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NBachers

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6. Don't despair! There's still time to turn it into a giant private prison facility.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:49 PM

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Otherwise, it’s good to know that there’s limitless deep cold Texas water to cool these units, and gigawatts of cheap dependable Texas power to run it!

Hold on a minute- Corpus Christi’s on the phone . . .

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