Michael Sanches + 190 January 1 On 12/12/2024 at 12:35 PM, TailingsPond said: "Protection of individual rights" is a ridiculous comment in a time where women's rights are being taken away So true. Democrats forcing women to be watched by men while naked in the locker room is perverse. Encouraging girls to have their breasts cut off and their uteruses removed is another vile Democrat fetish. Having Epstein and Diddy as their heroes shows how much Democrats hate women and believe women have no rights except to be the slaves of men. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,016 GE January 1 41 minutes ago, Michael Sanches said: So true. Democrats forcing women to be watched by men while naked in the locker room is perverse. Encouraging girls to have their breasts cut off and their uteruses removed is another vile Democrat fetish. Having Epstein and Diddy as their heroes shows how much Democrats hate women and believe women have no rights except to be the slaves of men. You are confusing already illegal acts and deplorable behaviour with changing the laws. Taking away the option of abortion - with laws - is a reduction in rights. Maybe a democrat had sex with the woman, preventing abortion might make more democrats! LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notsonice + 1,283 DM January 2 (edited) On 4/25/2023 at 9:11 PM, Selva said: Good evening EWO, just to stop speading disinformation, site administrator is still here just not so busy since we haven't had political threads for a long time. Let's see how it will go with this one. Interesting point of view from both sides, lets just stick to the rules. Thank you!!! Hello @Selva ....can you help out the Big E (ENTHALPIC) (now known as Tailings Pond) He is having another meltdown and is going off the deepend with crazy posts again because of all the spam threads...... Remember the last time he had a meltdown on Jan 6 2021????????.....it was not pretty................. Appreciate it Edited January 3 by notsonice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Wagner + 725 January 13 On 1/1/2025 at 3:58 AM, footeab@yahoo.com said: Truth: Tariffs are a tax. Someone has to pay taxes, they may as well be consumption based on outside sources from your nation. LIE: Free Trade has nothing to do with capitalism other than inside a country under IDENTICAL laws/regulations. What it is called Free MARKET capitalism, not just Free Capitalism. Free Capitalism(or just Capitalism) just leads to slavery. The market is the commons where EVERYONE can freely trade and there are no monopolies and no oligarchs who have control of the marketplace. Outside a country one has different regulations, politics, justice system, subsidies, etc. This is NOT free Trade. This is one marketplace with one set of regulations trying to trade with another marketplace which may or may not be free from monopolies, subsides, or with different regulations and enforcement of laws under a different justice system. NO under no circumstances can you have FREE TRADE with a country that has deep and onerous regulations with say the environment and another country which may or may NOT have said regulations but never enforces them. All this means is all manufacturing leaves the country with the regulations. This leads directly to slavery of one form or another. Anyone supporting this is a slaver piece of garbage who should be at minimum thrown in jail. No, you cannot have free trade with a slave nation(political differences due to say Communism/Marxism/Socialism). All this leads to is increased slavery and a couple fat cats at the top. You are enabling slavery and should be thrown in jail at minimum. No, you cannot have free trade with a country whose religion says they are duty bound by their Prophet to to subjugate you(Islam) turning you into at best a 2nd class citizen or an outright slave as they follow the actions of their prophet Mohamed who did EXACTLY that. All you are doing is propping up a barbaric people who wish to ENSLAVE YOU. I suggest you get "WOKE". and stop being a sheep slave. Trading with enemies who treat people like slaves is not a good idea unless you have no other way to get the product. We have many other options. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,016 GE January 14 (edited) 22 hours ago, Ron Wagner said: Trading with enemies who treat people like slaves is not a good idea unless you have no other way to get the product. We have many other options. You think Canada treats people like slaves? Trump wants tariffs on friendly neighbours who treat their people better... Edited January 14 by TailingsPond Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,016 GE January 15 Taxation without representation. Funny how that was not cool for the USA and they started throwing tea into the ocean. The external revenue service? Give me a break. The founding fathers would cry. Somebody tell Trump this not colonial times, you can't tax other countries, buy Greenland or any other such B.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,016 GE January 20 (edited) The POTUS elect just took an oath to protect the constitution. Yet, it took him no time whatsoever to backtrack on that. "The administration will suspend refugee resettlement, finish building the border wall, suspend entry of nationals from "countries of concern" and attempt to end the constitutionally guaranteed right to citizenship for children born in the U.S. to some foreign nationals." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/20/immigration-gender-energy-trump-executive-orders/77836651007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us Oh look oil is down over 1% and Tesla is up over 3% on the day. Do you really wonder why that it is? Edited January 20 by TailingsPond Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,016 GE January 20 His planned use of the military to enforce domestic policy is also illegal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act Watch your constitution and freedoms evaporate. You want a policed state where guys with machine guns walk around town asking for "your papers please?" Next they plan on questioning you about your abortions and gender identity. Loss of freedoms, destruction of laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notsonice + 1,283 DM January 20 (edited) what happened to the big Tariffs Trump promised on day one????????? MAGA by using tariffs .......millions of Industrial jobs moving back to the US today?????? guess he was just bullshitting his low IQ base........ All he has for his base today is Flipping burgers at minimum wage jobs at fast food restaurants WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trumpdid not immediately impose tariffs on Monday but said in his inaugural address the U.S. would collect "massive amounts" of income from foreign trade duties as his administration works to rebuild American industry. Trump memo calls for studying trade with China, Canada, Mexico No day-one tariffs expected, incoming Trump official says Dollar dives, stocks jump in tariff relief rally Trump still seen pursuing universal tariff early in his term yep Trump is going to make all of his base pay dearly............Massive Amounts to fund Massive amounts of Tax Breaks for the wealthy.......... love his Study BS....no different than his Health Plans he promised in 2016 (and his repeal of the ACA).......just a bunch of BS turds for his base........Trump still seen pursuing universal tariff early in his term???? ha ha ha ha ha the ravings of a senile old man that craps in his pants 3 times a day MAGA PS for Econ and his pal Old -Cocksucker.............maybe someday you two will get real jobs and you will no longer have to live in trailer parks in Central Illinois (Central Illinois....yep is a trailer park) Edited January 20 by notsonice 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,016 GE January 21 (edited) Trump claimed he would end the war in Ukraine within 24hours. https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/Trump-Putin-Destroying-Russia-by-Rejecting-Ukraine-Peace-Deal.html In reality: "U.S. President Donald Trump said Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is “destroying” Russia by refusing to make a deal to end the Ukraine war, adding that he could speak to Putin soon, without stating a time-frame." Someone tell Trump he already stated a time-frame. We need an thread with a list promises and failures. There are plenty already. https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/trumps-promise-end-ukraine-war-day-meets-harsh-realities-rcna188167 "“Let’s set it at 100 days and move all the way back and figure a way we can do this in the near term to make sure that the solution is solid, it’s sustainable, and that this war ends so that we stop the carnage,” retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump’s pick to serve as special envoy to Ukraine" The difference between 24 hours and maybe 100 days is huge - two orders of magnitude of deception. Suckers, would you be okay if a product you ordered was listed at $1 and then the bill upon receipt was $100? I think you might be pissed off with that discrepancy. Edited January 21 by TailingsPond Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notsonice + 1,283 DM January 21 50 minutes ago, TailingsPond said: Trump claimed he would end the war in Ukraine within 24hours. https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/Trump-Putin-Destroying-Russia-by-Rejecting-Ukraine-Peace-Deal.html In reality: "U.S. President Donald Trump said Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is “destroying” Russia by refusing to make a deal to end the Ukraine war, adding that he could speak to Putin soon, without stating a time-frame." Someone tell Trump he already stated a time-frame. We need an thread with a list promises and failures. There are plenty already. https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/trumps-promise-end-ukraine-war-day-meets-harsh-realities-rcna188167 "“Let’s set it at 100 days and move all the way back and figure a way we can do this in the near term to make sure that the solution is solid, it’s sustainable, and that this war ends so that we stop the carnage,” retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump’s pick to serve as special envoy to Ukraine" The difference between 24 hours and maybe 100 days is huge - two orders of magnitude of deception. Suckers, would you be okay if a product you ordered was listed at $1 and then the bill upon receipt was $100? I think you might be pissed off with that discrepancy. Putin is making Trump look like a fool..............Which emboldens Putin to make demands from Trump......... Now Trump has to pick one side and stick with them.....and he of course cannot pick Russia...Unless he wants to be impeached by his own party..... The Great Deal Maker is a fraud that sells snake oil....Have you bought a pair of Trump sneakers ?????? On sale today Trump pissing on NATO is making him a laughingstock amongst our NATO allies with his failure to end the war within 24 hours I smell that Congress is going to have to make a 50 Billion aid package to Ukraine in the near future...... The Upside down Trump Administration is now backtracking on Tariffs....Ukraine.......next up ????? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,016 GE January 21 (edited) https://oilprice.com/Finance/the-Economy/Trumps-Crypto-Launch-Sparks-Debate-About-US-Regulation.html Trump wishes to devalue the USD for his own currency. Fun times suckers! Not only will you suffer massive inflation from his other policies he now has a mechanism established to directly pump real USD into selfish B.S. Trump crypto "Trump's pro-crypto stance and the meme coin launches have sparked debate about the future of cryptocurrency regulation and the US's role in the crypto market." They are also using Musk X to pump up the coin. Fancy that. Edited January 21 by TailingsPond Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notsonice + 1,283 DM January 21 5 minutes ago, TailingsPond said: https://oilprice.com/Finance/the-Economy/Trumps-Crypto-Launch-Sparks-Debate-About-US-Regulation.html Trump wishes to devalue the USD for his own currency. Fun times suckers! Not only will you suffer massive inflation from his other policies he now has a mechanism established to directly pump real USD into selfish B.S. Trump crypto "Trump's pro-crypto stance and the meme coin launches have sparked debate about the future of cryptocurrency regulation and the US's role in the crypto market." They are also using Musk X to pump up the coin. Fancy that. his goal abandon and destroy the dollar......go figure.........The Fed will do him no favors............. cost of refinancing and new debt issuance will go up up and up if faith in the dollar goes down Powell will not leave without a fight....... I expect that Powell will take on Crypto head on .............Crypto is not a bankable currency protected by the FDIC ever try to cash in or deposit bitcoin at your local bank......ha ha ha CoinDesk Trump Treasury Pick Bessent Opposes Idea of U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency Scott Bessent, who is immersed in the Senate confirmation process as President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury secretary nominee,... . 5 days ago Reuters Powell says Fed cannot hold bitcoin, not seeking to change that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday the US central bank has no desire to be involved in any government effort to stockpile large amounts of... . 1 month ago USA Today Bitcoin drops after Powell says Federal Reserve 'not allowed' to own the cryptocurrency Bitcoin's price dipped Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank is not looking to hold the digital currency. . 1 month ago Forbes The House Bans The Fed From Building A CBDC Like The Digital Yuan The House of Representatives has made a significant move by banning the Federal Reserve from creating the "digital dollar," a central bank digital currency. . May 23, 2024 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,016 GE January 23 (edited) It took no time for a Judge to rule that what Trump is trying to do is unconstitutional. Fancy that. https://apnews.com/article/birthright-citizenship-donald-trump-lawsuit-immigration-9ac27b234c854a68a9b9f8c0d6cd8a1c?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us "A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order." Edited January 23 by TailingsPond Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,016 GE January 23 Trump is "not ready" to do what he promised... again. He also has no clue on how tariffs work, If the EU is already not buying from you then tariffs will make that problem worse - not better. https://oilprice.com/Finance/the-Economy/Global-Economy-Faces-57-Trillion-Loss-from-Decoupling.html "He said he was “not ready” to impose the blanket tariffs he threatened during the election campaign, but singled out the European Union as a likely target. “They’re very tough. They don’t take our cars. They don’t take our farm product, they don’t take almost anything,” he said on Monday night. “We’ll straighten that with either tariffs or they have to buy our oil and gas.”" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TailingsPond + 1,016 GE January 23 (edited) One could speculate that Musk and Trump have a great plan to bankrupt oil and gas in the USA. Step 1) Push hard for more domestic oil and gas production despite OPEC+ production cuts and Russia sanctions artificially inflating value. Step 2) US companies invest in oil development from government stimulus. Step 3) The war in Ukraine ends unleashing all the Russian oil on the world. OPEC+ ramps up production. Prices plummet. Step 4) USA oil industry dies as they can not make a profit with a global oil glut. Step 5) Trump and Musk make a bunch of money by shorting oil stocks. Edited January 23 by TailingsPond Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boat + 1,327 RG January 23 Trump claims the US does not need Canadian oil imports. For the last 15 years Republicans have pushed for the XL pipeline including Trump. A famous old song comes to mind…..”What a Difference a Day Makes” 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
specinho + 488 January 24 (edited) 9 hours ago, TailingsPond said: It took no time for a Judge to rule that what Trump is trying to do is unconstitutional. Fancy that. https://apnews.com/article/birthright-citizenship-donald-trump-lawsuit-immigration-9ac27b234c854a68a9b9f8c0d6cd8a1c?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us "A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order." It might not be the only country does so. Many countries, including Malaysia, apply that law. If the parents are citizens, then, by birth, a migrant baby is automatically a citizen. If one of them is, they need to apply to get approval. Higher chance to clear if father is an american. If none of them is a citizen, the baby born will not be considered a citizen. Many choose to go back to their country of origin to give birth or report to the embassy of country of origin for registration shall emergency child birth is happening. Otherwise, baby born would be without identity like Rohigya of bangladesh origin, children to refugees and illegal entries in many countries. They sometimes volunteer to be deported or they will dump the baby or abort it earlier. Migrants are generally not treated well everywhere. No point to let them have citizenship without giving them a fair chance nor due basic respect. There is a touching movie, based on a true story, how lives of a few migrant kids were changed by chance by a white coach. The title of the movie is "McFarland, USA". Synopsis: McFarland The film is based on the true story of a small Central California high school coach that took an unlikely group of immigrant students and transformed them into a distance-running dynasty, culminating with their team win in the 1987 CIF Cross Country Championships. (The story was initially published in the LA Times.)27 Feb 2015 https://www.outsideonline.com P/s: lives of those kids changed from no hope to have a different future with respect gained and scholarships granted. Instead of giving citizenship away but treated them with disrespect or inhumanely, might as well give selectively, invite kids like these to come over from time to time and granting their parents easy visiting pass with living expenses covered. Edited January 24 by specinho 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcin2 + 728 MK January 24 Birthright citizenship is a fuondation of US. These children are becoming good, paying taxes Americans. I think the key is education. Without upward mobility in US society these children could really become a hindrance and not the future of US. I found US vey strange. In most of European countries and Asian Countries the best universities are FREE for their gifted students. Not so in USA. I , myself, finished the best business school in Poland with no money to pay tuition. And still in Poland the best universtities are free, only the minor schools you have to pay for. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcin2 + 728 MK January 24 I am for the first time here for 3 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcin2 + 728 MK January 24 19 hours ago, Boat said: Trump claims the US does not need Canadian oil imports. For the last 15 years Republicans have pushed for the XL pipeline including Trump. A famous old song comes to mind…..”What a Difference a Day Makes” US will be f*cked without Canadian oil and both sides know it. It is 4 mb/pd that Us cannot produce. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcin2 + 728 MK January 24 Latest 3 years , I found China to be much stronger than before. They more than ever rely on their own R&D and have a lot of fruits of this attitude. Chinese R&D if we assume PPP is already higher than US. Chinese paly a long game, they need about 10 years to be at the edge of every technology and simply rule the world. To make this safely happen they add about 100-150 nuclear warheads to their arsenal every year, just to not be surprised by US, even if Russia would not help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
specinho + 488 January 25 (edited) 10 hours ago, Marcin2 said: Birthright citizenship is a fuondation of US. These children are becoming good, paying taxes Americans. I think the key is education. Without upward mobility in US society these children could really become a hindrance and not the future of US. I found US vey strange. In most of European countries and Asian Countries the best universities are FREE for their gifted students. Not so in USA. I , myself, finished the best business school in Poland with no money to pay tuition. And still in Poland the best universtities are free, only the minor schools you have to pay for. Farming has never been a choice for younger generation. Every parent and child would believe others profession have higher social status, earning more etc. In recent years, this belief might have shifted slightly in some places. City life has been costly, competitive and stressful. Many graduates choose to go back to hometown and help folks improve farming with what they learnt or knew. It could be incorporating technology to make farming easier, introducing new ways of supplying nutrients, water, improve yield- but use less or no chemical by changing design and monitoring systems. In a very small village somewhere, an illegal migrant could earn few thousands per harvest of vege compared to tens or hundreds of bucks before. Mexicans, usually brought in or come in as low level labour in the farm, factory, etc, believe they are doomed to labour heavy work with no other future. But, availability of your food depends largely on their hard work or at some fields, machinery. Do not deny them a future but give them one. There is a movie called " Flaming hot" Flamin' Hot" is the inspiring story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin' Hot Cheetos into a popular snack. https://www.disneyplus.com This migrant worked as low level entry staff in a factory, a cleaner. But he is determined to improve himself and learn more. He walked extra mile to help reduce work load of his black supervisor. He picked up quickly, sincere but still looked down by all, especially white manager. Not long later, the factory faced with financial problem due to sluggish sales. Many about to lose their job. He sat in despair in a garden, eating steamed corn. An idea propped up. He experimented the idea with his wife and let his son be the tester. After many experiments, new flavour of corn snack was born. He begged his black supervisor to let him have a minute phone call with the ceo of company. After twist & turn, his idea was finally heard and product tasted by the ceo. With approval of freehands, he fine tuned production and sale processes, helped by his wide network of friends. He made it, saving the company and rice bowl of everyone. He was promoted by ceo to deputy, an happy ending. Sometimes, help to turn around from bankruptcy or failure is a phone away. But, are we sincere/humble enough to take it from underdog determines future of both. Edited January 25 by specinho Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
footeab@yahoo.com + 2,195 January 26 On 1/24/2025 at 11:09 AM, Marcin2 said: US will be f*cked without Canadian oil and both sides know it. It is 4 mb/pd that Us cannot produce. Sigh: USA imports ~4Mbpd from Canada, exports 1 Mbpd back to Canada and USA, when you add in NGL's and all other exports of oil products, exports more than it imports and has done so since the end of 2019. Without Canadian discounted cheap oil which sells ~15% below market value, the USA would lose a giant revenue refining stream, but the USA does not need Canadian oil currently. PS: No, birthright citizenship is NOT a foundation piece of the USA. In fact, the opposite. Since the parents are not under the "jurisdiction" of the USA" neither is the baby. Was already adjudicated regarding any diplomat's wife who gives birth while in USA, that NO, their child is NOT a citizen. Neither is anyone who flies in for a USA holiday. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notsonice + 1,283 DM January 26 8 hours ago, footeab@yahoo.com said: Sigh: USA imports ~4Mbpd from Canada, exports 1 Mbpd back to Canada and USA, when you add in NGL's and all other exports of oil products, exports more than it imports and has done so since the end of 2019. Without Canadian discounted cheap oil which sells ~15% below market value, the USA would lose a giant revenue refining stream, but the USA does not need Canadian oil currently. PS: No, birthright citizenship is NOT a foundation piece of the USA. In fact, the opposite. Since the parents are not under the "jurisdiction" of the USA" neither is the baby. Was already adjudicated regarding any diplomat's wife who gives birth while in USA, that NO, their child is NOT a citizen. Neither is anyone who flies in for a USA holiday. but the USA does not need Canadian oil currently.?????? only a dope such as yourself believes what you babble reality....All refineries are configured to process very specific types of oils.....this is why the US is unable to process all of the produced light oil from fracked wells. Impose Tarriffs on Canadian oil and you will see gasoline shortages in the US instantly or you will be paying $4 a gallon everywhere in the US... The Gasoline futures market will go crazy. Remember Dopey, tariffs are a tax on the consumers......Enjoy watching Trump triggering inflation and creating a recession in the US. He is an idiot no different than the idiots who think that any refinery can process any grade of crude in unlimited percentages PS there are 31 oil pipelines crossing the US /Canadian border........ us refineries refining canadian tar sands oil Many U.S. refineries refine Canadian tar sands oil, which is Heavy crude produced from Canadian oil sands. The U.S. imports more Canadian crude oil than any other country. Why U.S. refineries refine Canadian tar sands oil? Growing demand U.S. refineries are increasingly reliant on Canadian oil, which is heavy and can be refined into gasoline, diesel, and other products. Security of supply U.S. refineries have long-term agreements with Canadian suppliers to ensure a steady supply of heavy crude oil. Where is Canadian tar sands oil refined? Midwest refineries Flint Hills refinery Located in Pine Bend, Minnesota, this refinery processes more tar sands crude than any other refinery in the United States. Refineries in PADD 2 These refineries are located in the U.S. Midwest and are closely connected to Canada's oil markets by pipeline and rail. Gulf Coast refineries Valero refineries These refineries are located on the Texas coast and have been increasing their export capacity for years. Refineries in PADD 3 These refineries are located on the U.S. Gulf Coast and are connected to Canada's oil markets by pipeline. West Coast refineries Refineries in PADD 5: These refineries are located in the Los Angeles area and northern Washington State. California refineries rely on Canadian crude imported by oil tanker and rail. How is Canadian tar sands oil refined? Bitumen is upgraded: Bitumen, the heavy tar-like substance extracted from oil sands, is mixed with lighter hydrocarbons to create "dilbit". Dilbit is then transported to refineries. Bitumen is refined to make synthetic crude oil (SCO): SCO is then transported to refineries or exported internationally. SCO is refined to make gasoline, diesel, and other products: These products are used for transportation, chemicals, and plastics. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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