USA political thread

Status
Not open for further replies.

87112

Banned
Dec 13, 2004
3,689
672
113
*&^%
With inflation in America I will not be able to retire at 62 and work part time, prices for gas, lumber, food are soaring and once it soars baby its not going back down.

My pension is worth 20% less in 4 months value since Biden took over.
 

g eazy

pretentious douche
Feb 15, 2018
872
706
93
My pension is worth 20% less in 4 months value since Biden took over.
Assuming you are implying that your pension is worth 20% less because of inflation, to which of Biden's actions would you attribute to causing higher inflation - and whether or not someone else in office would have done the same?
 

80watts

Well-known member
May 20, 2004
3,344
1,267
113
Victoria
Isn't inflation the cost of things going up? Right now due to high demand and low supply, prices have gone up. Prices for lumber will drop as people go back to work. Gas is going up for summer profit margin, but also because of the pipeline shutdown in Southern to Eastern US.

Sometimes I like to watch those survivalist shows, who have bug out bags prepared and a hut in the woods somewhere prepared.

Today's reality is that if you live in a rural area, you should be going off-grid. Own well, own power supply (wind or solar). Own food supply (garden). For initial start up, its cheaper then paying for hydro, and water all the time.
Ideally a smart off-grid would have his own metal lathe, wood lathe and table saw.. You can make just about anything you need yourself.
 

Shakerod

Active member
May 7, 2008
616
71
28
Arizona's Board of Supervisors rails against sham audit of 2020 election:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/...f-supervisors-rails-against-states-sham-audit
Its more like panic to me. If they were involved in all the irregularities that took place, such as ballot boxes without safety locks, chain of custody broken, data deleted from the machines, then of course they would want to stop the audit, why wouldn't they? If you were cheating on your taxes, wouldn't you want to stop them from finding out?
 

masterblaster

Well-known member
May 19, 2004
1,983
1,219
113
Its more like panic to me. If they were involved in all the irregularities that took place, such as ballot boxes without safety locks, chain of custody broken, data deleted from the machines, then of course they would want to stop the audit, why wouldn't they? If you were cheating on your taxes, wouldn't you want to stop them from finding out?
This so called audit will prove nothing and in the end trump will still be pissing his days away cheating at golf and stuffing his face with junk food.
 

masterblaster

Well-known member
May 19, 2004
1,983
1,219
113
Isn't inflation the cost of things going up? Right now due to high demand and low supply, prices have gone up. Prices for lumber will drop as people go back to work. Gas is going up for summer profit margin, but also because of the pipeline shutdown in Southern to Eastern US.

Sometimes I like to watch those survivalist shows, who have bug out bags prepared and a hut in the woods somewhere prepared.

Today's reality is that if you live in a rural area, you should be going off-grid. Own well, own power supply (wind or solar). Own food supply (garden). For initial start up, its cheaper then paying for hydro, and water all the time.
Ideally a smart off-grid would have his own metal lathe, wood lathe and table saw.. You can make just about anything you need yourself.
I saw a documentary a while back about Ruby Ridge. About a guy who tried to live off the grid in Idaho, didn’t end well. His son and wife were both killed and he ended up in jail after trying to evade US Marshall’s. It and the siege on the Koresh compound in Waco were something of a rallying cry for the anti government types like Timothy mcveigh
 
  • Like
Reactions: westwoody

80watts

Well-known member
May 20, 2004
3,344
1,267
113
Victoria
I saw the thing on Timothy and watched the Waco series. Both of those situtions were kinda like Wacco.... People think the law doesn't apply to them if they disagree with the law.... we all live in a civilization where the rule of law should hold sway which would make people alot safer...
The survivialist shows are kinda corny, you learn some shit about wilderness survival, but mostly I like to watch for the high tech solutions like solar and other stuff people use to live off grid...
I think its a good ideal, being responsible for the electricity you make, instead of being reliant on bigg hydro electricity....

you should watch Son of Sam on Netflix, really makes the NYPD look like kindergaten cops....
 

masterpoonhunter

"Marriage should be a renewable contract"
Sep 15, 2019
3,175
5,415
113
Ah yes, the good ol' my-client-is-a-retard defense


That is really funny. If I was the judge I would need to excuse myself to chambers to laugh my bag off for half an hour.
 
  • Like
Reactions: westwoody

Shakerod

Active member
May 7, 2008
616
71
28
This so called audit will prove nothing and in the end trump will still be pissing his days away cheating at golf and stuffing his face with junk food.
‘Forensic audit’ there’s a big difference. It means they are looking into all aspects of the election. It’s the first of many to come.
 
  • Like
Reactions: JimDandy

masterblaster

Well-known member
May 19, 2004
1,983
1,219
113
‘Forensic audit’ there’s a big difference. It means they are looking into all aspects of the election. It’s the first of many to come.
Forensic audit by the cyber ninjas? Lol. Those fucking wankers probably couldn’t handle an audit at a bingo hall. You’re dreaming if you think this bullshit attempt will come to anything. Meanwhile the state of NY readies it’s criminal case against trump’s crooked business practices.
 

Cock Throppled

Well-known member
Oct 1, 2003
5,111
1,077
113
Upstairs
Forensic audit by the cyber ninjas? Lol. Those fucking wankers probably couldn’t handle an audit at a bingo hall. You’re dreaming if you think this bullshit attempt will come to anything. Meanwhile the state of NY readies it’s criminal case against trump’s crooked business practices.
Even the New York Times, one of the chief purveyors of anti-Trump rhetoric has published a piece acknowledging the famous Steele Dossier, source of so much ink spilled over salacious allegations against Trump, and triggering the Mueller Investigation, was total bullshit. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/business/media/spooked-private-spies-news-media.html
 

Cock Throppled

Well-known member
Oct 1, 2003
5,111
1,077
113
Upstairs
Meanwhile - not even mentioned on CNN, is the Keystone-killing Biden, waiving sanctions on a Putin ally, that allows Russia control over a pipeline supplying Germany. But Trump was supposed to be a Putin puppet?...https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57180674
 

masterblaster

Well-known member
May 19, 2004
1,983
1,219
113

masterblaster

Well-known member
May 19, 2004
1,983
1,219
113
Meanwhile - not even mentioned on CNN, is the Keystone-killing Biden, waiving sanctions on a Putin ally, that allows Russia control over a pipeline supplying Germany. But Trump was supposed to be a Putin puppet?...https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57180674
trump was always sucking Putin’s dick.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Happy Curmudgeon

Shakerod

Active member
May 7, 2008
616
71
28
Forensic audit by the cyber ninjas? Lol. Those fucking wankers probably couldn’t handle an audit at a bingo hall. You’re dreaming if you think this bullshit attempt will come to anything. Meanwhile the state of NY readies it’s criminal case against trump’s crooked business practices.
An investigation in search of a crime. If they had something on him they would have brought it out five years ago. In the meantime this is a great distraction from the real criminals who are panicking over the transparency that these forensic audits are going to show because it’s going to ruin their plans of keeping everything in the dark. Just yesterday...no chain of custody for 300,000 absentee ballots in Georgia...yikes, this is going to get really bad for them.
 

musingaway

Active member
Feb 6, 2009
107
194
43
An investigation in search of a crime. If they had something on him they would have brought it out five years ago. In the meantime this is a great distraction from the real criminals who are panicking over the transparency that these forensic audits are going to show because it’s going to ruin their plans of keeping everything in the dark. Just yesterday...no chain of custody for 300,000 absentee ballots in Georgia...yikes, this is going to get really bad for them.
Based on who’s reporting? The only information I could find about this is from the Georgia Star, which isn’t a credible news organization.

They were “founded” Nov 11, 2020, eight days after the election and do minimal reporting of their own. They mostly just aggregate far-right news sources onto their own site.

They seem to be taking the fact that a number of counties responded poorly or insufficiently to their FOIA request and are leaping to the conclusion that over 400,000 ballots of no chain of custody and are totally fraudulent.

As of mid-April, it looks like only 3 counties haven’t sufficiently responded (Coffee, Grady, and Taylor counties) and have been referred for investigation.
 
  • Like
Reactions: carvesg and wetnose

LM987

Active member
Dec 28, 2015
448
121
43
The price of WTI Crude plunged in 2014, coming off its peak that year of $107.26/bbl.
Since Trump's inauguration, the price of oil has fluctuated the low $40's to the low $70's, until COVID hit and it it fell again to a low of $16.94/bbl in April of last year.
Today, the price of WTI Crude is $65.67 which is in line with the average price during Trump's presidency.

Now, the gas prices have surged in the last week, especially on the East Coast, due to Colonial Pipeline (the biggest fuel pipeline in the US) falling victim to a ransomware hack and they still haven't resumed operations.
To make matters worse, the public has started panic-buying, leading to a surge in demand that is coupled with the cut in supply.

To be honest, I'm not a O&G expert, but I don't really see how the US federal government is on the hook for this. How do you find Biden directly culpable?
Hmm
Lower demand at the start of a pandemic when travel was restricted world wide, and now things are opening up and demand is up. Hmm. Seems like a correlation to me. But I'm not an Economics Master. What was that forumulae again about Supply and Demand and Prices?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Vancouver Escorts