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Manager Hoyden posted:If anyone is curious what Abbott said, these are the major points: What are the odds Abbott is lying about this? I wouldn't be at all surprised if ERCOT honestly informed state gov that they had not winterized generators. gently caress, it's not like this wasn't predicted a week in advance. People on facebook were panicking about the cold long enough in advance to order extra insulation and stuff for pipes. It's unconscionable the power plant owners who had their plants go offline didn't take any preventative steps. Especially the ones who went offline only because of fuel shortages or the "sudden" spike in the cost of same.
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# ? Feb 18, 2021 22:44 |
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# ? Jun 8, 2024 07:26 |
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Is there any campaign underway to recall Abbott as governor? It looks like some Democrats are calling for him to resign but obviously he won't.
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# ? Feb 18, 2021 22:49 |
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Texas governors can’t be recalled. Right?
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# ? Feb 18, 2021 22:52 |
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theCalamity posted:Texas governors can’t be recalled. Right? Yeah you're right, Texas has no provisions for recall of governors. drat, sorry.
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# ? Feb 18, 2021 23:26 |
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LLSix posted:What are the odds Abbott is lying about this? I wouldn't be at all surprised if ERCOT honestly informed state gov that they had not winterized generators. I think it's entirely possible Abbott is lying but I doubt it. Then again, as they start pulling hundreds of dead bodies out of unheated apartments and nursing homes I'm sure Abbott will want the spotlight pointed at someone else.
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# ? Feb 18, 2021 23:33 |
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it's going to feel weird going from this back to the good ole' sweltering texas heat next week
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# ? Feb 18, 2021 23:38 |
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adoration for none posted:Is there any campaign underway to recall Abbott as governor? It looks like some Democrats are calling for him to resign but obviously he won't. Maybe if he gets enough poo poo for this, he won't stand for reelection. Although honestly, I think he'll get more poo poo for the mask ordinance than the horrible, horrible disaster that is his fault or the piss poor response to the pandemic.
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# ? Feb 18, 2021 23:55 |
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Shifty Pony posted:As the generation equipment gets loaded it tends to slow down and the frequency of the power generated starts to drop as well since the equipment doesn't have enough oomph to push the voltage positive and negative as fast as it normally could. Since there are tons of different types of generators on the system that happens unevenly across the grid.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 00:14 |
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Captain Monkey posted:I brought along a rolling suitcase suitable for a 3-5 day trip to drop my daughters off in Cancun, I never intended to stay. - Ted Cruz That’s just how much space a backup human suit takes. It’s not very heavy but for an entity of Ted’s mass it takes up a lot of space due to the non-Euclidean geometry of the interior required to support all of the gestational pods and acidic digestion hexagons.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 00:18 |
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SlothfulCobra posted:Although honestly, I think he'll get more poo poo for the mask ordinance than the horrible, horrible disaster that is his fault or the piss poor response to the pandemic. I'm fine with this. Let's come at him from the left and the right. Unity.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 00:19 |
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JUST MAKING CHILI posted:That’s just how much space a backup human suit takes. It’s not very heavy but for an entity of Ted’s mass it takes up a lot of space due to the non-Euclidean geometry of the interior required to support all of the gestational pods and acidic digestion hexagons. it's all white sugar for the bugs inside the suit
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 00:20 |
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adoration for none posted:Is there any campaign underway to recall Abbott as governor? It looks like some Democrats are calling for him to resign but obviously he won't. Trump has some sort of beef with him (didn't kiss rear end hard enough I guess) so it's not out of the realm of possible gets primaried by a Qanon Looney.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 00:21 |
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sounds like a step up to me since qanoners get poo poo done
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 00:23 |
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BoosterDuck posted:sounds like a step up to me since qanoners get poo poo done Would you say they make the trains run on time?
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 00:31 |
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has anyone said Fled Cruz yet?
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 00:55 |
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This really explains why he gave such a short repsonse to being called out on his California tweets, he had those warm Cancun beahces on the brain.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 00:58 |
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Friend posted:What chaperone tries to ditch the kids in coach and get himself upgraded?
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 01:05 |
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Captain Monkey posted:has anyone said Fled Cruz yet?
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 01:13 |
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https://twitter.com/ashley_mosier1/status/1361830245884657665?s=21
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 01:18 |
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https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1362547805634625549
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 01:35 |
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Just got power back after being off since Monday at 2 AM, suck my dick Abbot I bet your fuckin wheelchair kept a charge all this time while you went to bitch about windmills on Fox
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 02:00 |
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Manager Hoyden posted:If anyone is curious what Abbott said, these are the major points: LLSix posted:What are the odds Abbott is lying about this? I wouldn't be at all surprised if ERCOT honestly informed state gov that they had not winterized generators. Manager Hoyden posted:I think it's entirely possible Abbott is lying but I doubt it. Then again, as they start pulling hundreds of dead bodies out of unheated apartments and nursing homes I'm sure Abbott will want the spotlight pointed at someone else. ERCOT told power plants on February 8 to implement their winter weather operating plans starting on the 11th. The problem is that the power plants aren't required to have a winter plan or winterize their plants, because the legislature made it voluntary even after the February 2011 winter storm caused rolling outages. ERCOT just implements the policies decided by the legislature, PUC (whose commissioners are appointed by the governor), and their board (whose composition is set by the legislature and, surprise, is dominated by power companies).
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 02:11 |
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Wait so the problem was a lack of regulation and money? What a surprise!
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 02:24 |
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Gromble posted:ERCOT told power plants on February 8 to implement their winter weather operating plans starting on the 11th. The problem is that the power plants aren't required to have a winter plan or winterize their plants, because the legislature made it voluntary even after the February 2011 winter storm caused rolling outages. ERCOT just implements the policies decided by the legislature, PUC (whose commissioners are appointed by the governor), and their board (whose composition is set by the legislature and, surprise, is dominated by power companies). Guy on the news tonight said they are required to have a plan, but there is no requirement of what the plan entails or that they even tell anyone what the plan is. I pictured a blank document titled "plan.pdf"
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 02:27 |
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adoration for none posted:Is there any campaign underway to recall Abbott as governor? It looks like some Democrats are calling for him to resign but obviously he won't. Does Texas even have recalls? Also is getting Abbott to resign a good idea when the Lt Gov is worse? Like neither of them should be governor and it sucks to say Abbott is untouchable no matter what he does, but Dan Patrick should really definitely not be governor if we want people to not die from governmental spite/neglect
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 02:29 |
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Posting wet cruz https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/1362545270815264774?s=20 VitalSigns posted:Does Texas even have recalls? We have the old tradition of putting useless governors out to pasture. Just wheel the old guy out into a field and let him roam free. e: oh god this thread https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/1362551227142209537?s=20
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 02:51 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXhguE_yh3U
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:04 |
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love to bring a large suitcase while chaperoning my children
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:17 |
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zoux posted:50 lbs of canned soup is a 2 day supply for Teddy
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:19 |
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That NYT article is really damning. His wife was the one that wanted to head to Cancun on Wednesday. Just loving own it Rafael
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:21 |
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imagine being such a piece of poo poo that not even other rich WASPs want to run coverage for you jesus christ
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:24 |
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guess we'll find out how much that "is a republican" category cruz enjoys will hold up another cycle.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:26 |
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Sir Tonk posted:guess we'll find out how much that "is a republican" category cruz enjoys will hold up another cycle. He’ll win re-election unless he loses the primary to someone.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:28 |
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:31 |
I can't even imagine how bad it would be if the whole state lost power for months. I'm using this to convince my wife to finally let me have some guns in the house "We have a generator. what do you think happens when the power has been out for weeks and we are one of the only people with one?"
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:35 |
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D-Pad posted:I can't even imagine how bad it would be if the whole state lost power for months. I'm using this to convince my wife to finally let me have some guns in the house "We have a generator. what do you think happens when the power has been out for weeks and we are one of the only people with one?" two people with guns won't change that lmao, life is not a movie.
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:43 |
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Oh poo poo. The dog people are going to go after Cruz now https://twitter.com/keitholbermann/status/1362588972577341442?s=21
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:44 |
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https://twitter.com/roun_sa_ville/status/1362570036481769474?s=20
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:51 |
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lmao
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# ? Feb 19, 2021 03:54 |
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Captain Monkey posted:two people with guns won't change that lmao, life is not a movie. Idk, I lost power for almost 4 weeks after ike. Got a generator around the end of week 1, got my door kicked around week 2. You better drat well know what you're doing if you go that route. And no I didn't shoot anyone because I'm not a cop and looters aren't hardened movie ultra-criminals.
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