dagblog - Comments for "[TEXAS DISASTER NEWS II] Froze to death in his recliner in Abilene" http://dagblog.com/link/texas-disaster-news-froze-death-his-recliner-abilene-33916 Comments for "[TEXAS DISASTER NEWS II] Froze to death in his recliner in Abilene" en He may be an ass, but many http://dagblog.com/comment/301163#comment-301163 <a id="comment-301163"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/301162#comment-301162">What an ass. #txlege https:/</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>He may be an ass, but many people come across horridly on video without some coaching. It's delusional to think that public figures/speakers should assume just talking naturally is good enough. We all know the famous Nixon 5-o'clock-shadow (bad lighting) example. I personally have an awful news/voice-over voice, and slide into monotone and sullen whatever my normal proclivities.</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 25 Feb 2021 06:46:10 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 301163 at http://dagblog.com What an ass. #txlege https:/ http://dagblog.com/comment/301162#comment-301162 <a id="comment-301162"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/texas-disaster-news-froze-death-his-recliner-abilene-33916">[TEXAS DISASTER NEWS II] Froze to death in his recliner in Abilene</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">What an ass. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txlege</a> <a href="https://t.co/vqe9txXiia">https://t.co/vqe9txXiia</a></p> — Reed Galen (@reedgalen) <a href="https://twitter.com/reedgalen/status/1364824446649864195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Thu, 25 Feb 2021 06:36:21 +0000 artappraiser comment 301162 at http://dagblog.com Andrew Mitchell, his wife http://dagblog.com/comment/301161#comment-301161 <a id="comment-301161"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/texas-disaster-news-froze-death-his-recliner-abilene-33916">[TEXAS DISASTER NEWS II] Froze to death in his recliner in Abilene</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Andrew Mitchell, his wife Kisha Pinnock, their 2 year-old son, Blake and Andrew's apprentice Isaiah Pinnock filled their truck with plumbing supplies and drove 22 hours from New Jersey to Texas to help people in need.<br /><br /> This is the America I love <a href="https://t.co/AeypsKTKpB">https://t.co/AeypsKTKpB</a></p> — Brad Beauregard Jr (@BradBeauregardJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/BradBeauregardJ/status/1364819925823590407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Thu, 25 Feb 2021 06:32:45 +0000 artappraiser comment 301161 at http://dagblog.com NEWS: @POTUS and @FLOTUS are http://dagblog.com/comment/301060#comment-301060 <a id="comment-301060"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/texas-disaster-news-froze-death-his-recliner-abilene-33916">[TEXAS DISASTER NEWS II] Froze to death in his recliner in Abilene</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">NEWS: <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FLOTUS</a> are traveling to Houston on Friday &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="https://t.co/jhGqY9Rkw3">https://t.co/jhGqY9Rkw3</a></p> — Ike Hajinazarian (@ikehaji46) <a href="https://twitter.com/ikehaji46/status/1364257985183313928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:30:36 +0000 artappraiser comment 301060 at http://dagblog.com Krugman: http://dagblog.com/comment/301040#comment-301040 <a id="comment-301040"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/texas-disaster-news-froze-death-his-recliner-abilene-33916">[TEXAS DISASTER NEWS II] Froze to death in his recliner in Abilene</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Krugman:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">"The collapse of the Texas power grid didn’t just reveal a few shortcomings. It showed that the entire philosophy behind the state’s energy policy is wrong," writes <a href="https://twitter.com/paulkrugman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PaulKrugman</a>. <a href="https://t.co/xa2z0Bf94o">https://t.co/xa2z0Bf94o</a> nytopinion</p> — Dr. Joseph Frusci (@JFrusci) <a href="https://twitter.com/JFrusci/status/1364054538890735619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Tue, 23 Feb 2021 03:28:02 +0000 artappraiser comment 301040 at http://dagblog.com story filed 15 mins. ago: http://dagblog.com/comment/300982#comment-300982 <a id="comment-300982"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/texas-disaster-news-froze-death-his-recliner-abilene-33916">[TEXAS DISASTER NEWS II] Froze to death in his recliner in Abilene</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>story filed 15 mins. ago:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">UPDATE: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality told CNN that some 8.8 million people — roughly a third of the state's population — still have issues with their water supply <a href="https://t.co/nlR9DktaGr">https://t.co/nlR9DktaGr</a> axios</p> — Dr. Joseph Frusci (@JFrusci) <a href="https://twitter.com/JFrusci/status/1363748891347320834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:15:54 +0000 artappraiser comment 300982 at http://dagblog.com It's confirmed: The blackouts http://dagblog.com/comment/300975#comment-300975 <a id="comment-300975"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/texas-disaster-news-froze-death-his-recliner-abilene-33916">[TEXAS DISASTER NEWS II] Froze to death in his recliner in Abilene</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">It's confirmed: The blackouts in Texas are primarily because of frozen instruments at gas, coal and nuclear plants -- as well limited supplies of gas, according to Ercot.<br /><br /> Frozen wind turbines were the least significant factor.<a href="https://t.co/10L8Br20iY">https://t.co/10L8Br20iY</a> <a href="https://t.co/MBoWt7BDmu">pic.twitter.com/MBoWt7BDmu</a></p> — Catherine Traywick (@ctraywick) <a href="https://twitter.com/ctraywick/status/1361715146176024578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:17:22 +0000 artappraiser comment 300975 at http://dagblog.com Texas Blackouts Point to http://dagblog.com/comment/300900#comment-300900 <a id="comment-300900"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/texas-disaster-news-froze-death-his-recliner-abilene-33916">[TEXAS DISASTER NEWS II] Froze to death in his recliner in Abilene</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/climate/united-states-infrastructure-storms.html"><img alt="" height="200" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/02/21/climate/21CLI-WEAKNESS-traffic-print1/20CLI-WEAKNESS-traffic-threeByTwoMediumAt2X.jpg?format=pjpg&amp;quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale" style="float:left" width="300" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/climate/united-states-infrastructure-storms.html">Texas Blackouts Point to Coast-to-Coast Crises Waiting to Happen</a></p> <p>By <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/christopher-flavelle">Christopher Flavelle</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/brad-plumer">Brad Plumer</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/hiroko-tabuchi">Hiroko Tabuchi</a>. Feb. 20, Updated 5:41 p.m. ET</p> <p><em>Continent-spanning storms triggered blackouts in several states, halted one-third of U.S. oil production and disrupted vaccinations across the country.<br /> As climate change brings more frequent and fierce storms, it will stress the country's infrastructure. Failure in one sector could have a domino effect</em></p> <p>Photo Caption: Traffic at a standstill on Interstate 35 in Kileen, Texas, on Thursday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images</p> <p>also see</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/mattress-mack-shelter-houston.html">A furniture store in Houston opened its doors as a refuge. Thousands came for help, and some sleep.</a></p> <p>and</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/climate/wood-banks-winter-maine.html">Community wood banks, like food banks, help people in need</a></p> </div></div></div> Sun, 21 Feb 2021 04:03:38 +0000 artappraiser comment 300900 at http://dagblog.com here's the story about the http://dagblog.com/comment/300899#comment-300899 <a id="comment-300899"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/300872#comment-300872">Some Texans are receiving</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>here's the story about the $17,000 bill and others:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote height="" width=""> <p>What a broken fucking country. <a href="https://t.co/9cRBMNe8xQ">https://t.co/9cRBMNe8xQ</a></p> — Ali Gharib (@Ali_Gharib) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ali_Gharib/status/1363325515357110276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </div></div></div> Sun, 21 Feb 2021 03:48:43 +0000 artappraiser comment 300899 at http://dagblog.com NYTimes' Editorial Board: The http://dagblog.com/comment/300896#comment-300896 <a id="comment-300896"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/texas-disaster-news-froze-death-his-recliner-abilene-33916">[TEXAS DISASTER NEWS II] Froze to death in his recliner in Abilene</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>NYTimes' Editorial Board: <em>The entire nation’s energy delivery system needs an overhaul.</em></p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The Texas disaster has been horrific. It has also teed up what must be the biggest overhaul of America’s critical infrastructure in a century. The moment of opportunity has arrived. It’s up to us to demand that it happen. <a href="https://t.co/wxluuF9cO7">https://t.co/wxluuF9cO7</a></p> — Eric Klinenberg (@EricKlinenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricKlinenberg/status/1363302943823380487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Sun, 21 Feb 2021 01:45:11 +0000 artappraiser comment 300896 at http://dagblog.com