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SNAP tweet of the day - Swalwell to blathering idiot Abbott on Fox Noise (Original Post) Pluvious Jun 2022 OP
I love this guy Swalwell. Nanuke Jun 2022 #1
"Hey genius" rurallib Jun 2022 #2
hey stupid Mopar151 Jun 2022 #3
Is there something in the water at the Texas State house? Maine Abu El Banat Jun 2022 #4
Yeah... there is... slightlv Jun 2022 #6
My daughters electricity flickered Tree Lady Jun 2022 #5
Summer is usually OK. herding cats Jun 2022 #7
Thanks I have been worried about them Tree Lady Jun 2022 #13
I still have PTSD from that terrifying winter storm. herding cats Jun 2022 #16
My daughter had nothing to heat with Tree Lady Jun 2022 #17
Happened at my place in Dallas four times last week Torchlight Jun 2022 #21
I think the answer is we put Abbot on foot patrol east of El Paso with a drone on his ass. Ford_Prefect Jun 2022 #8
In his case, he'd be a mobile patrol, right? n/t thenelm1 Jun 2022 #10
Cantaloupes. They always carry cantaloupes. Remember? czarjak Jun 2022 #12
Ommm.......Abbott is in a wheelchair. I think that is what the other response was referring to. But okaawhatever Jun 2022 #15
All the more reason to put him on ground patrol IMO. Ford_Prefect Jun 2022 #18
Absolutely. But remember he won lawsuit for $11 being okaawhatever Jun 2022 #19
I just want to show what kind of really weak-ass fool he is to all those wannabe tough guys Ford_Prefect Jun 2022 #20
! LudwigPastorius Jun 2022 #9
We need more bulldogs like Rep. Swalwell.... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2022 #11
Excuse me, Governor, but didn't you send your National Guard to the border to sort things? Midnight Writer Jun 2022 #14
I thought the same thing. They aren't even trying to make sense anymore Walleye Jun 2022 #22
Just What I Said Yesterday Deep State Witch Jun 2022 #23

Maine Abu El Banat

(3,479 posts)
4. Is there something in the water at the Texas State house?
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 08:55 PM
Jun 2022

George W, Rick Perry, and now this bozo. And all 3 have the same dumber than a bag of rock look on their face.

Tree Lady

(11,477 posts)
5. My daughters electricity flickered
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 08:55 PM
Jun 2022

Off and on yesterday in San Antonio. Will be miracle to make it through summer.

herding cats

(19,565 posts)
7. Summer is usually OK.
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 10:10 PM
Jun 2022

We have wind and solar to help carry us over. Winter is scary due to lax winterization and fossil fuels not liking the cold very much if they're not tended to properly.

Summer usually is either storm related, or localized outages due to transformer issues related to wind, fires or critters. In the summer we're mostly like everyone else out there.

Tree Lady

(11,477 posts)
13. Thanks I have been worried about them
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 11:22 PM
Jun 2022

Since that awful winter one. I had bugged her to get supplies but she didn't think she needed anything. After that winter without even a hot drink or food except what they bought out I sent them a camping stove.

Glad summer is better because she works at home and easier to warm up then cool down.

herding cats

(19,565 posts)
16. I still have PTSD from that terrifying winter storm.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 12:30 AM
Jun 2022

I wasn't in the rolling grid, I had no power at all for over 4 days. It was so cold in my house there was ice in the sinks where I had water dripping (before it stopped) to try and save my pipes. I was cold to my bones even wearing my entire winter wardrobe at the same time.

I went weird, survivalist level, a couple of days in and blocked off an interior room in my home with blankets and was heating up granite stones outside in a chiminea and bringing them into my home and putting them in an outside fire pit inside to warm the room. It worked. I stopped seeing my breath. I boiled water outside for drinking and heated food on my chiminea to eat safely.

I'll never again be able to smell a rose scented candle. I'd been gifted a nice fancy brand one for Xmas just before and I used it for lighting. Just remembering the scent makes me stressed out even now.

I've purchased a natural gas generator after that horror. I also keep a solid supply of emergency supplies on hand. Never will I be so close to freezing to death again in my own home.

Tree Lady

(11,477 posts)
17. My daughter had nothing to heat with
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 12:47 AM
Jun 2022

Why i bought her stove. They have 2 teen boys and they put together all their blankets and sleeping bags and coats and bought coffee out. They went into their car for hours to warm up with the heater. Theirs was out 3-4 days also.

Since I live in Oregon we have woodstove plus our RV is parked outside with gas stove so I am not worried if storm ever does that. I worry more my old air conditioning system will go out one of these summers, but so far so good.

Torchlight

(3,341 posts)
21. Happened at my place in Dallas four times last week
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:21 PM
Jun 2022

Early June heat wave in Dallas and we had about two weeks or so of over-100 every day. On the 20th, power went out for three minutes, and then flickered four times (that I know about) over the course of the next two days. This is when Abbott was gently warning us to prepare for rolling grey-outs.



Just my own observations, but I think a lot of the good ol' boys around here are quietly losing faith in him.

Ford_Prefect

(7,901 posts)
8. I think the answer is we put Abbot on foot patrol east of El Paso with a drone on his ass.
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 10:11 PM
Jun 2022

See he long he lasts with just a pint of water, sneakers, and baseball cap. No militias, no rangers, no federals. Just the fool and his fantasies.

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
15. Ommm.......Abbott is in a wheelchair. I think that is what the other response was referring to. But
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 12:24 AM
Jun 2022

the sentiment is dead on.

Ford_Prefect

(7,901 posts)
18. All the more reason to put him on ground patrol IMO.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 02:57 AM
Jun 2022

Abbott thinks he is above us all just like TFG. I think he needs reminding just mortal ALL of us really are.

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
19. Absolutely. But remember he won lawsuit for $11 being
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 12:20 PM
Jun 2022

Paralyzed then signed legislation severely limiting $$ on lawsuits. Zero compassion.

Ford_Prefect

(7,901 posts)
20. I just want to show what kind of really weak-ass fool he is to all those wannabe tough guys
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:14 PM
Jun 2022

who vote for his Uber-mensch act. Like TFG he's a sociopath with no feeling for anything except the jolt he gets from acting angry and powerful.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
11. We need more bulldogs like Rep. Swalwell....
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 10:53 PM
Jun 2022

and saturate social media with their posts........


Thanks for sharing, Pluvious.....

Midnight Writer

(21,769 posts)
14. Excuse me, Governor, but didn't you send your National Guard to the border to sort things?
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 11:57 PM
Jun 2022

How is that working out?

Deep State Witch

(10,429 posts)
23. Just What I Said Yesterday
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 02:45 PM
Jun 2022

If the borders were "open", why did they have to be smuggled in the back of a truck?

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