American Politics

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2992129]Breitbart alludes to it in passing, but just to be clear; Rolls-Royce ALREADY has production facilities in the USA.

And the company had ALREADY reported "stellar annual results on profits" under Biden, considering it was Biden whose brilliant economic stimulus led America and the rest of the World to a historic Recovery from the Trump's Pandemic Economic Catastrophe without so much as an iddy-biddy Global Recession, much less a Great Repub Global Recession or, more likely if Russia's influence had succeeded in placing their boy Trump in the White House again in 2021, a Great Repub Global Depression.

[URL]https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/eastmidlands/news/2096242-rolls-royce-mulls-shifting-engine-making-to-us-amid-tariff-scare[/URL]

And, ah yes, the beauty and incomparable economic advantages of GLOBALISM. Rolls-Royce ain't giving up on the concept, you know. They are just mulling exploiting it even more.[/QUOTE]Always the Top never the bottom like you leftists love to be so much.

[URL]https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/03/24/bill-maher-says-fk-you-to-critics-of-his-scheduled-trump-white-house-meeting/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/political/its-official-americans-were-most-miserable-theyve-ever-been-under-biden-regime[/URL]

[URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ed-dowd-fears-short-deep-recession-coming-doge-exposes-mind-shocking-fraud-propped-bidens[/URL]

[URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-03-14/real-cause-market-selloff-recession[/URL]

AMERICA FIRST!

[QUOTE=HotDog666;2991974]The fact that you actually say and believe all of this in the wake of the massacre of tens of thousands of Palestinians by the Israelis shows the extent of your depravity, wickedness and hypocrisy of people like you.

"Peaceful Neighbors". What a sick comment. What a shameless sick excuse of a man you are.[/QUOTE]This forum is for the discussion of ideas and opinions. Not your personal vendettas and [B]ad hominem[/B] attacks over issues you disagree with others.

Respectfully, if I want to read the pure unadulterated excrement that you wrote I read your posts one of the RANTs Thread.

In the picture for you is it lotion, a facial moisturizer or lube?

[QUOTE=Sirioja;2980567]Trump put 10% tax, China put back 15% . Such a loser casino player.[/QUOTE]Look at all the tariffs he put on the CCP includ during 2016-1020.

Then look at what the CCP buys from the USA and vice versa.

[URL]https://www.ft.com/content/cf030e98-80b3-4e29-adb5-8c5674753b66[/URL]

[URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/more-signs-chinas-decline[/URL]

[URL]https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2025/02/25/foreign-companies-bail-out-of-chinas-tottering-economy/[/URL]

How Democracies Die.

Book by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky.

I've started reading this and so far it's eye opening. Anyone who doesn't think Trump is on his way to destroy America needs to read this.

[QUOTE=Elvis 2008;2991867]No, solar / wind / battery are not better than fossil fuels. They are not as energy dense as fossil fuels like gasoline and natural gas.[/QUOTE] Yeah, your opening statement, would be correct in terms of "energy density", if I'd been taking about powering a Boeing 747. I WAS NOT! Renewables being 3 to 5x more efficient at powering the electrical grid, was the focus of my post.

S+W+B and other renewables, will always be 3 to 5X BETTER or EFFICIENT at converting primary energy into [b]"usable electricity"[/b] or electrical energy, with about +92% efficiency, from input energy to consumable "usable energy".

Elvis 2008, don't be fooled like Tiny 12, and try trip yourself up, on the "Primary Energy Fallacy", that O&G companies want you to believe. IT IS NOT ABOUT "energy density", when it comes to producing and consuming electricity.

If you haven't yet checked out the [b]"Primary Energy Fallacy"[/b], you should also checkout a U.S. Sankey Chart, while you're at it. [url] https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/13/why-arent-energy-flows-diagrams-used-more-to-inform-decarbonization/ [/url]

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2991861][URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good[/URL]

In the English-speaking world the aphorism is commonly attributed to Voltaire, who quoted an Italian proverb in his Questions "Il meglio l'inimico del bene".

It sounds like someone needs to redo high school English. LOL.[/QUOTE][I][b](...kkkk!)[/b][/I] Sure dude, sure!

Wiki: [I]"Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements."[/I] --Thanks, that about sums up, my illustration of "BETTER", if that's what your trying to say!

BTW, more S+W+B and other renewables are exactly, those [i][b]"...implementation of good improvements",[/b][/i] that Voltaire was referring to, w/r to the next phase and transition to an even cleaner U.S. electrical grid. NOT MORE dirty fossil fuels!

As I said in my post, it's only you, Elvis 2008 and Tiny 12, that sky rocket, straight from good to perfection. I've always insisted the "PERFECTION" narrative on energy solutions, has only ever existed in the wasted minds of you MAGA Fuhrer cultists.

Elvis 2008, again for clarity, show me one (1) post, where I mentioned anything about the "PERFECT" or "PERFECTION" in a energy solution, other than renewables being BETTER or more efficient, than fossil fuels, when it comes to the grid electricity generation and consumption?

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2991861][URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good[/URL]

In the English-speaking world the aphorism is commonly attributed to Voltaire, who quoted an Italian proverb in his Questions "Il meglio l'inimico del bene".

It sounds like someone needs to redo high school English. LOL.

In your binary world, it is China good and the USA bad. When it to dirty air, China ranks as 21st worst in the world. The USA? #116.

[URL]https://www.iqair.com/us/world-most-polluted-countries[/URL]

And part of being a Democratic douche is playing the never mind game. Oh, we love EVs but now we hate Elon Musk. I have enclosed the perfect meme for you never mind Democrats.[/QUOTE]Yes, Spidy has some real misconceptions. Remember this one?

[QUOTE=Spidy;2985656]Can't speak to India, but the air quality in most large Chinese cites, is on par or better per capita, than most USA cities like N.Y.[/QUOTE]Well, it turns out that 397 of the 500 "most polluted cities by particulate matter concentration" are in China. [b]And not one is in the USA. [/b]

Spidy thinks China is some kind of renewable energy utopia. Well, I can damn well guarantee you that the USA produces less CO2 emissions per gigawatt-hour of power than China. Why? Because of clean burning natural gas, that's why. We rely more on natural gas than coal for electricity generation, and China does the opposite. A great example of PERFECT being the enemy of good. China started construction on 94.5 GW of coal capacity in just 2024! Compare to total installed capacity, from all sources (renewables, coal, natural gas, nuclear) of about 104 GW in Australia, Turkey or Mexico.

Who cares how efficient renewables are when they don't work when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing and you don't have the battery capacity to store the energy? What you end up with are sky high electricity prices in places like California or South Australia, and like you said brown outs.

And how efficient is it removing millions of tons of overburden, then processing lithium, nickel, copper, and cobalt ores? Then transporting them from places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and China to manufacturing plants? And finally moving manufactured components by sea, truck and train to their final destinations? The guru who wrote the last piece of green propaganda that Spidy posted apparently isn't even happy using green hydrogen to power the ships to transport the ore and the metals and the solar cells and the wind mills. Because that's not "efficient. " What a load of crap.

Speaking of which, if Spidy gave a you-know-what about energy security, he'd be a strong supporter of President Trump and his plan to take over Canada and Greenland. If we're going to produce all those battery minerals to replace our domestic oil and gas production, well then, by damn, we're going to need them! Yes, if Spidy were self aware, he'd be a MAGA Fuhrer Cultist!

This sounds to me like another excuse to put people in petro states like Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming onto the unemployment rolls so they'll rely on government checks. Because one of the key constituencies of the Democratic Party are people who sit home on their asses. Those Democrat politicians in blue states and Washington D.C. may be crafty, but this will backfire on them. People from God's country would rather work, no matter how much money the government pays them. Their master plan didn't work in West Virginia and it won't in Texas.

[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-polluted_cities_by_particulate_matter_concentration[/URL]

How Democracies Die.

Book by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky.

I've started reading this and so far it's eye opening. Anyone who doesn't think Trump is on his way to destroy America needs to read this.

I'm reading a book with a similar title "How the Democrats Die".

It all starts with Ross Perot jumping into the 1992 race and throwing the election to Scumbag Bubba if not for that the world would be very very different today.

He liked the BS concept of the 3rd way, aka selling the party to Wall Street for some kickbacks via the CF after leaving office.

He pushed thru Glass Stegall NAFTA and installed the CCP into the WTO for Wall St, the people would never of accepted any of these things from a GOPer let alone all of them.

But Scumbag Bubba from a shack in the hills of Arkansas convinced the voters to trust him, he would never cum in their mouth if they asked him not to.

And with cheap con man lines like "I feel your pain" or calling himself the 1st black POTUS while he gutted welfare.

Fast forward 8 yrs Barry Barack Hussein was elected and again with tons of help from Wall Street he was going to be Scumbag Bubba 2. 0 in blackface.

Like when they called him to shutdown the 99% movement, he did swiftly just like a good house slave would.

And he's collecting his kickbacks just like Scumbag Bubba did thru his "foundation" 60 million from Netflix for nothing other than his loyal house slave subservience to the man.

And 100 million from Bozo for not laying a finger on his cash making machine for 8 whole yrs.

But the people had seen enough of these grifters so they elected the Resurrection of Adolph Hitler himself DJT at least according to the media.

That was going really well until the election rolled around and Wall street and Silicon valley conspired to install Scumbag Joe, well as we all know that didn't work out to well.

Who would of thought open borders and Trannies running amok would be popular with the voters.

[URL]https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/31/how-the-2020-election-was-rigged/[/URL]

And now we are left with the Resurrection of Jesus Christ for the 3rd time.

As for the title of this book "How the Democrats Died".

It starts way before Jan 20,2025 but gets kicked into high gear in earnest at that point.

The Democrats fought as dirty as dirty could get, and they failed miserably just like the LOSERS they are (in case you don't know fighting dirty generates very very bad karma) ie Mike Tyson was the POS loser that bit off Holyfields ear, just a couple yrs later he found himself rotting in an Indiana prison for 6 yrs for raaape, and that was the end of his boxing days so to speak.

They Tried to destroy Mein MAGA Fuhrer every way you could imagine.

And now its PAYBACK TIME and boy are they are crying for mercy.

You Scumbags tried to destroy DJT and MAGA so you could destroy the rest of what's left of America.

We are only 60 days in, 1400 more to go LMFAO.

He has been given Carte Blanche to wipe out the Scumbags and he is off to a great start.

2 months into 48 months, and things are looking very very SWEEEEEEET.

[QUOTE=Spidy;2992340][b]When all else fails...tell more lies![/b]

Sure dude, sure!

Wiki: [I]"Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements."[/I] --Thanks, that about sums up, my illustration of "BETTER", if that's what your trying to say!...Elvis 2008, again for clarity, show me one (1) post, where I mentioned anything about the "PERFECT" or "PERFECTION" in a energy solution, other than renewables being BETTER or more efficient, than fossil fuels, when it comes to the grid electricity generation and consumption?[/QUOTE]You're putting words into Elvis' mouth. I don't believe he's posted anything about perfect or perfection as those apply to energy, except to kindly provide a definition.

And yes, many carbon cultists refuse to accept that natural gas, by substituting for coal, has reduced carbon and NOx emissions somewhat, and drastically lowered emissions of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide. All the while providing reliable baseload electric power, which solar and wind cannot at present. Yes indeed,[B] don't let perfect be the enemy of good.[/B].

[QUOTE=HotDog666;2992325]How Democracies Die.

Book by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky.

I've started reading this and so far it's eye opening. Anyone who doesn't think Trump is on his way to destroy America needs to read this.[/QUOTE]I wish Neron Trump and his gang will make fall USA, with the world resisting to them, because this is, unfortunately, only way to make no brained USA to understand. Same like only way to stop Putin is to make Russia broke and not anymore able to pay war, but stupid Trump prefer to try business, sucking Putin and fucking Ukrainians.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2992264]Did the MAGA Project 2025 authors forget the part about "collecting revenues" to offset the Trillions their tax cuts for Billionaires will add to Classic Repub Trump's record high Deficits?

[B]Tax revenue collected by the IRS set to plummet, report says.[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/tax-revenue-collected-by-the-irs-set-to-plummet-report-says.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

Oh, that's right; the missing revenue will come from the extra, extra, extra high prices the American Working Men and Women Consumer will pay for Trump's Tariff Taxes![/QUOTE]There was so much insurrection of January 6, 2021, that not a single person was charged with insurrection.

[QUOTE=IguanaSix;2992398]There was so much insurrection of January 6, 2021, that not a single person was charged with insurrection.[/QUOTE]Nobody needed to indict them for that specific crime for it to still qualify as the literal definition of an insurrection:

[QUOTE]Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford Languages Learn more
insurrection
noun
a violent uprising against an authority or government.
"the insurrection was savagely put down"[/QUOTE]However, we are still waiting for that first person to be charged with Fraud in the midst of President Chainsaw Musk's claim to be finding so much evidence of it.

[QUOTE=Tiny 12;2992379]You're putting words into Elvis' mouth. I don't believe he's posted anything about perfect or perfection as those apply to energy, except to kindly provide a definition.[/QUOTE] Am I Now?

You evidently DO NOT seem to understand the very quote you, Tiny 12 and Elvis 2008 are using, in which you accuse me of wanting, "the perfect solution", for the U.S. grid. If it's anybody putting words in Elvis 2008's mouth...IT IS YOU!

[QUOTE=Tiny 12;2992379]And yes, many carbon cultists refuse to accept that natural gas, by substituting for coal, has reduced carbon and NOx emissions somewhat, and drastically lowered emissions of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide. All the while providing reliable baseload electric power, which solar and wind cannot at present. Yes indeed,[B] don't let perfect be the enemy of good.[/B][/QUOTE] [i][b](...kkkk!)[/b][/i] Did you not see where I told you, fossil fuels (especially coal) have such a low bar, that striving for "better", is NEVER hard goal to achieve! Sure [b]dirty methane gas[/b] is "better" than coal, but not by much.

S+W+B, pumped hydro, DO NOT emit CO2 GHG emissions. Wayyyyyyyyyyyy BETTER, by light-years, than dirty methane gas!

So for your [b]dirty methane gas[/b], to trump coal, in reducing emissions is a joke, when [i]"Leaking From US Oil and Gas Is 8 Times Higher Than Agreed Targets[/i] [url]https://www.newsweek.com/methane-leaking-us-oil-gas-8-times-higher-agreed-targets-1932878[/url]. Methane gas leaks occur all the time and puts 80x more pollutants into the atmosphere than coal, when leaks occur.

[b]I beg to differ on the baseload[/b]. Renewables (all forms) can and do provide baseload power. Renewables have already flipped the script on fossil fuel baseload power, in some places like China (certain places, with newer renewable gigawatt projects coming online nationwide every week), South Australia, Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, New Zealand, California), where fossil fuels are only needed and are being used, as backup during peak demand hours.

Isn't it just like Tiny 12, to provide half-truths and obfuscate events/matters. Hey, don't forget to tell the readers, I already owned up, about being incorrect on that data point, about China, here: [url]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?2467-American-Politics&p=2986138&viewfull=1#post2986138[/url].

But you, Tiny 12, of course continue to act all high and mighty like you've never made incorrect data point assumptions. [b]Or shall I count the ways, of thine errors?[/b] Much like your ONGOING bag of lies and disinformation, with regards to your MAGA Fuhrer's "...beautiful clean coal" and your [i][b]"clean burning methane gas" (...kkkk!)[/b][/i]

At least one of the more oblivious Repub MAGAs here suggested Trump would fire Falling Down Drunk Pete Hegseth if he fucks up.

Uh. OK. We're waiting.

[B]Top Trump officials accidentally shared war plans with media.[/B]

[URL]https://www.indy100.com/politics/trump/russia-kremlin-donald-trump-ukraine[/URL]

[QUOTE]Top Trump officials accidentally shared war plans with media.

Hegseth reportedly assured chat participants that "we are currently clean on OPSEC" despite the accidental inclusion of a journalist.[/QUOTE]And there's always more of this:

[B]Trump pledges auto, pharma tariffs in 'near future,' sowing more trade confusion.[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/trump-tariffs-autos-pharmaceuticals-sectoral-reciprocal.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

[QUOTE]President Donald Trump said he will soon announce tariffs targeting automobiles and pharmaceuticals.

Trump later added the lumber and semiconductor industries to his list.

It was unclear whether the newly announced sector-specific tariffs would take effect after the tit-for-tat reciprocal tariffs, which are set for April 2.

The presidents latest comments at a Cabinet meeting came hours after he unveiled a plan to slap 25% tariffs on all countries that buy oil and gas from Venezuela.[/QUOTE]Everyone knows President Musk and his Assistant Trump are both dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to the National Economy and Foreign Policy. There is no way they are the masterminds behind anything regarding either including knowing enough about them to put this much chaos, uncertainty, incompetence and fuckups for both in motion this quickly in the Trump's Pandemic Part 2 term.

Clearly it requires an entire double-decker Greyhound Bus-load of Repub MAGA clowns working in sync to accomplish that.

The Repub MAGA Project 2025 authors are apparently telling TrumpMusk what to do and say on a near hourly basis. When Putin is not telling them what to say, that is. See link below.

So they and TrumpMusk are the clown passengers in that double-decker Greyhound Bus-load of Repub MAGA clowns, Putin is the driver and Xi is right there to collect the fare.

[B]Russian state TV brags that Trump is echoing Kremlin talking points: 'It's not a coincidence'[/B]

[URL]https://www.indy100.com/politics/trump/russia-kremlin-donald-trump-ukraine[/URL]

[QUOTE=IguanaSix;2992398]There was so much insurrection of January 6, 2021, that not a single person was charged with insurrection.[/QUOTE]I wonder why not same riot about Trump and his gang behavior, when many in USA will suffer a lot from crazy Trump.