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Posted: 2/19/2021 10:38:40 AM EST
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One Texas Resident Still Has Power, but His Bill Is Now Over $8,000
A Texas resident's power bill increased over $7,700 this month as the outages and severe weather in the area rose the cost of electricity. Royce Pierce, a 38-year-old contractor and Texas resident owes power company, Griddy, $8,162.73 for his electricity use in February. The total was a steep increase compared with his bill for his two-story home last month, which was $387.79. "It's mind-blowing. I honestly didn't believe the price at first," Pierce told the Daily Beast. "It's not a great feeling knowing that there is a looming bill that we just can't afford." ... Griddy told all of its customers earlier this week that they should switch to another power supplier as electricity prices soared as high as $9,000 a megawatt-hour on Monday. "We made the unprecedented decision to tell our customers—whom we worked really hard to get—that they are better off in the near term with another provider," Michael Fallquist, chief executive officer of Griddy, said in a statement. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 10:39:17 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: That first link -- the article -- that is the most hate filled racist lies, under the guise of progressive woke bullshit I've read this week, and that's saying something. Concur 100%. Well stated. 
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Posted: 2/19/2021 10:42:32 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doodles: I always try to find the original material to verify but I couldn't get half way through this propaganda garbage. Good luck and bless you if you can. From The Root : The Blacker the Content the Sweeter the Truth Democrats Are Stuck With a Republican Party Rife With Conspiracy Theorists, Anarchists and Terrorist Sympathizers yeah - tried reading that -- it's thick with blood boiling incitement to face punch a muthafuka |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 10:45:11 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: yeah - tried reading that -- it's thick with blood boiling incitement to face punch a muthafuka That was my take away also. Pure propaganda to create hate and paranoia. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 10:50:37 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doodles: That was my take away also. Pure propaganda to create hate and paranoia. I just looked @ his facebook page, and in January he posted from Uzbekistan. Is there terrorist training in Uzbekistan? |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:00:33 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: I just looked @ his facebook page, and in January he posted from Uzbekistan. Is there terrorist training in Uzbekistan? Wouldn't doubt it or maybe a Russian intelligence cyber warfare outpost. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:07:18 AM EST
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:10:43 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/331455/Capture_JPG-1831988.JPG 
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:11:58 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doodles: Wouldn't doubt it or maybe a Russian intelligence cyber warfare outpost. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doodles: Originally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: I just looked @ his facebook page, and in January he posted from Uzbekistan. Is there terrorist training in Uzbekistan? Wouldn't doubt it or maybe a Russian intelligence cyber warfare outpost. The devil is in the details, yes Uzbekistan does harbor terrorists, there is a program in Tashkent dealing with money funding various groups because financing for terrorists is the biggest problem there. That article was pure cancer. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:15:35 AM EST
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Good morning, Riot Squad..........The Sun is shining here in the West Texas oil patch. High of 43*f here later today....I gotta go work on my tan..........Yall have a fun warm day....
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:18:58 AM EST
[Last Edit: Doodles]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: The devil is in the details, yes Uzbekistan does harbor terrorists, there is a program in Tashkent dealing with money funding various groups because financing for terrorists is the biggest problem there. That article was pure cancer. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: The devil is in the details, yes Uzbekistan does harbor terrorists, there is a program in Tashkent dealing with money funding various groups because financing for terrorists is the biggest problem there. That article was pure cancer. Thanks for the intel. I figured there was I just don't know enough to say for certain. Might mean something might not........ Terrell Jermaine Starr is a senior reporter at The Root. He is currently writing a book proposal that analyzes US-Russia relations from a black perspective. https://www.theroot.com/author/tjstarr/discussions According to his Twatter bio he is a fellow at Eurasia Center (Atlantic Council). https://twitter.com/ACEurasia https://twitter.com/AtlanticCouncil https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/ Driven by our mission of “shaping the global future together,” the Atlantic Council is a nonpartisan organization that galvanizes US leadership and engagement in the world, in partnership with allies and partners, to shape solutions to global challenges. ETA: F%4K what |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:20:52 AM EST
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Take care cody, reading the Texas thread and it looks bad there yet, hope everyone stays safe in the bad weather areas.
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:25:45 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/331455/Capture_JPG-1831988.JPG 
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:26:30 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cecenrse: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/733391165159768155/812020386953822268/25e45cf0fba16d2e.png?width=390&height=399 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/733391165159768155/812020410806697994/2388ecfc706af07e.png?width=331&height=399 I am not a white nationalist or racist, however I am proud of my race and my heritage. I believe that everyone should be proud of their race, but not to the detriment and health of any other race. We should be, and are equal, under the eyes of my God. Things like I've posted literally make me sick to my tender tummy. I weep for future generations if this ridiculousness is allowed to continue. I don't care what people call me, I will not irrationally hate someone just because of their race or ethnicity. I do find plenty of other reasons to dislike individual people, just not as a group. PS: I am screwed from the get go. My maternal grandmother's surname was literally White. I have lots of "White" relatives. LMAO Hmmmm... My mother's maiden name is White. I have German, Irish, Polish, English, Dutch, and French blood. My paternal Grandfather's name (my name) is German and somewhat infamous for those who know history, but he spent almost 3 years bombing nazis and dodging flack while watching his friends die in spades over the skies of Europe. My maternal Grandfather (White) spent 3 years fighting the Japanese in the Pacific. Dropped out of high school to enlist after Pearl Harbor. I'm a Mayflower descendant and my family fought in every war, but my stepfather is a first generation American and I'm just as proud of him. Born into a poor Caribbean family of fisherman, came here, got his citizenship, an engineering degree, and worked in nuclear facilities during the cold war which gave him cancer. He is a patriot and a MAGA boomer. I believe in America First, the same way I put my family first. If that makes me a nationalist, so be it. IDGAF what color someone's skin is unless they make it an issue. I'll stand by anyone who stands up for what's right. I'll stand against anyone who does evil. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:26:39 AM EST
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Quote HistoryIsn't The Root run by Prof. HENRY GATES, of beer summit fame from the Obama days? If he doesn't run it, he is a heavy contributor to that site. Just saying......... |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:30:10 AM EST
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/331455/Capture_JPG-1831988.JPG Nice! He's getting torn apart reading the replies there.  Edit, reported him for hate speech against a targeted group. 
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:32:04 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cecenrse: Isn't The Root run by Prof. HENRY GATES, of beer summit fame from the Obama days? If he doesn't run it, he is a heavy contributor to that site. Just saying......... I think we've circled back. Freaking commies. It's always freaking commies. Damn it! |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:33:55 AM EST
[Last Edit: m35ben]
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This is the Texas I know. Ask for help and it will come.
https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/clyde-residents-bring-propane-tanks-torches-thaw-frozen-water-main-within-hours/ https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/clyde-residents-bring-propane-tanks-torches-thaw-frozen-water-main-within-hours/ |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:40:46 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By m35ben: This is the Texas I know. Ask for help and it will come. https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/clyde-residents-bring-propane-tanks-torches-thaw-frozen-water-main-within-hours/ https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/clyde-residents-bring-propane-tanks-torches-thaw-frozen-water-main-within-hours/ 
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Posted: 2/19/2021 11:48:05 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Nice! He's getting torn apart reading the replies there. Edit, reported him for hate speech against a targeted group. Great idea. I reported his FB profile. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 12:38:07 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cecenrse: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EukG8ACXMAEjC7-?format=jpg&name=900x900 Kind of like this. https://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2013/11/08/cake-and-compromise-illustrated-guide-to-gun-control/ |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 12:56:37 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doodles: Headbutt, "boingy", "boingy", headbutt, "boingy" Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doodles: Originally Posted By Cecenrse: @Doodles
Headbutt, "boingy", "boingy", headbutt, "boingy" The cat was thinking in 2D. The goat had air supremacy. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 1:10:12 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tnriverluver: 
It'll be like the Carter years on steroids.... I wonder if truck prices will be coming down? |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 1:16:45 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HighDesert6920: Oh shit....standby for runaway inflation It'll be like the Carter years on steroids.... I wonder if truck prices will be coming down? I think it’s all on purpose. Can’t do a reset to a global currency unless they break the dollar. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 1:18:27 PM EST
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Fun fact from WA.
Sitting in the DOL/DMV, a lady comes in. Says she's trying to get the title changed on a car of hers that was stolen. She was told to file a police report yesterday. Police said they can't help because an armed police officer would need to be involved and the thieves are minorities so someone would die. So nuh uh. Now she's back ... you can imagine that he excessive stupidity that follows as the sheeple bahhble on about it.  Holy Fuck Stupid in Effect I'm about to go Turrets on these fools.
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Posted: 2/19/2021 1:24:17 PM EST
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George Floyd caused his own death when he OD'd on drugs.
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Posted: 2/19/2021 1:25:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: George Floyd caused his own death when he OD'd on drugs. just thought we should say that aloud every few hundred pages |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 1:25:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RSG: One Texas Resident Still Has Power, but His Bill Is Now Over $8,000 A Texas resident's power bill increased over $7,700 this month as the outages and severe weather in the area rose the cost of electricity. Royce Pierce, a 38-year-old contractor and Texas resident owes power company, Griddy, $8,162.73 for his electricity use in February. The total was a steep increase compared with his bill for his two-story home last month, which was $387.79. "It's mind-blowing. I honestly didn't believe the price at first," Pierce told the Daily Beast. "It's not a great feeling knowing that there is a looming bill that we just can't afford." ... Griddy told all of its customers earlier this week that they should switch to another power supplier as electricity prices soared as high as $9,000 a megawatt-hour on Monday. "We made the unprecedented decision to tell our customers—whom we worked really hard to get—that they are better off in the near term with another provider," Michael Fallquist, chief executive officer of Griddy, said in a statement. WTF? How can they possibly justify that kind of price increase. 99% of the population could not pay that kind of power bill!
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Posted: 2/19/2021 1:27:28 PM EST
[Last Edit: Hollywood_Shooter]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tnriverluver: WTF? How can they possibly justify that kind of price increase. 99% of the population could not pay that kind of power bill! there is a LLLLLLLLong list of things I would consider rather than paying |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 1:31:02 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tnriverluver: WTF? How can they possibly justify that kind of price increase. 99% of the population could not pay that kind of power bill! They sign up to buy wholesale electricity. I don't know why, but they do. I guess you can save in normal situations. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 1:31:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tnriverluver:
That's a lie. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 2:14:20 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mnvwguy02: I think it’s all on purpose. Can’t do a reset to a global currency unless they break the dollar. China, Russia/CSTO, Iran and Venezuela have talked about trading in currencies other than US Dollars for commodities and oil. That would cripple the US dollar. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 2:15:31 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: George Floyd caused his own death when he OD'd on drugs. I thought that George Floyd's death was listed as a Covid 19 death. Hard to keep up with the latest on his death. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 2:23:13 PM EST
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My latest at Center for Security Policy:
Contextual Insurgency: Will 2021 be the year of Far-Left "Occupiers"? |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:08:35 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Thunder900: China, Russia/CSTO, Iran and Venezuela have talked about trading in currencies other than US Dollars for commodities and oil. That would cripple the US dollar. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Thunder900: Originally Posted By mnvwguy02: I think it’s all on purpose. Can’t do a reset to a global currency unless they break the dollar. China, Russia/CSTO, Iran and Venezuela have talked about trading in currencies other than US Dollars for commodities and oil. That would cripple the US dollar. Agree; the progressive left appears to have the same goal (smells like Soros) as those who want to end the petro dollar |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:21:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eesmith: My latest at Center for Security Policy: Contextual Insurgency: Will 2021 be the year of Far-Left "Occupiers"? Interesting. They've been doing similar things in Latin America for the past 20 years. Argentina was really bad in 2002-2005. |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:29:35 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: That first link -- the article -- that is the most hate filled racist lies, under the guise of progressive woke bullshit I've read this week, and that's saying something. It's helpful to be fully aware of the current sociopolitical situation, but I probably shouldn't read any more articles like that for the rest of the day. I need to switch to decaf.
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:37:55 PM EST
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 Especially fitting for me to post considering all the reputed basement hijinks involving ropes and WHIPS. LMAO |
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:38:44 PM EST
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:40:26 PM EST
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:40:52 PM EST
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:41:26 PM EST
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:42:20 PM EST
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:42:31 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: just thought we should say that aloud every few hundred pages Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: Originally Posted By Hollywood_Shooter: George Floyd caused his own death when he OD'd on drugs. just thought we should say that aloud every few hundred pages 
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:43:33 PM EST
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:45:44 PM EST
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Posted: 2/19/2021 3:47:17 PM EST
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