American Politics

[Xpartan]

These next 4 year are going to be so much more horrific than anyone could have ever imagined:

Trump administration wants to un-fire some nuclear safety workers but cant figure out how to reach them.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/15/trum...ndroidappshare

But at least they cut $20 Million, about 2 1/2 days of tax-payer subsidies for President Musk's failing EV company, by dumping the Sesame Street programming in Iraq so al-Qaeda and ISIS can replace it with their version of Sesame Street in Iraq.

So smart.

Now, I want you to remember all the screaming at Biden and his Communications Director from the White House Press Corp over every silly, insignificant detail of why his historic recovery from Trump's first term Colossal Across-the-Board Disaster was not perfect in every way for everyone all the time down to the exact dime.

And contrast that to whatever oh-so-polite and soft-spoken questioning, IF ANY, by that same Press Corp about this spectacular, potentially existential life on Earth-threatening unforced error screwup. LOL.

Come on, man, don't be naïve. This is a feature, not a bug. When this intentionally created chaos comes down on MAGA crowd and bury them under the dust, Trumpomusk will issue a new narrative that will explain who exactly is guilty in that disaster.

As long as it's going to be the same people MAGA loves to hate, everything will be nice and dandy.

[SubCmdr]

Curious...under what circumstances are you advocating for nuclear?

Two articles below. I think it is a good start. I don't live in the United States of America. So I don't think I am in the position to debate the issues. But hard choices are going to have to be made in the future. The best to ways to provide a base input to the grid with the current technology available are Nuclear and Gas. Hydrogen sounds good until you look at the energy necessary to produce Green Hydrogen. Not trying to go energy nerd on you, but Nuclear and Solar has been my interests ever since I learned that we could put a nuclear plant on a ship and could get sent to the bottom of the ocean. Still trying to figure out why we don't worry about the environmental impacts of that. My interests in solar occurred as a kid when I learned that how they power space vehicle electrical systems.

The United States of America is losing it's influence in the world. There is a lot of land mass available. As a society we need to be thinking about how to become self sufficient energy wise, now and into the future.

https://www.reuters.com/business/ene...ot-2024-10-22/

https://www.technologyreview.com/202...and-microsoft/

[SubCmdr]

Curious...under what circumstances are you advocating for nuclear?

Below is a post I wrote to provide information on power generation in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic gets over 300 days of sun a year and has abundant access to wind and wave power. But all electrical grids need a 40% base input into the electrical grid for it to keep running. The problem with most renewables is that they produce power intermittently. One of the biggest problems with living in the Dominican Republic for me is lace of infrastructure. They cannot keep the lights on. In my opinion, keeping the lights on is so important that NO country should be reliant on others in order to generate power. See what happened to Europe when Russia went to war. I remember what happened during the Arab Oil Embargo. I would have gone nuclear a government policy right after that. But I'll never sit in the big chair. Currently in the United States of America the problem is not generation of electricity it is that the grid is unreliable. My business in the Dominican Republic is run on solar power with a battery back up and a generator fail safe.

Once again individuals are challenging my bonafides when it comes to to my knowledge of the Dominican Republic. The knowledge I have about the Dominican Republic far exceeds the knowledge of my critics who are challenging me.

Judge: Is the defense ready? Subcmdr: The defense is ready your honor!

Does the electricity flow in the Dominican Republic now 024/007/365 now?

During my time in the Colombia I have NEVER experienced a power outage. During my time in Thailand I have only experienced one power outage that was unscheduled during a major storm in my area.

The only reason I do not experience power outages in the Dominican Republic now is that I live completely off grid and I am completely self sufficient when it comes generating electrical power. Last time I stayed in Sosua I experienced several power outages.

Individuals who live there or have visited more recently than I have are welcome to inform me if there has been positive and welcome upgrades to the grid in Northern Coast of the Dominican Republic. Expat friends who live there inform me that electrical generation is still inconsistent and they spend at least 2,000 USD for inverters and batteries (Trojan Red) for standby power.

Nuclear Reactors

Costs for SMRs vary, but estimates suggest that depending on the size, smaller reactors can cost between $50M for microreactors to $3B for larger units. Microreactor outputs can range between 1-20MW and SMRs can range between 60-300MW.

1 Trillion USD will buy 333 SMRs. This would far exceed the 40% base load needed for the grid in the Dominican Republic. Place electricity consumption in the Dominican Republic at 20 Billion watts a year. Forty percent of that: 4 Billion watts. So, you would need 15 of the larger SMRs at 3 billion USD each or 45 billion USD. Trillions of dollars needed for my plan. Somebody needs to do the math. I learned how to do the calculations listed above in elementary school. The could put my plan into place for a few billion USD. In order to keep the lights on and increase productive across and entire nation. Yeah, I think that would be priceless.

Wave Power

Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work for example, electricity generation, water desalination, or pumping water. A machine that exploits wave power is a wave energy converter

Wind Power

Here is a wind map published by the World Bitches (World Bank) showing the potential for wind power in the Caribbean.

https://documents1.worldbank.org/cur...slands-Map.pdf

They would not have to be placed on the beaches. They need to be placed where the wind blows. What a concept?

The generation of power using renewable sources is a hobby of mine. Ever since I was young kid and saw how Sats are launched into space and power by solar panels. Actually, the Dominican Republic allowed me live out a dream of living off grid and being self sufficient in that regard.

The Dominican Republic is vigorously advancing its renewable energy sector with an ambitious target to meet 25% of its energy needs with renewables by 2025. This commitment is underscored by substantial investments and initiatives across various forms of renewable energy, including solar, wind, and hydropower.

https://www.gcc.re/news/the-dominica...-energy-future

The Defense Rests!

Norway is a different country. Nature has been generous with us. Our ability to exploit natural resources has put us in a unique position with a very high standard of living, a technology industry which ranks as a global leader, and a sovereign wealth fund of more than NOK 10 000 billion. That benefits the whole of Norwegian society

Could the Dominican Republic do this when it comes to energy? We already know that Tourism is a Renewable Resource when it comes to generating revenue. But does the general population benefit from the gringo largess focused only in the tourist areas?

[Spidy]

If a fact can be debated then it is not a fact

A bit of a nit-pick with my turn of phrase, "debate the facts", as I'm sure you know what the phrase is meant to convey. But just to be clear, for those who don't, let me provide some context, if still in doubt.

Sure, the facts/data themselves, when rigorously verified, are not debatable. That said, there will always be debates surrounding the interpretation, context, implications, or the quality of evidence of said facts/data. Since the facts/data, can often be meaningless on their own, they require proper context and/or analysis, to inject meaning.

Ergo...a debate, surrounding said facts/data, to provide the context.

To be clear, my cheeky "tongue-n-cheek" phase "just the FACTS ma'am", was directed at the Sirioja's of the world, who constantly inundate us, with no facts/data and nothing but their "opinions", thinking they are having a debate.

So while a debate shouldn't be all about "just the FACTS ma'am", perhaps it shouldn't be all "opinions" either. If we are indeed, going to have an actual debate.

I stand by my original statement.
I will stipulate to this statement.

This is not a fact this is an opinion. A EV being charged on a an electric grid with coal fired plant is very different from a EV being charged on a let's say a Solar Power grid. In the Dominican Republic I will look at the opportunity to build a charging station at my business location using solar panels. Direct charging during the day and via batteries at night.

As do I stand by my statements.

It is a fact, not just an opinion that EVs and their batteries, will help stabilize or at the very least take some of the load off of the grid. In fact, it's already happening, with vehicles like the Ford F150 Lightning EV truck, that has V2H and V2L compatibilities (and soon to be V2G), homeowners can use their EVs to supply their electricity to their homes/business.

Pretty sure, I saw some YouTuber, buy an old used 2014 (??) Nissan Leaf EV (with about a 40 KW battery), on the cheap for under $7K vs. buying like 3 or 4 Tesla Powerwalls, for $30-$40K, to use as their battery storage system. Nissan Leafs were some of the only EVs with V2G, back then.

Point being, if you take a look at Australia for example, with the largest rooftop solar (4 million) powering their homes and EVs, there is a push to make V2G grid connectivity more seamless and inexpensive. Especially if it turns millions of EVs (with V2G capabilities) into versatile plug-n-play mobile "Powerwalls", whenever homeowners want to use the power from their EVs.

I can't confirm this, but (I'm pretty sure) Tesla vehicles already have V2G capabilities, and wouldn't need any additional modifications, to use it. Meaning, this was something that Tesla engineers, were already planning as something EV owners, would want as a future capability.

Has nothing to do with pollution now does it?
Has nothing to do with pollution now does it?
Has nothing to do with pollution now does it?

The error in your logic is the the facts will determine market decisions. Only the individuals who are making the market decisions will determine what happens in the market.

This makes no sense brother. Facts are not up for debate.

What evidence you have, that EVs/BESS's DO NOT reduce pollution?

Both BESS and EVs sure do help reduce pollution and it's not just my opinion!

The reasoning, benefits, studies and facts/data reports are as follows:

Once again, as I've previously stated, the addition of BESS installations helping wind and solar, become more dependable, flexible and responsive power w/r to smoothing out grid fluctuations, in periods of dunkelflaute, they provide a cleaner, faster and cost more efficient solution, over coal/gas pico power plants/stations.

Thereby, reducing pollution by replacing fossil fuel burning pico power plants. BESS also supports peak shaving and load shifting, helping to minimize the need for the much larger fossil coal/gas fuel plants, avoid ramp up and down, during high-low demand periods.

A study in Brazil showed a 250 kW/560 kWh BESS reduced CO2 emissions by 78% compared to diesel generators, with similar benefits applicable to coal/gas plants. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/23/16136. Again, this was just a small BESS installation, but none the less, huge impact on reducing emissions/pollution.

W/R to EVs reducing pollution, just look at the huge reduction air pollution in large Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, partly due to the large adoption and popularization of EVs, as one of the weapons, China is using in it's war on air pollution and reduction of emissions. Which BTW is down 42% over the past ten years, even with China burning higher amounts of coal (YoY).

And why do you think BESS are the fastest growing segment in the energy market? The trend is, that by 2030, global BESS capacity is projected to grow sixfold, displacing 1,200 GW of fossil fuel generation and accelerating decarbonization. https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-ene...siness-in-2025

It is not a negative bias to say I prefer fucking the pussy of a girl over fucking the ass of a man. It is personal preference. Can we at least agree on that? A gay man will disagree with me. I am not going to try to argue that pussy is better than ass (of a man) when he is obviously making his fucking decisions based on personal preference.

Again, as I've said before, I don't care if you prefer to buy, drive or fuck (to somewhat piggyback on your analogy), an EV or an ICE vehicle. If I see dis/misinformation being spread, like the E85 zero emissions nonsense or battery falsehoods, I will try to provide proper facts, to counter any unfounded arguments.

I remain convinced that EVs help the environment But so could a lot of other things also. Like Nuclear Power. ...

Curious...under what circumstances are you advocating for nuclear?

[EihTooms]

These next 4 year are going to be so much more horrific than anyone could have ever imagined:

Trump administration wants to un-fire some nuclear safety workers but cant figure out how to reach them.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/15/trum...ndroidappshare

WASHINGTON National Nuclear Security Administration officials on Friday attempted to notify some employees who had been let go the day before that they are now due to be reinstated but they struggled to find them because they didnt have their new contact information.

In an email sent to employees at NNSA and obtained by NBC News, officials wrote, The termination letters for some NNSA probationary employees are being rescinded, but we do not have a good way to get in touch with those personnel.

But at least they cut $20 Million, about 2 1/2 days of tax-payer subsidies for President Musk's failing EV company, by dumping the Sesame Street programming in Iraq so al-Qaeda and ISIS can replace it with their version of Sesame Street in Iraq.

So smart.

Now, I want you to remember all the screaming at Biden and his Communications Director from the White House Press Corp over every silly, insignificant detail of why his historic recovery from Trump's first term Colossal Across-the-Board Disaster was not perfect in every way for everyone all the time down to the exact dime.

And contrast that to whatever oh-so-polite and soft-spoken questioning, IF ANY, by that same Press Corp about this spectacular, potentially existential life on Earth-threatening unforced error screwup. LOL.

[EihTooms]

That's just not right Tooms. OK, instead of using my Bloomberg, I'll Google the indices, so you can see the data:

https://www.drewry.co.uk/supply-chai...ssed-by-drewry

The World Container Index is at $3095 for 40 ft containers, down from $3440 on November 14.

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/baltic

The Baltic Dry Index is at 792, down from 1770 on November 15.

I have no problem conceptually with the idea that freight rates will increase somewhat as a result of inventory stocking because of expected tariffs. But how much difference will that make? The shipping cost, by sea, might represent 1% or 2% of the retail price of a product. And imported goods may be 10% or 15% of GDP. So the effect of higher shipping costs on CPI inflation would be negligible. And temporary, since once the tariffs are imposed there's no excess demand for shipping any longer.

But the reality is that higher shipping costs aren't behind the 3% CPI number, because they weren't really up. Yeah, there was a blip upwards in container rates in, say, the Shanghai to Los Angeles route in late December / early January. But the average rate post election has been less than the average rate during 2024, pre-election.

Yes, once the tariffs are imposed, there will be a step up in prices for the goods affected. Will it be a one time thing? Or will it feed through to wages, etc. and result in a significant increase in month-on-month or quarter-on-quarter inflation going forward? My guess as to the latter is no. But it's above my paygrade.

Now do I think the tariffs imposed by Trump so far in his second term are a good thing? Hell no. Take the tariffs on steel and aluminum. There are a lot of American manufacturers and exporters that won't be competitive now that they have to pay more for those. This will destroy American jobs, raise prices paid by consumers, and it won't raise much revenue. The only winners will be the American crony capitalists who make steel and aluminum here. This was a really bad idea. It hurts us more than it helps us.

And the new China tariff may just backfire bigtime. Now more production of clothes and toys will move from China to places like Vietnam. And in retaliation for the tariff, China is restricting export of rare earth metals and minerals that are essential for our tech companies and defense contractors. If Trump, or Biden, knew his head from a hole in the ground, he would have lined up alternate sources of rare earth products before declaring a trade war on China.

Increased freight rates is only part of the issue. Yes, freight rates fluctuate throughout the year. Freight rates have been higher earlier in the year than they are now. Importers time their freight requirements and costs throughout the year accordingly.

But not while Trump's pie-hole is within hilarious "menacing" monotone voice distance of a microphone.

The bigger problem is that Trump's blather has caused importers and retailers to front-load shipments in order to build inventory before the actual cost increases occur and supplies are spotty during times when freight costs are higher, thereby adding unplanned costs to their ongoing inventory.

That is how Target screwed up last year. They wrongly predicted the longshoreman's strike would go unsettled for months. So they front-loaded shipments during a time of the year when shipping costs were higher, thinking they would get a jump on their competitors on inventory during the Christmas season.

Instead, brilliant negotiator for the good of the American Consumer, Joe Biden, settled that strike within days.

So there was Target, sitting on front-loaded inventory their competitors could ship in their own sweet, lower freight costs time, after having paid MORE for all of it to be shipped than their competitors, effecting profits and triggering a significant sell-off of their stock.

Targets recent trade imports data tells the real story behind massive earnings miss.
Nov. 21, 2024

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/21/targ...ndroidappshare

Target executives cited the recent U.S. ports strike and need to bring goods ahead of it as a factor in its big earnings miss on Wednesday, due to elevated freight costs and overly stocked stores.

Trade data reviewed by CNBC shows Target imported a level of goods this year across key months in advance of the strike that was similar to 2023′s peak shipping season, essentially flat to down in the overall number of cargo containers.

Trump's constant blather about 25%-200% Tariffs coming soon since the November election, in and out, in again, out again, blithering incoherently on when and by how much importers will have to pay before passing those costs along to the American Consumer has forced them to repeat Target management's mistake in front-loading shipments of inventory during periods of higher freight costs rather than timing them more intelligently for the benefit of keeping their retail costs lower for the American Consumer.

Trump is a proven Enemy of the American Consumer. Just look what he did to them in his previous term by laying the groundwork for and ushering in Trump's Pandemic with all the Global Economic Disaster, Hyper-Inflation and Skyrocketing Prices for everything that naturally followed.

[EihTooms]

That's just not right Tooms. OK, instead of using my Bloomberg, I'll Google the indices, so you can see the data:

https://www.drewry.co.uk/supply-chai...ssed-by-drewry

The World Container Index is at $3095 for 40 ft containers, down from $3440 on November 14.

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/baltic

The Baltic Dry Index is at 792, down from 1770 on November 15.

I have no problem conceptually with the idea that freight rates will increase somewhat as a result of inventory stocking because of expected tariffs. But how much difference will that make? The shipping cost, by sea, might represent 1% or 2% of the retail price of a product. And imported goods may be 10% or 15% of GDP. So the effect of higher shipping costs on CPI inflation would be negligible. And temporary, since once the tariffs are imposed there's no excess demand for shipping any longer.

But the reality is that higher shipping costs aren't behind the 3% CPI number, because they weren't really up. Yeah, there was a blip upwards in container rates in, say, the Shanghai to Los Angeles route in late December / early January. But the average rate post election has been less than the average rate during 2024, pre-election.

Yes, once the tariffs are imposed, there will be a step up in prices for the goods affected. Will it be a one time thing? Or will it feed through to wages, etc. and result in a significant increase in month-on-month or quarter-on-quarter inflation going forward? My guess as to the latter is no. But it's above my paygrade.

Now do I think the tariffs imposed by Trump so far in his second term are a good thing? Hell no. Take the tariffs on steel and aluminum. There are a lot of American manufacturers and exporters that won't be competitive now that they have to pay more for those. This will destroy American jobs, raise prices paid by consumers, and it won't raise much revenue. The only winners will be the American crony capitalists who make steel and aluminum here. This was a really bad idea. It hurts us more than it helps us.

And the new China tariff may just backfire bigtime. Now more production of clothes and toys will move from China to places like Vietnam. And in retaliation for the tariff, China is restricting export of rare earth metals and minerals that are essential for our tech companies and defense contractors. If Trump, or Biden, knew his head from a hole in the ground, he would have lined up alternate sources of rare earth products before declaring a trade war on China.

Your charts show a distinct increase in shipping costs to New York and LOS Angeles vs "the World rate" and vs other destinations during the time frame in discussion.

Do you think there is no price gouging passed along from importers to retailers and to the American Consumer as long as some headline news gives them the least excuse to do it? If shipping costs rise 2% due to higher demand, do you honestly believe the American Consumer will only be charged an additional amount at the register commensurate with only the amount shipping costs added to the price?

Trump's blathering about his across-the-board "beauitiful" 25%, 100%, 200% Tariffs coming soon, sooner, any minute now has given everyone in the supply and delivery chain permission to jack up prices to be paid by the American Consumer.

Do you think Trump's Fed Chairman-appontee is lying about CPI increasing 3% over last year, higher than it was in December and higher than it was in November, a trend the reverse of what we had been seeing for months prior to that?

Then what do you account for that? Was it Biden's stuttering or Harris conceding that in keeping with her Oath to uphold the law she will have to allow the same transgender medical treatment in prisons that Trump's DOJ confirmed?

[Tiny 12]

I assume you at least scanned the link I provided. And perhaps heard about this thingy called Google where you can do a search on the topic and find dozens of other such reports.

Shipping prices have been increasing since at least late November. The SHIPPERS are explaining that the reason shipping costs have been increasing is because Trump has been blathering about his 25%, 100% or 200% Tariffs coming any minute now starting on Day One of his so-called presidency and SINCE the November election. Shipments of goods are done PRIOR to when they show up on store shelves. Often several weeks, even months prior.

The competition and demand for even earlier shipments in order to "get ahead of the game", Trump's Tariffs, is called front-loading and it generates greater demand for everything related to the shipping of goods. Greater demand for shipping containers and shipments of goods triggers higher shipping costs.

Those costs have been passed along to the American Consumer in the form of higher prices for the products.

None of this "waits" for Trump to officially impose the Tariffs. Oh, then for him to cave and change his mind about it. Oh, then for him to change his mind about changing his mind. Oh, then for him to impose a tariff but not as big of one as he stated yesterday. Oh, then for him to decide a bigger tariff would be better. Oh, then for him to go play golf and think about it some more.

That's just not right Tooms. OK, instead of using my Bloomberg, I'll Google the indices, so you can see the data:

https://www.drewry.co.uk/supply-chai...ssed-by-drewry

The World Container Index is at $3095 for 40 ft containers, down from $3440 on November 14.

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/baltic

The Baltic Dry Index is at 792, down from 1770 on November 15.

I have no problem conceptually with the idea that freight rates will increase somewhat as a result of inventory stocking because of expected tariffs. But how much difference will that make? The shipping cost, by sea, might represent 1% or 2% of the retail price of a product. And imported goods may be 10% or 15% of GDP. So the effect of higher shipping costs on CPI inflation would be negligible. And temporary, since once the tariffs are imposed there's no excess demand for shipping any longer.

But the reality is that higher shipping costs aren't behind the 3% CPI number, because they weren't really up. Yeah, there was a blip upwards in container rates in, say, the Shanghai to Los Angeles route in late December / early January. But the average rate post election has been less than the average rate during 2024, pre-election.

Yes, once the tariffs are imposed, there will be a step up in prices for the goods affected. Will it be a one time thing? Or will it feed through to wages, etc. and result in a significant increase in month-on-month or quarter-on-quarter inflation going forward? My guess as to the latter is no. But it's above my paygrade.

Now do I think the tariffs imposed by Trump so far in his second term are a good thing? Hell no. Take the tariffs on steel and aluminum. There are a lot of American manufacturers and exporters that won't be competitive now that they have to pay more for those. This will destroy American jobs, raise prices paid by consumers, and it won't raise much revenue. The only winners will be the American crony capitalists who make steel and aluminum here. This was a really bad idea. It hurts us more than it helps us.

And the new China tariff may just backfire bigtime. Now more production of clothes and toys will move from China to places like Vietnam. And in retaliation for the tariff, China is restricting export of rare earth metals and minerals that are essential for our tech companies and defense contractors. If Trump, or Biden, knew his head from a hole in the ground, he would have lined up alternate sources of rare earth products before declaring a trade war on China.

[Tiny 12]

Tiny12, thanks for the video. I love Sandy. Her underdog, primary election upset victory over the powerful, establishment Democratic Caucus Chair, Joe Crowley, was remarkable and earth shattering. The Democratic Party has not been the same since that election in 2017.

Personally, I think she should challenge Chucky Schumer in the 2028 New York Senate primary. He is a total hypocrite and a phony. I think she could beat him good, and he deserves a beating.

On her looks: yeah, I would shag her. KKK! I know she is of Puerto Rican descent, but I have shagged Brazilian girls that remind me of her in RJ and they were plenty amorous in bed. On that note, I have an idea for a movie script: a young NY bartendress runs for congress on a lark with no expectation of winning. But she wins and becomes the leader of a far-left caucus in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile the sitting Democrat President of the USA is suffering from Alzheimer's and he loses the next Presidential election to a young, powerful, charismatic, and good looking 42-year-old MAGA type Republican. Sandy and her caucus lead the charge against the new President. She then goes to the Oval office with her caucus to present their budgetary demands to the newly elected President.

But something happens while she is in the oval office accusing the President of racism and being a dictator ect, ect. Their eyes meet and KABOOM! She falls for him big time! I have to work out the details, but essentially, she gives into her feelings after trying hard to deny them to herself, and they get it on for the 1st time in the Lincoln bedroom and subsequently start secretly seeing each other like every week. There has to be plenty of hot nude scenes, and I want to see a lot of tit & nipples in my movie. None of that wokie Hollywood BS where the girl is wearing a bra while she fucks a topless man. Oh, the Wokes; they fuck up everything they touch. LOL.

Anyway, first her friends and then her political colleagues find out about the secret affair and then she is outed and disgraced publicly on MSNBC. Everybody in the party now hates her and calls her a "working girl", "cunnnt", and charge her guilty of treason. With no friends left in the Party, no friends left in real life, the young and powerful MAGA President first consoles her and then he calls her into the oval office during a press conference and together they announce their relationship and tell the world to fuck off. End of movie.

I think the idea is a winner in the Hollywood tradition of Frank Capra's masterpiece, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and it is definitely a much better concept than the latest Hollywood garbage like, Blake Lively's "It Ends with Us" or the musical? "Emilia Perez. " In the interest of full disclosure, I have not seen either movie, but I have seen studio promo clips of both films and I can almost guarantee you that I will never see either one.

To Blake darling, what the fuck happened to you? You were smokin' hot in "Savages" directed by, left but not woke, Oliver Stone. Why have you become such a bitchh? I guess it is another example of where gobs of money can't buy you happiness. But enough already with the cosmetic surgeries. Less is more baby.

Yes indeed Axel, Schumer is a two faced hypocrite. He's been protecting carried interest behind the scenes for years, all the time proclaiming how it's a giveaway to wealthy PE and hedge fund managers, a number of whom are his constituents. I agree. I would like her to serve as Senate minority leader, in a Congress controlled by Republicans.

Great idea for a movie! Honestly! It could be a big winner. If you get that off the ground let me know, I might like to partner up. My experience with left wing women who are slightly off is that they're great in bed. I used to troll Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade meetings for poontang back in my younger days.

[EihTooms]

This must have been what President Musk and his Hitler Youth Hackers were aiming for:

Fired Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department.
About 300-400 workers tied to nuclear programs were dismissed.
Agency seeks to bring back workers after chaotic terminations.
Feb. 15, 2025

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...rgy-department

The agencys quick reversal was announced Friday in an all-staff meeting. The NNSA is seeking to recall the workers because they deal with sensitive national security secrets, according to the people, who werent authorized to talk about the matter, which is not public.

Those cuts are especially concerning because the positions typically require high-level security clearances and training that can take 18 months or longer, said Jill Hruby, who served as the NNSA administrator during the Biden administration.

"These people are likely never going to come back and work for the government, Hruby said in a phone interview. Weve had a very active program requiring an increase to our staff so the indiscriminate layoffs of people will be really difficult for the coming years.
..........
The agency also plays a role a key role in counter-terrorism, transporting nuclear weapons around the country and responding to nuclear incidents around the world. Recent focuses have included examining how AI can be used to make it potentially easer for people to make nuclear bombs, Hruby said.

"These are areas where weve been concerned and staffed up to respond to that, Hruby said. These are working with high skill-levels that are willing to work around- the-clock if needed.

Among the deepest cuts was to the Energy Departments Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, where roughly 25% of its staff was eliminated, according to a breakdown of the cuts seen by Bloomberg News. That office received some $27 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, as well as bipartisan infrastructure law, to finance carbon capture, hydrogen and advanced nuclear projects. Among its priorities is managing an $8 billion plan to establish a network of hydrogen hubs throughout the US.

"This program helps bring competitive manufacturing back to American shores, so weakening it is only going to help foreign competitors, said Steven Nadel, executive director of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a nonprofit group that advocated for the funding.
..........
In addition, about 15 people in the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains and about half a dozen from the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, which guards against threats to the power grid and other energy infrastructure, were dismissed.

Ah, now that's more like it.

Finally, President Musk and his fellow America-hating Hackers have found the lynch-pin to yank out and plunge the USA into the kind of colossal economic and national security crisis and destruction the Repub Party is apparently contractually required to produce every time the American electorate is foolish and complacent enough from far superior Dem policy and stewardship results to lower their guard and allow Repubs to slither back into a position of power. Usually by screetching along with some monkey troop of idiotic Social Issues For Suckers, of course.

I can't wait to hear the MAGAs twisted pretzel "reasoning" for how whatever horrific outcome this leads to was just another wild and weird coincidence having nothing to do with what a Repub so-called president did but just as likely the result of, oh I don't know, whatever some junior staffer for a Dem Senator wrote in a legislation summary during the Obama-era years.

[SubCmdr]

And also, EVs need electricity and many countries make big pollution to produce electricity,

Electricity grids pollute, period unless they are renewables.

for example in Germany. When batteries will lose power and efficiency quite fast or when cold, EVs will need more and more electricity to produce.

This is your opinion. Put some up some facts with sources to back up your statement.

My France don t pollute with nuclear for electricity and I lower my own pollution, powering with E85.

How does Nuclear Energy pollute? It is actually the best way way to provide the base 40% of input an electrical grid produces. Are you an engineer? Have you studied electric production as I have. I am a big fan of Solar Energy. But the sun does not shine at night.

When Trump will increase USA pollution

POTUS is but one man. He cannot increase pollution on his own.

People should remember: when we die, we don't need anymore money.

Agreed!

[Axel Heyst]

I'd hate to live in a country run by her. But I'd love to bang her. This is a video from when she was studying international relations and economics at Boston University:

https://www.pekintimes.com/embed/video/2481845002/

The ditz actually confused a city in England, Milton Keynes, with the names of two of the best known economists of all time, Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes. And, again, she got a degree in economics!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/ob...-Friedman.html

Tiny12, thanks for the video. I love Sandy. Her underdog, primary election upset victory over the powerful, establishment Democratic Caucus Chair, Joe Crowley, was remarkable and earth shattering. The Democratic Party has not been the same since that election in 2017.

Personally, I think she should challenge Chucky Schumer in the 2028 New York Senate primary. He is a total hypocrite and a phony. I think she could beat him good, and he deserves a beating.

On her looks: yeah, I would shag her. KKK! I know she is of Puerto Rican descent, but I have shagged Brazilian girls that remind me of her in RJ and they were plenty amorous in bed. On that note, I have an idea for a movie script: a young NY bartendress runs for congress on a lark with no expectation of winning. But she wins and becomes the leader of a far-left caucus in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile the sitting Democrat President of the USA is suffering from Alzheimer's and he loses the next Presidential election to a young, powerful, charismatic, and good looking 42-year-old MAGA type Republican. Sandy and her caucus lead the charge against the new President. She then goes to the Oval office with her caucus to present their budgetary demands to the newly elected President.

But something happens while she is in the oval office accusing the President of racism and being a dictator ect, ect. Their eyes meet and KABOOM! She falls for him big time! I have to work out the details, but essentially, she gives into her feelings after trying hard to deny them to herself, and they get it on for the 1st time in the Lincoln bedroom and subsequently start secretly seeing each other like every week. There has to be plenty of hot nude scenes, and I want to see a lot of tit & nipples in my movie. None of that wokie Hollywood BS where the girl is wearing a bra while she fucks a topless man. Oh, the Wokes; they fuck up everything they touch. LOL.

Anyway, first her friends and then her political colleagues find out about the secret affair and then she is outed and disgraced publicly on MSNBC. Everybody in the party now hates her and calls her a "working girl", "cunnnt", and charge her guilty of treason. With no friends left in the Party, no friends left in real life, the young and powerful MAGA President first consoles her and then he calls her into the oval office during a press conference and together they announce their relationship and tell the world to fuck off. End of movie.

I think the idea is a winner in the Hollywood tradition of Frank Capra's masterpiece, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and it is definitely a much better concept than the latest Hollywood garbage like, Blake Lively's "It Ends with Us" or the musical? "Emilia Perez. " In the interest of full disclosure, I have not seen either movie, but I have seen studio promo clips of both films and I can almost guarantee you that I will never see either one.

To Blake darling, what the fuck happened to you? You were smokin' hot in "Savages" directed by, left but not woke, Oliver Stone. Why have you become such a bitchh? I guess it is another example of where gobs of money can't buy you happiness. But enough already with the cosmetic surgeries. Less is more baby.

[Sirioja]

Can you tell us batteries production and China and also USA don't make big pollution for our planet and since many years. Can you tell us batteries don't lose power quite fast, when cold weather. Do you really think Chinese, but even USA or European batteries will remain powerful for 10 years. EV are to go to buy bread, not for long distance and fast driving, reason why not quality cars for me and I would not even buy a Audi or Porsche EV, compare to my V8 E85 smelling flowers, when I can easily drive 1500 kms on a day and through mountains. But for sure, we don't all have same standard for quality and I don t rank high for quality, lying China I don t trust and I also don t want to give my money to shameful Chinese government not respecting human rights, but supporting Chinese production to invade our countries and making us lowering, same like their tok tok. China won t make our world improving, when they just copy, like their new plane, fortunately not allowed in EU, when already enough risks with Boeing now falling reliability.

And also, EVs need electricity and many countries make big pollution to produce electricity, for example in Germany. When batteries will lose power and efficiency quite fast or when cold, EVs will need more and more electricity to produce. My France don t pollute with nuclear for electricity and I lower my own pollution, powering with E85 , enabling also to increase powerful. When Trump will increase USA pollution, when they are already among very worst. People should remember: when we die, we don't need anymore money.

[ShooBree]

(...kkkk!) C'mon man! As much as AOC may indeed by a very good candidate, you do realize, that's twice (2x) now, that Dems have come up empty, with what were also great women candidates, IMHO, and were ceremoniously rejected by Americans. Against the worst candidate in presidential U.S. History, in the Repub MAGA Orange Fuhrer.

So I think, Dems have learnt their lesson, at least for the next foreseeable future, when it comes to electing a women candidate.

But let's just say, shall we...that if America TRULY wants a women President, in their future, personally I'm leaving it up to the Repubs, to move past their misogyny and their lip service on DEI and equality for women and elect one of their own.

So as far as I'm concerned, it maybe up to the Repubs, as the only other way you'll get your Madam President, maybe watching her on TV drams shows like, The Diplomat!

Are you kidding me?

Hillary Clinton only wanted to become president because her husband cheated on her.

And Kamala Harris only even entered politics because her sugar daddy was a politician.

Sure, Please let AOC be your next presidential candidate so can Rush Limbaugh finally become the president of USA.

It is way more likely that Trump will become the dictator of USA than to see AOC win the election in 2028.

But it would be nice to see AOC run for president with Ilhan Omar as her vice president and their slogan could be "Jihad for America" and "Sharia for everyone"

[EihTooms]

Well this takes the cake. Giving all the credit to Obama for a solid economy in 2017 to 2019 was kind of crazy. As was assigning all the blame to Trump for a suck ass economy during a worldwide pandemic. But now January, 2025 inflation was Trump's fault?

Prices as measured by the CPI rose 3% from a year ago. "A year ago" means 365 days ago. Trump was president for 11 days before January 31,2025. He wasn't even president at mid January. You're criticizing Biden, not Trump.

Trump's tariffs will indeed cause a step up in prices of some products. But they hadn't taken effect as of the end of January. If he manages to lower federal spending that will restrain inflation..

I assume you at least scanned the link I provided. And perhaps heard about this thingy called Google where you can do a search on the topic and find dozens of other such reports.

Shipping prices have been increasing since at least late November. The SHIPPERS are explaining that the reason shipping costs have been increasing is because Trump has been blathering about his 25%, 100% or 200% Tariffs coming any minute now starting on Day One of his so-called presidency and SINCE the November election. Shipments of goods are done PRIOR to when they show up on store shelves. Often several weeks, even months prior.

The competition and demand for even earlier shipments in order to "get ahead of the game", Trump's Tariffs, is called front-loading and it generates greater demand for everything related to the shipping of goods. Greater demand for shipping containers and shipments of goods triggers higher shipping costs.

Those costs have been passed along to the American Consumer in the form of higher prices for the products.

None of this "waits" for Trump to officially impose the Tariffs. Oh, then for him to cave and change his mind about it. Oh, then for him to change his mind about changing his mind. Oh, then for him to impose a tariff but not as big of one as he stated yesterday. Oh, then for him to decide a bigger tariff would be better. Oh, then for him to go play golf and think about it some more.