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Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

As for God, His way is blameless;

The word of the LORD is tried;

He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

For who is God, but the LORD?

And who is a rock, except our God,

— Psalm 18:30-31 NAS95

For those who asked for me to update on first grandbaby arrival: She flipped to breech at last minute last night, so my daughter had to have an emergency c-section. Baby is level 2 NICU. Daughter is ok, but it was a grueling 24+ hours. Prayers are appreciated. I will probably be staying near for as long as possible. Thank you.

Juju's avatar

🙏🙏 Praise God for both their lives, and may He quickly intervene and surround the baby with vibrant health and strength while bringing peace to the heart of your daughter. I had three C-sections myself, my last ended up in the NICU and I remember the intensity of those first three days. God hear our prayers.

madaboutmd's avatar

It's so difficult and challenging. Our son was a planned C because he was breach (and big) and our daughter was an emergency C (cord around her neck) just 17 months earlier. Delivery seemed fine but he had a stroke the next day. Thanks be to God our pediatrician was doing her first check of our son when he had a full seizure. Off to the NICU he went.....for 2 1/2 weeks. He's a healthy, kind, hard working college grad in a management position at Amazon. God is good....all the time.

Karmy's avatar

Praying for you all Janice.

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Fred Richmond's avatar

What's wrong with you?? Janice asks for prayer for her daughter and grandbaby and your creepy is to post a troll comment?

Subhuman

Sue Thompson's avatar

Fred honey, it's a bot. You're not replying to somebody. You're replying to a machine.

Susan Stephens's avatar

Annoying regardless; someone is behind the bot, right?

LamedVav disavows all vaxes.'s avatar

fxs - you’ve been blocked, bot.

Marty Kiner's avatar

Prayers for your grand baby, daughter and your family.

Maggie Think of Me's avatar

Congratulations! What a joyful time despite that emergency c-section... We rejoice even as we pray for His healing to overwhelm every circumstance of her arrival and your daughter's care. We serve a God who is surprised by nothing! There is His presence even in this birth! May this precious baby girl never know a day without Jesus! Blessings Janice, to your a yours! Enjoy this and every moment! We celebrate with you!

DMK72's avatar

Praying for you all. 🙏

Clyta's avatar

Prayers for your growing family. 🙏🏼

CStone's avatar

Praying right now for your daughter and her family, and for you.

Lori's avatar

Another brilliant flame sent into the world adding goodness and light. Angels will surround and protect her while God looks upon her with joy at the new life added to our world and to a loving family.

bebevan's avatar

Prayers for you all Janice! 🩷

Sue Rosenthal's avatar

Congratulations!! Praying!!

Foundry Girl's avatar

God bless you and your family and special blessings on your precious grandchild.

Doohmax's avatar

Yep. Hillary posted classified information on a personal server, deleted emails under subpoena and framed her political opponent with a blatant lie. The FBI caught her…..and immediately opened an intense investigation on ……Trump!

Doohmax's avatar

Probably decades of political entitlement where she did what she pleased and was not only protected but rewarded.

YourGalapagosGullfriend's avatar

Well, given that the consequences of standing up to the Clintons was suicide ...

Justin's avatar

One of the first things Bill Clinton did when he was in office was to request the FBI files of everyone in Congress (and more if I recall). People played nice after that. I'm sure Hillary had access to that info.

Susan Stephens's avatar

I didn’t know this; no surprise.

Can ya get more evil than Hillary & Obama?

Roger Kimber, MD's avatar

Oh, I would add Bill, & make it a triumvirate, he doesn’t deserve a pass just because he seems like he is a nice guy.

Carolyn's avatar

What? I think we the people should have those!

Justin's avatar

It took a few prompts from ChatGPT to cough up references, because it kept trying to avoid mention of members of congress included in the records request. It's called "Filegate".

Here's what I finally go from chatgpt, and it included sources (don't know if the links come through)

Key Media Coverage on Congressional FBI Files

1. The New Yorker — “Did the Feds Break the Law?” (July 1996)

This investigative article explored the legal fallout of the FBI providing sensitive background files to the Clinton White House without individual consent. It highlighted that many records—including those of congressional interns and staff—were included in the improper disclosure, and raised legal concerns under the Privacy Act of 1974

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/07/08/did-the-feds-break-the-law?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Intelligence Resource Program+5The New Yorker+5Wikipedia+5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_FBI_files_controversy?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://archive.epic.org/privacy/databases/fbi/filegate/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_travel_office_controversy?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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2. The Washington Post and The New York Times (June–September 1996)

Press accounts and congressional hearing summaries made clear that the White House had obtained as many as 400–900 FBI files, and some of those files pertained to congressional figures or their staff. Committee reports and media articles noted that Republican lawmakers discovered these files while probing both Travelgate and Filegate

Wikipedia

archive.epic.org

Wikipedia

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3. Vanity Fair — “White House Aides: They Who Serve and Suffer” (December 1996)

This piece reviewed the personal and legal consequences for aides involved in Filegate. While focusing mostly on staffers, it mentioned broader congressional involvement when discussing how investigations uncovered files on Capitol Hill personnel as part of the broader scandal

archive.epic.org

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1996/12/white-house-aides-they-who-serve-and-suffer?utm_source=chatgpt.com

4. The New Yorker — “Louis Freeh’s Last Case” (2001)

In covering FBI Director Louis Freeh’s criticism of the White House, the article referenced the controversy that arose when the FBI turned over hundreds of dossiers—including those on congressional staff—as part of the Clinton administration’s efforts to update its personnel files

The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/05/14/louis-freehs-last-case?utm_source=chatgpt.com

BTW, ChatGPT only trusts liberal sites as trustworthy media.

Justin's avatar

You'll be interested to know that all of the popular AI platforms are biased towards liberal causes. Here's a report regarding Claude being instructed to NOT assist in research regarding 2020 election fraud claims.

https://zarkfiles.substack.com/p/a-new-and-worthy-substack-from-the?publication_id=1170737&post_id=169947440&isFreemail=true&r=ow5al&triedRedirect=true

Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

Well, the files were found in her office. So…

SD Scott's avatar

I think this should be outed same as Epstein’s clients; probably some overlap there!

Garden Lover's avatar

One of my mother’s friends knew a lot of Secret Service members. No one wanted to be on it because it was a “death sentence”.

Justin's avatar

Yes. Look for "Filegate" references. I'd look on other search engines besides Google. They don't seem to be too trustworthy with news/info that exposes liberal figures.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

Wow! I don’t remember that, but I believe it.

c Anderson's avatar

Marxists do what they want to obtain and hold power.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

Does anyone know why HRC would do something as stupid as posting classified information on a personal server, and send emails that she must have known were problematic? I don’t think I’ve ever seen an explanation for this downright dumb behavior.

CStone's avatar

I can’t remember anyone ever saying she was intelligent or wise.

Just diabolically evil, hateful, angry, entitled, selfish, willing to sell her soul to satan for a half-penny to gain an inch of power.

But smart?

No.

She has never been called that.

Cheryl Caraglior's avatar

I remember some of the lapdog media calling her the smartest woman in the world. But I think they had confused cunning for intelligence.

Concerned mom's avatar

She's as smart as Joe Biden's son Hunter is the most brilliant person he knows... 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

Lori's avatar

Not the brightest bulb in the bunch.

Dawn B's avatar

I wonder if she is even human.

Call me crazy but I wonder outside the box of reality although I'd prefer to stay in it.

When i think of HRC, I keep replaying her strange erratic behavior in several situations like she was tweaking out.

Then, compare that to the different looking and erratic behaviors of the Joe Bidens. One has to wonder what is going on with these people and what are they doing with them. They have have tools and technology they keep from us as well so is it such a far fetched theory they use masks and clones because they definitely can?

What does all that mean?

Makes me wonder what crazy sinister stuff they are doing to people. The truth is stranger than fiction and realistically, I'm not sure I could handle the whole truth. It is incomprehensibly evil.

However, God knows and their plans will fail.

CStone's avatar

Thinking outside the box might should include this Scripture:

Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV)

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

And Romans 1 (TLV) here is a portion

28 And just as they did not see fit to recognize God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what is not fitting. 29 They became filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents. 31 They are foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God’s righteous decree—that those who practice such things deserve death—they not only do them but also approve of others who practice the same.

There are those who have been “….turned over to a reprobate mind and be damned……”

So are these those who who sit in “high places “?

Because they certainly seem to have been turned over to a reprobate mind. And she was depraved, wicked BEFORE the current technology. It seems to me, from reading about her, she made some evil choices as a very young woman whom she would serve. And she chose self

Lori's avatar

Anything is possible. I keep an open mind. Look what the jabs have done to people and we don't know everything that was in them. They have been shown to cause neuro issues. Imagine with tech, slipping a microchip into someone and resetting their physiology/neurology in some way.

AM Schimberg's avatar

She has been given over to the demonic.

kittynana's avatar

@Dawn- She was at a dinner I attended and stood 5' from me when she entered. The hairon the back of my neck went up and I immediately thought Good God. She's a sociopath." No exaggeration.

Skenny's avatar

She is a psycho, whose documented emotional issues and aggression required heavy tranquilizers. Similarly to Biden, it was clear to objective observers.

Skenny's avatar

She is a psycho, whose documented emotional issues and aggression required heavy tranquilizers. Similarly to Biden, it was clear to objective observers.

Donna Oliphint's avatar

Oh, remember the former FBI lady that talked about how the government employed the Hollywood mask makers? Hillary in the Trump debate that looked slim, young and confident—definitely not her. So many times Biden not real. You could look at his hands and tell. Not wrinkled and age spotted. Didn’t use them the same way.

Carolyn's avatar

Rumor has said the "elites" do strange things to their children to keep them in line..

The Real Mary Rose's avatar

Well, she's most likely MKUltra'ed and that makes people "glitch," the most famous being Britney Spears while being interviewed, went from one emotion and personality to another in 1 second.

Kathy Sincere's avatar

I grew up near HRC, just a few miles apart in Park Ridge, IL. We are a day apart in age. I knew people who hung out and went to school with her. She was from a very conservative, religous, Republican family.

AngelaK's avatar

She practices occult and necromancy..she delights in seeing dead people, she worships power..all this, to me, says that she has opened her soul to demonic entities which may have possessed her.

daverkb's avatar

I viewed the Candace Owens - Tucker Carlson interview. It's long but fascinating ... and as a kind of 'where we are' in the shifting sands of the moment.

She has a lot to say about all the gaslighting going on. This sort of speaks to your post.

SD Scott's avatar

Same with famous women being actual trannies. 😳😣😫

phlyme's avatar

She was and still is a sneaky conniving b…ch

MaryAnn's avatar

I remember HRC was credited with being the brains in the Clinton dynasty. I kind of feel sorry for Bill and Chelsea… but I will get over it.

AZGal55's avatar

And add in a whole lot of arrogance. She had gotten away with her crimes for decades and never expected to get caught. Pride goeth before the fall.

CStone's avatar

I agree. As was Obama. He had done NOTHING in his life, but always had a cocky little smirk between those two big ears.

Still in progress's avatar

I’m not understanding the AI water thing…once it cools the computers, why can’t it be recycled? Let the hot water cool down and water lawns with it? Idk can y’all enlighten me? Even dirty water can be used on a lawn…

NDCrouch's avatar

I have been thinking the same thing since reading Jeff's missive!

Maureen Hanf's avatar

Always see that as an above-the-law mentality on full display.

Anne Emerson Hall's avatar

Two reasons: for personal convenience, first. And to cover up the way she operated the State Department to benefit the Clinton Foundation.

Free in Florida's avatar

Anne - absolutely. And add the so called “elite” mindset - “Rules for thee but not for me.” She’s always done exactly as she pleased politically as there have been no consequences.

Donna in MO's avatar

Yes. Just like a toddler who is constantly testing you to see what they can get by with. When bad behavior results in negative consequences you get a reasonably well adjusted child and later adult. When bad behavior results in nothing, or is even rewarded, you get a bratty kid and an adult who is entitled and will stop at nothing to get their way. The political machine has been that toddler and too many parents (citizens) have either ignored the behavior or voted for those who engage in it, as catching them in the act and holding them accountable is too much trouble.

Lori's avatar

Can you imagine having been her daughter? I wonder what Chelsea really thinks deep down about her mother.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

Surely she must have been told by someone that using a personal server was leaving herself open to being exposed to foreign government spying. But maybe I am underestimating the power of hubris.

Lynne Morris's avatar

She was, and is, a globalist. Her idea of foreign government spying is different than yours.

Dr Linda's avatar

It hard for anyone with a moral backbone and ethical fiber to even imagine doing anything like this.

The Real Mary Rose's avatar

She was very glib about it when accused. She has more hubris than anyone, even her hubs.

RSgva's avatar

She was definitely warned and told. But she just decided to ignore the advice of legal counsel at the state department.

Anne Emerson Hall's avatar

Those who have access to classified information receive very thorough training in necessity security measures. She had the training and chose to ignore it.

Alice Ball's avatar

And Anne, to shield her emails from FOIA requests. If you use a govt email, all are fair game in FOIA, but personal email is not.

Beckadee's avatar

I'm looking forward to when the Clinton Foundation gets lumped in with all their shenanigans.

PapayaSF's avatar

An insecure server can operate as a sort of dead drop. She can feign innocence when it gets hacked by shady foreigners, and then she can act grateful when shady foreigners donate millions to the “charity” that keeps her family comfy.

Clair Kiernan's avatar

Bingo. It is so obviously intended for selling info.

Kathy's avatar

Bingo. To cover up misdeeds by the Clinton foundation.

Magdalene's avatar

Probably so her CCP donors could have unlimited access. Never assume incompetence when devious malice will do....

Melissa S's avatar

You ask that question as a normal, ordinary, responsible person. You ask that question as an honest, law abiding citizen. You ask that question as someone who believes there are consequences to actions. Hillary is none of those. Her ways are not your ways. She is surrounded by like-minded individuals and systems that allow her to do the complete opposite of what an honest, conscientious person would do. And she has had decades of getting away with her actions, crimes, and fraud. Why would things be difference with her posting classified information on a personal server or sending problematic emails? She does whatever evil, criminal acts she does because she can. And even now, with all the exposure of the truth I am not holding my breath that she will not get away with everything again.

Donna in MO's avatar

Hillary is not alone - she is part of a culture and cabal where morals and accountability are foreign. I still think often of the interview with Lyndon Johnson's mistress gave a a year before she died that I first ran across several years ago. She was not part of the inner circle, but had a bird's eye view of it. Her matter of fact accounting of how people were 'disappeared', ruined or run roughshod over in pursuit of power and money was chilling. And this was >60 years ago. Made me realize that many powerful people in our history would stop at nothing to hold on to power. Worth a watch (but it's long) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POmdd6HQsus It's dated 2011, but the actual interview was in 2001; she died in 2002.

Lori's avatar

With that knowledge, why would you even want to be near him (heard he was a real pric*) let alone sleep with him. Vomit moment for sure. That broad must have had a screw loose for sure.

John of Oregon Fame's avatar

Donna, the book, "Thanks For The Memories" exposes the MKULTRA program by a young woman that was mind controlled from her childhood. The stuff she was exposed to is unbelievable but believable. It is an eye-opener and MANY of the big name Hollywood people and politicians, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, are involved. It's a difficult read but worth learning the truth.

daverkb's avatar

I saw this years ago I think. It might well be worth a review since the real trouble started with Lyndon and the mob ... AND HERE WE ARE!

Thanks for the link.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

You reminded me of her past, when Bill was still governor. There were signs then of her sense of entitlement. And then there was the question of who fathered Chelsea.

Concerned mom's avatar

Sorry to say, but Chelsea is as unattractive as both Bill & Killary.... and they all look alike!

Rightly So's avatar

It wasn't stupid, it was all intentional. Why? For the $$$-honey! Selling Top Secret info to our enemies can be a lucrative business. Straight thru the Clinton "Money Laundering" Foundation into so many pockets. The Clintons alone (setting aside all the co-conspirators) made MILLIONS, with Bill & Hillary's gross estimated personal wealth reaching over 250 MILLION. That kind of $$$ doesn't come from "speeches" as they like to claim. Straight up Treason! There's your explanation! A tough pill to swallow, for sure, but many Americans have yet to face this TRUTH - and must do so if we are to save this country.

JBell's avatar

And Biden trying to follow in her footsteps with his son and brothers ..... he just couldn't get as much money and was dumb enough to get caught too many times.

He, too, will be outed and punished like HRC.

Lori's avatar

just saw biden on the news. he looks like a skeleton, his face is so thin and he overall is in bad shape. can you imagine if he were the president? autopen would not have been enough.

G Harkness's avatar

What punishment? HRC hasn’t been punished…

John's avatar

She was (is)above the law. She is the poster child for elites.

TDawg's avatar

She was selling classified secrets and SAPs from her computer to our enemies. China for sure.

Mitch's avatar

replace dumb with criminal. She was hiding other criminal activity.

jwemd's avatar

A loser since kicked off the Watergate legal team

Lemmincakes's avatar

I read somewhere that they all do that. She just got caught.

Jeff S's avatar

Ignorance and arrogance.

GG's avatar

Hubris.

When have the rules ever applied to the Clinton’s? Why would it be any different sending classified emails. Their whole modus operandi has been to do whatever they want, get help covering up their bad deeds, murder anyone who might talk, shrug their shoulders when they get caught, ask, “What difference, at this point, does it make?” and walk away from any consequences. Why would she have thought it would be any different with the emails?

Lydia Lozano's avatar

I think it is fairly simple. The ends justify the means. Hillary has been well trained.

Deb S's avatar

She never expected to lose.

Reelin’ In The Fears's avatar

Sounds about right. She’d have gotten away with it if if wasn’t for those meddling Trump voters. Ruht row Scooby.

Mitch's avatar

excellent summary. now we need to find out why she deleted thousands of emails. What was she hiding. Of course, the Mockingbird media has never had any interest.

Abiding Dude's avatar

NSA still has them all, IMO. Likely Russia too.

Sadly, the NSA and CIA are still independent from America and its citizens. lawless swine.

Mitch's avatar

Yep. They have all electronic records, but somehow we never find the answers. Kind of like how Maxwell gets imprisoned but her stories never come to light.

Barbls's avatar

And now isn't her #2 married to baby Soros?

R Kivenas's avatar

As the Trump administration gets closer to prosecuting

Hillary, it will be interesting to see the accidental death and suicide rate increase with those associated with her.

Lang June's avatar

Used it as part of a color revolution and coup upon the United States of America. It’s amazing to me how casual folks are about this.

Debra's avatar

I really want Hillary to pay in the form of jail time and total humiliation. Not as revenge but as justice.

Based Florida Man's avatar

Crazy when Trump later was praising as 'good people' Hill and Bill and toasting them at a big gala. Was he just playing politics, or is he just as much swamp as them?

Doohmax's avatar

Trump says a lot of off the cuff stuff I don’t understand. His actions speak better for his agenda than his comments.

Susan Stephens's avatar

Keep your friends close…& your enemies closer.

I believe Trump is playing chess much of the time. At times I’m flummoxed then later…. what he said or did makes perfect sense.

Johnny-O's avatar

They are all part of one big club and you ain't in it!

Abiding Dude's avatar

Like his full support and complicity with Israel's mass-slaughter of innocent Gazans... like his war crime unprovoked bombings of Yemen and Iran... like rope a dope delays on releasing the Epstein files, let alone the promised 911 and JFK files (all to protect Israel and Mossad)... like his refusal to ban the Covid death-jabs outright... like his ongoing funding and arming of Ukraine... like his constant clownish attempts to bully, threaten and harass good guy Putin and Russia... like his insane push to start QE again (lower interest rates) which will put a final nail in the US dollar and, perhaps, collapse the markets as well...

Yes, Kunta-Kamala would be worse.

Doohmax's avatar

You’ll feel better when your meds kick in.

SD Scott's avatar

Trump has been known to fake people out.

SB's avatar

My poor brother is giddy with anticipation of someone finally going to jail. I’m less optimistic as in nope not going to happen. He told me more whistleblowers have come forth. I laughed: “yea, I bet they have. They can see the writing on the wall. They know the Hilary Clintons and Barack Obamas of the world will never face a moment of reckoning so they’ll come after all the peons down chain for retribution.”

Yea, I bet they’re coming forward and making deals.

Juju's avatar

Best succinct summary! 👍 Screenshot it

p l's avatar

Makes you wonder what was in those emails to go through all the trouble of hiding it

PrayerWarrior's avatar

🤦🏼‍♀️make it make sense

Doohmax's avatar

There is a Bureaucratic/Administrative State embedded inside “the government” which has been metastasizing throughout the US for 75 years. It replenishes itself with like-minded sycophants through each generation. Its reach now extends globally. Those favored few that attain protected leadership status are above the law. The Media is a captured facilitator of the Agenda. It appears Donald Trump is a threat to this Agenda.

Johnny Be Real's avatar

Yes, operating outside of gov and corporate information security standards because they could.

CStone's avatar

Further back than 75 years…..

SD Scott's avatar

HRC used private server to sell state secrets & national assets for personal gain. IE, the Clinton Foundation.

Starsky's avatar

I can just imagine the guy they had following her around with a tranquilizer needle for every time she went manic/bipolar. Like Sigourney Weaver’s character in Ghostbusters.

The Great Santini's avatar

For the water problem from AI. They just need to set up closed cooling circuits like are used in Nuclear Power Plants (because of radiation) or automobiles (because they have to carry their cooling systems). They’re evaporating the water because it’s cheaper. Charge them for it and they’ll find another way.

Mary Mc's avatar

I read up on what it would cost for an average DC to use a closed loop system, similar to geothermal. Once filled it just circulates through the system and back. In geothermal the pipes are usually 3-6ft deep and the water stays at the ground temperature at that point. Where we are it's about 55 degrees. In TX you might need to go deeper for the cooler temperatures.

The system alone for an average sized DC would be $5M and at least $20M for larger ones. They would rather just pump water from a source, than to pay for a recycle system.

Any approval board needs to force them to use closed loop or build a new reservoir (around $1B). SMRs will pretty much take care of both, but they still need to be forced to use a closed loop system.

shayne's avatar

We put in a geothermal heating/cooling system about 15 years ago. We have limestone rock about a foot under the grass, so we had 6 360 foot vertical shafts drilled. Works great. At the time it was considered a new technology in this city, and ours was the first property to have it. We wound up with piles of limestone dust that was distributed around our neighborhood by the wind. 😮😵‍💫😊😵‍💫

Mary Mc's avatar

We put one in a house we built (for a customer) and ran it horizontally because we had the area to do it. We ran 8 lines, 600 ft total (300 out and back). We had a split system (one 3 and another 5 ton unit) in the house (6300 sq ft house) house. That was in 2008 and it's been working great from what we hear.

It's much more expensive to have to drill vertically rather laying out horizontally.

shayne's avatar

It was around 850$ but now it's likely many times more than that. We had an oil/water driller come in from Paola, Kansas.

Uncle Juan's avatar

Nuclear reactors usually have cooling ponds, so why wouldn’t server farms have the same thing.

Even reactors that draw water from rivers and such, have to cool it before dumping it back in.

Seems simple… but I am fairly simple minded.

Nancy Benedict's avatar

Exactly. We live in the shadow of TMI and supposedly the reactor is going back online for AI. It's on the Susquehanna.

Mary Mc's avatar

it is but for some reason the costs for DCs is horrid. But then Nuclear isn't cheap and maybe the cooling system is a big part of that.

Nancy Benedict's avatar

In 1988, when we built our house, geothermal was very new and we got a PP&L rebate for putting it in. It is "pump and dump" which uses a lot of water. We would have to put in an entire new system if we went closed loop, but after the recent drought here in southeast PA, we have been thinking about what to do. We have been inundated with rain this spring and summer, so our decision is on hold. Geothermal is very efficient, particularly the AC.

Mary Mc's avatar

If you have enough land check out using a horizontal system. It's far cheaper.

shayne's avatar

We were fortunate to get the clean energy rebate the government was offering then. We also put in an on-demand hot water system at the same time.

Starsky's avatar

This sounds like the system my parents put in their new build in 1985. They laid a loop coil out in the front yard, which was about 2.5 acres. They had ongoing problems with the AC from the moment we moved in. That guy was out there fixing it every week in the summer. My parents finally sold the house and moved.

Kathy's avatar

Yikes that had to be pricey!

Skenny's avatar

As a neighbor, a DC should not allow their "thirst" to become mine. Nor should local municipalities.

william howard's avatar

and while they are at it how about buying some turbines that make electricity so that they don't crash the grid

Mary Mc's avatar

NO. We don't need those things either... unless you want one in YOUR yard.

SMRs are the best, cheapest, and most efficient way to go. Also make the DC company pay for it.

Richard schoenenberger's avatar

They’ll see it as an opportunity to build more windmills.

Mary Mc's avatar

The administration has just this week said, there will be no more wind turbines approved in this country. 🎉🎉🎉

Skeptical Actuary's avatar

SMR - a small nuclear reactor. I don't want one anywhere in the US unless the owners not only will personally use all their money to clean up any mess, but will personally go in to clean it up. And they need to guarantee that 25% of their family members will personally live on site for 6 months and go into the plant to clean it up too.

With those kind of guarantees, we would know they would make safety a priority.

Mary Mc's avatar

As I said above, I live close to a nuclear plant. My FIL was a nuclear boiler designer. I've lived here for 32 years and there has never been an issue with the plant. It powers 450k homes on just over 1000 acres compared to a utility solar plant even closer to me that barely powers 75k homes and covers 6400 acres (10 sq miles).

No one around here worries about the plant (which is approved until 2060). We just wish they'd finally build the third reactor.

It's a lot harder to get solar and wind developers to pay for or clean up their messes. I'll take nuclear over those any day. Far more efficient and cleaner than any "green/renewable" energy.

Mary Mc's avatar

I DO agree that Amazon, Google, Meta et al SHOULD pay for the SMR and post a bond to cover any issues that might arise.

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Joy in the Morning 44's avatar

They should put them where the ocean is cooling in the wrong places.

Melissa MB's avatar

Thank you. I was thinking why don’t they just keep recycling the water. 💧

Skenny's avatar

Prestone Anti-freeze Coolant!!! State-of-the-art for decades!

Guy White's avatar

Prestone… no, make that Quaker State. And I’m going to need some 30 weight ball bearings. C’mon guys, it’s all ball bearings nowadays!

Dr Linda's avatar

I was wondering the same thing. What about recycling? Is the water terribly damaged?

Mary Mc's avatar

It would have to go through all kinds of filtering going in and out, I am sure. That's why closed loop is best. Fill it once and maybe just have to top it off occasionally. It just recirculates the same water.

Dr Linda's avatar

Makes sense. I am sure they can find something. Or AI can figure it out.

Joy in the Morning 44's avatar

Probably just gone, through evaporation.

Hana CL's avatar

PRECISELY what I was thinking too!! AI and its minions are supposed to be so smart and progressive??? Duh! Why in the Heck aren’t they using closed system cooling to conserve precious resources???? Water and O2 Are as basic as needed get, yes? 🙄🙄🙄

cat's avatar

Something needs to be done. I see arrangements already all over the country to set up AI data centers, with little to no discussion about the water and energy requirements. Just setting it up with rural cities that are run by clueless people. Very concerning because there doesn't seem to be any incentive to protect or support the locals through energy and water conservation. Dumping-ground mentality.

Leo's avatar

As Jeff C. stated - it is a war mentality - "survival/dominance" - so: quick and dirty, full speed ahead at any cost. Stand back...

Alan Devincentis's avatar

I was waiting for that. When water is scarce, you use sealed systems. Refrigeration costs money. Aw well. Pay for it.

SB's avatar

Thank you. When I read that, I knew there had to be other options. Btw, just curious, but where are all the environmentalists now? Paging Greta!

Peace's avatar

My first thought as well - the climate change/environmentalists seem to have dried up concerning AI wastefulness of both electricity and water. And their vast buildings destroying greenspace.

Lori's avatar

I have no use for AI and will try to avoid it at all costs. Too bad the world can't see its dangers and threats.

The Great Santini's avatar

Well, AI is interesting. Sometimes very good at finding correct answers quickly. Sometime very bad, especially if you ask about any of the Marxist shibboleths. Probably thinks if you find Sydney Sweeney attractive you’re a fascist. Just sayin’…

Lori's avatar

I will still pass. Not my gig.

The Great Santini's avatar

Well, interestingly Grok got the Sydney Sweeney thing right. But ask it about Climate Change or the relationship between Fascism, Socialism & Communism and it starts spouting the approved narrative. Sometimes a useful tool, but bears watching.

And, of course, it’s still a free country, despite attempts to make it otherwise. Do as you will.

Pug's avatar

AI is a glorified Google search, digital Magic 8 Ball. Probably going to go the way of driverless electric vehicles. All hype.

Lori's avatar

Thanks for the memory, Magic 8 Ball, loved that!

Jake's avatar

My favorite Hillary quote, "If that SOB gets elected, we'll all hang!". It's the first time she's ever been right.

Cheryl Caraglior's avatar

Still waiting for them to swing.

Patti's avatar

Ya I’m with ya on that. Ready for real accountability and less chatting about it

Patti's avatar

Ya I’m with ya on that. Ready for real accountability and less chatting about it

Joy in the Morning 44's avatar

Luckily, prophecy can come out of the mouth of a donkey, see Balaam's ass, so.

Lori's avatar

I will supply the rope.

Abiding Dude's avatar

No one is hanged yet. Barr was totally corrupt... I'm not sure Bondi is just as bad.

Crixcyon's avatar

Let A/i die of thirst and lack of power. Humans will always be a million times more important than any A/i thing. Nuclear reactors are fine but don't they also require tons of water? If A/i had any brains, it would build itself in the ocean and figure out how to draw power from it and cool itself off at the same time. Like walking and chewing gum simultaneously...maybe too much of a challenge for those silly techno-nerds.

Loretta Thomas's avatar

Yes AI first job should be how to cool itself and use less energy(or find a good way to create more energy). Hope some ones chat bot is working on it. Why don’t we all ask AI this morning to figure it out.

Alyssa Casanova's avatar

Right? If it's so smart, let it figure out how to solve it's own problem.

Lori's avatar

as long as it is not at the expense of us or our environment and all that live in it.

Bgagnon's avatar

Maybe it’s not so smart. Like a baby duck who lost its mom and found a cat to mommy it. It’s amazing and adorable but it’s still a duck that imprinted with a cat!

Politico Phil's avatar

Well, apparently, AI (and it's developers) don't have as much common sense as a single human being.

Based Florida Man's avatar

Your post has been noted by the AI Defense Agency which scans for non-compliance and misinformation.

Also it appears your vax record is out of date. Please address this immediately.

Jeff S's avatar

Or as much as my cat or dog.

Juju's avatar

The idea that nearby residents have to reduce their water usage to appease the ai gods makes my blood boil.

CHop's avatar

Just as bad a politicians preventing California's water problem from being solved so they can continue to make it a campaign issue.

shayne's avatar

Yes, humans are a million times more important than AI. Well said!

Bard Joseph's avatar

No problem. Just control the weather with lots of rain and flood the State like what happened in Texas. Lower taxes on boats and rafts.

Dr Linda's avatar

I pondered the same

Susanna Bythesea's avatar

I think the concern is nations that don’t have strong AI will become subservient to…possibly even enslaved by…those that do.

It’s the new nuclear weapon.

And this concern is founded, no matter how much we wish it weren’t. The government with the biggest guns will be the boss. And if your governments guns are powered by humans making calculations in seconds or minutes and the opponent’s guns are powered by AI making decisions in the tiniest fractions of seconds…they do have a battlefield advantage. (Not that this is entirely unmanageable but just saying the concern of being behind in AI is valid.)

Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

I agree, it’s always been about which humans are better at killing other humans

Marilynne Martin's avatar

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

Leo's avatar

Yes re: speed. Logically, having reached the nanosecond goal, the only follow-on move is preemption.

JW's avatar

Let AI design a fake "system" set like the one made for the fake moon landing and let the world think we won the AI race without advancing what we already have.

Based Florida Man's avatar

In a closed world that would work. But like the moon landings (which Russia/China have monitored and verified), the AI war is a battle we can't ignore as our competitors will have systems that will cause us big problems if we don't have our own.

Starsky's avatar

Why can’t we just put AI on the moon? It should be able to figure out how to get there itself.

Peace's avatar

Brilliant! Has NASA asked AI to reconstruct all the lost records that would tell us how to get back to the moon? Didn't think so.

Re: "Why can’t we just put AI on the moon? It should be able to figure out how to get there itself."

Juju's avatar

That’s funny, you read my mind. I was actually wondering if that’s what they are doing when I read today’s article. 😆😂

nik's avatar

Agree ! Better Ai die than our food supply!

All I can think about are our Central Valley farmers and the current water crisis 😬

Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

It’s been my experience during my life that anything artificial is never as good as the real thing

… although that may not be true for intelligence

Skenny's avatar

AI should get smart before it gets big.

Leo's avatar

"...gets big." Aka - takes over.

Pug's avatar

If AI can't cut my grass, pay my bills, clean my house, transport me from place to place (like Star Trek), make/serve me my daily food/water, shovel snow, repair my crumbling house, etc., etc. -- it is useless to me. Also, screw the terrible AI "Art." I am an artist and I can spot "AI Art" a mile away. Terrible, ugly, demonic.

cat's avatar

Agree. As I commented to the second-to-top liked thread above, I see these AI data centers being set up in rural communities run by clueless people. No consideration of the massive energy and water needs.

laura-ann Knox's avatar

I guarantee the world is going to look like that in "Book of Eli" in 20 years. No life, AND no giant servers

Lori's avatar

and destroy ocean life in the interim, no thanks.

MM's avatar

So with the environmental devastation wrought by AI AND bitcoin mining (I’d like to add) are we still supposed to believe in CO2-driven climate change? Just curious as to how our overlords want us to piece these items together.

deb king's avatar

Yes, the cloud seeding make sense now.

taxpayer's avatar

We are supposed to not think too much.

The Imaginary Hobgoblin's avatar

...."financially incentivized hospitals to push covid shots." To the multiple boosted dorks of the world....let that statement sink in. Your olfactory senses have been obliterated by that face diaper you're still wearing. It's time to rip that useless filthy rag off your puss and wake up and smell, well....your naive selves. You reek. This just in: The "Healthcare Industry" is first and foremost a BU$INE$$ entity.

Jeff S's avatar

I saw two face diapers in the grocery store yesterday. Crazy!

The Imaginary Hobgoblin's avatar

Staggers the imagination. Stupidity marches on.

FourWinds's avatar

We have morons in my store wearing face diapers. Now, perhaps some of them have true medical issues, like I know one is recovering (if you want to call it that) from cancer treatment and has zero immune system. But the rest? Sheep.

Mpup's avatar

My elderly neighbor who is visually impaired asked me to take her grocery shopping. She still wears the mask and asked me to. Out of respect I did even in the car. Humbling oneself before God and others has its merits.

Joy in the Morning 44's avatar

I could not do it for any reason. I HAD to at the hospital for my mother who needed excessive non covid medical care during the covid time, but cheated every chance I got because the claustrophobia got the best of me. At this point, they can arrest me if they want. Not doing it anymore for anyone. I did manage to evade the vax psyop, but only just. Kept it from mom also.

I would kindly explain that the latest science shows masks are bad for cutting off your oxygen, and the holes are too large to block disease. She could then choose not to accept my free ride and free time or not, no hard feelings.

On an unrelated note, when my mother was in the hospital, they moved her to a dedicated covid wing at the height of the crisis (2021) because it was entirely empty. Hmmm.

Zazzy's avatar

How is wearing a face mask humbling yourself before God? So rather than reassuring this lady that the world is not a germ filled place of danger you went along with her fear based request— is that correct? I’m not trying to be snotty or rude. I’m just trying to figure out how you have come to the conclusion that somehow you were humbling yourself.

Jeff S's avatar

Next time, politely and gently put her on the bus.

Lori's avatar

That is very kind. To make a grandma feel safe even if she is misguided, I would do it too.

Rickytikki's avatar

Sorry will never try to wear one again. Found out I can't.

Leo's avatar

I admire your respect for another's point of view. Rare these days...

CStone's avatar

I would never bow my knee to that Baal.

Give me your list, or call your order in and let them deliver it.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

Being a welder/ metalsmith, unfortunately I have to live in them on work days. Beats inhaling the dust I create. If I have something small to do, and dont want to be bothered, I feel the effects of not wearing one Immediately. But, never in public. Why would I?

CStone's avatar

Wearing a welder’s mask is an entirely different mask with an entirely different purpose.

Karen C. Wilkinson's avatar

My husband had a double lung transplant post covid and was asked to wear a mask when we travel, since I do not have a mask on, as I am not immunocompromised, it’s shocking and rude how many people feel they can shame us by saying none of this works since I do not have a mask on. We get it, truly we do, but move along and be kind or say nothing. Truly no one’s business.

On a side note, he’s a surgeon and patients are protected by the OR team wearing masks so who really knows?

Lori's avatar

I hope your husband has recovered fully and is doing well with a high quality of life. Please offer him my best regards and a hug from me please. That surgery was tremendous along with then having to start taking immunosuppressives afterward. Transplants and the suppression meds do put the body at risk in many ways. I am glad he wore his mask as that can also afford peace of mind. A study back a few years did show that masks don't work generally speaking but N95's were the best if one has to wear a mask. Whenever someone says something derogatory, tell them to thank God they are healthy and not challenged as some are. Sometimes people do not think before they speak or understand the gravity of a situation, especially health related. Wishing you both all the best and thinking of the person who made the donation that enabled your husband to live his life.

Leo's avatar

Some people just love to shame others. Don't give them a second thought.

Leo's avatar

Oxygen deprivation isn't going to help anyone recover their health.

Lydia Lozano's avatar

Yes. Immune-compromised adults forcibly exposed to germy little kids.

Lori's avatar

My good friend just had her tongue removed dt turbo cancer fr being jabbed. Remade tongue with thigh muscle. Had to have a trach and feeding tube, chemo and radiation. She is highly immune suppressed right now so in a case like this, her doc wants a mask on her. I get it and agree as she is too vulnerable and sick from chemo and radiation and has lost 50 pounds from all this.

BeadleBlog's avatar

Not a fan of wearing a mask just because, but lived in Japan for 5 years and still have the habit of wearing a mask when unwell and coughing for the same reason one uses a handkerchief and turns away from others when coughing.

Based Florida Man's avatar

It makes zero sense. Nano-scale virus particles aren't stopped by those masks. And they make it worse by building up the nasties inside the masks. Yikes.

Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

True, the holes in the filter of an N95 mask are 4 times bigger than the convid virus

…meaning that 4 of them little buggers can fit thru one at the same time

BeadleBlog's avatar

The masks catch droplets just the same as a handkerchief. I never said anything about stopping nano sized particles.

axons007's avatar

You should never wear a mask and block fresh air and keep whatever you’re coughing out right next to your face to breathe it back in. It’s disgusting. Handkerchief were cotton. Now you’re breathing in microplastics and maybe chemicals. Where are the studies that show wearing a mask keeps you healthier and prevents others from getting sick ?

BeadleBlog's avatar

What microplastics and chemicals? Simple cotton masks.

Abiding Dude's avatar

Why do surgeons wear them then?

Maureen Hanf's avatar

That part where the body is trying to get rid of stuff but the mask holds it near the face. Always wore a cotton mask when I could back in the day instead of the plastic ones. And learned to carry a handkerchief with me. And try to avoid going out when I’m sick. Having worked in hotels during covid, I have seen many creative approaches to mask wearing, that is for sure.

Rickytikki's avatar

Masks don't work for this purpose

mimi's avatar

True, but the Japanese think it is the polite thing to do and it predates Covid. When we were in Japan 20 years ago, we asked our tour guide about it....and he told us it was out of politeness.

BeadleBlog's avatar

“This” purpose? My purpose when I occasional wear a mask is to prevent coughing droplets on other people, same purpose as a handkerchief but easier since I don’t have to reach for a cloth.

Lydia Lozano's avatar

Keep in mind all the cheap masks are made in China.

Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

Which should be the number one reason why American minds would choose not to wear them

Lori's avatar

and remdes, paxlovid and vents.

The Imaginary Hobgoblin's avatar

“If it's Covid…Paxlovid.” 🤪🤑🤥

Kathy's avatar

That one made me want to shoot the TV!

The Imaginary Hobgoblin's avatar

You go, Elvis!!...or Elvisette, rather.

c Anderson's avatar

The incentives must be dwindling now because I just saw an ad telling shoppers that they get $20 off their grocery purchases if they take the jab while they shop for their tofu and oat milk.

JC's avatar

There is a ministry called Christian Law Association whose ministry newsletter used to have one page of large font prayer requests for the legal problems they were dealing with. Their latest is 2 pages (!) of small font. I naively thought because of recent Supreme Court rulings, these things weren’t causing problems for Christians. Not true.

A sample:

ALABAMA: Pray for a Christian business owner who contacted CLA for guidance after a city ordinance required the removal of

Scripture verses from her shop windows.

ALASKA: Pray for a Christian nurse who contacted CLA after

being told to remove her cross necklace while on duty.

ARIZONA: Pray for a Christian high school student threatened

with suspension for wearing a shirt with a Bible verse.

ARKANSAS: Pray for a pastor who reached out for help after a city council blocked his church's effort to distribute Gospel tracts at a

public parade.

CALIFORNIA: Pray for a church facing legal challenges for refusing to rent its fellowship hall for an event that violates their

doctrinal beliefs.

COLORADO: Pray for a Christian photographer seeking legal

protection after declining to participate in a ceremony that contradicts

her faith.

CONNECTICUT: Pray for a Bible club leader who was told the

club can no longer meet on school property during after-school hours.

DELAWARE: Pray for a Christian teacher who requested guidance after being instructed to avoid mentioning her faith in

classroom discussions.

FLORIDA: Pray for a church daycare program threatened with

closure for including Bible lessons in their curriculum.

GEORGIA: Pray for a Christian doctor facing pressure to

provide treatments that go against his religious convictions.

HAWAII: Pray for a Christian tour guide who was reprimanded

for answering a religious question during a break at work.

IDAHO: Pray for a Christian counselor who contacted CLA after being reported to a licensing board for sharing Biblical truths with a client.

ILLINOIS: Pray for a Christian student punished for distributing

religious bookmarks on campus during finals week.

INDIANA: Pray for a Christian employee disciplined for refusing

to participate in a workplace celebration contrary to his convictions.

IOWA: Pray for a youth pastor who reached out after the school

district barred him from volunteering due to his church affiliation.

KANSAS: Pray for a Christian student group seeking legal advice after their Bible study was banned from meeting in a public

library room.

KENTUCKY: Pray for a church choir leader who contacted

CLA after being told the choir could not sing hymns at a community gathering

LOUISIANA: Pray for a pastor navigating defamation concerns

after local newspapers implied his church taught intolerance.

MAINE: Pray for a Christian baker threatened with legal action for declining to create a cake with a message opposing Biblical

values.

MARYLAND: Pray for a church that is being fined for holding

worship services in a residential home.

MASSACHUSETTS: Pray for a Christian parent advocating for her child's right to opt out of certain public school activities

conflicting with their faith.

MICHIGAN: Pray for a college professor who was denied tenure

after expressing Biblical viewpoints during a campus forum.

MINNESOTA: Pray for a Christian nonprofit leader whose organization lost its tax-exempt status after distributing Bibles to

prisoners.

MISSISSIPPI: Pray for a Christian youth leader who was removed from coaching duties for hosting an optional team Bible

study.

MISSOURI: Pray for a pastor who contacted CLA after his

church was denied a lease for office space due to its religious nature.

MONTANA: Pray for a pastor seeking advice following complaints that a church puppet ministry promoted religious views in a public school program.

NEBRASKA: Pray for a Christian who asked CLA for help after being denied a zoning permit for a backyard chapel on personal

property.

NEVADA: Pray for a church volunteer who reached out after being reprimanded for offering prayer to fellow volunteers at a

community food pantry.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Pray for a pastor who sought counsel regarding restrictions on running RV worship services at a state park.

NEW JERSEY: Pray for a Christian police officer disciplined

for reading a Psalm before a shift with fellow officers.

NEW MEXICO: Pray for a church meeting planner who

contacted CLA after a venue refused to host a prayer breakfast.

NEW YORK: Pray for a pastor navigating an accusation that

singing hymns in public violates noise ordinances.

NORTH CAROLINA: Pray for a Christian counselor disciplined after sharing Biblical principles with a school group on

stress management.

OHIO: Pray for a college student seeking advice after being

dropped for distributing Gospel pamphlets on campus.

OKLAHOMA: Pray for a pastor who received a letter warning

his church about political speech at worship services.

OREGON: Pray for a Christian social worker who sought

counsel after being told to stop mentioning her faith in counseling

sessions

PENNSYLVANIA: Pray for a church librarian who contacted CLA after being asked to remove religious books from a public library event.

RHODE ISLAND: Pray for a pastor facing pushback for

conducting baptisms in a public beach area without a permit.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Pray for a Christian volunteer who reached out regarding a city ordinance prohibiting faith-based banners

at public events.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Pray for a church member requiring assistance after being asked to remove a "WWJD" bracelet at a state-

run youth camp.

TENNESSEE: Pray for a pastor seeking legal advice after local officials denied his church permission to livestream worship from a public park.

TEXAS: Pray for a Christian high school coach who contacted

CLA after being reprimanded for kneeling in prayer with his team.

Susan Seas's avatar

Thank you for sharing this! It is important we hear and pray for the Church!

Temcol's avatar

Wow! So many states there as bad as California! The encroachment on our legal rights for religious people is so blatant! we definitely need to pray for all these things! And if we don’t push back, it will get worse!

Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

I’m reminded of the warning that Jesus gave his followers about how the world would treat them

… right before the ‘world’ crucified him

CStone's avatar

JC…….will be sharing this with my Bible Study Group. It’s hard to fathom that this could be happening in our own nation.

Oregon Kathy's avatar

Just glancing at these, at least some of these, maybe most, are illegal. These people should call alliance defending freedom, who would send out a letter to the entity and the bias would stop immediately. Or they would be taken to court.

Lori's avatar

Yup, Christians being persecuted. Old story, same tune. How do we have so many aholes living in this country?

Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

Apparently, aholes multiply as fast as the rats in New York City

CStone's avatar

And Dearborn Michigan, Atlanta, Ga, Nashville, Cincinnati, Oh

Lori's avatar

I will take the rats anytime over the other.

Jeff S's avatar

Blame the Dutch, starting with Nieuw Nederland.

AJF's avatar

JC, thanks for sharing! This is outrageous. Freedom of religion is a crime now? Are other faiths experiencing the same persecution?

Lisa Ca's avatar

Wow. This is crazy. Thank you for sharing.

SD Scott's avatar

Hell must be hungry - to suppress the gospel so unmercifully!

Can you imagine any Muslims being censored or disciplined for, say, praying to Mecca in public, or distributing tracts, or public preaching? Nah.

MarshaLouise's avatar

Holy Smokes or holy jokes!

Politico Phil's avatar

Mel Gibson Calls Out Gavin Newsom: ‘He Wants to Do the Maui Plan’ – People in the Crowd Yell ‘Mel for Governor’

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1950978770707357930

shayne's avatar

I so admire Mel Gibson. Seems the crazy ones bring the truth.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Did you see him in the movie "Conspiracy Theory?"

One of my all time favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYGUai7PNc

shayne's avatar

Yes! He was awesome.

Kathleen's avatar

And Dragged Across Concrete??!! Even better!

Politico Phil's avatar

Right?! Loved the movies he chose to do.

Kathy's avatar

I appreciate what he has to say, but he does scare me a little bit! There is something out of balance there. I think he has a challenging time facing personal demons.

Skeptical Actuary's avatar

His main home burned. Of course he has the money to be able to live in someplace decent and wait the amount of time needed to rebuild, but still, he lost a lot of personal mementos. He was out of town when it burned and wasn't able to get things out of his house.

Ohio Deb's avatar

…..on Joe Rogan Show in Texas.

M from Michigan's avatar

“Hillary Clinton got in trouble being dumb, tried to save herself by doing something dumber…” I would use WRONG in place of “dumb”, and then did something “more wrong/immoral/illegal”.

Fabes55's avatar

I'd use the word "seditious".

JW's avatar

"Stupid is as stupid does" rings a bell.

Abiding Dude's avatar

Trump and Barr both betrayed America in his first term by refusing to prosecute her obvious major felonies.

Conservative Contrarian's avatar

In the South they should build large dehumidifiers to access water.

Valerie's avatar

Ok as a Houston resident this sounds glorious. I am currently sitting on my back patio with condensation on my skin (seriously, not sweat… condensation from coming outside from air conditioning).

LaNell Tew's avatar

AKA: The Air We Wear. I'm in Mississippi. I know exactly how you feel.

Dr Linda's avatar

Same in Missouri. The humidity just broke yesterday. I have lived here nearly 40 years, it gets bad. The past 3 years have been hot but dry. This year was a reminder of what our weather can really do.

I wonder if this moisture in the atmosphere will cause more winter snow.

Jamison's avatar

Kentucky has been unbearable the last few weeks. It’s felt like a Louisiana swamp. Thankfully, a cold front finally came through.

Abiding Dude's avatar

Beware Stacy Abram's flatulence.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

Just what we need. More heat.

Karmy's avatar

Good morning C&C! God’s blessings to all on this glorious Saturday! First comment! Wheeee!

My Favorite Things's avatar

“I smile because the world is fair;

Because the sky is blue.

Because I find, no matter where

I go, a friend that’s true.”

~Kate Slaughter McKinney

🌷❤️🌷❤️🌷❤️🌷❤️🌷

😊 Being first poster is also a good reason to smile 😊

Mpup's avatar

And if one has a Friend in high places life becomes a joy.

shayne's avatar

You're first... WOO HOO!

Delightful Designs's avatar

I wonder if the water that is used for cooling, since it's not radioactive, can then just be used for domestic hot water and radiant heating. Is there any reason why the water would be contaminated? The old steam system of New York comes to mind. Put the data centers where it's cold and use the waste heat.

Personally, I'm incredibly anti-AI, it's already dumbing people down, and that trend is showing no signs of stopping.

Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

There seems to be no explaining the stubbornness of men that insist on doing nonsensical things

… like building golf courses in the deserts of Nevada

… or trading freshwater for fossil fuels

… or turning food into fuel

… or killing people over religious differences

… I could go on, and on

Susanna Bythesea's avatar

My twelve year old reading the AI consumption portion: “well, that’s the trend. First plants and animals are more important than humans, now computers and robots are too.” 😳

I realize there’s more nuance than that but he’s not wrong…

Based Florida Man's avatar

welcome to the Useless Eaters club

Alice in Wonderland's avatar

That shoe fits, although I will probably always prefer 'lilies of the field' ~

Kathy's avatar

Basically, it’s globalists more important than anybody or anything else.

Lori's avatar

without plants and animals, what do we eat????

Pennacali Girl's avatar

Lori, or anyone do you remember soylent green?

Lori's avatar

Indeed I do. "Soylent Green is people." You bring up a real possibility. One of the best movies ever. Also note how people voluntarily euthanzie themselves in the movie and how it is encouraged.

Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

Somewhere in the book, God said that the people was gonna eat dung or there is this;

Leviticus 26:29

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

… I think that was gonna be due to their disobedience to his voice

Lori's avatar

Well we already eat dung via fecal transplants....

LamedVav disavows all vaxes.'s avatar

All the probiotics now are either from human feces or human breast milk, mostly from feces.

The starter bacteria in commercial yogurt is from human feces.

Of course the bacteria are isolated from the fecal waste material. Much of it originate in China.

Go to biodive.com.

Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

Shit, Lori, I hope they use oral capsules instead of dried patties

Bubblehead604's avatar

Yikes! I hadn't anything about the AI water-hog problem. This is quintessential C&C and is why I love this newsletter--learning about what is unreported or under reported elsewhere. Thanks, JC!!

c Anderson's avatar

So why then do Dems now love Nuclear Power when they stopped it years ago saying it was too dangerous? Because they are the ones to profit from it. It isn’t like it got any safer or we have a good way to store the spent fuel. Dems are actually removing dams that create electricity. It isn’t because Ai is a technology that they are particularly fond of either. They hate Peter Thiel. Hillary Clinton as Sec State made a deal with the Russians to sale American rights to American uranium. https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/109694/documents/HHRG-116-II06-20190625-SD004.pdf

Momcat's avatar

If the Ai data centers need so much water to cool the equipment, why the heck are they putting them in the south where it's hot & humid & water is scarce? Looks like some state/city/county govts made some stupid deals. (Texas, I'm looking at you!!!)

Pat KCMO's avatar

Follow the💰money.

Grifters everywhere.

Juju's avatar

Wide swaths of flat land requiring very little excavation or reshaping?? Illinois has a state full of that and we get cold. What northern states have few hills and mountains? Haven’t had my coffee yet so foggy brain …

Crash Pile's avatar

Texas is business friendly but the Great Lakes states are not. So the blue-purple states hang onto their water and suck Texas dry with their AI queries.

MarshaLouise's avatar

My thoughts exactly. Look to the northwest; although it’s a blue state, and manufacturing and production are incompatible with the mindset, they are wet most of the time. Build data centers there.

Leo's avatar

They already are - in Eastern Oregon.

Skeptical Actuary's avatar

The upper midwest would seem to be the logical choice for these centers. There's plenty of water, and most of the year you wouldn't even need a water cooled system, just don't heat the place as much.