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No more fire in the kitchen: Cities are banning
natural gas in homes to save the planet

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Posted By: NorthernDog, 11/11/2019 9:52:56 AM

SAN FRANCISCO – Fix global warming or cook dinner on a gas stove? That’s the choice for people in 13 cities and one county in California that have enacted new zoning codes encouraging or requiring all-electric new construction. The codes, most of them passed since June, are meant to keep builders from running natural gas lines to new homes and apartments, with an eye toward creating fewer legacy gas hookups as the nation shifts to carbon-neutral energy sources. For proponents, it's a change that must be made to fight climate change. For natural gas companies, it's a threat to their

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How many people realize the environuts are forcing this change?

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Reply 1 - Posted by: NancyD 11/11/2019 9:58:04 AM (No. 232085)
So what is going to happen when the electric companies are forced to shut down power for days at a time? People won't be able to heat their homes or eat. They are such idiots. How sane people can live in that State is beyond me...
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Mass Minority 11/11/2019 10:03:47 AM (No. 232093)
All electric heat in the Northeast? Upper midwest?? I had all electric heat in Virginia in the 80s a brand new stick built house. One January we averaged about 35 degree highs (cold for Virginia) my electric bill ballooned from about $110 to over $500. Most inefficient heating system out there. And just how do they think our antiquated electrical grid is going to handle the truly immense drain complete reliance on electric heat would place on it in the colder regions of this country. Delusional.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Highlander 11/11/2019 10:05:37 AM (No. 232094)
Look for people to bootleg propane from buried tanks. Many homes in our boondocks community uses propane.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: tsquare 11/11/2019 10:10:58 AM (No. 232100)
Burn ng in a stove ..1 unit of gas. Burn it in a power station? 3 units of gas, throw the heat of 2 away, send one heat equivalent down the wire. Wake up California. Three units of gas emit more co2 than one unit of gas. And don’t dare argue that solar will replace power stations...we still have to have the power stations at night, and still have to keep the systems hot and spinning during the days.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: justavoter 11/11/2019 10:11:46 AM (No. 232101)
#4, you can always turn the gas stove on for emergency heat or if you have a fireplace with gas logs, let them burn.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: pros7767 11/11/2019 10:13:32 AM (No. 232103)
Grew up with an all electric house. My parent's electric bill was astronomical. Switched to gas and it reduced it by at least half. As an adult, I have always had a gas range and would never go back to electric! I suspect it will be a huge selling point for older homes in CA.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Northcross 11/11/2019 10:18:56 AM (No. 232107)
Pure genius. Going from gas powered ranges to coal powered ranges.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Avikingman 11/11/2019 10:21:33 AM (No. 232109)
This is sooo stupid. Just who are these hollow skulls?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: jacksin5 11/11/2019 10:21:48 AM (No. 232110)
The concept of an all-electric home was developed when it was assumed that Nuclear Plants would provide all the cheap electricity required. Solar and Wind power generation will never meet the demands placed on them if petroleum products and nat gas are taken off the table.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: mobyclik 11/11/2019 10:21:49 AM (No. 232111)
Do they ever do anything in that crazy state that actually helps the people instead of always caving to the nut-jobs? I know there are some sane conservatives there...you have my pity.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: snakeoil 11/11/2019 10:22:04 AM (No. 232112)
FTA: "Carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas causing climate change." Well hurry up. Right now it's colder outside than Hillary's thighs. I love Creeping Climate Change. If the climate never changed I'd have dinosaurs instead of snakes and lizards in my yard and instead of alley cats I'd have Saber Toothed Tigers. I want to give Greta my snow shovel. I really miss the Hole in the Ozone Layer, Killer Bees, Nuclear Winter, The Silent Spring, and Y2K.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: The Remnants 11/11/2019 10:26:01 AM (No. 232116)
Ask the professionals what they prefer.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: mean Gene 11/11/2019 10:32:22 AM (No. 232129)
Michael Mann: Climate “Deniers” are Exploiting the Lifestyle Change Movement is a good take on this issue over at Watts Up With That? While it might do a little to be vegan or flame-free, it is the forcing of it on us that is problematic. Sure, today it might be flame in the kitchen. But tomorrow it might be going "meat free," or banning private trips for pleasure by air.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: mc squared 11/11/2019 10:33:01 AM (No. 232130)
For people who like choice: heat the house and cook or charge the Tesla - if the power is on.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Hermit_Crab 11/11/2019 10:35:45 AM (No. 232134)
Not to save the planet. To control the peasantry. Cooking, heating with natural gas is the most efficient and effective way to do it. EVERY other method in the long run is more polluting... Well, other than a solar oven, on a bright sunny day.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Thos Weatherby 11/11/2019 10:42:11 AM (No. 232138)
And the all-electric electicity comes from gas or coal fired plants.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: earlybird 11/11/2019 10:44:22 AM (No. 232139)
Those who can afford them have those big, elegant, very expensive La Cornue stoves from France - treasures for gourmet cooks - which have gas cooktop burners. There have to be a number of them in San Francisco, which is a foodie haven. This law will apply to new construction.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: DVC 11/11/2019 10:44:36 AM (No. 232140)
Unreal. Natural gas is the absolutely perfect home heating method. The cost of transportation, once the cost of the piping is paid, one time only, is extremely low and the efficiency is ultra high. Of the energy contained in the gas, with the best furnaces 96% of that energy is used to heat the home, only 4% is lost in the furnace. Compare this to electric heat, where 2/3 of the energy in the gas (or coal) used to run the boilers is lost, only about 35% of that heat winds up as electricity. Of course, these lunatics imagine that all electricity is created by unicorns and sunbeams and windmills, when in reality it is a tiny, tiny fraction of energy, nationally something like 2-3% last time I checked. Add in the days when the worthless, overtaxed, overregulated power company shuts down electric power to whole regions for days at a time? Yeah, I know that never happens....except when it does, with increasing regularity in California, which we are endlessly reminded "is the future of America". What a dystopic, freezing-in-the-dark future it will be, too. Gas being underground, and the pipeline compressors being powered by GAS are extremely reliable. Purely evil, and stupid as can possibly be.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: earlybird 11/11/2019 10:45:22 AM (No. 232142)
Electric heating is mindless. Very costly and inefficient.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 11/11/2019 10:46:27 AM (No. 232144)
And, if no natural gas, what will generate the electricity? Wind turbines. And what energy gets used to manufacture the wind turbines? From wind turbines. And what will generate the electricity when there is no wind? Wind turbines. And what energy will be used to manufacture the new wind turbines that will be needed to replace the old wind turbines when they reach the 20-year end of their service life? Wind turbines. Ah, yes, another circular discussion by the progressive left.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: DVC 11/11/2019 10:47:45 AM (No. 232147)
Snowing and 23F here in KC now, very unusually cold for this time of year. Global warming? So far, not happening, but at our cabin in Colorado, we set an all time record for cold on October a few weeks ago at -5F.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: BigGeorgeTX 11/11/2019 10:52:06 AM (No. 232153)
Chefs in SF are going to be VERY unhappy.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: greggojo 11/11/2019 11:17:29 AM (No. 232179)
All of the above plus, notice how at the end of the article, the author slips in the constant in articles of this type: that the convection stoves which are "just as good for cooking" as gas stoves, cost 150% of what a gas stove costs, i.e. only rich folks will be able to afford them. Been there, done that. Wish these Leftist loonies would just go away.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: hotcorner 11/11/2019 11:24:30 AM (No. 232185)
Substitute the work "moron" for Democrat every time you see it.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: coldoc 11/11/2019 11:35:58 AM (No. 232194)
The saddest thing is morons vote for these fanatics-again and again.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: AlpineLace 11/11/2019 11:45:43 AM (No. 232201)
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: bldrrepub 11/11/2019 11:49:07 AM (No. 232205)
Customers with electric heat are much easier to control. When the powers that be think you're using too much electricity, you will have reduced power available.
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Reply 28 - Posted by: viking diver 11/11/2019 11:50:51 AM (No. 232207)
#4 this is where a small solar trickle charger for a deep cell battery powered AC converter comes in hand. The one I have will run the gas furnace and some lights when there is a power outage. I also have gas hot water heater, gas stove and a wood stove. last weeks high were i live was in the low 20's and the lows were around -2 to 5... lots of globull warming here LOL its winter. I would for just once like to hear what is actually wrong with a warming trend... besides a longer growing season, less people getting sick, trees using more CO2 to make more O2. as most common sense people know it's about control and taxes not saving the planet!
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Reply 29 - Posted by: TnEm 11/11/2019 11:52:17 AM (No. 232211)
They are testing everyday to see what us peons will accept. How low can they push it? Eventually they want us to accept gulag apartments for everyone and a bottle of vodka - or marijuana - to keep us in our place. Accept that men can be girls, that pedophila is just another choice, that freedom of speech is no longer a thing. They are getting there.
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Reply 30 - Posted by: JunkYardDog 11/11/2019 11:52:27 AM (No. 232212)
What a joke. First of all, where does the electricity for the stove come from in the first place? Most likely, a natgas fired plant! That's where all the juice to charge these virtue signallers who drive Teslas comes from too. And it does get cold in SF-heating with electricity is mighty expensive. But I'm sure the people who make these assinine decisions are insulated from the consequences of their legislation. Do as I say, not as I do.
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Reply 31 - Posted by: Daisymay 11/11/2019 11:52:40 AM (No. 232214)
I read all of the comments, but my comment is WHY do the people who live in CA keep voting in the Democrats who are running this beautiful state into the ground? They must agree with that is happening to them. It must not bother them to have Homeless people turning their cities into Third World communities. They must like Sanctuary Cities. They must not care that every year their homes go up in smoke due to the Liberal rules that govern their forests. When is there going to be a Rebellion of the Residents of CA? I just don't see, or hear, much from unhappy people there! So, until they decide they have had enough, we can't feel too sorry for the things happening there. Anyone who has ever had electric for Heat will tell you it's WAY more expensive than Natural Gas and much less comfortable! We lived in one House, in TN, that had Electric Heat Pump for Heat. Darn near froze to death! Wake up California voters and take your state back before it's too late!!
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Reply 32 - Posted by: earlybird 11/11/2019 12:01:56 PM (No. 232220)
Re #33, the “people” in California don’t vote in Democrats. The Democrats do. The Democrats have a larger number of registered voters now than the Republicans have. Remember “majority rules”? They don’t have a simple majority, but they have more voters. Saying that any state as a whole votes in Democrats is ignorant - seriously underinformed. Registered Dem voters vote in Democrats.
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Reply 33 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 11/11/2019 12:22:58 PM (No. 232230)
First they turn off the electricity, and now they want to ban natural gas. How is life suppose to work in California? It sounds expensive. This is just another example of California going backwards. They can all pat themselves on the back for 'saving the planet'. Just remember a pat of the back is just a step up from a kick in the pants.
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Reply 34 - Posted by: GreatGreyhounds 11/11/2019 12:32:37 PM (No. 232238)
Really this is a plan to clean up SF! People will be on the streets collecting dung to burn so that they can cook...
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Reply 35 - Posted by: Rotten in Denmark 11/11/2019 12:34:08 PM (No. 232241)
Don’t forget our lil buddies from mehico and Central America vote also. Illegals have rights doncha know in Kali fornication land.
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Reply 36 - Posted by: Sandpiper 11/11/2019 12:50:00 PM (No. 232248)
IDIOTS!! This happened right under my nose! I live in San Jose! I hate the Sierra Club - motto “ Working To Make Human’s Lives Miserable Since 1892”. Was visiting my son in Eureka when the power was out. We were warm - they have gas wall heaters. We could eat - they have a gas stove. We could bathe - they have a gas water heater. It was 35* with 95% humidity but we were warm and comfortable and fed. What are they condemning the residents of the state to with a future of planned power outages for our own “safety”? Plus, we already have some of the highest electrical rates in the country. I repeat! IDIOTS!
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Reply 37 - Posted by: chase9365 11/11/2019 1:17:47 PM (No. 232262)
People are stupid. When they have to start running high tension lines in free air OVER your house. You will then moan about that. Besides, electricity has it start somewhere, chances are, it was with FOSSIL FUELS!!!!!
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Reply 38 - Posted by: coyote 11/11/2019 1:31:20 PM (No. 232276)
Replace clean natural gas with dirty old coal when the windmills stop turning. (often)
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Reply 39 - Posted by: Right Time 11/11/2019 1:36:49 PM (No. 232283)
How will those Californians deal with cold swimming pools when they can't have gas heaters for them? It'll be a real sacrifice.
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Reply 40 - Posted by: America Rising 2020 11/11/2019 1:40:35 PM (No. 232287)
Are you going to San Fran Schitthole....?
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Reply 41 - Posted by: Lagniappe 11/11/2019 1:57:50 PM (No. 232304)
When I was the age of today’s Millennials, Global Cooling was sold as a fact and it would end civilization that we took for granted. Global Cooling was “guaranteed” and it would shorten growing seasons, leading to world wide starvation. How did that work out?
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Reply 42 - Posted by: kono 11/11/2019 2:31:24 PM (No. 232323)
"Carbon-neutral" is a term that more conceptual and relative than real. How many different criteria exist for a thing to be called carbon-neutral, and how many who slap that label onto their product or service are audited to verify truth in advertising? In the way it is used and perceived, the term might as well be worded "neuron-neutral", because it means whatever you think it means. Or whatever you want it to mean. Or neither. Or both. Or not.
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Reply 43 - Posted by: RedWhite&Blue2 11/11/2019 2:33:27 PM (No. 232325)
#34 that was very mean to call #33 ignorant. And under informed. There’s no place for that ridiculing of another poster in this fine salon. Very disappointing that your frustration with what’s happening in your state would lead to such mean vitriol. You owe her an apology!
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Reply 44 - Posted by: Carmen 11/11/2019 2:45:35 PM (No. 232339)
#6 -- Up to date gas ranges won't work in a power outage because they all have electricity ignition starters. In the old days, you could always cook, heat water, etc during an outage if you had a gas range, but no more. I can't imagine trying to can foods on a electric range.
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Reply 45 - Posted by: BocaLaura 11/11/2019 2:54:15 PM (No. 232344)
Will they ban natural gas use for emergency generators too? What happens when it's cloudy and there's no wind for prolonged periods to provide enough electricity to keep the power on?
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Reply 46 - Posted by: DVC 11/11/2019 3:34:24 PM (No. 232367)
Wasting money, wasting energy, and saving nothing.
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Reply 47 - Posted by: anniebc 11/11/2019 3:47:06 PM (No. 232381)
Save the planet? Yeah, right.
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Reply 48 - Posted by: KanCreeper 11/11/2019 4:00:28 PM (No. 232389)
Talk about your Progressive thinking! Ban Natural Gas Cooking and force electric stoves on the population...Then watch PG&E declare a potential wild fire danger.....Good way to re-popularize the PB&J sandwich, again!
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Reply 49 - Posted by: Franz 11/11/2019 4:10:47 PM (No. 232398)
It would be nice if the all electric proponents that voted for this live in the wildfire power blackout areas. And, the cost of living in California keeps going up and up.
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Reply 50 - Posted by: Chuzzles 11/11/2019 4:13:29 PM (No. 232402)
Somebody like Rush needs to do a segment or two on the long list of disasters that the environmental wackos have forced upon us over the past several decades. Things like plastic bags to save the trees, not they are bad now for the oceans, curly fries light bulbs which are going to turn our landfills into toxic waste dumps. How about all the food issues, and reuseable grocery bags that cannot be washed? Salmonella and other diseases anyone? Lots of people cannot afford the more expensive rewashable bags, so they run the risk of serious food contamination from meat. And that is another thing. How about all the screaming that meat is cruel, but vegetables are being recalled this year right and left for listeria contamination? It is getting plain scary out there. It is all about collapsing our nation. Did you all know that Gorbachev went directly to an environmental think tank when he left the former Soviet Union? Wasn't long after that that the greenies started going to the left. Far too leftist for even one of the Founders of Green Peace too.
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Reply 51 - Posted by: Tennman 11/11/2019 4:33:02 PM (No. 232424)
Those unicorns sure need to eat a lost of beans for the extra juice.
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Reply 52 - Posted by: Folsomguy 11/11/2019 6:16:10 PM (No. 232503)
#46 we just use a match.
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Reply 53 - Posted by: fayebeck 11/11/2019 6:22:10 PM (No. 232509)
Why do we spend trillions fighting communism and then allow one on a ballot?
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Reply 54 - Posted by: DVC 11/11/2019 7:04:03 PM (No. 232543)
#47, with a match or sparker, they will work, or at least mine does. The spark ignition module has crapped out, and I just light it with a sparker. One day, I will probably buy a new module and install it, but until then, it works fine with external lighting.
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Reply 55 - Posted by: bubby 11/11/2019 9:02:52 PM (No. 232605)
I have lived near Houston nearly 40 years and have lost power numerous times due to hurricanes for days and sometimes for longer. What made a big difference is we have always had natural gas to cook with and to take a warm shower. Those fools in Cali won’t be able to cook, shower or drive their electric cars! How stupid have they become?
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Reply 56 - Posted by: Oldenoughtoknowbetter 11/11/2019 11:13:40 PM (No. 232656)
Can't wait until they have a week without electricity where it's cold like after a crippling snowstorm. Here's what you do: move everything out of your refrigerator in protected coolers (to keep animals out) but don't allow to freeze by moving in and outside. Pack the freezer with ice, if you can get it (or made ahead taking up room in the freezer) so food doesn't thaw. Move ALL liquids (cleaners, foods, water bottles... anything that can freeze, expand, explode and overflow into the shower to drain. Fill bathtub with water if have electric pump on well to use to flush. Use antifreeze in toilet. Cook or heat water on gas grill outside in cold. No baths or showers, no dishwasher. Heavy clothes, good insulated sleeping bag. Lanterns or (fire hazard) candles. Gets real creative. Have fun, I've done all these things.
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Reply 57 - Posted by: Transx 11/12/2019 1:17:49 AM (No. 232670)
Most absurd thing ever. The thought of heating with electricity is a nightmare. 50 years ago there was the 'total electric' campaign for homes, touted by the utilities. The loss of the transmission/distribution system is not trivial and the end user is the one paying the tab. Natural gas is the most efficient means of energy transmission and it would make all the sense to generate the power for the house/building on-site instead of the myriad of wires and the horrible side effects as with the fires in Northern California in the past few years.
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Reply 58 - Posted by: Ebenezer 11/12/2019 9:22:38 AM (No. 232873)
These moonbats seem to think that electricity is generated by magical fairies touching their wands on a rock. About two-thirds of the electricity in the US is generated by BURNING COAL and other fossil fuels. And of course, they are against the increased use of nuclear power. Natural gas is cheaper and safer than coal. The woman who wrote this article is a dolt.
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They came as siblings, parents, spouses, and friends. Families of more than a dozen Minnesotans killed by police gathered Friday before the trial of Derek Chauvin to demand a murder conviction in the death of George Floyd. If guilty, Chauvin would be the first former police officer to be convicted of murdering a Black man in Minnesota. The state's only ex-cop currently in prison for murdering a civilian is Mohamed Noor, who in 2019 was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fatally shooting Justine Damond after she called 911 to report a possible rape. "We have to be brutally
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Biden's Incoherence Just Hit Critical Mass,
This Is Scary Awful
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Posted by Dreadnought 3/8/2021 11:45:49 PM Post Reply
As we reported two days ago, Joe Biden completely made no sense when he was trying to explain the Wuhan coronavirus relief bill. It was really bad and it explains why they’re afraid to have him deliver an address to Congress or do any kind of a real solo press conference, because at this point they have to be afraid this is all going to fall apart if he does anything live and this all becomes too obvious to the American people. But there’s only so long that they can hold this off. And it’s getting worse, as video today revealed. Biden was holding an event to announce the nomination
‘Huge Development’: Democrat Sen. Joe
Manchin Starts To Crack On Filibuster,
Signals Openness To Change
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 12:32:41 AM Post Reply
Democrat Senator Joe Manchin (WV) appears to have started to shift his views on the filibuster with remarks that he made on two news shows on Sunday morning.The shift from Manchin comes after he has repeatedly stated that he would not vote to end the filibuster, despite pressure from the far-Left. During the interviews on Sunday, Manchin repeatedly claimed that he was not open to ending the filibuster because he did not want to strip the minority party of their power in the Senate, but signaled that he was open to changing it.Fox News host Chris Wallace asked Manchin if he would consider “reforming the filibuster” if “Republicans
Evangelicals For Biden ‘Feel Used And Betrayed’
By Biden Fulfilling His Radical Abortion Promises
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Posted by Calvinesq 3/8/2021 10:37:51 AM Post Reply
In an open letter released Sunday, Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden urged him to “honor his commitment” and include the Hyde Amendment in Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending package, writing “we feel used and betrayed.” The letter states: We are very disappointed about the COVID-19 relief package’s exclusion of the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding bipartisan policy that prevents taxpayer funding for abortion. [snip] As pro-life leaders in the evangelical community, we publicly supported President Biden’s candidacy with the understanding that there would be engagement [with] us on the issue of abortion and particularly the Hyde Amendment
Meghan Markle reveals her true
self in Oprah interview
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 9:11:10 AM Post Reply
If you had any doubts that Meghan Markle is a manipulative piece of work, her bombshell Oprah interview Sunday night dumping on the British monarchy would set you straight. Prince Harry’s American wife accused his family of hateful racism against her baby, claimed they refused to protect her and drove her to the point of suicide.She made the incendiary and implausible charge that when she was pregnant with Archie, the royal family decreed that her unborn son would be denied the title of “prince” because her mixed race meant he might have dark skin.
Biden’s German Shepherds Shipped Back
to Delaware After ‘Biting Incident’
Involving White House Security
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 11:38:50 PM Post Reply
Joe and Jill Biden’s German Shepherds were shipped back to Delaware after a “biting incident” involving White House security, CNN reported.Major was adopted by Joe Biden and his handler wife Jill in 2018 from an animal shelter.Major and Champ moved into the White House in January and they’re already gone. The condition of the victim was not disclosed but it was serious enough to remove both dogs from the White House.CNN reported: The two German Shepherds belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were returned to the Biden family home in Delaware last week
Pelosi’s HR1 bill a blatant power grab for Democrats 30 replies
Posted by FlyRight 3/8/2021 5:28:52 AM Post Reply
Nancy Pelosi’s top priority is to turn America into a one-party nation ruled by Democrats. Her bill HR 1 trashes the U.S. Constitution in an attempt to rig the system and make it virtually impossible to elect a Republican president or Congress again. It’s a power grab. The bill eviscerates state voting laws and forces all the states to conform to a set of rules that includes automatic voter registration. Anyone who goes to a DMV or applies for food stamps, Medicaid or other social services, or attends a public college will be automatically enrolled to vote. Noncitizens are obligated to identify themselves and opt out,
Biden seems to forget defense
secretary’s name, calls him
'the guy who runs that outfit'
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Posted by Ribicon 3/8/2021 8:37:17 PM Post Reply
President Biden on Monday seemed to forget Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s name at a White House event—calling the Pentagon chief “the guy who runs that outfit over there.” Biden was announcing the nomination of two female generals to lead US military combatant commands. “And I want to thank the sec—the, the, ah former general. I keep calling him general, but my, my—the guy who runs that outfit over there,” Biden said.(Snip) Earlier at the event, Biden mentioned the Defense Department leader by his name, “Secretary Austin,” while appearing to read from a teleprompter.
Oprah interview bombshells: Meghan claims
she was suicidal when she was five months
pregnant, Kate made HER cry and Royals
refused to make Archie a prince because
they were worried how 'dark' he would be
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 8:21:02 AM Post Reply
The Royal Family was left reeling this morning after Meghan Markle tearfully revealed that the stress of royal life made her suicidal when she was five months pregnant, claimed Archie was denied the title of prince because he is mixed-race and said Kate Middleton made her cry before she married Harry in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.The couple also chose to reveal that they are having a baby girl to the tens of millions of people watching the CBS show broadcast in the US before accusing the Royal Family of racism and revealing the deep rift 'Megxit' has caused with Prince Charles and Prince William.
Meghan Markle openly
accuses the Royals
of racism
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Posted by Magnante 3/8/2021 5:26:07 AM Post Reply
I’m probably second to none in my dislike for Meghan Markle. There’s something unattractive about a mature woman marrying into the British Royal family with one of the world’s most expensive weddings, hanging out with the Queen, living in insane luxury…and then whining non-stop about the horror of her life. There’s something even less appealing when that woman accuses the Royal family of race hatred. And the problem is that, when it comes to that left-wing diva, Meghan Markle, it’s hard to believe most of what she says. After weeks of hype, CBS finally televised Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah.
Watch: John Solomon Gives Stunning Update
in Durham’s ‘Russiagate’ Investigation
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 4:56:55 PM Post Reply
Without question, the vast majority of Americans who support former President Donald Trump were angry and frustrated throughout 2020 passed with barely a mention of then-U.S. Attorney John Durham’s criminal investigation into the FBI’s fraudulent “Russiagate” counterterrorism operation directed at his 2016 campaign.In the weeks before the November election, word got out that then-Attorney General William Barr wasn’t going to announce any indictments or even a report on Durham’s investigation because he did not want to influence the outcome.So far, in fact, the only indictment to come out of the Durham probe is that of former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who essentially got a slap on the wrist
Democrats renew calls to remove
J. Edgar Hoover's name from FBI building
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Posted by Ribicon 3/8/2021 2:56:29 PM Post Reply
Rep. Steve Cohen vowed to renew the push to remove former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the bureau’s downtown Washington headquarters, according to an interview released Monday. Appearing on Yahoo! News’ Skullduggery podcast, the Tennessee Democrat said the effort is getting a fresh look after the release of a new movie highlighting the FBI’s secret program to discredit civil rights activists. The Washington Times in 2019 first reported Democrats’ bid to strip the longtime FBI director’s name from the bureau’s headquarters. Mr. Cohen said the impetus to revive the bid is the new movie, “Judas and the Black Messiah.” The movie details
Jill Biden, the Meghan Markle
in the WH, is egregiously
guilty of elder abuse
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Posted by Magnante 3/9/2021 4:40:38 AM Post Reply
“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, when we could have said –-no. But somehow we missed it.” Tom Stoppard The millions of Americans who were paying attention throughout the 2020 election campaign all became painfully aware of the fact that Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities were slipping and slipping fast. His wife, as the person closest to him, should have been the one to call the campaign quits in order to reduce stress on the man. Instead, apparently so anxious to become the First Lady by any means necessary, Mrs. Biden continued to push her failing husband’s campaign forward as if he were mentally qualified.
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