Dis United States of America Oil deal with Venezuela
The current Article 2 leader of the Dis United States of America tells another lie.
[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/28/trump-announces-deal-with-venezuela-to-secure-more-than-65-billion-barrels-of-oil-reserves.html[/URL]
"Trump said the Venezuela deal should bring down prices at the pump. " - he lies!
Venezuelan oil can be refined into gasoline, but it is significantly more expensive and complex to process than lighter crudes.
Total production and refining costs can reach $65 $80 per barrel (or higher, per some estimates), making it unprofitable at current global oil prices unless sold at a $12 $20 discount compared to benchmarks like Brent.
It does not naturally yield a high share of gasoline; significant processing is required to convert the heavy fractions into high-value products.
Facts are a wonderful thing when used correctly.
Peacekeepers die just like regular combat troops
Peacekeepers suffered casualties over the subsequent years from snipers, landmines, civil riots, and accidents.
[QUOTE]Over the course of the ongoing 27-year NATO mission in Kosovo, more than 200 peacekeepers from various contributing nations have lost their lives. The vast majority of these total deaths resulted from vehicle crashes, accidental ordnance detonations, illness, or aircraft accidents (such as the 2006 Slovak Air Force crash which killed 42 returning personnel)[/QUOTE][U]Dead is Dead[/U]
A designation or AI summery posted by a online general who has never stood on a wall with a gun or faced an armed enemy (as I have) will not replace the loss nor ease the pain that the loved and liked ones of the individuals who lose their lives "peacekeeping" will suffer through.
Remember in the Dis United States of America we have [I]Peace Officers[/I]. A peace officer in the United States is a legal title for a person given the power by the government to enforce laws and keep public order. They die in the line of duty also.
Republicans keep the poor like me poor!
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;3081745]And then we have expats like you praising Canada just like you praise the beaten down. Crime ridden, and overpriced slums that are the American cities being run by Democratic mayors and then high tail it out of the country when the costs become prohibitive. Well, at least, you are consistent.
Of course, you are going to praise anyone anti-Trump but unlike what I saw twenty years ago with Canada, today I see a nation in decline. The entire nation is being run like the city of Baltimore.[/QUOTE][I]The Ten Poorest States: Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Kentucky, New Mexico
Political Control and Nuances: Republican Dominance: Seven to eight of these ten states have complete Republican control (governor and legislature), with Kentucky having a Democratic governor but a Republican supermajority in the legislature.[/I]
[URL]https://medium.com/@carmitage/republicans-run-8-of-americas-10-poorest-states-maybe-they-should-stop-713c1d270f00[/URL]
[QUOTE]The second phenomenon is a growing political divide between rich and poor places. This will shock many folks, but poor places are increasingly governed by Republicans and rich places by Democrats. The gap between rich and poor places might help explain the partisan differences in perceptions of the economy.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2024/06/24/republican-towns-are-missing-americas-booming-economy/74173361007/[/URL]
Republicans run things for their own pocket books and for the benefit of their crony capitalism friends.
Why don't they just print some more money out of thin air like they always do?
[QUOTE][b]Trump's war on Iran is rapidly draining US navy budget, documents and interviews reveal.[/b]
Donald Trumps war on Iran has driven the US military into a severe financial crisis, with the US navy forced to transfer money from its payroll and other sources to cover the costs of combat, according to documents seen by the Guardian, and interviews with navy officials, contractors and defense analysts.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/trump-iran-war-navy-budget[/URL]
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Will Trump's policies create even 1 net gain private-sector job in America?
The most pertinent question about the effect of Donald Trump's economic policies and stewardship is, "By the end of his 2nd term and having spent 8 full years in office will those policies have produced even one single net gain private-sector job in America or will they have produced a net loss of almost 2 million private-sector jobs in America, despite his having added Trillions and Trillions of dollars to the deficit, more than any 2-3 other presidents combined?
That's a legitimate question based on every bit of available evidence and data.
It is well known and found to be the result of any ordinary research that Trump was finally driven out of office the first time around after losing that particular Trump War Against America and American Democracy on American Soil having produced a net loss of between 2. 7 Million and 3 Million private-sector or non farm payroll jobs for America.
And this is what is happening in his 2nd term as the result of his economic policies and stewardship:
[B]The A.I. Overview:[/B]
[QUOTE][b]Trump's average monthly private-sector jobs creation numbers in his 2nd term[/b]
During Donald Trumps second term, private-sector job growth averaged approximately 24,000 to 42,000 jobs per month depending on the baseline and recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics benchmark revisions, reflecting a volatile and decelerating labor market compared to prior years.
Job Growth Context and Revisions
Initial Estimates: Earlier reports placed private sector gains higher during the initial stretch of Trump's second term, totaling over 500,000 to 600,000 cumulative private jobs over the first year-plus.
BLS Adjustments:
[B]Recent BLS benchmark revisions adjusted private employment estimates downward reflecting a reduction of roughly 178,000 private-sector jobs in benchmarked periods, bringing the average monthly private job creation pace down closer to a seasonally adjusted 24,000 per month.[/b]
Administration Viewpoints: The White House has highlighted strong monthly reports emphasizing specialty construction, manufacturing shifts, and a shrinking federal workforce.
Independent Analyses:
Independent economists point out that growth has been unevenheavily reliant on service and healthcare sectors while goods-producing and retail sectors faced sluggishness or [b] downward revisions amid policy changes and tighter immigration enforcement.[/b][/QUOTE]Therefore, unless Trump abandons his wrong-headed and disastrously failed tariffs and trade wars with America's easiest to deal with allies and biggest trading partners around the world and then apologizes profusely to the immigrant population both legal and illegal for his treatment of them and begs them to remain and return to America ASAP along with welcoming millions more border-crossing immigrants starting this week, Trump's final private-sector jobs creation number, at the lower estimate of 2.7 Million lost in his first term and a now pathetic BLS-adjusted average of 24,000 per month created in his 2nd term, is on track to produce a net loss of almost 2 Million private-sector American jobs during his entire time as so-called president of the United States of America.
No other president in USA history and no president of any country on Earth has flushed Trillions and Trillions of dollars down the shitter with nothing to show for it in their country's economy than a net loss of almost 2 Million private-sector jobs. None. Trump's record of results will go down in history as the Worst Economic and Jobs Creation Results for anyone. Ever.
Will he do what is required as stated above to turn it all around ASAP and perhaps if America is lucky and all the stars are aligned perfectly that Trump will finally, blessedly and mercifully leave office after two full terms having created at least one net gain private-sector job for America? That would be nice.
Of course, even if he does launch into the fix for his disaster as cited above starting today and somehow miraculously squeezes out one net gain private-sector job by the blessed end of his presidency, well, that will still be the Worst Economic and Jobs Creation Result for anyone anywhere at anytime in history.
Unless Trump convinces Elon and the other billionaires who fund him and the RNC as well as any other Trillionaires that are created among those Billionaires through Trump's shared insider trading and so on to reimburse America's coffers for the Trillions and Trillions of dollars Trump flushed down the shitter, that is. Then at least that one net gain private-sector job created won't have cost American tax-payers and Working Men and Women those Trillions and Trillions of dollars.
But nobody should hold their breath waiting for any of those fixes to happen.
More proof the current Secretary of War is incompetent
[QUOTE] United States Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll has submitted his resignation following months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to media reports.
One US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that Hegseth saw Driscoll as a threat within the bureaucracy and had long wanted to remove him. But his ties to Vance, the official said, made it tough for Hegseth to do so.[/QUOTE]The current Secretary of War cannot handle those who are smarter and more competent than he is because the current Secretary of War knows he is incompetent and does not deserve to be in the position.
This is the main reason I believe the Dis United States of America cannot win the current conflict with Iran. Due to the incompetent civilian leadership.
Conflict in the Middle East
The Oil market is the most neutral judge of what is going on over there.
Brent Crude 95.78 Up 1.15 +1. 22%.
WTI Crude 91.09 Up 0.97 +0.94%.
Will prices climb over 100+? I've got 5 on it!
[QUOTE]I got five on it (Got it good), grab your four and let's get keyed
'Cause I got five on it, messin' with that Indo weed
'Cause I got five on it (Got it good), it's got me stuck, and I'm tore back
'Cause I got five on it, partner, let's go half on a sack - [u]I Got 5 On it[/u], [b]Luniz[/b][/QUOTE]ROTFLMAO!
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I don't think Donnie's going to make it to that plus 1 private-sector job created
Not only does it become more and more likely that Repub Donald Trump will leave office after two terms, 8 miserable years, with his classic Repub economic policies and stewardship having failed to create one single net gain private-sector American job, but the even more depressing although hardly surprising fact is it is possible that all three most recent Repub presidents combined, through 20 horrific years of their classic Repub economic policies and stewardship, will not have created one single net gain private-sector American job.
And that's no joke. That is entirely possible.
[B]Jobs Created During Presidential Terms:[/B]
[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobs_created_during_U.S._presidential_terms[/URL]
Anyway, back to today.
[B]Private payrolls rose by 38,000 in August, less than expected, ADP reports:[/B]
[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/private-payrolls-rose-by-38000-in-august-fewer-than-expected-adp-reports.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]
[QUOTE]Private companies added 38,000 jobs in August, down from 46,000 and below the estimate for 47,000, for the slowest month since January, according to ADP.
Three categories accounted for most of the job growth: education and health services, leisure and hospitality and construction. [B]Manufacturing saw a loss of 17,000 jobs.[/b]
The report comes ahead of the BLS nonfarm payrolls count, due out Friday.[/QUOTE]Oh well.
We tried.
Electrostate vs. Petrostate: The Undeniable Grand Fossil Fuel Detour
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;3081745]Thanks for making my point. [/QUOTE]And what point would that be, about Canada?
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;3081745]Of course, you are going to praise anyone anti-Trump but unlike what I saw twenty years ago with Canada, today I see a nation in decline. The entire nation is being run like the city of Baltimore.[/QUOTE]LOL! As usually the MAGA faithless, can't see the trees through the forest and are blinded by dumb culture-wars MAGA ideology, too backwards, to see it's own [I]U.S. nation[/I] in decline under MAGA Fuhrer 2.0.
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;3081745]As for Canada and energy, of course, Canada should have pipelines to the open market but you left and your climate change nuttery stopped that at every turn.[/QUOTE]Slow your MAGA horses! Once again no doubt, your MAGA knuckleheaded ideology and understanding, of Canada's energy situation, is nothing, if not very rudimentary at best.
What you fail to realize (and is blatantly obvious) is that Canada, the EU, China, the Global South and all the worlds nations, are pivoting with regards their energy security and future reliance on fossil fuels and moving more towards, clean renewable energy, after seeing yet another fossil fuel crisis, ballistic high diesel, gas and fossil prices go through the roof, due to your [I]dumbass illegal MAGA Fuhrer/Bonkers Bibi's U.S./Israeli[/I] war on Iran.
But hey [I]...if Canada[/I] wants to build oil and gas pipelines to nowhere (beyond the current ones), they should have at it!
But let's be perfectly clear, many on the left in Canada, still believe it a "fool's errand" and once again will be a waste of taxpayer's money to enrich fossil fuel billionaires, and those future pipelines to supposedly supply Asia, are a relatively futurist dead end, as the Global South pivots to clean energy and electrification.
Not only will the future Asian market NOT be there in the abundance, for Canada to sell it's fossil fuels, but it's high cost of production per barrel of oil, will precariously leave put in very uncompetitive grounds with low production costs from [I]OPEC, UAE, the Saudis and the U.S[/I].
In the infamous nonsensical MAGA words, of Sec. Of Energy Chris Wright, [I][B]"...there is, no there's there"[/B] {...essentially saying this about climate change...}[/I].
[B]AND FOR GOOD MEASURE[/B] [I](...to make my point clear)[/I]:
Coincidentally, according to many sources like Bloomberg NEF, China's oil demand probably just peaked, in 2025. Even the biggest oil producer in China, Sinopec, recently came out and declared this. [I]Sinopec, China Oil Demand 'Very Likely' Peaked in 2025,[/I] Aug 24th, 2026. [URL]https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/sinopec_says_china_oil_demand_very_likely_peaked_in_2025-24-aug-2026-184444-article/[/URL].
So please tell me, as the EU and the Global South (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Africa, Australia), follows China towards electrification, I wonder who these future Asian markets will be, that Canadian pipelines, are going to be selling their high-priced, fossil fuels to, ahead of the lowest cost producers like, OPEC or the UAE?
What MAGA DEI looks like?
[QUOTE=SubCmdr;3082085]The current Secretary of War cannot handle those who are smarter and more competent than he is because the current Secretary of War knows he is incompetent and does not deserve to be in the position.
This is the main reason I believe the Dis United States of America cannot win the current conflict with Iran. Due to the incompetent civilian leadership.[/QUOTE]And MAGA has gall and the nerve to wage a dumbass culture-war about DEI. Talk about hypocrites!
Republicans do not like me calling it the way I see it. They are NOT color blind!
[QUOTE=Spidy;3082224]And MAGA has gall and the nerve to wage a dumbass culture-war about DEI. Talk about hypocrites![/QUOTE]I could not have said it better myself.
[QUOTE]Earlier this year, the Defense secretary pulled four Army officers, two women and two Black men, from a one-star general promotion list to the displeasure of former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and other top officials.
Driscoll handed his resignation to the White House on Monday and is set to depart the Trump administration after a months-long turf war with Hegseth, a move that further signals the Defense secretarys aim to impose his will on the service branch.[/QUOTE][URL]https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6065013-hegseth-again-removes-army-officer-promotions/[/URL]
[QUOTE]Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotions of four Army officers selected for promotion to one-star rank, a highly unusual move that appears to be targeting officers who worked for generals he does not like, current and former defense officials said.
So far this year Mr. Hegseth has removed at least 45 officers, selected by boards made up of peers, from promotion lists. [u]More than half of those officers have been female or Black[/u].[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-pentagon-defense-department-personnel-iran-army-promotion-influencers[/URL]
