funded by China and in their control.
Ding, ding, this is the winner. I fear however as the former USA moves towards the dark ages, many second and third world countries will get there well before us, mostly funded by China and in their control.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (r+sAi)
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They don't want us to have clean, inexpensive energy. They don't want us to have any energy at all.
Exactly.. Ideal for them is us all in slum high-rises in areas where they can watch us and no private vehicles.. We must ride the public transit
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (Zmnko)
and tagged with microchips
Exactly.. Ideal for them is us all in slum high-rises in areas where they can watch us and no private vehicles.. We must ride the public transit
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 01:03 PM (Zmnko)
and tagged with microchips
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (bbdhK)
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And actually "resilience" is a ridiculous indulgence of a false premise, the basic premise behind all this disastrous waste grift and failure.
Base-load power is a thing. It's as simple and unavoidable as the seasons. That's it. Discussion over.
Off/on "energy sources" aren't suitable for base-load power supply. Obviously, and by definition. Jeebus.
And one might go further, and reject things even at a more basic level. There is absolutely no reason for "renewables" to exist, period. There is absolutely no reason to not use coal and oil and gas. The ludicrous "climate change" hypothesis is just that - a ludicrous hypothesis, nothing more.
Base-load power is a thing. It's as simple and unavoidable as the seasons. That's it. Discussion over.
Off/on "energy sources" aren't suitable for base-load power supply. Obviously, and by definition. Jeebus.
And one might go further, and reject things even at a more basic level. There is absolutely no reason for "renewables" to exist, period. There is absolutely no reason to not use coal and oil and gas. The ludicrous "climate change" hypothesis is just that - a ludicrous hypothesis, nothing more.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (OTzUX)
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The TX focus on wind has come above all at the expense of coal, which has the resiliency advantage (along with nuclear) of being able to store large quantities of fuel onsite; gas mostly requires "just in time" delivery from pipelines.
This "just in time" crap came from business schools as a way to minimize the costs of storing inventory. As we have seen from the Covid fiasco, it works fine - until it doesn't.
Business schools, like journalism schools, seem to be pretty much worthless.
This "just in time" crap came from business schools as a way to minimize the costs of storing inventory. As we have seen from the Covid fiasco, it works fine - until it doesn't.
Business schools, like journalism schools, seem to be pretty much worthless.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (73Q5c)
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Baby, it's COLD outside!
Posted by: Zeera Hunkering down here, Boss at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (RLANM)
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We need conventional power plants more than we need green producers.
The green producers are Icing on the cake, not the whole cake.
They need to do some nuclear as well. It takes a decade to get one approved and 5 years to build.
So, conventional now. they main reason they don't do it, is they don't want America to be productive.
They have effectively Shorted our country. And they need our price to go down. When Trump fixed everything, it was like GAMESTOP. They were looking at disaster.
The green producers are Icing on the cake, not the whole cake.
They need to do some nuclear as well. It takes a decade to get one approved and 5 years to build.
So, conventional now. they main reason they don't do it, is they don't want America to be productive.
They have effectively Shorted our country. And they need our price to go down. When Trump fixed everything, it was like GAMESTOP. They were looking at disaster.
Posted by: mooch's swinging bulge at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (eKdD8)
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58 >>>Let's all learn from this mistake.
Everything is bigger in Texas. Sorry to the Texas morons who got caught out in the cold on this. The lesson is government does nothing well, and you are on your own, quite literally. Prepare accordingly.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (KnJdm)
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"Government is my boyfriend."
-Julia
Everything is bigger in Texas. Sorry to the Texas morons who got caught out in the cold on this. The lesson is government does nothing well, and you are on your own, quite literally. Prepare accordingly.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (KnJdm)
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"Government is my boyfriend."
-Julia
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (LvTSG)
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Trump said pussy!
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (yQpMk)
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My husband told me has night his oldest lib niece is in Austin and complaining to the family that she's cold.
The only Texans I care about are conservatives. Don't care about the Biden-worshiping princess.
The only Texans I care about are conservatives. Don't care about the Biden-worshiping princess.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (ptqGC)
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Plus, you think the left gives a crap if Texans freeze?
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (qoNQ/)
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I always wonder who it is who doesn't want everyone to have cheap, abundant sources of energy. I also wonder exactly what is wrong with them.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (HaL55)
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They're evil creatures of power who strive to murder and enslave. This isn't new. The methods have been refreshed for the 21st century, but the ancient evil is still the same.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (HaL55)
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They're evil creatures of power who strive to murder and enslave. This isn't new. The methods have been refreshed for the 21st century, but the ancient evil is still the same.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (UZVEt)
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But the Earth didn't, you retrograde wrecker. The Earth paid the price for your mere comfort.
Posted by: Environmentalist Left at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (UZVEt)
Leftist crap. I well recall the first earth day and how we'd all be dead by 1980. It's always been bullshit.
The Earth is fine. Pollution is minimized and people are more responsible about air and water...except in China, but somehow they get a pass, because Richie Rich needs slave labor and it's only fair that the Chinese have their fair share of opportunities to ruin the environment.
The 70s were full of songs about the ruination of the earth.
Posted by: Environmentalist Left at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (UZVEt)
Leftist crap. I well recall the first earth day and how we'd all be dead by 1980. It's always been bullshit.
The Earth is fine. Pollution is minimized and people are more responsible about air and water...except in China, but somehow they get a pass, because Richie Rich needs slave labor and it's only fair that the Chinese have their fair share of opportunities to ruin the environment.
The 70s were full of songs about the ruination of the earth.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (ONvIw)
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the idea of electric power from the wind and the sun is irresistible to the enviro-leftists
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Only until it works and is useful.
At that point it must be sacrificed for Gaia in favor of something else shitty they can invest in.
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Only until it works and is useful.
At that point it must be sacrificed for Gaia in favor of something else shitty they can invest in.
Posted by: ... at February 16, 2021 01:09 PM (yq1z2)
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One (somewhat inefficient) idea was to pump water up to a high-elevation reservoir (loss of efficiency), use hydro-electric to get the energy back when needed (loss of efficiency). In a place like Kali where they haven't build a dam think in years, won't happen.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (ynpvh)
We already do that here in California.
Look up the Wishon Dam, up above Fresno.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (ynpvh)
We already do that here in California.
Look up the Wishon Dam, up above Fresno.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:09 PM (oHd/0)
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Trump said pussy!
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (yQpMk)
And we're back to Alexis Texas...
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (yQpMk)
And we're back to Alexis Texas...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 16, 2021 01:09 PM (ifmtJ)
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57 https://tinyurl.com/5fxkhzjm
Do you accept less investment return to save the planet?
Posted by: jeff at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (J2JqR)
At first I thought this was a religious thing. Disavow the sins you've made against Gaia to save the planet. Then again maybe it is?
Do you accept less investment return to save the planet?
Posted by: jeff at February 16, 2021 01:06 PM (J2JqR)
At first I thought this was a religious thing. Disavow the sins you've made against Gaia to save the planet. Then again maybe it is?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:09 PM (ynpvh)
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Our heat never failed, when you got inside it was
warm, and when you went out your boots were cold rated and your feet
didn't freeze. No solar energy, no windmills, and we did fine.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (ONvIw)
Cowboy boots and hats are not insulated.
warm, and when you went out your boots were cold rated and your feet
didn't freeze. No solar energy, no windmills, and we did fine.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:04 PM (ONvIw)
Cowboy boots and hats are not insulated.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:09 PM (KnJdm)
84
Decline is a choice.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 16, 2021 01:09 PM (DXFDM)
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That we are not primarily nuclear powered is an absurdity and a disgrace.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 16, 2021 01:09 PM (nakwk)
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (ptqGC)
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2 Even on their best days, windmills suck.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 16, 2021 12:56 PM (wGxSf)
On top of everything else - being unreliable, shredding birds, oftentimes noisy, etc. - they're butt ugly.
The San Gorgonio Pass looks like a piece of bread with mold mycelia all over it.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 16, 2021 12:56 PM (wGxSf)
On top of everything else - being unreliable, shredding birds, oftentimes noisy, etc. - they're butt ugly.
The San Gorgonio Pass looks like a piece of bread with mold mycelia all over it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (73Q5c)
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The illegitimate president shares your concerns and we'll circle back during the 2024 election.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (qoNQ/)
89
"Government is my boyfriend."
-Julia
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (LvTSG)
I rate this is true. Julia is often fucked by the bureaucracy.
"Government is my boyfriend."
-Julia
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (LvTSG)
I rate this is true. Julia is often fucked by the bureaucracy.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (ONvIw)
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I always wonder who it is who doesn't want everyone to have cheap, abundant sources of energy.
Commies, fascists and oligarchs. They want you spending time on figuring out how to stay warm and cook food rather than looking at their corruption and tyranny.
Commies, fascists and oligarchs. They want you spending time on figuring out how to stay warm and cook food rather than looking at their corruption and tyranny.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (r+sAi)
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My husband told me has night his oldest lib niece is in Austin and complaining to the family that she's cold.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (ptqGC)
Parentts Everywhere: Put on clothes!
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (ptqGC)
Parentts Everywhere: Put on clothes!
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (KnJdm)
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This is part of the great reset.
Disease, freezing to death, famine, etc.
Posted by: SMH
Until a prominent few of the proposers of this vile idea are pulled out of their comfortable burrows and reset themselves, they won't atop pushing this.
This is part of the great reset.
Disease, freezing to death, famine, etc.
Posted by: SMH
Until a prominent few of the proposers of this vile idea are pulled out of their comfortable burrows and reset themselves, they won't atop pushing this.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (pNxlR)
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Let's talk about electric cars. People are using their gas powered cars to charge their cell phone and to keep warm. They are being told to unplug electric appliances that put a strain on the system.
Imagine what this would be like if everyone had an electric car in Texas not just now, but during Hurricane season.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (NpAcC)
Electric cars only make sense if you have no critical thinking skills.
Imagine what this would be like if everyone had an electric car in Texas not just now, but during Hurricane season.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (NpAcC)
Electric cars only make sense if you have no critical thinking skills.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (y7DUB)
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86 I guess solar panels don't work too well when it's cloudy and snowy, either.
Oops.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (ptqGC)
Apparently Gaia needs human sacrifice now.
Oops.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (ptqGC)
Apparently Gaia needs human sacrifice now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (ynpvh)
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I hate those wind farms with a heat of a thousand suns. Ugly, annoying, killer of birds, and always dysfunctional.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (GnkRx)
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We need to stick Greta in a hamster wheel. Let her generate power for us. Chain her to the wheel.
We need to stick Greta in a hamster wheel. Let her generate power for us. Chain her to the wheel.
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (bbdhK)
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Texas is dying, and not just from the lack of heat. Politics is killing the state too.
Specifically, it's the radical-leftist politics that's doing the killing. We on the Right know what does and doesn't work. The commie-left thinks the world can run on unicorn farts if we all wish hard enough and clap our hands together.
WASTF
Specifically, it's the radical-leftist politics that's doing the killing. We on the Right know what does and doesn't work. The commie-left thinks the world can run on unicorn farts if we all wish hard enough and clap our hands together.
WASTF
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (HaL55)
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This is an insane example of lefty fashion-focused public policy. Texas is floating on oceans of oil and gas. There is zero excuse for a lack of plentiful electricity. Let the adults take over.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (nkc1K)
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So, you Texas keyboard commandos,
Whatcha gonna do about it?
I'm gonna stay warm. I don't give a shit of other Texans die of cold. People need to get what they vote for good and hard. I can't make people be rational. So I'll just look after myself as best I can and point and laugh at everyone else like Nelson Muntz. I've made my peace with the fact that nothing happens until bellies are empty.
Whatcha gonna do about it?
I'm gonna stay warm. I don't give a shit of other Texans die of cold. People need to get what they vote for good and hard. I can't make people be rational. So I'll just look after myself as best I can and point and laugh at everyone else like Nelson Muntz. I've made my peace with the fact that nothing happens until bellies are empty.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (H5knJ)
100
This is impossible. These projects were peer reviewed by the finest of peers at the Pentagon looking out for our National Security.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (03n3v)
101
Nuke, even with sane policies (like allowing development, using new designs, allowing waste storage) still a big loser, gas is the rational choice for a few decades or centuries. That and coal, of course.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (OTzUX)
102
Hackey Psaki: "Joe, it's really cold in Texas."
Joe: "Huh?"
Joe: "Huh?"
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (v0R5T)
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75 My husband told me has night his oldest lib niece is in Austin and complaining to the family that she's cold.
The only Texans I care about are conservatives. Don't care about the Biden-worshiping princess.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (ptqGC)
Tell him to text her that she should be proud to make sacrifices for the good of the Earth.
The only Texans I care about are conservatives. Don't care about the Biden-worshiping princess.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (ptqGC)
Tell him to text her that she should be proud to make sacrifices for the good of the Earth.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (Zm+LZ)
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As the Age of Chaos is nearly upon us the Horde develops psionic powers. What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (Zm+LZ)
The M stands for mutant.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (Zm+LZ)
The M stands for mutant.
Posted by: The MRNA Vaccine at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (yQpMk)
105
Posted by: mooch's swinging bulge at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (eKdD
Argued this years ago. Its actually WORSE than you postulate.
Green energy (wind solar) are inherently not reliable. There are times they just don't produce.
Which means you must also have a reliable means of energy production, sitting idle, when they do produce, so you can take up the slack for when they don't.
The ONLY way these become cost effective, is if the total plant cost for creating the unreliable 'green' energy, is less than the FUEL cost of the energy production it offsets.
which, it flat out does not do. EVER.'
And if you don't have alternate production set aside? Texas.
Argued this years ago. Its actually WORSE than you postulate.
Green energy (wind solar) are inherently not reliable. There are times they just don't produce.
Which means you must also have a reliable means of energy production, sitting idle, when they do produce, so you can take up the slack for when they don't.
The ONLY way these become cost effective, is if the total plant cost for creating the unreliable 'green' energy, is less than the FUEL cost of the energy production it offsets.
which, it flat out does not do. EVER.'
And if you don't have alternate production set aside? Texas.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (oHd/0)
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37 Batteries. That is the biggest issue with unreliable energy. Even when they work solar and wind need a battery system to store the energy for local use.
***
And then there's the sheer f****** lunacy of building giant ass wind turbine blades out of fiberglass made from petroleum.
Which we're now burying out in the desert to get rid of them when they crack or wear out.
Add to that the average leftist thinks that steel comes from fairy farts and unicorn giggles.
***
And then there's the sheer f****** lunacy of building giant ass wind turbine blades out of fiberglass made from petroleum.
Which we're now burying out in the desert to get rid of them when they crack or wear out.
Add to that the average leftist thinks that steel comes from fairy farts and unicorn giggles.
Posted by: Azathoth at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (JVFlB)
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The amount of sheer neglect that has been heaped upon the building blocks of civilization (such as basic utilities) is mind-boggling.
Its beyond gross negligence.
The USA squandered decades of a lead in nuclear power and went ham-handed over "renewables" that don't work. Magical thinking.
And meanwhile, the billionaires out to solve the world's problems look a the total amount of energy consumption in the USA and think "hmmm, how can I shrink that"
Its beyond gross negligence.
The USA squandered decades of a lead in nuclear power and went ham-handed over "renewables" that don't work. Magical thinking.
And meanwhile, the billionaires out to solve the world's problems look a the total amount of energy consumption in the USA and think "hmmm, how can I shrink that"
Posted by: Revenant at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (3R13O)
108
"We're gonna put you'all back in chains caves!"
Posted by: ShainS at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (PnpIB)
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>>>They're going to choose the other route. Where everything falls apart. where nobody gets to travel unless they are walking or it's to or from their place of work, all occupations considered superfluous like those associated with dining out, or shopping at local brick and motars, theme parks or other out of home entertainment industries are eliminated, their former employees are placed on welfare, all persons who can work at home by law must, businesses will have to file permits for every onsite worker.
there FIFY.
there FIFY.
Posted by: Saintly Akin at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (POEVS)
110
I can't wait for Dementia Joe to react to the first hurricane of the season.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (ptqGC)
111
You know who could sell Texas some energy? Ukraine. Just give me a call.
They can also get Texas hookers and cocaine, if that's a problem.
They can also get Texas hookers and cocaine, if that's a problem.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (hcgC8)
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I've made my peace with the fact that nothing happens until bellies are empty.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (H5knJ)
If the government were to try to control the population through the food supply, attacking said supply might have an impact.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (H5knJ)
If the government were to try to control the population through the food supply, attacking said supply might have an impact.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (Zm+LZ)
113
They just need to turn the screws more on those energy hogging old people.
I understand lots of datacenters are down there...as DR sites...and can't get diesel to their generators.
UGLY
They just need to turn the screws more on those energy hogging old people.
I understand lots of datacenters are down there...as DR sites...and can't get diesel to their generators.
UGLY
Posted by: Rev. Dr. E Buzz Miller, Lesbian at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (lg/F7)
114
Commies, fascists and oligarchs. They want you spending time on figuring out how to stay warm and cook food rather than looking at their corruption and tyranny.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (r+sAi)
Happiness, is a warm gun.
https://youtu.be/8rTb_ghUbtg
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (r+sAi)
Happiness, is a warm gun.
https://youtu.be/8rTb_ghUbtg
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (KnJdm)
115
I have said all along that nobody will wake up until people start to die.
last week it was -35 here. without coal powered generators we would be a population of ice cubes.
last week it was -35 here. without coal powered generators we would be a population of ice cubes.
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (FZYNt)
116
Build the dang power plant!
Posted by: Zombie John McVain, One Final FY To America!! at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (nkc1K)
117
Until a prominent few of the proposers of this vile idea are pulled out of their comfortable burrows and reset themselves, they won't atop pushing this.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (pNxlR)
Got anyone in mind?
Until a prominent few of the proposers of this vile idea are pulled out of their comfortable burrows and reset themselves, they won't atop pushing this.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (pNxlR)
Got anyone in mind?
Posted by: Gates, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Jacobs, Dorsey at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (ONvIw)
118
This is typical socialist madness, e.g. collectivize farms and cause famine, no problem, no change in plan. The indifference to the real world shit technical outcome, while exclusively focussing on the pie in the sky fantasy, is a reliable marker.
Continuing to force it down our throats shows who is in charge. Pushing back on it marks malcontents who will need further attention in the future.
This is typical socialist madness, e.g. collectivize farms and cause famine, no problem, no change in plan. The indifference to the real world shit technical outcome, while exclusively focussing on the pie in the sky fantasy, is a reliable marker.
Continuing to force it down our throats shows who is in charge. Pushing back on it marks malcontents who will need further attention in the future.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (gT6EJ)
119
Ding, ding, this is the winner. I fear however as the former USA moves towards the dark ages, many second and third world countries will get there well before us, mostly funded by China and in their control.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (r+sAi)
The US is the reason that the non-superpower sovereign nations still exist.
Once they're in control here, the other countries will fall to them, too.
After all, We're All In This Together.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (r+sAi)
The US is the reason that the non-superpower sovereign nations still exist.
Once they're in control here, the other countries will fall to them, too.
After all, We're All In This Together.
Posted by: ... at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (yq1z2)
120
the idea of electric power from the wind and the sun is irresistible to the enviro-leftists
If any of that crap worked, we'd already be using it.
the idea of electric power from the wind and the sun is irresistible to the enviro-leftists
If any of that crap worked, we'd already be using it.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (HaL55)
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111 You know who could sell Texas some energy? Ukraine. Just give me a call.
They can also get Texas hookers and cocaine, if that's a problem.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (hcgC
Plenty of hookers and cocaine coming through the border now that Joe has made changes.
They can also get Texas hookers and cocaine, if that's a problem.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (hcgC
Plenty of hookers and cocaine coming through the border now that Joe has made changes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (ynpvh)
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103 Tell him to text her that she should be proud to make sacrifices for the good of the Earth.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (Zm+LZ)
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"If you burn anything to be warm, you are literally killing the Earth with carbon. What's more important? Your comfort or the Earth's future?"
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (Zm+LZ)
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"If you burn anything to be warm, you are literally killing the Earth with carbon. What's more important? Your comfort or the Earth's future?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (LvTSG)
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110 I can't wait for Dementia Joe to react to the first hurricane of the season.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (ptqGC)
Simple.. All he has to say is it is Trump's fault
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (ptqGC)
Simple.. All he has to say is it is Trump's fault
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (Zmnko)
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Imagine what this would be like if everyone had an electric car in Texas not just now, but during Hurricane season.
People would be forced to stay home, not work and eventually get on government assistance. And would be controlled, like cattle.
What's the problem?
-Your Elite Betters
People would be forced to stay home, not work and eventually get on government assistance. And would be controlled, like cattle.
What's the problem?
-Your Elite Betters
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (tjZg/)
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Trust and believe state politicians will pay for this.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (5/lDN)
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Cowboy boots and hats are not insulated.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:09 PM (KnJdm)
You joke, but this is kind of a thing here in coastal California. We're not generally dressed for cold weather (oftentimes don't have the clothes for cold weather), and houses are also often not insulated nor have AC, because most of the time there's no need.
When I lived in Hawaii I did not own a long-sleeve shirt, much less a sweater.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:09 PM (KnJdm)
You joke, but this is kind of a thing here in coastal California. We're not generally dressed for cold weather (oftentimes don't have the clothes for cold weather), and houses are also often not insulated nor have AC, because most of the time there's no need.
When I lived in Hawaii I did not own a long-sleeve shirt, much less a sweater.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (73Q5c)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (CjFDo)
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They're going to choose the other route. Where everything falls apart.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (Zm+LZ)
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That's the idea - starve us, freeze us, and kill us by cornering a smaller resource-base for their own use. A wrecked economy and piles of corpses are a feature, not a bug.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:05 PM (Zm+LZ)
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That's the idea - starve us, freeze us, and kill us by cornering a smaller resource-base for their own use. A wrecked economy and piles of corpses are a feature, not a bug.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (0WKYs)
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104 As the Age of Chaos is nearly upon us the Horde develops psionic powers. What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (Zm+LZ)
The M stands for mutant.
Posted by: The MRNA Vaccine at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (yQpMk)
Will the Imperial Army of the God Emperor stand against the hordes of Chaos? (Damn, used to be a bad wargame, now its coming into reality??? shit).
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (Zm+LZ)
The M stands for mutant.
Posted by: The MRNA Vaccine at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (yQpMk)
Will the Imperial Army of the God Emperor stand against the hordes of Chaos? (Damn, used to be a bad wargame, now its coming into reality??? shit).
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (oHd/0)
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If the government were to try to control the population through the food supply, attacking said supply might have an impact.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (Zm+LZ)
This is about moi, isn't it?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (Zm+LZ)
This is about moi, isn't it?
Posted by: Gates at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (ONvIw)
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My employer - Southern Companies - has gone all in on this green energy nonsense. Top management has committed to zero carbon emissions by sometime in the 2030s. I wonder if recent events in TX will give them pause?
Hah! I kill myself. Of course not.
Hah! I kill myself. Of course not.
Posted by: butch at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (cHvOo)
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where nobody gets to travel unless they are walking or it's to or from their place of work, all occupations considered superfluous like those associated with dining out, or shopping at local brick and motars, theme parks or other out of home entertainment industries are eliminated, their former employees are placed on welfare, all persons who can work at home by law must, businesses will have to file permits for every onsite worker.
there FIFY.
Posted by: Saintly Akin at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (POEVS)
Yeah, the economy literally isn't capable of tolerating that. This is like Mao's reorganization of the Chinese economy except even dumber.
there FIFY.
Posted by: Saintly Akin at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (POEVS)
Yeah, the economy literally isn't capable of tolerating that. This is like Mao's reorganization of the Chinese economy except even dumber.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (Zm+LZ)
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120 the idea of electric power from the wind and the sun is irresistible to the enviro-leftists
If any of that crap worked, we'd already be using it.
i'd like to point out that crap is a renewable resource and burning it should not affect the global carbon balance, as it is essentially short-term carbon sequestration.
If any of that crap worked, we'd already be using it.
i'd like to point out that crap is a renewable resource and burning it should not affect the global carbon balance, as it is essentially short-term carbon sequestration.
Posted by: Comrade Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at February 16, 2021 01:15 PM (v3pYe)
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"If you burn anything to be warm, you are literally killing the Earth with carbon. What's more important? Your comfort or the Earth's future?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (LvTSG)
The bleat, "IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN!"
(Try to keep a straight face when doing so.)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (LvTSG)
The bleat, "IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN!"
(Try to keep a straight face when doing so.)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:15 PM (73Q5c)
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Nuke, even with sane policies (like allowing development, using new designs, allowing waste storage) still a big loser, gas is the rational choice for a few decades or centuries. That and coal, of course.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (OTzUX)
This! Under Drumpf not only were we energy independent, we were a net exporter. Then along came Stinkfinger...
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (OTzUX)
This! Under Drumpf not only were we energy independent, we were a net exporter. Then along came Stinkfinger...
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:15 PM (y7DUB)
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I can't wait for Dementia Joe to react to the first hurricane of the season.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (ptqGC)
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Joe: "Those windmills are really spinning now!"
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (ptqGC)
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Joe: "Those windmills are really spinning now!"
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:15 PM (v0R5T)
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... and yet, here we are.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2021 01:15 PM (h89VN)
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Ft Hood/Killeen/Copperas Cove stores are either bare or closed.
Last deliveries were Thursday.
Lines outside HEBs in the cold.
Daughter's power has been able to stay on thus far.
Last deliveries were Thursday.
Lines outside HEBs in the cold.
Daughter's power has been able to stay on thus far.
Posted by: SMH at February 16, 2021 01:15 PM (toBA3)
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Looks like TX has 2 nuke sites, with each running 2 reactors; nuke power is a mere 5.4% of the baseload electricity in TX.
MS has 2 reactors and few windmills. Our nearby town of Gulfport also has a coal fired power plant (TFG tried and failed to shut it down). Our power stayed on yesterday and today.
MS has 2 reactors and few windmills. Our nearby town of Gulfport also has a coal fired power plant (TFG tried and failed to shut it down). Our power stayed on yesterday and today.
Posted by: GnuBreed, oh well at February 16, 2021 01:15 PM (F0YaR)
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Glad I'm in AZ now, where it's relatively warm (60's) and we have a nice big nuke plant that keeps the electricity running.
And when even a state like AZ, that gets sun 350 days of the year, can't make it on solar, you know it's "unreliable" energy.
And when even a state like AZ, that gets sun 350 days of the year, can't make it on solar, you know it's "unreliable" energy.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (k4dH2)
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134
The bleat, "IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN!"
(Try to keep a straight face when doing so.)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:15 PM (73Q5c)
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"You'd better be wearing at least three masks inside and alone. You don't want to spread covid either. It spreads faster in the cold. Fauci said so."
The bleat, "IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN!"
(Try to keep a straight face when doing so.)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:15 PM (73Q5c)
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"You'd better be wearing at least three masks inside and alone. You don't want to spread covid either. It spreads faster in the cold. Fauci said so."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (LvTSG)
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That we are not primarily nuclear powered is an absurdity and a disgrace.
Yet again, Americaenz must look to Frahnce.
Yet again, Americaenz must look to Frahnce.
Posted by: some snooty Parisian at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (h5TKJ)
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Add to that the average leftist thinks that steel comes from fairy farts and unicorn giggles.
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Somebody had video up explaining solar cell production.
Strip mining quartz.
Melting coal 10parts to 1part quartz in an electric arc furnace at 3000 degrees releasing lots of CO2 to make the stuff that makes solar panel work.
Its magical thinking all the way down.
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Somebody had video up explaining solar cell production.
Strip mining quartz.
Melting coal 10parts to 1part quartz in an electric arc furnace at 3000 degrees releasing lots of CO2 to make the stuff that makes solar panel work.
Its magical thinking all the way down.
Posted by: mooch's swinging bulge at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (eKdD8)
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Add to that the average leftist thinks that steel comes from fairy farts and unicorn giggles.
Posted by: Azathoth at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (JVFlB)
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And electricity comes from thunderbolts out of Elon Musk's arse!
Posted by: Azathoth at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (JVFlB)
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And electricity comes from thunderbolts out of Elon Musk's arse!
Posted by: ShainS at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (WohSw)
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Yeah, the economy literally isn't capable of tolerating that. This is like Mao's reorganization of the Chinese economy except even dumber.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (Zm+LZ)
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Mao didn't have efficient high technology as a means to optimize the system, nor did anyone in that era take the necessary step of UBI to ensure a decent life for those who have been displaced from the economy. Our modern, high-tech methods and efficient resource distribution mean that we're no longer playing the same game we once were.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (Zm+LZ)
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Mao didn't have efficient high technology as a means to optimize the system, nor did anyone in that era take the necessary step of UBI to ensure a decent life for those who have been displaced from the economy. Our modern, high-tech methods and efficient resource distribution mean that we're no longer playing the same game we once were.
Posted by: World Economic Forum at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (UZVEt)
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123 110 I can't wait for Dementia Joe to react to the first hurricane of the season.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (ptqGC)
Simple.. All he has to say is it is Trump's fault
Posted by: It's me Donna at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (Zmnko)
I'm sure Joe could use his autopen to sign executive orders making the names off all hurricanes henceforth to be named after "Insurrectionists". Hurricane Donald will be a killer! Donald was already used? Use it again!
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (ptqGC)
Simple.. All he has to say is it is Trump's fault
Posted by: It's me Donna at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (Zmnko)
I'm sure Joe could use his autopen to sign executive orders making the names off all hurricanes henceforth to be named after "Insurrectionists". Hurricane Donald will be a killer! Donald was already used? Use it again!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (ynpvh)
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120
the idea of electric power from the wind and the sun is irresistible to the enviro-leftists
If any of that crap worked, we'd already be using it.
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The leftist mentality is permanently stuck in the 19th century. Hence the love affair with unions, windmills, and trains.
the idea of electric power from the wind and the sun is irresistible to the enviro-leftists
If any of that crap worked, we'd already be using it.
***
The leftist mentality is permanently stuck in the 19th century. Hence the love affair with unions, windmills, and trains.
Posted by: Azathoth at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (JVFlB)
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You would think this would be a big hello for Texas. Probably not.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (jvt6t)
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110 I can't wait for Dementia Joe to react to the first hurricane of the season.
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Huh? What? Who is that nice blond woman who turns my TV on every night? She smells great.
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Huh? What? Who is that nice blond woman who turns my TV on every night? She smells great.
Posted by: Sundown Joe Biden at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (nkc1K)
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"If you burn anything to be warm, you are literally killing the Earth with carbon. What's more important? Your comfort or the Earth's future?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (LvTSG)
When we are all dead, and the cockroaches rule, the earth will still be here.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:13 PM (LvTSG)
When we are all dead, and the cockroaches rule, the earth will still be here.
Posted by: Gates at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (ONvIw)
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142 "That we are not primarily nuclear powered is an absurdity and a disgrace."
Yet again, Americaenz must look to Frahnce.
Posted by: some snooty Parisian at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (h5TKJ)
We could look to Germany but they replaced their nuclear power with wood burning. Yes, really.
Yet again, Americaenz must look to Frahnce.
Posted by: some snooty Parisian at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (h5TKJ)
We could look to Germany but they replaced their nuclear power with wood burning. Yes, really.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:17 PM (Zm+LZ)
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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.
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 01:17 PM (5/lDN)
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Abbott and various legislators have already called for "investigations" and "hearings." Never fear citizen, the politicians will fix everything.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 16, 2021 01:17 PM (qc+VF)
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And meanwhile, the billionaires out to solve the world's problems look a the total amount of energy consumption in the USA and think "hmmm, how can I shrink that"
Posted by: Revenant at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (3R13O)
I wondered here last week: What are next steps in mass uprising, if conventional war between nations is not possible?
-And yet the past methods of population control such as warfare of the total war type, are unacceptable for elites today because of the specter of a nuclear holocaust that would also contaminate life for the elites themselves. Johnson is not only aware of this, but is explicit in his introduction to 'The Virus'. We can also include that war will result in one side or the other being blamed at a time of great collusion between world powers, but yet a global pandemic seems to be an act of god -- when in fact perhaps it is the outcome of man playing at god.
https://tinyurl.com/2gfeaolp
Posted by: Revenant at February 16, 2021 01:12 PM (3R13O)
I wondered here last week: What are next steps in mass uprising, if conventional war between nations is not possible?
-And yet the past methods of population control such as warfare of the total war type, are unacceptable for elites today because of the specter of a nuclear holocaust that would also contaminate life for the elites themselves. Johnson is not only aware of this, but is explicit in his introduction to 'The Virus'. We can also include that war will result in one side or the other being blamed at a time of great collusion between world powers, but yet a global pandemic seems to be an act of god -- when in fact perhaps it is the outcome of man playing at god.
https://tinyurl.com/2gfeaolp
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:17 PM (KnJdm)
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You want more heat? Fire up the crematoriums!
Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at February 16, 2021 01:17 PM (03n3v)
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Besides, when we're all eating synthetic meat from Bill Gates Farms (they remembah) it'll all be swell.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 01:18 PM (jvt6t)
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Wind and solar aren't reliable, and more importantly, don't have the energy density to support a civilized industrial nation. You need coal and gas. You need oil. You need fracking - it makes reliable energy inexpensive. And you need the advantages of safe, clean, reliable nuclear. fusion4freedom.com/understanding-e-mc2
Posted by: Qoheleth at February 16, 2021 01:18 PM (lY4np)
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Why does pixy think my post looks like spam?
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:18 PM (AwYPR)
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What a bunch of dumbasses.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 16, 2021 01:18 PM (ufFY8)
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It bears repeating, but we are an incredibly unserious country.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 16, 2021 01:18 PM (KbCG3)
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I realized something was deeply wrong in Texas during the Iraq War. Oil prices were high and a local town in South Texas decided to boycott an Exxon station I believe. I really could not believe it. These are the guys that produce the oil and gas. But they are boycotting a gas station to make a point? It would be like Wisconsin boycotting cheese or East NC boycotting tobacco. I wondered about that and where it might lead.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:18 PM (gkHkW)
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Let's talk about electric cars.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (NpAcC)
Electric cars only make sense if you have no critical thinking skills.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (y7DUB)
On the flip side, it's a huge battery source.
I bought one of those camping batteries by Jackery recently and it is great. It's not even a big one but powers a lot for quite some time.
Yes, you need electric to charge it, but you need electric to make and sell petro cars. I keep my car's tank full of gas, but it wouldn't last too long. I would need a nice reserve.
People in my family are really looking for off the grid stuff now. Not over the top crazy, they have their protection (guns and ammo, etc), but ham radio (and license to use), older cars in good condition that will would not be effected by an EMP hit. And camping type foods and supplies. Just need a mountain and a moat.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2021 01:07 PM (NpAcC)
Electric cars only make sense if you have no critical thinking skills.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (y7DUB)
On the flip side, it's a huge battery source.
I bought one of those camping batteries by Jackery recently and it is great. It's not even a big one but powers a lot for quite some time.
Yes, you need electric to charge it, but you need electric to make and sell petro cars. I keep my car's tank full of gas, but it wouldn't last too long. I would need a nice reserve.
People in my family are really looking for off the grid stuff now. Not over the top crazy, they have their protection (guns and ammo, etc), but ham radio (and license to use), older cars in good condition that will would not be effected by an EMP hit. And camping type foods and supplies. Just need a mountain and a moat.
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (bbdhK)
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155: using irredeemables for a renewable resource
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Frank Burns Eats Worms at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (v3pYe)
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You want more heat? Fire up the crematoriums!
Posted by: Andrew Cuomo
Keep calling me a Nazi and your dago ass Will burn.
Posted by: Andrew Cuomo
Keep calling me a Nazi and your dago ass Will burn.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (5/lDN)
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Why does pixy think my post looks like spam?
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:18 PM (AwYPR)
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Things I have found:
- Too many linebreaks
- The word "bl-zer" (as in Chevrolet Bl-zer)
- Repeating the same word too many times in the same post
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:18 PM (AwYPR)
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Things I have found:
- Too many linebreaks
- The word "bl-zer" (as in Chevrolet Bl-zer)
- Repeating the same word too many times in the same post
Posted by: World Economic Forum at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (UZVEt)
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Strip mining quartz.
Melting coal 10parts to 1part quartz in an electric arc furnace at 3000 degrees releasing lots of CO2 to make the stuff that makes solar panel work.
Its magical thinking all the way down.
Posted by: mooch's swinging bulge at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (eKdD
I am reminded of the 'Who knows what goes into making a pencil?' speech.
Ruled by fools. Ain't oligarchy grand?
Melting coal 10parts to 1part quartz in an electric arc furnace at 3000 degrees releasing lots of CO2 to make the stuff that makes solar panel work.
Its magical thinking all the way down.
Posted by: mooch's swinging bulge at February 16, 2021 01:16 PM (eKdD
I am reminded of the 'Who knows what goes into making a pencil?' speech.
Ruled by fools. Ain't oligarchy grand?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (lmikk)
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we have smart meters. let the people choose the power generation of their choice and live with the allocation of their choice.
Posted by: x4 at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (oA+QO)
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164 104 The M stands for mutant.
i though m stood for mobile.
Posted by: Frank Burns Eats Worms at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (v3pYe)
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Murderer. Just ask Peter Lorre.
i though m stood for mobile.
Posted by: Frank Burns Eats Worms at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (v3pYe)
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Murderer. Just ask Peter Lorre.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (LvTSG)
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When I lived in Hawaii I did not own a long-sleeve shirt, much less a sweater.
Posted by: Deplorable Ja
I don't have winter clothes. We don't need them.
When I lived in Hawaii I did not own a long-sleeve shirt, much less a sweater.
Posted by: Deplorable Ja
I don't have winter clothes. We don't need them.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (MYL08)
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Ugh. Sockoff.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (UZVEt)
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When we're gone the cockroaches won't have anything to eat.
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (v0R5T)
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Tilting at solar panels...
Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (vuisn)
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Abbott and various legislators have already called for "investigations" and "hearings." Never fear citizen, the politicians will fix everything.
Posted by: Oddbob
Abbott will be on the outside looking in if my vote has any say so.
Posted by: Oddbob
Abbott will be on the outside looking in if my vote has any say so.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (5/lDN)
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172 When we're gone the cockroaches won't have anything to eat.
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (v0R5T)
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Twinkies.
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (v0R5T)
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Twinkies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (LvTSG)
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Wind "energy" and synthetic "meat." That's our future. That's what Bill Gates is pushing for, from the comforts of his 10,000 square foot mansion.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2021 01:21 PM (O+I8R)
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This "just in time" crap came from business schools as a way to minimize
the costs of storing inventory. As we have seen from the Covid fiasco,
it works fine - until it doesn't.
JIT only works in small geographic areas. In a worldwide economy, it's designed to fail, and fail in spectacular fashion. When a government makes the cost of doing business go up thanks to needless overregulation, businesses have to start squeezing profits from other, non-traditional areas.
the costs of storing inventory. As we have seen from the Covid fiasco,
it works fine - until it doesn't.
JIT only works in small geographic areas. In a worldwide economy, it's designed to fail, and fail in spectacular fashion. When a government makes the cost of doing business go up thanks to needless overregulation, businesses have to start squeezing profits from other, non-traditional areas.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 01:21 PM (HaL55)
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here is another tidbit for y'all,
those electric cars everyone is saying will be mandatory in a few years, when you turn the heat on inside it doesn't just magically appear, it is produced due to the internal combustion engine, which if eliminated from the equation, means now you need to create a new heat source, electric heat. long story short, using a battery to produce heat will kill any savings you started out with.
those electric cars everyone is saying will be mandatory in a few years, when you turn the heat on inside it doesn't just magically appear, it is produced due to the internal combustion engine, which if eliminated from the equation, means now you need to create a new heat source, electric heat. long story short, using a battery to produce heat will kill any savings you started out with.
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 16, 2021 01:21 PM (FZYNt)
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It does surprise me after the fauxdemic that people haven't learned to stock up for mother nature's PMS.
*not referring to the poor, of course.
*not referring to the poor, of course.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:21 PM (r+sAi)
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let the people choose the power generation of their choice and live with the allocation of their choice.
Posted by: x4 at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (oA+QO)
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Choose? People? People *choosing* something?
No. Absolutely not.
Posted by: x4 at February 16, 2021 01:19 PM (oA+QO)
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Choose? People? People *choosing* something?
No. Absolutely not.
Posted by: Global Technocrat Elite at February 16, 2021 01:21 PM (UZVEt)
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When we're gone the cockroaches won't have anything to eat.
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (v0R5T)
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Twinkies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (LvTSG)
SPAM
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (v0R5T)
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Twinkies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (LvTSG)
SPAM
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2021 01:21 PM (bbdhK)
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155 You want more heat? Fire up the crematoriums!
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Don't think we haven't thought of that already. We're just trying to figure out how to efficiently handle the 25 million or so that will need to be eliminated.
We wouldn't want our genocide to be ecologically unsound!
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Don't think we haven't thought of that already. We're just trying to figure out how to efficiently handle the 25 million or so that will need to be eliminated.
We wouldn't want our genocide to be ecologically unsound!
Posted by: Billy Ayers, guilty as sin at February 16, 2021 01:21 PM (k4dH2)
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When we're gone the cockroaches won't have anything to eat.
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (v0R5T)
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Keith Richards will be solving the cockroach problem.
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:20 PM (v0R5T)
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Keith Richards will be solving the cockroach problem.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (jvt6t)
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Why does pixy think my post looks like spam?
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:18 PM (AwYPR)
Too many carriage returns, smart quotes or forbidden words like Bl@zer?
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:18 PM (AwYPR)
Too many carriage returns, smart quotes or forbidden words like Bl@zer?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (ifmtJ)
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"People are literally going to die."
One of my FAVORITE phrases is "gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet."
Well where's the freakin' omelet, jackwagons??
One of my FAVORITE phrases is "gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet."
Well where's the freakin' omelet, jackwagons??
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (oQ94s)
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We could look to Germany but they replaced their nuclear power with wood burning. Yes, really.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:17 PM (Zm+LZ)
the French made the most use of it. We invented it, but they were smart enough to use it. We are weird, as are they. But we want nothing to do with our own discoveries. The French planned to scrap nuclear a decade ago but the idea was just a claim and as far as I know, it has been largely forgotten. i am sure someone still rails about it, but no way is it a big thing these days.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:17 PM (Zm+LZ)
the French made the most use of it. We invented it, but they were smart enough to use it. We are weird, as are they. But we want nothing to do with our own discoveries. The French planned to scrap nuclear a decade ago but the idea was just a claim and as far as I know, it has been largely forgotten. i am sure someone still rails about it, but no way is it a big thing these days.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (gkHkW)
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A continental ice sheet could develop and start making its way south from the Arctic and the AGW idiots would still be calling for our doom from excessive heat.
Polar Vortex FTW!
Polar Vortex FTW!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (ch6++)
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Just put electric space heaters next to the windmills. Duh
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (kTF2Z)
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Whale oil--the Wave of the Future!
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (Ndje9)
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Choose? People? People *choosing* something?
No. Absolutely not.
Posted by: Global Technocrat Elite at February 16, 2021 01:21 PM (UZVEt)
We pay exactly TWICE the national Average for Natural Gas here in Calif.
Even though CA has a metric fuckton of Natural Gas in ground.
No. Absolutely not.
Posted by: Global Technocrat Elite at February 16, 2021 01:21 PM (UZVEt)
We pay exactly TWICE the national Average for Natural Gas here in Calif.
Even though CA has a metric fuckton of Natural Gas in ground.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (oHd/0)
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>This "just in time" crap came from business schools as a way to minimize the costs of storing inventory. As we have seen from the Covid fiasco, it works fine - until it doesn't.
Business schools, like journalism schools, seem to be pretty much worthless.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (73Q5c)
As someone who had the Toyota Production System and "The Toyota Way" shoved down my throat when I worked in manufacturing, I rate this comment as true. It's business management as cargo cult. "It worked for Toyota, so it will work for us, although we have a completely different product line, product mix, and sales channels!". But hey, there's good money to be made in fleecing the sheep pretending to be a "six sigma sensei" consultant or some bullshit like that.
Business schools, like journalism schools, seem to be pretty much worthless.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (73Q5c)
As someone who had the Toyota Production System and "The Toyota Way" shoved down my throat when I worked in manufacturing, I rate this comment as true. It's business management as cargo cult. "It worked for Toyota, so it will work for us, although we have a completely different product line, product mix, and sales channels!". But hey, there's good money to be made in fleecing the sheep pretending to be a "six sigma sensei" consultant or some bullshit like that.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (DXFDM)
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Too many carriage returns, smart quotes or forbidden words like Bl@zer?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021)
l@ce w!gs
Too many carriage returns, smart quotes or forbidden words like Bl@zer?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021)
l@ce w!gs
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (FZYNt)
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This "just in time" crap came from business schools as a way to minimize the costs of storing inventory. As we have seen from the Covid fiasco, it works fine - until it doesn't.
Business schools, like journalism schools, seem to be pretty much worthless.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (73Q5c)
And if you look at it closely you realize the inventory is still being stored, just further up the supply chain. Eventually when you reach the end, to cut costs they have to shrink capacity(ability to throughput).
This "just in time" crap came from business schools as a way to minimize the costs of storing inventory. As we have seen from the Covid fiasco, it works fine - until it doesn't.
Business schools, like journalism schools, seem to be pretty much worthless.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (73Q5c)
And if you look at it closely you realize the inventory is still being stored, just further up the supply chain. Eventually when you reach the end, to cut costs they have to shrink capacity(ability to throughput).
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (Zm+LZ)
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It's *not* magical thinking. They are boosting their portfolios.
Posted by: ... at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (yq1z2)
Posted by: mooch's swinging bulge at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (1hlsR)
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187 A continental ice sheet could develop and start making its way south from the Arctic and the AGW idiots would still be calling for our doom from excessive heat.
Polar Vortex FTW!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (ch6++)
Historically we are due for an ice age.
And no one knows what the hell causes them to happen.
Polar Vortex FTW!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (ch6++)
Historically we are due for an ice age.
And no one knows what the hell causes them to happen.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (oHd/0)
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192
Too many carriage returns, smart quotes or forbidden words like Bl@zer?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021)
l@ce w!gs
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (FZYNt)
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Busty lesbians.
That's it. That's the comment.
Busty lesbians.
Too many carriage returns, smart quotes or forbidden words like Bl@zer?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021)
l@ce w!gs
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (FZYNt)
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Busty lesbians.
That's it. That's the comment.
Busty lesbians.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (LvTSG)
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I'd bet Gates' house is larger than 10,000sq ft.
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (AwYPR)
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When I lived in Hawaii I did not own a long-sleeve shirt, much less a sweater.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (73Q5c)
Brother928 on Kuai has neither heat nor A/C in his house. I don't think it is insulated either but I don't know for sure on that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM (73Q5c)
Brother928 on Kuai has neither heat nor A/C in his house. I don't think it is insulated either but I don't know for sure on that.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (yQpMk)
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185 "People are literally going to die."
One of my FAVORITE phrases is "gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet."
Well where's the freakin' omelet, jackwagons??
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (oQ94s)
Texans are cold and shivering in the dark! What more could you want? - Liberal overlords
One of my FAVORITE phrases is "gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet."
Well where's the freakin' omelet, jackwagons??
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (oQ94s)
Texans are cold and shivering in the dark! What more could you want? - Liberal overlords
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (5/lDN)
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198 I'd bet Gates' house is larger than 10,000sq ft.
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (AwYPR)
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Made entirely out of silicon based materials, I'm sure.
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (AwYPR)
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Made entirely out of silicon based materials, I'm sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (LvTSG)
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I always wonder who it is who doesn't want everyone to have cheap, abundant sources of energy.
Commies, fascists and oligarchs. They want you spending time on figuring out how to stay warm and cook food rather than looking at their corruption and tyranny.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (r+sAi)
Nah, it's just the communists. Cheap abundant energy means a roaring economy, which means happy, prosperous people. In short, people who will be very resistant to agitation.
Freezing, starving people, on the other hand, will be more likely to listen to the siren call of St. Karl Marx.
Hence anything that crashes the economy, destroys the nuclear family, encourages crime and perversion, etc., in short, anything that sows cynicism and despair is a high priority for the Reds. "The worse, the better," as Lenin put it.
Commies, fascists and oligarchs. They want you spending time on figuring out how to stay warm and cook food rather than looking at their corruption and tyranny.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:10 PM (r+sAi)
Nah, it's just the communists. Cheap abundant energy means a roaring economy, which means happy, prosperous people. In short, people who will be very resistant to agitation.
Freezing, starving people, on the other hand, will be more likely to listen to the siren call of St. Karl Marx.
Hence anything that crashes the economy, destroys the nuclear family, encourages crime and perversion, etc., in short, anything that sows cynicism and despair is a high priority for the Reds. "The worse, the better," as Lenin put it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (73Q5c)
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198 I'd bet Gates' house is larger than 10,000sq ft.
Posted by: BignJames
his mud room is 10,000sq ft
Posted by: BignJames
his mud room is 10,000sq ft
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (FZYNt)
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Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (oHd/0)
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Sun spot activity for the most part. Which has been low to non existent for around a decade.
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Sun spot activity for the most part. Which has been low to non existent for around a decade.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (jvt6t)
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The San Gorgonio Pass looks like a piece of bread with mold mycelia all over it.
Posted by: Deplorable
And just like the wind farms in Tehachapi Pass many of the wind turbines are dead and they continue to leak oil polluting.
Any where that starts hearing about another wind farm should see if they can get bonds required to get the 'farm' removed when it dies.
The San Gorgonio Pass looks like a piece of bread with mold mycelia all over it.
Posted by: Deplorable
And just like the wind farms in Tehachapi Pass many of the wind turbines are dead and they continue to leak oil polluting.
Any where that starts hearing about another wind farm should see if they can get bonds required to get the 'farm' removed when it dies.
Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (gtatv)
207
When will Gwampa pway Mawio Cart wif me?
Posted by: Hunter Biden's Arkansas Love Child at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (6UvYI)
208
Real Wind Energy has never been tried.
Posted by: ... at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (yq1z2)
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People are literally going to die.
And the media will not report this.
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Covid deaths, and Trump insurgency related.
And the media will not report this.
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Covid deaths, and Trump insurgency related.
Posted by: CDC at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (Ojki1)
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Three words: NU. CLE. AR.
Posted by: succinct pookysgirl at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (XKZwp)
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I'm from the government and I'm here to help....
@SenatorRomney
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I'm introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers.
Congress hasn't raised the minimum wage in more than a decade, leaving many Americans behind. Our proposal gradually raises the minimum wage without costing jobs, setting it to increase automatically with inflation, and requires employers to verify the legal status of workers.
@SenatorRomney
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I'm introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers.
Congress hasn't raised the minimum wage in more than a decade, leaving many Americans behind. Our proposal gradually raises the minimum wage without costing jobs, setting it to increase automatically with inflation, and requires employers to verify the legal status of workers.
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (cF8AT)
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208 Real Wind Energy has never been tried.
Posted by: ... at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (yq1z2)
Sails.
Posted by: ... at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (yq1z2)
Sails.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:26 PM (Zm+LZ)
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Historically we are due for an ice age.
And no one knows what the hell causes them to happen.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (oHd/0)
Solar panels?
Anyway. They also predicted a big ice age in the 1970s, the glaciers would spread all the way to the South. The left said that we in the parts of the country should remain and die by glacier. It was deserved as the glaciers were caused by industrialization.
Historically we are due for an ice age.
And no one knows what the hell causes them to happen.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (oHd/0)
Solar panels?
Anyway. They also predicted a big ice age in the 1970s, the glaciers would spread all the way to the South. The left said that we in the parts of the country should remain and die by glacier. It was deserved as the glaciers were caused by industrialization.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:26 PM (ONvIw)
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Abbott will be on the outside looking in if my vote has any say so.
Not to defend Abbott, he's certainly been a disappointment, but who have we got to choose from that will be any better? If I see "rickb" or "Hadrian" on the primary ballot, he'll have my vote but I don't know if that's going to happen.
Not to defend Abbott, he's certainly been a disappointment, but who have we got to choose from that will be any better? If I see "rickb" or "Hadrian" on the primary ballot, he'll have my vote but I don't know if that's going to happen.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 16, 2021 01:26 PM (qc+VF)
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I have been fortunate to not lose power during this storm, but I know people in the area that lost power for 5 or more hours. The outside was at 12 degrees, and their houses were at 46 to 48 degrees inside.
Posted by: Advo at February 16, 2021 01:27 PM (SEqlD)
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211 I'm from the government and I'm here to help....
@SenatorRomney
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I'm introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers.
Congress hasn't raised the minimum wage in more than a decade, leaving many Americans behind. Our proposal gradually raises the minimum wage without costing jobs, setting it to increase automatically with inflation, and requires employers to verify the legal status of workers.
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (cF8AT)
Indexing a price floor to inflation. Genius. This is known to cause a spiraling effect in other similar areas. A moves B moving A moving B forever.
@SenatorRomney
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I'm introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers.
Congress hasn't raised the minimum wage in more than a decade, leaving many Americans behind. Our proposal gradually raises the minimum wage without costing jobs, setting it to increase automatically with inflation, and requires employers to verify the legal status of workers.
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (cF8AT)
Indexing a price floor to inflation. Genius. This is known to cause a spiraling effect in other similar areas. A moves B moving A moving B forever.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:27 PM (Zm+LZ)
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People would be forced to stay home, not work and eventually get on
government assistance. And would be controlled, like cattle.
Been binge-watching The Expanse and this is how the gubmint works in their world. Off-worlders are encouraged to sign up for benefits as soon as they step off the transport ships on Earf.
government assistance. And would be controlled, like cattle.
Been binge-watching The Expanse and this is how the gubmint works in their world. Off-worlders are encouraged to sign up for benefits as soon as they step off the transport ships on Earf.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 01:27 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: mooch's swinging bulge at February 16, 2021 01:27 PM (dohLp)
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This is part of the great reset.
Disease, freezing to death, famine, etc.
Posted by: SMH at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (toBA3)
And murder robots. Don't forget the murder robots.
Disease, freezing to death, famine, etc.
Posted by: SMH at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (toBA3)
And murder robots. Don't forget the murder robots.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (oQ94s)
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Anyway. They also predicted a big ice age in the 1970s, the glaciers would spread all the way to the South. The left said that we in the parts of the country should remain and die by glacier. It was deserved as the glaciers were caused by industrialization.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:26 PM (ONvIw)
The 70's Ice age predictions were based on the historic record.
Which, has not changed. Ice Ages don't hit like in stupid Hollywood movies, they take time to develop.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:26 PM (ONvIw)
The 70's Ice age predictions were based on the historic record.
Which, has not changed. Ice Ages don't hit like in stupid Hollywood movies, they take time to develop.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (oHd/0)
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Historically we are due for an ice age.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (oHd/0)
Wait a minute...rewriting history won't change the future?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (oHd/0)
Wait a minute...rewriting history won't change the future?
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (AwYPR)
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I read this morning that Texas's natural gas lines froze?
Is that even possible?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM
I don't really know how it works after it comes out of the ground, but when they pump it up from the wells a lot of brine comes up with it. That's what those big tanks on well locations are for. That's what the vacuum trucks are for. They empty them frequently and put the water into injection wells. I expect there is still a lot of dissolved moisture in the gas when it hits the pipelines.
Is that even possible?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM
I don't really know how it works after it comes out of the ground, but when they pump it up from the wells a lot of brine comes up with it. That's what those big tanks on well locations are for. That's what the vacuum trucks are for. They empty them frequently and put the water into injection wells. I expect there is still a lot of dissolved moisture in the gas when it hits the pipelines.
Posted by: huerfano at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (DzhEB)
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As I said earlier, I really wish Stephen Den Beste were around and in form, he would write 40k words about how all of this is preposterously stupid.
I miss that guy.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2021 12:58 PM (Rji+c)
Sadly, the time for words is long past.
I miss that guy.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2021 12:58 PM (Rji+c)
Sadly, the time for words is long past.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (2JVJo)
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Our proposal gradually raises the minimum wage without costing jobs, setting it to increase automatically with inflation, and requires employers to verify the legal status of workers.
They will take that last part out in committee.
They will take that last part out in committee.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 16, 2021 01:29 PM (yQpMk)
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Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (cF8AT)
Puke on Congress. Where were they when they could have passed these bills handily from 2017-2019? Investigating Trump.
I have no confidence in failure theater and will laugh when Romney's bill fails and he tries fundraising off the failure. Fuck that dirtbag
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (cF8AT)
Puke on Congress. Where were they when they could have passed these bills handily from 2017-2019? Investigating Trump.
I have no confidence in failure theater and will laugh when Romney's bill fails and he tries fundraising off the failure. Fuck that dirtbag
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:29 PM (ONvIw)
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the historic record.
Which, has not changed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (oHd/0)
Oh yeah?
Which, has not changed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (oHd/0)
Oh yeah?
Posted by: Big Tech at February 16, 2021 01:29 PM (yq1z2)
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I'm in TX western Bandera County. Rolling outages started here abt 3am Monday when it was 5 degrees. Happened abt 6 times yesterday and already 6 times today. Most wells are frozen in this area. Very rural area. The leftists around definitely are not prepared, but a country boy will survive. Have heat necessary, and enough water until things warm up.
Posted by: Nylon66 at February 16, 2021 01:29 PM (gbSNA)
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Well where's the freakin' omelet, jackwagons??
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (oQ94s)
lol It's an omelet, not YOUR omelet.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (oQ94s)
lol It's an omelet, not YOUR omelet.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:29 PM (KnJdm)
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@SenatorRomney
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I'm introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers.
bold move, Cotton
MUTT, more of the same BS
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I'm introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers.
bold move, Cotton
MUTT, more of the same BS
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:30 PM (6iURM)
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Brother928 on Kuai has neither heat nor A/C in his house. I don't think
it is insulated either but I don't know for sure on that.
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Few times I was there I was surprised at how many windows were open with no screens.
it is insulated either but I don't know for sure on that.
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Few times I was there I was surprised at how many windows were open with no screens.
Posted by: dartist at February 16, 2021 01:30 PM (+ya+t)
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I'd bet Gates' house is larger than 10,000sq ft.
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (AwYPR)
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The Gates home is the home of the future. From "The Road Ahead" book and CD:
https://youtu.be/YARPpfSRAfo
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:24 PM (AwYPR)
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The Gates home is the home of the future. From "The Road Ahead" book and CD:
https://youtu.be/YARPpfSRAfo
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2021 01:30 PM (UZVEt)
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The 70's Ice age predictions were based on the historic record.
Which, has not changed. Ice Ages don't hit like in stupid Hollywood movies, they take time to develop.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (oHd/0)
At the time, the magazines blamed pollution and industrialization of the US and Europe. The left said we were to accept our punishment and not move south.
Which, has not changed. Ice Ages don't hit like in stupid Hollywood movies, they take time to develop.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (oHd/0)
At the time, the magazines blamed pollution and industrialization of the US and Europe. The left said we were to accept our punishment and not move south.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (ONvIw)
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Posted by: Curly Shuffle at February 16, 2021 01:22 PM (ch6++)
Historically we are due for an ice age.
And no one knows what the hell causes them to happen.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (oHd/0)
Technically, we're still IN an ice age, it's just not, as Whoopie might say, an ICE AGE ice age.
Historically we are due for an ice age.
And no one knows what the hell causes them to happen.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:23 PM (oHd/0)
Technically, we're still IN an ice age, it's just not, as Whoopie might say, an ICE AGE ice age.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (oQ94s)
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (gkHkW)
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I expect there is still a lot of dissolved moisture in the gas when it hits the pipelines.
Posted by: huerfano at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (DzhEB)
Around 10%
Posted by: huerfano at February 16, 2021 01:28 PM (DzhEB)
Around 10%
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (AwYPR)
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@barstoolsports
Larry King Left A Secret Will Handwritten On A Piece of Scrap Paper To Cut His Wife Out For Banging Their Son's Little League Coach
https://tinyurl.com/yao24psn
Larry King Left A Secret Will Handwritten On A Piece of Scrap Paper To Cut His Wife Out For Banging Their Son's Little League Coach
https://tinyurl.com/yao24psn
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (cF8AT)
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Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:29 PM (ONvIw)
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He ain't the only rino that needs to FOAD.......
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He ain't the only rino that needs to FOAD.......
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (jvt6t)
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Our proposal gradually raises the minimum wage without costing jobs, setting it to increase automatically with inflation, and requires employers to verify the legal status of workers.
Ah, they are going to repeal the economic laws of cause and effect. Communism would have worked before if those people had just been so smart as to do this first.
Ah, they are going to repeal the economic laws of cause and effect. Communism would have worked before if those people had just been so smart as to do this first.
Posted by: Bete at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (Ojki1)
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@SenatorRomney
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I'm introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers.
Posted by: Tami
I swear some of y'all are on my Farcebook feed. That just popped up.
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I'm introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers.
Posted by: Tami
I swear some of y'all are on my Farcebook feed. That just popped up.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (5/lDN)
Posted by: Senile Joe signing another fifty EO before pudding time at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (h5TKJ)
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (6iURM)
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Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slavokia, Serbia, Bosnia, all have reliable power grids. Texas does not.
Wind turbines in the North Sea do not freeze. Those in Texas do.
Go figure.
Wind turbines in the North Sea do not freeze. Those in Texas do.
Go figure.
Posted by: Jack S. Phogbound, Esquire at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (9X60i)
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already 6 times today. Most wells are frozen in this area. Very rural area. The leftists around definitely are not prepared, but a country boy will survive. Have heat necessary, and enough water until things warm up.
Posted by: Nylon66 at
Wells can freeze? Big Ag wells or domestic with storage tanks? Submersible wells? Gravity fed storage tanks are a solution but you still have to pump to the tank.
Posted by: Nylon66 at
Wells can freeze? Big Ag wells or domestic with storage tanks? Submersible wells? Gravity fed storage tanks are a solution but you still have to pump to the tank.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (MYL08)
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bold move, Cotton
MUTT, more of the same BS
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:30 PM (6iURM)
Mutt taints Cotton or Cotton reveals himself as the Gielgud of failure theater?
bold move, Cotton
MUTT, more of the same BS
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:30 PM (6iURM)
Mutt taints Cotton or Cotton reveals himself as the Gielgud of failure theater?
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (ONvIw)
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219 This is part of the great reset.
Disease, freezing to death, famine, etc.
Posted by: SMH at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (toBA3)
And murder robots. Don't forget the murder robots.
Posted by: BurtTC
soon
Disease, freezing to death, famine, etc.
Posted by: SMH at February 16, 2021 01:00 PM (toBA3)
And murder robots. Don't forget the murder robots.
Posted by: BurtTC
soon
Posted by: Yellowstone Geyser at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (FZYNt)
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"Ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants." So, another box to check, with no real verification because both parties desire endless amount of immigrant labor. Got it.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (6/LtX)
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If Dominion was managing the windmills, they would be outputting 175 Brazillion Gigawatts right now.
Posted by: johnd01 at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (ukNFU)
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Larry King Left A Secret Will Handwritten On A Piece of Scrap Paper To Cut His Wife Out For Banging Their Son's Little League Coach
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I think I saw that movie on the Hallmark Channel over Christmas Break.
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I think I saw that movie on the Hallmark Channel over Christmas Break.
Posted by: mooch's swinging bulge at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (1hlsR)
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Many of the wind farms in TX have been constructed so that our 100% green corporations could buy the Renewable Energy Credits RECs. They are the usual suspects, Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. The could care less about the energy itself, just want the green paper to cover for the fact that their facilities are consuming fossil generated electrons. They have no care whatsoever about the the local market impact.
It is a disgrace.
It is a disgrace.
Posted by: Gern Blanstein at February 16, 2021 01:33 PM (hMXHs)
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Larry King Left A Secret Will Handwritten On A Piece of Scrap Paper To Cut His Wife Out For Banging Their Son's Little League Team
https://tinyurl.com/yao24psn
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (cF8AT)
FIFY
https://tinyurl.com/yao24psn
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (cF8AT)
FIFY
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:33 PM (6iURM)
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The office is all abuzz about how this is all because the TX grid is separate... despite half of these people either living in CA or having just moved from there, having experienced the shit CA grid but having little or no experience with TX.
Doesn't matter what it is, the solution is always more government.
Doesn't matter what it is, the solution is always more government.
Posted by: someguy at February 16, 2021 01:33 PM (BSV0x)
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Did Bidens naked swimming pool freeze over yet?
Posted by: SUG at February 16, 2021 01:34 PM (dMrJJ)
Posted by: Fake Bullshit Biden at February 16, 2021 01:34 PM (yq1z2)
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I've done soot blows on a open frame wood fired boiler in snow storms.
Open grate decks ice up and it is 110' to the top.
You have to be careful and you will still slip.
Open grate decks ice up and it is 110' to the top.
You have to be careful and you will still slip.
Posted by: torabora at February 16, 2021 01:34 PM (Z1kCI)
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Used to be "Let them freeze in the dark", now it's "Hey I'm freezing in the dark down here".
Posted by: Javems at February 16, 2021 01:34 PM (8SSHh)
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Is there a technical reason why gas plants can't store fuel on-site? I can't think of any.
All this crap, to me, says we should take a second look at nuclear, though. Modern reactors are a lot safer than the ones used in Chernobyl and Fukushima. The Thorium Salt reactor tested and shelved during the Cold War for being unable to contribute to our armament program is an inherently failsafe design.
Our grids should be built around nuclear for base load and coal or gas for reserve.
All this crap, to me, says we should take a second look at nuclear, though. Modern reactors are a lot safer than the ones used in Chernobyl and Fukushima. The Thorium Salt reactor tested and shelved during the Cold War for being unable to contribute to our armament program is an inherently failsafe design.
Our grids should be built around nuclear for base load and coal or gas for reserve.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at February 16, 2021 01:34 PM (FJ/Ee)
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Watched a Mercury 7 show last night and was struck by how much John Glenn reminded me of McCain because he was such an asshole weasel but with the ability to mostly fly and not always crash
Posted by: Nckate at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (+6Fup)
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Mutt taints Cotton or Cotton reveals himself as the Gielgud of failure theater?
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (ONvIw)
Cotton's gay ??
seems legit
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (ONvIw)
Cotton's gay ??
seems legit
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (6iURM)
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It's interesting sitting here in the Permian Basin in West Texas, on top of all this oil, having rolling blackouts...
Posted by: brak at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (cG+eD)
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Burst water pipes? Dog frozen stiff peeing on your kids bike left in the living room? Out of power for periods of time?
Then you need to sue Big Windmill! Don't let them get away with this travesty! You need to be compensated!* Call our office NOW at 899 555-5555 before someone gets your money!
*If successful settlement, you will be awarded a .03 cents check and an expired coupon to a local business that went belly up during the shutdown. As your attorney I'll get 60 % of the settlement and the presiding judge the rest.
Then you need to sue Big Windmill! Don't let them get away with this travesty! You need to be compensated!* Call our office NOW at 899 555-5555 before someone gets your money!
*If successful settlement, you will be awarded a .03 cents check and an expired coupon to a local business that went belly up during the shutdown. As your attorney I'll get 60 % of the settlement and the presiding judge the rest.
Posted by: Unemployed Class Action Lawyer at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (Cmo8b)
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@SenatorRomney
I'm introducing a bill
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Thanks, Senator Romney for that glossy introduction...
I'm introducing a bill
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Thanks, Senator Romney for that glossy introduction...
Posted by: Billy plays Bagpipes at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: x4 at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (oA+QO)
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Larry King Left A Secret Will Handwritten On A Piece of Scrap Paper To Cut His Wife Out For Banging Their Son's Little League Coach
Well, you know, if you marry a gal a quarter-century younger than you, you are probably asking to be cheated on. Maybe not always true, but probably true more often than not.
Well, you know, if you marry a gal a quarter-century younger than you, you are probably asking to be cheated on. Maybe not always true, but probably true more often than not.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (H5knJ)
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U.S. is rapidly becoming a Turd World Country. When I retire in a few years I'm going to take a look at Poland.
Posted by: I Have Questions at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (RGRIY)
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Those open frame boilers also ice up their fire suppression systems and go off sheeting everything in ice.
Fun days
Fun days
Posted by: torabora at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (Z1kCI)
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Meanwhile, in Mojave CA where I am, the wind has been blowing consistently between about 30 and 40 MPH with gusts up to about 60 for three days, and this typically occurs about five times a month.
Yet the eleventy billion yuge windmills that blot out the mountains around here still turn with the languid pace of arrogant, multi-billion dollar pieces of useless tech that don't give a fuck if they are ever profitable.
Yet the eleventy billion yuge windmills that blot out the mountains around here still turn with the languid pace of arrogant, multi-billion dollar pieces of useless tech that don't give a fuck if they are ever profitable.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (0bGEp)
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Posted by: Nylon66 at February 16, 2021 01:29 PM (gbSNA)
Saw a guy at a gun show recently with a couple of those on his table, along with a 77. Said he had like 200 of them at home. That wasn't you, was it? Mine (Mohawk Brown) was my first non-air gun. Still have it.
Saw a guy at a gun show recently with a couple of those on his table, along with a 77. Said he had like 200 of them at home. That wasn't you, was it? Mine (Mohawk Brown) was my first non-air gun. Still have it.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (qc+VF)
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@SenatorRomney
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I'm introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers.
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (cF8AT)
It's so cute watching Gope pivot away from illegals.
Eventually it was going to have to happen, and I suppose there's no better time than now.
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I'm introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers.
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:25 PM (cF8AT)
It's so cute watching Gope pivot away from illegals.
Eventually it was going to have to happen, and I suppose there's no better time than now.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (oQ94s)
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ten percent of the companies in Virginia have taken shit because they are named Dominion. To be fair, Dominion energy has been pretty cool during this pandemic. They have refused to cut anyone's power for any reason. Also, they have flat out dropped a lot of the power bills. I don't know if that was mandated by the state or what. But they have offered major relief to people who could not pay full freight.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (gkHkW)
Posted by: The Sweet Meteor of Death at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (0bGEp)
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For my lib friend in Tx who has complained about everything Trump- enjoy the warmth of green energy. For the rest (horde not included) who have no idea how unreliable this stuff is consider it a wake up call.
Posted by: Tigerlily at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (ny1NG)
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Has Sundown met any foreign dignitaries yet? Since we're not at war I'm thinking not.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (y7DUB)
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"All this crap, to me, says we should take a second look at nuclear, though. "
All it will take is one shitty fraud of a movie to deep-six that idea.
"All this crap, to me, says we should take a second look at nuclear, though. "
All it will take is one shitty fraud of a movie to deep-six that idea.
Posted by: Rev. Dr. E Buzz Miller, Lesbian at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (lg/F7)
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264 U.S. is rapidly becoming a Turd World Country. When I retire in a few years I'm going to take a look at Poland.
Posted by: I Have Questions at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (RGRIY)
I'm thinking seriously about buying sailboat and docking it in Varna Bulgaria
Posted by: I Have Questions at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (RGRIY)
I'm thinking seriously about buying sailboat and docking it in Varna Bulgaria
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (6iURM)
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There's a time and a place for renewables, at least if the capital costs can come down low enough. Load is already variable (so balancing power and demand is an ongoing task handled by a mix of real-time automation and longer-term human planning). Load ramps up and then down over the course of the day -- solar availability, unlike wind, tends to track the rise and fall of demand pretty closely, so an appropriate amount would tend to flatten the load curve. Batteries can add some inertia to solar, without necessarily having to perform massive energy shifting.
Texas is a special situation because it is only interconnected with the rest of the country by DC lines, so it is more susceptible to local problems.
Texas is a special situation because it is only interconnected with the rest of the country by DC lines, so it is more susceptible to local problems.
Posted by: sock goes here at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (9p+wn)
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Around 10%
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (AwYPR)
Thanks. I worked for a drilling, workover and trucking company for years, but never dealt with pipelines at all.
Posted by: BignJames at February 16, 2021 01:31 PM (AwYPR)
Thanks. I worked for a drilling, workover and trucking company for years, but never dealt with pipelines at all.
Posted by: huerfano at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (DzhEB)
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So anyone looking to Cotton as any kind of leader, there you go. Teaming up with the most loathsome GOP senator to propose an idiotic idea - and best of all, trying to appeal to the rather large low-info "conservative" demo by ..... linking the idiotic idea to something that should be the case anyway (hiring illegals), and actually *is*.
It's a long way from the RAISE Act to this idiocy, Tom.
But he's a veteran!!
It's a long way from the RAISE Act to this idiocy, Tom.
But he's a veteran!!
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (OTzUX)
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I'm thinking seriously about buying sailboat and docking it in Varna Bulgaria
Posted by: REDACTED
hit me up if you want to try docking
Posted by: REDACTED
hit me up if you want to try docking
Posted by: Shep! at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (FZYNt)
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It's so cute watching Gope pivot away from illegals.
Eventually it was going to have to happen, and I suppose there's no better time than now.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (oQ94s)
I hope you believe that we mean it, and send money to our campaign (made up of friends, relatives and other people who give kickbacks)
Eventually it was going to have to happen, and I suppose there's no better time than now.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (oQ94s)
I hope you believe that we mean it, and send money to our campaign (made up of friends, relatives and other people who give kickbacks)
Posted by: GOPe Senators at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (ONvIw)
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U.S. is rapidly becoming a Turd World Country. When I retire in a few years I'm going to take a look at Poland.
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Hard to own a firearm there.
Location challenged.
otherwise - probably a fantastic choice. Especially if you are a breast man.
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Hard to own a firearm there.
Location challenged.
otherwise - probably a fantastic choice. Especially if you are a breast man.
Posted by: mooch's swinging bulge at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (eKdD8)
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Meanwhile, in Mojave CA where I am, the wind has
been blowing consistently between about 30 and 40 MPH with gusts up to
about 60 for three days, and this typically occurs about five times a
month.
Yet the eleventy billion yuge windmills that blot out the mountains
around here still turn with the languid pace of arrogant, multi-billion
dollar pieces of useless tech that don't give a fuck if they are ever
profitable.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (0bGEp)
I always loved the Mojave desert. Not sure i would love living there, but then again, I probably would.
been blowing consistently between about 30 and 40 MPH with gusts up to
about 60 for three days, and this typically occurs about five times a
month.
Yet the eleventy billion yuge windmills that blot out the mountains
around here still turn with the languid pace of arrogant, multi-billion
dollar pieces of useless tech that don't give a fuck if they are ever
profitable.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (0bGEp)
I always loved the Mojave desert. Not sure i would love living there, but then again, I probably would.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (gkHkW)
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264 U.S. is rapidly becoming a Turd World Country. When I retire in a few years I'm going to take a look at Poland.
Posted by: I Have Questions at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (RGRIY)
I'm thinking seriously about buying sailboat and docking it in Varna Bulgaria
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (6iURM)
You will need crew members, and we will need busty, topless cabin girls.
Posted by: I Have Questions at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (RGRIY)
I'm thinking seriously about buying sailboat and docking it in Varna Bulgaria
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (6iURM)
You will need crew members, and we will need busty, topless cabin girls.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (KnJdm)
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Having seen Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi, I have gotten off the nuclear fission train.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
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"All this crap, to me, says we should take a second look at nuclear, though. "
All it will take is one shitty fraud of a movie to deep-six that idea.
Or a false-flag Deep State-sponsored nukuler "accident."
All it will take is one shitty fraud of a movie to deep-six that idea.
Or a false-flag Deep State-sponsored nukuler "accident."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 01:39 PM (HaL55)
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As a sop to rubes, I'm proposing to raise the wages of jobs we've almost completely wiped out by insisting everyone stay at home indefinitely. You're welcome. It is my pleasure to bring you this severe conservatism.
Posted by: Mittles Von Romneyworth at February 16, 2021 01:39 PM (H5knJ)
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Reliable power is a national security priority.
If you want to take a country down, just attack a "smart grid", built to transmit power from large solar arrays and wind farms to the metropolitan areas that need the electricity.
As people are finding out, you move from a modern society to a third world shithole just by pulling the plug.
If you want to take a country down, just attack a "smart grid", built to transmit power from large solar arrays and wind farms to the metropolitan areas that need the electricity.
As people are finding out, you move from a modern society to a third world shithole just by pulling the plug.
Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 01:39 PM (/BlEx)
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"Stephen Den Beste"
Someone archived a bunch of his best stuff but I haven't seen it in a while. Flattens the green new deal a decade early.
Someone archived a bunch of his best stuff but I haven't seen it in a while. Flattens the green new deal a decade early.
Posted by: DaveA at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (FhXTo)
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Mutt taints Cotton or Cotton reveals himself as the Gielgud of failure theater?
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (ONvIw)
Cotton's gay ??
seems legit
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (6iURM)
I'm certainly waiting for the day when Mitt is caught, and has to come out as a Gay-American.
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (ONvIw)
Cotton's gay ??
seems legit
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:35 PM (6iURM)
I'm certainly waiting for the day when Mitt is caught, and has to come out as a Gay-American.
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (oQ94s)
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272 Has Sundown met any foreign dignitaries yet? Since we're not at war I'm thinking not.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (y7DUB)
...........
Mark Steyn filling in for Rush reports that Kamala placed call yesterday to Macron to say SHE is looking forward to solidifying alliance with France.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (y7DUB)
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Mark Steyn filling in for Rush reports that Kamala placed call yesterday to Macron to say SHE is looking forward to solidifying alliance with France.
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (S1hrL)
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286 Reliable power is a national security priority.
If you want to take a country down, just attack a "smart grid", built to transmit power from large solar arrays and wind farms to the metropolitan areas that need the electricity.
As people are finding out, you move from a modern society to a third world shithole just by pulling the plug.
Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 01:39 PM (/BlEx)
Time to discuss the upsides of the increasing fragility of our left-wing urban areas?
If you want to take a country down, just attack a "smart grid", built to transmit power from large solar arrays and wind farms to the metropolitan areas that need the electricity.
As people are finding out, you move from a modern society to a third world shithole just by pulling the plug.
Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 01:39 PM (/BlEx)
Time to discuss the upsides of the increasing fragility of our left-wing urban areas?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (Zm+LZ)
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To be fair, Dominion energy has been pretty cool during this pandemic. They have refused to cut anyone's power for any reason. Also, they have flat out dropped a lot of the power bills. I don't know if that was mandated by the state or what. But they have offered major relief to people who could not pay full freight.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (gkHkW)
Utilities know that people dying because they cut them off isn't a good look. Plus the state commissions usually allow them to foist off the uncollectables on those who can pay.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (gkHkW)
Utilities know that people dying because they cut them off isn't a good look. Plus the state commissions usually allow them to foist off the uncollectables on those who can pay.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (y7DUB)
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I'm certainly waiting for the day when Mitt is caught, and has to come out as a Gay-American.
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (oQ94s)
Young girls.
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (oQ94s)
Young girls.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (KnJdm)
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"Stephen Den Beste"
Someone archived a bunch of his best stuff but I haven't seen it in a while. Flattens the green new deal a decade early.
Posted by: DaveA at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (FhXTo)
Do you have the archive link? I was a long time reader of his before his death.
Someone archived a bunch of his best stuff but I haven't seen it in a while. Flattens the green new deal a decade early.
Posted by: DaveA at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (FhXTo)
Do you have the archive link? I was a long time reader of his before his death.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (ifmtJ)
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Do solar panels need sunscreen?
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (v0R5T)
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I responded to Romney asking why he sent thousands of dollars to The Lincoln Project pedophiles.
Seems if he was worried about a living wage, he'd send that money to the minimum wage workers of the places Bain owns instead of to grifters.
Seems if he was worried about a living wage, he'd send that money to the minimum wage workers of the places Bain owns instead of to grifters.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (TB7HE)
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Posted by: Jack S. Phogbound, Esquire at February 16, 2021 01:32 PM (9X60i)
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This is freaky by Texas standards. It's hot here 85% of the time with the occasional freezing days. Cold climate windmills prepared differently? Anyway, relying on wind so much just bit us in the arse.
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This is freaky by Texas standards. It's hot here 85% of the time with the occasional freezing days. Cold climate windmills prepared differently? Anyway, relying on wind so much just bit us in the arse.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (jvt6t)
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"sock goes here", no, there's no place for anything that isn't cost-efficient, which would be all "renewables". Take out subsidies and mandates.
Besides which there's no reason to use them, except in niche/off-grid applications, for which they were all invented. There is no "climate" consideration - that's absurd. So cost - true cost - is the only consideration.
And lowering capital costs means, "let's assume a can opener" in the old economist-on-a-desert-island joke. If we assume that we can lower the cost of emerald dust, it could be replace gypsum for wallboard, too.
Besides which there's no reason to use them, except in niche/off-grid applications, for which they were all invented. There is no "climate" consideration - that's absurd. So cost - true cost - is the only consideration.
And lowering capital costs means, "let's assume a can opener" in the old economist-on-a-desert-island joke. If we assume that we can lower the cost of emerald dust, it could be replace gypsum for wallboard, too.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (OTzUX)
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I cotton to Mitt
Posted by: Sen Cotton at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (ONvIw)
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I always loved the Mojave desert. Not sure i would love living there, but then again, I probably would.
Posted by: Quint
The wind is really something I didn't expect, but I've learned to walk directly into it with a 45 degree tilt, slowing tacking my way to my destination (never thought those sailing days would learn me what I needed to know to survive in the desert!).
And damn, it gets cold here at night.
Posted by: Quint
The wind is really something I didn't expect, but I've learned to walk directly into it with a 45 degree tilt, slowing tacking my way to my destination (never thought those sailing days would learn me what I needed to know to survive in the desert!).
And damn, it gets cold here at night.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (0bGEp)
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I'm certainly waiting for the day when Mitt is caught, and has to come out as a Gay-American.
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: BurtTC
Mitt said Binders full of Women, or was it chicks with dicks?
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: BurtTC
Mitt said Binders full of Women, or was it chicks with dicks?
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (FZYNt)
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When TX thaws out will there be peacceful protests/demonstrations against the GND?
Probably not.
Probably not.
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (S1hrL)
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"... increase the minimum wage..."
I live near a small city in Ohio and the summer before last you could pick and choose any non skilled job in the area and almost all of them had a starting rate on par with these proposed increases. There were so many jobs there were jobs for people to stand around holding signs advertising jobs available.
I live near a small city in Ohio and the summer before last you could pick and choose any non skilled job in the area and almost all of them had a starting rate on par with these proposed increases. There were so many jobs there were jobs for people to stand around holding signs advertising jobs available.
Posted by: Tree of Liberty Landscaping at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (DB16e)
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Having seen Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi, I have gotten off the nuclear fission train.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
not a nuke guy. Crap, i go bleary eyed at the first sign of math. History, Potent Potables, and Sports and Leisure are more my thing. But I recall most of the Three Mile Island hysteria was made up. Look at the French, they get 70 percent of their energy from nuclear power. Do we think the French can do it better than us?
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
not a nuke guy. Crap, i go bleary eyed at the first sign of math. History, Potent Potables, and Sports and Leisure are more my thing. But I recall most of the Three Mile Island hysteria was made up. Look at the French, they get 70 percent of their energy from nuclear power. Do we think the French can do it better than us?
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (gkHkW)
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Does severely conservative businessman Mitt Romney not understand that raising the minimum wage will cost jobs?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (lgiXo)
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Larry King Left A Secret Will Handwritten On A Piece of Scrap Paper To Cut His Wife Out For Banging Their Son's Little League Coach
Kids Coach Cucks King, Cockwhore Can't Collect
Kids Coach Cucks King, Cockwhore Can't Collect
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (Bmy3R)
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It's so cute watching Gope pivot away from illegals.
Eventually it was going to have to happen, and I suppose there's no better time than now.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (oQ94s)
I hope you believe that we mean it, and send money to our campaign (made up of friends, relatives and other people who give kickbacks)
Posted by: GOPe Senators at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (ONvIw)
There's the problem - too many people will. I still stand by my prediction that every GOP clown who voted to impeach Trump will, if they run, be re-elected by an overwhelming margin.
Eventually it was going to have to happen, and I suppose there's no better time than now.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM (oQ94s)
I hope you believe that we mean it, and send money to our campaign (made up of friends, relatives and other people who give kickbacks)
Posted by: GOPe Senators at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (ONvIw)
There's the problem - too many people will. I still stand by my prediction that every GOP clown who voted to impeach Trump will, if they run, be re-elected by an overwhelming margin.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (2JVJo)
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Gee. Who could've predicted this?
Like everyone who thinks rationally. That's who.
That doesn't include any greenies. Who also know this is true but desire this to happen they just don't tell anyone.
Why do they want it? Friends in the wind and solar industry. Anti American communists everywhere, the spiteful progressive that wants to see America crippled and people starving and dying.
It isn't the rich/elite that are having their power cut.
Like everyone who thinks rationally. That's who.
That doesn't include any greenies. Who also know this is true but desire this to happen they just don't tell anyone.
Why do they want it? Friends in the wind and solar industry. Anti American communists everywhere, the spiteful progressive that wants to see America crippled and people starving and dying.
It isn't the rich/elite that are having their power cut.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (PGk6x)
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I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (oQ94s)
Young girls.
Posted by: 4
Young girls need haircuts too
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (oQ94s)
Young girls.
Posted by: 4
Young girls need haircuts too
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (FZYNt)
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I'm certainly waiting for the day when Mitt is caught, and has to come out as a Gay-American.
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
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He'll come out as gay when he gets caught as a pedo-American. It'll be part of his apology.
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
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He'll come out as gay when he gets caught as a pedo-American. It'll be part of his apology.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (TB7HE)
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305 Larry King Left A Secret Will Handwritten On A Piece of Scrap Paper To Cut His Wife Out For Banging Their Son's Little League Coach
Kids Coach Cucks King, Cockwhore Can't Collect
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (Bmy3R)
Well done Guy! Well done!
Kids Coach Cucks King, Cockwhore Can't Collect
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (Bmy3R)
Well done Guy! Well done!
Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2021 01:43 PM (cF8AT)
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Spent nuclear fuel irradiated with ozone and soaked in alar and radon. Burns real good.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 16, 2021 01:43 PM (sWM8x)
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284 "All this crap, to me, says we should take a second look at nuclear, though. "
my magic 8 ball says having the next generation of retards running them in the future is OUTLOOK NOT SO GOOD
my magic 8 ball says having the next generation of retards running them in the future is OUTLOOK NOT SO GOOD
Posted by: x4 at February 16, 2021 01:43 PM (oA+QO)
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I wonder what people who rely on oxygen machines 24/7 (like B'Gal does) are supposed to do?
Not that any of the ruling elite give a shit about anyone else but them...but I still wonder.
Not that any of the ruling elite give a shit about anyone else but them...but I still wonder.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 16, 2021 01:43 PM (HaL55)
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Seems if he was worried about a living wage, he'd send that money to the minimum wage workers of the places Bain owns instead of to grifters.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (TB7HE)
Bain deals in Chinese slave wages, Lincoln Project was to help us keep that gig going.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (TB7HE)
Bain deals in Chinese slave wages, Lincoln Project was to help us keep that gig going.
Posted by: Mutt and Sons, Inc at February 16, 2021 01:43 PM (ONvIw)
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Is there a technical reason why gas plants can't store fuel on-site? I can't think of any.
No, but there is a business reason, your product can't just sit there. So this is something the govt would have to do, like our national oil strategic reserve.
No, but there is a business reason, your product can't just sit there. So this is something the govt would have to do, like our national oil strategic reserve.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:43 PM (r+sAi)
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And damn, it gets cold here at night.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (0bGEp)
I believe you, that was my recollection.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (0bGEp)
I believe you, that was my recollection.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:43 PM (gkHkW)
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No one should make the mistake of thinking the 'greenies' want wind or solar because they think they are cleaner or more sustainable. If that were true they would not have started opposing hydroelectric plants. If solar starts working better, the greenies will suddenly realize the side effects of them needing rare earth minerals and so on.
They WANT power failures and general misery.
They WANT power failures and general misery.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at February 16, 2021 01:43 PM (Aashi)
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283 Having seen Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi, I have gotten off the nuclear fission train.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
There are new fission reactor designs (gen 3, gen 4) that are more safe and efficient.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
There are new fission reactor designs (gen 3, gen 4) that are more safe and efficient.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (N39Ws)
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Time to discuss the upsides of the increasing fragility of our left-wing urban areas?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy......yeah.. but after 3 days of no supplies.. be it water, food, heat, etc..
Do you think the residents of those areas will simply remain in place and wait to die?
It's not a scenario you want to welcome..
Time to discuss the upsides of the increasing fragility of our left-wing urban areas?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy......yeah.. but after 3 days of no supplies.. be it water, food, heat, etc..
Do you think the residents of those areas will simply remain in place and wait to die?
It's not a scenario you want to welcome..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (CjFDo)
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283 Having seen Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi, I have gotten off the nuclear fission train.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
US Navy has run reactors for decades. Run by kids with High School diplomas. Somehow they make it work.
All the above happened by trying to make HUGE reactors, and each one was its own design.
That is like trying to make a prototype car PERFECT the first time. Key would be to standardize smaller designs.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
US Navy has run reactors for decades. Run by kids with High School diplomas. Somehow they make it work.
All the above happened by trying to make HUGE reactors, and each one was its own design.
That is like trying to make a prototype car PERFECT the first time. Key would be to standardize smaller designs.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (oHd/0)
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283 Having seen Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi, I have gotten off the nuclear fission train.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
Fusion will be a great source of power in 100 years. There are a number of good videos on YouTube concerning modern modular thorium reactors that explain how safe they are. Even the old designs are far safer than wind, solar, coal, gas and hydro.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
Fusion will be a great source of power in 100 years. There are a number of good videos on YouTube concerning modern modular thorium reactors that explain how safe they are. Even the old designs are far safer than wind, solar, coal, gas and hydro.
Posted by: jwest at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (/BlEx)
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (0bGEp)
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I'm certainly waiting for the day when Mitt is caught, and has to come out as a Gay-American.
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (oQ94s)
Young girls.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (KnJdm)
Maybe, but I get the gay vibe from him.
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:40 PM (oQ94s)
Young girls.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (KnJdm)
Maybe, but I get the gay vibe from him.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (oQ94s)
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But I recall most of the Three Mile Island hysteria was made up.
more people dies in Ted Kennedy's car than TMI
problem with fission is where to store spent fuel We spent billions researching and building the Yucca Mtn facility, only for the left to block opening it. So the spent fuel sits in "temporary" on-site storage for years on end
more people dies in Ted Kennedy's car than TMI
problem with fission is where to store spent fuel We spent billions researching and building the Yucca Mtn facility, only for the left to block opening it. So the spent fuel sits in "temporary" on-site storage for years on end
Posted by: brak at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (cG+eD)
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All the wine moms in suburban Dallas and Houston are blaming Trump for this. His mean tweets caused the power outage probably.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (hS+kz)
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It isn't the rich/elite that are having their power cut.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (PGk6x)
That so needs to happen
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (PGk6x)
That so needs to happen
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (ONvIw)
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There's the problem - too many people will. I still stand by my prediction that every GOP clown who voted to impeach Trump will, if they run, be re-elected by an overwhelming margin.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (2JVJo)
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Yes, most likely they will be re-elected. People have short memories.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (2JVJo)
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Yes, most likely they will be re-elected. People have short memories.
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (S1hrL)
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Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM
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I'll shout out to Navy Nuke training too. They do a good job.
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I'll shout out to Navy Nuke training too. They do a good job.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (TB7HE)
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Do solar panels need sunscreen?
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (v0R5T)
Every time I see of hear the words "solar panels" it sounds like Rod from BIRDEMIC.
"soh' pa'ls!"
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (v0R5T)
Every time I see of hear the words "solar panels" it sounds like Rod from BIRDEMIC.
"soh' pa'ls!"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Being Moar Dumber at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (x8Wzq)
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Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (S1hrL)
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Everyone is pissed down here right now. Freezing to death is a real uniter. Who knew?
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Everyone is pissed down here right now. Freezing to death is a real uniter. Who knew?
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (jvt6t)
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We hunger for Poland.
Posted by: Russia/Germany at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (Z1kCI)
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You have to click on the "log archive" link to get to all the entries:
https://erbosoft.com/ussclueless/archives.htm
https://erbosoft.com/ussclueless/archives.htm
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:46 PM (0bGEp)
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There's a time and a place for renewables,
Posted by: sock goes here
At the individual home level. NOT for communities or regions.
Posted by: sock goes here
At the individual home level. NOT for communities or regions.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:46 PM (5/lDN)
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Is there any possibility Biden is capable of sitting down with foreign leaders for face to face negotiations?
Well maybe Justin Trudeau but anyone else?
Well maybe Justin Trudeau but anyone else?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 01:46 PM (lgiXo)
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I've mentioned a couple of times in Overnight Threads that we lost power about 2 AM on Monday, (all times Central Standard) got it back at 2:15 AM (rolling blackout fingerprint status: detected) and then it went away about 2:20. We just got our power back at 11:45 on Tuesday. As of now, we remain powered.
The hard-to-take part about this is the fact that nobody is telling us anything. As of last night, the news (the Internet and TV was down at the hotel I stayed at so this was headlines through my phone, which worked there, and had not been working here) was saying that it was huge demand and limited supply, and they were guessing that it would be down through the first part of Tuesday. However, they gave absolutely no reasons for thinking it might come back on Tuesday.
Anyway, I hope that all the people who haven't gotten their power back are able to stay worm.
The hard-to-take part about this is the fact that nobody is telling us anything. As of last night, the news (the Internet and TV was down at the hotel I stayed at so this was headlines through my phone, which worked there, and had not been working here) was saying that it was huge demand and limited supply, and they were guessing that it would be down through the first part of Tuesday. However, they gave absolutely no reasons for thinking it might come back on Tuesday.
Anyway, I hope that all the people who haven't gotten their power back are able to stay worm.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 16, 2021 01:46 PM (qDSku)
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Reliable Energy is White Privilege. We have to dismantle the structures of Whiteness in America. If you can't handle being cold then go back to Europe.
Posted by: TheFutureIsBrown at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (oK2Cg)
Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (ORHyT)
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326 It isn't the rich/elite that are having their power cut.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (PGk6x)
That so needs to happen
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (ONvIw)
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Nah, they just jet off to a more comfy place.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (PGk6x)
That so needs to happen
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (ONvIw)
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Nah, they just jet off to a more comfy place.
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (S1hrL)
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Everyone is pissed down here right now. Freezing to death is a real uniter. Who knew?
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (jvt6t)
Georgia deserves it more (except Jane D'oh)
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (jvt6t)
Georgia deserves it more (except Jane D'oh)
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (ONvIw)
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131 My employer - Southern Companies - has gone all in on this green energy nonsense. Top management has committed to zero carbon emissions by sometime in the 2030s. I wonder if recent events in TX will give them pause?
Hah! I kill myself. Of course not.
Posted by: butch at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM
My FiL retired from there and I'm sure is spinning in his grave.
Hah! I kill myself. Of course not.
Posted by: butch at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM
My FiL retired from there and I'm sure is spinning in his grave.
Posted by: clutch at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (9UmRs)
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334 Is there any possibility Biden is capable of sitting down with foreign leaders for face to face negotiations?
Well maybe Justin Trudeau but anyone else?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 01:46 PM (lgiXo)
No. Biden isn't even capable of wiping is own arse.
Well maybe Justin Trudeau but anyone else?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 01:46 PM (lgiXo)
No. Biden isn't even capable of wiping is own arse.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (N39Ws)
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I always loved the Mojave desert. Not sure i would love living there, but then again, I probably would.
Posted by: Quint
When our French foreign exchange student's family came to visit, after they left us from Ocean City, Maryland they flew to Vegas, rented a car and checked out the west. The place they were most fascinated by was Death Valley because it was so quiet and unpopulated.
Posted by: Quint
When our French foreign exchange student's family came to visit, after they left us from Ocean City, Maryland they flew to Vegas, rented a car and checked out the west. The place they were most fascinated by was Death Valley because it was so quiet and unpopulated.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (y7DUB)
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There are new fission reactor designs (gen 3, gen 4) that are more safe and efficient.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
..The latest issue of Popular Science's cover story is all about micro-nukes.. self contained.. little little to no maintenance and can provide enough electricity for a small community - about 600 homes - or an industrial park/facility.
No transmission infrastructure needed.. lots of advantages. Good clean cheap power. And totally safe.. needed no water cooling system which is the weaklest link..
There are new fission reactor designs (gen 3, gen 4) that are more safe and efficient.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
..The latest issue of Popular Science's cover story is all about micro-nukes.. self contained.. little little to no maintenance and can provide enough electricity for a small community - about 600 homes - or an industrial park/facility.
No transmission infrastructure needed.. lots of advantages. Good clean cheap power. And totally safe.. needed no water cooling system which is the weaklest link..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (CjFDo)
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How are we supposed to eat insects when it's 0 degrees outside?
Posted by: Hmmm at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (jYKoy)
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I'm certainly waiting for the day when Mitt is caught, and has to come out as a Gay-American.
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: BurtTC
Mitt said Binders full of Women, or was it chicks with dicks?
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (FZYNt)
That's a good marker of how far we've fallen. If he was running today, he'd have to be cancelled for referring to people who can get pregnant as "women."
I'll be freakin' "I Told You So-ing" so many people.
Posted by: BurtTC
Mitt said Binders full of Women, or was it chicks with dicks?
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 16, 2021 01:41 PM (FZYNt)
That's a good marker of how far we've fallen. If he was running today, he'd have to be cancelled for referring to people who can get pregnant as "women."
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (oQ94s)
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Nah, they just jet off to a more comfy place.
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (S1hrL)
Depends.
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (S1hrL)
Depends.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (ONvIw)
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I think solar panels in a few years are gonna look like an array of old SAT dishes
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (6iURM)
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It doesn't help that we are seeing previous low temperature records being smashed in multiple places by 10 degrees.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (JUOKG)
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I would be willing to bet the millennial greenies are more upset at not being able to charge their phone than freezing.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (r+sAi)
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Mark, here's Den Beste's USS Clueless archive file:
https://erbosoft.com/ussclueless/
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (0bGEp)
Thankee
https://erbosoft.com/ussclueless/
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (0bGEp)
Thankee
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (ifmtJ)
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I'm in Dallas but have not lost power. I suspect it is because of the natural gas powered substation a few blocks away.
beautiful substation.
beautiful substation.
Posted by: x4 at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (oA+QO)
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Driving through west Texas, I was shocked by the tops of buttes defaced by forests of windmills. It was an ugly intrusion into what I hoped was a pristine emptiness. Cricket pumps, on the other hand, were almost invisible in the desert brush.
Posted by: gordoff at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (eG4FV)
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We hunger for Poland.
Posted by: Russia/Germany
Poland is Sharkman's ancestral land.
Fortunately, SharkGreatGrandparents were smart enough to realize that Poland existed simply as a battleground for Russia, Germany, and to a lesser extent, Lithuania, Austria and Sweden, and got the Hell out of there in the 1890s.
dzieki Bogu
Posted by: Russia/Germany
Poland is Sharkman's ancestral land.
Fortunately, SharkGreatGrandparents were smart enough to realize that Poland existed simply as a battleground for Russia, Germany, and to a lesser extent, Lithuania, Austria and Sweden, and got the Hell out of there in the 1890s.
dzieki Bogu
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:48 PM (0bGEp)
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Biden wont negotiate since tht implies he wants to get something for America in exchange for giving something to another country. Biden will just do as he is told by China.
Biden wont negotiate since tht implies he wants to get something for America in exchange for giving something to another country. Biden will just do as he is told by China.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (hS+kz)
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Backlash has been swift and unrelenting for the few Republicans in
Congress who voted alongside Democrats in Donald Trump's second
impeachment proceedings.
This is the lede in a CNBC story just up. Second such story this week. It must really be some scrumdiliciously good "backlash" if the CPP mouthpiece NBC is yammering on about it.
Congress who voted alongside Democrats in Donald Trump's second
impeachment proceedings.
This is the lede in a CNBC story just up. Second such story this week. It must really be some scrumdiliciously good "backlash" if the CPP mouthpiece NBC is yammering on about it.
Posted by: Sundown Joe Biden at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (nkc1K)
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Caught some posts this morning saying that the turn to unreliables had frozen (no pun intended) the infrastructure for natural gas. When the cold weather came, the use of natural gas for home heating and power generation went up and the old level of pipeline infrastructure wasn't enough to handle the increased demand. The frozen wind turbines didn't help either.
Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (3aI0K)
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This is part of the great reset.
Disease, freezing to death, famine, etc.
THIS. And for those on Facebook, keep repeating it. Maybe the proles will wake up.
Disease, freezing to death, famine, etc.
THIS. And for those on Facebook, keep repeating it. Maybe the proles will wake up.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (tjZg/)
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306 There's the problem - too many people will. I still stand by my prediction that every GOP clown who voted to impeach Trump will, if they run, be re-elected by an overwhelming margin.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (2JVJo)
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You mean that the primary will be messy with a dozen candidates smelling blood in the water, all cancelling each other out, while the incumbent floats to the top? And then we circle out red/blue wagons one last time because this is the most important election ever?
Why would you be so cynical?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (2JVJo)
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You mean that the primary will be messy with a dozen candidates smelling blood in the water, all cancelling each other out, while the incumbent floats to the top? And then we circle out red/blue wagons one last time because this is the most important election ever?
Why would you be so cynical?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (LvTSG)
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All the wine moms in suburban Dallas and Houston are blaming Trump for this. His mean tweets caused the power outage probably.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (hS+kz)
And there's why people aren't going to learn a damned thing from the (let's call them what they are) rationing. Because it's in the left's interest to deflect anger to Trump, to the GOP, to Big Erl, to anybody except the greenies.
It's days like this that make me sorry I ever wake up in the morning.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (hS+kz)
And there's why people aren't going to learn a damned thing from the (let's call them what they are) rationing. Because it's in the left's interest to deflect anger to Trump, to the GOP, to Big Erl, to anybody except the greenies.
It's days like this that make me sorry I ever wake up in the morning.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (2JVJo)
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Death Valley should rename itself something more life-affirming. Like Life Valley. Then it wouldn't be so unpopulated. Death Valley's PR firm sucks.
(jk, of course!)
(jk, of course!)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (Bmy3R)
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Heading your way . . .
Posted by: The Sweet Meteor of Death at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM
Tease, tease, tease....
Posted by: The Sweet Meteor of Death at February 16, 2021 01:36 PM
Tease, tease, tease....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (ejd/p)
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>Is there any possibility Biden is capable of sitting down with foreign leaders for face to face negotiations?
I don't think the Shadow Committee would allow that
Joe might accidently give away an entire naval fleet or something
I don't think the Shadow Committee would allow that
Joe might accidently give away an entire naval fleet or something
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (iTXRQ)
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Isn't this Biden's fault? He is the FICUS so isn't that how this works? Everything was Trump's fault, so....
Posted by: DJ at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (O3/K+)
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It's a long way from the RAISE Act to this idiocy, Tom.
But he's a veteran!!
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Zero vets left that didn't turn into dickheads. Wtf
But he's a veteran!!
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Zero vets left that didn't turn into dickheads. Wtf
Posted by: dartist at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (+ya+t)
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Having seen Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi, I have gotten off the nuclear fission train.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
All were old or very old designs. The new nuke plant designs that have been or are in the process of being approved require active support to maintain the reaction (ie they stop working if you do nothing), are modular, and standardized.
Knock me up when they perfect fusion. Till then it's coal, gas and water for power.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
All were old or very old designs. The new nuke plant designs that have been or are in the process of being approved require active support to maintain the reaction (ie they stop working if you do nothing), are modular, and standardized.
Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (NJXJJ)
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Do you think the residents of those areas will simply remain in place and wait to die?
It's not a scenario you want to welcome..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (CjFDo)
Oh, yes I do.
It's not a scenario you want to welcome..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (CjFDo)
Oh, yes I do.
Posted by: clutch at February 16, 2021 01:50 PM (9UmRs)
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334 Is there any possibility Biden is capable of sitting down with foreign leaders for face to face negotiations?
Well maybe Justin Trudeau but anyone else?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 01:46 PM (lgiXo)
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Can he get a palm sized teleprompter? Kamala is making phone calls now to foreign leaders to set the record straight that she's in charge.
Well maybe Justin Trudeau but anyone else?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 01:46 PM (lgiXo)
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Can he get a palm sized teleprompter? Kamala is making phone calls now to foreign leaders to set the record straight that she's in charge.
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 01:50 PM (S1hrL)
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This is the lede in a CNBC story just up. Second such story this week. It must really be some scrumdiliciously good "backlash" if the CPP mouthpiece NBC is yammering on about it.
Posted by: Sundown Joe Biden at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (nkc1K)
But useless as their first names are still "Senator"
This is the lede in a CNBC story just up. Second such story this week. It must really be some scrumdiliciously good "backlash" if the CPP mouthpiece NBC is yammering on about it.
Posted by: Sundown Joe Biden at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (nkc1K)
But useless as their first names are still "Senator"
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:50 PM (ONvIw)
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324 problem with fission is where to store spent fuel We spent billions researching and building the Yucca Mtn facility, only for the left to block opening it. So the spent fuel sits in "temporary" on-site storage for years on end
Posted by: brak at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (cG+eD)
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I remember an episode of Bill Nye where he talked about how after 10,000 years the waste will still be toxic, and that was the reason that the site couldn't be used.
I rolled my eyes, and I was about 12.
Posted by: brak at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM (cG+eD)
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I remember an episode of Bill Nye where he talked about how after 10,000 years the waste will still be toxic, and that was the reason that the site couldn't be used.
I rolled my eyes, and I was about 12.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:50 PM (LvTSG)
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I've heard politicians and assorted power company experts say every year for my entire life that our power grid is very precarious and really needs to be fixed.
And year after year people lose power due to storms, floods, snow, ice, and systems failing due to too much demand.
And nothing ever gets done. We still have a national power grid that has all the stability of Lindsay Lohan locked in a cocaine lab.
And year after year people lose power due to storms, floods, snow, ice, and systems failing due to too much demand.
And nothing ever gets done. We still have a national power grid that has all the stability of Lindsay Lohan locked in a cocaine lab.
Posted by: Azathoth at February 16, 2021 01:50 PM (JVFlB)
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No. Biden isn't even capable of wiping is own arse.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (N39Ws)
Medieval lords and ladies had arse wipers. I wonder who does the job for Joe?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (N39Ws)
Medieval lords and ladies had arse wipers. I wonder who does the job for Joe?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 01:50 PM (lgiXo)
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Oh, and the rolling blackouts were ordered by ERCOT, the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas. Or, as I said to my son last night, three lies in one.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 16, 2021 01:50 PM (qDSku)
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Texas gas and oil fields produce a tremendous amount of natural gas, which I think I read was almost zero cost at the well head (West Texas Permian Basin). I don't know what is going to happen with China Joe's fracking ban (on Federal land), but there will still be plenty of natural gas.
The short term solution (2021-2022) for Texas is to build more gas turbine power plants. Windmills are silly, in that they are not always in sinc with the power frequency of the grid. That's tricky to keep that balanced.
The bigger question is more baseline power. Ohio has been a major electric exporter for years. This is no longer the case, as coal-fired power plants are being demolished (watch this actually happen at Killen station on the Ohio River last December). The reason is that these plants need to be re-furbished from time to time, and any refurbishment means that they have to be re-licensed and re-certified, and the Federal government ain't gonna do it. They have made it nearly impossible to do. You can thank the Obama Regime for making the rules too hard to pass.
The short term solution (2021-2022) for Texas is to build more gas turbine power plants. Windmills are silly, in that they are not always in sinc with the power frequency of the grid. That's tricky to keep that balanced.
The bigger question is more baseline power. Ohio has been a major electric exporter for years. This is no longer the case, as coal-fired power plants are being demolished (watch this actually happen at Killen station on the Ohio River last December). The reason is that these plants need to be re-furbished from time to time, and any refurbishment means that they have to be re-licensed and re-certified, and the Federal government ain't gonna do it. They have made it nearly impossible to do. You can thank the Obama Regime for making the rules too hard to pass.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 16, 2021 01:50 PM (vcOmj)
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Cold Texans moving to blue states? Sounds like a plan.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (ONvIw)
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Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:38 PM (XxJt1)
Those accidents were foreseeable but it was operator error/failure.
These days Nuclear power is much more robust. Also we need to get away from the humonguous plant paradigm. That works because they need investment so the plant must provide for huge areas. Increasing the cost of building and upkeep.
There are proposals to make smaller local plants (say 50 mega watts) that are cheaper to build and maintain but that will take gov't backing. Also there are other sources of power that can be researched. We need to stop chasing Fusion. It's a dead end until we get into space.
Those accidents were foreseeable but it was operator error/failure.
These days Nuclear power is much more robust. Also we need to get away from the humonguous plant paradigm. That works because they need investment so the plant must provide for huge areas. Increasing the cost of building and upkeep.
There are proposals to make smaller local plants (say 50 mega watts) that are cheaper to build and maintain but that will take gov't backing. Also there are other sources of power that can be researched. We need to stop chasing Fusion. It's a dead end until we get into space.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (PGk6x)
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48% of the coal produced for power generation comes from the powder river basin in MT and WY.
Posted by: Archer at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (gmo/4)
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This global warming sure is cold.
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (v0R5T)
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There's the problem - too many people will. I still stand by my prediction that every GOP clown who voted to impeach Trump will, if they run, be re-elected by an overwhelming margin.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (2JVJo)
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Yes, most likely they will be re-elected. People have short memories.
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (S1hrL)
Burr is retiring so he's out. I'll state flat out Liz Cheney will be tossed. If I'm wrong I'll own up to it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:42 PM (2JVJo)
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Yes, most likely they will be re-elected. People have short memories.
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 01:45 PM (S1hrL)
Burr is retiring so he's out. I'll state flat out Liz Cheney will be tossed. If I'm wrong I'll own up to it.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (03n3v)
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That is for the entire U.S.
Posted by: Archer at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (gmo/4)
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Joe might accidently give away an entire naval fleet or something
"I have a red button with a code, and the code is X. Oh wait, I wasn't supposed tell you????"
"I have a red button with a code, and the code is X. Oh wait, I wasn't supposed tell you????"
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (tjZg/)
Posted by: Danny C down Houston way... at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (jvt6t)
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All the wine moms in suburban Dallas and Houston are blaming Trump for this. His mean tweets caused the power outage probably.
Posted by: Joe XiDen
And there's why people aren't going to learn a damned thing from the (let's call them what they are) rationing. Because it's in the left's interest to deflect anger to Trump, to the GOP, to Big Erl, to anybody except the greenies.
Posted by: Mary Poppins'
Don't let them deflect. The Greenies OWN this shit show.
Posted by: Joe XiDen
And there's why people aren't going to learn a damned thing from the (let's call them what they are) rationing. Because it's in the left's interest to deflect anger to Trump, to the GOP, to Big Erl, to anybody except the greenies.
Posted by: Mary Poppins'
Don't let them deflect. The Greenies OWN this shit show.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:52 PM (5/lDN)
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355 Backlash has been swift and unrelenting for the few Republicans in Congress who voted alongside Democrats in Donald Trump's second impeachment proceedings.
This is the lede in a CNBC story just up. Second such story this week. It must really be some scrumdiliciously good "backlash" if the CPP mouthpiece NBC is yammering on about it.
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This may just be the MSM continuing their "Civil War in the GOP" meme
This is the lede in a CNBC story just up. Second such story this week. It must really be some scrumdiliciously good "backlash" if the CPP mouthpiece NBC is yammering on about it.
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This may just be the MSM continuing their "Civil War in the GOP" meme
Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2021 01:52 PM (3aI0K)
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to repost:
My Texas Adventure: my entire neighborhood has had no power for over 24 hours now. At midnight it turned on for 10 minutes, then turned off again. What a tease! Thank Heaven and preparation that we can keep 4 rooms warm with nat gas burners - stove, gas logs, and 2 old style room heaters, so that lets us go on. I was washing dishes this morning the old fashioned way, by boiling water and putting it in a pan, wash by hand! I set a gallon of tea outside to freeze solid and put it back into my fridge since it's been off for a day, turning it back into an icebox. So, we survive, but it's sure annoying. Came down to a place downtown with power to get back on my email!
My Texas Adventure: my entire neighborhood has had no power for over 24 hours now. At midnight it turned on for 10 minutes, then turned off again. What a tease! Thank Heaven and preparation that we can keep 4 rooms warm with nat gas burners - stove, gas logs, and 2 old style room heaters, so that lets us go on. I was washing dishes this morning the old fashioned way, by boiling water and putting it in a pan, wash by hand! I set a gallon of tea outside to freeze solid and put it back into my fridge since it's been off for a day, turning it back into an icebox. So, we survive, but it's sure annoying. Came down to a place downtown with power to get back on my email!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2021 01:52 PM (trdmm)
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I'm more and more convinced that people do things in the public eye for one of two reasons:
To impart an idea or perspective TO an audience.
To get acclaim and awards FROM an audience.
Every political decision in recent years seems to be chasing the second reason.
To impart an idea or perspective TO an audience.
To get acclaim and awards FROM an audience.
Every political decision in recent years seems to be chasing the second reason.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 16, 2021 01:52 PM (E+OcO)
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (LvTSG)
Hey, TJM, put the final touches on a new scene this morning. Have a new one to sketch out, but between the rotten weather headed this way and my own general foul attitude, don't know when I will get to it.
I really can't go on like this much longer.
Hey, TJM, put the final touches on a new scene this morning. Have a new one to sketch out, but between the rotten weather headed this way and my own general foul attitude, don't know when I will get to it.
I really can't go on like this much longer.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:52 PM (2JVJo)
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This is freaky by Texas standards. It's hot here 85% of the time with the occasional freezing days. Cold climate windmills prepared differently? Anyway, relying on wind so much just bit us in the arse.
Posted by: Jak Sucio
from my limited understanding, freezing rain coated the windmills and made it impossible for them to function.
It's not the cold, per se, it's the ice.
Posted by: Jak Sucio
from my limited understanding, freezing rain coated the windmills and made it impossible for them to function.
It's not the cold, per se, it's the ice.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 16, 2021 01:52 PM (vcOmj)
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378: They are depending on short memories, but this isn't your average betrayal and after Trump people see failure theater for what it is.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:52 PM (ONvIw)
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371 No. Biden isn't even capable of wiping is own arse.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (N39Ws)
Medieval lords and ladies had arse wipers. I wonder who does the job for Joe?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 01:50 PM (lgiXo)
Garderobe was a medieval outhouse.
Knight of the Garter? NO, I said I needed someone to wipe me ass!
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (N39Ws)
Medieval lords and ladies had arse wipers. I wonder who does the job for Joe?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 01:50 PM (lgiXo)
Garderobe was a medieval outhouse.
Knight of the Garter? NO, I said I needed someone to wipe me ass!
Posted by: The Black Prince. at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (oHd/0)
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48% of the coal produced for power generation comes from the powder river basin in MT and WY.
Posted by: Archer
And I'll bet it's transported on Warren Buffet's BNSF.
Posted by: Archer
And I'll bet it's transported on Warren Buffet's BNSF.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (5/lDN)
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378
Burr is retiring so he's out. I'll state flat out Liz Cheney will be tossed. If I'm wrong I'll own up to it.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (y7DUB)
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Yeah, she'll probably be this cycle's Eric Cantor.
The problem is that we only get one of these a cycle, at best. If half the leadership felt genuinely afraid of losing their primaries every cycle because leadership was held to a higher standard by their constituents than back benchers ideologically, then we could possibly see some change.
But, pork, man.
Burr is retiring so he's out. I'll state flat out Liz Cheney will be tossed. If I'm wrong I'll own up to it.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:51 PM (y7DUB)
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Yeah, she'll probably be this cycle's Eric Cantor.
The problem is that we only get one of these a cycle, at best. If half the leadership felt genuinely afraid of losing their primaries every cycle because leadership was held to a higher standard by their constituents than back benchers ideologically, then we could possibly see some change.
But, pork, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (LvTSG)
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This is the lede in a CNBC story just up. Second such story this week. It must really be some scrumdiliciously good "backlash" if the CPP mouthpiece NBC is yammering on about it."
I saw that analpundit was whining about it too. Long past time that ass clown was doxxed.
I saw that analpundit was whining about it too. Long past time that ass clown was doxxed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (trdmm)
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The first news I read about Harris' conversation with Macron said she had "taken" the call. If that's the case, one wonders if Macron had actually placed the call to Biden and got shunted off to the Vice-resident.
I'll bet that went over well.
I'll bet that went over well.
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (XxJt1)
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Love to see Ace comment on this:
Pediatrician secretly asking your kids if they are okay with their gender
https://tinyurl.com/44fsqzrf
Pediatrician secretly asking your kids if they are okay with their gender
https://tinyurl.com/44fsqzrf
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (rdbLX)
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Death Valley should rename itself something more life-affirming. Like Life Valley. Then it wouldn't be so unpopulated. Death Valley's PR firm sucks.
(jk, of course!)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (Bmy3R)
I saw a video not too long ago, about a German family that disappeared in Death Valley a few years ago. They had rented a minivan, which was found eventually. I'm not sure how long after they disappeared before the van was found, but there's been no trace of the bodies.
I think they got the name right.
(jk, of course!)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (Bmy3R)
I saw a video not too long ago, about a German family that disappeared in Death Valley a few years ago. They had rented a minivan, which was found eventually. I'm not sure how long after they disappeared before the van was found, but there's been no trace of the bodies.
I think they got the name right.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (oQ94s)
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Texas is shutting down their nuclear plant? Why? I thought Texas GOP is supposed to be the best there was. Sound like your typical establishment cronies to me.
Posted by: squid_hunt at February 16, 2021 01:54 PM (S5OQe)
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And for those who disagree with the smaller power plants, I submit the gas fired plant near me.
Small, non polluting. Capable of being converted to other forms of fuel.
Does just fine. I'm glad I'm living nearby. It's only infrastructure damage due to natural events that drop us out of the net.
Connecticut has the lousiest infrastructure thus they have power outages all the time. You just don't hear about them cause they're small. NIMBY from Fairfield countyites who are New York Execs.
Small, non polluting. Capable of being converted to other forms of fuel.
Does just fine. I'm glad I'm living nearby. It's only infrastructure damage due to natural events that drop us out of the net.
Connecticut has the lousiest infrastructure thus they have power outages all the time. You just don't hear about them cause they're small. NIMBY from Fairfield countyites who are New York Execs.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 16, 2021 01:54 PM (PGk6x)
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389 378: They are depending on short memories, but this isn't your average betrayal and after Trump people see failure theater for what it is.
Yet McConnell is doubling down with an editorial saying Trump could/should be tried in court for his crimes...
Yet McConnell is doubling down with an editorial saying Trump could/should be tried in court for his crimes...
Posted by: idiot environmentalist at February 16, 2021 01:54 PM (Zmnko)
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387 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM (LvTSG)
Hey, TJM, put the final touches on a new scene this morning. Have a new one to sketch out, but between the rotten weather headed this way and my own general foul attitude, don't know when I will get to it.
I really can't go on like this much longer.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:52 PM (2JVJo)
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What might help you along? Would sharing it help for some constructive criticism? How about dropping it for a couple of weeks to write something completely unrelated? A ten page short story about space robots, or something.
Hey, TJM, put the final touches on a new scene this morning. Have a new one to sketch out, but between the rotten weather headed this way and my own general foul attitude, don't know when I will get to it.
I really can't go on like this much longer.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 01:52 PM (2JVJo)
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What might help you along? Would sharing it help for some constructive criticism? How about dropping it for a couple of weeks to write something completely unrelated? A ten page short story about space robots, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:54 PM (LvTSG)
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Fake News is telling me it's stupid Texas' own fault because they didn't get the Rusty Jones option and Extended Warranty Protection and Lojack package when they ordered their Windmills.
Fake News is telling me it's stupid Texas' own fault because they didn't get the Rusty Jones option and Extended Warranty Protection and Lojack package when they ordered their Windmills.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at February 16, 2021 01:54 PM (pO096)
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It's cold as shit in Oklahoma. -11. This am
Moar snow on the way this afternoon
Never been this cold before. Global warming where you is ?
Moar snow on the way this afternoon
Never been this cold before. Global warming where you is ?
Posted by: Rjd at February 16, 2021 01:54 PM (ftdxp)
403
When our French foreign exchange student's family
came to visit, after they left us from Ocean City, Maryland they flew to
Vegas, rented a car and checked out the west. The place they were most
fascinated by was Death Valley because it was so quiet and unpopulated.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (y7DUB)
I spent time in the Mojave in the 70s, long before the windmills. There was something about that place.
came to visit, after they left us from Ocean City, Maryland they flew to
Vegas, rented a car and checked out the west. The place they were most
fascinated by was Death Valley because it was so quiet and unpopulated.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (y7DUB)
I spent time in the Mojave in the 70s, long before the windmills. There was something about that place.
Posted by: Quint at February 16, 2021 01:54 PM (gkHkW)
404
Why would you be so cynical?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM
Good question. Very few commentators on this site are old enough to be cynical at all, much less so cynical.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:49 PM
Good question. Very few commentators on this site are old enough to be cynical at all, much less so cynical.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2021 01:55 PM (q4sKF)
405
>Every political decision in recent years seems to be chasing the second reason.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
with social media and 24/7 cable 'news', we've become a very narcissistic society
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
with social media and 24/7 cable 'news', we've become a very narcissistic society
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:55 PM (iTXRQ)
406
Thank Heaven and preparation that we can keep 4 rooms warm with nat gas burners - stove, gas logs, and 2 old style room heaters, so that lets us go on. I was washing dishes this morning the old fashioned way, by boiling water and putting it in a pan, wash by hand! I set a gallon of tea outside to freeze solid and put it back into my fridge since it's been off for a day, turning it back into an icebox. So, we survive, but it's sure annoying. Came down to a place downtown with power to get back on my email!
Posted by: Tom Servo
Been doing that since Sunday. Welcome to whore baths!
Posted by: Tom Servo
Been doing that since Sunday. Welcome to whore baths!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:55 PM (5/lDN)
407
It's an existential threat. I don't know what the fuck that means but I just like saying existential threat. Heard it a lot lately, has a ring to it. Existential threat.
Posted by: wth at February 16, 2021 01:55 PM (v0R5T)
408
JFK had it right: 'ask not' (you know the rest)
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (iTXRQ)
409
Yet McConnell is doubling down with an editorial saying Trump could/should be tried in court for his crimes...
Does McConnell believe this, or is he saying it because this Chinese handlers that own him are telling him to say that? I think China wants to get rid of Trump and McConnell is another of their mouthpieces.
Does McConnell believe this, or is he saying it because this Chinese handlers that own him are telling him to say that? I think China wants to get rid of Trump and McConnell is another of their mouthpieces.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (tjZg/)
410
408 JFK had it right: 'ask not' (you know the rest)
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (iTXRQ)
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About homosexuality in the military?
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (iTXRQ)
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About homosexuality in the military?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (LvTSG)
411
I think they got the name right.
Posted by: BurtTC
Well, CHUD* was already taken, so . . .
*Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground DwellerLand
Posted by: BurtTC
Well, CHUD* was already taken, so . . .
*Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground DwellerLand
Posted by: Death Valley Naming Committee at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (0bGEp)
412
I think they got the name right.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (oQ94s)
And whenever I hear the name, the Sonic Youth song, Death Valley '69 starts playing in my head.
It's basically the bridge, between their early noise phase, and their more tuneful (but still unusually tuned) heyday... if one could say they ever HAD a heyday.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (oQ94s)
And whenever I hear the name, the Sonic Youth song, Death Valley '69 starts playing in my head.
It's basically the bridge, between their early noise phase, and their more tuneful (but still unusually tuned) heyday... if one could say they ever HAD a heyday.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (oQ94s)
413
problem with fission is where to store spent fuel We spent billions
researching and building the Yucca Mtn facility, only for the left to
block opening it. So the spent fuel sits in "temporary" on-site storage
for years on end
Posted by: brak at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM
The Nuke plant in CT had a spent fuel rod that went "missing" some time back. I had worked there as an armed guard and quit because I was clocking 70-80 hour weeks and I never got any time off.
After that spent fuel rod went missing, they called me and demanded that I come in for an interview on what I knew about the situation. I said good luck with your stuff and asked if they thought I stole it. They said no, they just wanted to clear up some questions they had about my tenure there because it went missing when I worked there. I declined the interview and asked if they thought I walked out of the place with an expended nuclear fuel rod stuffed down my pants.
researching and building the Yucca Mtn facility, only for the left to
block opening it. So the spent fuel sits in "temporary" on-site storage
for years on end
Posted by: brak at February 16, 2021 01:44 PM
The Nuke plant in CT had a spent fuel rod that went "missing" some time back. I had worked there as an armed guard and quit because I was clocking 70-80 hour weeks and I never got any time off.
After that spent fuel rod went missing, they called me and demanded that I come in for an interview on what I knew about the situation. I said good luck with your stuff and asked if they thought I stole it. They said no, they just wanted to clear up some questions they had about my tenure there because it went missing when I worked there. I declined the interview and asked if they thought I walked out of the place with an expended nuclear fuel rod stuffed down my pants.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (JUOKG)
414
Yeah, she'll probably be this cycle's Eric Cantor.
The problem is that we only get one of these a cycle, at best. If half the leadership felt genuinely afraid of losing their primaries every cycle because leadership was held to a higher standard by their constituents than back benchers ideologically, then we could possibly see some change.
But, pork, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (LvTSG)
If Drumpf actively campaigns against them that will be uncharted territory. Most of them have never had to contend with anything like that.
The problem is that we only get one of these a cycle, at best. If half the leadership felt genuinely afraid of losing their primaries every cycle because leadership was held to a higher standard by their constituents than back benchers ideologically, then we could possibly see some change.
But, pork, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (LvTSG)
If Drumpf actively campaigns against them that will be uncharted territory. Most of them have never had to contend with anything like that.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (y7DUB)
415
Has Sundown met any foreign dignitaries yet? Since we're not at war I'm thinking not.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (y7DUB)
I saw somewhere that Kameltoe is now making and taking phonecalls 'on behalf of Joe' with various foreign leaders. Puddin' Brain can't fake it for 10 minutes.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 01:37 PM (y7DUB)
I saw somewhere that Kameltoe is now making and taking phonecalls 'on behalf of Joe' with various foreign leaders. Puddin' Brain can't fake it for 10 minutes.
Posted by: GnuBreed, oh well at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (F0YaR)
416
Poland is Sharkman's ancestral land.
Fortunately, SharkGreatGrandparents were smart enough to realize that Poland existed simply as a battleground for Russia, Germany, and to a lesser extent, Lithuania, Austria and Sweden, and got the Hell out of there in the 1890s.
dzieki Bogu
Posted by: Sharkman
Shibumi is of Polish ancestry. Yeah, her grandparents came to America. Her new thing is answering the landline telephone we have (which usually has junk calls on it) in Polish, just to mess with people.
Fortunately, SharkGreatGrandparents were smart enough to realize that Poland existed simply as a battleground for Russia, Germany, and to a lesser extent, Lithuania, Austria and Sweden, and got the Hell out of there in the 1890s.
dzieki Bogu
Posted by: Sharkman
Shibumi is of Polish ancestry. Yeah, her grandparents came to America. Her new thing is answering the landline telephone we have (which usually has junk calls on it) in Polish, just to mess with people.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (vcOmj)
417
Fake News is telling me it's stupid Texas' own fault because they didn't get the Rusty Jones option and Extended Warranty Protection and Lojack package when they ordered their Windmills.
Posted by: Soothsayer's
Germany is in the same boat.
World's 'solar and wind capital' freezing due to snow 'blanketing millions' of solar panels
https://tinyurl.com/biljcrv2
Posted by: Soothsayer's
Germany is in the same boat.
World's 'solar and wind capital' freezing due to snow 'blanketing millions' of solar panels
https://tinyurl.com/biljcrv2
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (5/lDN)
418
All the wine moms in suburban Dallas and Houston are blaming Trump for this. His mean tweets caused the power outage probably.
Posted by: Joe XiDen
My eldest and his wife and family have moved into a hotel for the duration of all the outages. They are in the Dallas area. Both are/were enthusiastic supporters of Beto/Joe/Hairless.
They see absolutely no connection between flawed policy or Dems and the lack of power.
They are wildly successful business folks and yet, there are none so blind etc., etc.
Posted by: Joe XiDen
My eldest and his wife and family have moved into a hotel for the duration of all the outages. They are in the Dallas area. Both are/were enthusiastic supporters of Beto/Joe/Hairless.
They see absolutely no connection between flawed policy or Dems and the lack of power.
They are wildly successful business folks and yet, there are none so blind etc., etc.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (Rvt88)
419
I think China wants to get rid of Trump and McConnell is another of their mouthpieces
I'm beginning to believe so
I'm beginning to believe so
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (Zmnko)
420
Didn't Ireland do this to themselves about seven years ago?
Posted by: Unkaren at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (d1VUW)
421
So this is the play, we are living in our own Groundhog day:
BREAKING: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) has filed a lawsuit accusing former Pres. Trump and Rudy Giuliani of conspiring with the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the Jan. 6 insurrection -CNN
BREAKING: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) has filed a lawsuit accusing former Pres. Trump and Rudy Giuliani of conspiring with the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the Jan. 6 insurrection -CNN
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (bDqIh)
422
Shibumi is of Polish ancestry. Yeah, her grandparents came to America. Her new thing is answering the landline telephone we have (which usually has junk calls on it) in Polish, just to mess with people.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative
Golf clap.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative
Golf clap.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (5/lDN)
423
In TX the anti-coal BS predates even climate change. The gas industry made a big push against coal based on downwind pollution (BS) before "carbon" was a big concern.
Gas industry, ironically, works against coal and for renewables since it is needed to backfill.
Then TFG got into office and everyone gave up on coal.
Gas industry, ironically, works against coal and for renewables since it is needed to backfill.
Then TFG got into office and everyone gave up on coal.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (LWu6U)
424
Does McConnell believe this, or is he saying it because this Chinese handlers that own him are telling him to say that? I think China wants to get rid of Trump and McConnell is another of their mouthpieces.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (tjZg/)
I want all the donks who knelt and all those who encouraged and funded BLM/Antifa tried first and held responsible for the destruction...yeah, right. Fuck you Mitch.
Does McConnell believe this, or is he saying it because this Chinese handlers that own him are telling him to say that? I think China wants to get rid of Trump and McConnell is another of their mouthpieces.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (tjZg/)
I want all the donks who knelt and all those who encouraged and funded BLM/Antifa tried first and held responsible for the destruction...yeah, right. Fuck you Mitch.
Posted by: CN at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (ONvIw)
425
>Yet McConnell is doubling down with an editorial saying Trump could/should be tried in court for his crimes...
what crimes
what crimes
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (iTXRQ)
426
409 Yet McConnell is doubling down with an editorial saying Trump could/should be tried in court for his crimes...
Does McConnell believe this, or is he saying it because this Chinese handlers that own him are telling him to say that? I think China wants to get rid of Trump and McConnell is another of their mouthpieces.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (tjZg/)
When his best move, would be to just shut the hell up. He did not need to say ANYTHING.
Does McConnell believe this, or is he saying it because this Chinese handlers that own him are telling him to say that? I think China wants to get rid of Trump and McConnell is another of their mouthpieces.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (tjZg/)
When his best move, would be to just shut the hell up. He did not need to say ANYTHING.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:58 PM (oHd/0)
427
425 >Yet McConnell is doubling down with an editorial saying Trump could/should be tried in court for his crimes...
what crimes
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (iTXRQ)
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Telling people to march peacefully instead of what Kamala did: tell them to burn things down.
what crimes
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (iTXRQ)
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Telling people to march peacefully instead of what Kamala did: tell them to burn things down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:58 PM (LvTSG)
428
425 >Yet McConnell is doubling down with an editorial saying Trump could/should be tried in court for his crimes...
what crimes
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (iTXRQ)
Free Speech is now Hate Speech, and thus a crime.
what crimes
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (iTXRQ)
Free Speech is now Hate Speech, and thus a crime.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 01:58 PM (oHd/0)
429
We need to change the apportionment number for the House. Too large.
We need to go back to the way Senators were elected. They were representatives of the State so the vote for them was only a guideline.
Plus we made Presidents only have 2 terms.
And now look at the mess we have; President has to leave just about when his policies are bearing fruit. there are too few Representatives so each one has too much power. The senators are now hostage to the voters and thus money to get reelected and we have a big debate club that is destroying the Presidency.
We need to go back to the way Senators were elected. They were representatives of the State so the vote for them was only a guideline.
Plus we made Presidents only have 2 terms.
And now look at the mess we have; President has to leave just about when his policies are bearing fruit. there are too few Representatives so each one has too much power. The senators are now hostage to the voters and thus money to get reelected and we have a big debate club that is destroying the Presidency.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 16, 2021 01:58 PM (PGk6x)
430
> Having seen Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi, I have gotten off the nuclear fission train.
Chernobyl had a design flaw that was known at the time. Even still, Chernobyl could have been run safely if the plant manager hadn't been an asshole in a rush to complete a safety check they previously falsified. They broke all of the safety rules save one, relying on a single remaining safety measure.
Three mile island happened forty years ago, had no detectable health effects on plant workers who were there or on the public.
Fukushima is scary to me because it's proof you can do everything right and still have problems, but again, the health effects were minimal.
Chernobyl had a design flaw that was known at the time. Even still, Chernobyl could have been run safely if the plant manager hadn't been an asshole in a rush to complete a safety check they previously falsified. They broke all of the safety rules save one, relying on a single remaining safety measure.
Three mile island happened forty years ago, had no detectable health effects on plant workers who were there or on the public.
Fukushima is scary to me because it's proof you can do everything right and still have problems, but again, the health effects were minimal.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 16, 2021 01:58 PM (UW2ZS)
431
340 131 My employer - Southern Companies - has gone all in on this green energy nonsense. Top management has committed to zero carbon emissions by sometime in the 2030s. I wonder if recent events in TX will give them pause?
Hah! I kill myself. Of course not.
Posted by: butch at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM
My FiL retired from there and I'm sure is spinning in his grave.
Posted by: clutch at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (9UmRs)
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And what are the odds top management will be retired when that bill comes due?
Hah! I kill myself. Of course not.
Posted by: butch at February 16, 2021 01:14 PM
My FiL retired from there and I'm sure is spinning in his grave.
Posted by: clutch at February 16, 2021 01:47 PM (9UmRs)
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And what are the odds top management will be retired when that bill comes due?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 16, 2021 01:58 PM (CAJOC)
432
I was washing dishes this morning the old fashioned way, by boiling water and putting it in a pan, wash by hand!
Whoa. That's way too much work.
I thought the Olde Fashioned Way was just pouring Everclear over them and letting the dishes soak in that for awhile. Rinse, good as new!
Whoa. That's way too much work.
I thought the Olde Fashioned Way was just pouring Everclear over them and letting the dishes soak in that for awhile. Rinse, good as new!
Posted by: College Age Sharkman at February 16, 2021 01:58 PM (0bGEp)
433
JFK had it right: 'ask not' (you know the rest)
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (iTXRQ)
Biden's "you know the thing" comment has me picturing in my head, how his brain works, where a record is playing, more or less at the right speed, and the words are coming out of his mouth as the needle moves along the grooves... And then suddenly the arm starts bouncing, and the needle is no longer making solid contact with the record.
He never knows where or when it will happen, but it happens. A lot.
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM (iTXRQ)
Biden's "you know the thing" comment has me picturing in my head, how his brain works, where a record is playing, more or less at the right speed, and the words are coming out of his mouth as the needle moves along the grooves... And then suddenly the arm starts bouncing, and the needle is no longer making solid contact with the record.
He never knows where or when it will happen, but it happens. A lot.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (oQ94s)
434
CaliGirl, most of the wells I'm talking about are domestic for single family dwellings. I think the nearest commercial water is 15 miles away. My well pump is submersible, tank is 120 gallon. The problems in this area is from pipes in well house or elsewhere freezing. I'm waiting until temperature is above freezing before I turn circuit breaker back on.
Posted by: Nylon66 at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (gbSNA)
435
Trump no longer matters to China. He can not dictate policy to Biden. Biden is a friendly.
China isn't pushing this shit. It's the same thing they did to the Tea Party. MAGA is a threat to the old guard. That's it.
China isn't pushing this shit. It's the same thing they did to the Tea Party. MAGA is a threat to the old guard. That's it.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (rdbLX)
436
Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (XxJt1)
And I'm sure Camela spoke in fluent French to Macron.
And I'm sure Camela spoke in fluent French to Macron.
Posted by: clutch at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (9UmRs)
437
It was the EU in 2014 with 40K freezing to death because of green policy.
Posted by: Unkaren at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM (d1VUW)
438
BREAKING: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) has filed a lawsuit accusing former Pres. Trump and Rudy Giuliani of conspiring with the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the Jan. 6 insurrection -CNN
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (bDqIh)
Hmmm, please show the injury, so he would have standing?
or does that standard only count for Republicans.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (bDqIh)
Hmmm, please show the injury, so he would have standing?
or does that standard only count for Republicans.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM (oHd/0)
439
>I was washing dishes this morning the old fashioned way, by boiling water and putting it in a pan, wash by hand!
did you wear one of those bonnets that ties under the chin? that's authentic
did you wear one of those bonnets that ties under the chin? that's authentic
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM (iTXRQ)
440
And I'm sure Camela spoke in fluent French to Macron.
Posted by: clutch at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (9UmRs)
She is adept at tongues.
Posted by: clutch at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (9UmRs)
She is adept at tongues.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: kamals's annoying voice at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM (Zmnko)
442
If Biden starts meeting with foreign leaders there will be challenges for fisticuffs.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM (lgiXo)
443
Hey morons,
Do any other states have those stupid power pole solar like NJ?
In NJ, they put small solar panels on top of each power pole. This is mostly so the power companies can get subsidies just like the homeowners do. But they are horrible. total waste of money and ugly, and i imagine they attract a lot of rocks.
Do any other states have those stupid power pole solar like NJ?
In NJ, they put small solar panels on top of each power pole. This is mostly so the power companies can get subsidies just like the homeowners do. But they are horrible. total waste of money and ugly, and i imagine they attract a lot of rocks.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM (LWu6U)
444
We have had no power non stop for 33 hours now. Fortunately we have a generator and the house is toasty warm. Biden voters across the street installed solar panels a few months ago. I have not seen them since the outages started. They must have gone to a hotel. Trump voters next door are also running a generator and have heat and power.
Posted by: Dinkum Thinkum at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM (XREIu)
445
... if they thought I walked out of the place with an expended nuclear fuel rod stuffed down my pants.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM
Is that possible?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 01:56 PM
Is that possible?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Don Lemon at February 16, 2021 02:01 PM (q4sKF)
446
392 ...Yeah, she'll probably be this cycle's Eric Cantor.
The problem is that we only get one of these a cycle, at best. If half the leadership felt genuinely afraid of losing their primaries every cycle because leadership was held to a higher standard by their constituents than back benchers ideologically, then we could possibly see some change.
But, pork, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (LvTSG)
This is true, but we need to embrace kicking out 15 GOP Senators in the next cycle, one way or another. Either by primarying them out or by allowing the Dem to take the seat. This is the only way to have them fear us.
What if the 'worst' happens? These states get a Doug Jones-type that will do anything Schumer says. They then get voted out next cycle.
We need to embrace this course of action.
The problem is that we only get one of these a cycle, at best. If half the leadership felt genuinely afraid of losing their primaries every cycle because leadership was held to a higher standard by their constituents than back benchers ideologically, then we could possibly see some change.
But, pork, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (LvTSG)
This is true, but we need to embrace kicking out 15 GOP Senators in the next cycle, one way or another. Either by primarying them out or by allowing the Dem to take the seat. This is the only way to have them fear us.
What if the 'worst' happens? These states get a Doug Jones-type that will do anything Schumer says. They then get voted out next cycle.
We need to embrace this course of action.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at February 16, 2021 02:01 PM (hKTv8)
447
BREAKING: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) has filed a
lawsuit accusing former Pres. Trump and Rudy Giuliani of conspiring with
the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the Jan. 6
insurrection -CNN
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (bDqIh)
Hmmm, please show the injury, so he would have standing?
or does that standard only count for Republicans.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM
Civil suit, you can sue anyone for anything in a civil suit if you have $$$$.
lawsuit accusing former Pres. Trump and Rudy Giuliani of conspiring with
the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the Jan. 6
insurrection -CNN
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (bDqIh)
Hmmm, please show the injury, so he would have standing?
or does that standard only count for Republicans.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM
Civil suit, you can sue anyone for anything in a civil suit if you have $$$$.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 02:01 PM (JUOKG)
448
is from pipes in well house or elsewhere freezing. I'm waiting until temperature is above freezing before I turn circuit breaker back on.
Posted by: Nylon66 at Fe
Got it. I was picturing all the different kinds of wells trying to figure out how they would freeze.
Posted by: Nylon66 at Fe
Got it. I was picturing all the different kinds of wells trying to figure out how they would freeze.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 16, 2021 02:02 PM (MYL08)
449
Fortunately, SharkGreatGrandparents were smart enough to realize that
Poland existed simply as a battleground for Russia, Germany, and to a
lesser extent, Lithuania, Austria and Sweden, and got the Hell out of
there in the 1890s.
dzieki Bogu
Posted by: Sharkman
Same with my Czech ancestors, as far as I can tell. On the other side, I am beginning to think we were around much earlier.
Poland existed simply as a battleground for Russia, Germany, and to a
lesser extent, Lithuania, Austria and Sweden, and got the Hell out of
there in the 1890s.
dzieki Bogu
Posted by: Sharkman
Same with my Czech ancestors, as far as I can tell. On the other side, I am beginning to think we were around much earlier.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 02:02 PM (KnJdm)
450
Yet McConnell is doubling down with an editorial saying Trump could/should be tried in court for his crimes...
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what crimes
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (iTXRQ)
Mitch gets his orders. Keep talking about this. There's a reason for it, but I don't think we're yet getting any clear reason why.
We could speculate, but I don't think anyone really knows for sure.
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what crimes
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (iTXRQ)
Mitch gets his orders. Keep talking about this. There's a reason for it, but I don't think we're yet getting any clear reason why.
We could speculate, but I don't think anyone really knows for sure.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 02:02 PM (oQ94s)
451
Biden's "you know the thing" comment has me picturing in my head, how his brain works, where a record is playing, more or less at the right speed, and the words are coming out of his mouth as the needle moves along the grooves... And then suddenly the arm starts bouncing, and the needle is no longer making solid contact with the record.
He never knows where or when it will happen, but it happens. A lot.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (oQ94s)
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So, he needs to walk around with a penny on his head?
He never knows where or when it will happen, but it happens. A lot.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (oQ94s)
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So, he needs to walk around with a penny on his head?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 16, 2021 02:02 PM (CAJOC)
452
Trump can start suing people now too
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 16, 2021 02:02 PM (rdbLX)
453
"Because intermittent wind and solar can always go near zero--as we saw recently in TX--they don't replace the cost of reliable power plants, they add to the cost of reliable power plants. This is why the more wind and solar grids use, the higher their electricity prices."
This is important to understand.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (Zm+LZ)
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Who are you going to believe, the media or your power bill?
This is important to understand.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 12:59 PM (Zm+LZ)
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Who are you going to believe, the media or your power bill?
Posted by: President Select Decaf at February 16, 2021 02:02 PM (hpVf/)
454
Mitch gets his orders. Keep talking about this. There's a reason for it, but I don't think we're yet getting any clear reason why.
And Graham is sort of standing up for Trump? WTF is going on?
And Graham is sort of standing up for Trump? WTF is going on?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 02:03 PM (Zmnko)
455
>Yet McConnell is doubling down with an editorial saying Trump could/should be tried in court for his crimes...
damn
Nixon didn't get this kinda shit
damn
Nixon didn't get this kinda shit
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 02:03 PM (iTXRQ)
456
Fortunately, SharkGreatGrandparents were smart enough to realize that Poland existed simply as a battleground for Russia, Germany, and to a lesser extent, Lithuania, Austria and Sweden, and got the Hell out of there in the 1890s.
Not sure if you could get Polish citizenship. They're very specific about which ancestors qualify. When my grandparents left in 1914, it was technically part of Russia. So I don't have Polish ancestry it's technically Russian. Poland was under control of Russia for many, many years, so my guess is legally, our ancestors are "Russian."
Not sure if you could get Polish citizenship. They're very specific about which ancestors qualify. When my grandparents left in 1914, it was technically part of Russia. So I don't have Polish ancestry it's technically Russian. Poland was under control of Russia for many, many years, so my guess is legally, our ancestors are "Russian."
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 02:03 PM (tjZg/)
457
As deleted earlier, Kameltoe making calls to foreign leaders -- Macron and Trudeau to date -- to indicate she's the Prime Minister now, per Mark Steyn for Rush.
signed: the Interloper
signed: the Interloper
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (S1hrL)
458
Civil suit, you can sue anyone for anything in a civil suit if you have $$$$.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 02:01 PM (JUOKG)
Don't you still have to prove injury? So that there can be a recompense?
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 02:01 PM (JUOKG)
Don't you still have to prove injury? So that there can be a recompense?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (oHd/0)
459
Fukushima was not a case of "everything done right", at least in terms of design. Conventional diesel-powered back-up generators were placed near sea level. If they'd been placed up on the bluff where the nuke units were, we'd never have heard of Fukushima. It was a tsunami, where the water level exceeded the design spec (based on the best geological and engineering estimates of maximum events made at the time of design), that caused the problem.
So even Fukushima, the oldest operating civilian power nuke plant in the world, would have been fine if the back-ups had been placed differently (which was considered at the time of construction).
But again, for the US, nukes are big cost-efficiency losers to the obvious winners: coal and gas. Every KW of power derived from *other than* coal and gas in the US represents waste, impoverishment, opportunity cost, junk science ..... and most of all, a dumbed-down, unserious country.
So even Fukushima, the oldest operating civilian power nuke plant in the world, would have been fine if the back-ups had been placed differently (which was considered at the time of construction).
But again, for the US, nukes are big cost-efficiency losers to the obvious winners: coal and gas. Every KW of power derived from *other than* coal and gas in the US represents waste, impoverishment, opportunity cost, junk science ..... and most of all, a dumbed-down, unserious country.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (OTzUX)
460
We have had no power non stop for 33 hours now. Fortunately we have a generator and the house is toasty warm. Biden voters across the street installed solar panels a few months ago. I have not seen them since the outages started. They must have gone to a hotel. Trump voters next door are also running a generator and have heat and power.
Posted by: Dinkum Thinkum at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM (XREIu)
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*traces IP*
*transfers insurrectionist's property deed to strong & brave neighbor*
Posted by: Dinkum Thinkum at February 16, 2021 02:00 PM (XREIu)
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*traces IP*
*transfers insurrectionist's property deed to strong & brave neighbor*
Posted by: Bob From the NSA at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (0WKYs)
461
I think China wants to get rid of Trump and McConnell is another of their mouthpieces
I'm beginning to believe so
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (Zmnko)
No doubt China's involved in the process. I guess that's one of the things we don't yet know... WHY does China want Trump further gone than he already is.
I'm beginning to believe so
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (Zmnko)
No doubt China's involved in the process. I guess that's one of the things we don't yet know... WHY does China want Trump further gone than he already is.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (oQ94s)
462
I assume the imbecilic media is insisting the cold temperatures and power failures are proof of global warming.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (lgiXo)
463
Yet McConnell is doubling down with an editorial saying Trump could/should be tried in court for his crimes...
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what crimes
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (iTXRQ)
Mitch gets his orders. Keep talking about this. There's a reason for it, but I don't think we're yet getting any clear reason why.
We could speculate, but I don't think anyone really knows for sure.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 02:02 PM (oQ94s)
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What makes anybody think he is not as senile as Biden?
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what crimes
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (iTXRQ)
Mitch gets his orders. Keep talking about this. There's a reason for it, but I don't think we're yet getting any clear reason why.
We could speculate, but I don't think anyone really knows for sure.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 02:02 PM (oQ94s)
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What makes anybody think he is not as senile as Biden?
Posted by: President Select Decaf at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (hpVf/)
464
Shibumi is of Polish ancestry. Yeah, her grandparents came to America. Her new thing is answering the landline telephone we have (which usually has junk calls on it) in Polish, just to mess with people.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet
Nice.
I get so many Chinese language robo-calls that I've been answering in Mandarin . . . "Weiiiiiiiiiiiiii?"
Then once I discern it is, in fact, a Chinese robo-call, I go with:
"Dew neh loh moh!", which is Cantonese for something that even I will not repeat in English.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet
Nice.
I get so many Chinese language robo-calls that I've been answering in Mandarin . . . "Weiiiiiiiiiiiiii?"
Then once I discern it is, in fact, a Chinese robo-call, I go with:
"Dew neh loh moh!", which is Cantonese for something that even I will not repeat in English.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (0bGEp)
465
454 Mitch gets his orders. Keep talking about this. There's a reason for it, but I don't think we're yet getting any clear reason why.
And Graham is sort of standing up for Trump? WTF is going on?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 02:03 PM (Zmnko)
The corporate donations aren't coming in. The base donations aren't coming in. They're flailing and confused.
And Graham is sort of standing up for Trump? WTF is going on?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2021 02:03 PM (Zmnko)
The corporate donations aren't coming in. The base donations aren't coming in. They're flailing and confused.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (Zm+LZ)
466
It's not China.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 16, 2021 02:05 PM (rdbLX)
467
Not everyone has given up on coal.
Posted by: Santa Clause at February 16, 2021 02:05 PM (q4sKF)
468
Civil suit, you can sue anyone for anything in a civil suit if you have $$$$.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 02:01 PM (JUOKG)
Don't you still have to prove injury? So that there can be a recompense?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM
Emotional pain and suffering are your friends in a Civil Suit.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 02:01 PM (JUOKG)
Don't you still have to prove injury? So that there can be a recompense?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM
Emotional pain and suffering are your friends in a Civil Suit.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2021 02:05 PM (JUOKG)
469
>>>I was washing dishes this morning the old fashioned way, by boiling water and putting it in a pan, wash by hand!
The old-fashioned way is throwing the paper plate into the burn pile. Seriously, stock paper plates and such for power outages.
The old-fashioned way is throwing the paper plate into the burn pile. Seriously, stock paper plates and such for power outages.
Posted by: 4 at February 16, 2021 02:05 PM (KnJdm)
470
436 Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2021 01:53 PM (XxJt1)
And I'm sure Camela spoke in fluent French to Macron.
Posted by: clutch at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (9UmRs)
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"Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?"
And I'm sure Camela spoke in fluent French to Macron.
Posted by: clutch at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (9UmRs)
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"Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?"
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 16, 2021 02:05 PM (CAJOC)
471
If Joe met Trudeau he would call him Mr Castro.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 16, 2021 02:05 PM (lgiXo)
472
334 Is there any possibility Biden is capable of sitting down with foreign leaders for face to face negotiations?
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National Pulse suggests that Kameltoe might head up the US delegation to the G8 in June.
Jen Pussacki says Puddinhead won't be meeting any foreign leaders for "a couple of months."
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National Pulse suggests that Kameltoe might head up the US delegation to the G8 in June.
Jen Pussacki says Puddinhead won't be meeting any foreign leaders for "a couple of months."
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 16, 2021 02:05 PM (sWM8x)
473
BREAKING: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) has filed a
lawsuit accusing former Pres. Trump and Rudy Giuliani of conspiring
with the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the Jan.
6 insurrection -CNN
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (bDqIh)
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File for sanctions.
lawsuit accusing former Pres. Trump and Rudy Giuliani of conspiring
with the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the Jan.
6 insurrection -CNN
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2021 01:57 PM (bDqIh)
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File for sanctions.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 16, 2021 02:05 PM (nkc1K)
474
The Green Insurrection proves much deadlier than Trump supporters.
Posted by: leber at February 16, 2021 02:05 PM (TUdnY)
475
Got it. I was picturing all the different kinds of wells trying to figure out how they would freeze.
Posted by: CaliGirl
Wherever the well is, it has to be below the frost line. That varies from state to state. I had friends in Wisconsin that has a well in their yard when they bought the house, and were later forced to pay for city water connection.
Water pipes have to be buried below the frost line, too. I think where I live it is something like 5 - 6 ft. Further north, it is deeper. I think it was 7 feet in southern Wisconsin.
Posted by: CaliGirl
Wherever the well is, it has to be below the frost line. That varies from state to state. I had friends in Wisconsin that has a well in their yard when they bought the house, and were later forced to pay for city water connection.
Water pipes have to be buried below the frost line, too. I think where I live it is something like 5 - 6 ft. Further north, it is deeper. I think it was 7 feet in southern Wisconsin.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative ....Living on the prison planet at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (vcOmj)
476
McConnell and his wife are Chinese agents as is the fraud "president" Biden. He is on board with turning the United States into a hard totalitarian state. This is just calling in a debt. Get ready to go dark and leave nothing on the table
We are all white supremacists now, or whatever kulaks are called at the moment.
We are all white supremacists now, or whatever kulaks are called at the moment.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (puu6v)
477
WHY does China want Trump further gone than he already is.
Because he could get re-elected. He could hold office again. So he could damage our Sino Masters in the CCP.
Because he could get re-elected. He could hold office again. So he could damage our Sino Masters in the CCP.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (tjZg/)
478
He never knows where or when it will happen, but it happens. A lot.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (oQ94s)
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So, he needs to walk around with a penny on his head?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 16, 2021 02:02 PM (CAJOC)
Certainly couldn't hurt.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 01:59 PM (oQ94s)
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So, he needs to walk around with a penny on his head?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 16, 2021 02:02 PM (CAJOC)
Certainly couldn't hurt.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (oQ94s)
479
Part of a civil suit is showing that damage was done and by the defendant.
So you don't need to show standing to file but to win you'll need to show damage.
It's just nuisance stuff and if it goes in front of Prog Judge could wind up getting thru.
All Trump has to do is get on his plane and it's AMF!
So you don't need to show standing to file but to win you'll need to show damage.
It's just nuisance stuff and if it goes in front of Prog Judge could wind up getting thru.
All Trump has to do is get on his plane and it's AMF!
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (PGk6x)
Posted by: Unkaren at February 16, 2021 02:07 PM (d1VUW)
Posted by: Parker at February 16, 2021 02:07 PM (hJWil)
482
nood
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at February 16, 2021 02:07 PM (ifmtJ)
483
Looks like Greta Thunberg's little "oopsie" tweeting out their plans for India has real consequences other than exposing the organization behind the curtains. Apparently there's real legal issues for the creator of the "toolkit".
https://bit.ly/37ll1Pg
https://bit.ly/37ll1Pg
Posted by: bonhomme at February 16, 2021 02:07 PM (UW2ZS)
484
nood lincoln project pedo
nood lincoln project pedo
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at February 16, 2021 02:07 PM (pO096)
485
What might help you along? Would sharing it help for some constructive criticism? How about dropping it for a couple of weeks to write something completely unrelated? A ten page short story about space robots, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:54 PM (LvTSG)
Not having to work. Or, more accurately, not having to work the hours I do. It's as simple as that.
BTW, sorry I missed last Saturday's post on movie posters. I was, as usual, drunk off my ass.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 01:54 PM (LvTSG)
Not having to work. Or, more accurately, not having to work the hours I do. It's as simple as that.
BTW, sorry I missed last Saturday's post on movie posters. I was, as usual, drunk off my ass.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 02:07 PM (2JVJo)
486
As deleted earlier, Kameltoe making calls to foreign leaders -- Macron and Trudeau to date -- to indicate she's the Prime Minister now, per Mark Steyn for Rush.
She gives good phone it's been said.
She gives good phone it's been said.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2021 02:07 PM (Rvt88)
487
WHY does China want Trump further gone than he already is.
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Because he could get re-elected. He could hold office again. So he could damage our Sino Masters in the CCP.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (tjZg/)
I know people are saying this, but I'm not buying it. I think the chance Trump runs again are close to 0, and his chance of winning is even closer.
However, it might have to do with his influence on OTHER races.
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Because he could get re-elected. He could hold office again. So he could damage our Sino Masters in the CCP.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (tjZg/)
I know people are saying this, but I'm not buying it. I think the chance Trump runs again are close to 0, and his chance of winning is even closer.
However, it might have to do with his influence on OTHER races.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 16, 2021 02:08 PM (oQ94s)
488
Trump is surely used to nuisance suits from retards like this congress critter. He probably hired scumbuckets like Cohen to make them go away.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 16, 2021 02:08 PM (y7DUB)
489
Because he could get re-elected. He could hold office again. So he could damage our Sino Masters in the CCP.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (tjZg/)
SNORT
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (tjZg/)
SNORT
Posted by: Dominion at February 16, 2021 02:08 PM (rdbLX)
490
477 WHY does China want Trump further gone than he already is.
Because he could get re-elected. He could hold office again. So he could damage our Sino Masters in the CCP.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (tjZg/)
Trump is still the figurehead of the opposition to the Great AMERICAN Cultural Revolution.
Because he could get re-elected. He could hold office again. So he could damage our Sino Masters in the CCP.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 02:06 PM (tjZg/)
Trump is still the figurehead of the opposition to the Great AMERICAN Cultural Revolution.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 16, 2021 02:09 PM (oHd/0)
491
Nice.
I get so many Chinese language robo-calls that I've been answering in Mandarin . . . "Weiiiiiiiiiiiiii?"
Then once I discern it is, in fact, a Chinese robo-call, I go with:
"Dew neh loh moh!", which is Cantonese for something that even I will not repeat in English.
Posted by: Sharkman
I just go with, "if you aren't in my contacts list, you go to voice mail".
I get so many Chinese language robo-calls that I've been answering in Mandarin . . . "Weiiiiiiiiiiiiii?"
Then once I discern it is, in fact, a Chinese robo-call, I go with:
"Dew neh loh moh!", which is Cantonese for something that even I will not repeat in English.
Posted by: Sharkman
I just go with, "if you aren't in my contacts list, you go to voice mail".
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2021 02:09 PM (5/lDN)
492
Darrell only a nominally "risky" and "radical" approach has much chance now - along the lines you gave, of getting rid of GOP establishment types by any means necessary, including letting Dems have the seat. Even the chances of success there are slim. But incrementalism is laughably, and obviously, the same dead end it's been for decades.
We now have one of 2 or 3 non-idiotic GOP senators of any real value (Cotton) fully beclowning himself by linking up with Romney, the most loathsome and preposterous GOP senator for generations (and that's saying something), to push an idiotic idea (minimum wage increase), and even worse, trying to "sweeten" it for the legions of dumbed-down and low-info GOP voters by including MAKE IT DOUBLE ILLEGAL TO HIRE ILLEGALS!! ELEVENTY!!
We now have one of 2 or 3 non-idiotic GOP senators of any real value (Cotton) fully beclowning himself by linking up with Romney, the most loathsome and preposterous GOP senator for generations (and that's saying something), to push an idiotic idea (minimum wage increase), and even worse, trying to "sweeten" it for the legions of dumbed-down and low-info GOP voters by including MAKE IT DOUBLE ILLEGAL TO HIRE ILLEGALS!! ELEVENTY!!
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 02:09 PM (OTzUX)
493
The USPS just notified us that because of the global warming weather conditions in Oklahoma, they will no longer sort mail until the cold conditions are over. Reminds me of the poem "neither rain, nor sleet, nor cold nor gloom of night shall keep these messengers from their appointed rounds." These are old words, inscribed 3000 years ago about Persian messengers. I guess those old bureaucrats could do things that our modern bureaucrats couldn't! We were also notified by telephone that GRDA and PSO might go on power reduction. Haven't lost a watt yet! Except for T.Boone Pickens profit chasing, we don't chase renewable power out here.
Posted by: Ol' Country Boy at February 16, 2021 02:09 PM (Zd+Sa)
494
I don't think the Left knows that it's helping unite us.
Anb by us, I mean conservative constitutional regular Americans.
By calling us supremacists and other names they put us together and we learn we do have plenty in common and don't with the left.
So we will band together at the insistence of the Left.
They think they can split us but we're not like their other victim constituencies.
Anb by us, I mean conservative constitutional regular Americans.
By calling us supremacists and other names they put us together and we learn we do have plenty in common and don't with the left.
So we will band together at the insistence of the Left.
They think they can split us but we're not like their other victim constituencies.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 16, 2021 02:09 PM (PGk6x)
495
I get so many Chinese language robo-calls that I've been answering in Mandarin . . . "Weiiiiiiiiiiiiii?"
Then once I discern it is, in fact, a Chinese robo-call, I go with:
"Dew neh loh moh!", which is Cantonese for something that even I will not repeat in English.
LOL. My first line is good day in Polish, and then I say something completely random in Polish loudly. When they don't answer, I keep repeating myself louder and LOUDER until they hang up.
Then once I discern it is, in fact, a Chinese robo-call, I go with:
"Dew neh loh moh!", which is Cantonese for something that even I will not repeat in English.
LOL. My first line is good day in Polish, and then I say something completely random in Polish loudly. When they don't answer, I keep repeating myself louder and LOUDER until they hang up.
Posted by: shibumi at February 16, 2021 02:09 PM (tjZg/)
496
As deleted earlier, Kameltoe making calls to foreign leaders -- Macron and Trudeau to date -- to indicate she's the Prime Minister now, per Mark Steyn for Rush.
signed: the Interloper
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (S1hrL)
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Somebody has to make the calls when Biden is napping. Or under the lid, as they referred to it during the campaign.
signed: the Interloper
Posted by: Ziba at February 16, 2021 02:04 PM (S1hrL)
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Somebody has to make the calls when Biden is napping. Or under the lid, as they referred to it during the campaign.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at February 16, 2021 02:09 PM (hpVf/)
497
485 BTW, sorry I missed last Saturday's post on movie posters. I was, as usual, drunk off my ass.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 02:07 PM (2JVJo)
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It's all good.
It was a shit post I managed to barely get done, not helped because I was in Orlando with the family.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 16, 2021 02:07 PM (2JVJo)
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It's all good.
It was a shit post I managed to barely get done, not helped because I was in Orlando with the family.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 16, 2021 02:10 PM (LvTSG)
498
This is impossible. These projects were peer reviewed by the finest of
peers at the Pentagon looking out for our National Security.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (03n3v)
"Spared no expense"
peers at the Pentagon looking out for our National Security.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2021 01:11 PM (03n3v)
"Spared no expense"
Posted by: Advo at February 16, 2021 02:10 PM (SEqlD)
499
File for sanctions.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
You have to win the case first. And even then, sanctions are a rarity.
The first is to file against venue. You know this. Why am I bothering to type this?
Posted by: Huck Follywood
You have to win the case first. And even then, sanctions are a rarity.
The first is to file against venue. You know this. Why am I bothering to type this?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 16, 2021 02:11 PM (QjGTg)
500
Oddbob, no wasn't me. I only have one that I purchased when I was 14 or 15. That was abt 55 years ago and it still works great. Kinda special to me .
Posted by: Nylon66 at February 16, 2021 02:11 PM (gbSNA)
501
When they don't answer, I keep repeating myself louder and LOUDER until they hang up.
Posted by: shibumi
And of course you know all the good Polish swear words, for backup.
Posted by: shibumi
And of course you know all the good Polish swear words, for backup.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 16, 2021 02:11 PM (0bGEp)
502
Politicians are not well rewarded for permanently solving problems.
Posted by: Grail Knight at February 16, 2021 02:12 PM (9ihh9)
503
You can store large amounts of coal outside on the ground.
Then it gets rained on.
It can then catch fire.
Valmy Nevada boilers used to use raw coal but then converted to an on-site coal gassification facility..Think it is a just in time train delivery.
But they're shutting them down for pie in the sky solar....With four hour battery. I don't understand how they're going to make it through 15 hour nights or cloudy days.
Seems crazy.
Then it gets rained on.
It can then catch fire.
Valmy Nevada boilers used to use raw coal but then converted to an on-site coal gassification facility..Think it is a just in time train delivery.
But they're shutting them down for pie in the sky solar....With four hour battery. I don't understand how they're going to make it through 15 hour nights or cloudy days.
Seems crazy.
Posted by: torabora at February 16, 2021 02:12 PM (Z1kCI)
504
#502
Politicians who try to permanently solve problems get cancelled.
Sometimes with extreme prejudice.
Politicians who try to permanently solve problems get cancelled.
Sometimes with extreme prejudice.
Posted by: torabora at February 16, 2021 02:14 PM (Z1kCI)
505
Mitch McConnell will have to suck a turd out of my asshole and eat it on live TV with a smile before I will ever donate a penny to the "republican" party ever again.
Posted by: I Have Questions at February 16, 2021 02:15 PM (RGRIY)
506
I'm just waiting for the people who use weather events to prop up their argument for 'climate change' to do their usual & say 'weather isn't climate'.
Posted by: aelfheld at February 16, 2021 02:17 PM (Zy9Yy)
507
Oddly this will be a Dem issue in the next governor's race - hey lying is easy!
Posted by: Rando East Texas Poster at February 16, 2021 02:19 PM (JJev6)
508
For the curious on freezing gas wells...
https://asgmt.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf-docs/2011/1/T06.pdf
https://asgmt.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf-docs/2011/1/T06.pdf
Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 16, 2021 02:19 PM (MkuC5)
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459 Fukushima was not a case of "everything done right", at least in terms of design. Conventional diesel-powered back-up generators were placed near sea level. If they'd been placed up on the bluff where the nuke units were, we'd never have heard of Fukushima.
Have a buddy who was there when the Japanese over-ruled the US-based design engineers on the placement of those gensets.
He was highly grieved when the unthinkable occurred. Almost beside himself...
Have a buddy who was there when the Japanese over-ruled the US-based design engineers on the placement of those gensets.
He was highly grieved when the unthinkable occurred. Almost beside himself...
Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 16, 2021 02:21 PM (MkuC5)
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69 And actually "resilience" is a ridiculous indulgence of a false premise, the basic premise behind all this disastrous waste grift and failure.
Base-load power is a thing. It's as simple and unavoidable as the seasons. That's it. Discussion over.
Off/on "energy sources" aren't suitable for base-load power supply. Obviously, and by definition. Jeebus.
And one might go further, and reject things even at a more basic level. There is absolutely no reason for "renewables" to exist, period. There is absolutely no reason to not use coal and oil and gas. The ludicrous "climate change" hypothesis is just that - a ludicrous hypothesis, nothing more.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (OTzUX)
yes, thank you
Base-load power is a thing. It's as simple and unavoidable as the seasons. That's it. Discussion over.
Off/on "energy sources" aren't suitable for base-load power supply. Obviously, and by definition. Jeebus.
And one might go further, and reject things even at a more basic level. There is absolutely no reason for "renewables" to exist, period. There is absolutely no reason to not use coal and oil and gas. The ludicrous "climate change" hypothesis is just that - a ludicrous hypothesis, nothing more.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 16, 2021 01:08 PM (OTzUX)
yes, thank you
Posted by: Eric Schmidt at February 16, 2021 02:22 PM (YkawN)
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This is not just a problem of wind. We are facing a generation shortfall of about 30,000 MW, wind makes up about 4,000 of that shortfall. Gas is absolutely struggling right now as well. Production is being curtailed because processing plants are having trouble staying online, and pipelines are having trouble with their compressor stations. Then add in that the gas powered generators didn't lock in sufficient firm deliveries for the winter means that the decreased production hits directly at their ability to get their gas. Meanwhile the natural gas utilities likely have contracts for firm delivery of their needs so they stay supplied.
It is absolute worst case scenario for ALL sources, even a nuke reactor went offline.
It is absolute worst case scenario for ALL sources, even a nuke reactor went offline.
Posted by: therealch3 at February 16, 2021 02:27 PM (B+CUs)
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17 states now have some kind of curtailments of electrical service to consumers. So it's not just Texas that has failed due to the unreliable "renewables" the government has been subsidizing. More and worse to come in the future if we don't stand up and demand it stop.
Personally this Hoosier has decided to pull the trigger on a whole house on demand generator because it is easy to see we're headed towards the same unreliable and unstable grids that Australia and the EU have now due to going whole hog with "renewable" power generation sources and taking reliable fossil fuel power generation off line.
Personally this Hoosier has decided to pull the trigger on a whole house on demand generator because it is easy to see we're headed towards the same unreliable and unstable grids that Australia and the EU have now due to going whole hog with "renewable" power generation sources and taking reliable fossil fuel power generation off line.
Posted by: rah at February 16, 2021 02:29 PM (QGdgs)
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Obama (now Biden) have rules on adding to existing power generation facilities. You must bring all up to current rules. So, all the coal plants were shut down. and all the old natural gas plants. generation is broken out of ERCOT and delivery so, cost of making sure your stuff will not freeze can not be passed on (easily). and wind blades. just like airplanes in a freezing rain storm, they need to be de-iced. but they are not in just one place. they are spread over hundreds of miles, each one with its own access road. out of 25MW installed, we are now getting 4.53MW. 18%???
Posted by: the only way out at February 16, 2021 02:48 PM (OM48N)
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coal can be stockpiled with days of energy onsite. gas needs to be pulled out of the pipelines. the same ones that most homeowners (and building owners) are pulling from to heat their places in this 0-10 degree lows. Stinky plan Texas politicians. Your fault.
Posted by: the only way out at February 16, 2021 02:57 PM (OM48N)
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politicians seem to only use problems to get re-elected. once in, they save them for the next election
Posted by: down with all politicans at February 16, 2021 02:59 PM (OM48N)
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Great tweet @lukelegate
A helicopter running on fossil fuel spraying a chemical made from fossil fuels onto a wind turbine made with fossils fuels during an ice storm is awesome.
https://tinyurl.com/y6ptbkmj
A helicopter running on fossil fuel spraying a chemical made from fossil fuels onto a wind turbine made with fossils fuels during an ice storm is awesome.
https://tinyurl.com/y6ptbkmj
Posted by: m at February 16, 2021 04:42 PM (gY0s8)
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Didn't Pickens heavily invest in Texas wind power and groundwater? HAven't heard anything about that in years.
Posted by: bigG at February 16, 2021 05:03 PM (1K88D)
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https://patriots.win/p/12hRUx04b1/
Posted by: SpamfRoming at February 16, 2021 05:39 PM (7HnEw)
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Texas is a example of why we should,nt depend upon Wind Turbines and Solar Panels for energy production
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 16, 2021 05:47 PM (FLiOE)
520
Husband, son, and I woke up to a balmy 46° house this morning after 36 hours without power. Got a few hours (with plenty of hiccups) this afternoon, enough to charge electronics, heat the house up to 58°, and get everyone a tepid basic training style shower. If anyone can point us to who exactly decided a notoriously unreliable energy source would be ideal in a rapidly growing state, please let us know. We have things to say
Posted by: SGT Frosty at February 16, 2021 06:11 PM (vVRlw)
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Mark
https://erbosoft.com/ussclueless/
https://erbosoft.com/ussclueless/
Posted by: DaveA at February 16, 2021 11:20 PM (FhXTo)
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