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The Frankish Reich

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  1. He's from the MAGA right wing, but at least he has a tiny streak of common sense. And apparently Matt Gaetz hates him, so at least there's that. But still ... a hard "no."
  2. Look, Biden flew overnight to Israel, had a bunch of meetings in 8 hours there, flew back, then gave an Oval Office address. I'll say pretty impressive for an 80 year old. Should we be electing 80 year olds? I'd still say no. But still ... pretty impressive.
  3. Huh? The Biden administration has supported the ... "Biden regime"? #eyeroll
  4. Oil: the problem is our friends, the Saudis. They control OPEC, and manipulate production (and hence prices) in a cartel that would be illegal in the United States under antitrust laws. Right now, they're restraining production to raise prices. Ordinarily this would give U.S. producers and incentive to drill, drill, drill in oil fields where the cost of production is higher; with high oil prices, higher cost oil from those fields would still be profitable. But what will the Saudis do if U.S. (Canadian and other too) oil production starts to spike? They'll open the Saudi spigot (and get Russia and others to go along) and lower oil prices, making all those investments in U.S. higher cost oil a waste of money. The solution would lie in expanding something like antitrust laws to OPEC. It wouldn't be antitrust, but a sizable tariff on OPEC oil could provide the certainty U.S. drillers need by incentivizing U.S. production. But neither party will do that because in the short run it would mean higher price oil. Yes, our friends the Saudis have us over a barrel ...
  5. I guess the surge in wealth bypassed the Bonnie grads.
  6. I watched it. Biden did perfectly fine. Remember: Democrats are now the party interested in projecting American strength. Republicans are the new isolationists.
  7. A new level of incoherence. "They've (the globalists) ..." Setting aside for the moment that "the globalists" is a popular white nationalist euphemism for "the Jews," who owns GEICO? Well, that would be Berkshire Hathaway, a/k/a Warren Buffet, the Wizard of Omaha. Not of Budapest. And what on earth is the reference to COVID? Nowhere in the GEICO statement is COVID mentioned as having anything to do with GEICO eliminating jobs. But go ahead, just string together the right wing bogeymen in a refrigerator magnet string: "COVID" "Globalists" "Soros" "BLM" "Antifa" ... am I missing any?
  8. They are just talking about a Speaker who would assume the position for a limited period of time. In reality, that would be no different than any Republican speaker, since one member - ONE! - may bring a motion to vacate the chair under the MTG rules. So you're just formalizing what already exists. I'd love to see this happen with significant Democratic support. We may actually get a functional House of Representatives again instead of the silly posturing of the last year.
  9. I mean, if it was a rocket from Gaza like we say it was, he's not wrong.
  10. How about "Israeli missile misses target, hits parking lot outside hospital." Which was certainly possible, now looking unlikely.
  11. That will never happen.
  12. But will they let her wear her "recently signed by Trump" cap in federal prison? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-rioter-smashed-window-received-signed-trump-hat-sentenced-4-year-rcna120678 In the immediate aftermath of Jan. 6, she said it "WAS !@#$ WAR TO GET IN," that rioters “weren’t welcomed in” and that police “had to retreat into the building and fight back because patriots were relentless.”
  13. I'd forgotten all about Jared's big deal with MBS. It was all about finding investment opportunities IN ISRAEL for the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. I imagine that has literally gone up in smoke now ...
  14. Why do teams even do these late round draft swaps? Seriously, is there some salary cap benefit to it that I'm not aware of? Example: Broncos dumped bust free agent "pass rusher" Randy Gregory. Initial reports said he was waived. Later reports corrected that: it was a draft pick swap! 49ers get Gregory and the Broncos 7th round pick. Broncos get the Niners 6th round pick in return. Niners 6th rounder and Broncos 7th rounder may actually be consecutive picks. So ... why? Face saving or something that I'm missing?
  15. https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-alzheimers/causes-and-risk-factors/genetics#:~:text=Family history is not necessary,first-degree relative with Alzheimer's. TV tells me Focus Factor may help.
  16. Wasn't he one the "many good people" chanting "Jews will not replace us" in Charlottesville?
  17. Somehow Israel doesn't seem to view him as "giving antisemites the green light to go after Jews." In other words, this topic hasn't aged well ...
  18. Yeah, look at them, breaking windows and storming in through them! Oops, that was January 6. These folks cleared security.
  19. Because a war in the Middle East has so much to do with the prosecution of an American insurrectionist. I look forward to your continued moratorium on posting on any thread dealing with something other than the was in Israel. Now please go delete your post about Ecuador electing a conservative government.
  20. And that's exactly what this damn fool was - a QAnon true believer. Just like you. Duped by Ron Watkins and his son making stupid sh!te up from the South Pacific, inspiring 600 pages of "analysis" here by Batman DR and his own personal Robin, DR's Ghost a/k/a BillsFanNC.
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