American Politics

[Xpartan]

Flip that to the exact opposite and you would be very close to being correct. The main difference being that almost every story that is so false that it requires an apology comes from the liberal media like CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post, etc. (aka fake news).

I don't flip. Flipping the script is your ilk's doing.

You pal Elvis has already flipped "Russiagate" to Biden (yeah, Russiagate, no less).

Like Russian Internet Research Agency trolls never toasted "we made America great again. ".

Like Russia never orchestrated those wikimedia leaks.

Like Putin never admitted they'd wanted Trump to win.

Like Donnie never asked Russia to dig more dirt on Hillary.

Like Donnie never laughed his ass off with Lavrov and Kisliak after firing Comey (with only Putin's TASS agency granted access to snap pictures).

Like Donnie never shared secret Israeli data with the Russians.

Like Donnie never met with the Russians alone, against all diplomatic protocols, without his aides and even an interpreter present.

Like Donnie never admired and excused Putin as a murderer. ​.

Like Donnie never sent his brain-damaged son to meet with Putin's agent in Trump Tower (and then taught the junior how to lie about it).

Like Donnie never told he trusted Putin more than his own 18 national security agencies.

Like hordes of Republicans don't adore Putin and his regime.

Yeah, aha.

And why does, pray-tell, every right winger is having this huge pornographic orgy right now?

I'll tell you why. Because FEDs arrested one guy who lied to Steel while he was compiling his dossier. One fucking guy.

In 2016.

For the dossier that was ordered BY REPUBLICANS.

And that's supposed to absolve him?

As if Donnie's never done anything for Russia after that dossier?

Give me a fucking break. No one can be that stupid.

[EihTooms]

Is that what Russiagate was, American behavior? Like I said, you probably still believe Russiagate was real. Your post earns you douche points. Congratulations!

Of course, Russian collusion with Team Trump in the 2016 presidential election was real. It was discovered, uncovered and admitted to countless times by any number of Team Trump members from the Chairman of the Trump Presidential Campaign to spokesmen for the Campaign to go-betweens for the collusion to Trump's own family members.

However, as was repeated countless times from the very beginning in the Mainstream Media, from Mueler's team, Trump's DOJ that busted, charged and convicted several Team Trump members for their crimes and even on this site, "collusion" with Russia was not a crime and was not something the investigators were even looking for.

True, it should have been a source of embarrassment and shame for Repubs and Trumpsters to know America's adversaries and enemies so dearly wanted their guy to win and work his magic to turn America into a shithole country.

But it wasn't and there was no "crime" that could be charged regarding it.

[Cali Guy]

I really like that phrase if only there were an example of this.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier...h=63ba515e45e0

If we prematurely discourage investment in fossil fuels and then our dependence doesn't decline as rapidly as the Biden Administration envisions that is a recipe for shortages, higher prices, and greater dependence on foreign nations for our energy.

Like the Obama Administration, the Biden Administration initially adopted a relatively hostile position toward the fossil fuel industry. The revocation of the Keystone XL Pipeline permit and the temporary suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands were policies that signaled that the Biden Administration wants to move the country away from oil.

But what happens when Americans aren't ready to move on from oil, and new domestic supplies aren't meeting demand?

That's the position we currently find ourselves in.

Great post! North Dakota has been able to ramp up their production because they have little federal land and plenty of private land to drill on. Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana ave been hit hard by Biden cancelling all drilling permits on federal land. Unfortunately most of the oil from North Dakota has to be shipped by truck and rail as there is not enough pipeline capacity to increase production. Biden as created this mess and it is going to get worse. He will not increase drilling in USA and we will e held hostage by OPEC. Expect higher gas prices. OPEC goal is to get crude oil over $100 a barrel and Biden is playing right into their hands. Heating bills will skyrocket also.

[Elvis 2008]

Once again, the actions have consequences crowd seems to forget.

I really like that phrase if only there were an example of this.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier...h=63ba515e45e0

If we prematurely discourage investment in fossil fuels and then our dependence doesn't decline as rapidly as the Biden Administration envisions that is a recipe for shortages, higher prices, and greater dependence on foreign nations for our energy.

Like the Obama Administration, the Biden Administration initially adopted a relatively hostile position toward the fossil fuel industry. The revocation of the Keystone XL Pipeline permit and the temporary suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands were policies that signaled that the Biden Administration wants to move the country away from oil.

But what happens when Americans aren't ready to move on from oil, and new domestic supplies aren't meeting demand?

That's the position we currently find ourselves in. The Biden Administration could respond in one of two ways.

They could say High oil prices will speed up the transition to renewable energy which is certainly how they feel privately. After all, USA Officials attended the COP26 you. And. Climate Summit in Glasgow this week, where they discussed plans to reduce carbon emissions. They could tell Americans to take their medicine, live with higher gas prices, and then privately hope that hastens the transition to green energy.

But people don't like paying higher gasoline prices. So, the first irony is that the Biden Administration asked OPEC to pump more oil, undermining its COP26 messaging of reducing fossil fuel consumption. At the G-20 meeting in Rome, President Biden complained:

"The idea that Russia and Saudi Arabia and other major producers are not going to pump more oil so people can have gasoline to get to and from work, for example, is not right. "

President Biden pleaded with OPEC this week to pump more oil. Those pleas were rebuffed, and late in the week Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm called on oil-producing nations to immediately increase crude supplies so people won't be hurt by high prices this winter.

The second irony in this situation is that one country that is producing a lot less oil than it was 18 months ago is the USA And policies that are hostile to the oil industry indeed that will ultimately curtail USA Oil production potentially lead us to a place like this.

Secretary Granholm seemed unclear on why USA Producers haven't ramped production back up:

"I don't know why at $80 a barrel those incentives are not there. During Covid, it was down they backed off because demand was not there because people were staying home, we know that. Now that things are back up, the production should be meeting that demand, there has been rigs that have been added but not fully."

Because of the lag between price signals and production changes, the Biden Administration needs to make decisions now to ensure domestic supplies are strong during the rest of his term. One of the most important acts the administration could do is fast-track thousands of drilling permit applications that are waiting to be approved.

The administration slowed down these approvals early in the year. The pace has picked up substantially, but that initial slowdown is being felt right now. And that, in part, is why we have to ask OPEC to pump more oil. It's a bad look for the USA, but a consequence that I warned about in my February article.

The Biden Administration should learn a valuable lesson from this. An agenda to move the USA Away from fossil fuels is a noble one. But, if in the process your policies contribute to a supply shortfall and prices skyrocket, you won't be able to see that agenda through because you will be voted out of office. That is where theory collides with practical reality.

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But there is good news for power starved Americans.

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/re...lectricity.php

The share of electricity generation produced by natural gas in the United States averages 36% in 2021 and 35% in 2022 in our forecast, down from 39% in 2020. In 2021, our forecast share for natural gas as a generation fuel declines in response to our expectation of a higher delivered natural gas price. As a result of the higher expected natural gas prices, the forecast share of electricity generation from coal rises from 20% in 2020 to about 23% in 2021 and 22% in 2022.

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You cannot make this stuff up. Maybe a nickname change is due. Maybe we should call him Joe "King Coal" Biden. He he.

[Elvis 2008]

Since "the socialists" hate the truth, who originally commissioned and paid for the "Steele dossier"?

"During the Republican primaries, a research firm called Fusion GPS was hired by The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website, to unearth potentially damaging information about Mr. Trump. The Free Beacon which was funded by a major donor supporting Mr. Trump's rival for the party's nomination, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida told Fusion GPS to stop doing research on Mr. Trump in May 2016, as Mr. Trump was clinching the Republican nomination." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/u...-expained.html.

So Russiagate was the Republican's fault? The illegal warrants? The impeachment? The bogus criminal investigations and convictions? The attempt at thwarting the will of the voters was the fault of Republicans?

You score big douche points for that one, PV.

I will try to score some douche points now too. We all really know Russiagate was all Trump's fault. How did I do?

[EihTooms]

I didn't share any news source at all. I simply stated a fact. The only person killed that day was an unarmed woman murdered by a black security guard without warning. Does their race or gender really matter? Not really. Race and gender are only important to the left if it fits their narrative, which it does not in this case. But that was the only murder committed that day regardless.

As far as Biden's negro league speech, I don't give a shit one way or the other.

There must have been some source for that "fact" you were something like 500% Wrong about.

If not some loony fake news source, what was it? A psychic inkling? Rumors spreading through your neighborhood? A fortune cookie message? Smoke signals?

And, yeah, I'm guessing wherever it was you heard it that source will never apologize for lying to anyone foolish enough to pay attention to them.

[Elvis 2008]

I don't encourage anti-American behavior.

Is that what Russiagate was, American behavior? Like I said, you probably still believe Russiagate was real. Your post earns you douche points. Congratulations!

[Elvis 2008]

Once again, the "actions have consequences" crowd seems to forget that the idiot in question took part in a riot at the US Capitol.

You mean the same US capitol where a conspiracy of the Clinton campaign, DOJ, and sitting Congressmen tried to kick out a duly elected president with the fraudulent Russiagate?

[PVMonger]

Facts and the truth mean nothing to the socialists on this site. You are 100% correct and they hate the truth when it doesn't suit their narrative.

Since "the socialists" hate the truth, who originally commissioned and paid for the "Steele dossier"?

"During the Republican primaries, a research firm called Fusion GPS was hired by The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website, to unearth potentially damaging information about Mr. Trump. The Free Beacon — which was funded by a major donor supporting Mr. Trump's rival for the party's nomination, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida — told Fusion GPS to stop doing research on Mr. Trump in May 2016, as Mr. Trump was clinching the Republican nomination." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/u...-expained.html.

[Cali Guy]

I don't encourage anti-American behavior.

You and TrumpShit need to stop encouraging it Elvis.

He is not encouraging anti American behavior. He is against Anti American behavior that the democrats support. I am also confident that he is against BLM also who is the main anti American group in USA. I suppose you think BLM leader threatening the New Democratic Mayor of NYC is not anti American? BLM leader threatens rioting and bloodshed in NYC if the new mayor starts arresting criminals and increases police forces to stop the deadly crime in NYC. Obviously you hate America along with BLM.

[PVMonger]

The only person actually killed that day was an unarmed 5 foot 6, around 135 pound woman who was shot by an angry armed black security guard who fired first without a warning shot or even giving a verbal warning. I do agree that man should do more jail time than anyone else involved in that event that day.

Where was this "unarmed 5 foot 6, around 135 pound woman"? Was she sleeping in her bed when the police executed a no-knock warrant? Was she walking home from a convenience store after buying some skittles?

Once again, the "actions have consequences" crowd seems to forget that the idiot in question took part in a riot at the US Capitol.

Why is it that any black person who gets shot while taking part in a protest gets the "Well, if they hadn't been there, this wouldn't have happened" treatment? But a white woman taking part in a riot at the US Capitol doesn't get the same "Well, if she hadn't been there, this wouldn't have happened" treatment. I know the fascists will try to spin this but, sorry, they are the same thing. Normal people can see this. Fascists? Not so much.

[Golfinho]

When I saw the video I thought wow, I'm watching an angry mob of America-hating loser males bash in a window at the Capitol

What you were seeing was a preview of what could happen on a large scale if the officials holding elective office continue to serve the oligarchs and corporate interests that bankroll them while refusing to represent the will of the people.

[ScatManDoo]

Smoothy, these Democratic are so pathetic they want to blame heart attacks and drug overdoses on strokes and suicides on Trump to boot. All the Covid deaths are Trump's fault too. Everything bad is Trump's fault.

The problem with these is they act like they did nothing wrong. Even now this fucking prick Adam Schiff has changed his tune on Russiagate. Look at the video of Schiff here: https://www.foxnews.com/media/glenn-...steele-dossier.

It is bad enough that the Clinton campaign and DOJ tried to rig an election with something we now know is a conspiracy. That Congress took this set of bullshit lies and used them in an attempt to toss out the votes of the American citizens? Shit, given the current set of facts, Nancy Pelosi et al should be thankful that is was just their offices that were ransacked. 1-6 was mild compared to what should have happened.

I don't encourage anti-American behavior.

You and TrumpShit need to stop encouraging it Elvis.

[Cali Guy]

Smoothy, these Democratic are so pathetic they want to blame heart attacks and drug overdoses on strokes and suicides on Trump to boot. All the Covid deaths are Trump's fault too. Everything bad is Trump's fault.

The problem with these is they act like they did nothing wrong. Even now this fucking prick Adam Schiff has changed his tune on Russiagate. Look at the video of Schiff here: https://www.foxnews.com/media/glenn-...steele-dossier.

It is bad enough that the Clinton campaign and DOJ tried to rig an election with something we now know is a conspiracy. That Congress took this set of bullshit lies and used them in an attempt to toss out the votes of the American citizens? Shit, given the current set of facts, Nancy Pelosi et al should be thankful that is was just their offices that were ransacked. 1-6 was mild compared to what should have happened.

As for the Democratic douches here, there is no point in discussing with them. These fools still think the Russiagate impeachment was justified and everything in the Steele dossier was real, and they think all the bullshit arrests associated with this bogus investigation were great. Flynn and Stone were pardoned? They lied to the FBI who lied their asses off to the whole country? The horror..

Your post is exactly true. It is pathetic that these socialists try to deflect the incompetent president with talking Trump. If Trump had done a tenth of the illegal shit that the Clintons ad done he would have been locked up for 10 years. There probably isn't one socialist here that will finally admit they were wrong on the Russian collusion. Now Biden has Chinese collusion. His son is selling paintings to the Chinese for millions. China is benefiting from payments to the Biden's and no talk of even investigating. I guess these guys on this forum are worried about getting future welfare payments if Republicans get control.

[Cali Guy]

I didn't share any news source at all. I simply stated a fact. The only person killed that day was an unarmed woman murdered by a black security guard without warning. Does their race or gender really matter? Not really. Race and gender are only important to the left if it fits their narrative, which it does not in this case. But that was the only murder committed that day regardless.

Facts and the truth mean nothing to the socialists on this site. You are 100% correct and they hate the truth when it doesn't suit their narrative.