Texas (again)

[B-Man]

 

 

TEXAS: Harris County Democrat Judge Indicated For ‘Official Oppression.’

 

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=51800

[BillStime]

18 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:

 

Typical liberal political correctness BS

you hate yourself 

[B-Man]

On 6/30/2022 at 2:37 PM, BillStime said:

The cult literally HATES who they are.... this is messed up:

 

 

 

Of course when you hear the WHOLE story it is different.

 

Part of the proposed draft standards for the curriculum directed students to 'compare journeys to America, including voluntary Irish immigration and involuntary relocation of African people during colonial times,' the Texas Tribune reported 

 

It was an invitation to the children to compare things, that is, to think for themselves.

 

It wasn't "changing the word slavery to involuntary relocation everywhere, but just that particular sentence in that lesson.

But hey!  let's make up another fake story to fit our liberal bias.

 

Why wouldn't you imagine that the children could grasp how much worse it is to be forced into slavery? 

 

What is wrong with teaching the tragic story of the Irish?

 

History isn't a matter of deciding which people suffered the most, then only telling their story and forbidding all comparisons, but what school boards do never has much to do with ensuring that history is taught in a soundly professional way. 

 

 

 

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You may not agree that it is the best lesson for second graders, but it is easy to see how the Left (again) misrepresented the lesson plan to make it  appear racist.

[BillStime]

21 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Of course when you hear the WHOLE story it is different.

 

Part of the proposed draft standards for the curriculum directed students to 'compare journeys to America, including voluntary Irish immigration and involuntary relocation of African people during colonial times,' the Texas Tribune reported 

 

It was an invitation to the children to compare things, that is, to think for themselves.

 

It wasn't "changing the word slavery to involuntary relocation everywhere, but just that particular sentence in that lesson.

But hey!  let's make up another fake story to fit our liberal bias.

 

Why wouldn't you imagine that the children could grasp how much worse it is to be forced into slavery? 

 

What is wrong with teaching the tragic story of the Irish?

 

History isn't a matter of deciding which people suffered the most, then only telling their story and forbidding all comparisons, but what school boards do never has much to do with ensuring that history is taught in a soundly professional way. 

 

 

 

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You may not agree that it is the best lesson for second graders, but it is easy to see how the Left (again) misrepresented the lesson plan to make it  appear racist.

 

Source? lmao

 

[Boatdrinks]

Another stupid overreaction by Billsy. Just how many words have the libs changed anyway? They won’t even say “ woman”. 

[BillStime]

@B-Man - Hey Bonnie, did you forget about posting something "UNLINKED" - lolz

 

Where are your sources?

 

On 7/3/2022 at 10:35 AM, B-Man said:

 

 

Of course when you hear the WHOLE story it is different.

 

Part of the proposed draft standards for the curriculum directed students to 'compare journeys to America, including voluntary Irish immigration and involuntary relocation of African people during colonial times,' the Texas Tribune reported 

 

It was an invitation to the children to compare things, that is, to think for themselves.

 

It wasn't "changing the word slavery to involuntary relocation everywhere, but just that particular sentence in that lesson.

But hey!  let's make up another fake story to fit our liberal bias.

 

Why wouldn't you imagine that the children could grasp how much worse it is to be forced into slavery? 

 

What is wrong with teaching the tragic story of the Irish?

 

History isn't a matter of deciding which people suffered the most, then only telling their story and forbidding all comparisons, but what school boards do never has much to do with ensuring that history is taught in a soundly professional way. 

 

 

 

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You may not agree that it is the best lesson for second graders, but it is easy to see how the Left (again) misrepresented the lesson plan to make it  appear racist.

 

 

[B-Man]

5 minutes ago, BillStime said:

 

 

 

Live look in at Billstime........the desperation is real.

 

 

 

😎

[BillStime]

7 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Live look in at Billstime........the desperation is real.

 

 

 

😎

 

So, no source?  You're going to pretend to be a moderator here (as opposed ATOP) and not live up to your rules?

 

 

 

[ChiGoose]

https://www.ercot.com/news/release?id=90030206-5cf5-db8e-13d1-f8fe2bd0128f
 

Texas is so amazing that they cannot provide power when the weather is too hot or too cold. 
 

But do not fear! The corporations will be able to price gouge their way to profits regardless of what happens to the average Texan. 

[Doc]

No worries, Beto will fix it...

[Tiberius]

8 hours ago, ChiGoose said:

https://www.ercot.com/news/release?id=90030206-5cf5-db8e-13d1-f8fe2bd0128f
 

Texas is so amazing that they cannot provide power when the weather is too hot or too cold. 
 

But do not fear! The corporations will be able to price gouge their way to profits regardless of what happens to the average Texan. 

Unreal. Energy is what they do. Corruption will do that, make good things bad 

[Tiberius]

 

[ChiGoose]

15 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

 

 

A simple way to build redundancy into the grid would be to connect it to either the Western or Eastern Interconnect grids (or both?):

 

But that would require meeting federal standards and regulations, preventing ERCOT from price gouging your average Texan...

[B-Man]

 

Green energy ?  What they aren't saying above.

 

Texas Tells Consumers to Conserve Electricity as Wind Energy Falls Short

by Joel B. Pollak

 

 

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has warned power consumers in Texas to conserve energy on Monday afternoon and evening because there will not be enough wind power to operate the power grid reliably in peak demand.

 

Though Texas is known for its role in the oil industry, it is also the nation’s number-one producer of wind energy. During a cold snap in the winter of 2021, however, wind turbines froze and many Texans found themselves without electricity.

 

Now that scenario is likely to repeat itself, albeit due to high temperatures that are accompanied by calm conditions.

 

ERCOT said in a statement:

 

With extreme hot weather driving record power demand across Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is issuing a Conservation Appeal, asking Texans and Texas businesses to voluntarily conserve electricity, Monday, July 11 between 2-8 p.m. ERCOT also issued a Watch for a projected reserve capacity shortage from 2-8 p.m. At this time, no system-wide outages are expected.

…

Factors driving the need for this important action by customers:

 

Record high electric demand. The heat wave that has settled on Texas and much of the central United States is driving increased electric use. Other grid operators are operating under similar conservative operations programs as ERCOT due to the heatwave.

 

Low wind. While solar power is generally reaching near full generation capacity, wind generation is currently generating significantly less than what it historically generated in this time period. Current projections show wind generation coming in less than 10 percent of its capacity.

 

The failure of wind power during peak demand comes as President Joe Biden and other leaders are pressing the nation to give up on fossil fuels in favor of “renewable” sources like wind and solar — and often without mentioning nuclear power.

 

 

 

https://www.ercot.com/news/release?id=90030206-5cf5-db8e-13d1-f8fe2bd0128f

 

https://www.caller.com/story/news/2021/09/03/texas-leads-as-national-wind-energy-capactiy-reaches-record-high/5681084001/

 

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/07/11/texas-tells-consumers-to-conserve-electricity-as-wind-energy-falls-short/

[ChiGoose]

4 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

Green energy ?  What they aren't saying above.

 

Texas Tells Consumers to Conserve Electricity as Wind Energy Falls Short

by Joel B. Pollak

 

 

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has warned power consumers in Texas to conserve energy on Monday afternoon and evening because there will not be enough wind power to operate the power grid reliably in peak demand.

 

Though Texas is known for its role in the oil industry, it is also the nation’s number-one producer of wind energy. During a cold snap in the winter of 2021, however, wind turbines froze and many Texans found themselves without electricity.

 

Now that scenario is likely to repeat itself, albeit due to high temperatures that are accompanied by calm conditions.

 

ERCOT said in a statement:

 

With extreme hot weather driving record power demand across Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is issuing a Conservation Appeal, asking Texans and Texas businesses to voluntarily conserve electricity, Monday, July 11 between 2-8 p.m. ERCOT also issued a Watch for a projected reserve capacity shortage from 2-8 p.m. At this time, no system-wide outages are expected.

…

Factors driving the need for this important action by customers:

 

Record high electric demand. The heat wave that has settled on Texas and much of the central United States is driving increased electric use. Other grid operators are operating under similar conservative operations programs as ERCOT due to the heatwave.

 

Low wind. While solar power is generally reaching near full generation capacity, wind generation is currently generating significantly less than what it historically generated in this time period. Current projections show wind generation coming in less than 10 percent of its capacity.

 

The failure of wind power during peak demand comes as President Joe Biden and other leaders are pressing the nation to give up on fossil fuels in favor of “renewable” sources like wind and solar — and often without mentioning nuclear power.

 

 

 

https://www.ercot.com/news/release?id=90030206-5cf5-db8e-13d1-f8fe2bd0128f

 

https://www.caller.com/story/news/2021/09/03/texas-leads-as-national-wind-energy-capactiy-reaches-record-high/5681084001/

 

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/07/11/texas-tells-consumers-to-conserve-electricity-as-wind-energy-falls-short/

 

So what you're saying is that ERCOT didn't sufficiently diversify it's power sources to prevent outages?

 

Also, turbines freezing wasn't the driver of the outage in the 2021 cold snap. Plus, wind turbines can be weatherized to prevent them from freezing. Texas just didn't do that.

[Tiberius]

51 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

Green energy ?  What they aren't saying above.

 

Texas Tells Consumers to Conserve Electricity as Wind Energy Falls Short

by Joel B. Pollak

 

 

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has warned power consumers in Texas to conserve energy on Monday afternoon and evening because there will not be enough wind power to operate the power grid reliably in peak demand.

 

Though Texas is known for its role in the oil industry, it is also the nation’s number-one producer of wind energy. During a cold snap in the winter of 2021, however, wind turbines froze and many Texans found themselves without electricity.

 

Now that scenario is likely to repeat itself, albeit due to high temperatures that are accompanied by calm conditions.

 

ERCOT said in a statement:

 

With extreme hot weather driving record power demand across Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is issuing a Conservation Appeal, asking Texans and Texas businesses to voluntarily conserve electricity, Monday, July 11 between 2-8 p.m. ERCOT also issued a Watch for a projected reserve capacity shortage from 2-8 p.m. At this time, no system-wide outages are expected.

…

Factors driving the need for this important action by customers:

 

Record high electric demand. The heat wave that has settled on Texas and much of the central United States is driving increased electric use. Other grid operators are operating under similar conservative operations programs as ERCOT due to the heatwave.

 

Low wind. While solar power is generally reaching near full generation capacity, wind generation is currently generating significantly less than what it historically generated in this time period. Current projections show wind generation coming in less than 10 percent of its capacity.

 

The failure of wind power during peak demand comes as President Joe Biden and other leaders are pressing the nation to give up on fossil fuels in favor of “renewable” sources like wind and solar — and often without mentioning nuclear power.

 

 

 

https://www.ercot.com/news/release?id=90030206-5cf5-db8e-13d1-f8fe2bd0128f

 

https://www.caller.com/story/news/2021/09/03/texas-leads-as-national-wind-energy-capactiy-reaches-record-high/5681084001/

 

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/07/11/texas-tells-consumers-to-conserve-electricity-as-wind-energy-falls-short/

What? Not going to blame AOC for this? LOL!!! 

[BillStime]

 

[BillStime]

idiots

 

 

[ChiGoose]

2 minutes ago, BillStime said:

idiots

 

 

 

Texas has its own grid specifically so that it evades federal regulations. 

 

Cruz knows he's lying but, like many GOP politicians, he thinks people who support him are too dumb to realize he's playing them.

 

I saw this tweet the other day from a candidate for Lt. Gov that does a good explainer of what is going on with the Texas grid:

 

[ChiGoose]

Exclusive: Watch Uvalde school shooting video obtained by Statesman showing police response

 

The video is incredibly difficult to watch, but I do recommend reading the article.

 

Two screenshots that tell you all you need to know:

Here's a good guy with a gun, checking out his phone with a Punisher logo wallpaper while children are murdered down the hall

 

 

And here's another good guy with a gun, getting some hand sanitizer while children are murdered down the hall.

[Tiberius]

Conservation alert!! Turn down that AC

 

 

[Doc]

Why doesn't Grewsome fix the California grid?

[BillStime]

 

[SoCal Deek]

24 minutes ago, BillStime said:

 

OK…I’m calling it! Fake news. This guy doesn’t have a single Ukrainian flag in his Twitter banner. 

[Doc]

Couldn't be all the illegals...

[BillStime]

10 minutes ago, Doc said:

Couldn't be all the illegals...

[ChiGoose]

6 minutes ago, Doc said:

Couldn't be all the illegals...

 

Nice telling on yourself with that comment, but if you were really interested, here are some stats:

 

Quote

Here are the 10 states with the highest maternal mortality:

Louisiana (58.1 per 100k)

Georgia (48.4 per 100k)

Indiana (43.6 per 100k)

New Jersey (38.1 per 100k)

Arkansas (37.5 per 100k)

Alabama (36.4 per 100k)

Missouri (34.6 per 100k)

Texas (34.5 per 100k)

South Carolina (27.9 per 100k)

Arizona (27.3 per 100k)

 

The states with the lowest maternal mortality rate are:

California (4.0 per 100k)

Massachusetts (8.4 per 100k)

Nevada (8.4 per 100k)

Connecticut (10.5 per 100k)

Colorado (11.5 per 100k)

 

The United States as a whole has a fairly high maternal mortality rate, tied for 57th and below such countries as Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Belarus.

[Doc]

46 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:

Nice telling on yourself with that comment, but if you were really interested, here are some stats:

 

 

The states with the lowest maternal mortality rate are:

California (4.0 per 100k)

Massachusetts (8.4 per 100k)

Nevada (8.4 per 100k)

Connecticut (10.5 per 100k)

Colorado (11.5 per 100k)

 

The United States as a whole has a fairly high maternal mortality rate, tied for 57th and below such countries as Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Belarus.

 

Telling what on myself?  That people from a 3rd world country like Mexico and who are illegal and don't seek healthcare, are sicker?  Got me!

 

And the US counts infant mortality different than the rest of the world.  If we reported them like everyone else, we'd be one of the best.

[ChiGoose]

3 minutes ago, Doc said:

And the US counts infant mortality different than the rest of the world.  If we reported them like everyone else, we'd be one of the best.

 

(citation needed)

[DrW]

2 hours ago, Doc said:

 

And the US counts infant mortality different than the rest of the world.  If we reported them like everyone else, we'd be one of the best.

 

That is not true. Different from you, I actually have a study that backs my point of view.

 

https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w20525/w20525.pdf

 

Summary

The US has higher infant mortality than peer countries. In this paper, we combine micro-data from the US with similar data from four European countries to investigate this US infant mortality disadvantage. The US disadvantage persists after adjusting for potential differential reporting of births near the threshold of viability. While the importance of birth weight varies across comparison countries, relative to all comparison countries the US has similar neonatal (<1 month) mortality but higher postneonatal (1-12 months) mortality. We document similar patterns across Census divisions within the US. The postneonatal mortality disadvantage is driven by poor birth outcomes among lower socioeconomic status individuals.

 

In their discussion, the authors specifically note, "infants born to white, college-educated, married women in the U.S. have mortality rates that are essentially indistinguishable from a similar advantaged demographic in Austria and Finland."

These are the people well-covered by health insurance, both in Europe and in the US.

Edited July 15, 2022 by DrW

[Doc]

2 hours ago, DrW said:

 

That is not true. Different from you, I actually have a study that backs my point of view.

 

https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w20525/w20525.pdf

 

Summary

The US has higher infant mortality than peer countries. In this paper, we combine micro-data from the US with similar data from four European countries to investigate this US infant mortality disadvantage. The US disadvantage persists after adjusting for potential differential reporting of births near the threshold of viability. While the importance of birth weight varies across comparison countries, relative to all comparison countries the US has similar neonatal (<1 month) mortality but higher postneonatal (1-12 months) mortality. We document similar patterns across Census divisions within the US. The postneonatal mortality disadvantage is driven by poor birth outcomes among lower socioeconomic status individuals.

 

In their discussion, the authors specifically note, "infants born to white, college-educated, married women in the U.S. have mortality rates that are essentially indistinguishable from a similar advantaged demographic in Austria and Finland."

These are the people well-covered by health insurance, both in Europe and in the US.

 

This is what I found:

 

http://pediatricalliance.com/infant-mortality/

 

Quote

When the “non-viable” live births are excluded, the infant mortality rate comes much closer to the rates of our European counterparts: 4.2 deaths per 1,000 live births (a 40% difference). This is good news.  The question is: where and when are most infant deaths happening in this country?

 

[DrW]

11 hours ago, Doc said:

 

This is what I found:

 

http://pediatricalliance.com/infant-mortality/

 

 

 

Interesting. Both write-ups are actually based on the same data. My source was the original study, your source somebody else's interpretation of the study. The correction for reporting differences indeed brings the US "much closer to the rates of our European counterparts" (your source), but "US disadvantage persists" (original study).

Your source concludes: "Unless the U.S. improves (and ultimately ensures) access for all — healthcare policy that American citizens still cannot agree upon — the discrepancy of infant mortality among nations is likely to continue to be glaring."

 

[LeviF]

Does the infant mortality rate in this study include death via abuse/neglect?

[Doc]

13 minutes ago, DrW said:

Interesting. Both write-ups are actually based on the same data. My source was the original study, your source somebody else's interpretation of the study. The correction for reporting differences indeed brings the US "much closer to the rates of our European counterparts" (your source), but "US disadvantage persists" (original study).

Your source concludes: "Unless the U.S. improves (and ultimately ensures) access for all — healthcare policy that American citizens still cannot agree upon — the discrepancy of infant mortality among nations is likely to continue to be glaring."

 

The bottom line is we can and need to do better.  That involves everyone, including the parent(s).

 

7 minutes ago, LeviF said:

Does the infant mortality rate in this study include death via abuse/neglect?

 

Yes.

Edited July 15, 2022 by Doc

[LeviF]

3 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

 

Yes.

 

Then this needs to be looked at rather closely before any policy ideas can be spun from it. Same as the nonsense behind "black 'birth-givers' have a higher mortality than white ones."

Edited July 15, 2022 by LeviF

[Tiberius]

 

[Tiberius]

 

[Boatdrinks]

On 7/14/2022 at 4:12 PM, ChiGoose said:

 

Nice telling on yourself with that comment, but if you were really interested, here are some stats:

 

 

The states with the lowest maternal mortality rate are:

California (4.0 per 100k)

Massachusetts (8.4 per 100k)

Nevada (8.4 per 100k)

Connecticut (10.5 per 100k)

Colorado (11.5 per 100k)

 

The United States as a whole has a fairly high maternal mortality rate, tied for 57th and below such countries as Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Belarus.

I’d venture that the top 10 states also have a higher obesity rate than the lowest ones. Many of our health issues in America can be traced to our poor choices in diet, exercise, etc. 

[ALF]

The rising cost of energy and limited access to housing with A/C is creating a dangerous summer for low-income Texans

Miranda says she pays about $350 a month for electricity when the city sees triple-digit temperatures. The three window air-conditioning units in her 789-square-feet apartment are only able to cool the rooms to about 80-85 degrees.

 

"We have tenants that are choosing to not turn on the A/C so that they can still pay their rent and not be homeless. Or they're choosing take their medicine over having air conditioning and that should never be the case," Miranda added.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/23/us/heat-wave-low-income-communities-reaj/index.html

 

Texas does not have a state income tax to help pay for a better  power grid and hurricane damage so not surprising.

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

On 7/18/2022 at 1:04 PM, Tiberius said:

 

A bigoted, misandristic political ad suggesting a person defined by both race and gender is apparently responsible for all societal ills and may come to burn you out of your home and much, much worse….coming from residents of a deeply southern state.
 

History repeats, and this ad has a very creepy, almost robotic Stepford Wives vibe to it.