and, apparently, some other states in the center part of the country are getting a hint of what it is like for more rural folks.

We plan for power outages. They are,  if not expected, at least likely during winter storms (or summer storms). we are generally the first to lose power and the last to get it back….City folks? Yeah, they generally live life expecting that if there is an issue with power, or water, or any other service, a couple of guys with a truck will come and fix it in an hour or so.

Therefore we that live in a more rural area, where this is often not the case, either have alternative sources of electrical power, or alternative forms of heat (or both).

I have a small genset for outages lasting only hours. I have the BIG genset for outages lasting days….’Cause if I need the well, then I need a bigger generator, but that burns LOTS of fuel. so I prefer not to fire it up unless I need the well….and with a bit of planning, I can run everything else without the big genset….I use wood as my primary source of heat, with the natural gas furnace as a backup….both need electricity for the blower, but the woodstove will keep the house warm even without it, albeit at a loss in efficiency..

Lots of folks have whole house generators for this reason…..

Very few use electricity as the primary source of heat though…most use Dead Dinosaurs (or other forms of carbon) as their means of heat and use the electricity to run the fan.

Perhaps this might make the city folks have a better understanding of what Rural folks have to deal with (likely not though…they will forget in a month or two) and be less open to the upcoming envronmental/Glowbal Warming/Climate Change initiatives….

I have a cousin in the greater Dallas Metro area who has found this whole debacle an enlightening experience……Being as she lives in an All Electric house…..

Very dusty indeed.

Via Kenny

If a dog could talk

It’s been a long time, but goddamn, I miss Schmoo.

Babylon Bee:

People Who Moved To Texas From California Finally Feeling At Home Now That Power Is Out

To be fair, it wasn’t entirely the fault of the Green New Deal types, nor the EPA policies that caused the blackouts.

Nonehtelss, the article is pretty funny.

Apparently dead from Cancer at age 70.

For 32 years, he angered Libeals and advanced his version of Conservatism.

I am sure the Biden folks are glad he is gone so they are not the target.

RIP Mr. Limbaugh.

If he really believes what he says, the Mitch McConnel should ahve voted for impeachement…But he didn’t.

Yet here we have Ol’ Mitch telling the world that he believes that “There is no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day,”….But he voted for acquittal.

He’s trying to find a way to straddle the fence.

At the end of it, the RNC does not want Donald Trump, or anyone like him, to be president. THey want someone they can control, someone that will keep the status quo… only with a bit of a Republican “lean” to his positions…..and one that will not fix the issues with the country.

It is my opinion that the RNC is simply an arm of the powers that control both parties.

I sincerely hope that in the next two elections people remember the actions of the Senators and Congressmen that claim to be true Republicans, but are really just puppets.  I’m not saying their replacements will be any better, but these folks have shown us their true colors and they deserve to be out on their ear….tossed to the streets…preferably THROUGH the doors of the Capitol.

Mr McConnell, you are a weasel of the first order.

We got about 18 inches of fluffy white stuff last night….plus drifts.

So I spent the morning moving Global Warming off of my and my neighbor’s driveways with the tractor.

Plus pulling a snowplow out of a snowbank.

My next door neighbor has a new blade for his 4 wheeler, and together, we can clear and clean up a driveway pretty well. Brute force with the tractor, and precision with his little 3′ X 14″ blade. I ain’t precision, and I gotta be careful ’cause I can do real damage. I move the bulk, he makes it pretty.

I mean, Biden is already talking about a ban on “Assault Rifles” and other restrictions on gun owners and Second Amendment issues….

We should start a pool on when there will be a mass Shooting Event featuring “AR-15 style” rifles and “High Capacity Magazines”. There will be, you can bet on it. THe question is When and How Many.

I’ll take a square for Mid April. 33 shot.

It is odd that there have been none (at least none hyped/publicized/sensationalized by the media) in the last few years….they all had the BLM (Mostly Peaceful) protests and other “Racial Inequities” to sensationalize and stir the population up about instead. But now that the election is over and they need to try to get rid of guns and demonize gun owners……

Place your selections in comments.

But it is worth the read:

” We actually have to actually earn equal status”

Every other demographic succeeds and does not have a bunch of white Liberals making excuses for them. Even immigrants who have african in their ancestry succedd more than native born Black people. I, like the author, think it is the culture …one of failure and excuses, that makes Black people fail to succeed, rather than “Raciss” whites.

But then again, I  (and my family and most of my friends and acquaintances)  worked hard to succeed and no one made any excuses for my failures and setbacks, so that might be racism in iself.

‘Twould seem that the president of Bluefield College has some guts. He told the basketball players that there would be no kneeling during the National Anthem.

They felt they could dictate the terms. He disabused them of the idea by suspending the players who knelt and forfeiting the game.

The players are, of course, all butthurt,. Too bad.

We were using the term “Margin of Fraud” before Donald trump even RAN for President.

The phrase “Vote Early, Vote Often” and “Where the Dead arise to vote” hs been reality in Illinois since I was in elementary school….

So don’t give me that bullshit about the “False Narrative” from Trump about voter fraud engendering the “violence at the Capitol”…