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Rick Perry says Texans would rather be without power for days over more federal oversight

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry says that Texans find massive power outages preferable to having more federal government interference in the state’s energy grid. Perry, who also served as the Secretary of Energy in the Trump administration, made the comment in an interview with Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

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Conservative Pundits Fly False Flags at Half Mast in Honor of Rush Limbaugh

Conservative talking heads across the country mourned the loss of Rush Limbaugh by reducing how many times they mentioned false flag operations on their respective shows.

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The Texas Power Crisis Proves We Need More Not Less Renewable Energy

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Republicans are falsely fingering wind turbines as the reasons millions are without power

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Shameful and inhumane DeSantis threatens to withhold vaccine amid criticism

Pop-up vaccination site serves “whitest demographic, the richest demographic.”

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AP source Cruz on vacation in Mexico as storm slams Texas

DALLAS (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has traveled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggles with a powerful winter storm that left many residents without power or safe drinking…

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Beto O’Rourke is organizing wellness checks for seniors during Texas’ blackouts Ted Cruz is in Cancun

Beto O’Rourke is back is the spotlight as Texas continues to face a statewide crisis.Hundreds of thousands of Texans remain without power Thursday morning as millions more deal with burst pipes and other consequences of unprecedented winter weather. O’Rourke, the former 2020 Democratic presidential and 2018 Texas Senate candidate, has been making the TV rounds to call out the Republicans who’ve shifted the blame for the power shortages — and is organizing to check in on senior citizens throughout it all.On Wednesday night, O’Rourke announced he and volunteers had made more than 150,000 wellness calls to seniors throughout the state. And in an interview with CNN, he called out Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who have inaccurately placed most of the blame for the power failures on Texas’ renewable energy sources.’There has been complete Republican control of the state of Texas for 20 years.’Former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke dismisses Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s claim that renewable energy is responsible for power shortages during the winter storm in Texas. pic.twitter.com/vGg2LukFK5— CNN (@CNN) February 18, 2021O’Rourke also addressed last month’s attack on the Capitol when speaking to MSNBC on Thursday morning. The U.S. needs to ‘hold those responsible accountable,’ including ‘the junior senator from the state of Texas, who I understand is vacationing in Cancun right now while people are literally freezing to death in the state that he was elected to represent.’ A GOP source confirmed to Fox News that photos of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and his family boarding a plane Wednesday night ‘speak for themselves.’ Kathryn Krawczyk

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Warren police search for man who pooped in unlocked cars at auto shops

Warren police are on the lookout for a serial pooper, who decided to use unlocked cars, at two different auto shops, as a bathroom.

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Beaming Up and Getting Off – Life Before and Beyond Star Trek

Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek by Walter Koenig, is an updated and expanded version of Walter Koenig’s 1998 memoir, Warped Factors: A Neurotic’s Guide to the Universe.…

My first book review for the Star Trek Book Club, though certainly not the first book that I’ve ever reviewed, I was luckily enough to be contacted by the publisher of several recent Trek related books and asked if I wanted some review copies, to which I replied, “Why yes, of course!”.  A week later and a box with 5 books arrive, and Walter Koenig’s refresh of his 1998 autobiography was the first on that I started, if only because I had read the original several times back in the days before the internet, and because it was literally the first book in the pile.  Easy choice!

It’s a 378 page book that I’ll admit was somewhat intimidating to get into, it’s long for any type of book, much less an autobiography, but luckily it’s written smoothly with enough breaking points that I was able to read it in just a few nights at a leisurely pace.  As mentioned above, I had the shorter version of it when it was named “Warped Factors“.  From what I can tell, the original portions of the book remain largely untouched, they still stand as a good explanation of exactly how Koenig ended up where he did, when he did.  There’s a forward from J. Michael Straczynski, showrunner of Babylon 5, a series that Koenig was a recurring guest star on, and really gave him room to work outside of the Star Trek role that he’s primarily known for.  Sidenote to this, B5 was just released in HD and I’m interested in watching it again, but I bought it in SD just mere months before the HD announcement and now I’m discouraged about the whole thing.  I’ll get to it eventually though!

The original autobiography follows his life from early school, to being a hospital orderly, to bus driver, to his first roles on Mr Novak, which is a piece Americana if I’ve ever seen one.  There’s much to be said about his time during Trek here, but honestly, I’ve read a ton about the behind the scenes stuff and while Mr Koenig is spilling plenty of tea in the book, he isn’t writing the book to grind an axe or make anyone look bad.  At least, anyone that didn’t already have reputations for being slightly too big for their britches.

Of particular interest though is the new material that starts in the last hundred pages that catches us up on what’s been new in his life, from some personal tragedies to his involvement in Burmese diplomacy, which has recently bubbled up into the zeitgeist due to the military taking over the country yet again, throwing away the democratic progress that they’ve made recently.  I’ll admit that the reason that the new content is more interesting to me is that it’s obvious that the author has leveled up his writing in the twenty years since the previous book and even the quick “One-Line Memories” section towards the end feels polished and smooth.

If you’re a fan of Trek, there’s enough content here to be of interest.  If you want to see what made Walter Koenig the man he is, this is the best place to do it.

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A terabyte isnt what it used to be–14 of Internet customers use more

Terabyte-using customers doubled from 7% to 14% as pandemic wore on.

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New York City in the winter of 1888.

New York City in the winter of 1888.

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Colorado City mayor resigns responds to his controversial Facebook post

Colorado City Mayor Tim Boyd has resigned. Boyd acknowledged the resignation Tuesday afternoon while responding to criticism he received for a controversial Facebook post. Tuesday morning, Boyd voiced his frustrations about residents who he said called him to complain about power and water outages. “If you don’t have electricity, you step up and come up with a game plan to keep your family warm and safe,” Boyd said. “Get off your ass and take care of your own family! “

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‘He Is Lying People Are Dying’ Calls for Texas Governor to Resign as He Blames Power Outages on Wind and Solar

“Five million Texans are without power tonight and temperatures are below freezing. People will most certainly die tonight because of it. But Gov. Abbott had time to go on Sean Hannity to blame the Green New Deal.”

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Rush Limbaugh Right-Wing Radio Host Dies at 70

Rush Limbaugh, the conservative firebrand radio host who was a pillar of right-wing media in the U.S. for more than 30 years, died on Wednesday after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 70. Limb…

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Directed by Craig Gillespie. With Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Mark Strong, Paul Walter Hauser. A live-action prequel feature film following a young Cruella de Vil.

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Trump attorney rips off mic after questioning from CBSN anchor

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