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  • MikM Mik

    How is it in your neck of the woods? Have several friends in Texas freezing in the dark.

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    @mik said in 23 Dead:

    How is it in your neck of the woods? Have several friends in Texas freezing in the dark.

    I've got power. But I heat primarily with wood. The only heater I'm running is a small electric heater in the outside storeroom for my outside dog. We're fine. I'm supposed to work 1-9 at the hospital tomorrow and I need to drive 20 miles (with a bridge crossing)...That might be interesting...

    Had one guy die in South Louisiana from a fall. Another homeless person froze last night in Shreveport.

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      Winter weather is no small thing. So sorry to hear of the effects in your area, Jolly. Stay safe.

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        AOC opines:

        Well, there's this:

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • George KG George K

          AOC opines:

          Well, there's this:

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          @george-k said in 23 Dead:

          AOC opines:

          To be fair, Ted Cruz has also got no shortage of egg on his face after his previous Tweets about California...

          https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/02/17/why-texas-power-outages-are-plaguing-california-and-ted-cruz-is-clamming-up/'

          I was only joking

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          • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

            @george-k said in 23 Dead:

            AOC opines:

            To be fair, Ted Cruz has also got no shortage of egg on his face after his previous Tweets about California...

            https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/02/17/why-texas-power-outages-are-plaguing-california-and-ted-cruz-is-clamming-up/'

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            @doctor-phibes said in 23 Dead:

            To be fair, Ted Cruz has also got no shortage of egg on his face

            To be fair, Ted was criticizing exactly the policies that got Texas in trouble. That doesn't absolve him of some deserved shame, but his point stands, even if it is in his home state.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • MikM Away
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              Mik
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              Glad you are doing alright.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • George KG George K

                @doctor-phibes said in 23 Dead:

                To be fair, Ted Cruz has also got no shortage of egg on his face

                To be fair, Ted was criticizing exactly the policies that got Texas in trouble. That doesn't absolve him of some deserved shame, but his point stands, even if it is in his home state.

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                @george-k said in 23 Dead:

                @doctor-phibes said in 23 Dead:

                To be fair, Ted Cruz has also got no shortage of egg on his face

                To be fair, Ted was criticizing exactly the policies that got Texas in trouble. That doesn't absolve him of some deserved shame, but his point stands, even if it is in his home state.

                Actually, what Ted was doing was making political capital out of tragedy, just as AOC was. And now he's been bitten.

                I was only joking

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                • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                  @george-k said in 23 Dead:

                  AOC opines:

                  To be fair, Ted Cruz has also got no shortage of egg on his face after his previous Tweets about California...

                  https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/02/17/why-texas-power-outages-are-plaguing-california-and-ted-cruz-is-clamming-up/'

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                  @doctor-phibes said in 23 Dead:

                  https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/02/17/why-texas-power-outages-are-plaguing-california-and-ted-cruz-is-clamming-up/'

                  That's a bit odd. Typically I expect data centers to have backup generators. So it's got to be more than just issues with electrical power supply that got the data center shut down.

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                    Well,we lost power early this afternoon. Currently running my generator.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      Don't worry

                      I played golf this morning.

                      Yes, the wind chill was in the 20s and the course was very, very wet

                      But I'm OK

                      Total other people on the course while I played: zero, down in the frozen swamp it was wonderful

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                        Wow. How is that fun?

                        At least you got some exercise.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          The best exercise program is the one you actually do. That's part of it.

                          The 15th and 16th holes both have island greens out in the creek/swamp, you drive over a small bridge to get to them. There are bald eagles, egrets and a great heron that can almost look you in the eye if standing next to you.

                          The solitude is pretty nice at sunrise.

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                          • George KG George K

                            @doctor-phibes said in 23 Dead:

                            To be fair, Ted Cruz has also got no shortage of egg on his face

                            To be fair, Ted was criticizing exactly the policies that got Texas in trouble. That doesn't absolve him of some deserved shame, but his point stands, even if it is in his home state.

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                            @george-k said in 23 Dead:

                            @doctor-phibes said in 23 Dead:

                            To be fair, Ted Cruz has also got no shortage of egg on his face

                            To be fair, Ted was criticizing exactly the policies that got Texas in trouble. That doesn't absolve him of some deserved shame, but his point stands, even if it is in his home state.

                            It's not just wind-power that has taken a beating. Coal, nuclear and natural gas contributions have actually been reduced by more than the wind power.

                            https://www.bbc.com/news/world-56085733

                            I was only joking

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