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DooDahMan says

RWSGFY says

"No strings attached" to Chinese money? LOL

All in the eye of the beholder - "it may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."

It's a catchy phrase, but it really bears no resemblance to the reality.

DooDahMan says

Kissinger first made the phrase

Ah, this explains it: Kissinger IS a stupid cunt after all.

It's a mixed bag. My wife and I laugh at the stereotypical limousine liberals in Santa Cruz who blatantly hand it to themselves that they are enlightened mavens, and many do have enough money, education and social status to support their pretentiousness. But, they lack common sense and 'street smarts', and are gulled by every fatuous LibbyFuck feed bag they are fed by the MSM fake news and 'altruistic' PBS sucker punches. They are the ones getting vaccinated to their own harms while believing they are serving the interests of society rather than a group of cunning psychopaths. Remember, a lot of education is simply a reward system for conformity and regurgitation based on memory, not reasoning ability. Also, nominal smartness does not always come with acute or even basic survival skills.

Victor David Hansen says that as long as they are immune to the destructiveness of their decision making process, they will continue. They can be bizarre and obnoxious examples of smug.

With really rich people, I suppose the analogy is they can have whatever warped self appraisal and aberrant lifestyle they can afford, right up the point that their physical bodies quit, or they run out of basic money, lawyers and accountants to bail them out of trouble for their foolishness.

DooDahMan says

RWSGFY says

Ah, this explains it: Kissinger IS a stupid cunt after all.

That very well may be but that does not erase our history of how and what we have done to our "friends" - that is indelible the world over and we have no room to call out anyone on anything - that is the reality of it all.

A simple glance at the list of countries which were at different times our enemies and our friends shows that being our friends is definitely a much better deal.

DooDahMan says

mell says

They are selling less so the margins must be better and the profit higher

Care to show me where the selling less is taking place on the chart below ?

Right were the blue dip is! The start of leftoid retard xidenflation. Also 2020 was lockdown central which makes the 2021 demand even worse

DooDahMan says

a href="/post/1345494?start=4#comment-1847680">mell says

That's bullshit and more leftoid propaganda

When someone has nothing to offer in terms of a rebuttal - best to go to labels, name calling and repeated use of the words propaganda etc. - plus points to get up votes from like thinking individuals is to toss in words like agitprop - Hubba Hubba - Boola Boola - Go Yale !

My personally - I always like Dotard especially when it first came out and got record number of Americans to actually use a dictionary and learn something - plus it was a highly accurate description as well.

CA makes retard laws and taxes everyone to the hilt and the complains about!muh!high!prices! and rolling blackouts

DooDahMan says

mell says

which makes the 2021 demand even worse

The demand is going up which is just the opposite of what you stated that demand was down

No the demand has been going down since the xidenflation accelerating 2021. 2020 (with many businesses getting covid loans) is obviously not a valid comparison with ground and air travel mostly grounded

Looks like Arabs told filthy Modi to target Sikhs instead of Muslims for political milage.

Muslim monarchs reminded Modi that Sikhs have no country who will defend them so He can start by killing Hindooos and blaming Sikhs to satisfy filthy DNA Hindooo blood lust.

Sikh Genocide 2.0 preparation in full swing.
Too much noise form Filthy Hindoo has started.. Killings will start in few weeks…..

Expect them to kill hindooo in targeted attacks to prepare Hindooo for rioting .. Then they will blow up some planes etc. to shape international opinion.. After that Genocide will start.

DooDahMan says

RWSGFY says

A simple glance at the list of countries which were at different times our enemies and our friends shows that being our friends is definitely a much better deal.

No doubt you have just such a list handy ? I will check back tomorrow or in a few months - maybe you will have that list by then.

Everybody has such a list handy.

Start with Germany and Japan - both are much better off as our friends then our enemies.

Or take Koreas: the one which is our friend not only didn't die from it but is in much better shape than the one which is our enemy.

I noticed my MPG fluctuating as between 22 and 28, mentioned it to my mechanic after an inspection, nothing he saw in the vehicle seemed related. Starting charting my MPG after each fill up at the different gas stations in my small town. Chevron scored 3 MPG worse than the rest. So I say good for Chevron, don't open any refineries. Because like BP(Arco), I will never buy gas from you again.

*Cough*cough*... there is a Permian refinery being built. I think it will be done in two years or less...

https://meridianenergygroupinc.com/green-refiner-touts-bakken-permian-projects/

Natural gas is going to $40 a BTU from $8.5. A LOT OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT WITH THE ASSUMPTION OF CHEAP NATURAL GAS. Load up on CHV, SJT and a good solar company perhaps. Oil & gas companies are going to have to adjust their reserves as they increase in value because they become more valuable due to GAAP accounting rules.

I stand by Ken Luskin analysis as I have made some money on his investment picks (UNFI, SVU and AMD) and I have some knowledge of the oil and gas industry. So read the medium article and contemplate buying me lunch in the future if you act on his advice. Also, know when to sell...
https://medium.com/@kenluskin1/u-s-natural-gas-in-storage-will-not-have-a-sufficient-cushion-for-next-winter-the-price-will-acc1a950cab6

For your reference on how expensive natural gas will get...
https://www.amsenergy.com/fuel-cost-calculator/

Hindooo dirty money launderers are getting worried that Arab may cut their money supply.
No such worry for oppressing Sikhs as they have no country of their own.

Sikhs have right people just doesn't have numbers like fast breeding Hindooo cult.
Normal Hindooo lives $ one a day or less, But still breeds with no control... Quantity over quality... But it does give them oppressive power especially in democracy without legal protections of republic or bill of rights..
This cult must be isolated in their own cesspool to protect minorities.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Sikh/comments/q3z97p/the_need_for_sikh_sovereignty_bharpur_singh_balvir/

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/qatar-kuwait-iran-protest-over-controversial-remarks-against-prophet-mohammad-by-bjp-party-functionaries-envoy-blames-fringe-elements/articleshow/92024965.cms

DooDahMan says

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@patrick clicking this link triggered my anti virus. It should be edited out IMO.

DooDahMan says

The ship's long-range land-attack projectile guided shells cost roughly $800,000 each — about the same price as a cruise missile. The munitions were eventually canceled, considered too pricey to merit producing.

I bet the top brass decided they needed to money to help Congress and the Deep State get rid of the sitting President.

Since when did the Pentagon ever get cold feet about expensive over priced hardware grift?

It's not like America has a Sedition budget.

DooDahMan says

@Hircus - would it be better if I just put the 1-800 number down for ACBHS ? Easy enough to do and then no false antivirus claims that way

Dude, chill with the passive aggressiveness. Maybe one of you is not up to date on the software? Could be a multitude of reasons. No need to start saying people are throwing around false claims. And yes, government websites do get hacked.

Hircus has always seemed to be a straight shooter. Not sure why he/she would lie about something so trivial (sorry, don't want to presume gender with our awesome modern gender issues).

DooDahMan says

Just this morning I was pondering things over and I said to myself, self - I bet the damn deep state is behind all of these cost over runs etc. in a concentrated effort to get 45 out of office and replace him with a bumbling senile old fool and a bimbo who could screw up a wet dream.

Well cheer up, they don't have to anymore for the short term anyway. They got $40 Billion in new fresh clandestine funding. Remember the Ukraine vs Russia war we heard so much about, but after Congress approved giving them $40Bln the media went dark on the subject, and it turns out Ukraine is getting a fetid mudhole stomped in their ass, and Kissinger is now saying. "Perhaps, Zelinski should give it a rest already? Now that we got the Check!"

DooDahMan says

I keep telling you and you keep forgetting I have followed this site for years - I know how the shit works here and you yourself have accused me (without proof) of being a former poster on the site.

Lol. Proof. Don't be offended. Your style is no different than your previous user names. You haven't just "followed" the site, you've participated. Any long time user here knows it too.

I'm also not sure where I said you're a liar. Didn't see that word in my comments. You copy and paste links with the content of the article. Been doing it for almost a decade on and off.

DooDahMan says

But it is okay for some people to do it though

Yes. It's the internet.

Not sure how it got here. I said Hircus seemed like a straight shooter. I've not always agreed with his takes.

As much as some users want to claim this is some echo chamber, I highly disagree. It's a good place for discussion if you're willing to discuss. Seems you're not and want to push your agenda which is fine. Just know people will push back when they don't agree. Has nothing to do with you dude. I think most here lean libertarian which means our square peg doesn't fit in the round hole you want it to. Most everyone is cordial as they have no interest in controlling you or influencing you.

Tenpoundbass says

They got $40 Billion in new fresh clandestine funding.

Remember the resolution to amend the resolution to include Auditing and Accounting for every cent spent out of the $40 billion was shot down by both parties.

They don't want anyone to know most of that $40 billion will go to buying mail in ballots from the great Citizens of the Shithole Detroit.

Tenpoundbass says

Tenpoundbass says

They got $40 Billion in new fresh clandestine funding.

Remember the resolution to amend the resolution to include Auditing and Accounting for every cent spent out of the $40 billion was shot down by both parties.

They don't want anyone to know most of that $40 billion will go to buying mail in ballots from the great Citizens of the Shithole Detroit.

Let's hope it went to secret moon base or star wars program maintenance instead.

The only sure way to not fail is to not try doing anything new.

On the second thought there is this thing:




Far from new or cutting edge but still failing miserably.

DooDahMan says

RWSGFY says

Everybody has such a list handy.

Three countries is not a list

One is more than enough to defeat the premise. Three puts a giant wooden stake in its rotten heart.

As I said, Kissinger is a stupid cunt, making stipid, albeit catchy, statements.

Best quote I have heard is Joe Biden claiming the white house doesn't have some control knob that sets gasoline prices. I find that ironic, since he and Obama specifically set out to make gasoline unaffordable to save us from climate change. Not only does the white house have the control knob, they turned it a little too far and now are going to suffer some consequences.

New refineries and expanding capacity at existing refineries are two different things.

I'd like more details on exactly what failed and why. I have a suspicion that it's either new stuff that wasn't tested under real world conditions or something that was supposed to save fuel that broke.

WookieMan says

Dude, chill with the passive aggressiveness.

@DooDahMan You are absolutely passive-aggressive, in a huge way.

Most of your comments seem to be designed to provoke anger and disrupt, not to constructively add to any discussion.

I suspect you are a previous user who was banned for exactly the same behavior before. I'm going to run all your comments through moderation for a while.

Yes, they are all Standard Oil at the end of the day. But you may have noticed Arco stations do not put the BP in their logos anymore. There's a reason.

The driving doesn't vary because the gas stations are all in my town, and I'm not a door-to-door saleseman, or courier. Chevron gas is for shit.

Starve the poor Muslim or lower caste/untochable beef eaters of Hindooo land and especially kill their leather industry...
But sell your "mom" everywhere to make money by same upper caste Hindooo cultists... Pathetic inhumane Hindooo cult.

... The contempt they have for regular folks is unbearable.

https://sabrangindia.in/article/who-making-millions-india-out-beef-export-muslims-think-again
Whenever there is any talk of slaughter of animals it is commonly assumed that only Muslims who love meat are engaged in this business. However, you will be surprised to know that the biggest modern slaughter houses in India which export beef have little to do with the followers of Islam. In fact, the big players are from the Hindu community.

Hindooo's mother treating her cultist kids for letting it go stray on road.!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPq6aLFmCiQ

http://jpfo.org/articles-2022/israel-schools-armed.htm

Protecting Schools the Israeli Way

The widest circles belong to law enforcement and society, doing their best to track and forestall potential threats, and more effectively treat mental illness. We’ve now learned of multiple catastrophic failures at every level of social and political prevention in the Parkland shooting.

If society and law enforcement failed this badly, the idea that guns should be taken out of the hands of law-abiding citizens is folly.

The security circles that we can do something about begin at any school’s entrance, says Goldstein. America wants action. This is action that can be taken right now. "There should only be one entrance and exit into any school property. Fences, security cameras, and a constant check that these areas have not been compromised is essential. At that one entrance, a guard must know exactly who it is that is entering the school property at all times. The guard should have the right to search all vehicles and bags.”

Guards at movie studios check ID and are permitted to search vehicles entering the lot. After 9/11, they even used mirrors to look underneath cars. How can we protect movie studios, yet not give our children the same protection?

“There should be a minimum of two guards on every campus, providing a contingency in case one of them is disabled,” Goldstein adds.“Who are these guards? There are thousands of proud veterans who would gladly step up and use their training to protect our nation's children, as well as be grateful for the employment.”

DooDahMan says

The Saudi's just jacked up export oil prices again in the last 48 hours (not for the U.S. temporarily at least) which in turn has caused an even bigger spike in world oil prices. Goldman now is calling for $130 a bbl oil based on global demand. At the current trend $150 a bbl is looking more and more like a sure thing until there is a "Global" demand destruction event or series of events.

We've had oil prices at or above $130 before and outside of a few cities gas prices didn't hit $5/gal during the Bush years. What we're witnessing is insane. Closest I've been to a $100 fill up was maybe $75 two years ago, otherwise always less. I've breached $115 per fill up now and we're near one of the midwests largest refineries.

There's less demand. Even with summer travel. The economics don't make sense. Congress or the White House can do something, they just don't or won't. Biden can do stuff, but we get fixated on party politics and "green" energy or you won't get elected. Things like pipelines are very safe and either way we're pulling this shit from the ground anyway.

Fact is urban city dewellers lean left and consume substantially more energy than rural people. I buy a cow from the local farmer, he doesn't have to load dozens in a trailer and haul them somewhere in a semi spitting out deisel fumes. I grow the veggies we use most of the time that last 6-12 months if prepped well. No urban heat sink where I have to run A/C high all summer. A 2/2 Condo in say Chicago at 800sq ft, consumes way more energy than I do when you factor everything being shipped in. Idleing on a highway for hours in a semi.

Even if no new refineries are being built as you claimed, we just had pandemic where it's okay to WFH and supposedly millions of people died. Oil consumption is down. Or the free handouts made people less likely to work. It's a combination of a lot of things and Biden and Congress could fix this with policy. This is on D's and R's too, not just picking on one side.

WookieMan says

We've had oil prices at or above $130 before and outside of a few cities gas prices didn't hit $5/gal during the Bush years.

Perhaps refining is now more expensive because of Bidenflation.
DooDahMan says

Regardless of political party whoever is in the White House/Congress can do very little now

Build more pipelines, allow drilling on Fed land, stop vilifying oil companies who behave in exactly the same way or even better than so-called renewable energy companies (who suck on taxpayer teat more than oil and make inefficient and not necessarily environmentally efficient product).

About lack of refineries being the only reason behind higher gas prices - I don't buy that. Assuming that gas price is A+B+C+D, where A is oil price which accounts for about 60% of gas price, refining which is about 20% (B), and the rest is transportation, marketing (C), and taxes (D), the higher oil price is gotta have an oversized influence on gas prices. Oil price can be influenced by gubbermint and so can the taxes. It goes without saying that oil companies will try to maximize profits, and it is easier for them to do it at times when we have gyrations in oil price (when it goes up, jack prices up fast; when it goes down, lower slowly), but I think it is not correct to say that gov't has no influence.

You don't understand CA. It's population it has been importing over the last 40 years is ok with the way things are. Most the people that would be against what's going on have bailed or are sheltered. Most under thirty have been indoctrinated.

RC2006 says

You don't understand CA. It's population it has been importing over the last 40 years is ok with the way things are. Most the people that would be against what's going on have bailed or are sheltered. Most under thirty have been indoctrinated.

I have to only chuckle.
There are tons of parents and normal people in California who don't like crime.
Some areas every state have crime.. Is Houston completely crime free?

FarmersWon says

Is Houston completely crime free

no, because they vote D, just like in CA

Bd6r says

FarmersWon says

Is Houston completely crime free

no, because they vote D, just like in CA

Because a bunch of CA libs moved there.

Bd6r says

FarmersWon says

Is Houston completely crime free

no, because they vote D, just like in CA

West Virgina is blue state as per your logic.

West Virginia is currently represented in the Senate by Democrat Joe Manchin (serving since 2010) and Republican Shelley Moore Capito (serving since 2015), making it one of seven states to have a split United States Senate delegation.

FarmersWon says

West Virgina is blue state as per your logic.

Relates more to D local judges and District Attorneys, who let perps go. Doubt that in WV they are D's; in Houston/Harris county, they are.

This past week I read some articles about the potential new LA mayor - was recently a republican who did an republican > independent > democrat switcheroo over the past few years, and is now leading the LA mayor race by platforming on fixing democrat failures in taxes, crime, and homelessness. The dems are scurred because hes very popular, and have been trying to focus fire on him but supposedly nothing is working and sticking to him.

I hope he wins, but he seems like an infiltrator, and I suspect he may go down soon if he's surrounded by viscous angry libs in all the other govt positions, seething in anger that hes rocking the boat and infiltrating their precious fortified stronghold of LA. He'll need to watch his six lest he catches a dagger from an npc.

I must say I LOVE the last minute registration as a dem trick. It really flings the whole "change what you identify as" turd right back in their fayce.

What happened in our municipality is that many local quality of life ordinances were suspended in the name of compassion. Overnight camping and impromptu RV parks sprung up around town, along with the attendant bad behavior. I did a several mile walk this past weekend and many of the trouble spots have been cleaned up, but a lot of shenanigans still going on off the main thorough fares.

As a democrat-> independent, I think Shellenberger has the best chance to make a run for the governorship...

https://babylonbee.com/news/chicago-schools-gun-free-zone-sign-riddled-with-bulletholes