American Politics

[QUOTE=Canada;2681599]There are thousands of drilling rigs stacked in Canada and USA. Drilling can ramp up quickly in both countries to easily increase production by 2,000,000 barrels a day within a year. Canada would have increased their production by 1 million barrels a day last year of the pipeline had not been cancelled. There is not a lot of excess production available because Biden has killed almost ever pipeline proposed in last 2 years. There is not a lot of exploration being done because Biden is trying to kill the oil and gas industry. Biden is the reason oil companies are not drilling. Biden is the reason that the USA has to use their emergency oil reserves to try to hold pricing from increasing again. This is not a good thing. Biden is begging other countries to drill more wells but blocking domestic drilling and pipelines. Canada and the USA are the leaders in technology in drilling and extracting oil and gas. Other countries are antiquated and don't care about the environment at all. Biden begging other countries to drill rather than have USA produce oil is totally contradicting his climate concerns. Biden is a joke. Expect gas to go higher. Expect oil companies to drill in other countries and employ thousands of workers in other countries to meet the USA demand. Let Biden be a puppet to OPEC and Saudi oil. Let Biden boost the economies of our enemies that hate us so we can buy their oil and use the money against us. We are going to be dependent on crude oil for decades. A Republican president will have to fix Biden messes. Yes Biden will be millions into poverty and many will not be able to afford $7-$10 a gallon gas. They will not be able to afford good. Stupid people keep defending him. Biden is counting on a lot of stupidity for votes in 22. Looks like he has yours.[/QUOTE]Firstly the Canadian oil sands are mined not drilled which clearly shows your ignorance. Prior to the pandemic the oil sands industry was in crisis as the breakeven for this supply is over $50 per barrel and this oil being bituminous has lower yields and is more costly to refine so sells at a steep discount. To increase production requires major investment in mining equipment and processing plants to separate the oil from the sand and convert it to a form that can be transported (all of which is expensive and energy intensive). The fact that even at current pricing this oil isn't very profitable and that the Canadian government have legislated commitments to reduce greenhouse gases of which oil sands mining is a huge emitter means there is great reluctance to expand capacity. I know economics and managements are your weak points but sorry political rhetoric does not drive investment decisions. I am glad though that you have finally admitted that there is not currently the production capacity in Canada to require the Keystone XL pipeline.

I'm glad you also recognise the rigs that are currently laying idle after the great Trump inspired oil price meltdown of 2020. Amazing isn't it that they are not drilling. Why are they not drilling? Well according to the industry, investors are wanting dividends and share buybacks and do not want companied overcommitting to expanding production which had previously led to the 600 bankruptcies and hundreds of billions of losses during Trumps presidency. There is also a shortage of workers. After the big bankruptcy surge under Trump many people in the industry went and found other jobs. The cost of incentivizing a return of people to man the rigs makes drilling more expensive and the oil companies looking to increase dividends and buy backs don't want to pay for it. So basically the oil industry is happy with the current pricing and production and have little to no incentive to do anything about it. As we also know that current production is sitting around 1 mbpd less than under Trump and several pipelines have since been completed it is clear that there is more than sufficient pipeline capacity to handle a significantly greater output. Now a talented stock market investor would know this as it is common knowledge from guidance provided by oil companies on their earnings and production guidance.

So as the oil industry has shown itself incapable of acting in the public interest, Biden has now invoked the Defence Act to encourage the supply of materials for EVs which will accelerate the production of EVs and reduce the impact of oil price disruptions to the economy. Well done Biden on this insightful move to improve the environment while marginalising the oil industry to hold the economy to ransom.

[QUOTE=PVMonger;2681532]Wow. Talk about "fake news". The Epoch Times certainly takes the cake. It is even more off-the-rails than OAN and FUX "News". If this is the link of BS that Republicans hold up to the world as "truthful journalism", then it is now wonder that they keep going down the rabbit hole.

But the key point in this line of horse manure is the following quote from Mr. Conspiracy himself: "We Republicans cannot prove it but we know, and the people on 1-6 knew as well. "

Just like you know that Chinese thermostats changed votes in 2020? Just link you know that Jewish space lasers cause forest fires? Just like you believe that ANTIFA stormed the Capitol on January 6th? Just like you believe that January 6th was '"legitimate political discourse"? Just like you believe that vaccines contain microchips? Just like you believe that ivermectin cures COVID?

Smh.[/QUOTE]Epoch, OAN, Sputnik, Russia Today. I say these clowns are discrediting themselves more efficiently than anyone else could.

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2681665]Epoch, OAN, Sputnik, Russia Today. I say these clowns are discrediting themselves more efficiently than anyone else could.[/QUOTE]And credit to those who prodded them along, challenged them to start posting source links with their claims.

[QUOTE=Canada;2681599]There are thousands of drilling rigs stacked in Canada and USA. Drilling can ramp up quickly in both countries to easily increase production by 2,000,000 barrels a day within a year. Canada would have increased their production by 1 million barrels a day last year of the pipeline had not been cancelled. There is not a lot of excess production available because Biden has killed almost ever pipeline proposed in last 2 years. There is not a lot of exploration being done because Biden is trying to kill the oil and gas industry. Biden is the reason oil companies are not drilling. Biden is the reason that the USA has to use their emergency oil reserves to try to hold pricing from increasing again. This is not a good thing. Biden is begging other countries to drill more wells but blocking domestic drilling and pipelines. Canada and the USA are the leaders in technology in drilling and extracting oil and gas. Other countries are antiquated and don't care about the environment at all. Biden begging other countries to drill rather than have USA produce oil is totally contradicting his climate concerns. Biden is a joke. Expect gas to go higher. Expect oil companies to drill in other countries and employ thousands of workers in other countries to meet the USA demand. Let Biden be a puppet to OPEC and Saudi oil. Let Biden boost the economies of our enemies that hate us so we can buy their oil and use the money against us. We are going to be dependent on crude oil for decades. A Republican president will have to fix Biden messes. Yes Biden will be millions into poverty and many will not be able to afford $7-$10 a gallon gas. They will not be able to afford good. Stupid people keep defending him. Biden is counting on a lot of stupidity for votes in 22. Looks like he has yours.[/QUOTE]According to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 59% of oil company CEOs said investor pressure is the primary reason for their restraint to not invest more in supply. Only 6% of those CEOs attributed lack of production growth to government regulation, such as state or federal safeguards that protect our health and water and climate.

And more: In late 2020, a Devon Energy executive said on an investor call that "we have a deep inventory of approved federal permits in hand that essentially cover all of our desired activity over the next presidential term. " he was referring to the temporary pause President Joe Biden and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland wisely put in place on the issuance of new federal leases last year in order to review the climate and budgetary impacts of these leases.

Who would have thought that the real reason for lack of production growth was the free market and not Biden or pipelines or leases. I wonder how many times Canada's lies needs to be knocked to the mat before he scurries away in shame.

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2681665]Epoch, OAN, Sputnik, Russia Today. I say these clowns are discrediting themselves more efficiently than anyone else could.[/QUOTE]They call these rightwingnut and Russian "sources" good? You are absolutely correct in saying that they are discrediting themselves more efficiently than anyone else could.

It is so easy to be a Republican anymore. All they need to to is yell "fake new" and the rest of the idiot rightwingnuts start drooling.

[QUOTE=Canada;2681602]I see you are still dreaming in Fantasyland. Unfortunately people living in USA have the Biden nightmare. 71% of the people think Biden is doing a bad job on the economy. Even democrats think Biden job on the economy is not good. People have 2 jobs and still can't afford gas and food. But there you are in dreamland fabricating fairytales.[/QUOTE]And 65% of adults in America belong to a club that believes there once was a snake that could talk.

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2681665]Epoch, OAN, Sputnik, Russia Today. I say these clowns are discrediting themselves more efficiently than anyone else could.[/QUOTE]Just because you don't want to accept it isn't our problem, ISG Baghdad Bob!

Calling us clowns doesn't make the truth any less true, you Biden asslicker.

Self delusion is a horrible malady!

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2681665]Epoch, OAN, Sputnik, Russia Today. I say these clowns are discrediting themselves more efficiently than anyone else could.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.newsmax.com/politics/ron-johnson-hunter-biden-joe-biden-burisma/2022/04/03/id/1064104/[/URL]

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2681779]And 65% of adults in America belong to a club that believes there once was a snake that could talk.[/QUOTE]And a Santa Claus type creature that lives in the clouds that loves them very much and wants them to get that job they applied for LOL.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2681805]Just because you don't want to accept it isn't our problem, ISG Baghdad Bob!

Calling us clowns doesn't make the truth any less true, you Biden asslicker.

Self delusion is a horrible malady![/QUOTE]The real problem is that people like you believe the crap you read at these off-the-wall media sites. You think it is the truth because it reinforces the crazy notions that you already have. An old boss called it "breathing your own exhaust".

There are two articles here from Forbes and from MakeUseOf. The latter uses ratings from [URL]https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news.[/URL] The two articles are: [URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/berlinschoolofcreativeleadership/2017/02/01/10-journalism-brands-where-you-will-find-real-facts-rather-than-alternative-facts/?sh=1dba9c06e9b5[/URL] and [URL]https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/trust-news-sites/[/URL].

Here's an excerpt from Forbes. "One key question for any publication is this: If a reporter gets facts in a story wrong, will the news outlet investigate a complaint and publish a correction? Does the publication have its own code of ethics? Or does it subscribe to and endorse the Society of Professional Journalist's code of ethics? And if a reporter or editor seriously violates ethical codes. Such as being a blatant or serial plagiarizer, fabulist or exaggerator. Will they be fired at a given news outlet? While some may criticize mainstream media outlets for a variety of sins, top outlets such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, NBC News and the New Republic have fired journalists for such ethics violations."

Interesting questions, are they not? I'd bet money that [B]none[/B] of the sources that you or any other rightwingnut moron on this form reads can answer yes to all of these questions. The probably can't even answer yes to any of the questions. Except the Russian sources that you, yourself, often post. But if they fire a reporter it is because the reporter covered a topic the wrong was and was stood up against a wall and shot.

Forbes goes on to say: "Realizing that millions more people are scratching their heads, wondering what to read and where to spend their subscription dollars, here are my top 10 large journalistic brands where I believe you can most often find real, reported facts:

1. The New York Times.

This is the most influential newspaper in the USA In my view. Its editorial page and some of its news coverage take a left-leaning, progressive view of the world. But the NYT also hews to ethical standards of reporting and the classic elements of journalism in America. That's what helps the NYT remain, arguably, the agenda-setting news organization in America. It is a leader in business, politics and culture coverage. *.

2. The Wall Street Journal.

The largest circulation newspaper in the USA, the WSJ made its bones as a business newspaper and pioneered new types of feature writing in American journalism (for example, its quirky middle-column feature called the "Ahed" and longer form, in-depth reports called "leders" As the company was purchased by Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 2007, the WSJ pivoted to cover more general news in addition to business news. The WSJ is still brand X among daily business publications in the world. Its editorial page is a bastion of American free-market conservatism, using the motto, "free markets, free people. " With former Republican speechwriters and strategists such as Karl Rove, Peggy Noonan and Bill McGurn writing columns, the WSJ editorial page is often a must-read for Republicans in Washington. And left-leaning readers should not dismiss the WSJ edit page just because they may disagree with its positions. It has won several Pulitzer Prizes for editorials and columns that feature a clear thesis, backed up by thorough fact-based reporting and bold arguments.

3. The Washington Post.

The newspaper that brought down President Richard Nixon with its reporting on the Watergate scandal in the early 1970's maintains its intellectually robust tradition under the new ownership of [URL]Amazon.com[/URL] founder Jeff Bezos. The Post has, for decades, been part of the big three national papers. A peer of the NYT and WSJ. In terms of winning Pulitzer Prizes, hiring the best and brightest reporters and producing big scoops. Of the big three, the Post is arguably the most forward-thinking right now in trying new digital strategies that have boosted readership. And with Bezos' backing, the Post is on a hiring binge for talented reporters while the NYT and WSJ have been pruning their reporting staffs in recent months. Most people think the Post editorial page leans left but is often regarded as more center left than the NYT. *.

4. BBC.

The BBC is the global standard bearer for excellence in broadcast radio and TV journalism. If only USA Cable news outlets could follow BBC's recipe. And while PBS produces some great entertainment, documentary and news programs, its news programs have often seemed to lack the creative energy of the BBC. While NPR produces some fantastic journalism, a bulk of its news coverage seem to come from re-reporting news from the New York Times and the Associated Press. And the American public perceives NPR to be more left-leaning than the BBC.

5. The Economist.

Another British export, the Economist magazine is staffed with excellent economists and journalists who produce a tightly-edited, factually rigorous account of what's happening in the world each week. One oddity is that the Economist doesn't publish bylines of their writers so you never know who exactly wrote a given piece.

6. The New Yorker.

This American treasure publishes sophisticated narrative non-fiction pieces from top writers and reporters each week in a print magazine and, increasingly, on other platforms. The New Yorker is smartly expanding its audience on the web, offering to the masses content that used to be open only to its print subscribers. The magazine itself runs a piece of fiction each week (identifies it as such). The long-form non-fiction reports on politics, culture, business and other topics often take months to report, write and fact check. The result is deep reporting and analysis each week that is hard to find elsewhere. And the narrative structures and techniques the writers use make for enjoyable reading. Similar to the Times, the New Yorker presents a progressive view of the world. Conservative readers should recognize that but not let it detract from them enjoying some of the best reporting and writing happening in the world. *.

7. Wire Services: The Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg News.

You can't exactly "subscribe" to these wire services. But you can trust reports from these organizations to be factual. They provide a backbone of news and information flows about politics and the economy. And their member organizations that surface their reports benefit from this reporting. You can follow these organizations on social media and can also follow certain reporters for these organizations who report on topics of interest to you. These wire services also do have web sites and mobile apps you can use to stay abreast the news. *.

8. Foreign Affairs.

This bi-monthly magazine is published by the Council on Foreign Relations. It's a serious magazine for people who want intelligence on global affairs. The magazine and its many digital platforms benefits from submissions, dialogue, differing views and analysis from the many top minds on international relations.

9. The Atlantic.

This is another national treasure, a monthly magazine that presents a view of the nation and world from Washington the. See. It is informed by many top journalists who write long-form features and also write some analysis. The Atlantic web site sometimes hews to clickable headlines. But the magazine and its parent company also subscribe to American journalism principles of fact-based reporting.

10. Politico.

Founded by reporters who left the Washington Post in 2006, Politico has built itself into a crucial player in politics reporting in the USA (and with expansions to Europe). It does publish some products in print, but Politico is easily accessible on the Internet and mobile devices. Keep an eye on Axios, a news startup launched this year by two founders of Politico.

* Disclosures: Earlier in my career, I interned at the Associated Press and the Washington Post. I worked as a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal between 2001-2011. I have also published free-lance articles in the Post, the New York Times and the New Yorker (website) as well as some of the publications listed in the runner up lists.

Runners Up:

- National Public Radio.

- TIME magazine.

-The Christian Science Monitor.

- The LOS Angeles Times (and many other regional, metropolitan daily newspapers).

- USA Today.

- CNN.

- NBC News.

- CBS News.

- ABC News.

Business News Sources:

- FORBES magazine.

- Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine.

- Fortune magazine.

- The Financial Times newspaper.

Sources of reporting and opinion from the right of the political spectrum:

- National Review.

- The Weekly Standard.

Sources of reporting and opinion from the left of the political spectrum:

- The New Republic.

- The Nation".

What is interesting about this list is that you, Elvis, Canada, Axe Hole and the rest of the lunatic fringe will call all of these sources "fake news". Just watch the responses that they post in response to this post.

See, that's where the problem lies. When 75% of the population says that the sources above are, by and large, fair sources and 25% of the population says "they're all fake news", who is right? It reminds me of the very old WWI song called "They Were All Out of Step But Jim". The song depicts a mother and father of a soldier gloating to their friends after seeing their son marching. They declare their joy in the chorus, oblivious to the humor of the song's title:

"Did you see my little Jimmy marching with the soldiers up the avenue?

There was Jimmy just as stiff as starch like his Daddy on the seventeenth of March.

Did you notice all the lovely ladies casting their eyes on him?

Away he went to live in a tent over in France with his regiment.

Were you there, and tell me, did you notice?

They were all out of step but Jim. "

In case you don't know, the rightwingnuts are the Mother and Father in the song.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2681779]And 65% of adults in America belong to a club that believes there once was a snake that could talk.[/QUOTE]Evangelicals usually believe that but they are only about 30% of Americans. And there's plenty of variety among Christian theists, many who'd recognize the mythical, non-literal nature of many of the biblical accounts, especially those regarding creation and Adam and Eve. This while embracing the lessons taught. Don't toss the baby with the bath water. Also given the beauty and complexity of the universe it's reasonable to at least suspect there may be some higher intelligence behind it. You can forward your leftist causes without attacking religion, which just makes you come across bitter and as intolerant as the rightwingnut mongers you invest hours each day opposing.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2681805]Just because you don't want to accept it isn't our problem, ISG Baghdad Bob!

Calling us clowns doesn't make the truth any less true, you Biden asslicker.

Self delusion is a horrible malady![/QUOTE]You said it well. Everybody agrees with your analogy.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2681779]And 65% of adults in America belong to a club that believes there once was a snake that could talk.[/QUOTE]Biden keeps saying that also. He can't believe that his numbers on the economy are so bad when he thinks he is doing a good job. Unfortunately all the independents and republicans disagree with him and 30% of the democrats disagree. He got blasted today for touting his jobs report. Which still shows less people are working now than pre pandemic Trump presidency. All these democrat states closed businesses and laid off millions of employees during the pandemic and now they are returning to work. They were earning $2000 to $3000 more during Trump presidency with Trump tax cut but now they are paying $5500 more per year with inflation. Great job Joe. No new jobs created and people returning to their old job are $3000 poorer. And you brag about it. Let's go Brandon.

[QUOTE=GDreams;2681644]Firstly the Canadian oil sands are mined not drilled which clearly shows your ignorance. Prior to the pandemic the oil sands industry was in crisis as the breakeven for this supply is over $50 per barrel and this oil being bituminous has lower yields and is more costly to refine so sells at a steep discount. To increase production requires major investment in mining equipment and processing plants to separate the oil from the sand and convert it to a form that can be transported (all of which is expensive and energy intensive). The fact that even at current pricing this oil isn't very profitable and that the Canadian government have legislated commitments to reduce greenhouse gases of which oil sands mining is a huge emitter means there is great reluctance to expand capacity. I know economics and managements are your weak points but sorry political rhetoric does not drive investment decisions. I am glad though that you have finally admitted that there is not currently the production capacity in Canada to require the Keystone XL pipeline..[/QUOTE]Above post is stupidity in its finest. Canada oil does not all come from the oil sands. The majority is discovered by drilling rigs just like in the USA and the rest of the world. Oil from the oil sands is probably at $30-40 a barrel. Oil is at $100. It may be clear to you and Biden that your lies and his lies are why oil companies are not drilling but the rest of the world doesn't believe it.

I am VP of one of the biggest financial companies in the USA and most of my customers are savvy investors. They know that when the president of the USA tries to kill an industry like oil and gas that shortages will come and oil will skyrocket. I convinced about 70% of my customers to load up on major oil stocks shortly after Biden took office. Returns were 60-80% in 2021 and they are up 35-40% already this year. Plus they pay 3-7% dividends. Exxon is walking away from a billion dollar project in Russia and will take a loss of 1 billion in 2022 but Biden made sure their profits everywhere else in the world would go up $3 billion. Don't tell me investors are worried about new drilling because that is an outright lie. Investors want them to produce as much as they can.

For EV business to take a 40% share of the industry will take at least 20 years. Do you think Americans can survive with $10 a gallon gas and record inflation. Of course not. That is why the democrats are going to get killed in November. To get rid of this stupidity.

[QUOTE=PVMonger;2681840]The real problem is that people like you believe the crap you read at these off-the-wall media sites. You think it is the truth because it reinforces the crazy notions that you already have. An old boss called it "breathing your own exhaust".

There are two articles here from Forbes and from MakeUseOf. The latter uses ratings from [URL]https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news.[/URL] The two articles are: [URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/berlinschoolofcreativeleadership/2017/02/01/10-journalism-brands-where-you-will-find-real-facts-rather-than-alternative-facts/?sh=1dba9c06e9b5[/URL] and [URL]https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/trust-news-sites/[/URL].

Here's an excerpt from Forbes. "One key question for any publication is this: If a reporter gets facts in a story wrong, will the news outlet investigate a complaint and publish a correction? Does the publication have its own code of ethics? Or does it subscribe to and endorse the Society of Professional Journalist's code of ethics? And if a reporter or editor seriously violates ethical codes. Such as being a blatant or serial plagiarizer, fabulist or exaggerator. Will they be fired at a given news outlet? While some may criticize mainstream media outlets for a variety of sins, top outlets such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, NBC News and the New Republic have fired journalists for such ethics violations.".[/QUOTE]The problem with the list is you're trying to be a bootlicker to the Davos agenda.

Show me one name on that list that isn't pro mass unlimited illegal immigration.

Every name is bought and paid for by the Davos crowd including the Nation.

Tell me your opinion of it, oh wait don't bother.

I'm sure its the same as the rest of these scumbags.

Illegal immigration the more the better, correct.

[URL]https://mises.org/library/bernie-koch-brothers-and-open-borders[/URL]

BTW I voted for Bernie in the primary in 2016 and Our Lord and Savior in the general election.

The far left and far right are both out to destroy the USA.

1 illegal at a time.

Or in Bidens case 1 million illegals at a time.

A gift to the oligarchs for giving him the title POTUS.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Have you no self respect?

Look at your list.

WSJ Murdoch.

WAPO Bozo.

And Bloomberg et al.

All propaganda for the Davos / Billionaires agenda.

After this list I will put you on ignore.

You're incapable of having an intelligent conversation.

Your list is so childishly biased I'm pretty sure there isn't even one outlet that calls illegal immigration illegal.