Send Better Nukes!

Damn it, we can't nuke hurricanes and now we can't even nuke climate change.

The problem? US electric production is only responsible for about a quarter of US greenhouse gas emissions. Even if we went all-in on nuclear, hydropower and other renewables we'd have a lot of carbon left over in transportation, agriculture, industry, and residential/commercial. Electric heat for buildings and electric cars could shift some of the load but I don't think people will be putting nuclear powered steam generators in Manhattan to heat office buildings. Maybe!

Comments

[Melinda]

Sometime, people will get the sense that others are trying to have them killed off, all while making them pay someone else more "connected" than you for the privilege of doing so:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-naturalgas-buildings/the-next-target-in-the-climate-change-debate-your-gas-stove-idUSKCN1VU18Q

[Buckeye]

U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY SAYS LOOKING AT U.S. SANCTIONS ON TURKISH PURCHASE OF S-400S FROM RUSSIA BUT NO DECISION YET

This is an appropriate response to Erdogan demanding more foreign aid.

[jim nj]

MM, thanks for the article. I don't think an 80% agreement is enough at his point. It's capitulation on every thing, or no deal.

[MissMarple2]

Reuters Top News
@Reuters
·
24m
Russia's ruling party loses a third of seats in Moscow election after protests

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-election-moscow-idUSKCN1VU0DF?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5d76471b145a570001541f55&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

[Buckeye]

Always thought Biden was a Stalking Horse.

Me too, and I don't think anyone let Joe in on the secret:)

[henry]

The left is going completely bananas.

Vicki McKenna @VickiMcKenna
2m

Whoopi trying to help eugenics go mainstream! "Whoopi Defends Sanders, Population Control: 'Eugenics Doesn't Have Anything to Do With Minorities!'

https://twitter.com/VickiMcKenna/status/1171048033804574720

[jim nj]

Melinda, that's really stupid. I don't think I need to tell you that, but gas heating and cooking is more efficient than electric heating and cooking.

Due to electric transmission loss, gas burned at a power plant is less effective than gas burned at the end source.

[MissMarple2]

jim nj,

I agree. 80% isn't going to cut it, especially if they are going to continue to ship fentanyl to the cartels and steal intellectual property.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
32m
Great news that an activist investor is now involved with AT&T. As the owner of VERY LOW RATINGS @CNN
, perhaps they will now put a stop to all of the Fake News emanating from its non-credible “anchors.” Also, I hear that, because of its bad ratings, it is losing a fortune.....

..But most importantly, @CNN
is bad for the USA. Their International Division spews bad information & Fake News all over the globe. This is why foreign leaders are always asking me, “Why does the Media hate the U.S. sooo much?” It is a fraudulent shame, & all comes from the top!

As bad as @CNN
is, Comcast MSNBC is worse. Their ratings are also way down because they have lost all credibility. I believe their stories about me are not 93% negative, but actually 100% negative. They are incapable of saying anything positive, despite all of the great things...

..that this Administration has done. They don’t talk about the great economy, the big tax and regulation cuts, the rebuilding of the Military, “Choice” at our VA, our Vets, Judges and Supreme Court Justices, the Border Wall going up, lowest crime numbers, 2nd A, and so much more!

The Trump Administrations has achieved more in the first 2 1/2 years of its existence than perhaps any administration in the history of our Country. We get ZERO media credit for what we have done, and are doing, but the people know, and that’s all that is important!

[MissMarple2]

I wonder who the "activist investor" in ATT (owner of CNN) is...it would be super if it were a Trump supporter!

LOL!

[henry]

Elliott Management

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ
1h

Elliott Management discloses a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T and calls for a review of the company's portfolio. AT&T shares up 8% premarket.

[henry]

Elliott Management is run by:

Republican megadonor and hedge fund executive Paul Singer

who may just be #neverTrump

[MissMarple2]

Two related tweets:

1.) Catturd
@catturd2
·
16h
Sean Penn Attacks Trump - Not a Chance in Hell to Win Reelection.

Remember when you went to Venezuela to prop up Hugo Chavez and help convince the country to go to socialism.

I hold you personally responsible for the death and destruction in that country.

You’re garbage.

2.) john jackson
@pvtjokerus

Replying to
@catturd2

But for the grace of God (and others) he wasn't killed in Mexico as he visited and swooned over El Chapo. Mr. Tough Guy was a stuttering, stammering pu%%y in his interview after Chapo went down, sure that he was targeted as an informant.

[Narciso79]

Like mr potter but less scruples,

Yes spicollis fave let an estimated 50,000 venezuelans die in a freak flood.

[jim nj]

If China was serious about the fenytenal issue it would be sentencing people to death for the infractions.
It's just another effort at warfare.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
6m
I know nothing about an Air Force plane landing at an airport (which I do not own and have nothing to do with) near Turnberry Resort (which I do own) in Scotland, and filling up with fuel, with the crew staying overnight at Turnberry (they have good taste!). NOTHING TO DO WITH ME

[MissMarple2]

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/09/amazon-to-add-more-than-30000-permanent-jobs-hold-career-fair.html

Comment from Unseen1 on Twitter:

"Best recession ever!"

[Tonto]

Henry @ 9:45 --

Singer's not Never Trump. He's progressive on certain social issues (all things homosexual) and was an anyone-but-Trump during the primaries (funding original anti-Trump oppo research), but since the election has supported him.

[Jim Eagle]

Heh!

https://genesiustimes.com/oped-i-was-raped-by-whoever-trump-picks-to-replace-ginsburg-on-the-supreme-court/

[henry]

Thanks Tonto!

[Narciso79]

That seems about right:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/05/03/paul-singer-goes-on-offense-against-democrats-ahead-of-2020-election.html

[Narciso79]

Theres no intelligent life at cnn

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChuckRossDC?

[Narciso79]

Max boot yelling at cloud, dial eleventy.

[Melinda]

Anyone like auto/industrial auctions?

I do!!

https://bid.aumannauctions.com/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/21905/

[MissMarple2]

Tonto,

Thanks for the information on Singer. I am so damn paranoid about the NeverTrumpers and GOPe that I look over both shoulders trying to avoid the stab in the back!

[Melinda]

Looks like the Cal Coolidge playbook has been dusted off at long last....

[Lili-beth]

Old news that keeps on giving:

"World War would be better, I'm sure!"
"Huge taxes, if you want a cure!"
"No oil, kids, or beef!"
What brought all this grief?
The Magical Misery Tour!

Clarice, congrats on the Instylaunch!

[Narciso79]

Excellent lili-beth

[Old Lurker]

Me Too!

[MissMarple2]

Melinda,

I would LOVE that old Ford Woody, but I bet I couldn't even afford the insurance on it!

[clarice]

Thanks. I missed that.

[Melinda]

Looks like the National Security, Fiction Specialist Group, tried to get some traction yesterday, and it went straight to mock:

https://twitter.com/michi83/status/1170400131973300225

[cathyf]

...with the crew staying overnight at Turnberry (they have good taste!). NOTHING TO DO WITH ME

This sounds like it might be hilarious -- can anybody let us in on the joke?

[Melinda]

cathyf-

Still waiting for the punchline.

[Jim Eagle]

Cathyf,

The Turnberry Golf Club, which is in The Open rota, is a Trump-owned resort hotel. Supposedly, a US Air Force aircraft landed near there and the crew is being put up at the Trump hotel.....more emolument ammunition for the Nadler's of the world.

[MissMarple2]

Turnberry:

It was discovered that Air Force planes were stopping to refuel at the airport near Turnberry (which I believe is Gatwick but I am not positive) and then staying at Turnberry.

They have been doing this for years, as the airport is less busy than places like Edinburgh or Glasgow.

The press discovered this, and made it seem like Trump was ORDERING them to go there and stay at his hotel. EMOLUMENTS! The scandal of the day.

Perhaps it will turn out that as a patriotic duty he was comping the servicemen at the hotel, and the government wasn't being charged anything. I would laugh myself silly if that were the case!

[clarice]

https://nypost.com/2019/09/08/the-truth-about-democrats-climate-chamber/

[MissMarple2]

This was the other part of the weekend emolument scandal:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
1h
I had nothing to do with the decision of our great @VP
Mike Pence to stay overnight at one of the Trump owned resorts in Doonbeg, Ireland. Mike’s family has lived in Doonbeg for many years, and he thought that during his very busy European visit, he would stop and see his family!

[clarice]

https://amgreatness.com/2019/09/08/biden-or-bust/
VDH

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Welcome to our world, bigoted govt employee ...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-usda-relocation-to-kansas-city-is-ripping-apart-the-lives-of-its-employees-here-are-some-of-their-stories/ar-AAGXtpo?ocid=spartandhp

But Kansas City was never an option. It meant moving far from her daughter, who recently gave birth to Johnson’s first grandchild. And she worried the Midwest might be less-than-welcoming to a 62-year-old transgender woman.

[MissMarple2]

clarice,

That New York Post article on the climate town hall was really good. I am glad that it was as bad as we thought it was.

[MissMarple2]

Ryan Fournier
@RyanAFournier
·
44s
In less than three years, President Trump has made America great again.

In the same amount of time, Barack Obama hasn’t even gotten the permit to build his library yet.
=====================
BOOM!

[Melinda]

Halperin turns up the charm to enhance his comeback....

No, that’s a complete lie, he threatened a network chief.
https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1171077654352748544?s=21

[Melinda]

Another iBama judge plays at Border Patrol:

https://twitter.com/ryangirdusky/status/1171084183453745152?s=21

[henry]

Vicki McKenna @VickiMcKenna
3m

Oh, the lies they tell about voter ID! Yet another study exposes the ludicrous falsehoods of the left's anti-voter ID campaigns.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/oh-the-lies-they-tell-about-voter-id

[henry]

aha... point out New Green Deal is just Chemtrails in disguise...

CNBC @CNBC
3m

Have you heard of solar geoengineering? Here’s how this controversial technology uses a chemical cloud to control climate change.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

The airport near Turnberry is Prestwick. I thought so. I had a customer many years ago just car the airport.

I think I may had a very odd stopover at Prestwick many years ago. I was taking Laker Airways out of Manchester and I think we stopped at prestwick to pick up more passengers. Tinly little terminal at the time.

USAF has used Prestwick for many years. I think we may have also run sub hunters out of there at one point.

[MissMarple2]

Someone else is going to have to keep track of President Trump's tweets this afternoon.

I have to go down to see a Prudential insurance agent because I discovered a small insurance policy which I didn't realize I had and on which my ex-husband is still listed as the beneficiary. I have to go to his office to change it. Then I am meeting a friend for a late lunch.

Probably won't be back until 3:00 or so.

[Melinda]

henry-

It's already under way, as guided by The Paris Accords:

https://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/projects

[Melinda]

MM-

Bring a copy of your decree, so you don't need his signature to change it.

[henry]

Melinda, can we sue the Harvard endowment for causing a new ice age?

[Melinda]

No.

They're exempt, because it's Harvard and shut up.

[Dave (in MA)]

A few months old, but : https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5WbYJrV4AAN0Q9?format=jpg&name=large

Everywhere is warmer than everywhere else.

[Jim Eagle]

Your word of the day is "prorogue".

Boris Johnson will prorogue Parliament at the close of play today as he confirmed he would not request a delay to Article 50.

The Prime Minister had met the Queen at Balmoral in August and asked Her Majesty to suspend Parliament, seeking "an end to the current parliamentary session in the second sitting week in September". A new session of Parliament will begin with a Queen's Speech on October 14.

The Prime Minister's official spokesman reiterated that Mr. Johnson would not "seek an extension" to Article 50.

"If MPs want to resolve this there is an easy way - vote for an election today and let the public decide," he said.

The suspension means there will be no election until the end of November...

[Melinda]

cathyf-

The punchline dropped!!

Looks like the reason the Air Force lands & refuels at Turnberry is from a 3yr deal the iBama signed in October, 2016.

https://twitter.com/steph93065/status/1171061116341895169

Looks like another one of those "Chicago Coincidences" that would've propped up the "Emoluments!!11!" argument, but instead looks suspiciously timed, all the way around.

I hate it when that happens....

[Jim Eagle]

We have used Prestwick since WW2. Just like Gander. Not a base or field but rather a refueling and layover. I flew in several times during my reserve time. Didn’t get the 5 star reatment like ANG crew got at Turnberry just a small hotel in Glasgow.

[GUS]

Prestwick is the OLD Glasgow airport.

[Jim Eagle]

Mel,

What do you think the most efficient use of NG would be?

Result may surprise you even though I mentioned it once here.

[Melinda]

Plastics.

[Melinda]

Brown U Director placed on leave because?

Yes, Epstein: https://twitter.com/jkbjournalist/status/1171008156937412608

[henry]

I would have guessed fertilizer.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

henry, 11:40 evokes this

[Melinda]

Fuel and fertilizer are end product part of the crack for plastic feedstocks, fuels, and more specialized reagents, as I recall.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Leaving Costco requires more documentation than voting in CA, NY
Maybe not literally true but close

[Jim Eagle]

Mel, wins a blue ribbon made of polymers:)

Burning NG as fuel even in combined cycle only delivers a little over 50% but cracking it into polymers close to 90% but we can't have more plastic straws and water bottles. Baby sharks will die.

[James D.]

Melinda @ 12:28

Boy, that's...not a surprise at all, is it?

Everybody in our self-proclaimed elite circles knew. None of them cared.

[Jim Eagle]

Prestwick Golf Club is where The Open Championship originated. Old Tom Morris designed the original 12 holes and was the pro, greenskeeper, and clubmaker there for years.

[Melinda]

MM-

Let's see if the Jessica Collins info pans out....

[henry]

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ
45s

A California judge restored a nationwide injunction that blocks Trump administration rules aimed at curbing asylum claims by Central Americans

[Melinda]

Nadler schedules his committee vote for Thursday, and Schiff launches his gambit as well: https://twitter.com/houseintel/status/1171088393213812736?s=21

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

I read the Queen might not sign the Surrender Bill but that seems unlikely.
But perhaps US allies in the E.U. could help

https://tinyurl.com/I-read-the-Queen-might-not-sig

(Third try)

[Melinda]

And House Foreign Affairs Chair Eliot Engel* launches one as well.

* Who?

[Old Lurker]

"the Queen might not sign the Surrender Bill "

#2weeks, Jim?

[henry]

i saw this morning the Queen ok'd the bill.

[Melinda]

All on Ukrainian influence on the 2020 election?

Oh, and all pertinent records are due in a week: https://twitter.com/JarradKushner/status/1171097213218328578

And Pompeo's letter: https://twitter.com/JarradKushner/status/1171098081015652352

[Melinda]

Meanwhile, Gen. Flynn responds to Schiff's inquiries by giving a proper military response.

FOAD. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-09-09/michael-flynn-tells-house-intel-democrats-pound-sand-over-testimony-and-documents

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Yes, Boris' last chance is if US allies like Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania buck the E.U. (see linked article above).
Otherwise he needs to break the law or break his promise

[Melinda]

OL-

Check out the models in that Auction: https://bid.aumannauctions.com/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/21905/?page=6

[henry]

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
1m

A lot of Fake News is being reported that I overruled the VP and various advisers on a potential Camp David meeting with the Taliban. This Story is False! I always think it is good to meet and talk, but in this case I decided not to. The Dishonest Media likes to create...

...the look of turmoil in the White House, of which there is none. I view much of the media as simply an arm of the Democrat Party. They are corrupt, and they are extremely upset at how well our Country is doing under MY Leadership, including...

...the Economy, where there is NO Recession, much to the regret of the LameStream Media! They are working overtime to help the Democrats win in 2020, but that will NEVER HAPPEN, Americans are too smart!

[Dave (in MA)]

Mattis wouldn't take Trandrea's bait...
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/video-jim-mattis-turns-andrea-mitchell-into-brave-sir-robin-run-away/

[anonamom]

sbw posted this lengthy but clear Claremont Why Brexit Hasn't Happened earlier today.

https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/why-hasnt-brexit-happened-yet/?fbclid=IwAR3UvqHsnaM_jHEJglrZiRdwd2umiUK632HAv71qrKuwfmXHEQlmHO-zb6E

[anonamom]

or maybe that nine PM....

[henry]

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
3m

We have been serving as policemen in Afghanistan, and that was not meant to be the job of our Great Soldiers, the finest on earth. Over the last four days, we have been hitting our Enemy harder than at any time in the last ten years!

[Jane]

States just announced a Goole AntiTrust probe.

Last night on Levin, his guest showed how Google changed votes for Hillary in 2016 and has the capacity to change 10's of millions more in the next election. It was about as chilling as it gets. So far it's the only search engine that changes its content precisely for that reason.

If you still use Google. Go on strike.

[henry]

NBC blowing some new smoke signals of some sort.

Kevin Breuninger @KevinWilliamB
5m

In a statement to CNBC, Biden's Rapid Response Director Andrew Bates said, "Putting himself before his country, Donald Trump solicited foreign interference in the 2016 election." (1/4)

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/09/house-will-probe-trump-giuliani-pressure-on-ukraine-to-hurt-biden.html?

This is all over Guiliani tweets on Hunter Biden's cash deals from Ukraine. Talk about obstruction... the entire media and Dem Party are obstructing an investigation here.

[Old Lurker]

Mel, I spent a good part of the morning looking at those items...wondering which I could slip into the house without her noticing.

[Melinda]

Standard gauge set for $5?

I don’t think so....

[MissMarple2]

I am home!

Took all the documents and the kids' SS humbers and addresses and phone numbers. Very nice guy, it went off without a hitch!

Then had a very good Chinese lunch (brought home the leftovers and extra egg rolls so I don't have to cook tonight) and a good visit with my old friend that I have known sine 7th grade.

[MissMarple2]

henry,

Thanks for grabbing those tweets by the President!

[Melinda]

Henry,

If Sid’s pro money laundering squad gets new DJT ownership, I’ll need a rib wrap from laughing.

[Jim Eagle]

OL,

Didn't know you collected junk. Actually, the only potential interests for those items would be TK and/or Iggy but I don't think either of them collects junk either.

I can't wait for Pompeo's response to the Gang of 3 in re Ukraine and DJT. All 3 of them collectively couldn't match Pompeo's IQ.

[Old Lurker]

Jack. Actually I don't. But sometimes I want to.

[Manuel Transmission]

Mel, I sent your link to an old pal who used to work for me. He is on the home stretch of totally restoring an ancient John Deere.

[Old Lurker]

And they wonder why I have a Ledge:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/09/real-us-debt-levels-could-be-a-shocking-2000percent-of-gdp-report-suggests.html

[Dave (in MA)]

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-building-evacuated-20190909-tsjjax7jw5fjtmk35pnajgvh5m-story.html

4 block radius of Baltimore Inner Harbor area evac'ed after van full of 1000 gallons of gas found. Price-Waterhouse-Coopers and T. Rowe Price are occupants of the nearest building.

[Buckeye]

4 block radius of Baltimore Inner Harbor area evac'ed after van full of 1000 gallons of gas found.

I'm sure the owner of the van just didn't want to run outta gas:)

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/09/04/ship-with-climate-change-warriors-caught-in-ice-warriors-evacuated/

Oops

[Melinda]

Avernatti's not doing too well on the Audit circuit:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7443761/Micheal-Avenatti-embezzled-clients-settlement-buy-private-jet.html

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/jim-jordan-democrats-clinton-comey-prison

Headline:

Jim Jordan calls out House Dems: Figure out who's 'going to jail' over Trump-Russia, Clinton probes

[clarice]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/09/cnns_climate_debate_hurts_the_democrats_it_tried_to_help_141204.html