American Politics

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2674306]Putin claimed he was "striving for denazification" of a country with a Jewish president and now he is flirting with invading Poland.

He is obviously working from the same "very stable genius" cognitive impairment as his butt buddy Trump.

[B]"U.S. condemns Russian attack on Ukrainian base near Polish border | Reuters"[/B] [URL]https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-condemns-russian-attack-ukrainian-base-near-polish-border-2022-03-13/[/URL].[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ukraine-russia-negotiations-peace-deal/2022/03/11/id/1060864/?fbclid=IwAR1nausyBCw9voUCOkv5xHV_FZ-cw2oV82axjjr7re1wYBXU0KTsgrbwkCs[/URL]

[QUOTE=Canada;2674389]You won't see these cars in the USA.[/QUOTE]In one post, you say "EV do not have the same safety requirements as gas cars. " When I pointed out that you lied and supplied a quote from the EPA and provided the EPA site as reference, you then proved what I said by saying that Chinese EV's don't meet EPA standards and because of that "You won't see these cars in the USA.`"

Did you lie initially? Yep? Did you compound it? Yep.

You are a prime example of the dumbing down of the Republican party.

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2674479]No, it is irrelevant news. You want me to go over all the stupid shit Democrats did with the pandemic. Paulie97 AKA Governor Cuomo was the Democrat example of "real leadership". And the parade in China town? Banning flights from China being racist? Do I need to say more about all the stupid shit Democrats said and did?

And Fauci with his no mask, one mask, two masks policy gets a total pass from you clowns.

And there were more deaths under Biden than Trump, but you all are back to this tired song and dance. Apparently, you have not seen that Biden is negatively polling on Covid.

If you were real Americans (and you are not. You are Democrats before American), you would put the blame where it belongs, on China. But with you guys, it is a never ending story of all things good being Democrat and all bad things being Republican and in so doing this, you let everyone else off the hook and in this case, it is China.

You guys can spin it all you want, but your record is worse on Covid than Trump's was, and it is not even close. This constant blaming (red states are worse than blue and the Republicans are not getting vaxxed crap) was ridiculous. Now the truth about the vaccines is slowly creeping out and they were not all that safe and all that great. The vaccines did almost nothing with omicron. The vaccines did fuck up women's periods. It did cause issues with pregnant women.[/QUOTE]Calling everything that the Orange Buffoon didn't do re: COVID as "irrelevant news" is the height of stupidity.

As to where COVID came from, nobody has a definitive answer. Conspiracy theorists say that they can prove it came from a biolab. Different conspiracy theorists also say that they can prove that the 2020 election was stolen. Still other conspiracy theorists say that they can prove that the moon landings never happened. I can also prove (but with absolute certainty) that the battery-powered watch (without a battery) in my dresser drawer also shows the correct time twice per day.

I have demonstrable proof that 74+ million Republican voters (fewer now because so many died of COVID trying to 'own the libs') ae idiots.

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2674485]You are right. There is not enough lithium in the world or other means to store it. With new technology, who knows, but we are not there now.

On top of that, what do you do when the sun goes down? Well, you have your batteries for three days right? And if the sun is blocked for more than 3 days?

I remember people in California giving us here in Texas shit when we went without power for 2 days. The reason for that was that the wind turbines froze. The nuclear kept going and so did the natural gas. I had electricity for only 12 out of 24 hours for 2 days. It sucked because of the cold, but it was 2 days.

Point is alternate energy fails in extreme conditions typically when you need it most. What kept people warm was going to their cars and using gasoline to warm up and portable propane heaters. There is no storage alternative as good as fossil fuels. Period.

That Dems do not get that is unsurprising to me. Hell, they are going to endure even more and more power outages in the name of climate change.[/QUOTE]There is no shortage of lithium in the world. There is a limit on battery fabrication factories but that is rapidly expanding.

There is enough generating capacity to meet charging requirements. No one is claiming it all needs to come from renewable energy though this will be preferred in the long term.

Texas failure was due to lack of gas when blackouts stopped the gas pumping equipment. Wind turbines operate in freezing condition if you spend the money to provide deicing but not those cheapo Texans. An electric vehicle with a 90 kw battery though would easy meet requirements for a house for 4 days.

[QUOTE=GDreams;2674442]Keystone would no be operational now, but fortunately the rail transport option is still delivering Canadian crude at the same rate as it always has been. Keystone was just like Nord2 just trying to bypass a different route of delivery.

Biden did not stop drilling at all. He paused the grant of new oil leases on Federal lands. He paused it for 2 months. This land would not be drilled for at least 5 years as it requires exploration, permitting, infrastructure and investment review before going into production. Since that time Biden has allowed bidding on that federal land so it is nonsense to state that this has any impact on current production. In the meantime oil production has recovered dramatically from the Trump disaster years and is forecast to rise to record levels next year even without addition of new pipelines and the imaginary forcefield of regulation you wingers keep raising. Personally I don't mind oil prices being so high if it stops people buying vehicles that are way bigger and inefficient that what is required to suit their egos. We have seen oil shocks before and people adjusted to smaller more efficient vehicles, now there is an alternative that permanently will remove oil demand.

Your golf cart does not have a 90 kW battery.

Wind and solar are dependable but have restrictions imposed by mother nature. Fortunately in the current situation there are options available to manage the grid such that renewables can be accommodated. One of the future options to manage the grid is car batteries as they can be used to smooth the demand and supply of power to the grid..[/QUOTE]15 months after Biden cancelled drilling on federal lands he still has not changed it. These federal lands had already been leased and permitted. Keystone pipeline was cancelled and Biden regulations are making it virtually impossible for any new pipeline. Democrats and republicans both went to Biden last week to try to get more drilling and pipelines started. Biden refuses to budge and goes to our enemies begging for more oil. We can't increase our production without new drilling if we drill we need new pipelines to get it to refineries. Keystone would be operational now and we could be delivering 800,000 more barrels of oil a day from Canada. If he reinstated it keystone could be operating by next May.

There is no one dumb enough to think that EV's are going to reduce our oil dependence significantly for at least 10 to 30 years.

We may as well cut our military with our current president because we don't have a Commander in Chief. We have a puppet trying to sweet talk our enemies. We are a weakened country and in only 15 months have lost the respect of our allies and most of the free world. Yes Biden is liked by several countries but unfortunately these countries are all enemies of USA. We should be ramping up domestic drilling and oil production rather than being hostage to our enemies but Biden priorities are to fund our enemies economies along with funding terrorist countries.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2674527][URL]https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ukraine-russia-negotiations-peace-deal/2022/03/11/id/1060864/?fbclid=IwAR1nausyBCw9voUCOkv5xHV_FZ-cw2oV82axjjr7re1wYBXU0KTsgrbwkCs[/URL][/QUOTE]Why doesn't Zelensky just surrender to Putin? I would say it is because Ukraine had a taste of liberal democracy and much prefers it to the enslavement to an authoritarian dictator, even though the latter is much preferred by Putin and his like-minded comrades in the USA Repub Party.

Also, the longer Putin's astonishingly stupid war goes on, the worse it is for Russia's economy, currency, standing in the world and the stronger alliances among liberal democracies become.

So that makes surrendering to Putin a poor option.

I wish Trump hadn't done that for all 4 years of his presidency. To whatever extent his single-minded focus on surrendering to Putin, Xi, Kim, the Taliban, etc, distracted him from, you know, focusing on preventing and responding intelligently to the threat of worldwide economy-destroying Pandemics, wiping out millions upon millions of USA jobs, mass murdering almost a million Americans so far and all that, it is obvious the Trump strategy of surrendering to America's adversaries and enemies of American values was also clearly a poor option.

As witnessed by the horrific conditions and across the board results Trump produced and handed to Biden to fix in 2021.

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2674479]It was a fucking cold virus. Who was president had nothing to do with anything, and the data shows that.[/QUOTE]Common sense tells all of us that Donald Trump was not up to the task of dealing effectively with the corona virus threat.

Barack Obama already had a winning record with prior viral threats that he took down.

[QUOTE=PVMonger;2674620]Calling everything that the Orange Buffoon didn't do re: COVID as "irrelevant news" is the height of stupidity.

As to where COVID came from, nobody has a definitive answer. Conspiracy theorists say that they can prove it came from a biolab. Different conspiracy theorists also say that they can prove that the 2020 election was stolen. Still other conspiracy theorists say that they can prove that the moon landings never happened. I can also prove (but with absolute certainty) that the battery-powered watch (without a battery) in my dresser drawer also shows the correct time twice per day.

I have demonstrable proof that 74+ million Republican voters (fewer now because so many died of COVID trying to 'own the libs') ae idiots.[/QUOTE]A classic MAGA Trumpster explains Covid to us in the link below every bit as clearly and lucidly as the wingers here explain how Biden caused the price of a gallon of gasoline to exceed $4, which, adjusted for inflation, it has done umpteen times over the past several decades under Repubs and Dems:

[URL]https://mobile.twitter.com/TheGoodLiars/status/1503470345436684289[/URL]

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2674654]Why doesn't Zelensky just surrender to Putin? I would say it is because Ukraine had a taste of liberal democracy and much prefers it to the enslavement to an authoritarian dictator, even though the latter is much preferred by Putin and his like-minded comrades in the USA Repub Party.

Also, the longer Putin's astonishingly stupid war goes on, the worse it is for Russia's economy, currency, standing in the world and the stronger alliances among liberal democracies become.

So that makes surrendering to Putin a poor option.

I wish Trump hadn't done that for all 4 years of his presidency. To whatever extent his single-minded focus on surrendering to Putin, Xi, Kim, the Taliban, etc, distracted him from, you know, focusing on preventing and responding intelligently to the threat of worldwide economy-destroying Pandemics, wiping out millions upon millions of USA jobs, mass murdering almost a million Americans so far and all that, it is obvious the Trump strategy of surrendering to America's adversaries and enemies of American values was also clearly a poor option..[/QUOTE]You just comprehensively owned the Marquis. One thing I give him credit for though, he often includes links to his sources, Breitbart, Infowars, and in this case, Newsmax. His comrades here are too embarrassed.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2674448]Yes, several former FUX News Channel staffers have revealed the truth about the unpatriotic mindset and agenda of the wingers' favorite and often only "news" source. Unfortunately, by then it's not only too late but the sudden newly inspired truth-tellers are telling the truth about the FUX News Channel lies on real news sources, which FUX News Channel's loyal viewers either never see or never believe.

A mythical patriotic FUX News Channel staffer could have and should have been holding up such a "they tell you lies here" sign behind the most popular FUX News Channel so-called news anchors since 1996.

[B]Anti-war protester interrupts Russian state TV with 'NO WAR' sign[/B]

[URL]https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/anti-war-protester-interrupts-russian-state-tv-with-no-war-sign-1.5818951[/URL]..[/QUOTE]Yep, Cocksucker Carlson and his treasonous sheeple. Again Ronald Reagan, the former standard bearer for American conservatives is turning in his grave.

Most of our resident wingers are typing to convince us that Biden's oil strategy is prohibiting oil companies from drilling.

Evidently, they believe that US oil companies are extremely stupid. Because why would oil companies, if regulations are prohibiting them from drilling, [B]increase[/B] the number of oil rigs in production. After all, if regulations are the problem, the number of oil rigs would decline, right? Or at least stagnate.

Yet, here are figures from an industry publication (American Oil and Gas Reporter) that shows the number of oil rigs increasing from 378 when President Biden took office to 663 as of 3/11/22. That's about a 75% increase. Yep, those oil industry execs are really stupid. [URL]https://www.aogr.com/web-exclusives/us-rig-count/2022[/URL].

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2674479] {SNIP}It was a fucking cold virus. {SNIP}[/QUOTE]So now you are a scientist?

The common cold is a "rhinovirus". Virtually nobody dies of a rhinovirus. FYI, most people catch the common cold several times per year.

Influenza is a different virus and it kills about 10 K to 50 K people every year in the USA.

COVID is a "coronavirus". It is also a new, never been seen before "coronavirus". COVID killed 500+K in the first year in the US.

But sure, COVID is a cold virus. You win the "stupidest internet comment of the decade" award.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2674654]Why doesn't Zelensky just surrender to Putin? I would say it is because Ukraine had a taste of liberal democracy and much prefers it to the enslavement to an authoritarian dictator, even though the latter is much preferred by Putin and his like-minded comrades in the USA Repub Party.

Also, the longer Putin's astonishingly stupid war goes on, the worse it is for Russia's economy, currency, standing in the world and the stronger alliances among liberal democracies become.

So that makes surrendering to Putin a poor option.

I wish Trump hadn't done that for all 4 years of his presidency. To whatever extent his single-minded focus on surrendering to Putin, Xi, Kim, the Taliban, etc, distracted him from, you know, focusing on preventing and responding intelligently to the threat of worldwide economy-destroying Pandemics, wiping out millions upon millions of USA jobs, mass murdering almost a million Americans so far and all that, it is obvious the Trump strategy of surrendering to America's adversaries and enemies of American values was also clearly a poor option.

As witnessed by the horrific conditions and across the board results Trump produced and handed to Biden to fix in 2021.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/west-russia-ukraine/2022/03/04/id/1059610/[/URL]

Come on tell me that the Ukraine is going to come out of this a winner? All he is do is sacrificing his people for the Davos agenda.

The Israeli PM is smart, he's telling this fool don't get all your people killed for Biden and Brussels, for nothing no less.

For what so they will call you a hero, LOL.

They are getting the Ukrainian people killed and the 1st thing they do is offer to let him come to London or DC to live (whilst everyone else gets slaughtered).

What scumbags, there should be war crime trials with Biden et al being charged with crimes against humanity.

[QUOTE=Canada;2674652]15 months after Biden cancelled drilling on federal lands he still has not changed it...[/QUOTE]Fact: Biden has been in office less than 14 months. Biden signed the executive order halting new oil and gas leases on 1/27/21. So it is only 13 1/2 months.

[URL]https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/01/27/960941799/biden-to-pause-oil-and-gas-leasing-on-public-lands-and-waters[/URL]

[QUOTE=Canada;2674652]There is no one dumb enough to think that EV's are going to reduce our oil dependence significantly for at least 10 to 30 years.[/QUOTE]Seriously? EV's alone aren't going to completely reduce our oil dependence. But combined with rapid growth in renewables (hydro, wind and solar panels) there is a strong likelihood that oil production will be reduced dramatically.

[URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2021/04/26/how-renewables-could-kill-off-fossil-fuel-electricity-by-2035-new-report/?sh=2b585a3065ed[/URL]

It seems to already be happening in England.

[URL]https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/25/north-sea-green-energy-could-overtake-oil-and-gas-by-2030-says-study[/URL]

[QUOTE=Canada;2674652]We may as well cut our military with our current president because we don't have a Commander in Chief. We have a puppet trying to sweet talk our enemies. We are a weakened country and in only 15 months have lost the respect of our allies and most of the free world.[/QUOTE]15 months again? And I suppose you didn't know how much the US spends on defense (military) compared to everybody else:

$778 billion which is more than the next 11 countries combined.

[URL]https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison[/URL]

[URL]https://www.statista.com/statistics/262742/countries-with-the-highest-military-spending/[/URL]

And your comment about the US losing respect around the world is also badly mistaken (if not an outright lie). The reality is that respect for the US has grown dramatically with the change in leadership.

[URL]https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/06/10/americas-image-abroad-rebounds-with-transition-from-trump-to-biden/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/10/18/poll-world-view-of-us-boosted-by-biden-room-to-grow[/URL]

[URL]https://www.businessinsider.com/global-confidence-in-biden-is-58-points-higher-than-trump-in-12-countries-2021-6[/URL]

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2674660]A classic MAGA Trumpster explains Covid to us in the link below every bit as clearly and lucidly as the wingers here explain how Biden caused the price of a gallon of gasoline to exceed $4, which, adjusted for inflation, it has done umpteen times over the past several decades under Repubs and Dems:

[URL]https://mobile.twitter.com/TheGoodLiars/status/1503470345436684289[/URL][/QUOTE][URL]https://www.rt.com/news/552004-ukraine-president-weak-nato-defense/[/URL]

Time for a New New World Order led by our Lord and Savior DJT!

Death to all Davos sycophants.

God is Great.