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The Fog of Peace Making
Two plus months into the war with Iran and the fog of war is becoming the fog of peacemaking. What was a shoot-out has become a stand-off. The key terrain feature remains the Strait of Hormuz. It is the key to this conflict in much the same way that Vicksburg was to the Civil War.
Off the Grid Puts Someone on the Hook
Mississippi has now seen the data center problem from three vantage points. From one end, Amazon cut a sweetheart deal — SB 2001 — that handed it access to Entergy’s grid while keeping the contracts secret from the ratepayers who will subsidize it.
The Strait Jacket of Hormuz
For fifty years Pentagon planners, whose job it is to analyze risk and threats around the globe, have concluded year after year that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the worst possible scenario to confront – but it never happened – until now! The world is now witnessing firsthand what scared the military analysts.
Who You Gonna’ Believe?
“Who you gonna’ believe? Me or your lying eyes.” Substitute Entergy’s spokesperson for Chico Marx, and you have the current gaslighting telling you don’t believe what you see happening in other states and what common sense tells you will happen here. Just trust Entergy not to raise electric rates for small customers to benefit Amazon’s data centers.
AI – The Next Big Thing for the Big Machine!
Hold my ampere and read this! The next three years are going to be electrifying! Why? Turn on the financial news today and all you hear is AI (artificial intelligence) this and AI that. AI must be the next BIG THING! Some think it will be the BIGGEST THING ever. It’s the elephant in the room that nobody can stop talking about. Watt could go wrong?
The Great Mississippi Shell Game
The following is the transcript from Kelley Williams’ presentation at the Sept. 25 Public Service Commission’s Summit on Data Centers.
I’m glad to be here and I appreciate the opportunity to talk about being fooled. I don’t do this every day so I can’t wing it, but I want to be careful that what I tell you will stand up to cross-examination and spin and rebuttal. So I’m going to go slow and we’ll try to be precise and accurate.