All_Pro_Bills

A key part of the administration's agenda is to eliminate, and if necessary criminalize, critical and logical thinking among the citizenry. So this all sounds good to their voter base. Concepts like design & engineering, capacity, capital requirements, site planning, build-out costs, labor costs, skill requirements, resource acquisition and procurement, logistics & transportation, lead times, and schedules & time lines are not something the people need to worry about. Because Biden has "a plan".

Or perhaps Col. Vindman auditing phone conversations for the CIA between world leaders?

I understand when he's not attending "be less white" Pentagon briefings Gen. Milley speaks with hostile foreign commanders and generals so I expect he would know the specifics to the Russian's military intentions through mutual sharing of tactics and battle plans.

I expect transgender Mickey and Minnie coming to the properties cannot be far behind. One thing you cannot accuse the left of is creativity as they consistently re-purpose existing characters rather than expend an effort to create new ones.

Because supporting LGBTQ is the easiest path for whites, specifically white heterosexual males, to move out of the identity politics classification and definition of oppressor and onto the other side of the ledger into the supporting the oppressed category as defined by the woke hierarchy and pyramid. So its quite popular with your typical socially conscious neo-liberal.

News indicates negotiations are picking up. Highlights I've seen Ukraine will drop NATO membership desire Still wants to pursue EU membership Does not want to cede any territory Russia willing to withdraw forces but wants recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and independence of Donetsk and Lugansk republics. In conflict with Ukrainian position #3. This appears to be the major area of disagreement right now.

U.S. says Poland's MIG-29 fighter jet delivery plan to Ukraine is unworkable. Also, no explanation why they need more jets when they're not using the planes they have already. Saudis and UAE declined to take calls from President Biden on Ukraine and oil supply. But they did speak with Putin and Ukraine president Zelensky. So now its off to Venezuela to extend the hand of friendship to Maduro and tell him we were just kidding about overthrowing his government and proclaiming Juan Guido as the "real" President. I guess the administration can simply explain it was Trump's fault.

Yet Biden and crew had no problem accepting credit for the BLS jobs report last Friday which reported 678,000 jobs added to the economy in January. So like all Presidents, when the news is good they take credit. When its not they deflect the blame. But voters rarely buy excuses and recent approval polls appear to reflect that sentiment. As Truman is quoted to have said, "the buck stops here".

For anyone interested this is a good source of rig count data. https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/na-rig-count

More precisely, no matter how much drilling you want to do, depletion of known oil reserves thru consumption exceeds new discoveries and additions to reserves. Exploration and development is more expensive and results in lower flow rates and well life. Shale for example has extremely steep depletion rates. Energy in vs. energy out ratio approaching non-economic break-even. The world uses more oil annually than it finds annually. Market prices are set at the margin. And lastly.. the incoming Biden administration told the industry we won't be needing you for much longer. So who invests billions in light of that attitude?

Yes I'm stating facts from actual real-life events and you're providing your personal opinion. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/17/russia-issues-list-demands-tensions-europe-ukraine-nato

He said arming Ukraine and extending membership to NATO was a "red line" which they will not allow. Its was articulated in the negotiation position documents provided to the U.S. and its allies prior to the conflict.

Trashing up this thread? Who elected you hall monitor today? And conspiracy. Global commodity markets conclude this is a very real problem. I think what's called 2nd and 3rd order negative consequences to this war. Look at countries where consumers already spend a high percentage of their income on food that's getting more expensive and tell me its not going to be a real problem.

Nobody ever said the perpetual US government war machine was bad for the defense business. And the defense industry is where former Pentagon generals and procurement officers find work after "retirement". As they say "thank you for your service" and here's your $500K a year board seat. Quid Pro Quo I think is what its called. You know what else is up? All the energy ETF's and funds, commodity stocks, and precious metals positions (and emerging market funds for later) I started to accumulate right after the inauguration in January 2021. Because I concluded early on that Uncle Joe and his crew of misfits and morons would screw every up real good which would result in some higher prices, chaos, and lots of economic, social, and political disorder. And I was right. Coming next by Summer should be things like food riots and social disorder in lots of countries around the world when food prices surge higher still and food scarcity hits. 21st century Democrats.. the party of chaos. What a mess.

So answer concerns of alleged massive DNC voter fraud with one specific counter example of alleged GOP vote fraud impacting 2 votes and call it even? Is that the game in play here?

Corn exports too. Fertilizer, rare earth metals, rocket engines for NASA space shots.

If, if, & if. If I could run the 100M sprint three seconds faster I'd be the Olympic champion.

Says Fred Wellman, Lincoln Project Executive Director. I'll wager if he or anyone else said the left wing media money machine was Chinese he would be censored.

While Trump is a detestable person in many respects it all comes down to the truth that Trump's election interrupted the political agenda of the .1% elite and their followers for 4 years and the former President and those that dared to vote him into office need to be punished for their disobedience and disregard for their agenda. Rather than move their agenda forward during his term they were required to "play defense" and obstruct anything in his term that might have damaged or inhibited their goals and objectives.

I said or implied nothing of the sort. But you're going to attack mode already? Attacking my character which implies your argument has no validity. For simply pointing out that western countries that urged Zelensky and his country to take a more aggressive posture with Russia abandoned him when hostilities broke out and hung him out to dry? I'm just the messenger here. But that's exactly what happened. Maybe your anger should be directed at those weak governments who made lots of promises and threats but all they're doing is urging the Ukrainians to fight the good fight on their own?

Think about that given the context that the U.S. and all the other western governments and NATO officials that made lots of promises and threats while claiming to support the people of Ukraine have not lifted a finger to stop him. What are they waiting for?

Context. Here's how we make something out of nothing. At the time 15 years ago, Trump was a private citizen seeking to do business in Russia. Lots of businesses from Microsoft to McDonalds were courting the Russian government seeking opportunities in that "market". If you want to suggest Trump is acting inappropriately, should we also then question the motives and loyalties of the executives and representatives of all Western individuals and companies making such overtures at the time? There's nothing extraordinarily odd or unique with Trump's actions from the time. And while we're at it, maybe Time magazine should be criticized first?

Prior to Russia's attack U.S. representatives shared intelligence on Russia with China in an effort to get them on-board to discourage Putin from taking miliary action against Ukraine. They declined and immediately forwarded the intelligence information on to Russia. That's all you need to know about where China stands. Unlike Russia, China has a lot of supporters and advocates among America's elites and corporations through what they call "elite capture", infiltrating US academic and research institutions, and the cultivation of lucrative business and personal relationships with US entities and individuals that keep the pro-China propaganda flowing while domestically discouraging criticism of Xi and the CCP. Hollywood for example, won't even dare to put out a film or TV series that might anger or insult the Chinese leadership. They're all bought off to betray America in the service of China. Russia is basically a top-tier 3rd world economy with nuclear weapons supported by an autocratic ruling class. In a conventional war it's likely the U.S. military could wipe them out in a matter of weeks. China is a bigger threat than Russia. But its a threat of our own making in a trade off for cheap consumer goods and a market for US debt instruments. A deal with the Devil that surprisingly (I gest because its not a surprise) went bad. Advanced under the faulty theory of constructive engagement. Right now they sit back and patiently watch for the time where opportunity to act presents itself. We can trust China as far as you can throw an Elephant.

The administration appears to be counting on the Iran nuclear deal to provides some relief to global oil supply. Assuming a deal can be reached Iran can produce about 1 million barrels per day. However, Israel has said in no uncertain terms that a nuclear Iran is a "red line" and not acceptable. So a deal with Iran could result in a near-term relief drop in the price of oil only to be followed by higher prices resulting from any Israeli military action. Although its impossible to say whether an attack on Iran's nuclear infrastructure would result in a one-and-done attack or escalate into a regional war.

I understand why many Americans can feel this way. Especially those that support the current administration. Which is taking the blame for more or less everything. On the other hand, I expect if things were going extremely well, they'd take credit for everything. As they say, "Success has many parents but failure is an orphan". In principle I share this sentiment but the problem for Democrats in charge right now is they threw the first punch in this spat. They concocted the Russian collusion hoax which they carried on with for a full 4 years to inhibit and disrupt the functioning of the previous administration. With many continuing through with this belief today. They impeached the President in the House twice. One of them because of a phone call and the allegations of offering aid in exchange for political information. Even though Zelensky denied it. I guess we didn't believe him then but now given a change in circumstances his status has been elevated from liar to epic leader. They convened the 1/6 Committee. They're still chasing all kinds of ghosts and spirits while trying to connect the former President to a number of "crimes" for what many see is motivated by unabashed revenge. It would seem to be a bit hypocritical for them to now suggest we all pull together. And for how long? Until after the mid-term elections? And can they be trusted? Asking of others what they would not consider in 2016. "The resistance" instead. Biden campaigned on the unity theme but has failed to deliver on that promise which seems to have been abandoned right after the inauguration. I said a few times on a couple topics here that Biden winning the election did Trump a big favor. The 2020 election was like winning the chance to replace the Captain of the Titanic after the ship hit the iceberg. You're in charge and everybody looking for a seat on a lifeboat isn't going to listen to you telling them the last guy in charge is to blame as the water starts rising around the ankles. It's your ship Captain Biden. So set course and speed.