Rusty Shackleford

Part-time rancher, full-time target for middle management hostilities. Unashamedly proud to be American. 🇺🇸

[Rusty Shackleford @RussGShack]

@RepThomasMassie 🤣 buh-bye 👋

[J. R. VanHoose @JRVanHoose]

When Appalachians see the Scots have arrived in the United States for the World Cup.
#WorldCup

[Rusty Shackleford @RussGShack]

Irish gonna Irish. You dun messed up, A-Aaron.

[Dan Hill @dandinohill]

"Passing a bill that 80% of Americans and 95% of Republicans want is very very difficult.
We didn't get it done, but we tried really really hard. Please re-elect us."

- Johnny Thune and his Ridiculous RINOs

[Ashley Schendel @ashleyschendel]

Watching @FreddyLA7 the German World Cup fan road trip through the South and discover actual America has been one of my favorite things online.

Waffle House hash browns. Buc-ee’s snack aisles. Auburn’s stadium. River tubing. Fairhope sunsets. Random small towns that look like movie sets if you actually slow down long enough to notice them.

People fly here thinking America is New York, LA, Vegas, and Disney.

Then they end up somewhere in Georgia, Tennessee, or Alabama and realize the whole country is way weirder, prettier, friendlier, and more interesting than they were told.

That is the America I love watching people find.

[Rusty Shackleford @RussGShack]

@SpinSycle @UKFREEDOMUNITE It is, in fact, the perfect Country & Western song.

[Rusty Shackleford @RussGShack]

@JohnCornyn Are you talking about yourself? Enjoy the job search, loser.

[Rusty Shackleford @RussGShack]

@LeaderJohnThune SAVE America Act, asshole!

[DNP Sports @notthefakeDNP]

That German dude by the end of the World Cup

[John Slaughter, Esq. @JSlaughterEsq]

A couple of Germans on a road trip have done more to inspire patriotism ahead of America’s 250th anniversary than the entirety of the U.S. government.

[Benny Boy @Camel_Crushin]

I have absolutely no interest in the World Cup, but I’m following a German soccer fan traveling the South as if my life depended on it.

[Rusty Shackleford @RussGShack]

@FoxNews

[Rusty Shackleford @RussGShack]

@FreddyLA7 Getcha some while you’re here, brother! That shooting range should be able to help you out to quickly learn safe handling and basic marksmanship; you’ll love it.

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

I am indifferent to coal.

Whether or not society continues to use it in the future makes zero difference to me because I have no stakes in this game.

But solar photovoltaics are never going to provide baseload power. It is physically impossible because of how diffuse solar radiation is, and industrialized economies cannot be powered on that and batteries. All of these data centers popping up using natural gas and nuclear is positive proof of that.

While we may be able to electrify some of our electricity needs, as well as primary transportation with EVs, it’s going to be a long time before heavy machinery, ships, and aircraft are battery-powered, and in all honesty, I would never ride in a battery-powered airplane.

[BLAIM GAME @BLAIMGame]

If you’re more disturbed by the rioting in Belfast last night than you are by the fact that an immigrant tried to behead someone on the streets you’re part of the problem.

[Dept. of Agriculture @USDA]

Secretary Rollins welcomes President Donald J. Trump’s appointment of @johnrich as Special Envoy for American Landowners.

As Special Envoy, Rich will serve as a strong advocate for America’s farmers, ranchers, and private landowners, helping ensure their rights are protected and their voices are heard in Washington. He will work closely with USDA and stakeholders across the country to defend private property rights and address growing concerns from landowners facing pressure related to large-scale solar and wind development that impact productive farmland and rural communities.

America’s farmers and ranchers deserve a government that stands with them. USDA looks forward to working alongside John as we continue advancing President Trump’s commitment to protecting rural America and preserving our nation’s agricultural heritage.

🔗https://t.co/W8VigopxEJ

[Rusty Shackleford @RussGShack]

They’re only concerned with themselves and their donors. That’s how we keep getting screwed!

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

WHY THE HELL AM I PAYING TAXES TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT:

>CANNOT DEFUND THE TALBAN
>CANNOT SECURE OUR ELECTIONS
>CANNOT BALANCE A BUDGET
>CANNOT READ THE BILLS THEY VOTE ON
>CANNOT PASS TERM LIMITS
>CANNOT PASS DOGE CUTS

WHY ARE WE PAYING TAXES?!!!!!!

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

Yep! Sounds good to me.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

We live in a shit hole country.

[Peter Clack @PeterDClack]

Wind and solar aren't the future - they are a high-maintenance, low-yield, asset-degrading collection of unreliable gadgetry.

Ultimately, the actual physics makes them exceptionally intermittent and they fail to deliver a true net profit to everyone who was forced to subsidise them. We are told wind and solar are the limitless, romantic future of energy. But when you strip away the romance, they are not pristine monuments to progress.

The reality is, they are complex jumbles of electronics, specialised glass, composite blades and concrete foundations. Like any domestic appliance, they degrade, malfunction and eventually they just wear out, sooner rather than later.

Whether it is a 'minor rural block' or a massive multi-million-dollar commercial farm, the financial equation is plagued by intermittency. Because these technologies only work sometimes, they require trillions in redundant grid infrastructure, backup gas plants, or toxic, short-lived battery arrays just to keep the lights on.

The narrative promises clean, free power from the sky. But both wind and solar are bound by physical barriers that guarantee they can never deliver the promised utopian returns.

A wind turbine cannot simply absorb all the energy passing through it. In 1919, physicist Albert Betz proved that if a turbine extracted 100% of the wind’s kinetic energy, the air behind the blades would stop moving entirely, blocking any new wind from entering. The absolute mathematical maximum efficiency for any open-airflow turbine is 59.3%.

Because of this physical wall, real-world utility turbines max out at around 45% efficiency in perfect conditions. But because the wind rarely blows at perfect speeds, their actual annual average output (capacity factor) globally sits at a dismal 25% to 40% depending on location. They aren't magical power plants; they are mechanical bottlenecks.

Solar panels face an equally rigid thermodynamic wall. Standard silicon panels have a maximum theoretical efficiency of roughly 33% because nearly half of all incoming solar energy is simply too powerful to be captured and is instantly lost as heat, while another chunk of photons passes right through the material like a ghost.

Millions of homeowners who bought into rooftop solar since the late 2000s are discovering the financial math didn't hold up. As early subsidies and high buy-back tariffs evaporated, owners were left with creeping daily grid supply charges and degrading panels.

After only 10 to 15 years, the costly inverters fail, leaving properties with expensive, non-functioning roof clutter.