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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1109921)	1/12/2019 2:05:13 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 1583622

so you are glad he is gonna stop watching terrorists. you joined ISIS didn't you, always knew you were a traitor to this country

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1109921)	1/12/2019 2:15:37 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583622

Shep Smith Thinks Commie De Blasio Is Doing a Great Job 8 sentinel

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1109921)	1/12/2019 3:59:29 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583622

Good job ERCOT reserve margin declines further as municipality pulls Texas coal peaker Dive Brief: For the third consecutive year, the Texas Municipal Power Agency (TMPA) informed the state’s grid operator that it will pull its 470 MW Gibbons Creek coal plant offline this summer and instead purchase cheaper energy for customers on the open market. The plant has been operated as a summer peaking facility in recent years, but with the rise of low-cost wind in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market, the municipal power agency sees little value in keeping the plant ready to go. == Solar power capacity in Texas expected to double, making life tougher for power companies Wind energy, at least, that tends to be strongest at night and during the cooler months, when Texas’ power demand tanks and prices are low anyway. But solar panels produce electricity when Texas needs it most and merchant power companies have made their money — the hottest parts of summer days. The additional electricity could moderate price spikes during these periods of peak demand, which would be good for consumers, but not so good for the profit margins of traditional power generators. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which oversees 90 percent of the state’s grid, expects to solar power capacity to reach about 2,000 megawatts by the end of 2018, up from 1,100 megawatts last year and just 15 megawatts in 2010. Solar capacity is expected to reach 3,000 megawatts by 2020., . (One megawatt is enough to power 200 homes on a hot Texas day.) Texas’ was the fourth fastest growing solar state in 2017, and is expected to rise to second over the next five years, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, a national trade group. California and North Carolina added the most solar capacity last year. Texas is considered prime location for the solar industry because of its abundance of land and sunshine. More than half of the planned solar projects are in Pecos County, a West Texas hub for utility-scale solar power, or solar farms that have the capacity to generate at least 1 megawatt of electricity. Utility-scale projects are eligible for a state tax abatement — up to 80 percent for 10 years — but the real incentive for developers is the transmission that connects remote renewable energy projects to markets in the state’s populations centers. More transmission lines are expected to be added in 2019 and 2020, likely driving another burst of solar installations.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1109921)	1/12/2019 4:03:42 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583622

Chairman Engel (D-NY) Replacing Terrorism Committee W/Trump Investigation Oneby Jeff Dunetz \| Jan 11, 2019 \| Foreign Policy/Terrorism, Politics 267SHARES Share Tweet If there is any doubt what the priorities of the new Democratic Party-controlled this will remove the ambiguity. With the takeover of the House of Representatives by the Dems. Eliot Engel (D-NY) becomes the chairman of the House foreign relations committee. His first move as chairman of the committee will be to disband the subcommittee on Terrorism and replace it with a brand new subcommittee devoted to investigating President Trump. As reported by the New Yorker After the 9/11 attacks, Engel’s predecessors on Foreign Affairs set up a new terrorism subcommittee, which underscored America’s sudden, obsessive focus on countering such threats. It is telling that this is the subcommittee that Engel will now eliminate in favor of his new investigative panel. There “wasn’t a great clamor” to keep the terrorism panel, Engel told me, whereas there is no end to the Trump foreign-policy scandals that his members are pushing to investigate. “We just thought, if we’re going to do something relevant in this era where Congress is going to reassert itself, where there are so many questionable activities of this Administration vis-à-vis foreign policy, that it made sense to have this.” Trump, in other words, is a bigger threat than terrorism. At least for now. take our poll - story continues below Will you vote for President Trump in 2020 if he can’t get the wall built? Trending: Why Wasn’t Fence Stipulated In Secure Fence Act Of 2006 Built? Really now Rep. Engel? Since President Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2017, through the end of 2018, there have been 3,948 Islamist terror attacks worldwide. Those attacks killed 27,119 people and injured another 23,456. During the same time, there have been 12 attacks in the US, killing 20 people and wounding another 31. That isn’t enough of a threat to you? Maybe you should get your head out of your party-first arse and smell the terrorist-hummus. House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadow (R-NC) who is also a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee told Fox News: “The government is shut down, our border remains vulnerable, and instead of negotiating, Democrats want to establish another committee to investigate President Trump. We’re barely a week into the Democrat majority and already we’re seeing a disturbing, myopic focus on targeting the President rather than solutions to help American families.” He added: “It seems the President keeps his focus on defeating ISIS while Democrats keep their focus on defeating Donald Trump.” Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Long Island Republican who also serves on the committee, Engel’s decision “very disappointing.” “The effort by House Democrats to obstruct, resist, impeach and oppose everything and anything is not in the best interest of our country,” Zeldin said in a statement to Fox News on Friday. “Congress has important oversight powers and they must be used judiciously. Dissolving a committee entirely focused on fighting terrorism, pursuing nuclear non-proliferation, and improving trade policy couldn’t possibly make any less sense to me.” He added: “We are one nation, not two nations, and today’s anti-President hate is raging dangerously away from what is best for our country.” Folks when one puts this decision together with the present border security fight it is clear that the Democratic Party doesn’t care about the protection of American Citizens as much as they care about hurting president Trump, they should be ashamed of themselves.