American Politics

[Cali Guy]

Red states didn't defund their police so crime is not out of control like in Chicago, LA and Seattle amongst other liberal cities. I have homes in 2 red states and I can assure you that there are more homeless in LA than in several red states. There probably isn't another stupid American living that thinks democrats are tough on crime. Your post is laughable as a joke but disgusting.

I live in San Diego. Murders and attempted murders are up 38%. We are doing much better than LA and San Francisco. We are a democrat state. No one will argue with that. Since California defunded police and got soft on prosecuting crime it has been a nightmare. Probably as bad as NYC and Chicago. I do not know of one red state that defunded their police. I googled it and couldn't find one.

[Cali Guy]

Cali Guy was right. Only 3% of new cars bought in USA in 2021 were electric.

Yes the 3% only represents new cars but there is still less than 1% of electric cars worldwide being driven today after 20 years of electric car production. So in 20 years only 1% of the cars are electric but somehow in next 10 years 100% will magically appear on our roads. Fantasyland at its best. What if we had stopped producing oil 10 years ago?

[EihTooms]

Yep, it's another great economic report that accurately cites that it was only better when another Dem in the White House made it so.

Weekly jobless claims fell to 166,000 last week, the lowest level since 1968

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/07/us-w...ndroidappshare

Jobless claims totaled 166,000 last week, the lowest since late 1968.

The decline of 5,000 from a week ago reflected revisions in the way the Labor Department calculates the initial filings numbers.

The labor market tightened further last week, with initial jobless claims falling to their lowest level in more than 53 years, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Initial filings for unemployment dropped to 166,000, well below the Dow Jones estimate of 200,000 and 5,000 under the previous weeks total, which was revised sharply lower. The department noted that it revised claims from 2017 to 2021 and changed the seasonal factors it is using to calculate the numbers.

Last weeks total was the lowest since November 1968.

The numbers nevertheless reflect a jobs market that is subject to a severe worker shortage. There are about 5 million more employment openings than there are available workers, a situation that has driven up wages and contributed to spiraling inflation.

Federal Reserve officials are raising interest rates to try to constrict outsized demand that comes amid ongoing struggles in supply chains.

Despite the economys various obstacles, hiring has remained brisk, with nonfarm payrolls climbing by nearly 1.7 million in the first quarter of 2022.

Continuing claims, however, rose, totaling 1.52 million, according to data that runs a week behind the headline number.

The total of those receiving benefits under all programs declined to 1.72 million. The number was 18.4 million a year ago, when the government was providing enhanced support to workers displaced by Covid. The pandemics renewed spread over the winter showed little impact on the overall jobs numbers.

See that one part in there?

"Last week's total was the lowest since November 1968."

That would be just 2 months before a crooked incoming Repub was handed a historically successful economy produced by an outgoing Dem.

Seriously. Look it up. Let us all know what you find and provide the link; Has ANY outgoing Repub handed an incoming Dem as good or better economic data point among others in the past 100 years? Even once?

I'll save you the time and effort. The answer is No.

Thanks again, Joe, Nancy, Chuck, the Dems and everyone who voted for them.

[Cali Guy]

So, if the USA produced no oil and OPEC produced more than enough to cover the USA shortfall, would oil prices go up or down? Using your logic above, the price of oil would go down because there is more supply.

Is OPEC producing more oil now, or less? They are producing less.

Therefore, the problem with the per-barrel price of oil isn't President Biden, it is OPEC. Just like it was in the 70's.

Problem is Biden. Saudi and OPEC see a weak USA president killing the USA oil and gas industry and begging OPEC countries for more oil. The more Biden hurts domestic energy and the more he begs gives OPEC more power to control pricing. Logical solution is don't buy from OPEC but we don't have a logical leader. Facts are facts. Biden is 90% to blame.

[PVMonger]

Red states didn't defund their police so crime is not out of control like in Chicago, LA and Seattle amongst other liberal cities. I have homes in 2 red states and I can assure you that there are more homeless in LA than in several red states. There probably isn't another stupid American living that thinks democrats are tough on crime. Your post is laughable as a joke but disgusting.

Here's a quote from the ThirdWay article (https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-...murder-problem): "Among the 50 states, murder rates were often well above the national average in many Republican-controlled states and cities. Jacksonville with 176 homicides and a murder rate (19.776) more than three times that of New York City (5. 94) has a Republican mayor. Tulsa (19.64) and Oklahoma City (11.16) have Republican mayors in a Republican state and have murder rates that dwarf that of LOS Angeles (6.74). Lexington's Republican mayor saw record homicides in 2020 and 2021, with a murder rate (10.61) nearly twice that of New York City. Bakersfield (11.91) and Fresno (14.09) each have Republican mayors and murder rates far higher than either San Francisco or Los Angeles.

Of course, some cities controlled by Democrats have alarming murder rates, like Chicago (28.49) and Houston (17.32). But we hear about these and other Democrat-run cities all the time. We aren't getting the whole picture."

So explain how Jacksonville, FL (with Republican mayor in a Republican state) has a 3 x higher murder rate than NYC (with a Democratic mayor -then. And a Democratic Governor). Or any other of the stats above.

You can't, of course, so you'll just fall back on rightwingnut BS like you always do.

[Cali Guy]

BTW, I don't think internal combustion engine vehicle production will end.

There will still be a use and some demand for gas powered cars.

But use of electric vehicles as replacements for gas powered ones will stay strong. A long-standing trend as people enjoy the smaller maintenance costs.

Eventually the oil industry will consist of shrinking companies, at least for the companies that don't diversify.

Clawing at each other over a dwindling market.

Good direction you are giving your clients CaliGuy. Oil & gas investments today need exit strategies.

Our analysts don't rely on fake news or opinions. They rely on the facts. Oil consumption world wide is increasing not decreasing. Supply is limited so oil companies are not abandoning the market yet. Regardless of how many electric cars were sold in 2021 the world is still using more oil every day. Here is a recent World Oil bulletin from our analyst:

World Oil:

In its monthly oil market report, the IEA raised its demand estimates by 200,000 be / the for both 2021 and 2022, to reflect clear signs that impact on economic activity and oil demand from the omicron variant remained "relatively subdued."

World oil demand was seen rising by 5.5 million be / the in 2021 and by 3.3 million be / the in 2022, the IEA said, surpassing its pre-pandemic levels by 200,000 be / the to 99.7 million be / the.

During the fourth quarter of 2021, the IEA said global demand "defied expectations" rising by 1. 1 million be / the to 99 million be / the, an upward revision of 345,000 be / the compared to its previous report.

"If demand continues to grow strongly or supply disappoints, the low level of stocks and shrinking spare capacity mean that oil markets could be in for another volatile year in 2022." the IEA said.

You can fabricate lies and live in fantasyland all your life but successful people follow the facts. Oil is here to stay for decades.

[Axel Heyst]

Red states didn't defund their police so crime is not out of control like in Chicago, LA and Seattle amongst other liberal cities. I have homes in 2 red states and I can assure you that there are more homeless in LA than in several red states. There probably isn't another stupid American living that thinks democrats are tough on crime. Your post is laughable as a joke but disgusting.

Yeah, left wing radicals are either delusional or lying. I think it is a combination of both, but at heart they are liars. Follow the Marxist party line is the prime directive. The goal is to destroy America, but they can't come out and say it. So, the tactic is to keep chipping away at our fundamental freedoms, our history, our civil peace, and our economic prosperity until the Woke Communist One party state is established in its wake. It is all part of the Saul Alinsky playbook.

[Canada]

Evidently you can't provide me with a "fake news" source that proves (you know, with charts and graphs taken from real, informed sources) that at some point in time in the recent past the USA didn't import one drop of foreign oil.

That's what energy independence is and that's what you can't prove, even with "alternative facts" sources.

Watch Biden press conferences and you will not need a link. His press conferences show he is weak. He is against increasing domestic energy. He is incompetent. Don't rely on the news. Real or fake. If you aren't smart enough to see the truth then you aren't.

[Canada]

BTW, I don't think internal combustion engine vehicle production will end.

There will still be a use and some demand for gas powered cars.

But use of electric vehicles as replacements for gas powered ones will stay strong. A long-standing trend as people enjoy the smaller maintenance costs.

Eventually the oil industry will consist of shrinking companies, at least for the companies that don't diversify.

Clawing at each other over a dwindling market.

Good direction you are giving your clients CaliGuy. Oil & gas investments today need exit strategies.

Yes you may be right but you and I will be dead in 30 years so we will never know.

[Canada]

By the end of this year, Biden will already have achieved more positive economic legislation, national security and foreign policy results than any Repub ever. If he does nothing for the next two years, it won't change any of the historic legislation he has already passed and set in motion.

Incoming Repub leadership, if any, will most assuredly spend the next two years claiming credit for the amazing historic results thanks only to Joe, Nancy, Chuck, the Dems and everyone who voted for them and no one else.

As Know Nothing and Do Nothing Repubs usually do.

Well, their Doing Nothing would be a great improvement over what they typically do, which is to produce the worst across the board results in history.

Yes for democrats Biden being worst president ever will be fine for them. Unfortunately the historic results will take years to fix.

[PVMonger]

{snip}Wrong again. Oil is a global commodity. The more that is produced, the more supply goes up, and the more price goes down. It does not matter where the oil goes. As long as it goes to the world market, it will have an effect on price. Again, you do not get how oil is sold. {snip}

So, if the USA produced no oil and OPEC produced more than enough to cover the USA shortfall, would oil prices go up or down? Using your logic above, the price of oil would go down because there is more supply.

Is OPEC producing more oil now, or less? They are producing less.

Therefore, the problem with the per-barrel price of oil isn't President Biden, it is OPEC. Just like it was in the 70's.

[PVMonger]

Red states didn't defund their police so crime is not out of control like in Chicago, LA and Seattle amongst other liberal cities. I have homes in 2 red states and I can assure you that there are more homeless in LA than in several red states. There probably isn't another stupid American living that thinks democrats are tough on crime. Your post is laughable as a joke but disgusting.

You are wrong once again. Here is the actual report. https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-...murder-problem.

Here are the highlights: (1) In 2020, per capita murder rates were 40% higher in states won by Donald Trump than those won by Joe Biden. (2) 8 of the 10 states with the highest murder rates in 2020 voted for the Republican presidential nominee in every election this century.

Of course, you will say that this is "fake news" like you always do. But that simply proves that you can't think for yourself and that you have bought in to rightwingnut propaganda.

[PVMonger]

Don't be lazy. Watch his press conferences. Fake news isn't going to report it.

Evidently you can't provide me with a "fake news" source that proves (you know, with charts and graphs taken from real, informed sources) that at some point in time in the recent past the USA didn't import one drop of foreign oil.

That's what energy independence is and that's what you can't prove, even with "alternative facts" sources.

[MarquisdeSade1]

I hear Hunter Biden's laptop switched parties from the Dems to the Repubs because the Asian footjob chicks are younger over there. Much younger.

https://nypost.com/2022/03/22/video-...-during-class/

[EihTooms]

Can you explain why 70% of the people say they were better off under Trump presidency rather than Biden presidency? Can you explain to everyone why $6 gas is better than $2 gas for the average family? Can you explain why 8% inflation is better than 0% inflation for the average family? Can you explain why open borders with illegals and drugs pouring into our country is better for average families? Can you explain higher crime in our cities is better than lower crime for average families? Can you explain why poverty is better than prosperity for the average family? Those are the differences between Trump and Biden. I need you to explain how this is better for the average family.

Please post a link for this poll you and other wingers have been referencing.