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paleotn

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10. And Nat gas facilities and fields.

Reply to Nictuku (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 21, 2026, 11:58 PM

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What would take weeks to months to get back on line and supply chains unkinked IF they stopped now, may take years. And we'll have +$5 per gas nationwide for the foreseeable future. And an economy in tatters.

Part of me wishes he'd just go ahead and do it. Blow it all up. Then no amount of voter suppression will stop the November reckoning.

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