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[QUOTE=SubCmdr;3088100]Trump's Portfolio Bought up to $5M in SpaceX Bonds Two Days Before Policy That Could Benefit Elon Musk's Firm.
[URL]https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-accounts-bought-spacex-bonds-before-launch-policy-1824692[/URL]
I call that a good deal![/QUOTE]Yep.
The King of America wants more bucks for his pockets. Not Gods own country any more.
And such a disgrace represents the population ...
May be, the terrorists were not wrong, when fighting the Big Evil.
[QUOTE=ReinerOtto;3088107]Yep.
The King of America wants more bucks for his pockets. Not Gods own country any more.
And such a disgrace represents the population ...
May be, the terrorists were not wrong, when fighting the Big Evil.[/QUOTE]This lady has some nerve racking of charges she can't afford and using her government position for purposes of grifting.
[URL]https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/guilfoyle-associate-says-she-asked-224000801.html[/URL]
[QUOTE=KeviKev68;3088133]This lady has some nerve racking of charges she can't afford and using her government position for purposes of grifting.
[/QUOTE]Not the only one, to use the boss as an example.
We have a popular saying: "The fish stinks on his head, first".
And Trump sucking so good Putin. Giving money to Putin to keep on killing Ukrainians.
[QUOTE=SubCmdr;3088100]Trump's Portfolio Bought up to $5M in SpaceX Bonds Two Days Before Policy That Could Benefit Elon Musk's Firm.
[URL]https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-accounts-bought-spacex-bonds-before-launch-policy-1824692[/URL]
I call that a good deal![/QUOTE][QUOTE]Donald Trump's investment accounts bought between 740,000 ($1 million) and 3.7 million ($5 million) of SpaceX bonds two days before he signed a national policy aimed at expanding commercial space launches and reentries.[/QUOTE]If you pull $100 out of your friends wallet and put it in your pocket when he left it on the table to take a shower is that a "good deal" in your mind too? At least some profit from a trade that hinged entirely on the "investor's" signature or not two days later steals money from everyone in the world who did not wield the pen and have the power to write that signature.
What if Trump hadn't bought those bonds but he hated somebody that he knew did buy those bonds and therefore declined to sign that deal at the last minute, is that another "good deal" for Trump and a "bad deal" for whoever else bought those bonds?
I would think a "good deal" implied someone had looked into an investment, did his due diligence and concluded there is plenty of upside in this investment and then investing in it. Some fat slob numbskull buying bonds because someone else told him his signature on a policy in two days will increase the value of those bonds but his not signing it won't is no more a "good deal" than a pig eating at a trough because a bucket of slop was poured in it.
[I]the use of words that mean the opposite of what one intends to say especially in order to insult, to show irritation, or to be funny : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on ironic and usually bitter and caustic language often directed against an individual[/I]
The [U]Art of the Deal[/U] written 1987 business memoir and advice book co-authored by [B]Donald J. Trump[/B] and journalist [B]Tony Schwartz[/B], published by Random House. It served as Trump's first major publication, helping to establish his public image as a savvy dealmaker and reaching number one on The New York Times Best Seller list, where it remained for 13 weeks. Although credited to Trump, Schwartz was the primary ghostwriter who followed Trump for months to draft the narrative. In 2019, [B]Schwartz[/B] expressed regret for his involvement, suggesting the work be recategorized as fiction due to later revelations about Trump's financial representations.
I have read it. If it was true it was above my pay grade. I am just a poor (insert color of your choice here) citizen of the Dis United States of America. But the truth I took from it is that at the highest levels of business and politics there are insiders and outsiders and you better know the group you are in. You know I have always wondered if I could sit in the big chair. I never answered that question because I have never run for president of the Dis United States of America and won. So, like every other poster he in this thread, I remain a keyboard politician.
[B]Neither Party is Mine![/B]
[QUOTE]If you pull $100 out of your friends wallet and put it in your pocket when he left it on the table to take a shower is that a "good deal" in your mind too? At least some profit from a trade that hinged entirely on the "investor's" signature or not two days later steals money from everyone in the world who did not wield the pen and have the power to write that signature.
What if Trump hadn't bought those bonds but he hated somebody that he knew did buy those bonds and therefore declined to sign that deal at the last minute, is that another "good deal" for Trump and a "bad deal" for whoever else bought those bonds?
I would think a "good deal" implied someone had looked into an investment, did his due diligence and concluded there is plenty of upside in this investment and then investing in it. Some fat slob numbskull buying bonds because someone else told him his signature on a policy in two days will increase the value of those bonds but his not signing it won't is no more a "good deal" than a pig eating at a trough because a bucket of slop was poured in it.[/QUOTE]Some people posting here understand the meaning of the English language. Other either don't because they a blinded by political bias or simply have a personal axe to grind against another individual.
The Dis United States of America is so racist that the fans of a white player in the WNBA make racial slurs to other black players in the WNBA. Are her fans Democrats or Republicans?
[QUOTE]Caitlin Clark's name is often used to advance false, hateful and often racist narratives. The Indiana Fever guard has denounced those individuals in the past and did so again Thursday, reiterating: "That's not something I stand for."
"That's not how I was raised, so that's really disappointing when people do that," Clark said Thursday during her end-of-season news conference. "It gets into this larger discussion in mainstream sports of what people go through. Just recently I saw I think it was (tennis player) Coco Gauff who talked about her experience (with online hate), as well. Anytime I see something like that, it makes me upset. It makes me sad. And it makes me really disappointed, because that's not who I am. It's not what I'm about. For my teammates, there's a lot of really great things that come with playing here too."[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/basketball/wnba/fever/2026/10/08/caitlin-clark-exit-interview-hate-racism-indiana-fever-fans-kelsey-mitchell-comments/92134003007/[/URL]
[URL]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/sep/26/wnba-and-players-condemn-racist-abuse-as-caitlin-clarks-fever-lose-in-playoffs[/URL]
[URL]https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/former-espn-anchor-smears-caitlin-clark-fans-sweeping-false-accusations-racism[/URL]
Both parties should speak out against racism. They should state those mentalities will not be tolerated within their ranks. It should be a bi-partisan issue. Otherwise the true ideals of the the Dis United States of America will never be fulfilled.
[QUOTE]We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.[/QUOTE][B]Neither Party is Mine![/B]
[QUOTE=Sirioja;3088156]And Trump sucking so good Putin. Giving money to Putin to keep on killing Ukrainians.[/QUOTE]Inflation more than 60% for diesel in USA. I hope all middle west farmers understood this is only because of how Trump is stupid and ignorant, with no morality, to give money to Putin, to kill Ukrainians. Same than Netanyahou who was informed by UAE about Hamas he supported versus CIS Jordania, and Netanyahou didn't inform secret services and tsahal, letting Hamas kill more than 1000 people, to have reason to make war and avoid justice which wait him.
[QUOTE=SubCmdr;3088008]It should be noted, what is the name of this thread: [B]American Politics[/B].
Where is this thread in the ISG Forum? Opinions & Editorials: Opinions.
Now that we have established what the purpose of this thread is [B]Spidy[/B] can debate all he likes. But he should understand fully at this point he does not set the posting rules of this thread.
If you don't want to read another persons post then you need to place that person on your ignore list. Instructions for doing so can be found through using the FAQ link in this forum. Also, look up the meaning of [B]opinion[/B].
Oh, we understand! Do you understand no one else has to play by your [I]self designated rules[/I]?
[/QUOTE]Dude, don't be such a hypocrite now!
As you, yourself, have asked for the same level of FACTS, evidentiary data and less "feelings" and baseless opinions, from the vary same ISG member, Canada, previously in recent post, here in the American Politics forum. So what the hell are you talking about?
SubCmdr, perhaps you should focus on taking your own advice and [B]less grandstanding[/B][I]....hmmm?[/I].
[B]PS:[/B] BTW, if this is too harsh a realization for you, just IGNORE the post!
As CATL, rolls out significant advancements in the future of commercial trucking and vehicle transportation, with its TechTrans II platform (at the 2026 IAA Transportation show, in Germany), that offers a new 1000 km truck battery, guaranteed for 1. 5 million kilometers and 80% charging in 25 minutes with megawatt-level fast charging, the TechTrans II platform looks to provide five (5) key industry logistical areas of support: Range, Charging Speed, Service Life, Reliability and Safety. [URL]https://www.batterydesign.net/catl-tectrans-ii/[/URL].
Meanwhile, back [I]in the U.S.[/I], with at least 16 more trucking companies filing for bankruptcy protection in less than a month, adding to the already all-time trucking bankruptcies during this MAGA administration, but leading up to the 2026 mid-terms, it's just more MAGA gimmicks, corruption, taxpayer pick-pocket thievery and snake-oil-salesmanship, seems to be the order of the day.
[I]"American trucking firms have been filing for bankruptcy and laying off hundreds of workers as logistics businesses struggle amid soaring fuel costs. The price of diesel stood at $6.39"[/I] [B]Mass Layoffs, Trucking Bankruptcies Mount Amid Diesel Price Shock[/B], October 1st, 2026. [URL] https://www.newsweek.com/trucker-firms-hit-by-bankruptcies-layoffs-amid-diesel-shock-12512597[/URL].
So as the MAGA Fuhrer and war-monger-in-chief's botched forever illegal wars, loom large over the American economy, MAGA rolls-out yet another off-the-cuff, band-aid ('dye-diesel' gimmicky and patch-work of (no doubt) unthought though policies, to address the ever increasing cost of diesel and grocery prices for hardworking Americans and a disseminated trucking industry, due to said botched illegal wars, continued administrative incompetence and failures.
But at what cost to Americans, truckers and especially farmers? [B]What does Trumps executive order on diesel really mean for farmers?[/B] [URL]https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/what-does-trumps-executive-order-on-diesel-really-mean-for-farmers/931385.html[/URL] As farmers and truckers sound-off, that it offers very little relief, [URL]https://apnews.com/article/diesel-prices-fuel-farmers-agriculture-trump[/URL], October 7th, 2026.
2026 The Year of the Battery.
P.S. : As of the this writing, the MAGA Fuhrer, again "pimps-out" America to Russia, as his master and overload, Putin, orders him to make a deal to buy Russian diesel. What a joke!
Trump loves him some Putin jizz so much he can't quit him.
Little wonder why. Trump must feel there is no way he would have squeaked into a razor-thin win either time, stayed out of prison and put in a perfect position to scam so many billions of dollars from the American working men and women that he might actually have some left over after paying back the Russian Russian Russian oligarch lenders who kept him afloat during the years when no USA bank was foolish enough to lend him a dime without the help of Russia Russia Russia that he will repeatedly skirt around enforcing the sanctions imposed on his beloved Russia Russia Russia.
Previously when Trump pulled this kind of Anti-American Democracy, Pro-Communism crap in his first term the Democrats in Congress busted him for it and forced him to enforce those sanctions against a top enemy of democracy and proponent of Communism.
Now Trump is maneuvering his typical Repub wide-stance into a back-door way of lifting sanctions against his Longtime Communist Companion, who clearly loves Trump for his typical Repub wide-stance easy back-door access way as well.
[B]Trump's diesel agreement with Putin accused of contradicting Russia sanctions law [/B]
[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/09/trump-putin-diesel-russia-sanctions-ukraine.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]
[QUOTE]President Donald Trump announced Russia will supply diesel fuel to the global market.
Trump claimed the move, unveiled with less than a month left in an affordability-focused midterm election, would swiftly bring down record-high diesel prices.
Commentators and critics highlighted contradictions between the new policy and recent efforts by the U.S. to curtail Russian energy exports.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a searing statement that the U.S. easing sanctions on Moscow plays into Russias hands.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Spidy;3087903]Energy and energy security, will always remain political, regardless of anyone's "neither party is mine" points-of-view.[/QUOTE]LOL. I agree that is true. Sadly, what SHOULD be true is energy generation should be apolitical.
I would not get giddy about new power generation. It takes years to get power generation on line, and this increase seems like the Biden plan at work. There is also a huge waiting list for natural gas turbines, and the slow down of delivery of turbines has contributed to more solar and wind as much as anything.
And of course, you miss the obvious downsides with solar and wind, The amount of land required to produce enough electricity for 1,000 households per year at a natural gas power plant is just 0. 18 acres, including the land required both for the power plant itself and for the production and transportation facilities to supply natural gas to the plant. By comparison, it would take 6 acres to produce that much electricity with wind power and 8. 4 acres to produce the same amount of electricity with solar power.
Kinder Morgan's engineers have estimated that it would take more than one billion Tesla Powerwall batteries at a cost of more than $3 trillion dollars to store the equivalent amount of energy in one of KM's larger natural gas storage fields.
Solar power generates electricity approximately 25-30% of the time, while onshore and offshore wind produce power up to 35% and 55% of the time, respectively; compared to 48 percent for conventional coal-fired power plants, 57 percent for natural gas-fired plants, and 93 percent for advanced nuclear plants.
When Texas had its grid fail with a snow / ice storm in 2021, it was an embarrassment as the state, which had prided itself on consistent power generation, became like California with its constant blackouts and brownouts.
When the final grades came in, the scorecard was not particularly kind to "renewables" nor fossil fuel backed production. Nuclear was the clear winner. [URL]https://www.americanexperiment.org/wind-energy-fails-grading-the-reliability-of-energy-sources-during-the-texas-power-outages/[/URL].
And just as natural gas and fossil fuels kick battery's ass when it comes to storage space, cost, and weight, nuclear kicks fossil fuels ass in that regard.
As for why nuclear has not taken off, that is nearly entirely because of you dumb Dems and your anti-nuke hysteria. Granted, a few Dems like Oliver Stone have jumped on that train, but your incessantly babbling about solar and wind versus fossil fuels is the exact kind of us versus them drivel that has stopped nukes in their tracks. You conveniently leave off nuclear and under your dumb Dem climate change nut definition, ethanol and biodiesel, which would also quality as "renewables", are left off as well.
The part that should be political is the planning. What is instructive is now long it takes for a plant to go from the construction to generation phase. If you look at China, they can get solar, wind, and natural gas up and running in less than 2 years. Coal is like a year longer, and nuclear is at around six years.
Because of all the Democratic red tape, a nuclear power plant in the USA is in the 10 to 15 year range, and coal is about half of that. I think that would be close to 50 years for both in California.
So between your demonizing natural gas such that turbines are backed up for years and the regulation burdens you Dems have put on nukes and coal, it is not that solar and wind are that fucking great, it is that they are all that is left that can be installed quickly to meet surging demand.
The one I thing I do find reassuring though is the parts of the country that are the worst with regards to getting solar and wind are in blue states. Of course, freezing your ass off in winter in the USA or dying of heat stroke in Europe is something you do not have to face. Why an ex-pat like you cares so much about this so much is beyond me. For you, this probably has more to do with hurting Republican donors, AKA big oil, more than anything.
Notwithstanding this war, the funny part is the more you dumb Dems demonize fossil fuels the rarer they get and the more money those companies make.
[QUOTE=EihTooms;3088262]Trump loves him some Putin jizz so much he can't quit him.
Little wonder why. Trump must feel there is no way he would have squeaked into a razor-thin win either time, stayed out of prison and put in a perfect position to scam so many billions of dollars from the American working men and women that he might actually have some left over after paying back the Russian Russian Russian oligarch lenders who kept him afloat during the years when no USA bank was foolish enough to lend him a dime without the help of Russia Russia Russia that he will repeatedly skirt around enforcing the sanctions imposed on his beloved Russia Russia Russia.
Previously when Trump pulled this kind of Anti-American Democracy, Pro-Communism crap in his first term the Democrats in Congress busted him for it and forced him to enforce those sanctions against a top enemy of democracy and proponent of Communism.[/QUOTE]Trump made gas inflation, more than 60% for diesel, with his war and now giving money to Putin and claiming Zelensky should leave. After Greenland, USA really became so shameful under with no morality Trump. Use free weapons and learn to shoot other than 13000 per year with a lot of children, when only way to stop Putin is to make Russia broke and Russians suffering from starvation, to eat him. I wish Ukraine will shoot Russian gas factories.
Even Republican party seem now to have problem with so stupid and crazy Trump. Yes, he put big shame on whole USA. Time to fire him, when too dangerous, ignorant senile.
[QUOTE=EihTooms;3088262]Previously when Trump pulled this kind of Anti-American Democracy, Pro-Communism crap in his first term the Democrats in Congress busted him for it and forced him to enforce those sanctions against a top enemy of democracy and [u]proponent of Communism[/u]. Now Trump is maneuvering his typical Repub wide-stance into a back-door way of lifting sanctions against his Longtime [u]Communist Companion[/u], who clearly loves Trump for his typical Repub wide-stance easy back-door access way as well.[/QUOTE][B]Russia is not communist today[/B]!
The country ceased to be a communist state with the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26,1991, transitioning to a federal semi-presidential republic with a market-based economy and private property.
[URL]https://geographyworlds.com/blog/is-russia-communist-today/[/URL]
The Dis United States of America is not a democracy. It is a [B]Pultocracy[/B]. Democrat or Republican the country is run by corporations who are people and can speak with their money.
The Democrats have no back bone and like [B]Elvis2008[/B] says lack intelligence. The statement made by [B]EihTooms[/B] validates the ideas proffered by [B]Elvis2008[/B] about the lack of intelligence of Democrats. Why would they oppose a move to ease the supply for diesel fuel and lower prices over all for my fellow poor citizens of the Dis United States of America.
[B]Neither Party is Mine![/B]