Politics

[375 Ruger Fan]

My guess is Trump gave the 48 hours ultimatum and our military leaders said we need more time, OR, Trump is attempting to show the world that he is giving statesmanship a chance.

Iran denies talks happened after Trump claimed ‘major points of agreement’

Iran says no negotiations with the US have taken place since the start of the war after Trump claimed talks happened.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Tundra Tiger]

It never stops with you guys does it?

You gripe if Trump attacks.
You gripe if Trump withdrawals.

You gripe if Trump is silent.
You gripe if Trump speaks.

You gripe if Trump parts his hair on the left
You gripe if Trump parts his hair on the right.

Most of you acted the same toward Bush, his father before him, and Reagan before that.

I think the "Energy Crisis" could easily be solved by a return to steam power easily generated by tapping the hot air spewed by the left.

I know that wasn't directed at me. But...

You gripe if Trump attacks.
You gripe if Trump withdrawals.

Nope. All for this attack. Totally behind POTUS on this. Wish he would find a way to be more assertive about Ukraine and stand up to Putin.

You gripe if Trump is silent.
You gripe if Trump speaks.

I wish he would talk less. A lot less.

You gripe if Trump parts his hair on the left
You gripe if Trump parts his hair on the right.

I got nothing on the hair. I personally think it's beyond help irrespective of how it's parted, and has been for a long time. I saw an AI generated picture of him bald with a beard. That looked sharp... said the bald guy with a beard.

 

[Pondoro]

Lets see how this will play out..the fact that the strait is closed impact global economy severly..but you dont care about that do you..

 

[Pondoro]

The Brent is $100

 

[RLD]

You gripe if Trump is silent.

I guess I missed that. Can we have it again?

 

[mdwest]

The Brent is $100

considering bent crude comes from Norway and the UK primarily... you should see that as a blessing..

but it doesnt support your agenda... so.. you'll bitch about it lol...

 

[Pondoro]

The prices at the pumps are hilarious here now.. But we make big money thats for sure..

 

[Tundra Tiger]

considering bent crude comes from Norway and the UK primarily... you should see that as a blessing..

but it doesnt support your agenda... so.. you'll bitch about it lol...

As an elementary teacher, this keeps coming to mind...

 

[mdwest]

Lets see how this will play out..the fact that the strait is closed impact global economy severly..but you dont care about that do you..

oh... so now you want to see how it will play out before anyone rushes to judgement...

while last week judgement was being handed out by you daily... I get it now...

again.. hypocrite much?


youre actually correct about the last sentence.. I care very little about the economy of Iran, China, and those that are most severely impacted other than I'd like to see it decline...

You clearly only care about your own economy.. all you bitched about last week was how much this was going to cost YOU.. you just bitched again in your last post about the price at YOUR pump..

I freely admit Im more than happy to bear the burden of a little economic upheaval to rid the world of a potential nuclear power that would be controlled by a clearly evil regime... that has been attacking europe and the US both directly and by proxies for the last 47 years.. that when left unchecked could close the straits any time it wants and put a strangle on the global economy..

 

[Pondoro]

Now he wants $200 billion to continue this war..

 

[mdwest]

Now he wants $200 billion to continue this war..

So?

Thats the US's money to spend... doesnt impact Norway in any way, shape, or form..

And.. considering a patriot missile costs $4M a shot and the launch unit costs $10M.. an F35 costs $83M and to fly it for one hour costs $35,000... it costs $7M per day to operate the USS Gerald Ford and its strike group (similar costs for similar strike groups.. and we have several..) etc..etc..

and the US DoD budget $1.01T...

$200B isnt an unreasonable number..

Perhaps for Norway thats an unsurmountable amount of money..

The way our politicians piss away money on bullshit.. its not much more than a flash in the pan here..

 

[Pondoro]

Dave..this is more than a little economic upheaval.

 

[mdwest]

Dave..this is more than a little economic upheaval.

So youre an economist now too?

We just came out of a 20 year war in 2 countries that we spent $8T on...

If the US decides it wants to spend $200B on Iran.. it has the economic capability to do that.. and not feel any pain from it..

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

The prices at the pumps are hilarious here now.. But we make big money thats for sure..

I was in the Oklahoma City area for the past several days. Multiple gas stations were still under $3/gal.

 

[deewayne2003]

The prices at the pumps are hilarious here now.. But we make big money thats for sure..

 

[mdwest]

I was in the Oklahoma City area for the past several days. Multiple gas stations were still under $3/gal.

$3.56 a gallon about a mile from me at COSTCO..

 

[jruby]

I dont really pay too much attention to the price of gas - I burn what I need to. Saying that we are at 4.88 a gallon for regular last Friday. A month ago it was aroun 3.60 a gallon. To say that the price of gas is not important to our economy is ignorant as many families are barely making it.

 

[mdwest]

Of course the price of gas is important..

the point is the price of gas isnt as high as it was for all of 2022 and for part of 2023..

gas prices rise and fall routinely based on political agendas (Biden admin place significant restrictions on drilling that caused prices to rise as an example), wars, and other geo political occurrences..

all the blithering last week about the world ending, jets not flying, etc..etc.. was non sensical, unsubstantiated, bullshit... the world didnt end in 2022 when gas was higher.. and its not ending now.. it also didnt end in 2008 when it was the highest comparatively to the global economy since the 1970's....

and... WTI crude and Canada and Mexican sour crude (the principal crudes used in the US for making gas) is already back at the same price it was in February before we started bombing the shit out of Iran..

When the Iran war ends, all its going to take is another D POTUS to start regulating oil and gas again and guess what? gas prices are going to skyrocket again.. just like they did with Biden.. just like they did with Obama.. just like they did with Carter.. the only exception in modern history was Clinton who for whatever reason didnt monkey around with the O&G industry and prices at the pump largely remained stable..

The difference is the liberals will make excuses when that happens and act like rising prices dont matter then because "POTUS doesnt control oil markets".. EXACTLY like they did when Biden and Obama were POTUS..

 

[WAB]

$3.56 a gallon about a mile from me at COSTCO..

$3.30 here, up about a dollar from the low.

I have triggered risk management strategies in my portfolio. Not really worried, just looking to take advantage of frothiness and fluctuations.

 

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