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To: longnshort who wrote (1099038)	11/11/2018 5:04:49 PM
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TRUMP IS SMARTER THAN THE ENTIRE MEDIA COMBINED

To: longnshort who wrote (1099038)	11/11/2018 5:48:05 PM
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“98% of mass public shootings in the United States since 1950 have occurred in places where guns are banned.” From the article below: “98% of mass public shootings in the United States since 1950 have occurred in places where guns are banned.” Thousand Oaks included. This gets little media attention. https://t.co/EXthephqMM — Brit Hume (@brithume) November 10, 2018

To: longnshort who wrote (1099038)	11/11/2018 5:55:38 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 1577883

Congrats to trumptards in voting for the BIGGEST MORON DUMBASS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH SHT FOR BRAINS POS tRump... ROTFLMFAO... too funny... Unreal. @realDonaldTrump mixed up the “Baltics” with the “Balkans,” and blamed Baltic leaders for the war in Yugoslavia. Trump’s wife* @MelaniaTrump was born in the Balkans.🙄 https://t.co/t4sn6PUqUZ — Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) November 10, 2018

To: longnshort who wrote (1099038)	11/12/2018 8:11:13 AM
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OOPS! Indiana Utility Says Replacing Coal With Renewables Will Save Customers $4 Billion Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Facebook November 8th, 2018 by Steve Hanley cleantechnica.com Coal is king in Indiana when it comes to making electricity, but not for much longer. On October 31, Northern Indiana Public Service Co. filed its latest Integrated Resource Plan— the company’s road map to the future. After considering more than 30 different proposals, NIPSCO found a mix of solar, wind, energy storage, and demand management — along with a small amount of purchases from Midcontinent ISO — to be the most cost effective way to supply its customers with electricity in coming years. In fact, the analysis that went into creating the IRP shows the plan will save NIPSCO customers more than $4 billion over the next 30 years. The plan will see the role of coal decrease from 65% today to 15% in 2023 before reaching zero in 2028. The company owns and operates the 1900 MW Schahfer coal generating station located in Wheatfield, Indiana. Schahfer is one of the dirtiest facilities in the US, spewing out more than 8 million tons of carbon dioxide a year. Its newest units were built in the 1980s. To replace its Schahfer and Michigan City coal fired generating plants, NIPSCO plans to use a mixture of 1,500 MW of solar and storage, 150 MW of wind, 125 MW of efficiency and demand-side management, and 50 MW of market purchases by 2028, according to Utility Dive. The Indiana Coal Council begged the utility to take another look at its figures before making a decision. But even taking the best case scenario suggest by the Council, which included higher natural gas prices than exist today, the numbers still added up to a win for renewables. “Across all scenarios, converting both Unit 17 and 18 [of Schahfer] would cost NIPSCO customers between $540 [million] to $1.04 [billion] more than retirement and replacement with economically optimized resource selections from the RFP results,” the utility reported. The score? Renewables 1, coal 0. That is remarkable in a state that ranks 7th in the US in coal production and 3rd in coal consumption. The transition will come with some costs, however. Connecting all those new renewable resources to the grid will require some expenditures to build new infrastructure. The IRP calls for a temporary increase of $11 in the monthly utility bills of NIPSCO customers, reports the Indianapolis Star. Mark Maasel, president of the Indiana Energy Association, says “There is no question that there are efforts out there to sustain the coal industry, but the reality is that economics are driving the decisions that these utilities are making.” Economics are also doing what the Obama Clean Power Plan wanted to do (the Schahfer plant was one of the primary targets of the CPP) but couldn’t. They will also overwhelm the political fight in places like Arizona where voters last Tuesday rejected a plan that would require the state’s utilities to get 50% of their energy from renewable sources by 2030. Economics will do what politicians cannot. There is no engine on Earth that can restrain the imperative of lower prices for long.

To: longnshort who wrote (1099038)	11/12/2018 8:20:13 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1577883

OOPS! Firefighters BLAST ignorant POS tRump's Trump's 'ill-informed' tweets blaming disaster on 'mismanaged forests' indy100.com President Donald Trump has been criticised by firefighters, experts, and celebrities for his 'ill-informed' and 'wrong' response to the devastating wildfires that are currently ravaging the state of California. The Camp Fire in Northern California has killed 23 and ravaged 108,000 acres; the Woolsey Fire near Los Angeles has killed at least two and has burned nearly 85,000 acres; while the Hill Fire in Ventura County has scorched more than 4,500 acres, reports CNN. In response, Donald Trump took to Twitter to blame the 'gross mismanagement of the forests', and then threatened to cut off federal payments if the 'poor' management wasn't remedied. Taking to the social media site, he wrote: Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments! 120K 1:08 AM - Nov 10, 2018 Twitter Ads info and privacy 131K people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy He then followed up the tweet with another on 11 November, hammering home the same diagnosis of 'forest management' as the cause of the fires: Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump With proper Forest Management, we can stop the devastation constantly going on in California. Get Smart! 97.1K 2:40 AM - Nov 11, 2018 Twitter Ads info and privacy 55.4K people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy There are a number of things wrong with these tweets, and many firefighters, professors of forest management and wildfires, metrologists, and experts have been quick to call them out as 'ill-informed'. First, many argued that 'mismanaged forests' are only one of a number of complex interwoven causes of the devastating wildfires, which include climate change, human building, and unprecedented weather events. Many fire associations were quick to call out the president's tweets. Speaking to CNN, the president of the International Association of Fire Fighters, Harold Schaitberger, said: His comments are reckless and insulting to the firefighters and people being affected. The Pasadena Fire Association also took issue with the 'wrong' response. Writing on Twitter they said: Mr. President, with all due respect, you are wrong. The fires in So. Cal are urban interface fires and have NOTHING to do with forest management. Pasadena Fire Assn.@PFA809 Mr. President, with all due respect, you are wrong. The fires in So. Cal are urban interface fires and have NOTHING to do with forest management. Come to SoCal and learn the facts & help the victims. Scott Austin, Pres IAFF 809. @IAFFNewsDesk Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments! 306K 10:21 AM - Nov 10, 2018 Twitter Ads info and privacy 93.2K people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy The IAFF FireFigthers also countered the blame, calling it: Irresponsible, Reckless and Insulting IAFF@IAFFNewsDesk #IAFF Calls @realDonaldTrump Tweet on #CaliforniaWildfires Response “Irresponsible, Reckless and Insulting” t.co 635 1:49 PM - Nov 10, 2018 Twitter Ads info and privacy 370 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy In Southern California, the Woolsey Fire has forced many Hollywood stars from their homes, and the cause of the fire is not mismanaged forests. The affected areas aren't pine forests, but shrublands, meaning there's no forest to log. Crystal Kolden, a former wild land firefighter and associate professor in forest rangeland and fire sciences at the University of Idaho, tweeted: Right. I'm sure that there is a long list of logging companies waiting to log chaparral shrublands and oak woodlands and grasslands. The most destructive and deadly fires in CA are NOT in forests. This is grossly irresponsible and uninformed. Dr. Crystal A. Kolden@pyrogeog Right. I'm sure that there is a long list of logging companies waiting to log chaparral shrublands and oak woodlands and grasslands. The most destructive and deadly fires in CA are NOT in forests. This is grossly irresponsible and uninformed. Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments! 270 7:56 AM - Nov 10, 2018 Twitter Ads info and privacy 122 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Rob Elvington, a metrologist, explained how for the last three months, California has been facing 'unprecedented' and 'record' levels of flash drought. Rob Elvington@RobElvington Pick your timescale. 1-week, 3-week, 6-week, 3-month EDDI all at record levels. Unprecedented dryness from heat, winds, low humidity & lack of precipitation. #CAwx #CampFire @hydromet_man 12 2:17 PM - Nov 10, 2018 See Rob Elvington's other Tweets Twitter Ads info and privacy An unprecedented number of celebrities have been impacted by the fires, with many such as Caitlyn Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Iggy Azalea and Gerard Butler being forced from their Malibu and California homes. A number of celebrities also replied to Trump's tweet on Saturday, blaming the fires on climate change, and calling Trump's response 'heartless'. Taking to Twitter, Katy Perry said: This is an absolutely heartless response. There aren’t even politics involved. Just good American families losing their homes as you tweet, evacuating into shelters. KATY PERRY ?@katyperry This is an absolutely heartless response. There aren’t even politics involved. Just good American families losing their homes as you tweet, evacuating into shelters. Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments! 68K 1:50 AM - Nov 10, 2018 Twitter Ads info and privacy 16.1K people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Leonardo DiCaprio also replied, blaming the fires on climate change: The reason these wildfires have worsened is because of climate change and a historic drought. Helping victims and fire relief efforts in our state should not be a partisan issue. Leonardo DiCaprio ?@LeoDiCaprio The reason these wildfires have worsened is because of climate change and a historic drought. Helping victims and fire relief efforts in our state should not be a partisan issue. t.co 18K 4:32 PM - Nov 10, 2018 Twitter Ads info and privacy Cal Fire Chief Calls President Trump’s Wildfire Claims ‘Uninformed’The head of Cal Fire spoke to KPIX 5 Friday during an exclusive sit-down interview, giving him a chance to discount President Trump's recent claims that California's destructive wildfires are a... sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com 4,921 people are talking about this