All_Pro_Bills

I don't know about the radical left here, but my contention is the U.S. government is no more or less reliable than the Russian government when it comes to telling the truth and both are elaborate and sophisticated sources of propaganda developed and perfected during the Cold War era. Since almost everything they report on and say is unverifiable, unless you've got firsthand observations or information from being on the ground over there, how can anyone know for sure if they're telling the truth or just making it up? It's a matter of trusting the source. And I trust neither. Nor do I trust the mouthpiece networks that just parrot the story and ask no critical or probing questions. I base my assessment on a record of mis-information and bullsheet. For example, I'm still waiting for those WMD's to show up. That doesn't make me an enemy sympathizer. It makes me a concerned and engaged citizen that demands truth and accountability from the government. Neither of which they care to provide.

Suggesting Carlson is pimping for Russia is like saying a Bills fan that admits Belichick is a good coach is rooting for the Patriots.

Has anybody heard from Dr. Anthony "the science" Fauci? He seems to have quietly disappeared from public appearances since the war in Ukraine ended the COVID pandemic.

The thing about the original Flat Earth belief is that it was the prevailing mainstream narrative at the time. So when I see it invoked to discredit and address some potential alternative explanation or view I find it a bit comical. Defended by kings, the clergy, and governments that held to the theory. Thinkers and dissidents expressing forbidden views, being censored and persecuted for expressing the view that the Earth was a sphere and was not the center of the solar system or the universe. Astronomical observations and calculations proved it. The science of the day. But the authorities would have none of that. Regardless of the truth questioning and challenging their authority could not be tolerated. At the risk of severe penalties up to and including death. You got to have a lot of conviction in your belief to go to that extreme. The Earth was flat so it was proclaimed. Until we say otherwise. We should all think of that when processing the official story in the here and now.

Nuland knows everything about what is going on in Ukraine being the architect of the Maiden Protests and overthrow of the Yanukovish government which set all these events in motion during the Obama administration. My guess is she intentionally "slipped up" in Senate testimony and admitted to the bio labs to front-run the story. She's too smart to reveal something without any important purpose.

They're going to have to dig a little deeper because the dominant religion in both countries is Christian Orthodox. Ukrainian and Russian respectively.

Perhaps you're "missing" my attempt at sarcasm and maybe you need the save space? Which is a concept I will never understand. But my point was you've got to be incapable of logical thinking to believe anything this administration proposes will be achievable and realistic because they have demonstrated no capability to do anything. That's why they need a population of idiots that will easily be fooled. Is there anyone that really thinks life under Biden is all of a sudden going to turn positive?

Graham never saw a war he didn't like. He's a member of the Washington uni-party neocon/neoliberal war council. There people are dangerous. If they had their way we'd all be fighting and dying in trenches and foxholes across the planet. Funny the war hawks are usually the stay way back from the front lines with the women and children kind of characters while the people opposing getting involved in every conflict are soldiers and combat veterans that have seen action, lost friends and fellow soldiers, and don't take getting involved in every dust up and fight lightly.

And... one of the first things new President Biden did was issue an executive order called "Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis" which killed Keystone XL while also freezing new drilling leases. Sure the industry has lots of leased land as Jen points out in WH press conferences while failing to mention you also need drilling permits. Activists lobbied investment and private equity firms, Wall Street Banks, state and private pension funds, and other large investment pools of money to sell, stop, and starve the domestic oil industry of capital. This effectively eliminated the shale drillers from capital markets. The big players cut capital spending budgets. Add to this the Green New Deal and the message delivered to the industry that we're not going to need you much longer. So who in their right mind commits billions to exploration and drilling in that kind of environment combined with efforts to starve the industry of capital?

A chronic and obsessive struggle with TDS.

Reviewing the SEC submission it looks like its addressing some debt issue due 2022 rather than a de-listing of common stock from the exchange.

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.