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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
The so-called “wind event” in Northern California never really materialized outside the norm for this time of year. 35 mph gusts are not unusual; indeed, I’ve seen several days of upper 90 temps and wind gusts of 50 where I live. Meanshile, NO unusual wind in the critical period in Solano County -actually it was completely calm. So why the crazy shutoffs? They started cutting power, as a matter of fact, 18 hours in advance of the wind event’s anticipated start. WHY?
All you have to do is look at a calendar. The dreadful fires that devoured Napa and Sonoma were two years ago TODAY. So of course this will be mentioned in the news – with plenty of where are they now stories. Weather predicts high winds. Perfect time to stage a shutdown. Sue us into bankruptcy? Eat it, California. Here’s your punishment; and we’ll be doing this any damn time we feel like it.
All this done with the sanction of Gavin Newsom and the Public Utilities Commission. Based in Sacramento. Who tell us it’s a good thing PG&E is doing. What they don’t tell you is that Sacramento is not served by PG&E – it’s served by SMUD – the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District. They were never going to be inconvenienced by the shutdown.
@ The Barbarian:
It’s really interesting to see how different regions handle the same green agenda while trying to hide the rising costs of keeping up high standards. Marty Armstrong says that if you put the government in charge of a desert they would run out of sand.
@lobo. Thanks for fresh thread.
@ yenta-fada:
California Democrats have taken us from the state where everything you touch turns to gold to everything you touch turns to s**t.
Closed nuclear power plants “as a precaution” – designed to withstand earthquakes. Because Hollywood made a movie.
Found an interesting Conservative news site. Must check it out.
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/
First article is the huge cost of Trudolt’s NDA. Catnip.
@ yenta-fada:
Warning. ‘The Buffalo Chronicle’ is a questionable site to source your catnip.
The Barbarian wrote:
The normal Santa Ana winds are 40 mph and PG&E can only go by what the meteorologists tell them. Sue them into bankruptcy and there is no way they’re going to take the risk of more liability.
But my favorite part of all this is – the electric car people. AHAHAHAHAHA!! Learn to pedal a bike, Sparky (note: ‘Sparky’ is on the license plate of the electric car down the street. I thought it was very cute).
https://electroverse.net/weekend-freeze-to-decimate-grain-harvests/
@ eaglesoars:
Gavin Newsom went on Twitter yesterday proclaiming the great use of electric cars by California trying to put a slam on President Trump. Needless to say…it didn’t end well for him.
Did you see the story that QuidProJoe Biden took $900K from Ukraine to lobby on their behalf? Did he register his work on behalf of a foreign entity? Because that looks REALLY suspicious – especially since I seem to recall Paul Manafort was charged for that same thing?
@ The Barbarian:
I saw that he got the $900k, I didn’t see for what. Yeah, that’s a FARA violation. Also, registered lobbyists have to file quarterly lobbying reports, one for each client. I know this because Hubby is one. They’re filed with the Senate and the House and failure to file is like a $10K fine.
I didn’t see the Newsom remark about electric cars. I see gas is $4/gal in Cali now, but it’s moot as there’s no elect to pump the stuff.
So this Fox poll everybody’s talking about showing high approval for impeachment. The sampling bias was apparently egregious, 48% Dems
This is what Gallop shows the nat’l distribution of political affiliation
Dems – 31%
Reps – 29%
Indp – 38%
https://twitter.com/rising_serpent/status/1182408331371208705/photo/1
Minneapolis mayor is having all porta-pottys removed from outside Trump rally venue! Talk about petty!
https://twitter.com/Real_Patriot911/status/1182350996900630528
back in the day i was steeped in simon and garfunkle.
hadnt listed to them in almost 20 years.
wow.
i dont know what to say.
brilliance.
@ eaglesoars:
Indies severely UNDERSAMPLED as well. This is what happens when you put Paul Ryan on your advisory board.
@ eaglesoars:
He also apparently had the HEAT turned up on the skywalk where people were lined up to get in. He’s a walking turd.
@ coldwarrior:
“Sound of Silence” is a good example. Disturbed did a cover of it and it shows the genius of the song writing.
@ PaladinPhil:
Dorian can vouch for the system.
Damn.
The Barbarian wrote:
This isn’t on Ryan. This is the same polling company they’ve used for a long time, Beacon (Dem) and Shawn (Rep).
Fox always puts the polling org at the bottom of their polls so when you see people spouting off on twitter about it, you can tell if they’ve actually read the fine print. Morons.
eaglesoars wrote:
As Trump has noted, Fox polls usually suck
Speaking of good music. Try this Toronto band on for size…
https://youtu.be/B9FzVhw8_bY
The Barbarian wrote:
“Out of an abundance of caution”
The Barbarian wrote:
… and this would all be resolved if the electric companies could just keep the brush down around their utility lines. Like they do everywhere else that is not California
uh huh
Portland Trail Blazers Join Boycott Against Israel
As the NBA is facing outrage after the general manager of the Houston Rockets capitulated to censorship by the Chinese communist government, the Trail Blazers quietly severed ties with the manufacturer Leupold, which has a contract to produce accessories for the Israeli Defense Forces.
https://freebeacon.com/issues/portland-trail-blazers-join-boycott-against-israel/
The Barbarian wrote:
If we lived in a country governed by the rule of law, that would be an issue. Since we now live in a country where the law is applied at whim to certain people and ignored for others, this is standard operating procedure.
And we come full circle:
eaglesoars wrote:
… and that poll and the breathless reporting by Fox is the reason I switched my News tab on my browser at work to OANN. I’m done with Fox, they’ve gone to the dark side. Hope the Murdoch boys enjoy their uptown cocktail parties while the network plummets to CNN/MSDNC rating territory
eaglesoars wrote:
Which means they only needed 3% RINOs and/or liberal “independents” to voice approval to get their 51% number.
lobo91 wrote:
once you think about it, it’s like – well, damn, it’s so obvious
AZfederalist wrote:
I still watch Tucker and Hannity. I like OANN but for some reason Posobiec makes my teeth itch
eaglesoars wrote:
too much tequila does that to me.
juss sayin
Tequila Sunrise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06CwkXpqrM
It was in the low 60’s this morning. We’re at 41 right now.
Having dinner, picking up a couple of prescriptions for my dental surgery tomorrow, heading home and turning the fireplace on. Love the gas fire! Quick, easy, and no mess to clean up.
@ right_wing2:
when I was growing up it was always my job to shovel the ashes out of the fireplace
right_wing2 wrote:
jealous
McMaster
that’s the whistleblower
eaglesoars wrote:
sorry hit enter too soon. that’s the whistleblower CONNECTION
AHAHAHAHAHA!
Deutsche Bank tells the court they don’t have any of Trump’s tax returns
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/business/deutsche-bank-trump-tax-returns.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur
Black Water
Doobie Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km4-eKvv3EM
@ eaglesoars:
stepping on rakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZLJpMOxS4
Today’s words of wisdom from The Possum.
If at first you do not succeed.
Never try sky diving.
Thank you, and good night.
rain of lead wrote:
everybody’s good at something
eaglesoars wrote:
I only read the headlines, so the pundit don’t matter much. But now that you mention it, I will miss reading Tucker’s pieces. I may have to visit once in a while for those.
@ AZfederalist:
I don’t always agree with him, but his positions are always well thought thru.
This is great. I gather CNN’s town hall was about ‘equity’ and LGBT -qieoisje, whatever the hell it is these days.
Anyhoo…it got a little out of hand when a black trans woman came charging from the audience yelling at CNN for ‘erasing’ black trans.
I can’t stop laughing (altho it pisses me off that these people somehow do their make up better than I can do mine)
https://twitter.com/rising_serpent/status/1182486533078749187
coldwarrior wrote:
The Scots are drowning in their Japanese whiskey just about now as the typhoon sweeps across Japan and allows the Japanese Rugby team to advance out of group play into the knockout stage. The AB vs Italy and the Brits are also washed out by the cyclone. Everyone involved in washed out games get 2 points and the games are classified as being drawn Nill All
. There are some VERY cranky Scots wandering around Tokyo now.
🙂
Aussie Infidel wrote:
the best kind!
bedtime, later
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/10/if-accurate-the-impeachment-game-is-over-fake-whistleblower-lawyers-now-retreat-from-testimonial-appearance/
The Wall Street Journal is reporting the anonymous gossipers’ lawyers are now requesting official impeachment testimony by letters not an in-person appearance.
bwahahahahahahahahah
oh, happy friday y’all
I’m trying to understand how there could be grounds for impeachment when Ukrainian President Zelensky didn’t feel pressured, when he didn’t even know about the delay in aid and when Trump was acting under law requiring corruption be investigated.
Was it that Slow Joe’s name was mentioned? Are we supposed to believe that if Trump hadn’t mentioned Biden’s name that the left wouldn’t have claimed any request for investigation of corruption was just a “dog whistle” for Biden?
best news roundup of the day
The Morning Report – 10/11/19
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=383718
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0
What day is it? It’s Friday.
After posting this video I will be in my reinforced bunker.
Eric Ciaramella
that name might be popping up
Greta Thunberg DID NOT get the Nobel Peace prize
Somebody from Ethiopia got for actually doing something
eaglesoars wrote:
Oh dear. Looks like No-Nads is gonna be let down once again. You know what poll I have NOT seen and yet you’d think it would be one that should be taken. “Should Nancy Pelosi Hold a Floor Vote to Authorize an Impeachment Inquiry”?
eaglesoars wrote:
I’m waiting for the 24 hours of backlash as to why Garbo 2.0 should have gotten it.
The Barbarian wrote:
are you KIDDING?? The entire known universe is going “oh thank you god, get that little mutant brat off the stage”
@ eaglesoars:
I was referring to the backlash that was going to happen on Twitter to the Gaia worshippers who were infesting threads with the “Greta is the New Jesus” mantra and claiming she was the ONLY serious contender for the Peace Prize when her appearance before the U.N. was criticized. I’m pretty sure the World in general doesn’t give a crap about this twit. But she’s taking her tour to Denver today.
Call me when she flies to Shanghai.
Weaselblower wants to “testify” in writing. That’s not testimony; that’s a declaration. Someone is VERY afraid of cross-examination.
The Barbarian wrote:
really? somebody should nail her to a cross and see what happens
@ eaglesoars:
We could retire the national debt by selling lottery tickets for the privilege.
Which teaches me a real lesson. I remember listening to that Attention Whore Drama Queen David Hogg one day and thinking “could anyone BE more insufferable than this asshat?”
Two years later, Garbo 2.0 comes along to say “hold my beer.”
The Barbarian wrote:
Harry and Meghan, aka Ginge & Cringe are tied for 1st. Today, in honor of some SJW/politically correct day, they released a throw-back video of Meghan scolding people for some form of sexism.
She was 11
@ eaglesoars:
And here it comes…from the “news” magazine everyone has forgotten exists (everywhere but on Twitter):
@ eaglesoars:
Rumor is the Queen is fed up with the two of them.
No matter what you do, “Cringe”, you will never outshine or be Kate. EVER.
@ The Barbarian:
No, “it’s hey y’all watch this!”
The Barbarian wrote:
and everybody is “Ethiopia has a prime minister?”
@ eaglesoars:
Most of those ignoramuses only know that Ethiopia even exists from watching the Live Aid reenactment from “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
eaglesoars wrote:
Not for the Japanese they may happen to meet
eaglesoars wrote:
Umm, unfortunately, no: https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2019/10/11/wtf-newsweek-determined-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-why-greta-thunberg-was-snubbed-for-the-nobel-peace-prize/
@ AZfederalist:
I see Barbarian beat me to it.
Rapidly spreading wildfire destroys mobile homes in Calimesa, California
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/us/calimesa-california-fire-trnd/index.html
but I thought cali had a plan for this?
@ rain of lead:
oh, nevermind, outside the cutoff area
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/11/shep-smith-resigns-from-fox-news-effective-immediately/
@ rain of lead:
I’m not getting that. His side is taking over Fox. Just not fast enough?