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TomSlick

(11,035 posts)
8. It gets hot in Texas. Who knew?
Fri May 13, 2022, 11:17 PM
May 2022

I'll grant you it's hotter than usual for mid-May but imagine where they will be come August.

The good people of Texas need to decide they have had enough of the GQP running the State and its power grid.

Remember this in November, Texans. DavidDvorkin May 2022 #1
Texas Republicans: "...Remember what?" Grokenstein May 2022 #30
Probably DavidDvorkin May 2022 #45
It's not even summer yet Deuxcents May 2022 #2
I'm still wondering if the lines have been insulated sakabatou May 2022 #3
Republican control of public power systems. Here is the result. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #4
Totally corporate owned power systems. Texas has no publicly owned utilities. ancianita May 2022 #19
It's Politicians Managing The Grid modrepub May 2022 #40
Right. I see. ancianita May 2022 #47
And that's why I bought a generator imavoter May 2022 #5
Today is MAY 13th dalton99a May 2022 #6
this!👆 ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ . Not to be overlooked ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ progree May 2022 #17
Those MoFos need to be regulated better IronLionZion May 2022 #20
How does bitcoin mining "bolster" an electrical grid? Fiendish Thingy May 2022 #23
More demand will cause more power plants to be built dalton99a May 2022 #25
That is the dumbest shit I've heard this week. Galraedia May 2022 #28
If a problem is bad, make it much much worse IronLionZion May 2022 #43
In My Neck Of The Woods modrepub May 2022 #41
Is Abbott the dumbest piece of shit ever? CrispyQ May 2022 #59
he is absolutley disgusting Skittles May 2022 #62
Oh, great. tanyev May 2022 #7
Hang in there. :( C Moon May 2022 #16
It gets hot in Texas. Who knew? TomSlick May 2022 #8
FUKKIN' GUB'MINT OVER-REGULATION I tell ya. 3Hotdogs May 2022 #9
gotta build that wall,send troops to the border and mess with the supply chain. mountain grammy May 2022 #10
"But - but - mah FREEDUMB!" peppertree May 2022 #11
Texas electricity Patrick Cruz Paxton blame democrats keithbvadu2 May 2022 #12
They still blamed liberals for a non-existent green new deal and windmills IronLionZion May 2022 #22
On the road again keithbvadu2 May 2022 #26
True story. czarjak May 2022 #51
Guessing Cruz will be taking Traildogbob May 2022 #13
Seems like a powerful beginning. dchill May 2022 #14
Were they solar or wind? Probably not. CaptainTruth May 2022 #15
Our side doesn't do marketing. CrispyQ May 2022 #60
They'll still blame libs because TheFarseer May 2022 #69
I can hear the tourism ads in my head. intheflow May 2022 #18
It's only May IronLionZion May 2022 #21
Are there any amt of troubles that will cause rethugs to be voted out, in tx childfreebychoice May 2022 #24
No. Missn-Hitch May 2022 #58
Got some TX friends who are righteously pissed right now Pas-de-Calais May 2022 #27
But maybe they just mean "We need a different set of republicans!" mwb970 May 2022 #34
Gov't on the cheap and on the take. n/t TeamProg May 2022 #29
Next week should be fun. herding cats May 2022 #31
Abbotts got to be messing his pants now, duforsure May 2022 #32
He took a pretty easy gamble that the winter after the big power failure would not have another tanyev May 2022 #39
PowerOutage.us is an informative site showing power outages buy state... VarryOn May 2022 #33
So this means Solar is still off the table in TX? Ford_Prefect May 2022 #35
Solar won't help if they can't keep the gas plants running. hunter May 2022 #48
Needs battery backups NickB79 May 2022 #49
The population of Texas is approaching 30 million. hunter May 2022 #55
Thanks for the perspective. My remark was rhetorical. Ford_Prefect May 2022 #50
Out here in NM the sun is always shining brightly and the womanofthehills May 2022 #71
The wind mills must have frozen again. Oh wait.... yellowcanine May 2022 #36
Fuggin Republican could screw up a free sandwich Achilleaze May 2022 #37
Texas officials assure public that power grid, while not operational, is free of transsexuals or CRT mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 #38
Motto of the Texas GOP: "The beatings will continue until morale improves". nt Roisin Ni Fiachra May 2022 #42
Maybe Mexico will help. twodogsbarking May 2022 #44
There are some moribund electrical ties between Mexico and Texas... hunter May 2022 #53
and... myohmy2 May 2022 #46
Thanks, Greg. Dannie Scott Goeb's advice sucks. czarjak May 2022 #52
Dumb henbuck May 2022 #54
I'd put up with any number of hot, powerless days... Paladin May 2022 #56
cheep electricity my eye. AllaN01Bear May 2022 #57
But what about Texassistan'a god given freedom to use as much energy as possible? Hassler May 2022 #61
cut the power to the governors mansion and the homes of every GOP legislator moonshinegnomie May 2022 #63
Cruz says, "Let them broil in the dark." Marcuse May 2022 #64
Wonder where his next vacation will be IzzaNuDay May 2022 #65
I see Cancun Ted is on the escape again. What a dork. SWBTATTReg May 2022 #67
an example of republican management in a state run by republicans for as long as i remember samsingh May 2022 #66
Chickens coming home to roost, you reap what you sow, pride goeth before a fall. Martin68 May 2022 #68
Aww... neglected infrastructure there, Texas? OldBaldy1701E May 2022 #70
K&R ck4829 May 2022 #72
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