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190 responses to “Sandbox – 30oct21”
But will they listen or slavishly follow the diktat from the socialist green dems –
The report https://energy.stanford.edu/publications/assessment-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-zero-carbon-electricity-desalination-and by researchers at Stanford, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and LucidCatalyst, LLC said delaying closure of the plant to 2025 would reduce California’s carbon emissions from power plants by more than 10% from 2017 levels, reduce dependency on natural gas, and save up to $21 billion in power system costs.
The Diablo Canyon plant generates about 8% of California’s in-state electricity and 15% of its carbon-free power. Keeping it open to 2045 could save up to $21 billion in power system costs and spare 90,000 acres of land from use for energy production, it said.
Starting in 2016, utility PG&E decided to allow the licenses for two reactors at Diablo Canyon to expire in 2024 and 2025, which would close the last nuclear power plant in the country’s most populous state. The move came amid public concerns about earthquakes, nuclear waste and the use of water to cool the plants.
The planned closure also came with the belief that power generated by wind and solar energy would make up the lost electricity. But California struggled with rotating power outages in August 2020 during a heat wave; hydroelectric generation has sagged with droughts; and the switch to electric vehicles is likely to add stress to the grid.
Steven Chu, a U.S. secretary of energy under former President Barack Obama, said that when Japan and Germany shut nuclear power plants in recent years it led to a rise in carbon emissions from fossil fuels.
“In order to combat climate change in the best possible way, I think nuclear power … is something that we should really consider and ask PG&E to reconsider,” said Chu, now a Stanford physics professor.
PG&E did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The 2,240 megawatt Diablo Canyon plant could also provide power for plants that desalinate ocean water for drinking water and agriculture, and to produce cleaner-burning hydrogen gas, the report said. It did not address how nuclear power proponents could convince PG&E and California politicians and regulators to complete the complicated process of keeping the plant open.
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/finance/news/saving-nuclear-plant-could-help-233345340.html
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Here is one for the great ponytail of ignorance serious buyers remorse they do miss him now –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/08/poll-approve-trumps-issues-bidens-performance/
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The chi coms are already gloating about the stupidity of our socialist greens fiasco of a bill –
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/11/08/china-hopes-biden-infrastructure-bill-will-deliver-death-blow-to-u-s-manufacturing/
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Brandon is on a roll. Shutting off another pipeline is such grand idea.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-backtracks-line-5-reporting-inaccurate-shutdown
Miss Trump yet?
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Walt, check out my 637, yes they do miss him now! LOL
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MSNBC Tweet o’ the Day.
https://archive.md/bEkba
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George
Biden managed to get an infrastructure bill passed, something Trup promised but failed to do. That is a necessary accomplishment. How do you explain Trumps failure to fulfill his promise of passing a bil?
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PaulE 854pm – First, it was Pelosi who got it passed. Second, Pelosi got it through ONLY with the help of Republicans, as her own rabidly leftwing Democrats defected on her (and Biden). Third, Democrats fought every initiative of Trump’s including his desire to pass a true infrastructure bill; during his last two years the Dems owned the House where all such spending bills must start.
Next question?
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Paul 8:54 – “That is a necessary accomplishment.”
For the Dems and their lackeys.
Wouldn’t Standard Oil and Shell have loved to make the American tax payers build their gas stations?
We already have fed tax dollars by the billions to fund “roads and bridges”.
This is just a slush fund for the left.
All Biden did was shit his pants for the Pope and fart up a storm in Scotland.
Of course Paul was excited to hear about Biden having showers with his daughter. Sounds good to Paul!
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I’m sure Emery is pleased with another TRILLION being pissed away. Too bad he can’t blame Trump. Then he would be whining endlessly. With brain dead Biden and Pelosi,, it’s JUST FINE,,……
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“I’m sure Emery is pleased with another TRILLION being pissed away.”
Oh well. You lean back in your damp La-Z-Boy, type a sentence, and the deplorables jump in outrage. It’s all so tiresome.
Besides musing about why states aren’t totally responsible for infrastructure, aside from standards, I found myself wondering about a couple of things.
. What is in the bill? You know Paul has no clue, I don’t have a clue, hardly anyone has a clue. The list given (500 gajillion dollars for passenger rail!!!) means nothing.
. Where does the money really go? A realist/cynic assumes that it’s all just basically a slush fund for Congress and it’s special friends (like large defense contracts appear to trend), but it’s hard to tell. What some sort of reasonably independent group should do is trace the cash flow in things like:
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
etc. etc. and see if any money actually made it to something useful. There’s an entire ecosystem of bureaucrats, useless non-profits, and crooked contractors who need feeding, so maybe it’s all just a jobs program for grifters.
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George
Direct quote from Trump. Typical Trump lie. “We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals,” he said in his 2016 election night victory speech. “And we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it.”
Sounds like Biden except Biden did it.
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scenes 6:58 – “Where does the money really go?”
Careful, scenes – Garland might sic the FBI on you for being a ‘domestic terrorist’.
Anyway, Paul was told it’s ‘necessary’ and that’s good enough for the majority of bobble-heads in our country.
I think the worst part is that most of it goes for seed money to set up fed programs that folks will come to expect and depend on into perpetuity. The trillion now will blow up into 10 times that down the road.
It’s for the children.
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Paul 7:36 – “And we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it”
He did, Paul – check the unemployment numbers before the mayors and governors shut down the economy.
The part of that unemployment that pissed off Paul was the lowest unemployment ever for blacks.
Now they’re lagging in employment and wage gains compared to whites.
And Paul thinks it’s wonderful.
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Scott.
The new “necessary” trillion plus infrastructure bill contains only 110 billion for roads and bridges. The rest goes to what shall be called the GND groundwork. The Build Back Better three plus trillion (5 trillion per auditors) is the implementation of the GND, That is why the looney left extremists wanted both to pass simultaneously by reconciliation….just like Obamacare was passed by reconciliation.
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In other news, Biden RCP poll nearly 10% underwater.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html
Also Bannon has spoken. “African-American males are also another central part of our coalition, and you wait, we’re gonna get 50% of that vote in 2022… and once we do that… [we] can govern for 100 years.” Democrats want to own black folks’ vote without doing anything to earn it. Republicans are for freedom and Liberty secured by the constitution. Black folks are listening and agree.
https://twitter.com/lawindsor/status/1457837943201189895?s=20
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‘Secretary Buttigieg: Biden Admin To Use Infrastructure Bill To Address Racist Highway Design’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/secretary-buttigieg-biden-admin-to-use-infrastructure-bill-to-address-racist-highway-design
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Critical Radical Threat: Blowback, CA style:
California Plan To Inject ‘Social Justice’ Into High School Math On Hold After Backlash
“The proposed framework would, in effect, de-mathematize math.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-plan-to-inject-social-justice-into-high-school-math-on-hold-after-backlash
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WATCH: White House Can’t Name A Single Thing Biden Is Considering Doing To Lower Gas Prices
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-white-house-cant-name-a-single-thing-biden-is-considering-doing-to-lower-gas-prices
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On a different matter from the Morning Emery Trumphate.
Here…we….go.
“Rittenhouse trial should be over immediately.”
https://twitter.com/thevivafrei/status/1457774701673996298
“when your star witness loses your case”
https://twitter.com/tummymuncher/status/1457772541779402758“
Pretty funny. Of course, there’s no getting around the fact the K. Rittenhouse is a political prisoner and you can’t expect logic to prevail. Maybe he’ll get a cell next to Buffalo Horn Guy at the Supermax.
I do wish I had a dime for every time I’ve read:
“BUT RITTENHOUSE CROSSED A STATE LINE WITH A GUN!!!!” .or.
“HE PUT HIMSELF IN A POSITION OF DANGER (with the ability to defend himself)!!!!”
Oh well, the sides kind of form themselves.
Red:
Kyle Rittenhouse. Boy Scoutish kid with amazing composure, but don’t mess with him.
plus
Donald Trump. Genius politician and enormous asshole. Bull in a china shop.
Team Blue:
Joseph Rosenbaum. Homeless bipolar child molester (11 counts!) felon.
Anthony Huber. Mentally ill felon and domestic abuser.
Gaige Grosskreutz. Multiple misdemeanors concerning firearms, interactions with police, etc.
plus
Joseph Biden. Serial sharer of showers. Child groper. Marrier of babysitters.
Hunter Biden. World’s most decadent man. World’s most corrupt man. A two-fer.
choose yer side and place yer bets.
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Besides that George The Republicans controlled both the House and Senate for two years so your excuse for Trumps incompetency and lying has no merit. The Republicans “owned the house” the first two years of his Presidency so what was Trumps excuse for not fulfilling a campaign promise?
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Have any of you been following the Kyle Rittenhouse trial? The prosecution’s witnesses have undermined (eviscerated) their own case and the defensive has not even presented their case yet. On the surface and below the surface the trial is pointing classic case of self defense. Text book. One never knows how a jury will vote and it takes only one Antifa or BLM sympathizer on the jury to throw a monkey wretch in the gears.
All the lefties do is cry aloud that Rittenhouse, a minor at the time, broke the state law by transporting his firearm across state lines. Big deal. Are you telling me that Rittenhouse’s right to self defense stops at the state line? Does my right to self defense not apply in Arizona or Nevada or Oregon?
The prosecution has no case. The defense has a great case. Time will tell.
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Socialists now think that roads are racists?! Lol. Maybe the couch is racist. And the car. And gasoline. And trees. Magic racist bridges that only stop people of color from making it to the beach but magically permit buses with white kids to pass. These socialists are simply crazy. The Crazy Party.
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Scenes @ 8:14 am
As you were posting about Rittenhouse, I was writing about the same topic. Double the pleasure, double the fun. Good to know and great minds think alike and all that jazz.
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Speaking of minds thinking alike (two brain cell minds in this case), pick a card, any card.
https://www.rawstory.com/
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Sick minds do sick things…..and think alike.
Pick a card, any card. Headline scrolling.
https://www.rawstory.com/
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DUMBEST ENERGY POLICY EVER? [UPDATED AGAIN]
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/11/dumbest-energy-policy-ever.php
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 09 November 2021 at 08:32 AM
Yeah Bill….not going so well it seems.
Rittenhouse Trial Day 5: Alleged Victim Gaige Grosskreutz Implodes, Admits Had Glock Pointed At Kyle When Shot, Lied to Police About It.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/11/rittenhouse-trial-day-5-alleged-victim-gaige-grosskreutz-implodes-admits-had-glock-pointed-at-kyle-when-shot-lied-to-police-about-it/
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Democrats’ So-Called ‘Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill’ Erases Sex And Hurts Women
https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/08/democrats-so-called-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-erases-sex-and-hurts-women/
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Punchy… yes or no… the Russia!Russia! campaign was a lie that started in 2016, funded by the Hillary Clintonistas, that lasted through the 2021 Biden inauguration.
Five years of lies.
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Democrats’ So-Called ‘Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill’ Erases Sex And Hurts Women
https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/08/democrats-so-called-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-erases-sex-and-hurts-women/
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“Pick a card, any card. Headline scrolling.
https://www.rawstory.com/
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lol. Good Lord. I’ve never looked at that site. Wow, are they a one-trick pony. You can see where the Emerys and Ms. Cross get their views on life.
One of the great ironies of my (or anybody’s) life is that your better sources for what-in-the-hell-is-going-on are organizations like this:
https://www.rt.com/
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” The Republicans “owned the house” the first two years of his Presidency so what was Trumps excuse for not fulfilling a campaign promise?”- Punchy
The first two years were damaged by the Russia lie, and the walls were closing in thanks to Mueller. Remember Mueller? The Trumps were gonna be frog marched outta the White house.
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Gregory: “The first two years were damaged by the Russia lie, ”
Even without the full-court press by the bureaucrazy against a newly-elected President (has that happened before?) it’s not much of a surprise for a campaign promise to go nowhere for 100 reasons. It’s probably just as well. The Executive Office’s need to do ‘big things’ gets us in more trouble than I’d like.
I think that Paul just likes to say ‘lie’, there’s a certain guilty thrill from playing hard-ass on the internet. It’s probably better to simply view any response to Paul Trumphate as sparring with a child with progeria..oddly unsatisfying and not worth the trouble.
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“Democrats’ So-Called ‘Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill’ Erases Sex And Hurts Women”
Given the takeover of the Democratic party by transsexuals, you can bet that any major legislation uses that boilerplate from here on.
Next up is the Constitutional Amendment. Seriously. It would save a lot of paper in bills I guess.
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PaulE – when the Repubs “owned the House” Trump got through an agenda that lowered taxes, regs, made US energy independent, and got the economy out of low gear. By any measure one the greatest two year accomplishments of any president. He (wrongly) anticipated in getting help from the Dems to pass his infrastructure initiatives, but the Dems would rather sink the country than do anything to support Trump (they have demonstrated this now in spades during Bumblebrain’s tenure).
And don’t think that Bumblebrain has accomplished anything yet on fixing the country’s infrastructure. Only about 10% of the current bill is even destined for fixing roads, bridges, etc, the rest of it is a boondoggle. And I’m willing to bet you a tidy sum that less than 1% of the amount of the bill will be paid for infrastructure work before he leaves office. Bottom line, Biden ain’t done shit yet, and he’ll do even less for the country in the time he has left.
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Bill T and scenes – re the new fed rule:
“No individual in the United States may, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability…”
“actual or perceived”
Hilarious – and who gets to do the ‘perceiving’?
And by saying actual OR perceived, they admit trannies aren’t actually what they claim to be.
This country will end up with one group of sane people living happily in reality and the other play-acting parts from a combo of old Monty Python skits set in a world caught between ‘Idiocracy’ and ‘Brazil’.
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BarryP: “Socialists now think that roads are racists?!”
That’s why it’s called ‘blacktop’.
From now on, ‘asphalt of color’.
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‘Here Are the Arguments That Persuaded the 5th Circuit To Block OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers’
The appeals court said the rule, which was published on Friday, raises “grave statutory and constitutional issues.”
https://reason.com/2021/11/07/here-are-the-arguments-that-persuaded-the-5th-circuit-to-block-oshas-vaccine-mandate-for-private-employers/?
Yet our fascist President has gone on the record telling employers to ignore the Federal Appeals Court and impliment the unconstitution employer mandates anyway.
Tell me, please, who is the real threat to our democracy? Why even have courts or Congress?
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Scotto: “”actual or perceived” Hilarious – and who gets to do the ‘perceiving’?”
While there’s the obvious peculiarities that erupt, military flag officers of uncertain gender, men sent to women’s prisons (that movie has been made multiple times), here’s the scary part.
The folks who are busy messing with childrens’ brains, building affirmative action into law, burning buildings, declaring ‘hate’ crimes, are also doing the following (simply one example):
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-will-now-snitch-on-you-at-work-like-never-before/
Times really are different, well, this time. Dunno if it’s stoppable. It’s probably best to act like it isn’t and build your own contingencies.
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Scott 0 @ 11:40 am. A Monty Python skit indeed.
‘Reality Dysphoria’
The “Dictatorship of the Subjunctive Mood” (DSM) is no basis for a system of government.
https://amgreatness.com/2021/11/08/reality-dysphoria/
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“Why even have courts or Congress?”
I’d add, ‘why have a President?’.
You know darned well that no real policy emanates from President Potato’s Piehole. There’s a great big army of well-meaning, utterly dangerous staff members (true in most of Congress also) busy running the experiment in ‘government’.
Truth is, it never mattered much in the US until more recently…Saint FDR got it going, but the ramp-up is ongoing. Their tendrils are everywhere. Financial, regulatory, laws, surveillance, policing. When insane people are in charge, you’re going to know it by gawd.
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