Texas power outages and Ted Cruz travel agency

Riverman · February 22, 2021, 3:19am

Thread:

https://twitter.com/greg_palast/status/1363199135168405504?s=21

Tych · February 22, 2021, 3:29am

Bachelor of Music or Bowel Movement. You chose, I’ve done both.

Devil · February 22, 2021, 4:35am

You think that’s bad? My last degree was DoPE. They never stop punishing you for not finishing a PhD.

Marksman · February 22, 2021, 6:29am

Lol Harvard.

Ivy league is full of knobs.

Marksman · February 22, 2021, 6:32am

How do you stage putting water into a vehicle? By putting water into a vehicle?

Devil · February 22, 2021, 6:58am

Putting water into a vehicle is Ted Cruz staging empathy.

Danspartan · February 22, 2021, 10:55am

This brought to mind Mr and Mrs Falwell Jr

https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-college-roommate-cancun/

Twadds · February 22, 2021, 12:51pm

Macquarie Group (An Australian bank and associated companies) seems to have made about $600m more than expected in 2 weeks due to the Texas storm.

anon12304106 · February 22, 2021, 1:45pm

Ours caps autopay at $1,000. Never thought about that as a consumer protection situation before, but wonder if it state mandated.

Riverman · February 22, 2021, 1:52pm

https://twitter.com/cpsenergy/status/1362794151583109121?s=21

Marksman · February 22, 2021, 3:48pm

Just reminds me how many Fox News viewers who were fretting on Twitter that poor Ted was going to be screwed out of his months planned ahead vacation for him and his family.

Instead it was a last minute take whomever wants to go party. I would wish someone looked into how this was arrange and funded. I know travel is dirt cheap right now but Ted doesn’t strike me as a generous guy.

Superleeds · February 22, 2021, 5:29pm

Seems to me that the electricity market is just copying the Healthcare market.

pvn · February 22, 2021, 5:37pm

you think? I seriously doubt that needle has budged at all

pvn · February 22, 2021, 5:38pm

caused by what? don’t let that shit just slip by, sure the storm can have impacts on supply and demand but the motherfucking storm isn’t what caused someone’s bill to go from $250 to $10k.

Riverman · February 22, 2021, 5:40pm

The whole country is just going to be gated super mansions and go fund me in like 15 years.

Charity is good but ultimately the money just goes to fucking utilities, pure dystopia.

mosdef · February 22, 2021, 6:39pm

This isn’t wild speculation, many countries already have this and it already exists in some parts of the US. These types of images are pretty common:

suzzer99 · February 22, 2021, 7:12pm

Where is that? The stuff on the left doesn’t look like the US. The pink satellite dishes on the right don’t look like US either.

NotBruceZ · February 22, 2021, 7:14pm

It’s Mexico City.

suzzer99 · February 22, 2021, 7:16pm

Yeah I just found it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/2wtn86/the_division_of_wealth_in_a_mexican_neighborhood/

iron81 · February 23, 2021, 5:02am

Good news on the lol Ted front, it was the top story on TMZ, leading with the Mariachi band.