The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is the organization entrusted to keep electric power flowing to approximately 20 million Texas customers – representing 85 percent of the state’s electric load and about 75 percent of the Texas land area. As the Independent System Operator for its region, ERCOT manages the scheduling of power on an electric grid consisting of 70,000 megawatts of active generation capacity and 38,000 miles of

“The NHS will provide a universal service for all based on clinical need, not ability to pay; the NHS will provide a comprehensive range of services.”— credo of the National Health Service I have always admired the Brits and their great tradition of post-war humor–from Peter Sellers in ‘I’m All Right Jack’ to Monty Python’s Department of Silly Walks, to Terry Pratchett’s Swiftian satire masquerading as fantasy: British humor is

Dan Riehl (whom I am not, much to his relief) has a fascinating little bit of internet forensics up at his site, where he appears to demonstrate that one of Claire McCaskill’s advisors has been active in American Votes, and organization funded by the ubiquitous Soros, who is, as everyone knows, out of American politics, and which touts its relation to the nut-rooters at ACORN. Those of us who followed

Well, it had to happen eventually. And no, you can’t have the pink tutu! Hands off you loons!

“The Lazy Man of Laos” [originally appeared in Myths and Folk Tales Around the World, Robert R Potter, Ed. D and H. Alan Robinson, eds, Globe, NY:  1963, 1971; abridgement by protein wisdom, moments again, high on coconut rum]      In Laos, there once was a very Lazy Man who lived by himself in a one-room shack. Rain dripped from holes in his roof.  Wind gusted in from gaping holes in

Send money to Goldstein, and I’ll make it stop. DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY THIS FASCINATING OPTICAL ILLUSION NO LONGER VIEWABLE update:  While I appreciate the the thought, I don’t like blegs.  I hate doing them myself, and I hate it even more when it’s done for me when I’d rather it not be.  Thanks—Jeff

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