American Politics

[QUOTE=EihTooms;3056924]As was easily predictable by every American smart and patriotic enough to have voted for Clinton in 2016, Biden in 2020 and Harris in 2024, nobody has been better for Russia Russia Russia and China and worse for America than Donald J. Trump.

Nobody.

[B]There are two winners in Iran. Neither one is America.
Oil disruption benefits Russia, as does less U.S. aid for Ukraine. And Iran distracts from China.
March 9, 2026[/B]

[URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/09/us-iran-russia-china-cost/[/URL]

Dear MAGAs,

Thank you for your vote.

Sincerely and Love You Forever.

Vladimir and Xi.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/political/why-left-more-distressed-anxious-filled-hate-right[/URL]

[URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/political/did-us-intel-agencies-hide-chinese-interference-2020-election-vulgarian-trump[/URL]

In Japan where big oil crisis, they write on gas stations which are closed, because of Trump. Yes, oil crisis and soon for gaz is because of Trump making chaos in the world, lying so much from what he promised to be re elected.

You've also heard Trump claim that some ex-potus supposedly told him he did the right thing in plunging America into another stupid, unprovoked, quagmire, no-win, horribly expensive Repub War based on a Repub lie, this time in Iran, but all of the real ex-potus' have denied talking to him about it? Yeah, there is serious speculation among some insiders that Trump was only talking to himself since, after all, he is an ex-potus too.

[B]Trump calls Gavin Newsom President of the United States while mocking his intelligence[/B]

[URL]https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-gavin-newsom-dyslexia-us-president-video-b2940720.html[/URL]

[QUOTE]Donald Trump accidentally called Gavin Newsom the president of the United States whilst he was insulting his intelligence.

Speaking in the Oval Office on Monday (16 March), Mr Trump said that the Governor of Californias dyslexia makes him not fit for the White House. I think a president should not have learning disabilities, OK?

Mr Trump then said: [b]The president of the United States, Gavin Newscum (Trumps insulting nickname for Newsom) admitted that he has learning disabilities, dyslexia everything about him is dumb."[/b][/QUOTE][B]Trump sparks concern with live name mix-up[/B]

[URL]https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/insight/trump-sparks-concern-with-live-name-mix-up/gm-GM7AA8D58F?gemSnapshotKey=GM7AA8D58F-snapshot-2&uxmode=ruby[/URL]

[QUOTE]During a Women's History Month event, Donald Trump appeared to [b]confuse current press secretary Karoline Leavitt with former adviser Kellyanne Conway, praising Conway as if she still held Leavitt's role. [/b]The moment, captured live, quickly spread online and drew both mockery and concern over Trump's cognitive fitness, particularly given his past criticism of similar gaffes by rivals. While no official explanation has been offered, the slip has intensified scrutiny of his unscripted remarks and public image.[/QUOTE][B]'He's Melting Into a Dementia Puddle': Donald Trump Sparks Concern as He Slurs His Words in Speech Watch[/B]

[URL]https://www.aol.com/articles/hes-melting-dementia-puddle-donald-174815402.html[/URL]

[QUOTE]Trump: "Since I took office we created we've created more than [b]three hundredjerb -- thraaahuuuu take a listen to this number three hundred thousand jobs."[/b][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Sirioja;3057245]In Japan where big oil crisis, they write on gas stations which are closed, because of Trump. Yes, oil crisis and soon for gaz is because of Trump making chaos in the world, lying so much from what he promised to be re elected.[/QUOTE]Seem US services know since June, Iran was not working much on nuclear, so once more, Trump is lying, when he probably followed Netanyahou in this new war, maybe thinking it could be good for economics versus China, but making economical chaos for everybody. I wish will go to show in fact: loser he is, when not able to stop Ukraine war and now not able to free Ormuz pass, but asking now for help.

[QUOTE=Sirioja;3057295]Seem US services know since June, Iran was not working much on nuclear, so once more, Trump is lying, when he probably followed Netanyahou in this new war, maybe thinking it could be good for economics versus China, but making economical chaos for everybody. I wish will go to show in fact: loser he is, when not able to stop Ukraine war and now not able to free Ormuz pass, but asking now for help.[/QUOTE]Ya got to love how Netanyahu tells the media, [I][b]"Does anyone really think someone can tell Trump what to do?",[/b][/I] when he knows full well, you don't tell the MAGA Fuhrer want to do, you simply PAY him to do it. LOL! [URL]https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/680310[/URL]

[QUOTE=Spidy;3057370]Ya got to love how Netanyahu tells the media, [I][b]"Does anyone really think someone can tell Trump what to do?",[/b][/I] when he knows full well, you don't tell the MAGA Fuhrer want to do, you simply PAY him to do it. LOL! [URL]https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/680310[/URL][/QUOTE]Netanyahou, his gang and tsahal are big criminals problems for our world and your crazy senile Trump followed them for Gaza and now again, lying about Iran working on nuclear. But wars were always good business for USA even they lost many in last times.

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;3057202]Talk about your perfect timing. Here is what is really going on in China, [URL]https://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-tells-the-world-its-a-haven-for-clean-energy-investors-but-in-fact-its-a-big-time-coal-burner-c20b5367?mod=panda_marketwatch_author_alert[/URL]. [/QUOTE]While western pundits will focus on short-term loses in the Chinese solar industry, they often fail to realize, that China is playing the [I][b]"clean energy long game",[/b][/I] as it will take decades and decades for them (and not [I]the U.S.[/I] unfortunately) to keep supplying the world, with clean energy tech, as the world transitions and electrifies their economies.

Don't forget, it took Uber approximately $31 billion in loses over 14 years, before becoming profitable. And that's just one U.S. company!

Funny you should now post this article, as China's April 1st, 2026 removal of export tax rebates, seeks to remedy their solar industry from a "Volume" to "Value" proposition. Again, this is NOT an unusual strategy for China, as it has cornered the market, with almost 90% of the world's solar manufacturing. So watch for more company shakeouts and price increases in the industry.

It wasn't too long ago, when I remember similar western pundits, where quick to jump over short-term loses in other Chinese clean tech industries, like EV, batteries, wind, high-speed rail and drones, and look how they turned out. Loses over several few years, won't deter China's clean energy industry ambitions, from their long-term 10,15 to 25 year goals.

There's a battle underway to win the energy export market between the world's two largest economies: The US wants the world to buy its fossil fuels, while China wants to sell the world its clean energy technologies.

For now, there is a clear winner: China.

The country's exports of electric vehicles, solar panels, batteries and other carbon-cutting technology has been climbing for years. Exports hit a record in August, with $20 billion in products shipped globally, according to a new report from the think tank Ember.

"China reached a record value in cleantech exports even as technology prices have fallen sharply," said Euan Graham, a data analyst for Ember.

The US, which has positioned itself as a major fossil fuel exporter, sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July, the last month with data available. China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.

That's a continuation of a trend. The US hit a record in oil exports in 2024, according to the Energy Information Administration. Yet China's clean technology exports were $30 billion higher.

Dollars only tell part of the story. The price of solar panels is falling, which means that China is exporting more of them per dollar earned. August's solar export revenue was nowhere near the high set in March 2023. But the 46,000 megawatts of power capacity shipped abroad set a record. [URL]https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/china-leads-in-clean-energy-exports-overtaking-us-fossil-fuel-dominance-125100600095_1.html[/URL]

If you take your head out of your MAGA Fuhrer's ass, for 10 seconds, stop with the hubris and take a look at the long-term energy picture (especially since your Fuhrer just blew up the Strait of Hormuz), in 2024, [I][b]China's $180 bn electrostate clean energy exports[/b][/I][NOPARSE] were killing the U.S.'s $150 bn (MAGA Fuhrer) petrostate fossil fuel [/NOPARSE]exports. And leading the [I]U.S. by $40 bn,[/I] through July 2025.

A short-term loss in solar for China, does mean a loss overall in the "clean energy long game". [B]The trend is clear,[/B] as the world moves towards more clean energy tech, so far it seems, China will be the dominant player, to supply the world, this tech.

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;3055749]Then there is this trash about Trump and Israel that I fail to see has anything to do with energy. So this is textbook TDS.[/QUOTE]As the headlines say otherwise!

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;3057190]So this war has nothing to do with the future of energy prices or what method of energy generation will be chosen.[/QUOTE]LOL! Want to make up your mind?

First you claim the war has nothing to do with energy, which I dispelled easily. So now it's the war has nothing to do with, [I][b]the future of energy prices?[/b][/I] OR [I][b]what method of energy generation will be chosen?[/b][/I] Of which, to be clear, are both still about energy.

Dude, I just follow the trends! And the trends clearly signify, a shift and move towards clean energy, clean tech and the undeniable electrification of everything (where possible)? Naturally, there'll be ebbs and flows, but make no mistake about it the trend is clear.

In 2024, China exported $180 bn in clean tech energy, compared to the [I]U.S.[/I] exported $150 bn (burn it once and poof it's gone like dinner) fossil fuels.

Come on already! Armageddon baby! WW3 baby! I'm rock hard for this. What's taking so long?

Why start a war and don't have boots on the ground? There's something fishy going on.

It's like some kind of weird conspiracy. Is any of this even real?

Boots?

1 billion USD cost per day for Americans for Trump lies about Iran war. 500 millions for Israel per day, 0 tourism, increasing deficit, at least 1 good point versus Netanyahou and tsahal crimes.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3057233][URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/political/why-left-more-distressed-anxious-filled-hate-right[/URL]

[URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/political/did-us-intel-agencies-hide-chinese-interference-2020-election-vulgarian-trump[/URL][/QUOTE][URL]https://youtube.com/shorts/Uor1Z0fSb5Q?si=j_kEQU4jkDyY7D_h[/URL]

[QUOTE=NewtonYork;3057400]Come on already! Armageddon baby! WW3 baby! I'm rock hard for this. What's taking so long?

Why start a war and don't have boots on the ground? There's something fishy going on.

It's like some kind of weird conspiracy. Is any of this even real?

Boots?[/QUOTE]WW1: June 28,1914, assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist.

WW2: September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland.

WW3: Donald Trump prefers seeing the world burn with him instead of going to jail.

Donald Trump would have to be hopelessly deranged to say anything bad about the man he claimed "completely and totally exonnerated" him, right?

Lolololol.

[B]'Total EXONERATION: Trump savors post-Mueller victory lap.
March 24, 2019[/B]

[URL]https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/24/trump-mueller-report-1233442[/URL]

[QUOTE]"No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION. KEEP AMERICA GREAT! Trump tweeted, later telling reporters before boarding Air Force One, Its a shame that our country had to go through this.[/QUOTE][B]Former special counsel Robert Mueller dies at 81.[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/21/robert-mueller-died-at-81.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

I mean, seriously, what kind of deranged, ungrateful, lying sack of shit would have anything bad to say about a fellow Repub who provided such a glowing, positive report on his behalf?

That is, unless he was being a deranged, lying sack of shit about what he said back then about Mueller's report, of course.

Lololol.

Has anybody heard or read the lovely post-mortem statement the so-called president has no doubt issued about the man who delivered the best news any honorable and truthful man could wish for?

[QUOTE=Spidy;3057396]As the headlines say otherwise!

LOL! Want to make up your mind?

First you claim the war has nothing to do with energy, which I dispelled easily.[/QUOTE]Obviously, you cannot walk and chew bubble gum at the same time. I said the war will not have anything to do with the long term price of energy nor will it have anything to do with what is used to generate elctricity in the future.

[QUOTE=Spidy;3057396]Dude, I just follow the trends! And the trends clearly signify, a shift and move towards clean energy[/QUOTE]The trends show how following the energy policy of the dumb Dems will lead us to high cost energy such as that found in Germany and in California. The trends are buying solar panels and windmills that sit around and add nothing to the grid.

To wit, By far the most important measure of a grid is its reliability, and a grid that is "only" 99% reliable would be catastrophic for a developed economy. In the US, grid operators aim to meet what's known as the "1-in-10 year" standard, defined as no more than 24 hours of outages over a 10-year period or 99.97% reliability.

To achieve that standard, supply and demand must be precisely balanced too much electricity can be just as problematic as too little. A baseload power source is one that operates 24/7 at a steady, predictable output. A dispatchable source, by contrast, can be ramped up or down quickly to match fluctuations in demand.

Coal and nuclear are classic examples of baseload power, but they are not ideal for dispatchable use due to their slow ramp rates. Natural gas and impoundment hydroelectric plants, however, are typically both baseload and highly dispatchable, capable of adjusting output within minutes. Battery backup systems are dispatchable but not baseload, as they can respond quickly but cannot sustain output for extended periods without recharging. Intermittent renewables like wind and solar, both dependent on weather conditions rather than demand, are neither baseload nor reliably dispatchable.

Once these fundamental truths are understood, two things become clear. First, the ideal grid is built on a solid foundation of cheap baseload power, supplemented by highly dispatchable sources to manage fluctuations in demand. Second, a grid composed solely of solar, wind, and batteries is preposterous on its face the volume of batteries required to provide baseload power for days or weeks at a time borders on the absurd. This is why no such system has ever been piloted at a reasonable scale: the moment it is, the flaws would become immediately and fatally obvious.

And we have already seen what you will do when the dumb Dem polices that lead us off the cliff actually happen. It is the power generators; it is electricity mismanagement; it is the utilities companies.

When the reality is that it is just people like you being stupid.

As for your claim, solar is cheaper. Spain and Portugal just showed it is not. Last week, an expansive article in Bloomberg Greenconfessionally titled "The Fix For Solar Blackouts Is Already Here "captured this sentiment. It lamented that the penetration of solar and wind has outpaced the buildout of stabilization technologies such as synchronous condensers and grid-forming inverters. In other words, the renewables worked as designed, but the infrastructure to integrate them safely at such high percentages of supply lagged far behind:

"The result is huge spending on new wind and solar capacity, but not enough on grids. The 27 members of the European Union and the UK invest on average $0. 7 in grids for every dollar spent on renewables, according to BloombergNEF. Spain ranks the lowest, with only $0. 3 spent for every dollar.

Blackouts are causing political backlash against renewables that politicians cannot afford right now. 'Here's the problem: Investments in the right infrastructure are not keeping up,' said Antnio Guterres, head of the United Nations, in a July speech. 'That ratio should be one to one.'

Guterres did not realize the seriousness of his admission. The acknowledgment that each new solar plant requires a dollar-for-dollar match in grid investment means the capital needed to actually use solar electricity is at least double what proponents claim. This fact undercuts one of the most persistent myths in energy policy: that because sunshine is free, solar power must necessarily be the cheapest source of electricity.

In reality, while the marginal cost of sunlight is zero, the true system cost of integrating solar into a modern grid includes the heavy and ongoing capital expenditures needed for transmission, stabilization, and balancing services. Without those, the electricity produced cannot be delivered reliably, making it far less "cheap" than advocates claim.

In December and January, California's PV capacity factors dip below 10%, with extended stretches of minimal solar output. Given the state's goal of completely purging hydrocarbons from the grid, what exactly is the plan for winter? Install 15-20 times more solar capacity than average daily demand? And how many batteries would be required to bridge a week or two of low production? How will they be recharged?

At least California's solar capacity factors align with its seasonal electricity demand. In the US Northeast, the region faces two seasonal demand peaksone during the summer heat and another in the depths of winter. Yet solar capacity factors there regularly dip below 5% for weeks at a time between November and January, leaving grid operators scrambling to cover peak demand.

Despite these obvious and well-known facts, the Northeast has been shutting down thermal and nuclear plants while racing to replace them with solar, wind, and batteries, and it's going about as well as you'd expect.

Consider New Jersey, where shocking increases in residential power bills have dominated local headlines over the past few weeks. In some cases, bills are tripling, with even more increases on the way. The developing economic and political crisis has already sparked the usual rounds of blamestorming, with renewable energy advocates pointing to rising demand from data centers as the proximate cause.

If you really were following the trends and were not a cultist, you would see that shoving alternative energy down people's noses results in higher energy prices.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;3057643]Donald Trump would have to be hopelessly deranged to say anything bad about the man he claimed "completely and totally exonnerated" him, right?

Lolololol.

[B]'Total EXONERATION: Trump savors post-Mueller victory lap.
March 24, 2019[/B]

[URL]https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/24/trump-mueller-report-1233442[/URL]

[B]Former special counsel Robert Mueller dies at 81.[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/21/robert-mueller-died-at-81.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

I mean, seriously, what kind of deranged, ungrateful, lying sack of shit would have anything bad to say about a fellow Repub who provided such a glowing, positive report on his behalf?

That is, unless he was being a deranged, lying sack of shit about what he said back then about Mueller's report, of course.

Lololol.

Has anybody heard or read the lovely post-mortem statement the so-called president has no doubt issued about the man who delivered the best news any honorable and truthful man could wish for?[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/political/robert-mueller-dies-trump-good-im-glad-hes-dead[/URL]