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Deranged, Delusional Alexandria Donkey-Chompers Claims That Organized Looting Just Isn't Happening, That The "Data" Say All Of the Looting Videos are Just Hallucinations
Kumala: My Staff Has Failed to Prepare Me for Success
Former Staffers: We Did Prepare Her For Success -- She Just Refused to Read Our Briefing Papers and Then Blamed Us When She Was Caught Unprepared by Reporters
Juicy Sommelier Takes the Stand
New York Times Subsidiary Editor Suspended for Unhinged Rant
Axios: Oh, No! The Right Wing Is Building "Its Own Echo Chamber," Separate from Our Corporate-Backed, Monopoly-Enforced Echo Chamber
CNN Fired Chris Cuomo After Being Contacted About Fredo's Own New Sexual Harassment Allegations, Lodged By a Former Colleague at ABC's Good Morning America
Update: Cuomo Said Zucker Knew All About Him; CNN Calls Cuomo A Liar
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August 11, 2013
Signs of recovery...or not
Entergy is laying off 800 of its 15,000 employees.
Entergy Corp. says it plans to cut 800 jobs nearly one-third of them in Louisiana, where the bulk of its employees live...
Major layoffs at a major power generation outfit doesn't bode well. Something has to give - ongoing distribution grid maintenance/upgrades, power plant maintenance, customer service for downed lines, etc. Most power companies already run pretty lean.
If you like your blackouts
you can keep your blackouts
you can keep your blackouts
Might as well open the thread as you open up a can of tasty beans for diner and enjoy the new "SmartGrid". Its so smart, it'll almost run itself.
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Recent Entries
Sneaky Puppy Cafe
Quick Hits
Deranged, Delusional Alexandria Donkey-Chompers Claims That Organized Looting Just Isn't Happening, That The "Data" Say All Of the Looting Videos are Just Hallucinations
Kumala: My Staff Has Failed to Prepare Me for Success
Former Staffers: We Did Prepare Her For Success -- She Just Refused to Read Our Briefing Papers and Then Blamed Us When She Was Caught Unprepared by Reporters
Juicy Sommelier Takes the Stand
New York Times Subsidiary Editor Suspended for Unhinged Rant
Axios: Oh, No! The Right Wing Is Building "Its Own Echo Chamber," Separate from Our Corporate-Backed, Monopoly-Enforced Echo Chamber
CNN Fired Chris Cuomo After Being Contacted About Fredo's Own New Sexual Harassment Allegations, Lodged By a Former Colleague at ABC's Good Morning America
Update: Cuomo Said Zucker Knew All About Him; CNN Calls Cuomo A Liar
The Morning Rant
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Quick Hits
Deranged, Delusional Alexandria Donkey-Chompers Claims That Organized Looting Just Isn't Happening, That The "Data" Say All Of the Looting Videos are Just Hallucinations
Kumala: My Staff Has Failed to Prepare Me for Success
Former Staffers: We Did Prepare Her For Success -- She Just Refused to Read Our Briefing Papers and Then Blamed Us When She Was Caught Unprepared by Reporters
Juicy Sommelier Takes the Stand
New York Times Subsidiary Editor Suspended for Unhinged Rant
Axios: Oh, No! The Right Wing Is Building "Its Own Echo Chamber," Separate from Our Corporate-Backed, Monopoly-Enforced Echo Chamber
CNN Fired Chris Cuomo After Being Contacted About Fredo's Own New Sexual Harassment Allegations, Lodged By a Former Colleague at ABC's Good Morning America
Update: Cuomo Said Zucker Knew All About Him; CNN Calls Cuomo A Liar
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