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Blown Pipeline Open

by coldwarrior ( 104 Comments › )
Filed under Energy, Military, Multiculturalism, Nazism, Open thread, Russia, Ukraine at September 28th, 2022 - 6:34 am

some headlines:

 

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09/28/pro-russia-victory-in-staged-ukraine-referendums-clears-path-for-annexation-a78913

 

and OF COURSE:

 

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09/27/ethnic-minorities-hit-hardest-by-russias-mobilization-activists-say-a78879

 

Of course they are….

 

Enjoy this open!

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  1. lobo91
    1 | September 28, 2022 9:51 am

    Apparently, they just like getting sued in NY. New concealed carry permit requirements in response to the Bruen decision:


  2. eaglesoars
    2 | September 28, 2022 2:34 pm

    I have to say, I’m honestly surprised

    The Fed will not be issuing a digital dollar anytime soon, says Powell

    Jerome Powell, Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, has silenced the calls for a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be issued in the near future, saying that the central bank has “not decided to proceed” with the issuance of a CBDC for the time being.

    “We do not see ourselves making that decision for some time,” he said Tuesday, speaking remotely on a panel about the role of central banks in digital markets to global financial leaders and crypto regulation experts attending a conference in Paris.

    Powell indicated that the central bank would instead be working in collaboration with Congress and the executive branch to evaluate the policy and technological issues. This includes a multi-year period during which the Fed will focus on “building public confidence in our analysis and ultimate conclusions, which we certainly haven’t reached yet.” [ya think?]

    The central bank Chair also said the Fed would need approval from the White House and Congress to proceed with a digital dollar.

    As for what the central bank will be looking for in the creation of a CBDC, Powell identified four key characteristics: intermediated, privacy-protected, identity-verified, and interoperable.

    https://www.kitco.com/news/2022-09-27/The-Fed-will-not-be-issuing-a-digital-dollar-anytime-soon-says-Powell.html


  3. eaglesoars
    3 | September 28, 2022 2:43 pm

    yikes.

    My niece’s husband is a first responder/disaster relief coordination guy. They live in Panama City Beach. He just got sent to Ft Myers, about 7 hours away (I think)

    This is what it looks like in Ft Myers

    https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/fort-meyers-beach-is-under-water/


  4. eaglesoars
    4 | September 28, 2022 3:31 pm

    6 days ago. Look who we’re in bed with

    Half a dozen representatives of the neo-Nazi-led Azov movement in Ukraine are currently visiting the United States, taking meetings in Washington and reaching out to Ukrainian Americans. Three are veterans of the far-right Azov Regiment who held out for numerous weeks in the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

    Among them is Giorgi Kuparashvili, a co-founder of the Azov Regiment and a leader of its Yevhen Konovalets Military School, named for the founder of the fascistic Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. According to journalist Leonid Ragozin, “The school functioned outside Ukraine’s system of military education — one of many reasons to suspect that Azov was highly autonomous and never truly integrated in [the] armed forces.”

    https://mossrobeson.medium.com/azov-delegation-visits-the-us-b535ba336eb1


  5. coldwarrior
    5 | September 28, 2022 3:49 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    So, is there a difference between us ‘fascists’ and ukie neo-nazis?


  6. eaglesoars
    6 | September 28, 2022 5:23 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    @ eaglesoars:
    So, is there a difference between us ‘fascists’ and ukie neo-nazis?

    yeah. The progs only want one of us dead


  7. 7 | September 28, 2022 5:55 pm

    While we don’t know for sure whether the United States blew up the pipeline, we do know for sure the United States has the means, motive, opportunity, and moral deficit necessary to drive the world to the edge of armageddon in pursuit of power for its elites.

    Good breakdown, with some interesting circumstantials noted.
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/analysis-nord-stream-pipelines-sabotaged-one-country-benefits/


  8. eaglesoars
    8 | September 28, 2022 8:09 pm

    @ Bunk Five Hawks X:

    The other take I’m seeing is: this is right in line with the goals of the Great Reset crowd. Deprive us all of energy. Blowing up pipelines is a good way to do that.


  9. eaglesoars
    9 | September 28, 2022 8:12 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    this is right in line with the goals of the Great Reset crowd. Deprive us all of energy.

    Like this. Forbes, no less

    The volatility is creating a perfect backdrop for an increase in clean energy, and we’ve created a way for investors to use AI to take advantage of the opportunity

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2022/09/28/nord-stream-gas-pipeline-blown-up-the-latest-twist-in-the-crazy-energy-sector/?sh=3f548b587a02


  10. eaglesoars
    10 | September 28, 2022 8:22 pm

    The U.S. navy still sucks. In this case literally. Something called JP5.

    The U.S.S. Nimitz is docked until further notice

    According to multiple sources, JP5 was sucked up into the potable water while the Nimitz was dumping fuel and circling at the same time. I don’t profess to know anything about sailing or life on an aircraft carrier, but according to people who do know, dumping fuel requires central control to be notified so they can tell the auxiliary machinery room to stop making potable water. Go to minute four in this Youtube video to see how sea water is fed into the ship.

    Allegedly the Officer on Duty (OOD) and the Conning Officer (an officer on a naval vessel responsible for instructing the helmsman on the course to steer), had the ship doing donuts during night watches for helm and lee helm training while the ship was dumping fuel.

    Personnel from the reactor went to the bridge to have it put into the deck logs, which will make it easy to prove upon investigation.

    This was all an accident. Accidents literally happen all the time in the military, but the command team’s response after the fact is the issue. The incident was covered up, and the people in charge lied to the media. They claimed the water was safe to drink and denied anyone got sick, though we were told by dozens of sailors that they had been denied medical care despite the fact they were nauseous and had extreme bouts of diarrhea.

    https://trmlx.com/how-the-uss-nimitz-water-was-contaminated-plus-the-subsequent-cover-up/


  11. darkwords
    11 | September 28, 2022 8:51 pm

    Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:

    Good breakdown, with some interesting circumstantials noted.
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/analysis-nord-stream-pipelines-sabotaged-one-country-benefits/

    Seal Team 6


  12. lobo91
    12 | September 28, 2022 9:05 pm

    @ eaglesoars:

    The U.S. navy still sucks. In this case literally. Something called JP5.

    JP-5 is jet fuel


  13. eaglesoars
    14 | September 28, 2022 9:32 pm

    lobo91 wrote:

    JP-5 is jet fuel

    oh lovely


  14. eaglesoars
    15 | September 28, 2022 9:34 pm

    This morning I turned on the heat for the first time this season. And the fireplace this evening.


  15. darkwords
  16. eaglesoars
    17 | September 29, 2022 10:21 am

    1000% !!!!!

    Dear God…

    . In Germany, energy prices have shot up by 1,000%,

    https://issuesinsights.com/2022/09/29/can-the-eu-survive-europes-conservative-election-wave/

    These people are going to freeze before they starve


  17. coldwarrior
  18. eaglesoars
    19 | September 29, 2022 11:48 am

    @ coldwarrior:

    HAR!!! Italy’s Marjorie Taylor Greene (whose husband is divorcing her I see)

    Did you know Meloni was at CPAC?


  19. eaglesoars
    20 | September 29, 2022 11:54 am

    @ coldwarrior:

    based on the comments at CFP, I did a little research

    she may be a bit of a pivot person – supported vax passports, etc. Check this out………

    https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/video-of-italys-prime-minister-giorgia-meloni-supporting-covid19-passport


  20. eaglesoars
    21 | September 29, 2022 1:14 pm

    What is the FBI’s jurisdiction here? Why isn’t this incident (and the Mark Houck incident) a local thing?

    FBI questions pro-lifer praying outside St. Paul Planned Parenthood

    https://alphanews.org/fbi-questions-pro-lifer-praying-outside-st-paul-planned-parenthood/

    and this…

    Man Who Admitted Shooting Pro-Life Grandma Still Hasn’t Been Charged

    Harvey has admitted to shooting an elderly pro-life woman who was canvassing homes to campaign against Proposal 3, which would legalize abortions up to birth in the state. Meanwhile, his wife is a radical leftist and abortion activist who regularly threatens conservatives in social media posts.

    https://www.lifenews.com/2022/09/29/man-who-admitted-shooting-pro-life-grandma-still-hasnt-been-charged/


  21. eaglesoars
    22 | September 29, 2022 1:18 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    What is the FBI’s jurisdiction here? Why isn’t this incident (and the Mark Houck incident) a local thing?

    oh

    Radical DOJ Lawyer Kristen Clarke Targeted Pro-Life Dad and Other Conservatives

    https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2022/09/28/radical-doj-lawyer-kristen-clarke-targeted-pro-life-dad-and-other-conservatives-n1632738


  22. eaglesoars
    23 | September 29, 2022 2:36 pm

    Confiscate it and yank his pension. Fauci won’t be needing it in Florence

    The 81-year-old director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases added some $5 million to his household net worth from 2019-2021, according to financial disclosures obtained by OpenTheBooks.com. Fauci, the federal government’s highest-paid employee including the president, earns $480,000 per year.

    https://www.dailywire.com/news/unmasked-documents-reveal-faucis-staggering-pandemic-period-profits


  23. darkwords
    24 | September 29, 2022 5:18 pm

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-11262685/Toronto-Blue-Jays-fan-left-furious-DROPPING-Aaron-Judges-historic-61st-home-run-ball.html

    Ultimately, landing the ball would have been a massive financial boon for Lasagna and the other unidentified fan, as estimates have said it could fetch north of $2 million at an auction.


  24. eaglesoars
    25 | September 29, 2022 5:19 pm

    what is this douche up to?

    Romney, Utah’s junior senator, has declined — and even refused — to endorse Lee’s reelection bid. Lee is the senior senator from Utah.

    Senate Republicans are becoming increasingly alarmed by the decision, noting that even though Senate Republicans may have their differences on policy, they typically stand united against Republican opponents.

    “I respect [Romney], and I understand that each state has its own dynamics, but I do not understand why he is remaining neutral,” one Republican senator said anonymously. “Whatever our differences, we all try to support each other around election time.”

    Romney’s refusal to endorse Lee could boost his lead opponent during the Senate campaign, the Never Trumper and failed 2016 presidential candidate Evan McMullin. Romney’s move has put Senate Republicans on defense in a state that Lee should win handily.

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/09/29/mitt-romneys-refusal-to-endorse-mike-lee-could-cost-republicans-the-senate-majority/


  25. darkwords
    26 | September 29, 2022 5:21 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Confiscate it and yank his pension. Fauci won’t be needing it in Florence

    One example was the $1 million prize awarded to Fauci by the Israel-based Dan David Foundation for “speaking truth to power” and “defending science” during the Trump administration.

    ** The GoP needs to pursue him like Schiff pursues the J6 prisoners


  26. darkwords
    27 | September 29, 2022 5:23 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Radical DOJ Lawyer Kristen Clarke Targeted Pro-Life Dad and Other Conservatives

    Make her a shackled political prisoner at gitmo.


  27. coldwarrior
    28 | September 29, 2022 5:55 pm

    @ darkwords:
    Of course.


  28. lobo91
    29 | September 29, 2022 6:22 pm


  29. eaglesoars
    30 | September 29, 2022 6:23 pm

    darkwords wrote:

    One example was the $1 million prize

    bribe


  30. eaglesoars
    31 | September 29, 2022 6:26 pm

    um

    Biden administration scales back student debt relief for MILLIONS of Americans in stunning reversal after being faced with first lawsuits and following criticism of the huge cost to taxpayers

    The Department of Education announced the change on Thursday

    Biden administration announced plans to provide up to $20,000 in relief

    Change affects FFEL loans, held by private banks but backed by the government

    Loan programs switched to direct lending in 2010 under the Obama admin

    The new shift will reportedly affect 770,000 people who have student debt

    Six Republican-led states sued in federal court seeking to stop the loan relief

    One apparent concern is that lenders may sue and claim harm

    There has been a moratorium on federal student loan repayment since March ’20

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11264087/Biden-administration-scales-student-debt-relief-MILLIONS.html


  31. eaglesoars
    32 | September 29, 2022 6:27 pm

    total fuck ups….

    Exclusive: Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

    PARIS/STOCKHOLM/MILAN, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region.

    https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-europe-braces-mobile-network-blackouts-sources-2022-09-29/


  32. lobo91
    33 | September 29, 2022 6:27 pm

    The disclaimers at the end are great:


  33. lobo91
    34 | September 29, 2022 6:31 pm

    @ eaglesoars:

    I knew that was going to happen. They were never going to “forgive” the loans held by private banks, because that would require actually paying the banks money.

    Good thing I wasn’t counting on it…


  34. coldwarrior
    36 | September 29, 2022 7:28 pm

    @ lobo91:
    Ha!


  35. lobo91
    37 | September 29, 2022 7:35 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    @ lobo91:
    Ha!

    Pretty much seems like Unitarian Universalist to me


  36. coldwarrior
    38 | September 29, 2022 7:36 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    We’ll see what happens.

    Italian govts don’t last very long. But, this is certainly a step in the right direction for the Italians.


  37. coldwarrior
    39 | September 29, 2022 7:46 pm

    @ lobo91:
    Yezzir!

    I wonder what Olstein would say about this:

    After I converted to orthodox we went to my father in laws Russian orthodox church in NJ. Easter service is 6 hours long over midnight and quite an amazing thing to behold.

    About two hours in, Mrs coldwarrior nudged me in the ribs and told me to go down to the basement. Ok…ummm…why? I was told to shut up and go.

    Ha! Shots of vodka, heavy breads, smoked meat and fish!!!

    I came back up an hour later half smashed and reeking of garlic and booze. An hour later, back down to top off. The priests even rotated through.

    I was told by one of the parishioners, a large russian:
    Welcome to family, don’t fuck this up, or else.


  38. 40 | September 29, 2022 7:49 pm

    @ coldwarrior:
    I don’t understand a lot of Italian, so the translations were helpful; however, she did not say “disgusting.” She said “pukeworthy.”
    Vomitable.


  39. coldwarrior
    41 | September 29, 2022 7:57 pm

    @ Bunk Five Hawks X:
    I had many years of Latin, French, and did the Russian school in the army…the idioms and slang and subtleties of translation are always the most difficult.

    You’re father makes bad dough. Polish insult…ummmm ok…and?

    Latin is full of these that make no sense to us now


  40. eaglesoars
    42 | September 29, 2022 8:45 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    Italian govts don’t last very long.

    And the French gov’ts last too long.

    They should have gone with Le Pen


  41. eaglesoars
    43 | September 29, 2022 8:49 pm

    Oh good! The judge over ruled the special master in the Mar a Lago raid case

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/judge-cannon-rules-favor-trump-rejects-special-masters-request-seized-documents/


  42. eaglesoars
    44 | September 29, 2022 8:52 pm

    fyi

    On September 23, 2022, Judge Maryellen Noreika issued a preliminary injunction against Delaware in the case of Rigby v Jennings. The case is about whether the State of Delaware can outlaw homemade guns and the distribution of materials and software to make homemade guns.

    https://www.ammoland.com/2022/09/second-amendment-protects-right-to-make-your-own-gun/#axzz7gK2fvnuc


  43. eaglesoars
    45 | September 29, 2022 9:00 pm

    So there actually ARE laws against being a total asshole. Who knew?

    Ex-eBay execs heading to prison for harassing couple behind newsletter

    Jim Baugh and David Harville were sentenced to 57 and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in an extensive harassment campaign that involved sending the couple cockroaches, a funeral wreath and a bloody Halloween pig mask.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-ebay-exec-heading-prison-harassing-couple-behind-newsletter-2022-09-29/


  44. eaglesoars
    46 | September 29, 2022 9:04 pm

    This is along the lines of The Screwtape Letters. 11 page pdf.

    Memo from the Devil

    https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/2166/Book_Review_Knowledge_and_Politics.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y


  45. eaglesoars
    47 | September 29, 2022 9:27 pm

    Ft. Myers

    90 percent of the city is gone. There’s nothing to come back to.

    https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/ft-myers-mayor-90-percent-of-the-city-is-gone-theres-nothing-to-come-back-to/


  46. eaglesoars
    48 | September 29, 2022 9:50 pm

    It is fortunate that as of the current moment, electric vehicles constitute only about 100,000, out of nearly 8 million vehicles registered to drive on Florida’s roads. What if they all were electric, the (impractical) dream dream of greenies?

    Depending on how heavily loaded they were, even assuming everyone had a full battery charge, cars from southern Florida would start running out of juice after 100 – 250 miles. They would then have to spend hours at recharging stations, which would rapidly be clogged with other cars and trucks waiting their turn, since an electricity “fill up” can easily take an hour or more, as compared to a couple of minutes for gasoline. Cars waiting to be charged would spill onto the highways, potentially blocking traffic.

    Those cars that ran out of juice on the highway would block traffic. Even assuming that emergency service vehicles could get to them (unlikely if the entire fleet were electric cars), towing a portable generator (powered by fossil fuels, of course) and recharging the stalled vehicles would take plenty of time, as well, further blocking traffic. The stranded cars would, of course, have no air conditioning, no wipers, no GPS.

    In all likelihood, the highways would become vast parking lots, trapping their passengers wherever they happened to be stalled, waiting for the storm and flood waters to reach them, unable to get to safety.

    Electric vehicles and the evacuation of Florida

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/09/electric_vehicles_and_the_evacuation_of_florida.html

    Oh snap!


  47. Possum
    49 | September 29, 2022 9:59 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    I take issue with that kind of statement.

    While I fully agree with the basics of that post it is vital that these facts are not ” embroidered ”

    A stranded EV with zero power in the main battery that provides traction would have a working GPS etc at least for a while.

    EVs generally have a secondary battery that powers the electronics.


  48. Possum
    50 | September 29, 2022 10:07 pm

    @ Possum:
    Also a little known fact is you can charge an EV by towing it.


  49. Possum
    51 | September 29, 2022 10:08 pm

    @ Possum:
    My personal opinion is at this stage of the technology hybrid is the best option.


  50. darkwords
    52 | September 29, 2022 10:11 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Oh good! The judge over ruled the special master in the Mar a Lago raid case

    i would think Trump is the only one who can say what he had in his possession.


  51. darkwords
    53 | September 29, 2022 10:15 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Ex-eBay execs heading to prison for harassing couple behind newsletter

    called it a “hard-to-imagine” scheme fueled by a “toxic culture” at the Silicon Valley e-commerce company.

    Overseeing the campaign was Baugh, a former Central Intelligence Agency employee who, according to his lawyer, felt pressure to do something.

    ** I would think this is the DOJ/CIA/FBI influence being carried out in tech companies. No morals and no ethics. Penalties should have hit 1 billion.


  52. darkwords
    54 | September 29, 2022 10:17 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Electric vehicles and the evacuation of Florida

    This is an unexpected test of the EV life. Do they create massive parking lot traffic jams in an emergency?


  53. darkwords
    55 | September 29, 2022 10:20 pm

    Possum wrote:

    EVs generally have a secondary battery that powers the electronics.

    Correct two batteries in my hybrid. The expensive $15,000 one that runs the car. And the $400 one that does the normal functions of a battery. But these cars are delicate. A lot of chances for the car not to start because the electronics have failed in some manner.

    the car has to go to a computer shop at the dealer to get back on the road.


  54. darkwords
    56 | September 29, 2022 10:21 pm

    Possum wrote:

    @ Possum:
    My personal opinion is at this stage of the technology hybrid is the best option.

    That is what i have. I like it. But the parts and maintenance are expensive. It run only on gas if need be. But hard to tell how it does under hurricane stress.


  55. Aussie Infidel
    57 | September 29, 2022 10:25 pm

    Of course ethnic minorities in Russia are bearing the brunt of this latest part mobilization. I know from personal experience. A friend of mine is actually Belorussian but to get a job within the Russian Arts industry he was forced to take on Russian citizenship. He’s an opera singer! He got his call up papers but got a short deferment for a few weeks from his doctor in Minsk. He’s got his family with him in Belorussia and is attempting to flee the country. He figures that gun-fodder he ‘ain’t!

    Asked to house his family in NZ and has applied for an English language school visa to at least get him into the country. IF he can find an airline seats to get his wife (a Moldavian) and their two babies. My daughter will give them her town house and my daughter will move into our Auckland apartment for as long as it takes. He has a sister in Auckland but she is living with two kids and a boyfriend plus her parents in a 2 bedroom apartment, so that’s a non-starter. Whether they can find a plane out of Europe this side of Christmas is a serious problem. Everything is booked solid. Meantime he’ll be officially AWOL in a few more days time!


  56. Possum
    58 | September 29, 2022 10:26 pm

    @ darkwords:
    Cars are now unnecessary complicated.

    My ideal new car would have handles that wind the windows up or down. An AM FM radio none of that Bluetooth gps entertainment center crap.

    Doors you open with a key type key….

    Rear door that you lift up by hand.

    The Eastern Europeans built cars we laugh at, but seriously they got a person from A to B at a tenth of the cost of a new USA style car.


  57. eaglesoars
    59 | September 29, 2022 10:34 pm

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    Meantime he’ll be officially AWOL in a few more days time!

    oh man. God speed.


  58. Possum
    60 | September 29, 2022 10:34 pm

    @ Possum:
    The engine management unit should manage the engine. Not the engine and the seat position for two drivers and the rear view mirrors and the heater and air conditioning and whether the windows go up or down all the way from a double tap on the button.

    Paying $1500-2000 for a new EMU just because your left wing mirror stopped working is nuts.


  59. eaglesoars
    61 | September 29, 2022 10:37 pm

    @ darkwords:
    @ Possum:

    To be totally clear about this, once the elec power fails (which tends to happen early in a hurricane situation) nobody is pumping gasoline either.

    If you’ve ever looked at prepping tips, when heavy weather is incoming and you expect to lose power, one of the first things you do is fill the bath tub w/water. Municipalities use electric pumps to distribute the water thru the network.


  60. Aussie Infidel
    62 | September 29, 2022 10:43 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    total fuck ups….

    Exclusive: Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

    PARIS/STOCKHOLM/MILAN, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region.

    https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-europe-braces-mobile-network-blackouts-sources-2022-09-29/

    One reason to hang onto your ole land-line phone. Just as long as the emergence supply to the exchanges keeps working, when the power goes south!

    Putting a grid attached solar power system on the room of the new cottage just in case! We get a ‘free’ 30 Kwhr per day over the 3 hour period 9PM-midnight, as well as being able to sell back to the power company excess power once the 17 KwHr batteries are at full charge. The system is capable of stand alone power supply if the grid totally goes south and the energy cost is fixed in NZ Dollars so we are energy inflation proof.

    Given what is happening globally I thought it was a good idea to be as independent as possible. We now have water, sewage (septic tank and transpiration bed) and soon power independence. Food is manageable with 50% of grow our own fruit and veges and an endless supply of fish off the beach 50 feet away. Large chest freezer holds our meat reserves so we should be OK. Gasoline supply however is a real problem.


  61. Possum
    63 | September 29, 2022 10:44 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    Yes. That is when I lived in Iowa I had a small 5500W propane generator.

    Got the propane supplier to fit a regulator and a tank type fitting onto the outside of house. LOL was first time anyone asked for one!

    In normal use could attach my gas grill to it. No more buying the 16lbs tanks.

    If needed could attach generator. Never needed to.
    What prompted this was four days without power, some in same area were without power ten days. Due to ice build up on wooden power pols snapping them. No quick fix for that.

    Anyway those with gasoline powered generators quickly found out that no power = no pumping gas.

    1000 gallon propane tank in back yard used for heating can do much more.


  62. Aussie Infidel
    64 | September 29, 2022 10:50 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    Meantime he’ll be officially AWOL in a few more days time!

    oh man. God speed.

    He certainly needs as much help as he and his family can get.

    If he can make it here we have a teaching job (Music and singing) lined up plus a spot in a band!
    If he and his wife and babies (6 months and 4 years old) can make it.

    Fingers crossed


  63. Aussie Infidel
    65 | September 29, 2022 11:02 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    If you’ve ever looked at prepping tips, when heavy weather is incoming and you expect to lose power, one of the first things you do is fill the bath tub w/water. Municipalities use electric pumps to distribute the water thru the network.

    We are used to gas powered instant hot water. Powered off the gas grid at the Auckland apartment for hot water and the bar-b-que, but down here at the beach there is no reticulated gas so we use two large (5 foot high) bottles for the beach house and the same for the (hopefully) finished cottage out the back. Bottles last about 3 months each for powering the gas hobs for cooking and the water heating. We can fall back with microwaving and if all else fails the wood burning potbelly space heater and cast iron casseroles.

    We’re pretty well set up without going total Prepper and killing our own meat and gnawing leather to soften it and fashioning clothing!
    HEH

    🙂


  64. darkwords
    66 | September 29, 2022 11:42 pm

    Senior Relative who voted D most of life has decided to vote R this year. Small win.


  65. Aussie Infidel
    67 | September 29, 2022 11:46 pm

    https://www.reddit.com/gallery/xqwjn2

    If this is a sample of the Reservists…

    “Houston.. we have a problem!”

    🙂


  66. eaglesoars
    68 | September 29, 2022 11:57 pm

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    down here at the beach there is no reticulated gas

    reticulated gas? I don’t know what that is


  67. Possum
    69 | September 29, 2022 11:57 pm

    All set to mess with the mind of a friend who is not really sure who I am.

    Was expecting a text before 10pm tonight but it did not happen. So, if the text arrives later tonight the Possum may accidentally reveal his true identity via an automated reply. Well it ain’t really automated, but I am a sneeky asshole….

    LOL

    СИСТЕМНОЕ СООБЩЕНИЕ: Вы отправили текстовое сообщение Виктору Кирленкову. В настоящее время он недоступен. Он вернется в офис в 9 утра по московскому времени в понедельник, 3 октября.

    SYSTEM MESSAGE: You have sent a text message to Vicktor Kirlienkov. He is currently unavailable. He will be back in the office at 9am Moscow time Monday 3 October.

    Fucking love google translate!


  68. eaglesoars
    70 | September 29, 2022 11:58 pm

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    https://www.reddit.com/gallery/xqwjn2

    If this is a sample of the Reservists…

    “Houston.. we have a problem!”

    Russians?


  69. Possum
    71 | September 30, 2022 12:00 am

    @ eaglesoars:
    Propane from a central tank supplied to individual homes..


  70. eaglesoars
    72 | September 30, 2022 12:00 am

    Possum wrote:

    All set to mess with the mind of a friend who is not really sure who I am.

    some friend……….


  71. Possum
    73 | September 30, 2022 12:03 am

    @ eaglesoars:
    LOL best friend I ever had. Long story.

    Oh, not that Calo person either.


  72. eaglesoars
    74 | September 30, 2022 12:05 am

    The Rolling Stones in concert 50 years ago.

    Fifty. Years.

    https://twitter.com/adamscrabble/status/1575691769563713537


  73. eaglesoars
    75 | September 30, 2022 12:09 am

    Possum wrote:

    LOL best friend I ever had. Long story.

    okey dokey


  74. Possum
    76 | September 30, 2022 12:18 am

    @ eaglesoars:
    To clarify this. I have a friend who is in the same industry as Mr Coldwarrior. Often you have seen him post that he will be not here and unavailable because he has a series of long work shifts. 12 to 14 hours, then travel to bed and back next day.

    My Friend starts a three day one of those 5am tomorrow. So cut off time for communication was 10pm tonight.

    Reason for setting up fake automatic reply is if I got a text from friend after the curfew time friend would know I was enforcing it.

    Hey, I like talking to friend but I also respect my friend’s work schedule.

    Looking forward to Monday evening. Friend has days off after.


  75. Aussie Infidel
    77 | September 30, 2022 12:27 am

    eaglesoars wrote:

    reply  |  quote

    eaglesoars
    2 | September 28, 2022 2:34 pm

    Reticulated …. piped gas from a gas works someplace.

    As against bottled gas in various sized bottles.


  76. Possum
    78 | September 30, 2022 12:28 am

    @ Possum:
    And to close on this sequence of posts I fully accept and understand why my best friend is working and un available to bullshit on text and facetime during these times.

    LOL and also as a bonus while friend is busy at work I get to eat what I want!!!!!!


  77. Aussie Infidel
    79 | September 30, 2022 12:30 am

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    https://www.reddit.com/gallery/xqwjn2

    If this is a sample of the Reservists…

    “Houston.. we have a problem!”

    Russians?

    You Russian Reservists called up in the latest batch of ‘cannon fodder’. Got to have targets for those additional 19 HIMARS Launchers shipped by the US recently.


  78. Possum
    80 | September 30, 2022 12:33 am

    Pipeline.

    I will laugh my ass off if it was insured by an American company


  79. eaglesoars
    81 | September 30, 2022 1:17 am

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    Reticulated …. piped gas from a gas works someplace.

    As against bottled gas in various sized bottles.

    I learn something every day


  80. eaglesoars
    82 | September 30, 2022 1:19 am

    This is fine.

    Biden Admin Gives $41 Million in Contracts to Soros-Linked Group to Help Illegal Aliens Fight Deportations

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-admin-gives-41-million-in-contracts-to-soros-linked-group-to-help-illegal-aliens-fight-deportations_4763372.html


  81. eaglesoars
    83 | September 30, 2022 1:20 am

    bed. nite.


  82. coldwarrior
    84 | September 30, 2022 6:37 am

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    https://www.reddit.com/gallery/xqwjn2

    If this is a sample of the Reservists…

    “Houston.. we have a problem!”

    look like US national guard or reservists to me.

    they are ‘reserve’ for a reason.


  83. coldwarrior
    85 | September 30, 2022 6:39 am

    @ Aussie Infidel:

    did your friend not read the stipulations of taking russian citizenship?


  84. eaglesoars
    86 | September 30, 2022 12:19 pm

    Tall trees. Short ropes

    Federal Reserve announces major ‘pilot exercise’ for ESG social credit score system

    “Climate finance” is almost identical to that of the Chinese Communist Party’s social credit score system.

    https://dossier.substack.com/p/federal-reserve-announces-major-pilot


  85. eaglesoars
    87 | September 30, 2022 12:22 pm

    Biden to cut Medicare payments to providers by 8.42%

    If further cuts are made to Medicare in the pursuit of spending “health care” dollars elsewhere, this will literally cause death by preventing Medicare patients from getting access to care. Accountants for the Medicare Trust have reported the trust will be insolvent by 2026, less than four years hence. At that time, Medicare will run out of money, there will be no accepting physicians, and seniors will die from lack of hospital care.

    https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/30/good-luck-getting-affordable-care-with-democrats-latest-medicare-maneuver/


  86. lobo91
    88 | September 30, 2022 12:28 pm

    @ eaglesoars:

    At that time, Medicare will run out of money, there will be no accepting physicians, and seniors will die from lack of hospital care.

    Meanwhile, the Dems are still pushing for “Medicare for all.”

    Seems a lot like California banning gas-powered cars at the same time they’re telling people not to charge their electric ones.


  87. eaglesoars
    89 | September 30, 2022 2:44 pm

    I love this stuff

    ‘Lost London’ in colour: Fascinating book brings scenes of WWII bomb devastation, floods and the Victorian everyday back to life with incredible colourised photos

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-11253739/Book-brings-photos-bomb-devastation-Victorian-everyday-London-life-colour.html


  88. 90 | September 30, 2022 3:59 pm

    Unusual amount air traffic flying unusual approach patterns today, a lot of it military. Bothered me a bit until I realized they were making practice runs for this weekend’s air show in Huntington Beach. No reports of strafing.


  89. 91 | September 30, 2022 4:08 pm

    Zoom out on this map. Hurricane Ian’s influence is YUGE.
    https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap?lat=33.3&lon=-79.2&wxstn=0&satellite=1&hur=1


  90. Aussie Infidel
    92 | September 30, 2022 4:37 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    @ Aussie Infidel:

    did your friend not read the stipulations of taking russian citizenship?

    I guess his love of singing opera and making a job of it overwhelmed his good sense. He can possibly get into one of the Baltic States from Belorussia but from there all bets are off for him managing to find seats out of Europe on the airlines. If he can transit to the US East coast and get into the United or American Airlines system he may just luck in as United and American have just activated their twice weekly flights into Auckland, and booking are still OK. IF and a big IF he can get out of Europe.


  91. coldwarrior
    93 | September 30, 2022 5:25 pm

    @ Aussie Infidel:

    Life choices.

    Sorry. I have NO sympathy.

    He falls into my illegal immigrant file. Their first interaction with their new country is to perform a felony.

    I assume that he knew the consequences of taking Russian citizenship. It’s a contract.

    We on the right constantly bitch about people not taking responsibility for their actions. Well. Here we are.


  92. coldwarrior
    94 | September 30, 2022 5:28 pm

    @ Aussie Infidel:
    @ coldwarrior:
    I could have taken dual Irish US citizenship back in the day.

    And, I could easily get a Russian passport.

    I won’t, why….

    I read the contract


  93. coldwarrior
    97 | September 30, 2022 7:41 pm

    CPL final is on.

    boat drinks for me and mrs coldwarrior!

    go tallawahs!


  94. Deplorable Martian Overlord
  95. 99 | October 1, 2022 5:49 am

    I’m gonna go on the boat.
    https://twitter.com/MBPDSC/status/1575936977894924288
    [thread]


  96. Possum
    100 | October 1, 2022 10:30 am

    Breakfast is cauliflower fried in coconut oil then sprinkled with parmesan cheese.

    It was a difficult choice to make. Could have been broccoli or brussels sprouts but cauliflower won.


  97. Possum
    101 | October 1, 2022 10:57 am

    oh, and the pipeline did not kill itself.


  98. coldwarrior
  99. eaglesoars
    103 | October 1, 2022 11:10 am

    Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:

    Please count the number of suspicious activities on the part of the RCMP and ATF.

    Jesus. Let’s start with “they’re breathing”


  100. eaglesoars
    104 | October 1, 2022 11:15 am

    Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:

    I’m gonna go on the boat.
    https://twitter.com/MBPDSC/status/1575936977894924288
    [thread]

    This was about 13 hrs ago

    is now mixing with sleet and rain along the North Carolina/Tennessee line. Snow has only been recorded in September one other time, way back in 1967 #NCwx

    https://twitter.com/EFisherWX/status/1576022345051156481

    Missed knoxville completely


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