Yea, sure you did. You certainly have the trump support mode down pat... including the dishonesty part.
this is a pretty hilarious headline. couldn't decide whether it belonged here or the state media thread. probably both
Inflation is certainly a big problem but the other economic indicators have been strong. GDP is up, unemployment is down, and even with the recent dip dip from the Ukrainian war the stock market is still relatively high.
U.S. Wants More Oil From Canada but Not a New Pipeline to Bring It White House still opposes Keystone, but other options could include shipping more oil by rail or expanding pipeline capacity along existing routes https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-wa...ut-not-a-new-pipeline-to-bring-it-11649163668 excerpt: Biden administration officials are seeking ways to boost oil imports from Canada, people familiar with the situation say, but with one big caveat—they don’t want to resurrect the Keystone XL pipeline that President Biden effectively killed on his first day in office. The people said deliberations are in early stages and that no clear-cut solutions have emerged. Canada could export some more oil via rail, according to analysts and others familiar with the situation, and it could also pump more oil by increasing pressure on existing lines or by installing larger pipelines along permitted routes. Those options, however, offer limited potential because rail transport is expensive and existing pipelines are at or near capacity. Longer term, Canadian officials and oil-industry analysts say expanding the existing Keystone pipeline network would offer a bigger, more efficient solution. The XL expansion was to carry 830,000 barrels a day of Canadian crude from Alberta to Nebraska, where the pipeline would meet up with the existing Keystone pipeline, and then on to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Canada has ample reserves under its soil to meet U.S. demand, said Kevin Birn, an analyst with S&P Global Commodity Insights. It just doesn’t have enough pipeline capacity to pump it here, he said. “There’s not a limitation in terms of resource potential,” Mr. Birn said. “There’s a limitation of capacity.” With gasoline prices at near-record levels, President Biden last week ordered 180 million barrels of crude oil to be taken from the nation’s emergency reserves to increase supplies. more at the link
“Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart —you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I’m one of the smartest people anywhere in the world—it’s true!—but when you’re a conservative Republican they try—oh, do they do a number—that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune—you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged—but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me—it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what’s going to happen and he was right—who would have thought?), but when you look at what’s going on with the four prisoners—now it used to be three, now it’s four—but when it was three and even now, I would have said it’s all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don’t, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years—but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.”
Poll: Biden approval rating hits all-time low of 33 percent https://theweek.com/joe-biden/1012535/poll-biden-approval-rating-hits-all-time-low-of-33-percent excerpt: President Biden's approval rating has hit an all-time low, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. When asked if they "approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president," 33 percent of respondents said they approved, 54 percent expressed disapproval, and 13 percent said they didn't know or had no opinion. more at the link
new Gallup polling Biden Job Approval Down Most Among Younger Generations https://news.gallup.com/poll/391733/biden-job-approval-down-among-younger-generations.aspx
There solution is shipping oil via diesel locomotive. That drives the price of gas up to the point that people will turn away. The problem is US power grid isn't ready. US consumers aren't ready. And what are you going to do with all those dead batteries in a few years. So yeah it's driven the price of gas up, but now we have huge inflation issues that hurt the lower income (the people you supposedly care about) more than anyone else. Dems are going to get slaughtered this year.
The entire purpose of Keystone IV/XL was to ship low-grade tar sand oil (the nastiest oil on earth) from Canada to Texas through environmentally sensitive areas so it could be sent overseas. There is minimal economic benefit for Texas after the initial buildout. [Alberta, Canada, oil sands] Also, how do you conservatives around here feel about eminent domain as a tool of private industry? If there was any reasonable regulation on pipeline (and drilling, another story) companies in Texas/US I would have minimal problem with this (as you said, it is a better future than trains). As it stands, it's akin to McDonalds writing the food safety guidelines and also being in charge of penalties, if only fast food was a necessary commodity.
