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sybylla

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20. I'd be thrilled if he only managed to get rid of half of them.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2023, 09:47 AM

Sep 2023

I am quite disturbed to receive an email from my rural electric coop putting the knuckle-dragger in rural as they claimed that because the August heat wave was mitigated by using primarily coal, that we can't ever get rid of coal. Idjits.

What they fail to understand is that a heat wave like that doesn't happen without SUN. JFC.

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Michael Bloomberg pumps $500 million into bid to close all US coal plants [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 OP

Hmmmm Traildogbob Sep 2023 #1

Heehee. Yep, Manchin the perpetual pain in the ass to us Dems. brush Sep 2023 #2

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I am all for his possible stroke Traildogbob Sep 2023 #6

And the GOP BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #7

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Ambitious even for a multi-billionaire bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #8

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i hope he's ok being a climate hero MadameButterfly Sep 2023 #11

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he bought his first term as mayor MadameButterfly Sep 2023 #18

Being in Philly and following NY politics BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #19

Very commendable! Bayard Sep 2023 #13

That man. Half the time I want to hug him and half the Scrivener7 Sep 2023 #14

I'd be thrilled if he only managed to get rid of half of them. sybylla Sep 2023 #20