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    Landlines have sufficient power for 48 hours of operation without grid power being provided. Telcos usually have lead-acid battery banks and generators at their LO (local office) and even some of the transformers have battery backup to level that provide power to the lines for tip(carrier voltage) and ring

    Ah, the image of perfect functionality.   Der Führer must be proud of him... in at least so much as Der Führer Fünfundvierzig probably forgot he existed, but hey, eggs and scrambling and such.  

    Der Führer Fünfundvierzig is on one today I see. I love his use of capitalization. Its sort of the way another “Leader” used to speak to the people. Full of sound and fury - but I’ll warn most people that think he’s simply senile or stupid to pay attention: 45 is actually inciting his cult. He has been encouraging his

    Yeah, I’ve found that GO Media sites hammer my browser. I use a custom configured no-script on my browser. Unfortunately no-script isn’t something I can recommend to anyone who isn’t very tech savvy because it requires a lot of configuration to not completely ruin all your experiences. But I can tell you that a lot of

    The worst part is: No electricity to keep your hospitals running, no power to charge your phones to get news, no television or radio... and who has a landline these days to make emergency calls? No, in our current society a power loss is an emergency situation that puts lives at severe risk.  20 years ago, it would

    This is actually PG&E using climate as an excuse for their horrible infrastructure maintenance - which is one of the reasons, I assume, Naomi went out of her way to point out both the bankruptcy and the 5.5 million dollar salary (this year) + annual equity award of 3.5 million of the CEO - which is absolute batshit

    I think its going to be the former. There’s too much nasty shit and 45 has too much support. 9 out of 10 of my relatives think 45 is Jesus incarnate and have been buying guns when they can’t even afford a solid roof over their collective heads to “assert their rights”. And they will likely kill me once they figure out

    That picture of the drumpfster pfire looks like he’s getting in shape to be the silhouette for Alfred Hitchcock Presents mixed with the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

    That used to be the Drumpfster Pfire: fashioning himself some sort of mob boss - but as I pointed out that would never work - the animate pile of cat vomit doesn’t give even the first shit about family.   And at least the veneer of family is required to participate in the mob.  Now he’s discovered he can be as loved

    Conservatives tend to project. When a conservative tells you they’re afraid of something happening, its something they either have done or wanted to do. When a conservative politician tells you they’re afraid of something happening, it means they’ve actually done it themselves to multiple people. When a religious

    Free speech is not a right on a platform owned by a company. This is true and there is nobody here who will claim otherwise. That company has an obligation to their shareholders and their private property which I know I do not contest in the slightest.

    There is, believe it or not, enough standing to impeach at least Kavanaugh and have him removed. And several of the Federal court appointees are unqualified for their positions and are assuming political stances and could also face impeachment via this route.   If the core is rotten then the rest of the apple is

    She’s got plans and they seem coherent and logical to deal with the issues. And her record has been shifting progressive over the years and you can point to specific places where her platform directly relates to past actions and there’s a coherent reason for her change far above and beyond the usual “because it makes

    Well, if you have to put a variable angle duct in the middle of your jet then pretty much demand that the airframes be compatible across the entire range you’re going to run into some design issues.  

    Warren is going to be my choice.   

    Turnip is saying that speaking against him is Treason. You know, that thing people get executed for. With the general bias against the media, 45's words take on meaning even for the inept or completely self-centered in that business. He’s going to kill them all if given the chance.

    So at what point do republican senators turn on him?

    As a country: no. But I’m sure that there’s some weapons manufacturers or PMCs that get a blissful expression on their faces and wet spot in their pants every time Dolt 45 opens his mouth in relation to foreign affairs.

    There’s a group of Democrats who see themselves being future DJT’s. They’re very hesitant to create any precedents that might be used against them when the day comes that they try to become an inept dicktater. Of course, being lazy probably has a lot to do with it too. But never let it be said that any chance to

    The F35 is a camel - plane designed by committee.  Of course it fucking sucks, it doesn’t know what it is supposed to do.   By comparison the F22 is a superstar, even though it has its issues too.