[QUOTE=ScatManDoo;2625987]I don't encourage anti-American behavior.[/QUOTE]Is that what Russiagate was, American behavior? Like I said, you probably still believe Russiagate was real. Your post earns you douche points. Congratulations!
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[QUOTE=ScatManDoo;2625987]I don't encourage anti-American behavior.[/QUOTE]Is that what Russiagate was, American behavior? Like I said, you probably still believe Russiagate was real. Your post earns you douche points. Congratulations!
[QUOTE=Smoothy;2625879]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.[/QUOTE]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.
[QUOTE=PVMonger;2626133]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." [URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/us/politics/steele-dossier-trump-expained.html[/URL].[/QUOTE]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?
[QUOTE=PVMonger;2626054]Once again, the actions have consequences crowd seems to forget.[/QUOTE]I really like that phrase if only there were an example of this.
[URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2021/11/06/the-double-irony-of-asking-opec-to-increase-oil-production/?sh=63ba515e45e0[/URL]
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.
[URL]https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php[/URL]
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.
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2626218]I really like that phrase if only there were an example of this.
[URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2021/11/06/the-double-irony-of-asking-opec-to-increase-oil-production/?sh=63ba515e45e0[/URL]
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.[/QUOTE]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.
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2626142]Is that what Russiagate was, American behavior? Like I said, you probably still believe Russiagate was real. Your post earns you douche points. Congratulations![/QUOTE]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.
[QUOTE=Smoothy;2625904]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).[/QUOTE]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.
[QUOTE=Xpartan;2626369]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)..[/QUOTE]Yes they can. This post proves that you are.
It is amazing that the USA is in a serious decline since Biden took office and all the socialists keep bringing up past presidents and Trump. Biden has been in office for almost a year and he he is a wreck and not a word of it from the so called democrats here. I guess they are following the socialists thinking like communism in China and Russia where you can not say anything bad about the communism policies.
Afghanistan catastrophe.
Border crises worst ever.
Highest inflation in 31 years.
Wokeness.
Mishandling covid.
Falling asleep at the most important international conference.
Harris laughing about the border and inflation.
The country has serious problems and incompetent president and VP and you are still talking Russia?
People across the country are suffering because of Biden and all of you are ignoring it. You are obviously good cult followers.
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2626218]I really like that phrase if only there were an example of this.
[URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2021/11/06/the-double-irony-of-asking-opec-to-increase-oil-production/?sh=63ba515e45e0[/URL]
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..[/QUOTE]Once more you have proven that reading for comprehension isn't your strong suit. Your rant here has [B]absolutely nothing to do[/B] with my post about the "actions have consequences" crowd. Especially since my initial response was to a post about the rioter who was killed in the Capitol.
[QUOTE=Xpartan;2626369]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..[/QUOTE]I beg to differ with your last sentence. 74+ million voters certainly were that stupid a year ago. But since they seem hell-bent on killing themselves, that number probably won't increase.
[QUOTE=PVMonger;2626489]I beg to differ with your last sentence. 74+ million voters certainly were that stupid a year ago. But since they seem hell-bent on killing themselves, that number probably won't increase.[/QUOTE]March of the lemmings.
Hahahahaja.
[QUOTE=PVMonger;2626489]I beg to differ with your last sentence. 74+ million voters certainly were that stupid a year ago. But since they seem hell-bent on killing themselves, that number probably won't increase.[/QUOTE]81,283,098 people were more stupid than the 74,000,000 that voted for Trump. They voted for Biden. Now they are paying the price. A lot of them are like me. They were duped to vote for an incompetent president because they didn't like Trump. Now Trump is looking pretty good now for a lot of democrats. There will still be the stupid ones that won't admit they screwed up though. Biden needs several more million illegals to enter the USA to vote in the 2024 election for him to have a chance to run again. He will continue to allow future voters to illegally enter to USA to vote for democrats but he won't look after the best interests of USA citizens. Keep supporting an incompetent president that is screwing the American people.
[QUOTE=PVMonger;2626489]I beg to differ with your last sentence. 74+ million voters certainly were that stupid a year ago. But since they seem hell-bent on killing themselves, that number probably won't increase.[/QUOTE]If you invested in the Keystone pipeline, voting for Trump was stupid.
If you do not want to be vaxxed, voting for Trump was stupid.
If your business has been hurt by any of Biden's other executive orders (airlines, health care), voting for Trump was stupid.
If you have relatives in Afghanistan, voting for Trump was stupid.
Here is what you are trying to say: Voting for Trump hurts my paycheck, and anyone who messes with my paycheck is stupid.
You do not even care to understand the other's side POV.
[QUOTE=EihTooms;2626352]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.[/QUOTE][URL]https://taibbi.substack.com/p/russiagate-is-wmd-times-a-million[/URL]
Stories have been coming out for some time now hinting Mueller's final report might leave audiences "disappointed," as if a President not being a foreign spy could somehow be bad news.
Openly using such language has, all along, been an indictment. Imagine how tone-deaf you'd have to be to not realize it makes you look bad, when news does not match audience expectations you raised. To be unaware of this is mind-boggling, the journalistic equivalent of walking outside without pants.
There will be people protesting: the Mueller report doesn't prove anything! What about the 37 indictments? The convictions? The Trump tower revelations? The lies! The meeting with Don, Jr? The financial matters! There's an ongoing grand jury investigation, and possible sealed indictments, and the House will still investigate, and.
Stop. Just stop. Any journalist who goes there is making it worse.
For years, every pundit and Democratic pol in Washington hyped every new Russia headline like the Watergate break-in. Now, even Nancy Pelosi has said impeachment is out, unless something "so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan" against Trump is uncovered it would be worth their political trouble to prosecute.
The biggest thing this affair has uncovered so far is Donald Trump paying off a porn star. That's a hell of a long way from what this business was supposedly about at the beginning, and shame on any reporter who tries to pretend this isn't so.
The story hyped from the start was espionage: a secret relationship between the Trump campaign and Russian spooks who'd helped him win the election.
The betrayal narrative was not reported as metaphor. It was not "Trump likes the Russians so much, he might as well be a spy for them. " It was literal spying, treason, and election-fixing crimes so severe, former NSA employee John Schindler told reporters, Trump "will die in jail."
In the early months of this scandal, the New York Times said Trump's campaign had "repeated contacts" with Russian intelligence; the Wall Street Journal told us our spy agencies were withholding intelligence from the new President out of fear he was compromised; news leaked out our spy chiefs had even told other countries like Israel not to share their intel with us, because the Russians might have "leverages of pressure" on Trump.
CNN told us Trump officials had been in "constant contact" with "Russians known to USA Intelligence," and the former director of the CIA, who'd helped kick-start the investigation that led to Mueller's probe, said the President was guilty of "high crimes and misdemeanors," committing acts "nothing short of treasonous."
Hillary Clinton insisted Russians "could not have known how to weaponize" political ads unless they'the been "guided" by Americans. Asked if she meant Trump, she said.
"It's pretty hard not to. " Harry Reid similarly said he had "no doubt" that the Trump campaign was "in on the deal" to help Russians with the leak.
None of this has been walked back. To be clear, if Trump were being blackmailed by Russian agencies like the FSB or the GRU, if he had any kind of relationship with Russian intelligence, that would soar over the "overwhelming and bipartisan" standard, and Nancy Pelosi would be damning torpedoes for impeachment right now.
There was never real gray area here. Either Trump is a compromised foreign agent, or he isn't. If he isn't, news outlets once again swallowed a massive disinformation campaign, only this error is many orders of magnitude more stupid than any in the recent past, WMD included. Honest reporters like ABC's Terry Moran understand: Mueller coming back empty-handed on collusion means a "reckoning for the media."
Of course, there won't be such a reckoning. (There never is). But there should be. We broke every written and unwritten rule in pursuit of this story, starting with the prohibition on reporting things we can't confirm.
End of quote. The irony is Taibbi was wrong. There was a disastrous impeachment.
Eih, seeing as how Trump has killed 750,000 Americans, should he not be allowed to run for office again?
And shouldn't anyone who votes for Trump (or voted for him in the past) be tried as an accessory to murder?
In fact, shouldn't anyone who votes Republican ever again have their votes disallowed because they are agents of Russia like Trump?