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Ceffer says

We came home to Tri Valley last night, unloaded the car, had twenty minutes or so of air conditioning then, thwump, the power went out in 2/3d's of Pleasanton area.

EV's are going to destroy your state guys. Might sound hyperbolic but it's not even the grid. There's not enough power.

EV owners are worried about charging their car. How about your fridge being down for 24-36 hours? Oh shit, all my food is trash without getting ice from a gas station, oh.... that doesn't have power. This is why EV's don't work. You get a hot spell, NOT climate change, and your power goes out. Boom, there goes $500+ in frozen and refrigerated items.

I feel for you Ceffer. This is why I'm so anti-EV. We don't have the power supply. Well specifically CA. I don't think greentards understand the power draw to charge these cars. These idiots need to get over the fear of nuclear. Fuck the endangered snake because of environmental regulations. We're doing pretty good without dinosaurs....

Yesterday, I went to the grocery store. Just as I walked in the door, the power went out. They had some kind of power reserve keeping a few overhead lights on. I didn't know if the cash registers still worked (they didn't), so I shopped but wound up leaving my basket for them to restock. The customers in the store stood around like stunned sheep waiting for the power to come back on (which it didn't).

It was kind of funny, because the third worlders in the pharmacy knew the gig, and seemed used to the 'power outage' third world crap, so they immediately shuttered the pharmacy and closed it down. I suppose also they might have been afraid of opportunistic muggers. It's worth noting their reflexes, because that's the way we are going in California, into third world infrastructure and baloney.

Ceffer says

It's worth noting their reflexes, because that's the way we are going in California, into third world infrastructure and baloney.

It's why I frequent this forum. CA would be the 5th largest GDP country on the planet so I have interest in your guys opinions and real life reality. Not you or any user here specifically, I just don't want to see this shit come my way. That's saying a lot as a dude from IL. Buying products and the tag says you'll get cancer basically is annoying as fuck. Like a camping chair. Really???

I love visiting CA, but come to my spot in IL and you'd be shocked I think. No crime. Minimal cops. We kind of just do what we want. Car unlocked. Front door unlocked. Kids run/bike/cart/SxS around, fish, work for other elderly neighbors, play baseball at the park, etc. Andy Griffith type town.

I don't want to promote my location, but it's blue collar fun people. I don't think anyone wants to move to IL but there are good parts if you're good with winters. Today is muggy, but need to sweat out the beer from last night. I'm a weirdo, I like sweating. Want a sauna real bad. Or steam shower.

WookieMan says

CA would be the 5th largest GDP country on the planet

That figure must be the most successful example of gaslighting bullshit around.

GDP measured in what? USD?

Ok, let's keep that purely for simplicity's sake.

How would California finance their massive unfunded pension liabilities? Sudden need for massive defense spending? Etc.? That independence would require?

Well Trumptard, they can raise their income taxes to capture that which it's citizens used to pay on federal income tax.

Sure, but that won't be enough. A lot, but not enough.

Well, they can cut spending?

Hahahaha.

Fuck you! Cali would be the 5th most fucking rich country in the world, asshole! You can't do math!

While high GDP is heavily correlated to wealth, not always.

So...what deep water California Navy will secure commercial shipping over thousands of miles to and from Cali? Especially Cali's oil supplies that almost all come from the ME?



https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/californias-petroleum-market/annual-oil-supply-sources-california

So...what water supply is going to replace the massive portion Cali gets currently from the Colorado River Compact but won't after independence. ?

What will be the effects of the DEFINITE housing crash that will happen when massive numbers of ppl flee for 'fascist America'? Jobs when the businesses flee to same?

How will California pay for another massive earthquake?

But hey! Cali is the 5th largest economy of the world ! I can't do math!

AmericanKulak says

WHO IS READY FOR JULY 4th?

I am....I got my package of Bar S franks, my cheap bag of buns, pork n beans, and some kool-aid. BTW, rememberwhen pork and beans had that 1 cube of white pork fat in the can? Did anyone eat that?

komputodo says

I am....I got my package of Bar S franks, my cheap bag of buns, pork n beans, and some kool-aid. BTW, rememberwhen pork and beans had that 1 cube of white pork fat in the can? Did anyone eat that?

Best part. It greases the pan to prep for the beans.

Got burgers, but I found a ring of shrimp way back in the fridge...

I’m flying to Vegas in about four hours, after I get off work.

I have to admit, it is nice seeing people happy on a Fourth of July for a change. Hasn't been like that for quite a while.

Coastal LA and OC was mega chill today. Lots…and I do mean lots of flag waving. Where I live is purple leaning blue, Long Beach that we drove through is the same, all of OC we went through is MAGA country. But lots of American Flags on display. I commented to my wife that things were so mellow. No one driving like a maniac, no one drunk, etc.

To my dad(in his 80’s) to a Dodger game last night as his bday present. Crummy game…the good guys lost 12-4, but a really enjoyable night. I was trying to get my dad to quiet down on the political talk(he’s as big a Trump fan as anyone on this forum) lol just cause the politics there aren’t really in our favor. I don’t think he cares, but neither of us would be any good in a fist fight.

Tomorrow wife and I head off for a multi week trip through God’s country. My wife loved our road trip so much last year that she wanted to go again. Were heading to different parts of Montana, Idaho, and northern and eastern Nevada this year. The other day she heard some people on a show I was watching on msnbc taking about Maga racism and she’s Latina and said she never once felt odd or out of place anywhere we went last year in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, or Montana.

I’m optimistic about President Trump. For all the complaining about the SCOTUS picks, they have delivered in stunning fashion even occasionally picking up a 7th vote from Kagen or Jackson Brown(never from the bloated unwise one though). I think the Israeli-terrorist conflict ends within a week of President Trumps swearing in(he said it will happen before that) and I think Russia-Ukraine ends not too long after that. I also think the economy starts flying again as trump immediately ends moratoriums on US oil drilling.

Maybe everyone else feels the same way. Get woke out of the schools, get people working at good jobs, get a more optimistic future.

The European mind can't comprehend:

Hardly any pride flags in wine country at the parade, plenty of American flags. Some Ukraine flags. Things seem to be improving YoY

Grilled 100% grass fed beef burgers to perfection, with a side of nicely caramelized sweet roasted corn, finished with some nice ice cream. After that, watched Independence Day on the HT because the PRNY doesn't want to celebrate 7/4. Fuck those commies.

Ben Franklin didn’t plow through dozens and dozens of French whores so that you could abide by fireworks ordinances
https://x.com/ING2Firebrand/status/1808953989058462057

Dresden during WW2?

Or LA after fireworks were banned?

Response?

Blue powder - better to identify the Karen. Nothing like placing a few KKK and Trump signs on Karen's front lawn in the middle of the night to inspire creative vandalism. Then again, it's probably being used to press tresspassing charges against the Karen, with the shoe soles covered in indelible dye to nail her ass.