On Greg Abbott and "Tort Reform"

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There is a pervasive myth that independent voters determine elections. More "identify" as independents in polling. But most of those routinely vote D or R. (They don't behave as independents; they just prefer the label.)

Only 7% don't lean either way and a lot of them don't usually vote.

Elections are driven mostly by turnout. 55% are D or independents who routinely vote D.

Source:

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/03/14/political-independents-who-they-are-what-they-think/

#politics

Barack Obama for VP!!!

If nothing else, it would be cool to watch certain people's head melt in real time.

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Sonofabitch -power is out again. After just getting it back Saturday night. Do we need to crank up the generator and run extension cords again?

@Alfred How can I couple the exhaust for a Hisense AP0522CR1W to a standard 5.9 inch hose? Is there an adapter?

"Don't want to" meaning those things were done from necessity. I remember how it was with zero nostalgia to go back.

I LOVED leaving behind frigid winters moving back south from the Midwest. People from the north move here amd complain of the heat. But mostly people just stay inside in the summer here as they stay inside during winter there.

Spring and Fall are our "Summer." Winter is great other than short days (mostly, freezes excluded.)

There is a reason all the major population centers were in the north before air conditioning became affordable in 60s. Since, the southern cities have grown much faster. (There was a correlation study that showed the inflection point perfectly aligned.)

I grew up in the south without AC. Houses also were built with attic fans, breezeway, screened porches, even "sleeping porches" . We still got hot, but people kept cross flow going.

Can't do that with modern homes. Don't want to really.

Finally reading responses, yes it is hotter now than "back then" but it was always hot in Houston.

Acclimating? Sorta, but people are dying in this heat. It just isn't "being used to it" like we are less tolerant of the cold than people who live in The North.
And people didn't live as long back in the day. I can't help think cumulative stress didn’t shorten lives of those lived in it constantly.

We didn't touch much of our "hurricane food" since HEB was open later on Monday. Spent a lot of time going there just for updates (there weren't many) and buying sandwiches.

Between that and trips to Home Depot and gas runs (got chippy in gas lines, people got heated) we relished sitting in an AC car for a while.

Others are worse off with some out till 17th further out. We were worse than most but better than many 460K still without power.

Finally back with power. We got power Thursday night but cell service was still crappy. Then another storm on Friday knocked us back off for 27 more hours. Cell service got better middle of Friday night. (Ask me how I know. Power outage is hell on your sleep.)

I woke up every time the generator ran out of gas and the fans went off.

We literally just had time to roll up extension cords, put away fans, plug things back, when power was out again.

#Beryl
We booked a kennel yesterday for our dogs. 15 year old border collie was STRUGGLING. Mid aged mutt was sleeping through it. Young husky mix was vocal about her displeasure. (Not worried about her physically, but she was driving us nuts.)

Fortunate to get a slot. Go be expensive though.

Few hotels with power are BOOKED. (We checked.) Houston with no AC is hell. How did people live before it?

Oy, day 3 after Hurricane Beryl and I have little idea what happened in world since Monday.

Power, internet, and to add insult to injury, cell service was out since early Monday for me. I can drive out a bit to get cell service.

Most debris is cleared in my area and some light signals are working. Stores and restaurants with power are crowded.

We have a gas generator but trouble finding gas with lines at most stations. Waited it out and one tank didn't make a full night.

Horrible analogy.

Scanning and reinforcing my decision to totally skip the debate.

Of course, I find it impossible to comprehend indecision in this choice. Show me an undecided voter and I'll show you someone not keeping up with current events.

We are stuck with a bad electoral system, but only one side is remotely interested in fixing it.

No protest votes. No petulant withholding your vote because of differences in specific policies. Vote to survive a trend toward kakistocracy.