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Political Roundtable Part XXIX

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1501 » by dckingsfan » Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:58 pm

dobrojim wrote:If we lost power in extreme cold I would first collect as much water as possible.
Then I would shut off supply to my house.
Then I would open the lowest tap in my house to drain as much water out as possible.

One problem some folks ran into, they shut off the water to the house and then the main to the house broke. Folks being quoted as March 1st before a plumber can show up :(
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1502 » by dobrojim » Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:52 am

In my case the supply shut off valve I would be inside in my basement.

Ps, and the outside part being buried, it probably wouldn’t freeze.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1503 » by dckingsfan » Sun Feb 21, 2021 6:48 pm

dobrojim wrote:In my case the supply shut off valve I would be inside in my basement.

Ps, and the outside part being buried, it probably wouldn’t freeze.

Ooof, yes if the shut-off valve is inside the house.

Here, the boxes that hold the meters are about 18" deep and the pipes are buried in the boxes. I guess shoving any kind of insulation into the box would help - I hadn't considered that...
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1504 » by Wizardspride » Sun Feb 21, 2021 6:58 pm

Read on Twitter
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President Trump told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval Office meeting that he was unconcerned about Moscow’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election because the United States did the same in other countries
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1505 » by Wizardspride » Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:23 pm

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President Trump told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval Office meeting that he was unconcerned about Moscow’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election because the United States did the same in other countries
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1506 » by dobrojim » Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:45 am

https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/livestream/

If you are not otherwise occupied and able to get there safely, here is something
that might be worth doing tomorrow at 3pm just SW of the capital.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1507 » by dobrojim » Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:13 am

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If I believed in conspiracy theories, I would think this would get Golfy McBonespurs
assassinated. Even if he does enjoy lifetime secret service protection.

This is obviously an existential crisis for the GOP. They're already a minority
nationally and can't afford any losses at all. Many solidly red states would
obviously be at risk (of flipping) if they were to split into 2 parties.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1508 » by dobrojim » Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:23 am



This is a good reason to be patient.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1509 » by dckingsfan » Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:42 pm

It could have been sooooo much worse. The entire state sans El Paso could still be without power.

The Texas power grid was just “seconds or minutes” away from a catastrophic and complete failure earlier this week, officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said during a briefing Thursday, adding that widespread rolling blackouts may have saved the state from going completely dark.


and

But that apparently was just enough to stop a total blackout, which Ercot CEO Bill Magness said Tuesday would have left almost the entire state of Texas without power for “an indeterminate amount of time”—possibly a month.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/02/18/texas-power-grid-was-seconds-or-minutes-away-from-complete-failure-leaving-whole-state-dark-ercot-says/
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1510 » by dckingsfan » Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:43 pm

Do it, do it, do it!!!

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1511 » by Wizardspride » Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:50 pm

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1512 » by dckingsfan » Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:28 pm

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What Trump's lawyers now see...

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1513 » by dobrojim » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:01 pm

Wizardspride wrote:
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Chickens -> roost (for this ‘most ethical’ of leaders)
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1514 » by Pointgod » Mon Feb 22, 2021 6:55 pm

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Wizardspride wrote:
Read on Twitter
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If I believed in conspiracy theories, I would think this would get Golfy McBonespurs
assassinated. Even if he does enjoy lifetime secret service protection.


This is obviously an existential crisis for the GOP. They're already a minority
nationally and can't afford any losses at all. Many solidly red states would
obviously be at risk (of flipping) if they were to split into 2 parties.


The fact that Trump is walking around and still breathing is proof that there’s no shadowy cabal controlling the government and there’s no such thing as the deep state.

As for Trump starting his own party, please go ahead and do it
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1515 » by dobrojim » Mon Feb 22, 2021 7:51 pm

I should explicitly say there are very very few conspiracy theories I buy into...
as in pretty much none.

Just so no one gets the wrong idea.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1516 » by doclinkin » Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:01 pm

Zero chance trump would create his own party. He hated being president. He liked the attention but nothing else about the job. He would however love to be kingmaker and have people bribe him for his endorsement. Line up and pay to lick his boots. Especially if they could promise to protect him from prosecution when in power, or cut him other favors.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1517 » by Zonkerbl » Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:31 pm

I mean, even if he did break off and create a new party, now that I think about it, he would just caucus with the Republicans anyway.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1518 » by dobrojim » Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:46 pm

doclinkin wrote:Zero chance trump would create his own party. He hated being president. He liked the attention but nothing else about the job. He would however love to be kingmaker and have people bribe him for his endorsement. Line up and pay to lick his boots. Especially if they could promise to protect him from prosecution when in power, or cut him other favors.


Not sure I completely buy this. He liked emoluments. That's over.
He loved attention (that is surely to diminish)

I do agree he would love to monetize an endorsement however possible.

Re prosecutions, he may need pardons by the time 2024 rolls around.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1519 » by dobrojim » Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:48 pm

Zonkerbl wrote:I mean, even if he did break off and create a new party, now that I think about it, he would just caucus with the Republicans anyway.


I think the bloom of voting for him, if all he did was vote with Pubs, would quickly come off that rose.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1520 » by bsilver » Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:26 pm

Why would Trump supporters want a new party? Trump owns the Republican party now, and this is likely to continue as long as he stays involved. As we just saw in the impeachment vote, very few, unless they were retiring, were willing to take on Trump.

The anti-Trumpers are in an impossible situation. They know starting a new party themselves has no chance of success. For the most part they are as conservative as the Trumpers, so wouldn't attract independents. Their only distinction from the Trump wing of the party, is that they don't like Trump, and the over the top rhetoric. I's ironic they don't like the rhetoric because they've benefited from dog-whistle politics, and haven't condemned it in the past. They want it both ways - attract the racists, etc., but have denyabilty so they can appeal to independents.
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